The essence of university life is kicking in right now. I can really feel the pressure of a medical student, especially this week, with the Medical Law assignment due tomorrow and having a lot of information research to catch up with. A bit stressed, but I shall try my best to perform.
Had a good a feedback session with my fellow peers and the Deputy Dean of IM yesterday. I reckon it was really a comprehensive, though informal way of expressing how we feel about the course so far. I am actually really pleased in seeing how the faculty has been constantly trying their best to satisfy our needs and respond to our comments. A lot of gratitute to them... And of course not forgetting that it is really nice to have the keys to the PBL base rooms. It's given us a lot of freedom to study and socialise! ;o)
Maybe I shall list the stuffs I need to cover before I start to forget. Firstly, I really need to update all my histology worksheets. I really agree that it has not been done well as told by our coordinator. Next, having high priority would be my research for PBL on Saturday. I have tonnes to do on the hepatobiliary system. Must really start diving into those anatomy and physiology textbooks soon. Certainly, there are the notes that I shall need to clarify and consolidate. It's all not in a good order yet. And not forgetting lots of rehearsals for my Patient Care skills. Can't wait to talk to my first patient and of course highly excited about the SSM. I should really prepare myself well. The list goes on...
Oh yeah, I lost my wallet last Saturday night. It was really annoying as I couldn't really remember how it got lost. It could have been dropped or even misplaced anywhere. Well, I took the trouble of having to report to the police for the lost wallet, and of course more importantly the lost documents. Fortunately, on Monday my wallet was finally found!!!
How excited and exhilarated I was. I shall really thank the 3 guys who picked it up in the Panaga Club and handed it over to the security guards. They were Ak. Muhd. Hanii Marzqqi, Md. Azim and Md. Hafiz who were there last Sunday. I really do appreciate their kindness and honesty. More so, not a single thing was lost from the wallet. They really do deserve my respect and praise. Thanks so much...
Oh well, I'm sort of tired actually since I decided to play badminton just now. Came home at only about 10.30pm. I shall really need to reorganise myself soon and get things sorted out. Time management is a bit out of place. Tomorrow will be a pretty short day. I'll be going back to KB after tennis ECA, and hopefully make good use of the 2 days break.
Hope things go as planned. I shall really need to motivate myself to work harder. More work to come...
Take care, everyone!
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Joy!
It's getting on verywell now for me. I really do enjoy my course. Though there's lots of work to do, which means long, long hours, there's a lot happening.
The best part of it is that we are all learning things through research, and later sharing information through discussion. There are a lot of workshop sessions and also visits to certain places. Last week, during the pratical session, we disected a rat. It was really interesting for me as this is virtually my first disection. I got to see, touch and feel most of the internal organs of the poor white rat. But learning hands-on this time is really effective, I must say. It was also my first time wearing the blue lab coat!
Of course, we had a visit to the Ong Sung Ping Health Centre and the Berakas Smoking Cessation Unit. This was where I, for the first time, get to wear the white coat in a health clinic. It really means a lot to me. An awesome feeling...a sense of satisfaction and achievement! I had to act as a patient for Dila during the session. I must really apologise to her for I was such a naughty "patient". I was acting like what most of my audience say, "PCK". Haha... Had a really good laugh that day.
Well, Week 3 came along. As usual, classes went on. Nothing much really. But there's more research going on as we got a new topic 'Exercise' for this week's PBL. Something interesting; getting to know muscles and how they work basically. Not forgetting is our great show for Thursday's powerpoint presentation. I was working with Dila, Nadiah, Farah and Chong Hsien. I can't really describe how much screaming, laughing and shouting there was even whilst preparing for the presentation. Expectedly, we had a tremendous laughing session especially with Farah's modelling and Chong Hsien's acting. Hahaha...
It's getting late now. I shall sleep as I have to drive up to UBD tomorrow. It's tiring, but I really needed time in Panaga for a 'release'. Till next time...
p.s. Zoe, if you are reading this one, CONGRATULATIONS for getting into IMU. I'm really happy for you. Finally, you get to do something which you aimed for. Good on you!
Congratulations also for Bel, MC, Amir, Aqilah and Billy for getting the government scholarship. Well done!
Not forgetting my good old friend Alvina, who's going into OXFORD! Nerd!!! jk...LOL. I'm actually overjoyed for you. Excellent...Also to Amal and Hajah for getting into Imperial.
Must be a good month with so much good things happening. Hope everything goes well for everyone. Take care...Cheers!
The best part of it is that we are all learning things through research, and later sharing information through discussion. There are a lot of workshop sessions and also visits to certain places. Last week, during the pratical session, we disected a rat. It was really interesting for me as this is virtually my first disection. I got to see, touch and feel most of the internal organs of the poor white rat. But learning hands-on this time is really effective, I must say. It was also my first time wearing the blue lab coat!
Of course, we had a visit to the Ong Sung Ping Health Centre and the Berakas Smoking Cessation Unit. This was where I, for the first time, get to wear the white coat in a health clinic. It really means a lot to me. An awesome feeling...a sense of satisfaction and achievement! I had to act as a patient for Dila during the session. I must really apologise to her for I was such a naughty "patient". I was acting like what most of my audience say, "PCK". Haha... Had a really good laugh that day.
Well, Week 3 came along. As usual, classes went on. Nothing much really. But there's more research going on as we got a new topic 'Exercise' for this week's PBL. Something interesting; getting to know muscles and how they work basically. Not forgetting is our great show for Thursday's powerpoint presentation. I was working with Dila, Nadiah, Farah and Chong Hsien. I can't really describe how much screaming, laughing and shouting there was even whilst preparing for the presentation. Expectedly, we had a tremendous laughing session especially with Farah's modelling and Chong Hsien's acting. Hahaha...
It's getting late now. I shall sleep as I have to drive up to UBD tomorrow. It's tiring, but I really needed time in Panaga for a 'release'. Till next time...
p.s. Zoe, if you are reading this one, CONGRATULATIONS for getting into IMU. I'm really happy for you. Finally, you get to do something which you aimed for. Good on you!
Congratulations also for Bel, MC, Amir, Aqilah and Billy for getting the government scholarship. Well done!
Not forgetting my good old friend Alvina, who's going into OXFORD! Nerd!!! jk...LOL. I'm actually overjoyed for you. Excellent...Also to Amal and Hajah for getting into Imperial.
Must be a good month with so much good things happening. Hope everything goes well for everyone. Take care...Cheers!
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
1st Study Week at IM
It's been one of the most tiring week for a while. This is only the first study week of the course. It's been both mentally and physically draining.
The week kicked off with PBL. Being the first for all of us, we were had pretty slow starts before we finally sort of got the hang of it. But as we dwell into the topic deeper, we became more pressured as we need to look up for detailed explanations of all those biological processes. Lots of new things to add to the A Levels Biological knowledge. Not forgetting the whole list of new terms to learn after the first week.
Lectures had been, as usual, not as interesting. But, at least we got to have different lecturers for different topics. That helps a bit. Didn't really manage to catch much from the lectures though.
Much more exciting were the workshops, language class and patient care sessions. They were all pretty interactive and more practical in the profession. Lots of fun involved, especially when we had the chance to act as doctors. Looking forward to these sessions again.
This week started off quite smoothly. Just recovered from being sick TWICE in the last two weeks. Really hope I can stay healthy so I can work full-blast for the course. Work load is getting heavier and pressure is building up as we are supposed to complete our PBL session for "Healthy Diet". Sounds easy, but with Health Sciences intertwinned into it, it isn't that simple after all. The number of thick anatomy and physiological books in our Base Rooms can already show how this simple topic "sunbursts" into various biological areas.
Although I know that a lot of hardwork is needed for this course, I feel happy studying it. It's my interest I guess. Getting the feeling of being motivated to search for more information about certain doubts is GOOD! Everything is too surreal now: me studying Bachelor of Health Science/Medicine. Not the path I planned, but close enough :o)
I just can't wait until our labcoats (with names embroidded on them) to come on Wednesday. And we'll get to wear them to our ward visit this Saturday. Really excited!!!
A lot of more research to do everyday. That's pretty much the routine for now. I'm also still settling in to the life here in Bandar. May not be a big change but still, needs some adjustments. Hope things get sorted out soon.
Cheers =]
The week kicked off with PBL. Being the first for all of us, we were had pretty slow starts before we finally sort of got the hang of it. But as we dwell into the topic deeper, we became more pressured as we need to look up for detailed explanations of all those biological processes. Lots of new things to add to the A Levels Biological knowledge. Not forgetting the whole list of new terms to learn after the first week.
Lectures had been, as usual, not as interesting. But, at least we got to have different lecturers for different topics. That helps a bit. Didn't really manage to catch much from the lectures though.
Much more exciting were the workshops, language class and patient care sessions. They were all pretty interactive and more practical in the profession. Lots of fun involved, especially when we had the chance to act as doctors. Looking forward to these sessions again.
This week started off quite smoothly. Just recovered from being sick TWICE in the last two weeks. Really hope I can stay healthy so I can work full-blast for the course. Work load is getting heavier and pressure is building up as we are supposed to complete our PBL session for "Healthy Diet". Sounds easy, but with Health Sciences intertwinned into it, it isn't that simple after all. The number of thick anatomy and physiological books in our Base Rooms can already show how this simple topic "sunbursts" into various biological areas.
Although I know that a lot of hardwork is needed for this course, I feel happy studying it. It's my interest I guess. Getting the feeling of being motivated to search for more information about certain doubts is GOOD! Everything is too surreal now: me studying Bachelor of Health Science/Medicine. Not the path I planned, but close enough :o)
I just can't wait until our labcoats (with names embroidded on them) to come on Wednesday. And we'll get to wear them to our ward visit this Saturday. Really excited!!!
A lot of more research to do everyday. That's pretty much the routine for now. I'm also still settling in to the life here in Bandar. May not be a big change but still, needs some adjustments. Hope things get sorted out soon.
Cheers =]
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