日本の医師免許で海外で働けるか？

[A self-note for myself]
Is it possible for me to work back home after graduation??

• the Japanese medical license is only recognized in UK, France and Singapore. Even so, there's a limit to number of those who can practice (5 - 15 ppl)
• or I can work 5 years or so here, then apply for vacancy at the MOH, as a foreign doctor, that is..
• there's no mention of an international medical licensing examination that's recognized back home

Planning to ask around when I go back for holidays in September next year. Working in Japan is not bad at all; in fact I hope to do training here. Just thinking of ways how to contribute to the medical system back home, hmm..

Raya celebrations d Jepun

Ah, yes, Syawal is almost over.. Even though I couldn't go home for Raya this year (again) the festivities can still be felt, thanks to the embassy and fellow Bruneians in Japan :D Thank you everyone!!

Raya at the Bruneian embassy, Shinagawa

At Halen's apartment, Tokyo

The embassy gave us free food in the form of buffet catering from Rasa restaurant in Ginza. As for the 2nd raya gathering at Halen's apartment we made our own foods, and brought along cakes sent from home. It was fun, got to meet new and long-time-no-see people :)

Where will my Raya be next year? ehehe :D

Bersyukur tah kitani semua..

Yahoo.com - Ketsana leaves more than 360 dead across SE Asia
Yahoo.com - Strong Indonesia quake kills hundreds, traps more

These past few days have seen several natural disasters hitting the southern hemisphere, especially in South East Asia. Typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia, and the 7.8 Ricther scale earthquake in Sumatra Indonesia, both claiming hundreds (maybe even thousands?) of lives, causing widespread damage and panic within the affected areas.

Luckily for Brunei we're just barely out of range to feel anything, and the Malaysian peninsula protected us from direct influences from tsunamis. Typhoons have never put us in their path. Surely we've had cases of haze and rainstorms causing flashfloods, but face it, these are nothing compared to what damage these natural disasters wreak.

Brunei is very lucky (maybe too lucky?)
Let's not take our lifes for-granted.

Count your blessings, learn from the past, be prepared for anything.

Mudah-mudahan dijauhkan dari timpa bala, Amin..

P.S> remember this story? we're not that immune u know.

In the mid of Raya celebs??

photo and original article at Brunei Times

Brunei had a major blackout whilst still in Raya celebrations :p
On the other hand, imagine how much CO2 production we reduced!
The occasional celebrations by candlelight and pelita oil lamps is not that bad; we did that long before electricity came to Brunei right? :)