Trip KK - Sibu - Sarikei

Finally the day has arrived. The day I've been waiting for years to come. The trip that I planned for months. Its the day for me to go to Sarikei for my wedding. So, after finished working on 27, I really cannot think of anything else other than this trip.

On the 28th, me and my family already back to kk from Sipitang. Packing all the stuff and get ready to go to Sibu via air from KK.

The air ticket price is quite expensive. I wonder, how come a flight to Kuching from KK only cost 129 (one way) while to Sibu which is nearer cost rm296? Why why? Anyone know why this happen?

Nevertheless, my family safely arrived in Sibu after 1 hour 30 minutes air trip from KK. Sibu airport is quite small. Nothing much there. However Sibu town is quite hectic. Traffic jam everywhere. It was so crowded. I cannot breathe in Sibu. We left that town only after 30 minutes stuck in traffic jam.

A trip to sarikei by car.. 1 hour on a bumpy road. I don't know why the road is bumpy. I tought goverment spend billlions on fixing road in Sabah and Sarawak. I wonder why the road still bumpy. No big different compare to road in Sabah.

Finally now we can explore Sarikei. We have a day to spend here before the next event tomorrow. Sarikei is a small town but its bigger than sipitang. Most of the people in this town is chinese. So many chinese restaurant. Only. A few Halal restaurant.

We choose (again) Wawasan Inn as our place to crash for this few days. We used to stay here a year ago during my engagement ceremony. Its not a big hotel. 2 star only. But it is comfortable and spacious. Cheap also. RM 100 for a room with 2 single bed a queen bed. No deposit required. The most important thing is this hotel has elevator. My dad doesn't want to stay in a hotel with no elevator. Haha. I believe all hotel in big city have elevator. But district like this, elevator is luxury. Haha.

Chilling in our room now. Planning to go and but takeaway dinner at the shop nearby. Nasi Goreng Dabai.. I want to try that again. For those who does not know what is dabai / kembayau.. U are missing something in your life. Haha.

Everyone deserves their just dessert.
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The First Week

It is my first week after becoming MO. Starting life in Sipitang, living in a mansion provided by the hospital. Its just a double story house with 5 bedrooms and 3 bathroom and a spacious kitchen and living room, but i like to call it a mansion. For me it is big for one person. I had to bring my cousin to stay and live with me here so that i am not that bored staying in a big house alone. Pretty much, it is a comfortable house. Love it, and it is near to the hospital. 2 minutes drive or 3 minutes walking. ( using car i have to follow the road while by foot i can just cross the field and reach the hospital back door.

Well, they put me covering the outpatient department and casualty. Pretty much nothing big has happen. Everyday sitting in my own room, with my own nurse, see patient and try to help that as much as i could. However, sometimes, there is too much patient, i can't check them thoroughly in every visit.

It feel weird when becoming an MO. Last time when i was a house officer, i just clerk a patient, try to make the diagnosis, consult my MO, and specialist, get their plan of management, do whatever i can do to help, basically carry out all the plan, then discharge the patient, wait for another one to come.

As MO, i cannot do that anymore. When i clerk patient, admit to the ward from clinic, i have to see that patient back in the ward cause nobody will if i did not. There is no people to give me plan of management, i am the one who give the plan. The plan later carry out by the ward nurse. It feel weird, and somehow i can feel that kind of power. But with great power, come great responsibility. As i discharged a patient, i have to make sure he or she is well at home or else they will come back and bring me more headache. It is like, when i discharge a patient, that patient will still haunt me in my sleep thinking whether i manage him correctly, will he be fine at home? The responsibility becoming more now compare to before.

I miss my housemenship training. Come to hospital just thinking of when to go back, what to do when i go back, what procedure should i learn, and meet all the friends.

I miss KK town also. Everytime i went back home from work, i used to go out and grab some takeaway food from variety of restaurant in KK town. Sometimes, i feel bored, i will drive to any cinema that i like and watch random movie.

Here in Sipitang, there is nothing much to do other than hanging out at home and play my Xbox 360. There is only one fast food restaurant in town...KFC. There is a few mamak stall, and there is a lot of food stall in Sipitang town but basically all of them sell the same thing. Goreng2, kepak ayam and satay.

even though i love to try all kind of satay here but, that's it. There is no chinese food that i can eat, there is no japanese, western, mc donald, marry brown, pizza, kenny roger, secret recipe, RCH....bla bla and the list go on.


ahahahhaha.... but i do love it here. This place is so calm and relaxing. I guess i can live a healthy life here. Lots of tree providing me oxygen, i can get fresh vegetables and fish, i walk to my working place, play my xbox more, and when i had a chance to go to KK, it will be a very happy moment for me. ( Just went to beaufort town and i get excited even though the town is smaller than Labuan town yet it is bigger than Sipitang. Went there to settle my tmnet account).


Looking forward for more experience here in Sipitang. I may appreciate life more than i appreciate life in KK.

End Of HO Entry

I have been posting a lot of my entry under the label of HO Entry. HO Entry is the most commonly used heading in house officer life. Everytime u wrote an entry inside a case note of a patient, u need to write that so that people could recognize that the entry was made by a house officer. Pretty much saying that the entry is not significant as any other entry.

HO entry is one of the first thing that i learn when i started housemenship training here in Queen Elizabeth hospital. Now, i only have 5 days before ending my training and become a qualified medical officer. I did received a letter stating that I am now a qualified medical officer already. 

Most people would say time fly so fast but i do not think so. I feel that i had a long journey within this 2 years of training. I've seen a lot of thing, had a lot of trouble, had a lot of experience along the way. I've met a lot of friends and enemy. I feel like housemenship is taking me forever to complete. 

There is a few bump on my road, I didn't get through obstetrics and Gynaecology posting and have to add extra 3 months in my posting. I had a depression during paeds posting and i purposely extend my stay there for a month. All of this thing i will not forget. And i have to go through everything on my own. But not completely alone, i have my fiancee that support me all the way, my family, my housemate and a few friends that always cheer me up. 

Emergency and Trauma posting is the best posting i ever hsd. Not because of the posting itself but because of friends that i met there could be the best that i ever met in this entire 2 years training. 

Im ending my housemenship in a few days. I hope that everything would be better after this. The real journey will begin from here. I have a mixed feelings. Scared. Excited.  Happy.  Sad.  Confused.  

End of HO Entry