I enjoy playing keyboard and listening to music. Sometimes,I go to club. Plateau club 1921. A social club in the heart Jos, the capital of Plateau state. I am a member of the lawn tennis section.
Listening
What do I enjoy doing most in my leisure time?
I enjoy listening to shortwave, and sometimes mediumwave radio. A term for this kind of hobby is "DXing". Obviously, the internet is important, too. But a message transmitted on the radiowaves suggests a degree of seriousness – about that message – that a post on a website or on "social media" doesn’t.
The same is true for my end of the information supply chain, when I’m listening to the radio. Listening to an online stream is easier. It only takes a click or a few. But when I want to listen to a radio transmission, it really means listening.
In an editorial for its current club magazine edition, in the context of portable and programmable world band receivers, the Indian DX Club International writes that
Portable DXing is not without its challenges. Urban noise continues to increase. Portable radios are often used in environments less controlled than in a dedicated shack. Dynamic range limitations remain real. Software dependence introduces variability.
There is also the risk of over-simplification – of reducing DXing to scanning rather than listening. This risk is cultural, not technical, and must be addressed through education and mentorship.
Listening is the whole point. It helps that there is no keyboard around for you to "voice" your opinion about everything. Next to the radio, you are all ears, and reflection.
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Moments I Protect From the Noise of the World
What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time? The world is loud in ways people don’t always acknowledge. It speaks through expectations, timelines, opinions, and invisible rules about who I should be by now. It asks for answers even when I’m still learning how to breathe through the questions. Over time, I have learned that if I don’t protect certain moments, the noise will take them from me without asking.There are moments I guard fiercely—not because they are grand or […]https://aarya045.com/2026/01/25/moments-i-protect-from-the-noise-of-the-world/
Die freie Zeit
Was machst du in deiner Freizeit am liebsten? In meinem Studium hatten wir ein Fach, das mit „Freizeit- und Erholungsplanung“ überschrieben war. Das klingt auf den ersten Blick #sozusagen etwas strange, insbesondere wenn man bedenkt, dass wir da auch ein vierzehntägiges Praktikum absolviert haben. Photo by Maximilian Oeverhaus on Pexels.com Der Sinn dahinter lag und liegt zunächst darin, dass auch die Erholungsfunktion unserer Wälder als eine öffentliche Aufgabe zu begreifen ist […]https://anwaltsblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/25/die-freie-zeit/
Reflection: 2 Months As A Floating Medical Officer
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At the time of writing this article, I’m on leave which I took from the 1st of October till 15th of October, which my Head of Department (HOD) was more than kind enough to allow.
I needed the break, perhaps it was an adjustment disorder on my side but I was struggling. Physically, I caught up, I showed up and I was there but mentally, I felt left behind and lost and on most days, I was low.
Perhaps, it was out of tiredness as I have just recently off-tagged and in combination with my low mood, I felt demotivated and in general, felt that I have lost my love for medicine. I decided then that clinical life in the hospital was not for me. True, we were lacking doctors in various departments and hospitals in general across Malaysia. However, during that time, even if there enough manpower, I don’t think I would still want to continue.
I tried looking on the bright side, tiny things as well as the positive aspects of things to help me to get through the day.
Firstly, I’m thankful to be in a subspeciality department instead of the bigger and more hectic departments, I think I would have broken down within the first week itself. Secondly, I was in the department with the sweetest and kindest bosses who were more than happy to teach or lend a helping hand when needed. We are small in number, yes. But it felt like being part of a family.
I was happy, the environment was good, kind and non-toxic. However, mentally, I knew that this is not my place.
This further saddens me as I have always looked forward to being part of this lovely department. Yet, I knew, it’s just a matter of time before I slip and broke down. My body knew that I wouldn’t last long here nor do I foresee myself handling the complex and complicated cases here. If my interest is not here, how would I even make it through to specialise?
Amidst the business and my mind and body trying to keep up with the steep learning curve place before me, I was unable to view my options or to consider other departments.
I was just done in general and sadly, I wouldn’t be able to fulfil my quote in my medical school yearbook, I feel myself losing my will every single day nor do I find the strength within myself to serve.
Sadly,“sometimes what we like is not necessarily what is suited for us”, a fellow colleague told me and that hit me hard. I had no interest in other departments either or practicing in general at that point. All I could think of at that point was to quit and to hand in my resignation letter. After all, I have successfully completed my 2 years of internship / housemanship training. I can still locum if I wanted to. But of course, I didn’t enjoy it either. All I was ever passionate of was to teach. Thus, I considered changing my field and entering university as a lecturer did not sound appealing either as I did not like research at all.
Thus, after much contemplation, I approached my Head of Department (HOD) to validate my 30-day-resignation letter. My HOD is another kind soul who enquired to know what prompted me to come to such a decision. She signed my papers but advised me to consider changing departments instead of quitting.
However, at that time and at that current state of mind, I was fixed on my decision. Hence, the following week on a Monday, I submitted my 30-Days-Notice of Resignation, only to have it retracted the following day. Although I have handed in my 30-Days-Notice, a part of me felt a tinge of regret and sadness. Somehow, some part of me did not want to leave but I could not see any way out of this virtual box that I appear to be caged in.
My colleague and my parents played an important role in my decision to retract my resignation. Instead, despite my limited amount of leaves left for the rest of the year, I chose to take some time of work. Perhaps it was due to tiredness that contributed to my rash and impulsive decision.
On the 1st of October 2025, I took the first flight out and then throughout my leaves, I locummed at several General Practitioners. Remember when I said that I did not like locum either? This time, I decided to give it a second try and to keep an open mind.
The first GP I locummed at was a rather chill one with only 3 cases being seen throughout the whole day. The subsequent GPs were hectic and had multiple procedures, literally from the beginning of my shift till the end. In all of those times, I was the only doctor in the clinic. In my previous experiences, I have locummed at clinics which had 2-3 resident doctors.
Honestly, I don’t know how I managed to pull it off. Despite the hecticness and the patient load, I found myself looking forward to return and I enjoyed talking, listening and consulting the patients. It was fun. Slowly, I found myself enjoying and falling back in love with medicine and practicing medicine and thinking on how I could improve myself to serve better.
Then, I realised, perhaps venturing into family medicine might not be such a bad thing. True, there is abundant of family medicine doctors now and lack of doctors practicing in the hospital but that doesn’t mean that they are still not needed. Sadly, as much as I want to force myself to carry on and stay practicing in the hospital, I knew that it is not meant for me in the long haul or for me to last for even a year.
The opportunity to specialise is there but how can I continue if I can’t even see myself as one, or even have the inspiration?
Suddenly, the plan and my pathway seems clearer and I’m more than ecstatic to embark on my next journey. It was definitely the rest that I needed. To think and to reflect. If I were to stick to this journey, how can I do so for the long haul and at the same time, enjoy it?
I hope that in months or years to come, the decision to stay is the right choice. Perhaps, I still need time to discover my interest in this vast field. At times, I wish that it can be simple and that I would know what or which department I’m fitted to or destined to specialise in.
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My FIRST SOLO Oncall Shift As A Floating Medical Officer
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My first solo oncall shift was on the 17th of August 2025 a few days after I have completed my tagging period.
I had a passive oncall on standby just in case things got out of hand, which is a good thing. However, I was adamant to try to survive on my own as if I only had myself and the specialist. Thankfully as well, it was on a weekday which meant I was able to reach out and ask for help if needed and the others would be able to assist if needed or advice me.
As usual, morning rounds, followed by peri rounds. The role as an oncall medical officer of the day is to update the progress of the patients in the specialist’s WhatsApp group as well as to upload any latest wound pictures, if any.
The day was rather busy with rounds and in between I would receive calls from Klinik Kesihatan (Community Clinics), usually requesting a clinic date. Thankfully, no referrals yet.
After rounds, I headed back to the ward to complete any pending joblists before heading into the operating theatre (OT) for a patient that was awaiting her call to OT.
During that operation, there was a referral from the Emergency and Trauma (ETD) Department, referring a case of laceration wound over the forehead for a 3 year old boy.
The medical officer at the ETD was kind enough to assist in taking the bloods as well as admitting the patient. My colleague on the other hand came to check in on me after her day in the clinic and attended to this kid.
After the first operation, the following case was called which was the 3-year-old kid. I have always enjoyed being in the operating theatre, or any hands on procedures.
Despite knowing that I should be conserving energy, instead, I proceeded to carry on and after the second op, I entered an ongoing flap operation next door to assist.
Another referral came for a laceration wound over the forehead for an Orthopaedic patient who was post-operative and transferred to ICU. Apparently, it was missed when the patient arrived at the Emergency Department as he suffered multiple opened fracture and was posted for operation immediately. Thankfully, he was intubated and sedated and I was able to perform a bedside toilet and suturing for him.
By the time I was done, it was midnight. I went back to the oncall room to shower and change for the night. I would usually change into scrubs again if I were to be oncall, just to be on standby in case I was needed immediately.
I did not sleep that night, it just felt wrong as the flap operation was still ongoing since 8am.
I went in again to check in on them, however, I was not needed at that time. Thus, I kept a fellow colleague company.
At 2am, I returned back to ward to complete the planned discharge of a patient and started my morning review. Thankfully, I did. In between, I was referred a new case of another kid who suffered another laceration wound at his right eyebrow. Thus, counselled the parents, obtained consent and admitted the patient.
After that, I was requested to collect bloods or bags packed cell for the patient who was still ongoing operation. When the commotion was done, I returned to continue my early morning reviews.
By 4am, I went back inside the operating theatre to check in on the ongoing operation. Technically, still far from done. Scrubbed in to assist with harvesting the skin for split thickness skin graft and refashioning of the affected limb.
At 8am, we were finally done. The operation officially lasted for 24 hours. All of us scrubbed out and I changed out of my attire to return to ward and follow rounds.
During peri rounds, a patient was called to OT and I entered organ as I dislike peri rounds. After the OT, all of us were just beyond tired and I went home for the day.
No doubt, it was my first “solo oncall”, it did not feel lonely at all as since there was an ongoing operation, physically, I felt comforted knowing that there were people nearby and felt more like a slumber party instead.
And the most important part… I survived it!
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My First Tagging On-Call Shift As A Floating Medical Officer
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My first tagging oncall shift was on a Sunday with a fellow medical officer I knew when I was a House Officer in General Surgery. Back then, he was having his attachment in General Surgery.
Just like a House Officer, we had to undergo a period of “tagging“.
In the Department of Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery at Sarawak General Hospital, I had to undergo a tagging period of one month, every other day (EOD). This is because, I am a newborn medical officer with no previous experience in General Surgery (as a Medical Officer).
This is an advantage as I would be able to learn as much as I could within a span of 1 month. However, it was also a disadvantage as I’m afraid, I would be burnt out mentally and physically considering the on-calls were on every other day (EOD).
“I can do it. If others could, I could too.” , I repeated this mantra to myself but the learning curve is going to be an extremely steep one.
During my first tagging oncall, thankfully, it was with a fellow senior colleague who I was rather comfortable with.
We started with our morning ward rounds followed by passover and peri-rounds. After we were done, we went back to the ward to settle our pending job-lists followed by lunch.
As a tagging on-call medical officer, the first call would be to me for referrals. After which, I would discuss with my senior and proceed to see the referred patient together. After reviewing our newly electively admitted patients, pre-op rounds with surgeon and demarcating the op site and pre-op meeting, we went back home in the evening and returned at night together for our night reviews which we updated in the Department’s WhatsApp Group on the progress of certain patients. Incidentally, a patient whom we were awaiting for op was called into the operating theatre and the operation ended at 2am. Finally, we returned home for the night.
I was nervous of course as I usually get anxious easily. However, I took my shower and headed to bed.
My phone was kept beside me in case I were to receive calls or referrals. At 6am, I returned to the ward and started our morning reviews as well as prepared for our morning rounds.
Since, it was a Monday, it was morning ward rounds, handover and peri rounds as usual. However, since I was still tagging, I was expected to stay till 5pm or to join the ongoing surgeries.
Thus, my first postcall was spent in the operating theatre assisting till 6pm. However, despite the ongoing operation, I excused myself to return home and rest.
The following day will be another one, thankfully, not oncall but within office hours.
Thankfully, it was a good call with a fellow senior that I was comfortable with in terms of approaching in regards to my doubts which was undoubtedly, many.
I can only hope that I would be able to survive this whole month of tagging.
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My First Day Of Locum And As A Medical Officer
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A locum or locum tenens, is a person who temporarily fulfils the duties of another; the term is especially used for physicians or clergy.
– Wikipedia.
The first time I ever tasted or ventured into locum or a so-called “part-time doctor” was on the 3rd of August 2025.
At that time, I was back in my hometown and on a 3-weeks-break post housemanship / internship at a small private clinic, yet to officially begin as a Medical Officer.
While I was in medical school, I would occasionally hear this term “locum” from my fellow seniors or batch mates, lecturers, parents or even friends of my parents. However, in order to locum, one would need to be fully registered with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and possess a valid Annual Practicing Certificate (APC). In short, I had to graduate medical school, finish my internship or housemanship first, then only am I able to dive into this.
Thus, upon acquiring my full MMC and APC licence, I was looking forward to locum. Looking forward to it as well as nervous to dive into this. Thankfully, I had just completed my final rotation in the Emergency and Trauma Department.
In the Emergency and Trauma Department, there are various zones in which the patients would be triaged into in terms of presenting complaints, severity and their vital signs. The least critical in severity would be triaged into Green zone. The Green zone is similar to a clinic setting, thus, it gave me some idea on the type of cases I would be expecting.
My first locum was just 3 hours long, from 7pm till 10pm. I figured that since I am just starting at that time, it would be better to start with minimal hours in order to get used to it and also.. if I would enjoy it.
The clinic was quaint and small but equipped with basic necessities and a scan machine. The only thing that it did not have, was an x-ray facility. The moment I sat down, the patients kept coming back-to-back. As soon as I was done with one, another came.
For a first-timer, I felt it was equivalent to the Green Zone in General Hospital whereby the cases were always there but the patient load was manageable.
However, I was extremely scared.
Mainly afraid that I might accidentally jeopardise the patient’s safety in terms of mismanagement. Thankfully, by 9:30 pm, the clinic assistant stopped accepting new patients and prepared to close the clinic.
For a first experience, it was a good one despite it being rather terrifying for me.
But, we all have to start somewhere and build our confidence, don’t we?
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Surviving 10 Days Of Tagging | Emergency & Trauma Department
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My tagging days in my sixth and final rotation, Emergency and Trauma Department, lasted for a total of 10 days which was from the 11th of April till the 23rd of April 2025. This is excluding our one “off day” for the week.
Did I manage to last throughout the tagging days?
Not quite.
I did take a sick leave during my second week of tagging. The reason was that I was just extremely tired.
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.comThe tagging hours in the Emergency and Trauma Department is from 7 am till 10pm, just in other postings.
The good thing about this department is that we do not need to do morning reviews. Thus, coming way early prior to our shift is unheard of. We merely come and leave on time.
However, considering that it is the Emergency Department, things are unpredictable whereby things could be quiet one moment and hectic the next.
Hence, on days which burn, it can be extremely tiring. But, completing these tagging days are a must and so on slow days where the hours seem to pass by really slowly, I make it a point to have an “hourly toilet break“. On busy days, it may be the only time that I am given a chance to sit and breathe.
On top of that, I made sure I took my lunch and dinner break. Not because I was hungry as I was used to having my meal for the day after work. It was merely my way of spending my time during my tagging days.
At 10pm, the shift is over and I leave, even if the floor is busy because the following day my shift begins at 7am again.
Finally after 10 days of “tagging“, I have finally off-tagged and shifted to “shift hours“.
Photo by Andrey Grushnikov on Pexels.comThere are no assessments in order to off-tag. as there were in other postings, which is a good thing. However, tagging in this posting felt long and seem to went on forever for me. Perhaps, this was because I was mainly tagging alone as I entered a month later than my fellow peers.
Nonetheless, I was glad to be done with this schedule and shift back to a regular 12-hours shift.
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40 Days Since I’ve Started Being Vegetarian
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Describe one positive change you have made in your life.
The positive change? Being vegetarian. Well, for 40 days then I’m non-vegetarian again.
Why did I even embark on this journey?
Every year during Lent, I would embark on a vegetarian journey, a lacto-ovo-vegetarian journey to be exact and this year, it was from the 5th of March till the 19th of April 2025.
Thus, I went from consuming meat to consuming tofu almost everyday as well as started consuming vegetables again.
Albeit being vegetarian, I try to reduce my rice consumption. Thus, I mainly mixed rolled oats into my dishes.
I started shopping for groceries even more (which may not be such a good thing) but I was surprised at the number of items I could buy and only spend minimal.
Well, vegetables are cheap, which is good.
Changing my diet in combination with my usual routine at work and ensuring I reach my daily steps of 10,000 steps, I started losing weight.
Not much. However, I’ve been struggling with losing the weight that I have gained during my time off in the Surgical Posting.
Now that I’m non-vegetarian again, obtaining food is easier and I actually miss being vegetarian.
Perhaps soon I will embark on this journey again.
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