Insight into ZhaoMing

My second semester seemed to be quite a swift one due to numerous festive holidays. Guess I will not be that fortunate in the coming third semester (Joo Ken said that semester 3 is slightly more hectic than semester 2), but I still keep my fingers crossed. Though semester 2 was very short, there were many unforgettable experience, unlike semester 1. Semester 2 was a real good one as it enabled me to identify friends and foes plus all the current backstabbers and potential backstabbers. This is of dire importance because I will certainly know when there is a need to watch out my back from these masked assassins. Just like the culture of “defensive medicine” which is hotly debated, most of the time, I believe that it is better to be ‘safe than sorry’. Johnson, for instance, had experienced a sharp, piercing pain from the words of a backstabber who is supposedly to be his friend. Well, there is nothing for sure in this world and this is a life-long journey of learning.

The classes, which were taught by Puan Mimi, got involved in a fantastic biology presentation, namely “MSS presentation”. :P It was indeed memorable to see future doctors and pharmacists debating. And not to mention, Charles who shot out schematic questions to Johnson which did not fail to stun almost everyone in the hall. Imagine having to answer questions such as “Can you give me four reasons why …….” in a bio presentation? Four reasons translate to four marks. This seemed crystal clear to me. Fuyoh…! Once a scholar, always a scholar I would say. At this point, it’s the time to reveal something about my roles in the presentation. I was in-charged of explaining the methods of male contraceptive method and above all, free condom samples were given out to the badge of excited students in the hall. zzzzZZZZZ… Alright, I know that was unorthodox, but I strongly believed that it would bring better understanding about sex to the audience…. (Well, at least Suhaila did believe so. It was her idea after all.) This yearly presentation was successfully ended with Kien Seng’s melodious vocal armed with his loyal guitar. Opps…. Yah.., Johnson and Charles did sing too. Hehz…. And it followed by a wonderful birthday song for our all-favourite Puan Mimi! I would like also to thank Puan Mimi for her cute Patrick (Spongbob’s best friend) doll… haha… or rather her children. Puan Mimi, I will definitely remember "Structure and Function" in my future medicine studies. Copyright reserved to Puan Mimi!

I was down with fever for almost a week. The doctor diagnosed me with suspected dengue. I had missed many important lessons due to that. Luckily, my blood report turned out to be dengue negative. No significant drop in platelet counts… Ya, the number of platelets is one of the solid indicator for dengue. However, that doctor in Subang charged me RM112.00 for that. Erhem…. Quite reasonable la… That’s the money to earn for someone who has studied laboriously for five long years plus years of housemanship. In addition to another hole in my pocket, I broke my iPod charger wire and it was not warranted. It costed me another RM100++. :S

The first part of the Engliah Speaking Test was fabulous. I talked about the Seven Wonders of the World. But the second was T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E. I was still having fever when I was interviewed by the lecturer. At first, it turned out to be fine. She just asked simple questions which made me feel very at ease. Then, out of a sudden, a tough and complicated question, which required serious thinking, was bombarded to me. My mind spinned 360° at the speed of 360km/h. Time was ticking fast and there was a deep silence. Not wanting her to wait any longer, I managed to provide a simple answer in that kind of desperate situation. As simple as it was, it saved my neck. However, I was definitely penalized for the inevitable pause. Listening test was wonderful as the radio was positioned right on my desk… Could perfectly grasp every word in the conversation. :-) Just got one wrong.

In INTEC, I was very much attracted to a plastic plate with the printed saying of “Procrastination is the thief of time.” Attracted to this wise saying is one thing….adhering to it is another. That’s the problem with me. I realised that I was in deep trouble when the study leave week started. Seven days to go, yet there were tonnes of notes to cover. In addition to my misery, my flight back to Kuala Terengganu was cancelled due to an unforeseen blackout at the KT airport. Duh…. That was the first time the situation put me in such excruciating despair. I had never experienced something as absurd as that before. Well, as the attendants at the counter were not sure whether there would be any available flight back early next morning, I decided that enough risk had been taken and therefore, bought a bus ticket back to my hometown. And guess what….. It was the last ticket!!! I should consider myself lucky in such misfortune condition huh.. There gone one day of my study leave.

Back at home, I became almost insane with my books. I was in total indulgence (drowned!!!) with the river of knowledge flowing from Biology to Chemistry. No time for Mathematics and Statistics lah.. Haha… But manage to cover those during my exam period. The End of Semester 2 exam was D-I-S-A-S-T-R-O-U-S!!! Imagine having six solid papers in one day. It was certainly fast and furious. I don’t know why, but the exam this time seemed extremely packed. Last time, in their second semester exam, our seniors had the privilege to sit the papers for a duration of two-week time. However, much to our animosity, we had to complete all those papers, with an addition of a topic about kidney, in four days time. “FULAMAK!” said Melven. “What the hell?!” said Zhao Ming. “真的是太赶了啦(Zhen De Shi Tai Gan Le La),” said Sun Quan. “神经了(Shen Jing Liao),” said Jane. “我要疯了(Wo Yao Feng Le)!!!” Johnson gave an abnormal grin. “Must control myself already. No more DOTA for one week,” said Andrew. As predicted, hahaha… these were some of the scholars’ expression.

I felt that Semester 2 was my most take-for-granted sem. The common topic tests, especially for Biology, was much taken for granted. Vow not to repeat this in my third and fourth semester. In Sem 2, all my Bio papers were marked by Puan Rita, our A-Level Medicine Core Person. My papers in that semester were certainly destined to be marked by Puan Rita. Hope she would have mercy on my End of Sem papers, Unit 5 particularly, because I knew I did rather badly for that unit. Erhem!!! My excuse, this time, is having not enough time to be fully prepared. :P Sad to say, through historical data (previous papers marked by her) and conversation with her students did not seem promising for me to secure an ‘A’ for my Bio. How ever it is going to be, wish there’s still a fragile ‘A’ for my Core Mathematics and Statistics. Approximately three weeks ago, Yan Ning a.k.a Johnson texted me, saying that my Bio marks was the same as his. He also said that Radzi got perfect score for his Biology Unit 1. (the questions were totally adapted from EDEXCEL Biology January Paper 2007 punya pasal lah… :-( Huhuhu, should have got hold of the papers). An ‘A’ for Biology seems not quite right.. I really did screw up the papers, didn’t I? Anyway, I am still looking forward to seeing my result slip with my bare eyes before I were to believe it. I think I did quite well for my ethics though had a last minute study and studies were hampered by idiotic tasks. This would not have happened if I were a little bit more of a bad guy. I think I have had enough of disappointment. So, in the near future, Zhao Ming will not be the uttermost kind soul who is willing to do all things for his buddy. Heard I got an ‘A’ for Chemistry too, but a not-too-extraordinary ‘B’ for my English. Lucky me that English was not counted for the scoring system of 15. So, basically, if nothing goes wrong, I got a perfect score of 15 for my Semester 2, hopefully.

Semester 2 was also not poor with numerous achievements, though not academically. Hehe.. Managed to win dota matches with Andrew. This brilliant guy had indeed turned into a dota fanatic. Kudos to Andrew! I went shopping in Midvalley, Sunway Pyramid and Pusat Kompleks Negeri Selangor (PKNS) as usual. Jane, Jeremy and I met a taxi driver, who is a hardcore “Bah Kut Teh” lover like us, and he eventually becomes our private driver. Hehz….. Erm.. Sun Quan found his true love.. Oppss… Sorry, this should be my own review. Hehe. Stayed in Petaling Jaya (PJ) for my Wesak holidays.. (Special thanks to Uncle Bee Kuan and his family who were kind enough to put me up in their house for a few days :-) ) I did learn new things from Uncle Bee Kuan, such as the so-called “salesman talk” and the history of PJ.

O yea…, before I forget, on the last day of examination, I were so stressed out that I decided to go to Bintang Walk with my friends (Zhi Hui, PC, Hooi Li, Johnson, Jing How and Charles). Yeah, I was totally wrecked and had really forgotten about Jayvian and Gim Hui's birthday and their presents. Sorry ya Gim Hui! Sorry ya Jayvian! We spent the whole night there, experiencing the night life in Bukit Bintang. I didn’t sleep for 30 hours because I slept at 12am at the previous night. However, it was worth it as I took my first Irish coffee that night. Its taste was simply fabulous. Pure-blended coffee with an irresistible taste of alcohol. :P Don’t be jealous ya.. We watched Spiderman 3 at the cinema that night. Hooi Li and Zhi Hui were so darn enthusiastic to go clubbing. Haha…. Well, along Sem 2, I watched “The Three Hundred”, “Spirits of the Victims” and “Spiderman 3” in cinema. They were all worth a watch. Besides that, I watched “SAW”, “Borat”, “Jackass”, “Lord of the Rings”, “Curse of the Ring”, “I know what you did last summer”, “I still know what you did last summer”, “I always know what u did last summer” and the all freakingly disgusting “Hostel”! Mark my words,“Hostel” was certainly inhumane and bizarre. I hadn’t seen anything like it.

That’s all I think for Semester 2. A wonderful post on Pesta Pantai coming soon.. Be patient ya. Miss you all.