“Muder Attempt” By IMU Student!!!
Thursday, January 18th, 200718/01/2007 Thursday
It’s true! All the rumours that you might have heard about IMU students attempting to take their own lives turned out to be true!!! And I actually witnessed it right in front of my eyes!
The first time I heard about such stories was in Sem 1. Apparently some Medic students had jumped from the 3rd floor down onto the Atrium due to tremendous pressure from studies. I dunno how true the story is as there were quite a few variations.
Anyway, back to my story. My good old friend decided to "murder" himself just as he was about to leave the library. Why? Ask any of us Sem 4 students. With the amount of lessons, PBLs, portfolios, Dispensing sessions, practicals, CALs, Class Tests and what with running every now and then switching classes (SR 6 to MPH 5 to MPH 6 to LT 2 to…..) and rushing to the library in between lessons to grab books for research, it’s no surprise that one would have that kinda thought. Amazing how studying so much to save someone else’s life can make you wanna murder yourself. Ironic isn’t it?
Well…That’s True Blue BPHARM SYNDROME! Unless you’re in our shoes, there’s no way on earth you’ll understand what we’re going true everyday. But it’s really fun to do it together with friends, knowing that you’re not alone in feeling tired, worried, despair, sleepy etc.
Ok, enough nonsense for now. The truth is that we were in the library standing behind the library’s settee chatting, waiting for others to have dinner together. Then, my friend rushed towards us, feeling excited and all and TRIPPED on the settee. He landed on the "seating" portion and somehow, the "back support" portion came off from its frame, exposing multiple 2 inches long rusty nails!!! In trying to support himself while falling, his right arm grazed against most of the nails. And as Mrs Phoong from Malaysian Studies had taught us: For every action, there’s an effect. So how? He had various scratch marks along his right arm, the cuts were deep, he was bleeding and the wounds were raw. (If you ask me, if we weren’t there, we would have thought that he was abused by You-Know-Who for being a "bad" boy…Hehehe. *Hint Hint. PS *Hint Hint)
Anyway, my friend told the librarian about the sofa and can you imagine what they said? "It’s NOT our problem. There’s nothing we can do about it." Someone should really complain about this lackadaisical attitude. And here in IMU we’re taught to be Caring PCPs. What the???(Shake head X 3)
