Name: Suhaib @ G.U.S @ BonZeR @ BOY @ Handsome (Really 1 of d staff there call me by that name)

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 4 (29/5/06 - 3/6/06)

           Sorry if i keep u all waiting…..im way behind schedule on my week 4 report. If i work 4 a newspaper or a magazine company my editor will surely SHOUT! at me….. arent in d mood 2 write (hehe writers also hv their ‘period’ time when ideas wont comes out) K enough of all this ‘merepek’.

            After a joyous weekend at PD, now its time to go back 2 work. This week i decided to focus on 1 section of d microbiology lab which is d safety cabinet section. So 4 d whole week i will be doing all d bacteria identification n bact culture. I think its better this way. Instead of switching work everyday between d safety cabinet section n d testkit section like we used 2 before. Because i tend 2 forget d things my supervisor taugh me if we keep switching our work everyday. Say what does my partner say about d new REVOLUTION : ‘x pelah tannya kak Y, kite ikut je’ (in a very BORING n LIFELESS tone….. do this girl hv any kind of emotions or feelings i wondered) Day 1 (mond) was a smooth sail cause d one 2 supervise me is abg Lan (d layback n d one who always covering 4 my ass if i done any mistake). When i work with him usually all i hv 2 do is finish what he had started (d bact identification n i only hv 2 proceed with d bact culture or other test kit which is required). But at d end of that day my left hand was aching….actually my whole body was in pain. Mayb d TUG OF WAR (tarik tali) i joined in on Sunday hv taken its toll (but it was worth it cause i showed my friends that a ‘one hander’ like me can still participate in a physical activities, although my team lost but it was a lot of FUN)   

         Day 2 on that day kak Y will b watching behind my back. She let me do all d bact identification 1st n she will inpect me later. N on that day i learned that it is not easy 2 identify a bact base only on its colony morfology (shape colour n texture). U may hv d theory knowledge but in REAL LIFE you need more then that. U need 2 have SKILLS…… skills??? (ko ingat nk masuk my Team k nak kena ade skills, u asked?) Yesss, we do need skill 2 determine if d numbers of bact grow on d agar plate is significant 2 cause diseases or not. D skill to identify if this bact is Pathogenic or just a Normal Flora (normal bact on our body that usually wont do us any harm) n so many other skills. N we ALL  d trainees r lacking of it…. cause u need 2 devoloped all this skills from experience. So i finally got d attention from kak Y that ive been craving 4 (NO! not that kind of attention…. its more of d intelectual type of attention. Aiyaa u all ni otak KUNING) how do i feel? A little stressed cause she can b pretty STRICT when traning an apprentice like me. But i prefer it 2 b that way cause im d hard headed type. If u dont push me i wont move n frankly, which type of teachers you still remembered untill this very day? D kind ones or d fierce n strict ones? (hehe im d later)

       Day 3 On this particular day, several of d lab staff was on leave (i guess cause of d long school holiday break) So instead of abg Lan, kak Y will b supervising me cause abg Lan will lend his hands 2 help at d biochemistry section. U know d saying that Practice Make Perfect? Hehe that day ill be doing just that cause kak Y insist me 2 redo a bact gram stain (colouring bact like we used 2 doi it in kindergarden har har har) cause d 1st stain: ’stain tebal sgt’, 2nd stain: ’stain lame sgt’ n d 3rd stain: ‘CANTIKKK’…..hehe im always like that, if i failed doing something ill do it untill im statisfied. This day also i wont b having my lunch on d usual time (1-2pm) cause i insisted 2 finish my work b4 having my break. Day 4 After doing it for a straight 4 days i think i got d hang of it. My bact culture now wasnt so messy like b4 n my gram stain also hv improved. Day 5 I was starting 2 built up my confident when….. my bact sensivity culture i done d day b4 ends up 2 b a mix culture (Arghhhh! i myself should know better that a sensivity test should b from 1 type of bact only) I hv dissapointed my supervisers n more important i hv dissapointed myself….. so i hv 2 repeat d test n that mean d patient hv 2 wait longer b4 d doctor can prescribed his/her antibiotics. Also that day i mess up by dropping a glass tube n it broke into pieces…..thank god abg Lan was d only eyewitness n he doesnt say a lot just: clean up d mess. Actually its not d 1st time i messed up 4 this week. Earlier on monday i dropped a part of a plastic shelf n some part of it crack, i hv appologised 2 its owner but i still felt guilty….. n my mind keep thinking that will i b in this sitituation if d accident never hv happened? I guess i never will know d answer but i hv 2 keep reminding myself 2 stay positive. Day 6 Hey! isnt this my day off n its d Sultan birthday. Why d hell im working on that day? Good question. Still remember last weekend i hv a 2 days off, actually my lab manager only granted me 1 day off n d other one i hv 2 ‘ganti’ on another day n i hv chosen this day. Never mind cause d Sultan birthday falls on our day off, we will get a free 1 day off d next day so i can hv my day off on that particular day. Not many of d staff work on Saturday so i brought along my mini compo so i cant listen 2 my kind of music instead of d jb fm i hv been hearing everyday since i started my practical training. Can ill do whatever i like that day….. No, cause kak Y hv appointed abg Shizal 2 ‘take care’ of me. Not many sample arrive so after our luch break we ended up chating with each other.

         Hmmm time fly so fast when ur busy with something, totaly d apposite feeling i hv a month ago (time felt like it crawling so slowly when u hv nothing 2 do at home) N now only 4 weeks of training left. Half part of my training now its over n how was my performance? I think 4 an O.K.U it was quite impressive but 4 a normal n healthy person : ‘biase je’. So imdeterment 2 improve myself cause i hv promised myself n who hv been reading my blog that i wont let my incapabilities 2 deter me from achieving my goal n that is beside d basic practical training i want 2 impress d people around me my family, lectures,supervisers, lab staffs, friends, d whole world n show 2 them that i can stand on my own 2 feet.