O&G?

Salam and hi,

The petition about putting female doctors and nurses in maternity room and wards has caught my attention. It seems like many female medical students/doctors/public have opinionated their views regarding this matter in social media like Fb. Well ade gak male species yg kasi opinion but tak ramai. hewhew. Most importantly, I am not surprised that most of their opinions were rather emotionally written.

I learned that most of the people yg agree with the petition adalah non-medical people and ahli agama regardless gender. Antara arguments diorang ialah: (hanyalah rekaan semata-mata tiada kena mengena dgn yg hidup atau yg day meninggal dunia)

"Aurat dan maruah itu penting!"
"Suami saya takmau orang lain (Lelaki) tengok and sentuh saya"
"Saya malu sgt bile doktor lelaki buat vaginal examination kt sy"
"Isteri saya untuk sy sorang. bukan untuk org lain tengok"
"Kalau doktor lelaki tgk aurat isteri sy, nnt diorg leh terangsang? erkk"

On the other hand, orang yg against the petition are mostly FEMALE medical students/doctors and other healthcare professionals yang tau banyak about Malaysia healthcare system and obsgyn. Surprise surprise! hehe. Antara arguments diorang pulak ialah:

"Its too optimistic untuk buat semua orang in ObsGyn to be female. Mana cukup orang"
"ObsGyn punye training da la lame gile, susah and banyak on-call lagi. Susah la kalau female doctor yang ade family tu nak focus untuk anak-anak and suami if most of the time jage org beranak je"
"Doktor lelaki pun perlu latihan menyambut kelahiran baby. Habes nnt emergency takde doktor perempuan sape nak sambut? Suami la sambut ek :p"
"If nak doktor perempuan, better pergi ke private la kot. jgn harap sgt la kat government kan"

To be fair, mmg nampak la concern massing-masing dlm hal ni. Ada reason massing-masing dalam pemberian hujah mereka. hehe.

In my opinion as a humble medical student who hates O&G, I really think the petition is too optimistic. People keep comparing Malaysia healthcare system versus NHS UK healthcare system. I am proud (because Malaysians' awareness have increased) and agree that we should look upon a better system but unfortunately, Malaysia is still is too far behind in terms of resources. One of the suggestion that I can think of to improve the situation ialah to increase the number of midwives. In UK, midwives yg majority nye perempuan mmg pakar dalam hal-hal bersalin ni (low-risk pregnancy la). So, takdela teruk sgt doctor2 nak attend kan (lelaki or perempuan). And, doctor hanya akan dtg if ade complications and emergency. Better for patient and for the doctors gak :D

Tapi, this thing kan takes time. So, in the meantime, probably best to open our mind and have faith in Allah. Doa agar Allah akan tutup aib and jaga maruah kita. I know sng cakap tak senang buat kan. I pon takde pengalaman beranak lagi haha. Tapi katakanlah time I beranak nanti ada/dapat doctor laki kan, the best thing to do is to be positive. You are not there not only for you, you are there for the baby. So, I don't mind whatever it takes as long as the the baby is alright. Doktor laki ke perempuan ke, tak kisahlah. Allah knows best :D and trust me, doctor laki pun takde lah enjoy pun tgk pemandangan org beranak. nae best.  haha. and kalau nak extra prepare and kurangkan malu kalau ade doctor laki, request la for female nurses or family members to be with you. untuk kasi kata-kata semangat. Lagi satu, to reduce the humiliation, take good care of the hygiene of your down below la kan. Common sense hehe

Sorry if you think my writing is so out of the place or tak manis dibaca. Just my humble opinion.

Thanks for reading
efi who hates O&G.

3 days back

Salam

Jumaat, 30 September 2011:

Ada Professionalism Ceremony yang dianjurkan oleh University of Leeds untuk kami, Year 3 Medicine. Tujuan? Hmmm. Untuk meraikan kami yang akan masuk clinical years lah rasanya. Dengan pakai jubah hitam semua, memang nampak macam graduation betul2 dah. huhu. 

Seriously, bila diorang buat macam ni lagi membuatkan kitorang takut. uuuu. Dahlah sekarang ni kalau katakan failed exam, then amek resit, then if failed lagi, memang kena kick school  je. Dah takde dah istilah repeat year. Memang scary. Setakat ni, setiap batch senior kitorang dah ada wakil or contoh yang kena kick. *menangis meleh-leleh

Oleh itu, mulai sekarang, kena usaha! barulah boleh berjaya dengan jayanya kan without failing. Then tawakal semoga rezeki sentiasa dimurahkan. amin. Meanwhile, these are the so-called-graduation day pics.

me and pinat

ulil and che 

with the deans 

 the boys

the certificate

Sabtu, 1 October 2011:

LUMSOC aka Leeds Malaysian Society menganjurkan Leeds Explorace. Ni memang acara tahunan untuk freshers. Actually, for the day, I was asked to be one of the photographers. Then fikir-fikir, macam penat je kena kejar2 orang amik gambar sepanjang hari. So, I decided to just participate. kiki. Barulah seronok kan. Kalau menang explorace apatah lagi. Siap dapat hampers *wee~

So, I was put in group 4. My group members are, Izzaty, Farah Chuah, Afiqah, Syafiq and me. Izzaty tu ialah ahli tarik-jom-masuk-kumpulan-ni. hihi. Sebab tamo jadi the only senior dalam group tu. Lagipun Izzaty masuk pun sebab last minute notice, so tak diassignkan ke mana-mana group lagi.

Ada banyak checkpoint untuk explorace ni. Antaranya, Parkinson steps (Brotherton Library), Milennium Square, Town Hall, Train Station, Royal Armouries, Bus Station, The Edge Gymnasium, and Hyde Park. *hafal semua tempat ni, next year mst tempat2 ni jugak*

Oleh sebab kumpulan saya ni sangatlah bersemangat berlari-lari kegembiraan setiap masa, jadi kami berjaya menjadi kumpulan 1st yang sampai ke checkpoint last! Senang kata, kami menang lah. haha. Ouh seronok sekali menang explorace ni. Berbaloi lari-lari selama 2 jam. Mula-mula bersaing jugak dengan group pinat sume, last2 sebab kami tau shortcut ke Royal Armouries, memang konfem la kami menang. haha

These are the pics:

aksi mendaftarkan diri di LUU

di bus station

di Milennium Square (sempat rilek-rilek lagi) kiki

depan The Edge

Group pinat, the competitor

hadiah2

berada di tangan saya akhirnya ;D

Lastly, kesian Syafiq. ikut je kitorang eh lari2 sume. time kasih banyak2 :')

Ahad, 2 October 2011:

Rumah Erra, Najwa and Kak Khalisah ada buat house-warming. This equals to makan-makan! yeay. I loike makan-makan. Semenjak dua menjak ni, malas betu nak masak. Tapi rajin pulak makan. Haip. Sikit lagi mesti naik bertambah-tambah berat badan. Kenalah control balik nafsuku ini.

Menu makanan rumah diorang ialah; mee kari, nasi goreng, roti jala + kari, jelly strawberi yang sedap gilez, and air (of course). Saya tambah mangkuk 3 kali *waaaaaa. menjerit dalam hati bila ingatkan balik* Tu menunjukkan bukti betapa sedapnya kari itu. haha

Nyum nyum. Terima kasih daun keladi tuan rumah kerana mengeyangkan perut kami warga kampung Kelso dengan makanan anda. *wink

 juniorss

 roti jala sedap

 mi kari sedap gaks

meh secubit

muka minyak-minyak lepas penuhkan perut

Sekian sahaja laporan minggu ni. Sekian haha

Doalah saya study anatomy pelvis ni semua masuk. susah betol lah

xx

First week of Malaysia (Summer '11)

Salam

Finally, after all the hurdles back in UK, I managed to land LCCT safely last Tuesday. Penatnyee. From Manchester, to Munich, To Singapore, and naik AirAsia to LCCT, Kuala Lumpur. Lamenye la dalam flight, around 15+ hours jugak. Belum campur dengan train lagi. phew. Bila sampai je, Yeay! And, amazingly, I am so starved at that time due to lack-of-food in the flight. 11 hours food with only one rice and one kinda lempeng. Mane ckup. huuuu. So hungry. Nasib baik sampai je, family dah siap tunggu. Gembira sangat jumpa semua orang. So, my family and ijat's family go to Nilai together and have quick supper or dinner for me there. 

Mish everyone soo much. hehe. And today is Friday and I took another flight to Mukah, Sarawak. Teman mama bagi kem sejarah kat MRSM Mukah. My sister, Ameera and I both rilek2 je datang. Mama la kene kerja. Ingat lagi kes pagi tadi. Almost kene tinggal dengan plane sebab information board AirAsia kat LCCT tu b)*&h giler. Nak check-in kaunter mane pun tak tulis. Ade ke tulis 'kiosk' je. Ingat orang tau ke kiosk tu ape? Tanya cik adik informtion counter, dia cakap kiosk tu self-check-in machine. Ok. So kami pun pergilah. Tapi tak boleh. Sbb patutnye self check-in boleh buat between 23-1 hours prior to flight. Flight pukul 7am, and at that time dah pukul 6.05am. So, dah tak boleh. Pergi kat cik adik kaunter lagi, dia kata pergi kaunter R1-R10. Ok. Pergilah. Terkejut tengok beratur panjang sangat. Tapi apa boleh buat. Beratur je lah. Tengah-tengah stress beratur, dengar lak announcement " Untuk penumpang penerbangan AK5190, sila hadirkan diri ke kaunter R55-56 untuk dafyar masuk dan penerbangan anda akan berlepas tidak lama lagi".

Oh no! So lari pulak ke kaunter R55-56. Panjang lagi orang beratur! Gila ke ape lagi 30 minit nak berlepas tak check-in lagi. Orang depan lak sebok gaduh tak nak bayar berat beg lebih die. Dah tau book untuk 25kg, gi letak 30kg kat rel bag check-in tu buat ape. Siap nak deal mintak taknak bayar. Hempuk kang. Tak tau ke ramai tengah beratur kat belakang dan rules are rules! Bayar je la. haiyo. Kalau tak gi la buang mane2 barang. =.='

Emo betul dengan orang-orang camni. huhu. Buat lambat sangat. Nasib baik kat security kami dapat special skit, tak payah beratur panjang2 macam orang lain sebab flight nak terbang dah. So, berlari lah kitorang ke plane. Punye lah jauh teminal plane. Lagi satu minit je lagi plane nak terbang and nasib baik sempat masuk. Phew. Serius taknak dah buat camtu. ;( 

p/s: kalau dah tau flight kol 7, check-in kol 5. so, Ameera, datang awal! Kalau datang awal kan senang. Takdelah kelam kabut =.='

Lastly, enjoy the pictures

at Mukah hotel having breakfast

Kingwood Hotel to be exact

front view of the hotel

Mama, meera, me and Isteri cikgu Sejarah MRSM Mukah

at Pantai Mukah

some Chinese Temple otw to Sibu

still jet lag lagi =.= (takle bukak mate dah)

ni tumpang kereta cikgu MRSM tu pulang ke Sibu

sempat melawat kedai jual tembikar Sarawak

at Sungai Rejang/Rajang (sungai terpanjang di Malaysia)

ni clan hebat ni siap ade memorial

hotel di Sibu, Paramount hotel

airport Sibu (kecil dan bosan dan panas)

mama pun penat dah tunggu flight asyek delayed je ;(

efi

summer 2010

Salam

Sepanjang cuti summer 2010 ni, banyak tempat dah saya berjalan. Sampai demam teruk dah masa balik dari Terengganu hari tu. Tu pun boleh lagi nak pergi wedding kakak sue la, pergi kl la. isy. teruk betul. Ngarut dah ni. Ok. Memandangkan memori manusia tak delah tahan lama mana, so, saya nak recap ape yang saya nampak and dapat sepanjang saya stay di Malaysia. 

Upon my arrival in Malaysia, saya stay rumah je selama 2 minggu. Jet lag dahsyat betul. Tak boleh tidur  langsung selagi jam kat dinding tu tak cecah pukul 4 pagi. Pastu bangun lak, hehehe...Tuhan je lah tau kan. So, nak berjalan-jalan pada masa ini adalah sangat tidak efektif. Disebabkan time tu World Cup, saya pun layan je lah tengok bola. Ok lah. Dulu noob gile. Satu ape pun tak tau. Sekarang kenal-kenal jugak la negara-negara yang main ngan pemain-pemainnya. Tapi player yang hot and hensem je lah yg saya cam dari jauh. Yang lain sume noob lagi. haha . At least, saya tau ok satu team bola sepak ade 11 pemain kat padang and gol dikira gol bila bola lepas masuk kawasan yang dijaga goal keeper. :D

Lepas 2 minggu, saya dah bosan dok rumah di Jasin. Ayah saya di Subang pun dah mula bertanya-tanya bila lah saya nak ke sana. Oleh sebab itu, saya pun belilah tiket bas ke Selangor (turun Shah Alam). Hmm. Lame dah tak naik bas Malaysia. Saya naik bas transnasional. Harge bas pun dah berubah since last time saya naik. Sekarang dah RM15 lah cincai kira harga tiket dia. Mahal jugak kann. Aha. Bila sampai sana, part seronok dah mula. (ape-ape pun thank you ok, if you read this). Tak leh cite banyak2. Rahsia negara. Hehe

Staying kat Subang, biasa je lah. Dok melangok tgk tv. makan. tidur. dan sebagainya. Yang jadi menarik ialah bila saya keluar2 cari barang lah kot. Pergi Low Yat, pergi Sunway Pyramid. And oh ye! Time ni lah saya belajar naik KTM. haha. Bangge gila berjaya naik KTM sorang-sorang dari Subang ke KL Sentral. Tapi as usual, takut gila bile dalam train tu lelaki je keliling. Saya tak jumpa lah mana gerabak perempuan tu. =.= Sedih saya.

Oklah. Till then. Lepas ni saya nak cerita lak pengalaman pergi ke Kuching, Sarawak! hehe

Regards

journey to the east

My journey to go to my home-sweet-home certainly knocked me out for 14 hours today.But, I just don't care. What important is I am already here, in front of my laptop writing this post in my home in Jasin. Haha. Nevertheless, even after those long hours sleeping, I still feel sleepy now. I don't know if it is jet lag or it is just me that is so snorlax when it comes to holidays! 

My journey to Jasin started from taking National Express bus from Leeds to London (10.20 am -2.45 pm (supposely, but the London road was busy as always and I arrived at 3.00 pm). Then from London Victoria Station, I took bus to go Heathrow Airport lak. Penat gk la tarik bag yang almost 40 kg overall naek bus. What an experience! Upon arriving, I immediately have to search for Terminal 3. For me, Heathrow Airport is freaking huge. If it is not because of my dearest friends, I must have lost in my attempt to search for the place. Thanks to my long-sighted rabun yang even worse, I can barely see signboards clearly now. Sigh. Now, is the waiting part before boleh check-in bag and get the boarding pass. Alhamdulillah everything went smoothly. And suprisingly, I met some other Malaysian too yang naik Oman air. 2 from Surrey, 1 from Soton, 1 from Manchester and 2 from Leeds (including me) makes us the 6 people yang x sabar nak balik Malaysia. Haha.

After 7 hours of flight, akhirnya, berjaya jejak kaki di Oman. It is beautiful though despite ketandusan and the deserted area around the airport. But my dad told me, diorg macam tu pun stil kaya because they are oil-based country. Hmph. No wonder the Omani Riyal is so expensive. (1 euro=0.5 omani riyal approx) Snap! Snap! (taking pictures) and I continue my journey to KL. Transit pun tak lama. 2.30 hours je...

Thanks to Oman Airlines with the big seats and delicious food and quite great in-flight entertainments. If not, I must be dead bored sitting for another 7 hours in the flight. And thanx also to you, you-know-who-you-are, for always being there for me at all time. Through thick and thin. Thank you so much!

Sampai2 je to Malaysia, my adrenaline rushes in my body. I can feel it. But I tried my best to keep my cool face up-front. Haha. Nervous gile. (Sebab ape? Adalah rahsia. Haha) SKIP SKIP ok then, my dad and my dearest brother brought me straight away from KLIA to Jasin. Thank you so much!!! Love you both. Hehe. Sorry ey Zareef and papa sebab terpaksa hantar efi malam2 untuk jumpa mama and balik Jasin and kene balik Subang at the same night. Thank you again

And now, I am here.Phew.

Regards,
efi xx