Memories of Regional Coordinator of Malaysia...

"What, you are a Regional Coordinator of Malaysia, for Asian Medical Students' Association?"....."Hmm, what is that?". Basically that were the responses that i get from peoples when i had to introduce myself, as what, my position was before. It was nearly 2 years ago. But why the entry suddenly appear tonight...i just found a photo CDs that contained memories through my few last days as what so called "RC of AMSA Malaysia".Let walk through the memory lane.....in my last conference as a RC of Malaysia, in Thailand 2004


This was taken during welcoming dinner. "Guys, i hope everybody can wear batik tonight. Girls, traditional clothes, something that can show who we are". It was hard, i had 24 of my collegues from 3 universities attending the conference. Luckily, most of them were my friends from the same posting, but at the same time, that make it really hard to be a leader. It was held by the Governor of Thailand, food were i guess a lot, but not all were lucky enough to end in my stomach....hmm...basically, these few pictures show some of malaysian delegates. I barely really spent time with the malaysian, these few pictures were lucky enough to be in the CD

Haha, i really like these few pictures. "Adli, adli, have u seen your picture? I bought one of it. I hope you don't mind",a hong kong girl was eagerly informing me about something i didn't realised. Hmm, i was not really aware, that by the end of the day, there were booths opened at all our event venues that will sell pictures taken earlier, even pictures that we just taken few hours ago. Talking about being efficient and oppurtunistic. So, i was like " What picture?". And she showed me. By than, lot of peoples had gathered around us, and were looking at the same picture, and i have to admit, it really put a smile to my face, and laughters to most. I didn't realised that proffesional photographers were taking our photos, when my group rested for a group photo on the stairs at a traditional health centre. It was that Thai girl beside me that was jokingly asking me to do all that action, and luckily i did join her, because i will regret if i don't....

Being a regional coordinator, or basically, when i had to explain, than the word president of AMSA Malaysia will come out, was not an easy task. It was not just an academic + scientific leader, but i was expected to be an all rounder. One of a good example, was shown in the pictures, haha...chewah. It was during one of a dinner. We were sitting down with our own groups, when suddenly the organizer announced that they will start a new segment called something like "asia fun " or like that, which basically, something like "kotak beracun". They will play a song related to the country, and that country should perform on stage, and it was something that we had to perform spontaneously. Yupp, i'm not sure why...but malaysia end up to be the first to perform....i was laughing and eating, when they announced "MALAYSIA" i was stunned, and all my group members were looking at me, and said.."hey, adli, your country,malaysia"...and by than..the stage already annouced, "Where is Adli, and the gang?".I had no chance to hide....so being a gentleman,haha, i went up the stage, asking all my delegates to climb up. Time was running, and we were clueless. Being the first, we had no chance to look at others, infact we will set the tone that night. That time i realised, i had compiled a back up CD, ran off the stage, ran back to back stage, and informed my delegates about the song, asking tupong to take the lead, and wallaa....we were singing out heart out, out of tune for sure, haha, but with lot of enthuathism. I remembered, at time, when tupong, suddenly lost his stage appearance, i had to take the stage, grab the mic, and try to create back the mood. That was part of my job as an RC than. As u can c by now, i was still wearing the same clothes and tie till night, as i had no time to change it. Running around, meeting and barely have time to eat, was part of the unwritten agreement when u were an RC...

Some people will say "It look like what you do are having fun, right?". It depends on how they actually look at it, and what will you do when you are in that seat. I have to say, yupp i had fun, but that was part of it, and i was trying hard to have fun. People, most of them , don't see the part where every night through out the conference, except for the last night in the resort, we slept at 4 and have to wake up at 5.30 to attend the conference. We barely have time to really join and have fun with our group members, and my own delegates, as i had to attend meetings, at all oppourtunity that we had. I remembered someone said "Adli, tak pernah nak practice nari pun. Nak duduk gan budak malaysia pun tak nak" . I heard that, even not through my ears, i felt it. I'm so sorry if they felt that way, but how i wish people will try to look at my situation. Nobody really really knows what happened behind the EC door. Reviewing the constitution, voting and etc.

Being the RC of Malaysia in Thailand conference was a tough job. I was not just bringing delegates to attend the conference, to present paper and poster, to perform and be ambassadors to our culture, to potray a good malaysian medical students, but at the same time on top of that, i was bringing a task to promote and introduce malaysia as the host of the next conference. These few pictures, was taken during my last moments, giving a speech as RC of Malaysia. I remembered the feeling so well, a year being an RC, the ups and downs, the joys and sadness, as i was standing there, behind the mic, giving my last official speech as outgoing RC of Malaysia.

As i stepped out the hall during that closing ceremony,lot of peoples came to me and congratulated me and malaysia. There were some peoples who cried of joy, touched by the last Malaysia presentation. But among the most memorable part of it, was when a friend of mine, came to me,someone important, personally said to me.."Adli, you are a real RC"....

It was neither a smooth ride nor fun, it was totally the opposite. Nevertheless, by the end of the day, only one thing matters. Yupp, i never regret being a Regional Coordinator of AMSA Malaysia 2003/2004.

Boleh try lagi....

Just finished reading a chapter on oesophageal diseases in surgery. I, again realised that i have to study in the library. To study other than the library, will be a stupid idea, unless, i have to. My room is totally a no-no. Zamri, once said, "bilik ko nih, sesuai tok tido, buat orang nak tido jer..", and i have to agree. Looking at it, that's good rite, the bedroom is made for sleeping, duhh. Multitasking in a "product", will make it less superior that a very focus task "product".Haha

Hmm,monday is today...haha, today is monday. So, yesterday was sunday. So what happened yesterday? Hehe nothing much. Got two wedding yesterday, one in Serdang, anak aunty Norli UPM, one year my senior in Maahad. Another one was in Shah Alam, anak uncle Joned. At aunty norli's, the daging masak hitam, was a fave. And in Uncle's JOned, the selections were rather interesting, nasi putih, daging salai masak lemak, kerabu pucuk paku, ikan masin, sambal sotong, ...the daging salai, really a dish by itself.

Kak Ina was at home this weekend, so that complete the house, by sunday, when kak ijah, abang heikal, and dear arif was back home. Saturday was quite a day, had a ortho mcq discussion in the morning and by noon, fetched kak ina, ya and jani, and straight we drove to KLCC. As abah always said, "KLCC ni, temapat abang li ko. Dia berak kencing suma kat sini". Haha, abah trying to be sarcastic,indicating that how frequent i spend my time there. Yeah, partly true,maybe

Luckily, KLCC was not that hectic. I'm not sure what the real purpose was, but kak ina ended buying lancome, and a thing in BodyShop. Lunch was interesting, had Laksa Johor and Laksa Nyonya, with Black Pepper Rice and 3 small scope of mashed patato with lot of gravy. Two Almand Caramel pretzels, Cendol Suria anad ABC Supreme. It look like the trip to KLCC was more like a lunch trip, rather than a shopping trip. Ohh yeah, just realised the surau was again relocated to lower ground, near time book store. It is a bigger and nicer surau, with lot of shelves to put your shoes.

Ohh yeah, this is interesting. After lunch, we went down to Bodyshop, as kak ina wanted to buy an eyeliner. So, they went in and tried some, and bought an eyeliner. On their way out, they stopped at a lip gloss area, ya and kak ina, tried it, but decided it was sticky and not comfortable. At that point, ya had paid the eyeliner and stored the purchased bag in her handbag.

So as we were going out from the shop, this one sales promoter, who trying to be a "she", gladly smiling to my two sisters, and said thank you and something more. At that point, i was thinking,"hmm, why is this so called "girl?", so gladly, thanking my two sis, with her/his smiling face through out". Only in the car, than i knew what she/he said. It was something like this i guess, "Tak nak beli lip gloss tu ke?"...and my sis replied "no" i guess, and she added, "Terima kasih, lain kali datang laa lagi, boleh try try..etc etc"...with that smiling face,,..

Earlier in the store, another incident happened, when ya was paying the lipliner. This particular he/she was talking to another sales promoter who is pregnant, "XX, boleh tak tolong tulis barang barang yang dah takder?"...and that XX replied "Yer laa, aku tahu suma barang yang takder"..Both were talking quite loud, and they were rather far away, i was in between, imagine that. XX, were looking irritated. Than, in less than 30 seconds, another promoter, a real girl, ordering XX in an angry manner "XX, boleh tak tulis barang barang yang takder tu sekarang?", . And, i saw that he/she promoter was standing beside that another promoter, with face, like..hmm...told ya...kes mengadu domba laa ni

I hate to put it here, but i guess, that is malaysian, specifically malay. I'm not sure, when we will change. It is so embarassing to see that happened, and realising it still happen when the goverment is promoting us, as a friendly warm community. Yet saying that, malaysian, is good at acting too. We, with foreigners, "pijak semut pun tak mati", but with our own malaysians, hmm, that what happened. Hmm,....tah laa.....that's us....

Okay, need to go back to the library...got a teaching with MR teoh at the endoscope room....

KLCC, The PIKOM, The Firework and The GJ Mocha, The Conclusion

Arrived at KLCC Traffic light, where, once, my blood was dripping there, haha. It was terrible, the traffic. The big parking, the basement was closed, as it was full. Luckily we managed to park at the Masjid Syakirin parking, and it was lucky for us to find it quite easy.

KLCC was like, during weekends. It was hectic. I went in through Isetan, and there it was 3 days special sale started from that day to this sunday. Said hi to Zam, and we were on our way to KL Convention Centre. Saying that, i been there with Azwan, nearly a month earlier, where we got our oppurtunity to have an extensive tour of the new and beautiful KL Convention Centre.

The PIKOM, is the organiser of this PC Fair,hehe, i'm not sure, who are they. Yet, it was rather a big PC fair. We were eyeing for two things, specifically, 60GB noebook external hardisk, and a semi SLR digital camera. The fair started at the grandballroom, with all the major tenants like Sony, Samsung, Intel and Creative promoting their stuff, and the main exhibition hall, 2 floors down, where all the other tenants situated. Among the best things to see and things that were promoted: Digital Media Centre, a great new product to combine TV and PC and the net, MP4-was everywhere, luckily i was used to it months ago,Creative Speaker-as usual, it is always the best speaker, from my opinion.

So, did i managed to get what i want? I decided, that my dear fren at midvalley, who have 3 booths here, was giving me the best deal for the external hardisk, and it is more worth it, to buy thro him, at his stall, in midvalley. The semi SLR Digital camera, i managed to try most of the models, and i'm satisfied with the extensive exposure to the wide range of models. I was left with two choices at the end Kodak easyshare z740 at the price of 1099, or panasonic lumix at the price of 1799. Looking at the price, surely, it will be kodak, but lumix have a better package for sure. Nevertheless, people at the atm, were making lanes like school childrens, and left me, with only hundreds of cash. I decided, to buy it the next day, leaving me a whole night to choose between the two.

So, at 9 something we went out from the pc fair, looking for dinner. As we were walking to klcc, we then realised, that there was an opening ceremony of the Malaysia Batik Week, and at that time Pak Lah, was just arriving. Not really that interested, we went in KLCC and trying to figure out what to eat. We settled, finally at the Mcday after, long winding lecture of Azwan that end up saying " Makan kat sini aja laa, jangan memilih sangat, annti makan kat cafe aja kan... Mana nak". After the meal, he thought of straight going back, but u know me ,..haha...i said to him, "ehh wan, aku tak pernah tengok Pak Lah, jom laa tengok kejap"...So there we were satnding from first flooor klcc, looking outside to the fashion show , speeches by rais yatim and pak lah. Pak Lah, was looking sad, i guess as time, tears did came out from his eyes. Hmm, looking at it, all this events were late Endon's ideas.

It was in the middle of a long winding fashion show, that Azwan, "cuit" me, and said "Jom balik"...and as we were they for nearly an hour standing, i just follow, even i want to see more of it. At the door, i purposely, choose the right side door, to go out, knowing his car was on the left side. Haha, naughty me, and as we walk outside, than, we were again stranded among the spectators. So there, we were back again, looking at the stage, from a different place. I was looking at the models sashaying down the aisle, when i felt someone was looking at me. I looked to my right, and there she was, looking at me,from her seat, about 2 metres away. Linda Onn, my ex host for Maggi Bersama Bintang. It took me about 2-3 seconds to recognise her, and i bet, she just managed to like "i know this guy, but di mana yaa..."...so she smiled and i smiled back. Nope, i did not chat with her at all...

About 5 minutes there, as Azwan said, "kau nak jumpa linda onn kau tu tak" and i said "no"...he again said.."jom laa balik"....so...again...we were walking ...now to the direction of our car. As we were passing the stalls and bars, suddenly, Azwan and I just stopped in front of Gloria Jeans, and we were looking at each other, and ..walaa...we both, have our own blended coffee in our hand. I was just sitting outside and having my second sip, when "pooomp" a thunder of sound broke the music of the show. Without thinking, i looked up, and i was running to the stairs \, ckimbing the walking path, and there....a magical show of firework...

It was amazing, so beautiful, and it just happened spontaneously. Everybody was stunned, admiring the show. It was nearly 10-15 minutes show, and it was worth to wait, even i didn't know it coming. By the end of it, everybody was cheering, and as Azwan happily said it.."I'm really proud to be malaysian"...a mutual feeling that i bet shared among all malaysians there...

We were back on our chair, when Linda Onn, was back on TV, and shouting and screaming that the next, they will have a Batik week concerts by artis artis af. It was time for Pak Lah to leave, and i'm not sure how, i managed to convince azwan to go back to the stage, to see pak lah, and to catch a glimpse of the concert. Funnily, pak lah, took quite minutes to go out, as all the big persons wanted to meet him. I,being clueless, was stupidly, walking fast, trying to catch a glimpse of him, realising, a rather very clear area, where i bet, Pak lah will walk thro. I was standing there, looking straight to my left, and i saw pak lah, was walking towards my direction, about 5 metres away, when i felt someone grabbing my left hand. I looked back, and a police officer, was looking and talking at me, "Yang awak ni, depan sangat ni buat apa, dah tengok dah tadi kan"...He was talking to me in a soft slow speech, and i realised, haha, i was totally in the middle, of the walk lane. I was smiling like ayam berak kapur, and stupidly walking backwards to the edge, just behind the police officer. How should i know i was in the middle, no one was there, it happened so fast, and no red carpet to mark where he will walk. I manged to see pak lah, he was indirectly looking at my direction, a metres away.

Enough bout my brief encounter, with pak lah, and rather stupid act of me. So we were back to the tangga of klcc, not wanting to seat on the covered chair in front of the stage, even told and asked by the officer. Hey, the view was nicer and clearer from there. There, we were intertained by all the AF's artists,starting from Zahid, bob and zarina, amylea, yazer, marsha, and lastly mawi. It was quite okay, and we wait till the last performance, haha....talking about convincing azwan....

It was 12.15 when we arrived in HUKM, and it was saturday already. The best part of the day, will be....hmm, the firework...and the Mocha ice blended. It sounds rather stupid, but, personally, that was the best part of the day.

p/s:the camera...i ended up....will be buying it, in 4 months time, after my proffesional, thanks to my family especially mak, to be rather supportive yet rational...

KLCC, The PIKOM, The Firework and The GJ Mocha, First Episode

Yesterday, evening, 2nd of December, was again Friday. Yet, every friday is a different Friday, and yesterday, was among the one the nice ones.

My day started rather early,as usual, by 7.30 i was on my way to the ward. My last round in Surgery Ortho, and i have to say, i was so glad, it was it. I'm not saying it was not beneficial, but comparatively, yupp, it was not as useful as it suppose to be. At time, we felt neglected, stupid, and most of the time, out of place. Yet, we still follow our last round with the registra, and after the false information from the registra that Mr Teoh got some OT, we ran to see the list, and i was not sure why, but we were back to the fifth floor and the ward, and saw Mr Teoh, was there doing round. We were a bit mad to the false info from the registra, yet, directly followed the round.

Round finished, Mr Teoh said "Sorry, i'm superbusy today to take you all today", and walla....we were in the cafe, eating our breakfast at Besta Cafe. Nothing much as usual, mine was Mee Goreng, and the chat was around the foreign advertisement, Azwan watched yesterday from Tupong.

As exam will start officially nextweek, and for me, it will be from wednesday, Ortho clinic to get the MCQ answers was the next destination. Unfortunately, only poor Mr Sam handled the clinic. Mr Badrul and Mr Charanjeet were away, got seminar or something. Azah managed to complete several hard MCQ, and i got to at least practice my McMurray. As the clinic was running slow, with signs of hecticness, Azwan and I, decided to go back to our room.

Before Jumaat, went to Tupong's room, to watch the advertisement. Some were really nice, most were funny, yet the best part was the strings of Petronas advertisements, from the Merdeka Indian boy, to a boy who write list of charges to his father, to iklan kasut gombak, it was superb.After jumaat, azwan and I, had agreed earlier to be among the earliest to "walap" all the foods at HUKM's open House. Haha, there were satay, kambing panggan, laksa johor, beriani gam, roti canai, soto, key teow goreng, nasi impit, lemang, bubur lambuk, mee kari, murtabak, cendol, i guess, nearly everty thing was there. Even i was early, infact the earliest, i only managed to eat laksa johor, satay and cendol. Hmm, not sure why....perut masuk angin kot. Meet all the aunties, had a short meeting with Cheng from EMO, and sent Kartina Aziz(yupp, the Mami Jarum's actress) to her car.

And after that asar, Azwan and I were on our way to the adventure of the day, haha.......i guess....to be continued...hehe...dah panjang sangat for an entry...