Thursday, June 22, 2006

Finally...

It's Thursday today... 4 more days to the start of final year.

For the past 3 days, I've been feeling really down cos the Dean's Office still has not given me a positive response despite my incessant persistent bugging everyday. My imagination ran horribly wild and I even started to think of the possible jobs that I could take on if I couldn't graduate with a proper degree. And trust me, it's really unnerving to think of what you can do with only an A level cert. I figured that I couldn't take on any civil servant job (though I felt that it would be really nice to be a teacher =P) and with all the qualifications I have currently, I would probably be better off being a full-time tuition teacher or a tour guide for Japanese tourists. Sounds really funny eh?

In any case, I tried calling up the Dean's Office again today. No one picked up the phone this morning. So I tried calling again 30 minutes ago. And this time, it got through...

And guess what? I'M GOING BACK TO MED SCH!!! I am so so so happy now! Really. You can't imagine how thrilled I was to hear something different from the "student-affairs-lady" this time - hear her say that the Dean felt that it was alright for me to continue with final year, provided that I present him with a detailed treatment plan for the next 2 years.

Man... I could have jumped for joy but I refrained from doing that cos all my lab mates were ard. Heh. So right now, she's planning to put me back into a clinical group and hopefully she can get back to me asap this time. Haha.

All in all, this entire episode has indeed been a very trying period for me. But thankfully, it was also a good opportunity to draw me closer to God and also to make me appreciate the number of caring true friends I have ard me. It also revealed to me who are those who are really concerned about me and those who only wanted to gain something for me. Painful and costly experience. But now that I'm back on track, I would say whatever happened has been worth it.

Thanks very much once again for those who have supported me and helped me during this period. I'm really really really grateful to have you guys ard me. Here's a big hug for you all!

posted by LKY @ 3:12 pm 3 comments

Monday, June 12, 2006

More Updates

Well, it's about 2 weeks to the starting of final year.
Still, I haven't got any news from the Dean's Office.
So I called up the lady in charge of student affairs this morning. And amazingly, I got through to her on the second try! Thinking that I might be having more good luck coming my way, I popped the question, "Has the Dean written to the Registrar's Office?"
The answer in return, well, was not exhilarating, but neither was it totally unexpected. Apparently the Dean had been away for the past few days and he only came back to the Office today. Which means he prob has 1001 things to attend to before seeing mine. What's worse is that his daughter would be going for an operation tomorrow and I figure that would mean he would be taking even more leave in time to come.
Is this a bad omen? Am I really not fated to go back to school? After reading the sad story of my fellow senior (Dr) Adrian Yeo, I can't help but feel scared at the thought of having to return $400,000 to the government for breaking the bond. If I were really forced to stop school, and if I can't serve in the hospitals to fulfil my bond, then where on earth am I going to find $400,000 to pay MOH?? Why do such horrendous monetary disasters happen to me and not my richer peers? Seriously, my family is not well-to-do and I'm sure there are many more people in my faculty who can afford this sum of money! And is my character so bad that I must be punished in this manner? I'm sure there are many other colleagues out there who are in this profession for the wrong reasons.
Oh well... I guess... There's nothing I can do at the moment. Ironically, that's what the school student advisor said to me too. I'll just have to continue waiting...

posted by LKY @ 3:32 pm 5 comments