How Far do You Know Me?

Hello Friends

Denpasar, 2009

My name is Dinara, and I was born on the Island of the Gods on October 13th. Many people think that I am Balinese, the answer is not fully correct. Yes I was born in Denpasar, lived for 6 years, but then I grew up in Bandung.

May, 2020

I am the only child as well as a student who studies hard in SMA Negeri 3 Bandung. The stigma of people regarding an only child is spoiled and has overprotective parents, but the truth is no. My parents taught me to be a responsible, disciplined, time management, and independent girl. Even my parents agreed that later on I will be an overseas child.

I am a hard worker to achieve my target, easy to get along with new people, optimistic and idealist, like to lend a help, active to share opinions, don't like to procrastinate, selfish and stubborn.

My activities are around books, laptop, bed and foods, just like any other normal student. Sometimes when I overworked, I often talked with the neighbor's cat, books, walls, and myself. Pathetic isn't it?

I'm not a person who quickly understands subject matter. It must be repeated many times, especially physics and trigonometry. So I took notes in each subject. In fact  the notes that I wrote were never colorful, I only used pens with black ink because it keeps me focused.

Usually after class, I go straight to tutoring until 6 pm and it runs from Monday to Saturday. In the evening I do my assignments or practice some quiz until 1 am. Therefore, it's common for me to drink coffee to make me stay awake all night long.

When we talk about dreams or future jobs, I wanted to become a pilot but my parents did not approve and flight school fees were very expensive, there were rarely scholarships. Finally, I dreamed something big. My biggest dream is becoming a doctor.

The dream to become a doctor came in the early 9th grade of junior high school. At that time I had an appendectomy. Appendectomy is a surgical removal of the inflamed appendix or we called it appendicitis. At that time, my appendicitis was so severe, the appendix itself burst and the fluid got up to the gut and injured other organs. Finally, the doctor decided to perform laparotomy or a surgery on the abdomen along 10 cm. Maybe if I were late to the ER, Dinara Safina wouldn’t be here.

Alhamdulillah, the recovery process was fast. It took me three days to learn how to walk and after that I can do daily activities. Because it was near the national exam, I took the initiative to take full tutor from half past 9 am until 5 pm from Monday until Saturday so that I could follow the subject matters at school. Right then and there, came the dream to become a doctor.

Doctor saved my life, I was so inspired to save other people's lives. I gained new insights that a doctor is not just getting a big salary, but risking themselves to save other people’s life and it is an oath of life and death. Doctor is a very meritorious person, especially during a pandemic time like this. I realized that the role of doctors is very much needed in a country, especially Indonesia.

December, 2019

I hope I can continue my education at Gadjah Mada University, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing in the medical study program. But I am also interested in the Faculty of Medicine, Diponegoro University.

Why Gadjah Mada University and Diponegoro University? There are University of Indonesia, Padjadjaran University, and the Bandung Institute of Technology nearby.

So when I first visited Gadjah Mada University back in 2019, the atmosphere was very different from Bandung. The first thing that came into my mind is that Gadjah Mada University is a huge university and one of the oldest universities in Indonesia. And when I saw the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing building, that's where I put my hopes and effort to become a medical student.

January, 2020

I honestly don't have the courage to put hopes in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia because I feel inadequate. Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University also has a lot of enthusiasts especially from SMAN 3 Bandung. In ITB, there are no medical study programs except pharmacy. Why not engineering? Because it’s not my passion.

Of course to become a medical student is not an easy thing to achieve. It takes a lot of prayer, study and support.

The biggest support to be a medical student comes from myself, my parents, my friends and TikTok. Recently on my “for your page” TikTok contain a lot of medical students, medical undergraduates who are on their co-assistants, general practitioners who worked during the pandemic, and some are currently in specialist medical education programs (PPDS). I am very impressed and motivated to keep up my spirit and my effort.

I know that medical programs are not as short as other study programs and it is one of the most difficult programs. Four years of medical education, one and a half years of co-assistant, then the Student Competency Test for the Professional Doctor Program (UKMPPD) and finally getting a doctor's degree. Especially if you want to take the Specialist Doctor Education Program (PPDS), it can take quite a long time to earn a specialist degree.

My biggest dream is to become a pulmonologist. But it could change over time. 

Do you think I can make it?