Selamat Hari Raya

This year raya.. 2009 is my hometown Teluk Intan turn to celebrate Hari Raya..All my children very happy to meet their atok n opah intan...I manage to get release on Friday at least to spend 1 or 2 days fasting in my hometown...No place will ever change your feelings to your hometown..I am very proud that i was born in a village..at least i am able to breath a pure clean and fresh air for at least 20 years .Rather than suffering from air polution causing respiratory distress in a city that i am facing now.....at least Shah Alam is not as bad as KL...

But surprisingly my hometown Teluk Intan now undergoing transformation..there is giant...Sushi King,old town white coffee and traffic congestion..Who will go to such place in Teluk Intan or maybe my hometown people are richer now that they can afford the city food..But if the same population during my old days that is low n medium income group is it necessary to bring all this modenisation ..or rather we should just be proud with our Mastan Ghani,Ghulam Rasul.

Dalam kerendahan hati ada ketinggian budi

Dalam kemiskinan harta ada kekayaan jiwa

Dalam kelembutan lidah ada keterlanjuran kata

Dalam gurau senda tenda ada khilaf dan dosa

MOHON MAAF ATAS SEGALANYA

mama luqman sekeluarga

My daughter Merdeka Day

Today is the 3rd day and the last day for my daughter UPSR exam.This also mean starting tomorrow i will be working and stuck in traffic jam..HKL to Shah Alam..almost 1-2 hour every day...
Anyway for my daughter and her all her friends a big smile on their face ..most of them will say Merdeka Auntie,Merdeka...yes they are ...but UPSR is just a beginning of a long journey.For Person like me until this level ...exams already neutralised my heart beat..no more palpitation ..no more incontinence..Possible next 2 years i will start my PhD or subspecialising in disabled children...but exams is still exams and to get flying colours there is only one way..to study smart not hard.

mama luqman

Exam UPSR fever

While writing this page my daughter NurSyakeerah already in deep sleep as tomorrow is her UPSR day.This is my first experience with daughter facing such a big exam..next year will be Nur Nabilah turn..Despite my busy clinic my boss already promise to give me off for this 3 days as i have requested since Mei this year....I cant remember during my old Penilaian Darjah Lima days ,but i guess at that moment parents are not that excited as today...because most of my friend is in the same boat taking 3 days off to give moral support to their children.For sure tomorrow when i sent my daughter,it is not only full of children to sit for exam but the anxious parents .
But it is a great feeling...knowing your children already grown up and next year they will enter secondary school.It also reminds me on my age as i am no more young.
Yet as a mother to a special son,my special boy will always be the up most in my thought..what will be his future.at this moment he is still dependent on someone for toileting and his speech is not develop...But i will never give up for my special son and i believe Allah will hear my doa's and maybe one day my special son will be able to sit for UPSR exam.Insyallah

mama luqman

Merdeka...Merdeka

Hi today is our Merdeka Day and all Malysian should be proud of this day.But shouting,dancing and yelling among youngsters and school children is not adequate...it should come from your inner soul,inner heart to realise what merdeka is all about.While typing this blog on air is the Bahtera Merdeka song ...very touchy and lovely music but do all the young generation knows about this song..I bet only 20% infact my daughter will only laugh to this old genre song.
It is not easy to understand Merdeka...when i am young, merdeka is just a fun day..kereta berhias ,perbarisan...and bunga api but now i realised merdeka is not for the country only but we as Malaysian citizen to merdeka our lifestyle,our dependency to outsiders and our dependency on orang putih technology.We are Malaysian ,we should be proud with our own identity ,our own technology and our own invention.
This remind me to my experience as a doctor

..during my undergraduate my Medical Degree is from USM..this is a very nice university infact it represent 1 malaysia.. i dont have much difficulty although my 1st 2 years in USM Penang followed by next 4 years in HUSM Kubang Kerian Kelantan.Such a wonderful place very peaceful and the competition among students is not that much....

But during my Master years in University Malaya it is very tough ..competition is very hard and tough ...you must be independent and struggle to get your way.Your mind must be merdeka if not many of my friends failed in this battle.

Now as a specialist practising new field in medicine which is rehabilitation medicine is also a battle for me .. i have been to several countries for attachment just to merdeka my mind on the limitation that i have here.Adaptation need to be done as our country health system is different from them...our manpower is inadequate in term of numbers and knowledge therefore we need to Merdeka our mind and think our own way but maintain the quality.Infact think of the better way comparing the Australian way.....Merdeka is so broad..

just that i hope in future all malaysian mentality will Merdeka..I am still sad if others specialist will compare my way and the Australian way ...Dont their mind understand Merdeka or they dont even know what merdeka is all about.

MERDEKA,MERDEKA,MERDEKA.

mama luqman

What to do!!

It has been a long time that i stop writing in this blog,maybe too busy..thats life of a doctor.On top of helping patient during the day,family is the priority...then you also need to update knowledge.Patients nowadays is not like 10 years ago,today the patient will ask very details infact bring along the internet updates,and patient is very conscious on every drug that is given...It is good but the difficulty is for doctors as we must be ready with all the answers...Ha,ha,ha, maybe i choose this field so i should just keep quiet.For my daughter later on ..you need to think twicwe before yo choose to be a doctor...
I just wanted to share my sympathy to a friend ,she has just completed her gazettement in my hospital and there is still post for her in HKL but the Ministry Of Health are sending her to Kota Baru..She need to leave her 3 kids temporarily with her in laws and husband .She need to survive alone temporarily before she decide to bring along all the kids .
I guess all doctors are train to be strong..but when it come to family .I feel like crying seing her tears for almost every day..If this happen to me i cant imagine what will happen especially to my special son.To the top person they can only say what to do! you can resign if you like.Therefore now the doctors is joining the private sectors ...on top of better pay ,you still have your family around..although you are tired but the smile of your kids that you can see everyday will light up your day.

Mama Luqman

Pandemic H1N1

Sudden blow of infectious diseases occur in Malaysia...from the worldwide Virus H1N1..to meningitis and now leptospirosis...Why this occur? Maybe due to the hot weather lately...but the most important is about hygiene...But if you are talking about pig as the vector this pandemic have show to us why pig are not allowed for muslim...Hygiene ..our religion taught us on cleanliness.Prevention from spreading of disease our culture has taught us to respect others in situation such as sneezing or coughing in public....

Moral of the story that i want to share..the beauty of our religion has warned us on the need of hygiene and cleanliness ..and avoiding food/touching certain animals such as pig.But we are the one still deaf and blind.Hopefully with all that happen we start to realize how proud we are to be Muslim .

mama luqman

Doctor's Life

If you ask me ..being a doctor is a correct choice of occupation my answer will be yes once upon a time but not now..for the past 15 years having DR title in front of my name there is so much differences.During previous years patient is more polite ,very minimal questions and respect you for your advice and knowledge but now with "customer always right" being a doctor is so miserable...you have to entertain patient with no appointment once they threatened you..complain will be publish in news papers..the thrill and patience,the joy and happiness being a doctor to give a helping hand fade away. Now you just want to be a doctor for money..at the end of the day you are paid accordingly ..Partly it is a frustration for someone like me..
Does people out there know what is a life of a doctors..seeing patient in the clinic, ward round ,on call and your family...additional burden is like me traveling from shah alam to HKL and having a special son...\Despite being clinician we are managing the department ....
But i do hope people can understand ..we as doctors are human ,especially during this recession the high income start searching for government hospital and there goes never ending problems and complains.. .

mama luqman