Induction and BTN done! And now, I shall report for duty tomorrow morning at 0800 hours. So this may be my last post in the next two weeks, at least. Tagging is horrible - every day for two weeks, the hours start at 7 am and end at 11 pm. Every. Single. Day. I really don't know how I'll survive that.
As some of you may know, I was first posted to HUSM, Kubang Kerian. Now, it really is a much better hospital than HSNZ in so many ways, but I only put HUSM to fill in the three spaces on the form. I came back to Malaysia to be close to home, so if I was going to be living anywhere more than half hour away, I might as well have applied for Hospital Sg Buloh or UM. At least naik flight sejam je compared to 3 hours driving between KB and KT. Or I might as well have stayed in the UK. When we found out, I wasn't really upset. I was just shocked since so many people applied to HUSM as their first choice and didn't get it, and yet, I, who wasn't very enthusiastic did. Apparently the way placements run is in this order:
1) Hospital needs and requirements (i.e. hospitals get to choose who they want)
2) Vacancies (tipu la HSNZ takde tempat untuk saya since so many people got it)
3) Pilihan pemohon --- Apparently, they don't really consider 'ikut suami' as a good reason anymore. Mak ayah sakit pun, hanya cancer akan diconsider.
The only time I felt like crying sebab dapat HUSM is when I found out I'd have to take a bus to KB on Saturday afternoon after arriving in KT on Saturday morning. Naik bus? Esok plak nak keje dah? Tidak!!!!!!!!!
So I wrote an appeal letter (despite Kadir saying I should really contemplate deeply on whether or not I should, since HUSM is a better hospital). I should have just gone through the same procedures as everybody else, i.e. tarik tali siap2. And that's how kawan2 yang bercable besor macam tiang elektrik, semuanya dapat first choice terus in the first round. When dad offered to intervene earlier, I thought I should go through the normal application process first (sebab ingatkan konfem la dapat HSNZ!). I kinda forgot that this is Malaysia, and if you're a nobody, then nobody cares. At least it would save me the hassle of writing surat rasmi dalam Bahasa Melayu dengan tulisan tangan!
As some of you may know, I was first posted to HUSM, Kubang Kerian. Now, it really is a much better hospital than HSNZ in so many ways, but I only put HUSM to fill in the three spaces on the form. I came back to Malaysia to be close to home, so if I was going to be living anywhere more than half hour away, I might as well have applied for Hospital Sg Buloh or UM. At least naik flight sejam je compared to 3 hours driving between KB and KT. Or I might as well have stayed in the UK. When we found out, I wasn't really upset. I was just shocked since so many people applied to HUSM as their first choice and didn't get it, and yet, I, who wasn't very enthusiastic did. Apparently the way placements run is in this order:
1) Hospital needs and requirements (i.e. hospitals get to choose who they want)
2) Vacancies (tipu la HSNZ takde tempat untuk saya since so many people got it)
3) Pilihan pemohon --- Apparently, they don't really consider 'ikut suami' as a good reason anymore. Mak ayah sakit pun, hanya cancer akan diconsider.
The only time I felt like crying sebab dapat HUSM is when I found out I'd have to take a bus to KB on Saturday afternoon after arriving in KT on Saturday morning. Naik bus? Esok plak nak keje dah? Tidak!!!!!!!!!
So I wrote an appeal letter (despite Kadir saying I should really contemplate deeply on whether or not I should, since HUSM is a better hospital). I should have just gone through the same procedures as everybody else, i.e. tarik tali siap2. And that's how kawan2 yang bercable besor macam tiang elektrik, semuanya dapat first choice terus in the first round. When dad offered to intervene earlier, I thought I should go through the normal application process first (sebab ingatkan konfem la dapat HSNZ!). I kinda forgot that this is Malaysia, and if you're a nobody, then nobody cares. At least it would save me the hassle of writing surat rasmi dalam Bahasa Melayu dengan tulisan tangan!
