Awareness

Okay, for almost one whole month didn't look at my blog. Buck upppp, cbs!

Sometimes I am really beh song (angry + frustrated) for all the lack of awareness in public and also some health professions. I see my anger as a catching fire, every time I thought of it. I tell myself I will make sure I strive hard to do better to increase the awareness of disease and then stop all the nutrition myths. 

But then, once in a while, there will still be some people or even health professionals that make me so pik cik (frust) and gik sim (heart ache) for what they have said. (Of course they must have said something like #diabetesmyths or #nutritionmyths, and they never willing to do a discussion.)

So, they actually keep my fire burning and burninggg. (Hopefully the fire will not turn into ashes so fast lolll)

First, how to initiate awareness?

Must start from the parents, the teachers, the lecturers, the doctor mentors.

Because all these people above will be the one raising up the current children, the future leaders. 

For some of the times, I will be so stunned looking at some professionals telling me things that seriously made me speechless. Alright, and then when I smiled and tried to explain to them, they just thought: Well, I am the great professor, I don't think you're right. There is no need for discussion. 

Come on, dietetics and medicines are lifelong learning. I want a lively discussion. Not some judgmental statements from you, not one-sided conversation, I want a win-win situation. 

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I am so grateful that I was given a chance by my boss to have a short talk about "Food and GI Function" on the Functional GI Disorders (FGID) study day. Most of the participants are doctors or doctor lecturers, which I am glad because awareness starts from those who raise the future leaders finally!

Yes, I was nervous.
But, I can do it better next time. This will not be the last one :)

With my boss and Prof Peter.
Thanks for making a great effort in showing them that foods do play a great role!

Both of them are so inspiring. Special thanks especially to my boss, he teaches me a lots of experiences that I don't think I can find elsewhere. Despite some plans didn't work out as we wish for in the beginning, he has been a great mentor for me, and will continue to be, even our paths may not cross in the future :)