UM Eye Research Centre (UMERC)

December 21st, 2024. 16:00 hours

It was a cheerful Saturday - a Saturday one would remember, potentially forever, particularly those who had won the lucky prizes.

I’m sorry, didn’t quite get what I’m referring to?

Onwards, my fellow presbyopes - grab your reading glasses and read on.

[honestly, we ~~don’t~~ do care about attending social events]

We had our flowery Departmental Tea/Dinner at the luxurious Roomah @Publika and boy weren’t we glad to catch up with our newly-minted specialists – which also meant that we’d have to address them as “Doctors so and so” at this stage. Eww.

[the said itinerary in case my journalistic discourse does not gain any trust from the public]

A professional emcee was enlisted amongst the trainees (?at a fee) and it was a worthy investment – a win for the tea party! It was filled with laughter, so loud our neighbouring ENT patients miraculously regained their hearing.

[the thorny emcee (Saniy) amongst the roses (L-R; Maya, Hanna, Ker Dee, Ezza)]

Anyways, the memory lane was walked upon, treaded gracefully and revisiting awkward moments and on-call encounters. One would think that we held the event to run away from work and yet, here we are – work decided to pay a friendly visit.

Nobody informed about the food being served and I did not attend due to personal reasons (oh, boo hoo), so I won’t be covering the gastronomie magnifique as I would for my previous writings.

[three ladies guarding the entrance, pretending to be the blood-brain barrier
(L-R; Hani, Farra, Sebrina the 2^nd emcee)]

Whilst food was serving, they had summoned upon Prof Nurliza to distribute the gifts of joy. And Prof Nurliza being Prof Nurliza, prizes were thrown around as if she was Oprah (this is, of course, an over-dramatisation). For a complete list of award winners, please see the table appended at the end of this rant.

Rosé’s apa-tuh-apa-tuh was an absolute hit amongst us Gen-Zs, incorporating the enchanting song into our Tik-Tok. Unfortunately, this poor author of yours has no clue on dealing with the intricacies of incorporating videos onto this website (your eyes and ears have been spared with much mercy). The consultants, on the other hand, had a ball with the placards and photo sessions.

[not Prof Mimi being a gangster by flipping her finger
(jokes, clearly was doing a Korean love heart – please don’t ask me difficult questions Prof Mimi thx)]

[Whoever wrote the placards deserves a raise (oh we wish) except for one correction – TCA dah penuh untuk 9 bulan. Someone clearly has not been in clinic for some time]

And tick tock, when the clock strikes 8,

We all went to bed.

Till then!

Best Student Awards (2024)

May Part 1 Dr Lim Ker Dee

Nov Part 1 Dr Fairuz Hazirah

May Part 2 Dr Atieqa Inani

Nov Part 2 Dr Razan Syazana

Nov Part 3 Dr Dheveya Sinnayya

Poll Awards

The Soul Guide (Lecturer of the Year): Prof Nurliza

Male Guardian of the Eye: Dr Azizi

Female Guardian of the Eye: Dr Variant

The Soul Toucher: Pn Suriani

The Strategist: Pn Vinothani

The Healing Hands: Pn Noor Aishah

The Blade Handler: Pn Nazurah

Dressed to Kill: Dr Yi Wen

Cool as Cucumber: Dr Shafiq

The Chief of Cheer: Pn Yusnahani

The Patient Pacifier: Pn Patricia Ann

The 10/10 Charmer: Pn Noor Atika

The Surgeon’s Sidekick: Pn Nazurah

The Email Ninja: Pn Vinothani

Conference-Sharing Awards

COSC: Dr Saritrasaraswathy

AVPRS: Dr Hanna Ilyana

WCPOS: Dr Loh Sze Lian

MAGS: Dr Lim Ker Dee

Lucky Draw Winners

[redacted]; this is done to protect their privacy because the sum was HUGE

Written by, Haris Ahmad

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