Thursday, April 23, 2009

CONGRATS

To all my medical colleagues who've made it through. After 5 year of slugging it out in this hell hole, you guys are now officially...
DOCTORS :)
Way to go you guys!
Special congrat's to Dr. J, Dr. LTL, Dr. YC, Dr. "the Cock" ( dont ask ), Dr. CW and most of all, to my honey bear, Dr. Lisa.
I'm proud that you guys have it made it through.
Now...ITS MY TURN :)
WISH ME LUCK! :D

9 Comments!!!:

Yi Min said...

Good Luck! how come exams are not together?

Taptrick said...

Yi MIn

I'm dental they're medical, suppose we earlier but some stupid school management mishap place us after them. If not, they have to call me Doctor first hehe

Liv Isabelle said...

Err...Dr. Patrick? that sounds odd...or shud I just stick with patrick? hmmm...

its like calling yi min, dr. chong...now that's really odd! or calling myself as one? EEEKK FREAKY!

Patrick, one question, out of curiosity, did you get to pick ur field or did you get offered dentistry when u first started uni?

Taptrick said...

Well, basically, I'm fortunate enough to have been able to pick my field when competition for it wasnt as tough then.

I had a CGPA of 4.00 after matriculation but I wasnt really thinking of going into medicine or dentistry per se. Basically, I chose the course that offers me loads of money when I'm working. Then there's the stress free working environment I covet. Also there is my late dad who had a big influence on me choosing this field. Oh forgot one thing! To boost my super ego, I needed a career which can generate me a lot of respect from the public :P

So my influence was basically money, easy work, my late dad, and my ego.

Dont get me wrong, medicine is great and I could have gotten into med school if I wanted to but my family's got lots of doctor friends, dental and medical. I observed that most of the dental docs drive big cars and earn much more and lead pretty much a comfortable life though I couldnt say the same for the medical docs.

Overworked ( particularly if you're working in Sarawak, Sabah or the East Coast ). Very Poor pay. Getting bullied by senior MO's and almost zero chances of you specialising in fields of interest. Not really the kind of life I would like to have in any foreseable future.

* no offense *

hehe...so there you go :)

Liv Isabelle said...

Offence not taken. And sorry 'bout ur dad. Well, then u've definitely done ur job and made him proud=).

Neways, in just two weeks more and you can define "success" in ur own perspective. All the best!=)

Seems like side of story is an entirely different one, but lets just leave that for another day.

Taptrick said...

Haha, dont bother la. The past is the past and its just basically an old story :P

Anyway, chill girl, look to the future. The past is the freakin past and you cant change a damn thing about it. But you can change ur future so work on what you have now :)

Liv Isabelle said...

True!=)

salem said...

Offence not taken. And sorry 'bout ur dad.

Taptrick said...

Nah, salem, dont ya worry about it. Long story ;P