So long 2013 !

Praise the Lord for giving me -literally- the best year ever!If we thought about every single moments which had already ensued during this year, Most of people in my class (Batch 2007/Class 2013) would profoundly agree : 2013 was remarkable. Reminiscing every great moments in 2013 :- Year of graduation - Now,everyone officially calls you "Doc,...." -- Year of vowing The Hippocratic Oath - The Oath that we hold until we demise, our ethical orders...

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Kriminalisasi Dokter

" Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability"Begitulah pesan yang disampaikan oleh Sir William Osler - Dokter pendiri John Hopskin Medical School/Hospital,USA dan juga guru besar University of Oxford Medical School,UK - kepada para dokter seluruh dunia. Pesan itu bermakna bahwa ilmu kedokteran adalah sebuah ilmu dimana semua probabilitas dan kemungkinan bisa terjadi. Pesan ini mengingatkan kita bahwa Dokter bukan Tuhan, dan...

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Oliver Twist

Baru baca novel Oliver Twist karya Charles Dickens Novel klasik ini ditulis Charles Dickens pada abad ke-19 ketika masa2 revolusi Industri Inggris sedang berlangsung. Saat itu negara Inggris masih kalah maju dibanding Portugis dan Spanyol. Di novel ini diceritakan bagaimana miskinnya rakyat Inggris di zaman dulu, dan bagaimana besarnya disparitas ekonomi antara bangsawan Inggris/politikus dibanding masyarakat Inggris kebanyakan Dan kita ingat sekarang,...

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A Deathtrap for Doctors

We, Doctors, somehow made our own system nowadays become a "deathtrap" for us. From the beginning of our medical course, We were always reminded by our predecessors and community that we are : the chosen one. the "GOD" or "GODDESS" - whatever its term - that implies we could do everything. We're genius. We're tough and strong. We're rich. We're professional. We already passed the hardest exam only to get an opportunity to learn medicine....

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Budaya Membaca

Dalam perjalanan pesawat dari Dubai ke Heathrow Airport,London, saya bersebelahan dengan seorang laki-laki berperawakan tinggi kekar, bertatto. Setelah pesawat take-off dia langsung memesan bir Heineken ke pramugari. Saya langsung berpikir "yah,..gua duduk sebelah preman nih..."Tapi setelah itu dia mengambil alat elektronik sebesar tablet, dan membaca. Ternyata dia membaca sebuah buku dengan menggunakan pdf reader. Cukup aneh, karena kita tahu di...

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Next chapter of my life

Another chapter of my life will begin tomorrow....Let me share this one-year-joyous-internship year with you...My career as a doctor starts tomorrow..Posted via DraftCraft ...

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Re-born blog !!

I re-designed my blog!!Since I have holiday until my internship year starts, so I tried to make something new, so this is my re-born personal website!!!I started blogging when I was in Senior high, I started on friendster.com ( which the blog now is gone ; along with friendster death)Then I wrote my silly personal writing in blogspot.com, I stop blogging when twitter astonishedly made me addictive. But, well, 140 characters sometimes is not sufficient...

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Never failed : never tried anything new : never had success

Despair is a strong word.Feeling that there is no hope. Feeling that whatever you did, will never be good enough to be a successful person. I have felt that feeling before. Actually many times.Failure is also depressing. But one thing that that I am pretty sure about failure is everyone will got their own. So it's something that human will have to deal with. I like to read biography of famous person in order to see what problem they had before and...

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Being an Oxford Elective Student part III

So, Why I decide Oxford ?Well, first of All. it is Oxford. Without telling any word,everyone already know about Oxford.but, to put it very bluntly, at the first time, my reason why I chose Oxford over its rivals ( Harvard or Cambridge) is simply because it is completely free. Like I posted before, Harvard charged you approximately USD 3500/month (totally ridiculuos), Cambridge charged 250+900 pounds for administration+accomodation fee. You could...

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Being an Oxford Elective Student part II

"What is an Elective Program?"Many, Many friends and colleguaes of me asked about that. They heard about me studying in Oxford, and many people would like to follow my step. I can say I am the first pioneer of person from my university ( or Indonesia?) to study medicine in Oxford and join this program. Some people ( who did not understand ) considered me going to UK only for traveling ( since I really like to explore foreign country). But I took...

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Being an Oxford Elective Student part I

I've just arrived in Indonesia after I finished my Elective program in Oxford, England.Well, first of all, without a doubt, University of Oxford Medical School is a good-internationally- recognised medical school. Medicine has been taught in Oxford since 13th century so we can imagine, How good they are to provide teaching in this area. and We rarely heard Indonesian studies in Oxford Medical School, albeit when I "declared" that I took my Elective...

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God Bless the Broken Road : simple tips for broken hearted

I dont write about love.... usually....Love and relationship is not my thing. I am completely suck with all these stuffs.I always consider that I must be the last person to whom someone would like to talk about relationship/love with.People like family or even only so-called-friends always wandered about my love life. I always think that part of my life is secret. very personal. hidden.concealed. It must remain in the closet. I avoid to discuss...

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