The School of Medicine

Well... it is the first school in tertiary education that I am enrolled in... 41 students set out in this programme to become Medical Doctors... and until now, 36 are left... One dropped out, into the School of Pharmacy, one went to Ukraine, one went to IMU, one went to UNIMAS, and another went to either Public University or IMU...

It began with 41 students... Angela, Christopher, Noah, Jeevan, Alex, Randeep, Ravin, Raynuga, Nelson, Sugunah, Vaisnavi, Suhashini, Nithya, Kelvin, Ei Leen, Sarah, Liang Yoong, Aida, Siong Keat, Nazihah, Rou Ying, Hui Ying, Bsheri, Sia Hui, Joe, Khai Yang, Kim Hoon, Wen Keat, Kevin, Han Shu, Swee Im, May Ching, Shin Miin, Kang How, Xin Thien, Jo Lyn, Robin, and I...

I came into the School of Medicine nervously because I am more introvert than I am extrovert... More over, I am now in KL... oh my God... no longer in Penang... so I need time to adjust and adapt to the lifestyle here... it took me about two weeks to recover from home sickness... one week to get along with some of the students there... I came into this school together with Christopher... we were the last to be admitted to the Medical programme... wow... lots to catch up since we were already one month behind...

The first week for me was kind of terrible... everything was like just out of thin air... I wasn't adapting well... and I wrote what I felt in my journal to Mr. Sylvester, our lecturer for Behavioural Science and Communication Skills... now, he is one nice guy but I have a fear for him from the first day I met him until now... Quite a handsome fellow for his age... hehe... some girls in the course said that he looked like Andy Lau... oh... However, I owe him very much... He had been helping me achieve what I wanted... But I guess I let him down...

Lucky for me I was assigned David as my roommate... now, this David is a Pharmacy student who wanted to do Medicine so much... but he couldn't get in... For me, I wanted to do Pharmacy so much but I failed to get in also... What to do? Anyway, I never had a roommate before, and I am lucky to get a roommate like him... He has been really good to me... We've been tolerating each other very well and I really think he tolerated me more than I did... keke... well, he is one that knows about my 'p' world thing although I told him quite later than the other three Medical students...

The subjects, for me... ah... tolerable laa... since I am more interested in Pharmacy, then my favourite subjects in Medicine would be Physiology and Pharmacology... slowly, I was getting along quite well with other students... though I know some dislikes me... Well... erm... we (about 10 of us) went eating barbecue-steamboat buffet... we went to 1 Utama... Then, we went pasar malam on Wednesday nights together... Played badminton together... Celebrate course mate's birthday...

I can still remember, though I was still not very close with the Medical students, I joined some of them to celebrate Han Shu's birthday at Leisure Mall... they rented a Piano room for Han Shu as a surprise for her because they know... Han Shu love to play the Piano... Thanks to Xin Thien's efforts to organise it and it was a success... Back at the hostel, we sang her a birthday song with her favourite fruit cake for her to blow and feast on...

There was a time when they had a bigger birthday party for both June & July babies... which I did not attend due to some matters... I missed it... and it is gone... I do not have anymore chances to celebrate wtih them as a team... under the banner of the School of Medicine... As for Khai Yang's birthday... I betrayed the students by hiding Khai Yang in my room... so they could not find him... well, his birthday was the most erm... fun... everyone played until they went crazy... nearly everyone was wet...

One night after pasar malam-ing, I joined Xin Thien, Jo Lyn, and Robin for dinner... that time, something really bothered me... it is very personal... too personal to publish it here... I wasn't really happy... I couldn't come to accept a fact... I actually cried... I didn't really want to tell them at first... but it seems like this is not getting me anywhere if I do not voice up what is inside... So I decided to let them know... they have been my best friends ever here... I do not have any secrets when I am with them... they are the ones that know things about my 'p' world... And I go to them whenever I needed someone to listen to what I am about to say... or when I needed council...

Well, I definitely enjoyed the classes and PBL together with Medical students... they are friendly... more sincere than any other students I know of... The School of Medicine is like a haven... students are friendly... but not only that... Lecturers too are friendly...

Prof. Dato' Dr. Roslani - the Dean of the School of Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy... well he interviewed me... when I was in the interview, he wasn't terrifying at all... He was warm... I don't know... some of the students said that he was quite cold and sarcastic... but no... he was fine to me... I wasn't scared at all when interviewed by him... bit I made him angry once... that was when I wanted to switch over to the School of Pharmacy... now he was furious... but eventually, he released me...

Dr. Opabola Babatunde - although 'head-wind' and bad tempered, try speaking to him... he is a good person... a great Nigerian to talk to... really... he can really get very friendly with you... well, I can still remember he loves nuts... especially cashewnuts... his part is mainly Microbiology and Epidemiology...

Dr. Maung Maung San - wow... a Surgeon from Myanmar... he has been a lectuer for Biotechnology and Food Science & Nutrition, and now he is in the School of Medicine... while he is teaaching, it he sounded as if he was singing... his part is mostly Anatomy... Well, Dr. Maung... a good person to talk to...I went to him for long talks about lifestyles in Myanmar and his experiences as a Doctor and Surgeon...

Dr. Abdul Hadi B. Abdullah - a very friendly and happy go lucky lecturer... cute and abit childish... haha... oops... hehe... well... he was kind enough to help me get some things done... he took me to Bandar Damansara once... :) his part is mainly Physiology and Immunology...

Prof. Dr. Zabidah Bt. Ismail - now she is my favourite lecturer... and I am her faovurite student... She is a Pharmacist... specialising/PhD. in Pharmacology... she was the other one that interviewed me... she was the one I always go to... to talk about many many things... things of life... drugs...medicine... pharmacy... all those... She did help me in many things also... thanks to her son, Razli, who took Dr. Hadi and I to Bandar Damansara... She asked me to join the Medical students to the National Pharmaceutical Beuro of Malaysia even though I am no longer one... she even gave me cakes and cookies for Hari Raya... haha... well... you will never get hungry in her room... :)

Dr. Aishah - this lecturer, does not really like me from the beginning until the end... but she is just being her... of all lecturers, she is the strictest... her part is mainly Biochemistry, Haematology and Basic Pathology... A nice lady to talk to... she is willing to share her experiences with any of us... and she is willing to help if any of us goes to her...

well... more to come... :)

...we are here to study together, to go through hardships together and to pass with flying colours as a team...