our t-shirt....

this is our t-shirt....our class monitor has gotten all 'semangated' and suggested for all of us to have our very own t-shirt, of coz for our batch only :)

so here goes....nothing fancy la...remember, its the SPIRIT that counts :))

this is the front view of the shirt....
cant help wondering if its inspired by the Majlis Sukan Sekolah Daerah (MSSD)

and thats my name...a bit weird la with the "DR." in front of it

and thats our motto in ACMS...so inspiring....
in other words, "indah khabar dari rupa.....campusnya.."

ANESTHESIOLOGY...

i must admit, of all the lecturers that came down to teach us, the department with the best lecturers so far is anesthesiology...they're so good that i actually have my ganong on my table over the weekend...hehe...thats quite an accomplishment for me :)

and we even took a class picture with Dr Hasanul Arifin....



recent update at 2.06pm:
fine, fine...since aniza pointed it out (sheesh woman!!) so the ganong is pretty much untouched on my right hand side but i, obviously am leaning towards my leftie for my lappie....happy?!?! think about it this way, i let the ganong get some fresh air...u know how stuffy it is in the locker?i kesian the book u see :(

WHATS THE FUSS??

as i was surfing, i came across this issue on 'Allah' exclusivity for muslims. maybe its pretty old to comment on this but i realise that this polemic has been going on for a very long time and it looks like its never ending.



the first time i saw the usage of 'Allah' in Christianity was when i was studying in Medan. well, it was pretty shocking at first but that only last for like....5 minutes??!! all because of the sudden realization in me, "we are all one arent we? or at least we once were..."



dont get me wrong ya? i am a muslim and i have great believe in Islam. not only because i was taught on the essentials of becoming a true muslim but i understand the need for it and the logical reasons behind it.



personally, i agree with Dan-yel about his understanding on the many, many religions in this world. metaphorically, its as if we are all heading to a big stadium only on different vehicles.



im not a very religious person myself but i think when we talk about the concept of 'Tuhan' or 'God' , for me who may not be very devoted to her religion but BELIEVES with all her heart that its true, I must be able to explain the basic concept of KETUHANAN.



i believe that there can only be ONE God in this entire universe. why u ask?



its simple...its like ruling a country. there can only be ONE government for every country and in every government, there can be only ONE ruler either a president or a prime minister. 2 person in the same position cannot rule together. we each have our own views and ideas as well as agendas. a ruler may have a cabinets to support his government and advisers to see him through but in the end all the decisions makings will fall unto his lap. its just the way it has to be...



same goes with Hinduism. in Hinduism they believe that there is only ONE God of a Supreme Being who possesses personality and worship Him or Her thus, as Vishnu, Brahma, Shiva or Shakti depending on the sect.


in the Holy Quran it was stated clearly,Surah Yunus, Ayat 19,

[10:19] "Mankind were but one community (i.e. on one religion - Islamic Monotheism), then they differed (later), and had not it been for a Word that went forth before from your Lord, it would have been settled between them regarding what they differed,"

if u study the history of Islam, Christian and Jew, u can see that all 3 religions come from the same root. we are all the ancestors of Abraham. in Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayat 87,

[01:87] "And indeed, We gave Musa (Moses) the Book and followed him up with a succession of Messengers. And We gave 'Iesa (Jesus), the son of Maryam (Mary), clear signs and supported him with Rah-ul-Qudus [Jibrael (Gabriel)]........."

what im trying to stress here is that, believe it or not, we are all praying to the same God and there is only ONE God and that is Allah. so, why the exclusivity?

being a muslim and a malay i understand where the paranoia comes from. yes, ive heard it all. we are afraid that it will be misleading so on and so forth...but at times i think this paranoia is clouding our judgements and by doing so, we have given the wrong impression to the non-muslims.

however, i would like differ on the perception that equates the name 'Allah' to a step towards idolatry. yes it is true that in Islam, we are against idolatry because we believe by creating an object as a symbol of God we tend to put it on the pedestal and this totally deviates from the nature of Allah. Allah adalah Maha Mengetahui dan Maha Mendengar. hence, there shouldn't be any object created to connect us to Allah.

the name Allah itself is not just a representation. its not just a terminology created by humans to represent The Almighty. i believe with all my heart that the name Allah comes from The Almighty Himself, not just an important terminology that comes from the human-created language of Arabic. the Holy Quran is one of the biggest miracle in the history of Islam and the biggest 'mukjizat' of Nabi Muhammad S.A.W and it comes from The Almighty Himself.

Surah Al-Imran, Ayat 164,

[03:164] "indeed Allah conferred a great favour on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger (Muhammad S.A.W) from among themselves, reciting unto them His versus (the Quran), and purifying them (from sins by their following him), and instructing them (in) the Book (the Quran) and Al-Hikmah [the wisdom and the Sunnah of the Prophet (i.e his legal ways, statements, acts of worship, etc)], while before that they had been in manifest error"

so the name Allah is not just adopted by Allah as a medium of communication between Him and His ummah through the Quran but it is a reference by The Almighty of Himself from His very own words. now, how can something that comes from God Himself can be referred to as a step towards idolatry?



i believe that we can make this country a better place if we put aside the paranoia and learn to give and take. i agree that this sense of 'ownership' of this being is leading us to nowhere. yes, we protect whats ours but at the same time we have to look at the pros and cons of every action that we take. if we dont take time to open our minds and look at things the way they do, then how can we expect them to understand us? think about it.....

r.i.d.i.c.u.l.o.u.s

Goof balls have some sort of a higher plane connection, u know like an internal understanding, “hey, im goofy!” “OMG! That’s so freaky coz u know what?? Im no goofier than u are!” “oh, that’s so cool! Lets stay together in the same house!”

if uve read my previous entry then I guess this is like an extension of more ludicrous acts of these ‘idiotic breeds’…

ID1 and ID2 stays in the same house along with this other woman, who has finally showed her idiotic side but since she didn’t pissed me off as the other 2 did, (oh btw, im not pissed with ID2 anymore but ID1 sure annoys me like hell!) I don’t think she deserves to stand along side her 2 housemates.

You see, in my college we go by the block system. Basically, we study from Monday to Thursday and on Friday we have exam. That’s my routine every week for the past 5 months. So, for u people who kept asking me why I didn’t study during weekends like I used to, its actually because I’ve been slaving my ass off from Monday to Friday so its only natural for me to take the weekend off to keep my sanity by doing something more… rejuvenating. Hehe…

Back on track, so u see…we only have 4 days to cover topics that are being taught for 6 months in medan so u can just imagine the loads we have to cover by Friday. Nak dijadikan cerita, last Monday was Wesak Day which means hol-li-day! So lecture for last week starts on Tuesday. According to the schedule, our exam was supposed to be on Saturday.

So, this woman wanted to go back for the weekend coz she has a wedding to attend. She told everybody (not me la…coz I didn’t go to the hospital) that she intends to suggest to the lecturer to have the exam on Friday. La la la la la….finally everyone agreed including the lecturer to have it on Friday evening. Then, on Thursday morning, she came to my house in kain batik and t-shirts apparently, (as I was sleeping) asked my housemates to sokong her coz now, she wants to have it on Friday morning! Coz her bus is leaving Butterworth at 11am! Erm…please bear in mind that we are not even half way through the whole syllabus before mid sem at the moment. Can u imagine the situation here? We have so much to cover, not including the lectures we are ‘going’ to have later that day and we are suppose to cover all that in less than 24hours???

Is she freaking insane?????

So finally in the class, the lecturer asked us when we want to have our exam. Since everyone was reluctant to raise their hands obviously to avoid conflicts, we finally resolved to voting. Bersusah-payah la semua manusia dalam kelas tu mengeluarkan kertas just to vote…and the result was 9 votes Friday morning, 20 votes Friday evening and some mangkuk who did undi rosak…

Then suddenly I heard sobbing from behind. At that moment, I was like “….oh dear, here we go….”

This woman, was sobbing and sniffling (in front of the lecturer!) saying how unfair everything was. I, on the other hand was congratulating myself for having the honor to sit right in front of her just to listen to her whinging about how betrayed she was, how her friends happened NOT to be her true friends ya da ya da ya da!

“aku kecewa!!”

“kawan-kawan aku tak sokong aku!!”

Eh, hello! Use ur brain la woman! If this involves life and death OR IF SHE IS THE ONE WHO IS GETTING MARRIED, then I don’t mind staying for extra class till 9pm and take my exam at 8am the following morning. The problem is, this woman wants to go back to be the ‘pengapit’ at her relative’s wedding. Why the hell do I want to sacrifice my paper for someone whos happily getting married while I end up ‘happily’ repeating my paper? To make it more absurd than it already has, apparently the wedding was on Saturday. So obviously she can just take the latter bus to KL then to Muar right? But she said no….u know why? Its because she wants to reach Muar early so she didn’t miss the chance to become ‘pengapit’ since she already has a tailor made baju for the wedding! so, I study macam nak mati in order for her to bergaya sakan tunjuk baju baru at a wedding?!?!?! How daft can this woman be?

The fact that she can ask all of this from us was like another conundrum altogether. Tak rasa malu ker sebab nak menyusahkan orang? Ah well, then again its not like she and her circle of friends are not known for that.

Personally, I have no patience for self-centered people. This is the problem when u keep pointing ur fingers to others. Someone told me, in a way she pity her. To me, I’d better save my pity for something or someone more deserving. Coz when I think about it again, I cant help but finding it pretty stupid that in a way its kind of amusing. Of coz this is not the last time its going to happen.

To quote Admiral Adama “….all this has happened and it will happen again…”

rise and shine!!

if theres something that ive learnt after using Digi GPRS for quite awhile is, never to ON ur browser if u dont have have sufficient credit. haih.....the hectic morning i had trying to reach the customer service and installing the browser all over again. thankfully the customer service were very much of help. otherwise i think id have to get up from my comfy bed (still wrapped in my blanket by the way...) to look for a Digi center on some mobile retailers near by. so yes, i love Digi and my motorola RZ V3i...hehe....