Pre Exam

Dulu, tatkala menjelangnya minggu peperiksaan, kalau kat sekolah n KMB, pasti dianjurkan majlis bacaan yasin untuk parents. So anak2 yang duduk asrama sangat la menanti waktu ni agar dapat berjumpa dengan parent

Sekarang, kat sini, nak harap pihak uni anjurkan majlis bacaan yassin utk parent? Tak munasabah..andai tetiba pun admin uni buang tebiat buat majlis baca yassin, adeke international students' parents nak dtg?..huhuh

*owh kesepian tatkala exam mula nak menampakkan bayangnya*

Copy Paste: From kingdom to kingdom

This article is worth reading.

May Allah bless us all.

Taken from

http://www.productivemuslim.com/journal/2009/5/26/from-kingdom-to-kingdom-reflections-from-life-in-uk.html

Assalamu'alaikum all,

For those of you who don’t know me, I’ve recently relocated to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the United Kingdom, and as I’m waiting to start work this Saturday inshaAllah, I just wanted to reflect on my time during the UK in the past 5 years. The lessons I learnt, character development I’ve went through, even this website, ProductiveMuslim.com was a result of the past 5 years.

I try to summarise below what I learnt and hope that people from both Kingdoms and beyond will reflect, learn, understand and implement what is found here inshaAllah:

• I’ve learnt that we in the Muslim countries take Islam for granted and hence we don’t taste its sweetness as much as we should. We take the mosques, Qurans, Ramadan, Eids, Halal food for granted hence we don’t care about Islam or working for Islam because everything is taken care of. The best example I’ve heard about this is like someone who walks into a park which is safe and secure, the parent will happily let their child go and play..but if you walk into a park that looks dangerous and scary you’ll hold your child tight to you and never let go. That’s the example of life in the Muslim world, vs. life in the non-Muslim world. In the UK, you’re so scared to lose your identity that you become more of a Muslim compared to in the Muslim world where everyone is Muslim and you feel relaxed and let go of things which you shouldn’t let go of.
• I learnt that we don’t need much from this world to make most of it; in the UK because I knew I wasn’t going to live there forever, I always tried to keep my worldly possessions to a minimum and I was surprised at how little I can live by. Now that I’m back in Saudi, I need to keep that mentality and not let this world and my nafs take over me with is demands and constant wants, I just need to remind myself that I’m not here forever, one day I’ll die.
• One of the benefits of life in UK is that you meet a variety of people from different backgrounds and cultures in one small pot and by virtue of living with them, you’ll have to find a common ground. Al-hamdulillah, the common ground in each case was ISLAM, and what a beautiful common ground that was! The bond of brotherhood found in the UK I have never experienced elsewhere because nothing else brings us together and if there’s, then that’s a bonus. Again to keep that mentality in mind whilst in Saudi would be interesting and perhaps it begins with a simple instruction of Prophet Muhammad(Peace be upon him) gave us and that is to say "Assalamu'alaikum" to those we know and those we don’t know.
• Dawah Dawah Dawah <-- again, living in UK has catapulted all the Muslims to the forefront of Dawah whether they like it or not. And the question is whether you take the opportunity to make dawah or not. Back here, the opportunities may seem small but in the wise words of a friend of mine “Take care of your capital before you look for Profits, take care of the current Muslims and improve their Islam before you look for new Muslims” so a lot of dawah work needs to be done here and if not, then I’m afraid of the warning of Allah & His Messenger which talks about Him replacing us with people who love Him more and who enjoin good and forbid evil.
• Constant remembrance of Allah: I’ve learnt how constant remembrance of Allah is the key to happiness and a calm and relaxed self in EVERY situation. In times of good, or bad, when Allah blesses you or tests you, constantly remember Allah and He’ll be there for you when you desperately need Him.
• I’ve learnt the concept of Productivity and how Islam pushes people to become productive, unlike what is commonly said about Islam that it makes people lazy and unproductive. And it made me determined to start ProductiveMuslim.com to bring this science back to the Muslim world because we desperately need to move forward in all that we do with vision and understanding.
• I’ve learnt that if you give time for Allah, Allah will give you time back. If you work for Allah, Allah will take care of your other affairs. If you’re sincere to Allah, Allah will be open up things for you which you don’t even expect.
• Finally, I’ve learnt that with sincerity and hard work, anything is possible and Allah is aware of all that you do.

To all my friends in the UK and those who made a difference in my life in the past 5 years, may Allah reward you and bless you and grant you all that you wish for in this Life and HereAfter. You’ll always be in my duas and I’ll never forget you, and I love you all for the sake of Allah. I ask one more favour from you: To make dua for me that I’ll always be the person whom you all knew and that I wouldn’t change for the worse, but change for the better inshaAllah and that Allah continues to open the way forward to all of us till He (SWT) is pleased with what we do so much so that He enters us in Jannat Al-Firdaus with The Prophets, Messengers, Martyrs and the Righteous People. Ameen.

Pen

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Dalam banyak-banyak orang, siapakah yang pakai pen paling murah?

Cikgu: salah

Puan Miskiyah: salah,Puan Miskiyah pakai pen pilot G2. (gurau sikit ya mak.:p)

Budak sekolah menengah dengan pencil case little bob dog: salah

Businessman: salah

Minah kilang: salah

budak tadika: salah,budak tadika tak pakai pen lagi.

Jawapan dia:
DOKTOR

Sebab? Doktor mana pernah ada pen sendiri. Dalam rata-rata doktor yang aku perhati, semua pakai pen free. Pen yang kilang-kilang bagi free. Kalau nak tau,pen doktor la paling meriah. Macam-macam corak ada. Yang lagi glamour, ada tag Pfizer (kalau tau la company ni famous dengan apa). Dari intern sampai consultant, kebanyakannya pakai pen free. Nak tengok doktor pakai pen Parker?hmmm,ke lautttt.....Aku pun sendiri dah banyak dah pen free ni. Rembat je pen2 ni klu ada lunch meeting yg ditaja oleh syarikat-syarikat ubat.

Dengan pen-pen free ni la doktor2 ni dok menulis dalam file2 patients. Tapi awas, pen free yang meriah2 ini tidak menjamin tulisan lawa. Berpinar kut nak baca tulisan diorang ni. Selalu klu aku baca chart patient, msti aku akan tanya nurse2. Mana nak faham. Tapi dengan pen-pen free ni la banyak history taking, physical exams, plans, investigations, managements blablabla dicatit. Berjasa walaupun murah!

Tapi awas, andainya tiba-tiba pen2 doktor itu kehabisan ink ataupun tiba2 terhilang in the middle of consultation, pen student pula yang di minta 'pinjam'. Tetapi awas lagi, pinjam di dalam konteks ini bermaksud pinjaman jenis kekal. Before you lend your pen to the doctor, might as well you want to kiss ur pen goodbye. Coz probably there is a chance that you'll never get it back.hoho..sedekah jer laaa..haha..berjasa tu nanti pen kamu..

Tips: Student jangan gatai nak bawak pen parker pergi rotation.

Habit

Aku ada satu habit yang aku rasa tak tau nak dikategorikan sebagai bad habit ke good habit.

Aku suka balik lebih awal, dalam erti kata lain, aku suka cabut awal dari kelas/rotation untuk pulang ke rumah.

huhu

Aku mula dok cabut awal ni masa sekolah menengah, menengah atas kalau tak silap. Dalam kelas, waktu subjek terakhir tu, selalunya kelas bahasa arab. 15 min terakhir,aku dah galas beg,mana tau kut2 ustaz/ustazah bagi keluar awal. Tudung pulak tudung labuh kan masa tu. So tak nampak la kita yang dok galas beg ni..huhu

Selesai sahaja ustazah bagi salam dan keluar kelas, aku lah selalunya orang pertama yg keluar kelas. Alat tulis, buku semua tinggal dekat meja,sbb nanti datang prep tempat yang sama. Dan selalu nya, hari Selasa, aku dah standby 3o min sebelum tamat kelas.huhu..sebabnya hari selasa lauk ayam masak merah. feveret semua orang.

Kalau aku lambat, ustazah keluar kelas baru nak terkedek2 kemas barang, lambat la jugak aku makan nasi sebab kena beratur panjang, dan pendek la masa tidur petang aku. Bukan apa, masa SPM aku struggle pun time prep tu je la. So time prep la kena berjengil. Prep petang selalu aku terbabas tidur bila aku xdpat rehat yang cukup..Dari situ start aku suka balik awal.

Masuk KMB, pun sama, sebab still kena beratur panjang utk amik food. Tension woo. Bayangkan rimau tengah lapar, ada ka nak pi habaq kat rimau tu, "sabaq naa,beratur dulu!"..mau dia terkam orang yang cakap mcm tu.haha..tapi aku xdak la nak pi terkam orang sebab lapar.cuma konklusinya,aku tak suka la beratur2 amik food bila perut tengah bergendang-gendang. Akan ku usahakan untuk cabut lebih awal.

Datang sini, 2tahun pertama preclinical, aku memang cabut awal, sebab kelas memang habis awal. Tidak ada masalah itu. Tapi masa masuk clinical, punggah. Panas ja aku rasa bila nak kena stay sampai 4,5 petang. haha,lama2 dah biasa. Tambah2 sekarang ni aku rotation kat Loughlinstown, dalam 1 sejam suku naik bas. Waduh, bangun seawal 6 pagi, 6.30 mencicit keluar rumah tunggu bas. Kena pulak tukar 2 bas, bas yang ke loughlinstown tu pukul 7 dekat leeson st. Nak ke leeson st,aku terpaksa ambil bas lain. Ini untuk ward round pukul 8. Nasib baik xdak ward round pukul 7. Kalau tak,jenuh aku nak cari lubang macam mana nak sampai sana, sebab perkhidmatan dublin bas selalunya start pukul 6.30.

Lepas tu, jadual di Loughlinstown tersangat la padat dan intensive. Bagus juga, tak dak la kitorg ni dok wander sana sini xbuat apa. Setiap minggu, dalam satu hari 3 orang student kena oncall from 6-9pm dekat Accident and emergency. Aku kena oncall on Thursday. Memang la ni oncall main2, 6pm till 9pm jer, blum intensive macam doktor2 tu, tapi still, i nak balik awal you. Panas jer tggu sampai pukul 9. Amik history patient pun dah merapu..lost giler kut..haha..penat la.bangun kul 6.tak berenti sampai kul 9.to be exact 10pm actually sebab baru sampai rumah waktu tu. haihh,macam mana la nak jadi doktor nih?!..*menggaru kepala yang tidak gatal*

p/s: memegang rekod sebagai pelajar Malaysia Ireland yang pulang paling awal ke Malaysia pada tahun 2007.hehe

Happy birthday Luqman

Tatkala menulis entry ni,aku terasa malaise n body ache mcm nak demam.huhu.maybe i push myself too hard.

anyway, aku gagahkan jugak utk tulis entry ni just nak wish luqman

"Happy Birthday"

I miss u adik..alot..
jangan nakal2 ye..

i noe that lately, im not that productive in keeping this blog updated..hidup sgt busy n penat n makan xteratur,probably bagus jugak sbb dah nak balik malaysia,so berat agak kurang berbanding thun2 lepas..hehe..

Anugerah Terindah Yang Pernah Kumiliki

Sifatmu nan s’lalu
Redakan ambisiku
Tepikan khilafku
Dari bunga yang layu

Saat kau disisiku
Kembali dunia ceria
Tegaskan bahwa kamu
Anugerah terindah yang pernah kumiliki

Saya tidak tahu bile hari ibu
tetapi saya tujukan lagu ini buat ibu saya dikampung, dengan ucapan selamat hari ibu, dan nantikan kepulangan saya!

saya tahu lagu ini utk kekasih whatsoever,tapi bila saya dengar lagu ini,saya hanya teringatkan emak saya dikampung..uwaaa..

kalau setahun lepas masa preclinical, waktu ni dah dok kemas2 beg nak balik malaysia..isk,isk,isk..dah nak makan dah benda2 selain ayam.tapi sekarang.uwaaa..lagi sebulan lagi dok makan ayam...

mode:overdose ayam..@.@

p/s:kat sini,makanan rutin kitoeg adalah ayam bahagian peha n kaki,sebab murah..huhu..daqing ikan sotong blablabla mahal.

Hospital Life

Situasi 1

Taking a history from Sister J,86

me: morning sister,im a medical student. can i have a little chat wif ya?
S.J: what?
me: (repeat the dialog again)
S.J:(looks blur)
me: (repeat again,with louder pitch)
S.J: ooo,no problem. Where are you from?
me: I'm from Malaysia..(senyum2)
S.J:ooo,are you convert?
me:erk?(dalam hati,sapa kena amik history sapa ni,plus aku ni nampak mcm convert ke?convert ke mana?islam ke christianity ke,christianity ke islam?confused2...

last2,aku auscultate lung die jer,sbb communication breakdown..haha

******

situasi 2:

Taking a history from Mr JC,56,presented to the Accident&Emergency due to suprapubic pain n jaundice.

.....
me:so,do you drink?
JC: yup,socially.
me:Good(begin to scribble it down)
JC: you know,a bottle of wine,couple pints of beer, every night.
me:(speechless,but my face blurted out is-this-social-to-you? kind of expression)
JC:(big grin).gotcha!!

cis,main2 lak patient ni..

*****

situasi 3:

ni masa ENT rota, having breakfast with the ENT team.
Guan (special registrar n he's malaysian!): owh,how i miss having nasi lemak during breakfast.(lebih kurang la ayt die,aku dah xigt)
Paul (registrar yang hensem gila macam model): what is nasi lemak?
Guan : (explaining what nasi lemak is)
Me: owh, i can cook nasi lemak.
Guan: (turn to Paul,pointing to me)She can cook nasi lemak!(with an excited face)
Paul : (turn to me,smile) Marry me.
Me: (sengih2 ,speechless..haha..sengal)(tapi dalam hati: with plessure..haha)

*****

Situasi 4:

ni joke from sorang kawan di PMC,

J: uncle,pernah ada TB tak?
Uncle: ada,kat rumah, 29inches.
J:errr(+ tahan gelak),bukan2,ni yang batuk2 punya

note:TB-tuberculosis

******

Despite the pressure, the early morning ward rounds, the get-me-to-the-nerve situations, the silli-willy fake smiles when u cant answer the questions n etc, im actually begin to like the clinical stuff.it's fun..

masa mula2 dulu,rasa jugak la pressure. rasa xleh nak cope,rasa takut nak berhadapan dengan patient,doctors,consultants. dulu masa minggu pertama,depress gile yang rasa mcm nak quit jer( never have that feeling bfore,n that was the first,n hope to be the last as well). tapi Alhamdullillah,after consult dengan kawan2 dr uni lain,aku dah boleh coping.im still coping tho.

hmm,lagi 48 hari nak balik malaysia..:).this is the best motivation so far.:)