A Visitor

An interesting visitor had visited today. The visitor searched for "um mbbs blog" and landed on my blog. This interesting visitor read every single post here. However, no sign of any comment. Please leave me some comment if possible so that I know what brings you here. Maybe we can be friends just after one blog visit. It will be great to get to know some people of common interest via my blog! :)

Recent Updates

I really can't stand ignorant people. A university student who don't know lots of thing which is supposed to be general knowledge. How did he enter university? I guess this is why people look down at our university intake system. What to do? He got 4.00 in his pre-university examination which qualifies him to almost all the courses in university. How can we deny him an entry? More precisely is how can we differentiate him and someone who knows better if both scores 4.00? Is 4.00 too easy to get that it no longer means quality and is no longer able to be used to differentiate those that are better?

Also, I heard some bad news. We might not be sending a team to Japan after being absent in Cambridge. It is quite a disappointing news to me but what can we do as students?

15 Months Through

It is 15 going on 16 months since I entered the University of Malaya. Within this period, UM rose from 230th place to 180th place in the global arena. A good sign, isn't it? It has been 2 months I left my blog unupdated. Well, many things happened.

Independence Week or Minggu Kemerdekaan of my residential college was in the Malaysia Book of Records for the biggest 1Malaysia logo made of cockles.

A series of quizzes and tests made me studied a little.

PTUM a.k.a. Pesta Tanglung UM is an annual event in conjunction with Mid Autumn Festival. It showcases a musical play by students and this year, 2 of my friends were in the play. They did an excellent job. The performance was great!

Oh ya! I finally set up my own "buddy line" with my new "buddy", Ri Hui. Of course I won't use the term "buddy" in case I'm sued for copyright infringement. However, I'm rather satisfied with him and starts to like him a little. However, I am still thinking of my other MBBS juniors. I miss them. They seem to be very busy and have no much time to keep in touch with me. What I can do? Don't care about my pessimistic thoughts and continue to contact them. It pays I think.

Lastly, to James, thanks for showing interest in representing Malaysia to the International Chemistry Olympiad. The next olympiad will be at Japan in 2010. Do contact me if you need further information. I can help. :)

41st International Chemistry Olympiad

The 41st IChO is over. It was a 10-days event from 18th to 27th of July 2009. Too bad that this year, Malaysia did not send her team due to influenza A(H1N1) pandemic control. However, I'm proud of the candidates who had been trained and the academicians training them for carrying on with the training until the final verdict was announced. Good luck to all the candidates in their future undertakings. Will update soon.

Official Website of the 41st IChO

Youtube Channel of the 41st IChO

A Busy Beginning

Phew... Last weekend was really exhausting. It was Minggu Mesra Pelajar, a project handled by the PMs and 1st year juniors. Meeting every night starts about 11.30 p.m. and lasts at least for an hour. How tiring! Besides that, I still need to compile the abstracts for the 1st Malaysian International Medical Student Conference 2009 to be submitted by Sunday. I left out 19 abstracts and have to delay the submission till Tuesday night. Then comes stethoscope sales together with Anisa on behalf of MedSoc which ends today. I get the chance to hold a hugh amount of cash. Thats fun but quite risky. Pacemaker is in the process of writing. Fairuz and I have to write about the pass activities of MedSoc. Imagine the work load... Furthermore, there will be a Senior Freshie Night next Monday! Oh... I cannot afford to think about all this anymore. Stopping here.

Happy Day

Today, I went for the MSK night for UM Buddhist Society. Why did I spend this RM 5? Many would be surprise if they hear my answer. I did it merely to get the chance to see my beloved juniors from MBBS as they are now at 6th and I have no chance of meeting them. I got to spend about 4 hours with them. Its such an enjoyable reunion for me. I get to meet them and I feel very happy and delighted. I hope I can meet them more often and will remain as their dear senior and friend.

The Beginning

Oh no! Its already the beginning of 2nd year of MBBS. What had I do during this 2 months of holidays? Well, I ditched my trip to East Malaysia to join the 'Pembantu Mahasiswa' a.k.a. PM of 2nd Residential College. I'm so excited when I know I'll have juniors from MBBS in 2nd RC. I tried my very best to take care of them and help them throughout the week. As a result of that, I got to know some of my juniors more. I remember the one who became the 'Penghulu', his name is Lee Qin Zhi. Also, the 'Penghuluwati', Aimi was very enthusiastic and helpful throughout the week. Cute little Ken Leong will not be taken away from my memories. So is Shu Meng whom I bullied during MHS. Plus, some others who like to crowd around me listening to me telling grandmother stories. However, when MHS almost to end, I was given a fantasticly surpricing bad news. All my juniors in MBBS are going to be shifted to 6th RC. Oh my God! I was very shocked and was saddened by the news. My tears nearly overflow but I could still bear with it. Now that they are gone from 2nd RC, I just hope that they can continue on with thier orientation and medical studies without much difficulties. I hope they will remember me and will still keep me as a friend of theirs.

Results Day 2 & Trip Down South

There had been delays on results day 2 as I had a trip down south. Subsequently, when I was back, too lazy to update. Actually, I had passed my MBBS Phase I and now having my holidays. MBBS Phase II will open on 5th of July. To those currently taking supplement exams, all the best and good luck. I can help if you people need it. Thats all folks.

Results Day 1

Went to see the results at 12.30 p.m. just now. Quite disappointed that my name wasn't there. However, I would like to congratulate the 6 people who had successfully get a grade 'A' for their MBBS Phase I Professional Exam. Hope that they can score their viva voce too.


Also, very sorry to those who have to attend the viva voce for borderline pass. May they pass the viva and thus, pass their MBBS Phase I exam. Good luck and all the best to them.

Movie Outing

Just came back after watching two movies. First was "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" at 7.45 p.m. then was "Coming Soon" at 9.45 p.m.. After that, went to have a drink in my college. A person then adviced me to be more matured. Yes. I know that I'm not very matured but at least I'm far better than the person who is telling me. Haiz... Speechless...

End of MBBS Phase I

After the OSPE exam till 2.30 p.m., all of us from MBBS class of 2013 are ending our MBBS Phase I hopefully. Results will be out next Tuesday for those who have to undergo viva voce either for distiction or borderline pass. Subsequently the whole list of results will be available next Thursday. Knowing my last semester result which is a 'B', I do hope that I'll end up with at least a 'B'. Hopefully, after all this effort that I've poured in, everything will turn out fine. May God bless me and all my friends. May all of us pass gracefully. If I do get at least a 'B', I promise I'll help my comrades who are unlucky enough to have failed the exam and have to sit for the supplementary exam. However, I really do hope that no one will have to face the 'evil' supplementary exam. Off now to prepare for exams... :)

Recent Visits

When checking on the recent visits to my blog, I found out that there are quite a number of people interested in the Malaysian IChO team and its selection. Well, I was a participant and is quite in touch with its current development. Therefore, anybody who is interested can leave a comment for me. I'll try to reply your posts as soon as possible. Thanks.

Malaysian IChO Team Official Website

I had forgotten to introduce the official website for the Malaysian IChO Team. Below is a link to the website. It contains information about our teams since we first participated 3 years ago in 2006. Also, it has information of the current IChO to help our team (the Malaysian team) members to orientate themselves. Do surf the website to get to know about the Malaysian IChO team. I am proud to be one of them!

Malaysian IChO Team Official Website

IChO Pre-Final Selection

The IChO Pre-Final Selection for the Malaysian Team started today. 40 participants consisting 25 boys and 15 girls are expected to check-in Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah Residential College at 6 p.m. yesterday. Today, there will be a series of lectures and also a test. Tomorrow will be the interview session. The students are expected to depart on Sunday. More updates to come!


The selection is over! Managed to get to know some new friends especially Ching Koon. Ching Koon is my predecessor in IChO as he participated in the Korean 38th IChO 2006. I am so lucky to get to know him as he is such a knowledgable person. Hope that I can meet him more in the future. Also, I manage to sit into the interviews and ruin some of the participant's life by bombarding them with questions. Overall, I feel that this year's team will outdo the previous teams. Hope to see them in the future.