3rd week

It's already my last week here in CUCMS. The 3rd week flew by quickly. We had a field practice at Sungai Congkak. they simulated a flood disaster and we were divided into a site rescue team and also a hospital team. some of my colleagues became the victims and some of us became the rescue team. we were able to practice triaging patients, carrying them over a distance and giving first aid. i still have insect bites marks complimentary of the bugs there. we had an extremely memorable war game, especially the smell. our bombs were balloons filled with belacan+paint+water. although this is my 4th time with this war game thingy, i am so not getting used to it. tak suke x3.



then thursday was a day for resting and washing my belacan-soaked clothes. pastu kene revise for the friday test. (alhamdulillah i didn't do too bad). friday afternoon kene travel gi program kat gombak. i met loads and loads of people; old friends, friend's adiks, friend's kakak ipar and abang, people who went to the same prog as me before and wonderful new people. banyak jugak kawan2 yg same2 tido thru most of the talks... hehe.



then yesterday, ayah came to pick up kak chik's stuff from her hostel so i went there for the 1st time. lepas mengangkut barang2 kakchik yg amat berat from tingkat 4 all the way to the car, i'm glad that ayah could send us to my rent house in bangi. i cant imagine going by public transport with kak chik's bags.



balik2 je kene siapkan pulak assignment PBL yg kene cari source from the internet. susah jugak when takde internet access nih. terpakse menagih simpati timah and her sister. alhmadulillah its the last assignment of this whole course.

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ok, here are some of the common questions (and answers) that I’ve received over the past 3 weeks from friends and family. penat jugak nak menjawab 100x.

Why are you in KL? I thought you were in UIA Kuantan? Are you having your semester break?

Yes, I’m still in UIA. I’m at the end of my 4th year and will start my 5th year in June iA. Currently, I’m doing my electives in CUCMS for 4 weeks

Electives? See-You-what?

The elective posting is a 6-week posting that is done at the end of the 4th year provided that one passes all the year 3 and year 4 postings. If one fails any posting, then one has to do a remedial posting during that time. I chose to do my electives in Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences (CUCMS)

So, what are you doing in CUCMS? I thought it doesn’t have a hospital?

I’m doing a 4-week course on disaster and relief medicine. I got to know about it from Prof Latif when he came to Kuantan for a talk.

Where are you staying at while you’re here?

I’m renting a house in Kg Dato’ Abu Bakar Baginda, Bangi. It’s my friend’s dad’s house. The rent is just to cover the water and electricity bills i guess.

So you commute everyday from Bangi to Cyberjaya and back?

Yep, my friends have a car.

What about the remaining 2 weeks?

I’ll be doing an attachment at the internal medicine department of HUKM under the supervision of Dr Oteh

Any more questions???

Owh, one question from yours truly:

are you happy with your choices so far?

Definitely!