Life's like that

Imagine a 4 year old girl, abandoned by her young parents, living with her siblings and a drug addict uncle, and can only depends her life on her step grandmother. Her elder sister ran away from home, and just had a baby at age 16. Her step grandmother works in the afternoon and she had nowhere to go and just wandering around. Even chocolates like choki-choki she'll consider it as a meal for the day.

This is the girl that I met yesterday for one of the KZM cases (KZM stands for Kurang Zat Makanan). They'd been given Bakul Makanan by the Unit Pemakanan (Jabatan Kesihatan) every month. And we went to pay a visit to check the children improvement whether the Bakul Makanan has been useful for them.

We had three cases yesterday.2 cases in Jinjang area  and one in Sri Alam.

'You have to see the unfortunates to feel grateful for what you have,' Mak said.

I had an easy life compared to these unfortunates. Maybe I don't have much, compared with the rich people.  Yet, I have enough. Tak pernah rasa lapar, kecuali salah sendiri sebab terlalu boros berbelanja. There was never a day that I could complain saying that I don't get enough pocket money.

I was speechless when I went to see the girl's house. There was her drug addict uncle, who's in his own world and ignored us completely. The size of her house is half size of our house in Plaza Rah. It was empty, and there was only 1 mattress in the house. Probably she shares it with her brothers and the uncle. We were so worried about her safety, anything could happen to her. But we were most worry that she'll follow her mom or her sister's footsteps.

Nasib baik dia dapat Bakul Makanan, sedikit sebanyak dapat membantu. Bakul makanan tu consist of full cream milk, beras, milo, sardin and other stuff. Tak banyak, tapi cukuplah kot untuk mengurangkan beban.

Life can be very hard for some people, and can be very easy for some. For some, you'll get either one, whether it's love or money. But for her, she gets none. She has no love or money.

True, there are some people who are poor but they have love. Parents are working hard to feed their child and ensuring the safety and education as the main priority. But reality check, what you see on TV is the real thing going on in the real world. Sebab tu, family support sangat penting, parents upbringing, and the importance of education is very very important.


When I was on my way back to my office, I was thinking very hard. And I had the images of the house, and the girl named Pija over and over again. I pray for the girl, her safety and her life.


In my heart, I deeply thank Allah for everything that I have.

Update internship part 2

I dunno why but today, suddenly I came up with this in my head. The fact that Nutrition is indeed something that is big and it does not just covers the area of food, food and food as people assume.

Just so you know. Banyak area sebenarnya bidang pemakanan ni. Kalau Sport Nutrition, you have to know about athletes, as there are many kinds of sports, so different kind of nutrition approach, depending on the requirement. 

As for PZM; Pegawai Zat Makanan, subject Pemakanan Sepanjang Hayat, belajar masa 2nd year, sangatlah penting! In fact, kena tahu details and apa masalah komuniti sebenarnya. To be exact, jadi PZM ni memanglah berkhidmat dengan komuniti. Sama ada agensi kerajaan, atau pun swasta. So, kena tahu tentang masalah pemakanan komuniti, contoh,breastfeeding, masalah kurang zat makanan di kalangan kanak-kanak, obesiti dan sewaktu dengannya.

And usually, you'll be assigned to do cooking demonstration in front of target community. The main role is to educate. Educate. And create awareness!

Not only that, PZM is responsible for menu planning for minister kalau ada big function. phew! Pressure, okay! 

So, PZM memang kena maintain body image yang ideal, dan menjadi contoh kepada orang ramai. Orang tak akan tunding jari pada doktor, in fact, doktor pun tak semua yang tahu pasal nutrition. Tapi, orang akan persoalkan kenapa nutritionist gemuk, and don't practice what they preach!

Kiranya, banyak lagi sebenarnya kerja PZM. Nanti-nanti aku cerita lagi.

Untuk private sector pulak, aku tak berapa arif, mungkin lain kali akan cerita lagi juga. Cuma, so far, apa yang aku tau, nutritionist penting untuk pastikan kandungan nutrisi dalam satu-satu produk tu cukup dan boleh meningkatkan market produk mereka.

Untuk yang buat research, contribution diorang sangat penting untuk menghasilkan fakta-fakta penyelidikan yang boleh diguna pakai sebagai maklumat sahih untuk kegunaan nutritionist yang nak educate orang ramai. Kiranya, researcher ni tulang belakang penting untuk bidang nutrition ni.

Kesimpulannya, kepada coursemates, jangan rasa downgraded sebab tempat attachment korang mungkin korang rasakan tak sehebat dan tak seseronok mana. Sebab every field is important. Think of it this way, kau ada kelebihan yang mereka tak ada. Contohnya, mungkin kau tak pergi attachment dekat JKN atau ISN, tapi kau buat research. Kau ada skil dan teknik yang orang lain tak ada. Tak gitu?

Just do and enjoy your time! Nanti bila dah naik sem, kita exchange stories, kite ceciter dengan kawan-kawan lain apa pengalaman kita. Okay? :)

P/s: Observe, observe and observe.

Next : create menu and recipes for KZM children. Cook, cook, cook.

The internship

Untuk LI, aku dapat tempat kat JKN WP KL.I asked for Putrajaya, tapi dapat sini. But still, rasa bersyukur sebab dapat tempat. Ramai yang lain tercampak2.

Anyway, I have a real nice and cool supervisor. Baik gila. For the first three days, nothing much. Cuma buat analisis data and kena design bulletin board yang super banyak! And we were given a whole lots of guidelines to read.
Semalam masuk dapur, try uji rasa resepi untuk Rancangan Makanan Tambahan budak sekolah.
Mee hun sup. Resepi tak sedap, kesian budak sekolah, so, kami bersepakat modify resepi tu sebulat suara!
Cik Zaiza kata there'll be more cooking in the future.
And practical kat hospital.
Whatever, aku redah je! Experience kan?

Did I tell you that I work on Saturday too? haihsy!
Takpe, demi kesihatan masyarakat sejagat! haha.



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