Study week

Here comes study week(s).

This is the amount of lecture notes which I have digest in these 2 weeks and vomit starting from 9th of November 2009.

The dreaded week is coming soon…

As a pre-clinical medical student

I have been wanting to post about this for quite some but I just couldn’t find the time.

Back in ACS during STPM days, my teachers and friends know very well that I have aimed to study Medicine. I was grateful to be accepted into UKM for Medicine. I am one step closer to achieving my dream, but of course, there is still a long way to go in reaching my aim.

After that, things seemed to happen so fast and I just went with the flow.

This picture was taken during the “Personal and Professional Development” Camp in Perak.

This was when I got to know some of my friends better.

My roommate, Kee Tat and I were thrown into a room with a huge hole in the ceiling.

We had to close it with 2 planks of wood. A lost cat somehow fell off through the hole and almost killed my roommate. Luckily, he wasn’t sleeping that time.

Notice the books on the shelves.

I have twice the amount of books now. And lecture notes are piling and piling.

I do not know how I did it. I managed to survive Semester 1 and 2. We have only one week of study leave to ingest the work of the entire semester, about 4 modules. The lecture notes for each module = half of the notes I have for Biology during STPM.

Lecture notes of one semester = 2 x STPM Biology.

It was not easy. I had insomnia during the exam week in Semester 1. My roommate knew best how terrible it was for me. I was very stressed out and worried.

Semester 2 was better. I only had insomnia the night before the first paper. After that, I could sleep well throughout the rest of exam week.

Before I enter medical school, I thought the life there would be all about academics. It was only when I entered medical school that i realised that it is not that way. My extra-curricular life in UKM is mainly due to AMSA (Asian Medical Students’ Association)

I went to Sabah for a conference and had fun.

That was also when my phone went for a swim. After that I got a new phone! Hehe

We educated the public on how to use a condom properly.

… using a cucumber.

Went for a community service in Muar and had a keluarga angkat, whom I still keep in touch.

Went to Taiwan and was stigmatized for having the risk of being infected with H1N1.

Met a lot of new friends from different countries.

Semester 3 is a bit crazy for me. I hope I will be able to survive the finals which is about 2 weeks from now.

As for girlfriend, she is the one I feel sorry for the most. Throughout the one and a half years, I have not given her enough attention. She was however, very understanding and has never complained. Being so far apart is not easy, but I’m sure we’ll manage.