apa itu GSM sewaktu test JPJ?

Okey, yesterday was the day. Saya ingat saya akan lulus ujian memandu JPJ, layak memohon lesen P dan tidak perlu berpanas-panas lagi selepas ini.

Ujian Bahagian II : 

Elemen yang diuji

Bukit : Lulus

Parking dengan gerakan belok : Kandas

3-penjuru : Tak buat pun.

Masa parking tu, masa nak keluar dari petak parking, tiang kanan hadapan disentuh bumper kereta, bergoyang tetapi tidak jatuh - KANDAS. Pegawai JPJ panggil saya naik ke pondok. Tapi saya musykil kenapa berulang kali dia katakan pada saya " Tak boleh adik ye.... " menunggu respond saya, which will be, "Memang tak boleh ye encik, sikit je kena?" - at least five times, baru dia menanda KANDAS pada kertas ujian saya. Too bad I will not offer whatever he expects me to offer.

Ujian Bahagian III : Jalan raya.

Mula je bawak pakcik JPJ dah ada gaya tak yakin. Kena perli boleh tahan jugak lah kan. Abah kata benda-benda tu semua cuma untuk kasi pressure, tengok kita menggelabah atau tidak. 3 minutes away from litar, nak terlanggar benteng. GSM. Gagal Serta Merta.

"Ok dik... bagi signal ke kiri, kat depan ni berhenti. Free kan gear, tarik hand-break, tukar pemandu".

Arghhh tidakkk... I've become one of those yang balik dibawa JPJ??? 

Disebabkan gaya JPJ tu perli-perli dan menekan saya, saya memang ada rasa nak menjawab, I've got few phrases in my mind already. But I kept silent. Kena jaga integriti. So bila tukar pemandu, despite hati yang hancur luluh dan sedih, I asked him anyway, "Jadi... Apa saranan encik terhadap pemanduan saya ni, ye?" 

1- Kawalan stereng - kesalahan mandatori - sebab tu gagal serta merta.

2- Gear

So, he "basuh" sikit lah kan. Tapi tak apa lah, at least I learn something new. Tapi what bothers me the most, if my driving is incompetent, kenapa lah dah disuruh pergi buat test JPJ. Memang patut pun gagal, I don't want to be a threat to other drivers, dan pengajaran yang lebih penting lagi : You think you're good to go but you're not. 

I nearly gave up, ingat nak ambil tahun depan saja. Tapi abah dan mama suruh habiskan juga this year. We'll see lah how after this. I seriously want to change cikgu, sebab I think I need cikgu yg lebih strict lepas ni. Menangis pun tak apa asalkan tak gagal. RM150 for ulangan tau! So people, next time make sure you're well prepared before attending test JPJ.

Mula-mula memang sedih, my parents were surprised too I didn't make it - tapi abah kata it's ok, ada orang 6-7 kali test baru dapat lesen P. Let's not give up and keep working!

Thank you for all your prayers!

mak, malulah mak...!

so, harini i went to see ENT specialist in hospital ipoh. 1 month ++ tau tunggu appointment date. Kes-kes baru semua memang lama sikit tunggu giliran, sempat pergi minum dulu pun tak bergerak-gerak jugak gilirannye. the reason why I went to see the ENT specialist adelah kerana my mom thinks I should remove my tonsils kerana terlalu kerap sangat kena tonsillitis - setiap kali exam - which means, monthly, dan kali-kali tambahan jika ada stress-stress yang lain seperti kali pertama bawak kereta dan perubahan cuaca. haaa...

Masuk-masuk je, doc tu tgk je mama, mama senyum.

Mama : Actually doc... this is my daughter... I suruh dia masuk sendiri, dia nakkk jugak I ikut...

Doc : Oh? sudah besar pun mau mak masuk... malu la mak... malu... kalau 22 bulan tak apelah, ni 22 tahun dah...

(well, memang I insisted mama came in with me, in case tak dilayan dgn bersungguh2 kan...)

Mama : Itulah, I dah cakap dah... *giggles*

Doc : Nemind - nemind (malaysian for never mind)... But mak don't say anything, let her tell her problem.

so, i told him my problem and he asks me about my phlegm. and I innocently told him, "Oh, saya mmg tak pandai buang kahak, "

Doc : Ha???? tak pandai buang kahak? mak??? tak pandai buang kahak lah.. malu lagi mak... anak tak pandai buang kahak..

....blablabla.... history...history...history...

Doc : (looking at mama) so mak, there's nothing much to worry about, mostly because of the stress and changes. very normal for people who came back from abroad. very simple, tak payah jumpa doktor pun tak apa... ok mak? dah habis dah......

Outside while waiting for prescription 

Mama : Tak payah jumpa doctor pun tak ape?? selamba je doc ni ye... next time kamu jangan cakap macam tu dekat orang... tak baik... mana tau orang datang dari jauh, penat-penat tunggu, dia kata tak payah pun tak apa... at least kita dapat explanation, kamu jumpa doctor kat klinik tu dia bukan tahu benda-benda, bukan bidang dia...

wow. bila tulis ni baru la terasa mama is also telling (selain daripada isu manners) GP doesn't know very much. and terbukti people don't have much confident in "doktor biasa".  omg.

my mama and abah yesterday, memotong kain untuk buat white coat... sebenarnya ni kain uniform mama tukar dengan uniform kaler putih beberapa tahun lalu, cari balik kat stor... terharu betul semalam masa tengok ni, and I was like,

Me : wah, terharu gila tgk mak ayah semangat potong kain buat lab coat anak.

mama : ish, mestilah...harapan mama dgn abah... kamu lagi pulak mengharap...sebab dah penat-penat belajar. ambik gambar, letak kat facebook.

memang menyentuh hati. ko jangan kat sini je kate tersentuh, belaja la rajin-rajin. 

If I know my parents very well, I'm sure on my first day of service nanti, kalau panjang umur, they will be the one to drop me off di hospital tempat berkhidmat. mesti punya, even if it's not in Ipoh. kalau Sabah apetah lagi. jauh nye lagi perjalanan, tapi tak apa, asalkan diiringi doa dan dorongan keluarga tercinta. go go go !!!

esok test jpj, pohon doa daripada anda yang membaca. tenkiu...

Drama Tahajjud Cinta TV3

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Entry ini adalah based on my personal view, feel free to have your own different POV walaupun this is myblog.hihihihi.

Good morning everyone...Pagi-pagi ni susah betul ye nak akses nikerunning, jadi kita blogging saje dulu. Sebelum ada yang nak mengumpat, let me clarify first, I memang layan cerita-cerita melayu ni. Semenjak duduk di Jordan, memang ada follow series from Malaysia, walau macam mana cliche pun sesuatu cerita tu, I believe I will learn something from it, because it's all about how you look at things. Jangan main-main, cara basuh ikan keli pun boleh dapat belajar dari tengok cerita melayu tau. I learn about people and culture from things I see on the screen. Memandangkan drama memang dibuat based on what happens in the real world, walaupun some of them were just too good to be true, I still watch them anyway.

So, bila start je promo Tahajjud Cinta, I was very excited, dengar-dengar pulak they shot parts of it in Jordan, and got Fazura in it... Memang nak tengok sangat. And everyone close to me know how much I love Fazura :-) Unfortunately, I missed the pilot episode, jadi terpaksa streaming tengok di tonton.com.my je.

Episod 1.

I think Fazura looks so cute speaking colloquial jordanian arabic. If only they have called someone to train her better, she would've sound so real! Walaupun she was portrayed as belajar di Egypt, we can hear her friends and the dean - absolutely Jordanian! I look forward for the next episode, this series will be different than Nur Kasih, of course.

Episod 2.

I was doing some work for my mom, and the episode was aired. I was so excited tengok they went to places in Jordan - places I haven't been myself, dan cepat-cepat cakap pada mama dan abah - you have to take me there next year, hehe.. Cuma bila dah ada babak berjalan berdua, pegang tangan dan menyelak purdah tu, I felt discouraged to continue. Only few days later, I streamed on tonton.com.my lagi sekali. Of course many will be in disagreement with scenes from the series.

Yesterday I saw this group membantah penyiaran rancangan tersebut, and I was like, Malaysians are really funny when it comes to facebook. hihihi. Okay, it wasn't that funny, it slightly made me feel uneasy. I wonder what will be the message received by other people. And I wonder too, what's the point of mentioning "kami pelajar jordan". I thought "pelajar Mesir" have more right to go against the airing of the series sebab those in the series are all from Cairo - going for holiday in Jordan. But then again, that's individual choice to choose the way the want to express themselves.

My POV

Regarding the series, I think it's a good opportunity to educate the people. It gives me reason to come up with another entry "batas-batas pergaulan dalam Islam". And if people talk to me about the series, I can tell them, some things were overlooked in the making of the series. My abah taught me that way, abah kata bila sekian-sekian penulis buat kenyataan yang salah/bertentangan dengan Islam, ianya adalah ruang untuk ustaz-ustaz reach out kepada audiens mereka dengan penerangan yang lebih jelas. It creates opportunity for "orang yang ahli" untuk memberi penerangan yang betul kepada masyarakat. 

No offense, but I think kita semua perlu muhasabah kembali tahap kematangan kita. Sampai bila kita nak beri peluang kepada orang untuk kata kita cepat melatah dan sangat reaktif dan tidak proaktif. Memang lah sekarang ni musim kita berkata soal suara kita mahu didengari, tapi, bagi setiap apa yang hendak di kata itu ada tempatnya, and vice versa. My main concern adalah sekiranya ia menampakkan kesempitan dan negativity dalam kalangan pelajar timur tengah, khususnya Jordan. It will only bring you loss in your own game.

I grow up believing, kalau kita tidak berpuas hati, kita cari medium paling efektif untuk didengari. When I go to restaurants and I'm not happy with it, I don't go scold the workers in their face, or tell people not to come to the restaurant again (okay,sometime I tell people don't go jugak la ) - I'll look for comment card / suggestion box, I'd write and put it in. I know someone will read them and do something about it. And I don't believe in getting angry at pekerja bawahan tentang sistem sesuatu hypermarket, sebab they don't even get to say anything in their mesyuarat, so I prefer making official complain to the rightful person. Scolding seorang cashier will only ruin her day, and it's not fair. Tapi kalau memang cashier tu yang buat salah, I won't hesitate to tell her that too.

So, my suggestion untuk kita yang ambil berat tentang apa juga mesej/babak yang dirasakan tidak sesuai dalam drama Tahajjud Cinta tu, apa kata hantar surat ke ruangan-ruangan di akhbar tempatan. That way, you will be heard, dan mungkin akan membantu pengarah dan penerbit untuk improvise. Menulis kepada surat khabar ni perlu kepada latihan, tapi zaman sekarang, people hardly do that, lebih-lebih lagi student. Budaya ini sudah semakin terhakis, walhal nak menulis kepada akhbar jauh lebih mudah sekarang, sebab ada email, tak perlu beli envelope, stamp pergi post office dan sebagainya. Tapi, sebelum pos tu, bagi dulu kawan-kawan atau senior-senior yang berwibawa baca, sebab kadang-kadang kita ni terlalu excited dan tulis merapu-rapu.

Jom lah kita jadi orang yang berguna, cari medium paling efektif untuk bersuara. Jangan sekadar berbunyi bising yang tak membawa ke mana. Dan paling penting sekali, to educate masyarakat di sekeliling kita :-)

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Neonatal Resuscitation Program : Part Two

Okay..harini kita blogging dari Hospital Parit Buntar ye... Maklumlah ade broadband celcom : internet everywhere, kaedahnye... 

Alhamdulillah today selesai la Neonatal Resuscitation Program... Mula-mula sekali harini kena test lah kan. Alhamdulillah I passed bahagian teori. Lepas tu ada practice session, nak prepare for megacode.

My Pneumothorax newborn

memandangkan my group adalah bersama kumpulan sokongan, so the main assessment adelah in assisting. Tengok akak-akak misi semua macam pro je anchor endotracheal tube kat baby, I think I should try as well, nanti dah kerja takkan dokter pun tak reti nak anchor kan, semate-mate sebab mase belajar dulu ingatkan benda ni misi yang kena buat. no no no... so this morning, tried la assist, lepas kite assist, kita pulak yang kena conduct resuscitation ni.

So, instructor pun bagi scenario... baby full term, amniotic fluid clear, doesn't cry or breathe, no muscle tone. ok, ak pun dry kan baby, suction sket mulut pastu hidung, stimulate breathing. breathing, tp central cyanosis pulak dah... ok, bg supplementary oxygen... still cyanosis, bagi positive pressure ventilation.. cyanosis lagi, intubate la ape lagi...bagi oxygen...assess lagi, heart rate pulak jatuh...Ok, buat chest compression, still low, bagi epinephrine pulak.. heart rate dah stabil, tp baby still cyanosis, chest movement sebelah je, right lung dah tak naik.

Dr. Maizura : kenapa chest rise on left side only?

Me : Maybe ETT tadi termasuk ke dalam sangat.

Dr. Maizura : Tapi dah auscultate tadi, betul kan ETT masuk?

Me : haah. (sambil memikirkan ape sebenanye instructor plan ni..maybe pneumothorax, tp takkan nak tanye tu kot)

Dr. Maizura : Ok, selain tu?

Me : Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

I swear she didn't see that coming, sebab semalam Dr.Saiful dah ckp it was VERY RARE, and kalau ada pun mesti kita dah tahu awal, area sini kalau expected baby ade diaphragmatic hernia kena hantar Alor Setar - ade pediatric surgeon. I was panic, jadi I thought dy memang nak bg yg susah2 je.

Dr.Maizura : No bowel sound on right chest. Bukan diapragmatic hernia, lain?

Me : Pneumothorax?

Dr. Maizura : Yes, so kalau penumothorax you nak buat ape?

Me : guna syringe and stab ....

Dr. Maizura : Kat mana nak buat tu?

(assitant pun dah panic same)

Me : (playing safe) margin of 4th ribs

Dr. Maizura : Yelah, kat mana? (sambil tgk aku tak tau).. dekat safety triangle, axillary line, below pectoralis, dekat situ...

Assistant & kawan-kawan : oh kite tak payah tahu...kite tak payah... (menarik nafas lega)

aiyo...never expected my assessment will get that complicated. but i know then to expect anything on my megacode.

Megacode : the too good to be true newborn

wah, start-start je : baby term, clear amniotic fluid, crying and good muscle tone? macam tak payah buat ape-ape pulak kan. hehe. kering-keringkan baby terus stimulate, terlupa nak suction mouth and nose. aaaaaaa... mula panic sekejap, baby cyanose, bagi supplementary oxygen pun still no improvement. buat PPV also no improvement. Bila PPV also no improvement, kena check secretion kat mulut, and peralatan, mase tu dah perasan dah, tadi mula-mula tak suction...ha..padan muka... dah ade sikit chest rise, HR drop.. standard lah, dia mesti nak tgk kita buat chest compression punye.

Dr. Maizura : HR 70, baby slightly pink, ada respiratory effort.

Me : Ok, continue PPV, send patient for post-resuscitation care.

Dr. Maizura : HR 70?? terus nak hantar post-resusc?

Me : Ha, yelah.

(teammates kat belakang geleng-geleng buat gaye pam PPV)

Me : continue PPV for another 30 second, assess colour, HR and respiration.

adelah 2-3 kali kena ulang sebab HR tak naik-naik to above 100. lastly dah habis tu, Dr tanye, dah tahu dah ape silap awak buat tadi?

Me : Ye, saye tak buat suction mula-mula tadi.

dan akhirnya berjaye lah saye menghabiskan megacode saye, dengan 0 markah untuk initial steps sebab tak buat suction. ape-ape pun, alhamdulillah I made it, layak dapat lesen for 2 years. :-) certificate coming in 3-4 months.

too bad tak ada peluang nak duduk labor room lagi. hihi.

Neonatal Resuscitation Program : Part One

hello hello people of earth...

harini saye bersiaran nuuuuun jauh dari Parit Buntar - I have no idea apa nama taman perumahan rumah sewa mama ni.hihi. So, dalam banyak-banyak perancangan musim cuti sekolah saye, one of it was to attend Basic Life Support Course by AHA, Advanced Life Support, dan kursus-kursus adik beradiknye yang lain setelah dicadangkan oleh a friend of mine, who had taken his BLS last week..

Tetapi, disebabkan others on the list were : pegi kelas deco cupcake, kelas menjahit, dan ambil lesen, I was scared to come up with it in the beginning. My parents even doubt I can do so many things, and memandangkan harapan nak pegi kelas cupcake dan kelas menjahit semakin tipis, I finally come up with it. Mula-mula just nak suruh mama tanyakan her friends in Ipoh, tp rupa-rupanya parit buntar also got... So my mom put my name for neonatal resuscitation program. sebab itu paling terdekat nak buat... then she gave me this book to study.

all together ade 9 lessons.. malam tadi baru tau ade pre-test and post-test... akibat bertangguh-tangguh dan asyik tido time study, mulelah cuak donat kan nak exam.... tp ok la, not bad..haha.. esok ade lagi post-test.. untuk dapat certificate AHA, kite kena lulus section 1,2,3,4 and 9 dan lulus assessment MEGACODE. kat dalam pendaftaran, nama saye daftar sbg "jururawat", so my megacode assessment for basic level only... MO or HO punye assessment for advanced level.. tp doesn't really matter pun sebab bukan ade nak guna lagi certificate ni, laku pun 2 tahun je.. esok dah keja boleh amik lagi. 

mula-mula tu rasa jugak malas, tapi nama tak boleh cancel sebab dah hantar ke JKN.so, pegi je la. tp it was worth it sebab belajar banyak benda baru. well, 80% of the course material mmg totally new to me. especially yang megacode punya preparation.

the thing is, untuk assessment ni nanti, instructor akan bagi scenario and kita kena conduct resuscitation tu. so aku pun belajar la harini macam mana nak lipat linen, nak position kan newborn, ape initial steps bila sambut baby.. 

malu bertanya sesat jalan.

lipat linen pun salah aku ni mula-mula... sebab ikut je MA before tu main hampar je. sebenarnya semua benda ade teknik2 tersendiri...pegang facemask untuk bagi positive pressure ventilation pun salah-salah, tangan kena kat mata baby..mentang2 mannequin kan, main belasah je. pasang laryngoscope pun tak reti, nak intubate?? tapi nasib baik macik-macik misi berpengalaman semua tolong ajar kan.. ha.. betul cakap mama, kalau dah kerja nanti jangan segan belajar dari orang yang lebih berpengalaman, regardless ape pun jawatan orang tu. dan memang tak payah segan pun bila kite student, memang hak kite lah tak tahu dan nak bertanye seta minta tunjuk ajar kan.

lama-lama, senang je sebenarnye nak meng-intubate sebuah/seorang mannequin baby... kalau baby hidup wallahua'lam...dukung pun tak lepas lagi..

obviously i'm way too tired, sebab tu ade banyak "dot dot dot"

till then, have a nice day everyone.

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Wah wah wah...aktif betul update blog minggu ni ye... Sementara masih ada kesempatan, ruang, perlatan dan idea, kita jangan bertangguh... Entry malam ini ditujukan khas untuk ahli permai yang berada di Irbid, ini je sumbangan yang termampu disumbangkan bersempena Mesyuarat Agung Permai tahun ini... 

Sebab-sebab entry ini ditulis adalah kerana kejadian yang amat tidak wajar berlaku, telah berlaku pada AGM yang lepas, di mana kita tak cukup korum pada mulanya.. Kehadiran ahli masa tu sangatlah mengecewakan and kita yang datang ni pun kena lah contact kawan-kawan mana yang ada tu untuk hadir sama, sebab perlembagaan kita dah menyatakan kena ada 2/3 ahli baru boleh buat pindaan perlembagaan. So, sebab pertama saya pergi AGM adalah tidak mahu menyusahkan orang lain yang telah bersusah payah seadanya untuk menghadirkan diri.

Sesiapa yang attend AGM permai ni, boleh lah kita katakan mempunyai nilai altruistic, cewah. Yelah, dah dia pergi, orang lain belum tentu. Selama 4 tahun jadi ahli permai ni, I think I've been all kind of ahli, I have been, bukan I have met ye, I myself had been ahli aktif, ahli buat kerja, ahli yang datang program je, ahli mandom, hatta ahli tak bernyawa-almost-pupus pun pernah I jadi. Tapi, of all program yang Permai buat, AGM adalah satu-satunya program yang kalau kita tak pergi, besar kemungkinan kita menyusahkan / menyakitkan hati orang lain yang datang program tu. Program-program lain tak ada impact macam ni, habis kuat pun bila tak pergi kita menyusahkan/menyedihkan AJK program je..ish ish ish...

sebab yang kedua, saya rasa orang tak datang AGM adalah ahli yang tidak bertanggungjawab. Tidak menyertai program-program permai menjadikan kita ahli yang tak melibatkan diri dalam persatuan, tapi tidak hadir AGM makes us irresponsible. sebab, permai bukan persatuan untuk AMM, AMT, sepertimana mengundi adalah hak kita, menghadiri AGM dan bersuara dalam menentukan halatuju permai juga adalah hak kita. So, perumpamaannya, kalau kita tak pergi, macam kita ni tak kisah lah apa nak jadi dekat permai ni, which, sangat menyedihkan kalau ahli permai ada perasaan permai is none of his/her business.

sebab yang ketiga, saya nak ambil tahu perkembangan dan perjalanan persatuan. So far, rasanya minit mesyuarat + lampiran-lampiran lain yang kita dapat sewaktu hari mesyuarat agung memang sangat membantu, and always always always, bawak ye lampiran-lampiran tu, dan jangan lupa bawak perlembagaan :-)

Memang aneh kalau datang mesyuarat agung tak bawak tu, datang nak makan je ke ape?

mungkin perbendaharaan Permai boleh mulakan koperasi, mungkin ahli lebih minat nak datang AGM, maklumlah, nak tahu dividen dapat berapa..kalau datang AGM, mesti dah boleh buat usul ni.. pendapatan boleh dijana, at the same time memudahkan ahli...

sebab yang keempat, kalau saya tak datang AGM, malu lah saya nak tulis lebih-lebih komplen dekat blog saya... ok ini memang tak berapa sedap dibaca, tapi main pointnye, ramai antara kita, kalau dekat belakang bukan main berapi lagi. itu tak kena, ini tak kena, tapi AGM pun tak datang... tak ade menefaatnye cik senah oiii... tak masuk buku... if you really want to change things in the society, mulakan dengan menghadiri AGM.. 

sebab yang kelima, AGM adalah medium paling baik untuk menyuarakan ketidakpuasanhati, cadangan-cadangan bernas dan membincangkan perihal ahli persatuan. Kalau setakat panjang-panjang taip dan komen je dekat onebonez ni belum tentu...setakat bisik-bisik pada AMM pun belum tentu. tapi bila masuk AGM, ada higher possibility to be heard and considered, dan boleh terus dapat tahu respond ahli lain tentang sesuatu isu...

Rumah Siap Pahat Berbunyi

sudah adat kita di bumi Irbid bertuah ni, rumah siap pahat berbunyi... especially bila event besar. kebiasaan yang sangat-sangat tak sihat. jadi, pahat nak berbunyi biar awal-awal kan. walaupun saya tak dapat menghadiri AGM pada tahun ini, saya doakan semuanya berjalan dengan lancar... Harap-harap tak adalah insiden tak sempat bahas ke, atau tak sempat apa-apa lagi lah yang penting disebabkan kita buang masa pada perkara kecil, ataupun sebab lama sangat tunggu cukup korum. so, peranan semua orang yang ada di Irbid,

1. Attend the AGM, and
2. Study the budget sheet, perlembagaan, minit mesyuarat dan lain-lain BEFORE THE AGM, make notes dan ini akan melancarkan lagi perjalanan AGM..

semoga AGM kita tahun ni berjalan dengan lebih efisien, and it's not impossible kalau kita semua tahu peranan dan tanggungjawab masing-masing. Tahniah kepada saf kepimpinan permai 10/11 atas inisiatif penyusunan pilihanraya dan mesyuarat agung yang cantik macam ni.

Oklah, selamat bermesyuarat :-)

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to care or not to care

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hello everyone.

OK, harini kita nak bercakap tentang jiran. Semalam aku duduk-duduk dekat homestay sempena menenangkan fikiran dan makan buah longan segar dari pokok, and I realized, eh, aku ni dekat kampung ni, ade lah paling banyak pun 8 rumah je yang aku kenal penghuninya. Duduk sini dah 15 tahun. I know more people dekat taman perumahan dulu dari jiran-jiran di Kg.Melayu ni. Lepas tu aku teringat pasal insiden minggu lepas di sebuah kawasan perumahan lain.

Masa tu, mama singgah rumah kawan beliau, so, abah and I just waited in the car. Few minutes later I saw two girls bersiap-siap nak keluar rumah. Mula-mula I was like, sayangnya lah kan, kenapalah budak-budak sekarang ni tak kisah showing to others things they shouldn't have. Kadang-kadang orang lain yang tak berpakaian sopan, kita pun jadi segan sama kan. Then tak lama lepas tu, ada dua motor datang depan rumah tu and the girls hop on, dan berlalu pergi. Adik-beradik ke bukan ke I don't know, but I don't think so - we are all aware how screwed up masyarakat kita harini.

Being a stranger, all I see is, most probably mak ayah nya tak kisah ke anak dara dia keluar naik motor berdua-dua macam tu. I don't get it, what kind of parents allow that to happen depan rumah. Kalau tunggu dekat stesen bas lain cerita, maybe lah budak nakal, ini depan rumah. Then few minutes later, selang dua rumah pun macam tu jugak, ada budak lelaki datang, hon-hon, budak perempuan keluar, naik motor. Lepas tu ada pulak budak kecik keluar dari rumah tu main pasir depan rumah and I was like, kesian budak ni, she's gonna grow up thinking it's ok and normal to do that.

If it were me, I'm sure the boy's gonna be chased off with parang, and I'll be grounded for life. haha. When my sister was in high school, I've seen how strict my parents were, kalau pergi tuisyen, balik rumah mesti sampai rumah dalam jangka masa yang logik, tak boleh menyinggah. Naik basikal tak boleh beriringan dengan budak lelaki, tak boleh ada kawan lelaki call rumah, hantar surat dan sebagainya. Same thing goes to me jugak walaupun baru sekolah rendah. Kalau ada tiba-tiba kawan datang rumah nak pinjam apa-apa pun, I would be scared to death kena marah dengan abah.

Masuk sekolah menengah, there's no such thing as "keluar pekan" bersama kawan-kawan. my outing hanyalah balik rumah, singgah giant or UO kalau ada barang nak beli. Pernah dua-tiga kali je keluar dgn kawan-kawan, sekali sebab bulan puasa dan abah tahu i won't go merata-rata, beli barang kelas/persatuan dan sekali selepas spm. And pergi Taman Cempaka untuk fotostat soalan. Lepas masuk U pun, kalau kawan-kawan nak jumpa (note that my friends are all girls because i went to girl school kan) suruh datang rumah. Very hardly I'll get to go out with my friends. Lain-lain mestilah diiringi adik beradik atau abah n mama sendiri.

This is definitely how I'm going to raise my kids. As strict as this.

To Care or not To Care

berbalik kepada isu jiran tadi. in the ealy 90's dulu, I believe my parents main concern masa tu bukan sebab isu ikhtilat. dulu mana ada kefahaman lagi tentang ikhtilat-ikhtilat ni kan. mainly just sebab maruah dan malu kalau jiran-jiran nampak dan kata apa-apa. Biasa kan tengok dekat kawasan perumahan dekat taman or depan rumah ada kerusi batu boleh dating tu, my house tak ada kerusi batu tu, jangan kan nak berdating, duduk bersidai dekat luar lama-lama pun tak boleh tau. 

So, I said to abah, "Ish ish ish...macam mana lah satu kawasan perumahan siang-siang macam ni boleh anak dara keluar macam tu dengan budak laki-laki..." abah's response was, "Jiran-jiran semua tak kisah lah tu, tak de amik tahu...semua jaga hal masing-masing...". When I was in taman jaya delima, news spread very fast, which is why parents are really concerned about the children's behaviour. 7 years, and we only know 2 families yang anaknya "huha-huha" istilahnye... dan kalau anak kita buat benda tak elok, memang akan sampai ke pengetahuan mak ayah kita. Nak-nak pulak kalau macam my parents dah lama kat sini, dan dah kenal ramai orang, so, kita anak-anak ni nak buat apa pun kena beringat... sebab tahu dah mak ayah kita ada banyak spy.

Jaga Tepi Kain

The thing is, sibuk-sibuk nak tahu hal rumahtangga orang memanglah tak boleh. Tapi, kalau kita dah nampak anak orang tu siang malam keluar tak tentu hala dengan bukan mahram, pergi la slow talk parents dia... takkan biar je.. esok-esok kalau berlaku maksiat dalam kawasan perumahan kita, bala sama-sama dapat. haaa... tapi zaman sekarang ni agaknya kalau kita cakap kat parents tu pun, silap-silap kita kena balik. Ha....jangan kita buat mesyuarat tingkap lepas tu menganam ketupat pulak, tak ada faedahnye...

Ok bebel panjang pulak kan.

Take-home message

Kalau kejiranan kita tak ada usaha tegur-menegur, nasihat-menasihati ni, kita kena hidupkan kembali. Kalau dah sedia ada, kita kena pastikan it lasts forever :-)

ok sekian terima kasih..

Running With Nike+ : Part One

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It's been almost a month since I've been running with Nike+ Pegasus 27 and perhaps 3 weeks running with the Nike+ SportBand. Exhilarating. The only word to describe my feeling after every run. 

I have been asking along to but me the shoes and the sportband since last year, and the deal was made, it was an almost impossible to achieve, but being along, all that matters is the effort, not the result. So, according to my effort, all I'm entitled to is the SportBand. The shoes on the other hand - I'ma have to pay him back when I get my allowance. Good enough for me. So I dragged him to Nike outlet in ipoh parade as soon as he came back and get the shoes. a week later, he took me to MidValley Nike for the sportband sebab ipoh dah tak ada stok. 

My AdiCool by Adidas running shoes of three years age are undeniably more comfortable. I've never owned a pair of nike shoes before, but for the sake of tracking-make-easy I bought it anyway. I don't spend much on my clothes, bags or gadgets, but shoes is something I'd invest on. It has never disappoint me before, and last quite long. Well, obviously 3 years because I dont use them to run. haha. Pegasus is good for trail, and road and of course treadmill. So, good if you want to join marathon as well. Fit, Flexible and Cushioning. what else I would ask for from a running shoes.

Masa mula-mula tu, my aim was just to have nike+ shoes so that I can track my workout, more inspired to lebih rajin berlari, lose more weight? But that doesn't last long. I haven't lost much weight, and I don't think about them as much nowadays. All I want to do is run further, run faster, and perhaps win some challenges. The weight will come off sooner or later.

Let's take a look at nikerunning.com

track all my runs

Inspired to beat myself each time

Achieve my goals :-)

and you can also join challenges... so far tangga corot-corot lagi i ni... ye lah bukan hari-hari pegi jogging kan... and there's this coach program, and I started with "walk to run". 1.25 km sehari je sepatutnya, but since I went with abah - we'll talk about it in part two - kalau buat 1.25 je mau kena tinggal je kat padang polo tu. haha. letak goal 30km for a month pun abah was like, "hek eleh..." je kan.. so others i'm going to finish is to run at 9'00" pace - which I managed to do today, yeay me!!! and complete few more runs to run at least 10 times in a month.

My achievement is not something I can brag about, but I'm feeling great because running is no longer as hard as they used to be when I first started running again. I stopped running in 2007, run again 2009, terjatuh, injured dan never run outdoor ever since. Hopefully I will lead a healthier life after this. :-) The thing about running is that, I get to feel good about myself for things I do, not for things I own. and God knows how liberating that feels.

I learn to eat healthily. When you start running you need fuel. And I've learnt I need healthy food, junk food, fast food will never be good fuel for me. And I drink plenty of water - something you don't see me doing, unless I have a sore throat.I eat A LOT. but thank God abah change our rice to mixed brown rice. so, takdelah guilty sangat makan nasi. One day, at the end of my run, rasa naaaaak sangat minum pepsi. haaaa... But I told myself, "kau dah lari penat-penat ni, free-free kau nak minum pepsi???". tak jadi terus. 

Harap-harap berkekalan lah semangat nak berlari ni... I started reading about running and learnt some new things. Along tell me after some time, I should start training for my first 5k, then my first half-marathon, of course it's a long way to go. But i'm looking forward for that :-)

Ok lah. So next in Part Two : Abah, The Best Running Partner

oh ye. finally.

 yellow sportband tajaan along

Dah sebulan...kasut pun comot-comot....

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I didn't write anything regarding the recent Bersih 2.0 Rally. I didn't get to go neither. We just follow the updates at home, I purposely start a twitter account so I could follow the updates more efficiently. Of all videos about the historical event for the nation, this is the one I'd put here on my blog, in case people haven't seen them.

when i was a little girl, I think the federal reserved unit were awesome. i know they protect us from the bad people. but today, I'm just disgusted. and I totally don't get it, and neither can I accept how shallow it is for people to say, "Polis dah kata jangan buat, memang padan lah kena macam tu". Like, seriously? Are you even human when you make such comments?

No one deserves to be treated like that. This is just embarrassing. And it doesn't make sense when you say, "Korang nak negara luar tahu ke negara kita ni macam ni? Pelancong takut nak datang, harga barang naik sebab ekonomi negara tak stabil, aku taknak negara kita kena jajah." hello.. The most contributing factor that causes foreign investors to hesitate to invest in our country is the corruption index. Please do some research on what's our country corruption index. How would a one-day event scares all the tourist away? Those people from developed countries are of first-class minds, they know how to analyze thing and see what's really going on, and that there's no need to panic over it.

We are well informed on how other countries treated peaceful rally, but our country choose to go with what we can see from the previous video. Then when we say, it's normal to have peaceful rally overseas. There will be people who says "Dekat sana memanglah...buat apa kita nak ikut sangat negara luar tu..." Now, this one is weird tau. We want to follow the western countries in almost everything, apa saja gameshow dia, semua kita nak ikut, style dia, music dia, movies dia, and when it comes to the part they respect people's right, kita kata buat apa nak ikut? Kita ni pelik ke ape?

orang kata kita tak bersyukur. but do u guys even know what are u being grateful for? the fact that the country is so corrupted? that our children's education is jeopardized? that we're denied a clean election? that our mainstream media is bullshitting on our face 24/7? people wants to bring change for a better future. if you don't want to, at least don't bring them down. well, not that they're gonna be affected by you anyway. and as for me, i just want to create awareness. 

just because a blogger seems/sounds smart...

...doesn't mean you can take his/her word 100%.

It's year 2011. We have every single medium available to access information be it news or academic article. The thing is with our youth, we tend to go to sites/blogs of famous people, whom we consider as an example (to some extent - idol) and we live to that particular person stand and perceive things from his/her POV.

Obviously, this is not healthy.

We have all too many source of information. What makes our stand different is the way we perceive the information, and we definitely are going to see things we wanted to see and believe, and that's that. For me, the best way to build the way of perceiving things is through reading neutral articles of the academics and scholars, then build our perception and stand from there. Then we observe the real situation and analyze which is which. Simple.

But never start with tendency to any particular side, because that is never healthy. Ikut-ikutan, is never healthy. Kita mesti kena tahu what's the rational and of course the reason for doing/supporting something. If you don't know the purpose of doing something, then don't do it. And this is the way we keep our high standard and not be lured to the filthy low stage of other people. We know what we want to do, and why we are doing it. :-)

All I'm trying to say in this post is that everyone should have a stand. Don't simply agree with others, or do anything without research. This is the era where all the resources is one click away. Don't waste it. You pay a lot of money for great internet connection. Use it wise.

Malaysians should be proud. We've proven we're finally 1Malaysia today.


p/s : I think, people who thinks Malays are being used by other race, is purely racist and absolutely paranoid.

journey to the P : part one

bulatnyeee muka kau senah...haha

bagi most people, obtaining a driving license is never a big deal. but for me, yang penakut ni, it IS a big deal. on wednesday attended an hour lesson, belajar naik bukit, dan parking... i was expecting MAYBE kena bawak di jalanraya, thank God tak kena.

for today's lesson, I thought nak pegi litar lagi, belajar parking ke kan. tiba-tiba pakcik tu turun kereta, so I was like, eh, pakcik ni nak jumpe abah ke ape kan. early this morning, masa pergi ke imigresen, I've already told abah,

"abah, in case harini kena bawak kereta kat jalan raya abah ikut belakang tau"

"kenape pulak?"

"ye lah...kalau abah mesti la abah tak langgar ikah, orang lain belum tentu...."

dekat-dekat 3pm, pergi lagi jumpa abah. 

"abah, ikah nak pegi belajar memandu ni kejap lagi... abah taknak ikut belakang ke?"

"tak payah.. ape pulak nak ikut belakang?"

"tak payah eh..? tapi dulu kecik-kecik kalau first day naik bas sekolah mesti abah ikut belakang bas kan."

-YES HE DID. takut anak bongsu dia salah turun bas. haha.

"itu kecik-kecik...ni dah tua dah, bismillahitawakkaltu 'alallah aje lah...."

zzupppp.Berlalu pergi menunggu pakcik sampai.

Mula-mula bawak memang la cuak kan... bawak dari rumah ke kem PPH... pusing... pastu entah kemana-mana ke The Haven lah...McDonald tambun... Tmn Perpaduan... Tau-tau je dah sampai Bercham dah anak cik lan ni... pastu pusing Tg. Rambutan... It was scary. But then, I realize I actually can do it. No one is going to hit you as long as you be careful. Ada jugak kereta hon tadi, abah kata mana boleh hon dekat orang belajar memandu... ish ish ish... dan motor yang langgar traffic light and I nearly ran into him too. Karang kalau dah mati orang tu, tak pasal-pasal aku pulak nak kena puasa 2 bulan kan, membunuh tanpa sengaja.. Nauzubillah...

Anyway, my parents were surprised too that I drove that far. And I think I've made a good progress in getting out of my comfort zone. Alhamdulillah.. Yeay Me!!! So, I rewarded myself with unhealthy nearly 1500calories food only to feel guilty on the finishing bites. I was going to say, "you deserve this atiqah, you've made it!!!" suddenly my inner thoughts was like, "No you don't, you deserve a run..." sob sob sob... nampaknye gagal melaksanakan justice kepada diri sendiri.. 

All my knees, ankles, neck and arms hurt so bad. abah kata because i was too stressed, tak pandai nak relax lagi bawak kereta. Tak dibenarkan complain sebab abah had to drive a land-rover, 8 hours a day daily masa nak ambil lesen dulu.. Even running doesn't hurt like this tau.

SO I DID IT :-) thank you everyone for you support, encouragement and tips. 

p/s : letaklah banyak mana sunblock sekalipun, the heat burns.

cara-cara membuat homemade edible playdough (playdoh)

One day before I went back to Ipoh, we had this mini homemade playdoh project... I've never thought of it, until my sister in-law brought it up. Not only it is safe, edible (but it is reaaaaally salty) and fun, you can get the  kids to be involved in the making process too!

Ingredients :

2 cups flour

2 cups warm water

1 cup salt

2 tbsp oil

2 tbsp cream of tartar

food coloring

Methods

Combine all the ingredients together then stir it on low heat until it clumps and stick in the center of the pot.

Cool it so that you can knead the dough.

Knead the dough until desired consistency.

Colour the dough.

Senang kan? uli-uli saje.. Masa buat ni we don't have cream of tartar, but it turns out OK, sebab cream of tartar is optional actually.. Kalau masa buat tu tak jadi seperti di atas, just wait some more and keep cooking, it WILL become like this. ada juga orang bubuh gula so kids can really taste/eat them without gagging, tapi, kalau dah pakai gula tak ke satu kerja pulak kalau dah bersemut kan..

saya bahagikan kepada 4 portion dan warnakan. untuk coklat sebab muaz nak buat kuda guna serbuk koko je.haha. buat lubang di tengah doh, titiskan warna dan uli.. inshaAllah tak stain tangan, sebab dah uli, only concentrated coloring je yang akan stain tangan ni sebenarnya...

Kak ida kata she read somewhere that it helps kids motor development, I think I'd agree on that, sebab buat masa sekarang si kecil ni tak pandai lagi nak pegang soft things like this.. So, maybe soon he will learn how to deal with soft things without mashing them lah kan. okey...kuda tu nampak macam dinoso...

kepala kuda dah terpeleot...ala-ala makan rumput.. ini semua sebab kecik-kecik dulu tak dibagi main plastesin (tanah liat) secara intensif.

anyhow.. i think mak-mak kita mungkin tak berapa setuju with the idea guna makanan as mainan... tapi yang bestnya bila tengok budak-budak excited tunggu playdoh ni siap la kot... otherwise, pergi cosway je beli ade jugak playdoh yg safe ni... edible im not so sure.. one more thing, kalau kite buat tu cantik sangat, kita boleh bake terus model tu, syelek ( tak tau syelek tu cemane eja) dan boleh lah simpan sebagai kenang-kenangan.

selamat mencuba!

p/s : lepas main boleh simpan dalam air-tight container... tapi after few months it will start to smell, buat lain la pulak