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Friday 2 October 2020

My 2020 summer break

In 2020, I have 9 weeks of summer break between 30 July 2020 and 1 October 2020, after the end of Stage 5 (2019/2020) of my MBBS course at NUMed. Many interesting events happened during the summer break. Here, I am going to write about those events.

My summer break is shorter this year compared to the previous year. This is also the last long break in my life.


30 July 2020 (Thursday):
- Completed the Stage 5 (2019/2020) HBP Professionalism Assessment
- Took photographs with my friends
- Had lunch with my friends at Tang Ren, EcoBotanic

1 August 2020 (Saturday):
- Had lunch at Restoran Hua Mui, EcoBotanic

3 August 2020 (Monday):
- Watched Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw online

4 August 2020 (Tuesday):
- Went swimming in the swimming pool at EcoNest
- Had dinner with my friends at K Fry, Johor Bahru

6 August 2020 (Thursday):
- Passed Stage 5 (2019/2020) MBBS successfully
- Scored 90.8% in the WriSkE and 75.5% in the SBA
- Scored 14/18, 11/18, 12/18, 11/18 and 13/18 for the 5 domains in the End of Stage MOSLER

7 August 2020 (Friday):
- Had dinner with my friend at Chatri Signature Thai Restaurant

10 August 2020 (Monday):
- Received my NUMed MBBS transcript

11 August 2020 (Tuesday):
- Went to NUMed to print some documents and take photographs
- Had dinner at Spiced Mala Hotpot, Bukit Indah

12 August 2020 (Wednesday):
- Moved out of EcoNest
- Went back to Subang Jaya
- Had dinner at Thai Moment

13 August 2020 (Thursday):
- Had dinner at Bliss 33 Café

14 August 2020 (Friday):
- Had dinner at Pangkor Curry Fish Head Restaurant

15 August 2020 (Saturday):
- Had lunch at Bao Xiang Bak Kut Teh, Main Place Mall
- Had dinner at Logenhaus Restaurant

16 August 2020 (Sunday):
- Had dinner at Gangwan Restaurant

17 August 2020 (Monday):
- Had lunch at Uncle Don's

18 August 2020 (Tuesday):
- Received my Dean's Statement and Dean's letter from NUMed
- Had dinner at Chili's, Sunway Pyramid

19 August 2020 (Wednesday):
- Had lunch at Auntie Lora Kopitiam
- Had dinner at Nihonkai Japanese Restaurant

20 August 2020 (Thursday):
- Went back to Kulim
- Had lunch at Khoon Wah Curry Mee, Jawi

21 August 2020 (Friday):
- Went to Minat Supermarket

23 August 2020 (Sunday):
- Had lunch with my friend at Kuan Nan Food Court
- Went shopping with my friend at Sunway Carnival Mall

24 August 2020 (Monday):
- Received my NUMed MBBS degree

27 August 2020 (Thursday):
- Submitted UKFP Eligibility application on Oriel

28 August 2020 (Friday):
- My 2nd Clash of Clans account upgraded to TH12

30 August 2020 (Sunday):
- Went to my secondary school to have my MBBS degree, MBBS transcript and other documents certified
- Submitted application for MMC Provisional Registration Eligibility Letter on MeRITS

1 September 2020 (Tuesday):
- Went to AEON Mall, Bukit Mertajam

2 September 2020 (Wednesday):
- My 1st Clash of Clans account upgraded to TH13
- Had lunch with my friend at 无辣不欢

4 September 2020 (Friday):
- Had dinner at Legend Restaurant

5 September 2020 (Saturday):
- Returned to Subang Jaya

7 September 2020 (Monday):
- Had lunch at Nyonya Cendol Café

8 September 2020 (Tuesday):
- Had dinner at K Fry, Sunway Pyramid

9 September 2020 (Wednesday):
- Upgraded my Pixel 2 phone to Android 11
- Had dinner at The Ship with my family

10 September 2020 (Thursday):
- Had lunch at Ookii Ki
- NUMed opened the application for the teaching fellow position
- Had dinner at Texas Chicken, Sunway Pyramid
- Watched Tenet at TGV Cinema, Sunway Pyramid

11 September 2020 (Friday):
- Began writing my personal statement and curriculum vitae for the NUMed teaching fellow position

12 September 2020 (Saturday):
- Had dinner at Restoran Yuk Ming
- Visited SS2 Selera Malam and had coconut water
- 100% of my Taylor's College group successfully graduated from university

14 September 2020 (Monday):
- Had dinner at Kim Gary, Sunway Pyramid

15 September 2020 (Tuesday):
- Ordered lunch from Santan ASEAN
- Watched the launch of iPad Air 4, iPad 8, Apple Watch 6 and Apple Watch SE online

16 September 2020 (Wednesday):
- Had dinner at Esquire Kitchen, Subang Parade with my family
- Submitted my personal statement and curriculum vitae for the NUMed teaching fellow position

17 September 2020 (Thursday):
- Upgraded my iPad Air 3 to iPadOS 14
- Had dinner at Restoran Sun Hin Loong

18 September 2020 (Friday):
- Had dinner at Peppercorn Café

19 September 2020 (Saturday):
- Had lunch at Wild Basil, AEON BiG
- Had dinner at Restoran Weng Soon Jaya

20 September 2020 (Sunday):
- Ordered lunch from Cor Blimey

21 September 2020 (Monday):
- Received my Provisional Registration Eligibility Letter from MMC
- My UKFP Eligibility application was approved

22 September 2020 (Tuesday):
- Submitted application for a house officer post on SPA8i
- Had Ben and Jerry's ice-cream at Sunway Pyramid

23 September 2020 (Wednesday):
- Got shortlisted for interview for the NUMed teaching fellow position
- Had dinner at Restoran Waneeda Tomyam
- Bought mooncakes at Sunway Giza Mall

24 September 2020 (Thursday):
- Spent a night at my house in Kota Kemuning

25 September 2020 (Friday):
- Attended online interview for the NUMed teaching fellow position
- Got offered the NUMed teaching fellow position successfully

26 September 2020 (Saturday):
- Had lunch at Taiping Thiam Kee Noodle House
- Went back to Kulim for one night
- Had pancakes at Insadunia Food Court

27 September 2020 (Sunday):
- Returned to Subang Jaya
- Had dinner at Fatty Crab Restaurant

28 September 2020 (Monday):
- Had breakfast at Restoran Jin Xuan, USJ Taipan
- Registered as a voter on MySPR Daftar
- Confirmed accommodation at EcoNest for 2020/2021
- Had dinner at Manhattan Fish Market, Subang Parade

29 September 2020 (Tuesday):
- Returned to Johor Bahru
- Moved into EcoNest

30 September 2020 (Wednesday):
- Had lunch at Restoran Hua Mui, EcoBotanic
- Met one of my lecturers
- Had dinner at Spiced Mala Hotpot, Bukit Indah

1 October 2020 (Thursday):
- Began working as a teaching fellow at NUMed


If you find this story interesting, you may want to read this too:
https://daniellimjj.blogspot.com/2019/08/my-2019-summer-break.html
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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous9 October 2020 at 15:33

    How many of Numed graduates who gtaduated in year 2018/2019 manage to get UKFP IN UK?

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    1. Daniel Lim9 October 2020 at 18:06

      For NUMed graduates who applied for UKFP 2019, only about half of them managed to get it. UKFP 2019 was subject to RLMT, which meant that places must first be offered to UK and EU citizens and only the remaining places could be offered to non-UK non-EU citizens. Besides, there was an unusually high number of applicants for UKFP 2019. Attempts were made to increase the number of places, but it was still not sufficient.

      For NUMed graduates who applied for UKFP 2020, vast majority of them got it successfully. Starting from UKFP 2020, it is no longer subject to RLMT, so non-UK non-EU citizens can be considered on equal footing with UK and EU citizens. The number of applicants for UKFP 2020 was also significantly lower compared to UKFP 2019.

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  2. Anonymous10 October 2020 at 16:51

    Daniel, as far as you know, roughly how many percent of Numed medical students fail their exams and need to repeat the year from year 1 to year 5 for past few years and also how many percent of the Numed medical students drop out due to failure from year 1 to year 5 for past few years? Thanks

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    1. Daniel Lim11 October 2020 at 12:49

      In the old curriculum, students failing year 1, 2 or 4 can just resit the exams, while students failing year 3 or 5 have to repeat the year. In the new curriculum, students failing any year can resit the exams without repeating the year.

      On average, about 10% of the students fail each year. Among those who resit the exams or repeat the year, majority of them do pass. Usually, about 1 or 2 students fail the second time and end up dropping out.

      I was one of those who failed year 5 in 2019 and had to repeat the whole year. I managed to pass the repeat year and I graduated in 2020.

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  3. Anonymous11 October 2020 at 15:54

    Daniel, dont be disheartened just because you failed your stage 5 in 2019. I know some of well known medical specialist who also failed their MBBS and needed to repeat another 1 year but they work hard and become very successful in the carrier later in their life. Just work hard and you will be successful in future.

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    1. Daniel Lim11 October 2020 at 18:44

      Don't worry, I was never disheartened by my failure in Stage 5. In fact, it was a blessing in disguise for me.

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