Drive Safely

It has been a busy weekend and I have another two days to go before I finish my call. When my colleague Su told me that oncall in the puasa month is horrendous with severe injuries and bad accidents.. The past three days proved that.

Today tops it up. At about 6.30 pm I received a call from my MO informing me there has been an accident involving a family of 5. What made me really sad was this incident involved kids of 4 years, 3 years and 5 month. The father had spinal injury and may be paraplegic after this. ahhh...such a young family. What i cannot tahan the most is hearing the baby cry and cry...

I am so sad.

When I hear the radio advert on to be safe on the road I usually laugh... but it is true. It is usually the ones around us that is affected when we drive carelessly or when we are involved in an accident.

So dearest friends,

Drive defensively, drive safely
Take a break when you need it
Hope you will reach your destination and back safely

Selamat Balik Kampung
SElamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Toddler poisoned

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/9/30/nation/19040470&sec=nation

This brings us to the question... who is at fault? Where was this poison kept? A 13 month old would not be able to open cupboards or open tight lids... therefore, some one must have left it lying around. It's simple negligence.

I used to remember government ads on TV regarding poisons especially weedkiller. It tells parents to keep such poisons clearly labelled, and out of reach of children. This is not an isolated incidence. Some were minor poisonings that remain out of public scrutiny.

If this was paraquat, even though the child is now out of ICU, her future looks bleak. Lets pray for the best for this child.

Insensitive Malaysians

I was driving to work yesterday when I heard the brief news on Hot FM.... Ibubapa Jazlin boleh didakwa... My initial thoughts ...."What the F#$%?".

My god, they have just buried their child, after a month of searching and hope.... such statement should not have been made. People make mistakes, which parent that have not suddenly lose their child in a shopping complex??? Sometimes just a second of being non vigilant the child is lost into the crowd...

It is not a time to finger point at the easiest target, i.e the parents. It's a time to look at our social context and what we really teach the children... In the past there were not as many psychos lurking around, and knowing Wangsa Maju, the area is family orientated... The only mistakes the parents may have done is trusting their neighbourhood to much, and letting their guards down.

First and foremost, I think that investigation of what happened and identification and eventual arrest of the culprit should be the utmost importance. This is to prevent other innocent children from becoming victims.... Not just this particular fiend, but all those sex fiend that has been terrorizing our society.

Second, we need to educate parents to be more vigilant. Our parenting skills are usually hand-downs i.e we care for our children as our parents care for us. Some neighbourhoods in the past were so safe that children ran around playing with no worries at all. Now, the present parents have to be like the Westerners "Do not talk to strangers"; "Do not follow others"; "Only mommy will pick you up from school"...

Lastly, we have to re-instill the good neighbours attitude in our society. This is especially in the towns where people are so used to 'not minding other people business'. If a child gets pulled in to a car...and things looked suspicious people should be a busy body and just poke their nose in... if it's nothing, it's nothing. But if it is something serious or criminal then you may have actually helped the situation...but who knows.

I am so sad for the demise of the child but I am also so angry at the insensitive satement made. Bloody hell, if you have nothing constructive to say "SHUT UP"...

Another group of people I am pissed throughout the recent events are the STUPID INSENSITIVE so called journalists of a leading TV station... after the discovery of the body and the DNA results a lady 'journalist' interviewed the deceased sister who was sobbing away..."Who do you think is the dead body"....."I don't know"...."Then you mean it is not your sister??"..."No...."... " Then if it's not your sister, where is your sister??"... Arrghhh... stupid fart, a person (and mind you this is a child) is trying to cope with the news of a dead family member and you try and sensationalise that they do not admit it's their sibling.... People need time to accept...

Just wait, raya is coming soon... same stupid journalist will be out prowling looking for families that have lost their member during the Raya Rush Home.... Same standard line of questioning..year after year....." Jadi apa perasaan Puan tentang Hari Raya tahun ini..."... Uh duh??? that is surely a RM 1 000 000 question.... and then the cameraman would zoom in on the sobbing faces... Vultures!!!!

Tak Apa Attitude

I am oncall again this weekend... ah... last night decided that I at least have to do something constructive today. Not just switch on the internet and watch ASTRO. And so, woke up at 7.30am, rolled in bed, drove to Mentakab to swim at the Bukit Bendera Resort. Swam for about 45 minutes, then drove to hospital and did rounds with the MOs and HOs.

By 11 I was free, hmmmm.... so I decided to walk around Taman Bandar, a lakeside recreational area in Temerloh town. Seen it everytime I pass the UMNO building..it's on the opposite side. Never expected a huge area.. However, as usual, the place is not well kept. Litter everywhere, there are adequate rubbish bins but they are under-utilised. I am so used to the cleanliness of Taman Tasik Titiwangsa and I found this disturbing.

However, we must blame the visitors. Malaysians, although we claim we are going towards developed nation, do not have the mentality and attitude of a developed nation. People have the 'tak apa' attitude.... "buanglah sampah merata-rata...takpe... apa guna ada majlis perbandaran"... "tandas tak jirus, takpe...apa guna bayar 20 sen"... Aaarrrggghhhhh....

We have to teach and educate our fellow Malaysians on basic hygiene and cleanliness. Just because some other person left rubbish on the street doesn't mean everyone has to add on to the pile. It starts with ONE person, it might be a small gesture but it's a start.

Teach our young ones and hopefully they'll grow up with the right attitude. My dad used to scold us if we throw anything out of the car and at the end of a trip his car is usually messed up with the rubish us kids make. He would clean up after us but never complain. We were told that if we don't take care of the environment we have no one to blame except ourselves when our homes and towns become a dump pile. When we went for picnics, my parents would prepare rubbish bags and all of us had to clear our mess and take it back home to be disposed. And thus one would understand why I cringe when I see some parents encouraging their kids to litter.

Petty theft..is there such a thing?

A few kids went and trample on my garden to steal the rambutan... they were so arrogant that they refuse to budge when I told them off... only left when I threatened them...

These are kids 10-12 years... There must be something wrong...as these kids think that my tree is their property... Don't mind if they ask but stealing???

Siakap senohong gelama ikan duri
Bercakap bohong lama-lama mencuri...

Hmmm.. kalau dah mencuri tu... lama-lama????