Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly.
One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Allah’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our lives. If Allah allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
We could never fly!
PADA SENJA
mengembara senda pada senja
rama bermain dalam cahaya
kusangka sempurna dalam segala
sayap kemerlap mengemas rupa
ditayang kembang kelopak terbuka.
Dirinjau sinau diliputi wangi
dijunjung tunjung tangkai gemelai
berkobar-debar berahi diri
digetar-gegar permai terberai.
Kutangkap rama berayun
kupetik bersama daun
kubawa kumuda warni
kurangkai di sisi hati...
Matahari menunjuk bentuk
aku lalu harilah suntuk
rama kencana tinggal tertunduk
puas belum cinta diteguk...
Dunia segara duka
tiada cinta selama muda
derita rama remaja
susah sepah tersia-sia
-Amir Hamzah-
penguasa alam tolonglah pegangi aku
biar ku tak jatuh pada sumur dosa
yang terkutuk dan menyesatkan cintaku
andaikan ku bisa lebih adil
pada cinta kau dan dia
aku bukan nabi yang bisa sempurna
ku tak luput dari dosa
biarlah ku hidup seperti ini
takdir cinta harus begini
ada kau dan dia bukan ku yang mau
oh Tuhan tuntunlah hatiku
penguasa alam tolonglah pegangi aku
biar ku tak jatuh pada sumur dosa
yang terkutuk dan menyesatkan cintaku
Allahumma laka shumtu wa bika amantu wa ‘alaa rizqika afthartu birahmatika ya arhamarrohimin
“Ya Allah bagi Engkau aku berpuasa dan dengan Engkau beriman aku dengan rezeki Engkau aku berbuka dengan rahmat Engkau wahai yang Maha Pengasih dan Penyayang”
* Lafaz niat dalam tulisan rumi selalunya tidak menepati bahasa arab.
I refer to the letter
I must say I do not entirely agree with Lin’s views. However, I do agree that the Ministry of Health (MOH) does not treat its doctors well in term of welfare.
Being a doctor is a noble profession. But ironically, after medical students become doctors, they complain of too much work, too little time for themselves, refuse postings to remote places, want bigger pay, bigger allowances and all sorts of things
Everything except wanting to see their patients more.
As doctors, our first priority is our patients whatever the working conditions. Being a HO is the first stage of a doctor’s practical training. In this respect, housemanship is the most important training process for the profession.
The MOH introduced the extra fourth and fifth postings because the one-year housemanship period was deemed inadequate. Previously, even if you had completed the basic postings of medical, surgical and obstetrics and gynecology (O&G), you would still lack of orthopaedic and pediatric experience.
All these postings are important as many doctors choose to become general practioners (GPs). Doctor need to undergo all these five essential postings for without them they would be inadequately trained.
The MOH seems to have learned from its mistakes over the years and that’s why these postings are compulsory for all doctors now.
Thus, it is not to be argued that a certain doctor should be treated as a HO, junior MO or MO after the first year of housemanship training. If you’re doing the fourth posting in pediatric and you are fresh, obviously, you will be treated as a HO until you are adequately trained.
Obviously, when the doctor is new, they will be treated as such and thus the need to start from the bottom and be upgraded through the posting accordingly. No one would allow them to carry out MO responsibilities if they haven’t acquired the skills needed.
It is amazing that many doctors complain of long hours and the need to work on weekends and so on. But the fact is, this is the nature of the job. This is where I feel that many medical students are not counseled well regarding a doctor’s life before they take up their course.
Many of them think that they can make big money as doctors (of course, if you ask them, they will deny this saying they just want to help people). But while they will complain of long hours on the job, they will have no qualms doing locum, even overnight as the money is good (up to RM720 a day).
I have seen doctors taking leave to do locum. I have seen doctors doing seven days locum continuously. So the root of the problem is not the long hours but the remuneration. The MOH does not pay us well at this moment but this should not be used as a reason to complain as we owe ourselves to our patients the moment we choose this profession.
But the MOH is not entirely without blame. HOs are paid RM25 per call which is for 16.5 hours for weekdays and 24 hours for weekends. This rate is worse than what Mcdonalds or KFC pays their worker.
The MOs and specialists are no better of for they are being paid RM75 or RM113 for similar time durations. The MOH never seems to appreciate its human capital assets especially experienced doctors or lecturers or professors in universities.
The ministry seems to be more interested in numbers and not quality. They have even required doctors to take the Peperiksaan Tahap Kecekapan (PTK) competency evaluation test for promotion. Apparently the MBBS and various stringent specialist qualifications are now deemed useless.
You may be the most experienced and dedicated doctor with great qualification and able to do the most advanced surgery but if you don't clear this ridiculous exam, you are considered incompetent and should not be promoted.
As for working conditions, I would say the situation is not going to improve significantly in the future. Each year we produce close to a thousand doctors through the public universities excluding those from private colleges and foreign universities.
The number is increasing each year and in the future, there will be a shortage of places to train them as HOs. This is already happening in many developed countries. There will come a time when the MOH will not really need to improve job conditions because there will be a glut of new doctors all wanting to do their housemanship. Market force comes into effect.
In conclusion, my opinion is that you need to have a certain degree of passion in this profession. Difficult working conditions are to expected but our patients’ welfare must be our top priority. We should still fight for our welfare and this can be done through the Malaysian Medical Association, the Malaysian Medical Council and other relevant bodies.
For the youngsters out there who want easy working conditions and good money, my advice to them is this - don't become doctors. A good doctor is one who has passion the job and that's why there are still many left in our public hospitals despite the poor terms offered by our MOH.
By: A poor Doctor
http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/34204"ALLAHU AKHBAR, ALLAHU AKHBAR! "
Azan maghrib berkumandang. Aku berhenti dari segala pekerjaan yang sedang aku lakukan. Terdetik sebentar di hati ini. Kenapalah dua, tiga hari ni asyik rasa tensen je. Tensen nak exam la, xpuas hati ngn org la..ada2 je yg mengganggu hatiku. Apalah yg xkena ni? Hati berkecamuk. Macam-macam benda berselirat dlm benak hati ini.
Pikiran aku terus berligat2 mencari punca segala permasalahan..Cuba mengurai segala kekusutan.
Akhirnya, aku sampai kepada satu kesimpulan yang meleraikan segala kesulitan dlm hati ni sejak dua, tiga hari lepas..
Sudah lama aku tidak bertanyakan soalan ini..
" IKHLASKAH AKU?"
Benar..Ikhlaskah aku? Ikhlaskah aku dalam melakukan segala-galanya?
Aku tertekan dengan prestasi akademik aku yang tak menentu.
Aku tertekan bila apa yang aku harapkan dari seseorang tidak kesampaian.
Aku benci bila madu yang kuberi, sepah yg kuterima.
Aku mengharap orang membalas segala kebaikan dengan kebaikan kembali.
Jika aku ikhlas dlm melakukan setiap sesuatu. Sudah pasti bukan balasan yang aku harapkan.
Aku tidak akan tertekan bila balasan yang aku terima tak setimpal yg aku harapkan.
Astaghfirullah.. Jauhnya aku dari sifat Ikhlas itu. Ikhlas itu memang antara diri dan Allah tetapi bila hati mula mengungkiti segala perbuatan baik yang pernah dibuat, jelas ikhlas tiada di dalam hati.
Allah berfirman:
Maksudnya: "Sesungguhnya Allah tidak melihat kepada rupa kamu, Dan harta kamu dan sesungguhnya Allah melihat kepada hati dan amal ibadah kamu." Dengan ini jelas Allah melihat hati manusia untuk menilai dan menentukan amal ibadat yang sebenarnya.
Sabda Rasulullah s.a.w.
Maksudnya: "Allah tidak menerima amalan melainkan amalan yang dikerjakan dengan tulus dan ikhlas baginya dan bertujuan mendapat keredaanNya"
Imam Ghazali ada berkata :
"Manusia semuanya mati kecuali yang masih hidup adalah orang yang berilmu tetapi umumnya orang yang berilmu itu sedang nyenyak tertidur kecuali yang jaga adalah orang yang berilmu dan beramal. Tetapi orang yang beramal itu pula sering tergoda atau terpedaya kecuali yang tidak terpedaya hanya orang yang ikhlas tetapi ingatlah bahawa ikhlas itu berada di dalam keadaan yang amat sulit ibarat telur di hujung tanduk"
Hadis Rasulullah s.a.w. yang diriwayatkan oleh Muslim dari Abi Hurairah bererti:
"Aku mendengar Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda bahawasanya manusia yang pertama dipanggil untuk diadili di hari kiamat ialah orang yang mati syahid. Dia datang kepada Allah TuhanNya sambil dia sendiri telah mengetahui nekmat apa yang akan diterimanya. Allah bertanya kepadanya apakah amal kamu? "Jawabnya aku berperang untukmu hingga aku mati syahid". Allah berkata kepadanya "engkau bohong, engkau berperang agar manusia mengatakan engkau seorang gagah, berani dan engkau sudah dikatakan begitu sebagaimana yang engkau kehendaki. Kemudian orang itu dihela masuk ke neraka.
Adapun yang menuntut ilmu dan telah mengajar pula serta menjadi pembaca Al-Quran, orang ini dibawa ke pengadilan Tuhan di hari kiamat sedang dia sendiri telah mengetahui nikmat yang akan diterimanya. Dihadapan Tuhan ditanya apa amalmu jawabnya "aku banyak membaca Al Quran" Berfirman Allah kepadanya engkau bohong! Engkau menuntut ilmu itu agar dikatakan orang engkau seorang yang alim, engkau membaca Al-Quran itu supaya dikatakan orang seorang Qari dan yang demikian itu telah engkau dikatakan orang kemudian orang itu pun dihela masuk ke dalam neraka.
Adapun seorang lelaki yang telah mendapat kelapangan rezeki sebahagian hartanya dibahagikan kepada orang lain kemudian orang itu pun dibawa menghadap Allah untuk dibicarakan dan dia sendiri telah mengetahui nikmat yang akan diterimanya. Di hadapan Allah dia ditanya apa kerjamu dia menjawab "aku telah membelanjakan hartaku kepada jalan yang engaku redai dan itu telah aku kerjakan kerana engkau". Allah telah berfirman kepadanya engkau berbohong engkau berbuat demikian itu adalah supaya dikatakan orang engkau seorang pemurah sedangkan yang demikian itu telah dikatakan orang kemudian orang itu pun dihela masuk ke dalam api neraka.
Aku bertanya lagi.. IKHLASKAH AKU?
Collard Greens - As members of the Brassica genus of foods, collards stand out as a nutritional superstar. It's the organosulfur compounds in collards that have been the main subject of phytonutrient research. Although there are over 100 different glucosinolates in plants, only 10-15 are present in collards and other Brassicas. Yet these 10-15 glucosinolates appear able to lessen the occurrence of a wide variety of cancers, including breast and ovarian cancers.
Exactly how collards' sulfur-containing phytonutrients prevent cancer is not yet fully understood, but several researchers point to the ability of the glucosinolates and cysteine sulfoxides to activate detoxifying enzymes in the liver that help neutralize potentially carcinogenic substances. For example, scientists have discovered that sulforaphane, a potent glucosinolate phytonutrient found in collards and other Brassica vegetables, boosts the body's detoxification enzymes, potentially by altering gene expression, thus helping to clear potentially carcinogenic substances more quickly.
After graduation, Albom promises to stay in touch with his professor and moves to New York City with the intention of pursuing a career as a professional musician. He spends several frustrating years working odd jobs and wondering what he is doing wrong. He loses touch with all of his college friends and with Schwartz. His musical dreams are dying a frustrating death, and he feels like a failure for the first time in his life.
Around that time, a favorite uncle passes away from cancer at the age of forty-four. This frightens Albom into action. He returns to school and earns graduate degrees in journalism and business administration from Columbia University in New York. Albom accepts a job as a sports writer and begins working long, grueling hours, determined not to end up at a corporate job he hates like his uncle did. He bounces around the country working for different newspapers and magazines before finally settling at The Detroit Free Press, where his career really begins to take off.
As Albom's career grows, so do his income and his material possessions. The more he gets, the more he wants and the harder he works. During this time, he also gets married. His wife wants to start a family, and he promises her "someday." One evening while flipping channels on the television, Albom catches the introduction to Nightline and hears the name Morrie Schwartz. His long-forgotten favorite professor is the subject of a Ted Koppel interview. Albom watches in shock as he learns Schwartz is dying of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.
Shortly after learning the diagnosis, Schwartz makes an important decision. He isn't going to hide behind his illness. He isn't going to be ashamed or afraid of dying. He's been a teacher all his life and decides he'll teach one final class, teaching his students how to die. That's where Schwartz's old student and friend Mitch Albom comes in. After seeing the Nightline interview, Albom visits Schwartz and makes another promise to keep in touch.
A few weeks later, Albom's newspaper goes on strike, and he is out of a job. Left with too much time on his hands and too many unsettling thoughts in his head, he returns to Massachusetts to see Schwartz. In fact, he returns to Massachusetts every Tuesday until the end of Schwartz's life.
After a couple of visits, Albom begins recording their talks, with Schwartz's permission and his encouragement. He wants to share this journey with the world and knows that Albom can help him reach beyond the walls to which his disease has confined him. For the next fourteen weeks, Schwartz and Albom discuss everything from regrets and death to money and marriage, from family to forgiveness. Their conversations and the insights they give into the way Schwartz has lived his life and accepts his death become the foundation around which Tuesdays with Morrie is written.
Okay... That's the main idea of that book.. Two of the quotes that catched my attentions were :
"Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them too even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."I feel like reading it over and over again..but pity me, i left it in Malaysia. Maybe if I have time and efforts(which is hard), I'll write the summary for each chapter, and the impacts the book has on me and it can be my "HOLIDAY PROJECT"...
As for now, i have to stop..
-WMastura WMusaludin-
Yang banyak pasti bukan satu,
Kerana yang satu tetap satu.
Apakah tiada satu bagi mereka?
Apabila yang empat merakus
Meragut khazanah yang satu.
Sepalit di hati yang memiliki satu,
Rona hitam menyebulungi merah,
Kagumi yang tak pasti
Moga saja yang merahkan terus merah,
Dan yang empat berhenti merakus,
Yang satu meredhai..
Garuda Wisnu Kencana, Bali, Indonesia
-21 Mac 2008-
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