Tickets on SALE!!!

Tickets for the Charity Evening, Reach Out, Touch a Heart are on sale now!

Tickets available at:
Institute of Medicine, UBD
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (Gadong)
Supasave (Beribi)
Vitaliv Health & Wellness Clinic (Warisan Sg Tilong)

@ $15, $25 and $50 (inclusive of dinner)

Did I mentioned there will be lucky draws!!! The grand price will be announce at the end of the show.

For more information, please call 2463001 ext 1906.

Volunteers briefing for Charity Evening

Last night, more than 100 volunteers turned up to the Chancellor Hall, UBD for the Charity Evening briefing. The function started off with a welcoming remark from Dr Mas Rina Wati, Dean of Institute of Medicine, followed by an introduction video of Children with Autism in SMARTER. Nik Tuah, one of the adviser for this event said that becoming a volunteer in such event and see that it can change the life of a person, it is truly a rewarding experience.

The volunteers were brief with their roles to promote and sale as many ticket as their can for the charity evening. Who ever sale the most ticket will get a surprise reward from the committees.

We, from the Institute would like to give our special thanks to the volunteers for coming last night and to congratulate you all for your courage to step up and help to improve our community.

Aim to raise $78,000 for SMARTER!

Institute of Medicine to hold Charity Evening
By Amin Hosni

Students of the Institute of Medicine, Universiti Brunei Darussalam in collaboration with PhuturePhase Production will be organising a Charity Evening at the Jerudong Park Amphitheatre on February 2, 2008.

All proceeds from the ticket sales will go to SMARTER, the Society for the Management of Autism Related Issues in Training Education and Resources, Brunei Darussalam.

The Charity Evening is aimed at raising funds to support SMARTER in their efforts to maintain the centre and specific programmes as well as creating awareness and educating the public regarding autism and the role of SMARTER.

At the same time, it also hopes to bring together the medical students of the institute in an exercise that can exhibit their leadership, teamwork and management skills and increase awareness among the community in a project that is close to their hearts.

According to Lim Chun of Institute of Medicine, UBD, "We got an attachment to SMARTER last year and basically we looked at the activities that were being done there.

"At SMARTER, a lot of their programmes are put on hold due to insufficient funds and not enough support from the public. There are more and more numbers of children with autism going there," said Seif Mei Chien, also a student from the institute.

"Raising funds through charity would be good for them to carry out their programmes. It's not just their programmes, but they also need specialists.

"SMARTER also needs to build an adult centre ... and for that, they need about $50,000.

"If we are able to sell all the tickets, we could get around $78,000 and we are hoping to donate that amount to SMARTER," she added.

Special appearances will be made by various artistes at the Charity Evening. Tickets can be purchased at the Institute of Medicine, UBD and from 1-4pm @ Coffeebean and Tea leaf in Gadong.

IM Charity Evening Promotion poster 2008

For more information, please click here

BSM Walk-a-hunt 2007

Walking towards Taman SOAS at 7am in the morning, I saw people wearing Green T-shirts lining up for an early registration. It coincide with the theme this year 'we care for our environment'. Saw lots of familiar faces and found a few IM staff joining the venture. Dr Charles, Kenny, Zeti, Husma and As are a few of them. Maudena, our previous AR was also seen in the scenery with her sister. Started of with a 'funny' aerobic session, the hunt started exactly at 8.15am. The members are expected to answer questions found in Yayasan Complex and The Mall Gadong. In addition solving the mystery treasures and completed 2 missions. Challenging but lots of fun. Well, I think so. The lucky winner will fly to Dubai in business class! Wow! Did I forgot to mentioned that this is a charity event?! Good luck to everyone. The result will be announce next week. Can't wait.

Pictures taken from anakbrunei.org



My Lucky number (*cross fingers*..hehe..)

Welcome to our new staff

A Big welcome to our 3 new members of the family.


Dr Hanna (Lecturer)- a netball freak and a well-known QS (quoron sensing) girl amongst her years in UK.
Zeti (Assistant Registrar)- a jogging freak is how she describe herself and also loving all sorts of sports.
Dr Anita (Lecturer)- a loving mother of her daughter Hana (Not Dr Hanna..hehe) just joined us a few weeks ago.

Last Cohort of Biomedical Science

Last cohort of our twinning programme between Institute of Medicine, UBD and University of Queensland (UQ) Australia had completed their studies and graduated with Bachelor of Biomedical Science Degree recently.
The students were: Nur Azim, Dk Hjh Halimatussa'diah, Awg Mohd Rahmat, Awg Mohd Rahmat, Hjh Sa'adatul Akma, Nurul Jannah, Cassandra, Valerie, Siti Nabilah, Koh Kai Shing, Onn Pei Pei, Dk Siti Fathiyah, Dk Siti Norhazwana, Hjh Norhasyimah and Angela Tan. These students will take up MBBS at UQ as part of their programme that aims at producing professionals in the medical field in the country, and as expected to graduate in 2011.

So CONGRATULATION guys and girls! You make us proud. We'll be seeing you soon in Brunei.

Pics taken from Azim's blog

IM Students in Japanese Exchange Seminar

For two consecutive years, IM have been receiving students from Kagawa University in Japan to Brunei. Now, its our turn! Lim Chun, Wong Yew Ling, Ak Muhd Nadzir Pg Mohd Juanda, Jonathan Lim Kok Haw and NurNadiah Jeludin are the students selested from Year 3. For Year 2 representatives, Ak Kamarunsalehin Pg Kamis, Tan Chia Wei, and Seit Mei Chien. They departed for Japan last Tuesday morning accompanied by two of our lecturers, DK Dr Nurolaini and Siti Rohaiza.
The programme, mainly funded by the Japan Student Services Organisation (JSSO), Kagawa University, with support from the Student Affairs Section UBD and the government of Brunei Darussalam aims to expand the existing collaboration and explore other areas of educational importance and international exchange between the two institution.

The day before their departure, the students and the lecturers were busy rehearsing for their cultural night in Japan, one of the activity that they will be performing with the Japanese students. They will performing 'shss..' Its a secret they say. They will elaborate more when they are back here in Brunei.(Photos guys) Our dean will be joining them soon this Christmas. Wish them all the best. They will have the best time in their lifes in Japan. Bring some goodies back to Brunei.hehe...

Click here for pictures

Medical Jokes

An invisible man is here to see you

Nurse: Doctor, there is an invisible man in your waiting room.

Doctor: Tell him I can't see him now. Next.

What should I do then?

Patient: Doctor, what should I do if my temperature goes up five more points?

Doctor: Sell!

Would you please do me a favor?

A dentist, after completing work on a patient, came to him begging.

Dentist: Could you help me? Could you give out a few of your loudest, most painful screams?

Patient: Why? Docor, it wasn't all that bad this time.

Dentist: There are so many people in the waiting room right now, and I don't want to miss the four o'clock ball game.

A very interesting fact

Doctor: Did you know that there are more than 1,000 bones in the human body?

Larry: Shhh, doctor! There are three dogs outside in the waiting room!

Exam Weeks!!!

Good luck everyone for your exam! Study hard and smart. I can hear some of you having group revision or just doing some last minute practise in the PBL rooms. You are working very hard, i can see. Wish you all the best.

Since there will not be much going on during the weeks, i will try my best to find some stories. If you are going for a holiday overseas or back to your hometown, don't forgot to tell me the details. I sure need some of your help to spice up this blog. hehe... In the meantime, our upcoming events are the Students Exchange programme with Japan this December and the Charity evening in January. So for those who are going to Japan, pack you bags with lots of winter cloths. I heard its freezing there... Be prepared to eat lots and lots of raw seafood! Its gonna be interesting. Don't forget to send me some pics and stories to share. Just email to red.institute@gmail.com. Plus some goodies from Japan would be nice, if you want to share..hehe...The rest of us will try our best to organise the Charity Evening and make it a success night!!!

Thats it for now.
Cheers
Red.institute