The end of 2nd operation

「お前が生まれた時　父さん母さんたちは
どんなによろこんだ事だろう
私たちだけを　頼りにしている
寝顔のいじらしさ」

息子 (Anak) - 杉田二郎


Diaries of IJN 2nd operation (3rd July 2010 ~ 8th July 2010)

The days of operation have passed. The only way get on with my studies is... to rest for a while after my 2nd operation. Nothing else, but to recover at home. I loved my 'stay' in IJN, but I have to go however... I'll miss you IJN! *sob* *sob*

Smiling is one of the virtues of life :)

Last Sunday (3rd July), I was admitted to the IJN ward. Long waited for the operation treatment to be held. After that, came the anasthetist, doctor and the surgeon to perform the operation. I felt a bit scared though, but it's not painful after all.

My mother... at hard times

After the operation, I was sent to the different ward. Thankfully this time, I was not admitted to the ICU. Thank God. Here goes the story after the operation. After the operation, I have to lie on the bed all day long, fed with hospital food and had me bandaged on the operated part. That Tuesday night, I couldn't sleep at all, kept on pressing the button of the 'painkiller' (actually it helps to reduce pain after the operation). Early in the morning, I can't sleep.. until around 6 a.m. Around that time, I slept well after the pain started to reduce. At that time, I felt much relieved. Thank God.

Thank God... I'm able to stand up!

I woke up again around noon, but I can't go to the toilet. Thankfully, I had had the catheter near my bladder for urination purpose. Until Thursday morning, I have to carry on with my x-ray on the ground floor of the IJN building. So I have to ambulate myself, carrying with me the catheter with the aid of the wheelchair in order to get there. (Sounds embarrasing, isn't it?) After the x-ray, the results came and my surgeon Mr. Ezani informed that my chest functions well.

In the IJN cafe

Back to my ward. While lying on the bed, I used this spirometer to exercise with my lung function. At that time, I could only reach 500 ml over my breathing exercise. Until Thursday midnight, I had my catheter removed. Lega hati, rather than having myself lying on the bed all the time. Around that time, I ambulated myself along, meeting the nurses outside, before getting myself to sleep.

An IJN ward 'shot' before being discharged from the ward

Until the morning, I was called to do some physiotherapy before getting discharged from IJN. In the end, I just get ready something to carry back to our home because I have to discharge that Thursday on 8th of July.

~ The end of the story ~


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Masa telah berlalu

Menghitung hari
Detik demi detik
Masa ku nanti apa kan ada
Jalan cerita kisah yang panjang
Menghitung hari...

Menghitung Hari - Kris Dayanti

Masa oh masa... Sekelip mata sudah 9 bulan telah berlalu. Dilantarkan ke hospital atas penyakit kanser yang tidak disangka telahpun dihadapi. Atas sebab ini, saya telah ditangguhkan bukan satu semester, tetapi dua semester berturut-turut, disebabkan masalah kanser ini. Sampai hari ini, saya sudah sihat wal-afiat atas izin Allah (InsyaAllah). Naik sem ini, saya akan mengulangi semester ketiga saya; walaupun saya belum habis 'khatam' semester ketiga. Belum habis belajar kursus-kursus semester ketiga lagi. Maka, atas kenyataan ini, saya mungkin tidak akan berada di sisi batch 2008/2012. Saya akan habis kursus ini dalam masa lebih kurang 3 tahun lagi, ataupun pada tahun 2013 kelak.




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Of lemon and lime

"I wonder how
I wonder why
Yesterday you told me 'bout the blue blue sky
And all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree..."

Lemon Tree - Fool's Garden

Well, I thought of sharing something interesting about the name foundation of lime. This was because I'm actually a citric lover! Do you, too? As most of you know that lime and lemon can be differentiated by its colour, isn't it? Lemon is yellow in colour and lime is green in colour.

Mmm... Nice sour lemon!

Okay, I'm sure you know the look of a lemon fruit, right? I'll share with you about the history of lime. I just read a book called Food & Cancer by Dr. Chris K. H Teo and Ch'ng Beng Im. I received this book from someone concerning about my terrible chest cancer in about last 9 months, I guess. So I read through it, and I was surprised that everything written in that book is rather 'boring', but this book 'cares' about me, very much. Did you know what? Everything written in that book was about food. Nothing else!

Suddenly, I read somewhere in that book, and read about limes. It says that limes are good for relieving arthritic pains, benefit the liver and are therapeutic for hot tempers and negative emotions, just like me. I always get angry when I have stress over family conflicts. Well, I guess this is my turn for me to eat lime fruit.

Lime.. Me likey!

However, I was quite surprised to see that the lime got its name by the nickname 'limey' (that sounds great, don't you think?). The surprising discovery of lime was that they used it on British sailors to have enough lime juice everyday in order to survive in ten days, sailing out at sea. That was about 19th century, I think. Before they set sail, the English ships were required to carry enough limes for each sailor to get ready to set sail. In this case, it was used by them as a remedy for scurvy, because of its Vitamin C, generally.

Orange. Yummy!

So, if someone don't really like citrus stuff, it's better to make up your mind that it can help you to obtain Vitamin C, or the chemical name ascorbic acid, or its molecular formula: C6H8O6. Did that helps you a little for your chemistry? Hope you really like chemistry because, I liked it too! Well, not only that vitamin C can help to prevent scurvy, and it is of cooling nature, according to that book, whether it is orange, lemon or lime. Well, that's my short description about lemon and lime. Hope you enjoy reading! :D

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The Nippon Trip

"Ue o muite arukou
Namida ga kobore nai youni
Omoidasu haru no hi
Hitoripocchi no yoru..."

上を向いて歩こう－坂本九　
[Ue o muite arukou - Sakamoto Kyuu]
(The original Japanese song of the modern "Sukiyaki" song)

Well, sorry for the late updates on my blog. Now, it's time for me to tell something happening in Japan. There were lots of things I saw in Japan recently. Maybe this is just the first time I've ever been in Japan. Actually, my purpose to go to Japan is to looking forward to their culture or well, maybe the modern Japanese culture! It was like a week tour (around 28th May until 3rd June of this year). We went there two weeks ago by Malaysian Airlines (MAS), with our tour group. These photos that I will show in this blog are just the highlights of Japan, although my eldest brother and I took plenty of photos of it. It was pretty fun, I tell you. A MUST GO destination!

A takoyaki man. Looks quite handsome, isn't he?

Who he might be? Well, I guess he's one of the students who were eager to open a small business, for this case, a 'mobile' takoyaki stand (well, it's just a van, I suppose!) The fact is, the Japanese teens did this just for a living. Hmm... His skills of making takoyaki is considered good, indeed, but the problem is, that man spoke to me in Japanese! Wow, thankfully I learned a little of survival Japanese. That gives a little of ease of communicating with Japanese people. Very glad. I did fail a little to communicate with him, when we just want to ask for six of those. Well, I replied, "三つ(mittsu)", that means "three" in Japanese. Then the man was puzzled, and replied to me something like, "六つ(muttsu)", for six, and I nodded. Hmm.. "Mittsu" and "Muttsu". Pretty close, isn't it? That was because he sold it by 6's, 9's and 15's. Luckily he understood me! Very glad! I didn't understand what he's trying to say after that, but I heard him uttered like "ハンサム(hansamu). "Handsome" I suppose. Simply replied to him, "そうですね。（Sou desu ne.)", meaning something like "Is that so?" Then, we went off after buying those takoyaki. That's a little story of a 'takoyaki man'. He's such a nice person, I think.

Mt. Fuji and I

The next one, Mt. Fuji came into view, at last! Thank God. Well, I guess 富士山(Fuji-san) is such a 'shy' mountain. At one day, we cannot see the mountain, but at the other day, it appeared! Well, it's such a hard one to get a view of this little Mt. Fuji there. By the way, we, in a tour group, also went to just the 5th station of the tall mountain Mt. Fuji (3,776 m). It was a cold place to be. Love the weather. If you decided to get there, I would advise you to bring your sweater along. Freezing cold! :D

The background of Todaiji Temple; beside me is my eldest brother, Aris

Ah-ha! Another tourist attraction, which is, 東大寺(toudaiji), Todaiji Temple, in Nara. It is said that it was built around 8th century (don't know which year is that either). In the temple, I've also just seen a 大仏(daibutsu), the large statue of Buddha. Pretty huge from a view. By the way, we two brothers went and buy various souvenirs to bring back, but the pricing of souvenirs are relatively high, in comparison with my country, Malaysia. A cute little souvenir can cost as expensive as ￥1,000. That's an ocarina, a type of musical instrument. (Wish I could play well with that instrument) Then, outside the temple, we saw lots of deers walking around, and bows at you (if they've had the chance to). Pretty fun!

Ocarina. Rumors heard that this is used to call the deers in the deer park of Nara.

Lastly, I have had a tour group photo in one of quite an authentic 旅館(ryokan), a Japanese inn. Wonderful, isn't it? I first thought that it is NOT a ryokan at all. Tatami mats arranged nicely, with 座布団(zabuton), Japanese seating cushions... placed nicely; but somehow, the toilet is too 'high-tech'. I was puzzled. However, I asked our tour leader, Patrick about it. He said that a place like that is already considered as ryokan if it is arranged such and such, just like the one in my group photo. Glad to be the one who came to a ryokan for the first time.

The Shuriken family. Nah, just kidding! This is our group photo. Miss you all :)

Okay, that's it for now about my trip to Japan. Overall was a great tour to be. Wish I could go to Japan once more, but not too soon. Maybe 2 years from now. Until next time, sayonara, Japan. Miss you a lot... but, I have to continue studying in Malaysia next month. Japan in my dreams!

One of the Japanese programmes shown in Japan. Weird, isn't it? Another possibility is that this program may be an educational programme. Anyway, I like the way it is like in Japan. Sugoi!

P/S: Well, if you ever wanted to travel to Japan, but without knowing anything in Japanese (language), you still can survive there in Japan. Even though you know a 'little' Japanese, don't be ashamed of. Most of them will teach you and correct you, no matter you uttered anything in a wrong manner, even the wrong words! How amazing the Japanese culture is. So, don't get embarrassed about it. For those who are learning Japanese （日本語）, Gambatte ne! Or you may chat with me in Japanese in my blog, if you want. :)


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日本の旅行

ああ、よかった！先週は日本は初めてなんです。疲れたけどたのしかったですよ。

この写真は東大寺です。大きいですね。実は、日本はいろいろなところを行った。それから写真をたくさん取りました。ええと．．．大丈夫です。あとで、私．．．日本をまた教えてね。それじゃ、またね。

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２年生の化学工学をはじめて

よかった！実は私が３学期をディレイする。からと言って私がとんだキャンサーだよ。昔では病院へ行った。なぜなら化学療法、治療を受けています。実も化学療法好きじゃないよ。

じゃあ、大丈夫よ。しかし、私は３学期をまたはじめるんだ。誰かマレーシアプトラ大学をはじめて、ようこそ～ね。それじゃ、がんばってください！　＝Ｄ

OK lah. Setakat ini sajalah karangan Bahasa Jepun (BJ) saya buat masa ini. Arigatou gozaimasu. :)

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Selamat Hari Guru

"Jika hari ini seorang Perdana Menteri berkuasa
Jika hari ini seorang Raja menaiki takhta
Jika hari ini seorang Presiden sebuah negara
Jika hari ini seorang ulama yang mulia
Jika hari ini seorang peguam menang bicara
Jika hari ini seorang penulis terkemuka
Jika hari ini siapa sahaja menjadi dewasa;
Sejarahnya dimulakan... oleh seorang guru biasa
Dengan lembut sabarnya mengajar tulis-baca..."

Petikan sajak Usman Awang


Kepada semua guru yang penat lelah mengajar kita semua, saya mahu ucapkan Selamat Hari Guru kepada semua guru, ustaz dan ustazah yang terlibat untuk mendidik, mengajar dan mengukuhkan disiplin kita. Tanpa guru, siapalah diri kita ini...

Selamat Hari Guru!!


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Lawak Hantaran

"Ujian hidup hendaklah sabar
Usahlah mencari rezeki yang halal
Dapat sedikit pun tidak mengapa
Diberi pahala berkatnya ada..."

Selamat Pengantin Baru - Rabbani

Dialog hantaran

EMAK KPD MINAH: Yerlah... anak saya blajar lulus universiti ... tak nak bilang baper... tapi biarlah patut-patut... Slalunya yang blajar tinggi dalam lingkungan 10 ribu... Tapi inilah satu-satunya anak pompuan saya... Harap-harap paham jer lah

EMAK KPD MAT: Saya paham maksud awak... tapi saya harap awak pun paham lah ye... Kalau terlampau tinggi harus ditangguhkan nanti... biarlah dicepatkan biarlah jauh dari maksiat

EMAK KPD MINAH: Kalau awak tak mampu, anak saya nie bukan tak laku... Ada banyak lagi yang tunggu... Dah lah harga rendah... Nak cepat pulak tuh... apa nanti orang cakap...

MAT: Yerlah makcik... Makcik nie jual anak ke kereta? Takde macam gini... SKARANG jugak saya DOWNPAYMENT 2 ribu... Saya bawak balik anak makcik... Malam nie saya TEST DRIVE DULU SMUA... Kalau dalam semua BAIK... Jangan cakap 10 ribu, 12 ribu pun, saya letak... Tapi kalau dah LEMAU, ENJIN PUN TAK BAGUS tuh, anak makcik dengan DEPOSIT-DEPOSIT sume... MAKCIK boleh simpan.


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Become greater humans...

Male or female?
Either one is the same.

Why this was so?
Because we are humans.
Neither we have our same characteristics nor colour,
but we have our own special abilities.

Why this was so?
This was because we were unique.
However, no one is perfect,
because for what we do,
whatever we did before,
we always made mistakes.

However, for every mistake we do,
we can always learn from it.
Because that is the way to become greater humans.

-mezzo(adnan)-


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Heaven - Where True Love Goes

Heaven - Where True Love Goes
by Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens)

The moment you walked inside my door
I knew that I need not look no more,
I've seen many other souls before - ah but,
Heaven must've programmed you

The moment you fell inside my dreams
I realized all I had not seen,
I've seen many other souls before - ah but,
Heaven must've programmed you.

Oh will you? Will you? Will you?
I go where True Love goes,
I go where True Love goes
I go where True Love goes,
I go where True Love goes

And if you walk along and if you lose your way,
Don't forget the one who gave you this today

Follow True Love, follow True Love,
Follow True Love, follow True Love

Oh will you? Will you? Will you?
I go where True Love goes,
I go where True Love goes
I go where True Love goes,
I go where True Love goes

And if a storm should come and if you face away,
That may be the chance for you to be safe
And if you make it through the trouble and the pain,
That may be the time for you to know His Name

The moment you walked inside my door
I knew that I need not look no more,
I've seen many other souls before - ah but,
Heaven must've programmed you

The moment you fell inside my dreams
I realized all I had not seen,
I've seen many other souls before - ah but,
Heaven must've programmed you.

The moment you said "I will"
I knew that this love was real,
And that my faith was seen - oh
Heaven must've programmed you

The moment I looked into your eyes
I knew that they told no lies,
There would be no good byes - Ah
'cause Heaven must've programmed you

I go where True Love goes,
I go where True Love goes
I go where True Love goes,
I go where True Love goes

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Kembara ke destinasi idaman

Dari sebelah kiri: Nanda, saudagar barang purba di Arab; Aish, pemakai sari yang jelita dan slim di India; Mujahid, ketua agama di China; Syam, balu permaisuri di Afrika dan Tachi, mantan samurai di Jepun

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シング ～ カーペンターズ

シング,　歌おう　声を合わせ
悲しいこと　忘れるため
シング,　歌おう　幸せが来るように
大きな声を出し　恥ずかしがらず
ジャスト　シング，　シング　ア　ソング

コーラス

ラ　ラ　ラ，　ラ　ラ　ラ，　ララ，　ラ　ラ
シング,　歌おう　声を合わせ
悲しいこと　忘れるため
シング,　歌おう　幸せが来るように
大きな声を出し　恥ずかしがらず
ジャスト　シング，　シング　ア　ソング

「ジャスト　シング，　シング　ア　ソング
ジャスト　シング，　シング　ア　ソング」

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Happy holidays, everyone!

I know, I believe that almost everyone here is having holidays, right? Convince me if I'm wrong. Haha. Hmm... Such a boring holiday huh? Well, why not we think about this in a bit. Time for us to imagine here. Did we actually know that the word 'holiday' consists of? Doesn't it consist of two combined words of 'holy' and 'day'? Then, if we are able to realize this, then we should also be able to distinguish those two words mentioned with the word 'holiday' itself.

So, would you think that I want to say that we should do someting holy? Well, I would say, definitely. Why? Because this is the time to show gratitude to God who has created the world, to bring remembrance to God. Not to say that we cannot enjoy the holidays just after crossing the mind over the word 'holy'. Still, we can enjoy where we can, but don't enjoy too much though, seriously. Frankly speaking, if we enjoy too much, we would get bored eventually right? So, my simple advice is, enjoy while offering prayers. That's why I wanted to bring this forward to the topic. Haha.

Since this is holiday, why not we just look back at the past? I would also need to remember this myself too. Look back at whatever sins we have commited, look back at anger, hatred, sadness etc. Sometimes we did not realize to do this. From there, we can actually bring those back to the current and take them as a positive thing to perform better in life. Just like some people quoted this, "Be positive in life." If we think it positively, maybe we could succeed in this world or otherwise. Together we can be better for a better tomorrow in this borrowed world, since we would die one day. We won't know. Only God knows.

Time for us to ponder. Whether we live in an easy-peasy life, a miserable life, we just have to face it whether we like it or not. Face it with a smile, since smiling is sadaqah (charity). If we smile to people who are in sorrow, maybe they will smile back at us one day when we face the life full of sorrow. Maybe you might have heard this long time ago that smiling is also infectious. Haha. I was about to laugh at this one, but actually, indeed, it turned out to be so true. So, smile! =)

Last thing to bear in mind, we just need to do good wherever we go. I think I won't be able to write that many words, but I think it's worth sharing, since sharing is caring. Haha. I think that's for today. So as I were saying, happy holidays, everyone!!

p/s: That picture doesn't have anything to do with this topic though. Just a decoration for the blog itself. Haha.

Wassalam.

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My exams have ended... What's up next?

Alhamdulillah... Finally it has ended after the onslaught of exams. And it's time for me to get some rest before my semester 3 starts. For that, we were given for about two months of break in between. Apa lagi? Sekarang ni saya nak pergi bersantai lah kut... Boleh bawa makan angin la, tolong parents, bawa kereta pergi explore sikit-sikit, macam-macam lagi boleh buat semata-mata untuk mengisi masa lapang.

Sebelum cuti ini, saya cuba sedaya upaya memohon untuk menjadi fasilitator di Kolej Matrikulasi Johor (KMJ). Semalam, saya telah dikirim surat mengenai perlantikan fasilitator di KMJ melalui emel. Tiba-tiba, apabila membacanya, saya mula merasa terkejut (ke ghairah..?) ada nama saya dalam senarai perlantikan fasilitator. Haha.

Walau bagaimanapun, terima kasih buat pihak yang berkenaan dalam melakukan pemilihan yang demikian. Kepada sahabat-sahabat, rakan, taulan, abang-abang, kakak-kakak yang terpilih untuk menjadi fasilitator KMJ 2009/2010, tahniah kepada yang terpilih. Sebelum itu, saya juga ingin menasihati diri saya sendiri dan kalian, selamat menjalankan khidmat fasilitator dengan tulus ikhlas. Tidak terlupa juga kepada saudara-saudari muslimin dan muslimat, berjihadlah ke jalan Allah sebagai khalifah di muka bumi untuk memimpin bakal adik-adik angkat untuk ke IPTA. Haha. :)

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