Assalamualaikum! Hello everyone. It’s been quite sometime but I’m sure everyone is doing well, busy like the bees, and here I am trying to figure out what life has to offer me in the near future.
LLM in Health, Law, and Society – University of Bristol
Good news earthlings! I have managed to complete my dissertation hence, I have officially finished my masters degree. I have never felt so relieved in my life that I managed to write eleven thousand words on disproportionality of BME doctors in the NHS. It really is very normal kind of dissertation, obviously it’s not rocket science. Or this is just me being humble lol. I am actually very proud of my topic. I discovered a lot of ill-treatment and discrimination against coloured doctors in the UK, and it is quite unfortunate to see a well civilised, and well developed country is struggling to be nice to their doctors. Apart from my dissertation, I did not expect my final days of masters to be in my bedroom, in Malaysia. Sarah and I planned to have a Switzerland trip and shopped till we dropped during the summer sales at the Cheshire Oak outlets. But one can always dream until Ms Corona Virus happens to crash not just me, but everyones’ dreams.
Why did I choose Bristol?
It was a long story about scholarship application where Sarah and I were really close to not be granted the MARA loan for our masters. However, they changed their minds and we were only given a very short list of universities that we can go to and Bristol was one of it. Besides, quoting my favourite lecturer in Essex, Jamie;
‘Bristol has many academicians who are real experts on what they do, especially in medical and healthcare law’
It was true, I had amazing lecturers. From Keith to Oliver to Judy and also the guest speakers of the many conferences held my the Centre of Health, Law, and Society. Even though it was difficult for me to adapt at first, I managed to feel comfortable by the time of my last few days in Bristol. You see, less than a year in Bristol had really questioned, ‘why am I here?’ ‘should I quit?’ ‘should I give up?’ ‘can I go back to the comfort of my home in Malaysia?’. It trully tested my passion towards the subject I was studying. Even though it’s challenging, especially one particular module of Health Inequalities, it put me in a position where giving up wasn’t an option. I had to make extra efforts to understand what was going on. I had to make efforts by reading alot and trying to engage with my class as much as I could even though 90 percent of the time, I’m drowned with my ‘lost’ feeling.
Embracing the Certificate in Legal Practice
I kinda did something stupid, which enrolled into my CLP classes right after my masters. Which is tiring. But I wouldn’t do it any other way. The first two weeks of lectures were okay, the lecturers are amazing even though some of them are garang a bit hihi. It’s apparent that they are very experienced, and they have warned us that CLP is hard because of the bulk of the exams as it is not as intellectually challenging.
There were many statutes to read, notes to highlight, and I am still feeling very optimist. Yelah kan, I just started! I also very semangat one – but please don\’t be hangat hangat tahi ayam. I want to be hangat hangat volcano – forever hangat! If you’re reading this, please pray for me and Sarah so that we passed this CLP, excellently!
Until then peeps!
Zethy