Parallel Pathway Vs The Master Program: The Petty-mindedness of Weak People

Assalamualaikum and good day, fellow readers. It’s been some time since I last post anything on this blog of mine. I have been very much occupied these days, guys. Whoever told me that being a specialist is so much more relaxing than being an MO was wrong. Sure, I only do passive calls now (and I …

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Straight Talking, Boundaries & Red Lines

This post is inspired by the recent hot political news in Malaysia - particularly in Kedah, since it involved our Menteri Besar, the illustrious and larger-than-life YB Sanusi - and the fact that some of my juniors and friends will be starting their lives as gazetting specialists pretty soon. I decided to combine the theme …

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Fair Financial Dealings & The Penalty Clause

Some of you guys may already know that I spent my last two years of my secondary schooling (when I was in Form 4 and Form 5) in MRSM Langkawi. I remember my time there quite fondly especially about how I had gained a lot of weight due to daily chocolate consumption as a form of …

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The Clichés I Utterly Detest

Assalamualaikum and good day, dear readers! Sometimes I wonder at the values that permeate the society we currently live in.  I miss the times when there were no social media and people could not be easily cancelled over TRUTHFUL things that they say that may have hurt someone’s feelings. I mourn the slow death of …

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Contract MOs, Career Progression & The System

Dear readers, If you have been following my blog since I was a medical student, you would probably know that I have always had pretty strong opinions about certain things. Not all things, guys; not even many things. But certain things do bother me! Some issues are very dear to my heart. Issues of housemanship …

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Identity Vs Role Confusion

According to Eric Erikson, identity vs role confusion is one of the psychosocial crisis that we all go through in life as we mature into adulthood. There are 8 stages of psychosocial crisis throughout our lives. If we are able to resolve all of our psychosocial crisis, we will emerge as a healthy individual with …

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The Hong Kong (Mis)Adventure

Assalamualaikum my dear readers, Alhamdulillah, after passing my CASC exam, I had received a lot of inquiries for tips on how  to pass the CASC exam. And the answer is.... .....I really don't know. Haha. Really! Because there were certainly a lot more candidates who were much better than me but did not make it …

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