Ini Cherita Aku: Cherita Dua

Lokasi: Melaka Sentral

Waktu: 3.40 PM

Saya tengah duduk menunggu bas, sambil tu saya guna la iPad untuk dengar lagu dan check inbox untuk sebarang kerja design baru. Waktu tu nak kata ramai sangat orang, tak ramai sangat la. Nak kata sikit orang pun tak juga, biasa-biasa je la. Sebelah saya ada satu keluarga 3 beranak tengah berbual-bual, sebab saya malas nak dengar perbualan orang lain, tu yang saya sumbat earphone dalam telinga dan dengar lagu.

Sedang-sedang saya sibuk tengok screen iPad, saya perasan ada seorang pakcik jalan perlahan-lahan depan saya. Jadi saya perhatikan la ke mana pakcik tu nak pergi. Dia berhenti dekat dengan keluarga 3 beranak tu. Dia ada cakap sesuatu kat diorang tapi diorang buat tak endah sahaja. Muka pakcik tu sedikit kecewa, jadi saya pun tanggalkan earphone dan tanya pakcik tu,

“Kenapa ya pakcik?”

“Pakcik nak tanya, surau kat mana?”

Owh nak ke surau rupanya pakcik tu, jadi saya pun cakap la kat mana surau dalam Melaka Sentral tu. Walaupun dah beritahu surau kat mana pakcik tadi masih macam kurang pasti jadi saya pun rasa baik saya bawak je,

            “Takpe pakcik meh ikut saya. Saya tunjukkan.”

Saya ambil beg saya dan pimpin pakcik tadi pergi ke surau. Sebab saya memang dah biasa jalan laju, baru beberapa langkah pakcik tadi kata,

“kejap. Tak larat nak jalan cepat.” Saya pun tanya,

“pakcik ada masalah jantung ke?” Dia tak menjawab.

“Takpe pakcik, kita jalan perlahan-lahan. Depan ni je surau.”

Selepas sampai depan surau, saya pun minta diri dulu sebab bas saya balik JB nak dekat sampai dah. Sempat la pakcik tu cakap terima kasih. Saya kongsikan cerita ni bukan nak kata yang saya ni baik, percayalah saya tak baik mana pun. Saya memang selalu suka buat hal sendiri. Tapi saya kongsikan kisah siri INI CHERITA AKU sebab nak ajak anda semua supaya ubah persepsi minda tentang perkara negatif apabila ada orang yang kita tidak kenal minta tolong. Saya sendiri akui kalau orang nak minta tolong dari segi kewangan memang susah kita nak bagi, tapi sekurang-kurangnya kalau orang minta tolong tunjuk arah atau nak tanya sesuatu cubalah kita bantu. Dah la bagi duit pun kedekut, takkan yang macam ni pun nak berkira juga. Sama-sama kita muhasabah diri dan nilai balik, ada lagi ke rasa prihatin terhadap orang lain dalam diri ini?

A.Khairul

Ini Cherita Aku: Cherita Satu

Penulis mendapat peluang untuk menggunakan kereta kakak penulis selama seminggu di Melaka beberapa bulan lepas. Pada hari tu, penulis dalam perjalanan balik dari Hospital Melaka pada waktu tengah hari yang panas dan masih memakai white coat. Ketika menghampiri lampu isyarat berdekatan bangunan Majlis Agama Islam Melaka, penulis ternampak seorang pakcik ini sedang melambai-lambai tangan cuba untuk menahan kereta yang lalu-lalang, tetapi tidak ada satu kereta pun yang berhenti. Nak dijadikan cerita, hati penulis terdetik untuk memberhentikan kereta dan menyapa pakcik tersebut,

“Ya Pak Cik, kenapa ya?”

“Pak Cik nak tumpang mintak tolong hantar depan tu boleh tak? Kaki pakcik kebas, tak larat nak jalan jauh.”

Dalam keadaan cuaca yang panas terik dan kakinya yang sakit, tanpa berfikir panjang  penulis pun mempelawa Pak Cik tu menumpang kereta. Dalam perjalanan yang singkat kami sempat berbual. Rupa-rupanya Si Pak Cik baru lepas pergi ke Majlis Agama Islam Melaka untuk membuat permohonan bantuan zakat. Sebelah kakinya sudah dipotong akibat sakit Diabetes. Mungkin akan ada orang yang kata, “tak takut ke bagi orang tak kenal tumpang kereta, kan ada kes orang kena rompak pasal tu.”  Sejujurnya, penulis pun ada terfikir tentang itu, tetapi entah bagaimana pada hari itu memang terdetik hati ni untuk memberhentikan kereta dan menumpangkan pakcik itu. Sesungguhnya Allah-lah yang memegang hati-hati manusia. Suatu hari nanti, jika ada ahli keluarga penulis yang memerlukan pertolongan, mudah-mudahan Allah permudahkan urusan mereka pula.

A.Khairul

P2S1: Medical Competency Exam (2)

For PS21 the college gave us one week study break before the exam, but depends on your last postings if the faculty in charge conducts the end posting exam earlier, you can get extra one week of study break. For the P2S1 exam there are 2 components, theory part which comprises the 120 MCQ questions and 5 Modified Essay Questions, and for the clinical part it comprises 10 OSCE stations and 1 long case.

Day 1, we sat for the MEQ papers which cover 5 subjects, Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Pediatric, and Community Medicine. For each subject there are 5 parts and the format is, they will project the questions using PowerPoint slide on the white screen in the hall and you have to answer the questions within the time limit of 5-7 minutes. When the time is up, the slide will change automatically and you have to put your answer paper for that part in a box and use a new paper for the second part of the question, in other words you cannot change your answer once the slide has changed.

Day 2, we had the 120 MCQ questions. We have to sit for a period of 2 hours answering 120 MCQ questions that cover all subjects from medicine, surgery, OBG, pediatric, orthopedic, psychiatry, ENT, ophthalmology and also community medicine, not to mention we were not allowed to go out from the hall during that 2 hours period. It was mentally and physically exhausting.

Day 3, first day of the clinical part of the exam. We start with OSCE stations. For OSCE usually it comprises either active station or passive station or it can be a combination of both active and passive. For active station, you have to perform a clinical examination skill to a patient or mannequin, and for the passive station you have to write the answer on the paper. They can give you an X-ray, ECG, a picture, partogram or even a video and you have to write down your findings and answer few questions related to the item being given. During the OSCE we probably didn’t do well in one of the stations and it is important for us not to be carried away with that and continue fresh for the next station. That is why we have to be mentally prepared for that.

The last day was our long case. Before the day of exam, I believe most of us cannot sleep well that night. So many things to cover for the long case, so many things to memorize, you will feel anxious, nauseated, palpitation and everything that will make you feel uncomfortable. At one time, I said this to myself “that’s enough, I have do my part and now I leave everything to Allah.” I went into my room took wudhu,  pray for 2 rakaats and pull myself to bed and hope when I woke up the next day, I’ll be in a positive mind and attitude. Alhamdulillah, I got a pediatric case even though I was not confident enough with the case, but the patient and his mother was very cooperative providing me with all the information that I need. When I presented the case, I tried to do it as calm as possible like I was presenting a case during our regular day, and personally I think that is the key to present a good long case for exam. I did learnt a lot from this exam, and will continue to learn more and do well in the future.

A.Khairul

Analogi: Pilih Baju Ikut Saiz Badan

Pernah rasa tak apabila kita terbaca tentang pengalaman hidup orang lain atau ada orang berkongsi dengan kita pasal pengalaman hidup dia, kita rasa macam “Eh, sama la macam aku!!!” “Benda ni pun pernah terjadi kat aku dulu.” Perkara ini pernah beberapa kali terjadi pada penulis. Dan ada masanya apabila kita baca tentang pengalaman hidup sesetengah orang lain kita akan rasa sebaliknya, “Tak sangka ada orang hidup macam ni” “Untunglah parents boleh bagi kereta sebab dapat 8A”

Dan seperti kebanyakkan orang lain, penulis suka belajar daripada pengalaman hidup orang lain. Tetapi kita perlu ingat bahawa setiap individu latar belakang hidup mereka tidak semuanya sama. Ada orang hidupnya senang sejak dilahirkan sehinggalah ke dewasa. Ada orang hidupnya susah dari kecil hingga besar. Ada orang hidupnya susah semasa kecil dan apabila dewasa barulah dapat merasai kesenangan dan ada pula yang hidupnya senang semasa kecil dan apabila dewasa hilang segala kesenangan itu. Penulis sudah katakan diawal tadi bahawa latar belakang hidup semua orang tidak sama, tetapi tidak bermakna tidak ada antara kita yang mempunyai pengalaman hidup yang  hampir-hampir sama, ibarat saiz baju.

P2S1: Medical Competency Exam (1)

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim~ I don’t know where to start, but I will try to make it short and sweet *smile*. About a month ago from 22th – 30th April 2014, I sat for the Phase II Stage I (P2S1) competency exam, an important exam before we can proceed to the final year. How was it? Alhamdulillah, praise to the Almighty Allah, it went well for me. I must say the stress that I had during the exam week was far greater than any other school or college exams that I ever experienced. I’m just an average medical student from Melaka-Manipal Medical College. Other medical students from other medical school probably have different experienced during their college/university exams.

When we started seventh semester, I said this to myself “I have to get serious from now on, start making my own notes, and do well in every end-posting-exam (EOP).” I was doing very well in every posting except for one posting in which I got a very low marks for the bed-side long case exam. When I looked at my marks for that posting, I have this thought, “This is not fair!! I deserved more than that!!” My group mate suggested that I go and meet the faculty in charge of our batch and talk about, in which I didn’t go. I remember one of the lecturers said, “You are going to need all the luck that you can get during your P2S1, so don’t waste it on getting a proxy, or cheating during you EOP”

In our college, if you didn’t do well in any one of your postings in fourth year, you have to work harder for the university exam P2S1. Normal candidates if they fail in one of the clinical component of the university exam, they can still reseat for the exam after a month, but for those who don’t do well in their EOP they cannot afford to fail in any one of the clinical components because they will straight away fail and have to take the exam again in 6 months time.

For that reason in my case I was the “special” candidate. When I think about it over again, I should be grateful. Because of that title “special”, it motivated me to work harder for my university exam. I started making my own notes more vigorously, making my study plan and followed it. The only thing that I didn’t do is have my own study group. No matter how many hours you spend your time on studying alone, there will be something that you overlook. Alhamdulillah during the exam week, I had a small discussion with my housemates, and from that discussion I realized things that I didn’t know so I read about those things.

To be continued…

A.Khairul

My niece already 1 year old!!!

I can tell you I don't have money but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that made me what I am today. I will look after you and I will love you always, Hanee. Happy Birthday from your uncle.

Pandangan: Pengharaman Buku Ultraman

Photo credit: http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Ultraman_(character)

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,

Penulisan entri untuk kali ini adalah sekadar untuk menzahirkan pendapat dan pandangan saya tentang isu yang hangat diperkatakan tidak lama dahulu iaitu berkaitan tentang pengharaman buku Ultraman The Ultra Power oleh Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN).

Rata-rata tindak balas orang ramai yang saya lihat di laman sosial terutamanya pada ketika itu adalah mempersoalkan keputusan yang diambil oleh Kementerian Dalam Negeri tentang pengharaman buku tersebut. Tidak kurang juga terdapat sesetengah pihak yang cuba menimbulkan sandiwara politik berkaitan dengan hal itu. Antara komen yang banyak dikongsikan oleh orang ramai yang dapat saya ingat adalah “buku ultraman diharamkan, majalah mangga tak pulak.”

Saudara saudari, perkara seperti inilah yang akan berlaku apabila kita terlalu cepat melatah dan mengeluarkan komen tanpa membuat rujukan dan memproses maklumat yang diperoleh dengan teliti. Yang diharamkan itu hanyalah buku Ultraman The Ultra Power dan bukannya kesemua jenama Ultraman, oleh itu jika anda merupakan peminat tegar Ultraman sekali pun anda masih boleh membeli barangan Ultraman yang lain. Kenapa perlu “menghentam” KDN?