Time

"Time flies"
"Time waits for no man"
"Time is gold"
"Time, you will never appreciate it until it passes"

It was fast. So fast that I thought it would never come. In fact it did. And it is coming so soon.
I know I am going to miss it. Miss 4 years time I will be in IMU. Miss all the things good, bad, neutral, whoever, wherever and whatever that happens in IMU. Miss most of those special lecturers. Miss all the exams (!!swt!!).

Now that it is going to pass, I think I started to have Peter Pan Syndrome. I don't want to grow up. I don't want to work yet. I don't want to do adult things yet. I want to play more. Play. Play. PLAY!! Will there be a time where I can indulge in my hobbies like now in IMU? Will there be a chance where I can play basketball with some casual buddies? Will there be a LAN game party for me? Will there ever be another client for me to play around with different virus/PC problem? Will there be a chance that I can meet all my buddies in IMU? Those where the questions that arise with my Peter Pan Syndrome.

And here is Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C...

This week special: The final countdown...

The day I wrote this is the last day of class. In my whole 4 years of BPharm course. This is it. This is the last day. This will be the last day I will be in class. Listening to lecturer/seminar/tutorial...I think I am actually going to miss it. And I never thought I would think it that way...

Ok...So what should I do today?Since it is the last day of class, gonna wear my favourite shirt/pants/underwear combination today. And take pictures. A lot of them! With all the people, all the faces...And all the classrooms that I have been since the first semester, including LT1, LT2, LT3, Auditorium A & B (personal favourite), PBL rooms, MPH 1-5...Ah....those were the nostalgic days...I do sounds like an old man when I said this...I know. But who cares! I am both old and young!

The last 4 years was tremendous. We have seen many crazy stuff, history and record broken. We have seen lecturers come and go. We have (although technically, I did not) camped outside of IMU for a f**king selective. We have all the important books in the library going MIA every beginning of the semester. Oh, and not to forget, we have (at least some of us have) gone to the research lab in the middle of the night for a f**king research. We have people skipping classes for a damn shopping trip or a meal. We have people fishing all the fishes in the class during lectures (rf). *sarcasm* A few of us even tried to challenge the record of "Fewest Days in IMU before Graduation", although the real winner is clearly miles and miles ahead of the rest...

Will this going to be the last of craziness I am going to see?I doubt that. But this is going to be my most memorable four years. Where I had found my love. Where I found many great friends. Where I am going to get my degree. Where my career officially starts. Where everything in the adulthood begins...

Man! I really sounds like an old man! Arrgh!!

Lessons Learned on Integrated Seminar Week 1

Based purely on my observation...

1. Its never great to be the first team to present, whenever and wherever. 
Reason: You have got no point of reference when presenting something unusual and new.
Example: Common pharmaceutical care plan. Anyway, WHO THE HELL THOUGHT OF SOME SHIT THINGS LIKE THIS?

2. Never ever ask too much question in the integrated seminar that could kill your fellow classmates. 
Reason:  When it is your turn, you are going to drag down your teammate(s) by the barrage of missiles and nukes warhead coming at you from 360 degrees from some of the (usually) silent powerhouse.
Example: I don't think we need any example here. It is so damn obvious...

3. It is always good to have low profile people as your teammates.
Reason: Statistically (Well, sort of, based on my observation + mental statistic) proven to reduce the amount of missiles and nukes aimed at you.
Example: Err...No name shall be mentioned here to preserve their anonymity.


4. READ AND READ AND READ AND READ ALL THE GUIDELINES IN THE WORLD.
Reason: Missiles and nukes from the elders or the young guns will mostly be based on guidelines. Memorised all of it if you can. Melt and fuse them to your brain cells. And better seal it with whatever gingko biloba or vitamin if you have to. Also, preferable not just from Malaysia. The buffet of guidelines from the millions of societies/organisations/bodies in US and UK is all for you to choose for.

5. We all love W** and *S* as our facilitators. And we all hate *I as our facilitators. Also **Y is damned in love with clinical trial.
Reasons and example: W** and *S* give me the feeling that they are very supportive of the presenter. *I, meanwhile, love to hate, preferring to slaughter the presenters. Maybe his taste of woman? I don't know. Just be grateful that he is not my facilitator. Meanwhile, no offense to **Y, but she is totally IN LOVE with clinical trial. So deep in love that she can remember all the strangest names of all the trial. Very useful for research though. A good thing about her is that she does not set off as many missiles at you as compared with *I.


6. Case study presentation is the most targeted area by your lovely-trigger-happy "comrades".
Reason: Most of the missiles and nukes aimed at weak points in the case study. Statistic (of my own) have shown that more than 50% of the missiles target your lovely case study. Beware!
Example: Errr...ALL the 12 case studies so far are your lovely examples!

Thats it for now. Got to do my integrated seminar now or risk getting fried by my partner in crim....err...Presentation.

♫ Mahathir is coming to town...♫

Remember the song of Santa Clause? "Santa Clause is coming to town..."

Now replace the "Santa Clause" with Mahathir, and you got ♫ Mahathir is coming to town...♫, which sounds pretty fine for the song anyway. Which Mahathir? The most famous Mahathir, of course. The one and only Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohammad, the forth prime minister of Malaysia.

And too bad, the event is for IMU students only. Tun Dr. Mahathir will have a dialogue with the IMU students with the theme of "Leadership in Medicine & contribution to Nation Building".

Now, I don't have any particular grudge against our beloved ex-leader, he is, after all, the guy who made the ISA to its current popularity. In fact, he is also the one who causes all the headaches to the Chinese community. However, he is still a real medical practitioner, who is going to have a dialogue to the students who are Chinese-majority, AND some of them are there because of him. Got to thank him for that anyway.

Now then, am I going there? No. Of course not. Not really because of him anyway. Cause there are some important class that I prefer to attend rather than dialoging (or most probably, listening rather than dialoging). The dialogue may be inspirational, but I am just not interested. He may be the modernisation father, but he ain't no my father. Conclusion: No go for me.