Hospital,my Utopia 医院，我的乌托邦

Utopia,a Greek word,means good place.

Yesterday I came across a chinese book called 'Hospital,my Utopia 医院，我的乌托邦' by Dr.George Lee.

Dr.George Lee (李永业医生) is a Kelantan-born kampung boy who went Ireland to further his study at the age of 16. I could still remember reading his embarrassing stories of how hilarious he was when he first board the plane and flied to Ireland.

He had a poor command of English at that time and when his lecturer asked him what's his horoscope,he answered his Chinese zodiac sign--Chicken. His nickname 'George' also came from his Irish lecturer.

But soon he began to pick up his English and performed beautifully in his studies. He got admitted to top university in the world .

He had been servicing in England for more than 20 years. But few years ago he decided to give up his highly-paid profession in England and came back to serve his home-country,Malaysia.

The main reason he decided to come back is because he realised the importance of tracing ones root and tradition . He was a traditional Chinese boy who had a perfect Chinese background upbringing from his late father. He celebrates Chinese traditional festivals and follows all the traditions passed down from his father. His father had a great influence on him and his regret of not being a good son when his father was illy sick and not being able to be at his father's side when he passed away unfortunately led to his decision of coming back to Malaysia.

The book ' Hospital,my Utopia' narrates the stories he saw and experienced during his career as a urologist.

It is not a book of medical knowledge . It's a book of how he perceives and thinks about everything happened around him. It's all his life experience. I like the way he convey his message through his real stories. There's always positive message from every stories he was trying to say in the book. There are stories touching enough to make you weep.

I manage to find 1 which he wrote for Sinchew daily 2 years ago here .

Hospital,a place where people afraid of going. It's a place where most people like us have to unveil our masks and show our real selves.

We love to read touching stories. By reading them it makes us realise how lucky we are and treasure things around us more. Actually there are many touching stories which also happen on us. It's just that we don't know or pretend not to know coz we always take things for granted.

李永业医生说:“人间最美丽和最伟大的信仰，那就是爱。”

Dr.George Lee says,"The most beautiful and mightiest belief in the world,that's LOVE ."

With love, the whole world is Utopia !