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Assalamualaikum and hello to all :)

I'm currently blogging using Amiirah's laptop. :P

The most important lesson that I have learned throughout this week

'JANGAN TAMAK, NANTI KENA MINUS-MARKED':P

In case you don't know what 'Minus Mark' is, allow me to enlighten you. 

In IIUM, the Kulliyyahs of the 3 critical courses in Malaysia (Pharmacy, Dentistry, Medical) are using the Minus Marking System for the MCQ questions in quizzes and examinations. 

It drives us NUTS! We couldn't apply our 'Kemahiran Menghentam' here. Kalau hentam, ambik! Minus one mark!

Tak faham eh?

Okay, let's say, there are 20 questions. You answered all of them. 15 out of 20 are correct. The other 5 are wrong. The total marks? JENG JENG JENG! 10! Yeah! TEN!

It's better if you just leave the 5 questions that you're unsure of the most true, correct answer and get 15 marks instead of just trying your luck (DON'T!) and just darken them out anyway.

I tell you, UIA won't tolerate this kind of irresponsible behaviour that might pose a great impact to our future careers. 

Like, imagine if you're a pharmacist. And the doctor prescribed the patient with Propanolol( Beta blocker, betul ke? See see see!) What if you failed to decipher the doctor's oh-so-horrible handwritings and went on giving them errr.. Econazole (anti-fungal) instead (tak boleh blah punya example). What happened? And what's more, you just gave in! Ok fine la, econazole pun econazole la. Bunyi nak sama. Cuma tambah e je kat belakang. 

Okay, what a lame and stupid example. Another one.

The IV drip counts is 10 drops per minute. And let's say that the doctor asked you to prepare 0.9% NaCl (normal saline) Which equals to 0.9 g per 100 ml. Then when you calculated bla bla, eh, terlebih pulak letak NaCl. 1 g je lebih. Takpela. Mana ada banyak perbezaan pun. Malas nak buat sekali lagi.

And then padan muka you if the doctor diagnosed the patient with extreme (melampau pulak) rise in blood pressure. 

Eh, so far, betul ke examples ni? 

Businessmen are risk takers. But the same could not be said to pharmacists, doctors, dentists, nurses, allied health science practitioners who are involved with the life of humans!

Also, minus marks teach you not to be tempted with the ideas of gaining fame and fortunes. 

In this case, okay, you have darken all 30 questions. All of them might be true! I'm going to get the highest marks in class, yaay! As if! 

In the real working world. I think this dose might bring significant improvement on the Prime Minister's Health! I'm gonna be famous when he is cured! He might gave me a job at the cabinet as the Minister of Health! Yaay! Haha, right. What if the PM died? You went straight to jail instead. HOHO).

You get me, right? I hope so! If you still don't understand, ask! Don't just assume! :P

Okay, that's all. Bye!