Personal Statement

This is the text of a speech given by Mr John Price during one of the Saturdays Assembly after have been consulted by the half of the population of KMYS about their personal statement. Mr John Price is the first headmaster of KMYS, and one of the main figures during the setting up of the college.

I am a Malaysian student from Malaysia. I have always wanted to be a doctor. I am fascinated by the workings of human body. I think it was when I had been in the womb for seven months that the idea first came to me. I was deeply impressed by the teamwork of doctors and nurses who were so dedicated to bringing me into the world. I was also fascinated by the beeping noises from the various machines that surrounded my mother in the delivery room and from that moment I wanted to understand how the thing that surround us really work. Lying in my cot I did think abut doing engineering for a few moments, but I decided that I could make a greater contribution to my country's future by becoming a doctor and that I would instead let the future Tenaga scholars build the multimedia super corridor. When I was one, our cat scratched my brother's arm and this prompted me to think about the dangers of septicernia. There and then I knew that I wanted to specialise in human pathology after my first degree.

Recently, on my work placement in a local hospital, I performed an appendectomy on an old lady from Tanjung Malim, which is a very important medical centre north of Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia. The doctor handed over the scalpel and told me what to do. "It is no more difficult than beheading a chicken " he said. I have seen this done in Tanjung Malim market, so I felt very confident about the procedure. In fact, the doctor went off for a coffee and a cigarette, while I performed the operation. I think the doctors like having students form KMYS, because they know that we get lots of 'hands on' experience in Biology class. In my three days work placement, I deliveries 10 babies, found a cure for dengue fever and milked the venom of a number of cobras, I did ask if I could do a little open-heart surgery, but the doctor said hat we were only allowed to do that on the second placement.

I have only wanted to study in UK because it has the most prestigious universities in the world and it has been my heartfelt dream since childhood to graduate from Oxford. I am applying o Australia, New Zealand, Irish and American universities as well, but I shall definitely turn them down if they offer me a place.

In my college, I am very sporty and active person. I am on the College Yearbook Committee and I play a major role in the organization of this prestigious media happening. If you read this on any other form, it is a lie. I speak fluent Uzbek, because at my secondary school, I was selected to be a member of a team to visit the former Soviet Union. The Russians explained to us the secrets of their missile technology and we then came back to Malaysia and built an ICBM as a physics practical.

Medicine is the career for me.