Beautiful Life!

Been two weeks now. I am at hospital full time, eight to five! Siapa kata masuk 3rd year tak penat? Yes, u dun have to study as much, but at the end of the day, you are drained of energy.

Nasib baik doktor that I am attached with sgt2 baik. A Spanish doctor with whom I shared an office with, siap kasi lagi aku sembahyang kt bilik tu. So…nice! Sebab dier ni org Spain, English dier pun tak bagus sgt pun…so aku confident lah nak bercakap ngan dier. We become quite good friends (but he is so much older than me, dah beruban dah pun! BUt there is no ring. huhuhu) And his friend, a dr. from India, is very nice too (and no ring. hahhahha).

I am surrounded with nice people. How lucky is that. And this Spanish dr. is very interested about my cultural background. Our first small talk was about how there are many more Muslims in China than there are in Saudi Arabia. I could freely tell him that I think Australians culture of leaving their parents in nursing home is a disgrace. Because he is from Spain, and a devout Catholic, he is not offended. In fact, we both condemned Australian lack of family values.

And then we talked about polygamy. What happened was: we were seeing this guy with erectile dysfunction. His wife of 22 years left him because of that (took 22 years of patience, isn’t that amazing, said Dr. Spanish. I just laughed). His wife cheated on him.

“His story…you know, about infidelity and all…sounds like a soap opera.” I commented. He smiled and agreed.

So on the way back to the office, we talked about the case. All of a sudden my doctor said “Muslims women are more reliable. They don;t cheat on their husbands.”

Hahhaha. Yerlah tu! Tapi aku tak cakaplah sebenarnya kt Mesia dah berlambak. Tapi dalam hati aku bangga arr juga…walaupun dier puji secara general jer.

Pastu dier buka topik pasal polygami pulak. Adusss! “Is polygamy still being practiced among MUslims? Isn’t it like legal infidelity?”

All right. My old self would probably frown and go into flames with indignation. My temper was legendary. But the new me (or rather I am getting older, and therefore more mellow) just  laughed.

“Well, it’s not called infidelity if ur married to all those women.” I pointed out. Dan aku sampai sekarang can’t believe I have the courage to say what I did.

“You know, men stray. They always do.” I said. The Spanish Dr. looked amused. But he did not contradict me.

“So, it is not fair that the women they stray around with (fuck around with) are not given the same status that their wives are given. It is not fair to those women, too.”

The dr. nodded his head. “So you mean, it’s like if you want to play around with me, you have to give me the same status as you do to your wife. Is that it?”

“Exactly,” I smiled.

And then tiba2 kawan dier yg dr. India ni masuk plak. And they talked about erectile dysfunction, and make jokes about the patient.

And I was there, listening, and trying very hard not to laugh.

Bila aku fikir balik. Diorang ni tak segan ke? I mean, I won’t talk about menstruation or tampons or menopause issues when there is a guy present.

Tapi diorang ni siap buat jokes, gelak sampai tak hengat. Doctors are so unethical these days. Ada ke patut gelakkan patient!

Whatever. I have learned about all these stuff, so I was not embarrassed. In fact, at one point their jokes made me laugh as well, because it was so damn funny.

I guess, attachment dgn foreign doctors (non-Australians) sgt best sebab diorang kelakar.  And boleh mengumpat org Aussie sama2. Tu yg best kot.

I am just lucky with my hospital placement.

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