Tears in heaven

When I first learn how to play guitar, it was during the summer break at the end of 2008. My first Sifu in this area is Munir. He is a very talented person, he compose so many Raya song for Dunedin community and also other songs. I worked at cherry orchard over the summer break, together with Pojie and Farrael, we all learnt it at the same time.

The first song that Munir taught me was “Mimpi yang Sempurna” by Peterpan as the chords were easy. You only need to strum chord Em, C, G and D. Ok, that’s is not the purpose of this post. What I want to say in this post is that the first song that I really want to learn is tears in heaven by Eric Clapton. At that time, I couldn’t play the song because the song is quite complicated and need very good coordination between your fingers and brain, and my skill at that time won’t allow me. So I decided to not play the song, at least until I am ready to do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKlcuEdtGVo

Eric Calpton playing Tears in Heaven.

So, after 3 years (April 2011), I decided to try and learn this very song. It was when I begin my Public health run (it is a 5 weeks run) and I made promise to myself that after I finish this run, I should be able to play this song. I practiced every day, and now, 3 days before I finish my Public Health run, I am able to play this song with confident ;)

To be honest, I am very proud of myself and after 3 YEARS I wait my guitar skill to be good enough, I am able to play my favorite song. It is worth waiting for those 3 years.

And this is the tutorial video that has been accompanied me for the last 5 weeks, credit to the creator of this video. This post also dedicated to you for your kindness to make a video tutorial with tab. I’ll upload the video of me playing the song later :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nGTislqyfo

4th Year Medical Student

Its been few months since I last updated my blog. Don’t have the mood-> lazy ->no mood -> its been long time since update-> lazy; and the ‘vicious’ cycle continue :p

So now I am a fourth year medical student, halfway through my medical training. 4th year is different from what we had during the first three years in Dunedin. The first three years are all about books, lectures, some labs, and minimal patient contact. It is called ELM; early learning medicine. 4th, 5th and 6th years are more hands on in nature and it is ALM; advance learning medicine; less books (depends), less lectures, meeting more ‘real’ patients which means more great adventures. Also, you can wear your stethoscope (I always spell this incorrectly; statescope and need to use Microsoft dictionary to correct it :p) all the time if you want. Some students who in surgery run also wear the blue shirt (is it scrub? I don’t know because I haven’t done my surgery run yet). It is not to show that we are arrogant or something, but it is a pride to be part of medical and health care system in delivering and learning about patients and their diseases.

scrub

Oh, before I forget, in university of Otago, when you are in 3rd year, you need to choose where you want to do your clinical years training; whether you want to do it in Dunedin campus, wellington or Christchurch. I chose wellington because of few reasons and I’ll make a post about it later if I got the mood again).

good bye Dunedin. I'll see you when I graduate, I promise ! :D

Dia mungkin ahli syurga...

Ketika singgah di sebuah surau di Melaka untuk bersolat Maghrib semalam, kelihatan ianya lengang dari didatangi pengunjung. Taman permainan masih riuh rendah dengan gegak-gempita kegembiraan suara anak-anak muda Melayu.

Seorang pemuda membersihkan diri di perkarangan surau sebelum masuk waktu Maghrib. Dari air mukanya yang jernih, saya dapat mengagak bahawa dia pemuda yang baik, berasal dari Bangladesh (B).

Dr Z : Assalamu'alaikum. Siapa nama?
B : Wa'alaikum salam. Munzeer Alam...tersenyum :)
(kalau tak silap, Munzeer Alam ertinya pemberi peringatan kepada 'alam)

Dr Z : Asal dari Bangladesh? Dakka? Chittagong?
B : Saya dari Dakka tapi kampung sikit...

Dr Z : Sudah berapa lama di Melaka? Kerja di mana?
B : Sudah ampat tahun. Kilang sana tu...

Dr Z : Macam mana kerja di sini? Berapa dapat sebulan?
B : Kerja teruk sikit tapi saya perlu cari duit untuk amak, papa & adik juga.
Keluarga saya susah di Bangladesh. Sini kilang bagi RM 675 satu bulan
tapi kalau ada OT dapatlah RM 1 ribu lebih sikit.

Dr Z : Berapa banyak boleh hantar kepada keluarga sebulan?
B : Tengok berapa banyak OT. Kalau tak ada OT, satu bulan hantar RM 400.
Kalau ada OT, satu bulan hantar RM 700. Saya belanja dlm RM 200+
satu bulan utk makan saja lah

Dr Z : Cukup ke RM 200+ sebulan belanja di Melaka?
B : Cukup lah...(senyum). Saya jimat supaya keluarga tak susah di Dakka.
Penting sekali saya buat baik, sembahyang jamaah 5 kali satu hari, doa
untuk semua umat

Dr Z : Ok lah Munzeer. Sudah masuk Maghrib, tiada orang surau ni.
Biar saya azan Maghrib.....(bersalaman mengakhiri perbualan)


........saya beredar sambil berfikir. Hebat juga pemuda ni, pengajian tak setinggi mana, kerja kilang, dia tak glamour atau dikenali oleh sesiapa tetapi amalannya adalah amalan ahli syurga.



Ya Allah pilihlah aku untuk bersama di kalangan ahli-ahli syurgaMU...

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