Got new theme for this rubbish blog!

Ngenge.

1. Got new theme for this rubbish blog. Previous one was VERMILLION CHRISTMAS - with the orange header and the christmas tree. Now change to something more white.
2. My dear boss said this blog is too white and innocent - but my posts are sarcastic. That spells IRONY!!!
3. Got that new header up there - two BLEACH captains Hitsugaya Toushiro and Kuchiki Byakuya. They are metrosexuals, but look like gays. Ngengenge…
4. I’m toying with some widgets. Hopefully everything’s more organized and readers could access to many stuffs in or from my blog.

Whatever. Tell me what you think, ok?

Addendum: thanks to the boss, LEOKID for helping me out on this new stuffs in my blog. Leokid is a “senior” wordpress blogger. His writings have been published in many popular sites.

Obstetric Rotation

Obstetric is a serious business of making life, but sadly the higher ups here think a short rotation of obstetric is already enough to make our med students very competent in this area. Yep. Short. Very very short. And no intensive practices.

The practical curriculum says that med students here should observe at least 25 normal deliveries, but in reality my class just got to watch ONCE! ONCE - and that was in the previous semester, which was a very psycho delivery by the way! There will be none for this semester. Not even seeing a single patient. Med students in Malaysia - they CONDUCT delivery. Some say hundreds of deliveries, but that needs verification.

Why always wanna compare one? It’s good to compare - at least we know where we are as compared to other medical students.

I’m not complaining. I feel just fine because I’m not so much into obstetrics, especially with that monster teacher, looking tensed all the time nagging us dumb medical students. But, a rotation less than 2 weeks in one semester is somewhat very insulting, especially for those who really have fondness in this area. But hopefully everything’s compensated in the final year with OB rotation.

I read in some blogs that obstetricians in Malaysia are really complaining about the incompetence of graduates from Russia because they can’t even analyze partogram, calculate the EDD (Estimated Date of Delivery), simple history taking, recognizing risk factors or diagnose some important disorder such as hypertensive disorder in pregnancy and gestational diabetes.

The OB said why should I teach these good-for-nothings about the very basic of obstetrics when they could’ve learned these stuffs in med school? I don’t know how much of this is true, but somewhat I’ve got the hypothesis.

Man! How are we going to survive 4 months housemanship in OBGYN?!

With the spring and sports stuff coming up - I don’t think I will grow anymore fondness for Obstetric.

Power to the bloggers!

Keyboard is mightier than sword. Thus, Hishamuddin Hussein wielding his Keris in UMNO AGM 2005 only shows that he has a weaker and inferior weapon. Weaker than the bloggers.

I’m just stating the obvious here, nothing really new. Why do you think BN is denied 2/3 parliamentary seat in the latest general election (GE)? Do you think the lousy mainstream media made any difference? The 12^th Malaysian GE is highly influenced by Malaysian blogosphere. That explains why opposition won seats in KL-Selangor, and many capitals of the 14 states. BN only won seats in kampong where many people have no access to internet and blogs. Apparently the previous leadership underestimated the power of bloggers.

Malaysian mainstream media is very pathetic that information from political bloggers is deemed more reliable. These bloggers get millions of hits into their blogs!

Now they use taxpayers’ money to prosecute Malaysian No.1 controversial political blogger, Raja Petra Kamaruddin (RPK). What a shame. And some other Malaysian political bloggers have declared war to the government. It’s a good move. In a democratic country where people choose their leaders, leaders are the ones who should be afraid of people, not the other way round.

Why should these people want to prosecute bloggers? Why not start a blog of their own, stand up and explain for their own sake? Or are they too dumb to blog?

At this age, bloggers can become politicians and politicians can become bloggers.

The Rotten Teachers

Let me remind everyone that I respect teachers. I do. But some teachers don’t deserve respect, don’t you think?

After reading a blog about teachers in Malaysia, I feel like this noble profession has gone down the drain. Not that all teachers are bad. Most teachers are respectable and excellent in their jobs, but a few rotten apples make the teachers’ standards go down.

Some teachers went into the trouble of getting diploma of education to be fully eligible for teaching. For some other people, teaching is the last thing in their mind because they can’t find any other job in the market, thus they teach. The former is no better than the latter, and vice versa. The bad apples come from both groups.

I graduated high school few years ago. The memories are still fresh. I can tell you something about rotten teachers which I happen to know during high school. Some people say that high school is depressing they can’t wait to finish it and fit in somewhere they feel belonged. Some people say high school is the best thing in their life. People like me, I’m somewhere in between, experienced the sweet candy and bitter prom night dumpster baby…

People say “kerana guru anda berjaya dalam hidup” or “guru ibarat lilin yang membakar diri menerangai hidup orang lain“. But I say those are very lame phrases for some teachers to get free respect. They keep emphasizing on that, but they never actually deserve respect. Some teachers even asked the students to bring presents for Teacher’s Day. How embarrassing! I know one teacher; he criticized us students for getting him just a mug for Teacher’s Day, when kindergartens kid could give him something more. I guess respect is overrated.

There’s also an issue of cikgu cepat merajuk. I don’t deny this feeling for them, but professionally, should they be doing that in front of the kids/teenagers? When a teacher goes merajuk, the whole class should apologize to the teacher; otherwise he/she won’t be teaching the class anymore. To some extent, he or she boycotts the class. Fine! If the teacher doesn’t wish to teach the class, simply substitute with someone else. Who needs a childish and lousy teacher to deny the students the rights of education?

Some people say being a teacher is very hard. I agree. But then, some teachers always emphasize on that as if teaching is the most stressful work in the world that they could be doing something even better than teaching. I respect these kinds of teachers too - if they ever landed in a trash can. I have seen this kinda teacher as well. She had decades of teaching experience, became a tokoh guru on the basis of seniority (although I still think there are more dedicated young teachers deserving the title), but still she said such travesty. Why not retire and take up a job where she could do “something better than teaching”?

Then there’s also the issue of teachers felt threatened by the students till they beat up the students. My God! What has become of these teachers? If they beat the students to discipline them, that’s still acceptable (acceptable so far by the Malaysian culture). Even so, such physical punishment should be official and not endangering the life of students. But to punish the students just because some teachers feel their egoes threatened? I’ve seen these ugly teachers too. Give the teenagers a break, teachers! They are growing up and hormonal and rebellious in nature. Punish them accordingly to their mischief, not because one feels threatened by them.

Teachers are no saints. They don’t give “berkat” or anything as such. Some teachers have big mouths. Things like “You are rich kid. Your parents have BMW. Why is there a problem in contributing something?” If it was me, I’d better contribute some food to stray dogs than for such teachers.

That’s when the role of parents comes in. Parents are those who balance the autonomy of teachers in school. In one issue, some teachers in school give extra tuitions for the kids, at the same time earning extra $$$ and undoubtedly good for their career advancement. However some school force all the children to attend extra class and make it compulsory for parents to pay for it. How if the parents reject the extra tuitions proposed by the school? Some uncivilized teachers might punish YOUR CHILD for the reason that you won’t sent your child to his/her tuition classes. Please beware of such lowly teachers.

These teachers are pushing school pupils/students to the greatest limit to maintain their teachers’ profiles. The more A grades their students get, the better their teaching profile. Senang naik pangkat - they say. The exam-oriented system in Malaysia has already hung one pupil to death because she didn’t get 5As in UPSR… But sadly, some teachers still play this thing along. The supposedly fun and innocent years in school has turned the students into ugly robots who don’t know much about basic life skills.

Some of the rotten teachers above were my teachers too. If I were to see them again, they are not my teachers anymore, so no need to pay any respect. I am already an adult who can criticize every inch of their methods of teaching. I might already surpass their “superiority” and will be a real threat to their jobs if these rotten teachers continue on such lousy education. If I am a parent or someone from ministry of education, I will put them under tight scrutiny. You don’t want these teachers to teach your kids, don’t you?

But teachers please do not feel offended by this entry. If you’re a good educator to begin with, not just me, but everyone also pay respect to good teachers. This entry is especially focused on rotten teachers who taint the very noble profession. Most teachers have my respect, from the bottom of my heart, for their dedication in teaching, education and disciplining the students. In fact, my best moments in high school were shared with them - which I will cherish till the end.

• 1. Respect teachers accordingly.
• 2. Respect is overused and overrated.
• 3. Teachers should start respecting the students too. Without them, teachers got no job.

Malaysian healthcare - sicker than SiCKO?!

I read this article which tells something about Malaysian healthcare system being very deteriorated with the latest issue of pharmacists dispensing medicine instead of doctors in private settings. Here’s preview:

…the difference between a drug and a poison is the dose. A toxin used in the right amount for the right condition is an elixir. A medication used in the wrong dosage and for the wrong indication is lethal poison….

Then there’s also an article about Housemen being the backbone of Malaysian healthcare that if they ever go to strike, the whole system will collapse.

I’m not in any way promoting his blog, it’s just that there are few articles with very good read. Ngehh… I shouldn’t be doing this right now.

Spring is in the air

My Dermatology exam is in a couple of days. It’s my first exam in this semester when my peers from other groups have already finished three exams and they enjoy spring as it is. Damn you higher ups! It’s been a very good and long spring weekend, from Thursday till Sunday, but all I’ve gotta do is study for the damn exam. Damn you higher ups!

I had to borrow dermatology notes from a very diligent and highly-respected senior. It’s always been like that. If not senior’s, I had to borrow from my colleagues. I am not able to document lecture notes by myself. It’s entirely my fault, me is not going to blame anyone else. I have this mindset that if the lecturer can’t even speak proper English, then I could not trust him/her to give medical lectures (me also cannot giving lectures bcoz my English is always not the properly). My peers are very genius they can understand the lectures, me is a dumb medical student!

Plus, I really can’t stand the lectures here. They are very unorganized and unstructured and always not enough. The only structured and organized notes are written by fellow medical students here, thus the credits. Damn you higher ups!

Ngengenge now my week in review:

1. Nizhniy Games Spring Carnival was a success thanks to me first and organizers second! Ngenge kidding! But who could beat me - the big time spender - at the Spring Carnival? I bet no one! Whatever it is, Nizhnians totally did excellent jobs in making the carnavale a success. The food was exceptional despite the cold spring breeze. I was thinking of promoting some of the food in my blog, but since no one offered me discount, so…
2. Family Day organized by PPIM was a success too, a very nice annual activity. The recreational park with the magnificent “unpolluted” lake, majestic view on a very fine and warm spring day. With all the games and food and stuffs - they were all exceptional. But what wasn’t fine? It’s gotta be the “boss” (ngenge), and the fact I spent more than 6 hours for recreation instead of Dermatology.
3. Dermatology is the hardest subject in medicine. I could not understand a jack of what the teacher says! And I have the feeling the teacher is already fed up with me, so I won’t be so hopeful during exam ngenge.
4. Somewhere along the week in dermato class, there was a consultation with some kids with some fungal scalp problems. The kid is a genius she knew the name of medicine that us med students didn’t know (perhaps everybody else knows, me is dumb medical student). My point here is; the patients in Russia are very educated. They know what’s wrong with them and they know their meds very well. That kind of phenomenon is not usually seen in Malaysia. Patients are not well educated about disease and meds. To enhance patient’s compliance, patient education is very essential. When I was in ER waiting room in private hospital 2 years ago in my suspicion of appendicitis (clearly it wasn’t), the doc spoke very unclearly on what’s wrong with me and he prescribed some meds that I never need. So, patient education is very essential. As AMANI said in one of her entries; some pakciks in Malaysia simply said “Saya makan pil warna kuning ada tulis KK kat tengah!” Gaaa! Some meds are given out without names on them! Not good. Not good.

Evil!

I was writing out of a minor distress due to some short-sighted decision by a certain party. If you can’t take another toxic from me, kindly leave this blog.

Do you know why AJARAN SESAT is evil?

Because once you get in, you can’t get out.

Wait a minute…. Doesn’t that make Islam AJARAN SESAT as well? No..! Islam cordially welcomes you if you’re coming in, but if you’re going out, it’s your loss. Islam has no more business with you. For those who shouts the killing of apostates, they should think back about this. You really want to keep a malignant tumor inside?

But me here is not talking about Islam and apostates. I am talking about some people who really want people to stay loyal by them, when they already know those people want out. They still want to keep that malignant tumor. It doesn’t matter if such person is on individual level or government level.

How sad!

Addendum: It’s good now! Things are still in favor for me alhamdulillah.

Memakan sembelihan ahli kitab - bahagian 1

Please be informed the article below is very long and is not complete. There will be parts 2 and 3 upon request. The article is not mine.

Ahli Kitab adalah satu golongan umat yang berbeza dengan orang-orang yang beriman, iaitu orang Islam, sepertimana yang telah dibezakan oleh al-Qur’an dalam ayat berikut: Wahai orang-orang yang beriman, Jika kamu ta’at akan sesuatu puak dari orang-orang (Yahudi dan Nasrani) yang telah diberikan kitab itu nescaya mereka …… [Maksud surah Ali Imran 03 - 100].

 Ahli Kitab termasuk ke dalam golongan orang bukan Islam, iaitu orang-orang kafir tetapi mereka tidak termasuk ke dalam golongan orang musyrik. [surah al-Baiyinah 98 -02]. Ahli Kitab dari golongan Yahudi dan Nasrani sebenarnya adalah tergolong dalam kategori mereka sendiri, iaitu tidak beriman dan tidak pula musyrik.[surah al-Hajj 22 - 17].

 Walaubagaimanapun kedudukan istimewa kaum Ahli Kitab di sisi Islam hanyalah bagi urusan Duniawi dan tidak pula bagi urusan Ukhrawi.

Terdapat perbezaan pendapat di kalangan ahli-ahli fiqh samada kebolehan hukum-hukum tertentu yang khusus di dalam al-Qur’an itu, seperti halalnya sembelihan mereka dan halalnya pernikahan dengan wanita mereka, adakah ia ditujukan kepada seluruh kaum Ahli Kitab sepanjang zaman ataupun terhad kepada beberapa syarat. Perbezaan ini menyimpul kepada tiga ikatan pendapat iaitu:

1. Kebolehan hukum adalah mutlak bagi semua kaum Ahli Kitab, dahulu, sekarang atau yang akan datang, samada mereka berpegang kepada kitab asal mahupun kepada kitab yang telah diubah suai.
2. Kebolehan hukum hanya bagi kaum Ahli Kitab yang hidup di zaman Nabi sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam dan keturunan zuriat mereka sahaja. Pemeluk-pemeluk baru dari kalangan agama Yahudi dan Nasrani tidak termasuk dalam golongan ini.
3. Kebolehan hukum tidak lagi boleh diterima kerana kebanyakkan kaum Yahudi dan Nasrani masa kini tidak lagi memegang kepada kitab mereka yang asal melainkan ianya telah diubahsuai atau ditukar.

 Huraian Pendapat Pertama

 Dalam satu hadith yang lain Nabi sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam juga telah bersabda: Sesungguhnya Allah Ta’ala telah memfardhukan beberapa fardhu maka janganlah kamu mensia-siakannya. Dan Ia (Allah) telah enetapkan beberapa batas (had) maka janganlah kamu melampauinya. Dan Ia (Allah) telah mengharamkan segala sesuatu (yang perlu diharamkan) maka janganlah kamu mencerobohinya. Dan Ia (Allah) telah mendiamkan segala sesuatu sebagai Rahmat kepada kamu bukan kerana lupa - maka janganlah kamu cuba menyelidikinya.  [Maksud hadith dari Abi Tha'labah radiallahu-anhu, diriwayatkan oleh Imam ad-Daruquthni dan dinilai sebagai hadith hasan oleh Imam an-Nawawi dalam Syarh Matn Arba'in - no:31]

Rumusan yang dapat ditarik dari hujah-hujah yang dikemukakan oleh golongan pertama ini adalah - sembelihan kaum Ahli Kitab, iaitu kaum Yahudi dan Nasrani adalah halal bagi umat Islam tanpa apa-apa syarat atau had kerana Allah Subhanahu waTa’ala telah menurunkan hukum kebolehan ini tanpa meletakkan apa-apa syarat tambahan. Kebolehan ini juga berkuat-kuasa tidak kira samada kaum-kaum tersebut masih berpegang kepada ajaran kitab mereka yang asli ataupun yang telah diubahsuai.

Huraian Pendapat Kedua

Pendapat kedua menyatakan bahawa kebolehan memakan sembelihan kaum Ahli Kitab hanyalah terhad kepada orang-orang Yahudi dan Nasrani yang hidup di zaman Nabi sallallahu-alaihi- wasallam dan keturunan-keturunan mereka sahaja. Ini adalah kerana ayat yang menghalalkan sembelihan Ahli Kitab adalah ia dalam bentuk Kata yang telah berlalu atau Past tense menunjukkan bahawa ia ditujukan kepada umat Yahudi dan Nasrani yang hidup sebelum turunnya ayat tersebut dan bukan ditujukan kepada umat-umat yang akan datang. Oleh itu keberlakuan hukum ini tidak tertakluk kepada umat-umat Yahudi dan Nasrani yang baru memeluk agama itu dan ia juga tidak tertakluk kepada umat-umat Yahudi dan Nasrani yang tidak dapat dikesan nasab keturunan mereka sehingga ke zaman Nabi sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam.

Pendapat ini dianggap lemah kerana tafsiran yang sedemikian itu tidak pernah didengar dari Nabi sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam mahupun para sahabat radiallahu-anhum padahal merekalah orang yang paling mengenali al-Qur’an dan paling mengetahui tujuan ayat-ayatnya. Selain itu sememangnya diketahui bahawa kaum Yahudi dan Nasrani adalah dua kaum wujud sebelum wujudnya Islam dan mereka telah diturunkan kitab Taurat dan Injil sebelum turunnya kitab al-Qur’an. Justeru adalah memadai al-Qur’an mengalamatkan mereka dalam bentuk bahasa yang telah berlalu atau past tense.

 Huraian Pendapat Ketiga

 Pendapat Ketiga menyatakan bahawa hukum kebolehan memakan sembelihan kaum Ahli Kitab tidak lagi berhubung-laku di masa kini kerana kedua-dua kaum tersebut, Yahudi dan Nasrani telah banyak melakukan perubahan serta ubahsuai akan kitab mereka itu sehingga ianya tidak lagi tulen sepertimana yang wujud di zaman Nabi sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam. Selain itu sebahagian besar orang-orang Yahudi dan Nasrani juga kini telah tidak lagi mentaati ajaran kitab mereka samada yang tulen mahupun yang diubahsuai tetapi banyak pula mengikuti hukum-hukum baru yang direkacipta mereka selari dengan peredaran zaman. Dengan hujah-hujah di atas, golongan ini berpendapat bahawa sembelihan kaum Ahli Kitab tidak lagi halal bagi umat Islam masa kini dan bagi yang akan datang.

Ayat yang menghalalkan sembelihan kaum Ahli Kitab bagi umat Islam, iaitu dalam surah al-Maidah 05, ayat ke 5 adalah antara ayat yang terakhir diturunkan sebelum lengkapnya al-Qur’an ini dan sebelum wafatnya Nabi sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam. Ayat ini dijangkakan turun kira-kira 81 hari atau lebih sedikit sebelum wafatnya Nabi sallallahu-alaihi-wasallam dan ia adalah serangkap dengan ayat yang menerangkan tentang kesempurnaan Islam [surah al-Maidah 05 - 03]. Di samping itu surah al-Maidah adalah juga surah terakhir yang diturunkan antara kesemua 114 surah-surah yang terkandung di dalam al-Qur’an.

Hakikat turunnya ayat yang menghalalkan sembelihan Ahli Kitab sebagai salah satu dari ayat-ayat terakhir dalam al-Qur’anul Karim memberikan titik pengkajian yang amat besar lagi berat dalam analisa hukum berkaitan. Ini adalah kerana ayat ini turun setelah turunnya beberapa ayat-ayat yang sedia mengkhabarkan perbuatan kaum Ahli Kitab yang telah mengubah-suai, menukar serta mencampur-aduk ajaran agama mereka.

Apabila turunnya ayat menghalalkan sembelihan Ahli Kitab ini, al-Qur’an sejak awal telahpun mengkhabarkan perbuatan kaum Ahli Kitab tersebut yang mengubah-ubah ayat-ayat dalam kitab mereka. [surah al-Baqarah 02 - 75].

Apabila turunnya ayat menghalalkan sembelihan Ahli Kitab ini, al-Qur’an sejak awal telahpun mengkhabarkan perbuatan kaum Ahli Kitab tersebut yang mencampur-adukkan ajaran mereka serta menyembunyikan kebenaran ayat-ayat kitab mereka. [surah al-Baqarah 02 - 42]

Apabila turunnya ayat menghalalkan sembelihan Ahli Kitab ini, al-Qur’an sejak awal telahpun mengkhabarkan perbuatan kaum Ahli Kitab tersebut yang memilih-milih ajaran agama mereka,sebahagian diambil dan sebahagian ditinggalkan. [surah al-Baqarah 02 - 85]

Apabila turunnya ayat menghalalkan sembelihan Ahli Kitab ini, al-Qur’an sejak awal telahpun mengkhabarkan perbuatan kaum Ahli Kitab yang menjadikan Nabi Isa alaihi-sallam sebagai Tuhan mereka dan pendita-pendita sebagai yang berhak untuk menukar ajaran kitab mereka.  [surah at-Taubah 09 - 31]

Apabila turunnya ayat menghalalkan sembelihan Ahli Kitab ini, al-Qur’an sejak awal telahpun mengkhabarkan perbuatan kaum Ahli Kitab yang menjadikan Nabi Isa alaihi-sallam sebagai anak Allah.  [surah Yunus 10 - 68]

Apabila turunnya ayat menghalalkan sembelihan Ahli Kitab ini, al-Qur’an sejak awal telahpun mengkhabarkan perbuatan kaum Ahli Kitab yang mewujudkan konsep Tuhan Bertiga atau Trinity. [surah Ali Imran 03 - 65]

Himpunan keterangan-keterangan di atas tidak lain menunjukkan bahawa apabila hukum kebolehan memakan hasil sembelihan kaum Ahli Kitab diturunkan, al-Qur’an telahpun dari awal menerang akan perbuatan mereka, kaum Yahudi dan Nasrani itu yang menyeleweng dan menyimpang dari ajaran mereka yang asal. Malah lebih buruk lagi mereka sejak dari awal lagi telahpun melakukan tuduhan syirik yang amat besar terhadap Allah Subhanahu waTa’ala dengan menuduhNya mempunyai anak dan sebagainya. Tetapi perbuatan-perbuatan sebegini oleh kaum Ahli Kitab tersebut tidaklah menjadi penghalang bagi Allah Subhanahu waTa’ala untuk tetap menurunkan hukum menghalalkan sembelihan mereka kepada umat Islam seluruhnya.

Nah ! Jikalau sejak dari dini lagi al-Qur’an telah menghalalkan sembelihan Ahli Kitab untuk umat Islam seluruhnya sekalipun dalam suasana ketika itu kaum-kaum Ahli Kitab telahpun melakukan berbagai-bagai kesalahan, apakah pula bezanya dengan umat-umat Ahli Kitab masa kini ? Sudah tentu tidak ada bezanya. Mereka tetap juga sama sebagaimana generasi mereka yang lalu. Maka dengan itu juga tidak ada sebarang perbezaan bagi keberlakuan hukum-hukum al-Qur’an terhadap mereka, samada masa kini atau masa yang akan datang.

Justeru itu pendapat ketiga ini yang mengatakan bahawa keberlakuan hukum-hukum Islam terhadap kaum Ahli Kitab tidak lagi sah masa kini atas alasan mereka telahpun menyeleweng dari ajaran yang asal tidak dapat diterima. Pendapat ini tidak mempunyai alasan mahupun dalil sokongan yang kukuh melainkan ianya adalah satu sikap yang terlalu berhati-hati sehingga berlawanan pula dengan ketentuan ilmiah agama Islam ini.