Trip to Penang

On the 12th August, went to Penang with 5 of my friends for the convocation of 3 DOTA seniors..=)





Took bus from kelantan at around 10 pm that night and reached Penang at around 6 am... wah, 8 hours ride..and very very cold ...(i forgot to bring sweater... nearly froze to death..=( cant sleep at all.. )



Reached Penang then got to wait for car rental... which will come at around 8 am ++.. so wait at bus station. We brushed our teeth and had our breakfast at the station. Half an hour later, 1 of my friend from Penang came and he brought us all in his Satria...wah 7 people in 1 car damn packed.. he brought us to a nearby food center and we ate again..



When back to station and got our car at around 9 am because the rental guy said that office just open. After we got the car, we went to find our accomodation. I already booked a hostel (HUTTON LODGE) which was situated near Komtar. So, we scout around that area and finally found the place. But we were too early, so got to wait until 11 am till 1 pm when the occupants left.



We decided to go to INFINITY (a cyber cafe near USM campus) to play games. Later in the afternoon, we will be fetching one of our graduated senior from the airport. After fetching him, we went for lunch and then to our hostel. That night, we went to the cyber cafe again to play games.



The next day, we went for seniors convocation and also to the CONVEX. Everything was same like last year. We waited for them to come out from the GRAND HALL, and passed them with presents. We bought each of them a Soft toy ( turtle, piggy, bear).



After convo, we went to Prangin Mall to 'lepak' and have our dinner. At night, we went to cyber cafe again to play games.



3rd day, we went to QUEENS BAY MALL, we went there to buy clothes and also to watch BATMAN... the movie was nice but it was quite long i think, because i actually slept-awake cycle during the final 30-40mins. Then we went Gurney for supper and then back to hostel to sleep.



4th day, nothing much happens because most of our seniors already going back. Just left us 5 person because we bought the bus ticket a bit late so there was not much buses left so we must stay longer...=( when to Gurney Plaza and watch MEET DAVE... not bad la the movie but my friend say that it was actually meant for children..=P ..this is because the jokes are only so-so and inside the cinema, there is a lot of FAMILIES and CHILDREN.



Last day, we went to eat DIMSUM and then to the bus station for our ride back to Kelantan at around 9am. Overall, the whole trip was enjoying, we had our fun with games and movies..so, now going back to Kelantan. In 2 days time, ill be having my 1st posting exam.. dunno what to expect. Havent study at all during the trip although i did bring some books..

Advice to all, if u going for a trip, dun bring ur books coz u wont be studying.

NICU (neonate intensive care unit)

Hmmm... anyone heard of NICU before...? it is a place where very very sick babies are put into after delivery or a few days after delivery. A terrifiying story happened when i was on call at NICU a few days back.


As usual, we need to on call in the wards 5 days/once so today it was me and my partner on call. I went to NICU as usual, and today my partner was not around, i followed the doctor for ward rounds and she asked me to palpate the anterior fontanelle of one baby and comment about it.. I was also told to check the pupils of this baby. So i followed her instruction and did what i was told. Then, i followed the doctor to other babies and so on until noon where i went back for lunch.



At night, we need to on call as well, so i went to NICU but this time my partner is around. So, me and my partner just looked around in the ward. Suddenly, the doctor working there told us that there is a case of Neonatal Jaundice needing Exchange transfusion (taking the baby's blood out and replacing it with another because of the high level of bilirubin in blood). So we helped the doctor to do the task and finished at around 2.30 am.. woo, what a day..went back played a match of DOTA and slept.



The next day, one of my friend on call text me in MSN and say that he was very boring in NICU. He said that all he do there was watching a dead baby and whole family crying. I was worried whether the baby undergoing exchange transfusion died? ...he told me that the baby that i palpated and looked into the pupils died instead. Oh is it my fault... i felt that it was probably my fault so i told him the story about yesterday's on call.. He said that the baby died of SEPSIS (due to systemic infection). It scared me even more, am i the one introducing the infection? he also told me that the doctor yesterday was looking for me and she seems angry.



So, my mind went troubled... can a simple palpation and pupil inspection cause this sepsis..? i felt some difficulties in doing the pupils inspection yesterday, so i feared that i might have pressed the eyelid to hard or so...i quickly consulted a lot and ALOT of people (colleague, friends, seniors,) and asked them about this situation. I was afraid of being kicked out or even sent to jail for accidental death...

A few days later, i got a class with the doctor for a Seminar... i went to class as usual feeling guilty for the incident. During the class, nothing unusual happened. The doctor didnt talk to me, so i was puzzled... I think im being played a fool...damn, my friend lied... actually the cause of death has nothing to do with me..just that, i was unlucky to be the last guy to touch the baby..=(..

Finally it has settled. Now i can go to Penang happily for convocation of my senior.

crying over "a spoilt" milk...

hello... gonna start it with something simple.. today, i went out for dinner as usual... i felt like i wanna drink milk today so i went to the 7-eleven store situated just outside my campus. I bought a packet of chocolate milk and went of to a stall a few a hundred metres away from my campus ( me and my friends usually eat outside for dinner)- my friend bought another brand of milk as well ... i opened the drink and took a sip.. hmmm, wow the chocolate taste was so thick.. but it felt like something is wrong with the milk..(a bit soury) ..maybe is my tastebud... then i asked my friend whether chocolate is always so thick and he told yeah...ohh, so i continue drinking the milk but i just couldnt lie to myself ( i really can feel that it is different).. i told him im going back to the 7-eleven to change, so i went back and ask the staff in charge telling that my milk had gone bad..

I took another bottle of milk (this time it is the same as my friend's) .. so i opened it and drank... hmmm, nicer.. but it still felt like something is wrong..(i tell myself, maybe because the milk is fresher) nevermind, i drank and walked to the stall where my friends are waiting. There, i asked one of my friend to taste the milk, and he just 'YUCK' away... then my other friends took turns to sniff whether anything is wrong with the milk... all of them 'YUCK'...zzz, i drank nearly half the bottle already...=P.. then, we try smelling my milk and another milk of my friend's. Oh no, it really is a huge different..(my tastebud is normal) should have trusted in them.

So, after finishing my dinner, i went back to 7-eleven in hope to get another change for the milk... luckily the person in charge is friendly... i decided to get a Snicker bar instead...not another spoilt milk... hopefully the snicker is not spoilt...=)

4th week...

woops...2 more weeks for end posting exam...just read around 300+ pages of the paediatric text book...got 200 pages to go...=(... nothing much this week..been to Thalassemia day care centre in my hospital...nowadays, thalassemia is a common health problem face by Malaysian. It occurs in around 1 in 20 if not mistaken.

Anyone knows about thalassemia? it has something to do with the abnormal protein formation in the Red Blood Cells (RBC)..it causes increase RBC destruction (more fragile) and in layman terms .. means more blood loss..that is why, thalassemia patient usually need regular blood transfusion. Thalassemia is a genetic inherited problem and not an infection problem. It can happen to any of our offspring so if you wanna get marry soon, check for any thalassemia in your gene...if both u and ur partner are carrier means there are chances that ur offspring might be a carrier as well or the affected ones...

This week got KL-Selangor gathering... went to a restaurant for dinner and some introduction for the juniors... this year, there are some pretty girls and some handsome boys... not a bad gathering...get to know juniors better since im already 4th year...can act abit bossy...=)

thats all for now...see if i got the photos from the gathering...=)