Monday 23 March 2009

Personal: Happy Birthday

~ The Greatest Gift ~
The lovely girl above (the greatest gift) is 8 years old today - 23rd. March 2009. This girl is loved by all her family members. We all wish her the best. Be a good girl - sihat, ceria, pandai & beriman.
Catatan:
Tiada majlis sambutan secara besar-besaran kerana tok saudara Solehah berada dalam keadaan tenat di hospital.

Saturday 21 March 2009

Personal: Best Friend

~ Solehah, Teh & Congkak: 21 Mac 2009 ~
Pada dasarnya Solehah tidak mempunyai ramai rakan. Rakan sebaya juga seolah-olah tidak begitu berminat bermain dengan Solehah. Ketidakupayaan fizikal yang dialami membataskan Solehah untuk berkawan & bermain dengan kanak-kanak lain.
Namum Solehah tetap mempunyai seorang rakan karib (tinggal di kawasan yang sama) iaitu Teh (Nurul Hidayah Mohd. Noor). Teh ialah cucu kepada Cikgu Tahir & Cikgu Norain (pesara). Sudah dua tahun mereka sekelas. Teh selalu dihantar ke rumah untuk bermain-main dengan Solehah. Teh juga selalu membantu Solehah semasa di sekolah.
Catatan:
Cikgu Norain juga pernah memberi tuisyen percuma kepada abang Solehah.

Tahfifah: On 'Learning'

~ Solehah & Walking Exercise ~
Some of us have very good memory while some don't. Those who have good memory have tapped into the power of the mind & know how to make full use of it.Sad to say, normally in school students spend 11 years learning but most never been taught the art of learning (e.g: how to have good memory).
You can never change the past but you can decide on your future. Read something on 'learning skills' immediately! Learn how to learn before you start learning!
Catatan:
The equipment above (parallel bar) was self-made.

Personal: Solehah & the 4th. Operation

~ Solehah's right foot after the POP being removed on 20/06/08 ~
The 4th. operation was done on Friday, 18/04/08 at Hospital Tuanku Fauziah (HTF), Kangar. It was to improve the 1st. operation which was done earlier at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL). It was attended by Mr. Zulkiflee Osman (Pakar Perunding Ortopedik) and Miss Norashikin (Pakar Bedah Ortopedik). Both came all the way from Institut Ortopedik & Traumatologi, HKL. They were assisted by other doctors form HTF.
The operation was to shorten the medial column & lengthen the lateral column of the right foot. The operation ran (> 3 hours) smoothly & Solehah's right leg was POP (cement) up to the knee.
We took Solehah once to HKL (as instructed) on 14/05/08 to see Mr. Zulkiflee Osman. We travelled a day earlier as Solehah's second brother (Zakwan) had to report at the Royal Military College for the preparation to enter INTEC (International Education Centre), UiTM Shah Alam.
The POP was only removed on 20/06/08 at HTF. Alhamdulillah, the 4th. operation has improved the structure of Solehah's right foot. As a result, she could walk better - without aids of course.

Friday 20 March 2009

Tahfifah: On 'Help'

~ Berbasikal : menguatkan otot untuk berdiri & berjalan ~
Everybody needs help. Don't be shy to ask for it.
While, pride is an egoistic state of mind. It is worthless but a fool is willing to pay for it.
Don't allow shyness and pride to stop you from asking for help.
Catatan:
Itulah 'pegangan' di sebalik kejayaan bagaimana Solehah boleh berjalan. Kami tidak putus-putus (selama 5 tahun) meminta pertolongan Allah. Dengan izinNya, kami dipermudahkan - mendapat pertolongan banyak pihak & akhirnya Solehah boleh berjalan.

Personal: Rawatan & Rujukan

~ Solehah & Dr. Choong Pheik Sian ~
(Foto di Klinik Pediatrik HAS sebelum Dr. Choong berkursus di Afrika Selatan)
Sejak mula dirujuk ke Klinik Pediatrik, Hospital Alor Star (sebelum berpindah ke Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah - HSB), Solehah telah dirujuk & menerima rawatan di beberapa klinik di hospital tersebut. Sebilangan besar rawatan tersebut berterusan sehingga sekarang.
Di HSB/HAS, Solehah menjadi / pernah menjadi pesakit di:
1. Klinik Pediatrik
2. Klinik Ortopedik - berhenti selepas dirujuk ke Hospital Seberang Jaya.
3. Unit Fisioterapi
4. Unit Pemulihan Carakerja
5. Klinik Oftalmologi - berhenti sebab tiada masalah penglihatan
6. Klinik Dermatologi - bila perlu
7. Klinik Pergigian Pediatrik
8. Klinik Otorinolaringologi - rawatan & speech theraphy
Solehah juga pernah dirujuk oleh HSB ke:
1. Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - berjumpa Prof. Sharaf Ibrahim
2. Hospital Seberang Jaya - Klinik Ortopedik & Klinik Pediatrik
2. Institut Pediatrik, Hospital Kuala Lumpur - Mr. (Dr.) Zulkiflee Osman di Klinik Ortopedik
3. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Malaya - berjumpa Prof. Sengupta
4. Hospital Selayang - berjumpa Mr. (Dr.) Pathmanathan (Klinik Hand & Microsurgery)
5. Hospital Tuanku Fauziah, Kangar - berjumpa Dr. Zulkiflee Osman yang secara berkala datang ke HTF untuk berjumpa pesakitnya.
Solehah juga pernah sekali di bawa (melalui keluarga di Thailand) ke Ibnu Sina Hospital, Narathiwat, Thailand.
Hanya sebuah sahaja klinik swasta yang Solehah mendapat rawatan secara 'regular' iaitu Klinik Pakar Kanak-Kanak Harcharan (> 40km dari rumah). Dr. Harcharan Singh dipanggil Tok Wan oleh Solehah.
Catatan:
1. Layanan & perkhidmatan yang diterima di semua tempat adalah 99.5% amat bertimbangrasa & memuaskan. Semuanya manis kecuali segelintir. Terima kasih hospital-hospital kerajaan.
2. Kami pernah berulang setiap minggu (seminggu sekali) ke HKL.
3. Bila dah jadi surgeon, doktor akan pakai panggilan Mr.

Tuesday 17 March 2009

Tahfifah:On 'Take Charge'

~ Solehah: Before the 5th. Operation ~
(Photo from Nadwah's Blog: http://a-precious-gift-umairah.blogspot.com/)
Are we intelligent enough?
YES! We are as long as we are willing to work hard and don't give up no matter what happens. Anyway, one of my lecturers said that he could even train a monkey to score all "A's".
So we definitely CAN unless we are ...
Catatan:
Take charge of your thoughts, you can do what you want with them!

Santai: Do We Have 'What It Takes'?

~ Solehah: After the 4th. Operation - 18/04/2008 ~
There was a young lady who had taken ballet lessons all through her childhood. Finally she felt that she was ready to commit herself to it - to become a prima ballerina. But first she wanted to be sure that she had talent. So she went to see a ballet master - happened to be in town.
"I want to be a great ballerina, but I don't know if I have the talent," she said. "Dance for me," the master said. Only a minute or two the master said, "No, no! You don't have what it takes."
Heartbroken, she went home - tossed the ballet slippers & never wore them again. Instead, she took a part-time job, got married & had children.
Years later she ran into the old master. She reminded him that they have met & said, "There's just one thing that has always bothered me. How could you tell so quickly that I didn't have what it takes?"
He replied, "Oh! I barely look at you when you danced. That's what I tell all of them who come to see me."
"But that's unforgivable!" she cried. "You have ruined my life! I could have been a great ballerina!"
The old master said, "No, no, no! I don't think so. If you have what it takes, you wouldn't have paid any attention to what I said!"

Monday 16 March 2009

Personal: Tawaran Bertukar Kelas

Solehah: The day she took her 1st. step ... at the age of 5
Pada pagi Ahad, 08/03/09 (ketika sedang bertugas) penulis menerima panggilan telefon daripada isteri berhubung tawaran pertukaran kelas Solehah - dari kelas 2 Kasih ke 2 Sabar. Walau pun sekolah tempat Solehah belajar tidak melaksanakan 'streaming' secara total tetapi kelas Sabar menempatkan murid-murid yang terbaik berdasarkan keputusan peperiksaan.
Semasa di Tahun Satu (2008), Solehah di tempat di Kelas 1 Sabar. Guru kelasnya Cikgu Noriah - seorang guru yang berdedikasi & banyak memahami masalah yang dihadapi Solehah. Cikgu Noriah juga adalah Cikgu Kelas abang-abang Solehah. Namun, kerana dikatakan tidak mencatatkan keputusan terbaik (sangsi kerana ada anak-anak orang tertentu yang keputusannya jauh lebih rendah) Solehah ditempatkan di 2 Kasih. Namun di kelas tersebut terdapat beberapa orang murid yang agak nakal. Mereka pernah menolak (tertolak?) Solehah hingga terjatuh. Puan Sobariah, guru kelas 2 Sabar pula hanya mengajar Bahasa Arab. Justeru, kelas hanya dikunjungi ketika ada pelajaran Bahasa Arab. Ini mengakibatkan kawalan & tumpuan terhadap kelas berkurangan. Kami (penulis & isteri) pasrah & tidak pernah merungut - kerana pasti ada hikmahnya.
Petangnya selepas bekerja, penulis berjumpa dengan Guru Besar (Hjh. Wan Nodrim Wan Abdullah). Hasil perbincangan @ penerangan menunjukkan bahawa tawaran dibuat berdasarkan: (1) keupayaan akademik Solehah; (2) bukan kerana simpati; (3) untuk keselamatan; (4) adalah hasil perbincangan (guru yang pernah & sedang mengajar Solehah); (5) keputusan peperiksaan suku tahun; dan (6) Solehah mampu bersaing di Kelas 2 Sabar.
Walau pun tawaran tersebut berkuat kuasa serta merta, namun penulis meminta tempoh untuk berbincang & berfikir. InsyaAllah, Solehah akan kami pindahkan ke Kelas 2 Sabar selepas tamat cuti persekolahan nanti. Doakan agar Solehah mampu & keputusan yang dibuat adalah yang terbaik.