Baris demi baris catatan dalam surat tawaran itu aku amati dengan teliti. Dalam hati kecilku bertanya, bagaimanakah agaknya kehidupan seorang pelajar perubatan di luar negara, lebih-lebih lagi di bumi Cork, Ireland?

Sesungguhnya aku amat bersyukur dan gembira dengan tawaran keemasan ini yang boleh diibaratkan sebagai peluang sekali seumur hidup. Inilah yang dinamakan rezeki.

‘’…Dan Engkau berikan rezeki kepada siapa yang Engkau kehendaki tanpa perhitungan.‘’ (Ali Imran:27)

Tahun demi tahun yang berlalu, suka duka, pahit maung, onak dan duri yang aku tempuhi mengajarku akan erti kehidupan. Semuanya demi mengejar segulung ijazah perubatan yang bakal melayakkan diriku bergelar seorang doktor. Jatuh dan bangun, tawa dan tangis serta beraneka lagi resepi kehidupan telahku lalui. Niat asalku mengembara ke bumi Irish ini sebagai seorang pelajar perubatan tidak bermakna hidupku hanyalah berhambakan buku-buku anatomy, clinical medicine mahupun surgery. Sebaliknya, sebahagian besar daripada kehidupanku di sini turut diisi dengan aktiviti keagamaan dan sosial. Pengalaman sebagai seorang pelajar mungkin agak tipikal jika dibandingkan dengan kehidupan pelajar di tempat-tempat lain. Apa yang membuatkan pengalaman hidupku di sini lebih menarik adalah perananku sebagai seorang duta agama dan negara.

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Assalamualaikum and hi to all readers,

September is  now approaching which means that Cork is getting new family members soon. Every year, several activities are organised to welcome the new students.

Alhamdulillah, this year, a group of doctors and their families have gotten together to offer helps to these students. They are insyaAllah could be contacted via the e-mails listed below. We hope that the new students will enjoy their stay in Cork.

Have a safe journey! See you soon!

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University College Cork (UCC) had won the Irish University Award in 03/04 and 05/06. Located in Cork, second largest and southern most county of Ireland. The medical school in UCC is well known for the excellence of its clinical training and I personally really like the integrated system practised here though it is quite hard for me to catch up my studies in the beginning of medical year.

I am currently a second-year Medicine student, so I bet my experience would be very limited if I were to share, but hey, as the saying goes ‘sharing is caring’.

About UCC, it is a campus-based university where almost all of its faculty buildings are within walking distance, except for medical students who will be having their lectures in Cork University Hospital (CUH) that requires us to walk about 30 minutes from our main campus.

I would say that being a pre-clinical-year student does not mean that I will have to stay in medical faculty from 9 to 5. This is one of the things that I love about UCC, because we really have a lot of free time. Sometimes, I may only one hour class throughout the day, but once in a month at least, I will be dead tired because having to attend lectures and tutorials all day long. Well, it depends on how you perceive the importance of attending lectures and tutorials.

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Allah,

maafkan aku kerana berbuat kebajikan bukan ikhlas kerana-Mu,
maafkan aku kerana jarang sekali berzikir, beristighfar, bertakbir, mengingati-Mu,
maafkan aku kerana acapkali mengingkari perintah-Mu dan melakukan larangan-Mu,
maafkan aku kerana terlalu alpa perihal dunia dan melupai akhirat yang kekal abadi,
maafkan aku kerana sentiasa tunduk dan patuh terhadap bisikan syaitan dan godaan hawa nafsu,
maafkan aku Ya Allah…
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