Diplomacy

I am thinking... it is hard to become a diplomat. It is easier to become a dictator.

If a country was attacking another country and you are a country who supposed to be friend for this two country, obviously you would condemn everything about the attacker. This will be gone for a very long time. The solution is clear. But when somehow, after a period of time, the attacking country stop and try to negotiate a friendship back with your country, will you accept it. What if the attacked country is one of the top priority of your country?

If you choose to take the easy solution and accept the agreement from the attacking country, it would hurt the attacked country. Then you try to negotiate the attacked country to accept the solution but it would not be so easy as you thought. In the end the line is clear, you have to obey a country that is the top priority. But this mean you are going declare a full blown war with the other one.

If i am the diplomat in this situation, i would rather be silent and engaged in a different way to find the solution. Even a round table would not solve the problem. I have to maintain the relation with the country that is so important to mine first at the same time, avoiding any provoking factor. But no clear solution will be visualized. But it could be better compare to feeding a hatred either way.

It is so hard to become diplomatic. It is much easier to become dictator.

Muallaf

So late. I never had any interest in watching late Yasmin movie. I do sometimes like her type of movie but, well, from Sepet and Gubra, i was disappointed. So when this movie came out, i was like, no way.

So i guess just today i get a copy of this movie from a friend and i watched it. This is what i think...

It was not bad. The movie is full of content and messages which can make others think on the similarities between us and not to look at the difference. From the beginning until the end, the movie is so full with content.

The picture is also quite nice, there was not a single frame from the picture showing nothing but content. Perspective. Revision. Idea. Life. Reason. Everything was show in the dialogue, the picture, the music and even the way they put or arrange the furniture, cloth and surrounding environment.

The downside of this movie is as usual, the story build up so slowly. There is no intro, climax, solution or end, there is only content. Flat storyline. No real solution. And you can't even appreciate which one is actually the conflict in the movie. Which story is highlighted? Every content is buried somehow making you confuse to what actually the movie is trying to say.

Hoho.

So i would gave 3 out of 5 star for this movie.

Rating: 3/5 star. 0 moon.


p/s: I like the idea when she said Everyone afraid of what they could not understand.
And also when she said that every translator have different opinion so we should not blindly follow. I like this because ever since i read tafsir since a year ago, i lost much of my interest because the translator seem to be narrowing all the content of Koran despite of making it wide to the current situation we are dealing with today. I believe that not until we ( I) learn arabic that i could really understand the meaning of it. For example, they translate Islam as islam in the koran and why not Selamat or sejahtera or safe? I always think of this... Maybe Prophet Jesus, Abraham, all came to us praying to God and use the word Islam but in old language and not arab. maybe. haha.

How to train your dragon

Dragon? Lame? Outdated? We have seen so many dragon movie before. Now that they make another dragon movie, in 3D, is not it boring?

No. This movie is different. It is not about dragon only but different type of dragon. it is like watching a pokemon or digimon or whatever yang sewaktu dengannya. In this movie, we can see a few types of dragon with its ability and weakness. it was fun.

Plus, the dragon is cute especially the Night Fury. Look like a cat.

Anyway, this movie is about a group of people who are called viking. they kill dragon and they were good at killing it. however, they never understand the dragon they fight not until a boy named Hiccup discover that dragon was not a cruel reptiles but a friendly one and it can be train. So the story goes. A whole villagers who killed dragon for generations versus a boy who can ride one.

I can tell you that from the beginning until the end, you will be full of excitement, laughter and you are hoping for more dragon along the movie.

The introduction part was genius, the story end with a good happy ending one, as usual for a 3d movie for kids, and the last huge dragon was.... huge. It really look like godzilla. I love godzilla so this is bias a little bit. Hehe.

Anyway, i recommend this movie. it is better than alice in wonderland ( to compare it with the previous movie in 3D i have watched).

I gave this movie 4 out of 5 star. It lack one star from me because i want more dragon. I want to see more night fury. Hehe. Plus one moon for the movie for the big godzilla in the end.

rating: 4/5 star + 1 moon.

Not bad.

I was thinking, who else work from 6 AM in the morning and finish around 9-10 PM at night on average, everyday, the whole year

I was thinking, who else work a 36 hours shift?

I was thinking, who else work for the benefit of others and sacrificed their own life with a cheap salary not even enough to buy a house?

I was thinking, who else work even in public holiday and weekend?

I was thinking, who else work even he/she was sick and not given any medical leave?


Hmm...a slave maybe?


Haha... this is just a random thinking of my future. Looking at the bright side, maybe it is not bad at all.

Merantau Warrior

Ni nak cerita sikit tentang movie ni. Mula2 kata nak tayang kat Sabah ni, bila sampai tarikh yang ditetapkan, tengok2 tiada pula ditayang. Kena cari DVD baru bleh tengok. Pelik betul la dorang ni. Apa masalah cerita ni pula sehingga tak ditayangkan di Sabah? Ada unsur tak baik ka? tak ada juga. Entahlah. Dorang anti sabah kot. haha.

Have you ever seen Ong Bak? Even though Ong Bak is not a genre of movie but i guess people already make it one. If you watch a movie like Fury, Raging Of Phoenix, and this one Merantau Warrior, it is an Ong Bak genre movie.

What i like about this movie is obviously the fighting choreography. I always think why people stop making Silat movie. Everything nowadays is about Kung Fu or karate, or universal marshal art where one punch and the other avoid it and return the punch. Do you remember years ago, there is a lot o Silat movie, during P.Ramlee time, during A.R Badul, until late 1990's, suddenly Silat was gone. Just like that.

Not until Ong Bak released. Craving for Silat movie, most of silat fan would not throw away the chance to watch Tony Jaa reviving Silat again in this world. But then, is that it? We gave away Silat to Thailand which is proud of their Muay Thai ( it is a form or a branch of Silat Art). Why don't we make it ourselves. A movie like that.

Then this Merantau Warrior came. True, it is from our neighbor country Indonesia, but it is good enough to make us open our eyes and start to realize that Silat is not a dance art but a real martial art which is deadly and dangerous. If asked to most of people from southeast asia, kung fu or silat, which one is more deadly? I guess a lot will say Silat. However, young generation will answer Kung Fu, because they only saw Jet Li and Jackie Chan in the movie.

What is good about Merantau Warrior is, it does not really plagiarize Ong Bak, it is the same genre of movie, but it has its own story line, and the fighting, is 100% Silat and not Muay Thai. You can see the similarities but also you will see a lot of difference between Silat and Muay thai. This movie can be classified as original even though a lot say it plagiarize ong bak.

The story line...simple. The martial art choreography, 70% brilliant. Does it open our eyes about introducing this movie again in the future? Certainly.

I hope that many movie like this will come out in the near future. I hope one of them came from Malaysia because we have our own Silat style also.

For those who want to watch a brand new silat martial art movie, i recommend this movie. We can learn a lot of move from it.

I gave this movie 3 out of 5 star. plus one moon because of the martial art choreographer.

Give it a try.

The Lovely Bones

Alice in wonderland, nice but for a 4 year old kid. If we talk about some serious fantasy movie, for adult, the lovely bone it is.

It was based on a book by the same title i guess. I never read the book but i know about it. So without knowing the story from that book, i go and watch this movie and believe that this is one of my favaorite movie ever since 2010 started.

It was a unique movie about a girl who are murdered and then she tell the story from her afterlife. The movie is a combination of fantasy and spiritual element. Plus a lot of intense and suspense, with a little touch of good acting and also storyline. I can never predict the end of the story from the beginning. The story is unpredictable and i like it.

I recommend this movie for those who loved fantasy, family movie, and thriller.

I gave 4 out of 5 stars for this movie.


So enough about the movie, i want to tell a story about a person who was sitting at my back when i watched this movie. 2 females. I believe that one of them already read this book so she know the story. The problem is, one of them keep asking the other about how the story goes along the movie. WTF. If she really want to know, can she just watch the screen in front of her. And the other person keep telling about how the story goes. Well, in my conclusion, i would suggest this two perempuan, go back or go sit somewhere in a coffeehouse or something and talk about the movie rather than paying RM5 to enter the cinema hall and keep talking about the movie from the books she read before. Everyone is thinking illogically nowadays. So many people think illogically which i hate the most.

I hate illogical thinking, so stop think illogically if someone want to be around me. haha...but i do accept jokes and good illogical humour. hehe.

Alice in Wonderland

This is my movie week. I've watched 5 movie this week. Yes 5.

hmm... I want to start with the first one which is

1. The Hurt locker


How should i describe this movie. Not too nice, and not too bad. Overall....boring. The only nice thing about this movie is, it really make you feel the feeling of a soldier fighting in Iraq or any war in the world. We can feel their fear, concern and adrenaline rush when watching this movie. The story is simple. Just about war and bomb. I don't know but i was a little disappointed with this movie. I'm anticipating this movie since a few months ago after it win a lot of awards internationally and just a day after watching it, it win 6 academy award. I still don't get it. What is so big about this movie? 4 of my other friends agree with me...

we gave 2.5 out of 5 star for this movie.

2. My name is Khan


This is also a big movie (bollywoodly). It gain quite a profit in the west and break the record of the first bollywood movie that gain that much.

My opinion about this movie....is bad. Shah Rukh Khan seem to copycat the character in the old movie entitled "Rain Main'. If you already watched rain main, then you would give a thumbs down for this movie. The story line is illogical. Quite funny i guess even though it is not a comedy. The way they portrait Islam in this movie is misguided. Still some of it i have to agree where Islam should not always about hate, the god way it the way of love. Fair enough. If you watch the movie towards the end you would say "shit, what the hell". If you want to make a historical movie, make it like one and if you want to make it a total fiction, make it one. This is another version of inglurious bastard. I believe that the only fictional movie that can play around with real fact and history is Forest Gump. People should consult the author of that movie before you create a movie and ended like inglurious bastard and My name is Khan.

I gave 1.5 out of 5 star for this.

3. Alice in Wonderland


Yeah, alice! The name is so famiiar. I could not wait to watch this movie. Today is the releasing day so i wait for the first show in GSC 1borneo to watch it.HoHo. Well, overall, this movie did not disappoint me. But, it is not quite up to the standard where i gave 5 star (like i did for avatar). It is just..it is not like the story which i remember. Was my memory wrong or they change the storyline a little bit? I don't know. I was confused until now. From my memory, in the end, alice become big and he can stomp all her enemy. But in this one, she fight with a dragon. I am confused with my memory. Still, this movie is nice. You can bring your child or your little sister to watch it. I guess girl and children love it more than i do.

i gave 3.5 ou of 5 star for it.

4. Edge of Darkness


This is the movie i watched today after alice in wonderland. And hell, i don't get it. This movie is so twisted until in the end, i can't untie the knot. I don't get it. I don't get it. The story is too slow. If you want to make a twisted movie, i guess you need to summarize the end brilliantly so people would impress with it. If you don't, this is the result, audience like me would say " that's it? I don't get it". I don't want to comment further. I don't recommend this one. I gave 1 out of 5 star to it.

5. Confucious.


The last movie i want to comment here. Hmm..everybody know Kung Fu Tze. This movie is the story of him. From the beginning until the end. It is all about confucious journey towards the fame of his name. My opinion is, i don't like it. Why? yes this is a historical movie i guess but they forgot to highlight the greatness of confucious. When i watched this movie, i only see a story of a man becoming old. that is all. Do you ever watch that old movie titled "Gandhi". The story about gandhi. that one is marvelous because it highlight the influence of gandhi and the act of him that make him a great figure in this world. Contrast to confucious, it only show a story of a man becoming old and die at the end. Haha. Not good. Boring.

I gave 1 out of 5 star for it.


So that is all for this week. Anticipating for other movie next week.

Assistant Medical Officer

1. I was commenting on the issue of 1malaysia clinic where some management from the assistant medical officer in charge there is not (sometimes) correct. I have seen this matter in hospital everyday especially paediatric posting. Yup, maybe i am just a medical student who are going but still not become a doctor, but i am trying to learn whatever is wrong and right and in medicine, there is no such thing as i am senior or junior or i eat salt first but it would depend on how much 'salt' you ingest...

2. I already talk about this in my previous post that we cannot say that old people would always be right because they was born first but in the era of mass exposure to mass media and information technology, a 10 years old children would no more about the world compare to 70 years old who even did not know how to turn on a computer.

3. So regarding the assistant medical officer problem, one person ( i guess AMO) emailed me and tell a long description regarding their role in Malaysia. He would say that they are playing role as paramedic, physician assistant and sometime a nurse and also play a role of a doctor in the rural area and 1malaysia clinic like i would bother about this. I don't. Because for me, what i concern of is the patient and not myself or other medical care giver whether they are suffering or working long hours and get little payment. Maybe this issue (salary and working hour) also need to be raised but patient is the main concern.

4. What is the meaning of giving a wrong instruction of ORS to dehydrated children, and to ask not to feed a child much @ don't give sweet thing to a child to prevent seizure? (hypoglycaemia can cause seizure for sure). The management can harm the patient. This is what my concern a really about. Not the suffering of medical care giver.

5. So thing need to be changed, slowly if not rapidly. People should realize that this matter should not be continued. If we are lack of doctors, don't harm patient by letting person who are not one to manage our people. It is better if you say someone die because no doctor around rather than someone die because 'doctor' kill him.


p/s: I would emphasize here that the role of A.M.O in Malaysia is so important, could not agree more. They have to cover the work of a medical officer because we are lack of medical officer. I also realize that many assistant medical officer are going for further training to make themselves competent to play this big role. However, i would say that nothing is perfect. Must be some of them who are not competent. Same goes to doctors. But, if doctors are incompetent, it is their fault. But if a patient were harmed because assistant medical officer incompetency, it is not their fault, but the system. 1malaysia clinic still inappropriate at this time.

Old Town Halal?

Now another 'chain email' saying that OLD TOWN white Coffee is not halal even though it have Halal Logo from Jakim. It says that the logo is a fake, muslim was cheated and OLD Town is anti-islam.

True or not? Who knows?

Until when should muslim live under suspicion? paranoid? insecure? Doubtful?

I guess, we all just should open our mind, and think once, what good do we get if we over doubt everything? Do we move forward? Or do we move backward? Or static and everyone else go forward? Literally, that is backward.

By saying thing like this, i guess all the 'alim' people would have 3-4 pages of so called evidence to deny whatever i said but i just want to tell them that... I DON'T CARE.

Judging is a thing that we should leave to God to decide, not us, a mere human.

My Rubik's Cube

I bought my new Rubik's cube. I was addicted to this cube since last year when suddenly, out of the blue, i go and buy one rubik's cube without any particular reason. So i learn how to solve it, and i got addicted, i love solving it even though i am doing the same thing again and again. Just to make my brain sore a little bit.

This is my new Rubik's cube:


It is beautiful. But... the colour fade away so easily. Damn it. It cost me Rm10 for this one and i thought it would last long.

I have to use McDonald Sticker to modify the surface...hmm..i will show it later. haha...

Anyway, it would be almost impossible for a person to solve this cube spontaneously accept those who are too genius. As you can see, not many solution were there to solve this cube. Probably less than 10 methods. After you remember the algorithm, then it would be easy for you to solve it.

hmm.... I guess i am not genius after all.

MOCK exam The Next day

Hmm, i don't expect that i performed really bad during this MOCK exam. Well, today got pregnancy case previous history of C-section twice and a fungating breast carcinoma. Well, i was terrible in both. Not too terrible, but not that excellence also. I just don't get certain examiner questions. It was not clear and so vague.

I love when they asked clearly. But that is what we call luck. We will get good examiner, and bad examiner.

What i love about MOCK exam or they call it MOCK program is that we have half day exam, and half day seminar, like a workshop.

For this 3 days, we are so lucky to get some lecture from Prof Dato Dr.Raymond Azman Ali, from UKM. I love his lecture regarding clinical examination and neurological examination. Everything make sense. Everything is logical and practical. Not like what we have been taught 3 years ago. What we have been taught is correct but not practical.


Hmm, i want to share some thing that we get from him. As a medical student, we are usually taught to spend 1 hour of long case examination to clerk a patient and then later present it to the examiner for the next 30 minutes. It is standard in all over the world. No medical school in the world that have different way of examination. So usually, theoretically we are taught to use 30 minute to clerk patient, and 10 minutes to do physical and the rest is to prepare ourselves to meet the examiner. But i learn rather something new from dato. What he tell us is to use only 10 minutes to clerk patient, 10 minutes to examine and 40 minutes to prepare ourselves to meet the examiner. So practical and make sense.

hmm...tomorrow is the last session for MOCK exam. A day when our result will come out and feedback session plus some talk on neuro examination 2. Looking forward to it.

MOCK exam Cerebral Palsy

A disorder movement and posture due to non progressive lesion that occur because of the damage in the developing brain.

The most common causes is Prematurity ( previously birth asphyxia are believed to be the most common causes)...

It is common even though most people think that this condition is rare.

So, i get this case. I know everything about it but my weakness is in the differential diagnosis. I would put muscular dystrophy as the first differential. I know about it. Ok. Fair enough. But when it came to my next differential, spinal cord disease, i am having a though block. All i can think is infection, tuberculosis...what else? I did not revise neuro before mock exam. My fault. Arr...


So then, i guess i could failed my long case today....