Convocation Photos

Graduation Dinner

Our graduation dinner was held at the Impiana KLCC Hotel & Spa on March 13.

Doctors in black.

With the ladies.

The guy in the centre is our taiko.

Convocation is on May 24, so see you guys then!

The end is the beginning is the end...

I'd finally survived a spontaneous vertex delivery from medical school on Feb 28, 2008! No meconium aspiration in the process, it was a clear pass. No resuscitation required. Am receiving my birth cert called MBBS in May, with my surname "Doctor" imprinted on it! Aahhh... the air is so refreshing...

With my mates

Kumpulan Kongsi Gelap Anti-Sosial

With my group study members, "Kumpulan Gagak Hitam"

Community Project

Spent the past weekend at Kampung Parit Sulong, Batu Pahat as part of our final semester Community Project. We were to conquer a religious school and turn it into a health screening base for the village folks - for free! And yet only 100 odd people turned up. Well maybe next time we'll have to invade each and every kampung houses, just to be holistic.

Sekolah Agama Seri Maimon @ Parit Sulong

The project consisted of stations that measure blood sugar, blood cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index, visual test, dental check-up, prostate and breast examination, and Pap smear. For the kids, there were de-worming pills too. There were also health talks on dengue, breast and cervical cancer, etc. I was in charge of the health exhibition on diabetes mellitus.

Clowning around, getting my blood pressure checked before the health screening starts

My job was rather simple, those who were found to have deranged blood sugar levels would be sent to the exhibition site so that I would repeat myself again and again on "banyakkan exercise tiga sampai lima kali seminggu, 20 hingga 30 minit setiap kali, dan kurangkan gula, garam, lemak, banyakkan makanan berserat tinggi seperti sayur-sayuran dan buah-buahan, supaya gula dalam darah terkawal dan tidak mendapat kesan-kesan buruk seperti angin ahmar, serangan sakit jantung, rosak buah pinggang, buta, kaki kena potong... ... ..."

This is how the station I'm in-charge with looks like...

After the screening program, there was this Projek Keluarga Angkat (Foster Family Project) whereby we were put into groups of threes and assigned to a house to spend the night with total strangers. IMU wants us to taste the kampung life...

My keluarga angkat

We were then brought to our rumah angkat (which is huge), dump our stuffs into our bedrooms and headed out to the school hall again for the Indoor Games with the villagers.

Three-legged race

After the games, we went back to our foster family. Had a nice cold shower, and clowned around the house, checking out every nook and corner while waiting for our bapak and emak angkat to finish their prayers.

My bed for the night... having it all by myself! Hahahaha...

Me and my ibu angkat

Us on the dining table with ikan masak asam pedas, prawns with curry and garlic, and veggies.

Me and the gossip queen, Missy Shahira.

Then there was the Malam Budaya after dinner. Will try to get some photos and post them up here soon. The next day was gotong-royong day. We were assigned to groups responsible to paint the balai raya, plant 100 banana trees, and cleaning up the school hall.

Tanam pokok pisang.

Cleaning up school hall.

Scraping and painting the balai raya.

Lastly, it was the closing ceremony. I was assigned to hand over a souvenir in the form of a framed photo of the three of us with our foster family on stage.


And here are some group photos...

What Happened Last Month?

The past August was the exam month, that was what happened. It screwed the life out of many of us. I still couldn't find the momentum to blog as a result of "Bitter August 2007", that's how screwed I am.

Of course, the pressure started long before August. Didn't really celebrated my birthday this year (which was in July). But I get dinner treats (quite a few of them) at...

San Francisco Steakhouse @ Mid Valley

TGIF @ Section 14

Steamboat dinner @ Taman Putra, Ampang

Choy Kee's Crabs

Dim sum breakfast at Seremban's Min Kok restaurant

And some presents too! Rachel got me Adidas running apparels, and my sis bought me a bluetooth headset. Seen quite a number of people using this, but too bad my sis got conned. She paid over RM190 for it!

Bluetooth headset from iTech.

I also get a 1GB of RAM upgrade for my laptop, from a previously meagre 256Mb. The improvement in processing speed is totally unbelievable!

Kingston's 1GB of RAM power!

So far so good yeah? Here's where all the good, superficial fun ends. Superficial coz I couldn't get rid of exam stress out of my skull despite being showered with gifts and good food. Here come's the depressing part.

Most of my time were spent nesting in my room, studying. Reading through notes, textbooks, talking to myself, rehearsing stuffs, touching my own bodily parts as though I was examining female patients... and when the stress climaxed, I got creative! I turned the air-cond to the lowest temperature with maximal fan speed, and put on thick winter clothing. And pretend I was studying in the winter...

Stuffed myself with tidbits and cookies and more cookies when burning midnite oil!

I tried changing my hairstyle... and ended up looking like a bloody clown:

I tried growing a goatee, ended up being called a perverted-goat:

I fell sick, and made new friends with Panadol Actifast and Strepsils Extra Strong:

Tried to study in bed numerous times but would konk-out within 5 minutes, without fail...Aaah I miss my king-size bed in Seremban!!!

It didn't help being pestered by your own uni for making the next semester tuition fees in the middle of a major exam! Wait one week later also can die like dat!

Having the company of a few close friends clowning together throughout the study break was what sustained me. Without these monkeys, I'd definitely gone bonkers.

So here's to you guys! Cheers, yum seng, gan bei, whatever! May we all pass through this final hurdle to our MBBS.

p/s: Why such a depressing post ended up being so gay? (gay as in cheerful merry gay, ok!)