Things I learnt from Chae Song Hwa

#1 Me Time matters

The best of the best thing I liked about her is how she takes care of herself, how despite having the busiest schedule she takes out time for herself and does what she likes, things like camping, shopping for her camping, buying the stuffs she needs, all by herself. I never knew a person as busy as her taking some time out for themselves, it always seemed to me that the busy people never have time for themselves, they just drown themselves into work as if their life depends on it but Song Hwa proved me wrong, she made me realize that as long as you don't compromise with your me time, as long as you give importance to the things you want to do as much as you give for the things you have to do, you'll be able to take some time out for yourself no matter how busy you are. Me time matters and should be included in your priority list, point taken.

#2 Respect all

Remember when Seok Min yells at a patient to stop him from undergoing a certain surgery under a certain someone and later Song Hwa asks him to apologize to the patient and adds that if he fails to apologize then she won't let him into the OR, I fell in love with this woman right at that moment. It was the first time for me seeing a doctor apologizing to the patient and Song Hwa could have just turned a blind eye to this incident but she didn't rather she made sure to make Seok Min know that what he did was wrong and that's why she stands out. You might be a doctor, you might have the power to save someone's life but that doesn't mean that you can raise your voice while speaking to them, it doesn't mean that you can disrespect them in any manner. When you're seeing a person disrespecting someone intentionally or unintentionally, and if you think that it is wrong then you have to speak up, even if you're unrelated to it, even if you're just a mere spectator, that's what I learnt from her in this scene.

And when a VIP patient's mom takes Seo Bin for granted as she is just a resident, Song Hwa speaks up again saying, "Residents are neurosurgeons too and they know better about the patient's condition than I do". Here I loved her more, at first I thought that she would keep mum because this is a VIP patient but still she spoke up, very politely making her understand her mistake just through her words. Wrong is wrong no matter who's doing it and no human being is inferior than the other, no human being should be taken for granted. You should respect everyone regardless of what their position is, what their societal standard is, and you should make sure that respect is being served to the people around you when it's not. It's natural for all of us to speak up when we're ourselves disrespected or taken for granted but not most of us would come forward and point out that it's not right when someone else is being subjected to ill-treatment. I realized that just like how we would fume against disrespect towards us, it is important to speak up when the people around us aren't given the due respect by others, thanks to Chae Song Hwa.

#3 Being single isn't something to complain about

I don't know about you guys but I have always complained about being single. Being an introvert who doesn't have much friends, I have always wondered how amazing it would be to have someone by my side with whom I can tell everything, hold his hand when I feel cold and things like that. But after seeing Song Hwa who is absolutely enjoying her single time, I felt like maybe being single isn't something that bad. Despite her friends being in a relationship, despite her residents being in a relationship, she doesn't much envy them or something, if I had been in her shoes I would have envied them and felt like I was all alone. Maybe deep inside she might also have this feeling of loneliness but she doesn't show it or complain about it, she just smiles and let life do the necessary. Maybe we should all do so, no I should, maybe I should stop worrying and complaining about being single and enjoy this phase of my life just like Song Hwa does. Being single isn't something to complain about.

#4 Be Happy by Yourself

We think that happiness comes with people and it is true too but it's jut nor relevant. Yes, happiness gets doubled and you feel a lot better and joyful when your people are around you but come on, we all have our own life, we all have our own priorities and commitments and it's just not right to wait for other people to come and make you happier. You are the only constant thing in your life and you must be enough to make yourself happy. When Song Hwa goes to the camping alone, doing all the stuffs by herself, sipping her coffee in the woods, smiling teeth to teeth, I really felt amazed. When she drives alone, she would play her favorite song and sing loudly shaking her head, smiling wide, I realized how important it is to learn to be happy by ourselves. Song Hwa enjoys her own company as much as she enjoys her friends' company and that was so amazing to watch as I still have to go a long way to be happy by myself.

#5 Be Humble

Her humility surprises me indeed. Being someone who has a lot of things to brag about, this woman chooses to stay humble all the time. She doesn't talk big about her even to her residents. And when she declined the interview because her residents weren't available that day, I was a little taken aback, I felt like how can someone be so so good at heart. It is because of her humility, she never behaves like she is the head or anything like that and that's why it is possible for her to see her subordinates as her team mates and that makes her feel that they deserve the credit equally as they all worked as a team. While other residents were scared too much to communicate with their professors, her residents and the other health workers found it very easy to talk to her, even about their personal problems as she was always down to earth and treated them just like a family. No matter how far you go in life, you should never be full of yourself. Being humble is one of the most beautiful traits a human being can possess, I realized this through Song Hwa.

#6 If it makes you happy, it doesn't have to make sense to others.

I can relate to this the most because I'm Chae Song Hwa when it comes to singing lol. I really really loved how she doesn't care what others tell about her singing and continues doing it just because she likes it. We all think that we should be really good at something to continue doing it but life is too short for doing only the things that we are good at. Instead, we should make sure that we spend most of the time given to us in this life to do the things that we truly like and the things that really makes us happy. You don't have to be good at singing, dancing, painting, writing or for anything that matters. All that matters is how you feel about doing something, how you feel while doing something and if you like singing and if it makes you happy then don't think about what the world will say, the world has many more important things to take care of than your life, and just do it, just go for it. It really doesn't have to make sense to others as long as it makes you feel good and happy.

It's Jeon Mi Do's birthday today and here I am writing this blog post so fast as if I'm close to the deadline or something. Tbh, I have always wanted to write this piece and instagram has this caption limit and things which stopped me from writing it but I'm glad that I could deliver this to you guys as a blog post.

By the way, what did you learn from Chae Song Hwa? Make sure to leave the answer in the comments section.