My First Life

I woke up at 9 this morning, somehow something told me that it was still early so I went back to bed and slept until 11. You know, life is full of surprises and you never know what lays ahead and neither did I. Though sometimes some surprises can knock you on the arse or let you have an epiphany.

I went to queensbay with mom to look for something to put in the china, but like so many times we didn't find anything. Then on the way back, we ran into my two nutcases, khai hern and woei chyuan. Mom said I could follow them and go watch a movie if I wanted to. You know, I'm not known for my ability to sprint but I ran out of the car in a whistle, leaving a trail of floating dust in my wake..haha yeah right. Being with my friends meant that I could let out all the pent up crap, lame jokes and crazy ideas that I have built up staying at home for last month, seriously it can make your brain go coo-coo.

We watched Rambo 4, which was a bloodbath...though watching it only fed my fantasy of being a sniper, not that I wanna kill anybody but the name Gunnery Sergeant Benedict Andrew seems to have a nice ring to it. Gunnery Sergeant Benedict Andrew...oooohhhh...shivers. Anyway, reaching home, I proceeded to fixing the new lantern we bought for the house and for a fleeting moment, I saw a malay dude running past my house with a humongous bamboo stick on his shoulder...though I paid little attention to him.

You know, if I felt I witnessed a decent amount of brutality in Rambo, I was shown how inhumane and brutal people can be in my own backyard. When I went to the back of house, I heard a series of yelping of a dog in pain and to my pain, the sound of people cheering. I put two and two together, and realised what was going on. As dashed out of my house, I saw the malay guy with the bamboo stick pummeling a small dog with it, indiferent to the poor dog's painful yelps. As I approached, the malay guy quickly strode away and the crowd of kids cycled away. Maybe they thought I was the dog's owner or maybe it was the sight of me in my undersized PE shirt from form 1 which made me seem burly as I had been working out in a gym..hehe..I guess I should take 5 seconds here for self amusement.

I saw the poor white dog hiding underneath a van. It was covered in mud and was bleeding terribly out of his mouth and one of its legs was crooked and broken, it was clearly in pain. It had a tag and license and clearly belonged to somebody. I tried to coax it out from underneath the van, stroking his head gently with my hand...but it would not come out. If that malay guy was still there, I would have given him a taste of his medicine, coz I was burning with fury and nothing can stop me when I'm in that state. I brought the poor dog a little water but it was clearly too shaken to drink and I bet it has all but loss its trust in humanity.

Luckily the owner of the house behind which the dog was hiding was a nice guy and with him around, I doubt the malay guys would come back and thankfully when I got home, I didn't hear much noise or a commotion of any kind. I hope the dog is safe, though considering the size of the bamboo stick, I'm sure it must have been bleeding internally. It is sad to see the uncivilised nature of people who torture for fun and I can't believe the fact that those malay kids were cheering him on. At least I guess me going there, probably saved the dog from being beaten to death and I am thankful for that.

That made me realised how I sometimes take my own dog, Rex for granted. I realised that I need to spend more time with him rather than my computer as he is almost like the little brother that I never had, amusing me when I'm bored and keeping me company.


It also made me wanna be a doctor even more. I realised how valuable life is and being a doctor, will allow me to make a difference in society and save peoples' lives. Seeing the relief and thankfulness on their faces is something I long for. My parents want me to be a doctor mostly because of the money but I wanted to find a reason, a purpose before I commited myself to anything. Today, I realised how I cherish life and how I want to take care of someone in dire need and make a difference in society.


I guess today is the day I have found my reason because today is the day I saved my first life.

Rex, lying on the floor, cute fella