"Kenapalah aku tak pandai... "

"Kenapalah aku x pandai" member study main-main tapi pass, aku study macam nak gila tapi fail. Mana adil camni!

I am sure some of you have been in this situation or currently "suffering" from this situation.. If you are not in a 'genius' category like me, come ill tell u a story.. I have 4 housemates during medical school.

Genius 1 and genius 2.

They can study while playing dota, click! click! study. Click! click! suk* ! bly*t! study. After the game they will stay up the whole night till exam tomorrow .They usually start to study 4-5 days before exam.

Exam: Passed Genius no 3.

He will be that person who never skipped class and always sit in front. At home,rarely touch books,he will start study 1 week before exam. His favourite time to study is during cooking and eating time. He will be in the kitchen helping us and at the same time study. He love to study while baking cakes.

Exam: passed

Genius no 4. 1 more is genius + hardworking, he usually start early, 2 weeks before exam. His notes is the best(neat with colours). Stay up late for the whole 2 weeks.He loves to teach us and always do QnA with the other genius who never skipped class( genius no 3), creating a lot of formula to memorize.

exam: passed Last one is me. The 'average joe' not knowing why i'm in med school even though its been 6 years. I

've suffered in the first years of medical school because I follow their study method, end up a few subjects that I took..

Exam: Failed ( passed after 2nd attempt) I started to realize that i am not genius like 4 of them. I am quite weak in memorizing and understanding. So what I did, to make sure i can memorize all the notes. I start early, 1 month before exam I prepared a schedule for myself.

morning (6 am-8am)

dhuha (10am-12pm)

evening (3pm-5pm)

night ( 8pm-11pm) Max time to study each session is 3 hours,never exceed. The understanding part i will find the other 4 geniuses in my house. It will be much easier to memorize once u understood what u read. You will be surprised how creative these geniuses in my house with their own method to understand n memorize. So the one that I learn from them, their creative notes, all the formula songs, all the stories they created + my schedule that I myself create. And because i know I am weak in "hafal-hafal", my style is by hook or by crook, I will make sure each topic I repeat at least 2 times before exam.

After that from 2nd years till 6th years of med school.

All my exams: Passed. Alhamdulillah.

It is not about whether you are genius or not, or tak 'ditakdirkan' untuk pandai etc, but more to how u plan yourself, know your surroundings, know what abilities that you have and utilize it. So don not compare with others,. Do not degrade yourself if u failed, find and create your own method and jangan malu untuk minta tolong.

Each and every one of us has our own advantage, so make use of it.

Dont worry, you will be fine InsyaAllah.

*by the way thanks housemates :)