Port Zaman Kanak-kanak Riang

Baca entri-entri untuk tugasan 1 JURING II untuk ahli geng ganjil.
That made me remember this:

Teringat zaman 3 tahun terakhir sekolah rendah. Masa tu my mom still worked; 2 orang adik paling kecil dihantar ke nursery. Aku, Angah and Apit (yang join kami bila dah cukup besar) dah pandai jaga diri di rumah menjelang cuti sekolah panjang.

Bosan di rumah- tak tahu nak buat apa. Al-maklum la, tak de playstation or sega game kat rumah masa zaman tu. Tapi anak-anak melayu zaman aku masih lagi kreatif- dalam cara kami sendiri.

Kebetulan kanak-kanak ribena zaman tu around age aku jugak. Neighbour sebelah kami ni, bapaknya kerja di RTM. So kami bukak port kanak-kanak riang di living room rumah aku- tayangan free cerita-cerita Allahyarham Tan Sri P. Ramlee and series cartoon Casper. Kami siap tutup langsir sliding door depan and tingkap pagi untuk menimbulkan suasana dalam 'wayang'.

Waktu tu la phrases like "Siapa kau?!" "Aku King!" "King apa?" "King Kong" amat popular among kami para pe'mimic' terkemuka.

Bila parents aku balik satu petang, depa terkejut tengok ramai budak-budak dalam rumah. Ada la dalam 20 orang kanak-kanak riang depan tv depa.

Season wayang habis. The next day, kami terpaksa moved the port outside the house- repercussion dari insiden the day before. Tapi takpe, budak-budak zaman aku masih lagi kreatif and innovatif. Porch rumah aku jadi port macam-macam outdoor aktiviti- especially end of year bila musim hujan bermula, semua berkumpul rumah aku.

Sebab rumah aku was the only rumah on that street at that time yang awning-nya penuh, menutupi the whole porch.

Season paling lama is season getah- every year mesti ada. Aku antara 'emak' yang paling popular. Eh, dah nama pemain expert- mesti la jadi leader kan?
Another most popular season is 'rounders'. Outdoor game ala-ala baseball. Takde kayu besball, cari kayu panjang ala-ala besball pun jadi. Aku pun tak tahu dari mana kayu tu datang sebenarnya. Portnya bukan di porch aku, tapi depan rumah aku.

One year, season rollerblade ambil alih season getah. Tiba-tiba semua budak around rumah aku ada rollerblade! Port kanak-kanak riang beralih ke rumah neighbour aku yang lain sebab porch rumah dia was on the higher ground- turun bukit la konon. Tapi tak ramai yang ber-port kat situ sebab only budak-budak 'advanced' yang pandai control speed and break je dibenarkan ke sana.

Kami mengamalkan safe outdoor activity.

Akibatnya, semua still lagi berkumpul di porch and jalan depan rumah aku! Lagipun 'bukit' depan rumah aku tak se-steep 'bukit' porch neighbour aku. Ke-steep-annye dalam 0.01% je.

Bila dah masuk sekolah menengah, port kanak-kanak riang tiba-tiba menghilang. Aku dah masuk satu alam di mana aku start 'malu' depan budak lelaki.
Sekarang ni, everytime aku bediri di porch rumahku or di jalan depan rumah ku, terbayang-bayang suasana meriah zaman kanak-kanak ribena kami.

Word count: 444 (yg warna biru aje). Oleh sebab aku bukan contestant JURING II, aku dibenarkan melanggar any peraturan yang JURING II ade...

Special

March 8
Birthday of 3 special people

...
Oh, ex-special that is

Labour Day

March 6 '06. Labour Day. Public Holiday.

Enthusiastic to get to RPH early- got out of the house earlier than usual.
No usual traffic on the road
??
Oh right. Labour Day.
Not CAT service around- had to walk. 20 minutes to get to the hospital.
-Morning excercise, I'd call it

Even in hospital, there were not as many people.
Finished ward round at 11
Went to UWA afterwards- ISS matter in the afternoon
'Lepaking' at Fhad's place to finish up my PBL
When that's done- it was dinner time: had dinner there
Yum- it was Intan's turn to cook
We ate. We chat. We share stories.
Looked at the time- almost 9 p.m.
.... Right... wonder what time is the last bus?
Online- check the Transperth timetable
Last bus: 9.08 p.m.
.....
March 6 '06. Monday. Labour Day.
Public Holiday
Bus timetable is as on Sunday- not as frequent
Didn't think I'd make it in time for the bus stop now.

-Great job, Wani! (in sarcastic tone)

Saturday Morning Mail

My routine waking up time is around 5 a.m. nowadays
Consequesntly, my routine sleeping time is around 10 p.m. nowadays
So when I called home at 8 a.m., Mom was like "Ape hal telepon pagi-pagi buta ni?"
Huhu.. Sorry... it's starting to get brighter at around 6,
So 8 a.m. is like 10 a.m. in M'sia.
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Nothing big happened this week to be reported to Mom
I just felt like calling home 'pagi-pagi buta'
When Dad wanted to go out for breakfast, we ended our call
"Ma, makankan roti canai untuk along!"
So we said goodbyes..

After a while, I just remembered why I called her early in the morning
I want some opinion on my next rotation's placement- which hospital should I choose
Crap... have to call home again
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Oil price in Malaysia has gone up again.
Dad said now the journey to KL from Sg. Petani back and forth uses RM 15-20 dollars more.
Meaning... won't be going back to KL that often anymore, huh?

Hmm... it's not like I'm in M'sia at the moment though....

And I smile

I took my first blood with syringe this morning! *alhamdulillah*
My resident asked before went in to see the patient whether I've taken blood before
I think after did more than 20 in Freo, I considered myself as yes, I've done it before
But when I saw he was holding a syringe, I added 'only with butterfly and vacutainer though'

'That's alright. Just do the same with this, you'll get a flush back when you get into the vein' He reassured me.
And I got it on the first attempt too

It's a bit different compared when a phlebotomist was around to watch you doing it correctly
It's kinda unnerving too to have to decide whether it's really vein you felt underneath your gloved finger,
and then just push the needle in...
All by yourself
No phlebotomist anymore to confirm: yup, that's a good juicy, bouncy vein

It's time to be independent after much practice
(oh, I DO need more practice with this and other procedural skills)

Let Me Be

Life has ups and downs
One moment you're angry with someone, the next minute you won't anymore
Maybe you're too emotional,
Or maybe that's just a sign on how much your nafs amarah is still thick in your heart

Maybe you just need a willing ear to hear your rant
Or a wash of wudhu' to sooth your flame
Or understanding voice to guide your decision

Alhamdulillah, my family is my pillars of strength

-Give me a moment alone now
InsyaAllah I'll be alright in a bit

Arrival of new Pet scholars- Done
Helping to find house for new JPA scholars- hand over the job to Fhad
Briefing with our Student Advisor- Done
Hi-tea with YAB PM- Done

Now I can sit back and enjoy my Gen. Med. rotation
Oh, not exactly that- my Resident gave me heaps of readings to do!

-I'm tired, I need more sleep...

Snippets 2- I miss, I think

I miss Diana & Zura...
Korang, aku takde teman yg nak dengar aku membebel hari-hari ni...
Meh la sambung belajar kat sini! Sape nak teman aku lepas Alia balik next year??
...

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I miss the times I spent in Tokyo...
Bila agaknya ade peluang nak ke sana lagi ye?

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I think I made a few mistakes these past few weeks
Might have even hurt a few people's feelings
Wonder how can I amend things?

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Sharing a house?

A couple of years ago, I was taken aback of the ideas of sharing a house-
of males and females
who are all Muslims,
Malaysian-

Now I'm facing with those who didn't mind of the idea again
Even with an excuse of- desperate; just for a while, while looking for a seperate house
It will just be for one semester..
Besides, this is oversea- *rolls eyes*

I still find it unacceptable, inappropriate

For me, a female's most treasured thing is self respect- maruah
For someone's new oversea, one of most popular question is 'Duduk dekat mane? Dengan siapa?'
For a girl to answer, 'Oh, dekat ____ (a suburb or so)... dengan ____ (a guy friend's name)'

How do you think the person who asked would think?
How do you think the person who answered would feel?
How do you think the girl's parents' reaction would be?
How do you think the picture would look like?

Where does the girl's self respect stand now?

What do YOU think?

*Maybe it's the time Perth should have it's own Malaysian Hall???

First Rotation: Gen. Med.

The past month has been exciting... but also busy and tiring.
I got back home everyday finding myself really tired, that I slept as early as 8.30 pm sometimes.
Nevertheles, Intro term has been really interesting...

I mean, where else can you find interesring experience such as bathe the patients, make their bed, accompany them to tests, check their BP, oxygen sats & temp as well as give them insulin injection other than in Nursing Attachment?
Granted 2 out of the 4 days I felt very useless doing nothing, just standing at the ward corridor without any nurse willing to let medical students around them, but that's life of us I guess- we have to chase them.

Then there are useful tutes with our resident and registrars. Despite their busy time, they could still allocate some for us Really appriciate their effort.

And of course, nothing could beat the times I'm at Specimen Collection- becoming the 'day vampire', taking patients blood! That was awesome, especially when I was given the chance to come with a nurse to Psych Ward (and other wards) and took the patients' blood there.

Today's the last day I'll be here in Fremantle Hospital- learn to scrub, a tute and debriefing session. Next week I'm starting my first rotation in General Medicine. That should be more interesting.

'Ta Freo Hosp. RPH, here I come!

Snippets- Can I be sarcastic?

Muslims have lost their identity.
If you're not mixing/socializing around between boys and girls, then you are not modern.
Mixing is modernazation (read: 'westernization').
Socializing and mixing freely between both parties is a 'must' or else you're outdated, conventional, snobby.

Pft!

Even in praying, male and female are being separated...
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Boycott Denmark-made goods.
That's my freedom of speech.

Look at what freedom of speech/expressing has brought us today
I call that discrimination, racist and just blatantly rude.

Been in and seen debates many times,
interesting to see how one can divert many eyes and ears from the real issues!
Maybe that's how nowadays world politics are like

The issue here is the insults of Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h)

But look at where the world is looking at now?

Pft!

Typical