That which matters the least should never give way to that which matters the most.

I really think just by the title itself, you guys would have understood what I'd like to post here. You see, I've been holding on to this proverb for quite some time since I found it printed on the side of Dyla's (my girlfriend) bottle.

So, you see, why I'd like to tell you about this proverb is so that you would know what to do when you must choose between 2 things with different priorities in your life. However, if you choose the one with higher priority, does it mean you'll succeed in whatever you do if you ignore the one matters least.

To give you an example here, last week, my coursemates and I, had an MCQ examination on Wednesday. And because of the MCQ examination, which is Cardiac Biology and Vascular Biology, combined you get Cardiovascular (nah, they didn't combine the papers anyway), most of my lecture mates did not came to lectures not related to the subjects mentioned, or perhaps, not relevant to the MCQ exam that will be held on Wednesday. On Monday, we had a Vascular Biology lecture, they all came, at the end of the lecture, one person asked, will today's lecture be included in the MCQ on Wednesday? And Prof Steve Pennington answered, No, it won't be asked in the MCQ exam.

Then, the next day, not even half of the class came for PHPS20010 (Personal and Population Health) lecture, and that made the lecturer raged with madness, "You think this module is not important?". And then, the next day, the exam day itself (MCQ Exam starts at 1900hrs), we have Renal at 13oohrs, Cardiac lecture at 1500hrs was cancelled and at 1600hrs, we have Vascular biology. Guess what, not even half turned up for Renal Biology and whats worse, not even a quarter turned up for Vascular Biology. Steve Pennington, at the end of the lecture told us, "I really appreciate that a few of you managed to come to this lecture despite having an MCQ exam this evening. What we'll do is, pass around a piece of paper, write down your names and I might be able to give you a 10% extra marks for your MCQ".

See, what did the others miss? 10% extra marks, thats quite a lot considering its an MCQ paper where we have negative markings for mistakes. The point is, not about the extra marks they missed, but seriously, the effort and will to turn up for lecture. Nah, who cares if I'm mumbling about it, its their own choice to go for the lectures, or not to go.

And by the way, to relate with the political scenario in our country (Malaysia), I think those politicians in Perak did no wrong. We might think matters about what they do is not important and the country's economical state should be given priority above all, but hey, that which matters the least should never give way to that which matters the most. Bear this is in mind.