In our last semester in IMU medical course, we are supposed to practise and learn in Hospital Batu Pahat for 5 months before we graduate with MBBS. 31st August 2008 (Merdeka day), I drove down with my beloved Gf to Batu Pahat from Seremban, which took us 2.30 hours of drive. The journey was long and boring.
After entering Batu Pahat town, our first impression was that it was not that bad after all. We were however, too happy too early. When you locate our rented house, we were horrified. It was a terrace house located just 200m from the Hospital that we spend most of the time in and 300m away from the famous 'White House' of Batu Pahat - The IMU Clinical School. Yah, it sounds nice, but trust me, it is nothing but a renovated bungalow house. 
. Come back to our house. Both the gate and grill are rusty till some musical sounds welcome you when you try to open them. The porch was filled with rubbish, advertisement cards, letters etc. One word to describe the situation - Mess. That was not all, when we entered the house, the smell was so not welcoming. The floor was covered with 1cm thick of dust and millions of lizard's faeces. Nvm, there was still some hope that the room would be better. Em...Not any better, the toilet looks like shit, with the bath tub covered with streaks of stain and the floor covered with dirt and fungus and we spent 2hours just the clean up the room and the bath room.
Dinner Time - Drove around the town. Noticed that cars here drive quite slowly and 50% of them will treat your car invisible when they turn out from a junction. The biggest joke is there is one particular street in the middle of the town the lanes are loop sided, which means - you drive on RIGHT of the road (American style). I understood the logic of them doing that but it is so so so dangerous and I think this is the only Road i have seen so far in Malaysia following the American style. Haha!
Food and Shopping wise, are not a problem here. They have The Summit and Carrefoure here :). Food stuff here is cheaper too compared to bigger township. The 5 months here will definitely be an interesting one with my 60+ fellow colleagues.
