Still here!

Errr...saya hidup lagi...

tak senonoh je nama blogger tapi lama tak update kan...i busy.. (orang lain tak busy macam saya)

Ni apasal tetiba boleh update pulak? Sebab cuti seminggu, Adam masuk darjah 1, kena lah stand by dia kan..

Ammar & Adam

Cuba cari adam

Beg je dah penuh kerusi

Yeeaa.. lepas rehat, masuk balik bekal..no canteen food for you

How was 2011? As you all know, lots of things happened to our family in 2011.. Cairo/ Sinai..(oops that was Dec 2010--macam baru je kan), the big move, Manchester to Melaka, me started working again, Adam and Ammar started school here, the runaway tenant, a few vacations (Putrajaya-boleh kira tak?, Penang, PD)....all in all we settled down nicely.

But the best thing about 2011 is that I shed off 14 kg!! wakakakaaka... (jadi surirumah memang menggemukkan- kalau malas exercise macam saya)

So I was afraid because my BMI was nearing obesity, i don't want to be fat, slow and lazy, so I joined a free program with sparkpeople.com, followed it to the letter (almost) and reached my target. In the process i learned more about nutrition than what medical school taught me.

One rule that I learned and also applied elsewhere is that if you have a mission, the target and ways to achieve the target has to be outlined clearly, or else it would remain a mission statement. It would not go further than that.

Like when I wanted to change my eating habit, I said to myself, I want to eat 5 portions of fruits and veges a day. If you just make a mental note like that, "eat 5 a day" , very likely you won't achieve your target. How to achieve 5 a day- you must outline clearly. So my regime is, 2 fruits before breakfast- (must), then quarter plate veges at lunch and at dinner, so that makes 4/5, the other 1/5 is anytime in between (brunch, tea, supper, before dinner etc). And my advice is- eat the wajib first (fruits), if you leave it after a meal, quite often you will forget or become too full to take it.

That brings us to what my targets are for 2012....

Later, i think. InsyaAllah. Promised Adam some cookies to bake.

*we already got a tenant, hope she won't give us much problems, will also write few things about this later

Notes to 4 most amazing men :)

Just finished Imam Abu Hanifah. Now starting Imam Maliki.

"Imam Abu Hanifah : A glimpse of your colourful life is an inspiration. Glad I had the chance to walk through it. Your mom- can't get my mind of her. She was the reason all those happened, wasn't it?


Imam Malik : I've already loved you before. A story of you always plays in my head. The one about people asking you to be more zuhud. Hihihi...I know I will love you more. Now reading you :). Happy.


Imam Shafiee : I have always love your poems. And my favourite is 'Let the Days'. I have visited where you were rested. I can't believe I haven't read you before. I thought of jumping straight to you, but the author tells the stories of you and your brothers in chronological order. I have to read them first. I'll get to you soon. You love knowledge more than anyone else. That's why I love you.


Imam Ahmad : Sadly, you are the least I know about. Can't wait to get to know you. Can't wait."

Chaos

 When I graduated in 2004, there were only 12 (if I'm not wrong) medical schools in Malaysia that produce graduates. Now just look at the list. Remember there are graduates from UK, Ireland, India, Egypt, Indonesia and Russia too.

Medical schools that have already produced graduates:

Universiti Malaya
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
International Medical University
Universiti Putra Malaysia
International Islamic University Malaysia
Penang Medical College
UniKL Royal College of Medicine Perak
Melaka-Manipal Medical College
Universiti Malaysia Sabah
Universiti Teknologi MARA
UCSI University
Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology
Monash University Malaysia
Allianze College of Medical Sciences
Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences
Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Med schools that will have their first graduates in 2012-2017:


Newcastle University of Medicine Malaysia
MAHSA University College
International Medical School – MSU (IMS-MSU)
Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin
Taylor’s University
SEGi University College
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
Masterskill University College
Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine (PUGSOM)
Perdana University – RCSI
Quest International University Perak
PMC Terengganu
Kolej Universiti Insaniah
Kolej Universiti Antarabangsa Kejururawatan dan Sains Kesihatan (KPJ)
Lincoln University College


Bear in mind that the number of teaching hospitals (University hospitals and General Hospitals) are not increasing as much as the number of medical schools. The number of real life trainers (ie the specialists, surgeons etc) are not increasing much too.

Also, there are a lot of accusations that a lot of corruptions are involved in taking up 'qualified students' and passing the future doctors.

OK I'm not going to question about the intake / qualification of the medical undergraduates, but just looking at the number of medical schools we know that the training in hospitals available is going to be substandard. I know some schools that use mannequins to teach the students how to examine people. In UKM before we never use mannequins. We use breathing, talking subjects.

Now the house officers are going to work in shift system. It is a big change and many specialist/ senior doctors are not happy with it. Their main concern is that who will supervise the young doctors who work in evening or night shift, because the shift system only involve the house officers, not the supervisors.

So I think you readers can imagine the chaos in the Ministry now. For this I advise:

1. Be aware of what is going on with you / your family when you go to seek medical attention. The best is to catch the seniors who are in charge of the ward you are in, and make sure you know the management plan of your illness. You will notice that the juniors are going to be like chipsmores.

2. If you think you see something amiss, make it your responsibility to complain and correct it. About complaining, please don't simply jump on that doctor did not smile (we are human too) or I have to wait 2 hours in a crowded ED. Rather, speak up if nobody do anything when your mother has high fever, or the doctor did not wear a mask when suturing your wound, or nobody take heed of your bleeding pregnant wife. I think you understand.

3. Don't force medical course on your son / daughter if they are the lazy type, the slow type, the i-dont-give-a-damn type, the always-MIA type... even if you can pay for them to pass (not pay to study). It will come back to you.

Cerita Kursus

Semalam saya pergi kursus. Saya paksa diri untuk tulis post ini sebelum 'api' nya padam. Kenal kan Darwisya dan Darwish, adik beradik yg menghafal Quran tu. Umur 3 thn setengah dah hafal seluruh Juz Amma. Mak diorang yang ajar. Mak diorang (Puan Lina) bukan Ustazah, bukan penghafaz Quran juga, bukan surirumah. So macam mana dia buat? Dia selalu cerita kaedah dia dalam blog dia sini. Tapi sekarang dia dah buat kursus juga. Kursus Mengajar Al-Quran kepada Bayi dan Kanak-Kanak. Sebulan sekali je dia buat.

Jadi saya pergi!!! Saya ke Shah Alam tempat dia buat kursus tu, ingatkan saya yg paling jauh, dari Melaka. MasyaAllah, rupa2nya dari JB pun ada, dari Kulim pun ada dan jengjengjeng..dari Bintulu pun ada. Ya, terbang dari Bintulu untuk belajar dari Puan Lina.

Firstly, how is she in person? Pada saya dia biasa2 je (tapi cita2 dan kerja kuat yg luar biasa), dan sangat senang untuk disukai (very likeable). Mind you, saya kalau orang berceramah saya punya habit (yg tak berapa baguslah, saya tau), saya akan sangat skeptikal dan seboleh2nya saya akan cari kenapa saya tak perlu dengar ceramah dia. But as far as I can tell, she spoke from her heart, and her concern (to teach other parents how to teach young kids to read and memorize Quran) is genuine. So we all enjoyed and benefited a lot.

Saya dan Puan Lina (Mama Darwisya dan Darwish)

Kenapa saya pergi? Sebenarnya saya rasa saya dah stuck dengan progress budak2 ni. Adam dah Iqra' 4 dan Ammar dah Iqra' 2, tapi hafazan tak gerak-gerak. Apa yang saya kejar? Saya takut saya terlepas golden period diorang semasa otak mereka seperti sponge ini. Saya juga takut saya mati sebelum saya sempat developkan jiwa Quran dalam diri mereka. Apa lagi yang saya boleh tinggalkan untuk mereka kalau bukan jiwa itu kerana tiada siapa yang dapat merampasnya dari mereka. Ia insurans terpenting mereka. Apa saja yang terjadi pada mereka di dunia ini kalau mereka berjiwa Quran tentu mereka akan selamat di Akhirat. Lagi satu saya risau tengok mereka suka sangat main game. Dan saya perlukan kaedah baru / lain yang boleh optimize masa saya yg dah tak berapa nak cukup sejak saya kerja semula ni.

Banyak yang saya belajar. Bukan saja dari Puan Lina tapi juga dari ibu bapa lain. Sebab sesi pertama ialah sesi berkenalan di mana kami semua perkenalkan diri dan ceritakan perkembangan Quran anak2. Saya memang impress dengan ibu bapa lain. Bilik seminar itu penuh hingga tak cukup meja, ada yang kena duduk di tengah2 antara meja juga. Nasib baik saya sampai awal, dapat duduk depan. Ramai juga yang walk-in, sepatutnya kena booking online.

Apa yang saya belajar?

1. Mesti ada visi untuk anak. Contoh (bukan saya, rekaan je): saya mahu anak jadi peguam yang hafaz Quran. Ok, saya punya visi cuma 1 iaitu semua kami ahli Jannatul Firdaus tapi ini agak general sebenarnya. Saya belum betul2 fikir apa plan spesifik untuk anak2 saya. Mungkin di sini silap saya. Goal tak ada. Macam Puan Lina, apabila Darwisya masuk 6 tahun dia akan dihantar ke Sekolah Tahfiz selama 2 tahun untuk dapatkan keseluruhan Al-Quran, kemudian masuk darjah dua. Darjah 1 dikira sebagai homeschooling.

2. Bagaimana nak kenal anak kita jenis learner yang macam mana dan apa cara terbaik untuk mereka.

3. Bagaimana nak masukkan Al-Quran ke subconscious mind mereka.

4. Halangan2 dan cara2 atasi halangan. Ya Allah.. banyaknya..yelah, syaitan kan tak suka orang belajar Quran. Kalau buat benda tak elok dia tak halang, kan. Pentinglah bab ni.

5. Pemakanan untuk budak2 yang menghafaz Quran.

6. Ehh banyak lagilah..tak larat nak tulis semua.

Alat bantu mengajar yang Puan Lina guna

Antara peserta kursus

Saya beli untuk Abid.

I have a dream

Kata2 cikgu matematik saya dulu: "Some people have dreams, while others wake up and realize them"

Would like to share a message from my Arabic teacher:




Work hard. Or you deserved to be left behind. (talking to myself)

Post memanaskan jari jemari.

Eh lama sangat blog ni saya tinggalkan, sampai gambar raya pun tak ada. Sebenarnya kitorang beraya sakan. Seremban-Temerloh-Ipoh-KL sempat pergi masa raya. Saya dapat cuti seminggu. Rasanya ini cuti raya paling lama saya pernah dapat. Sebab ramai doktor2 non-Muslim yang cover hospital. :) Deepavali hujung bulan ni dah tentu saya pulak yg kena kerah.

Oklah. Tunjuk gambar raya satu. Selamat hari raya semua (dah lambat pun :P). Nanti cerita lagi ok. Mungkin nak tulis pasal buku lah. Dah lama tak tulis pasal buku.

Semoga hari ini lebih baik dari semalam. Esok belum tentu.

2 hari

Sudah 2 hari Adam berjaya puasa Subuh ke Maghrib :) Yang saya kagum ialah dia tak merungut langsung. Tidak merengek bila tengok Ammar dan Abid makan. Tidak minta makanan selain apa yang dihidangkan ketika berbuka. Dari mana kekuatan dia? Tubuhnya kecil kurus keding tapi tenaga banyak. Tidak tidur langsung di siang hari.

Adam berbuka dengan roti canai

Saya bertanya, "How do you feel Adam, fasting the whole day?"

Dia jawab "OK" (jawapan standard, tiada huraian panjang lebar).

"Why do you fast in Ramadhan, Adam?"

"So that I become a soleh boy, and in World 3 I can live in Heaven where all good things are.."

Saya terkedu. Tak sangka pulak itu jawapannya. Ketika kematian nenek saya tahun lepas, Adam ada bertanya ke mana orang yg mati pergi. Jadi saya telah menggunakan analogi World 1 (dunia), World 2 (barzakh) dan World 3 (akhirat). Untuk melatihnya berpuasa saya janjikan duit 50 sen setiap jam. Mulanya saya sangka itulah jawapannya. Saya merenung jawapannya. Ia jawapan yang sesuai dengan tujuan Allah swt menyuruh kita berpuasa seperti dalam ayat 183 surah AlBaqarah- mudah-mudahan kamu bertaqwa.

...so that I become a soleh boy..


Amin..

Ramai orang suka menegur rambut kepala Adam yang ada 2 pusar. Biasa orang akan kata- eh pusar dia dua..biasa orang kata degil ni... Saya akan selalu jawab, dia lah yang paling ikut cakap. Degil ke tidak bukan ikut pusar kepala.

Ammar pula bertanya, "Mama, which is better, soleh boy or good boy?"

"Soleh boy because soleh boy means a good boy that always remember Allah"

"I remember Allah when I eat" Ammar mempertahankan dirinya.

"hehe true..you are a soleh boy too.."

Sikap tak boleh kalah tu memang macam turun dari saya.

(terima kasih Baiti yang memberi idea memuji anak dengan mengatakan soleh boy, instead of good boy / clever boy)