PU-RCSI

Officially, I want to announce that I'm going to enter Perdana University in collaboration with Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland(PU-RCSI) to do my 5-year medicine course. For more info, hit this and that.

After I've successfully got an  admission into PU, I was called for the second interview held by Public Service Department(JPA) to get the scholarship so as to enable me to study in PU. Once again, I travelled to KL together with Bobby on August 11(Thursday) to attend the interview.

I've been anticipating eagerly for the JPA interview result since then. I'm quite certain that if nothing went wrong, I'd be able to get the scholarship. But still, the JPA result wasn't out until the day I've to fly over to KL(September 6), to be ready to enter my supposed local university---UPM the next day. (I was so reluctant to enter UPM that time.)

Stayed in hotel that night(Sep 6) with my parents, out of boredom, I attempted to check the JPA result again, very hopeful that it's out. Out of blue, my random thought was realized. The time was about a quarter past nine. I'd an onrush of joy the time the JPA result hogged the screen of my lappy. Yeah, you guessed it right, I was offered the JPA scholarship to do RCSI programme in PU.

That means I need not report myself in UPM the second day. BTW, I hadn't pay for my fee to enter UPM, if the JPA result still wasn't out that day, I'd have to pay it in the bank the next morning before I set off to UPM. What a relief! I could see God's work on me.

My parents were on cloud nine too. Well, it's risky for me to go for PU since it's newly-established and I'd be the pioneer of the medical school. There are too many pros and cons to weigh. Many petty and trivial problems begin to surface overtly after discussions by a group of selected freshmen of PU-RCSI programme on Facebook. Discussions after discussions and, I've to be upfront about it, I'm a bit cynical about PU-RCSI too. I'm also on the horns of dilemma. I've foreseen all those possible predicaments beforehand, but I cannot yield,  I know I've no route for retreat.

Malicious rumours and feedbacks about PU are peddling, "PU is for mercenary reasons, PU hasn't gain accreditation...". All of us in the group, who are going to be pioneers of PU-RCSI programme had known all the consequences and the shortcomings we would be facing in the future.

We've all foregone our original medical school and decided to go for PU, which is still considered not fully-fledged. We take moves to forge links among us, all psyched up and determined to build the reputation of PU-RCSI. It's incumbent on us to endeavour to do our best so that we won't be called quack doctors.

Each of us has our own personal reasons to opt for PU, whether to believe in the deliverance of Irish medical curriculum or whatsoever, but it's the same goal that unite us, that we hope to make PU-RCSI a success en masse.

So stop being a worrywart. We're all doctor-to-be, all those menial and lilliputian challenges won't gonna defeat us. Put your faith in and stay positive for Law of Attraction.

"In his heart, a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps." ~Proverbs 16:9

So, I'll just defer to what HE plans for me.