My journey in med school officially comes to an end today. Im finally heading home, where i belong. Packing ain't easy, though just being here for the past 5 months, the clutter that i've gotta pack, it's inspeckable.
Looks like im not the only one going home. There are two others who miss their families as much, who will not be staying here down south, one moving home, the other moving closer to home. I guess no matter how far or how long you leave your nest, no matter what you'll go back some day.
No matter what, i'll never forget the stuff that we did tonight. After staying here for 5 months, it's this particular night that left us in darkness, the night that we unintentionally 'tailed' someone home, the night that i said my final goodbyes to this place, the night thati discovered really good satay which i never bothered to try, the night that i say goodbye to being a med student...
For those out there who are trying to beat the dateline for portfolios, i wish you all the best. This could be the end of my journey here, maybe the end of blogging (unless i get a faster connection at home), but, i can't wait to end this journey, and begin a new one a fresh...
@ 0313, 25072008... that's all for now...
Saturday, August 16, 2008
That's where im going...
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Is there a dr in the house???
After toiling for 5 years on medical school, i've made it through ALIVE!!! It's the end of medical school, welcome to the real world. Before i realized it, im going out there to 'heal' people. HAH, i can't even solve my own problems, how on earth am i going to solve others? It's something really hard to believe, but, that's going to be my life from now on.
Guess what? I finally fulfilled my childhood dream... Yes, to become a doctor. It has been my 'ambition' since young, year after year, whenever the school required us to fill up the yellow card, 'doctor' was definitely one of my 3 choices. Then, would come things like engineer, pilot, air-stewardess, teacher...the list goes on. Back then, i never ever imagined that it would come true, and till now, i still can't believe myself.
No matter what, i am STILL MYSELF. I've always wondered how doctors lead a normal, mundane life outside from their workplace. How they'd dress while going out with their family, how they'd behave themselves, how they'd just be themselves. Now, i sort of get it. Nothing has changed overnight. Im still the usual, t-shirt, short with slippers, shopping for groceries with mum, being my bro's chauffeur kindda person. It's just how others would address a person formally, other than that, nothing is different. We are still the same souls that roam this planet! Can't we be treated just like everybody else? We are human too, not god, still do make mistakes. I'll never forget a professor once mentioned before, 'a good doctor dosen't mean that that person has above average IQ, as many of us in this profession has below normal IQ's. It's a person with common sense that makes a good doctor'.
Signing up for this profession comes with it's consequences. Being the 'first' person with a MBBS in the family is an even greater liability. I've yet to go out and meet my relatives. Honestly, I AM PETRIFIED. Even my dad starts asking questions these days, when he never ever bothered to ask before. And mum especially expects that detailed explanations for everything that she asks, whether she understands or not is besides the point, as long as you tell her...
Now, i am aimless, jobless, cashless, with everything that ends with a ...less! I've to go and get a job by end of this month, decide what i really want to do with my life, start being financially independent, earning the 'green notes'. I guess that i'll not have a 2 to 3 month holiday like everyone else, who are currently waiting to be 'summoned' to the government service. Nevertheless, till the convocation end of this month, i shall be spending my days by chauffering various people, from bro to granny. This would keep me occupied for the next 2 weeks...
@ 0247, 100808, bitten by the insomnic bug...
Guess what? I finally fulfilled my childhood dream... Yes, to become a doctor. It has been my 'ambition' since young, year after year, whenever the school required us to fill up the yellow card, 'doctor' was definitely one of my 3 choices. Then, would come things like engineer, pilot, air-stewardess, teacher...the list goes on. Back then, i never ever imagined that it would come true, and till now, i still can't believe myself.
No matter what, i am STILL MYSELF. I've always wondered how doctors lead a normal, mundane life outside from their workplace. How they'd dress while going out with their family, how they'd behave themselves, how they'd just be themselves. Now, i sort of get it. Nothing has changed overnight. Im still the usual, t-shirt, short with slippers, shopping for groceries with mum, being my bro's chauffeur kindda person. It's just how others would address a person formally, other than that, nothing is different. We are still the same souls that roam this planet! Can't we be treated just like everybody else? We are human too, not god, still do make mistakes. I'll never forget a professor once mentioned before, 'a good doctor dosen't mean that that person has above average IQ, as many of us in this profession has below normal IQ's. It's a person with common sense that makes a good doctor'.
Signing up for this profession comes with it's consequences. Being the 'first' person with a MBBS in the family is an even greater liability. I've yet to go out and meet my relatives. Honestly, I AM PETRIFIED. Even my dad starts asking questions these days, when he never ever bothered to ask before. And mum especially expects that detailed explanations for everything that she asks, whether she understands or not is besides the point, as long as you tell her...
Now, i am aimless, jobless, cashless, with everything that ends with a ...less! I've to go and get a job by end of this month, decide what i really want to do with my life, start being financially independent, earning the 'green notes'. I guess that i'll not have a 2 to 3 month holiday like everyone else, who are currently waiting to be 'summoned' to the government service. Nevertheless, till the convocation end of this month, i shall be spending my days by chauffering various people, from bro to granny. This would keep me occupied for the next 2 weeks...
@ 0247, 100808, bitten by the insomnic bug...
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The ULTIMATE...
Life is full of surprises. At this moment in time, i feel as though i have reached the ULTIMATE PINNACLE, though down with the WORLD'S MOST OXYMORONIC MIGRAINE!!! Exam fever's over, down with results fever now.
I do believe our life is so well planned, that everything happens for a reason. 'Guardian Angels', do you ever believe in them? Oh, i definitely do. And there's one in particular who has been following me for almost 2 1/2 years now, and i am really thankful to that person. This person always appears at the time when i really do need him most. Only a handful out there takes him as a heaven sent soul, others just 'fear him'. I always wondered if he ever knew my name, as he gives me a smirk whenever we bump into each other. He's been the encouragement which pulled me through my 'darkest times'. I've learnt that knowledge is not what which makes you a GREAT DOCTOR, its attitude, its how you bring yourself, its how you are as a person... I've blogged about him before, and i'll never forget the 'dare' that was made 2 years ago, where one day i would just walk up to him and tell him that i would be his successor. Guess what? That day is coming soon... Just look out for it!
And for the ultimate exam, our lives crossed once more. When he already knew that i was the chosen victim of his 'slaughter house', when i was still so ignorant as the butterflies in my stomach nearly flew out my mouth, he smirked. Stared as i walked pass him that faithful morning, with that smirk on his face. I'm pretty sure there is a darn good reason behind why our lives crossed each other's on that Monday morning. Nevertheless, it went on smooth as usual, though when the times the 'cat got my tongue', he would just fill up the blanks for me, and we would finish each others sentences! He made me be myself the entire 30minutes, not someone else. We were so comfortable talking to each other, as if we were long lost friends. The other two in the room just stared on, with one in particular was smirking his way though. I went in there blank, as well as coming out blank. Only when i came out, i was in the state of shock, only then i realized that HE was my examiner, the one that everyone feared most, and i was the 'lucky scapegoat' of the morning!
I can't continue any further, i can't even sit upright for another 5 minutes, but, i still have so so much more to blog about. I feel queezy now. The entire room spinning around. It must be the cafergot that i just took. That's all for now, with more updates coming the end of this week...
@ 06082008, 1121, oh bed, here i come...
I do believe our life is so well planned, that everything happens for a reason. 'Guardian Angels', do you ever believe in them? Oh, i definitely do. And there's one in particular who has been following me for almost 2 1/2 years now, and i am really thankful to that person. This person always appears at the time when i really do need him most. Only a handful out there takes him as a heaven sent soul, others just 'fear him'. I always wondered if he ever knew my name, as he gives me a smirk whenever we bump into each other. He's been the encouragement which pulled me through my 'darkest times'. I've learnt that knowledge is not what which makes you a GREAT DOCTOR, its attitude, its how you bring yourself, its how you are as a person... I've blogged about him before, and i'll never forget the 'dare' that was made 2 years ago, where one day i would just walk up to him and tell him that i would be his successor. Guess what? That day is coming soon... Just look out for it!
And for the ultimate exam, our lives crossed once more. When he already knew that i was the chosen victim of his 'slaughter house', when i was still so ignorant as the butterflies in my stomach nearly flew out my mouth, he smirked. Stared as i walked pass him that faithful morning, with that smirk on his face. I'm pretty sure there is a darn good reason behind why our lives crossed each other's on that Monday morning. Nevertheless, it went on smooth as usual, though when the times the 'cat got my tongue', he would just fill up the blanks for me, and we would finish each others sentences! He made me be myself the entire 30minutes, not someone else. We were so comfortable talking to each other, as if we were long lost friends. The other two in the room just stared on, with one in particular was smirking his way though. I went in there blank, as well as coming out blank. Only when i came out, i was in the state of shock, only then i realized that HE was my examiner, the one that everyone feared most, and i was the 'lucky scapegoat' of the morning!
I can't continue any further, i can't even sit upright for another 5 minutes, but, i still have so so much more to blog about. I feel queezy now. The entire room spinning around. It must be the cafergot that i just took. That's all for now, with more updates coming the end of this week...
@ 06082008, 1121, oh bed, here i come...
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