Trip to Wien

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

Alhamdulillah. Setinggi kesyukuran dipanjatkan ke hadrat ilahi di atas kesempatan yang Allah swt berikan untuk ana mencoret sedikit cerita di dalam blog ini setelah sekian lama ditinggalkan ini. Sekadar ingin berkongsi rasa dan kisah menarik sepanjang perjalanan ke Viennna.

Sempena cuti easter baru-baru ini, ana bersama 4 orang sahabat telah pergi ke Vienna yang merupakan ibu negara Austria. Wien merupakan ejaan bagi Vienna dalam bahasa tempatan.  Bandar Vienna terletak hanya lebih kurang 3 jam daripada bandar Olomouc (lokasi pengajian ana).  Kami tidur di Vienna semalaman dan pulang pada keesokan harinya.

Perjalanan

Kami menaiki bas Student Agency yang bertolak daripada Brno. Kos perjalanan adalah sangat berpatutan iaitu hanya 323 kc untuk pergi dan balik.   Sementara itu, tiket daripada Olomouc ke Brno juga agak murah iaitu kira-kira 90 kc.  (1eur = 24kc)

Kami selamat tiba pada petang 7 April di Lassallestr./Praterstrn, Wien. Alhamdulillah. Bermulalah perjalanan kami di bumi Vienna. Kami memulakan perjalanan dengan mencari kawasan hostel yang telah kami tempah secara online. Bagi yang berminat untuk bercuti di Vienna dan inginkan sebuah tempat penginapan yang ekonomi tetapi selesa, ana nak cadangkan Hostel Rhuthensteiner.

Sewa untuk hostel ini agak murah jika dibandingkan dengan tempat-tempat penginapan yang lain memandangkan kos hidup di Vienna yang agak tinggi.  Jika datang secara berkumpulan, boleh la duduk dalam satu bilik. Shower dan restroom terletak di luar bilik dan perlu dikongsi bersama penghuni-penghuni lain di dalam hostel tersebut. Free wifi juga tersedia.

Malam yang sejuk

Pada malam itu, setelah selesai solat jamak Maghrib dan Isyak, kami memulakan pengembaraan di waktu malam. Atas kelemahan kami, malam tu baru kami mencari-cari tempat menarik yang boleh dilawati. Jikalau ada notebook kecil, boleh la bawak pergi travel sekali. Sangat berguna untuk seacrh apa-apa yang patut.

Suhu pada malam itu agak sejuk sungguhpun musim bunga sudah lama menjengah. Butir-butir salji kelihatan turun dari langit menghiasi kedinginan malam. Subhanallah, atas kuasa Allah. Dapat juga merasai salji di bumi Vienna ini.

Kebanyakan kedai telah tutup pada waktu malam. Jadi kami hanya berjalan-jalan di luar sambil menghirup udara malam. Tidak tahan dengan keesjukan yang melanda, masing-masing tidak sabar untuk kembali ke bilik. Sebelum jam 12 tengah malam, masing-masing sudah lena dibuai mimpi.

Keesokan harinya, kami sama-sama solat subuh berjemaah dan baca ma'thurat bersama. Hari ini merupakan hari terakhir kami berada di Vienna sebelum menaiki bas pada jam 5.40 petang. Masa yang ada kami gunakan sebaiknya.

Pada jam 9 pagi, kami check out daripada hostel dan  memulakan perjalanan. Kami berjalan di sekitar bangunan-bangunan di Vienna yang menjadi kawasan tarikan pelancong.  Sejujurnya, ana kurang pasti nama tempat-tempat yang dilawati memandangkan agak sukar untuk menyebut nama-nama tempat tersebut. Kami mengambil kesempatan untuk membeli sedikit buah tangan di kedai-kedai yang terdapat disini.

Metro Vienna

Satu perkara yang menarik perhatian ana ialah benda ini:

Ana kagum dengan kepercayaan yang diletakkan kepada penduduk setempat oleh keraajaan negeri Vienna. Untuk membeli surat khabar, mereka hanya perlu menyediakan wang yang secukupnya dan masukkan duit tersebut dalam tempat yang disediakan. Kemudian boleh ambil surat khabar daripada dalam plastik. Sungguh senang dan mudah. Perkhidmatan ini terdapat di banyak tempat dan biasanya diletakkan pada tiang-tiang lampu seperti ini. 

Destinasi seterusnya, KFC halal. Antara salah satu tarikan untuk datang ke Vienna ialah adanya KFC  halal ini. Untuk ke sini, anda boleh menaiki metro dan berhenti di stesen Handelskai. KFC tersebut terletak di dalam shopping mall, Milennium City.

What makes the trip wonderful

Apa yang ana rasakan paling menarik sepanjang trip ini ialah kesempatan untuk pergi ke Islamic Center Vienna (Masjid Vienna). Anda boleh pergi ke Masjid ini dengan menaiki metro dan berhenti di stesen Neue Donau (satu stop selepas Handelskai). Setibanya di masjid ini, subhanallah, ana berasa sangat kagum kerana dapat melihat kubah masjid tersergam indah di tengah-tengah bumi eropah ini.  Sebab dah lama tak jumpa masjid.

Berdekatan dengan kawasan masjid terdapat sebuah sungai yang sangat menenangkan mata yang melihatnya. Angin yang bertiup sepoi-sepoi bahasa mendamaikan lagi suasana. Hati terasa riang apabila dapat menemui penduduk muslimat tempatan. Sungguhpun tidak dapat saling berbicara,cukuplah sekadar ucapan  salam dan ukiran senyuman yang menjadi tanda ikatan persaudaraan sesama Muslim. Hati ini terasa berada dekat dengan fitrah.

Seusai solat jamak Zuhur dan Asar,  dan sebelum meninggalkan masjid, kami mengambil kesempatan untuk bergambar kenangan di hadapan masjid. Kemudian, di suatu sudut kelihatan dua orang pak cik sedang menjual barang-barang sepeti minyak atar, kopiah, kurma dan lain-lain. Kami semua berminat untuk melihat apa yang dijual dan masing-masing tidak melepaskan peluang untuk membeli sesuatu.

Ana just nak cakap, rasa seronok kat masjid ni. Alhamdulillah. Syukur pada Allah yang mengurniakan rasa ini.  Ana kagum dengan ukhwah Islamiah yang dipamerkan oleh pak cik itu. Mereka kelihatan sangat gembira dengan kedatangan kami berlima yang lagaknya seakan kebudak-budakkan sahaja.  Macam-macam juga yang kami beli di situ. Salah seorang daripada pak cik tersebut berasal daripada Bosnia dan dia tidak putus-putus  memberi kami barang-barang percuma untuk dibawa pulang. Rasa terharu T_T

Satu pesanan daripada pak cik tu yang ana rasa boleh dibawa pulang ialah, "You have to learn Arabic language"

Theme park

Jam 3 petang, kami bertolak pulang daripada masjid untuk  menuju ke stesen bas kami.

Ada lagi satu tempat yang kami pergi. Prater Amusement Park. Tempat ini terletak sangat dekat dengan stesen bas kami. Jadi masa yang masih berbaki kami gunakan untuk bermain di kawasan Theme Park itu. Permainan-permainan yang terdapat di situ lebih kurang sama seperti yang terdapat di Genting Highland. Ada Roller Coaster, Bumping Car, dan lain-lain lagi. Kos setiap game adalah berbeza iaitu antara 1-10 eur. Di sini juga terdapat kedai-kedai souvenir yang agak murah.

Time to go back

Diikutkan rasa nak cuba semua permainan yang terdapat di situ, namun harus berpada-pada. Kalau tak habis semua duit.hihi.. Kami hanya mencuba 2-3 permainan sahaja. Jam 5.20 petang, kami bertolak ke stesen bas.

Hampir 2 jam masa perjalanan yang diambil untuk  pulang ke bumi Ceska, ana gunakan untuk menulis entry ini.  Bagi sesiapa yang ingin bercuti ke Vienna, jangan lupa untuk singgah di Islamic Center Vienna. It will complete your journey insyaAllah. (saje nk promote Masjid)

Akhir kata, ana bersyukur di atas kesempatan yang Allah berikan untuk ana dan sahabat2 ana luangkan di Vienna. Ya Allah, semoga ukhuwah antara kami semakin utuh. Semoga perjalanan ini bukanlah sekadar  untuk suka-suka sahaja. Tapi harapnya, semoga perjalanan ini menjadi sebuah perjalanan yang menambahkan iman insyaAllah.




Keep on holding tight to HIM

Indahnya susunan Allah

Tinggal seminggu sahaja lagi masa yang berbaki sebelum pulang semula ke bumi Czech. Masa-masa yang tinggal ini cuba dimanfaatkan sebaiknya bersama keluarga insyaAllah.

Semalam ana perlu menguruskan beberapa urusan di bandar. Macam biasa, ana akan naik public transport untuk bergerak. Biarpun baru dapat lesen tempoh hari, tapi masih belum berpeluang nak drive sendiri. Perlu mantapkan lagi skill memandu. Masih fail di atas jalan.. Doakan.. ana nak sangat drive...

Ana saje ajak adik ana yang kecik sekali tu ikut. She is 3 years old. Bila dah ajak tu, memang kena la bawak. Mujur ada adik ana yang umur 14 tahun tu nak temankan sekali. Boleh tolong jaga adik yang kecil ni sekali.
Banyak juga tempat yang ana pergi. Angkut la adik ana ni naik teksi, LRT, dan monorail.

Mula-mula ana pergi ke post office. Nak post parcel. Ana keluar rumah agak lewat, pukul 11 lebih. Masa tu post office pun penuh. Terpaksa la menunggu sekejap. Ini nombor giliran ana.

Nombor giliran pun nak bagi tahu. Sabar ye, dengar lagi citer ana.. :) Next, ana pergi pula ke emirates office di Pavilion. Di tingkat 9. Jauh juga nak ke sana. Tapi dah alang-alang keluar rumah, pergi semua tempat terus. Kat situ pun kena ambil nombor juga. Orang tak ramai sangat, tapi kat sini paling lama tunggu.Ni nombor giliran ana.

After dah settle urusan di situ, ana saje round kedai-kedai di Pavilion. Ada nak beli something. Tapi turun naik shopping complex tu , tak jumpa barang yang dicari. Dalam pukul 3 petang baru bertolak from Pavilion. Seterusnya ana perlu menuju ke EON bank di Taman Sungai Besi. Nak bayar bil rumah. Macam biasa, kena ambil nombor juga. Ni nombor ana.

Sampai dekat bank ni pukul 4 petang. Bank tutup jam 4.30 petang. Mujur sampai on time. =)
Apa signifikannya ana bagi tahu nombor-nombor giliran ni? Heheh.. Cuba tengok apa persamaan yang ada pada nombor-nombor ni. Yeap. It ends with number 6.
Mula-mula ana tak perasan juga. Then adik ana yg 14 tahun tu bagi tahu. Mugkin kita melihat ini sebagai satu kebetulan. Takde apa yang luar biasa pun. Cuma sebagai seorang Muslim yang berfikir, kita tahu yang dalam hidup ni, takde yang kebetulan. Semunya adalah susunan Allah yang paling terbaik untuk hamba-hambaNya.

Ana rasa Allah sangat comel bila bagi ana nombor-nombor ni. It makes me think and make the journey with my adik-adik more worth it. Thanks Allah..

What's more? Ada lagi yang menarik. Sepanjang perjalanan tu, tiga kali ana naik teksi sebab memang jaraknya agak jauh.
Teksi yang pertama daripada rumah dengan pak cik Melayu.
Teksi yang kedua nak ke EON bank dengan pak cik Cina.
Teksi yang ketiga nak pulang ke rumah dengan pak cik India.
Comel tak.. Dalam banyak-banyak teksi yang ana tunggu, Allah hadirkan teksi yang pemandunya berlainan bangsa.
Bukan nak sentuh tentang konsep satu Malaysia, tetapi sekali lagi susunan Allah membuatkan ana rasa sangat kagum.

Perjalanan semalam biarpun agak penat kerana terpaksa mendukung adik yang beratnya sudah mencapai 16kg... namun, sangat bermakna insyaAllah. Bila lagi akan dapat peluang macam ni sebab ana pun dah nak berpisah dengan famili seketika...

Sampai di sini dulu coretan ana yang tak seberapa ni.
Sekadar mahu berkongsi kekaguman pada segala susunan Allah ke atas hamba-hambaNya.
Semoga hati ini sentiasa tunduk patuh mengingatiNya.
insyaAllah



“Sesungguhnya dalam penciptaan langit dan bumi dan silih bergantinya malam dan siang terdapat tanda-tanda bagi orang-orang yang berakal. Yaitu orang-orang yang mengingat Allah sambil berdiri atau duduk atau dalam keadaan berbaring dan mereka memikirkan tentang penciptaan lanjut dan bumi (seraya berkata), “Ya Robb kami, tiadalah Engkau ciptakan ini dengan sia-sia, Maha Suci Engkau, maka dipeliharalah kami dari siksa neraka.”
(Surah Al Imran; 3:190-191)

Keep on holding tight to HIM

HKL Diaries 3

Yeap.. still about the days in hospital.
Just a short one this time.
Alhamdulillah finished my second week of practicle in HKL.
Just another 2 days next week before I end.


So, in the second week I learnt a lot of things too. 
Often, I'll be in the 'Treatment Room' to watch the procedure performed by doctors and nurses. It's great to have the privilege to enter this room since you cannot simply enter the room. Even parents are restricted to be in that room while their child are being examined due to some reasons.


Among procedures perform in the treatment room are such as taking blood sample and set line for infusion. What is more challenging is that doctors have to perform this on babies or small kids who have a very delicate vein and the child cannot stay still. Crying is just part of the procedure. Some times it can take up to hours just to get blood sample. Just pity those children since they have to be pricked by the needle many and many times just to get it right.


One of the procedure that I manage to see last time is bone marrow aspiration (BMA). 
It was something like this. 
It was performed on a 2 months old, Malay boy.Imagine how small he is. It took about 5 to 6 times before the doctor can aspirate the blood. The baby of course was crying until he do not have enough energy to cry anymore. I can only hear his tiny little voice that describe the pain. The procedure is  performed in a sterile condition. It looks like a small operation though. This last for about an hour. 


On this second week also, I meet with another case of neglected child. This time was a three year old indian girl. She was admitted with small wounds all over her body. Her body showed a sign of malnutrion. When touching her shoulder I can only feel her scapula. No fat at all. Just bone underlying the skin. She was really thin. She had problems with her right leg; with some hip fracture a few months ago. Therefore she can't walk. She was very quiet and talk very softly. 
But there is one time when I play with her, that she laugh with joy. Never see her like that before. :) She was very comel indeed. 


After all, every day was very tiring for me that made me quite slow in doing my other works. huhu... This is just a few things that I had to do before facing the real job in the future. Be STRONG please <talking to myself>










Keep on holding tight to HIM

HKL Diaries 2

Alhamdulillah. Completed my first week of practical at HKL. The 4th and 5th days were quite common. Nothing much to be said. It just that, in the hospital, I can see gathering of stories of people from different background.

When taking the patient medical history, you'll got to know a bit about the family histories as well.  Sometimes when I got nothing to do, I just approach the patients' mother and ask questions. At first it was medically related and suddenly the topic changed. It depends on who do you talk to and how.

Actually I wanted to write a story about three siblings that I met in the ward that I am on duty. I'll be missing them for sure. It was my first time met with such kids. They are neglected child. When I first got to know their name, I said, 'wah, sedapnya nama budak2 ni'.


They were admitted to the hospital on last Monday(in the evening). When I arrived in the ward on the second day of my practical, I saw the three kids were still lying on the bed; sleeping, wondering what sickness they are suffered from. I am curious to know about them, until later that I knew they are not sick.

I listened to the HO who took their medical history. It's quite interesting to see how to take history from small patient. You need to use their language. :) Actually those kids came from a problematic family. Maybe its kinda completed to write it here. But I think it's enough to know that this are only one of many other cases of its kind that I got the chance to meet with.


Theses three kids are very active. They are quite grown up but their physical do not really represent their age. They are differ by each other by one year.  Listening to how they speak between each other told me about the way they are treated at home. Children are easily influence by their environment that it is important to ensure conducive education for them since small.
I spent much of the time talking to them. Hoping that they can become a good person in the future. 

I asked them a few questions about Islam. Just seeking how deep is their knowledge in it and wanted to instill their interest. Among the topics that I asked are like, solah, the 5 pillars, who is God, the prophets, etc. Glad that they are positive about it and one of them;the eldest liked to hear the Prophet's stories. But, my bad for not having much stories to tell.

This evening, I wave them a good bye for they are going to be discharge. They will be taken by some sort of welfare center to be taken care of. Hope I have the chance to meet them again in the future. 

I ended the first week, spending times with this three kids. Wondering what the other two weeks will be filled up with.  Just pray hard that the children will become a well-grown up person insyaAllah.


Keep on holding tight to HIM

HKL Diaries

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim..

One of the requirement in my 2nd year study of medicine is to perform nursing clinical training for 3 weeks (@150 hours) . We can either complete this in Czech or perform it in our hometown.  I chose to make it here in Malaysia since I need to come back early this summer to settle a few things.

So, I applied for my elective posting in HKL about 3 months before I came back in July.(It is actually not that complicated to apply elective posting at HKL. Just go to the website and you'll find the link for elective posting application. Just follow the instruction there). Alhamdulillah, my application was accepted and I am going to Paediatric department in HKL (as requested).

Finally, it was time for me to start the practical that will last for three weeks (11 July -29 July). On the first day, I went to the office first to set up the arrangement and followed a few procedure. The office located at the main building of HKL and luckily it was not that hard to find.

I went to the hospital every morning with my abah since his office is quite near to HKL. Alhamdulillah again.. can save the cost of travelling but I have to wake up as early as 5 am every day ^^.


Just one interesting thing on the first day, while waiting at the 'waiting area' at the A&E department before I headed of to the office; I noticed a foreigner sit in front of me. He was waiting for someone and slept on the chair. Then, when he woke up, a pak cik went on to greet him. Here was the dialogues goes:

Pakcik(P): Hi, how are you? What do you do here so early in the morning?
Foreigner(F): I'm waiting for my friend. 
P: Ouh.. where are you from?
F: I am from Czech Republic, Europe.
... and the chatting goes on.
I just smile. What a small world!!:)


At first, I thought I will do the practical alone. But when I arrived at the office, I saw many other students whom are actually were about to start their practical as well. But most of them are already in their 4th and 5th year of studies. 

We were instructed to gather in a meeting room (with the round table) and wait for the Doctor who is in charge in the arrangement of student elective posting in HKL to give some briefing. Dr. Ding told us to introduce our place of study since everyone comes from different places; Russia, Czech, Dublin, Aberdeen. They are about 15 students all together in the meeting room. 

Quoted from Dr. Ding, she said, I always learn Geography here. :) Students nowadays comes from different places. So, this is your chance to learn from others. And, my message to you, be open minded to see what's here for you.  ASK if you do not know. No one is here is paid to teach you. So, grab the opportunity to LEARN as much as you can.
Anyhow, the session with Dr. Ding was full of messages and gives an overview about career as a doctor in Malaysia. 

Next, together with me who will also doing practical in Paediatric department are another 2 students, currently studying in Russia. They were in second year as well and thus our level of knowledge are kind of the same. At least I have someone to talk to and work with along the practical... Alhamdulillah.


On the first day, only at about 11am we went to the paediatric department after settling at the office. Me and another friend were assigned to KK6 ward. At first, we met with the head nurse of the ward and she gave us a short briefing about the ward background. 


After that, we were free to go anywhere around the ward. It should be our own initiative to find any works in the ward since no one will supervise us. We are free to go for break,lunch and can go back at any time (the nurse however suggest us to stay up to 5pm). Usually I stay until around 2pm. We were given this student pas that allowed us to move around the hospital.

All students who do their elective posting were required to wear the white coat. In the ward, you'll see most of the people are with the white coat and they are consultants, MO, HO, and students like us. And everyone is addressed as doctor. :)
So, to be called as doctor in the first place was a bit weird since I am only in my 2nd year.


Plus, being in this ward for kids, the kids will always address you as doctor due to the white coat that you wear. =) And sometimes I feel like being in the nursery since there is too many kids, with all the babies crying and child running.


Most of the case reported in KK6 ward usually related with infectious diseases, skin diseases, and general cases. And seeing all the patients are among kids of younger age reflect to me that how grateful one should be. Each kid are look after by their own mother/father. Sometimes kids of upper age are accompanied by their big sister or brother. 


Up to the third day, I've seen variety of cases everyday. I am quite exhausted during the day. Not because of  much of work doing, but because I have to stand most of the time. Wonder how it will be when I have to do my houseman later.


On the ward today, me and my friend manage to follow the ward round by the consultant and HOs. We listened on how HOs need to present the cases to the consultant, the follow up questions and many more. If before this, I always heard that HO being scolded most of the time. But I do not see such thing yet so far. But I think the consultant are trying to educate the HOs well enough, and scolding in a good manner may be one of the way.


During the session, I realised that, although if you've already become a HO, it doesn't mean that you know everything. Experience and willingness is all what it takes to be more competent in this medical field. 


I am impressed by the consultants that I made this morning. They are very low profile and treat everyone well. Even manage to make joke and make the learning relax and enjoyable. mm.. maybe, that is what I felt. I'm not sure if the feeling maybe different in a place of a house-officer.


There is too much to write I think. Hope to write more next time, with more and more stories. 


I'm thinking of how my days will be in the future. How can I cope with the busyness to perform dhuha in the morning. How to attend usrah weekly. Do I have time to check emails. Time with families. and time to write something like this. 
also, how to create the 'environment' in the hospital...
too much of work yet, that's what a daie have to do right.. 

lets make dua', may Allah make it easy for everyone insyaAllah


-appreciating things around


Keep on holding tight to HIM