Medicine vs Pharmacy
The battle of two professions in young Rebecca's brain-unfortunately, based on her shallow, imaginative, and illogical reasons...
Why medicine:
- Let's talk noble first: Doctors possess the knowledge to save lives, being able to think quickly on the spot on what to do..or at least, something right enough to do. Doctors know how to save, heal, bla bla bla...make the world a better place..bla bla
- Academic wise, it's a dynamic combination of chemistry, biology and physics. Learning human body will never bore you, from learning about enzymes to dissecting dead bodies. And talk about exploring them too. Approaching cadavers are already a challenge itself to tickle the fear factor in you. Will never get bored with learning medicine.
- The*OooOo...wAaaAa...* factor: Rating from 1-10, the oo-waa from the society towards medical doctors is rated 11. All attention to goes to you, the moment public finds you're a doctor, you're a hero from zero in one nanosecond.
- Easy ticket to make good first impression to your parents-in-law-to-be. Whether they'll love you as their own daughter very much depends whether you can cook, wash, dust, and do all other primitive female work...in short, back to pre-historic basics. As for males, all you need to do is dress smart and be gentleman...rest assured, the entire family will love you to the extend they forgot they have a daughter to marry.
- Society used to say that doctors will have to work 24-7, practically leaving no time and room for social life. Apart from that, there'll be no space for a good snooze, a proper bed: all work work work. OK, folks. I feel it's the best ever work schedule: Out of routine, always exciting, and never boring. (Blame it on me watching too many ER series..ya ya, call me crazy)
- You work in CHAOS. Hospital staffs running around in all sorts directions and speed, patients reeling in and out...there's no where else as mind-boggling as working in ER.
- Who needs an elite social life when you have such fun work??
- You get to touch patients (not that way, wipe off all your dirty thoughts), directly communicate with them in a more direct assuring manner.
- Oooh..not to forget, if you're handsome you can be ANGKASAWAN CUM MODEL TOO.. And when you finally get bored, join the BN team and venture into politics. Who says you must treat patients only? Be creative, don't be shy. Young, hot doctors out there. Do export your beauty and get endorsement from giant health corporations for some vitamins products. Yes, you can even be the next Malaysian Medical Council Idol and beat Jaclyn Victor.
So: why pharmacy?
- Its the profession for smart girls. Ok, ok..boys too.
- Main stream of pharmacy involves chemistry, something that will never bore you down
- Ooo-waaa factor's rating definitely will be lower than medicine, but good enough to make your nose look good.
- Doctors have no proper drugs dispensing knowledge. It's true. Thus, pharmacists have important significance in the medical field.
- Pharmacists invent drugs. No use able to diagnose but have no cure for it.
- Wide range of specialisation field: immunology, clinical pharmacy, food technology, bla bla. If not, just dispense drugs or work with the health ministry.
- UK and Australia are open to foreign pharmacists. Not sure if I can say the same for the next few years to come. (Conversion of Sterling and OZ Dollar to Ring-It. is greeeaaat)
- Not sure how will it be exciting but I believe pharmacy has a charm of its own.
- While my peers all flock in towards medicine, I'd better head for the other way to ease traffic flow. Future partnership with doctors will make my cash register *ka-ching* even more.
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