notes from Karawang

Bismillah

I'm here in Kabupaten Karawang specifically in Rengasdengklok sub-district. This place is very far far away from the Karawang Town, about an hour an 15 minutes journey by angkot (angkutan kota~lebih kurang macam sebuah van). (Kabupaten Karawang is one of the district in Jawa Barat Province)

We're here for our last rotation in clinical year before we go back to Malaysia for good...and this rotation is the most adventure among all rotations, i guess. Our PUSKESMAS (similar to Klinik Desa) situated in Kutawaluya sub-district, about 7-6 kilometres from Rengasdengklok. We stay in Rengasdengklok due to the lack of facilities in Kutawaluya and for instance has not much choices of food and entertainment. Tak boleh hidup dengan nyaman lah senang kata. Actually, Rengasdengklok pun ada banyak kekurangan, tapi lebih elok la berbanding Kutawaluya, takpe, belajar hidup dalam serba kekurangan, jangan manja sangat.

Today, i learnt new things. I learnt how to eat anak belut goreng, i learnt to eat pepes ikan patin, i learnt to eat at warung tepi sawah (terima kasih kepada Bang Nopi yang sudi memperkenalkannya) and the most 'something' was, i learnt how to ride a motocycle. Abah never allow me or my sisters to ride that thing until this time, he just redha when i asked his permission. I said the Puskesmas is only can be reached by motorcycle or personnal transportation. There is no angkot or bus passes by that area. Sungguh ulu...Nasib anak abah sudah ditakdirkan macam ni bah... tapi kesian lagi kawan ain yang org KL tu kena duduk kat tempat macam ni..dia lebih tak biasa lagi dengan keadaan macam ni..

At first, i felt so down when my campus listed my name in Kutawaluya Puskesmas. I seldom feel this feeling and keep asking the same question, "why me"?? Aku tak suka duduk kat tempat ceruk macam tu. Aku bukanlah orang yang suka cabaran sebenarnya...penakut! But when i think and think and think and muhasabah diri...i came into conclusion that, there are reasons why ALLAH send me here. Maybe this time, Allah wants me to feel the hardship before jadi seorang doktor yang hebat. Haha..Tak kesah la...i have to face this kind of test. Apapun terjadi, aku harap aku selamat menyelesaikan tugas di sini. Mungkin ini pengalaman yang tak akan didapat di tempat lain. Sekian.

"You've dreams, big dreams, you've to be strong to achieve them all. Never lose hope, Allah is there to help, to guide and to show the best way u should go."

WISH ME LUCK!!:)