Delapan Jam Terakhir

This one is written on June 24th, 2009. Over one year ago.

It was in middle of the night. I was in last hour of preparation for the upcoming oral test which would determined 50% of the GPA.

The test is called Student Oral Case Analysis, abbreviated as SOCA.

In short, you'll get one medical case, and present the case in front of two faculty member. The duration of presentation is only 20 minutes but it's been such-pain-in-the-ass-that-you-can-live-a-day-without-SOCA- preparation for months preceded. The case itself is one out of thirty case learned in the whole year. It means you have to be ready for those THIRTY since the case to be presented is drawn randomly right before the test.

At that time, I was prepared only for several case (around ten cases) and hoped The Law of Attraction would apply.

Delapan jam lagi, saya akan berada menghadapinya. Saya ingin dapat kasus Diabetes Mellitus.

I want to present Diabetes Mellitus case. I want it.

What kind of feeling do I have? What kind of feeling is it?

Inilah saat pembuktian dari delapan bulan masa masa tahun kedua ini. Tiga puluh menit persiapan dan dua puluh menit penampilan akan sangat menentukan nilai di tahun kedua ini.

Semoga besok berjalan lancar.

PS. It turned out that Diabetes Mellitus is not for me. I got an obstetrics case which I wasn't prepared for and my GPA, as well as my life, turned upside-down.

PSS. The test was on my birthday. What a birthday gift.