Its been one and a half year since I last updated my blog. So I will briefly update about my current life to fill up the missing "spaces".
First of all, I'm kinda happy that I've completed my MUFY studies and got into the Monash University that I was aiming for since I started this foundation program. MUFY has been light and easy and time passes so fast that it ended before I could realize it. So far, its been pleasurable studying in Monash despite having a tight and packed life as I learn new stuff everyday and got inspired every now and then. I'm glad I've made a right decision to choose MBBS although I deviate a little before that as this is in fact what I'm longing for all this while.
The orientation week ( about 4 weeks ago >.<) have been an unforgettable experience to me. Located within a totally unfamiliar group, I found myself being weird and awkward. Introducing myself and knowing each other seem to be the "culture" of transition week until I got fed up with my own name. Later, with various of activities going on, our team start to know each other better and foster strong bonding between us (in fact we won 2 prizes during the transition camp xD) . I was impressed on how a bunch of total strangers could come so close together in merely 3 days 2 night period and become a team for the rest of the semester. Experience with the lecturers and our student guides are great too. They are being helpful in exposing us to the real world of medicine, the life long learning process.
The following weeks are filled with lectures, tutorial and discussions. Indulging myself in this tiring yet fun learning experience, there is some interesting events that I would like to highlight to share with all my blog readers ( if there are still some left >.<):
i) "The Super Size Me" movie. We actually watched this movie in our lecture theater during one of our tutorial session. The movie is about a perfectly fit young man self experimenting on himself by eating McDonald 3 meals a day continuously for a month. The effect is fascinating as we see the man's health dropped drastically over the period of time as well as increase in weight. The movie even showed us the surgical process they did on an obese man to remove the fat around his intestine and it is the grossest thing I've ever seen. So stop or reduce eating fast food as it really devastate our health. At least for me I will :p
ii)The Clinical Contact Visit. We were brought to one of the polyclinic in KL to observe how the doctors work and also to understand further the structure and facilities of the clinic. I expected the trip to be formal and reflective but what's surprising is that I actually witness a scene whereas the doctor that I'm observing was quarreling with her patients over the patient's health problems. She even refuse to talk to the patient after the quarrel. Personally, I think that it might due to her heavy workload and high work stress that overtime she loss her patience and temper or even her passion over her medical career. It makes me realize that certain doctors might lose their passion and dedication over time under the bad working conditions and certainly I hope that those "certain doctors" wouldn't be me one day.
iii) An Inspiring Talk by people with disability. Organized by our sociology lecturer, Dr Phua, we are honored to be given the chance to meet with these peoples in person and see things from their perspectives. It impress me a lot when I knew that one of those guest was disabled in the age of 20 when that's the peak of life for most of us and she accepted it with strong will and continue to live. Another guest which is born with William's Syndrome also gave me an insightful view of how talented a person can be despite of their learning disabilities as I see his hand dancing aross the keyboard followed by the sweet melody. It even impress me further when I know from his mother after the session that he learn by remembering the sound of the key on the keyboard and he could replay the song that he listen before without even knowing the notes. Pretty impressive for me ( who couldn't even play a single instrument properly >.<). It also reminds me of how determine and tough a person could be solely to continue to live. Its a shame that of us who is regarded as "normal" grumbles or even gave up life over tiny little matters whereas they never give up even tough they are continuously facing injustice, discomfort and difficulties in life. So, appreciate our life and always think of how fortunate we are. Don't take our body and mind for granted.
Amitofo and Bio-Psycho-Social xD
