Self Reflection Year 5 Vet School

Never cross my mind when i was a small girl that i will end up in vet's world. I do like animals when i was younger and in fact i grew up with all kind of animals around. When i was in Primary school i wanted to be a teacher and army. And i secondary school i changed my mind, i didn't to be a teacher anymore coz i don't have the passion to be one. I like chemistry a lot and maths and i told myself that i really want chemical engineer as my dream job. Vet was not in my list at all. But, i end up with Diploma of Animal Health and Production, i was like errk!!! ''What the hell is this course all about??" Yeah, that 3years of animal production course taught me a lot.. I slowly developed interest into vet professionalism. Thats how my vet adventure started. And that was how i end up here today. Enrolled into vet school, was one of the best things happened in my life. I really love what i am doing now. When i first entered i did not really know whether i'm doing the right thing for myself or not. First year i had zero idea in which field i want to work with. In my second year, i think i found what area suit me the best. WILDLIFE, oh gosh! My first 'work' with wildlife was 1 week practical in Elephant Conservation Center of Kuala Gandah. I fall in love with those amazing creatures on my first day of work. And that marked my interest towards wildlife medicine. After i tried to get myself involved as much as possible. And now here i am, in the FINAL YEAR of my vet school. 4years had passed, and guess what, time flies real fast. To be honest, i can't wait to graduate from vet school and want to go out and work. But the other side of me, want to spend more time in vet school, coz i'm not sure whether or not i'm ready for the 'outside' world. This is the most crucial year of vet school and the toughest of all. So many things need to be handled and settled within this one year period of time. Hopefully the sems will be nice to me. But no matter how hard it is, i love to be here, i love what i'm doing, and i just love all part of it... Every single part of it.

The amazing Elephant!!! I'm in love

Demam Babi Klasik

Demam Babi Klasik is Classical Swine Fever or Hog Cholere disease of pig. Pig Medicine was the last paper for my final exam this year and thats marked the end of DVM year 4. Thats also mean, i'm no longer DVM4, I'm going to DVM 5 when i come back next semester. Time flies! 7 papers of the semester had been successfully answered (whether meet the standard or not i don't know) for the past two weeks. And honestly this semester is the 'most relax' final exam so far even the timetable was quite packed as compared to previous years. I woke up in the morning, went to the library to study (kononnya, PC monitor --> facebook, Euro updates, emails, etc) and by 5pm i will go back to college, had dinner, watch some episodes of drama and off to bed as early as 9-10pm. Thats how my 2weeks of exam was. At night i almost didn't study at all, thanx to the timetable coz all all my second week exams were in the afternoon. Besides revising for my finals, i also busy checking on seniors who were having their COMPREHENSIVE EXAM, the biggest exam of vet student's life and the most crucial one. By just looking at them make me nervous because at the same time next year will be MY TURN! Scary really. 


See now, i have more things to think of. My clinical conference cases, which most of my mates already have at least one. Me none still, and hopefully i will find one during this holiday when i'm going out for practical. Not only clinical conference, i have to start think of my Final Year Project topic.  Hahaha.. the thinking process can wait. I shall enjoy myself before i step up to DVM 5. I have to extended my stay in college as i need to settle my pathology attachment in the faculty. Hopefully this time around i will get to see cases as during my whole year of dvm 4 rotation, my group did not get any PM case. After that i'll be off to Indonesia for volunteer work at International Animal Rescue (Primates Rescue Center). I'll be attached there for 1 whole month of July and i'm getting excited now. Hopefully everything will go just fine. After one-month-get-away in Indonesia, i'll be back in Malaysia for another event by the faculty. For this particular program we will partner up in student from France and help them around with their project. So mine will be ruminant and will be covering Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. Again, whole new experience, to work with the French.

I'll update again later. Maybe just before i start to think of my clinical conference and FYP.

They Don't Judge You, So Why Jugde 'em?!

 In the '70s they blamed Dobermans,

in the '80s they blamed German Shepherds,

in the '90s they blamed Rottweilers. 

Now they blame the Pit Bull."

When are they going to blame the HUMANS!!!

                                                                                                                         

~ Cesar Millan (The Dog Whisperer)

They Don't Judge You, So Why Jugde 'em?!

** Photos courtesy of Google Image ;)

Something Stupid

Last week i received a Volunteer Guidelines from International Animal Rescue of Indonesia. I'm so excited about it so instead of revising for final exam i went through the 34-pages manual on things that i should and should not do before i register myself at the rescue center in 2weeks time. As part of the requirement for the volunteer before they can work with other people from around the globe we have to get vaccinated against certain diseases as recommended by WHO. As Malaysia is quite a 'unique' country by itself so we do not usually compulsory to get that certain vaccination. For example, Hepatitis A and B. I can't remember whether or not i got vaccinated against those two diseases. But again, if let say i want to get vaccination against Hep B, i have to get myself checked for antibody titre. So here the story begins *what a lengthy introduction, if this is exam answer script sure my lecturer will deduct my mark for the unnecessary introduction*. So I plan to get myself checked on the next day after my paper. I had my friend of mine dropped me at the University Health Center (PKU) located somewhere near the one of the colleges. Well i did not stay anyway near the colleges, as the vet students will be placed together with students from medical faculty in 17th College, about 15minutes bus away from the main campus. So in conclusion UPM is VERY BIG! So i went to get myself checked and i can only get the result after 4working days. So, it was time for me to go back as i got nothing else to do. I stepped out of the PKU building i saw one bus coming from the opposite way and stop just across the building when i am. I saw bunch of students rushing to get onto the bus, well normal phenomena in UPM, students cramped in a bus, a bit worst than 'tin sardin'. So, i ran towards the bus without even thinking and try to get on the bus myself and competing with the students and yay, i managed to get up even i can't secure a sit. But good enough, i'm in the bus and i do not have to wait any longer for another bus which i don't know what time the next one will be. I looked around, all look very young and fresh, so i told myself freshies kot. But who cares, but somehow some of them looked at me with weird look, who cares? I don't... I played with my phone as the bus started to move. After a few minutes of ride, i noticed that the bus took a different way, but i don't dare to ask anything because me myself do not have a very good sense of direction so i thought to myself maybe it just a different way that i don't know or its just the normal way that they usually used that i don't know 'cause that the first time i used their bus. So who cares? I don't, as long as I get to my destination. As the bus went further i started to panicked as the bus went towards the highway (pass by the UPM stadium) which mean really away from the main campus (see, my sense of direction is not that bad after all). Still i refused to ask other students in the bus, but there were still weird looks. SHIT! The first thing came out quite loud as the bus make the turn into the entrance of Ladang 16, where usually i go for my ruminant rotation. HOLY SHIT! What the hell is going on here! To calm myself, i still telling myself that maybe the driver just want to drop some student at the farm and then will get back to main campus after. Ain't that a stupid of thought?! The bus stopped inside the farm and half of the group get down the bus and half still sitting there. So, with all my gut i asked one of the girl;

''Dik, lepas ni bus ni pergi mane? - Sis, where will this bus go after this?''
''Tak pergi mane-mane. Sini je la. - No where else. It'll be here''
'' Eh, tak pergi main campus ke?" - Shouldn't this bus go to the main campus?"
" Takla, ni bus khas untuk kelas kitorang" - No, this is the special bus for my class.'


Shit! I got on the wrong bus!!!!!! And on a special BUS with a group of students that are 'classed' together except ME!!! That moment i think, most of my blood was pumped up to my face *my system must be confused with what's happening* I just can't explain how i felt that point of time. Interestingly, why on earth nobody is telling me that i'm on the wrong bus, and what am i the weird stranger doing on a class-trip-bus??? Why why why???? Why you no tell me? That was the biggest joke of my life as a student so far. EPIC! So i went to the driver and asked him whether or not he will go back to the college, where i got on the bus or the main campus anytime soon. He said he will not go anywhere and will wait for the student to finish. What time that will be, 5pm?? Then, what should i do there, wait weirdly at the farm, as i am their supervisor like that. Damn it, what should i do. 2minutes later, the driver told me that he wanted to go and refill petrol, so i told him to drop me at the farm entrance and i called a friend which is kind enough to help me to pick me up at the entrance. I'm so sorry to disturb your nap time Shaqie. I'm thinking of walking back to college, but come to think of it, its quite far and very hot, 3.45pm. Thanks to this friend of mine for willingly to pick the stupid-stranger from the farm entrance.

Well from the this map, the crescent sign is the PKU, where i did my Hep B screening and I supposed to take bus to somewhere near Faculty of Food Science and Technology (North of the map) before i can get a bus to my college but that lucky day i went to you see the round about at the bottom right of the map?, just 1-2minutes in front of it is the entrance to Ladang 16, that is where my "main campus' is.

What a stupid mistake. EPIC!!!!

On the Day of Seniors' Oral Examination

On the afternoon of seniors first day of examination, 

I always study in the faculty's library as i feel comfortable there or less because too comfortable i'll be sleeping already. So same for today, woke up early and off to library. Lunch hour, it's break time. Cafe i went. Took foods, and obviously the dishes were as usual, nothing new. Paid for it and sat down. A group of lecturers came for lunch as well and they sat next to me and one lecturer well decided to talk to me.... here's the details


Dr X : Alone? Where r the others?
Me: Yes Dr. The others studying in their room i guess.
Dr X: So, hows your oral exam? Boleh jawab?
Me: *Laugh* Saya belum lagi la Dr.
Dr X: Bila? Petang ni ke esok?
Me: I'm Year 4 still la Dr. Mine will be next year. XD
Dr X: Laa.. you're DVM 4 ke, i tot you're final year already.....
Me: Belum Dr, lagi setahun
Dr X: *Laugh* Kalau macam tu lama lagi lah...


Hahaha.... thats remind me that i only have another year left in vet school. Time flies, and really fast. 

Before the Season Finale

Guess what, today is FRIDAY, June 1, 2012. What so special about Friday 1st?? Nah, nothing special, and seriously nothing at all. But is a just another Friday of my life and which is also happened to be the last day of class of me being DVM 4. Yeap, put a side the study week, i just done with all the classes for DVM 4. If it is not a vet course, i surely celebrating it right now, but i'm a vet-to-be so i have to bear for another year. I'm pretty sure it'll be pretty fast and pretty stress as well. Meaning i'm exactly 1 year away from finishing or the starting point. Am i ready, hell no! I can't wait to finish but in the same time i'm not sure whether i'm up for it or not.
For example in a case of blood donation. To donate a blood i must go some check up first before i'm qualified. Its not like you go to the hospital and simply tell the Dr that you want to donate blood and he/she will take your blood without any examination. My blood parameters must first be checked, most of the time my hemoglobin level is quite low. So, as a consequence until now i still don't have a chance to donate blood because of the hemoglobin level. I tried so many times but i still unable to. What should i do, to enable me to donate blood in the future. I'm taking supplement and now my hemoglobin almost reach the normal value and hopefully by next year i will be able to give some of blood to be shared with others. See, life is not that easy also not that difficult. 

Once a teacher told me, if you want something, work for it. Do not wait for it to come to you, because it will never be. I hope by that time i'm ready for it, but even if i'm not i'll have to be.

This semester has been good to me, good on my definition, not others. Others definition of good might be totally different than mine. Good and bad things happened and i really learnt a lot from it. Get scolded is just a part and parcel of student's life and you will somehow get immune to it. And thats how we learnt, but i'm not saying that i want to be scolded at all time in order to learn something new. Sometime someone else has to push the button to wake us up.

Haish, tthe final exam is so near, yet i still here lying on my bed and lazying in front of my lappy. How am i going to enter the final year with this attitude. Hahaha, but who cares, this is how i carry myself. I'm happy with who I am.

Coming after the final exam, 11weeks holiday will come, which is not a holiday for me. My weeks is planned in such away that i will not have any break in between. Hopefully this will help me in becoming  a better vet in the future.

Week 1: Post Mortem Practical in the faculty
Week 2 - Week 5 : Volunteer Practical at International Animal Rescue Indonesia for a month
Week 6 - Week 10 : Malaysia -France Colaboration (Ruminant)
Week 11 : Small Animal Clinic Practical

Now, after looking at this i feel tired already. And i dont know what else to be written out here...

Hyacinth Macaw; Things that We might want to Know

Today i feel like writing about Hyacinth Macaw, the most beautiful macaw, for me at least. Above photo was taken during my vacation practical at Wildlife Unit, Kasetsart University Thailand last year.

Look familiar??!! Hell yeah, if you watched RIO, this is it. The Giant Blue Flying Bird!

Hyacinth macaw happens to be the largest of all parrots. Thats a WOW! And i bet the the price to buy and to own this giant flying creatures also not cheap. Hahaha, so think twice before you get one, and plus point they are under the status of rare to endangered species. So, forget about getting one, let them fly freely out there.

Their beak, the powerful of all beak. They can even crack a coconut. Beware of your fingers, do not simply try to pet them. 

As the barn out i described earlier, hyacinth pairs are extremely faithful and they also share the tasks of raising their youngs. Aww~ Breeding starts at 7years of age once a year to 1-3 egg(s). Incubation period will take about 29days before hatching.

They are playful, intellegent and avid chewers. They truly enjoy toys that they can explore and get easily trained. Besides that hyacinth macaw able to mimic human vocalization very well. Don't get trick. 

In the wild, macaws often flock to mountain of clay known as MACAW LICKS.

They can live up to 60 years of age. Age together with you.

They feast on fruits, nuts and clay. They need more nutsss.

Most importantly of all they are also known as GENTLE GIANTS!

OWLS FUN FACTS

Owls Fun Facts

Did you know that Owls do not have CROP??!!!

Yeap! They do not have CROP like other birds,  their food goes straight to the stomach!

Their diet mainly on small rodents, and occasionally small birds.

Their eyes are fixed to the skull, hence can move up-down or side-side (immovable eyes) to 'compensate' this they possess special neck mechanism - quick turn. Eyes set in front like ours'.

Mate for life and very emotionally attached their partner, how sweet they are.

They fly silently! Beware if you are within their diet range.. You'll never know when they come and grab you.. :)

Not like other raptors, their ears is exceptionally essential to aid in their hunting activity. Where's the 

ears, go figure out yourself... Haha, its located behind the facial disk.

Owls do more than just hoot—they create many 

different vocalizations. They even can 

screeches, whistles, barks and hisses.

Group of owls called Parliament, and their smallies called owlets.

...........Buzzzzz...........

Its week 7, half of the semester and leave me with another 10 weeks to finish my 4th year of DVM. That's how fast times fly. They always told us that 4th year is the honeymoon year for vets student. Really??? Who the hell first come out with that idea. I'm half dead now.. This semester especially, this week i considered the first week after 1month of sleepless nights. Tests come day after day, plus some other commitments that occupying your mornings and nights that shall not be mentioned here ;). Besides that i still want to get myself involve with other activities organized by the faculty's clubs, of course you do not want to miss all that too right. Maybe I'm too 'greedy' but who cares. I want to be a solid vet not just a vet that managed to completed/passed the 5-years program. So, hopefully by doing all this I can be a good one in the future. To be a good one you no need to be the smartest in the class, everybody with some effort in it can be a good one, EVERYBODY! Of course to be a good one you need knowledge, i can't debate on that. But knowledge alone is not enough, you have to go beyond that. Yeah, true, sometime i feel very tired and I just want to end everything there and there. But am i ready?? To end something else but am i prepare to start a new journey of life? Haha.. i guess NO. As long as passion and determination is there i believe that i will pass through successfully. No regrets! Without those two i don't think i will still stay here. To be an animal doctor is NOT EASY! People might think vet is just about TREATING CATS and DOGS. No people you're wrong, for my case at least. I have to spent 8years of my life *drama* just to get a degree. With people with that amount of time will be able to finish their master or even PhD already. Way too long and i know its going to be worth and more importantly it is what i want to do. YEAP, Its What I want to DO and I 100% responsible for that matter.

One-and-a-half-year-away

Wohooooo..... Today is the end of first week of the second semester of 4th year. Time flies man! Is "wohoooo" appropriate??? Not now Laura, not now. Maybe later on. Its the mark that i'm getting there. I have to be more mature, more responsible, more hardworking and more what-so-ever in order to get through THIS. Some says, its honeymoon year, as you'll go through HELL when you enter final year. Well fair enough, forth year is not as bad as the fifth year, but still its nothing like honeymoon year. NO, NO, NO! Last semester really a tough one, nah not THAT tough actually but it was tough. Clinical medicine really messed up my semester.. But i did enjoy the class. It was nice, really..hahahahha.... It was not that bad actually, just that lately i became a lil bit lazy from the last time. Last time i used to stay up at night for last minute revision but now no more staying up at night, the latest i can go is 1200am. More than that, bubye nighty night. I'll go to watch football match whenever my junior offers me to... No hesitation. I'll go on movie on the weekend providing there is no rotation. I'll go for seroes-marathon whenever i feel like watching it. I'll go facebooking whenever i'm bored. I'll sleep whenever i'm sleepy. I learnt to enjoy my life more. Life is not only about scoring As in your study. Life is about Living! Life is about enjoying things! Well, i'm good as long as i'm above the average. Huh! Life is like football, "Its doesn't matter scores first, what does matter is that who win the game when the time is up, thats the matter" Hahaha.... I know i'm getting there and when i get there;

I know i deserve to be there

I'm qualify to be there

I'm as good as the others who were there earlier

I'm there because of ME, myself

I know and I know it!

Finally ^^

Hui Ling, Josiah Yong, Laura Benedict! Delta Rocks!

We met each other 7 years back when all of us chosen for National Service in the biggest camp in Malaysia that time *i dunno about now* Junaco Park Camp.

W were in the same company DELTA as well as platoon. That was how we get to know each other.

It took 3months for us to complete the program, but some of them had to leave earlier for matriculation, form 6 and A-level but i decided to stay till the very end of the game.

After that moment, i never meet any of NS-mates until today. We did 'talk' to each other on social network like facebook, friendster last time. Ah, how good it feels.

So after years, we finally managed to catch up, even only 3 of us. Movie, dinner and gossips were just perfect.. We should do this more frequent with more gossips XD. Till then

Ciao!

**Hui Ling's Photo

The Darkest Day

The darkest day: Feb 6th 1958

February 6th will forever be circled on the calendars of everyone connected with Manchester United.

On that day in 1958, the darkest day in United's history, 23 people - including eight players and three members of the club's staff - suffered fatal injuries in the Munich air crash.

Flying back from a European Cup tie against Red Star Belgrade, the team plane stopped in Germany to refuel. The first two attempts to take off from Munich airport were aborted; following a third attempt, the plane crashed.

Twenty-one of the people on board died instantly. Aeroplane captain Kenneth Rayment died a few weeks later from the injuries he sustained while Duncan Edwards - one of the eight victims from the team - passed away 15 days after the crash. The tragedy is an indelible part of United's history, as is Sir Matt Busby overcoming his injuries to build another great team which won the European Cup 10 years later.

Roger Byrne (28), Eddie Colman (21), Mark Jones (24), David Pegg (22), Tommy Taylor (26), Geoff Bent (25), Liam Whelan (22) and Duncan Edwards (21) all died, along with club secretary Walter Crickmer, trainer Tom Curry and coach Bert Whalley.

Eight journalists died - Alf Clarke, Tom Jackson, Don Davies, George Fellows, Archie Ledbrook, Eric Thompson, Henry Rose, and Frank Swift who was a former Manchester City player. Plane captain Ken Rayment perished, as did Sir Matt's friend Willie Satinoff. Travel agent Bela Miklos and crew member Tom Cable also died.

We will never forget.

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Club-News/2010/Feb/The-darkest-day-Feb-6th-1958.aspx

Me, Year 4 Part 1

Time flies.. Just finished the first semester of Year 4. Meaning i'm 1 and 1/2 year away from graduation. Gosh! I dunno how i get through all those crazy and challenging days. *I guess more challenges await* Seriously, its time to get serious.

Last semester was another crazy semester for me. Sum up of the semester i had gone through 12 weeks of rotation (my first one), 15 tests in total, 5 final papers in 14weeks. That a real tough one, and tiring too. But i'm pretty sure next final 3semesters will be even tougher. But no matter how tough it is i'm sure i'll get through it somehow, One day. Even though i was a busy, crazy and tough semester, i learnt a lot throughout the semester. Even now i've been trying to work out exactly how i got here. Whatever! I'm here now, sound and steady. "Keep me sane till the end please" Hahahaha...

arent the tiger's ears look super cute???