Sympathy

DrBond ucapkan takziah kepada boss DrBond di atas pemergian bapa beliau.

"A father's love is like a rock...solid, immovable, everlasting....."

Balik Sandakan

Trip going back to Sandakan..

Sorry ahh..JBM suka sangat menulis trip naik "belon"...
Some selected photos to share...

Pre-journey.
Left hotel at 10am..did very quick shopping at 1Borneo (nasib dah gaji) and had lunch..

emm, sedap..

Check in
Smooth as usual..really like this brand new airport..

Check in counterWaiting for my turn

Departure hall.
Disappointed as not many aircraft to spot. Only 2 Maswings and 2 MAS planes at the tarmac.
Departure hall was empty..like it was deserted.

this way please

flight info

MAS Golden LoungeVery spacious

Departure hall

Aero bridge

Boarding.
Was delayed for 10 mins. But it was in order..

Boarding..

The great MAS Wings WalkThe propellers

The journey.
The aircraft is brand new..The propellers rock!!. Offered 3 choices of drinks..milo, orange or apple juice..
Smooth ride as the sky was clear.

The steward in charge

IFE: inflight entertaintmentInflight Service.

The arrival..

The kipas in closer viewIt's time to say goodbye. This baby is in transit for 15mins,,then she will continue her journey to Tawau.

The Sandakan airport.

(Nota kaki: 1.ini adalah entry yang ke 19 dalam bulan nov 09..sudah melepasi jumlah entry bulan lepas...yeaa!!!
2. Tak tau bila lagi jalan-jalan keluar Sandakan...banyak kerja belum siap..lagipun bajet dah lari...)

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha

James Bond Malaya ucapkan Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha kepada semua pembaca blog yang setia. Terima kasih kerana memberi sokongan dan galakan kepada blog JBM. Tanpa anda semua..apalah sangat blog ni..
Pengorbanan masa dan tenaga anda untuk meluangkan masa membaca blog ini dan memberi komen-komen bernas amat dihargai.
(Nota kaki: DrBond tak dapat cuti dan perlu oncall masa hari raya).

ICORM last day

Today is the last day of this meeting..No lectures today!!! instead we made a visit to Sikuati, Kudat.
The journey to Kudat from 1Borneo took almost 3 hours. It was a bumpy journey. Kudat is the most northern part of Sabah.
Arrived in Kudat at 10am. Our first destination was RMEC, UMS. RMEC is "rural medicine education center". It is center for teaching about rural medicine for UMS students. It also house health clinic and "gym rakyat" for the people of Sikuati, Kudat.
inside the bus
senamrobik from the people of kudat
welcoming speech from prof dr osman, dean school of medicine, ums

Following that, we made a visit to Kg Lajong Clinic.
Klinik Desa Lajong, Kudat
A small house..
Smile.
Examination room
Small discussion among international participants.

Then, we made a visit to Kg Lajong Long House, just beside the clinic.
The entrance
Shopping
inside the house
smile..
outside the house

After visited the Kg Lajong long house, we paid a visit to Kg Bavanggazo. It was located uphill and we have to climb up the hill as the bus can't go up.
this way
lets go
the welcoming band
so many gongs

menenun

this is a rungus ethnic house
traditional dance..



Our last destination was the Tanjung Simpang Mengayau..or known as The tip of Borneo. This is my first time here...
smile again
wind is so strong
Ms Wong
The tip of borneo
Near the tip

i like this photo

With my new friend

Look there...

Yea...we are here..The Tip of Borneo.

ICORM day2

The conference runs as usual today. The were 2 plenaries lectures. The first one was about "Rural Medicine --The Way Forward" by Prof Allan Carmichael, from Australia. He discussed about the future of rural medicine in his country. The second plenary lecture was from Dr Azman Abu Bakar. He discussed about "Research Priorities in Rural Medicine. It was boring and i fall asleep midway of his lecture.
We had a short coffee break after that. Then it was followed with symposium lectures, under the theme of "Agricultural and Wilderness Medicine."
The first lecture was from Prof Gopalakrishnan, from National University of Singapore. He presented very important topic about "Envenomations in rural and wilderness area". His lecture was interesting as he explained what are types of snake, fish, spider, bees and hornets that are harmful to human. He did showed very nice picture about dangerous snakes like Malayan pit vyper, king Cobra and the venomous sea snake.
The second lecture was from Prof Chua, a virologist from National Laboratory Institute. He discussed about "New Emerging Viruses". It was interesting..and i just know that Malaysia also had "produced" a new viruses like Nipah virus, Kampar virus etc.
The third lecture was from Prof Perusamal. His presentation was about "Medicinal plants in rural Medicine". He introduced the various plants in Borneo that have medicinal and commercial values. One of them is "Cananga Obturota" also known as pokok kenanga. Now it is widely used in perfume industries.
The symposium ended after the last speaker, Dr Rashidi presented a topic of "Acute Pesticide Poisoning among Agriculture workers." The most commonest pesticide poisoning were malathion and paraquat. Most of the patients developed acute poisoning because of attempted suicide.
During lunch time was fun. We were taken into a "Padang Kawat Palapes". Here there was a demonstration from "Unit Polis Udara". They demonstrated by using a helicopter, how the manage to evacuate a patients.
It was fun as this is my first time i'm seeing a helicopter at this closed.
the audience..

posing with the heli"s

you took my picture..i took yours..

In the afternoon there were lectures but i skipped them. Instead of attending lectures, i went into the cafe and "socializing"...making new friends.
I was surprised as they had failed to guess my real age. Most of them said my age was 25!!! and they didn't believe after i said that my age is reaching 30's..

Then, i met Ms Wong, a research scientist from University Darul Iman (UDM). We chatted and after that, with her friend, we took a tour around UMS campus. I think the UMS campus is the most beautiful campus in the country.
The ums campus.

nice scenary

sea...it is the marine institute

the ums gallery.