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The Reason I Chose Zhongfang And My Learning
Experience Here
By Cecilia, Indonesia
August 2, 2012
Good afternoon£¬dear
friends, dr. Ming, doctors, nurses, teachers of Zhongfang Red
Cross International Hospital, our honored guests, our beloved
patients, and my fellow students. How are you?
I hope you are as excited as I am. It¡¯s very happy to be here as
today we are celebrating the 12th anniversary of Zhu Ming
International TCM Team, and also the second
anniversary of Zhongfang Red Cross International Hospital,
and most of all, the first meeting of Zhongfang
International TCM Forum.
First, I would like to thank my Lord Jesus for He has prepared
the best place for me to study TCM which is here at Zhongfang
Hospital. I love it here because I met many new friends from
different countries, the doctors and nurses are very friendly,
the crews and translators are very helpful, and especially the
teachers, they are not only rich of knowledge, but also expert
in transferring their knowledge - make it chewable,
understandable for an amateur like me.
My name is Cecilia. I am from Indonesia ¨C the country of
thousand islands. I came here with my husband, Jimmy. I think
not all of us here know Indonesia, but I believe some do know or
heard about Bali. Bali Island is the most favorite tourism spot
in Indonesia. Actually Indonesia has five big islands ¨C Sumatra,
Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Irian Jaya, others are small
islands. I am from Sumatra. Indonesia has 33 provinces with
population about 240 millions. Chinese Medicine is growing
positively in my country. People are turning to natural option
for treatment, and Chinese acupuncture and TCM are their best
solutions. But this is not the reason I study TCM. I have my own
very personal reason to study TCM. Frankly, I wasn¡¯t interested
in health issues. Indeed, I was very ignorant. I didn¡¯t have any
medical background and I didn¡¯t like to study medicine. In other
words, ¡°I don¡¯t care!¡± Until the day I lost my grandpa that my
world was upside down. My grandpa had hypertension which led to
swollen heart. His condition wasn¡¯t serious, but the doctors who
took care of him were reckless, so unprofessional that we lost
him. My grandpa died in 2010 and his death had totally changed
the way I think about medical issues. Well, life changes as we
lose our beloved ones. So I started to learn about ways of
treating diseases and I chose acupuncture. I know I cannot bring
back my grandpa, but at least I can help others to not losing
their grandpas and their beloved ones. So, this study is really
personal for me, since I make it personal! However, it is a
strong drive from inside of me and it has apparently brought me
here.
Why I chose Zhongfang? China has many great TCM schools in
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, well you name it! But why HuaiHua?
Why Zhongfang? I actually have a very personal reason for that
also, but let me tell you first what my fellow students said
about their decision of choosing Zhongfang. They preferred
Zhongfang because Zhongfang provides flexible learning schedule
and private teaching. I agree with them. Other schools, you need
to follow their seasonal learning schedule and if you want your
own schedule, you need to find some friends to come along since
they will only open a class for a group of people (at least five
people), very inconvenient! So now, what¡¯s my personal reason of
choosing Zhongfang? Simple, it¡¯s because of their powerful
follow-up system. I rate it as a ¡®WOW¡¯. They have followed
up me since January 2012, and I was finally here in July. And
because of this ¡®Wow¡¯ follow-up, I was willing to take a 13-hour
train from Guangzhou to HuaiHua. That was an absurd idea for me!
I could actually find a school in Guangzhou or Beijing which
have direct flight from Kuala Lumpur, and yet I chose a
struggling journey to come here. You know, when I got here, both
of my feet were swollen badly due to 13-hour sitting and less
movement. My shoes became smaller, very difficult to walk, and
it took me three days to have my normal feet back. But now I can
say, it worth the struggle!
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This is the best school I¡¯ve ever attended so far. People here
are very devoted to their job. I mean everybody is always trying
their best to deliver wonderful services. I believe that is why
this hospital is full of love atmosphere. I remembered Uncle
Xiang who took care of our meals, we could always hear him ask :
¡°Have you had your meal?¡± or ¡°It¡¯s eating time!¡± He is so full
of energy and his cooking is delicious. Miss Nancy and Candy
have been great travelling guiders. Angela, beside a great
translator, she was actually willing to come to my room to
manage a SIM card for me. I was in need to call back to
Indonesia. Then, the lovely and energetic dr. Lily, who has
taught me Tai Ci and Tuina massage. And finally, my dearest
teacher Yu, who is younger than me yet wiser of course, has done
a great job to help me understand the lessons. This is what I
can share for being a student here.
I also would like to thank Dr. Ming, not only for being a
friendly and supporting headmaster, but also for translating
Huang Ti Nei Cing in English. It¡¯s a big thing for me. You
know, I studied acupuncture back then in Indonesia before I came
here. All acupuncture students must have known what Huang Ti
Nei Cing is; it¡¯s the father of TCM and acupuncture. We
don¡¯t have Huang Ti Nei Cing in Indonesia, and I doubted
that this book still exists. But I found it here, and in the
language I can read and understand. You don¡¯t know how excited I
was! It¡¯s like I found water in the middle of a desert.
Sincerely thank you Dr. Ming for such a magnificent work. You
have shared this most precious knowledge to the international
world. Now we can taste the benefits of the legendary knowledge.
Oh, I also love the conversations between the Emperor and Uncle
Qi on some walls of the hospital. I really think it¡¯s a
brilliant idea to put them there.
Being a Chinese is a great privilege for me, though I wasn¡¯t
born here. I love Chinese historical series, for example: The
Story of Zang Wuji, I watched many versions of it. Acupuncture
and TCM also have great stories. The ancient Chinese doctors who
we used to call Tai Fu were like gods, whatever they said
to the patients, would actually happen. Only by checking pulse,
they could tell whether the baby inside was boy or girl, and was
alive or dead. We actually have such great ancestors! How lucky
we are. And their blood is now flowing in our vein. This means
we can do what they have done, and even greater things we can
achieve. We just need to maintain that spirit, that confidence
in TCM and acupuncture.
Seasons come and go. New era always brings new lifestyle. But
only the past can tell who we truly are. Chinese people have two
most noble characteristics. First, we are very respectful and
devoted to our parents. Second, we have our unique way of
treatment which is TCM and acupuncture. So, let¡¯s not forget our
identity, and let¡¯s do the best to maintain and develop
everything that our ancestors have left for us. May TCM and
acupuncture have their gloriest era in our hands and we will
make a good history for our children. Thank you Zhongfang, you
are such a precious treasure. May God bless you and Zhongfang
will always be a great blessing for this country and the whole
world.
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