Journal ke TURKI - part one

Salam kepada semua. Dah lama saya tak menulis sesuatu kat blog ni. Hari ni tiba2 saje hati ini terase mendesak untuk menulis sesuatu. Kali ini,saya akan menceritakan sedikit sebanyak kisah pengembaraan kami ke bumi yang penuh sejarah,iaitu TURKI.

Pada tanggal 6hb January 2009,bertolak lah kami (haizi,hatim,redza,arman,azizi,syahir,isman dan saya) ke airport dublin.

Dengan sedikit kemalasan dan penat yang tak abis2 lagi lepas jalan2 ke manchester aritu,maka,naik lah kami pesawat airbus A319 milik syarikat AerLingus. Pejalanan ke london Gatwick airport tu hanya memakan masa beberapa minit sahaja. Tak sampai sejam pon. Kalo tido tu,xsempat kuar air liur basi la. Setibanya kami di sana dalam lebih kurang pukul 8pm ( kalo xsilap la), perut2 kami mula bergoncang disebabkan kelaparan. Berbekalkan sedikit makanan iaitu 2 buah cek in bag penuh ( sedikit sahaja ni relative to perut haizi =p ), kami mengisi perut yang kelaparan dengan roti,sardin,sweetcorn dan lain2 lagi.

makan roti and sardin sudeyh~

Malam tu, kami terpaksa bermalam di airport Gatwick disebabkan flight kami untuk ke Turki dijadualkan pada pukul 8 pagi. Kami berjaya menjumpai satu port baik punye untuk tido.(celah mane ntah tido). Dengan beralaskan sleeping bag yg dihampar umpama tikar,kami cuba untuk melelapkan mata. Tapi tetiba je halangan nk tido ni muncul . Sejuk la,tak selesa la,bising la. Rase bengang la gak kat sorang mamat sepanyol ke bangsa ape ntah,cakap kat phone kuat gile. Ntah mane mamat tu datang pon kurg tak tau. Sabo jela~ Pada awalnya,ingatkan kami je yang tido mrempat kat celah2 tu,rupanya2 ramai lg mat saleh2 yang datang n join tido skali kat tempat tu. Tak la rase jakun sangat..huhu

buku menjadi teman setia redza dan arman~

Keesokan paginya,7hb, kami menaiki pesawat EasyJet dari Gatwick ke Istanbul. Lama gak naik flight kali ni. 2 3 mimpi jgk la sempat pusing. Selepas hampir 4 jam,sampailah kami ke SABIHA GOKCEN airport. Lega rasenya dapat bergerak dengan bebas. Lenguh jgk dok merengkot dalam flight tu. Mau cramp kaki2 kami.

Setelah mengambil bag check in, kami mula lah untuk bertolak ke istanbul hostel,tempat yg bakal dihuni oleh kami selama 4 malam. Tapi masalah timbul tatkala kami blur2 macam mane nak ke hostel tu. Mengikut plan,sepatutnye pegi dengan menaikki bas. Tapi nak beli tiket bas tu plak tak tau macam mane. Kami cuba bertanya kepada orang2 disekeliling tapi disebabkan orang2 turki tak ramai yang pandai cakap english,usaha kami gagal. Dipendekkan cerita, smpai jgk la kami ke istanbul hostel dengan selamat (walaupon kene 'ketuk' 30 lira sorang). Alhamdulillah. :)

Setelah settle down sume, kami memulakan perjalanan kami dibumi yang asing ni untuk mengisi perut yang kelaparan. Menu pertama kami pada malam tu adalah satu set makanan turki. Namanya kurang dikenal pasti. Janji ada makanan. :D

talam yang saiznya tak sebesar yang digembar-gemburkan oleh tuan kedai~

Selepas mengisi perut,kami bergerak tanpa arah tuju. Memang tujuan pada malam itu adalah untuk bersantai2. Jalan punye jalan,sampai lah kami ke tepi pelabuhan dibandar istanbul tu.

kepah jalanan terbaik~

pemandangan malam di istanbul

dibawah cahaya lampu jalan~

8hb, setelah bersiap2,kami memulakan niat suci kami untuk meneroka sejarah turki. Destinasi pertama kami adalah haghia sophia,yang dahulunya adalah sebuah gereja tersohor. Selepas Constantinopel berjaya ditawan oleh Sultan Muhammad Al-Fateh,gereja itu telah ditukar kepada masjid dan terbinalah 4 buah menara di tepi bangunan ini. Disebabkan tempat ini yang pada asalnya adalah gereja,sejarah yang kami belajar dari pak cik guide pon adalah byk berkisar mengenai kristian. Click here for more info.

khusyuk mendengar penerangan~

haghia sophia a.k.a aya sophia


interior design


hasil tinggalan kristian yg di'unveiled' oleh attartuk

Setelah hampir 2 jam meneroka aya sophia, kami singgah sbentar di blue mosque (sultanahmet camii) yg terletak hanya bberapa minit dari aya sophia.,untuk menunaikan solat. Masjid yang mmpunyai 6 buah menara ini dibina oleh Sultan Ahmet untuk menandingi keunikan aya sophia. Sebab tu,lokasi masjid ini adalah betul2 bertentangan dengan aya sophia. For more info,click here.

blue mosque~

bersama imam blue mosque~

Selepas menunaikan solat,kami sempat bergambar dgn imam blue mosque. Sedap btol suara dia mengaji Al-Quran. Lunak merdu. Yang kelakarnya,kami terkebil2 apabila ditegur oleh imam dalam bhsa arab. Saya cuba la untuk menjawab sepatah dua soalan yg ditanya oleh imam. Malangnye, jwpan2 sy diiringi oleh gelak ketawa oleh imam. Klaka agaknya dengar orang yang jahil mcm saya ni berbahasa arab. Terpaksa jela mengaku diri ini mmg lemah berbahasa arab. Haishh.

Jalan2 cari makan sekali lagi bermula. Kali ini kami disajikan dengan satu lg makanan turki. Sekali lg sy lupa namanya.

makan jgn xmakan..

Perjalanan diteruskan ke kapalicarsi (closed bazar). Byk la jgk barang2 yang dijual kat sini. Paling tak tahan,ramai gile pak cik2 kedai yg tegur ktorang ngan bhsa melayu dgn pkataan seperti 'selamat datang','ape kabar' dan macam2 lagi. Kami kira,ini adalah taktik diorang untuk menarik pelanggan melayu. Mula2 layan la jgk, tapi lama2 buat dek je bile diorg tegur ( agak kejam sedikit). Di sini juga,kami berpeluang menunjukkan bakat2 tawar menawar dengan pak cik kedai dengan habis-habisan. Mane tak nye. Kalo tak bargain, mau bankrap dek harganye yg mahal superb.

bergambar bersama tuan kedai selepas penat mem'bargain'~

Kepenatan akibat mmbeli belah sudah mula terserlah di wajah stiap dari kami. Namun,perjalanan masih diteruskan ke 'new istanbul'. Baru kami tau,rupa2nya istanbul ni ada 2 parts which are old and new istanbul. Dua bandar ini dipisahkan oleh satu jmbatan yang merentasi selat Golden Horn.

bangunan yg moden dibandingkan dengan old istanbul

pemandangan malam di new istanbul

tugu ala2 tugu negara~

akhirnye sume da tak larat and mata pon da mengantuk,maka kami pon berangkat pulang ke hostel selepas menjamah sedikit makanan kat KFC (halal).

-to be continued-

Need New Ideas For This Blog

This blog is new and still in it's development stage.
So i'm hoping for some idea from anyone for this blog.
What are the thing that people want to read from this blog? ha3
Some ideas are:

• Food
• Journey
• History of places that we visit
• and?

need more idea to reconstruct this blog... hu3

emm... which one to choose?

Setiap hari kita berhadapan dengan "choices" mane untuk dipilih. Nak tak nak, pilihan tersebut perlu dibuat walaupun sukar untuk kita putuskan. Bercakap tentang "choices" ini mengingatkan kembali tentang satu sajak yg dipelajari ketika sekolah menengah dulu, "The Road Not Taken". Manusia tidak akan lari daripada membuat pilihan dalam hidupnya. Tak kira perkara kecil atau besar. So it ups to ourself to choose the right choices in our life.

Robert Frost (1874–1963). Mountain Interval. 1920.

Long time no see...

salam...
Dah agak lame tak menulis something kat blog rumahku ini. Cuti winter kali ini disambung dengan merantau ke bumi Istanbul, Turki. Konfem semua org tau Istanbul kat mane kan. Takpe, bg mereka yg tidak mengetahui, nanti ade sedikit sebanyak perkongsian pengalaman selama 9 hari di kota Istanbul itu. Insyallah kalu ada kesempatan.
Anyway, kelas dah pon start ari nie. Fuh, daripada introduction beberapa subjek utk sem ini dah boleh agak yang "sem 2" ini is going to very tough one. So, untuk sem baru ini kenelah tetapkan beberapa azam baru untuk perbaiki diri. Dont want to be left behind. Good Luck for everyone in UCD for this new sem. Moga2 sem ini lagi baik dari sem lepas. Insyallah.

CoMinG SoOn...

Something BIG is coming for perantau-perantau B28-1. Kalu anda ingin ketahui, nantikan tak lama lagi. Muahahaha......

Sightseeing in MANCHESTER

After PUISI, esoknya terus naik flight ke Manchester. jalan2 sambil shopping sempena Boxing Day.  Walaupun kepenatan selepas PUISI belum reda lagi, tapi semangat masih kuat untuk bergerak ke Manchester. Alhamdulillah selamat sampai sane pada 27.09.2006 dan selamat pulang ke Dublin balik pada 29.12.2008. Pg dengan beg kosong tapi blik dengan beg yg penuh. Paham2 jela.

menunggu time untuk berlepas(muka tak sabar)

nice view...

ramainya orang...

tak naik pon snowslide tu..(hanya untuk budak2 kecik je main)

Eye of Manchester

view of the city at night..

welcome to Old Trafford Stadium

tour inside Old Trafford Stadium

a visit to Museum of Manchester University 

Boleh tahan jgk la kepenatan selama 2 hari di Manchester. Duk berkejar nk beli barang murah sambil melawat tempat2 menarik di sini. Ape pon terima kasih banyak kat Rusydam dan rakan2 serumahnya yg kasi kami tumpang 2 hari satu malam disane. Rumah ini memang pitt stop untuk budak2 yg datang melawat Manchester sejak berakhirnya PMS(Perhimpunan Musim Sejuk). Manchester mmg best untuk dilawati kerana terdapat banyak giler kedai makanan halal disana. Dalam mase dua hari tu, sempat makan aiskrim di Moonlight, nasi plus separuh ayam di Jazeera, ayam goreng dengan rib kambing panggang di Krunchy and last ayam tekka di sebuah kedai kebab yg lupa namanya. ha3.

PUISI 2008 : The Fantastic Four

PUISI 2008 telah akhir. Waduh, agak kepenatan. Marathon ceramah dari dua orang ustaz jemputan. Dalam masa 5 hari, banyak perkara baru dipelajari. sedar tak sedar, baru tau yg banyak perkara yg kita buat dalam kehidupan seharian boleh mendapat balasan dosa.. hu3. Harap2 la dengan ape yg dipelajari dapat perbaiki hidup di masa hadapan. Insyallah.

a short distance walk everyday...

bersama dengan Ust Hj Zaharuddin Hj Abd Rahman

nakama

menghayati keindahan alam ciptaan Allah s.w.t.

our hostel

guided walk

sekilas pandang keindahan Killarney...

It is a FACT...Are you doctors, willing to face it???

Young docs walk a tightrope

After completing a gruelling course, young doctors have another challenge to face – a demanding two-year housemanship where they rely on lots of coffee, cope with very little sleep and put up with public chastisements.

SHE had always wanted to be a doctor but six months into her housemanship, she snapped and just couldn’t take the stress anymore.

*Kavitha found the workload and endless hours on call a real burden, sapping her energy and spirit. Today, says her concerned father *Gurdave, she is close to having a nervous breakdown and is seeing a psychiatrist for counselling.

“The work load was too heavy and the hours too long. When she was on call, she sometimes had to work for up to 36 hours straight. She wants to be transferred to another hospital but every hospital is just as bad.

“But I don’t want her to walk away from the profession. I have spent close to RM400,000 on her education. I don’t want anything back but just for her to get through this,” says Gurdave.

Unfortunately, housemanship is taking its toll on many young doctors like Kavitha. Statistically, she is one of at least five housemen a month who is found to be suffering from mental illness.

Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican revealed last week that many of the medical graduates are unable to cope with their housemanship.

“The mental cases range from psychotic to neurotic. Psychotic cases include delusions and hallucinations, and neurotic behaviour includes anxiety, fear and anger due to the competitive environment.’’

On-call system

The term houseman refers to an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience. In Malaysia, it is compulsory for doctors to undergo housemanship for two years after completing their medical degree. During housemanship, they are rotated among six departments – emergency department, medical, paediatric, general surgery, orthopaedic, and obstetrics and gynaecology – where they are attached to for four months each.

Over the years, those undergoing housemanship have been voicing their unhappiness but these complaints have generally fallen on deaf ears. The biggest grouse housemen have seems to be the on-call system, where they are sometimes subjected to work 36 hours at a stretch.

*Pedro, who is into his sixth month of housemanship, says he has on occasion worked 38 hours straight with only one hour rest in-between.

“In some hospitals, the patient load is non-stop as they have to accept referrals from other hospitals,” says Pedro, adding that this is more apparent at hospitals in Johor Baru and Klang which are the busiest in the country.

Housemen are provided facilities such as beds and they can sleep if they have no cases to attend to. However, this is rarely the case and the most sleep they get is about two to three hours. And that is only when the housemen take turns to sleep, says *Lalitha whose housemanship stint ended recently.

“We force ourselves to carry on. What keeps us going is coffee and tea. It is only after we are no longer on call that we can go back and crash until the next day,” she says. Depending on the department and the hospital they are serving in, housemen could be on-call for up to 15 days a month. Lalitha says that during her first posting, she would work from 6am to midnight every day.

“We go home, have a bath and sleep for five hours before the cycle is repeated. They are preparing us for the on-call,” she says.

Shortage of doctors

Dr Kuljit Singh, president of the Malaysian Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck Surgeons (MSO- HNS), believes that one factor that can cause high pressure for trainee doctors is the shortage of doctors at some hospitals.

“Some hospitals have a lower doctor to patient ratio, so the housemen, being the lowest category in the medical fraternity, have to take on a lot of the work and responsibility, especially the lousy tasks, in the name of training,” he says.

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (PPUKM) dean and director Prof Datuk Dr Lokman Saim agrees, saying that pressure from their heavy workload can push some doctors to the brink of breaking down.

“It is normal for a doctor to be on duty for more than 36 hours with on-call duties. In Europe, this has been recognised as a problem and they have passed a law to state that doctors cannot work more than 12 hours straight. Maybe we need laws like that if we want to improve our doctors’ welfare,” he opines.

Under the European Working Time Directive in 2004, junior doctors can work no more than 56 hours a week. They can work up to 13 hours a day but then have to have an 11-hour break.

Acknowledging that the number of doctors in Malaysia may still be too low for such a ruling, Dr Lokman nevertheless thinks it is a possible solution for the future.

Dr Lokman thinks that the problem of housemen suffering from mental problems can be prevented at the entry point of the profession.

“Currently, for public universities, students are selected by the Higher Education Ministry based on their exam results and co-curriculum activities. No interviews are conducted, so there is no way for the individual medical schools to assess their attitude and character. If we get the right candidates for the programme, we can be sure of the doctors we produce,” he argues.

However, he admits that it is not a foolproof method but he believes that it will help weed out the obviously unsuitable candidates.

“Many students are forced by their parents to take up medicine and these students end up very stressed because the course is difficult and they are not motivated. It will help us ascertain if a candidate has the right attitude and disposition to be a doctor,” he adds.

He highlights that a majority of students who fail and drop out of medicine are those who are forced by their parents into the field.

Bullying

But for those who successfully completed their degree, the challenge is dealing with the hospital environment.

They may have to contend with a handful of senior medical officers with the “Napoleon” complex who make the lives of the housemen difficult, says Dr Kuljit Singh who had served in government hospitals before branching out into private service.

“There is sometimes an element of bullying and high-handedness in the way some senior medical officers and consultants treat their junior house officers. They become Little Napoleons and are dictatorial. They say they went through the same regiment and that made them good doctors, so the newbies need to go through the same process,” says Dr Kuljit.

A senior doctor in the Johor Baru hospital, *Zul is also not happy with the treatment dished out to housemen.

“I have seen the degrading treatment given to medical officers, even after they have finished their housemanship,” he says. Zul himself was a houseman in the same hospital a few years ago and he says nothing has changed.

“If they talk about your work then it’s all right, but then they go into character assassination,” he says.

The housemen are usually screamed at by their specialists in the wards and in the clinics, he adds.

“The words used in front of patients are sometimes so degrading that in my opinion, it is these specialists who are the ones suffering from ‘mental woes’,” says Zul.

Those who fought back would be referred to the head of department who would either try to rectify the situation or extend the posting of the houseman, adds Zul.

A few of the housemen say there have been times when they were threatened with extensions in the department by medical officers.

Zul says that three of his friends quit the medical profession during their housemanship, with one of them ending up as a housewife.

“One of them would get anxiety attacks whenever she came to the ward. The thing is she was an excellent student,” says Zul.

*Maniam was barely a week into his housemanship when a specialist yelled at him in front of a patient.

“He asked me if I paid to pass my exams and also said I was the worst doctor he had ever come across. How can he say such a thing when I was there for only a week? They tend to look down on us as if we don’t know anything,” says Maniam.

However, Dr Kuljit, who taught at Universiti Malaya, shares that many students today are more pampered and have led a sheltered life, and thus cannot stand the pressure. Many come from a protected family environment, so when they are reprimanded, they get stressed and depressed. He believes that medical schools need to instil more soft skills, particularly interpersonal skills, in their students.

“We have many top scorers taking up medicine but many of them lack people skills. These students can manage with their studies but when they start working, they don’t know how to deal with their superiors, especially when they get scolded by them,” he says.

Pedro, on the other hand, does not have problems with any of the senior doctors he has to work with and says they are gems.

“I have no complaints because they teach us a lot. They offer us the opportunity to learn complicated procedures. They are willing to teach you even if there are possible complications. Even the specialists take time to teach you,” he adds.

President of the Malaysian Medical Association Datuk Khoo Kar Lin is unsure about the cause of mental problems faced by the doctors although he says the finding by the Health Ministry is a concern. He says a survey should be done on housemen to find out the causes.

“We have not received any complaints (about housemanship). I went through the system myself and from my impression it is not different from say 30 years ago. They are not being more overworked than yesterday,” says Khoo, adding that he enjoyed his housemanship.

“Every profession will have its challenges. We have to be cautious because people will always think that they are victimised and work longer hours compared to others,” adds Khoo.

President of the Malaysian Mental Health Association Datin Dr Ang Kim Teng says that housemanship could be a contributing factor to mental problems.

“It is not the job that causes it but the underlying susceptibility. Some people are more prone to this and the job stress could be a triggering factor. Factory workers, policemen and teachers can also face the same problem.

“It all depends on the individual’s ability to cope with stress. A lot of housemen go through their stints without any problems,” says Dr Ang.

Lalitha enjoyed her housemanship despite the many challenges in the different departments.

“We know this awaits us in the field. When I first started, I asked myself what I was doing here. The doctors pick on your mistakes and are not bothered if you have enough rest,” says Lalitha who got used to housemanship by her third posting.

She believes adaptation is the hardest and those who studied in foreign universities may have it tougher as they may not understand some of the terms used.

For *Tan, her social life took the backstage and she had to cut down on spending time with her family and friends.

“Those were the times when I thought of quitting but the feeling passed very quickly,” she says.

Tan didn’t really encounter any problems with the staff but has friends who have had books thrown at them and senior staff nurses giving them a hard time.

“At the end of the day, I am satisfied that I have somehow made a difference in a patient’s life. I don’t have any regrets getting into this line,” she says.

For Pedro, the only time he feels discouraged is when he has to get up at 5.30am for work.

“Once you get there it’s over in a snap,” he shares, adding that he feels really good when patients come out of life-threatening situations.

Pedro also says with all the running around they have to do, housemanship is the best weight loss programme.

“I can now fit into pants which I wore in Form Five!” he quips.

Prevention at entry

Dr Lokman Saim thinks that the problem can be prevented at the entry point of the profession, which is the medical course.

“Currently, for the public university, students are selected by the Higher Education Ministry based on their exam results and co-curriculum activities.

“No interviews are conducted, so there is no way for the individual medical schools to asses their attitude and character. If we get the right candidates for the programme, we can be sure of the doctors we produce,” Dr Lokman argues.

He admits that it is not a foolproof method but he believes that it will help.

“Many students are forced by their parents to take up medicine and these students end up very stressed because the course is difficult and they are not motivated. It will help us ascertain if a candidate has the right attitude and disposition to be a doctor,” he adds.

He highlights that the majority of students who fail and drop out of medicine are those who are forced by their parents into the field.

Iklan Syaitan

Salam, sory dah lame tak berposting nie. Baru settle 4 papers exam, ade lagi dua(esok and jumaat nie). Fuh, penat giler. Skrg boleh la bernafas sket, alhamdullillah. Sini ade beberapa iklan menarik. Same2 kita tgk dan ambik peringatan.

Iklan Syaitan 1 (Aurat)

Iklan Syaitan 2 (Bohong)

Iklan Syaitan 3 (Arak)

Iklan Syaitan 4 (Bangun Subuh)

Iklan Syaitan 5 (Jaga Pandangan)

Iklan Syaitan 6 (Syaitan & Api)

Iklan Syaitan 7 (Makanan Syaitan)

Iklan Syaitan 8 (Merokok)

Iklan Syaitan 9 (Hormati Ibu Bapa)

Iklan Syaitan 10 (Hidung Tinggi)

Exam Mode

Skrg dah masuk time exam. Lpas exam plak baru nk sambung posting kat blog ini.
Doakan kejayaan kami dalam final exam ini.