My journey of life as a piece of bread

Hi, my name is Gardenium! My birth date is on 26th June 2011 and will be expired in time of two weeks after. My life is too short, despite I don't feel sad, because I know with all the goodness I have, I will make people healthier and I hope the healthiness from mine will be gifted to any prudent. Last week, I was bought by a doctor. How do I know she was a doctor? Yes, she was wearing a name tag named Dr. Syahirah. She brought me and my friends to her house and left us in a dark cabinet. I sit between my two friends. My ease is to talk to my friend above me, Gardenios better compared to my friend below, Gardenew. Gardenew's position is at bottom in our plastic bag, he is the thickest one. He is very arrogant with his tough body and declaring he is the head of all pieces of bread. Every'piece' does not like him, at all.

The next day, Dr. Syahirah bring us to Shah Alam's lake with her children. There, she made sandwiches by using us, and give to her children. Unfortunately, Gardenew is not been used, her children doesn't like it looking it is thickest one. I myself has been eaten by Dr. Syahirah. She chewed me slowly and frequently into smaller pieces, than she swallowed me bit by bit. In her mouth, I had been broken down by salivary amylase which is an enzyme functioned to act on carbohydrate. This enzyme is in saliva, stored in salivary gland. There, I was been broken down into maltose which is a kind of sugar. Than I was shaped into bolus by her tongue and been swallowed. I am now known as bolus, move down oesophagus in a wave-like action called peristalsis. Peristalsis occurs when oesophageal wall contracts and relaxes alternately.

Next, I arrived to the next main station called stomach. Protein in me about 11% been broken down here into polypeptides by an enzyme named pepsin. Pepsin was found in gastric juice as well as hydrochloric acid. What is the function of hydrochloric acid here? Isn't it harmful and why don't our stomach leak with the action of the acid? Here is all the answers. Human stomach doesn't leak because of the mucus in it. It protects the stomach from being leak out, besides it also protects stomach wall from being digested by pepsin. There are some of the functions of hydrochloric acid, first is to stop the action of salivary amylase. Second, is to provide an acidic medium suitable for the action of protease. Protease is a general enzyme of protein. Third, to change the inactive forms of protease to its active forms . Lastly, to kill all the bacterias in food. To make sure all this act normally, the pH value must to be maintain as low as 2. Peristalsis in the stomach will churns the food and mixes it with gastric juice. Here, I am called chyme in a semi-solid condition.

My journey continue when I meet pancreatic juice and bile at duodenum. Duodenum is the first part of small intestine. It receives bile from gall bladder and pancreatic juice from pancreas. Bile is a greenish fluid produced by liver and stored in gall bladder. This fluid emulsifies fat into oil droplets for lipase to act upon, while neutralizes the acidic chyme. Lipase act on vegetable oil in me which only take about 3% from my whole body. The pancreatic juice contains amylase, trepsin and lipase. Double action for fat in a time. Trepsin is to breakdown polypeptides to peptides.

Finally, this is our last station for breaking down into the simplest form, small intestine. In this part of the small intestine secretes intestinal juice which contains enzymes of maltase, erepsin and again lipase. Maltase breaks down maltose into glucose while erepsin breaks down peptides into amino acid. This time, lipase emulsifies oil droplets into fatty acid and glycerol. After completed to be the simplest form, small intestine starts to absorbs all my nutrients needed by the doctor. The inner surface of small intestine is highly folded and covered with billions of villi, tiny finger-like projections. All the products is divided into two ways. The first one is absorbed into blood capillaries like glucose, amino acids, water soluble vitamins and minerals while the other way is move into lacteal by recombine and form tiny droplets of lipids as an example, glycerol, fatty acid and fat-soluble vitamins.Lacteal is a lymphatic capillary that absorbs dietary fat in the villi in small intestine. My glucose, amino acids and fatty acids separated here. From blood capillaries converge to hepatic portal vein, lacteal to lymphatic portal vessels until all these nutrients save arrived to her liver.

In the liver, my nutrients are then sent to heart and all parts of our body. The residue from the small intestine is mainly water, undigested food and digestive juice . From here, the watery residue moves to colon. The residue remains about 12 to 24 hours to absorb 6 liters of water, dissolve minerals and my vitamin A and E into the blood. The movement of this residue along the colon is very slow and helped by peristalsis until I came to the rectum and finally to the anus. I come out from doctor's body in the form of faeces and flushed away. In this way my journey of life as a piece of bread.

H1N1 + Migrane = Weak..

Salam alayk,

I am now in my house. Not at hostel.. although I ought to be there now. On last Monday, I 'm having headache! and my body temperature is quite high.. means? yes.. I'm having fever. In fact, I've been like this about several months ago. I don't sure what happened to me until on the last Monday night, my mother took me home looking I called her on evening, complaining that I could not concentrate in class caused of this headache and on and off fever. Uh, I'm glad to be at home. The next day, we went to Dunia Medic Clinic. Maybe, the doctor had bored of having the same patient, I think.. No, no.. she is a good doctor. I knew her name, Dr. Saimah =). She recommended us to have a thorough check up at DEMC. We went there and wait to meet the doctor about three hours because we didn't make an appointment. At last, my turn.. 5518. We met the doctor and I'm warded.

On Wednesday, I went to MRI room for brain scanning and went for blood test. Ouch!! quite painful (blood test)... The following day, Thursday, the doctor came and told the result. Alhamdulillah, I'm okay, nothing abstruse. But, I'm still having fever, on and off. Next morning, I have to do the blood test again. Another ouch!.. and went for chest scanning...Doctor came as usual and told that the blood test is clear, normal. But still waiting the chest scan result. The doctor than took some mucus through my nose using a stick for a sample to analyse, O Allah, so painful! My tears rolling down my cheeks. This one the most painful. Friday.. Doctor Noraziah came a bit late from usual. And when she came, she was wearing mask, covering his nose and mouth, nurse on her side also done the same thing. We felt a bit odd. My mother asked, How doctor? the doctor just being silent and make her eyes smaller shows she is smiling behind the mask. She checked me first as usual and start to talk. She said that the headache that I often have is caused of migrane and the fever that I always have is because I am positive H1N1. I can't go back home if I still having fever.

And the doctor said, the virus is obtained from student at my school which came back from oversea. They do not having H1N1, just bring the virus to Malaysia. Alhamdulillah, on Friday and Saturday I'm not having fever, maybe the antibiotic and H1N1 medicine that I took had shown the effect. On Sunday, I can go back home. Hoooray!! But, I have to quarantine about a week at house and everyone in my house have to wear mask, including me of coarse. Today is Monday and alhamdulillah, I feel healthier. This Saturday, road run will be held at my school. I hope I could join the programme. Dr. Noraziah said, my quarantine will last on this Friday. When I asked ibu for me to join, ibu don't want me to go because she is caring of my health. O Allah, please give everything the best for me. Ameen.

Salam Ukhuwah.

I love My Family.. part 2

Salam alayk,

Now, I am in Mawaddah's new school. She is now having culture shock maybe. She don't know I am with her actually. She cried loudly, but it's okay.. crying is a learning. If she don't cry, she don't learn.

Continue part 1:

While we're waiting abang Suria and K. Hanin, I just fall asleep, tired perhaps, and K. Wani surfing internet. On 3.16 p.m, they come back simultaneously with abang Hadi and abang Iskandar. We went to Alamanda together but not in the same car. K. Suhaila and A. Faizi arrived already, about 10 to 15 minutes A. Hafiz and K. Suhaila Jamunai come after. A. Suria treated popcorn and drink while watching cinema. In fact, A. Suria had seen the movie already, but he watch twice to accompany us. A. Fendi had some problem which stop him from reach there earlier. He arrived when the movie about half being played. Next, we planned to play bowling. Unfortunately, there is no vacancy for us, too full. We wait about an hour, but there is still no vacancy. At last, we went to entertainment centre. We played basket ball, game cars, and much more. Oh for your information, A. Hadi won the car game and I was the second place! third A. Iskandar, K. Wani is the fourth and A. Suria is the last. We laughed loudly when we realized A. Suria was the last place, include K. Hanin. We finished our game around 9.26 p.m and decided to eat at food court. Again, A. Suria treats. I ate Cantonese Kuey Tiow. Before go to carpark, K. Wani bought cookies brand Famous Amos for ibu and ayah at home. While walking to car park, Abang Suira hold my hand and suddenly A. Iskandar pull my hand to not to hold A. Suria.. He is jealous, I know that. But after a while I notice A. Iskandar is holding A. Suria's hand.. Urgh.. No wonder he did so.. At the escalator we shake hand and hug A. Suria and K. Hanin before went home. Thank you Abang Suria and K. Hanin for everything, we really had a lots of fun.. and I'm very proud of having a caring brother like him.

Everyone is here!

Yeah! Basket ball ;)

Need For Speed?

Aim! Aim! whoa!


Salam Ukhuwah.

Syukur Ya Rabbi..

Salam alayk,

I told you already about to continue my story at my brother's house but I think I want to write about something that Allah had given to me four days ago. On 23rd December, all students form three took their results at schools. Ya Allah, this was the hardest time for me to get through. I don't have an appetite to eat, I couldn't sleep well and I also frequently having bad dreams about my result. I struggled enough, and I hope I did the best. Also my friends, we did all together isn't it? I won't forget our sweet memories.. I will keep them all in my heart. Back to our main topic, I got the result already.. I feel like collapsing when I got the result because.. I did IT! Alhamdulillah, praise to Allah.. I got 9A's. We're all so happy especially my parents, of course. I cried happily, Alhamdulillah.. I know this is just a first step for me to be a doctor, but I feel very grateful once I passed the step greatly. And I hope this step would lead better for other steps ahead. Congratulations to all my friends! Whether they 9A's or not, I'm sure all of you did the best on this final exam, just Allah want to test His slaves whether they thanks to Him or not. Actually, the one who gets 9A also is being test by Him. Are we getting further from Him or vise versa? And for someone who felt their results worse caused of they not struggle to study, alhamdulillah if you realized so, but you can't do anything to change it back, so think about your future. SMA and SPM (for secondary school) is more important and I hope all of us can do our best in the next final exam, ameen.

About 9A's, in my school, there are about 32 students who achieve straight A's. The truth is, accomplishment for this year is decreased. On 2009, there about 40 pupils get straight A's. I'm sure our principal felt a bit disappointed, of course she target higher goal for this year. But we made her down, perhaps. Ummi, if you read my blog now, we are so sorry about our attainment this year, we know that you always do the best for us, and we want you to know that you're the best principal We've ever had, Ummi. We love you so much. Insya-Allah, we will do our best for the next final exam, SMA. We hope, we won't ever let you down again.

For all teachers thank you very much for all your support, du'a, and motivation. May Allah pays all deeds you have done, especially for all form 3 teachers. O' Allah, please give to our teachers a good health, vigorous their iman, bold their heart in the way to teach us, help them in become a devout person, lead them with your guidance, protect them from tomb chastisement and the day of punishment. O' Allah please accept their repentant. Ameen.


s/p: Ibu, ayah, you're the best parents ever, thanks a lot of your du'a, support and motivation, you will always be in my du'a, your beloved daughter, Syahirah..

Salam Ukhuwah.

I Love My Family!

Salam alayk,

Sometimes whenever Allah gives us comfort everyday, we didn't receive it as a pleasure from Him. Because we feel that everything we have now is a must and we have to have it without failed. One day, I read a poem, the contents is trying to tell us (I'm explaining with my own words) that delights that always been forgotten are safety and health. This sentence give a big meaning to me. When I look myself, I have something special which not everyone get what I got. It is my family. We are really love each other. I do think so, because plenty of my friends always have problems with their siblings.. I mean serious problems. But Alhamdulillah.. we're not! I have eight siblings and I'm the youngest. I closed with everyone in my family.. I have no problem to hug and kiss all my family members. In fact, every time I go out with my family, I used to hold someone's hand and I noticed not everyone likes to be hold to. But my family? all of them were available.. except abang Iskandar...Yes, he didn't feel comfortable to do so.

Actually, I want to share to you where I have been yesterday. Abang Suria which is my first brother asked ibu's permission to take us out. So, I and k. Wani slept at his house last two days in Putrajaya. He always try to make us feel comfortable when we are with him. Also his wife, my sister in law, k. Hanin. They treat us nicely. Early in the morning after performed Solah, we went to park to jog. Wow, that was exciting when there are many facilities of excercise! I and k. Wani tried all the facilities provided happily =D. After tired jogging, we went to a stall at center of apartment in Percint 10, I guess. The stall is owned by Kelantanese people. So, you can find nasi kerabu, laksam and many more in breakfast! I feel a bit suprised when abang Suria eat Nasi Kerabu with ayam goreng for his breakfast, k. Hanin also. Actually, k. Hanin is Kelantanese =) .
After eat, we went back to abang Suria's house until 3 o'clock, we went to Alamanda to go to cinema! We watched the movie of Hantu Kak Limah Balik Rumah. Around 12 o'clock a. Suria and k. Hanin will be attending for a wedding. So, just both of us were in the big house while waiting to go Alamanda. Urm.. it's a quite late now.. so, to be continued..




I' m doing Sit Up!



This is my abang Suria



K. Hanin and her Batu Seremban



K. Hanin and K. Wani are practicing Tai-Chi, while I still Sit Up.


Salam Ukhuwah.

I'm hurt...

Salam alayk,

Hello World, Time run so fast! next year, I will be a form four student, yeah! Alhamdulillah, all praises to Allah for giving me chances to live. Time passed make me more mathured. Last two days, I went PAS for reunion Sekolah Rendah Islam Hira'. All students ( girls) standard six '07 had our reunion after talked in Facebook. Unfortunately, only four of us came to the PAS for reunion. Where are the others? Oh, I feel very sad. Actually, there is a misunderstanding between us. I don't know what had I done, but obviously, I had made someone hurt. And that give a big impact for our reunion seeming many of us were on her side. I tried to talk to her nicely, but she really doesn't want to talk to me. After few days, I realized, that some of my friends is trying to avoid from communicate with me ( my primary school's friends). But, Alhamdulillah, I have really good friends in SAMTTAJ and they're willing to help. Hear my problems, sharing tears. Oh Allah, thanks for giving me such a good friends I've ever had! For all my friends, I hope, if I've done even a really big mistake, please tell me.. don't try to avoid yourself from me. Because.. it's really hurt. Nobody want to be treated such.

I ending my post with some pictures of our reunion:-


I'm the one who is holding the newspaper. Promoting Metro!



Syahirah, Izyan, Asmaa' and Ain. =)

Salam Ukhuwah.

MQA! - Port Dickson

Salam alayk,

Alhamdulillah!! I have a good news! MQA had recognized medical imaging course, and my sister will be graduated in February, my birth month..Hah.. I feel very relief now. Syukur.. she is now plan to work in weekend and continue studies(degree) in weekday. She still finding for her new university seeming the course of medical imaging(degree) not available in UNiSEL. O Allah, please give her the best university. Ameen. Tomorrow, I will be going to Port Dickson. Swimming!. I join my uncle which I call 'bapak' with his family. Bapak told me the programme tomorrow, we will start our journey at 6.45 a.m, then reach beach, swim, having lunch, depart to mak's(bapak's wife) sister house at Rembau, taking photos with goats there;) Wah, I can't wait for tomorrow! Please pray for our safety.

Salam Ukhuwah.