Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Surgery at Terendak


Assalamualaikum

For the second time, I am in Terendak again..but not for medical anymore.
Yesterday was my first  day here.. I just came all the way from Taiping to Cyberjaya and finally reached here by 1.30am..and malam tu jugak baru kalut nak buat TBL memandangkan I never have a look on my study during holiday..shame on me! My roomate wasn't came back yet on that night..so I was sleeping alone with light on (as usual)^^
---talking about balik..actually that was all out of my plan. Alhamdulillah, Allah gives me what I deserve.

First day..Tuesday 8/11/11..

We went to the hospital at 8..it was quite late for a medical student..but it couldn't be helped since we woke up late and need to iron dresses and tudung first. In the hospital, it is relieved that lecturer didn't came yet. We joined surgical out patient clinic in the morning. Then we waited for our lecturer to come since we had session with him. But suddenly, he couldn't came. It was frustrating for our first session here turned to be like that..and I was supposed to be one of the presenter yesterday.

Life goes on..so we went to operation theater in the afternoon, learning how to do scrubbing, gowning and gloving from staffnurses. Scrub was the most interesting part. We need to brush from nail to elbow for hundreds time!! Ouc..it almost hurt!.. Then, we went back and have meals together at kedai tomyam. At night, all girls gathered at my room and we had such a welcoming party..my roomate brought bake macaroni, and we finished them up plus ketupat, rendang and orange. No drink served. We had sweet time together chatting, laughing, and the last part was cleaning and washing. When everybody leaved my room, I started to feel sleepy. Not more than one hour of reading, I decided to light off and sleep.

Today..my alarm rang at 4 o'clock in the cold morning. I supposed to wake up and complete my presentation slide. I noticed a dark surrounding when I woke up. Blackout! So I thought back..how about my laptop battery ruined??so I can't finish my work in this dark. The whole block is blackout. Then I decided to sleep back for how long until I heard a very loud azan subuh. Still dark. I had my shower with coldddddd water in a dark bathroom!

Going to the hospital..slight earlier than yesterday. We had ward orientation by a 'not very welcoming' sister. It took just a few minutes only. And after that we had noting, just to wait for our lecturer to come (he said within 90 minutes). However, he just came after about 3 hours. The first session began with my friends' presentation. I was sooo sleepy but thank God he didn't really noticed it (btw, I don't know whether he noticed or not *-*). After the presentation end, he asked me questions about intestinal obstruction, hernias and all that. I was slightly shocked. My answers never seem to impress him. NEVER!! He asked why we look stunned every time he pointed out questions.  And as usual, I started to have 'stupid feeling' inside me.

Suddenly, he called for next presentation..and that was ours..both of us. We went downstairs for laptop and compiling. I met Dr Tajmul and Dr Rosman on the way down..but it was heartbroken because the most we could do was just greet them, as we needed to RUSH downstairs. I started to have palpitation and dyspnea..and of course adrenaline rush! I had to calm myself, recite few doa' before going inside. I lead the presentation and I was completely being grilled by him!!! He keep asking me this and that even before I started. He even said that I 'tak faham soalan'!. It’s good that I was able to make 'muka seposen' in front of him.

After that we had lunch and prayer break for 30 minutes. He wanted us to come back at 3..for what..we don't know..

At 3pm+, we met again and we had nothing other than motivational talk by him. Some of the stories are inspiring, but some are not especially when talk and act are not synchronize. The session ended at about 5pm..and we had ABC and keropok lekor Cik Nor before went back to our rooms. At 6pm+, 4 of us walked along seashore. We recite ma'thurat together at one big rock besides the sea with water splashed at us.

Laut bergelora dengan gulungan ombak
Angin kencang
Daun nyiur menari-nari
Air masin memercik ke daratan
Paras air menutupi pulau-pulau kecil
Yang kelihatan hanyalah batu- batu besar

-NuRFaLaH-