Nov-Dec summary

Wow, I just noticed that I've abandoned my blog for nearly 2 months.. Haha.. Dunno la, kinda lazy to post things up.. Act got lots of things to post up.. I'll summarize some of it now.. =)

In Nov I had a 4 week posting in something called as Community Medicine.. The whole posting was well, a complete waste of time.. The only thing I managed to learn from there is that there are still communities out there who need our help, who are being neglected by the public.. If u could see the condition of the villages around that area, u'll be shocked.. And most of them live like it's nothing.. Apart from that, managed to learn how to form questionnaires and interview people.. Guess that happens when u get some lecturers who keep on giving different opinions and conflicting with one another.. Haiz.. So dysfunctional.. And I was actually looking forward to that posting.. =.="

As of current I'm in the Medicine posting.. Loving it.. Cause u get to see rare cases.. Makes u wonder also sometimes am I in the right course or not.. I admit, there were times where I feel exceptionally down cause I felt pretty dumb, can't answer anything the lecturer post.. However, thanks be to God that He pulled me out from that mess, now I'm looking forward to every hospital posting.. =) Went to two hospitals so far.. Sik is a very nice cozy place, far thou.. 94KM away from AIMST.. Not many patients but good for relaxation.. Haha.. Yan is more like a hospital, closer, about 27KM away.. Also not bad, awesome Nasi Lemak nearby.. =p

Attended Life Camp from 4th - 7th Nov, a life changing camp.. Really open your eyes to well.. Life.. And what can u do about it.. If there's a chance I would love to volunteer in the next one.. Can't tell the details thou, I'm under oath.. Haha..

CF is growing.. Praise the Lord for His greatness and glory.. Through Him we are now officially recognized by AIMST management.. =D No more hiding under the covers, we can now really make our campus into our mission field.. And what more to celebrate then to have the Christmas Gig?? Held in campus for the first time since 2007, it was a huge success.. God's presence was just overwhelming that night.. Over 200 came, 17 saved and many more wanting to know the Lord.. Praise God for His goodness, God is good all the time!! =D

Exams was concluded just before I had my holidays.. It was a tough 1 week, 6 papers in 5 days + hospitals in the morning before the papers.. Not enough sleep + lack of preparation + no motivation to study.. Really a recipe for disaster.. Praise be to God, He sustained me throughout the entire exam.. I really surrendered it all to Him, I couldn't do it by my strength.. But through Christ, all things are possible!! =D And I've seen the fruits of my dependence on Him, my Paeds paper came back with a 60.. I was shocked myself, no one but Him alone could have given me such good grades, knowing how ill prepared I was.. Glory be to God on high!!

Christmas was a very quiet affair this year.. Had our celebration at the new church building, fully packed.. So good to see that.. Futsal in the afternoon followed by 2 Christmas parties, one at my aunt's and another at a friend's place on Boxing Day.. Good food, great company, memorable events.. Thank you Lord for sending your Son Jesus Christ on that night to save the world.. If not we would have not known You.. =)

Well, that's practically my update for now.. Will update more later on.. Ciao people.. XD

Theory papers have fallen..

Finally all my theory papers are over!! YIPEE!!! Now left the practical paper.. Ala.. Sap sap sui la that one.. NOT!! 18 Anatomy stations, 17 MDL stations and 12 Clinical stations.. 47 stations in 2 hours.. Covering 6 systems.. It's going to be one long practical session.. O.o

So how did all my batchmates do for their papers?? I hope everyone did their best.. Cuz I certainly didn't.. To be honest, I enjoyed too much during finals.. Like seriously alot.. How?? Well, u dun go watching Transformers 3 when u have the mother of all papers on Monday (CNS) or play computer games for hours when u should be studying.. Or how about this; going to a BBQ when ur final theory paper is TODAY!!! LOL!!

Seriously I was asking for trouble.. However I thank God for guiding me through all the 6 papers so far.. He is really great, He who has help me a thousand times has done it again.. Praise be to God.. Among all the papers the two I fear most is my CNS and Renal paper; Renal being the worse of the two.. Seriously all I want is a pass, nothing more.. I just don't want to see my name in the Viva or Supplementary list; just move on into 3rd year and start anew.. That's not too much too ask right? =)

There's so much things I would like to update, especially on my personal views of Bersih 2.0.. Boy now that's a different story all together.. Alas, my body can only take so much beating and after 27.5hours of no sleep; I think it's high time I hit the sacks.. At 6.30pm.. O.o So stay tune my fellow readers for an insight into

BERSIH 2.0

D-Day in 26 hours

In about 26 hours from now I'll be starting the biggest battle of my MBBS Year 2 studies.. That's right people, it's finals again.. And this time my batch is the last among our peers to have its finals and to complete it.. Come to think of it, we're the only batch left who haven't started our finals, apart from MBBS Year 3.. Funny eh??

So it all comes down to this.. 10 months of hard work all down to 7 papers in a span of 3 weeks, a do or won't make it mission (won't die, worst is just repeat the year) and of course the sweet victory that lies after all this over.. To all my batch mates, GAMBATEH!! We can all do it, we will surely be enjoying hospitals next year TOGETHER!!

Lately I've been reading a lot of people passing away; friend's friends, relatives, family members.. Makes u really ponder on life.. Life is so short, why waste it doing something you're going to regret for the rest of your life.. Should do something fun, do something worthwhile.. Then I ask one of my friend what is worthwhile for her.. She said, I'm becoming a doctor, that's more than enough for me.. Yeah, I'm doing something I wanted all along.. And it's all thank to God for His gracious mercy to provide me such an opportunity.. So thank you Lord, thank you dad and mum, thank you all who have make my dream come true.. =)

I SURRENDER ALL TO YOU

I SURRENDER ALL TO YOU

I AM NOTHING WITHOUT YOU

JESUS CHRIST, TAKE MY LIFE

IT'S ALL FOR YOU!!!

Yes, my finals is all surrendered to Lord.. I have done all I can, I will enter with faith and I know I am able to do all things in Him who strengthens me.. Praise be to God.. Amen!!

Thanks be to God

How great is our God

Sing with me how great is our God

And all will sing how great, how great

Is our God!!!

Yes, our God is great.. Today my Renal and Haematology System results came out and if u refer to my post at the beginning of the month that I probably sat for one of the worst CA in my medical studies (so far).. However, God is great and gracious to allow me to pass my examination and above all that, to score above my expectations..

It's really true.. 1Peter 5:7 has been stuck in my head for a few days now and I'm sure all of us can really use that verse to be motivated.. I thank God for helping me in all my 2nd year trials and now I pray that my finals will also be smooth sailing..

Some of you might ask me, "It's finals, how can you be so relax?" Well, truth is I really don't know.. All I know is that I'll enter with faith into the examination hall, do the best I can and the rest I leave it for God to decide.. For it is written He will make you the head and not the tail.. Praise be to God.. Amen!! =D

For all those facing their finals.. =D

I was running through the web when I came across a blog with biblical verses for those facing exams.. So I am going to share it here.. =D

Is anyone of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. (James 5:13)

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7)

Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? (Matthew 6:25-27)

How great is our God? He would never let us suffer alone, He would never leave us nor forsake us, because He cares for us.. So to all my friends out there who are facing their finals (especially MBBS and BDS batches of AIMST) and you think that you can't do it, you can't bear the trials that lies ahead of you, be strong and have faith.. The God Almighty is with you.. He is your protector, your provider, your saviour.. For He shall make you the head and not the tail.. (Deuteronomy 28:13)

Thus do not fear, for you can do all things in Him who strengthens you!! (Philippians 4:13) Praise be to God!! All the best friends!! Take care and God bless you all!!

End of the final CA

Going to forgo my idea not posting till 14th july and will post one now..

My final CA for the year, Renal & Haematology System was completed this morning.. And boy was it the worst paper yet.. It's even harder than CNS, can u believe that?? I'm going to shoot those seniors who have been telling me "Ah.. It's a piece of cake.." Really kena senju man.. -.-"

That aside, I've come to the conclusion of my CA examinations and now the real battle begins.. 3 gruesome weeks of n0n-stop studying for finals.. Look on the bright side, no more classes, no more assignments, no more boring-i-will-definitely-sleep-in-class lectures.. XD Yet something tells me all is not well for this coming finals.. Don't know, just feel something is not right somewhere.. Ah.. Why worry.. Everything is determined by God, I have to work hard but in the end my future is determine by Him.. He has put me here, He has His purpose.. =D

On a positive note, me and her have begin to talk again.. I guess that's a very good sign.. Still will take time but at least we're heading into the correct path again.. Learned my lesson well, now to move on with life.. =)

Well, I got the whole weekend ahead.. Probably won't study or something like that.. Will see how, just tired of the whole thing for now.. LOL.. And I still got one last histo assignment to do.. Plus EPP exam in 12hours time.. What a bummer.. >.< Better get going then.. Toodles.. XD

The good news..

Well, I did say I'll post what make me happy rite about a week ago?? As in the happiest day of my life?? Haha.. Well, I'll post it now..

I'M OFFICIALLY IN A RELATIONSHIP!!!!

OK, over exaggerating over there.. How it all went?? Or began?? Lets simply said I was helping her to hook up with my friend and it turned out completely opposite.. Weird huh.. Guess the whole Batch 15 knows ady; I think.. Hopefully this will last a really long time..

In other news, my CA3 is coming up in a week.. Damn.. I got myself involved in more and more things, hopefully those were correct decisions and er... Tat's all I think.. Just can't wait for the coming holidays.. So need a break where no studies is involved.. Haha.. Not going to be thou..

Oh well, time to hit my books again.. Arg.. The horror!! =(

MERDEKA!!!!

YEAH!!! FINALLY MY EXAMS IS OVER!!!!

Today was the final 2 papers for my CA2.. And here's the overview of those papers:

1) Immunology & Pathology
Paper was alrite.. I think I can score la.. I hope so.. 2 of the SAQs were a bit tough but hopefully everything goes smoothly..

2) Physiology
The final paper of all.. And the 2nd question was a killer.. Hopefully I did correctly, it's the only paper I'm hoping for distinction.. Oh well, results will be out like end of the month, we'll see then..

So there u go.. 3 updates on 6 papers I sat.. Now it's enjoy to the max followed by the start of my second term next Monday.. Time really flies, and before I know it CNY will be around..

Plus next Thursday onwards is a holiday till the following Monday.. Wakaka... Nice way to start the new year after the CAs.. Haha.. Well, off to bed now or more like playing games.. I sooooo need to catch up on my sleep.. >.<

Exam Update 2

Another update on my current Continuous Assessment 2:-

1) Biochemistry
I had this on Wednesday and overall it went pretty well.. Of course time limitation was really a pain in the ass but I think I did better than my previous CA.. Hopefully a nice result can be produced from this.. And also it was a moral booster after a disastrous OSPE..

2) Anatomy
This was just done today.. Paper was fine.. Objective and T/F was a killer but SAQ and LAQ were not that bad.. IF YOU STUDIED!!! Hopefully it'll surpass my previous results thou a pass will satisfy me ANYTIME!!!

And with that, I'm left with 2 more papers.. The double header of P's tomorrow: Pathology and Physiology.. Gosh.. Too much to study!! And I slept for 4 hours instead of 1.. =(

Exam updates...

Well, this is a brief update on my current exam status:

So far, 2 out of the 6 papers are done.. How did I performed?? Not so good I think..
1) Epidemiology was scary.. I think I barely nick a pass out of it, providing my
objective and T/F are quite strong.. What a way to start the new year.

2) OSPE
- Biochem OSPE was a bit confusing, I think I lost some marks there..
- Physio OSPE results just came out.. I managed to score quite high, but still kicking myself for some silly errors..
- Anatomy OSPE is probably the worst of all.. I had like 3 wrongs flat plus loads of careless mistake.. As of now I've lost 8 marks AT THE MINIMUM!! =(

So as it stance I'm left with Biochemistry tomorrow, Anatomy on Thursday and a double header of Immunology/Pathology and Physiology on Friday.. It's going to be a feel sleepless nights..

GOD, GRANT ME STRENGTH AS I FACE THIS TESTING TIMES!!

Passed!! =D

Thanks be to God!!

For I managed to pass all the 6 papers in my 1st Continuous Assessment!!

Now, I'll take this to work harder and go further in my education life.. It's a great motivation and also a wake up call for me..

Also to all my batchmates who scored extremely well, congrats.. And to those who didn't do so well, don't worry so much.. There's still 3 more CAs to go before our finals.. Let us all work hard together to achieve our dream!!

GAMBATEH!!

God bless everyone!! AMEN!!

FREEDOM!!!

At long last, all my CA exams all OVER!! YAHOO!!! After bursting my brains on that exams, finally I can let it pass me.. I've done what I could, now it's all in the hands of the Lord (and lecturers!)

So today and probably tomorrow it will just be tidur, main, lepak, makan and er... tidur! XD Also catching up with a lot of stuff that I've missed out for the past few weeks.. Like watching tons and tons of movies!! =p

As for the results.. *silence* Not going to mention a word.. Not yet.. Hehe.. Go and guess people.. Adios!!

An insight on Ujian Munsyi

Yesterday I sat for the Ujian Munsyi or also known as Malaysian University Selection Inventory Test.. What do I think of it? It's possibly a waste of time although some parts of the test is good and could be helpful..

There were like 310 questions on the paper, divided into 5 sections, 1 hour to do all of it.. It was all objective with either yes no questions or question that ask you to rate like very agree, agree, disagree, very disagree (something like that la..) And it was in Malay.. 1st section was about your favourite things you like to do such as "Do you enjoy eating with friends" or "Do you watch investigation programs".. Then the 2nd secion was about a list of jobs and see whether would you like to be that person say teacher, dentist, accountant, etc.. Both of these sections had 60 questions each..

3rd section was more on yourself, your personality such as "I'm a very responsible person" or "I can handle pressure well".. Now here had a whooping 110 questions.. 4th section if I recall correctly was about some statements and how much the statement reflects on you, here is where the 4 options come out.. Say this statement "I usually volunteer myself as the team leader" then you choose la whether very agree, agree, disagree or very disagree.. Last section was about some statements that you have to agree upon, this is more general statements like "The rich should help the poor" or "It's OK to lie to save your butt".. So in the end, half of it is dumb while the other half makes half sense..

Oh well, at least I've gotten through it.. And most of my friends agree it's a waste of time.. I on the other hand say it can give you a better insight on who you are but it should be refined to suit that purpose.. Now the wait comes.. =S Oh yeah, btw, the test is confidential, means it's a close paper and anyone caught in possesion of it can be charged under the Akta Rahsia 1972.. Haiz..

Finally, it paid off!!!

Today must be the most happiest day in my life.. For several days I've been having dreams over my STPM results.. Finally when I went to school today to take it, it came out pretty well.. So I'm happy.. After all the slogging and hardwork and shit I went through, it finally paid off.. And of course I've to thank my God.. Only His power and glory has He given me such results..

Now for another major task.. Choosing a uni to study.. I pretty much have a heading to where I want to go, just now is choosing the right uni.. Damn, the problems never end.. Luckily I got 2 weeks for that.. Now I'll just sit back and enjoy the fruits of my labour.. =D

Scary...

As it's less than 35 hours to my exam results, I can't stop but recapping the nightmare I went through during my STPM.. It's scary to relive those memories again.. I always wonder, could I have done better? Could I have been more prepared? How I wish to turn back time, to redo all over again, but only better.. No use having regrets now is there? All I can do is pray for the best and leave the rest to the good Lord.. Let Him justify my results as He see fits.. I'm just hoping I did enough, just enough to secure the course that I want.. Or not, it's other alternatives for me.. Damn.. I should stop thinking about this.. I'm scaring myself until I can't sleep.. Temporary insomnia.. HELP!!!

I'M FREE!!!!

TANGGAL EMPAT HARIBULAN,
BULAN DUA BELAS, DUA RIBU LAPAN,
MERDEKA, MERDEKA,
HARI INI KU MERDEKA,
TAK PAYAH TENGOK STPM LAGI!!!!

Yes, at long last, after one and a half years of pain and sweat, after toiling, enjoying bitter sweet successes along the way, I'm finally finished my STPM!! Well, next comes the hard part, what to do for the next 7 months??!! Dang.. Sometimes I wish school life didn't end.. Oh well, I'm off to a yam cha.. Will update u guys later!!

It's a goner..

Maths 2 was the on the menu today.. And it's going.... going... gone!!! Must been one of the hardest paper i sat la today.. Actually, honestly speaking, the entire STPM has just been weird.. Those who sat for the PA paper know what i mean.. One bright sight is that NO MORE MATHS IN MY LIFE!! (for the next 7 months at least).. And is supposedly the easy part, the objectives.. Hopefully I do well in them and thus be able to achieve my target.. IF NOT, I think I'll need a new ambition or look at other avenues to fulfill my dreams (which is severely limited).. STPM is seriously tough.. If you can't take the heat, stay out of the fire.. (I had to enter the fire thou, no choice)

Bored...

Feeling a bit better.. Compare to the weekend.. Thanks for those out there who were concern about me.. I'm doing fine now.. So tomorrow is Maths 2.. It sounds like a do or die mission for me.. Do well, u might score well and vice versa.. Hopefully tomorrow's questions are direct, unlike some papers i've been trying.. And to all of my frens sitting for the Physics paper later, good luck!!

MPM accepts mistake!!!

OK people, now we all know that this STPM has been a drag... Especially the PA paper.. Question 8 send people panicking due to that large figure.. However, a check over the net (thx to my friend) has uncovered this.. Looks like ur PA2 is safe people!!!

The original message:

-----Original Message-----From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@hotmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 20082:36 PMTo: Pegawai Perhubungan AwamSubject: kesilapan soalan PA STPM 2008 Kepada MPM,Kami mendapati bahawa soalan PA 2 STPM 2008 Bahagian D No.8 telah membuat satu kesilapan yang besar pada nilai data, iaitu pada petikan yang terakhir nilai untuk pengeluaran getah asli pada tahun 2002. Ia menunjukan angka bernilai ratus ribu,iaitu 150 007 tetapi angka yang dikatakan meningkat pada tahun 2004 hanya menunjukan angka puluh ribu,iaitu 20729 dan juga dengan angka-angka tahun lain hanya menunjukan lima digit sahaja. Jadi,kami beranggap bahawa nilai yang menunjukan enam digit pada tahun 2002 itu,iaitu 150 007 telah berlaku kesilapan. Kami berharap agar pihak tuan dapat memberi penjelasan kepada kami semua calon STPM 2008. Sekian, terima kasih.Yang Benar,Calon STPM 2008Lampiran: Soalan PA 2 STPM 2008 Bahagian D No.8

The reply:

Subject: RE: kesilapan soalan PA STPM 2008Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:05:10 +0800From: ppa@mpm.edu.myTo: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@hotmail.comTuan, Saya merujuk emel tuan mengenai perkara di atas. Berkaitan dengan maklumat tentang pengeluaran gas asli cecair, memang terdapat kesilapan angka pada perenggan akhir yang dimaksudkan. Angka 150 007 ribu tan metrik yang tertulis sepatutnya ditulis sebagai 15 007 ribu tan metrik. Sehubungan dengan hal ini, pihak MPM telah pun mengambil tindakan yang sewajarnya termasuklah memperbaiki skema pemarkahan bagi soalan 8 tersebut untuk mengambil kira kesilapan yang berlaku. Pelajar yang menjawab soalan ini akan diberi pertimbangan yang seadil-adilnya dan tidak akan didenda disebabkan kesilapan maklumat dalam soalan tersebut. Pihak MPM juga ingin memberikan jaminan bahawa pencapaian calon tidak akan terjejas disebabkan oleh kesilapan tersebut kerana segala langkah yang perlu telah dan akan diambil untuk mengatasi masalah yang timbul. Pihak kami berasa kesal atas kesukaran yang dihadapi calon disebabkan oleh kesilapan yang tidak disengajakan ini. Sekian dimaklumkan. Terima kasih. “BERKHIDMAT UNTUK NEGARA” Saya yang menurut perintah (KHAWARI BIN HAJI IDRIS)Pegawai Perhubungan Awamb.p. Ketua EksekutifMajlis Peperiksaan Malaysia

Suggestion from the candidate:

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxa [mailto:xxxx@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:04 PM
To: Pegawai Perhubungan Awam
Subject: RE: kesilapan soalan PA STPM 2008

Tuan Pegawai,

Pertama sekali, kami mengucapkan terima kasih kepada tuan atas penjelasan tuan kepada kami.

Walaubagaimanapun, kesilapan data tersebut telah menyebabkan ramai calon membazirkan masa yang banyak dalam soalan 8 ini dan menjejaskan masa untuk menjawab bahagian lain. Selain itu, ketenangan calon juga diganggu oleh kesilapan soalan tersebut. Jadi, kami mengemukakan beberapa cadangan kepada pihak tuan agar menjamin kebajikan calon dan keadilan peperiksaan STPM yang terbaik di dunia ini.

1,Markah bonus yang sewajarnya diberi kepada calon yang menjawab soalan 8 ini.

2,Markah bahagian D dimansuhkan.

3,Peperiksaan Kertas PA 2 baru dibuat pada hari tertentu.

Kami berharap agar cadangan kami akan dibincang dan ditimbang oleh pihak MPM.

Kami menunggu berita baik daripada pihak tuan.

Sekian, terima kasih.


Yang benar,

Calon STPM 2008

And the last reply from MPM:

RE: kesilapan soalan PA STPM 2008‏

From:	Pegawai Perhubungan Awam (ppa@mpm.edu.my)
Sent:	Friday, 21 Nov, 2008 6: 54 PM
To:	xxxx (xxxx@hotmail.com)

Tuan,

MPM mengucapkan terima ksih atas cadangan tersebut.

Sepertimana yang telah dijawab dan dimaklumkan terdahulu bahawa calon tidak perlu risau kerana MPM telah mengambil langkah yang sewajarnya untuk mengatasi masalah ini.


Sekian dimaklumkan. Terima kasih.

“BERKHIDMAT UNTUK NEGARA”

Saya yang menurut perintah

(KHAWARI BIN IDRIS)
Pegawai Perhubungan Awam
b.p. Ketua Eksekutif

Majlis Peperiksaan Malaysia

BIO = HAZARD

Supposedly it's my favorite subject.. However I doubt about it after today's exam.. Some surprises happened.. To say it was hard could be over exhilarated but the questions are a bit tricky.. Cause there're two ways to look at those question.. Anyway, it's gone.. Fly away, adios, sayonara, bye-bye, whatever.. Don't wanna think about it.. Luckily there's a week break before Maths 2.. I think I need it!!