I've been wondering

I can't wait for the 3rd year to start, just thinking about doing ward rounds, wearing the white coat in the hospital and having the stethescope around my neck just gives me an adrenaline rush. But as I read some blogs written by fellow american medical students who are currently in 3rd year(24 years old) as well, and also blogs from Malaysian doctors who are currently residing overseas, somehow it seems harder than I thought.


In Malaysia we have high school, then we go for pre-university programmes such as matriculation, STPM or A-levels just to enter university in a year or 2 after the major exams. After that, we start our medical degree programmes, so a medical student in Malaysia usually starts at the age of 19 or 20. It differs from the programme in America, where after high school they actually have 4 years of college degree in another course (or pre-med as they say) then they start the medical degree programme at the age of 22. In my opinion, the earlier you graduate, the faster you work, the faster you get your pay. But when I read the blogs written by the above mentioned people, I start to wonder whether we Malaysian medical students will be at par with those overseas when we graduate.



Firstly, due to the age factor, they may have started medical school with greater maturity than us, secondly because the are doing their second degree, as in they already have a degree before doing their medical degree. I think the 2nd point may have them a tad bit more prepared to be healers, having a larger view of diseases compared to us. Besides that, they also have other extra curricular activities they can join, instead of we Malaysian students who usually don't have time to join club activities in our own University (but I think it is more on the club activities are done on days where medical students are not free, and our schedule of lectures from 8-5pm does not help too). That is why usually we medical students are left out of the picture everytime an activity is held, partly due to the time factor, and also due to our own ignorance towards activities being held in the university.





So, my question is

1. are doctors the same everywhere? or do patients in America have better treatment and are better diagnosed than those in Malaysia?
2. if a Malaysian medical student graduates and an American medical student graduates will they be at par at giving treatment to patients?
3. and will their chances at pursuing their speciality be the same if they were to be applying for a place in the post-graduate programme in the same university?

Answers anyone??

movie marathon

Got the opportunity to watch 2 movies in a row, "Stomp the yard" and "300"

Reasons to watch "Stomp the yard"

1. awesome dance movies




2. Okay story line : although the person you like has a gf/bf, do pursue them..best man/woman wins baby!! :)




3. "one word....BITCHES!!" ;p nuff said

one of the awesome moves

sweeettttt..............................

Reasons to watch "300"

1. 300plus guys with 6-packs




2. A lady who kills a bad man by one stab with a sword (woohoo!!)




3. Majorly awesome storyline!!!!!!

spartans vs persians

king leonidas vs big bad wolf

the Queen

towards the end

the "hot" oracle

AF what??

My family has always been a fan of Akademi Fantasia (AF). I don't really mind watching the cute dudes singing their hearts out but I for one am not a voter. I am just a spectator, watching how these so-called young talents rise.



I've been following the concerts of AF since AF 1 to AF 4, watching the rise and fall of my favorites, always unhappy with the results. And the new AF5, seriously, I watched their first concert last saturday and there is no one that really caught my eye. There are one or two cute ladies, and one dude with a "tak jadik" afro do, but none with a really good voice, unlike the new American Idol, where I saw this one lady called Jordin, her voice is definitely breath taking.









This is one of the cute ladies in AF5, too bad she's already eliminated (btw she's Diya)








This one's cute too





Mr Afro-tak-jadik





yang ni lagi satu eye-candy.. a.k.a Amirul of AF5

Jordin Sparks, American Idol 6 contestant






So this is who I think should win in the past AFs









AF1 : Vince (no doubt la, dah la can sing so well, so good looking, and always putting a twist in his songs.. besides, yang lain2 tu so hampeh)





Bob --> oklah this is not his best picture :P







Kaer -> he looks so young and innocent here heh..


AF2 : Bob (because of his great voice and variety in singing) / Kaer (his voice is great too)








Elliza, eye-candy for AF3



AF3 : anyone else except Mawi or Felix (this AF is so unfair because the actually "serap balik" some students who were rejected from the start)







Velvet





Amirul.. comei nyer!!! :P




AF4 : Velvet (I think she was one of the greater singers from the start, and Faizal won because his father voted for him --> admitted by his father who actually had to borrow money from some Ah Longs to vote for Faizal, but Amirul was sure an eye-candy :P)




She's hot, she sounds good and she looks great in this type of tudung.. what more do you want?? :P

AF5 : no one really deserves to win the car and the house, but maybe this girl in the tudung (Heliza) has a shot, she's the better of the lot, having the looks, voice and stage presence.. if she doesn't win, maybe the afro dude could win :P

The beginning of something new

Finally, after quite sometime I'm back in the cyberworld, blogging. This is my first entry in blogspot, I've decided to leave the blogging world in friendster and go ahead with blogging in sites like this.

My absence in the cyberworld for a brief period before this is due to my professional exams that is required for me to move on to become a 3rd year medical student in July. Thank God, everything went well and I passed!! Basicly this means that I'm half way through the 5 year medical course. Hehe. :)

So, after the professional exams, of course there is the much awaited 6 weeks long holidays that every single one of us 2nd year medical students are anticipating. I have long been wondering what I want to do during my holidays, which would be the longest holidays ever in my 5 years medic course.

The first thing I did was colour my fingernails black with inai provided by Fatah. Haha. I didn't expect it to look that black, (it didn't seem that black on Fatah's nails) so I'm kind of worried now because it might affect my plans for the holidays. I've been hoping to work in Bread Talk or any other bakery because I want to learn to bake. Pastries or cakes, it doesn't matter. I just love cheese cakes. (and also due to Bree and Izzie from Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy who are so-called excellent bakers :P) But it doesn't matter, so I'll be job-hunting during this weekends, and I hope I can get a thousand pocket money before I return to do the research project compulsary for semester 4.

What else am I planning to do?
a) Watch all the movies I've been missing
b) Hang out
c) Sleep
d) Go shopping and get a whole new wardrobe
e) Get some new English novels
f) Get hair treatment :P

But probably the only sure thing that will happen is me getting a tad bit rounder before going back to UPM. :)