Name: Suhaib @ G.U.S @ BonZeR @ BOY

Codename: 004
Mission: Industrial training for 8 weeks (Would U take an O.K.U as a trainee? Yeah I should have guessed d answer)

Place : Johore Specialist Hospital (d same place where I received my treatment after d accident)
1st in command: Prof Ismail
2nd in command: Puan Ruwaidah
Task: 1. Learn about theory n technical clinical microbiology
       2. Get used 2 a microbiologist line of duty
       3. Learn how a hospital lab work

       4. Show 2 d world that I can still lead a normal life
       5. Tackle 1 of d trainee nurses (OPTIONAL….muahahaha)

         

Week 1 (8/5/06 – 12/5/06)

          Day 1 start with waking up early: 6am….quite early if compared 2 my normal days n my head felt heavy, I cant sleep that nite cause of d anxiety. After finish packing, my dad sent me 2 JSH (although I can drive but my dad wasnt confidence that I can drive that far ~20km & heavy traffic). I arrive early, 7.55 to b exact n I hv 2 report in at 8.30. But I hv 2 wait longer then that cause d lab manager will only call me in when d other 2 lab trainee hv arrived. Ceh mayb they r not familiar with ths place like I do (been here since beginning of 2006) Finally at 9.30 they called me in n was introduced 2 d lab manager En adnan n d 2 other trainee…..also from UKM: Wanqing chin(biochemistry) n Syuhaida (microbiology! Why I haven’t seen her b4?) After d brief explanation on JSH n d lab we were introduced 2 d lab staff. Wanqinq start her training in d biochemistry department. While I n Syuhaida were left in d microbiology department n our SUPERVISOR is Pn Ruwaidah but they all call her Kak Y, there also another person working there : En Mazlan, Abg Lan 4 short. Another briefing ths time about d microbiology department by kak y. She also stressed on our mission here which is to learn n she make sure we do that, if not…..she may make us cry(hehe I would like 2 see that happen….even a severe bang on d steering wheel with my head haven’t made me shed a tear).

          So basically our job is when a sample(semua ade najis solid or liquid, urin, kahak, nanah….darah x yah cite le lg byk) arrive we hv 2 culture it and run medical test on it base on d doctor request to identify what kind of Imgp0965 microorganisms is causing d problem……Sound simple eh but to see significant microorganisms growth u hv 2 wait at least 24h, then there is d risk of getting infected with life threatening diseases such as AIDS, dengue fever n so on. And YES a patients life is in our hands…. oh I almost 4got, we r handling machine that cost from hundred thousand to millions of ringgit n small test kit ranging from hundred to thousand of ringgit….hihihi hope I wont destroy anything like I destroy my BaBy. 1pm-2pm lunch break then back 2 work until 5pm….this is a private company, so u work until u drop.

         On my second day of LI kak y let us get our hands dirty n play with d sample…..arghh my right hand wrist is stiff n my left hand is not flexible as myImgp0961  right hand so my 1st streaking since 8 months is not pretty (xpa pelan2, lame2 blh le I told myself). I also got the chance 2 use some test kit such as d dengue kit that only take 15minutes 2 see d result…..5pm BALIK TIME but its raining heavily, so d usual half an hour drive take 3 times longer. On my third day I went 2 see Dr Zul (my usual orthopedic doc) n usually I hv 2 wait at least 30 minutes 2 see him but thanks 2 kak y I only hv 2 wait for 15 minutes b4 being call into his office. Dr zul run a test on me n d result was I can only bend my hand from 45 to 70 degrees(DAMN! Normal people can bend from 0 – 135 degrees or more) I also got my medical report that i requested n it reconfirm im an O.K.U (HEY!!! no matter how me myself, u or anyone else in this world hate 2 accept it, it’s a FACT…..So please, when I refer myself as an O.K.U im not trying 2 get ur sympathy or making a big deal out of it. I just accepting that’s a REALITY). After that I went back 2 d lab but I just cant concentrate on my work…..my mind keep flying out of control thinking about my future (ARGHHH what d HELL am i doing? I cant waste my time like this….NOW im trying hard 2 patch back my life together. There is no time 2 worry 4 d future, just take thing as It comes along n ill SURVIVE)

          Day 4 it quite d same as d days b4……sample culture, sensivity test n all kind of other test. But on that day I managed to torn down d walls that been separating me from my colleague Wanqinq. Hey life is much happier when u hv people 2 talk to. So on our lunch break we got d chance 2 know each other n share our knowledge. Now only 1 is left…..SYUHAIDA. Even though we spent most our time together, our name sound d same at d beginning (SUhaib n SYUhaida) n I think we both cannot pronounce d letter R correctly but we only talk a word or two that’s all…..its not like I want 2 ‘ngorat’ or something like that, it just so damn BORING when u sit in that room n just mind ur own business when actually we hv so many things in common. Maybe its bcause she’s d shy n silent type n I d adventurous n talkative type (totally  apposite of each other….but according 2 nature: APPOSITE ATTRACT! hehehe). Day 5 is d most waited day by all d trainee cause we only work 4 half day n d next day is our holiday!(Ahhhh minus d fact we hv 2 work on Sunday but that’s ok less traffic on d road) But that day we get less attention from our supervisor cause she busy finishing her work b4 1230pm. We help her a little bit n when all is done we went back home 2 rest b4 start training again on Sunday.  

          After almost about 1 week training I felt quite happy n lucky even though very tired. Happy because I got d chance 2 learn things b4 this I only read about n most of all d opportunity 2 b independent again although not fully yet. Lucky bcause d staff there is very supportive especially my supervisor….but thinking of it she is more like our mentor, she gave explanation, demonstrate 2 us, we can hv discussion with her and ask 4 her help. Very tired bcause we work from 830-5 n only 1 hour of break plus d half an hour drive 2 work n in private companies u cannot ‘LEPAK2’ like in a government department. So that’s all 4 now n there is still 7 weeks of training and learning left so wish me luck.