Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.
Tawakkal, Zetty. Tawakkal.
He knows best.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
The brick
Bismillahirrahmanirraheem.
Salam 'alaik.
Found this on fb today. Cant help myself but posting it here.
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag’s side door! He slammed on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What was that all about and who are you?
Just what the heck are you doing?
That’s a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.
Why did you do it?"
The young boy was apologetic. "Please mister … please, I’m sorry… I didn’t know what else to do," he pleaded.
"I threw the brick because no one else would stop…"
With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car.
"It’s my brother," he said.
"He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up."
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.
"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: Don’t go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!
It’s our choice: Listen to the whisper … or wait for the brick!
Taken from Productive Muslim on Facebook.
Salam 'alaik.
Found this on fb today. Cant help myself but posting it here.
A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag’s side door! He slammed on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What was that all about and who are you?
Just what the heck are you doing?
That’s a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.
Why did you do it?"
The young boy was apologetic. "Please mister … please, I’m sorry… I didn’t know what else to do," he pleaded.
"I threw the brick because no one else would stop…"
With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car.
"It’s my brother," he said.
"He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up."
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me."
Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.
"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.
Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: Don’t go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!
It’s our choice: Listen to the whisper … or wait for the brick!
Taken from Productive Muslim on Facebook.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
psychology: the patients.
Bismillahirrahmanirraheem.
Salam 'alaik.
We had our second practical lesson for medical psychology subject this morning. Today, we've been given the opportunity to interact with two patients (we didnt know their problem at the beginning), mine with moderate depression and the other with obsessive-compulsive disorder: an anxiety disorder that causes people to have unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and to repeat certain behavior over and over again for instance handwashing, locking doors or counting. We were divided into two groups of 4 and 3 members each. Our task was to make contact with them and we've been given the freedom to talk about whatever we wanted within 7 minutes.
groupmates.
I was in a group of three, together with Zikri and Neo. The first student was a bit nervous and didn't get enough time to prepare therefore he didn't manage to get many information which I thought was quite an advantage for me since my goal was to gain as much informations as possible related to her daily lives that allow us to make diagnosis. I would say it started a bit awkward(?) I dont know... I'm not good conversing with strangers and the fact that this lady was not a regular patient I used to see in wards made me a bit anxious. It was different compared to talking with patients in internal medicine subject, at least for me. In wards, I know what informations are necessary and would be useful in making diagnosis, for instance is it painful, to where it's spreading, what ceases the pain, etc etc... Yet talking to a mentally unstable patients made me worried and restless because they are extra sensitive and I wasn't sure what's the best way to talk to them, you know.. since we're total strangers and all. And I wouldn't have known if any of my questions made her feel offended. As we know, gaining trust from the patient is super important to ensure the effectiveness of the treatment. And good doctor-patient relationship relies on communication between them.
our supercute instructor. kekeke :p
After that, we sat on the ground and talked about our opinion regarding the activity today. The discussion has proven me that different people obviously have different way of thinking and different goals. As we went through the problems, we can see our weakness in communicating with patients. I guess I did okay, but somehow I wasn't fully satisfied with my performance. I didn't manage to gain 100% of my patient's trust. All I did was asking for relevant informations, listening to her complaints and made some remarks on that. I think I was more like interrogating(?) her. Haha. Whereas the student after me was more like sharing her experiences, giving advices and recommendations which seemed good to me-more like a consultation session. And of course, here the language barrier is the major factor that is limiting the our communication with the patients. English is not my mother tongue and the lady-my patient aint a native English speaker either. So the conversation turned out to be a bit forced *imo* and didn't come out naturally. It was hard for her to explain certain things and it was difficult for me to understand what exactly she was trying to say. One important thing that I've learnt today is that it's really uncommon for Czechs to have body contact between doctor-patient which I think is quite surprising. They usually openly display affection towards each other. But slight touch on hands, shoulders or knees are considered very intimate and they may take it wrongly. Different to our culture back in Malaysia, holding the patients' hands while comforting them is quite normal (but not between man and woman for sure! it'll be mistaken as sexual harassment).
I've always have this mindset that mentally unstable patients are disoriented, loss in their own world.. to put it simply: crazy. I've once visited a psychiatry ward in HUSM and all I could see were patients talking nonsense. But today being a medical student I could see how broad the psychology field really is. People with depression are sick too. Most of the time, we don't even realize that how serious this problem could be. I used to think that being stressful is okay, I'll just get over it later. However there are some people seem to not capable of solving this problem. This if prolonged can lead to other serious problems. Just talking about stress made me think about the activated sympathetic system that leads to vasoconstriction of peripheral vessels and later on will develop hypertension. I wont talk about the harmful effects of hypertension. I'll just leave it to pathophysiology exam later. Hehe :P
I feel pity for this lady because she found her life empty. There is no one that she can really hold on to and nobody seems to understand how she feels. The main problem is that she lost interest in things that she used to love before. Somehow I'd give props to her because she's brave enough to seek for help, i mean not everyone would admit that they are in need of help right? Most people tend to suppress their feelings and eventually are bound to succumb. Till then I didn't realize how lucky I was. I have family and friends that will always be the shoulder to cry on whenever I'm in need and I'm very grateful for that. And most importantly, I have God who'll always be there, at my highest high or my lowest low.
"And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided."
[Al-Baqarah, 2:186]
Alhamdulillah ^^
credit: Patrick for the photos
Salam 'alaik.
We had our second practical lesson for medical psychology subject this morning. Today, we've been given the opportunity to interact with two patients (we didnt know their problem at the beginning), mine with moderate depression and the other with obsessive-compulsive disorder: an anxiety disorder that causes people to have unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and to repeat certain behavior over and over again for instance handwashing, locking doors or counting. We were divided into two groups of 4 and 3 members each. Our task was to make contact with them and we've been given the freedom to talk about whatever we wanted within 7 minutes.
groupmates.
I was in a group of three, together with Zikri and Neo. The first student was a bit nervous and didn't get enough time to prepare therefore he didn't manage to get many information which I thought was quite an advantage for me since my goal was to gain as much informations as possible related to her daily lives that allow us to make diagnosis. I would say it started a bit awkward(?) I dont know... I'm not good conversing with strangers and the fact that this lady was not a regular patient I used to see in wards made me a bit anxious. It was different compared to talking with patients in internal medicine subject, at least for me. In wards, I know what informations are necessary and would be useful in making diagnosis, for instance is it painful, to where it's spreading, what ceases the pain, etc etc... Yet talking to a mentally unstable patients made me worried and restless because they are extra sensitive and I wasn't sure what's the best way to talk to them, you know.. since we're total strangers and all. And I wouldn't have known if any of my questions made her feel offended. As we know, gaining trust from the patient is super important to ensure the effectiveness of the treatment. And good doctor-patient relationship relies on communication between them.
our supercute instructor. kekeke :p
After that, we sat on the ground and talked about our opinion regarding the activity today. The discussion has proven me that different people obviously have different way of thinking and different goals. As we went through the problems, we can see our weakness in communicating with patients. I guess I did okay, but somehow I wasn't fully satisfied with my performance. I didn't manage to gain 100% of my patient's trust. All I did was asking for relevant informations, listening to her complaints and made some remarks on that. I think I was more like interrogating(?) her. Haha. Whereas the student after me was more like sharing her experiences, giving advices and recommendations which seemed good to me-more like a consultation session. And of course, here the language barrier is the major factor that is limiting the our communication with the patients. English is not my mother tongue and the lady-my patient aint a native English speaker either. So the conversation turned out to be a bit forced *imo* and didn't come out naturally. It was hard for her to explain certain things and it was difficult for me to understand what exactly she was trying to say. One important thing that I've learnt today is that it's really uncommon for Czechs to have body contact between doctor-patient which I think is quite surprising. They usually openly display affection towards each other. But slight touch on hands, shoulders or knees are considered very intimate and they may take it wrongly. Different to our culture back in Malaysia, holding the patients' hands while comforting them is quite normal (but not between man and woman for sure! it'll be mistaken as sexual harassment).
I've always have this mindset that mentally unstable patients are disoriented, loss in their own world.. to put it simply: crazy. I've once visited a psychiatry ward in HUSM and all I could see were patients talking nonsense. But today being a medical student I could see how broad the psychology field really is. People with depression are sick too. Most of the time, we don't even realize that how serious this problem could be. I used to think that being stressful is okay, I'll just get over it later. However there are some people seem to not capable of solving this problem. This if prolonged can lead to other serious problems. Just talking about stress made me think about the activated sympathetic system that leads to vasoconstriction of peripheral vessels and later on will develop hypertension. I wont talk about the harmful effects of hypertension. I'll just leave it to pathophysiology exam later. Hehe :P
I feel pity for this lady because she found her life empty. There is no one that she can really hold on to and nobody seems to understand how she feels. The main problem is that she lost interest in things that she used to love before. Somehow I'd give props to her because she's brave enough to seek for help, i mean not everyone would admit that they are in need of help right? Most people tend to suppress their feelings and eventually are bound to succumb. Till then I didn't realize how lucky I was. I have family and friends that will always be the shoulder to cry on whenever I'm in need and I'm very grateful for that. And most importantly, I have God who'll always be there, at my highest high or my lowest low.
"And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided."
[Al-Baqarah, 2:186]
Alhamdulillah ^^
credit: Patrick for the photos
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
electrocardiogram, equals to lubdub lubdub
Bismillah...
Countdown....
7hrs to go.
more than half of ecg sheets to be revised.
massive headache.
tachycardia, due to release of stress hormone.
urrghhh.....
O Allah, please make ease for what's best for me.
"If Allah should aid you, no one can overcome you; but if He should forsake you, who is there that can aid you after Him? And upon Allah let the believers rely." [Ali'Imran, 3:160]
Countdown....
7hrs to go.
more than half of ecg sheets to be revised.
massive headache.
tachycardia, due to release of stress hormone.
urrghhh.....
O Allah, please make ease for what's best for me.
"If Allah should aid you, no one can overcome you; but if He should forsake you, who is there that can aid you after Him? And upon Allah let the believers rely." [Ali'Imran, 3:160]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Lebarkan pintu hati, mulakan langkah pertama.
Bismillahirrahmanirraheem.
Salam ‘alayk.
Di saat yang lain dah melangkah jauh.. adakah kamu masih mahu beku di situ?
Saya yakin.......
“Apa pun (kenikmatan) yang diberikan kepadamu, maka itu adalah kesenangan hidup di dunia. Sedangkan apa (kenikmatan) yang ada di sisi Allah lebih baik dan lebih kekal bagi orang-orang yang beriman, dan hanya kepada Tuhan mereka bertawakal.....” [Asy-Syura,42:36]
Dan yang pasti...
“Dan Allah menciptakan langit dan bumi dengan tujuan yang benar, dan agar setiap jiwa diberi balasan sesuai dengan apa yang dikerjakannya, dan mereka tidak akan dirugikan.” [Al-Jasiyah,45:22]
Sebab saya takut.......
“Pantaskan Kami memperlakukan orang-orang yang beriman dan mengerjakan kebajikan sama dengan orang-orang yang berbuat kerosakan di bumi? Atau pantaskan Kami menganggap orang-orang yang bertaqwa sama dengan orang-orang yang jahat?” [Sad, 38:28]
“Patuhilah seruan Tuhanmu sebelum datang dari Allah suatu hari yang tidak dapat ditolak (atas perintah dari Allah). Pada hari itu kamu tidak memperoleh tempat berlindung dan tidak (pula) dapat mengingkari (dosa-dosamu).” [Asy-Syura,42:47]
Dan yang saya harapkan...
“Dan orang-orang yang beriman dan mengerjakan kebajikan, sungguh, mereka akan Kami tempatkan pada tempat-tempat yang tinggi (di dalam syurga), yang mengalir di bawahnya sungai-sungai, dan mereka kekal di dalamnya. Itulah sebaik-baik balasan bagi orang yang berbuat kebajikan, (iaitu) orang-orang yang bersabar dan bertawakal kepada Tuhannya.” [Al-Ankabut,29:58-59]
“Bagi orang-orang yeng berbuat baik, ada pahala yang terbaik (syurga) dan tambahannya (kenikmatan melihat Allah). Dan wajah mereka tidak ditutupi debu hitam dan tidak (pula) dalam kehinaan. Mereka itulah penghuni syurga, mereka kekal di dalamnya.” [Yunus,10:26]
Saya juga mengidamkan syurga yang mahal itu.
Seorang sahabat berkata; change is never easy. You fight to hold on and you fight to let go.
Kata orang, better late than never.
Kata saya, kita tak pernah terlambat. Selagi ada masa....
InshaAllah.
Tempatkanku di kalangan orang-orang yang beruntung.
Tetapkan hatiku di jalan ini ya Allah.......
Salam ‘alayk.
Di saat yang lain dah melangkah jauh.. adakah kamu masih mahu beku di situ?
Saya yakin.......
“Apa pun (kenikmatan) yang diberikan kepadamu, maka itu adalah kesenangan hidup di dunia. Sedangkan apa (kenikmatan) yang ada di sisi Allah lebih baik dan lebih kekal bagi orang-orang yang beriman, dan hanya kepada Tuhan mereka bertawakal.....” [Asy-Syura,42:36]
Dan yang pasti...
“Dan Allah menciptakan langit dan bumi dengan tujuan yang benar, dan agar setiap jiwa diberi balasan sesuai dengan apa yang dikerjakannya, dan mereka tidak akan dirugikan.” [Al-Jasiyah,45:22]
Sebab saya takut.......
“Pantaskan Kami memperlakukan orang-orang yang beriman dan mengerjakan kebajikan sama dengan orang-orang yang berbuat kerosakan di bumi? Atau pantaskan Kami menganggap orang-orang yang bertaqwa sama dengan orang-orang yang jahat?” [Sad, 38:28]
“Patuhilah seruan Tuhanmu sebelum datang dari Allah suatu hari yang tidak dapat ditolak (atas perintah dari Allah). Pada hari itu kamu tidak memperoleh tempat berlindung dan tidak (pula) dapat mengingkari (dosa-dosamu).” [Asy-Syura,42:47]
Dan yang saya harapkan...
“Dan orang-orang yang beriman dan mengerjakan kebajikan, sungguh, mereka akan Kami tempatkan pada tempat-tempat yang tinggi (di dalam syurga), yang mengalir di bawahnya sungai-sungai, dan mereka kekal di dalamnya. Itulah sebaik-baik balasan bagi orang yang berbuat kebajikan, (iaitu) orang-orang yang bersabar dan bertawakal kepada Tuhannya.” [Al-Ankabut,29:58-59]
“Bagi orang-orang yeng berbuat baik, ada pahala yang terbaik (syurga) dan tambahannya (kenikmatan melihat Allah). Dan wajah mereka tidak ditutupi debu hitam dan tidak (pula) dalam kehinaan. Mereka itulah penghuni syurga, mereka kekal di dalamnya.” [Yunus,10:26]
Saya juga mengidamkan syurga yang mahal itu.
Seorang sahabat berkata; change is never easy. You fight to hold on and you fight to let go.
Kata orang, better late than never.
Kata saya, kita tak pernah terlambat. Selagi ada masa....
InshaAllah.
Tempatkanku di kalangan orang-orang yang beruntung.
Tetapkan hatiku di jalan ini ya Allah.......
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
unravel the hidden YOU.
dah rase menyampah nak highlight baris-baris ayat dalam buku gabak.
dah nak muntah hijau tilik nota berjela-jela.
dah letih nak duduk kat kerusi sepanjang petang sampai ke tengah malam menghadap slides...
rase perlu unwind?
perlu berseronok?
perlu bersosial jumpa kawan-kawan?
apa lagi... JOMMMMM ramai-ramai memeriahkannya~!!!
untuk maklumat lanjut, sila lawati czemsahradeckralove.blogspot.com atau kunjungi laman czemsahk di FB. jgn lupa klik butang "I'm Attending" *winks*
credit: irfan shahmi.
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