sigh. the past week was totally unproductive. the only exception being the fact that my patient is such a sweetheart uncle, and his family as well that i learnt a lot from him. medically, and on whole as a person. absolutely beautiful family. i can't help but wonder why would God take a few years away from such a wonderful person.and yesterday, we went to Kg Tekir. they were all orang aslis. if you're imagining people with nothing on but banana leaves, then you're absolutely wrong. because they wear clothes like we do. LOL. maybe just a little deprived of medical care and astro and satellite dishes and i don't know. hygiene maybe? but other than that, they're really no different than any of us.
the short trip into their little kampungs were really thrilling! ooooohhh!! =) we got to sit in one of those huge tractors which were supposed to be taking in palm oil plantation workers. so it gave us that refugees-like feeling that we all found excitement in. weird, but true.
so we assessed the children's nutritional status, their growth and performed an overall examination. and it was really fun to interact with them because they're just so adorable! there was this really OBESE little baby and he was so so so SO SO cute. i really really enjoyed it despite all the sweating and dirt and dust.
it was really tiring, but it was also a perfect opportunity at least for me, to realise that there are so many less fortunate people and children out there that the very little things that we can do and offer would make such a huge difference in their lives. all it takes is just that little bit of effort and time.
ain't that difficult, no?
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