It is troublesome to lose an important document or money....but to lose quite a few very important documents and of course monetary in the form of cash or credit cards is a different matter. What I'm talking about is about losing my wallet. Oh my god....what hassle I have to go through to sort this mess....
I was attending a curriculum review workshop in UiTM Shah Alam last week when I lost it. The thing is the last time I remembered having my wallet was the the morning before the day I realize I lost it. Like I said I was in Shah Alam all day attending this workshop. This is not the mechanic kind of a workshop! Don't even imagine I was bending or lying over the floor repairing some cars...not that kind of workshop but it is like a conference or seminar or something like that...anyway...when I got back from Shah Alam that evening (prior to the day I realize I lost it) I can't remember whether I tossed it on the table like usual...I was so knackered that evening...the following morning as I was preparing to go back to Shah Alam....it was Friday morning...as I was rushingly putting things into my pocket I realize I couldn't find my wallet. All hell broke loose...I told my poor wife to please look my wallet in every possible nook and cranny of the house..As I was getting late I left my wife on her mission alone...As I was making such a ruckus in the house my parents both got involved to a certain degree to look for my 'missing' wallet.
Back in Shah Alam I can't understand a single word that came out from the lecturers that morning as I was busy thinking back my steps the day before. At the first break I did not even join the breakfast as I traced my steps....computer room, faculty office, the cafetaria, prayer room and even the toilets! No sign of my wallet. My hope starts to dwindle slowly. Even after my colleague announced about my missing wallet before the lecture/workshop recommence there were no answer. Only people were asking 'How much is in the wallet?"....my hope was dwindling faster...After Friday prayer I consigned myself to defeat....I went to the police station. Embarassingly as all my money was in the wallet and even my ATM and credit cards were in it, I have no means to get cash. Nor do I have any cash on me. I found out I have to pay RM2 to get receipt for the re-application of Driver's Licence. To report the loss of Identity Card is free but not the driver's licence. I was dumbfounded. How can I get RM1 let alone RM2 at that time? I knew there was no cash in my car but I said to the officer let me have a look in my car first. What I was doing was only to buy time to think on how to obtain the money. Should I just cancel or go back to UiTM and borrow's someone's money? UiTM wasn't that far but it was troublesome and everybody were in the lecture hall anyway. At last I decided to go back in and put the saddest face that I can muster and hope that the officer can exempt me from paying it...RM2 for god's sake! It was really embarassing! Anyway just as I was trying to gather my courage to say it to the officer a 'makcik' who was there earlier than me, she was reporting some sort of accident occured to her son, became my saviour. She said "How much do you need, nak?". With a face so red with embarassment I said gratefully "RM2, makcik". "Takpela nak ambik 2 ringgit ni makcik kasi". Thanking her profusely I took the money and finally got my report. (Thank you makcik whoever you are). It is quite rare nowadays to find a good Samaritan like this makcik.
So when I came back home I again checked my car, went through the house with my wife concentrating in my room and the rooms that I have been to since the day before but to no avail. My mother even checked the car again. At this point I gave up totally. I've looked everywhere that I could but my effort was a waste.
So I started to think on how to get the replacement of all the important documents that I lost. You know how much does it cost to replace your ID card/MyKad? If it was not stolen or robbed then to lose it for the first time cost you RM 110, second time RM 220 and third and subsequently RM 330!! I was quite depressed at that time when I found out about this. In the wallet was about RM400. So not only I lost that amount but I will have to pay extra to get other things that I lost. The driving licence apparently will cost me RM 50. I did go on Sunday to JPN to replace my MyKad but my mother-in-law told me she has a friend in JPN that might be able to help me. I almost forked out RM110 for the card but the officer said that was my second loss since 12 years old! As I can't remember I did not argue. But looking in my new wallet there were less than RM220. Like I said all my cards were in the 'old' wallet. So I called my wife to come and give me some money (my poor wife hehehe) but after she discussing it with her mom she said for me to come back.
Unfortunately the following day she told me that her friend took unpaid leave for 2 months and so I had to apply for the card and pay RM220. Nevermind-lah I thought. This weekend I will do it. My mother in law also helped me with my driving licence application as she has a friend who has 'inside' contact with JPJ. Again she couldn't get the licence as she needs my signature and a passport-size photograph. So on the following day (Tuesday) as I was relatively free that day I woke up early to do all these things. After taking shower, I came out look in my closet and was thinking what to wear today...Picked the pair of trousers I wore the day I last saw my wallet. Wore it and suddenly I felt something at the backpocket. MY WALLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You must thought I must be very careless, blind or even stupid (maybe all!). For your info I did check my trousers but what I did was I just felt the trousers, which was hanged in the closet, with both of my hands. I did not take it out. My wife did that as well. So how come both of us missed it? God only knows....maybe when it was hanged (using the hanger) it got stuck on the upper part of the hanger...you know the point where the trousers are folded on the hanger...I was only feeling the part beneath it.....So I did not drop it nor misplaced it and nobody took it. It was all because I did not look for it properly! But I did not care as I found it. Got my cash back, saved them from being use to pay for the MyKad and driving licence, and saves me time from going to JPN and JPJ! But I have to make another ATM card and I can't do anything about my credit card as they're overseas card. I won't go back there just to get a new one. Guess I have to start paying the credits and close the account. It was also embarassing but at least if people ask me what to do if they lost their wallet I know the answer!!
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
My first day at work
Salam
After waiting for 3 months, after interviews and interviews, after phone calls and SMSes I finally started to work in Malaysia. Although I have worked in Ireland for couple of years it is still nerve racking to start working after being out of the job for few months. 5 months plus since I last took up a job. Prior to that 6 months of irregular jobs as I was doing locum work. So all in all I haven't been doing any regular hospital job for nearly a year!
So on Thursday 15th May 2008 I reported for duty at Medical Faculty, UiTM Shah Alam. Like I said I was quite nervous initially as I did not what to expect. Everybody that has been working in Malaysia kept telling that working as a doctor here is very-very-very busy. Only plus is that you will given task which suits your qualification, not as a clerk or as a nurse like one might be tasked to do in Ireland. But then as I haven't got my Certificate to Practice from Malaysian Medical Council I won't be doing any hospital work for awhile. So the nervousness wasn't really that bad. Just that you have to get to know people again, the place, the work etc. Everyone turned out to be quite pleasant. Maybe because I'm a doctor. And a lecturer as well. Pleasant probably not the word but respectful probably the more accurate term. As I never worked in Malaysia before I had to register myself with KWSP. That was quite fast and credit to the staff there in Shah Alam. Took me about 30 minutes from the moment I stepped in to the KWSP office until I came out. Then I had the medical check-up. Unfortunately UiTM's own clinic was understaff so I was sent to a private panel clinic. That took awhile! Well not really their fault but just before I left for the clinic from the medical faculty office I absent mindedly went to the toilet and emptied my bladder! It was embarassing to tell the clinic staff that I don't feel like going to the toilet and explained what I did. I bought a bottle of mineral water and even took a glass of water from the staff just to fill myself up....damn that was really embarassing. Furthermore she kept coming back and ask if I had filled the container. Anyway after that I had chest X-ray taken and then met the doctor who was very pleasant. Everything was ok. Went back to the main campus and I was shown to this computer cum common room and was told this would be my place for awhile. Friend of mine told me everyone that was new will be given this room as their 'office'. So much for privacy. Anyway I did not require any and I used all the time that I had to fill up the forms that were posted to me with the offer letter. Stayed there made new friends, chat while filling up forms until 5pm. That was the first day! Oh yea I forgot to mention a friend of mine unexpectedly turned up at Shah Alam (he was the one who told me about the room) for lunch. He had some 'business' with the faculty and we had lunch together. The restaurant/cafetaria was at the Chancellor's Building (I think..). Lunch was quite good. I had meatballs with some chips. Still not used to eat rice during lunch yet.
That was my first day of work in Malaysia. Nothing really exciting but for me it was an important and very significant event of my life. I felt more motivated than what I had been back in Ireland. When you deal with your own people you feel more at ease. More accepted. You don't feel like 'Ah...another foreigner!What's he doing here instead of my countrymen?'.Sometimes and mind you not that often but it happens that when I was working in Ireland, I can meet people and they can be patients that you feel do not really want you there. Not there as in at that moment because he/she is tired or in pain or just plain fed-up but just don't want you to be there, on their soil. the attitude that you can get my god I sometimes feel like I wanted to pack my things up and go. But having said that like I said it was a rare occurence but once it occured it really sticks to your memory and very hard to forget. And again maybe I'm new in Malaysia...everything looks fine and rosy...maybe in 2-3 months time my perception may change!
After waiting for 3 months, after interviews and interviews, after phone calls and SMSes I finally started to work in Malaysia. Although I have worked in Ireland for couple of years it is still nerve racking to start working after being out of the job for few months. 5 months plus since I last took up a job. Prior to that 6 months of irregular jobs as I was doing locum work. So all in all I haven't been doing any regular hospital job for nearly a year!
So on Thursday 15th May 2008 I reported for duty at Medical Faculty, UiTM Shah Alam. Like I said I was quite nervous initially as I did not what to expect. Everybody that has been working in Malaysia kept telling that working as a doctor here is very-very-very busy. Only plus is that you will given task which suits your qualification, not as a clerk or as a nurse like one might be tasked to do in Ireland. But then as I haven't got my Certificate to Practice from Malaysian Medical Council I won't be doing any hospital work for awhile. So the nervousness wasn't really that bad. Just that you have to get to know people again, the place, the work etc. Everyone turned out to be quite pleasant. Maybe because I'm a doctor. And a lecturer as well. Pleasant probably not the word but respectful probably the more accurate term. As I never worked in Malaysia before I had to register myself with KWSP. That was quite fast and credit to the staff there in Shah Alam. Took me about 30 minutes from the moment I stepped in to the KWSP office until I came out. Then I had the medical check-up. Unfortunately UiTM's own clinic was understaff so I was sent to a private panel clinic. That took awhile! Well not really their fault but just before I left for the clinic from the medical faculty office I absent mindedly went to the toilet and emptied my bladder! It was embarassing to tell the clinic staff that I don't feel like going to the toilet and explained what I did. I bought a bottle of mineral water and even took a glass of water from the staff just to fill myself up....damn that was really embarassing. Furthermore she kept coming back and ask if I had filled the container. Anyway after that I had chest X-ray taken and then met the doctor who was very pleasant. Everything was ok. Went back to the main campus and I was shown to this computer cum common room and was told this would be my place for awhile. Friend of mine told me everyone that was new will be given this room as their 'office'. So much for privacy. Anyway I did not require any and I used all the time that I had to fill up the forms that were posted to me with the offer letter. Stayed there made new friends, chat while filling up forms until 5pm. That was the first day! Oh yea I forgot to mention a friend of mine unexpectedly turned up at Shah Alam (he was the one who told me about the room) for lunch. He had some 'business' with the faculty and we had lunch together. The restaurant/cafetaria was at the Chancellor's Building (I think..). Lunch was quite good. I had meatballs with some chips. Still not used to eat rice during lunch yet.
That was my first day of work in Malaysia. Nothing really exciting but for me it was an important and very significant event of my life. I felt more motivated than what I had been back in Ireland. When you deal with your own people you feel more at ease. More accepted. You don't feel like 'Ah...another foreigner!What's he doing here instead of my countrymen?'.Sometimes and mind you not that often but it happens that when I was working in Ireland, I can meet people and they can be patients that you feel do not really want you there. Not there as in at that moment because he/she is tired or in pain or just plain fed-up but just don't want you to be there, on their soil. the attitude that you can get my god I sometimes feel like I wanted to pack my things up and go. But having said that like I said it was a rare occurence but once it occured it really sticks to your memory and very hard to forget. And again maybe I'm new in Malaysia...everything looks fine and rosy...maybe in 2-3 months time my perception may change!
Friday, May 02, 2008
Salam Perkenalan
Assalamualaikum
Isk nervous plak aku nak tulis blog ni. Why do we blog? Why do I blog? I guess the easy answer would be everybody is into it, isn't it? Well whatever my reason is I have already started it so I can make up the reason as I continue to write it. And my first reason is I just want to try it. Doesn't hurt so far. Sure it shaved some of my precious time but I got plenty of it at the moment.
For starters I would like to introduce myself. My name is Faisal Mohd Fadzli. Married and currently has 3 lovely children by the name of Afiq Nuqman, Alynna Natrah and Almira Nursofea. All were born in 2004, 2006 and 2007 respectively. My significant other is Sri Muharni Muhamad Mustahar. I'm a paediatrician. My previous centres of learning include Tadika Rasa Sayang TTDI, SRK Damansara Utama, Sekolah Agama Rendah TTDI, SM Agama Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College, Express Matriculation UKM and lastly University College Cork, Ireland. So this comes to my second reason of blogging. If any of you knows me, has ever come across me in any of the institutions mentioned above do contact me. Even if you know someone who probably knows me I don't care. I like to meet old friends and making new friends. Bukan la nak berkempen ke ape saje2....networking. Aku nak berkempen ape pun bukannya politikus. Enough of my background.
So what would be the theme of my blog? Politics? Food? Sports? Educational? I guess for now I have no preference. We will see what will happen. Could be 'rojak'? Who knows....Maybe would be kinda like a diary. Anyway that's it for now. Stay tune for more to come.
aBe
Isk nervous plak aku nak tulis blog ni. Why do we blog? Why do I blog? I guess the easy answer would be everybody is into it, isn't it? Well whatever my reason is I have already started it so I can make up the reason as I continue to write it. And my first reason is I just want to try it. Doesn't hurt so far. Sure it shaved some of my precious time but I got plenty of it at the moment.
For starters I would like to introduce myself. My name is Faisal Mohd Fadzli. Married and currently has 3 lovely children by the name of Afiq Nuqman, Alynna Natrah and Almira Nursofea. All were born in 2004, 2006 and 2007 respectively. My significant other is Sri Muharni Muhamad Mustahar. I'm a paediatrician. My previous centres of learning include Tadika Rasa Sayang TTDI, SRK Damansara Utama, Sekolah Agama Rendah TTDI, SM Agama Kuala Lumpur, Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College, Express Matriculation UKM and lastly University College Cork, Ireland. So this comes to my second reason of blogging. If any of you knows me, has ever come across me in any of the institutions mentioned above do contact me. Even if you know someone who probably knows me I don't care. I like to meet old friends and making new friends. Bukan la nak berkempen ke ape saje2....networking. Aku nak berkempen ape pun bukannya politikus. Enough of my background.
So what would be the theme of my blog? Politics? Food? Sports? Educational? I guess for now I have no preference. We will see what will happen. Could be 'rojak'? Who knows....Maybe would be kinda like a diary. Anyway that's it for now. Stay tune for more to come.
aBe
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