| Monday, November 06, 2006 |
| FIGO |
I had the opportunity to eat in Bangsar Seafood Village last Saturday. I saw a sharkfin's dish called "Monk Jump Over The Wall: RM128 per pax (Advance order)".
What in the world is that? Is it some direct translation from Chinese? And is it good??
As soon as I got home from Seremban last week, my dad asked me if I wanted to follow him to my godfather's house for dinner. The warning he gave me however was, "There'll be about 40 obstetricians attending the gathering."
Me? Scared of 40 obstetricians?? Please-lah. They'll love me! *ultimate perasan-ness*
"They are from all over the world attending a conference here."
Oh. Cool. Something to challenge myself with. Mingling with foreign doctors. So there I was, watching 40 young doctors from many 3rd World countries, especially South America and South Africa enjoying themselves in my godfather's house. They were specially selected by the organising commitee of the XVIII FIGO World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetric to attend the conference, fully subsidised by the Malaysian government.
It was so weird in the beginning. I was so lost. All the delegates were between the age of 30 to 40. Some were already lecturers in their country's medical school. Who am I? Some 4th year medical student being a busy-body. But guess what? I took my food from the buffet table and sat myself in one of the tables! And I even joined the conversations.
There are days I can't believe how 'thick-skinned' I can be.
Basically, in that one night, I got to know a Romanian couple, a couple from Lithuania, and a few from Congo. We talked about how dangerous our respective countries can be, how medical schools and students are today, the PBL issue, and a bit about places to visit in Singapore. Things didn't go as bad as I thought it would be. One of the doctor from Congo asked me to do my attachment in Congo after I graduate. Wow. Did I really make 'that' good an impression? Maybe he was just being polite..
I SO want to be an O&G specialist. *sigh* |
posted by Sha @ 8:27 PM  |
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