i was wondering how many medical students are in LYN? Just to find out if i'm the only one busy reading forums instead of studying.

start introducing yourself by stating which medical college you in. You can also discuss the current medical college condition that you're studying, and to inform others about the pro's or con's about your college, or inquire us about the medical college you're interested in.

i'm from melaka-manipal.

cheers!

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John Hopkins school of medicine

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uni of bristol, UK

mofonyx

manchester

bauer

egypt (zagazig uni)

shatterday

UNSW

pangping1501


Bond

lagrima

melbourne uni

zltan

ucsi

jasperseng

This post has been edited by legstrong: Jul 12 2008, 12:37 AM

Melbourne Uni... transferred there from IMU.

You're not the only one browsing forums instead of studying

haha...lovely dude...i taut i'm the only one here not studying..

If the thread is strictly on this, it will definitely benefit the community. Remember, avoid 1 liners and unnecessary spams.

If i'm not mistaken, they have just opened the application for Manipal& Mangalore's Kasturba Medical College (which includes dentistry) . It'll be closed on early May 2007. I got news from my friends that international students have a special quota if you would want to enter the college, and is based on "first come first serve" basis if you have met the Malaysian government and their requirement.So do apply fast if you are interested.

On the other note, the application for Melaka-manipal has closed . Kasturba in manipal can be an alternative choice for those who couldn't get into melaka-manipal. It's actually the same thing compared , just that it's a little tougher and you have to be there longer. Most of all, you'll be studying under the same roof as us!

hi all medical students... pls help me to choose a suitable course...
my father force me to apply any course that related to medical...
i want to know what is the most medical course related to physic... only i know is radiography... are there any than radiography..??
i like physic subject very much... my father didn't give permission to take engineering because nowadays engineering is very hard to get job...
pls help me..
and, is it dentistry easier than medical??

such is the sad state of affair, people studing medicine who are really NOT interested, but forced to by parents.........

maybe you can think about bio-technology..........may be lab work, or mechanical engineering like work, but on medical equipment, etc..........

radiographer are not doctors, but technicians. they operate x-ray machines.....

I come to know one needs triple sciences (Chem, Bio. Phys) for direct entry(not Melaka-manipal MC) into medical schools in India, but most STPM students only have double sciences (including me). Any solution so that I can get into the medschools there.

Call your dad to shut up. Do what you want to do, not what your dad says. Who says engineering sector has no jobs? They do, but maybe not as much as the medical sector.

He is also judging this upon looking at the current situation. When you graduate in 4-5 years time, you think everything will still be the same? Engineer still won't have jobs?

My honest say is, study what you like to do. I have a friend who is forced to study medicine in IMU by his parents. Sadly, after 3 years of study, he calls it a day. What a waste. Note that he excelled academically in IMU.

Oh ya, I'm no Medical student. Don't mind me popping in and having a few words?

I come to know one needs triple sciences (Chem, Bio. Phys) for direct entry(not Melaka-manipal MC) into medical schools in India, but most STPM students only have double sciences (including me). Any solution so that I can get into the medschools there.

Anyone?

have any of this medical students know about this malaysian medical resources forum? Maybe can benefit u all....i'm not a medical student tho..

plz dont do medicine if u're not interested in it
but i heard there is a new field which is called medical engineering
of course u need to get the mbbs/md first b4 furthering to that field
some said it's very hard to get in but the job prospect is very good since there are too few people involved in it

i dont think that dentistry is easier than medical..in fact u have to have art skills too...not sure,correct me if im wrong
btw good luck to you!

Hello LYN medic students, i am considering medical studies at IMU after my A-levels so.. any IMU or ex-IMU students could give some details about the life there? not only IMU other medic students could give some details about a doc`s life??

I'm from IMU, partnered to Dundee,UK and now working in UK. Woohoo, after all these long years as medical STUD-ent.

I need to clarify something first of all. You don't need to be genius to be a medical doctor. All you need is a good results from A-level, STPM or equivalent to qualify into a medical school. Once you qualify, all you need is brain cells to memorize all (not all, but MOST) of the medical facts that you will learn. Once you pass and grad as a doctor, all you need if to be street-smart i.e. be empathic, work hard and have a good clinical skills. As a doctor, you learn from working experience. So stop showing off by talking medical (trash) terms or conversing in medico-latin words. I hate some smart-alecs from year 1 or 2 who talk trash about anatomy and physiology which they just learn from few hours of lecture and not knowing how to apply it on human beings called patients.

Therefore, if you don't like medicine don't 'try' it. Medicine is boring if you don't have the interest. With re: to studying in IMU, I can say I have no regrets. IMU life is one of my best part of my life. Ppl you met in IMU are awesome, and believe me IMU is just great.

actually there is, have u ever heard of medical physics courses,,

I'm from IMU, partnered to Dundee,UK and now working in UK. Woohoo, after all these long years as medical STUD-ent.

I need to clarify something first of all. You don't need to be genius to be a medical doctor. All you need is a good results from A-level, STPM or equivalent to qualify into a medical school. Once you qualify, all you need is brain cells to memorize all (not all, but MOST) of the medical facts that you will learn. Once you pass and grad as a doctor, all you need if to be street-smart i.e. be empathic, work hard and have a good clinical skills. As a doctor, you learn from working experience. So stop showing off by talking medical (trash) terms or conversing in medico-latin words. I hate some smart-alecs from year 1 or 2 who talk trash about anatomy and physiology which they just learn from few hours of lecture and not knowing how to apply it on human beings called patients.

Therefore, if you don't like medicine don't 'try' it. Medicine is boring if you don't have the interest. With re: to studying in IMU, I can say I have no regrets. IMU life is one of my best part of my life. Ppl you met in IMU are awesome, and believe me IMU is just great.








That's great! IMU-Dundee, which I'm seriously considering (just finished STPM). Smartymh, do you think it's easy to find a job or continue with your postgraduate training in UK after FY 1 and FY2, with the new EU law in place? And do you think it's difficult to transfer to Dundee from IMU?

Question

Which is more important for a doctor to have?

A good heart, or a good brain?

I know both is important, but in your opinion which is more essential for a doctor to have. Choose only one. I dont want to hear 'you-must have-both' kind of crap.

This post has been edited by maniac_rage: Mar 7 2007, 05:31 PM

i would say heart > brain

i personally looked down on doc`s who`s mind only think of money, money and money

wgy589: To be honest, at the moment, I don't think studying in UK in order to look for a long term job is a good idea. Once you grad in UK, you'll allow FY1 & 2 which is easy to get (Or rather you'll 99% get these 2 yrs). After the 2 yrs, it is tough to get specialist training jobs. Competition is high, immigration ruling doesn't help at all. Everything is so confusing now with foundation training and specialist training. Probably (hopefully) things will improve by the time you finished your IMU BJ years.

My advice is, apply for IMU PMS while wait n see the future situation. If things gone worse, just apply somewhere not UK. Unless you don't see yourself wanting to specialize or staying long-term in UK, then Dundee is a great place to be!


Maniac_rage: I think good heart will make a far better doctor than a genius doctor. Patient is human, and human needs sympathy if they are sick. Knowledge can be gained from working experience, but it takes more effort to be a caring doctor. (If you understand what i mean)

lolz you will be surprised to hear that dentistry is considered harder than medicine even their scoped is smaller. That is because they'll learn the most important body part in a super-great detail compare to medic students which is the head.
Perhaps not many people out there knows that dentistry is not only related with teeth mouth, but instead they are handling most of the jobs regarding the head.
IINM, if someone is having accident and his face is badly wounded, they'll get dentist first b4 call other medic surgeons.
But dentistry is a money-making doctor's profession

BTW, what year/phase u guys are in right now?

This post has been edited by hyperx: Mar 17 2007, 07:33 PM

dear smartymh
agreed fully on what you have said

smartymh? MH? hey dude, didn't know u r on this forum hows life? where u working now?

Life in IMU is great... missing it everyday man.... but then, life as a doctor even better... well, not everyone think so but I do... reason being this is what I want to do which is why I would agree with heart is much more important than brain....

Do not be a doctor if u actually duwan to be one.... life is not good as a doctor if that is the case.... life is however, awesome if u really want to be one

Hi, My I know at your school, how many % of bumi study STPM now.

not many bumis in form 6..............last choice lah...........those better ones already got scholarship to overseas................then those cannot get scholarships, go to matriculasi, or mara, then left those who will go to stpm........

Engineering hard to get job? I dont think so, people nowadays always need engineer anywhere!
If you want a medical course related to physics, I suggest you go Biomedical Engineering. It applied Bio and Mechanical knowledge to work in hospital or even industry. It is still a new and developing course that spreading to many countries now. As Malaysia now planning to advance Biotechnology in the future, here are the coming after opportunities.

UNSW Med Student reporting in.

Great Uni offering the Best Med program i can say.

Email me for more details ONLY if you are interested in UNSW.

pangping1510athotmaildotcom

Yr 2 med student from Unimas (its in Kuching, btw!)
Am i the only student from gov-u in LYN?

Peek-a-boo in my life: Its 7.52am and Im studying for my Prof 1 (now taking a break la). I do not wake up early, only sleep REALLY early.. Get my point?

hey, i've a friend from UNIMAS too. A girl who is doing her 2nd year (your batch right?)
and another one is a guy doing 1st year

Nop, you're not the only med student from gov-u in LYN I'm from UM

edited: your book, dont sell it lar, give it to your junior

This post has been edited by hyperx: Mar 31 2007, 04:51 PM

Oh really? Maybe i know her too!! Haha... Our batch little people ny.. Small community, get along easily...

Aiseh, need to sell off to fund my other books ... Afterall, jus trying my luck in LYN.. Who knows? maybe got ppl need this little baby ler??

Oh, a group of UM students came here to do Bakti Siswa (if not mistaken).. Were u one of them? And wanna ask, do u think Kamal's book cheaper or UM bookstore? Anyway, nice to meet u....

that people doing bakti siswa is my seniors.. they all in phase 2B during that time
Kamal's book is slightly cheaper compare to UM's pekan buku, but if u stays near to pj, i think its better if u get the books from pekan buku.. the price differ is not much, really

hi.. imu year 4 reporting. full course in msia.

mini_me, vk med book store in imu is the cheapest, because they bring in the book that imu students use in bulk. but their selection is very very limited. next is kamal, then UH bookstore. oni go UH when the book can't be found in VK or Kamal.

noorep, don't do medical in your case lar. chances are you are going to waste your time and your dad's money. like the others say, no one will make it through if there is no interest. if your dad thinks that medical docs make a lot of money, he has gotten his facts wrong. and nope, dentistry and veterinary are harder then medicine.

hyper...your senior is here...
..hahaha...



This post has been edited by klifex: Apr 5 2007, 05:12 AM

hi, everyone! off to long case xm this morn

haha... which uni? alumni?

should have finished by now. hope u did well.. which uni?

Yo glyde, long time no hear dude.

I'm back here again after long break from LYN. Hoho.

Glad there r medics community in LYN. Do u guys play more games than studying?? hehe

wah really cant wait to me a meical student. currently doing a levels pre med in taylors. cant wait to join this thread hopefully in august or september next year. but yeah. give us some good insights!

OMG my senior
still student or working edi?

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Added on April 6, 2007, 2:16 ameh, i'm just wondering, how deep is you guys in russia learn biochemistry? coz i heard from my friend's sis many years ago, she need to memorized a lot of things including some small2 chemical reactions like those in steroids hormone synthesis

This post has been edited by hyperx: Apr 6 2007, 02:16 AM

dun worry hyperx...there's no orientation here ...haha..no need to sweat that much.
well, there's indeed a medical community here. so, need later we can open a new room for online medical consultation

Johns Hopkins school of medicine.

News flash- Melaka manipal latest batch is filled with scholars. only 40 private students out of 120. That's bad isn't it? That;s because Kasturba MC got filled up by private students that didnt make it the last batch.

It's great that so many ppl are interested in medicine. But somehow, i feel that it's becoming a business opportunity for some. I guess with the increasing amount of scholars , the harder it will become for others to enter the uni that you want. Seriously, i don't think there's any of you would like go all the way to egypt , indonesia etc , if you have the chance.

feynman- i hope you're joking

BTW- i have some used med books for sale indian editopn. It's cheaper here though. Anyone intrested? Anat, physio and biochem books. I also have tonnes of unused and super new USMLE based books on the same subject...thanks to my worried parents.

This post has been edited by legstrong: Apr 11 2007, 02:26 AM

im studying in IMU, doing pharmacy...

legstrong- did u do usmle?

no, but i study USMLE books also

hello.. i'm from USM! greetings from the east coast!
currently into the end of my 4th year.. if all goes according to schedule, will grad in May 2008..


well, the medical field is mostly about biology and a bit of chemistry.. but if u're interested, Forensic Science, Dietetics & Biomedic are a bit different from Medicine..


haha, doc's life in M'sia not as glamorous as wat u see on grey's anatomy..
as my Prof. tells me, a houseman is the lowest form of life... u r like an amoeba in the hospital..
well, doc's are trained to see beyond wat normal ppl see.. we're supposed to think ahead, plan ahead.. when you see a fracture case, you'll have to think of managing it, and think of all the possible complications that may arise (long-term, short-term)
& wat u learn today will be outdated tomorrow... except anatomy! unless humans undergo some weird mutation..
all kinds of new drugs and therapies are being researched.. which will be much different from wat u learn now, if compared to when u start working..


well, a good heart.. coz brains alone are not enough to see you through ur whole medical career..
u may do academically well... but when u work, u'll be dealing with dying patients, unreasonable relatives, obnoxious docs.. so u'll be thinking: y d hell did i study so hard for?
so if u have a good heart, u'll know that all your effort is being put into providing a better quality of life for your patient..

& if ppl ask u: y do u wanna b a doctor?
dun say: cz i wanna help ppl... (policeman, fisherman, vcd seller oso help ppl)

say: cz i wanna use d knowledge of a doc 2 help ppl, cz not everyone can b a doc.. & i think i have what it takes to grad as a doc!

Hi everyone!

I just my offer from PMC, I'm really excited to started. However, I'm really unclear on what is in store for us after graduating from Med School as a Malaysian student. As far as I know, there is a 1 year internship, followed by 3 years of service to the government. How are they going to allocate us and what is going to be expected of us.? Would be grateful if anyone could give me the lowdown of what's to come!

Oh! Any advise on any preparation I should be making before entering med school?

PMC students? Would love to hear about your experiences at Dublin and Penang.

Thanks!

before enter medicine school..enjoy your normal life as much as you can as it'll be a total different world when u get inside..
you never know wat will comes to you after graduate...
you apply for your desire posting hospital 3 choices, and interview in putrajaya.
MOH will inform you where to go..usually go back to your own state according to latest policy..and if u really unlucky..sabah and sarawak..
but dun be too upset going over east malaysia coz you'll be having extra couple hundreds of allowance if u from peninsula. and the people there are much more friendly to doctors then peninsula's patients.

later on in your medical years, you'll notice lots of doctors asking you to go over there for your houseman. Hospital management there is much more systematic and you wil e torture less and get more respect even you're a houseman.

in malaysia...not exactly to describe houseman as the lowest life form...instead of the best bully freshman in the hospital. Well, it's about skils of survival, communication, knowledge and management of patients just to avoid being scolded by nurses and senior doctors and specialist.

It must be hard to be scold by other doctors in front of patient...well, think about it...people dun scold you for nothing...pay some respect to those working with you in the hospital although you're the doctor. Some people just got ego the day when people started calling them "dr"...

haha, i do understand that, ever since i stepped my foot in 6th RC
a good lesson i can say

sounds like there's many obstacles yet to come eh? I rather not work honestly speaking, it's enjoyable looking at books sometime don't you think so?

btw,all the best to you aerikh, from USM, you'll be a doc soon!

cheers

it's really great that what u learn in medical school can eventually lead u to serve mankind in the future, i hope i can be like u guys too!!

aerikh- i have a friend in usm too, and in ur year too!! haha

First year medical student at the University of Bristol UK.

Will be here for 5 years or maybe 6 if I choose to intercalate for an extra BSc.

My exams are tomorrow and I'm hyped up for it.

congrats!

preparations?

1) buy a few dictionaries...english pro, medical... sometimes they can be life-saving..

2) brush up on English (if it's d teaching tool used at PMC), comunication skills..

3) prepare for friends & family members to ask about any little pain, fever or illness that their relatives may have.. even though u've just started your course..

4) enjoy!


thanx legstrong! hehe, u could always go into research, instead of clinical.. then u'll be poring over books all day long..

serious? haha... care to drop a name?

aerikh- y dun u tell me ur name...

this is so true man. haha

btw im studying dentistry in kmc, mangalore. 2nd year nw, looong way of suffering to go

hehe.. name's ERIC...

radical85- we're so close yet so far dude, i feel your pain...i'm feeling it here too. Thank god you're not here in manipal, you'll be bored to death here. At least you have pizza hut there but we have dominos here, and domino's sux! Are you going to make it for merdeka this year? I'm planning to charter a flight back on the 29th though, i hope it's possible.

cheers.

ps-say, can the mod pin this thread up?

i have enquiries on usmle...anyone did/ intend to do/doing usmle?

hey! domino's YUMMY! =p
at least in in KL it is.. hehe..

Hi fellow med students... Im studying in IMU year 2.. Best experience in my life is IMU orientation as a junior!!!

Is studying medicine in India good?How's their lecturer and place to stay?

Hi everyone, i'm at the end of my 2nd yr already, going into third year this september. i'm in manchester, UK. hehe..apart from studying, i spend waaaayyy to much time watching man united~

Manchester is quite good for medicine but u have to really work hard because it's Problem Based Learning (PBL) if u guys have heard of it before. Got to perform every week if not at the end of the semester you are screwed since there's not that many lectures!

But hell it rains so much here though.

hey,i wanna join this thread too..
now i'm in egypt.1st year.now is the musim 4 final exam..haha..

at first i have doubt bout medic in egypt but now,im starting to love it..huhuhu..lecturers are very helpful especially towards malaysian..hehehe..

cant wait for the summer,wanna go home

This post has been edited by shatterday: May 18 2007, 06:35 AM

For those who is studying in manipal or kmc, what subjects that i need to take for the requirement?I know triple sciences but is english and math necessary?How is their entrance test like?Is it tough?

im currently doin my a lvls
considered doin med bt i dn think my parents wil b able to afford it
the fees for imu is round 380k rite?
hmmm how bout veteniary
anyone knows wher can i do it locally =D
thx lots !!

nice place dude, where exactly in egypt? which uni?

hehe thx..well,im in zagazig..zagazig university...such a small place..1st batch of malaysian here..only 40 of us here..other universities here there r lots more malaysian..

wow, same as me, man... i'm a 2nd year student. Anyway, i hate USM! Now still not understand why they build a medical faculty in kelantan.

Why no one care to answer my question?

why lar? my fren there, same batch as you, all of them never complain also...
they say people in kelantan is nice, and they can learn how to "kecek kelate"

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Added on May 18, 2007, 11:49 pmbe patience my friend, maybe the people who can answer your q is not in here yet...
you dont wont ppl simply spam giving lies to your q right?

This post has been edited by hyperx: May 18 2007, 11:49 PM

u all r medic student too can give some opinion also ler..

Yea...thanks..

Ya, they are nice...but their life style not suitable for me...Try imagine, no cinema, no clubbing and nothing related to entertainment...WTF! They live a very simple life there, which i hate it.

hmm..some of my friends are doing mansoura-manchester twinning program..they do 3 years here in egypt(mansoura),and another 2 years in manchester..hhuhuhu..im so jealous they get to watch Man U live..
Problem Based Learning seems interesting to me..my friends said they have no text book to refer,just go online everyday,at the end of the week,present the case..huhuhu..

lol..yeah,most of the books are hand written and hand drawn..esp from cairo university..

hey guys! i'm frm AIMST, Kedah.. will be enroling into 1st year this sept.. hope to join you guy soon! =D

I didn't know there's such twinning progamme in Egypt. I guess there's always a good twinning programme in every part of the world eh? There's one here also, Manipal-Antigua(US), which is mostly all american.

I realise the handwriting is also very nice. It has a jawi trace into it. Very artistic! I think i'll marvel on every word written. Good luck there!

Hehe, after u watch a couple of games, you become bored already trust me. Cannot watch too often also, scholarship tak cukup maa! (any sponsor spies here aa?)

Hi, everyone. I'll matriculate into NUS (National University of Singapore) this August. Hope to join this forum soon.

wgy589- good to have someone from singapore! it's rare to have someone there these days.

cheers

there is no such thing as the "best".............

you med students here better learn a new concept..........med schools are NOT in the businese of creating "best" student or doctor............but the best cohort of students..........

ie ALL student and newly minted doctors must be ALL well trained, ALL competent, ALL knowledgable, ALL empathic etc.............

therefore careful selection of students is of upmost importance..........

so "best" med school?....those whose selection process is the MOST stringent........

best med school??..
i prefer the question should be best country?
as far as i can say it's definately not in Malaysia...from my point of view.

The chance of getting into Master programme is too slim...and most of the doctors opt for MRCP/MRCS so that they have higher chance of getting a place to do their master...
a master degree overseas will cost you 1 mil...almost impossible to go for it without scholarship or funding from government...
In certain countries such as US, UK...
after students done their housemanship, they can do their masterdegree while working under the teaching hospital. Then sub specialize in their field. The timeframe from a medical student to become a specialist is much more shorter...compare to malaysia's medical system..

you'll need to complete your housemanship and MO, 4 years, and if u lucky...continue with master (3-4years), and serve under supervision of consultant specialist...(maybe another 2-3 years)...then sub specialize again...(3-4 years)...
by the time u get out as a specialist...you're somewhere around 32-35 y/o...
compare to western countries where their can do master and sub specialize at the same time...they can sub specialize before the age of 30...

I have some questions here...

1. I m from matrics...now facing big dilemma in choosing courses...i m a bio student...and i don rily noe isit suitable for me to go into medic...i m somekind of cold-blooded person...hardly develop sympathy towards ppl...is this a sign of not being a gud doctor...also...i m lack of patience...

2. I heard the job as a doctor can be very boring but can earn lotsa $$$....but doctor's life very hectic and no time to enjoy life wan right? Or can anyone clear me up on how a doctor's life will be?

th!!!

oh dear,medic in NUS? u lucky one, i wanted that badly!! but they offered me pharmacy with full scholarship...which i turned it down................................... and ask them to go to hell,

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Added on May 26, 2007, 1:14 pm dun be a doctor!!!!!!!!!!!

This post has been edited by Elephant^^: May 26 2007, 01:15 PM

klifax, you are painting a very confusing and most wrong picture of the postgraduate specialist training systems in the various countries............it is too complex, and at the moment fluid, for me to expalin, but those interested, please follow this link.........

http://forum.malaysianmedicine.com/

o... u must talk to doctors to get those info... and of course public resources will tell you how easily you can obtain a master degree in various way...
but if you're practising in Malaysia...trust me..this is how it's going to be alike...
well, it doesn't matter anyway...complete the housemanship first then decide what to do later...

hoho...i can't agree more than that with you.

be a doctor because u WANT to be a doctor... not cz of ur results / family pressure / financial purposes

the medical profession is a very honourable one.. the reason why doctors are under such scrutiny & being in the news for all the wrong reasons is because of people who became doctors for the wrong reasons..

doctors are people who help others in need, using their knowledge and expertise in the medical field...
they are not people who can earn a lot of money / have stable financial life / people will hormat or sembah them / super duper cream of the cream of the cream of the nation...

if u enjoy relieving the pain & suffering of others, talking to people in need, working your a$$ off so that a stranger can sleep soundly at night,
then go ahead and be a doctor!

a doctors life should not be judged on how many cars / houses he owns.. or even the number of lives he has saved...
instead it should be the number or souls he/she has touched with kindness & compassion..

on the subject of the BEST medical school:

i agree that there's no BEST school... there's only the matter of LOCATION...
either the location BEST atau TAK BEST je...
like people dowan 2 go USM cz it's far away in KELANTAN... not becoz it's the worst Uni in Msia..

just my 2 cents here.. hope i don't offend anybody!

This post has been edited by aerikh: Jun 8 2007, 12:43 AM

i have to say, last time ppl do actually sembah doctors ..hehe..

i for me, money is a form of a reward for serving to mankind. At least your kindness is paid....

money money money
we r all future docotrs, eh ?

exam.. sad..

it' seems it's been very quiet here lately......i assume everyone's having exams? I just had mine tho.

no. busy in the hosp everyday

does egypt ok? alexandria universitiy?
seniors said foods there r good and cheap. u buy yogurt by kilos. can get apples 50 cents per kilo. sumore alex uni is next to medi sea, tourism area.
u can visit pharoahs RIPing places. sounds like heaven to me.

though i dunno how about med edu facilities ther in alex. care to share anyone?

egypt best..hehe..my batch,alexandria uni is reserved for MARA scholars only..200++ of them there..their class does not mix wt egyptian..and,everday must wear formal..haha.. ..luckily im not in alex tho

alex is very BIG city..so many places to go..and every summer can mandi laut n 'cuci mata' haha..winter season,mmg cannot go mandi laut...the alex library also nice..biggest in africa i think..huhu..

food here are cheap,except for the imported ones..local foods are nice..
bout the fruits,depends on the musim laa..like now,summer is for grapes,peach,melons,apples..very cheap,grape 1 kilo for 1.5 LE-2.5 LE max..equivalent to rm 1-rm 1.5..huhu..winter season u'll find strawberry,strawberry,strawberry..u eat them everyday sampai muak..hahaha

bout the med faculty in alex,all i know the system is different frm other unis..e.g,we 1st n 2nd year students learn basic science-anatomy,physiology,biochem,histology,but in alex in 1st year they learn the 4 subject+pharmacology+pathology,+ egyptian studies n arabic language..
u have to ask the seniors to make sure,maybe im mistaken..hehe..thats all i know..

oh yeah,so glad that exam is over, can go back home yeah

++ the arabs in alex,mmg 1st class,because most of them mix with the europeans,so most of the arabs look like omputih laa..hehehe

This post has been edited by shatterday: Jun 30 2007, 07:04 AM