wanna be a mr/mrs doctor? well, no one's stopping ya!

this is for my juniors (or dongsaeng as the koreans call (adiuh, nk jgak!) ) who intrested in taking medicine.

--my first point would be: hey, we share the same dreams!! :)

--okay, what u need to know is that there are not much of scholarship for medicine as to compare with engineering, acc, law, etc. so as soon as any related medical scholarship opened for application, grab it!

--right, i dunt know if this one should one should be mentioned but medicine and medical science are different. what u really want to go with if u want to be a dr is M-E-D-I-C-I-N-E.

--AS FOR SMKBSians, interview can be in two forms- individually or in group. kalu individual, dye akn byk tnye pasl diri awk, yr opinion and isu semasa. kalu grouping, i wud say 90% of it is about isu semasa. last year, mara pnye interview individually while jpa pnye wat groupy. kalu nk tnye pasl individual bleyh tnye saya, kalu nk tnye yg grouping boleh tanye kak erly (kat fb!) .

--anyway, for both type interview, u need to be organized- one of the point is make resume to sell youself! 

--and for any interview, you should do your h/W that are to equip yourself with general knowledge and plz know bout current issues around the nation and world. next, please know bout the place you wish to go for study (ranking, why u wanna go thre, how much mara has to pay for u (if its mara), does mara send student thre, prog persediaan katne and mcm2 lg la). and plz ambl taw espcially pasl medical issue.

--and please know what kind of scholarship you are applying for. different scholarship, diff policies. jpa u xpayah byr blek tp kene gov-bound brape tahun ntah (meaning kne keja ngan gov). kalu mara xde gov-bound lame2 tp kne byr blek (peratusan kne byr ikot kputusan kita- kalu successful sgt, myb kne byr 1% je). so ambil tahu sume ni.

--all the best. we all know you got plenty of time now. so this is the time to be prepared. please speak in english at home starting from today so that u wont sound like idiot in front of the interviewers. im not good myself but hey, practice makes perfect!

it's done

alhamdulillah..done with the interview.. emm.. it was not the kind of interview i had imagined, so to speak.. it was more like an informal chit chat.. i even doubted on how they judged me. they didnt ask me to introduce myself..the first statement (or question??) from the interviewer was "so u r from...?".n i said bukit beruntung, rawang (i've heard before that we're not supposed to answer shortly but hei, what else to say??)..
inteviewer:: school?
me:: mrsm pc
so ur from the same school as najwa (schoolmate previosly interviewed).. which one is betterZ? u or her? do u like dancing like her?
me:: dancing..no, i prefer singing ;) i would say that both of us have our own specialities..
inteviewer::if we are to choose one?
me::choose me..... ( then i told her what im good at)=) (sory najwa..hee)
inteviewer::so y do u want to be a dr?
me:: ell, i want to be a gyne specifically.. its a wonderful job..firstly its my passion..its a wonderful job..blablabla(too long to be included here =p )
inteviewer::do u know any popular gynecologist?
me:: well, i might not know the top gynaecologist in malaysia.. but my aunt is a gynae and she's the nearest example that i can put as my idol
inteviewer::did she work private or serve gov?
me:: oh, she joined venture wif her friend, opening a medical centre
inteviewer::oh, that should be expensive (salary)..a specialist right...? (she's angguk2)
me:: yea
inteviewer::::so where do u want to go study?
me:: ireland specifically royal college of surgeon ireland
inteviewer:::: oh, that's the most expensive medical school in the world. as for the other uni. they might be supported by the gov, but this one is ipts..if mara suddenly doesnt send student to ireland but india and indon instead, would u still apply for mara sponsorship.?
me:: yes.. actually, if i am to state my three choices of countries to study medicine, i would put ireland as my first choice, india as econd, and thirdly , UK..so i wouldnt mine to consider my 2nd choice if mara insist on sending me there.. i would say that both ireland and india, have their own benefits for me to study there.. ireland..the medical edu would be better in term of the techno and gov support.. india would be better in term of hands-on experience..
inteviewer::::(anggunk2) so your father work in kementerian....(she flipped my documents)..oh miti.. at.... (she flipped again)
me::....jalan duta
inteviewer::oh... jalan duta..miti .. yg aritu ade tender baru sambung buat building berjuta-juta ringgit tu kan (she said to the other interviewer) n yr mother is.. (browsing for info in the document)..ooh, teacher...(she wrote something in the interview judging form)...do u have anything to asK?
me:: oh actually yea...do u allocate any specific num of applicants to be chosen to accept this sponsorship?
inteviewer::oh, we have our kuota, but that deends on the gov, if the gov suddenly says "oooh, mara should get more this year", then more sponsorship would be given.. anything else
me:: no, thank u maam...
inteviewer::yg satu group kat luar tu sume mrsm pc eh?
me:: hee..yup
inteviewer::haha..i nmpak td tangkap2 gmbr..siap peace2 lagi (she was saying this to the other interviewer)
me:: hhaha..yea, long tyme no see, maam..
inteviewer::haha..ok2...ask the next person to come in after 2 minutes.
me:: ok, thanx again.. =)




all in all, it was nothing upsetting for me, but none to be proud of..

mara interview

today mara short-listed the name for its interview..i thought that its easy to get to the interview (i mean only GO FOR AN INTERVIEW, first stage meh), but proven im wrong..some of my friends fail to qualify for the interview..as i first log in with my ic (920*22-**-565*), it says that "PERMOHONAN ANDA TIDAK BERJAYA"..OMG, TERKEJUT SGT!! ok, i try again , NOW wthout those sengkang..alhamdulillah lucky dat i didnt passed out at the first attempt..im qualified to go for the interview.... 13th april, venue::shah alam... hope Allah permudahkan urusan aku...doakan my success for the interview.