shit sux

i might try a bit harder to do my internship away from msia cos of this. if i do my internship elsewhere i wont be considered "fresh grad" and can go to MO when go back if i'm not mistaken. some of my batchmates also feel that way. not only extending our hman time but also lenght of time to get specialisation.

forgot to introduce myself:
IMU to Melb Uni 5th yr out of 6
gl to all of u starting out and to whoever asking about what IMU is like i have to say its great and i enjoyed myself in IMU much more than in Melb Uni ... cos melb so expensive cannot do anything if u want to stay above poverty line

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Added on November 24, 2007, 3:10 pmis there any1 here that has done some clinicals in UH? i'll be doing my elective there so just curious what its like.

This post has been edited by ironboots: Nov 24 2007, 03:10 PM

this might sound crazy but i like living in malaysia. i like malaysian food, weather and life... of course malaysia has its downsides that we all know.......

i think sg isnt a nice place to live.. high cost of real estate + cars = live in rental room n public transport till u r consultant.
as interns in sg u make barely anything around SGD30k only which is not much when rental is usually around 2k for single room apt. and u get no OT pay.

living in oz i will definitely miss a lot of things in malaysia like my family n friends.. + the good cheap food that u cant find in oz

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NdjPv7mWLkw&feature=related

2007 dance comp?? their dancers way better than the ones in my years. the 1st 2 quite good

IMU was great.. lots of student organized activities so u can be quite fun while studying. IMU Cup is awesome lots of batch rivalry lol. plus lots of talent shows although some contestants were not so talented ... but my batch had astro talent quest competitor (if u watch the show u probably would have seen her ) so her singing very keng totally different level from the amatures
i think most stressful week was orientation for most ppl i was lucky had a senior who was a good friend that helped me haha
good times n bad times (sem3 exam omg ) but overall i would say was fun and i definitely would encourage ppl to consider IMU if they want to do med.

This post has been edited by ironboots: Nov 24 2007, 09:52 PM

cant compare oz with msia.

theres no racial profiling in oz whereas in msia malays will get 1st choice of registrar spots so if u want to enter a competitive specialty u will have to wait and quite possibly never get into it.

some specialties in oz are changing their program like surgery being possible to enter the program after intern yr. each specialty requires u have experience in dif types of wards so that will generally affect where n what u do.

lol he was probably just confused with her getting accepted as a registrar in anesthetics after 2.5yrs as intern and resident


btw where/what yr r u in? dont think u introduced urself

edit: fixed some mistakes cos i'm posting half asleep

This post has been edited by ironboots: Nov 26 2007, 01:04 AM

after your pre-u provided u have the grades, u will need 5-6 years of undergrad med school and followed by another 6 years (very optimistic and general ball park figure.. usually more) before u get to be a specialist in oz anyway.

different countries different pathways. msia expect longer unless u bumi. in UK very long also due to their system. SG i have no idea.

u can shave 1-2 years off ur med school by going to dundee which is a 4yr program

also medicine is not cheap to study unless u get into local u but since u r taking A levels i guess u r not looking that way.

o rly my mistake then. so what uni r u from? sound like IMU if u know so much about our pms program

i used o rly as a short form and i admitted my mistake.
all i did was ask him what uni he was in and i assumed he was a med student. i asked him before that post as well so please dont make baseless accusations.
seriously what's your problem?

and i hope you are not implyig that my grades are not in the top 1% of my pre-u course with your last statement because u seem to like making a lot of assumptions.

edit: i suppose i'm guilty of making the assumption that limeuu was a med student since he knew about specialising and details of IMU's PMS program and guilty also for assuming that dundee would only be 4 years program because people from IMU only do 2 years of clinicals. so if limeuu is not a med student and was offended that i took the liberty of assuming as such, i do apologise. and if there was anyone who was misinformed by my post about dundee i also apologise to you.

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Added on November 30, 2007, 7:48 pmwhere i asked him the same question just out of simple curiosity as was the same reason the 2nd time I asked.

This post has been edited by ironboots: Nov 30 2007, 08:22 PM