1st week down

today officially marks the end of the 1st week of the new sem, n i m seriously pooped. This sem we really have alot of subjects that are borderline useless n completely boring, plus an added "bonus" of having these subjects taught by teachers who are... interesting (a.k.a. complete nutjobs, in both good and bad ways, as u'll see)

1st subject on the list: Hygiene (& prophylactic diseases) Taught by the now notorious prof Ali, known and "loved" by all. He's a Russian, probably Muslim by his name, and completely strict to the max. I mean, seniors have warned us about his "hard as steel" attitude n iron fist method of teaching, but seriously nothing prepared me for him.

His first words in class was to practically scream out "shut up!" then berate students on talking. Mind u, it was only the normal "pass me a pencil" kind of talk, it wasn't like we were screaming or laughing at the top of our lungs. The he proceeded to chase 2 students out of the class for not wearing their lab coats (1st class ma, can't blame them for not knowing this lesson required it) and cautioned us against missing any of his lessons or showing up late, saying that missing 3 classes will automatically guarantee us a repeat year. WTH man. i should go on to mention that after his initial outburst, this was the 1st time in my 14 years as a student i've been in a class with complete silence by the students. it was as silent as the grave...

how ali would look like if he was a comic book character (btw to all u fanboys out there, this is apocalypse from x-men)

oh, and did i mention i have his class first thing monday morning, followed by his lecture? 3 hours 40 minutes back to back Hygiene. somebody just kill me...

On the complete opposite pole of the spectrum is Bio-ethics, taught by a teacher aptly nicknamed "jesus" by our seniors, and rightly so. Not only did he look like the messiah, but he also kept quoting both the old and new testaments of the bible. His lesson was all about our responsibilities about doctors and the values and teachings of great people in the past who contributed to medicine, most notably Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. His lessons were like a discussion session, allowing us to speak our mind, talk about what values we know and openly question philosophy, he was even open to debating and we're required to actually debate certain topics in medicine, such as abortion n euthanasia. Me likey...

The father of medicine

The downside? we'll only have an overall 4 to 5 bio-ethics classes this sem. i mean how long can u talk about ethics and values before it starts being superficial? (i'm looking at u, pendidikan moral)

Other new subjects this sem include surgery, which requires us to travel about 1 hour plus to the hospitals for class (argh) but we get to wear surgical scrubs (yay); and immunology, both of which are still a mystery to me, surgery because i havent had a single class yet, immunology because the teacher was absent...

Anyhows, i have a tonne of fotos in my fon that i cant wait to upload n blog abt, but nw i'm just simply too lazy (so sue me)

oh, btw, here's a shout out to all happy couples hu had their own celebration of valentines day yesterday. (and to a certain fren of mine: chill man, it was not a complete rejection, right? still gt hope der~ hahaha)

hahaha anatomically correct i love u... XD mind u i made this myself using paint.