Way of the Children
This post is done as per request of Ms. Diarisenja who wanted to see the Russian kids up close. I kind of promised her that I would dig up some photos I had and I found a few of them that I'd like to share with readers. These were taken during our Pediatrics cycle/rotation (depends on how you call it, here we call it 'cycle'), which was way back last February. We had to interview some kids for our State Exam Pediatrics' practical skills test as well as for our regular end-of-cycle test. The first pic shows me and Pipi, and our patient... 12 year old Ivan.
After taking details for the case history we had to prepare, we decided to take some time to chit chat with the little guy. He didn't seem to be sick actually, all his details seemed normal. Here we have a brilliant kid who always got excellent mark in his classes, and is learning German language. And you can't help but to like him after talking with him for a while.
Us: Why are you here, Ivan? Do you have any sickness?
Ivan: No...I'm healthy. I'm just fat.
Poor kid. When we referred him to our professor, she confirmed that Ivan was admitted to the hospital due to obesity. However that didn't seem to put him off, he just took it with stride and for the whole one week we had to meet him it was always enjoyable. One whole hour just to chat around with adorable kids instead of studying! Hahaha. Actually our daily interviews shouldn't last longer than 30 minutes but because our own teacher was on holiday (the cycle was right after the winter holiday so she hadn't come back) and the professor was busy with another class, we managed to stretch our time with the patients a bit.
I think the little kid's name is Alex. He was in the same room with Ivan and he was always very curious of us. He wanted us to check up on him as well so we played along. And when he saw that we had cameras with us, he demanded to check every single picture of him that we took. Very cute.
And here's Pipi with her three kids. Haha. Anyway the tall kid is also named Alex, Ahmad and Umi's 12 y.o. patient. He had asthma. He's another brilliant kid with excellent marks in class, and he can speak English as far as 12 year olds go. I remembered all of us teasing him because he had accidentally let slip that he was interested in one girl from his school.
Well, that's about it. Don't know whether they remembered us now, but they did have the pictures we took together. These kids all have camera-phones as well, don't play play. Of course the main purpose was to stay in touch with their folks, but it gave them and us the opportunity to
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12 comments:
tak paham btol la...
patutnya student malaysia dihantar ke luar negara untuk studi...
tapi ini camwhore lak!!!
hahaha
jgn marah ek! kidding...
err... so korang communicate bahasa pe??? ko dah terer ek berbahasa rusia??? nice...
nak wat permintaan edit layout ni...
leh tak kasi link YT tuh blink2 sket???
hahaha
*mode blogger gile kuasa*
Study, study jugak, tapi camwhoring is a must, hahaha. Nanti takdela rasa rugi bila dah balik Msia for good. Actually skrg ni pun rasa rugi sb tak mulakan habit ni awal2 lagi. Ye la time dulu2 digicam pun takde lagi. Skrg ni bila dah aktif bergambar dah ada lak cop poser, hahaha. Gasaklah, janji puas ati.
Anyway, kitorang communicate dgn bebudak tu dalam bahasa russialah. Nak kata pandai & fasih tu takdelah sangat, cukuplah utk takat faham apa dorg sakit sume.
Heheh. Tak retilah camne nak edit link individual. Blogroll tu guna widget Blogger. Aku blum expert lagi tang edit2 layout ni. Takat cut and paste layout codes reti la.
salam adzrul. as for me, during pediatrics cycle, im always being confused whether am i a student or a new just a new fellow of the ward by those kids. my size is even shorter than them all :D but knowing the russian kids always make me ponder how a soft spoken, sweet at attitude yet to be a skinhead one day. thats why i pray hard that they will remain the way they are (in term of attitude) till they reach their adulthood. and for girls, i pray that they wont be as bitchy as the russian ladies used to be nowadays. hehehehe :p
nasha rossiya lost to spain. sedih sedih sedih.. beria je sy berjaga sampai pagi buta ni. huhu :(
Wsalam Sarah..
Huhu tu la pasal...at least sini no need to stay awake that long. Dahlah tengok in between study for Obsgyn exam...yup Kursk tak habis exam lagi, not till 1st july actually. But thank you for the congratulatory message in advance yer.
Anyway, I agree about the kids. They are all sweet bunch of people when they are young, I prayed that they'll stay this way even when they're adults. The kids I met semuanya bijak2, polite, cooperative, hopefully their early exposures to foreigners will open their minds for their lives ahead. Takdelah jadi kolot like nowadays punya generations, nampak orang nonrussians macam nampak alien dari Mars. Haha.
yes, let's hope these kids don't grow up to be racist skinheads...
anyway, viva la espana :D smert' rossiei. heheh [nampaknya mcm sy plak yg racist]
huda ni..=)
comel..tapi tu kids dah besar, but still comel. hee~
tahnx 4 da nice story. saya baru balik dari besut..n macam saya nak bercerita dengan seorang doktor.
membantu research sangat penat. tapi, sepatutnya tidak sepenat belajar.
dr. adz..tekanan darah terbaru saya 160/100! saya sangat takut! kejap lagi saya perlu ke hospital cek darah.
dan sekarang saya tak boleh even duduk dengan lama pun. saya tidak stabil langsung.
dr. adz. is it ok for a 21 years old little young lady? im damnly afraid right now!
Djambu - yer...mari berdoa supaya dorang sume jadi insan2 berguna kepada agama, bangsa & negara Russia. penting ni barisan pelapis. heheh.
Huda - 160/100 tu dah kira moderate level hypertension (ada mild, moderate & severe)... tak normal utk mana2 orang muda utk ada hypertension. Sebab stress ke atau huda ada sakit2 lain jugak, sebab hypertension ni boleh datang secondarily to other diseases. take care ye and jumpa doctor utk buat further checkup...ke huda ni ada white-coat hypertension, iaitu HT sebab tension jumpa doctor so blood pressure naik bila doctor tgh check.....tp 160/100 tu tinggi sngt utk orang muda cam huda ni. utk saya sendiri yg agak tua ni pun tak normal klu BP camtu.
dr. adz..sy baru blk dr hospital
well, kalau nk kata takut doktor tu, sy rs lngsung tak. dr kecil lagi saya kene jumpa dr. lagipun saya ada asthma. so, rasanya tak ada masalah.
cume masalah ni yang terbaru. 3 hari berturut-turut blood presure saya 160/100. Saya tak dapat bertahan lama pun utk berjalan, saya akan rasa nak terjatuh. Tapi, saya boleh kawal dr terjatuh. Bahkan saya tak boleh naik lif pun. saya lagsung tak boleh balance badan!
dr adz. sy sgt takut!
masa saya menulis ni pun, laptop depan saya bergerak2. kepala saya pula macam duduk dalam air. even atas kerusi, saya masih rasa nak jatuh.
saya takut utk tidur, sebab saya takut utk bangun pagi. sy kene ambil masa untuk stabilkan badan sendiri. 3 hari yang worst!
dr adz. tadi saya pergi hospital sorang2. saya masih boleh berjalan, tapi tak stabil. tapi sungguh saya ok! saya pergi pun sebab asthma, tapi bila sampai nurse cek BP saya, dia angkut saya dengan kerusi roda! Saya tak sakit! Nurse kata, dengan blood pressure macam tu, saya boleh kena stroke. Lagi saya takut utk tidur, saya takut esok saya tak boleh bergerak lagi.
saya terlalu bimbang atau ape? saya sangat takut.(masa menulis ni, saya harap dr. adz katakan semuanya ok..saya yang risau sangat..=) )
dan sebenarnya saya menangis!!!
Dalam keadaan macam ni saya nasihatkan huda jangan berseorang diri kalau nak ke mana2, carilah sorang atau dua utk temankan. Doktor ada bagi ubat utk rendahkan tekanan darah tak? Saya rasa pasti ada, tapi di samping tu huda boleh banyakkan makan makanan yang kaya kalium seperti daging, ikan, dan tambahkan makan sayur-sayuran dan buah-buahan seperti pisang. Kurangkan/berhenti makan makanan bergaram dan bagus sekiranya bersenam. Dan jangan stress! Elakkan diri dari perkara2 yang menstresskan huda ya.
Ubat seperti pil2 yang khusus utk merendahkan tekanan darah penting utk diambil walaupun huda tak experience apa2 simptom, tapi kalau mengikut kata huda dalam comment nampaknya ada simptom2 tu jadi penting makan ubat2 - saya boleh beri list kumpulan ubat2 utk mengawal tekanan darah tapi lebih baik consult dgn doktor huda kerana dia yang lebih tahu keadaan huda.
check juga kalau ada apa2 penyakit lain yg huda ada, kadang2 itu reason utk hypertension. hypertension ni boleh juga disebabkan faktor genetik; kalau ada ahli2 keluarga huda yg terdekat ada yg hypertension besar kemungkinan huda pun boleh dapat juga. masalah diabetes ada tak?
jangan terlalu stress ya huda.
sebelum tu. terima kasih kerana membalas cepat. sebab sambil menunggu, saya cuba berjalan-jalan dengan tenang tapi masih sama, tidak seimbang.
saya keklinik mulanya utk demam, kemudia saya tanya kenapa saya tak dapat balance badan. then dr. amik BP dan dia terkejut. kemudian dia suruh datang esok, sehinggalah 3 hari. tapi sy di besut, jd dia suruh dr di HUSM lanjutkan.
Still, saya masih tidak diberikan ape2 ubat kecuali untuk asthma. dan paling menakutkan steroid tu. sy tau tu untuk anti inflammation, tapi sterois dari apa yang saya belajar bukan ubat yang bagus utk jgka masa pnjg. (saya takut sebab setiap kali lelah mesti dibekalkan steroid..dan saya tak pernah habiskan!)
Dia suruh datang esok untuk cek darah. dan tadi dia bagi saya prochlorperazine 5mg (macam tu kot ejaannya) untuk pening. Tapi, sy tak pening, saya hanya tak stabil. itu sama ke?
ayah mak tak ade hypertension. mak masa pregnantla sikit, tapi itukan normal. ayah pula hanya 10 tahun kebelakangan ni. itupun depends, kalau dia makan daging dalam kuatiti banyak, naiklah. tapi masih terkawal. Jadi, scara teori pada saya, tiada masalah genetik.
Diabetes? kalau parents tak ada. tak tahulah relative lain. Kalau bersenam, cuti ni la yang tergendala, walaupun macam tu, kalau tak cuti, saya kan pastikan saya habiskan jogging 1.3km setiap hari. Rasanya ok,kan?
setiap makanan yang saya ambil, saya akan pastikan ada buah, sayur dan ikan atau daging atau seumpamanya. Rumah saya sangat mewajibkan buah, jadi saya di asrama terikut tabiat itu.
Saya cuba cari punca dari setiap ayat dr. adz. hanya satu saya jumpa. Stress. Saya sangat mudah stress, dan sampai satu tahap apabila saya cuba bertenang, percubaan bertenang itu sendiri yang mengundang stress.
secara jujur, saya kesal kenapa saya tidak reti mengawal diri saya sendiri..
dr adz. tulisan dekat skrin ni dah mula double. adakah itu makin teruk?
saya takut.
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to anonymous..
terima kasih banyak. Saya di rumah, tenangkan hati untuk result blood test next week. Hopefully, everything will ok then.
dr adz,
the doc dat check me yesterday, the thougt dat..no..no..they r worrying if..i'll having kidney problem. pray for me dat its not true!
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