Half a Year In..
And i still feel like a brand new med student. (I just got my blindingly bright orange new stestoscope)
Two exams - and they make sure to let us know repeatedly that they are formative and dont count - and 5 months of classes down the line, the sense of i-cant-believe-im-actually-doing-med lingers.
Not that the classes aren’t interesting - they are, extremely so. And the lecturers are amongst the best I’ve ever got (granted, I’ve only ever been in HSFY classes).
But the downside, of course, is the memorizing part. Yes, I have a decent memory - but I don’t like brute-force cramming. (Does anyone?)
As a friend said “Every course is likely to have its ick bits - are you happy most of the time?”
I am. Happy, that is, most of the time. Settling in a routine - breakfast/class/lunch/class/internet/dinner/badminton/sleep - boring, I know, but snugly in my comfort zone.
Every once in a while I do feel a twinge of guilt - I should be studying more, or I have to stop leeching my parents money or What have I contributed, really? - I could be doing more with myself, achieving higher standards…. but… its the whole inertia/laziness thing setting in. I’m comfortable, doing fairly well, about middlin’ in class - and there is no real drive to go beyond that.
Oh, I do read stuff for fun (including, sometimes, journal articles (!!!)). And I am earning some part time money - tutoring’s a good deal, and its not hard work.
I suppose, I could be doing so much more. But I’m not sure whether it is worth the trouble.
June 14th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
hey evee!
ahahha it’s not rlei ‘trouble’ when u go out thr 2 ‘achieve’ more. choose the interesting stuff! to hav fun. not to ‘achieve’ sth. so if u tink sth is troublesome, not joining is not a sin. cz if u tink its troublesome it prob wont be as much fun. but yeah i do get wad u mean. aiya university life is for enjoyment. u can start troubling urself whn u get 2 work. dun listen 2 my advice lol..
eve d u noe its super troublesome 2 log into friendster to comment here??? change to blogspot or sth! (no in this case its not troublesome 2 do so eve! haha) kamu masih di nz kah? bila datang ke kl atau kch lagi? saya tinggal 2 minggu cuti. balik ke kl pada 27th jun nanti.
crap i left my drug notes in kl. the drug compilation thing sounds interesting (which i dun mind doing if i got my notes w me) Who asked ur hols to only start NOw.. check ur email i might just be rajin n do it hehe. 
June 17th, 2009 at 5:57 am
OMG… midget “speakng” so to say, in BM!!!! wahahahahahahaha…. *wipes tears*
But seriously la eve… change to blogspot, much easier, not that I’m complaining much.
Like midget says, it’s not troublesome if you like it and have fun with what your doing….. see, she’s always the goody goody person. My point of view, is even if you still like it and still having fun, achieving more is still a troublesome thing. It really it. Trust me. I’m trying to achieve more here and it is a PAIN IN THE ARSE!!! BUT… yes… BUT at the end of the day, after all that trouble and you achieve or not what you aimed for, the fun and the liking it smooths the trouble away. It’s still there… just blurred.
But of course, I’m TOTALY for the staying within your comfort zone thing. But it gets boring to me and I tend to venture out and do something different and crazy… for me. What’s crazy for you is different from me. Venture out Eve… nothing to loose.
Yela… bile ko balik M’sia ni? Jangan asyik duduk kat NZ je la. Datangla jenguk kawan2 ko yg masih kat M’sia ni. Takde chance untuk kite berjumpa? Kamik balik Kuching bulan August je. Sempat jumpa Midget la… ko balik tak? Atau pon dah mula kelas dah? Pasal nota pharmacho tu tak boleh join la… tak belajar ape2 pasal drug pon. Pharmacho dalam 3rd year kamik… next year la. Bile mula cycle pharmaco, kamik join skali la.
Do you still remember BM? hehe… Cheers mate!!