The hard real truth Asia Cup 2024

We just had our first match yesterday. I stayed up to watch this game as I reckon it should not be missed. The hype around the team was good a d I guess everybody would have loved a fairy tale story for our Harimau Malaya.Hari ni oncall koyak!! Mengantuk gile😆😆

Unfortunately we lost 4-0. The media in a way is starting to bash them and coach KPG. He did play a weird formation yesterday - the gamble did not pay off as expected. Honestly, we were unlucky to concede the first 2 goals. The first was a long rsnge curved show which was world class. Gile top corner. I dont think any goalkeeper could have saved that one. Another was a soft penalty conceded.. and via VAR. According to our asian standard, takde nye penalty but yeah it was a bitter moment to bite.

Physically we did try to challenge then but what was obvious was the speed of the Jordanians. Hence the continuing struggle against middle east team is still there. 

We have 2 more games- tougher games. Against higher ranking teams - Bahrain and the mighty south korea. Please bros.. play your best! Takut jadi whipping boys of Asia Cup 2024.

Harimau Malaya’s mission in Asia Cup 2024!

If one reads on my posts over the years, you could see how much my passion is for Harimau Malaya. Whenever the games were played in Malaysia, I would definitely try to go to the stadium for the games! Support boh jangan tak support!

Alhamdulillah, after 40 years plus we have qualified via merit for this year’s Asia Cup edition. True we were last in the tourney in 2007 where we were joint host - but we were the whipping boys then. 

The current team looks quite good and in their games under our Squid Games’ coach we have earned the respect of peers in the asian continent. Players are all decent- of course having “warisan” and naturalised players can be fairly controversial but as mentioned by Dato Hamidin, FIFA allows this hence why should we not utilize it to increase the performance of our team?

I am truly excited to see Harimau Malaya in action. They have the potential to be Asian challengers and I am confident with the current moral of the team.

Kemon Malaysia!!

A different kind of anniversary

Last year, 10/1/23 was the date when the formality of separation my wife ex being confirmed by the syariah court. Mind you, It was a totally new experience going through the process in real time with real syariah lawyers and judge. I had some funny moments too which became my "tell the tale" session

to those who wanted to know what happened. Being in court is not something I reckon anybody would like to experience. But been there.. done that!

The one thing that I never knew about court proceedings is you would be sitting and waiting your turn inside the court - at the same time seeing other proceedings happening with the judge. Its interesting how the judge exerts his presence and we can see how he is trying to be just and fair to all. Most importantly, he has to act in such a way to justify it to god.. Imagine a judge of syariah court, salah judging masuk neraka weh.. haha

How has it been so far? Of course a bit odd initially between me and the MDQs, more so then the introduction of another mother and then their own sibling! But I must say Alhamdulillah, Allah is great. He knows best and yes the best planner. I could not have asked for more as things have gone way beyond what i was prepared for. 

I honestly pray what is best in life and health for my ex wife too. May she find happiness and be contented with it. What I have done and experienced with her in my 19 years of marriage is part of my life story. I cherish all a lot and that can be seen from my blog posts in the past. A mixture of emotions and feelings.  I have no regrets nor any reservations - things happen for a reason. 

Do i wish things were different? I suppose there were junctures of things could have been dealt better but senanglah cakap retrospectively kan? No point looking back ; only forward now and the best of life that can offer :)

A review of New Year resolutions

Every new year, everybody will be drawn into making new year resolutions. It is only on next year’s 1st January we might make a review whether the aspirations were achieved. The more kiasu ones will review it before the 1st of the new year lah. Not me obviously😆

As far as i can remember, I have always had weight reduction as my new year’s goal. Every year haha I guess its the ongoing battle between my real pastime of eating and ensuring Im not overweight for health reasons. I am a foodie - I enjoy food very much but perhaps at the age I am now, Ihave to thread carefully. Becoming obese is something I dont want to but it is very difficult to maintain the discipline.

I managed to balance my caloric intake and maintain a good weight of below 80kgs 10 years ago when I was in Perth. I was able to exercise as hard as I eat. Nowadays especially back in KL now and me leaving quite far away from my working place, it is almost impossible to find time to do my runs. I had the dream of doing the ironman but unfortunately that goal is still unreachable. Friends of mine have managed to do it and achieve envious level of fitness. I’m sure I can do that too with my basic level of fitness from before but time is definitely my enemy.

So must find time? Yes.. I really have to. For my health and also my family. Writing this down would be a good start to remind myself my priorities for 2024.

2024.. Bring it on😊

My first post for the new year! I’ve been occupied with more CABGs that came about celebrating 2024 haha. 

Semoga tahun baharu 2024 membawa kesejahteraan kepada semua from the Mafeitzs😆 

P/S Whatever Langkah there maybe😆

Good end to 2023 MIS CABG

We were scheduled to do this next week. Our first MIS CABG (mine too haha) in Sunway Velocity. However, an unfortunate patient who discovered he had severe 3VD during angio was found to be a good candidate by Prof Zamrin. Hence a semi-e CABG with the MIS ( minimally invasive) approach was chosen. It has been around for a number of years - but technique needs patient to fullfill a number of criteria. At the same time, it needs high skillful surgeon to do it as there are a different number of steps which are totally different from the conventional CABG.

For anaesthetist, the number one difference is the incorporation of double lumen tube instead of the normal ETT. The surgeon needs one of the lungs to be deflated during the arterial graft harvesting. That poses a great challenge to ensure it is perfect during the op. The second would be the usage of TEE to visualise the femoral cannula which the tip should pass the RA into the SVC. Kalau tak reti pakai TEE mmg masaklah haha

All the other steps lebih kurang- ada surgeon will do it fully off pump but most would do it on pump or a combination of both. The equipments needed can be very expensive so there are pros and cons of each technique.

Alhamdulillah, our first MIS CABG went well abd I am thankful that with the good teamwork we had, it made the long hours effort worth it. I am very happy with this milestone as wherever I go in my work journey, Ive always started something different from the rest.

To 2024 and beyond!!

Medic Aid team building retreat

One thing for sure in 2023, Ive managed to spend time with the MDQs doing different things. On my weekends sometimes they’ll hang around in velocity as I maybe working during that time. It can be a tight balance but so far i think mutually we are happy with it.

             Baby Eusoff debut

      With High Council MedicAid

Since they have followed me to Cambodia, now they are part of the big team. It was our end of year activity for committee and the volunteers to understand each other more.

The retreat was a day affair - it was in a camp in Semenyih. i am glad 3 of them enjoyed the day amongst the adult crowd. The activities were both physical and mentally challenging. Baby Eusoff made his appearance too and somehow I reckon he enjoys being outdoors and amongst the crowd.

It was a memorable fun and wet event at the same time. The boat challenge was definitely cool and Im sure it opened MDQs eyes to what teamwork and achievement is all about.

Jalan2 Korea Selatan Part 3

There was one thing that we had to do, which was to visit the Gyeongbok Palace. The cool and unique thing is they encourage us to come donning hanboks (traditional dress) where with it your admission will be free. It was like a traditional cosplay ish thing haha but I thought it waa cool to play dress up and take lots of pictures with it. Only then it occured to me why when my friends posted pics of their visit to the korean palaces, all will dress up.

The hanbok shops are readily available near to the palace grounds. In total there are 5 palaces which are interconnected to each other. Got some tips from vlogs on where to rent the hanboks but again if you are bot sure which shop, just follow the flow of hanbok wearers from different nationalities walking to and fro.

After dressing up, we walked down to the main gate. We were lucky we managed to catch the changing of guard ceremony. In the itenary we were told that its as 2pm but that day it went on at 1pm. I guess this a the highlight of any palace visit.

And yes we took tonnes of pictures and we lost track of the time. And we were only on our first palace!! Haha We were to attend the President’s dinner which I almost thought about skipping. But after googling the venue, weh.. cant miss this event. Not easy to get access to Aston House. 

And I share with all of you some of our hanbok pictures at the Royal Gyeongbok Palace!!

Jalan2 Korea Selatan Part 2

Going to Seoul without going to Myeong Dong tak sahlah😊 But going there 2 times to shop was definitely not in the plan. My itenary would have been the go to as many places as you can type of thing! Haha But when you have wifey who is into shopping so one has to adjust one’s plan😆

When i told my kids they instantly said “Oohh.. situ..” haha Ive not been a keen on Korea before (Maybe Squid Games, 100 and another violent game show) haha And when I saw the MD Street food it was a revelation of the stuff you find in our own pasar malam now. Trending la tu hahaha Boleh la pulak whilst walking in the street, suddenly there were barrage of fans waiting for their KPOP star coming out from a shoe store. I just waited lah.. Dunno who really hahah

The famous Busan Jib.. the bbq tak sempat rasa

    Btul2 belasah

       Mesti lalu lah

My food guide was from the vlogs i searched on the net. Totally cool lah these resources so we know where to go. However the apps that I was using did not really show these halal makan places. I had to depend on the crowd.. Nampak melayu jalan then we followed haha survival skills😆

And of course, when in Korea do Korean things. After a night jalan2 jauh out, treated myself to facial spa by wifey😆😆😆😆

Jalan2 Korea Selatan part 1

Yes it was my first time in South Korea.

 The week we arrive the weather suddenly turned super cold. It was anyway the end of autumn but that week when I was there, the freak weather went to 0 with tops of 5o during the day! But of course, this did not hamper us to go around.

Of course it was different as this was my second trip overseas with Eka. Eka really needed to time out after a physically demanding role of a new mum in the last 9 months. She wanted to bring Eusoff initially but in a way it was good only both of us went together. Me time hahaha

I had to adapt in a way because both of us have different perspective about travelling. I was always on a shoe string budget type or travelling- too much I guess that Im only used to that kind of travelling! Haha Wifey is different though, enough said? Haha

It was in between the conference that we tried to get around Seoul. It was easy to travel her as per any developed countries with their integrated transportation system. But being me, i tend to choose the walking ones which kesian tgk wifey kena drag penat jalan kaki hahaha but seriously, when you walk there are more things you see and experience.

               This used to be active rail South to north

Before the conference start, we went for an organized trip to DMZ - Demilitarized zone. It is a very unique area which borders North and South Korea. I didnt know anything much of this place before hand as the vlogs and travel blogs did not really talk or describe about it. However being on this tour, I realize how it is a place where it brings so many sad memories and realization of how their country is divided. Not many koreans talk about it and only during the trip you will understand why.

The relationship between north and south was divided due to the colonial powers who exerted their influence on the Koreans. North or South, they come from the same genetic make up and DNA and for irresponsible imperialists to make them go against each other is bery sad. To fight their war and ideals. It resulted this dodgy suspicious relationship between the same race people. That is very sad indeed and i guess the day Korea is unified again will be time that is awaited by their people.