My Car

   After giving  a service to my family for 13 years, 1 month & 3 days, finally my Proton Wira DAH6769 has said a good bye to us a day before yesterday (15 July 2013, 5.55 p.m.). Now, come a turn for Proton Preve’ to service us (starting 23 June 2013).

   I was personally sad to part from this Proton Wira.  There were so many sweet and  bad memories I gone through with this Proton Wira. Everything that comes must go one day whether we like it or not. Our new Preve’ has a Terengganu plate number which is TBK8648….

2nd NaCMeLS: 4-6 Nov. 2008, Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Radiation Exposure & Contamination Rate in Patient Receiving Radioiodine (I-131) Treatment

Abdullah Waidi I, Nur Hamizah MZ, Chen SC, Ahmad Z

(School of Health Sciences, USM, Kelantan)

     To determine the radiation exposure & contamination rate of patients 

      receiving radioiodine (I-131) treatment for thyroid cancer in HUSM.

     The patients were given a dose  of   80 – 150 mCi. The radiation exposure 

     was then measured at the chest and pelvic region of patients at the 

     difference distances (0.5, 1.0 & 1.5 m) and taken after 1 and 24 hours of 

     I-131 administration. The contamination rate was determined at patient’s skin 

     at the same distance as the exposure rate measurement.

     The radiation exposure of different dose ranging from 6–50 mR/h  for

      1-hour and 2–30 mR/h for 24-hour measurements. The contamination rate 

      was 0–48 cpm after 4 hours and 0–14 cpm after 10 hours. After 24 hours, 

      this value was 0–34 cpm.

     This finding (radiation exposure) complied with the Inverse Square Law 

      (exposure rate decreases by increasing the square of distance). The 

      contamination level in other hand depends on patient’s attitude towards 

      personal hygiene.

AMeLS

     AMeLS is the abbreviation for Association of Medical Laboratory Sciences USM. It is the association which representing the medical lab-based profession in USM. The majority of its ordinary members are Medical Laboratory Technologists (MLTs). Besides the MLTs, the ordinary members also cover the Assistant Scientific Officers, Scientific Officers and lecturers. Its associate members can be from any profession in USM which been approved by the exco. AMeLS has been founded in 1989.

     In recent AGM (May 2013), I have been elected to lead AMeLS as the 13th President for 2013/2015 session. I have been given the mandate to bring AMeLS to as higher level as possible. I hereby, have to work harder & smart for that. Hopefully, Allah guides me & my exco to the glorious & victorious path as the members want it to be….

Horrific Moments

Incident 1:  There’re ravine on the left and  drain & hill on the right. 

 While driving back from Penang to Kubang Kerian  (just after passing the Pergau Dam), my car was suddenly out of control. I could do nothing. The engine just stopped. My car was turning 270 degrees to the opposite lane. 1 on-coming car just escaped of hitting my car. When my car was totally stopped in the middle of the road, I restarted the engine & it was run okay. Soon after that, there were a few vehicles were passing by. 

Alhamdulillah. Thanks to the Al-Mighty Allah who spare my life then….

Incident 2: Not even 7 days after the incident 1, it happened again....

 On 9th February, at about 4.00 p.m.,  just after a traffic light junction in Kijal, my car was involved in 4-cars collision and mine was the last car. My car was severely damaged at the front part. Thankful to Allah who again save me....

Our Rohani Idris 1956-2012

4-8-1956/21-10-2012

   My eldest sister & the second of my siblings (same mother, same father) had left us forever at the age of 56 years old (similar to her year of birth). Her name was Rohani Idris, somehow been written in Birth Certificate as Rahani Idris. She was involved in a very tragic car collision on night of 21 October 2012, along the Muadzam Highway near Felda Kratong. She was reported died on the spot. She was alone on way back to her home in Gemas after returned to our village in Bukit Kuang & managed her new restaurant (to be opened soon) in Gebeng. She was laid in peace at Bukit Kuang cemetery in the morning of 22 October. My wife, daughter & I just missed her funeral as we were late by an hour. I had no chance to give her my last kiss & respect. I just stayed for a while at her grave and send her my recital of doa and Al-Fatihah.

   She was a very caring sister who we ever had. Her cooking was tremendously finger-licking yummy. She did a lot especially to me.  I stayed with her family in Bukit Mertajam Railway Quarters while I was in Form Five in 1981. She always gave me good advice. I transferred to Bukit Mertajam High School from Sultan Ismail Secondary School, Kemaman due to some family misunderstandings back then. I had a lot of memorable moments with her. I will definitely miss her humour story.

   She had given a signal of her death but I just didn’t notice. She wished a Happy Birthday to me one month earlier than my real birthday. I told her that my birthday was on 25 May and not April. She even bought me a birthday present then. She also persuaded me to celebrate the recent Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha with our siblings at her new house in Gebeng. If I could foresee this, I definitely fulfil her request.

   Her death is great loss not only to her husband & children but also to us as her siblings.  She was normally called by us as Zah (short form for Azizah, her unofficial name, given by one Malay traditional healer). Later, as we all grown up & have our own children, we called her Makwa.

  Makwa;  Stay calm over there. We will always send you our Al-Fatihah, Al-Quran recital and prayer.

  O Allah! Please kindly do accept our Makwa with Your Unlimited Forgiveness and shower her with Your Utmost Blessings. We love her so much but Your Great Love is much more than ours.