Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 11:51AM 
Now listening to Dr Ahlam from Hospital Ampang talking to the CML Support Group in Melaka. Around 20 patients turned up.
They will breaking into a smaller group after this for the Q&A session. Will be leaving for KL after this. I'm missing my boys.
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 11:32AM 
It has been an interesting couple of days, although tiring. I travelled down to Melaka straight after clinic yesterday, arriving at Hospital Melaka at around 3, in plenty of time before my first talk.
I swore that it took the same amount of time to travel from KL to Ayer Keroh and from Ayer Keroh to the hospital even though it was much nearer. It was down to the number of traffic lights between the highway exit and the city center. The first thing I quoted at the start of my lecture yesterday was I went to school in Melaka, and I love he place. The town has since evolved as a beacon on independence and fairness.
All the traffic lights into town were independent of each other and it did not matter if you were coming from the main artery road into town or a side road with only a couple of cars, everybody at the traffic light junction would get 20 seconds to clear. It was madness.
I was put up at Renaissance, a place my parents used to stay when they visited me at school years ago. I can't really remember specifically how the place was back then, but I was surprised at how small the hotel looked now. It used to be called Ramada back then, and as I recalled it was the main hotel in town.
The room was comfortable, although a bit moldy. I sure had a nice sleep last night as earlier in the evening I was taken to a Nyonya restaurant for a hearty meal. Woke up very early to check out, had breakfast - which was much better than I expected - and off I went back to Hospital Melaka for my second talk early on Saturday morning.
Now that the talks were done, I joined up with the CML support group - Max Family for their patient gathering. I will escape back to KL just before lunch. Have a birthday party to attend this evening.
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 5:39AM 
Coming back into the we'd after almost a week away was always going to be difficult. The tons of paperwork, and obviously the new unfamiliar faces that one may come across as we came across new patients. Worst still, I will be back on the road this afternoon straight after clinic, as I prepare to head down to Melaka later. At least I know, I should be able to be back by lunchtime tomorrow. Apparently there would be a birthday party for one of Idlan's classmate on Saturday evening.
Before I head home tomorrow morning, I planned to hang around for the session with the CML Support Group, the Max Foundation who would be having a patient gathering at Hospital Melaka on the Saturday morning, right after my talk. I'll probably leave just before lunch.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 10:59AM 
Day two of invigilating and I should be driving to UM by lunch. Unfortunately not straight he as I will have to do some paperwork at the Faculty first. Home after that.
I still have some papers to go through tonight plus scripts to read through. Not to mention the couple of talks I will be giving in Melaka towards the weekend. At least Sunday, I would be free.
Right. Back to invigilating!