we have officially ended our obstetric and gynecology round yesterday!!!
which means...study leave has started and finals are around the corner...
which also means, we will see each other less...T_T
and books will be our besties...day and night!...hmm~
before i start to isolate myself, i'd like to share this very wonderful experience with all the obstetrician and gynecologist in Cairo University...
around the end of march, we started this famously known to be difficult course...
my seniors reminded me since the start of first semester to never miss a very beneficial morning class by Dr. Mahmoud Salem...i attended his first lecture, reluctant at first as i knew he'd convey in pure Egyptian arabic, but was surprised to find out that it wasn't that difficult to understand his lectures...
(dr mahmoud salem must be guilelessly earnest in teaching this subject)
"father rather than professor"
a speech from Dr Mahmoud Salem after the party, shows, videos and gift from batch 2006 kasr el ainy...really enjoyed that party...and i felt how cheerful and fun it is with Egyptian...:D
miss attending his lectures almost every morning...~
as we approached the end of march, we were told that the Malaysian students were to be divided into 6 small groups...and each group would be mixed with a group of local students...and here my small group were placed in Dr Osama elShenoufy's unit...
and in this unit, we experienced more than medical science...:D
(i do not speak for my whole group though...in case anyone disagree...:p)
i can't deny our first few weeks were tough, no offense...but egyptian's culture is really different from our's...anyhow, we survived till the end of this round...
throughout those 8 weeks, i got the chance to...
* gain wonderful and very helpful egyptian friends...helping us with the language and giving us tips on how to communicate with egyptians...and also, i get to share some stories about their daily life and their childhood too...:D
* meet hardworking people (residents and professors in Dr Osama elshenoufy's unit)...
especially one of our resident, Dr Taymour...
he's the one who took care of our timetable, make sure professors came to our clinical and tutorials, heeds to any requests from them, set up the projectors and providing the markers...and surprisingly, i also met him in the clinics examining, diagnosing and treating patient...in the theater, c-secting pregnant womens...in the wards checking up patients charts...and, if we were to nag him, he never fail to confront us with his smile...
what a great multitasker!...err...i admit i do not know him personally well, but that was what i'd observed...it's an eye-opener...what with the fact that you understand how difficult life is in cairo or egypt per se...wow!
kak battah told us last night "one of the things i admire in egyptians is that they can still continue their life even though they are severely oppressed!"
all the doctors and professors in our unit were extremely helpful...:D
gratefull for the chance to meet all of them!
* witness how life started and the preciousness of being a lady (her gentle clutch)...as of course, all of the patients in OBGYN are women...once in a while i get to talk to their husbands if they were present...
and among the hundreds and thousands of stuffs we went through, the most valuable lesson from OBGYN specifically and 'thaurah' (revolution) generally that i get is...
*understanding the impact of "Change"...(the main issue i wanna talk about in this post actually...)
since Dr. Hossam Badrawi (head of OBGYN department) insisted to distribute and mix us up with the egyptians, a change that has been attempted before...but the difference this time is that we were divided into very small numbers so we were obliged to mingle with egyptians...it was difficult for us at first...and for some of them too...but, towards the end of 5th week...everybody kind of just accepted it...(ryte?)
what i am trying to convey here is...every change is not easy...after an abrupt change, we need to face a period where we have to adapt...and it's not a very pleasant period, but...once we got through it, it'll feel like breathing again...
like a fetus becoming a neonate...like a dependent child becoming an independent adult...like a single person getting married (ehem...hehe, i heard this example from kak battah...havn't gone through it yet...)...in our whole life we will need to face these changes...there will be pain and gain...and to get ourselves through it relatively fine...we have to acknowledge that we need this period of adapting...
a period where we make mistakes and we learn from them, we accept good new stuffs and throw out the bad ones and finally end up being a better person...the times we spent for this change, will turn out to be a very sweet memory...and a valuable lesson for our future...and it'll differ between each individuals time-wise...
Allah has destined us for these challenges, not to turn us down...but to rise us up towards Him...He promised there will be no obstacles before us that we could never face but He also mentioned that He won't change a nation if the nation itself does not work for it...so, from what i have experienced in OBGYN (specifically)... let's not cower from changes...let's give ourselves time to adapt!
acknowledging this fact will helps us to face these obstacles insyaAllah...change is hard but it's good...:)
thanx to Dr Hossam Badrawi who is willing to accept all our complaints...and the lesson it yields is priceless...
reminding myself mostly to never give up...and to anyone who reads this...feel free to correct me if am wrong...
the lessons are countless...and i believe, everyone of us learnt something different...:D
-source of inspiration to write "this" long (hehe): kak battah's wida' speech last night...
well, i guess...this very extremely long post would cover up the days that i've and will miss...thnx for reading it till the end~...^_^
wishing Egyptians the best for their future...your efforts are what Allah sees...and may Allah bless Egypt with a greater future! (kagum dengan 'syabab-syabab' Egypt)
and also...best of luck to Gen6 and dof'et 2006...let's work hard and pray lots...and may we get the best results for our finals...:D
pray for us!
which means...study leave has started and finals are around the corner...
which also means, we will see each other less...T_T
and books will be our besties...day and night!...hmm~
before i start to isolate myself, i'd like to share this very wonderful experience with all the obstetrician and gynecologist in Cairo University...
around the end of march, we started this famously known to be difficult course...
my seniors reminded me since the start of first semester to never miss a very beneficial morning class by Dr. Mahmoud Salem...i attended his first lecture, reluctant at first as i knew he'd convey in pure Egyptian arabic, but was surprised to find out that it wasn't that difficult to understand his lectures...
(dr mahmoud salem must be guilelessly earnest in teaching this subject)
"father rather than professor"
a speech from Dr Mahmoud Salem after the party, shows, videos and gift from batch 2006 kasr el ainy...really enjoyed that party...and i felt how cheerful and fun it is with Egyptian...:D
miss attending his lectures almost every morning...~
as we approached the end of march, we were told that the Malaysian students were to be divided into 6 small groups...and each group would be mixed with a group of local students...and here my small group were placed in Dr Osama elShenoufy's unit...
and in this unit, we experienced more than medical science...:D
(i do not speak for my whole group though...in case anyone disagree...:p)
i can't deny our first few weeks were tough, no offense...but egyptian's culture is really different from our's...anyhow, we survived till the end of this round...
throughout those 8 weeks, i got the chance to...
* gain wonderful and very helpful egyptian friends...helping us with the language and giving us tips on how to communicate with egyptians...and also, i get to share some stories about their daily life and their childhood too...:D
* meet hardworking people (residents and professors in Dr Osama elshenoufy's unit)...
especially one of our resident, Dr Taymour...
he's the one who took care of our timetable, make sure professors came to our clinical and tutorials, heeds to any requests from them, set up the projectors and providing the markers...and surprisingly, i also met him in the clinics examining, diagnosing and treating patient...in the theater, c-secting pregnant womens...in the wards checking up patients charts...and, if we were to nag him, he never fail to confront us with his smile...
what a great multitasker!...err...i admit i do not know him personally well, but that was what i'd observed...it's an eye-opener...what with the fact that you understand how difficult life is in cairo or egypt per se...wow!
kak battah told us last night "one of the things i admire in egyptians is that they can still continue their life even though they are severely oppressed!"
all the doctors and professors in our unit were extremely helpful...:D
gratefull for the chance to meet all of them!
* witness how life started and the preciousness of being a lady (her gentle clutch)...as of course, all of the patients in OBGYN are women...once in a while i get to talk to their husbands if they were present...
and among the hundreds and thousands of stuffs we went through, the most valuable lesson from OBGYN specifically and 'thaurah' (revolution) generally that i get is...
*understanding the impact of "Change"...(the main issue i wanna talk about in this post actually...)
since Dr. Hossam Badrawi (head of OBGYN department) insisted to distribute and mix us up with the egyptians, a change that has been attempted before...but the difference this time is that we were divided into very small numbers so we were obliged to mingle with egyptians...it was difficult for us at first...and for some of them too...but, towards the end of 5th week...everybody kind of just accepted it...(ryte?)
what i am trying to convey here is...every change is not easy...after an abrupt change, we need to face a period where we have to adapt...and it's not a very pleasant period, but...once we got through it, it'll feel like breathing again...
like a fetus becoming a neonate...like a dependent child becoming an independent adult...like a single person getting married (ehem...hehe, i heard this example from kak battah...havn't gone through it yet...)...in our whole life we will need to face these changes...there will be pain and gain...and to get ourselves through it relatively fine...we have to acknowledge that we need this period of adapting...
a period where we make mistakes and we learn from them, we accept good new stuffs and throw out the bad ones and finally end up being a better person...the times we spent for this change, will turn out to be a very sweet memory...and a valuable lesson for our future...and it'll differ between each individuals time-wise...
Allah has destined us for these challenges, not to turn us down...but to rise us up towards Him...He promised there will be no obstacles before us that we could never face but He also mentioned that He won't change a nation if the nation itself does not work for it...so, from what i have experienced in OBGYN (specifically)... let's not cower from changes...let's give ourselves time to adapt!
acknowledging this fact will helps us to face these obstacles insyaAllah...change is hard but it's good...:)
thanx to Dr Hossam Badrawi who is willing to accept all our complaints...and the lesson it yields is priceless...
reminding myself mostly to never give up...and to anyone who reads this...feel free to correct me if am wrong...
the lessons are countless...and i believe, everyone of us learnt something different...:D
-source of inspiration to write "this" long (hehe): kak battah's wida' speech last night...
me, kak battah, ezzat (kak battah's son) and iqa...
kak battah has been staying in egypt for almost 9 years now, completed her degree in ainshams and also her sanah imtiyaz...and about to leave for malaysia end of this june...isk2...such an inspirational, easy-going and fun-to-be-with senior of us!...:D
well, i guess...this very extremely long post would cover up the days that i've and will miss...thnx for reading it till the end~...^_^
wishing Egyptians the best for their future...your efforts are what Allah sees...and may Allah bless Egypt with a greater future! (kagum dengan 'syabab-syabab' Egypt)
and also...best of luck to Gen6 and dof'et 2006...let's work hard and pray lots...and may we get the best results for our finals...:D
pray for us!
2 comments:
Loved this post! I'm going through things that need me to work on change. I keep feeling I'm getting messages from Allah. Need to find a diving spot and just take the plunge. May He guide us all to the right way.
Thanks Lynne for sharing & good luck with exams!!
glad you like it khokha...
thnx and all the best plunging into something...may you take the right dive!
noticed i wore the blouse we bought together...huhu...miss ya!...:p
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