Animals

I'm now doing my clinical training in UMMC ( UH is so much easier to call). It's been fun and truly tiring, partly because of the amount of travelling that needs to be done to and fro KL-PJ.

As usual, there are all sorts of clients that we see. Among them was this 5-year-old Malay girl, whom my coursemate and I saw yesterday. Her speech and languge are delayed...meaning her development is not on par with the average 5-year-olds. One of the activities we did was naming animals.

C - clinician, F-father, H-child

C: Apa binatang ni? (lembu)
H: Mau
F: Bukan harimau. Lembu.

C: Apa binatang ni? (kambing)
H: Mau
F: Bukan harimau. Kambing.

C: Apa binatang ni? (kuda)
H: Mau
F: Bukan harimau. Kuda.

C: Apa binatang ni? (Itik)
H: Mau.
F: Bukan harimau. Itik.

C: Apa binatang ni? (harimau)
H: Itik.
(Just when you thought she would get this right)
F: Bukan itik. Harimau.

C: Apa binatang ni? (ayam)
H: Itik.
F: Bukan itik. A....?
H: Adik.
(Now she got herself stuck with itik..or just tik/dik)

How can clinic be ever dull?