Pathology pathology pathology......

Assalamu'alaikum and dobre rano!

Prague is getting colder and colder now. I guess soon winter comes. Currently the temperature is around 0 to 2 degrees (according to my google desktop thermometer). A cup of hot jasmine green tea would be a great idea to enjoy in such cold condition. The heater is not working and I don't know what is wrong with it! Somebody will come on Monday to fix the problem and hopefully everything is done before the real winter comes! otherwise we will freeze to death!

Nothing much to write here. Everything goes on quite well.... Now I am able to suit myself with my studies! 2 weeks and yeah lots of new things learned! Pathology with all the necrosis stuffs, Pathophysiology with all the blood disorders... Pathobiochemistry with all the cellular and organelles disorders + Inborn error of metabolisms... Internal Medicine with all the patient anamneza (medical history taking).....!!! What a LIFE! :) haha.....

Well, I think I am gonna write from now on, about what I did, what I have experienced, and what I felt about the classes, seminars, and even the lectures here!

So, now I start with Pathology:

Generally, pathology is just like histology but it is like the abnormalities and disorders of histology!!! Guess what, again I gotta study about all types of cells and the stainings of the slides, since I hardly remember all the histology stuffs I left almost 2 years ago!

I got a nice and great lecturer for my pathology seminar.... She is quite popular amongst my seniors as she is known as the one who loves to ask questions to her students during the seminar and microscope studies! Associate Professor Duskova, the well known pathologist ever! She will be one of my examiner in the end of my third year of studies as well....! :)

I like the way she teaches us in the class... As for me, it is good and better if she ask questions to us. At least, I can know if my knowledge is sufficient enough to prepare myself for the examination and if it is correct or not :) Plus, she always encourage us to ask questions whenever we got any doubts in her class!

Pathology seminar and microscopic lab session

I am just an average student in her class.... some of us still remembered and can easily identified the histologic microscopic structures but not for ME! haha... yeah, i admitted that it was my fault somehow! My first year of histology studies was just to pass the final exam.. hence, the knowledge are somewhere I dont know! It might be stored somewhere in my brain cortex or maybe erased since I didn't use it for so long!

I once asked her "Excuse me Prof, how can I know what cell is that since the cell structures are almost damaged and ruined??" she replied back "Oh, you should know them.... I believe that you already had your Histology knowledge in you! I would suggest you to spend one evening to look through all the normal histologic pictures!"

Pathology Lecture

The lectures are all be held in a steep old lecture hall in the Pathology Department of my university. Prof Duskova is also the one who gives the lectures! So, I will see her face many times in a week time :) Generally lecture will be damn bored if I have no idea what is it all about! I learned from my mistakes of the previous 2 years of my studies!

So, normally I would ensure myself to be prepared at least to go through all the lecture slides a night before coming to the lecture! The lecture slides had all been published in a special website by that energetic pathologist, Prof Duskova :) Thank you for uploading all of them for us! At least I have some ideas what would she be talking about in the lecture!

So far, the way I used now to prepare for the lectures do works for me!! :) I wouldn't have to write all things in the slides presented.... Just some edits needed to be done on my already prepared notes and listen + focus to what the professor would say and explain! Now I know why my mom always tell me to be prepared before the lecture or classes :) Thank you MAMA!

also, in the lecture I admit that I am a passive one... I am shy to ask questions in the big lecture halls since there are a lot of people around me! So, what I did normally was.. I would write down all the questions in a piece of paper and then after the lecture has ended, I would go to the lecturer and ask him/her all the questions!

One thing I learned from Prof Duskova. She told me "I think it is better for you next time to ask me during the lecture while everyone is still in the lecture hall. The questions you asked me are good ones and I think everyone in the lecture hall could at least listen to your questions and I could explain them to everyone". It is not because I am too selfish to share with everyone, but I am just afraid to ask questions in a big group of people! This is one negative thing in me that I hate the most! Maybe soon, I should change and throw these shy feelings away! But i guess, still that takes time for me to change!

Seems like I have written too much here :) well, see you next time! Just one advise to those who will be learning HISTOLOGY! Study with all your heart and learn them well since you will definitely need the knowledge later on in PATHOLOGY :)!!! bye!

It's time for C-H-A-N-G-E !!! (2)

It's time for C-H-A-N-G-E !!!

Assalamualaikum and ahoj to all!!

This post will be the shortest post I guess... First week of the third academic year in medical school had gone and now I am in my second week! Lots of things need to be done as I do need time to suit myself with the new way of learning all the third years! The lectures are quite fast and seems like in one lecture or seminar there are just tooooooo MUCH infos!!! Couldn't imagine how would that be in few weeks and months time!!! Gotta do something bout it whatever it is!

Well, just wanna share with you guys some changes I made on my bedroom which is the place for me to sleep and as well studying! I went to IKEA and bought a new knihovna (bookshelf), carpets, new bed sheet, etc etc...! It was like a total change here!

Yeah, NEW ACADEMIC YEAR = NEW VISION = NEW MISSIONS = FIRST STEP FOR THE CHANGE.... = I SHOULD HAVE A GREAT PLACE FOR STUDYING AND LIVE!!!

more pictures will be uploaded in next blog!

Halaqah with my muslim brothers :)

Assalamualaikum and ahoj to all....

Alhamdulillah praise be to ALLAH for allowing me to stay alive in this world today. Had a great time and experience today morning after I performed the Fajr prayer in the islamic center in wenceslas square (Islamska Nadace v Praze - Vacalavske namesti) with other muslim brothers there.

The arab people and other muslim brothers over there are generous and kind-hearted. I am so glad that ALLAH gave me the chance to know and be with them all. At least I am not the only muslim practising Islam here in Prague. Alhamdulillah (Thank you ALLAH)

Well, back to main topic in my blog today... what is that great experience I had??? Today after performing the Fajr prayer with other muslim brothers in the center, for the first time I joined them reciting the holy Quran. Actually this amazing event has started for so long but before this, I never joined them all. Maybe I am too shy to join them or maybe I am scared or something as my recitation is not as perfect as those native arab speakers.

However, today I decided to join them and experienced how did the recitation with the arabs look like. Masha ALLAH, it is so great and nice! They are very nice and I like the way the leader of the group (the teacher) correcting and checking our recitations. He taught us even the simplest thing ever like the MAKHRAJ (the way to pronounce/say particular alphabet in Quran/Arabic language).

Alhamdulillah, I do know how to recite the Quran, as my beloved parents did send me to the intensive Quran class when I was like 7 years old. Also, they did send me to the school to learn about Islam and Al-Quran. Plus, my dad also did taught me how to recite Al-Quran since I was small... I still remember that great moment Dad taught me how to recite the Muqaddam :) Thank you to my parents for teaching me how to recite Quran. At least, I am now able to recite them in the correct tajweed.

However, I just realized that there are still many things I need to improve myself like the Makhraj things. The teacher in the Islamic center many times reminded me and showed me the correct way to pronounce particular arabic alphabets. Barakallahufeek to the teacher....! He was so nice and never gave up teaching me since the early verse of Quran I recited till the very end of it. Now I knew that in a Quran recitation the makhraj, tajweed (grammar), rules are very improtant :)

Insha ALLAH I will be joining these group of people again and again...However, I regretted myself since I started this quite late... Why don't I join them all since I was here in the first year (2009)....??? Maybe this could be a good start for all things :) Insha ALLAH I will try to spend at least during the weekend for this great amazing and free Quran recitation class with my beloved muslim brothers there :) I am afraid if weekdays will be busy since my class starts in the morning. So, weekend is a great idea for this cool thing :)

I wish that when I have my own family later on, I am able to be a great Quran teacher to my wife and my children.... I want to follow my dad footsteps! He is the real men after all as he managed to provide with all Islamic knowledge and also Quran :)

Thank you Ayah (dad) and Mama (my mom)....!!

Hello 3rd Year..... :))

Assalamualaikum and hello to everyone! :)

It had been so long since the last post. Sorry for being lazy to update this blog. I was kind of busy few weeks and months back! What made me a really "BUSY MAN" ??

1. Physiology exam (Passed it in the last date of exam period Thank God!)

2. Czech Intensive Course (2 weeks course)

3. Vacation and summer trips around Czech republic :)))

4. Rearranging all the notes and books + preparing for the upcoming new semester!

5. Spending hours on internet hihihi....

Well, now I am freed from all those stuffs!!! :) Got only a week time before the new semester starts! 1st october 2011 will be the official date for the school to open! Time is moving so fast... Now I'm going to the 3rd year! Which means, I am almost in the half of the entire medical course (total years of studies = 6 years). Alhamdulillah, thanx to God for helping me to go through the hardships and 'GREAT' life in medical school

3rd year medical studies in Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine. Here in my medical faculty, 3rd year is called the Pre-clinical year. Why is it called so? I also don't know why... In my opinion, it is called so because throughout the year, we will be studying about diseases and disorders in human body system. These knowledge are essential for the clinical years since we need to know the disorders happened in order to diagnose the main health problem of a patient.

So, among the subjects that I will be learning are:

1. Microbiology

2. Pathology

3. Pathobiochemistry

4. Pathophysiology

5. Medical ethics

6. Psychology

7. Internal medicine

8. Medical parasitology

9. Pharmacology

WOW.. that seems to be a LOT to learn! hahah! yeah, i guess it is normal for all medical students to learn and read lots of stuffs! As for me, i think these stuffs are interesting and I always hope that I would enjoy my entire time studying about diseases :)) Actually, I cant wait for the new semester to start... seriously, I think I will be enjoying the upcoming year! diseases and disorders seems to be interesting to discover....I could know what are the reasons for me to get such disease.. and what happens if bla bla bla stuffs happened... and bla bla bla.... :)))

I wish a great start for this pre clinical year! I am looking forward for the new medical year :))) Whatever it is, I shall start my journey in the new world of 3rd year with lots of diseases, microbes, pathogens and etc etc with BISMILLAHIRRAHAMANIRRAHIM....

p/s: Actually is till got problem with registration since my vaccination is still incomplete.... I hope things will be settled down soon before my class starts!!! Make du'a for me so that everything will be fine :))))

Fotky v Malajsii - Letní prázdniny

Summer break in Malaysia

Summer clerkship in General Teaching Hospital, Prague, Czech republic

I am back, get ready for it!

9th of August

That means now it is already the 9th day in the holy month of Ramadan. Alhamdulillah so far everything goes on very well.... I am now back in Prague, Czech Republic and yeah of course I will be spending most of my time during the Ramadan and Eid here.... The first time ever I m gonna celebrate Eid without my parents by my side after almost 20 years I celebrated it with them!

Here lots of things to write after so long I stopped writing 'stuffs' here in my blog! LOL... ok let's look what happened few weeks ago since the last post!

Days before I flew back home to Malaysia

My flight was scheduled to be on the 17th of July... few days before the joyful day, I had my summer clerkship in the General Hospital here in Prague (Vseobecna Fakultni Nemocnice). It was actually one of the requirements that should be fulfilled by the second year students. Generally we were doing quite a number of nursing stuffs but it was cool somehow!

I was placed in the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - coronary unit and I spent 4 days over there working in the hospital together with the Czech nurses and doctors! together with my friend from the same faculty, we were guided by one of the nurse in charge to teach us the basic nursing skills! Lots of great experiences over there like I was given the chance to withdraw the patient's blood, doing the subcutaneous injection, preparing drugs and medications, doing the IV infusions, watching the doctor did some implantation of the IV into the coronary artery of the patients, and many more! these are just so awesome!

The patients were nice too! and I still remembered an old lady who was so happy whenever she saw us came for the clerkship in the hospital! she loves us so much and even happier if we were the one who gave her the medications! :) how lucky we are! but sadly the language is a barrier between us! One thing I learned in order to win the patient's heart! S-M-I-L-E.... this thing has its own special power! :) The patient who is called Mdm Novotna once told the nurse that I have a nice teeth and nice smile :)))) told ya this smiling stuffs work! :)

3 weeks of summer break at home

on 17th of July - my flight back home to Malaysia! it was a long journey... around 5 and half hours from Prague to Dubai and then I gotta wait for the next connecting flight in the Dubai International Airport for 3 hours followed by another 7 hours of journey from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur! total hours of journey = around 15 1/2 hours!!! (much better than those studying in the United states)

Time moved on so fast! I cant believe that I already spent the 3 weeks time at home with my family! It was just like as if I just arrived at home yesterday! But whatever it is, I thank ALLAH for giving me the chance to spend at least once in a year with my family at home! how I miss my mama and ayah after so long living abroad which is like miles away from them!

Went to Singapore to meet my relatives over there! I dont know that my family is actually really big! :) It was nice to know that I still got a lot of relatives over there in Singapore and also I got some relatives who already migrated for years in Perth, Australia! Also, my makcik2 in the kampung organices a small 'party' - like makan2.... since I m not gonna be over there during the Eid this year! so they cooked lots of things and surprisingly there was also a ketupat - the really traditional one which can only be found during the Hari Raya - The ketupat lemak!!!

Though it was only 3 weeks spent in the lovely Malaysia but I did learn lots of stuffs! I did spend most of my time in Malaysia with my parents rather than going out....! helping them and be with them is the happiest moment I had in Malaysia! :) Now I learned that every seconds and every minutes should be appreciated.... (Humans becomes appreciative whenever the time is limited in their life)... so my lifetime lesson.. Time is precious and use it wisely whenever you got lots of free time!

Yeah also, I had quite a great time studying at home... as u guys know from my previous post... I am gonna have my very last exam for the second year of General Medicine in the end of this month (3oth August). Brought all the notes and books back home and yeah studying with my family around gave me another 'new' environment to encourage me to study! :)

Now I am back in Prague

3 weeks summer break ended and I m back in Prague! The weather is cool and a lil bit chilly around 15 to 19 degrees everyday... sometimes light rain fall from the sky and yeah it wasn;t so sunny in the past few days. The sky looks gloomy and yeah I like it this way! :) a better studying condition... I cant focus much if it is too hot or too sunny out there! LOL

Had some experience when I passed through the immigration in the Ruzyne airport, Prague. Normally when they saw people bringing lots of stuffs like few baggage and boxes, they will ask them to place the baggage in the scan machine to be scanned and checked! I think mostly asian will be their target since they were aware of some food stuffs and raw material smuggling activities done by some asians travelling to Czech.

At that moment, I had with me 2 big luggage, 1 backpack, and also a medium sized box which I put the Malaysian soya sauce (cap kipas udang) and chilli sauce -they are not being sold here in Prague and that i why I brought them up from home! So the officer asked me first, what are the things I brought to Prague! I declared every single things in each baggage including the box. I told him that I brought "sojova omacka" in the box.... and the officer asked me why I brought the foods! and he even asked me for whom did I bring the foods for... I said "pro me" which means for me! and he asked again what are the things inside my large baggage.... I told him "knihy... " he replied "studujete tady?" and I told him "ano... studuju tady v Praze". The he nodded he let me go without having to get my stuffs scanned and checked in that machine :)

also on my way back to my apartment, had a long great conversations with the taxi driver who was a chef before! :) I practiced my czech language and yeah alhamdulillah so far it helped me a lot to speak with the native speakers! :) I was satisfied that at least I can use the language after learning them for almost 2 years! :)

And now, here I am in Prague! my studying life starts again and I enjoy it here in Prague :) will need to focus on my studies and get ready for the next exam! one more left before I can officially be called the third year medical student... Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, may ALLAH make things easy for me in the exam! :)

wow! wrote quite a lot of stuffs I wrote in this post! hahaha :) will upload the photos in the next post okay! :)