"You can make this 2 hours class an interesting one, or u can choose to just make it a boring one and do whatever you like or sleep through it."
So I was there sitting with my Sarawakian friend, New Ru Peng. And both of us were thinking, "Okaaaay, lets give it a try and see what he has got to say."
Then we found out that this Mr Bernard guy wasn't like how we thought he is. Because he is not a lecturer... well he doesn't has the potential to become a lecturer to begin with. You may picture him as a lecturer-like guy with the usual lecturer-like attire, lecturer-like face, lecturer-like aura and stuffs. I bet you can picture it right? Okay, now you imagine someone completely opposite of that. And voila! That's Mr Bernard!
LOL.
You might have thought he is a technician or some random staff lurking in the lecture hall. Well the thing is Mr Bernard approach us from a whole new and different way. He is one guy that gives lecture like a friend. Not to say that he is not professional. In fact later on you will know that he is not an amateur, at all. Anyway, I think his way is one of the best ways to get our attention. With our super duper short attention span, he managed to kept us listening to him for around 2 hours. Imagine that. Pro? Haha.
To me, Mr Bernard is a very experienced entrepreneur, and I'm looking forward to hear him talk and share more about his entrepreneur experience and knowledge. This is my chance to learn more about entrepreneurship.
In the past 2 weeks, he has challenged and inspired us to think very differently, to find a purpose in our life, to understand what is entrepreneurship all about and how has it got to do with us future doctors. So last week, he came out with a suggestion. He wants us to come out with an idea for a social enterprise clinic and he's gonna apply and use the best idea on Klinik Kecheerian - a social enterprise community clinic in SS15, Subang Jaya.
Its not gonna be easy since I really have no idea of how to start and how can we do it. But we are willing to give it a try with Mr Bernard's guidance. I know that no matter how it goes, in the end I will definitely not regret because I would have at least learned something from this entrepreneurship class and I believe it will be of great help to me in the future.
Personally, I've learned a lot from Mr Bernard's sharing about Klinik Kecheerian and Aravind Eye Care System. Both are great and inspiring doctors. Below are some of the things that I've learned from them (I've quoted them out).
This is the social enterprise clinic Mr Bernard Hor talked about: Klinik Kecheerian.
"...to reach out to the marginalized group..."
and
"...to reach out to youths..."
and
"...just because we have the primary objective - to reach out to marginalized people doesn't mean that we're gonna shy away from making the clinic look good and the atmosphere feel good..."
Dr. Vinod Laxmikanth
Next is the Aravind Eye Care System in India.
"Intelligence and capability are not enough. There must also be the joy of doing something beautiful. Being of service to God and humanity means going well beyond the sophistication of the best technology, to the humble demonstration of courtesy and compassion to each patient."
and
"If McDonald's can sell billions of burgers and Coca-Cola can sell billions of sodas, why can't I sell millions of sight-restoring operations?"
and
and
"...when you see yourself in all beings, there is no selfishness."
and
"...to be a better instrument to the divine..."
Dr. G. Venkataswamy
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