The End Of A Long Road
I have finally come to the end of a very long journey that took many years to finish. Today, I am officially a fully qualified doctor.
I woke up early yesterday morning thinking of the results of the degree exams that were to come out later on. The hours leading to 10:00 AM were impossibly slow and every minute seemed like a life time. I’ve always worked hard and my philosophy about tests, exams, and other benchmarks in life is that if you don’t get what you want, it is not the end of the world and you should never regret what happened, as long as you have done everything you could to get it. We drove both me and my friend to the Medical School at Stopford Building which immensely enlarged to become the source of authority over our future. They could effectively force our lives to rewind one whole year backward to start over again and have an other go. We stopped the car, hesitated a little then got out slowly. I felt the beats of my heart getting louder and stronger with every step I take towards the door. I’ve waited for this moment for many years.
People were crowding around a small person who was stapling a long list of names on the board. I pushed my way in between the backs and shoulders of a hundred fellow doctors. I did not recognize anyone and they were all looking semi blankly ahead with eyes scanning up and down the pages that hung before them. Few people were squeezing their way in the opposite direction already with big smiles on their faces. They have obviously made it. Few people at the front were frozen and shocked and were running their fingers now down the list of names. God I wish I am not one of them. A small space opened that was to take me right to the front, and there I was. It took me exactly 2 seconds to find my name down the middle of the first page. WOHOO, I need to hug someone!
June 18th, 2005 at 8:49 am
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June 18th, 2005 at 8:58 am
alf alf mabrook
lovely end el7emd lelaah
good luck in ur career
June 18th, 2005 at 9:25 am
Congratulations.
Such a worthy announcement.
Let it be a start for a whole series of professionalisim.
June 18th, 2005 at 11:33 am
Congratulations, doctor! Wonderful news! Very happy for you, medicine is a tough but noble course…. With great knowledge comes great responsibility… when will you take the Hippocratic Oath? On your Convocation?
June 18th, 2005 at 12:32 pm
Wow congratulations! what are you planning to do now?
June 18th, 2005 at 2:46 pm
Congrats. !!!
As I quickly read through what you wrote, I felt the adrenalin rush myself. lol
and no it’s not the end, it’s just the beginning lol or you could say the end of that nasty, slow-moving lane, now you’ve reached the highway =p
Wish you all the best Doc. You sincerely deserve it.
June 18th, 2005 at 2:56 pm
awwww! Mabroooooook :D We waited for this day, since you made us share a fraction of this journey in your previous blog…I am sure you are a source of pride to each one of us. Allah yewafjk, all the best in your career & future Dr. Sultan =)
June 18th, 2005 at 3:27 pm
3asa alah yewfgek enshalla mabroooook
June 18th, 2005 at 3:59 pm
Alf mabroook you deserve all the best doctor Sultan…Iam really happy for you Allah ywefgak inshallah…
June 18th, 2005 at 7:16 pm
Congratulations!
what are your plans now?
June 18th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Mabrook sul6an =D
June 18th, 2005 at 8:15 pm
Congratulations Doctor!! U deserve de best!! :D
June 18th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
Mabrooooooooooooooook Dr Sultan (now we can officially use that title) no wonder you are still there, lol worth waiting for that announcement…please keep us up to date with where you practice and the interesting things you see as a physician (anonymously of course).
June 18th, 2005 at 9:05 pm
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June 18th, 2005 at 10:11 pm
comgrats on this big milestone in your life, tell us more about what it feels like to finaly achieve this lifelong dream….
June 18th, 2005 at 10:31 pm
Oh My God! mabroooooooook Sultan.. God i am so excited.. it feels like i’ve graduated myself! it’s so weird! i remember you starting off as a student and following your accomplishments day after day.. and being proud of your acheivements.. but this beats them all so far..
i am so happy for you i can’t stop smiling! mashalla 3aleek..
I just feel like celebrating! this is just a start of a thrilling ride in your professional life.. i can’t wait..
June 18th, 2005 at 10:56 pm
Guys, your comments touched my heart. Thank you - thank you all. I do not know most of you guys in person but I sure recognise many of the names that have been looking and observing what I have been going through since I started many years ago. Thanks you lots, your cyber presence in my life helped me in many ways.
Having finished my double degrees in UK (BSc/MBCHB) I now have a job for the next two years. I really wish I can just end it right here, right now and go home for good. But I need those two years on my CV if i want these letters of the alphabet to be of the value they deserve. It is a long journey, the part that passed was draining both physically and emotionally but it is not the absolute end if I want advancement in my career. So sadly NO, i am not going home for good yet. I will not think about that now and will just focus on my graduation celebration to come soon inshalla. (+ my long awaited reward diving trip to Egypt)
June 19th, 2005 at 4:33 am
alf alf mbrooooooooook doc =) u made me remember the BIG DAY-the day when our grades were to be published on the univ intranet… I knew that i’ll pass..but i wanted the “3.6″ and thank God.. i made it =)
mbrook again .. testahl kil ‘7eir =)
June 19th, 2005 at 5:28 am
sa3adat el doctor alf mabrook bro.. i am so happy for you..
June 19th, 2005 at 6:32 am
MABROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!
U DID ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
June 19th, 2005 at 9:41 am
mabrook bro, such a great achievement. :) good look and inshalla ul have a sucsessfull career
June 19th, 2005 at 9:43 am
mabrook bro, such a great achievement. :) good luck** and inshalla ul have a sucsessfull career
sorry i got a spelling mistake in the earlier message!!!! e3ashig for some reason my spelling mistakes only come out when im typing a comment for ya !
June 19th, 2005 at 12:59 pm
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June 19th, 2005 at 3:23 pm
mabrooook.. longs roads are never finished…. lol.. Good luck with all ur plans and roads
June 19th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
~Congratulations, you deserve all the best =]
June 19th, 2005 at 5:46 pm
I’m sure every student at the University of Manchester has a a story of some sort that can turn into a novel. I hope you don’t mind Sultan using your blog to mentioning mine.
My day started with intense fear that turned into denial. The latter made me seek a near by refugee camp in a near by city. All means of communication were disconnected deliberately. Then after a few hours of torture i found myself saying ” It’s now 1.00pm and results have been published at 10.00 am”. Such an oblivious state of the outcome of my long 8 years of hard work was unbearable. I couldn’t help but switch on my phone…..
then national help arrived. A message from a dear friend saying ”congrats, u passed :) ” . I felt exactly the way you felt but I had people around tooI squeezed.
Congratulation Sultan, I’m sure your on the moon with aching facial muscles from the constant smiling. May your Lord grant you all your wishes and may your dreams take you to the corners of your smiles.
June 19th, 2005 at 6:02 pm
* To mention
* Had people around to squeeze
Damn you fleeting thoughts
June 19th, 2005 at 8:03 pm
Congratulations, Dr Sulatn!! You deserve all the best…Allah ewafegk.
We are all happy for u =)
June 19th, 2005 at 9:47 pm
congrats bro :)
June 20th, 2005 at 1:24 am
Thanks again to everyone who added their congratulations and good wishes. I am trully touched.
Garmoosha, basni 3eft manchester w 3ft salford quays,, baseer Bolton now 3nd el bro’6erz.. amma 3an ma9r, of course, one reason i am going is to revive my passion for underwater photography.
NMGH, back in the times of ancient arabs, those who bear good news to their fellow doctors who just made it through a very long and demanding course, get lots of gifts and money,, *hint hint subtle*
June 20th, 2005 at 7:02 am
lots of gifts and money? lol… That, plus a banquet feast, sounds like Chinese tradition too! =)
June 20th, 2005 at 1:16 pm
WOOOOOWWW….. U DID IT!!!!!!
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
DR. SULTAN ! ! ! ! ! ! !
belbreka ya 5ouyeh….
il7mdella it all paid off…AT LAST!!! Huh…??!
I’m tremendously happy for you. I know exactly how great it feels. I just graduated a little while ago and GODDDDDD!!! Tell me about it…..!!! It brings such a great feeling, sooooo blissful and this “internal reward” this inner feeling…. that can’t be explained nor can it be felt unless a person really works hard for it, and you sure did ya 5ouyeh… Now I’m holding a bachelor’s degree… and this is what I feel…so let alone being a doctor!!! Mashalla 3leeeek, I’m really proud of you…
I wish you all the best in your profession; it sure is a very noble one.
I salute you for your accomplishments and for all what’s coming….
Baya’6 alla wayhek ya dectooorna =)
Alla y5aleeek fa5er lahalk w the5er leblaaaadna inshalla…..
3esa rabby ywafejk fe kel 56wa t56eeeha w yesarelek 2omoorek
e5tek
3alya
June 20th, 2005 at 9:03 pm
Ugh im late!..but mabroooooooook you did it!..Dr. e3ashig ^_^ ..Wish you all the best in life! =)
June 20th, 2005 at 11:05 pm
Mabrook doctor, Wallaah I’m so happy for you..you deserve it mashalah 3alaik Allah ye7afdek :)
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