The lack of affordable and effective public transport necessitates one to own a car or motorcycle to enable one to go about his affairs.
However, the parking spaces are limited and many have to park along the roads which is considered illegal by the campus authority and thus they give out summons to those who disobey the law.
The ever-disappointing cafeteria forces us to eat out. (sekarang ni ok sket café).
Since our campus is still in the developmental stages (macam developing country), there are many limitations that we have to put up with (including the construction noise pollution).
And occasionally, the administration just loves to come up with ridiculous rules to make our life more miserable.
The hostel people have a deep dislike for medical students as they are regarded as stuck up, obstinate rule breakers and uncooperative. We too share the same resentment towards them.
(dramatic giler tak?? hehe)
Nevertheless, it is not all dread and misery. My silver lining is the bi’ah solehah, conducive environment for learning (which some would say is BORING) and the weekly Islamic input lectures in the medical syllabus. And many more actually. Malas nak piker sekarang what they are.
Prof Omar designed the syllabus so that UIA medical graduates would be integrated and wholesome doctors, getting the best of the medical and Islamic world. The topics ranging from tauhid, Islamic history to contributions of Islamic scholars are given by our very own medical doctors. A few lectures are given by guest speakers from Gombak like the ever cool and distinguished Prof Kamal (former UIA rector), Ustaz Hamidon (deputy rector of students affairs), and a few others whose names I cant seem to recall right now.
Last week, Dr Azarisman, a cardiologist, lectured on the muslim scholars.
He focused on Ibnu Sina maybe because he was a great physician and muslim scholar. Never knew he was a syiah, one of the 12 imams. But he made strides in the medical and Islamic world nonetheless. Abu Ali al-Hussaini Ibn Abdullah Ibnu Sina was born in Bukhara, travelled incessantly and was a prolific author. He memorized the quran at a young age, turned to medicine by the gae of 16 and became a physician by 18. (2 years of medical training??). his magnum opus was the Qanun Fi At-Tibb (Canon of Medicine), used as a reference textbook in the west for 600years.
The moral of the story is he was just an average human being who travelled, studied, moved between principalities loking for a job and to earn a living, became a royal advisor, imprisoned, thrown into the streets, persecuted yet still managed to write numerous books both medical and non-medical. Dr said the only frailty he didn’t suffer was marriage (suffer ke?). Many scholars dedicated their lives to knowledge and never had the time to find a spouse like Imam Nawawi.
One time ibnu sina participated in war, and still continued to dictate paragraphs to his scribes.
When asked on why he was constantly working nonstop, he answered “ I prefer a short life with width then a narrow life of length”.
The sunnah of great scholars include;
- travels to far places for the search of knowledge,
- persecution, and
- they never died at their birth places (because they traveled).
Kita? Sume orang nak keje dekat dgn rumah masing2 je.
The take home message was to become a great person, one must be tested accordingly. Past scholars were persecuted in their quest for knowledge. How far have we been tested??
I’ve never had to work for a living while studying.
I don’t have to worry about my next meal.
I can sleep comfortably at night without worrying about security or the building coming down on me.
My parents are still alive and healthy Alhamdulillah. (many of my classmates’s parents have passed away)
The only tests I have are too minor that complaining about them seems embarrassing.
The only things I have to worry about are my perennial exams, what to wear tomorrow and what I want eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
so, have i been tested???
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If I could remember all the lectures, apply them and am able to convey them to others, I’d definitely be an excellent muslim doctor.
But, that is just not the case. I am only human and my memory is flawed.
I like the islamic input programme very much except a few je. It’s sad to see some of my classmates take it for granted and play truant.
