Penang Vacation and Graduation Day

I know it's a bit basi dy, this whole graduation day stuff but i dont graduate from medschool everyday..so i just have to write about it here. Bear with me people.

I was more excited about my family coming to Penang than the graduation ceremony itself. Mind you, sepanjang 2 tahun lebih belajar kat Penang my family has never come to visit, takde beza pun dengan belajar obersi. I iz very independent you know.Dulu datang Penang pun angkut barang sendiri takde maknannya makbapak nak hantar depan pintu.

So when they finally teringat that they have a son studying in Penang and he's graduating, they decided to do rombongan to Penang for the first time ever. There's a lot of much cheaper accomodations in Penang but i made them booked 3 rooms at Equatorial to sort of made up for neglecting me these past 2.5 years. Besides, the conferring ceremony was held at Equatorial so might as well..

-le parents

-L-R: neglected son, dentist to be,SPM leaver aka ex Coffee Bean worker,overweight architect,mommy dearest. Not in picture: youngest sister 

They only stayed for 1 night in Penang so itinerary dipenuhi dengan sight seeing dan makan. We went to Balik Pulau for durian, then from there drove straight to Feringghi, made a pit stop at Straits Quay and went to Kapitan for world's best cheese nan. Owh and we had lunch at Lineclear Nasi Kandar.

Luckily eldest brother has been to Penang many times so he acted as the tour guide. I cant be the tour guide due to my extremely poor sense of direction and also because my 2.5 years in Penang only revolved around 5 places- home,hospital,college,Gurney and Tesco. 

The conferring ceremony was on Sunday. It was nothing special, really. Because our college are so heavily influenced by Irish traditions, the graduation day for our college was nothing like other local uni. There's no gamelan, istiadat itu ini,hanky-panky and stuff. It's very simple, and fast. Sebab satu batch ada 100 lebih orang je, so the ceremony lasted for about 3 hours++.

-morning of graduation day

-no,im not tall. My parents are fun-sized.

-graduands with lecturers and Irish delegates

-with Gembo, ex INTEC classmate. One of the award receiver on that day.

Sadly, i had to leave early. It was a Sunday so my parents and brother have to go to work the next day. So takdelah lepak lama pun and i didnt take much photos with friends or lecturers. Takpelah kang banyak sangat gambar syahdu pulekk nak meninggalkan rakan kolej.

Hope to see you guys soon, fellow doctors!

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Post Exams Shenanigans

Hello everibadehhh! Lama tak update, walaupun dah habis exam kehidupan tetap busy okeh. Tapi busy berpoya-poya lah. Semenjak habis exam setiap hari tak duduk rumah, samada bermastautin di Gurney ataupun di  gerai makan sekitar Penang. Now im already back in Nilai, stuffing my face with homecooked food.

So disebabkan harini agak tak produktif, marilah kita update tentang aktiviti selepas exam. Aktiviti pertama lepas exam ialah tengok movie cerita Now You See Me. Not bad. The very next day pula naik Bukit Bendera sebab sepanjang 2 tahun lebih duduk Penang tak pernah jejakkan kaki ke Bukit Bendera.

Waktu naik bukit ni result belum keluar lagi. So berjimba pun half hearted la kiranya. Baru nak bersuka ria terkenang written papers yang macam nakharomm susahnya lantas terus kemurungan. Tu yang naik atas ambik satu gambor je.

-jadiklaaa kannn

Pastu the next day result keluar. Alhamdulillah pass, lepas sujud syukur semua pergi karoke. -___-"

Antara orang pertama yang di call untuk bagitau pasal result ialah ibubapa dan opah. Maka wajiblah keesokan harinya balik kampung untuk membuat lawatan rasmi ke kampung halaman.

Lama gila tak balik kampung, dekat sebulan lebih la jugak gara-gara study group every weekend. Syukur opah dan atuk still sihat lagi. Opah sekarang tengah layan cerita Teduhan Kasih tak pasal-pasal aku pun terjebak sama benci Nabila Huda dengan kak Long.

-tengah masak. Opah ni asal ambik gambor je mesti tengah masak. Kata cucu mithali balik nak makan, haruslah masak 5 hidangan sehari.

Balik ke Penang semula after 2 nightsdi kampung. Balik Penang terus berpicnic kat Feringghi beach,which in my opinion is overrated. Penang's beach sucks ass. Tak bersih dan bentuk muka bumi yang not meant for picnic/lepak-lepak. I dont know why people pay so much to stay at that kind of a beach. Baik pergi Redang.

And finally graduation ball with fellow classmates. Buat dekat Shang Ri La Feringghi. Depa hidang chinese food, menggigil nak kepit mushroom guna chopstick woih. Food was not bad, tapi dasar tekak desa lepas dinner pergi Kapitan makan cheese nan sebab tak kenyang makan makanan fancy-fancy nih.

It was fun. Cabutan bertuah dapat 3 tiket free GSC saja nak menggalakkan aktiviti lagha lagi. The dinner was on Friday night, the following Sunday ialah hari Conferring Ceremony aka graduation day. Yang tu nanti la bila-bila free update sebab sekarang masih mood malas.

Sekian sahaja update ringkas dan padat ibarat melepaskan batuk di escalator.

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Dr Muhamad Hatim Abd Razak, MB BCh BAO

Alhamdulillah.

I have passed my final medschool exam. So sementara belum conferring ceremony ni kiranya im unofficially Dr Muhamad Hatim. Wah taip ni pun rasa poyo melampau geli geleman aku heh. I used to get irritated when people called me doctor before this, ye lah sebab kau tu dah lah medical student yang tak seberapa pastu orang panggil doktor tak layak woih, besides i dont want to jinx it. Dahlah ada blog readers yang mistakenly thought that im a houseman. Gila houseman mana update belog seminggu sekali.

This whole journey in medschool was fun. The first 2.5 years in Dublin was the best, didnt really studied much...most of the time was spent travelling. Sila jangan contohi ini. Lepastu balik Malaysia buat klinikal hampir depresi sebab susah.

Im thankful for wonderful friends that i have here in Penang. In fact none of this would be possible without them. Kalau tak sebab study group yang bermula last menet sebelum exam (again,sila jangan contohi) tak mungkin subjek medicine dapat habis cover sebelum exam.

-komplilasi nota hasil study group yang gigih.

Special thanks to my housemates Amir and Thariq who put up with my asshole-y behaviour throughout this whole 2.5 years. I've a tendency to become a full blown asshole when im depressed. 

And trust me,i'm depressed like all the time.

Also to Marsh,Dyla,Elia, Haleem, Reen and others who were with me through thick and thin and thanks for not judging when i let lose in the karaoke room.

And to my wonderful parents yang sembahyang hajat dan berdoa siang malam. Mama siap puasa on the day of my exams.Orang yang ambik periksa ni pun tak puasa dan sembahyang hajat segigih tu T_T . Medschool is 60% knowledge and 40% pure luck. And to get that 40%, you need your parents doa and redho. So thank you Mama,Ayah. 

To the lecturers,doctors and even patients who have taught us so much. Some were nice and motivating while some were sarcastic,garang melampau and borderline annoying. But whatever it is thank you for your time and ilmu.

Last but not least, my family. Starting with Opah and Atuk for their unconditional love, for making it easy for me living far away from Nilai. My siblings, cousins (who are more like siblings to me) pakcik dan makcik-makcik yang awesome who treated me like their own child. Thank you for your endlesss support and for your doa.

To my awesome classmates who pushes me to be better in my studies and in life. We did it. Now let's catch up on some sleep. 

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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