It's Saturday, 22nd October 2005 , around 30 minutes before midnight. My father has been staying in Sheffield for about 3 months now, roughly the same amount of time since I've started medical school. I've been up, and I've been down. I've even failed for my very first time. I remember the feeling i had when I first heard my results. It was a feeling of numbness, laced with remorse and false humour. I got Es for both Biochemistry and Physiology.
Adapting to the lifestyle isn't easy; ironically, it is deja vu of the life in MRSM Taiping and not really in a good way. Alternating waves of depression, rebellion and isolation, as if I don't belong. I don't deny the times i had a blast with friends, both in MRSM and here in UM. Sometimes, i wish to just drop dead or drop out. I miss my friends, and wonder what the hell did i get myself into. Other times, i wish to take the more traditional way out : get married and stay home until i rot. The down side of that would be the fact that i can't cook, clean or babysit.
My apologies to the pessimistic tone of the post. The finals is in a month and to be honest I haven't been studying as much as I should. Weeks would pass before I even read through a chapter of my choice. But hey, no one to blame but myself. Friends come and go, and i quote from someone when i ask, do people talk to me because they have to or because they want to? Some people, i stay in contact with for old times' sake and i question whether it is worth it.
Well, at least i got that out of my system. If writing this didn't help; hey, at least I've tried.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Friday, June 24, 2005
The Officiation of My Blog
Hi. This blog is actually created so I could create a photo album to display pics of The Five's (+1) Trip To Genting. I might not update very often. So to those of u who are interested to know what's going on in my life I would suggest that SMS is a better option.
Well since I'm writing I might as well proclaim to the world that I will be known as a Medical Student very soon ad boy am I proud to be able to wear the title. I got accepted into Universiti Malaya's Faculty of Medicine. Just like my mother before me. My late grandfather (Ishak) and my grandmother (Fatimah) were both in UM as well. Back then,UM was in Singapore. He studied History, she did Geography. Then, my mum (Fawziah, their daughter) and my Dad were accepted into Pusat Asasi Sains University Malaya (PASUM).After 2 years of foundation studies, my dad went to the Engineering Faculty, and my mom, Medicine. My grandmother became a lecturer/professor in UM's Education faculty. She was also recently given the title of Professor Emeritus by UM for her services. My mom worked in UM Hospital for a while and both my sis and I were born there! 19 years later, I have completed my 1 year in PASUM with a 4.0 CGPA and i will continue the sort-of legacy of UM scholars in my family.
Now that's a little of my family's academic history to you readers. The reason why it is such and honour for me to be accepted into PASUM and now UM Medicine. Even with all of that, the usual questions like "is this what i really want?" and "will i be able to do this?" or "can I really be a doctor?" still race through my mind. Oh well.
This is where I'll take off for now. Regards, Dima
Well since I'm writing I might as well proclaim to the world that I will be known as a Medical Student very soon ad boy am I proud to be able to wear the title. I got accepted into Universiti Malaya's Faculty of Medicine. Just like my mother before me. My late grandfather (Ishak) and my grandmother (Fatimah) were both in UM as well. Back then,UM was in Singapore. He studied History, she did Geography. Then, my mum (Fawziah, their daughter) and my Dad were accepted into Pusat Asasi Sains University Malaya (PASUM).After 2 years of foundation studies, my dad went to the Engineering Faculty, and my mom, Medicine. My grandmother became a lecturer/professor in UM's Education faculty. She was also recently given the title of Professor Emeritus by UM for her services. My mom worked in UM Hospital for a while and both my sis and I were born there! 19 years later, I have completed my 1 year in PASUM with a 4.0 CGPA and i will continue the sort-of legacy of UM scholars in my family.
Now that's a little of my family's academic history to you readers. The reason why it is such and honour for me to be accepted into PASUM and now UM Medicine. Even with all of that, the usual questions like "is this what i really want?" and "will i be able to do this?" or "can I really be a doctor?" still race through my mind. Oh well.
This is where I'll take off for now. Regards, Dima
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