my DESIrous life

Today I was elected as a head of FKIA (Academic and Scientific Medical Student’s Association) of Sriwijaya Medical School. FKIA is an organization that is engaged in the development of student achievements, particularly in academic and scientific fields. Surely, it is not easy to become a leader within the scope of FKIA. It’s because FKIA is divided into 2 concentrations, Academic and Scientific Program. Actually, I didn’t intend to be a chief in that organization because I realized that will be many consequences that I have to carry in a period of one year forward and I also realized that there will be more sacrifices that I have to do. Previously, I served as head of the department of education and profession in student executive board of Sriwijaya Medical School and head of the department of scientific study in Academic Club. That experience was enough to make me know how hard being a leader in which we have responsibilities to The God, the organization that we shelter, the people around, and ourselves. Actually, I planned to retire from all kinds of organizations after I no longer served as the head of those departments. I had many plans, started from focus on my lectures, taking English course, spending more time at home, hanging out with my friends, and so forth. But it all crashed when I was elected as a head of FKIA because I realize that many things I should think and do for the achievement of the goals of that organization. There will be much time, energy, thoughts, and material that I will sacrifice. Become a leader is not easy because at that moment, one of your feet is in heaven, while other is in hell. If your step is wrong, your whole body might be trapped in hell.

After going through deep contemplation, I realized that being a leader is not an option, but it is a must! To be elected as a leader indicates that there are still many people who trust you and looking forward to you to be able to bring the benefits and advancement for many people through the organization. These expectations then turned into a huge fire that could raise my spirits that began to outages due to saturation and exhaustion. Those expectations are the reinforcement of my heart to go forward for a better changes starting from this moment until the unlimited time.

So, keep moving forward! =D

mmm, ngomong-ngomong masalah ulang tahun, saya jadi pengen cerita tentang keseruan ultah ke-20 saya yang menurut saya ini ultah yang paling berkesan. saya dikerjain abis-abisan sama oknum-oknum tertentu, haha. 

jadi gini ceritanya. tepat 13 oktober 2010, nilai blok 14 (hematologi) ditempel di papan pengumuman. pas saya lihat, ternyata ada salah satu nilai ujian saya yang hilang, yaitu SOCA (ujian lisan+presentasi kasus). oh God, sesuatu yang ga banget deh. males banget kalau mau ngurusin nilai yang ilang, tapi okay, nanti saya urus deh, tapi bukan hari itu. pas saya duduk, tiba-tiba sang ketua angkatan nyamperin saya, dengan wajah yang serius dia bilang, "des, ini nilai kamu kan ada yang hilang. tadi dr.M (sekretaris blok 14 yang juga terkenal killernya) nelpon aku, katanya dia bilang mau minta ujian SOCA susulan hari ini, atau nilai SOCA kamu bakal hilang selamanya". trus dateng lagi si rudini efendi yang dengan tampang seriusnya bilang, "iya des, dr.M nya lagi menuju kesini, beliau dari rumah sakit, cepetan kamu siap-siap, bawa spidol, beliau bakal nunggu di ruang tutorial). mereka ngomong panjang lebar dengan alasan-alasan yang meyakinkan banget bahwa saya harus ujian susulan SOCA hari ini.

astagaaaaa apa ini, saya ga siap apapun juga, blok 14 itu udah zaman kapan, saya harus belajar dulu untuk me-rewind lagi pelajaran yang udah saya dapet. manalagi, saya ga bawa literatur apapun, SOCA apa yang tanpa literatur. dan yang paling bikin saya syok itu, masa saya harus SOCA sama dr.M (yang terkenal killer) tanpa persiapan apapun, tanpa belajar terlebih dahulu, dan hari itu juga.

spontan ya, saya nangis, musibah macam apa ini, masa ujian susulan lebih parah dari ujian sebenarnya, mana ga ada yang inget sama ulang tahun saya lagi, bener-bener deh.

trus lewatlah temen-temen yang lain sambil bilang "sabar ya des, ini aku pinjemin spidol buat ujian SOCA nya" (huaaaaaaaa, tambah sedih :_:).

akhirnya saya dibawa ke ruang tutorial untuk bertemu sang penguji. itu tangan saya udah gemeteran abis, sambil nahan air mata. pas buka pintu, ternyata surprise!!!

happy birthday to you... 

happy birthday to you... 

happy birthday... 

happy birthday... 

happy birthday...

to you....

(temen-temen sambil bawain kue ulang tahun dengan lilin yang udah dinyalain)

-well, terharu-
 

dari kiri ke kanan (berdiri): uly, noni, ditta, saya, richard, meigi, opit, abdur, rudini
dari kiri ke kanan (duduk): dekta, yama, franz
yang ngambil foto: rahman

Well, I'd like to share about my incredible experience when I attended The 8th IMSPQ (Inter-Medical School Physiology Quiz) held by University of Malaya (UM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It's such kind of the international physiology competition for medical students held in 24-25 August 2010. We departed from Palembang at the morning of 23th August and arrived in Kuala Lumpur at the evening. It was so tiring day for us because we spent most of our time in airport! After we arrived in Kuala Lumpur, we rushed up the taxi to go to Wisma Belia (lodging provided by committee). Unfortunately, we didn't know exactly the address of wisma belia (how poor). The driver said that  there are many wisma belia in kuala lumpur and he confused where he should drive us. After long discussion, at last we find the wisma belia that we seek. At the lobby, I found some of students that have the same race with me, malayan. I guessed that they are from Indonesia, and my guess is correct, they are from Diponegoro medical school, Indonesia. They are very warm and friendly, especially the accompanying lecturer, Dr. Hardian. (^____^)

we (the female students) got the room in 6th floor, at the end of corridor near by window glass, while the male students got the room in 12th floor. Our room was occupied by three students. Not long after we occupied that room, we saw the foreign students occupied the room in front of our room. They are from AIIMS India, we just had a short chat with them in that night.

In 24th August, the competition was began. Today, we just have to do the written test, then cultural night. But, before the competition was began, we were invited to walk around the medical faculty of Malaya University by some students there, named Chia and Yan Li. They are very friendly and have a nice personality. I just admire the way they explore about their university and I think UM is really great university! The medical faculty is located behind the hospital that used for their study. the building it self consist of 14th floor. The lecture hall and the library is really big and well design (well, it's very different with our faculty T.T)

After we walked around that university, we took the written test. The result will be announced in the cultural night. In the cultural night, many university from several countries presented their creativity. Our friends from Romania presented penguin dance that attract many people to join with them. Our friends from Japan presented the Yukata dance that very very great! They performed it totally. and of course, our friends from University of Indonesia presented the traditional dance of Indonesia. They were only the Indonesian team who presented something in cultural night. On the sidelines of the event, prof Cheng announced the teams who passed the written test, as we guess, we didn't pass the written test. actually, we lack of preparation to this competition. we seldom had a special time to discuss about physiology and although we've gathered, we couldn't focused on our discussion because of many reasons. but, even though we failed, we keep smile and happy.

There was a little remorse after that announcement, we didn't prepare it well and of course it cause the bad result. But, the show must go on right? So, after we return to wisma belia, we (The male and female student of Sriwijaya medical school) gathered in female's room. we just want to share the happy moment in that night and laugh together. Surprisingly, our friends from India (consist of 5 boys) joined with us in that night, it's such of crowded condition in our room, hehe. We talked together, then we sang, shared about our country and medical school, then we laughed until midnight. Their presence become reliever for our sadness in that night (^___^). Actually, I just wonder, they supposed to study at that night because they passed the written test and gonna have oral test tomorrow. but, I just see one student who study hard in his room (Ravi, haha), while four others (Varidh, Mandeep, Siddarth, and Toney) keep sharing happiness with us (hehe). But, I believe that they all are smart students and have already prepared well for this competition and I pray to God in order they can be a winner of this competition... =D

And in the 25th August, after very exciting oral competition, there were three winners of this competition, they are University of Malaya as 1st winner, Colombo University (our nice friend from Sri Lanka) as 2nd winner, and AIIMS as 3rd winner. We are really happy because our friends from India can get top three of this competition. We are happy too for the victory of our friends from Malaysia and Sri Lanka.

Besides it all, we also make friends with medical students from China, (Han, Sunnie, and friends). They are from Second Military Medical University, they are very nice, charming, smart, and friendly. They have really nice smile and warm personality, it's occur not just in students, but also the teacher... =D

Not just that, we also have a chance to recognize other smart and friendly friends from Indonesia (many friends from UI, Unpad, Undip, and UGM), Sri Lanka (Piyumi, Thilina, Thilini, Vihangi, and friends), Malaysia (Friends from UM, UTM, and others), Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Romania, and other countries.

The 8th IMSPQ is really great and unforgettable moment whole my life. It's really open my horizon of thought, make us realize how great the medical students from various countries, and how small we are. It burns our spirit to keep moving forward to chase our dream... =D

And the moment in which we can find many smart, warm, and friendly friends from various countries really impress me...

From the deepest of my heart, I just want to say that I miss you all friends...

Wish that we can meet again in the future... =D