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Pecah by Khairulnizam Bakeri | Book Review
October 3, 2017
I think I really need to slow down reading novels and read medical notes instead (maybe in between other books hehe). My knowledge and memories are a bit rusty after about 3 months graduating.
But....
Let's check this book out! I bought it from Novelhut (a book shop in Ipoh that sells, buys, rents mostly preloved books etc).
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Title: PecahAuthor: Khairulnizam BakeriPages: 310Publisher: Buku FixiPublication Date: 2011
Synopsis:
Honestly, there are so many characters in this novel! And few different time zones too!
Basically, it is about 4 guys (Herman, Alan, Radi, Don) who rob a bank (specifically CIMB Shah Alam) in which the manager is Kazim. When they are trying to run away, Kazim shot Alan's thigh and this leads to Alan's hospitalization in HTAR, Klang. At the same time, an old guy named Bakar is warded as well after he lost consciousness while being treated in sort of old folks home, Rumah Seri Memori. The persons in charge of Bakar are Dr. Vivian and Lidya, the nurse.
All of them are eventually related to each other. But how?
Herman is actually a father to a daughter, Hanis and he works as a lawyer. Hanis knows and understands her dad a lot. What happen to her mum? It is interesting to figure out why and how Herman, even though has a stable, secured job can plan a robbery like this. What actually happens to him that changes him like that? And also how Herman can be in a group with the other robbers?
Another interesting parts to read are how the guys plan well trying to run away from the polices, how they hide the money the stole, what happen to them at the end. Oh yea, other than money they also rob a safety box.... but why? Why rob a safety box when they don't even have the security code?
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The plot is a bit confusing, again this Fixi novel plays with different time zones even though it can involve the same person. Like, the current life of Herman and Herman's few years younger. Just, readers need to focus on the timeline in each chapters.
1. Alcohol and us.
Few parts in this novel portray characters with alcohol and readers can obviously see the effects of alcohol to human beings, society, health etc.
A teaser for you.
Alcohol kills family relationship!
Not just the anger it can cause to human, but incest (sumbang mahram) when a father unconsciously raped his own daughter! T__T What is the relationship between the baby who may be born to a father who is also his/her grandfather?!
T_______T
2. Health workers need to treat 'all' kind of patients.
This is a reflection and a point to prepare myself with.
In the hospital, anybody can get sick. No matter who they are, what kind of jobs are they doing, how are the family members, do they have any RVD / STD etc.
RVD is a term used to describe a patient with HIV / AIDS. RVD stands for retroviral disease in which HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a type of retrovirus.
STD = sexually transmitted diseases.
With practices, I hope I will not be judgmental towards these patients. Same goes to criminals T_T
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Just a short book reflection I think.
This books lacks romance and comedy so don't expect them. But it offers mind blows after you figure out slowly the relationship between every characters plus the motive of this robbery. Even till the end, you may get palpitation to figure out what happen next.
SS, Perak, Malaysia
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Hari Rabies Sedunia 2017 - Info Yang Perlu Kita Tahu
September 28, 2017
Korang tahu tak yang hari ni 28 September ialah Hari Rabies Sedunia?
Tarikh ni jugalah tarikh kematian seorang seorang ahli kimia & mikrobiologi French, namanya Louis Pasteur - dialah yang menghasilkan vaksin rabies pertama dunia.
Jadinya, bersempena Hari Rabies Sedunia ni, meh saya kongsi info-info yang perlu kita tahu secara umum. InsyAllah tak masuk medical stuffs yang detailed sangat pun :)
Tarikh ni jugalah tarikh kematian seorang seorang ahli kimia & mikrobiologi French, namanya Louis Pasteur - dialah yang menghasilkan vaksin rabies pertama dunia.
Jadinya, bersempena Hari Rabies Sedunia ni, meh saya kongsi info-info yang perlu kita tahu secara umum. InsyAllah tak masuk medical stuffs yang detailed sangat pun :)
1. Apa rabies ni sebenarnya?Rabies ni orang Malaysia lebih kenal dengan nama penyakit anjing gila. Memang make sense sebab kebanyakan orang kena jangkitan bila digigit anjing yang berkelakuan aneh.
Rabies ni sejenis virus yang mungkin ada pada binatang lain jugak contohnya kelawar, raccoon, skunk dan musang.
2. Kenapa rabies ni bahaya?
Perkara yang paling ditakuti bila sebut pasal bahaya ialah?
Semestinya kematian.
Dan rabies ni sebenarnya boleh dicegah sebab tu wujudnya World Rabies Day untuk bagi pendedahan pada masyarakat untuk bertindak.
Today is World #Rabies Day. Rabies is a vaccine-preventable viral disease— WHO (@WHO) September 27, 2017
Our goal: zero human rabies deaths by 2030 https://t.co/4TCUeDKhDP pic.twitter.com/eyp6XIUTjP
3. Macam mana rabies ni menyebabkan kematian?
Bila seseorang tu dijangkiti rabies, virus tu akan bergerak dalam saraf dari kawasan gigitan (peripheral nerve) sampai saraf tunjang (spinal cord) dan akhirnya ke otak (brain). Pastu berlaku keradangan (inflammation) kat otak tu. Doktor panggil encephalitis.
- Encephal- = kawasan dalam otak
- -itis = radang
Otak dan saraf tunjang ni antara organ paling penting dalam manusia ni sebab kat sini lah semua bahagian badan dikawal.
4. Apa tanda-tanda rabies?
Tahap awal-awal, pesakit tu akan bagitahu rasa semacam dekat kawasan gigitan - sama ada sakit atau kebas etc.
Tahap bahaya bila virus dah sampai otak - dan jarang orang dapat survive. Ada 2 bentuk rabies dan masa ni pesakit akan tunjuk tanda-tanda macam:
- FURIOUS rabies - 70%:
- tak senang duduk / resah,
- keliru,
- perangai luar normal,
- halusinasi,
- banyak salivation (air liur),
- sakit masa nak minum air
- PARALYTIC rabies - 30% - bahaya jugak tapi effect tak sepantas furious rabies:
- lumpuh bermula dari kawasan gigitan
5. Macam mana nak cegah rabies?
Rabies ni juga dikenali sebagai vaccine-preventable disease - maksudnya penyakit yang boleh dicegah dengan vaksin (lebih kepada sebelum digigit - sebab tu kita guna term cegah).
Caranya bergantung pada keadaan masing-masing:
- Kalau korang ada yang bela anjing (for whatever reasons), pastikan anjing tu diberi vaksin. Pergi je kat mana-mana klinik haiwan dan beritahu doktor.
- Kalau ada bela kucing yang ada contact dengan anjing liar, juga digalakkan vaksinkan kucing tu. Kalau ada kucing-kucing liar datang mintak makanan kat kedai makan, bagi je cuma usaha lebih untuk takde close contact - digigit, dicakar sebagainya.
- Kalau korang memang terlibat dengan binatang (dalam list atas) secara langsung, korang pun boleh dapatkan vaksin untuk diri sendiri kalau nak. Highly recommended untuk ambil vaksin - especially doktor haiwan, orang yang handle haiwan macam kat zoo, orang yang kerja kat makmal berkaitan rabies.
- Orang yang suka pergi ski / snowboarding ataupun masuk hutan yang ada risiko digigit binatang tu pun, digalakkan ambil vaksin.
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| Credit: http://www.who.int/rabies/resources/animated_gif/en/ |
6. Kalau dah kena gigit, nak buat apa?
Tengok binatang tu perangai dia pelik tak? - refer point #4
Mula-mula bersihkan luka tu dengan sabun dan air at least 15 minit! - untuk cuba bunuh virus tu dan kurangkan jangkitan kuman kat kawasan gigitan tu. Lepas tu jumpa doktor untuk tanya apa possibility seterusnya - sama ada kena dapatkan vaksin (post-bite) serta merta atau tak.
7. Rabies di Malaysia.
Malaysia rasanya belum jadi rabies-free country. Baru-baru ni (Julai lepas) ada kes kematian kat Sarawak disebabkan rabies - selepas hampir 20 tahun takde kes kematian.
Kalau tengok kawasan sekitar rumah, ada jugak anjing yang tak bertuan. Berbeza dengan Eropah, sebabnya diorang ni memang bela anjing dan anggap anjing tu ahli keluarga. Orang tak nak pegang anjing dia pun, nampak dia kecewa. Adoi. Masa belajar pasal ni, cikgu happy betul cerita yang Czech antara negara yang bebas rabies. :)
Rujukan:
- nota Infectious Diseases
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Sebenarnya dah lama plan nak share topik-topik medical dalam bahasa ibunda alang-alang sementara menunggu posting ni, kita sama-sama buat revision :D. Memang perasan bila doktor atau saya sendiri nak explain sesuatu memang selalunya terpaksa guna English. Ye lah, dah belajar dalam English, nak dokumenkan dalam fail pesakit pun guna English dan biasanya nak present case kat bos pun dalam English.
Kadang-kadang, kita faham konsep tapi sungguhlah tak mampu dan tak tercapai dek akal nak guna perkataan Melayu apa nak bagi tepat. End up, memang kena bagi analogi mudah nak bagi gambaran kat pesakit atau ahli keluarga sendiri.
Saya cuba pelan-pelan, insyAllah :)
Hopefully we can learn something from this post :)
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SS, Perak, Malaysia
Hiking Trip - Bukit Kledang, Perak
September 25, 2017
A day before this trip, I told Ayah I feel like hiking lately. I miss Czech a bit too much and hiking is one of the passions I found within myself when I was in that beautiful country. Even though Czech does not have heavy forests like in Malaysia, it was still lovely to enjoy the nature it can offer.
Of course, Malaysia has its own specialties.
And hiking Malaysia hills and mountains are no joke.
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Happy 1439H - Facts about Hijri Calendar
September 22, 2017
I haven't finished reading new books ;p so, please wait more for another book reviews :D
So, a new year?
Another new year.
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Just like other people, I am always praying for another good year ahead. Not without challenges, as I am pretty sure life is never without them. But, I pray for better health, better mental status, better family relationship, better friendship and better strength to overcome all those challenges. Plus, a more feminine lifestyle. I am still trying my best ever since even though it still seems so hard.
Currently, a book on my reading list entitled, 'Wanita Cantik Masuk Syurga' - it is a book that I planned to read together with Mak and discuss about them while applying to ourselves. It is not just about beauty and women accessories, it also covers aurat, photography, dolls, clothes etc. Basically anything that makes a girl beautiful inside out - not only for the eyes of human beings but the most important for the sake of Allah.
“Allah is beautiful and He loves beauty." (Muslim)
Doakan Hanis Amanina jadi lemah lembut. -_-'
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Another thing I would love to share in this post is about how the Hijri calendar started, or also known as Islamic or Muslim calendar. I was reading about Maal Hijrah and came across about the history behind it.
To simplify the facts:
- Months in Islam like Muharram, Safar etc already existed before Islam, just they use different type of years. For example, Nabi Muhammad (s.a.w.) was born on 12th Rabi'ul Awwal, Year of The Elephant.
- When Saidina Umar al-Khattab ruled the Muslims, it was difficult to fulfill the instructions (to which were most recent etc) due to the lack of years on the date. Why? Because the first 10 years of Hijrah were named after events of Nabi Muhammad's life (s.a.w.).
- So, they came out with the idea to make an Islamic calendar / takwim.
- Since most of the years used before, were started based on significant events - so, Islamic calendar was finally decided to be started from the year of hijrah from Makkah to Madinah.
- 1 Muharram 1H was not started on the first day of hijrah event itself as hijrah happened around Rabi'ul Awwal 1H.
- Hijri calendar has 12 months (all names of months have significant points behind them) - Muharram, Safar, Rabi'ul Awwal, Rabi'ul Akhir, Jamadil Awwal, Jamadil Akhir, Rejab, Syaaban, Ramadhan, Syawal, Zulkaedah, Zulhijjah.
- There are approximately 354-355 days (different than Gregorian calendar that most countries use 365-366days)
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| Muharram = 1st month of Hijri Calendar Rabi'ul Awwal = the month of Hijrah from Makkah to Madinah |
Another take home message for me, do I really remember the months of Islam? Sobsss.
For example, if someone asks about what is the 8th month, I am confident to say August or Srpen (in Czech) but it takes me a while to say Syaaban. T_T Thanks to lagu bulan-bulan Islam anyway. ;p
Ya Allah Maha Kuasa,
PadaMu kami meminta,
Perlindungaan di tahun ini,
Dari godaan syaitan durjana.
Ya Allah Maha Kuasa,
PadaMu kami meminta,
Kebaikan di tahun ini,
Berkekalan ke tahun depan.
The sad truth.
Improve on this, Nina.
SS, Perak, Malaysia
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Gantung by Nadia Khan | Book Review
September 20, 2017
Wow, I am impressed with myself! A book review in a day or two?
YESSS, I am 'enjoying' my jobless phase! :D
Padahal sebenarnya secara tiba-tiba jumlah buku meningkat hampir ke paras lutut dan saya sepatutnya dah start study balik ni ha T_T
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Kelabu by Nadia Khan | Book Review
September 19, 2017
I knew about Buku Fixi few years ago, together with Lejen Press. Bought few Lejen Press books before, but Kelabu is my first one with Fixi (I think) and the very first item I bought via Carousell :D
I feel like totally helpless and jobless and penniless right now. Expect more book reviews as I can't allocate my time and saving for any travelling yet. ;p
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