Setelah sekian lama blog ini tidak dikemaskini, terasa ingin menulis pula walaupun sgt sedikit.
1. Alhamdulillah, pada 5/3/2011 bersamaan dgn 30 Rabi'ul-awwal 1432H, saya telah selamat dinikahkan dengan ukhti Sarah bt. Mohd. Rashid, segala syukur ke hadrat Allah S.W.T. Juga, jutaan terima kasih diucapkan buat semua yang mendoakan kami dan menghadiri majlis perkahwinan kami, hanya Allah yang mampu membalas jasa kalian.
2. Alhamdulillah, telah selamat pulang ke Mesir utk menyambung perjuangan di bumi anbiya' ini, dgn fasa hidup yang baru, bersama isteri tercinta. Final exam akan bermula tak lama lagi, sekarang dalam proses memaksa diri sendiri utk study maut! Doa kalian adalah amat diharapkan dan dihargai.
3. Teruja dengan suasana Mesir yang tampak agak berbeza selepas berambusnya diktator Husni 'ghairu' Mubarak dari tampuk pemerintahan bumi barakah ini. Moga Allah terus memberkati bumi Mesir dengan masa depan yang lebih cerah utk rakyat Mesir dan dunia Islam.
Had a lecture on Pyrexia of Unknown Origin (P.U.O) today, which kinda reminds me of U.F.O., very interesting actually, might also be among the most interesting lectures in the Tropical Medicine round for me. Ouh, and if you're wondering, the lecture's title means fever (demam, hararah, sukhuniah) with unknown cause, not really unknown actually, more like a tricky, deceiving or challenging symptom for a correct diagnosis.
Normally, fever is actually a symptom of inflammation in the human body due to infection by most commonly bacteria or less common, virus. But in case of P.U.O, the fever is actually a symptom of something totally unexpected like neoplasia (tumour, cancer), drugs, psychological, and even a factitious (fake) fever due to one's extreme laziness to go to work. But hey, I'm not here to write in details about P.U.O. or even U.F.O., you can google both of them, but I'm here to share some interesting tips regarding fever that I got today from my professor who is a specialist in Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, and that includes anything related to fever, I think I might as well call him a fever specialist, Pyrexiologist perhaps? haha.
First tip, commonly when anyone has fever, you will put a wet/damp towel on his/her forehead, do you know that this act is actually wrong and only very slightly beneficial? The main aim in improving fever is to reduce the temperature of the blood, not the brain, and even if your intention is to reduce the frontal cortex's temperature, it won't work due to the thick skull, unless if you crack his head open, then it might actually work! The right action is to put the wet/damp towel at few places with rich blood supply close to the skin, and that would be around the neck (left and right), the axilla (armpits) and the inguinal regions (the groin, the junction between the trunk and lower limbs). Put the towels there and the temperature will reduce significantly.
Second tip, do you know that once a fever reach 40 degree centigrade, no drugs will work for the patient anymore? So giving aspirin or paracetamol to the patient at that time is somewhat useless since the body is too stressed to the extent that it is paralyzed from the drug's actions. The quickest way is to put the patient in ice bath to reduce the temperature to 39 degree so the drug can work. Have you ever watch Universal Soldier (1992) starring Jean Claude Van Damme where the modified soldiers were put in ice bath to heal the injuries and prevent overheat? yeah, it's something like that.
Third and last tip, have you ever heard that when you got a fever, you should wear thick clothes and stay in thick blaket to 'sweat out' the fever? This is actually very wrong and very bad, when you have fever, you're suppose to take off your clothes/wear thin clothes and stay under the fan. But you may think "I have sweat out the fever before, it worked lah!", the truth is, when you produce sweat, later on the sweat will be evaporated into the thin air taking away some of the heat from your body, remeber the Physics that you learn in high school? But the main problem is, during the sweating process, your body is producing more heat while it is already feverish. The body might as well scream, "Are you crazy?! I'm already damn hot due to this fever and you want me to produce more heat???" So how to achieve the same effect from the sweat without putting more stress on our body? Easy maa, just put on a pair of wet clothes and stay under the fan, faster and easier meh...
Well, that's all I think, hope you gain something from this little sharing, feel free to add, ask or comment on anything, even my grammar, hahaha.
Thank you for reading, have a nice day and weekend! Ouh, and stay away from fever!
Hari ini ialah Hari Ibu a.k.a. Mother's Day yang kalau mengikut pakcik wiki, tarikhnya pada tahun ini jatuh pada 9/5 bagi negara Malaysia dan kawasan2 sewaktu dengannya.
Oleh sebab itu saya ingin mengucapkan Selamat Hari Ibu buat ratu hati saya, yeay!
I love you and I miss you so much especially it's been nearly two years since the last time I hugged and kissed you.
Being in Paediatric and O&G rounds for nearly 2 months really taught me about all the sacrifices that you have made for me and my lovely 4 brothers and 3 sisters. Ouh, and being the eldest son, I know that I'm the lucky primigravida (first pregnancy) and primipara (first delivery) which is usually the most difficult and painful one, so I would never be able to repay you, only Allah can. May Allah always watch over you with His blessings.
Ok, cukup dulu takat ni, nnt tulis panjang2, tak study plak, bila tak study exam nanti kantoi, bila kantoi ibu pun jadi upset, now that won't be a good Mother's Day present isn't it?
Andai puan 'Queen of My Heart' nak hadiah dari Mesir, boleh bagitau, hadiah dari Malaysia pun boleh, nak keluar dating dan shopping masa anak sulung ni balik cuti nnt pun boleh. Ker nak hadiah 'bakal menantu'? Whoa!
Sudah terlalu lama blog ini tidak di-update, aku sendiri tak sure kenapa, mungkinkah kerana terlalu sibuk? atau buat2 sibuk? I guess I'm more eager to update Neo's Flickr rather than this blog, leaving this blog filling with web and dust, haha.
Alhamdulillah, semalam berpeluang mengikuti kelas tafsir oleh Syeikh Ibrahim, terima kasih kepada adik2 SC yang mencadangkan agar kelas berkenaan dijadikan salah satu agenda SC semalam. InsyaAllah, alang2 dah lama tak update blog ni, why not, aku kongsikan sedikit mutiara2 yang diperolehi daripada kelas semalam.
Syeikh Ibrahim semalam membincangkan ayat 31-39 Surah Al-Baqarah yang menceritakan tentang kisah Nabi Adam yang dicipta dalam keadaan penuh dimuliakan hingga akhirnya dihantar turun ke bumi kerana terpedaya dgn syaitan yang durjana. Apa yang mungkin boleh aku kongsikan di sini, ialah tentang satu sifat iblis yang menyebabkannya kufur kepada Allah S.W.T. lantas menjamin permanent entry ke dalam neraka, itulah sifat SOMBONG!
Sombong, riya', ujub, semua ni satu geng saja, mungkin mudah untuk kita menuturkan kata yang kita ini bukan manusia sombong, tapi kadang2, lintasan hati dan peribadi kita sendiri sebenarnya menggambarkan kewujudan sifat buruk berkenaan dalam hati kita. Kadang2 kita sombong sebab harta yang kita ada, kadang2 kita sombong sebab ilmu yang kita ada, kadang2 kita sombong sebab kemahiran yang kita ada, kadang2 kita sombong dengan kecantikan kita, bahkan, kadang2 kita mungkin sombong dengan ibadah kita!
Kenapa kita tak boleh sombong? Jawapannya mudah, sombong, riya', ujub, semua tu hanya layak bagi Allah S.W.T. sebab seluruh alam ini ada ciptaan dan kepunyaanNya dan tiada apa atau siapa pun yang kedudukannya lebih tinggi dari Allah S.W.T. Janganlah kita jadi seperti iblis yang sombong, akhirnya, dijanjikan baginya azab neraka Allah yang amat mengerikan! Adakah kita mahu sebahagian dari hati kita mempunyai sifat iblis laknatullah itu? Na'uzubillahi min zalik.
Buat apa kita nak sombong? Peranan kita di muka bumi ini cuma satu, perhambaan kepadaNya yang Maha Esa, tiada yang lain. Dan tugas hamba itu cuma satu, taat sepenuhnya pada tuannya. Soal balik diri kita, "Taatkah aku kepada Allah???" Ramai manusia yang solatnya tak dijaga, auratnya tak ditutup dgn sempurna, pandangannya liar, mulutnya kotor, maksiat itu kebiasaannya, Quran malas nak baca, bukankah itu semua ciri manusia yang sombong dgn Penciptanya???
Buat apa kita nak sombong? Cuma sedikit gempa bumi selama 30 saat, sudah mampu membinasakan ribuan manusia, bahkan jutaan! Hanya dengan satu virus yang hanya bisa dilihat oleh electron microscope, satu dunia jadi kelam kabut dan kecoh. Dengan hanya satu ribut taufan, ribuan tempat tinggal manusia boleh hancur begitu sahaja. Allah! Itu semua adalah bukti kekuasaanNya.
Buat apa kita nak sombong? Kita hanyalah manusia yang hina, diciptakan dari tanah sahaja, tanah itulah yang diinjak2 oleh sekalian makhluk di muka bumi ini. Asal kita cumalah dari air mani yang kotor yang keluarnya dari saluran yang sama dgn air kencing. Kelahiran kita cuma beberapa inci antara dua lubang kemaluan seorang wanita mulia bergelar ibu. Kelahiran kita juga dipenuhi darah, kesakitan dan kesusahan buat orang lain. Layakkah lagi kita untuk sombong? Jangankan sombong pada Tuhan, sedangkan sombong sesama manusia itu pun sudah cukup hina dan dibenci.
Namun, hakikatnya, ramai manusia pada hari ini yang sombong, sama ada sesama manusia, mahupun dengan Allah S.W.T. Check balik hati kita, ibadah kita, akhlak kita, hubungan kita dgn Allah, hubungan kita dengan manusia lain, adakah hati kita dicemari dengan sifat sombong? Seburuk-buruk kesombongan, adalah kesombongan dgn Allah dan sombong dgn Allah itu, ialah dengan mengingkari perintah-perintahNya dan melakukakn larangan-laranganNya, sekaligus melayakkan manusia itu diazab oleh Allah, Tuan Empunya sekalian alam ini.
Remember, we are just a tiny miny speck in this vast universe, nothing more than that!
p/s: Sesiapa yang ada kelapangan Sabtu malam lepas Isya', boleh join Kelas Tafsir Syeikh Ibrahim, bahasa Inggeris beliau cukup fasih, bahkan mungkin lebih 'fluent' daripada sebahagian lecturer2 kita dan diri kita sendiri! Kuliah beliau juga sangat menarik dan ilmiah, bukan senang nak jumpa syeikh yang mampu memberikan kuliah tafsir dalam bahasa inggeris dengan cukup baik, ayuh manfaatkan peluang yang ada sebaiknya!
Sekiranya anda mengharapkan post ini adalah tentang ikan haruan, maka musnahlah harapan anda. Sebab post ini bukanlah untuk menceritakan kisah ikan haruan mahupun resepi masakan ikan haruan. Post ini juga bukan tentang ikan haruan biru dari Sungai Nil mahupun tentang warna kebiru-biruan itu. Ouh, tiba2 teringat sudah lama tak makan ikan haruan, bertahun-tahun sudah.
Ah, post ini hanyalah sekadar karutan ringkas akibat tertekan usai peperiksaan subjek pembedahan + anestetik (baca: exam paper surgery + anaesthesia). Berdasarkan pemerhatian kasar tadi, nampak macam ramai yang mengeluh tentang kertas PJP (pilihan jawapan pelbagai a.k.a. MCQ), soalan2 yang kukirakan tahap kesukarannya umpama misi terakhir Campaign Warcraft III yang tak pernah aku menang, sekiranya anda player warcraft dan penah menang mission tu, sila diam, hahaha.
Rata-rata mengharapkan markah yang mungkin diperolehi melalui kertas esei mampu menampung kecacatan kertas PJP, semoga impian kita ini tercapai insyaAllah. Bagi yang mampu menjawab kedua2 kertas soalan tadi dengan gilang gemilang, tahniah aku ucapkan, bagi yang rasa macam gelong terguling seperti aku plak, insyaAllah moga-moga kita semua sama-sama lulus.
Haih...sebelum peghiksa pon otak haghu, lepaih peghiksa pun otak jadi haghu, ni dok tunggu exam internal med plak dok mai, tambah haghu lagi cek oiii! (andai tak faham, sila cari orang kedah atau penang untuk terjemahkan untuk anda)
Di kala otak haru biru ini, siapa2 yang rasa dirinya nak melepaskan tension dgn melayan lagu Korea, boleh la layan lagu Haru Haru by Big Bang dan lebih best, selepas itu melayan plak video klip parody Haru Haru by Big Bag, rekaan team Infinity Challenge. Saper tgk Family Outing mmg akan kenal sgt dgn pakcik Yoo Jae Suk, kepala team IC. Kalau taknak tgk boleh skip terus ke bawah sekali, yeah!
Haru Haru by Big Bang:
Haru Haru Parody (Big Bag) by Infinity Challenge (xder sub sbb video atas dh ada):
Untuk akhirnya, buat rakan2 tahun 4, Selamat Maju Jaya utk kertas Perubatan Dalaman dan Patologi Klinikal pada Khamis ini! Dan buat adik2 tahun 1, selamat maju jaya juga untuk peperiksaan akhir sem anda. Rabbiuna yusahhil wa yunajjih lana insyaAllah!
p/s: otak haru biru, entry blog pun jadi haru biru~
Kekurangan idea sebenarnya untuk menulis, tapi rasa nak update jugak blog nih. So...what should I write eh?
Sekarang sedang dlm tempoh bercuti, agak panjang sebenarnya, 2 minggu, tapi sedar tak sedar, 6 hari sudah berlalu. Iskandariah masih agak lengang dari pelajar2 tahun 4 dan 1, ada yang pulang ke Malaysia, ada yang ke Kaherah, ada yg melancong di dalam Mesir dan ada yang melancong di luar Mesir. Aku jugak yang menghabiskan cuti di Iskandariah, habis jauh pun pegi Kaherah jer utk Ma'rod Kutub, Ahad atau Isnin nnt, nk kena turun Kaherah balik, walimah Isa Hassan, member tahun 4 medic Univ. Cairo. Agak cemburu melihat rakan2 yang melancong, takperlah, kita lepak Alex saving duit dan study lecture notes yang berlambak (iyer2 jer) pun jadi lah, haha.
Eh, mender aku merepek nih, yaa, beberapa minggu lepas, GPA tahun lepas dikeluarkan oleh Unit Akademik PCI, hasilnya aku memperolehi 3 flat! Alhamdulillah syukur masih lg mencecah 3.0, ngam2 jer tuh. Di sebalik kesyukuran itu, ada perasaan kecewa dan tak puas hati, bukan tak redha dgn takdir, tetapi mempersoalkan potensi sebenar diri ini. Aku yakin, kawan2 yang lain pun macam tu. Melainkan kalau ada yang rasa tak perlu nak perbaiki keputusan, haa, ada la yang tak kena dalam diri tu, kena periksa balik.
Lying on my bed, I was thinking, how would I finish my study here in Egypt? Will I finish great? Will I finish strong? Will I even finish this degree in the allocated time?
What type of doctor would I become? An excellent one? A mediocre one? A 'cukup makan' one?
Teringat pesan Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Gawish, "As a medical student, to be a good Muslim, you must be a good doctor!" Nak cakap dan menulis mmg senang, siapa tak nak jadi doktor muslim yang cemerlang, tapi nak gerakkan jasad dan minda ke arah impian tu sememangnya sesuatu yang amat sukar. Orang cakap kalau nak berubah, kena buat anjakan paradigma, ni paradigma pun tak jumpa lagi, lagu mana nak anjak?
To my beloved ibu, I know you said it's okay when i told you about my result, but i know deep down, you and bapak definitely want me to improve, to achieve a better GPA and to become an excellent muslim doctor in the end. Please pray that I'll do better this year both as a medical student and as a muslim.
Ada orang pernah ingatkan aku, kunci kejayaan adalah hubungan dgn Allah, kalau baik hubungan kita dgn Allah, insyaAllah mudah untuk kita capai kejayaan, kalau hubungan denganNya pun macam sampah, macam mana nk harapkan kejayaan dariNya, kalau dapat pun, takut2 ianya adalah istidraj, lagi baik gagal dari dapat istidraj! Perlu banyakkan muhasabah nampaknya, perlu tingkatkan amal! Semoga diri ini mampu berubah ke arah yang lebih baik, moga2 termasuk dalam golongan yang soleh dan musleh.
Wallahu'alam wallahu musta'an.
p/s: GPA 3rd Year 08/09 (batch aku) yang aku upload through Megaupload mencatatkan 339 downloads, aku rasa jumlah 4th year sekarang tak sampai 200 pun, I wonder where did the rest come from? Ramai rupanya yang berminat dengan result batch aku ni, haha, lets become exemplary seniors to our juniors guys!
Oh, somewhat I'm feeling like writing down and share some quotes about women that i found recently tonight while listening to some Nickelback's songs.
I was accompanying some girls returning to their home (musyrif) with a taxi when i suddenly noted this quote, written on a sticker on a car in front of us. It said:
"Well behaved woman barely make history."
I know I heard some sarcastic or provocative statements from my group's beloved professor of surgery regarding women, but I usually just laugh about it, but this particular statement somewhat got me on my nerve. Finally, it made me came out with a conclusion:
"Whoever created this statement must be a retard! There are lots of great histories carved by great well behaved women, just name it! Asiah the wife of the Pharaoh, Khadijah and Aishah r.a. the wives of Prophet Muhammad s.a.w., Asma' bt. Abu Bakr r.a., Sumaiyah r.a. and many more. Oh, and of course my beloved Mom! She carved lots of great meaningful and memorable histories in my life."
Last but not least, I found another quote regarding women from some of my friends (both males and females) in Facebook, u may already know about it:
"Whatever u give a woman, she will make it greater. Give her sperm, she will give u a baby. Give her a house, she will give u a home. Give her groceries, she will give u a meal. Give her a smile n she will give u her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what she is given. So if u give her crap, be ready to receive a ton of shit!"
Hahaha, no comment on this one, just made me laugh!
In the end, both man and woman always need each other, that's how we are created by Allah S.W.T. Obviously, to fulfill this necessity, we must use the right channel and path, allowed by the religion and blessed by our Almighty Creator, Allah S.W.T. Are you in the right path?
Kalau dirujuk post sebelum ni, aku bercerita tentang betapa marahnya aku terhadap tindakan biadab tidak berperi-kemanusiaan kerajaan Mesir menghalang kemasukan konvoi Viva Palestina ke Gaza, dan sebentar tadi, seorang sahabat memberikan link video berikut, satu video yang menggambarkan keberanian seorang lelaki, bersyarah kepada polis2, anjing suruhan kerajaan Mesir yang menghalang perjalanan konvoi berkenaan.
Biarpun ramai ahli konvoi berkenaan telah dipukul dan ditangkap, namun beliau tetap berani berhadapan, melawan polis2 berkenaan secara terang-terangan, adakah di sana, di dalam lubuk hati kita, wujud keberanian seperti beliau? Mesej lelaki ini kepada polis2 berkenaan ringkas sahaja, tetapi maknanya amat mendalam dan menyentuh hati. Semoga Allah memberkati lelaki berkenaan atas keberaniaanya dan semoga Allah membalas tinkah laku durjana, pengkhianat2 ummah yang tidak peduli dgn kepentingan saudara-saudara kita di Palestin.
Semoga Allah S.W.T. menghadirkan keberanian seperti lelaki berkenaan di dalam jiwa-jiwa kita.
Aku tau, tajuk entry aku ni mmg kasar, paling kasar pernah aku tulis kot, tapi nak wat mcm mana, tu jer kot bahasa paling sopan leh aku guna. Nak ikut nafsu ammarah, maunya berjela aku mencarut.
Aku bengang, marah, dan kecewa dgn sikap kerajaan Mesir, kerajaan yang memerintah bumi anbiya' ni. Aku terkesima dgn kebodohan mereka yang tahap dewa, menghalang kemasukan konvoi Viva Palestina ke Gaza, yang membawa pelbagai bekalan bantuan kemanusiaan. Secara tidak langsung, mereka juga bersekongkol dengan Zionis Laknatullah dalam pengepungan Gaza.
Sampai bila nak ikut telunjuk dan jilat b**t*t si bangsat Zionis Israel? Sampai bila nak ketepikan hak-hak saudara2 di Palestin? Sampai bila nak pekakkan telinga pada bantahan dan rayuan orang ramai? Sampai bila nak jadi pengkhianat ummah?
Nanti, sampai hari kiamat, pandai2 la puak2 yang bertanggungjawab ni menjawab dgn Allah S.W.T. Dalam kubur nnt, pandai2 la jawab dgn malaikat.
Aku malas nak tulis panjang2, yang penting, kita selaku orang2 Islam yang mengaku sebagai saudara kepada penduduk2 Palestin, harus banyakkan doa, semoga Allah membantu mereka dan memudahkan kemasukan konvoi Viva Palestina. Always update yourself with the news regarding Palestine, at least, nnt kalau Allah tanya, anda tergolong dalam golongan yang peduli!
Always remember; "Tidak beriman seseorang di kalangan kamu, sehingga dia mengasihi untuk saudaranya, apa yang dikasihi untuk dirinya." (Hadith Sahih).
Anda rasa anda punya keimanan dalam jiwa anda? Buktikannya dengan usaha anda walaupun dengan hanya doa!
Yeah!!! Bahang pilihanraya PERUBATAN Cawangan Iskandariah telah mula terasa! Tiba-tiba aku dapat video ni yang direka cipta oleh kipas2 susah mati Dr. Rahim Suhaini, calon Pengerusi PCI sesi 2010/11. Mmg manifesto baek punya! Tamam jayyidan! ahh, xnak cakap banyak, enjoy the video entitled 'Jejak Pemimpin':
Kinda cool right? So, sekarang siapa nak buat video utk Din Kawen plak? Kalau dah ada, roger aku, aku nak post dlm blog, hehe.
Anyway, selamat tahun baru 2010 buat semua, semoga kita sama2 jadi hamba yang lebih bertaqwa dan pelajar yang lebih cemerlang berbanding tahun lepas.
p/s: Hadiah Tahun Baru dari etisalat dgn menggagalkan taktik sms 0.29 EGP ke Malaysia apabila membuang symbol '+' di hadapan sangat mengecewakan, sapa kasi kantoi??? Sungguh tidak patut, dah la aku kadang2 sms ibu bapak aku 2-3 page, isk3.
"Abdullah, ta'al wa ta'mal zai-hu." said the Prof. in my clinical round yesterday. She meant, "Abdullah, come here and do like him." Of course this is not the exact sentence she said, but more or less, that was it. It was a case of Ankylosing Spondylitis and i was the one who responsible to take the patient's history, and performed the clinical examination of his joints.
It maybe was just another clinical round like the other days, but there was something different, something that hit my mind during the class, and i feel like sharing it with everyone else. Before we go far, let me introduce the patient a little bit, he is Mr. Mamduh Abdul Hamid, 50. He was a nice man, he helped me through the history taking, explained his condition slowly and did not get bored out of repeating the same things to me since I'm not that good in arabic, especially when it comes to all the medical terms.
"enta 'arabi meiyah-meiyah." (ur arabic is 100%! = excellent), that's what he said, i think it's not even 50%, haha.
During the class, I was asked by the prof to become the model for normal person. I needed to do the same movements as the prof asked the patients to do, and she wanted me to do it in front of the whole class while performing the clinical examination on the patient in the same time (by observing his movements). Of course, it was kinda funny when a medical student need to act like a patient-model. Medical student cum model perhaps?
"It's like you're teaching the patient to dance, haha." that's what a friend of mine even said, hehe.
Ankylosing Spondylitis is a joint disease, it starts from the spine, and spread to the big joints like the shoulders, hip and neck, and that's what Mr. Mamduh is suffering from. His joints' movements were very limited and it seemed like whenever he moved any of his big joints, it was something very hard and painful to do.
There i was, standing next to him, doing all these movements freely, as a model of a normal person. Then, suddenly it strucked my mind, "It must be hard for him to see me doing all this movements freely and happily despite that we were doing all that for teaching purpose." Just imagine when you have a sprained ankle and cannot move your ankle freely, then you se your friend running here and there happily, you will feel down and disappointed.
What about Mr. Mamduh who cannot move his back, neck, shoulders and hip freely all the time with no hope of short and easy recovery? But there he was, smiling to us the medical students, willing to help the Professors to teach us about joints diseases and examinations so that one day, we would become good doctors, not brainless doctors. May Allah bless him always.
All the healthy joints that we have with us are definitely a great gift from Allah S.W.T. All the activities that we do everyday, walking, running, cooking, eating, praying, playing, even urinating and defecating, all of them were made easy by Allah through giving us these healthy joints.
Have we ever think about it? Have we ever feel really grateful with this great gift? Must we wait until we have a sprained ankle, a torn ligament, or a broken bone before we will feel grateful? But that's human's nature, always takes something for granted. Let us pray that we would never become such a shameful human because deep inside, we always know that all these things are from Him, and He have every rights to take them away from us, anytime He wants. A grateful person is someone who live his/her purpose of life; as a slave of Allah S.W.T.
Remember, every single joint in our body is a great gift from him, and in return, we should do everything that He told us to do, and leave everything that He prohibited from us. Also, live a healthy life so that we will always have healthy joints insyaAllah. And medical students specifically, lets do our best in our studies so that we will become good doctors, not brainless doctors. That's also a way of being grateful, and to help others appreciate their life and health more, to bring them closer to the Al-Khaliq, The Creator, Allah S.W.T.
Wallahu'alam.
p/s: Can't believe OSCE and Radiology exams are in less than a week! Woah!
"Zainal, tiket dah beli, malam ni kul 9 bertolak dari maw-af gadid." kata Jo berkumandang di corong SE G502 aku, ouh, akhirnya, sampai gak hajat nak berjalan-jalan dalam cuti raya haji ni. Maka ringkas cerita, aku, Jo, Awe dan Meor bertolak ke Sharm el-Sheikh malam tuh. Akibat keletihan bermain dgn lembu dan kambing di siang harinya, mlm tu 9 jam bas jalan aku tido x hengat, turun rest pun tidak, agak mantap di situ, haha.
Nak ringkas cerita lagi, simply said, Sharm el-Sheikh (SS) xder apa yg interesting bagi kami berempat. Cuma pergi tandas, mandi laut dan makan sahaja, serta main tembak2 DSLR, haha. Kami juga telah tersesat sampai ke Hadaba akibat cubaan main redah tanpa tunjuk arah mahupun map.
masing2 bingung memikirkan hala tuju pelancongan hari itu, haha
Lepas bosan melilau di Old Town dan Naama Bay, maka kami berseteju untuk terus lari dari SS dan terus ke Dahab. Perjalanan selama 2 jam dgn bas, sampai sana terus check in Hotel 7 Heaven hasil cadangan bernas Pokyan kpd Jo kalau x silap aku. Nice price, LE30/head/night. Bilik selesa, aircond siap, bathroom inside, xyah share dgn tourist laen. Saper nak pegi sana lps ni, aku recommend hotel ni.
Malamnya kami bersama2 mencari kedai seafood yang menarik, akhirnya decide utk makan kat restoran sebelah hotel sahaja, LE60/head, very nice meal set. Katanya dia kasi diskaun sbb kami org Islam, alhamdulillah. Oh, aku juga igt bila dgn lagak orang kaya aku tanya berapa harga lobster sekilo, maka brader restoran tu jawab, "dii, bismu estacoza, si'ru ghaali syuwaiya, bi tultu miyah bikilo." Terjemahan gaya bebas: "natang ni nama dia estacoza, mahai sket laa, LE300 ja sekilo." Lantas aku senyum dan ckp terima kasih sajalah, dalam hati jerit, "haram jadah mahal!" Dalam hati jer la, xleh cakap, x baek woo.
main course: mmg finger licking good!
Teh yg just nicely made, layan~
dessert yg mmg mencuci mulut~
Tak lupa juga, restoran tu mmg terletak betul2 tepi pantai, maka kami makan sambil melihat dan mendengar ombak menghempas pantai nan syahdu, masyuk~
The next day, we went snorkeling at a place known as Blue Hole. Memang terbaek! Pemandangan bawah air mmg sgt menakjubkan, sungguh hebat ciptaan Allah yang Maha Agung dan Maha Cantik. Nak letak gambar xder sbb Nikon D40 aku allergic dgn air, haha. Tapi simply said, pengalaman melihat batu karang yg pelbagai, ikan2 yang warna warni, tiram, landak laut dsb secara live mmg priceless.
Petangnya kami pergi main Quad Bike, juga pengalaman yang terbaek. Bagi yg tak tahu, Quad Bike ni sejenis motor lasak bertayar empat. Dari petang sampai malam, siangnya merentasi kawasan ala2 padang pasir dan canyon, serta malamnya merentasi tepian pantai di bawah cahaya bulan mengambang yg memang cantik.
Okeh, aku dh mula malas nak komen tiap gambar, biarlah anda yg mentafsir sendiri, woah!
Sambung citer, sebelah malamnya, selepas pulang dari main Quad-Bike, kami tido kejap utk prepare badan nak panjat Jabal Musa@ Mount Sinai which is about 2700+ meter dari aras laut. Perjalanan ke Jabal Musa dari Dahab lebih kurang 2 jam, mula panjat dalam pukul 2 pagi dan sampai ke puncak dalam pukul 4.30am. agak laju bukan? gara2 pakcik guide yang asyik nak cepat, nasib baik badan aku cukup fit, haha. Cuaca di sana sgt sejuk, alhamdulillah penebat haba naturalku agak tebal walaupun pakain mlm tu agak nipis, bajet power, haha.
Antara perkara2 yang plg memorable ialah aku telah berpeluang untuk melaungkan azan subuh di puncak Jabal Musa seterusnya mengimamkan solat subuh. Masa tu, memang terasa 'izzah (bangga) dgn Islam sebagai agama yang dianuti tatkala di kelilingi pelancong2 yg mmg majoritinya bukan Muslim. Selain itu, pemandangan sunrise dari puncak Jabal Musa mmg terbaek, x dapat nk describe dgn kata2, Maha Suci Allah yang menciptakan alam dan seluruh isinya! Sunrise cuma dlm seminit jer, walaupun mendaki selama 2.5 jam, menanti dlm kesejukan yg amat selama lebih kurang sejam, tetap amat berbaloi!!! Selain itu, kebetulan malam tu bulan mengambang, maka pendakian berpandukan cahaya bulan yg terang mmg sgt best! Langit pula kelihatan sgt senang serta penuh dengan bintang2, x tergambar keindahannya dgn kata2, sungguh hebat ciptaan Allah yang Maha Bijaksana dan Maha Berkuasa.
It was a very tiring yet wonderful experience! Again, i'm too lazy to put any description for the photos, well, a picture means a thousand words right?
Selepas tu, kami jenguk kejap St. Katherine Monastery kat kaki gunung, well nothing much to say about that old church. Lepas tu terus balik ke hotel di Dahab. Sampai hotel, semua terus tumbang keletihan. Petangnya sebelum balik, sempat beli t-shirt. Satu citer lawak, arab kedai tu cuba kelentong nk jual t-shirt sehelai LE100, sekali budak2 ni boleh bargain dalam bahasa arab daa, last2 dapat LE25 for each t-shirt, hehe, ntah2 boleh kurang lagi agaknya. Lupa, a funny thing about Dahab is, sana tiada teksi, public transport naik pick-up truck, duduk kat belakang, layan open air, haha, mmg menarik!
Akhirnya kami bertolak ke SS dari Dahab, kemudian amik bas ke Alex dari SS. Alhamdulillah, syukur yang amat kerana semua urusan berjalan lancar dan dipermudahkan oleh Allah S.W.T. Next target: Matruh + Siwa atau Hurgada.
p/s: Terima kasih banyak2 buat Johannas, Hafiz Syazwan dan Meor Solehuddin yang turut sama2 dalam trip ni dan menjayakannya. Terima kasih juga utk burung antu.
It's been a while since the last time I've updated my blog with a meaningful entry to share with others despite the theme of this blog, 'Sharing is Caring'. So now I'll share something simple with you guys, insyaAllah something meaningful, something to make we think. They say a picture mean a thousand words, so here you go!
I leave it to the readers to interpret the meaning behind this simple shot, it's up to you on what you can see and learn from this photo, even better if you can share it with the others in the Extra Sharing (comments) section at the end of this entry. I believe my friends who have started the clinical years and meet lots of patients everyday in the wards can understand better. If you need some hints, just click the photo and read the description, but i don't think you would need one.
I'll end this shot entry with this: 'And remember! Your Lord caused to be declared (publicly): "If ye are grateful, I will add more (favours) unto you; But if ye show ingratitude, truly My punishment is terrible indeed."' (Surah Ibraheem: 7)
Thank you for reading, may you have a blissful weekend.
p/s: Please pray for my success in my first clinical exam tomorrow, wishing all the best to all my Internal Medicine colleagues for tomorrow!
Wah, sudah lama blog ini tak dikemas kini. Maklumlah, kesibukan final exam sem 2 Tahun 3 telah membelenggu kehidupan aku sepanjang 2/3 Julai ini. Alhamdulillah, final exam dah selesai, takat tunggu result jer skrg ni, minta sahabat2 sama2 doakan moga-moga kami pelajar2 Univ. Alex lulus dgn cemerlang. Tambah2 bg 3rd year students mcm aku, thn ni adalah tahun Pre-Clinical yang terakhir, satu subjek pun xleh carry msuk Tahun 4, moga2 Allah mengurniakan kecemerlangan kepada kami semua, moga lulus dgn kaler terbang2.
Alahmdulillah, dgn rahmat dan kurnia Allah S.W.T., urusan Umrah aku dan beberapa member2 yg lain dah hampir selesai. Satu-satunya perkara yang terakhir yang tinggal ialah utk menunggu Ust. Najmuddin beli tiket flight kitorang. InsyaAllah, kalau tiada aral, bakau, mahupun balak yang melintang, kami akan terbang ke Jeddah pada 29/7/09. InsyaAllah kami akan stay di Madinah selama 8 hari diikuti dgn 14 hari di Makkah.
Tak dapat digambarkan betapa gembiranya hati ini bila diberi peluang untuk menunaikan Umrah. Pada masa yang sama, rasa takut dan gelisah juga melanda jiwa aku, rasa macam banyak sgt karat-karat jahiliah dalam jiwa ini. Rasa mcm diri ni tak layak nak jadi tetamu Allah di Tanah Haram. Ya Allah, kami memohon padamu, moga-moga Kau menerima kehadiran kami di Tanah Haram dgn limpah kurnia rahmat dan keberkatan. Jadikanlah kami hambamu yang beriman dan bertaqwa. Kekalkanlah kami atas jalanMu yang lurus.
Firman Allah S.W.T. di dalm Surah Al-Baqarah, ayat 196 yg bermaksud: "Dan sempurnakanlah ibadat Haji dan Umrah kerana Allah..." Alhamdulillah, dgn izinnya aku akan menunaikan salah satu daripada tuntutan Rukun Islam yg kelima. Ada yang tanya, knp x buat haji terus? Ermm, InsyaAllah, kalau ada rezki akan ditunaikan bersama isteri yang tercinta di masa akan datang. Sementara single ni, buat Umrah dulu. Lagipun musim haji nanti xder cuti pun.
InsyaAllah kalau ada rakan-rakan nak kirim apa2 doa yang khusus, boleh bagitau, aku cuba tlg takat yang mampu insyaAllah. Nak kirim barang pun boleh, tapi x berani jamin, takut2 barang yang aku beli pun dh belambak, hehe. Dan paling penting, aku mintak sahabat-sahabat sekalian doakan aku dan member2 lain yang sama2 akan ke Tanah Haram dimudahkan semua urusan dan diterima Ibadah Umrah kami.
Di kesempatan ini juga, saya ingin menyampaikan ucapan jutaan tahniah kepada rakan2 yang baru dan akan mendirikan rumah-tangga dalam summer ini, maaf yang mana kenduri yg aku tak dapat hadir, insyaAllah doa aku mengiringi korang, moga kekal bahagia dan peroleh anak2 yg soleh/ah. Juga buat yang baru mendapat cahaya mata, tahniah jugak, iAllah entry khas utk korang semua selepas pulang dari Umrah nnt, belated sikit, hehe.
Akhir kalam, takat ni dulu, saper2 nak kirim doa, boleh tinggalkan komen, pastikan aku tau korang saper, kalau xtau, x dapat nk tolong. InsyaAllah blog ni takkan di-update sampai la balik dr umrah nnt. Tapi kalau tetiba aku nak update sebelum bertolak nanti, nasib la. Dan buat-rakan-rakan yang akan pulang ke Malaysia, semoga selamat pergi dan balik, fi amanillah insyaAllah. Minta doakan semua urusan kami dipermudahkanNya, dan selamat pergi dan balik ke Tanah Suci Madinah dan Makkah.
This photo was taken on my way back to my house after shooting the flowers in the campus.
I spotted this guy, praying outside Mosque Ibrahim, then I realised that he got no legs.
One thing that I learned from him, he got no leg but still, he went to the mosque to perform his prayer, why should us, the muslims, who still have both of our leg feel lazy to go to the mosque??? Aren't we feel ashamed to this guy?
And another thing that i want to share with all of you my friends, whether you're a muslim or not, always appreciate and feel grateful for what you have because there are people who always wish to have what you have, but they can't.
Buat rakan-rakan ikhwah yang dikasihi, apa lagi yg harus kita tunggu? berapa lama lagi harus kita tangguhkan? Ayuh, tunjukkan rasa syukur kita dgn nikmat kaki yang Allah telah berikan dengan solat berjemaah di masjid. Kalau rasa berat, mulakan dgn 1-2 waktu sehari, contohnya Maghrib dan Isya' di masjid, perlahan2 tambah lagi. Terutamanya buat kawan2 yg di Mesir, Allah dah pun campakkan kita ke bumi yg banyak masjid, sgt rugilah diri kita andai malas utk solat berjemaah di masjid. Peringatan ini khususnya utk diri sendiri dan umumnya buat para pembaca. Buat yang akhawat, manfaatkan sebaiknya peluang utk berjamaah dgn housemate.
Akhir kalam, ayuh sama-sama2 tingkatkan amal dan iman, moga sama-sama jadi hamba yang bertaqwa. Buat warga medic Alex, all the best utk baki final exam yang tinggal! Syeddu hilkuu! Rabbuna yusahhil wa yunajjih iAllah.
Thank you for reading, have a nice day.
p/s: View the photo on large size here. For comments and faves on the photo, click the photo itself.
I'm not suppose to do this, my final exam is in 6 days! But still, i want to write, the irony is, my brain is clogged up with all this medical facts for the final exam, so i don't have much idea what to write! Hurm, lets see...
Alhamdulillah, syukur ke hadrat Ilahi atas keputusan midterm-I yang baek, moga2 leh cover midterm-II yg agak sengal.
I need to do reflections on myself, wasted too many times even in this study leave, semoga Allah membantu diri ini dan rakan2 seperjuangan dalam memanfaatkan 6 hari yang tinggal dgn sebaiknya and the days between all the papers.
Diri ini perlu muhasabah, terlalu banyak dosa dlm jiwa ini, mana mungkin aku berharap pada bantuanNya dalam exam yg mendatang sedangkan jiwa ini penuh dgn titik2 hitam, teringat pada status YM muaz dulu, "o Allah, please forgive me when i whine." Teringat juga pada hadith Nabi s.a.w. yg diulang-ulang setiap Jumaat di Gami' Ibrahim, "Setiap anak adam itu bersalah, dan sebaik-baik pesalah adalah yang bertaubat." Moga2 aku dan kamu yg membaca tergolong dlm golongan sebaik-baik pesalah ini dan semoga taubat kita diterimaNya.
Sebelum lupa, ucapan tahniah buat sahabat, akhi Zaizul atas akad nikahnya hari ini, semoga bahagia hingga ke akhir hayat, maaf x dapat hadir ke majlis akad nikahmu, iAllah di walimah nnt jika tiada balak melintang.
I need to slow down on everything for this one crucial month except study i guess, which need to be sped up to the limit, may even need to break the limit. Need to slow down on blogging. Need to slow down on facebook. Need to slow down on flickr. Need to slow down on animes, movies, series. Simply put, need to slow down on laptop and anything else that is unnecessary, haha!
I think i better end it here, need to get some breakfast and drown myself with all the medical textbooks. Buat yang tidak mengetahui, insyaAllah exam final sem aku 1-20/7/09. Jadi mohon jasa baik anda mendokan kejayaan aku dan sahabat2 seperjuangan dan semoga dipermudahkan semua urusan serta diperkuatkan ingatan. Especially for 3rd year students which wouldn't be allowed to carry any subject into the clinical years.
To all my fellow colleagues in Alexandria, semoga Allah mengurniakan kecemerlangan kepada kita semua serta memudahkan setiap urusan exam kali ini, mintak maaf kalau ada salah-silap. Lets strive for infinite excellence, do our best and never give up! "Allahummaj'alna minan-najihiin, wal-faiziin, wal-mutafawwiqiin, was-solihiin, wal-muttaqiin, wal-muhsiniin, wal-mujahidiina fii sabiilik, Allahumma najjihna fi kulli imtihaaninaa fid-dunya wal-akhirah, Rabbanaa, yassir wala tu'assir." ameen ya Rabb!
Aku akhiri entry ni dgn nasyid Air Mata Keinsafan by The Zikr, spend some times listening to it sambil hayati liriknya yg amat menyentuh. Lebih baik insaf skrg daripada insaf bila nyawa dah nk kna tarik, pintu taubat dan hidayah Allah S.W.T. sentiasa terbuka luas. Paling penting, jangan sama sekali menangguhkan taubatmu dan jgn sama sekali berputus asa dgn keampunanNya.
Air mata keinsafan Yang mengalir di malam sepi Inilah dia pelembut jiwa Bagi mendapat kasih Ilahi
Rintihan di pertiga malam Dari seorang hamba yang dhoif Kerna mengenang segala dosa Moga mendapat keampunan dari Ilahi
Setiap kekasih Allah Menempuhi jalan ini Untuk mereka memiliki kejayaan Ayuh bersama kita susuli Perjalanan kekasih Allah Agar kita tiada rugi Dalam meniti hidup ini
Deraian air mata ini Titisan yang paling berharga Buat menyimbah api neraka Moga selamat di titian Sirat Bahagia menuju syurga abadi
p/s: Aku tak sure sama ada blog ni akan di-update atau tidak sepanjang final exam ini, just wait and see.
Kena apa??? Korang tau ker aku kena apa yang satu demi satu tu? Haa, meh sini aku nak habaq mai kat hangpa semua, ni kisahnya:
Kena 1 Allah mengilhamkan pada aku utk menulis tentang kematian, supaya aku sendiri khasnya, dan umumnya kawan2 tersayang yang baca blog ni diperingatkan tentang kematian. Maka aku pun bertindak menulis entry yang bertajuk When I Write About Death!.
Kena 2 Aku dapat berita dari Ustaz2 kat Mandarah yang Ust. Wan Salimi, bekas ketua UMI dah meninggal dunia. Aku sempat kenal arwah masa aku 1st year dulu. Kebetulan pulak dia mentor SC Muaz, dia siap penah dtg wat sc kat rumah aku. Beliau meninggal sebab complication treatment for skull replacement.
Kena 3 Aku baca paper, 12 orang terkorban dalam serangan masa solat isya' kat masjid Narathiwat, Selatan Thai. Terus aku teringat lawatan sambil belajar SMAI yang aku ikut masa Form 2@3 (aku x igt) ke sana. Aku masih ingat layanan yang amat baik yang diterima drpd ustaz2 kat masjid dan sekolah pondok kat Pattani, Yala dan Narathiwat. Moga2 mereka mendapat syahid dan moga2 Allah mengazab pengganas2 celaka itu.
Kena 4 Aku dapat berita 5 org sahabat2 drpd Cairo U accident, 2 org cedera ringan, 2 org koma dan sorang meninggal dunia. Berita ni amat mengejutkan sbb diorang semua sebaya aku jer, x sangka Allah panggil Allahyarham Ammar dalam usia yang masih muda, moga beliau ditempatkan di kalangan orang2 yg soleh. Walaupun antara 5 orang tu aku cuma knal Saif jer (yang lain maybe kenal muka tapi xtau nama), tetapi aku tetap merasai pemergian arwah. Aku doakan2 kwn2 yg lain yg masih cedera dan traumatized cepat sembuh iAllah.
Kena 6 Aku baca news kat Yahoo, sekali aku terbaca yg WHO dh isytihar Swine Flu by H1N1 virus dah reached phase 6 which mean it is a true pandemic. Dah beratus org mati due to this pandemic, once upon a time ago, the same pandemic caused millions of death, semoga takkan berulang lagi. Aku berdoa moga2 aku, keluarga, rakan-rakan, dan seluruh umat Islam dilindungi dari wabak ni.
Ya...ni la yang aku kena, kena apa? Kena peringatan drpd Allah S.W.T. dan aku nak kongsi peringatan2 ni dengan korang. Sangat benarlah firmanNya dalam Surah Aali 'Imran, ayat 185, yang bermaksud:"Tiap-tiap yang bernyawa akan merasai mati, dan bahawasanya pada hari kiamat sahajalah akan disempurnakan balasan kamu. Ketika itu sesiapa yang dijauhkan dari neraka dan dimasukkan ke syurga maka sesungguhnya ia telah berjaya. Dan (ingatlah bahawa) kehidupan di dunia ini (meliputi segala kemewahannya dan pangkat kebesarannya) tidak lain hanyalah kesenangan bagi orang-orang yang terpedaya. "
Kita boleh mati dalam apa jua cara, di mana sahaja kita berada dan pada bila-bila masa sahaja. Moga-moga Allah menggolongkan kita di antara orang-orang yang mempunyai persediaan yang cukup sebelum menjadi mayat dan mati dalam Iman. Secara ringkasnya, moga kita semua tergolong dalam golongan yang mendapat 'husnul khatimah' dan dijauhkan sejauh-jauhnya daripada 'suu-ul khatimah' insyaAllah. Ameen Ya Rabb!
Ayuh sama-sama kita muhasabah diri kita and may Allah watch over all of us.
Malam Motivasi & Solat Hajat bersempena dengan peperiksaan akhir semester Julai ini.
Tarikh: 12 Jun 2009 (Jumaat mlm Sabtu)
Tempat: Asrama MARA Iskandariah
Masa: 8.00 mlm (Maghrib berjemaah di sana)
Anjuran Bersama: MARA-Mesir dan ISMA-Mesir
Jamuan ringan disediakan insyaAllah.
Marilah ramai2 kita menghadirkan diri ke majlis ini untuk sama-sama mendengar sedikit motivasi daripada penceramah jemputan dan sama-sama menunaikan solat hajat dan berdoa moga-moga Allah S.W.T. akan mempermudahkan dan mengurniakan kecemerlangan dalam peperiksaan akhir semester Julai ini insyaAllah.
Datang jangan tak datang!!! Sebarkan pada rakan-rakan yang lain!
Ok, this one gonna be a short entry. In case you haven't noticed, I just created my own Flickr account. You can see the thumbnails at the side bar of my blog. Feel free to visit it at http://www.flickr.com/photos/neo-rantissi/
Comments and critics are very much appreciated, especially from you guys who have started photography long before me. Just consider photography as my new hobby, ouh, and speaking of hobby, I miss those days during my MRSM life, archery, i really loved it and i still love it. I'm not sure how far I'll go in photography, pray that I'll continue to have the passion and the will to learn, and most importantly, the ability to manage my time more wisely insyaAllah.
May this hobby become a great part of my life as archery did insyaAllah.
Story 1 It happened when I was around standard 3 if i were not mistaken, or was it standard 2? I was waiting for my mom to withdraw her money from the ATM machine while waving to my dad and brothers in the car which was situated on the other side of the street. Suddenly I decided to go to the car without waiting for my mom. Impatiently, I did not look to the right and left and run towards the car merrily, when suddenly I heard a screeching sound, it was a car! Luckily the driver manage to brake just before hitting me. My hands was already on the bonnet. Quickly my mom apologise to the man and when i got into the car my father was very mad. I wonder what if Allah decided to take my life during that time, I'll go to heaven, but He knows best.
Story 2 Well this one is not really a single story, it happened for a few times I guess. Almost got hit while crossing the streets in Egypt. There was times when the 'tramco' were only few inches from me! Alhamdulillah, Allah protected me until today!Here in Egypt, I also has attended lots of Janazah Prayers, especially in Gami' Ibrahim in Azarita. For me, they are reminders from Allah, reminders about death!
Story 3 I was walking to cross the tram's railway and for an unknown reason, it was like there's nothing in my mind, I was feeling blur when suddenly I heard the sound of the tram's loud horn which woke me up, the driver was glaring at me with the 'Do you want to die???' face! I was a few steps away from the railway but i guess the driver saw me walking with no intention of stopping. Thanks to Allah again and to the driver who warn me!
Story 4 I was riding the motorcycle (which has been stolen, poor din) with Din to attend an oral exam when we suddenly fell down at a u-turn, luckily there was no car behind us. I wonder what would happen if there was a car right behind us, and the car hit us and the bike after we fell, this blog would never exist I guess and Din would never become the Chairman for PCI.
Story 5 This one is not about me, but it is about my friend who was hit by a bus while riding a motorcycle on North-South Highway in Gurun, Kedah. Don't worry though, he's still alive and kicking, alhamdulillah! I was the first person to be allowed to visit him in the High Dependency Ward after his family, his father told the nurse that i was his bro. I still remember how i rush to the hospital after receiving a call from my mom telling me that the hospital need a blood donor for him, i was driving my dad's Toyota Unser up to 140km/h, with the emergency light turned on, I even broke through some red traffic lights. I thought he needed a fresh blood transfusion, but when I arrived, the hospital actually need a blood donor to replace the blood in the blood bank, what a relief that I didn't hit anything while rushing to the hospital, Alhamdulillah. Now that friend of mine has recovered completely, FYI, he suffered from broken ribs, hip bone and femur, perforated lung, injured spleen, injured kidney and few stitches on his head, Alhamdulillah, Allah saved him from death.
Story 6 This is the last story, i hope you are not bored, it is about me receiving the news of other's death. The most painful one would be in Nov 2006 when i received the news that Allahyarhamah Mawaddah has passed away, she was my closest sister. Still remember how when my mom was not available or busy with my little brother, I would be the only one that she wanted to feed her medicines, and to accompany her when she wanted to sleep. May Allah let us meet again in His heaven insyaAllah. My deary Iffah Diyana now really reminds my family about her and all of us are really glad to have her, thank you Allah!
What actually I want to share? It's simple actually, we could never predict when we are going to die exactly. Even if you got a terminal stage cancer, still, the prognosis is not 100% accurate. Most people, when they think about death, they would think about how, when, and where. Example: "I hope I'll die while sleeping, on Friday, during Ramadhan, in Makkah." It's not wrong to think about all these, but more importantly, you must think how much have you PREPARE YOURSELF??? If you die now, where will you go? Heaven or Hell? Remember my friends, you might say that we're still young and we can perform Taubah when we're old, but what if you die tomorrow??? Death could come at any time, anywhere, and in any way that Allah wants. So we must always be prepared!
Thank you for your time, may Allah makes us among the people who prepare themselves well before the meeting with the Death Angel (Izrail).
