Motivation letter

To those reading my blog, now you know... Provisional selection takes place in September. Please please please think of me!


The Selection Officer

Faculty of Health Sciences
P O Box 667
Pretoria
0001



I am a 26 year old married female and mother to a toddler boy. I have been dreaming of becoming a Medical Doctor all my life, unfortunately my path has led me to other ventures along the way, none of which I regret. I have tried my hand at numerous endeavours, from Architecture and Graphic Design to currently studying BSc.QS, as that is the work environment I am currently in and I want to keep myself busy with constant knowledge gain and to promote myself wherever I can. All of these gave me great exposure to life and different experiences that I will always carry with me, as that made me a better person. Although, sadly, none of these gave me the fulfilment I have always longed for. 9 years and a lot of life experience later, the desire to become a Medical Doctor has never died. The desire is still strong in my heart and constantly fuelling my aspirations to ultimately achieve my goal in making this dream a reality.

When growing up as a child, I was surrounded by Medical Doctors in my family and I know what the time and dedication entails to grow in this profession. I have seen the hard work, the long hours, the dedication and the passion one should have, but I have seen the rewards and that outweighs the sacrifices.

I am a well rounded person with many hobbies and interests (ranging from photography to graphic and digital design, a passion for people, listening and assisting with advice, music and reading to just name a few) I feel balanced and mentally and emotionally fit to embark on this journey at this specific time in my life.

I have had successes in my life, I have completed studies, I have excelled in the work place and I have tried to familiarise myself with as much knowledge as possible in my situation to ensure my best output. I have become a wife and a mother, two of the greatest achievements any woman can be proud of.

I have also had failures, I am human and we all fall at some point, but from that I learnt to pick myself up and rise again. I have risen above that which made me fall and I am rising again. I am planning to add this opportunity to my list of successes, not failures. I have let myself down in the past, but letting my family and especially my son down, is not an option. I want to be an example for him to look up to one day. To be able to say that his mother dreamt big and that I did everything I could to achieve that dream.

Since becoming a mother I have realised that not only do I want to be a Medical Doctor, I also want to specialise in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, as that is where my heart and passion lies. From personal experience, having been pregnant myself and going through the labour process, I know that I will have the compassion and understanding towards other woman in the same situation.

I will strive to make the experience as memorable for each patient, but always and foremost, respecting their wishes. Starting as a Family Doctor and working my way towards my ultimate goal of an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist.

To me, medicine entails more than just healing, but an understanding towards humanity and compassion towards fellow mankind, to be kind, to listen and to apply my knowledge to the best of my ability in helping others. As quoted from the oath of Hippocrates: "I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug."

I know being a wife and mother will make this a very hard road to embark on, but I have the desire and dedication to make this a success, my dream may be far, but it will never be out of reach. I also have a very good personal support system in my husband and family to make the road ahead as successful as possible. We realise the road will be long and hard, but we are prepared for the ride!

I always strive to excel at what I do and gain as much knowledge as possible, I have learnt the ability to create a balance between family life and studies and I see both as equal responsibilities. I do think that makes me an excellent candidate to consider for selection towards the MBChB degree, starting January 2011. I have experience, I have zest for life and I am dedicated towards my goals. I am mature and I know the time for me to start this journey has come. I know with great passion in my heart that I have it in me to make this a success.

If I am selected for placement in 2011, I promise to give 100% of myself towards becoming a great doctor that can serve this country, as I am and will always be a South African.



Yours Truly

Monzelle de Villiers

Update on my life...

Ok, this thing I want to do...

Step 2 is done. DH is supporting me 100%, I was a bit petrified about that one, don't know why, but seeing as I will throw the entire apple cart of the de Villiers household on it's head, it was probably normal to feel that way. BUT he is fine with it. Have already started making plans as to how we will manage it. SO YEAH! There is already favour on the situation, now just to get the definite answer and to get through the selection process (ugh, really hope I make it) - application handed in, waiting for a reference, then I need to send supporting documents. And there will probably be an admissions test, so have to figure out HOW I am going to get through that one...

Other than that, we are (finally) doing very well. We were all sick in a row, first J, then me, then DH, then I had to have my tonsils taken out and have a septoplasty. FARKING HELL is all I can say, seriously, I will go through all my preggy friends' labours for them FOR FREE rather than to ever have to go through that again, it was pure agony, I am NOT a pissy, but that, that was torture. Lucky you can only do it ONCE.

J is busy cutting his first eye-tooth (bottom left), toothie no.13 in total. He also started sleeping with his cot sides down as of Monday. Night 1, no thuds, night 2 we had 2 and this morning he was sleeping on the floor on the matress... Shame...

DH and I have initially thought of starting TTC with #2 in July of this year, and if (hoping) little bean sticks in the first few months we were hoping to have this bundle of joy in our arms by the time J-man is around 2. BUT things again have changed, we were initially looking at a bigger house first (which have now taken a backslide to my prospective future plans, so we are considering renovating and adding an additional room to our existing house - now, just to get past body corporate - assholes) So we have decided to start trying, without trying around November/December, seeing that I am still on the pill till end October. Also after 9 months of pregnancy, 1 year of breastfeeding (expressing) I wanted to give my body a WELL DESERVED break, selfish? I don't know, I just need some "me" time first. AND with J walking since April and just getting CUTER by the day, we are really enjoying him SO much at the moment, that we honestly don't want to share him with a sibling at the moment, even more selfish? Whatever. I LOVE playing with him and being able to pick him up and run after him, they are quite a handful when they are mobile hey, SO different to crawling. There were times I thought, oh oh, I am pregnant, sometimes really wished it was so, but I know the time will come when we are ALL ready to share.

We got J a dog for his birthday (a labrador named Sam) - DON'T DO IT!!! He is lovely, but it just gets confirmed to me daily, that I AM NOT a dog person, NOT at all, I HATE slobber. I LOVE cats, yes, they are aristocratic and keep to themselves, but they are so much less of a pain in the ass.

Well, ya, not much more to report on, so let me get back to my braindead job...

Will keep you posted on the future plans, hoping to have clarity soon.

Mmmmm, what am I thinking?

So this "thing" has been bothering me for close to maybe 2 years now, been NAGGING in the back of my mind and it get's stronger by the day...

Have only shared the info with one person (you know who you are) other than my mom and DH, whom still looks at me funny, I don't think he thinks I am serious. But I hope to get some advice from you (the one person), pretty please??

This is something that I SHOULD have done 9 years ago, right from the start, but it took me this long to realise THIS is where I want to be, THIS is what I want to do, THIS is ME!

So just, without knowing the details (yet), please think of me, this will entail a MAJOR change in my life (no, I am lying, everyone in my life, my entire household) this is HUGE (I think) but I know I want to atleast try...

Yes, I live

Okay, I haven't blogged in a while, but promise to update on EVERYTHING soon...

I just had to laugh my ass off now, and I know it's horrible, but I always knew the "my son is so precious" "he has never been sick" "he is such and angel" "mommy is so happy that nothing ever goes wrong" had to bite you in the ass sometime, I was waiting with bated breath... The time has come! Welcome to REAL mommy-hood!

Preggy digi-scrapping

My first attempt...

My birthday and some crazyness

Well, birthday has come and gone - spent the day at home alone (cleaning) seeing as hubby started work on the 4th and our offices only opened on the 11th, so I had some time to myself. School started on the 5th already for Josh, so I decided to take him eventhough I was still at home, but it gave me some time to sort out a few things that didn't get done over the holidays... Fetched him earlier than normal though to spend some time in the afternoon with him. As hubby was on his way to gym the morning of my birthday he got a nasty surprise as they were closed (a privately owned gym) and would only open again from early in the morning the following week, so he came right back home and took us for a nice wimpy breakfast to start the festivities!

As said, I cleaned a bit, Josh was at school and we spend the rest of the afternoon together once he was home, did some garden work, me and him, he ate some flowers, and some dirt and he was nasty after but he enjoyed it, and so did I. Until a blackwidow spider made her way for my hand when I pulled on some weeds, so I dropped everything and so our garden expedition ended. Got Josh cleaned and re-dressed and off for his nap while I showered and cleaned myself of the grubbyness of the earth... Then hubby took us to dinner at Jimmy's Killer Prawn, it was awesome, I had some king klip, prawns, calamari with rice and salad. It was yummy!
"Spending some time with mommy in the garden"

Josh got his mommy a new vanity case, mine is dead from old age and I am still waiting for hubby's present as he ordered it somewhere and now the order is stuck. (Men)


Other than that, a year flew by too quickly, last year we had our 4D scan on my birthday and I can't believe how far we have come since seeing Josh on that screen! It was totally awesome!

Then some crazy, I am so convinced that our next baba will be a girl that I already bought her 3 outfits, now let's just hope this plan doesn't backfire and I shoot myself in the foot! If all goes like I want it, she should be born next year April... Keep them crossed ladies!

Everything in between

Well, our holiday is over! Boo hoo hoo, I am still on leave till the 11th, so atleast I can still chill a bit, although it feels like maternity leave all over again, as Josh is still home with me and hubby is off to work... Josh will be going back to school from tomorrow when they open, so then I can spend some time doing things in and around the house like I planned, being on leave doesn't mean you always have time to do it, we spent maybe 5 or 6 nights in our own beds this holiday, that's insane. Other than that it was always a quick visit here, a sleep over there, having people over for lunch. Hardly rest, really!

Christmas has come and gone, wow, what happened to the Christmas feeling? Did any of you get it? We didn't,even with it being Joshua's first Christmas, I missed it, it felt more like Christmas to me on New year's, if that even makes sense.

New years arrived with a bang (literally) seeing that we were all by our lonesome, can't really go and party with a baby now can you? And we just wanted some time to ourselves... Honestly, sleeping over again would make me sick!

So here's to:
Baby no 2, which will hopefully by conceived by July/August this year (cross your fingers for a girlie wirlie!)
Loosing 10kg's before I fall pregnant again
Keeping up with my expressing up until Josh is a year old
Being better at admin (home admin)
Studying, taking the plunge and doing 13 subjects this year
Just being the best wife/mother/sister/daughter I can be