Tadaa!!

Runaway girl

2010-05-02T20:58:00.005+12:00

I saw this pendant on somebody a couple years back, and fell in love with it.. But I didn't know where she bought it from, or where they sell one of these.. until recently, I found it in a magazine.. I nearly forgot about it... Owh, it's a Karen Walker jewellery, no wonder I can't find it at a regular store.
And then 2 days ago, I found it at silvermoon!! ooooooo.....
Now I can't stop thinking about it... I want one!
It is cute!!
But sadly, I can't afford it at the moment.. Because it is a Karen Walker design (she's a kiwi designer).. It's worth a bit more than usual jewellery.. The necklace in silver, cost about 150 bucks!
Darn it...
Look at it... it's pretty~~

up close.. this is how it looks like....

Eyjafjallajökull

2010-04-19T22:22:00.002+12:00

When I first heard about this volcanic eruption, the first thing that pops into mind wasn't really how bad this eruption nor how the heck did a place that is called Iceland, has a volcanic eruption.. But instead it's this...

How To Pronounce Eyjafjallajökull - The Icelandic Volcano Glacier

Hahahah... Funny or dumb as it may seem, none of the reporters (other than the icelandic reporters that is) Can pronounce it properly... AND the same question was asked tonight in Campbell Live ( A New Zealand TV show). So I googled it and found it on wiki...
This is how they suggest us..

Eyjafjallajökull (pronounced [ˈɛɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœːkʏtl̥]

How is that even phonetic? I cant evene read that.. Luckily there's the listen here if you don't know phonetic d&*ba$$ -------->
So here it is.. click below!

Hahaha...
Even after listening it for 25 times, I'm afraid I still can't pronounce it~~
SO much for curiosity. Although, I do think that it's funny as!! Should've had the camera to capture my priceless facial expression though~

Big Shifts!

2010-04-19T21:35:00.004+12:00

I am currently trying to sort my big shift back to Kuala Lumpur and I'm telling you it's hard work!!
I need to sort out shipping my personal effects (which is a lot by the way, given my 7 years of living in NZ) and I also need to sort out my beloved Boboy... (Yes, he is travelling home with me)..
And so with this, I need to find a cat carrier that is comfortable for him.. and possibly I need to work extra hours to support this?

Doing very poorly with packing. Only managed to pack miscellaneous items and books last weekend.. Next would be paintings and electrical items maybe? I hate packing and unpacking.. Thankfully Lynn is here to help me out..

Owh well, enough whinging.. It has to happen regardless...
It is giving me a headache though as every quote that I'm getting, I'm not satisfied.. IT IS BLOODY EXPENSIVE!!

p/s: I will post a more cheerful note next time.. and not just some whinging post!

Speight ale house...

2010-04-11T18:53:00.012+12:00

Had dinner with lynn over at Speight Ale House...
I had to say that it's very kiwi.. the food there are really south island New Zealand..
All in all.. it's good.. The portion is big and taste is good.. I ordered the salmon.. and I have to say not the best I've had.. but not the worst either... Kempunan grilled salmon!
Lynn ordered the calamari.. It's nice~~
Here's some pictures...

this is what I had.. Grilled Salmon with mashed potatoes.. This is the first time I had salmon with mashies.. I think potato salad is the best!

The kumara chips! Look at the portion! besar bukan..?

Lynn's.. Calamari~~ this is a small portion okeh! Imagine the large portion!

All in all.. we had fun and kenyang giler makan okeh~~
Recommended!!

outings with lynn...

2010-04-10T18:45:00.009+12:00

Went out with lynn to the shoe ware house.. Yessss.. Our favourite place in the whole wide world..
Oleh kerana kaki kami besar, maka hanya show store in NZ sahaja yg boleh cater kebesaran kaki kami ini.. hahaha...

Hanging out with my sister mmg best.. kerana kami sudah lama tidak hang out together... Sbenarnyer kami adek beradek dah lama tak hang out sama-2.. hopefully this june ini bolehlaaaa jumpa balek...

Ini kaki lynn.. hah muat!! Cantek plak tuh! tak beli kerana dia kata saket sket pakai kasut nie~~

Ini plak kaki saya.. hurm.. sgt ske heels.. tapi oleh krana accident ittew.. kaki kiri saya ini sedikit keras yer.. (stiff sket) Maka, susah sket nak pakai heels.. kalo pakai ponn boleh pakai kejap-2 ajor kott...

Sangat chantek kasut ini!!
Tapi sekarang hanya mampu pakai kasut yg mcm ni ajer... hehehe.. Funky ajer sbenarnyer.. takde masalah ponn.. just rindulaa nak pakai heels sometimes~~

Kasut ini persis SPARTA yer.. raser sungguh Leonidas saya di kala memakai kasut ini...
THIS IS SPARTA!!! hahaha.. Happy plak pakai kasut nie~~

Kami adek beradek mmg ske kasut... koleksi kasut yg teramat byk... Tak sedar diri.. still lagik maseh membeli walauponn dah ader byk.. Bak kata ayah, kaki ader 2 ajer! kasut byk betol nak buat aper..? Owh well, ayah tak paham pompuan.. mmg ske kasut yg banyak.. hehehe...
Ayah, if u're reading this.. jgn mare.. hehehe... Sayang mak n ayah!!

At the end kitorg tak beli kasut ponn...
Pegi makan! hehehe...

pure ramblings...

2010-04-08T19:46:00.002+12:00

Long day last night.. it wasn't too bad.. Just did some miscellaneous jobbies.. it was ok.. Nothing too exciting... I swear long days kill me slowly~~ especially on the weekends! I guess it's the long hours kott.. entahlaa.. I'll figure it out nnt.. The weird thing is.. Tak pernah serik! Everytime I had a long day I'll be.. argh, penatnyer... but then the next morning, I'll get up early.. (with great difficulties that is) and just went to work.. as usual.. (also with the help of caffeine that is)..

I miss Malaysia.. Maybe partly because ramai yg dah balek.. and I'm here. Kengkwn sumer dah ader kat M'sia.. Bukanlah nak kata takde kwn kat sini, tapi yg rapat masing-2 dah ada kat M'sia.. (yeah, u know who u are!! I miss u guys!). Kirenyer nak kata yg I actually miss the people back in Malaysia...

I have to say that long distance relationship sucks! I haven't done this for ages! Well, I haven't been in a real relationship for a while, let's start with that at least... (owh yeah, No longer kissing frogs now.. Happily with prince charming for now~~)
It's easier when you're in one place.. but I guess you kinda evaluate ur feelings more when you're far away.. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.. From experience, it can also do the opposite.. Owh well, you have very little control in this kinda business.. so, just get over it and take the day as it comes I guess.. Like everything in life...

BTW, nak dedicate lagu nie utk enchek BF..

My favourite ad!

2010-04-06T20:10:00.003+12:00

Everytime I see this ad, always manage to make me smile... These cute kids acting all grown up and the accent!
OMG.. the accent is so cute...
hehehe.. watch it, and you'll get what I mean!

Aren't they cute? heheheh...

Congrats Ana!!

2010-04-05T00:56:00.003+12:00

I would just like to congratulate one of my best friend Anna Mohamad for her new accomplishment... Being officially engaged to En Lebah!! AM so proud of u my dear...
Will try my hardest to be there on your big day!!!

p/s: i like ur dress jugak~~ sgt lawa!

THE CHICK CODE..

2010-04-04T00:04:00.003+13:00

For those die-hard-fans of Barney Stinson from How I met Yout Mother (which Me and Mr BF are very much so...), you will be very familiar with "The Bro Code" that Barney so very often use in hooking up with hot girls.. (and justfying his actions for that matter of fact!)

I was doing my not-so-routine wall post for Mr BF on the bro code.. (something that we often do before we got together as I am his wing woman) and suddenly found article number 22..

There is no law that prohibits a woman from being a Bro.
Women make excellent Bros. Why? Because they can translate and
navigate the confusing and contradictory whims that comprise the Chick Code.

There's a chick code..? OMG!! why didn't I know this??
That does make sense.. There's a BRO CODE... There should be a CHICK CODE! So, I googled it! (Like everything else in life.. Google is just fabulous!) And of course.. Google has the answer...
Although it says the Unofficial Chick Code, It's a chick code nonetheless...

1) A chick shall not sleep with another chick’s ex-boyfriend unless she does. (Well that made perfect sense... Hoes before bros..?)

2) A chick never pays for anything. Ever!! (Not in my world darl... I pay for everything!)

3) A chick shall never support another chick, whatever the reason maybe!! (Now this I don't get.. What about the GIRL POWER?)

4) If a chick asks another chick to keep a secret, then… Are you kidding!! In the entire history of humankind, chicks have never been able to keep a secret!! Ever!! (I do.. and I'm a damn good secret keeper for that matter!!)

5) The favorite color of all chicks shall always be pink. And none other than pink. (Ok, sadly my fav colour is black !)

6) If two chicks get into a fight, they shall make catty remarks and pretend to ignore each other rather than simply stripping down and wrestling it out. ( Yeah.. this one I agree...)

7) If a chick hears a chick empowerment song like “I will survive”, she shall stop whatever she is doing, grab another chick’s hand and shriek the lyrics at the top of her lungs. (This should be a must!! GIRL POWER!!)

8) If the TV is showing the movie “My Best Friend’s Wedding” or “DDLJ”, the chick has to leave whatever she is doing and watch the movie till the very end. No matter how many times she has seen it. Corollary: A chick will quickly find some work in the kitchen or somewhere else if her boyfriend is watching the movie “Die Hard” or “300”. ( Err... but I love a good action movie... and I also like the chick flick type...)

9) A chick may get a dog as a pet but only if it fits in her mailbox. ( Don't do dogs.. But if I were to have one.. I would definitely pick a big as one!)

10) If two chicks are wearing a same outfit, each retains the right to accidently spill a drink on the other. ( Owh.. really..? that's cruel.. I'll just probably avoid the other person!)

11) A chick shall not operate a motor vehicle in a safe manner. Corollary: If a chick does operate a motor vehicle, she will atleast hit someone. ( WRONG!!! I'm a very safe ( and skillful I might add) driver and I know more about car than some boys do!!)

12) A chick shall never use the side mirror for applying lipstick while driving the car. It is extremely dangerous since it messes up the hair!! ( OK, duly noted!)

13) A chick has a free pass to slut it up on Halloween. ( Hahaha! This is kinda true.. although not practised by me..)

14) A chick shall always say “Oww.. Sooo cute!!” at the sight of a baby or a kitten or a puppy or a man with a cute baby or a man with a cute puppy. ( This is a reflex!)

15) A chick shall never leave the house without putting on make-up first, even if the house is on fire. Corollary: A chick shall never go to sleep without putting on make-up first. Corollary: If a chick is on a date, she shall find some excuse to use the restroom atleast three times in order to check the make-up. ( I do love my make up, but not to this extend!)

16) A chick shall always demonstrate an absolute lack of commonsense. Especially, if she is really hot!! ( OK, I'm all about common sense!)

Conclusion: The Chick code doesn't apply to me as much as the bro code.. According to my response of the Chick code.. I'm not Chick at all!! The Bro code definitely is more appealing than this... *Sigh*

I guess I kinda need to start thinking of another addendum to the Chick code.. to make it more.. Chick friendly~~

Shit happens after four...

2010-04-02T10:57:00.002+13:00

I was in the ward.. just sent home the reliever house officer because i only need to fill in blood forms for tmrw...
About finished here... Looking at the clock.. It was 4.30 pm..
Ok, I only need to find the reg and have a paper round and then I head home...

OOOO....AAARRRGGGHHHH... CRASH!

One of my patient siezed in front of me... Owh dear... She had a fit for almost 2 mins... and then stopped.. (phew I thought!).. But I thought wrong!
Then she started stridoring~~ (breathing noisily.. an indication that this person is obstructing her airway..) Saturations dropping... Owh shit..
She was post ictal and was agitated for me or anybody else to do anything....
"Call the crash team" I said. they were there less than a minute... Phew~~

This patient is a post operative patient. She had an extensive brain tumour and the tumour involved pituitary so her sodium level was all over the place.. Turned out her sodium was 122. Owh well.. no wonder she's fitting...

Moral of the story.. Shit happens after 4 in the wards.. Seriously~~

The world of FB

2010-03-28T22:50:00.002+13:00

FB, Facebook, facebook-ing, facebook stalking.. You can call it what you want, but it all involves this very addictive website.. facebook.com..
What makes it such a sensation you might ask..

When I first signed up for facebook, I said to myself.. I will only use this thingy called FB to get in contact with my KIWI friends coz they don't use friendster.. but alas, now I have more than 500 friends on FB (and I can assure you that they're not KIWIs).

I have to say that it did connect me with long lost friends and I'm forever thankful... but I've also noticed that it's a medium to show off and stalk people... People will often put one of they're best looking vanity shots for their profile picture (seldomly u see the ones with a screwed up face unless it made them looked kinda cute).. I'm not saying that I'm an exception, but I do think that some people go ways and beyond to make their profile look so grand and would make other people feel... envy!

People stalk other people on FB.. just to see what they're up to.. and curious on how they are doing.. Am I better than them..? Am I living the dream..? We can convince ourselves that we are sincere and care on what's happening in the lives of our darling friends.. but who are we kidding? I am so not kidding myself when I say.. I do stalk people... I stalk pretty people.. I stalk my best friends.. I stalk my boyfriend.. I stalk my previous crushes.. just to see how they are doing.. Just being nosy.. that's all... hehehe...

I would have to say that it's the same as blogging..it's now next to human nature and instinct. WE SECRETLY wants to be better than everyone else.. and we want everybody to know that!

being a junior doctor...

2010-03-28T10:36:00.002+13:00

Haven't updated this blog for ages... Months!
I had so much fun being in ED. Definitely think that I've found my calling..
Felt like I was a real doctor.. Now, being in neurosurgical house officer, I'm demoted to being a secretary again... Chasing up blood results, organizing scans, doing admissions, discharge summaries.. and the paperwork jobs goes on and on...
Once in a while, e.g when I'm on duty, I get to be a doctor.. Watching over the general surgical patients are not a walk in the park..

Since I've finished med school I don't think that I'm more knowledgeable than what I was as a med student. I remembered when I was a final year student, I thought.. OK, when I'm a doctor, I should know most of this stuff.. But how? Do we just magically do that? When I was doing psych, the nurses are not IV trained and hence not PICC line trained as well...
And so, I had to do the daily flushing of a PICC line of this patient. What made me PICC line trained..? It's because I'm a doctor, that's why... Magically, I have to know how to take care of PICC lines..

Owh well.. Enough bitching about life then.. I should be thankful of my life at the moment.. Of course life's a bitch but it can get bitchier... When I think of my misunfortunate event, I always thought of others that's worse than me..
"Ketika kita tak berkasut, ingatlah pada merekan yg tidak berkaki.."
Saw that somewhere and I thought that it's very meaningful..

Anyways.. I'm running out of ideas to type.. I've been very bad with writing.. I used to be a good writer.. and a damn creative one as well.. My English teacher did said to me once upon a time ago that I would make a terrific writer one day... I guess, as u develop other skills you lose others.. the ones that you don't use daily..
Owh well, till some other time then..

Kissing frogs..

2009-12-07T18:04:00.002+13:00

Lama giler kot tak update...
Last time was while I was doing psych! Which was a long time ago...
Well, I have been busy and most of my free time (in chch that is) are spent with just hanging out with the mates.... It's good that I have awesome friends.. but sooner or later, they will go back to the home country.. and I'll be by myself!! huargh!!
Anyways.. my plan is also to go back home next year.. so, i guess that's fine...

Currently, I'm in KL.. Have been here for the past week..
Things are a lot different now.. esp with the friends and all... MOST are married and working.. so, melepak on working hours are out of the question...
things have definitely changed... That I can assure you...

I actually have too many things to write.. but I'm having difficulties putting them in a sentence.. a coherent one that is...
will try again later...

Lama tak update...

2009-07-12T17:45:00.003+12:00

I think I've abandoned this blog for ages!
Well.. maybe because there's not much to say.. and I was super busy lately!
Working in psych, can be so overwhelming at times...

A few things actually happened lately..
Apart from having my feelings crushed, aderla jugak a few awesome things that happened..

-Happy 21st b'day Alang.. I know it was ages ago.. but kak long still nak wish jugak kat blog kak long officially...

-Congratulations Fara.. U're officially Mrs. Essam Salleh!!!

-Congrats to Alang for graduating!!! hehehe.. adek kak long ponn dah grad... Glad that it didn't take u that long to get ur diploma.. Too bad I wasn't there...

Erm.. other than that.. Nothing significant happened.. Just work, eat n sleep.. hahah! pathetic bukan..?

takde title..

2009-06-08T21:32:00.002+12:00

It's 9.33pm, and I'm still at work..
yes, I'm on a long day today..
I am tired and my eyes are starting to sting and feels really dry..
But I have to be here till 11pm.. which sucks since i'll be starting at 8.30am tmrw..
But hey, I'm getting paid now.. so.. I guess it's fine..

Desperately looking for a car..
hurm..
Would love a caldina.. but haven't got the money yet tho..
maybe I'll get sumthing cikai first before getting the caldina..
hurm~~

Missing my whanau~~

2009-06-07T20:09:00.003+12:00

They've just left..
And I'm missing them already..
it's been a very long time since I've had my family around.. Feels good having them..
Coming home from work, I'm greeted with smiling faces and dinner..
Duduk in front of the TV, melepak..
What a life..

Lynn spent nearly 3 months here. And I'm glad she did. This has been the best bonding time we've had. I've never felt closer to her..
It's going to be awkward not having her around..
Lynn, thanx for helping me out for the past 3 months.. and thanx for taking care of me... eventhough I'm your bigger sister~~

And thank you mom, dad, adek, pak teh, mak teh and mak yang.. You guys made my life a little more brighter with your presence..

I can't go home straight after sending them to the airport..
The house felt so empty. And then I started to cry again..
So, I went around the mall.. just without a mission.. simply just for the sake of not going home..
I'm not ready just yet..
I'm fortunate that Nama's here.. Trying her best to keep me from crying...
Luckily the boys came over afterward to keep us company..(sambil mkn roti canai..)

I hate being so far away from home.. especially for this long.. But I know I must..
Owh God,I feel lonely..

Graduated finally...

2009-06-03T16:54:00.002+12:00

Graduated finally..

Hehe.. now, We're officically doctors.. registered and in black and white~~ heheheh... sweet..!
It was really gloomy and wet down in Dunedin during the grad weekend.. (not to mention a lot of dramas!!)
But all in all, we had fun..
It was definitely stressful.. And this is only a grad weekend.. ( I dunno how I'm gonna handle my wedding day..Hadoilaa..)
Khalis was our photographer for the day...
And he did a very wonderful job! I'm so amazed at what he managed to capture given the condition of the day.

Lalala...
I'm not really in the mood to update..
Just thought that I better do anyway.. Since I haven't done so for ages..
Been busy since started work..
I was in the Emergency department.. but now, I'm doing psych.. (yes, dikelilingi org gila yer..)
and as before, I go home feeling drained from all the emotional turmoil in the hospital.. It's amazing how the mind can play tricks on some of us...

Oklaa..
I will update more.. with pictures.. promise!

Life..

2009-05-17T11:50:00.002+12:00

Lama giler tak update..

Yeah.. i have been a bit busy.. started work abt 2 weeks ago..
Hell yeah..~~ i'm brand spankin' new doctor.. my registration fnally came thru after the long wait and after all that's happened..

Working in ED now.. Which always made me feel a bit overwhelmed.. (especially when you went to the hospital to report for duty and notified that u're actually rostered!! aaaarrrggghhh!!)
So, I started on that same day.. without any orientation.. heheheh... hadoilaaa..
Tapi.. makcik buat ajerlaa.. pegilaa keje.. hahahah!!!

I'm loving it all in all.. I love being a doctor.. that long holiday between studying and starting a job made me realise that I love medicine.. I like what I'm doing and I miss it when I'm not doing it.. (altho I'm always whinging when I'm at work.. hahahah)
I know it sound weird.. but maybe because medicine has been ingrained into my life.. that I feel empty when I'm not doing any of it for a while..

I'm doing acute inpatient psych next.. it's gonna be exciting.. altho I do find that they rub onto me.. I will go home feeling exhausted!!
Maybe sbb org gila.. membuatkan saya penat bila dgr diorg bercerita..

Anyway..now I'm rambling... Till then~~

Accident lagik~~

2009-04-29T10:56:00.003+12:00

Yeah.. I know..
sumer org ponn would go.. Haa? accident lagik?
Yeah..I do feel like the reckless driver magnet... all if the accidents I've had has never been my fault.. So why?
SHITE.. I would say...
But then bila teringat balik pada Tuhan, I gain self compose..
Everything that happens, happens for a reason.. Setiap yg jadi ada hikmah.. That is promised!
I always say to myself.. Eventhough I've planned so hard.. but in the end, Allah's plan is the best..

This is what happened on the night of 23/4/09..

I got a txt from Nama.. "Aza,boleh tak ambik I from uni dlm pukul 10 jap lagi?"
"ok" I said..
Then a quarter to 10pm, cik hens called home. She just finished her oncall in the birthing suite..
"ok.. I'll be there in a few minutes.. Tunggu depan women's hospital yer~~"

I went and got ready, drove to the women's hospital..(FYI, saya sentiasa baca doa naik kenderaan sblm jalan yer~~)
Amik Cik hens.. then headed to Uni to pick up Nama...

I was about to turn into Clyde road when I noticed the police car at the side.. I slowed down.. and out of nowhere, there's a police officer out on the road, putting out a spike mat..
Suddenly, there was a big 4WD coming towards our car as he was trying to swerve the spike mat..

I was stunned when he hit us.. Shocked and frustrated.. Not again!
I am like a magnet for reckless drivers!! What the hell?

Anyway.. The car was in the middle of a police chase.. and he was drunk.. And lets just say that I stopped the car.. hence being a good Samaritan...

GG's a write off.. so was the other car..
Just sold GG to a wreckers.. tak laa ader byk sgt dpt.. but better than nothing..
really hoping to get some sort of compensation from that guy.. SOB!!

I'm just glad everybody's ok...

p/s: I'll put up GG's state of wreckage soon.. hehehe.. sian GG..
pp/s: I'm lookng for a new car.. again! Beli keta mcm beli baju kott..

...........

2009-04-24T23:01:00.002+12:00

Unfortunate event continued~~
Last week, I had car trouble.. overheating of the engine.. sent it to the workshop.. got it fixed~~ (cost me quite a lot..)
And the day after I got the car fixed...
I met with another accident~~
I know.. frustrating...

I'll update later~~ Not in the mood.. just giving a head's up...

I'm way over my head.. Don't even know what to think anymore~~

P/S: eventho car is now a wreck.. We're all ok... Alhamdulillah~~

Vertigo (@.@)

2009-04-20T21:44:00.007+12:00

Haa.. jadik tak emoticon pening..? mcm nie haa... (@.@).. siap mata pinar-2 yew~~
Last week, I woke up with this thing called vertigo..
Bukak ajer mata.. I saw the room spinning! And the first thing that came to mind was.. Oh crap! If I have to work today, it's gonna be the icing on top of the cake!(Lucky I did not have to work)
The sense of spinning sensation became worse as the day goes by and it's particularly bad when I move my head..
Everytime I move my head, I would be racing to the toilet to throw up~~ (uwwweekkk!!)

Muker naik hijo dek pening...

Any medical student would know what I am talking about.. It is quite a typical presentation..

Sudden onset.. *tick*
Related to head position..*tick*
Nausea and vomiting..*tick*

So, I was thinking to myself.. (more like diagnosing my self).. this is typical of BPPV.. hahaha.. an acronym for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo.. Haa.. tergeliat tak lidah semua nak cuber sebot..?

Wikipedia kata..(the new medical journal, ahaks!)

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is a disorder caused by problems in the inner ear. Its symptoms are repeated episodes of positional vertigo, that is, of a spinning sensation caused by changes in head position.
Within the labyrinth of the inner ear lie collections of calcium crystals known as otoconia. In patients with BPPV, the otoconia are dislodged from their usual position within the utricle and they migrate over time into one of the semicircular canals (the posterior canal is most commonly affected due to its anatomical position). When the head is reoriented relative to gravity, the gravity-dependent movement of the heavier otoconial debris within the affected semicircular canal causes abnormal (pathological) fluid endolymph displacement and a resultant sensation of vertigo.

Haa.. paham tak..? ke dah start pening? *emoticon mata berpinar*

Mcm nielaa.. dlm bahasa org biasa... dlm telinga kan ader salur separuh bulat..(ingat balek biology lelama ye kengkwn..) dlm salur separuh bulat tuh ader mende-2 halus yg namanyer otoconia. Mende alah nie dia membantu keseimbangan badan.. in this particular case, this thingy telah terdislodge dpd tempat asal nyer, causing the sensation of the room spinning.. I hope that explains it a bit..

Ni gambarajah utk membantu.. hehehe

I was really nauseated.. luckily Ami came home from school early.. I asked her to do this manouvre called Epley Manouvre.. In hoping that the otoconia will return to it's position...
Jadik, Ami pusing kepala saya, bangun, baring, baring, bangun, pusing kepala mcm ni sikit.. alhamdulillah, raser lebih sehat...
Had to repeat the manouvre a few times in order to make it even better..

Mcm nie laa Ami pusing-2 kepala kiter~~ tahniah Ami!

I also had to take some sea legs, which is a motion sickness medicine to help with the nausea.. Well, since the mechanic is quite similar, I was hoping that it will help..

I did not go to the GP because I know there's nothing they can do other than the stuff I just did.. and It will cost me around NZD 45 for consultation.. (berkira hokeh.. aku takde duet..)

It actually took me a few days to get completely better.. Even now, when I lie in bed, I get the sensation that I am floating or about to fall..
But I'm feeling much better anyway.. So, that's ok..

p/s: I'm having car trouble at the moment.. haih~~ The radiator might need a good flush.. The engine gets over heated rather quickly..

pp/s: Still haven't started working!! Medical council is just dragging this whole thing and I am sick of waiting!! grrr... This explains why I am broke... *strangling medical council*

Famous pick up lines~~

2009-04-20T12:23:00.005+12:00

It is only fair enough that after the emotional lash out last night, I need to calm this blog down with a random but pleasant entry.. hehehe...

A few weeks ago, while shopping for groceries in Woolworths, Lynn and I spotted this really cool advertisement gig done by sejuice, a company making fresh juices. They've been putting famous pick up lines on the juice bottle. It's something like this..

"Do you believe in love at first sight? or should I walk by one more time?"

Reading them out loud really made my day.. even though the pick up lines were a bit cheesy, it's funny~~
I googled for more.. and it actually made me smile.. I sure hope u guys enjoy it as I did..

Did we go to different schools together?
Do you have any raisins? Well, then how about a date?
I lost my teddy bear! Will you sleep with me tonight?
You're so sweet, you're going to put Hershey's out of business!
When God said, "Let there be woman," he created you.
Is your name Summer? 'Cause you are HOT!
Do you have a map? I just got lost in your eyes.
Are you religious? You're the answer to my prayers.
Hershey factories make millions of kisses a day, but I'm asking for only one.
You don't need car keys to drive me crazy.
Falling for you would be a very short trip.
Don't stop! I don't usually get to see beauty in motion.
Do you know why the sky is so gray? All the blue is in your eyes.
Remember me? Oh, that's right, I've met you only in my dreams.
Those must be space pants, 'cause your butt is out of this world!
I think I've just found the angel I'd like to be touched by.
You look a lot like my future wife.
I'd better get a library card, because I'm checking you out.
Did they just take you out of the oven? Because you're hot!
Your body's name must be Visa, because it's everywhere I want to be.
If you were a new hamburger at McDonald's, you would be McGorgeous.
You be the tree, and I'll wrap you like a Koala.
Want to play conductor? You be the engineer and I'll go choo choo.
Can I borrow a quarter? I want to call my mom and tell her I just met the girl of my dreams.
I want to call your mother and thank her.
Your daddy must be a thief, because he stole the sparkle of the stars and put it in your eyes.
Do your legs hurt from running through my dreams all night?
Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?
My name is [your name]. That's so you know what to scream. a cutie pie.
(Look at his / her shirt label) When they say, "What are you doing?", you say, "Checking to see if you were made in heaven."
There must be something wrong with my eyes, because I can't take them off you.
All those curves, and me with no brakes.
If I told you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?
Is it hot in here or is it just you?
Can you give me directions...to your heart?
If I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put U and I together.
I lost my phone number. Can I have yours?
I hope you know CPR, 'cause you take my breath away.
Your name must be Daisy, because I have the incredible urge to plant you right here! (pointing to the heart)
I'm no Fred Flintstone, but I'll still make your bed rock.

p/s: FYI, nobody has used this kinda pick up lines on me before.. hehehe.. somebody should start tho.. soon.. hehehe! (In my dreams perhaps~~)
pp/s: missing somebody really badly today.. altho I have no idea whether this person even realizes it.. *pelok teddy*

Raser sedikit emo..

2009-04-19T22:55:00.002+12:00

First and foremost.. I apologize that this is going to be one of those entry yg emo..
Well, I am not so fond of making emo entries.. Tapi bak kata orang, blogging maser emo best sket.. feel haa.. Orang kata laa... bukan saya yang kata... Somewhat a channel to lash out I think..

Kenapa raser emo? Time of the month? yer laa jugak... But mainly sbb I just realized that selama-lama nie.. I've been lied to over and over and over again...
Promises after promises broken.. hey! kenapa haa?
Out of everything, I hate liars! and I hate people that break their promises..

When you lie, you steal the right of a person to know the truth.. (quote from the kite runner)

You treat me as if I am a door mat! Come whenever you please.. and left me when you don't need me anymore.. Aper punya orang daa~~
Takpe laa.. I can only pray that Allah lead you to a better path.. sedar aper yg awak buat tuh tak betol.. Udah-2 laa tuh being lead astray..

Anyway, biler raser emo.. kiter ponn dgr laa lagu emo kan? tetiba nak reminisce.. and dgr lagu-2 mcm ini.. I certainly enjoyed both of the songs once in a while..

Pantas dan garang gittew~~~

2009-04-18T00:12:00.006+12:00

Haaa... Nak cerita laa nie.. tadik saya telah menonton Fast and Furious.. pergh.. seghonok makcik tengok keta laju-laju.. race-2 haaa... teruja laah jugak!!!
Makcik tengok cerita nie kalo boleh raser mcm tak nak berkelip laa.. takot termiss cerita... Suspen laa jugak cerita dia.. Sampai ader laa maser yg raser kena tahan napas.. sebab saspen punyer pasal..! hahaha...

Yang paling turn on nyer.. keta dia yg kaler biru tuh! mak aih.. ternganga mulut tgk body kit yg lawo.. not to mention engine yang vroom-vroom tuh kan... kereta american muscle mmg mantaplaa.. ske gaks laa tgk mustang nie.. haih~~

Nengok lelaki hensem tuh bonus laa.. tapi kereta dia mmg takleh tahan laa...
Aper-2 hal ponn... berbaloilaa bayar tiket wayang...

Tetiba raser teringin laa plak nak belajar memahami keta etc.. mcm seronok plak assemble barang aper sumer..

But in saying that, saya nie.. cepat terpengaruh!! haaa... segala mende ponn raser nak buat... Sampai sekarang ponn hanya tau teori nak drift ajer.. never had the guts to actually perform the art of drifting.. (drifting apart boleh laa kot.. drift wood ker..).. Berangan lebih saya nie.. keta ponn keta cabok jer haa.. lagik mau pikir nak drift laa haper laa... Ilang akal laa jugak~~

Raser seronok sbenarnyer tgk keta lawo.. entahlaa.. mmg suker.. walauponn tak tau byk pasal keta.. tapi sukerlaa tgk!! Raser excited laa biler nengok keta lawo nie!

Takpe.. insyaallah satu hari nanti, kalo ader rezeki, aderlaa tuh peluang nak belajar mende-2 nie.. something beside medicine laa org kata... hahaha..
Anyway.. itu je laa nak cerita.. excited sket makcik tgk keta best and driving skill yg mantap.. hahaha!!
Sesapa yg tak tgk lagik cerita nie.. siler laa tgk.. best wooo....

Randomness..

2009-04-16T17:43:00.003+12:00

Warning: This entry was written out of boredom.. Might contain crap, rubbish or issues that can suffocate and cause nausea.. or even worse! Perasaan menyampah!! hahahah...

Ok, I am bored.. So bored...
I am sick of waiting to start work.. Yes people.. I am still not working.. all of this because the medical council is still delaying my registration number.. don't ask me why.. racist kot.. entahlaa...
So, I've been spending all of this free time with Window shopping.. (yeah right).. bawak lynn jalan-2...
and.. I've started painting.. well, not the painting yet.. just scribbling, looking for ideas... Bought 3 new canvases.. ( is this correct?)

Anyway.. dlm keboringan ini.. Lynn telah belikan saya this mug...

On the front is inscribed "Proud to be a 100% board certified, professional prescribing, understanding, diagnosing Doctor." On the back is "Top Doctor"

Haa... comel kan adek ku ini..? Alahai dek.. akak ko nie baru separuh doctor haa... kalo takde registration number tuh.. bukan doctor lee lagik!!

Anyway... In conclusion.. I am bored.. maybe akan menonton Fast and Furious tonight? entahlaa.. but for the moment.. let's paint..
Adios!

50 reasons why cats are better than men...

2009-04-14T09:28:00.004+12:00

Ara received this really cute book from Laily.. "500 reasons why cats are better than men".. It was super cute!! I googled, like always.. and only managed to find 50 reasons...lalalal~~
Anyway, it is true.. for my case (and Ara's obviously).. We're cat lovers..

My Boboy yg garang..

Introducing Adek!! Anak I yg kecik..!

* 1. Cats clean themselves everyday

* 2. A cat matures as it grows older.

* 3. Cats rarely miss the litter box.

* 4. Cats don’t hog the covers in bed.

* 5. Cats are inexpensive.

* 6. Cats listen to your problems without interrupting.

* 7. Cats eat out of one bowl and don’t leave lots of dishes around
the house.

* 8. Cats leave very few whiskers in the sink.

* 9. Cats comfort you when you are sick.

* 10. Cats don’t leave the toilet seat up.

* 11. At least when they sleep all day they don’t take up the whole
couch.

* 12. Cats won’t crush your legs when they sit on your lap.

* 13. Cats keep your ears warm at night.

* 14. Unlike a man, a cat can fend for itself.

* 15. Cats do not drink beer.

* 16. If a cat gets lost, at least it has a tag on it to tell whoever
finds it where it lives.

* 17. A cat is loyal.

* 18. There’s a better chance of finding a cat that is willing to read
a book that doesn’t have any pictures.

* 19. Cats always greet you when you get home.

* 20. A cat’s idea of a good time is a game of string and a good belly
rub.

* 21. Cats don’t come with in-laws.

* 22. A cat won’t steal anything but your glasses, your golf balls,
and your heart.

* 23. Cats drink less and snuggle more.

* 24. Each of a cat’s nine lives is worthwhile.

* 25. A cat can’t write checks.

* 26. Cats can entertain themselves.

* 27. Cats are more attractive when they run around naked.

* 28. Cats like to watch “ER” more than a football game.

* 29. You can have an intelligent conversation with a cat.

* 30. Cats actually think with their heads.

* 32. “Meow” is never a lie.

* 33. Cats are more likely to be up to date on their shots.

* 34. They will both stand outside your door and whine indefinitely,
but a cat will stop if you let it in.

* 35. Cats will never use up the last of your shampoo and then
complain that it was the wrong kind.

* 36. Cats seldom go bald with age.

* 37. If a cat fixes yours car brakes, it will do it correctly.

* 38. If cats don’t kow how to do something, they are more likely to
admit it.

* 39. A cat might bring you household vermin as a present, but never
“sexy lingerie.”

* 40. Most cats don’t like to drive, so you don’t have to worry about
them crashing your car.

* 41. Cats won’t leave you waiting by the phone.

* 42. To buy a fancy dinner for a cat, you only need to spend 53
cents.

* 43. A cat’s friend is more likely to be less annoying.

* 44. Cats won’t leave a ring in your bathtub.

* 45. Cats can’t say, “I love you” without meaning it.

* 46. Cats are ALWAYS cute.

* 47. The only things cats expect you to “put out” are food, water,
and a clean litter box.

* 48. When you leave a cat alone in the house, you know it won’t
invite friends over for beer and pretzels.

* 49. Cats know what kindness is. And last but certainly not least:

* 50. Men are sometimes pigs or asses, but cats are always cats.

Isn't it so true? heheheh....

P/s: the longest male relationship I've had is with Boboy.. He's been through thick and thin with me.. winter and summer.. 4 tahun sudah okeh!!

My favourite!

2009-04-10T11:54:00.007+12:00

Warning: This is a random post..

King Julien... Is my ultimate favourite character.. This thingy here never fails to make me smile.. Kalo teringat kat dia mesti rasa nak gelak.. He is just funny as!!!
heheheheh.. *gelak-gelak*

Ok.. How can I not with what comes out of his mouth...
baca yer...

Shush! We are hiding! Everyone be quiet, including me. Shhh! Who's making that noise?! Oh, it's me again.
Excuse me? We bozos have de people, of course!
Don't you just love de people? Not a very lively bunch though.
Shame on you, Maurice! Can you not see that you have insulted the freak?
The plan worked! The plan worked! I'm very clever! I'm the one, baby! Come on! Time to robot! I am very clever king. Tok tok tok. I am super genius. I am robot king of the monkey things. Compute, compute.
See you later, crocodile! Maurice, my arm is tired. Wave it for me. Faster, you naughty little monkey!
"Would you like anymore sacrifice? Oh no im very full up thanks." ~ Explaining the concept of sacrifice.

"Yeah I'm A Lady, I'm a Lady! Not Really... Its me, king Julian! Now, which of you is attracted to me?"
"You know what I would do? I would conquer a neighboring country and impose my idiology."
"Oh, who would leave a perfectly good head lying around?"
"If I, King Julian, only had two days left to live I would do all the things I have ever dreamed of doing. I would love to become a professional whistler. I'm pretty amazing at it now, but I wanna get, like, even better."

Hahahah!! Isn't it funny..? isn't it..?!?

Hari menganggur~~

2009-04-06T08:37:00.009+12:00

Well.. for the past 9 or 10 days.. give or take.. I've been goofing around with Anna, Lynn, Nama and Cik Hens.. kerja kami day in and out aderlaa berjemba-ramba... hahaha.. That was fun.. Dah lama betol tak berjhemba beramai-ramai..
Sampai ajer kat Chch, I was greeted by these familiar faces~~

Then kitorg ponn start laa berjhemba~~ Of course laa dgn shopping!

And sight seeing!

And cam-whoring of course...

Owh, not to forget.. MAKAN!! Coz this is our fav past time.. right gurls? sbb tuh bdn maken mencanak!!! hadoi~~

Anyway.. Malam sabtu.. the boys and us went to this thingy called Horror Maze.. it's a huge corn maze.. (mcm jeepers creepers dowh! serius!) and aderlaa hantu yg akan terkejutkan kitorg once in a while..
I told Azmir and Bohh at the last minute that they can volunteer to become ghosts and of course they were thrilled.. (bab nak terkejotkan org.. mmg korang suker kan~~~)
Hahah... pihak penaja mmg dah pesan awal-2.. "siler bawak torch, air nak minum, and wear comfy shoes"..

So, off we went.. excited nie!!! Adrenaline rushing etc.. saya mmg sedikit adrenaline junkie yer~~
Anyway, sampai saner, saya mmg dah excited tak hengat dah~~ kitorg masuk in 2 groups.. dah pesan siap-2.. "korang, tunggu kitorg kat the first left yer~~"
hahahah... kitorg ponn masuk... sampai kat the first left junction.. Maner diorg nie? tak de ponn... sampai hati tak tunggu...
Tiba-tiba...

HUAAAARRRGGGHHH!!!...... AAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Keluarlaa bebudak laki nie from semak jagung.. and kitorg ponn terjeritlaa sikit.. (hahah.. cuber teka saper jerit paling kuat.. Cik hens n Anna mesti tau jawapan.. *oops*)
kitorg ponn redahlaa ladang jagung ittew.. and aderlaa jugak org yg tetiba terkeluar from the sides.. (antu laa obviously...) tapi kekadang ader jugak org laen yg nak terkejutkan other people~~
There were a few times tetiba bebudak laki tetiba dah ilang.. (macholaaa konon..!!! Fine!! Tinggalkan kitorg~~) Tapi the most memorable time would be maser WH (nama sebenar disembunyikan oleh sebab-2 tertentu~~*wink*) terkejut dek hantu yg menyelinap di belakang dia.. hahahah!! saya sudah tergelak berguling-2 kerana WH telah menjerit.. tapi jeritan dia mcm pelik sket.. kalau nak di-translate dlm tulisan mungkin begini bunyi dia..

WOHOOOHOOOO!!!

hahahahah!! jgn marah yer.. nnt kena jual~~

hantu yg paling menakutkan would prob be JASON yg membawa cahin saw.. seram ok.. sebab dia suker kejar~~ aaa..TAKOT!!

Aper-2 hal ponn.. it was a memorable nite.. seronoklaa.. Ini membuatkan saya tak sabar nak buat SPOOKERS kat Auckland~~ lagi seram kata nyer~~ wow~~

Anyway, off to sort things out~~ will update more if I have the chance~~~

P/S: Fara n Ara kalo buat mende nie mungkin jerit lagik kuat kot~~ altho in saying that.. fara mungkin akan pengsan dulu sbelom dia dpt jerit~~ lalala~~~ jgn mara yer cik fara.. nnt kena jual!! missing u girls badly!!!

Happy Birthday Boboy~~

2009-04-01T19:17:00.003+13:00

Hari nie birthday Boboy..
Yes.. He's born on April Fools day.. and he's now 4 years old~~~
In a cat's life, he's about 28 years old...

Owh.. Boboy Mummy dah besar!!
Dulu masa bawak kecil ajer... skrg dah besar yer...
Boboy Mummy yg garang ini... Mummy loves you!!!

P/s: mummy buat Boboy cheesecake.. sbb boboy suker~~ lalala...

Confession of workaholic, coffeeholic and horlicks?

2009-03-29T08:35:00.004+13:00

Hahahah.. Nama, Lynn and I went to watch 'Confession of a Shopaholic' last nite.. and we loved every single bit of it!! Gelak yg sampai tak cukup nafas hokeh...
Indeed, the fan dance was hillarious!!! OMG... Gelak sampai berair mata...

I like her outfits in the movie.. so vibrant n chic..

FYI, kitorg se-flat.. sudah ponn membaca the shopaholic series.. and even reading the book made us all cry from laughing.. hahaha! Becky Bloomwood.. Ko memang ratu kalot laa~~~

Yes Fara, this cud be our (Aza n Nama's) current shoe collection combined.. But it's worth every penny!!!! hehehehe....

But then, before the movie, we watched a trailer of a movie called 'The Proposal' and that made us laugh and almost wet our pants!!
Kelaka giler ok dia punyer cerita trailer.. we decided it's a movie to watch this year!!!

Let me share the laughter with u all...

Finally...

2009-03-28T19:20:00.002+13:00

Hurm... finally, I am finished with med school... Don't know what to feel.. relief would probably be there on the top.. relief that after all this years, I've finally made it..
Relief that I don't have to sit another exam.. (well, at least not for another 2-3 years..)
Not to mention, that I am scare shitless out off my pants!!! here I am now, a small fish in a very big pond.. with sharks... aaaah!!!

I am now the responsible soul in deciding in patient care... (takott hokeh...) I think my biggest fear would be making fuck-ups... I'm really fearful that one day, when I am tired and out of focus, I'll make the wrong decision.. and actually cause harm to a person..~~Haih~~ Takott sgt yer... I hope this doesn't happen...

Hari tuh, tgk Grey's Anatomy and Derek made this huge mistake of being sort of emotionally attached to a patient and operated her when he was tired. She had a n aneurysm in her brain and he nicked it by mistake causing blood loss which caused other problems and to cut it short, she died because of that. He had told her that the operation was a simple procedure and she has nothing to worry about..

Watching that episode made me feel... quite scared of what the future holds.. But in saying that, we, as humans are always scared of the uncertainty. The only way to handle this problem is simply to face it. Just jump into it with an open mind.. try as hard as we can.. and hope for the best!

Hahaha..
Wish me all the best! (AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!! takottt~~~)

Rainbow rage..

2009-03-22T10:22:00.007+13:00

Hurm.. Rainbow rage doesn't look like this at all...

It looks more like this!

Yesterday was quite a busy day believe it or not.. It was cold and wet, making it much more horrible for the cyclists.

First person that came through the door had a simple abrasions. I cleaned it up..*emoticons scrubbing* and then dressed it. All done! wait! One tetanus injection and u are ready to take off.. (after all the paper works associated with it that is~~) and then injured people started to stream in..

I was doing the triage and attending to the wounded at the same time.. (pergh! didn't know that i had that ability before..)
When things got a bit too much for me to handle, i called the GP.. *please come in now, I'm a bit swamped now~~*

And the next person had some sort of foreign body in his eye (Saket mata kata dia~~).. a few of them actually came in with a similar problem. Apparently the wind up on the hill was really strong, and they had some sort of wind abrasion even tho they were wearing glasses... And we had to send most of them down to christchurch since they had visual acuity problem..
And then ader sorang pakcik nie plak.. he fell face first from his bike and lacerated his upper lip.. hadoilaa.. it took me ages to clean it up as it was filled with dirt! and then simply steri-strip the flap (yes, the wound was sort of flapping..) for now, and he'll need suturing after the swelling settles.

Next, came in the hypothermic patients.. Yes, the weather suddenly turned cold, and it rained.. (as mentioned earlier..) The cyclst weren't really prepared for that. most of them only wore light weight clothing, and boy! they were really cold when they came in.. One patient was shaking vigorously (sampai hingus keluar dpd idung.. iyyew!!). When I recorded the temperature, it was 33.0 degrees!! mak aih!! Sejoknyer kamu ini!!!
So we stripped them from the wet clothing.. (at this point, it was still raining outside).. and cracked up the heater..(sampai berpeluh ketiak aku yer..) and alhamdulillah, all of them got back to the normal temperature rather quickly.

In the middle of doing all this stuff, the pager went off.. It was a psych call so we had to go for a call out! Turned out somebody had the cord around his neck and ready to jump off from the balcony.. (hadoilaa.. kenapa laa nak bunuh diri plak nie..?) we had to be there in case he jumped and we needed to rescucitate him.. Hadoilaa..
Gud thing, the police managed to talk him out of it and he was brought down to Hillmorton by the police officers.

Went back to the medical centre, where mountains of paper works awaits.. (aaah.. the wonders of being a doctor..)
And so the day ended after finishing up the paper works..
I thought that was a rather interesting day... heheh...
I loike trauma.. (feel kinda guilty for liking it cos that means sumbody else is suffering..)

Random post

2009-03-21T14:26:00.013+13:00

I found the pictures of us shifting houses earlier this year..

Thought it would be nice to share...

Currently doing my final assignment in med skool.. *wooohooo* *emoticons pom-poms.. ahaks* But I'm getting the writers block for now.. (do writers block last for ages? let say ....a week?ngehheee...)

I shift place on a regular basis.. shifted town once.. raser mc hidup nomad plak.. hahahah!! But I enjoy shifting houses.. made me clear up the unwanted things and those unwanted stuff can be donated to charity.. lalala~~ (mcm angelina jolie kan..? chantek n baek...) hahaha... bajet!

Ni aksi kitorg pindah umah... BTW, the boys came to help later..takde gambar tapi sbb masa tuh sumer ponn tgh busy pindahkan barang.. terlupa plak nak amik gamba... (tima kaseh sumer... sayang korang!! muahs!)

tgk tuh, tukar light bulb ponn sempat maintain tudung... *eh, kuluplaa tudung kite~~*

Gaya jer lebeh nie... *How many people does it take to change a light bulb? In our house, an engineer and a doctor.. lalala~~~*

Sempat posing selepas menukar light bulb...

*Jap!! tak sempat posing!!*

*Haaa.. kan comel sket aksi nak pack heater ini...*

Chef utk lunch pada hari berbahagia ittew~~

Maseh sempat melantak walauponn busy.. kiter mmg suka makan kan..?

Ruang tamu yg bersepah..

My old room.. bubye.. *emoticons waving..*

Nama's old room

Cik Hens/Ara's old room..

** Nanti saya akan updatekan dgn gamba rumah baru yer... Layout dia sama jer.. yg beza cuma rumah baru kat atas.. lalala~~ yes!! kitorg tukar unit ajor!!!

Being a doctor..

2009-03-21T08:34:00.003+13:00

This is a pure ramblings..

I've got 4 days (not that I'm counting down or anything..) left of med school then I'm officially a doctor.. lalala~~ I'm excited but also scared at the same time.. I felt that even after all these years of studying, I still don't have a system.. Hadoi..
Got called out at 6 am this am.. (Saya dgn mamainyer pegila.. bangun.. gosok gigi etc..)Palpitations.. or in other words racy heart beats.. after all the poking n prodding, we came to a conclusion that it was probably an SVT with an element of hyperventilating syndrome...

Mainly in Hanmer, u don't get the really sick ones.. u get the so called "WORRIED WELL".. which is probably common in wealthy places.
This is definitely a new experience.. in reassuring people that the things that are happening are usually short lived or just plain normal. happens to people every time... and the list goes on...
But u do get the occasional serious things like mountain biking accident.. MVA.. cardiac arrest.. etc..
Last week there was 3 mountain biking fatal accident around Hanmer. 1 had a cardiac arrest and died.. which was so unfortunate.. 1 fell off the cliff and the other one simply never came back.. they assume the person maybe fell off the cliff as well.. I haven't heard the rest of the latest person but I sure hope that they found him..

Well.. I think I shud go back for a shower.. will update later if it's quiet.. till then!!

Hanmer springs

2009-03-14T09:45:00.003+13:00

Weather: Nice and sunny.. a bit windy.. but nice otherwise..

I am currently in Hanmer.. doing an oncall saturday today.. while waiting for a client yg kata dia nak dtg kol 9.45 pg.. (tapi tak dtg-2 lagik..)

I'm doing my last leg of the race in completing my degree.. 2 weeks to go people! I've sorted out my work visa and just sent my registration form.. so, I hope everything goes well.. and i can start work on 6/4!! yeay!!

Honestly.. I have to say that I am scared of starting work.. as a real doctor.. but I'm also excited that i'll be earning!! after being at school for ages!! Doesn't mean that I've stopped learning.. Medicine is a life long journey of studying and keeping up to date.. but at least now, i'll be earning! yeay!!

Right! back to GP land.. Hanmer's cool.. it's really quiet.. and the best thing of doing GP here is, I get to go to the pool after work.. (for Free!) lalala~~~ I loike!

*break jap.. patient sampai sudeyh*

hahaha... lama giler break!!( it actually took me 2 days to continue this story..)

My sister's here!! yeay!! Lyn is here.. Lama giler tak jumpa Lyn.. aderlaa dlm 2 thn.. (kan lyn kan? ker lebeh haa?) She arrived on Sunday, and since I was oncall saturday, I got the monday nh tuesday off.. (juger sbb ader Rainbow Rage on next Saturday, so, I have to work..)
So, we went to town, and bouight her shuz..(sbb kaki dia besar yer.. sgt susah nak carik saiz.. ader kat NZ ajor... sian Lyn~~)

It's a quiet day.. and a nice day outside.. sad that I've got to work.. but that means that it'll be nice to hangout in the pool laterz~~~

*I will update the pictures later.. I forgot to bring the card reader.. so, pictures are still in my camera.. sadly~~
**BTW, Rainbow Rage aderlaa mountain bike racing.. so, we're expecting some injuries if not more.. (ader org pernah mati woo dlm racing ini.. so, imagine how serious things can get.. why do people do this anyway?)
***sgt mahu nonton confession of a shopaholic!!! argh!!!

Birthday meaning~~

2009-02-26T13:55:00.003+13:00

Ok.. while waiting for physio.. I'm just chillaxing..(gaya mcm tak payah study ajer.. padahal esok exam yer!!)
And I did one of this birthday meaning thingies..

so, based on my birth date... this is me:

You are a capable person but you usually underestimate your own ability. This is the cause of missing numbers of opportunity to step forward. If you try to give yourself a chance, you can be successful in life. Try to see things on the bright side and you will be happier than ever. Your Love, You are quite unlucky in love. The one in your arm is not the one in your heart. Your love has so many ups and downs. You often chicken out before seeing any progress in love.

*err.. why do i sound so morbid? I've always thought that I'm an optimistic person.. erk.. unlucky in love? maybe to date that is true.. I haven't found my prince charming for my happy ending to happen.. bak kata mak.. u'll kiss a few frogs first to get to ur prince.. euw! and the thing about chicken out before I try.. That's true!! Takot rejection kot.. lalala~~

and my greatest strength:

Strongly loyal to family values.

*I have to say, this one is true.. I hold strongly to family values.. what my family thinks matters most..

and here's my greatest weakness:

Pessimistic, haughty and sometimes unsociable and miserly.

*Well, I always get my self ready for the worst case scenario.. does that make u a pessimist? hurm.. unsociable..? me? seriously?!? hahaha.. I do like my space once in a while.. tapi.. I'm ok.. quite sociable as a whole I'd have to say..

The best job for me or jobs that I should pursue:

Contractors, directors, architects, engineers and editors.

*What the??! i'm gonna be a DOCTOR in a months time and this is what u tell me to pursue? dude.. u're so deluded!! hahaha.. I'm gonna be a doctor, I dun care! altho.. boleh jer carik partner engineer.. lalala~~ hahaha!

Anyway, off to physio now!! laterz~~

Takle nak concentrate~~

2009-02-23T13:05:00.002+13:00

I dunno why.. trying very hard here to concentrate reading this journal.. But simply can't do so.. why?? erm...
I've got approximately 5 weeks to finish this degree!! yeay!!
But before that, I need to sort out a lot of stuff.. work permit, registration etc... hadoilaa~~ *duet jugak melayang out the window yer..*
all of those cost money.. and a lot of them too~~ erm..
talking of sorting stuff, I need to sort out grad stuff e.g accommodation, photographer.. (hope yazid can make it~~) and heaps of other stuff yer..
This is me.. whinning..
maybe I should get some lunch.. maybe that'll help! I doubt it! hahaha!

He's just not that into you!! Seriously, he's not!!

2009-02-18T11:05:00.007+13:00

I got this book from 'a friend' when i first found out that my ex-significant other cheated on me.. (yeah, I know, how inappropriate..) And reading this particular number made me realize how naive I was..
At first I chose to ignore the fact that I'm naive (and hopeful), but sooner or later it does start to eat me bit by bit.. yeah, I became bitter, I became... well lets just say that i wasn't myself.. at all!!Living in denial, is what other people said to me.. hahah! I've moved on.. obviously!
As the book said, "He's just not that into you if he's cheating on you..."

My dad once told me, "I know you, u're my daughter, and U are hopeful.. U like to see the best in people and hope for the best.. but maybe this is not applicable to everybody.. some people are the exceptions, u see..." Hurm.. that actually made me think.. Thanx Dad for that awesome advice!

Anyway, this book.. is really self explanatory..common sense, but women tend to make up 'reasons' or 'explanations' on why men act the way they are.. nothing wrong with that, we're just a bunch of hopeful people that's all!! However, it does made me realize that women (or just me for that matter) tend to lose our self pride in order to impress and please the guy we like... (it's sad isn't it.. how the women psyche works..)
Recently this book has been made to a movie.. and flatties and I went to watch it.. We actually enjoyed it!! It has a nice ending.. and how I wish that each and one of us get the same kinda ending..

But wait! Isn't a happy ending a happy ending when we say it is? Cos I thought that is how it goes..(unless, again! I'm just being hopeful..) We create our happy endings.. and when we say it's happy, then it's happy! I guess, another concept that we should also have is being thankful with what we've got... Coz some people have it harder...
Kita selalu lupa bersyukur dgn apa yg Tuhan bagi pada kita and suka compare dgn org yg lagi well off, memanglaa akan rasa kurang.. tapi kalau kita tgk org e.g di Gaza, mestilaa kita yg lagi bertuah... This is also a reminder to myself...

Anyway people, this is just me procrastinating.. I've got a CPR assessment in 2 hours time, and maybe it's a good idea for me to do some last minute revision..
Till then folks!

P/s: here's 2 songs from PCD's new album..which both I like and can relate to.. have a listen!

I don't think I want this anymore,
As she drops the ring to the floor
She says to herself You've left before
This time you will stay gone, that's for sure
And he shattered something else,
She dragged her suitcase down the path,
To the driveway she had never gone that far
Normally this would be the time,
That she would let him talk her out of leaving,
But this time without crying,
As she got into her car, she said

No happily never after, that just ain't for me,
Because finally
I know I deserve better after all,
I'll never let another teardrop fall

As she drove away, she starts to smile
Realize she hadn't for a while,
No destination she drove for miles
Wondering why she stayed in such denial
Laughing about the way he shattered something else,
She dragged her suitcase down the path,
To the driveway she had never gone that far,
Normally this would be the time,
That she would let him talk her out of leaving,
But this time without crying,
As she got into her car, she said

No happily never after, that just ain't for me,
Because finally
I know I deserve better after all,
I'll never let another teardrop fall

I'm done, I'm done
Said I'm so done
I'm so done
I'm so done

I'm free, I'm free
Said I'm so free
I'm so free
I'm so free

She inhaled a breath, she'd never breathe before,
Didn't want no drama no more, and she said

No happily never after, that just ain't for me,
Because finally
I know I deserve better after all,
I'll never let another teardrop fall ooh, no ooh

Another teardrop fall
I never let no, I never let no, I never let another teardrop

I never needed you to be strong
I never needed you for pointing out my wrongs
I never needed pain, I never needed strain
My love for you was strong enough, you should have known

I never needed you for judgements
I never needed you to question what I spent
I never asked for help, I take care of myself
I don't know why you think you gotta hold on me

And it''s a little late for conversations
There isn't anything for you to say
And my eyes hurt and shiver
So look at me and listen to me
Because

I don't want to stay another minute
I don't want you to say a single word
Hush hush, hush hush
There is no other way, I get the final say because
I don't want to do this any longer
I don't want you, there's nothing left to say
Hush hush, hush hush
I've already spoken, our love is broken
Baby hush hush

I never needed your corrections
On everything from how I act to what I say
I never needed words, I never needed hurt
I never needed you to be there every day

I'm sorry for the way I let go
On everything I wanted when you came along
But I ain't never beatin', broken not defeated
I know next to you is not where I belong

Jo's big day..

2009-02-16T14:29:00.040+13:00

Warning: Picture overloaded ahead!(esp for them with dial up..)

Finally the day came...
Long awaited.. 07022009..
We all woke up early that day.. partly because the hairdresser and the make up artist wanted to start early..so that we won't rush later on the day...
Jo was beaming thru out the whole day..
So we all went to her parents' place early in the morning to get ready..
Here's sum picture of us getting ready..(now boys dun get too excited~~)

Maid of Honour, while putting dark purple nail polish on her toe nails.. hair done.. Now, make up!

The bride, before the transformation began...

Getting hair done for Petra, the flower girl..

Painted toe nails? check!

Bridesmaids in dresses? check!

Bride? check!

Doing sum last touch ups..

Bridesmaids bouquets? check!

Flowers are a bunch of lillies and cream roses.. pretty isn't it..?

After all the make up, hair and nails.. we all went outside to take pictures.. it was all smiles~~

The McGurks

Taking picture with the bride

Doing the things we like most.. headshots.. The bridesmaids having a fab time!!

Taking picture with Petra..

Then we headed to the church in this big silver corporate cabs.. really spacious inside.. I think it was a ford.. falcon perhaps? I can't remember..

This is us.. walking down the aisle..

it was quite a long aisle... nervous jugaklaa... and not to forget that I am the only brown person.. bertudung plak tuh! Terasa jugaklaa all eyes on me.. but maybe sbb Iwas the bridesmaid as well...
Johanna.. walked down the aisle by both of her parents..

after being announced as husband and wife...

this would be my first western wedding.. to be honest, agak pelik.. plus Jo did the wedding with some sort of a mass as well.. so, aderlaa some reading and nyanyi-2 lagu gospel etc.. agak pelik, but makes me more aware of other people's culture.. I feel so 'global' afterwards.. hehehe
Not to mentioned that I felt really honoured to be included on such an event..

Then, we took some pictures outside the church... Here's the whole bridal party.. smart bukan?

The reception was held over at "Chateau on the park".. Very nice.. The bridal party had their table on a stage.. that was quite cool and akward all at the same time.. not used to being scrutinised while eating...

Jo's brothers sang the most beautiful waiata..(I think I got that right..mcm lagulaa lebeh kurang..) Acapella style..

Speech by father of the bride..

Look! there's even cute name cards on the table..

p/s: that is not an alcoholic drink...

We all danced our hearts' out.. hehehe.. that was fun.. and we also had the chicken dance..
tgklaa.. nnt kalo dpt video's from other people, I will upload it... hehehe...
I think that's probably it... heheheh...
Enjoy people!

Update...

2009-02-11T13:59:00.002+13:00

I know I haven't updated this blog for ages..
and this is because:

1) I had quite a busy week with the long case (that I passed!), Jo's wedding and shifting to a new place..
2) We haven't got internet connection yet at home.. so, I wasn't able to blog..(this is done at school..while playing truant during anaesthetic attachment..)
3) No other good reason that I can think of...

And so.. I promise that I will try to update with Jo's wedding ASAP!
hehehe... have a good day people!!

Aku yg di tag Ayuni..

2009-01-29T15:08:00.004+13:00

Kalo korang perasan.. ini aderlaa post ketiga hari ini yer...
hurm.. nak balek umah tapi takle.. sbb on take.. jadik.. inilaa keje yg boleh dibuat yer...
tetiba teringat yg saya itu hari telah di tag oleh ayuni/along~~

1.Copy badge '2008 Cute's Blogger Award' untuk diletakkan di blog anda.

2.Link atau ceritakan kembali siapa yang memberikan award ini kepada anda.

- Ayuni Akhiar.. Budak yg sgt nakal.. dedulu kitorg sama-2 kat Dunedin sbb mak dia buat PHD.. Selalu kena babysit budak nie hokeh.. kena chaperon dating laa.. pegi concertlaa.. but I like hanging out with her.. no problem..
Skang dia dah nak kawen dah.. How time flies..
http://yunysheartbeat.blogspot.com

3.Setiap blogger hendaklah menyatakan 10 fakta/hobi diri sendiri sebelum memilih pemenang seterusnya.

- Haa? fakta..? amender heh? lama giler nak memikir nie.. but maybe this is all that i can come up with...

1) Saya maseh lagik tempang walauponn the accident was a good 8 months ago.. kekdg jalan nampak ok jer.. tapi towards the end of the day.. raser lenguh jugaklaa n jalan ponn dah tak betol!!

2) Saya jugak suker melanun.. even HDD saya yg 250gb tuh ponn dah nak penuh.. berhajat nak beli 1tb tapi tak taulaa biler... saya download ajer cerita aper-2 ponn.. sbb sgt suker tgk movies n tv series.. but no money to go n spend it too often.. sometimes pegilaa jugak tgk movies..

3) Org selalu kata saya garang.. Saya ponn raser saya garang kekdg.. kekdg ajer.. takdelaa selalu sgt.. lembut jer hatiku ini sbenarnyer... ahahahaha!!! bajet best.. tapi serius.. muker je kot nampak garang.. tapi kalo approach ok jer kot!! ( hey.. who am I trying to convince here?)

4) Saya sgt takott sbenarnyer nak habis blaja nie.. coz then I'll be a real doctor.. and have to carry real responsibilities.. Skang memain ajer baru..

5) Saya jugak suker painting.. tapi jarang ader maser nak buat any.. and mood ponn kekadang mcm takde jer.. but once I get into it, akan cuba sedaya upaya utk siapkan.. takkan rehat selagi tak siap hokeh... I like other artsy stuff as well.. beading, sewing.. etc.. raser agak domesticated juagk kekadang..

6) I like 2nd hand stuff.. takdelaa yg sampai buruk n lunyai and this doesn't apply to everything.. sometimes I like new stuff jugak~~ 2nd hand stuff esp books and some furniture sort of has a story to it.. I like the way they felt even.. raser comfy.. I know i'm weird.. Hence, i enjoy going to car boot sale, 2nd hand shops, antique shops and sunday markets.. suker tgk bebarang yg org dah tak nak.. entahlaa.. I'm just weird I suppose..

7) I used to like cooking but finding it very tedious now.. altho, once in a while suker jugak masak.. kalo tak penat.. Still enjoy cooking for everybody else and tgk org mkn berselera.. gumbira hatiku!!

8) I like piercings.. and plan to do one of those beauty spot piercings.. but never had the guts to do so.. maybe one day yer...

9) Feeling very electronic and gadgets oriented recently.. juger suka rasa independent nak try jaga kereta sendri and try do most of the maintenance myself.. terkeluar the 'orthopod surgeon' in me biler bertukang yer~~

10) I love make up.. I love putting make up in the morning.. ( takdelaa sampai nampak mcm drag queen..) and I love putting make up on others.. main cat- cat yer.. I love making people look pretty.. Apparently I'm really good at cutting hair as well.. been cutting hair since school.. (maser form 2 kott start..) and been cutting ever since.. I like that too.. raser mcm pemilik saloon plak.. heheheh...

4.Anda perlu memilih 10 penerima award seterusnya dan menyertakan nama mereka di blog anda.
- Dgn ini saya menganugerahkan (juger menge'tag') senarai di bawah dgn CUTE'S BLOG AWARD.. (terima, jgn tak terima~~)

1) Nama Aizura- Just me myself nama
2) Fara- cinderella on the run
3)Yulls- Nota cinta
4) Iqbal Hamzah- Luahan hati
5) Wan Hisham- Ischium 2.0
6) Jue-a-Zura-zura
7) Ahmad Haikal /Ekal- Lalala all the way
8) Kak yah- The Therapy that I need
9)Ayuni/Zen/Nuha- Tale to Tell
10)Esah- This is not my Hobby

*extra- sesaper yg baca nie ponn kena tag jugak!! wajib!!! heheheeh...

Sekian terima kaseh~~

Taking Nama..

2009-01-29T10:41:00.010+13:00

heheheh..
this is such overdue post.. but all of a sudden I felt compelled to write all the post down since I'm in the mood for it and I have the time~~

Last xmas hols, Nama n I went to Dunedin so that Nama can go and eat at THE REEF!!...
Here's some pics..

I had my favourite/usual.. Deep fried Calamari~~

Nama had the steamed green lipped mussel with some other stuff in it..

Ini Nama yg puas hati! yeargh!! (boleh jadik spokes person eh Nama?)

Hens party...

2009-01-29T09:39:00.024+13:00

Warning: Many pictures ahead!!
As promised..
The update on hens party that we organized for Johanna...
The day started with me getting up late in the morning because I was post acutes and it was quite a hectic day yesterday... hence, I enjoy my sleep ins in the morning... (not even ashamed to admit it!! biarlaa org kata "aperlaa anak dara bgn lbt-2 nie?" pedulik aper aku?)

And then I got in contact with Anna and Adele.. and we gathered over at Anna's place..
In order for me to get to Anna's place.. I actually got lost for a good one hour since I've only been there once and Jo was leading the way anyway...
hahahahha...

And we went to Johanna's place to set up the party..
I was in charge with the costumes.. And so I made:
-A veil for Johanna.. quite a big one too..
-A purple sash that says "Hens party"
-A flower garland for Petra.. Jo's lil sister who is also the flower girl..
-Halos for the bridesmaids..
-Name badges e.g bride, bridesmaids, mother of the bride and maid of honour..
-Banner for the afternoon tea..
Anna and Adele were involved in preparing the food and providing the cutleries..

The afternoon tea was really for Johanna to catch up with her family.. here's some of the pictures..

Spot the bride ya?

Mother of the bride and petra the flower girl

Each and one of us brought a special recipe for Johanna to put in a folder.. it turned out to be really special as everybody passed on a recepy that's been in the family for generations. Some even brought the original copy written by their great grandma's that's long gone... isn't that sweet..? Jo future MIL brought 4 recepies from 4 different generations.. I like it.. I think it's sweet...

Later on we had a quiz for Johanna.. testing her knowledge on jacob.. that was quite hilarious as Jacob's mum and sister were there as well...

We then played the game 'Pin the veil on the bride' Sort of like pin the tail on the donkey but in a different version obviously..

Petra's turn..

My turn~~

Future sis in law..

Mum's turn..

Maid of honour(Anna)

Future MIL in action

later that nite.. we went to Indochine to dine.. It was lovely..

The bride and her angels..

After dinner.. We went out for dancing.. it was fun.. but I was just so tired!!
First, we went to catch up with the stags do's.. ( jacob had his stag nite on the same day) over in town.. When we went in the club, one man suddenly got really excited and yelled.."wow, this is our lucky nite!! There's a hens party!!" I guess he was hoping for a raunchy type of hens party but sadly to say.. that didn't happen!
And then Johanna wanted to go dancing and so we went to this really cheesy club in town called Boogie Nights... erk..
it was sort of a 70's themed place.. but it was fun.. It was a bit sad when the bouncers stopped asking u for ID.. makes u think u look old I suppose.. hahahah!!

Went home at abt 2 am.. and went straight to Iqbal's place since the other girls (my flatties that is) are over there makan sate!!

Overall.. I enjoyed the catch up.. and the having fun bit.. But it was really tiring... and the next day, i had to wake up early to send ARA to the airport~~

.....

2009-01-26T17:26:00.002+13:00

Hens party update coming soon..
I just need to find the time and strength to do it..
So tired and 'lembek' at the moment yer~~~
Off for a short nap!

just rambling~~

2009-01-14T21:12:00.008+13:00

I've noticed in the past few weeks (since I started GM actually), that I've been complaining a lot on how I'm always tired..My leg aches..how I dun have any weekend cos I'm oncall.. and the complaints goes on...
It's getting a bit ridiculous! So I said to myself.. Am I hating GM so much? or I'm simply whining for the sake of it? I'm starting to wonder that this pathological complaints will soon become somewhat permanent..
I love it.. I love medicine.. I like oncall days although it'll guarantee sore feet tmrw..
I guess that's it.. the pain.. ward round makes me sore!! my limp gets worse after ward rounds.. and sometimes, to get thru long ward rounds, I have to stop for paracetamol (plus other types of pain relief).. and the stairs~~ Well, I'm sure u can see the whole picture..

So.. I said to myself(again!).. "Enough with the complaints and whining!! Nobody likes a whiner~~" I will try to enjoy what life has to bring and just embrace it..

Anyway..Due to this pathological whinning that I've got.. I thought.. "maybe I shud get myself something to make me feel better~~" And so i did... I bought my first PDA ever... have a look~~~

I'm just sick of carrying books around in a bag.. makes my shoulder sore~~ (plus I dun have the ideal bag to look professional and not a nuisance at the same time).. Now I need to get the medical softwares associated with it!!!

After grad.. I would also like to upgrade my stethoscope to this baby here...

Lovely isn't it? All black and shiny.. not to mention it's a littmann Cardio 3.. better auscultation~~ hehehe.. Not that I can really listen to a murmur properly.. But this one here has a small bell n a large one.. So, potentially, i can use it in paeds as well..

And look at this cutie stethoscope cover.. kids just love this~

If i am really into cardiology, I would get this one..

This is an electronic stethoscope.. it has a recorder to record interesting heart murmurs etc.. I think it's a bit too sophisticated for me really.. but it's cool tho..

Anyway, tasy helped me with GG's headlights.. and i think next time it happens, i can confidently do it myself!! yeargh!!!

have u all realised..?

2009-01-10T12:01:00.003+13:00

Here i am.. In the computer room trying to finish of my essay that's due this monday..
Currently oncall for the weekends as well..

I don't know whether u all realised that i blog in times of procrastination. now is a really good example.. I often blog during acutes.. when it's just so quiet.. (don't really want to jinx it.. but hey~~) I blog when I dun want to do work.. I blog when i'm bored..
And for the past few months.. I've blogged less and less.. I have to admit i no longer have heaps of time to spent blogging... I am rather busy, but still have time for other 'melagha' activities such as watching movies.. FBing.. etc.. hahahah!!

I am trying to finish this essay.. the topic is review of acute gout treatment. I am trying to compare the hospital protocol and the current evidence based data on this particular topic.. Sounds so boring but at the same time, it is a good learning point.. Gout is such a common condition and surprisingly has limited data on the treatment.. how ironic~~

Alamak!! Just got paged!! will be right back!!

*2 hours later*

here I am sitting in the doctor's office, back to procrastinating..
this morning, we sent Bili to the airport.. dah habis belaja kan.. baleklaa... weh Bili!! kitorg pasti akan merindui lawak bengong mu ittew.. kurang dah satu sinar~~~ I hope u'll do fine back at home..
And then kitorg ponn pergilaa mkn breakfast di Drexels sbelom pegi keje.. makan mcm haper okeh.. (dlm erti kata laen, kami ni melantak sbenarnyer~~)

I ordered Waffles as usual with spiced apple compote and some toast.. not to forget my must drug of the day!! Caffeine.. So black coffee at the side~~

Nama order eggs benedict with salmon and hashies.. sedaplaa~~

Cik hens plak order the Drexels special.. Poached egg with hashies nad mushroom, half waffle and toast!! memang rancangan mknn tambahan yer..

memang misi n visi kami utk membuatkan cik hens berisi.. Cik hens, awak pasti lagik comel with some meat on ur bones~~~ hehehehe
Kitorg memang kuat mkn!! sbb tulaa badan pon mencanak yer~~~
Maka dgn ini, saya ponn terpaksalaa melancarkan program diet.. sbb in 3 weeks time Johanna's getting married and remember that I am one of her bridesmaids? Kang tak muat plak dress dia haa..~~~ lain plak cerita~~

Anyway, hens nite is 2 weeks from now, and we (the bridesmaids) are quite busy sorting out the programme of the day(and night).. we really need to make it memorable..
I will efinitely update on that one..
Till then, this verbal diarrhoea ends here...

what so special??

2009-01-09T17:09:00.005+13:00

Today, a friend started this FB status conversation with a riddle...
"Why is 6 afraid of 7?"
Cockily I answered... "Because 7 'ate' 9.. hahahah.. bagiklaa yg susah sket..."

And he did...
he later on asked "what is the longest word?"

Damn! tak tau... So I googled... And wikipedia said...
The longest word in most English dictionary is.. pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word which refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano. I contains 45 letters altogether...

And towards the bottom..
Wikipedia stated that the longest place name in the English speaking country is in NZ..
it's in Hawke's Bay and it's called...

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki
maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Not fair really... coz it's in Maori...
Better known by the locals as Taumata..

then we all started to ponder..
NZ has so many uniqueness to it..
for example..

Clutha river in Central Otago has the highest volume in the world.. (hurm.. selalu terpikir to myself.. Kalo jatuh dlm sungai nie mesti mati lemas kot.. sbb air dia sgt deras...)

Baldwin st in Dunedin is the steepest st in the world!!

And then we have the place with the longest name.. (I won't even try to pronounce)

Gisbourne aka Gizzy is the first place in the world to receive sunlight.

Bluff in Southland is the southest part of the world with civilisation.. next stop.. Stewart Island.. South pole...

So really... we're ok.. we're cool even tho we're mellow...

By the way.. the answer to the riddle is

SMILES

because there's a mile between the S..

This is me.. Procrastinating...

Journey to the South!!

2009-01-04T14:26:00.017+13:00

On the 29th, kitorg (which is.. I, nama, Cik Hens, Nuha, Unai, Ana, dan Azmir) telah pergi ke Central Otago..

Tujuan dan Misi kami:
1. Melahap ceri yg manis dan ranum di sana.
2. Bawakkan ayam n brg mknn laen kpd Ara n frens..
3. Kitorg (Nama n I) wendu giler kat Ara~~
4. Saja jer nak berjhemba -ramba..
5. Singgah di dunedin utk memenuhkan visi dan misi Nama utk mkn Reef~~~ lalalala~~~

Saya telah menyuruh mereka semua berkumpul di rumah pada pukul 6 pagi utk bertolak (sbb tahu yg diorg nie akan sampai lambat n akhirnyer akan bertolak sejam kemudian~~) Seperti yg di jangka! Pukul 6.45 pagi baru diorg sumer dtg ke rumah.. dan akhirnye kami ponn bertolak pada pukul 7 tepat.. (amacam? awal bukan~~)

Masuk ajer dlm kereta, Azmir (selaku ahli lelap) terus melelapkan dirinya.. *bukti terpaksa disembunyikan oleh sebab-2 tertentu~~* hehehe...

Kitorg pon drive laa sampai oamaru... Lepas tuh saya dan Nama dah tak boleh tahan!! Kami sudah ponn menggeletis kepanasan!!!! terpaksalaa masukkan gas aircond kerana nescaya... di Roxburgh teramatlaa panas!!! Jadik.. saya ponn pergilaa ke mekanik yg berdekatan dan membayar nzd ***... but to tell u the truth.. that was money worth spent.. Bawak kereta ponn kurang penat lepas tuh sbb dah sejuk.. plus ketiak jugak kering yer~~~ heheheheh....

Journey di teruskan.. dan Azmir terus-terusan tidur...

Sampailaa ke Roxburgh~~

Makan cherry dulu.. yum..yum~~ Panas hokeh Roxburgh.. I forgot how hot it can get..

Then berjumpa-jumpa Ara.. *hugs*hugs*
And off we went to the lake!!!

Di lake.. Kami telah berjhemba -ramba dgn bermain pisang-goreng.. (ala..mainan bebudak!!)
lepas tuh maen pindahkan tempat batu kecil ini...

lepas tuh plak maen satu ekor katak

Esok hari nya... Kitorg ponn drive down to dunedin... Cik Hens et al. telah pergi ke Alexandra utk menghantar Unai n Nuha bekerja di sana.. So, saya n Nama telah decide utk drive down dulu... On the way, saya n Nama singgah di Lake Waihola.. Mandi-2 sket.. then head down to Dunedin...

Sesampai ajer di Dunedin, the first place that we head to.. tidak lain.. THE REEF!! Sian Nama, kempunan mkn reef so, kami ponn pegilaa lunch di sana... Then dah mkn lunch, kami ke BALDWIN ST plak, the steepest st in the world.. memang steep okeh!

Itu ajelaa.. sekian terima kaseh!

Selamat Tahun Baru semua...

2009-01-03T12:49:00.003+13:00

Sangat cliche dimana apabila tahun baru, org semua akan buat post pasal new years resolution etc.. tapi not actually doing them..
This year, saya tidak ader azam ponn sbb raser sgt bangang dimana, pada setiap awal tahun, azam dibuat tetapi by the 2nd week dah tak hengat satu benda ponn yer.. sadis bukan?

2009- I welcome u with open arms... I hope this year will be so much better than last year..
2008, I hve nothing against u but,it has been a terrible and horrible year I have to say.. so many things happened ( bad things laa banyak~~). Eventho so many terrible things happened, I stopped resenting it.. maybe i've come to terms with accepting situation as it is (if it can't be changed) and in a way has helped me to become a better and stronger person.. ( I am after all, A ONE TOUGH COOKIE..ahaks!)
Pada satu masa dahulu.. kononyer laa kan.. konon yer.. saya telah membuat plan yg saya nak ader satu anak by the age of 25.. hahaha.. (gelak besar of course..) in 8 months time, i'll be 25 and malaslaa nak cakapkan.. bukan sahaja anak, malahan, batang hidung bakal laki ponn tak nampak yer.. hahaha.. tahniah~~
Anyway, itu dulula.. buat masa nie, I am happily single, getting to know myself, seeing my limits. At the moment, saya (dgn bantuan abg mekanik yg kini berada di roxburgh) maseh lagik capable menjaga kereta honda saya ittew.. hehehe.. thanx bohh for all ur help..

New Years eve.. saya n rakan-2 telah pergi ke Cathedral square dimana sambutan tahun baru dilangsungkan.. (wow, skemanyer!) Hahaha.. ader concert n bunga api of course.. we enjoyed ourselves.. the songs were great and the fireworks are awesome as usual yer..
Pictures will be updated later...

Just after xmas we went to central Otago melawat Ara et al. itu akan di update later yer...
heheh.. till then!!

absolute blabbery.. (is that even a word?)

2008-12-26T09:23:00.004+13:00

I haven't been updating the blog much.. just because of pure LAZINESS!! hahaha..
I know I'm on holiday and all.. but I just have nothing to write abt! My life is officially not interesting to put it up in a blog...
However, I felt the sudden urge to update this blog..
So, here I am..updating... on... my life... that's kinda sucky at the mo...

Ara's gone to Roxburgh for cherry season this morning.. Now, her room is empty, and it's kinda weird staring at her room and not seeing the mess and all the pinkness inside it! Owh God, after 2 years of living together.. it's quite hard to start all over again..
That's alright! change can be good.. change can be refreshing!

Nama n I are planning to go to Roxburgh on the 29th.. (anyone care to join? U simply need to bring your own car.. ahaks!) Yeay!! Me love cherries.. Me never get sick of them~~~

Semalam tgk Russell Peters.. one of the old ones.. tapi gelak mcm haper jer.. He is so funny, I can't stop laughing.. pagi nie bgn, dah takde suara.. aiyak!

Today's boxing day, but I have no urge of going out despite the word 'BIG SALE' all over town.. Well, I'm no longer a big fan of rush of people.. I guess I've grown out of it.. ( hadoi~~ cemana nak balek KL nie? NZ has made me gone all mellow) plus shopping on ur own is not really that exciting..Naah.. the same sale will still be going tmrw.. and there will be less people around..
I am eyeing on a PS2 and cranium board game.. me likey~~~

Before I bore everybody further.. I'm gonna stop here..

over due entry... MED GRADUATION 2008..

2008-12-20T20:52:00.016+13:00

Heh.. This is such an over due entry I tell u..
this actually happened on the 6/12/2008.. hahaha.. and yet, I had no time to update my blog...

The journey started with Abu, Aseng, Een n I, driving down to Dunedin.. Since my car's radio is a factory made one, it only has a cassete player and sadly my MP3 converter was broken.. so, we had to make our own entertainment thru out the journey..
so, aper lagik!! Gossiplaa..
Bergossip sampai Een n Aseng bertekak...
Lihatlaa cengkerama mereka ini..

Sampai kat Dunedin ajer, kitorg terus pegi grad dinner with the rest of the clan at THE REEF.. dah lama tak mkn reef.. yum... Feels gud meeting up people and catching up.. Of course gossip juger yer.. esp with Cash ard, lagiklaa...

The next day, the whole process started...
We started off with a picture taking ceremony of the med skool and the whole class...
Eventho I'm not graduating, I decided that I'm gonna be in it! Whatever! I dun care! Heheh.. sbenarnyer saya sorang jer yg tak pakai regalia, sbb malas nak pegi pinjam.. (kedekut sbenarnyer, I dun really wanna spend $55 just for that.. what a waste!)

And then ader ceremony plak kat Union, where the Award and Prize giving ceremony was held.. Top Student went to a Chch med skool student.. Yeay! Bangga!
n then there was the Decleration of The Oath where the brand spankin new doctors promised to practice medicine for the better and good of all mankind etc..etc..

And then diorg ponn beraraklaa.. ke Town Hall along george st.. Mesti raser bangga laa because sumer org ponn tgk.. and u ponn raser.. yeargh! aku sudah habes!!

And after that, the actual 3 hours long ceremony.. heheheh...

In a way, raser sedeh jugak that I won't have the whole medicine graduation in May, but then, I will be a doctor and your graduation ceremony doesn't really reflect on how u are going to be a doctor right? I seriously can't wait for it!!

Congratulations new doctors 2008.. I'm so proud of all...

The next morning kitorg breakfast kat capers.. sgt best yer kerana pancakes dia sgtlaa sedap!!! yummy!!

Di tag oleh seseorang...

2008-12-10T21:52:00.005+13:00

Saya telah di tag oleh seseorg.. tapi dia kata blog dia takle nak kecoh-kecoh jadik saya ponn terpaksalaa merahsiakan identiti wanita ini.. *hint, wanita ini wanita bertudung!*

Hiks.. here u go~~

1) Do you think you're hot?

-Honestly... Saya raser saya biaser jer.. takdelaa hot tapi takde laa buruk ponn... Saya raser org yg raser dia hot aderlaa sgt bajet.. tinggi sgt kot self esteem tuh... Kalo raser diri tuh hot, nanti riak plak... Jadik kesimpulannyer, saya rasa saya biaser jer.... average jane gittew...

2) Upload your favourite picture of you!

-Mak aih.. susahlaa plak.. maklumlaa tak photogenic.. tapi raser nyer yang inilaa kot...

3) Why do you like that picture?

-Entahlaa... Sbb gamba nie sbenarnyer candid jugaklaa.. n doesn't really reflect my usual self.. I'm a much more reserved person than the one seen in this picture.. Cik hens punyer reaction first time tgk gamba ini aderlaa gelak kaw-kaw.. taulaa saya tak photogenic.. hehehe

4) When was the last time you ate pizza ?

-Erm.. Tadik lunch.. makan mediterranean pizza kat medici.. sedaplaa jugak...

5) The last song you listen to?

-Womaniser by britney.. enthalaa.. ader dlm mp3, so dgr ajer laa...

6) What are you doing right now besides this ?

- Nothing significant.. takde mood nak buat keje.. altho, my aim is to continue with my gen med long essay straight after i finish this entry.. and facebooking.. (yeah right)

7) What name would you prefer besides yours?

- Aper maksudnyer? nama gelaran ker aper nie? I dun think other people call me by any other name than AZA.. oklaa family panggil Along.. but that's abt it..
Other name that I prefer? erm.. hard to say... What can I do, I like my name best.. hehehe!!

8) 5 People to tag :

1-Nama
2-Jue-a
3-Fara
4-Yuli
5- Kak Yah

8) Who is number one ?

-Nama is my one of flatmate/besties.. dah 2 thn dah kitorg flatting bersama and insyaallah next year masuklaa 3 tahun.. ( Nak kena cerita lebeh-2 ker?)

9) Number three is having a relationship with?

-Essam massam.. Dah nak kawen ponn dah.. hehehe....

10) Say something about number five?

- Kak Yah aderlaa senior di sekolah dulu.. and skang kak yah telah ponn ader anak pompuan yg sgt comel lagik kiut lagik montok! nama dier Rania..

11) How about number four?

- Yuli ader laa rakan seperjuangan di Christchurch pada suatu masa dahulu.. (cheh.. macam laa lama sgt..).. kami selalu menari bersama.. heheh.. Yulls aku wendulaa kat ko..

12) Who is number two?

- Ini ader laa Jue a.. one of my besties.. kitorg dulu satu skolaa n jugak satu matriks.. hehehe.. jue a and I, we've done so many silly things together.. kalo teringat mesti gelak guling-2.. heheh.. Jue a aku miss laa kat ko.. biler laa nak jumpa.. Kalo nak cerita pasal all the mischiefs yg kitorg pernah buat, alamtnyer tak jadik buat keje laa saya kejap lagik.. Kiter mmg sgt nakal kan jue a?

There U go.. dah jawab dah ponn tag ini.. kepada yg telah di tag, jgn lupa buat yer~~~

Now that's LOVE..

2008-12-04T22:51:00.006+13:00

Doing General Medicine means that I'll be dealing with majority of patients of the age >70 years old. So, we often get little old ladies and old men admitted due to various stuff...

Every so often, my heart is touched by the show of affection that they have for their spouses.. for an example, during the weekend oncall, an elderly couple was admitted due to different reasons and both of admission wasn't really planned...
The wife brought the husband in because the husband has pneumonia and turn out that this old lady had a funny turn ?heart attack in ED. So, we got them a bed in the ward next to each other. They're both really lovely and so affectionate to each other... The husband would held out his hand to his wife longingly and I can just see the love in their eyes.. (Talk abt being hopelessly romantic!!)

Anyway, the next day during ward round, there they are, the couple, sitting next to each other, chatting and goofing ard.. it's just cute..They've been married for more than 60 years and both really cared for each other still..
now that's love..for better or worse.. for sickness or health..

This is just one of the example.. I've seen plenty.It's a shame that our society doesn't really show as much affection as the people here.. I still see elderly couple walking holding hands by the beach or in the gardens whereas back at home... I've never actually seen one..ever! It's a shame really... memang culture kiter ker tak show affection? Tapi bersepah jer younglings berpelok-pelok kat shopping mall tuh.. entahlaa~~

Anyway,one day, I hope I get to grow old with the person I love and able to say "I've been married to this lucky fella for 50 years now.. and counting.." (How cool would that be? altho i'll be quite wrinkly at that time..)

A little bit dark..

2008-12-04T22:18:00.006+13:00

Weather: It has been way too hot over here... Nak kipas~~~

Okehlaa.. kerana ramai yg dah bising tak hapdet.. maka dgn ini, saya ponn menghapdet blog ini...
Not that I dun want to, I've just been busy with Gen Med.. were oncall last weekend, so I haven't really had the time to rest.. hence no update..

Anyway, yesterday I manage to do some groceries shopping (finally after ages of not doing groc shopping! I have food in my cabinet!!) And I saw Lindt chocolates on sale.. Hurm.. *muker gembira* And I saw this...

Lindt Dark Chocolate Chilli...

According to the back of the packaging..

Excellence Chili
This combination of fine dark chocolate with exquisite chili pepper delivers an absolutely unique taste experience. When savoring this new creation, chocolate connoisseurs will experience how the initially mild, delicate flavor of cocoa gradually gives way to a full-bodied but harmoniously spicy touch. Seductively piquant!

Sounds good to me... Very alluring gittew.. ( cepat terpengaruh..)

Hurm.. pikir saya.. mcm best jer.. FYI, I am a sucker for dark choc.. my rule of thumb, the darker the better...hehehe... and so I bought it because it was on sale and because I'm just so damn curious!! Turned out, it's lovely!! I love it.. It's bittersweet with just a hint of tanginess on your tongue.. LOVE IT!!

I think I'm a bit weird.. I like dark chocolate since I'm a kid. I insisted my mom to get me one of those bittersweet vochelle's choc and I'm hooked since then! hehehe... I think I was abt 10 then.. I remembered mum saying.. "Kak Long, coklat nie tak sedap.. pahit.." Then when I started persuading she gave in.. And was actually surprised when I like the chocolate! yummy!

I also like mint choc chip ice cream and the usual reaction that I get is.. "Bukan rasa dia mcm ubat gigi ker??" but I just like it.. I like the minty feeling on my tongue... Anyway, I'm not that weird.. just a bit different..

Going to grad weekend tomorrow!! Yeay.. will update on that later.. Walauponn sedey tak dpt grad bersama, but I'm happy my friends are graduating.. and truth be told, I'm over it..
I can't wait to catch up with people!!!

Guy Fawkes day...

2008-11-19T13:25:00.008+13:00

This is definitely the most overdue entry... It's been what more than 2 weeks or something since Guy Fawkes day...heheh.. but anyway, I've made a promise and I will be damned if I didn't do this!!

According to wikipedia...

Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night, Cracker Night, Fireworks Night, Bommy Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November. It celebrates the foiling of the Gunpowder Plot of the 5 November, 1605 in which a number of Catholic conspirators, including Guy Fawkes, were alleged to be attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London, England.

It is primarily marked in the United Kingdom where it was compulsory, by fiat, to celebrate the deliverance of the King until 1859, but also in former British colonies including New Zealand, Newfoundland, and parts of the British Caribbean. Bonfire Night was celebrated in Australia until the mid to late 1970s, when sale and public use of fireworks was made illegal and the celebration was effectively abolished. It is also celebrated in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda.Festivities are centred on the use of fireworks and the lighting of bonfires.

So as previous years, the big fireworks display are held at the New Brighton pier.. It was rainy and gloomy on that day, we almost canceled the plan. But we went ahead anyway with our gloves, thick jackets and munchies.. hehehe.. and luckily, the weather got better!! phew.. what a relief.. I would hate standing there in the cold and rain!

So, there we are.. lying down on the beach waiting for the fireworks alongside hundreds of other christchurch dwellers...

When it started, it was simply breath-taking.. I've almost forgot how exciting it is to watch big fireworks display!! it was really exciting!!! hehehe.. I can't stop giggling thru out! heheheh...

After the fireworks, we went to have coffee at La Cafe. What a great way to end a perfect night out!

I didn't actually took any pictures cos the batteries for the camera's gone flat.. so, the main photographer for the night was Ira and no other than Mr. Yazid! Thanx guys for the lovely photos~~~

Mr. Yazid in action.. photographer/paparazzi/stalker? Gurau ajer Yazid..

Wassup sexy?

2008-11-19T11:10:00.006+13:00

"They call u sexy.. Wassup sexy?"

Definition of sexy:

1. sexually exciting or attractive: a sexy voice
2. interesting, exciting, or trendy: a sexy project, a sexy new car

The first thing that pops in mind when people say sexy is usually... PussycatDolls perhap? Showing a lot of flesh.. low neck top, hot pants, lots of cleavage, very slim and toned ladies etc etc.. and probably sometimes.. a very handsome guy with a hot bod? hahah...
It's not that often people think outside the box.. as definition above, anything that tickles u fancy really...
Sexy basically depends on individual.. what u think is attractive might not be attractive for me...

Subjectively on a person, some may find that the superficial appearance attractive and for some people that can appreciate that Beauty is only SKIN DEEP, sexy is what makes the person, personality, intelligence, wit, courage and the list goes on...

As for me... I appreciate it both ways...
In a person, what makes him/her sexy is their fundamental beliefs and how strongly they held them. Sense of humor is also quite attractive.. make people laugh, I guess that is the key to everybody's heart really...Why so serious? Said joker..

Superficially, I'm quite fond of.... heheh... jgn terkejut eh..

Dimples... suweetnyer... caer diri ini...

A very nice and sincere smile...

Body piercings are nice.. but not too much, that simply ruins it! Doesn't apply to guys tho...

High heels... towering heels and stilettos.. I simply think that they are plain sexy!! heheheh...

Corsets that define the body... hehehe.. sexy gaks nie... super tiny waist is not tho... everything in moderation yeah?
Both some how both of them combined is not attractive at all... not to mention impractical... like this lady here... hurm.. not convinced that this cool and sexy..

But anyway.. aper-2 ponn, I am a traditionalist..(eh ye ker? In some ways laa kot.. not in everything) I like things sweet and nice.. mcm video klip ini... Thanx cik hens for recommending!! enjoy the clip!! it's so damn cute!!

summernation

2008-11-17T23:34:00.009+13:00

Weather: alhamdulillah.. nice n sunny..

It's been sunny these past few days and it's also hot! hurm...
I'm not getting enuf sleep.. I'm all for summer dun get me wrong.. it's my fav season!! I love sunshine~~
But being summer, we have longer days.. hence it gets dark around 8.30pm and by 5am, the sun is shining bright! I'm guessing I'm just too stimulated to go to bed.. Too many melanocytic activities perhaps? But I'm definitely enjoying the longer days and sunshine summer brings..

I promised Abg Ekal to update the pictures on Guy Fawkes.. erk.. Sorry Abg Ekal.. takde mood laa nak buat... I will do it once I'm in the groove to do one!

Went to TI dinner last Thursday nite.. My classmates have oficially become doctors.. congratulate all.. I have to say that I am a little disappointed? frustrated? sad? maybe all the above.. because I am suppose to finish with all of them.. Not to mention that I missed the chances of sitting distinction exams... (not that I am a distinction-material student) It just doesn't seem fair since I actually try hard to get distinction in my runs.. nevermind.. the main thing is that I finish this degree of mine.

We had the class dinner at Sign of Takahe, on the way up to Port Hills and the food was delicious.. I had salmon steak and it was cooked to perfection! yummy..

Overall, I enjoyed the night.. It'll be weird to start with the class next week.. hurm...

The whole class

Anyway.. not in the mood for long posts.. I'll think of something to write abt sometime later...
Adios!

This is so nerdy~~

2008-11-07T17:05:00.003+13:00

Found this in somebody else's blog.. And I thought that it is simply hillarious!!

You Know You"re a Med Student When...

...you can name all the muscles in your hand, but not the Presidents .

- Erm.. somewhat true, but much more prominent maser 2nd year and 3rd year.. Skang dah tak berapa ingat sgt!

...your life consists of three parts: studying, drinking, and sleeping.

- Close.. not the drinking part tho~~ The rest is quite true..

...you've thought something along the lines of, "what's another $10,000 in loans?"

-Oleh kerana saya tajaan MARA, takdela terasa sgt pasal loan nie.. tunggulaa biler balek mesia nnt..

...you consistently tell people that they just don't understand how bad it really is.
-Tak pernah pulak~~

...the drama in your life now is worse than it ever was in high school.

-Maybe.. altho I really avoid to have anu dramas..

...Grey's Anatomy, House, Scrubs, Dr. 90210, Nip/Tuck, and ER are your favorite shows, but you point out all the wrong things in them all the time.

- this one is spot on!! Trylaa tanya Ara n Nama yg constantly dgr I ramble on how things are not true and diorg pakai stethescope terbaliklaa~~

..you have diagnosed yourself and others with at least 5 rare diseases.

-Not really a hypochondriac..

...you refer to the authors of your text books as if you know them personally. "Yeah, Netter and I spent the weekend together."

-Hahah.. aderlaa jugak kekadang!

...the best part of your day consists of breaking in a new highlighter.

-Erm.. not that pathetic really..

...you refer to those semesters of organic chemistry in undergrad as "The Good Old Days."

-Agaklaa.. cos it's so long ago!!

...You know that specialties are pre-defined by personality type.

-This is tru really!! Not everybody is built to become a surgeon.. or a psychiatrist for that matter!

...When you go out with non-medical students, you’re abnormally quiet, because you don’t know what to talk about besides med school.

-Pernah jugak jadik.. tapi skrg dah tak teruk sgt.. use to be really bad!

...You can have a conversation about the abscess you drained today while eating cream of broccoli soup without any problem at all. Or for that matter, over any kind of meal.

-Yup.. this one is also true.. We don't get disgusted easily.. selamba jer mkn maser buat pathology.. mmg takde raser geli!

Hahah.. sgt nerdy yer~~~

Tag! You're it!!

2008-11-06T15:08:00.003+13:00

Starting time : 3.09 pm

Name : Azalea

Sister(s) : 2 little ones.. that i love very much. not that kak long tak sayang Alang.. sayang jugak!

Brother(s) : sorang ajer.. yg di sayang~~

Shoe size : erm.. depends.. kaki ku ini agak besar yer.. dlm 8 or 9? eh ker 9 or 10? entahlaa.. yg mana muat laa!

Height : 166 cm

Where do you live : Christchurch the garden city

Have you ever been on a plane : Yeah.. I use to enjoy it but not lately.. maybe dah bosan kott.. Dulu jakon!

Swam in the ocean : For starters.. I can't swim for the life of me!! So, the attempt of swimming in the ocean is suicide!

Fallen asleep at school : Of course!! Hilang akal aper kalo tak pernah?

Broken someone’s heart : Unfortunately I've had it both ways.. so.. seems fair?

Fell off your chair : hello.. pernah jugak! Dulu maser skola suker duduk atas kerusi and jungkitkan dia so that it stands on 2 legs.. hahaha.. bajet balance mantaplaa.. until one fateful day.. i dun have to tell the rest now do I?

Sat by the phone all night waiting for someone to call : Nope.. I dun wait for anybody.. my night sleep is far more important! mean.. I know!

Saved e-mails : Not really..

What is your room like : I try to keep it clean and tidy.. I am quite obsessive on how "everything shud have it's place and there's a place for everything".. A touch of OCD there~~

What’s right beside you: erm.. my mp3 player..

What is the last thing you ate : a piece of chewing gum!

Ever had…Chicken pox : yup.. a week before PMR trial..

Sore throat : of courselaa pernah.. kalo tak pernah bukan manusia!

Stitches : yup.. heaps.. kat kaki ader.. kepala ader.. heheh.. not that I'm proud of them~~

Broken nose : tak pernah.. but i've broken other bones~~

Do you believe in love at first sight : nope.. those are only superficial.. and I dun thrive in superficial love.. they're just pure bollocks!

Like picnics : bolelaa~~ depends on the weather..

Who was/were…The last person you danced with : RAM dancers. Same here Yulls~~ dun think I'll be dancing anytime soon!

Last made you smile : 'seseorang' hahaha!

You last yelled at : pemandu malam smalam yg tetiba dok tgh jalan when I was going to turn in the junction!" Bodo! tak reti bawak keta ker?"

Today did you…Talk to someone you like : of course.. i do that everyday.. i talk to my flatties.. Johanna..

Kissed anyone : of course jugaklaa.. saya cium boboy hari-2! (pembetulan.. biler dia ader kat rumah!)

Get sick : You do occasionally rite.. everyone does.. dey1 soalan aper nie?

Talk to an ex : Only when i need to!

Miss someone : Missing heaps of people!!

Who do you really hate: Bush.. erm.. saper lagik yer? narcissistic people in general.. but I dun hate anybody really.. nobody's perfect. However, we are capable of making somebody else's life miserable..

Do you like your hand-writing : sometimes..

Are your toe nails painted : nope.. just fingernails!

Whose bed other than yours would you rather sleep in : erm.. do i have an option? maybe my parents'?

What color shirt are you wearing now : light gray

Are you a friendly person : not initially.. but I do warm up!

Do you have any pets : yess.. They are substitute to kids at the moment!

Do you sleep with the TV on: Nope.. membazir electricity tuh~~

What are you doing right now : erk.. menjawab soalan ini.. duh~~ Sbenarnyer tgh oncall tapi takde keje.. and sepatutnyer study sbb esok ader random case.. tapi malas!

Can you handle the truth : The truth is always better.. but sometimes white lies are for the best! hahah..

Are you closer to your mother or father : mother!

Do you eat healthy : I try to.. have to set an example.. do as we preach?

Do you still have pictures of you & your ex : erm.. maybe? entahlaa~~ haven't really checked.. I cleaned it all up last time..

If you’re having a bad day, who are you most likely to go to : Ideally, mengadu kat Tuhan.. tapi lepas tuh, akan pergi pada flatties ku yg setia.. Nama n Ara~~

Are you loud or quiet most of the time : depends.. i am quite at first and need sometime to warm up.. I try not to speak if i dun have anything clever or beneficial to say~~

Are you confident : have to.. Saper nak pergi pada doctor yg tak confident?

5 things I was doing 10 years ago
-byk maen..
-Kat SMAKL, dok asrama..
-dah start nakal.. selalu kena denda~~
-erm.. start berjinak in debate team skola, netball, hockey.. etc.. active giler.. as I said earlier~~ byk maen..
-sgt naif! sgt-2 naif!

5 things I would do if I were a billionaire
-Charity.. nak jadik mcm oprah~~ byk buat charity..
-Travel around the world.. relaxing and practicing medicine jugak..
- maybe own my own hospital?
-hantar mak n ayah n parent in-laws pegi Mekah selalu~~ ( as promised to mum n dad..) and saya ponn nak pergi mekah on a regular basis jugak~~
-Invest the money.. so that it won't run out for my future generations..

5 of my bad habits
-suker procrastinate.. pemalas sbenarnyer..
-can be anal on nak everything kemas..
-sgt malas nak lipat baju.. heheh... selalu kena paksa diri utk lipat baju..
-suker mkn mende yg menggemokkan n tak sehat lepas tuh malas nak exercise
-suker giler tido.. n sgt liat nak bangun subuh!

5 places I’ve lived/living
-seri petaling
-kepong
-londang, melaka
-Dunedin
-Christchurch

5 people I tag
-Nama!
-Fara!
-Jue-a!
-Abg ekal lalala~~
-kak yah~~ so that dia ader post nak update!! hehehe

Post no 100!!

2008-11-01T12:15:00.005+13:00

Wow.. it's the hundredth post but I honestly have nothing exciting to write about...
This is because.. nothing exciting has actually happened in my life lately.. go to school.. come back from school.. sleep.. then wake up for school.. and the cycle goes on.. nothing interesting.. nada!

Anyway.. as usual.. I'm oncall in AGA.. and there's nothing to do.. I've seen a patient and put an IV line in.. and that was about it..
owh.. and I've also went out for an hour with Anna and Jo to go try bridesmaid dresses.. It didn't take long until i spotted a nice dress.. simple yet elegant and Jo loved it! We're trying to get the shop to make it in the colour Jo wanted for us to hire.. fingers crossed they will!! If that dress will be the bridesmaids' dresses.. I definitely need to lose some weight!! heheheh... Dress itu ader mcm byk emphasis on the curves laa.. heheheh

Hurm.. what else..? I felt my first twin babies a couple of days ago!! yeay!!
Every pregnant women needs to come to antenatal clinic for scans as well as baby checks since twin pregnancy can increase the risk of every potential obstetric complication.. (except for preterm labour and macrosomic babies..) When I palpated the tummy, my first thought was "man it felt really busy in here!".. I can feel the head here and there and limbs were everywhere!! So exciting.. and one of the baby kicked my hand when I was palpating!! I'll take that as a gesture of 'hello'...
How I wish that I'll be blessed with a twin in the future... Ameen~~
I guess that was the highlight of my week really...

Other wise.. things are quite lame...

Felt like reminiscing for a bit.. on my first medical procedure..
my first medical procedure would have to be a phlebotomy/venopuncture/blood-taking.. hehehe.. Yeah.. we all need to start somewhere.. and u might as well start on the simplest thing..
Anyway.. my patient/victim was Anna Mohammad!! hahahah...( ko mesti tgh tergelak0gelak kalo teringat mende ni kan anna?)
I started off as explained.. torniquet on.. find a good vein in the AC fossa... stab and suck!
To be honest.. it wasn't as easy as that.. my hands were shaking and I was sweating! The idea of poking my friend with a needle is not really pleasant and I really don't want to hurt her..
it felt impossible that I can withdrew blood from her veins and the idea of it is simply... erm.. unbelievable...
But we all needed to learn to do it.. so I did it! Maser cucuk ngan jarum Anna mcm maintain ajer.. tapi biler start to pull on the syringe, dia macam nak menangis sakit laa plak... Ini membuatkan saya merasa bersalah dan cuba sedaya upaya memujuk Anna supaya bersabar.. Maka saya pon kelam-kabutlaa memenuhkan picagari itu dan bukak torniquet and tampal plaster.. Anna dah mcm nak nangis... Dia kata saket laa~~~
Sampai plak turn dia mencucuk saya.. Anna telah berjaya membuatkan saya lebam!!!! kerana jarum yg dia masukkan telah pierce the vein jadik dia dpt sikit ajor darah...
hehehe.. besar giler lebam ittew.. ( tapi tak saketlaa..) heheh.. kalo teringat balek mesti tergelak-gelak on how kelam-kabut n nervousnyer kami..
Sekarang dah confident giler buat.. takde hal.. suruh amik darah? okeh siap! suruh masukkan IV line? nak yg besar maner? heheheh... it shows how practice can make things perfect...

Itu sajalah moral of the story~~~

I finally got the pictures~~~

2008-10-23T14:53:00.008+13:00

Remember I promised that I'll put up the pictures (x-ray's really) of my all made up heel?

Heheheh...

I'm finally able to get them! Thanx to the quietness of AGA (Acute gynae Assessment) during oncall.. Sometimes, biler takde menda nak buat, bosan jugak oncall nie.. sbb still kena stay kat spital.. just bosan jer takde keje..(ader sbenarnyer keje laen yg boleh buat, cuma malas ajor~~~)

Anyway, here's the older one.. I think this was taken 6 weeks after the surgery..

As u can see, there's an impressive metal wear I've got there.. ( I've never even seen anything like it.. as calcaneus fractures are quite rare~~)

This one was taken a couple of weeks ago.. I can see some callous formation (new but not so strong bone) as well as some bone spur from where they put the pin in to manipulate the foot during surgery.. it's looking ok.. not the best I have to say.. but definitely looking much better!

And now the tibia.. (tulang keting)..

there's still a huge gap at the bottom.. with minimal callous formation.. hurm.. I'm wishing for more osteoblastic activity please...

It's a shame that the hospital sudah block facebook.. kalo tak boleh melayan Space Raiders.. Damn! Aku sudah addcited dgn game bodo ittew.. Walauponn game itu sgt lampi (click-2 ajor..).. tapi the nature of myself yg agak competitive ini membuatkan boleh jadik addicted yer.. Hadoila...

I am also looking for a flat for end of this year... I hate looking for a place.. but at the same time I like shifting places.. trying new stuff.. duduk lama-2 in one place membuatkan kiter complacent and not motivated to improve.. well, that's my theory anyway.. I shall try to berpindah-randah sesuka suki semasa masih single nie.. at least at the moment nothing is holding me back.. hehehe!

Hurm.. AGA maseh senyap.. owh well, I'll just have to wait!

Have you seen...?

2008-10-22T21:31:00.006+13:00

It's spring time again.. hey..hey!!

I love spring time.. maybe the fact that it's the season in between, when sometimes the weather can be just nice~~ not too hot and not too cold..(but most of the time, it tends to rain and can be cold)..
Spring is also the time when the "Azalea Garden" starts to bloom revealing it's bold and bright coloured flowers.. By the way, this garden is not mine.. it's the shrubs of Azaleas in the gardens..(every botanical garden in every state has one)

It's a common scenario when I introduced myself " Hi, my name is Azalea..", people would respond " owh, just like the flower?" followed by my usual answer.." yep, just like the flower~~"
How do I got my name u may ask? U have to ask my mom for the details but here's the short version of the story..

My mom loved reading Mills and Boons in her younger days and the Azalea flower is so often mentioned in those books and so since then, Mom's kinda hooked up with the name.. all of her friends knew that the name Azalea would be the name of her first daughter, and luckily it's ME!
So theoretically I'm supposed to be romantic due to the origin of my name, but I don't think that i have even a single romantic bone in my body!! hehehe...

I haven't had the time to go and sit down in the gardens to enjoy the full bloom but I plan to do it one day.. (when I'm free..) I've just been looking thru the window of the bus when we passed by to and from school..
Whenever I look at the flowers, I always think to myself.. "Wow, they're really bright! just like fire! I wonder if I'm anything like that.."
I guess time will tell? I'm really not the best judge of me~~~ Sad, I know... Anyway, here's another rambling from me~~ bored and tired...

Azalea garden over at Ilam gardens

Please speak Engrish to me!!

2008-10-18T11:25:00.008+13:00

I first noticed engrish in my fourth year of med school after George (a fellow classmate) pointed it out to me. She's been to Japan and can speak quite fluent Japanese, and also noted that Asian's (in general) can have pretty poor English..
There's also a website dedicated to this.. www.engrish.com
Because it is simply hilarious!!
I go to this website when I'm stressed cos it'll definitely make me laugh..
Check some of this out...

I shall try to carefully slip and fall next time..

I'm not aware that elevators can pinch u.. maybe they can...

Go back towards ur behind? Is that even possible?

Hey miss thang!! Mcm nigger seh...

There's a even a book dedicated to the joys of Engrish.. I'm sure I'll enjoy it!!

* Bukan nak menghina kebolehan org laen in English.. but these people actually buat signs and papan tanda sebesar alam with very bad grammar and misuse of words.. kekdg terjadik dodgy plak and most of the time doesn't make any sense. Not to mention hillarious as..!! So, I'm simply enjoying it...

Final day of psych

2008-10-17T17:29:00.003+13:00

Weather today: Very nice, sunny with some cold wind..

Today was the last day of my psych attachment. I have to admit that I actually enjoyed it this year than last year. Maybe because I have more knowledge and can actually be involved with the patient management more than last year..
I also somewhat feel that i am getting more cynical as time goes by..(the thing that I swore not to do when I was a younger medical student).While eating lunch, we all can cracked out laughing and joke abt patients' condition(esp the borderline personality D/Os) Hurm.. i guess u need to do that if u want to stay sane doing this job..
Anyway, raser sedeh utk meninggalkan team itu kerana mereka semua sungguh baek n supportive esp dgn me yg 'slow' ini.. (doktor tempang 'ala' HOUSE MD) maka, saya ponn masakkanlaa tiramisu utk mereka.. I hope they enjoyed it.. hehehe...

Selesai sajer di Hillmorton, saya ponn headed to physio.. mcm biaser.. I am making progress.. The physio was talking abt calling me to talk to some physio students on my experience from being in a wheelchair to walking with a single crutch and continuing making progress... Talk abt the pain and the hardwork that I've went thru.. But really, Altho for other people time has gone so fast but for me, it has been absolute torture.. However, i've always said to myself.. Look atthe positive side.. kalo tgk benda yg buruk ajer sampai bebiler ponn takkan raser motivated..

Then saya ponn pergilaa ke Repco utk mencari rust converter.. Kereta yg saya beli itu ader a huge scratch (and dent) di tepinya..(sebab itulaa dia jual murah)Jadi saya ponn telah membeli rust remover n touch up paint utk betolkan.. keta saya akan di touch up maka nnt akan jadik lawa..! (yeay!!).. Maka ini akan jadik activity weekend ini.. hehehe...

hurm.. itu jerlaa kot..
Peace out...

kenapa yer?

2008-10-15T17:39:00.003+13:00

Warning: Pure Ramblings ahead!

Hallo everybody...

Just being random here..
Saya sgt jarang menulis blog emo.. Kenapa yer? From recollection, aderlaa dlm satu atau dua ajor blog emo yg di tulis.. Raser kurang selesa plak nak emo in cyber space.. ahaks! Tapi kekadang raser mcm best plak sebab boleh lepaskan aper yg terbuku di hati..

Buat psych ni kan, membuatkan saya menilai diri sendri.. as previous entry, aperkah normal sbenarnyer? Biler tgk balik diri sendri.. sbenarnyer raser yg diri ini aderlaa jugak a touch of obsessive-compulsive trait.. teringat ader satu maser ni, mak cakap.. "Kak Long, kenapa perfectionist sgt nie?" Sbb maser tuh, saya tak puas hati dgn cara adik-2 kemas katil and so I re-did it.. hahahah!! And maser dulu slalu raser marah kalo things are not done according to my way.. Sekarang, raser diri dah improve sket.. dah boleh tutup mata jer kalo nampak ader benda yg tak berkenan di hati.. tapi still ader a bit of obsession in doing stuff, compulsion dah takde sgt..
I felt the need to have an absolute order in my life.. kalo tak nnt stress.. Maybe sbb itulaa saya seorg med student.. mesti nak kena ader structure in whatever i'm doing..

And then tetiba raser nak menilai org lain plak sbb dah jadik habit.. Akan perhatikan org in the environment and then start to think according to their body language, the way they communicate and just the way they act.. I realised that some of my friends ader jugak a touch of borderline personality disorder and maybe ader jugak yg sedikit narcisistic.. just a touch of these.. takde laa sampai yg membuatkan my bells go ring-ring-ding-dong!

At the moment, ader jugak raser nak start a painting.. or actually starting on projek khat yg tak jalan-2 since ages ago.. possibly akan start mlm nie.. sejak skolah nie agak busy so now since dah habis assessment etc, bolehlaa buat leisurely stuff..
hari pun dah makin panas.. matahari keluar lagi lama.. sgt serotonergic bagi saya yer...
Anyways, enough ramblings.. dah takleh nak pikir dah what to ramble abt..
peace out..

kegemaran terkini saya..

2008-10-13T22:33:00.003+13:00

The latest fav song..
Enjoy!
The latest single by PCD- I Hate This Part Right Here

We're driving slow through the snow on Fifth Avenue
And right now radio's all that we can hear
Now we ain't talked since we left, it's so overdue
It's cold outside but between us

The world slows down
But my heart beats fast right now
I know this is the part
Where the end starts

I can't take it any longer
Thought that we were stronger
All we do is linger
Slipping through our fingers
I don't wanna try now
All that's left's goodbye
To find a way that I can tell you
I hate this part right here
I hate this part right here
I just can't take your tears
I hate this part right here

Everyday, seven takes of the same old scene
Seems we're bound by the laws of the same routine
Gotta talk to you now 'fore we go to sleep
But will we sleep once I tell you

The world slows down
But my heart beats fast right now
I know this is the part
Where the end starts

I can't take it any longer
Thought that we were stronger
All we do is linger
Slipping through our fingers
I don't wanna try now
All that's left's goodbye
To find a way that I can tell you
I hate this part right here
I hate this part right here
I just can't take your tears
I hate this part right here

I know you'll ask me to hold on
And carry on like nothing's wrong
But there is no more time for lies
'Cause I see sunset in your eyes

I can't take it any longer
Thought that we were stronger
All we do is linger
Slipping through our fingers
I don't wanna try now
All that's left's goodbye
To find a way that I can tell you

That I gotta do it
I gotta do it
I gotta do it
I hate this part
I gotta do it
I gotta do it
I gotta do it

I hate this part right here
I hate this part right here
I just can't take these tears
I hate this part right here

handbeg free..? serius ker?

2008-10-12T19:55:00.003+13:00

Dior saddle bag yang sungguh menggiurkan.. wow..

I stumbled upon this webpage.. betol ker?
Dah byk jugak org letak kat blog..
well.. no harm in doing so.. kalo dpt hand beg free best yer!!!
Maybe u all should try.. bukannyer rugi ponn...

http://www.handbagplanet.com

just click and give it a try..!!

Update Raya...

2008-10-12T02:55:00.011+13:00

Warning!! Long update ahead!!(Maybe quite a disorganised and unlinear one too!!)

Wow.. Lama betol tak update kan blog ini.. (well, at least saya raser sudah lama laa.. before this kan agak selalu mengupdate..)
Anyway.. this update is of course abt our raya celebration this year..
This is my 5th raya in perantauan..? something like that laa.. hurm.. so, as usual, kalo teringin nak mkn mknn raya, kenalaa pandai masak sendri...
Pagi raya thn nie, kitorg hanya sempat menyediakan nasi impit, kuah kacang n rendang ayam ajor.. Saya ponn kena pergi ke hospital jadik takdelaa raser beraya sgt..

Sampai ajer weekend.. panjanglaa langkah kitorg!! Di tambah pulak dah ader vroom-2 sendri maka makin ligatlaa kami beraya yer tuan-2 dan puan-2..

First, kitorg pergi umah Shahim dan Shahana.. Dia masakkan mee goreng yg sedap yer rakan-2.. yumms...
Then pergi ke Montana pada mlm jumaat.. yer.. Beraya sakan sambil menonton cerita Sepi.. pukul 2 pagi baru nak balik!! hadoilaa... takpe.. janji enjoy ler...

Rumah terbuka Montana

Hari sabtu mlm ader Rumah terbuka KUC, JPA, PETSOC and CMSA.. mantap yer...
kami seisi rumah memasak rendang ayam..
mantap yer sambutan pada mlm itu..

Rumah terbuka KUC et al.

Then esok harinyer, makin ligat beraya dgn adernya beberapa rumah terbuka.. Ini termasuklaa rumah Ira n Mun, rumah junior, rumah medders di gloucester dan rumah Ummu n the gang..
Wow!! mmg byk yer open house.. sampai by the end of it dah tak larat nak mkn dah...

Rumah terbuka Ira dan Mun

Sambung plak minggu depannyer...
Umah kitorg plak punyer turn utk buka... yer.. dgn itu, kami telah menamaken event yg julung kali diadakan ini.. "Rumah Terbuka Primadona Newnham"
Wow!! mantap kan..?
Menu rumah terbuka kitorg termasuklaa...

Laksa Johor Resepi Emak
Nasik himpit dihimpit Ara
Kuah Kacang Senyum Selalu
Popia Goreng Sedap Gulungan Nama
Cheese Cake Nama
Cookies Famous Amous Tiruan Arabella
Choc chip cookies version Aza
Biskut Mazola Yummy!
Air Bandung Soda yg Nyaman!!
Diakhiri dgn Air Kopi kaw-kaw punyer semasa berdendang ria

Alhamdulillah makanan cukup senuanyer.. Thanx laa korang datang menghiburkan hati..
Dah puas makan, tibalah masa utk berdendang ria bersama sing-star.. Ader jugaklaa newbies kali ini esp medders.. hehehe... Takpe.. there's always a first to everything.. Saya berasa banggalaa yg kengkwn medders saya kini makin keluar dpd cengkerang mereka dgn berjayanyer... Sekali lagi kami mengucapkan terima kasih kerana menghiburkan kami yg penat ini dgn alunan suara masing-2... *clap-clap*

Antara tetamu yg hadir.. hopefully they all went home with a full tum and a happy face...

Saksikan gaya dan bakat yg terserlah!! tidak kiralaa dlm menyanyi atau ponn fotografi.. yer itu dia bili dgn gaya paparazzi versi dugong... Korang memang selalu buat akutersenyum.. tak ponn tergelak besar!!

Maka dgn ini... habislaa sudah sambutan Hari Raya di Christchurch.. (Rasenye laa). Seronok jugaklaa raya diperantauan nie sbenarnyer.. tak kurang meriah nyer... cumer yelaa.. takde family.. tapi home is where the heart is... and if we try really hard, everywhere can potentially be a home.. At the moment it's here... Kawan-2 disini dah macam keluarga jugak...
Love u all to bits.. Selamat Hari Raya Semua...!

*Will update more photos soon biler dah dpt dpd org laen... peace..
** Vroom-2 saya nama aper tanya cik hens? Rasernyer mcm terlekat ajer nama giselle ittew.. nama pendek GG.. hahaha!!!

My new baby...

2008-10-04T18:42:00.005+13:00

Hei.. I know I haven't updated in ages...
This update is short one.. Just wanted to introduce u all to my new baby...

Honda Integra ku..

haven't taken my own picture of the car.. but will do it in the near future...
Selamat hari raya!!

Post no. 90

2008-09-27T20:23:00.012+12:00

Entry number 90
Weather today: very windy!!!! and cold.....!!! and wet!!! What an extreme from sunny yesterday.. I'm already missing Mr. Sunshine...

I know it shud be something wonderful and special..but I'm out of things to write on.. So this will have to do...
This is going to be just random photos taken with friends...

Supper at Le Cafe.. Notice how Johanna blinked on both of the pictures.. Picture taken after enjoying Mamma Mia..

Berbuka di Phu Thai.. bersama flatmates n Cik Hens.. sedap jugaklaa...

Berbuka Puasa di Ban Thai bersama Sook Yee, Nurus, Jo and Adele...
Yeah.. I noticed that the theme to buka puasa di luar ialah Thai food.. Quite delicious!

Port Hill-ing

2008-09-27T19:42:00.010+12:00

Friday Afternoon..
Weather: Sunny with chilly winds..

That morning I had an appointments with the doctors and overall, they're rather pleased with my progress.. X-ray showed that I still have a big gap in the distal part of the tibia fracture with minimal callous formation. That's ok since tibia takes abt 5-6 months to heal, and I'm just abt nearly 4 months down the track..
And then there's the physio appointment. My physio also seemed pleased. I'm now able to walk without the crutches but in small wee (not to mention slow) steps.. Yeay!! I'm now much more comfortable walking with only a crutch! yeay to that too...!!! Alhamdulillah...

Psych run is going ok.. it's a good run for me to start with. Not too strenuous and fairly relaxed. Altho it can turn chaotic when the patients suddenly decided to turn irritable and all maniac and psychotic on us.. hehehehe!

After all the hard work, Johanna and Adele decided to take me up to... Port Hills. Just to hang out coz it's a lovely day. Hate to waste one...
Here's the view from the top.. Overlooking Lyttleton..

overlooking Lyttleton..

Talk about breathtakingly beautiful!! We just sat there on the picnic rug and enjoyed the view..
Listening to the birds.. Discussing on Johanna's wedding... and just chilling with good company..

Adele, snapping a couple of pictures..

Johanna.. just being silly..

Johanna and I.. soaking up the sun..

3 girls skipping TI teaching to enjoy the sun..

Normalism..

2008-09-23T13:20:00.003+12:00

What's normal for us doesn't mean that it's normal for everybody else..

I was just discussing this topic with some of my friends today. we're all doing psych run at the moment and are stationed over at the loony bin.. (how unPC of me.. it is a mental hospital..). This made us think.. What is normal actually?

According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, NORMAL can be defined as

1) according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or principle b: conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern
2) occurring naturally <normal immunity>

Well, what does this mean? does it mean that there are standards in life that U follow? Who actually set the standards of determining whether u are normal or not?

Being in Hillmorton made me think.. Am I normal? What is so special about being normal? Does being different abnormal?
How do we know we're normal? The people in the mental hospital seems to think that they're normal and we're just a bunch of doctors interfering with their life. I guess you simply need to believe that u're normal.
One of the patient in my team is happy and proud to say that Michael Phelps and her have been going out for 7 years and she didn't give a stuff what other people think. She believes that she and Michael Phelps are partners/lovers..(almost made me cracked out laughing!!! So much of being non-judgemental.. duh..) She truly believe that he was here to visit her last week.. hehehe..
Anyway.. That's the point to ponder today.. Do u think that u're normal? Think again.. The brain can actually play tricks on u.. Put u in dark places and made u believe all sorts of things...

As for me.. I am doing surprisingly well for the first 2 days of school.. Alhamdulillah.. I've got supportive friends and I'm able to cope as able in the hospital..
I'm glad that my team is not dealing with the hardcore manic and psychotic patients. Altho theyare lots more interesting, I don't think I can handle them this time. Last year I was assigned in that team and I really enjoyed it. Maybe just not this time..
Will update more soon... Pray that I can stay this optimistic and positive so that I can cope with how I am and work..

Mamma Mia!!

2008-09-20T05:34:00.008+12:00

Mamma Mia!
Here I go again...
My, my, how can I resist you?

Yer.. akhirnyer saya dapat juga menonton Mamma Mia.. Best hokeh? I've heard good reviews on this movie but I didn't expect it to be so fun! Raser mcm nak menyanyi dan menari tgk cerita itu... hehehe.. I bet my parents are gonna love that movie..

Meryl Streep is such a good actress.. She is so different from Devil Wears Prada.. Sgt hyper n high ok.. it's like watchung her on drugs..hehehe...

Pierce Brosnan is also unbelievably funny.. I simply can't get the pisture of him being so cheesy and wearing a tight bodysuit ~ala~ Elvis Presley out of my head!!!

But the best thing about this movie is the fact that eventhough Donna (Meryl Streep) has aged (cheh, ayat best utk nak kata dah tua!! PC okeh...), she has this devoted and supporting friends around her... Well, just like sex and the city kind of girlfriend type.. I hope when I'm mature and all grown up I still have friends like that. friends that I can hang out with.. Friends that I can tell my worries and problems.. Oh, How I wish...

People out there, do watch this movie if u have the chance. There's also a sing-a-long version.. I think that is just superb....

After the movie, Johanna,Nurus, Sook and I went to a cafe for some drinks.. I ended up getting a tiramisu with some masala on it.. How weird I thought. But it tasted nice anyway.The coffee in it was a bit too strong tho.. so yeah.. But I enjoyed it otherwise... Thanx guys!!

Here's my favourite song from the movie.. enjoy!!!

*Currently longing to watch 'The Notebook' again.. In the mood for romantic stories I guess... heheheh

love letters of great men...

2008-09-18T19:27:00.006+12:00

I've finally watched Sex and the City the movie and I have to say that I am impressed.. Eventhough ceritanyer agak lama.. tapi raser puas laa.. They managed to sum up the chronicles of Carrie Bradshaw et al. nicely..

In the movie Carrie had a book called 'Love Letters of Great Men'. Although this book doesn't exist in real life, I kinda like the idea of it.. compiling the great love letters of all time... And here's the one written by Bethoven and was found after he died. This letter (the 3rd letter. there's 3 altogether found in his desk) was not addressed to anybody. Carrie read it outloud to Big in the movie..

Good morning, on July 7

Though still in bed, my thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved, now and then joyfully, then sadly, waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us

I can live only wholly with you or not at all

Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you, and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits

Yes, unhappily it must be so - You will be the more contained since you know my fidelity to you. No one else can ever possess my heart - never - never

Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves. And yet my life in V is now a wretched life - Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men

At my age I need a steady, quiet life - can that be so in our connection?

My angel, I have just been told that the mailcoach goes every day - therefore I must close at once so that you may receive the letter at once

Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together

Be calm - love me - today - yesterday - what tearful longings for you - you - you - my life - my all - farewell.

Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.

ever thine
ever mine
ever ours

It's a nice thought isn't it? Receiving love letters. I've had my share of love letters I suppose. But not written by men, boys more like it.. hehehe..Those were the days.. Ala.. maser skola dulu-2.. zaman bodo-2 lagik.. hehehe! But how come I don't get love letters anymore? Is the technology to blame for this preposterous act?( hahaha.. sekali lagi aku disini, bajet wanted, fames, popular dan diminati ramai!! hahahaha!!!)

Altho I think that the wardrobe of the movie is fabulous, with the designer shoes and bag.. I actually think that the clothes that they're wearing are very impossible for commoners like u and I to pull it off.. like this piece here.. Altho it is fabulous on SJP, can u n I pull it off on the streets? People would probably say I'm crazy!!
"hey, look at that crazy lady with that huge flower on her dress.."

Anyway, this story has conveyed their message loud and clear..
The men in our lives come and go, but friendship is forever.. It is priceless..
I agree..

iklan spenda lagik

2008-09-14T22:33:00.002+12:00

Saya pernah post a prev entry abt iklan undies from bonds..
I honestly raser that their ads are very catchy.. here's the latest.. Enjoy.. (not in a perverted way ok..)

points to ponder..

2008-09-14T21:20:00.003+12:00

I recently caught up with an old dear friend/confidante/brother..( u know who u are..) hehehe.. And honestly, I felt kinda great afterwards! I didn't really explained my current condition to him and he was PISSED OFF! (sorry for not telling u earlier.. my bestfriend actually got to him forst and told everything..) Anyway.. we had a great time catching up and amongst other thing, we talked about life now..

He told me something that made me think hard..

"Hubungan kita dgn org ni mcm merpati. Kalau kita sayangkan dia, lepaskan dia terbang, jgn kurungkan... Jika takdir Tuhan, dia akan terbang balik pada kita satu hari nanti, InsyaAllah.."

I've heard this phrase byk kali but I never actually thought abt it. If we love someone, set him/her free.. Tapi aper sbenar maksud phrase ini? IMHO, this phrase maybe refer to jodoh.. maybe. Bak kata org tua-2 laa kan.. Kalau ader jodoh tuh tak kemana.. Tak lari gunung dikejar.. eh, betol ker? Entahlaa.. aderkah dgn melepaskan org tersayang akan membuatkan kita lebih appreciate that person? Maybe, maybe not..

But again, there's this phrase to ponder as well..

" When one door of happiness closes, another opens. But often we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one that has been opened for us" Hellen Keller 1880-1968, American author and lecturer.

ini pon interesting jugak. So that kita always think positive. As i said earlierlaa kan in my prev entries, Allah sentiasa ada rancangan utk kita. Jadi aper yg terjadi tuh sumer ader hikmahnyer.. Perancangan Allah tuh memang laa yg terbaik. Bila adermusibah menimpa, kita kena ingat yg ader org lagi malang dpd kita.. itu pemahaman aku laa... maybe org lain nak add to this?Silakan...

Hurm.. anyway, thanx to my dear friend itu. Made me think a bit more.. about life and the people around us.. lama tak borakkan? jumpa lagiklaa.. aderlaa dlm 3-4 tahun kot tak jumpa.. (dia boleh kata dia lupa muka saya cemana!! sampainyer hati melupakan wajah comel ini.. hiks! Nampak sgt saya ini tidak memorable..hadoi..)

Managed to finish reading 'My Lovely Bones' by Alice Seabold. Sedeh jugaklaa ceritanyer.. and not too forget very addictive. A good new perspective in a story I have to say. I recommend people to read this book. Buku ni pun first recommended by Uderq. Dah lama sbenarnyer. But never got around to do so.. Now that i have, raser puas hati yer... They're actually making a movie based on this novel.. shud be interesting..

According to Wikipedia..

In 1973, a 14-year-old girl named Susie Salmon is raped, murdered, and dismembered by a neighbor. Over the next few years she watches from a personalized heaven as her family and friends deal with their grief. She sometimes becomes angry and frustrated from the choices her family makes while looking over them.

I think it's agood story.. silerlaa baca kalau ader peluang...

Alahai..

2008-09-13T17:45:00.006+12:00

Sedang saya men'google' tanpa sebab dan arah tujuan, saya telah terjumpa dgn gamba-2 terbabit.. pergh.. boleh jadik fashion police yer haku nie...

First reaction of course laa What the?!?! Ni Pesen aper ini? Sungguh futuristik yer kengkawan.. Tak tau laa whether this is star wars or star trek inspired.. hehehe.. Hadoi laa.. Sakit perot aku gelak.. Yer itu ader laa reaction kedua.. Klaka Giler!! Reaction ketiga aderlaa.. dia tau tak yg dia nampak buruk dlm mende alah nie?

I dun even know what to call it. A head prop? Head gear? Helmet? entahlaa.. yg pastinyer bukan tudung yer..

And then there's the rest..

Pesen aperlaa yg ko pakai ni Datuk Siti oi..
I have only one advice for a trend-setter wannabe.. please look in the mirror before u go out.. hahaha!
Seriously, does she even google herself and read what people are talking abt her? I thought as a public figure, U shud do that on a regular basis. If not, don't be a public figure yaa? I know the concept of I-dun-really-care-what-people-are-talking-about-me-as-long-as-I-am-happy attitude is really charming and head strong but really... honestly, are u willing to be the talk of the town and not in a good way kinda talk?
Wearing hijab and being stylish and fabulous at the same time is not impossible. I've seen it quite often (especially when i look in the mirror!! ahaks! jgn marah, haku isi bakul angkat sendri..). Stylish doesn't mean that u need intricate and difficult ways of wearing ur tudung, just the same as sexy is not showing the most flesh..
Hadoi laa cik siti, I've heard it being said before.. Please sack ur stylist! He/She is not doing u any good!
Buktinyer? siler lihat perumpamaan di bawah.. ahaks!

Anyway, this is nothing abt Siti ponn sbenarnyer just because makin lama makin pelik pesen skrg yg saya tgk esp within the people wearing hijab. I just hope that all this fashionable things don't degrade the fundamentals of wearing hijab. Itu jer.. Aurat tu bukan tutup rambut je.. betol tak kengkwn? Nak bergaya pakai tudung ponn biarlaa sopan n appropriate..
oklaa.. enuf rambling..
roger and out!

break jap..

2008-09-10T15:13:00.003+12:00

Sedang menulis surat rasmi kepada MARA utk mintak extension period of study and utk nak kerja tahun depan.. Menulis surat rasmi dlm BM plak tu mmg bukan my cup of tea.. jadik nak take 5 jap hehe..(naik berpeluh nak translate nie!!)

So aku nak korang enjoy this country singer... Nama dia Taylor Swift.. Cik Hens laa yg introduce kat saya.. Thanx Cik hens.. Saya raser dia best laa jugak.. hehehe..
Ni lagu Picture to Burn..

Being the bridesmaid..

2008-09-09T22:41:00.004+12:00

Last Saturday, Johanna took her entourage to go and look for her wedding dress..Yes people, she has not decide her wedding dress.. but at least this time around we found her right colour and she finally found the right style that she wanted..(only that we couldn't get the right size..) But she quite sure that she wanted a strapless dress with a train.. (to match her cathedral wedding)

Well, since this is my first time being a bridesmaid, I actually googled the duties of the bridesmaids.. and here they are..

Before The Wedding

The bridesmaid should help the bride with the planning of the wedding, she should be confident enough to give advice so that the bride feels relaxed and pressure free.

Helping the bride to choose for the perfect outfit for the big day. Remind her to go for the fitting of the dress. Make sure the dress is ready before time. Share some of the duties by asking her if you could pick up the dress for her.
With the help of maid honor organize the perfect hen night for her. Make sure the bride has fun so she is relaxed.
Help her with the decorations, invitations and music. Also help her to choose the perfect venue for wedding. Visit along with her to the different venue.
Host a perfect bridal shower for her.
Help her in the planning of the rehearsal dinner.
Make sure all the invitations reach on time.
Help choose the wedding cake, and ask her if you could pick it up for her.

On The Wedding Day

The bridesmaid should reach before time to see whether everything is all right.
Meet the bride at the church or venue door and organize any other attendants of the bride.
Helping the bride get dressed on the morning of the wedding day and make sure she stays calm before the ceremony.
The bridesmaid also organizes other bridesmaid and flower girl.
During the service holding the bouquet and returning it back to her after the ceremony .
Providing moral support throughout the wedding.
Telling the guests where the couple is registered and other details, such as when they will return from their honeymoon, where to send the gifts, and any name changes.
Attending the guests any helping them with the sitting arrangements.
Getting dressed on time and helping younger attendants, if any.
At the reception stand in the receiving line and greet the guests, if required .
Distribute slices of the wedding cake to the guests.
After the wedding when the bride has changed to go away it is the bridesmaid duty to take charge of the brides wedding dress.

Wow.. mcm byk ajer tugas-2 dia.. hahaha.. mampukah saya? well at least I helped with choosing the dress and the moral support.. heheheh... Anyway, I'll try my best to help her out!!

The dress is actually a surprise so.. I'll only pop in a mystery picture.. heheheh..

Meeting Faliqh

2008-09-09T22:28:00.008+12:00

Akhirnya saya jumpa jugak Faliqh Daniel bin Faris.. (I hope the spelling is correct). Faliqh ialah anak Teh Arpah, kawan saya. Kami dtg ke NZ nie bersama-sama and now, Teh sudah pon beranak... Yer.. how time flies...

Teringat plak maser saya pegi majlis kawen Teh, maybe 2 or 3 years ago..(couldn't really tell).. maser tuh, I said to myself..
"Wow, I have grown.. Dulu the things that matters were saper gurlfren saper and saper couple ngan saper..Now, my frens are actually getting married!"
And they all keep on getting married as the time passed by..(haku je yg takde calon seswai lagik! Damn!)

Anyway, melihat Teh ader anak ini membuatkan saya juger raser nak anak.. hehehe.. boleh tak nak amik anak angkat? lalala~~ (Mak, if u are reading this, not too worry.. I won't be doing anything rash! Promise! hehehe) I think for the time being, I'll stick with cats..Meow!

Back to the subject, Faliqh.. Saya rasa Faliqh sgt ikut muka Teh, his features, his skin tone.. Looking at him, He simply screams.. "Aku anak Teh!!!" Just look at him.. Sedap ajer tido walaupon maser nie dewan tgh sgt bising dgn budak berlari ke sana ke mari..

Teh, aku doakan ko bahagia n tabah nak besarkan budak comel ini yer...

Hurm...

2008-09-08T13:42:00.003+12:00

Well, mengapa hurm sebegini..? Maybe the fact that I'll be starting school in 2 weeks time and that is scaring the crap out of me!!! For some reason I am terrified!! Let me see..

Reasons for me being scares shitless about going back to school:

1) I haven't gone to school in ages.. aderlaa dlm 3 bulan lebih.. so, raser otak saya nie mcm dah lembap sket.. hadoi...

2) Saya masih capek n sgt risau. Mcm mana saya nak cope dgn run saya yer? Doing ward rounds and such.. mesti saya akan slow kan org lain jugak.. hadoi lagik...

3) Stamina skang hampeh giler.. sgt cepat penat yer.. buat mende-2 simple ponn dah penat.. Jadik bygkanlaa doing all those long hours.. balik mesti penat giler.. Hadoi x3...

4) Takut raser takle nak catch up plak.. People keep on telling me, after head concussion, they would expect fatigueness and problem in concentrating. 99% of the population will experience that. And other people akan judge u because u takle nak function as before... Ader possibilty tak yg saya tergolong dlm 1% yg super-rare itu where I don't have any residual symptoms?

Hari ni, I had a short visit from the head injury people. Oleh kerana saya dah nak start keje balik, jadik dia nak prepare saya dari segi stamina physically and mentally. Dia set up kan some goals and things to be expected. Coping startegies biler fatigue berlaku ponn dia sudah explain jugak.. Membincangkan semua ini membuatkan saya raser anxious.

I understand that people after head concussion have residual symptoms and Alhamdulillah setakat ini, I don't think I have any. I am able to study and concentrate on my readings (whatever it may be..) and so far, rasernye okla.. alhamdulillah.. I guess I need to push myself further and see what happens. She's right. Once the tiredness kicks in, I will start to go downhill. So, I need to find out my limitations. Berapa lama bole buat keje before concentration goes down. Owh well, we'll know that once we get there. but for now I suppose I shud just get on with life and be positive!!

*Went wedding/bridesmaides dress shopping last saturday and I will update on that later!

Not so bubbling christchurch..

2008-09-05T11:11:00.003+12:00

This is sort of an overdue entry I suppose..
Last time I wrote about how I got an offer in Rotorua Hospital.. Come the offer letter..
"Congratulations on the offer as.. bla..bla..bla.. We would like you to start on the 20 November 2008"

Alamak.. So I called them saying that I will not be able to start on that particular date due to my circumstances.. And so they said that unfortunately they need house surgeons urgently and so, they withdrew my offer.(Apparently I'm not the only one, ACE said that some other people also had their offers withdrawn..)

And so, a couple of days ago, ACE called me back saying that they'll send a letter to all the district health boards asking if they want to take a HS in April... And so, yesterday they told me that....
Christchurch would love to have another HS.. And I can start in my own terms.. Yeay!! For a minute there I thought that Iwould be jobless and kena balik mesia terus after grad..(which is also not a bad idea..)

Anyway, looks like I am staying here after all.. better start looking for a place to stay for next year.. well, I guess I better hold it off for a while.. at least untill the offer letter comes and I've accepted it etc..
Ok, I need to go! Selamat berpuasa everyone!!

weight watchers

2008-09-02T22:42:00.005+12:00

Tengoklaa Boboy Kucing saya ini..
Sejak kebelakangan ini dia sgt suka duduk si atas scale. Mengapa? Entahlaa..
mungkin dia weight concious kot...
"Boboy, aderkah Boboy raser Boboy over weight?" Tanya Mummy dia..
Mummy raser u're just fine.. hehehe...

Tgklaa budak nie...
Berat dia 5 Kg okeh..

Tergelak-gelak..

2008-09-02T22:25:00.003+12:00

Ini hanyalaa post iklan sahaja..
Ara telah meng'video'kan aksi 3 org jejaka sengal maser mlm Malaysia last weekend.

Saksikan Alep, Bili dan Azmir yg tgh sugar high.. mkn aper ponn entahlaa..
Ni nasib baik tak minum alcoholic beverages. kalo minum entahlaa... hang giler-2 kot..

Aku ponn tak paham kenapa terkinja-kinja ini..
Anyway guys, korang mmg tak pernah gagal membuat aku tersenyum.. :)

28082008

2008-08-28T12:04:00.005+12:00

Cuaca: very sunny and warm indeed!! yeay!!

Aiseh.. cantik plak laa nombor b'day saya tahun ini.. waah.. it's a shame that I didn't plan anything big tho.. takpe.. nnt biler tahun 2028 ker.. 2080 ker.. mungkin boleh plan something else then! hehehe... thanx to my flatmates.. miss namamunchinchoc and miss azuralla.. diorg telah meng'arrange' a surprise party semalam for me and Bili.. hehehe.. thanx again for people yg dtg and for the fabulous food u guys..

Birthday mate.. Bili dan saya sgt gembira yer.. (Kitorg sbenarnyer tgh bincang saper yg nak tiup candles dulu.. heheheh)

Nama and ara telah memberi saya buku sophie kinsella remember me.. baiklaa!! saya akan ingat korang berdua!!! Ana plak telah memberi wall magnet chick rules.. (Gambar akan dimasukkan nanti yer..)

Hadiah Ana.. magnet chick rules.. yes.. I agree with u.. Chicks rule!!!

Ayah telah membelikan saya ini.. vacuum cleaner called ErgoRapido by Electrolux.. sgt cool yer.. dia rechargeable so, no cables or wires attached to it.. It is also a dust buster to get to those hard places.. and it comes in fabulous colours e.g pink, red, blue, orange etc.. I got the orange one. Initially I wanted the pink one tapi sudah takde stock.. Well, saya kan sgt domestic dan suker jugaklaa designer gadgets such as this.. Thanx dad!! Love u!!
Mak juger tergelak dgr that saya nak vacuum cleaner ini as a b'day present.. ok what, purposeful yet stylish..

Skrg, saya sgt suker vacuum bilik.. hehehe...

Pagi-2 lagik saya dah kena pergi physiotherapy yer.. (mmg sgt tak exciting..owh well.. what else to do..) got nothing planned for the day.. well at least for now..

alrite.. I guess that's it for now.. I feel like soaking up the sun while reading my new book!!

*Pictures courtesy of Yazid. Thanx Yazid!! Love ur pictures.. they're so pretty...

Bubbling Rotorua

2008-08-26T16:00:00.010+12:00

This morning, I got a call from Rotorua Hospital. Congratulations Azalea.. U're offered a place as a first year house surgeon in Rotorua Hospital.. Yeay I got a job here in NZ!! But at the same time hati rasa meronta nak balik mesia.. Takpelaa.. setahun ajer.. at least until I get my registration..

Anyway.. Rotorua.. I've always wanted to go there.. Alhamdulillah, termakbul niat saya.. I need the change obviously..

Rotorua according to AA:

'Rotorua: Rotorua is like no other place – its spirit is expressed by the stunning landscape. Stand on active volcanoes, peer into massive craters, see boiling mud, erupting geysers, and enjoy unspoiled native forests that cloak the land. Throughout this vista are 14 scenic lakes brimming with trout. Lake Rotorua is the largest lake in the district and windsurfing, kayaking and trout fishing are favoured pastimes on the lake. At Whakarewarewa you will see the country’s largest geyser, Pohutu (playing to about 31m), the Prince of Wales’ Feathers geyser, boiling mud pools and silica terraces. In the Whakarewarewa village there are carving and weaving schools where you can see traditional craftspeople at work. In Rotorua, you have access to horse trekking, orienteering, and some of New Zealand’s best mountain-bike trails. Lake Rotoiti is connected to Lake Rotorua and is popular for boating.'

Amacam..? menarik kan... here's some pictures of Rotorua..

Rotorua hospital...? click ---->here
Rotorua Hospital is under Lakes DHB.. hurm.. I hope it's a nice place.. It's a Maori comunity.. so I hope I'll survive.. hehehe.. I still haven't accepted the offer.. maybe akan accept soon.. wah!! what a change!!

Olympics 2008

2008-08-24T18:00:00.010+12:00

Setelah lebih 2 minggu Olympics di Beijing, akhirnyer berakhir jugak malam ini.. Oleh kerana saya memang ader di rumah ajer. maka saya dpt jugaklaa menyaksikan most of the Olympics action..
Good sportmanship, bad sportmanship.. new records being made.. fastest man on earth, fastest man inwater.. well.. memacam laa..

Injuries from Olympics..? yg paling traumatic mungkin the dislocated elbow from the fallen weights on top of him.. hadoi... saketnyer... rupernyer lebeh kurang mcm nie laa...

for more pictures.. ader di sini -----> click sini..

Jadik.. aper yg saya belajar dpd olympics ini?
Manusia nie sgtlaa bestnyer.. nak buat aper-2 pon boleh.. contohnyer the gymnast.. diorg boleh buat segala jenis stunt and bergayut on the bar, kalo chimpanzee tgk ponn diorg boleh jeles.. samalaa spt si phelps itu.. dia berenag, dolphin ponn tabik!! heheeh...
Tapi kalo kita nie, nak buat aper yg diorg buat, mungkin boleh mati kott sbb diorg nie dah train themselves mcm org gila..

Hari tuh, Sir Bob Jones kata.. Kalolaa tetiba Martians dtg and nak tgk olympics nie, mungkin dia akan kata yg manusia yg participate in olympics are of different species.. cuba bygkan jika kita letak one of the chinese gymnast with one of the shot putter, obviously they are so different and so the martians would not expect that they are of the same species, Homo Sapiens.. I would say the same thing really..

So, kesimpulan dpd entry ini.. Olympics involved games beyond 'human' capacity.. mereka yg participate aderlaa super humans I reckon.. hehehe... Anyway, we enjoyed watching them being so competetive.. So, nobody complains.. (except USA kot.. siap nak batalkan badminton sbb kata it's not everybody's sport.. sbenarnyer sbb diorg tak terror main. Kalo mcm tuh other sports ponn bukan nyer everybody's sport.. duh..)

p/s: obvious sgt yg aku nie takde keje.. hehehe!!

Hari berjhemba!!

2008-08-22T16:57:00.016+12:00

Cuaca: Overcast.. mcm sejuk tapi ok sbenarnyer.. agak panas in comparison to previous days.. tapi petang, the chill started.. and suasana kembali sejuk...

Pagi-2 lagik saya dah bgn awal.. and bersiap aper sumer.. hari ini kami pergi ke jualan gudang PERFUME.. yer.. memula A*a kata' tanak pegilaa korang, I takde nak beli aper-2 ponn..' hehehe... pujuk punyer pujuk, last-2 dgn tak mandi dia ponn join kitorg.. heheheh... Sampai sajer di Addinton raceway, kami ponn dgn excited nyer memulakan ekspidisi membeli-belah ini.. (yer.. saya dgn wheelchair ini jugak tidak ketinggalan..). Masuk ajer ke tempat tuh, dah bau dah pelbagai haruman... org maser nie taklaa ramai sgt sbb agak pagi.. sbelom lunch.. jadi kitorg ponn ronda-2 laa.. Agak mcm nak hilang akal laa.. sbb sumer perfume ponn murah-2.. sgt murah ok..
Tetiba A*a yg takde benda nak beli ponn ader benda nak beli.. jadik inilaa yg kitorg beli... ( kat blog nama ader gamba the whole thing.. saya hanya letak aper yg saya beli yer... hehehe)

Ini aderlaa belian saya.. tamak tak? hehehe.. sgt murah yer.. saya tidak mampu menahan jiwa...

Memang sgt murah yer.. tetiba teringatlaa nak beli utk sumer org, tok nenek jugak termasuk!! (kalo miss cinderella ader ponn mustilaa sgt lama ader disitu sbb dia takle nak decide nak beli yg mana.. hehehe)

Lepas tuh saya ponn telah dihantar oleh miss Na*a ker hospital utk physio.. siap bole terlambat 10 minit gara-2 minyak wangi hokey!! Hari nie physio mcm biaserlaa.. practice turun naek tangga.. dan hari nie dia telah naekkan saya di atas exercycle.. heheh.. bestnyer.. lama tak naek basikal.. rindu plak! Hari nie aderlaa hari last saya dgn Aleisha, physiotherapist sayer.. Lepas nie dia tukar rotation and saya akan dpt physiotherapist baru... hadeh..

Sehabis sajer physio, saya telah meet up dgn Uderq, Cik hans, Abu, Nuha, Ami dan Unai. Kitorg then kuarlaa pegi lunch di Dux de Lux.. yeay!! Dgn bestnyer merekan telah surprisekan saya dgn kek.. early b'day celebration.. and mereka telah hadiahkan saya ini.. Thanx korang..

akhirnyer dpt jugak saya lovely ini.. owh so lovely..

Yeay, boleh cancel a couple of things on the wishlist..

Victoria Beckham Book *check*
Still from JLo perfume *check*
Lovely from SJP perfume *check*

Sgt seronok bercerita tetiba unai menjerit sendiri.. ruper-2 nyer air minum dia dah termasuk taik burung dan dia dgn bestnyer minum.. hurm.. perisa tambahan! Takpe Unai.. what doesn't kill u will make u stringer.. (altho I doubt that the urea content in the bird droppings will make u anymore stronger.. If not all the olympians will gladly take it.. hehehe)
Anyway, it was a nice day to hang out outside esp for me yg dah lama terperap di rumah ini... Again, thanx for the wonderful time...

Kenapa aku memandang slack kepada Nuha? and aper yg dia gelakkan.. one of those candid moments yg membuatkan anda berkata.. "what the..?"

Saya telah dapat email dpd ACE( which is a matching process for getting jobs as a first year doctor) dan saya agak sedeh kerana Christchurch tak offer pada second match... (international student aderla second match dlm hal ini) Yg offer hanyalaa Wanganui, Palmerston North, Rotorua, North Shore, Dunedin and Invercargill. Jadik saya still cuba mintak Christchurch tapi second choice aderlaa Palmerston North.. Nampak gayanyer saya kena berpindah randah lagi laa.. hadoi.. Kalau tak dpt Chch, maknernya dlm thn tu saya kena pindah 2 kali.. hadoi.. double the trouble.. Tapi in a way bagus jugak kalo dpt pegi tempay lain.. at least I'll be having new changes.. Yeah.. I guess it's not as bad as I thought it would be.. I have to believe that Allah has specific plans for usus.. and everybody has a personal legend to achieve.. hehehe.. (sgt Alchemist yer..)
Jadik kalo kena pergi tempat laen.. maybe in April laa kott.. heh.. Maybe I am ready for a new place.. Saya nie sbenarnyer agak Nomad.. sgt suker travel and kalo boleh nak berpindah-randah walauponn malas sbenarnyer.. And kalo pindah North Island mcm best jer.. Taklaa sejok sgt.. saya akan tahu by the 27/8.. jadik.. kita nantikan.. kalo tak dpt keje sini balek mesia laa saya..

lunch date

2008-08-21T15:19:00.009+12:00

Cuaca: Again sunny but cold.. this crappy weather is expected to continue for another 3 months..ok!! (tetiba rasa nak balek mesia..)

Today I had a lunch date with Johanna.. heheh.. we had sushi in the gardens coz it's such a nice day.. would feel very guilty not to utilise it efficiently.. We had a reasonable time out in the sun.. talking abt things.. mostly abt her plans on the wedding day.. she still hasn't decided on the colours of the bridesmaids.. so we were going thru that.. and she was also trying to decide when is the latest time that she can get us fitted.. yeay!! hihih... well..pompuan biler berborak.. we dun usually talk abt serious stuff now do we?

I know that lately my posts are without pictures.. well, that's because i dun't think that there's any pictures that can relate to the post. Anyway, I dun think that u guys mind the post without the pictures.. or u guys actually do? heheh..

Lately, other than concentrating on trying to get back on my 2 feet, I've been reading a lot of storybooks.. something that I am fond of but hadn't had the time to actually do it. I so love curling up on the bad in the sunshine (or even at night) with a hot drink, something to munch on and a good story book. That really helps me unwind after a stressful day. I've been reading before bed often these past few years than I ever did at school! Yesterday, I went to Whittcouls to scout on some new books.

I have just finished reading The Alchemist and I thought that the book is awesome!! I guess this a type of book that I need to buy and read on a monthly basis! Reading that book has given me a new perspective of life! This a quote that I love from that book..
"In your journey to pursue your personal legend, The whole world will conspire to help you achieve it"
Although sometimes it doesn't feel like so, we have to believe that Allah has plans for us and He knows what is the best for us..

Then I proceed to finishing 'Playing James' by Sarah Mason.this book is from Shima and she actually lent it to me when I was in the hospital for light reading.. but I was unable to read it back then because this book is hillarious. There's nothing wrong with the hillarity of the book.. it's just that when u have a fractured sternum, breathing alone is painful let alone to have a laugh!! So, I had to keep this book aside and finally when tha chest pain has gone.. ( yup, it's gone now!! I can laugh as I like!!), I started the book all over again and I was laughing through out the book!!(saya tergelak-gelak sensorang sampai ayah malas nak layan..heheh..) Thanx Shima for that medicine for the soul...

The plan was to go to the book store and buy maybe 'This Charming Man' by Marian Keyes or 'The Kite Runner' by Khaled Hosseini, but then I felt like the Marian Keyes book is too shallow and I don't want to ruin the depth that I got from reading The Alchemist. The Kite Runner on the other hand was quite depressing and so I don't feel like I'm in the mood for that yet.. And so while looking around... I saw this..

I was quite drawn to this book as it is a sequel to this..

I love the first book and the movie that they made.. and so I thought that it would be nice to read the sequel.. Oh I hope it's nice!! I really do but at the same time I don't want to put my hopes up too high just in case it didn't turn out that good.. Well.. I have to read it to find out now, do i?
So, next book.. any ideas guys?

Doctor's appointment

2008-08-16T22:07:00.003+12:00

Hari Jumaat..
Cuaca: Agak sunny.. tapi angin tetap sejuk.. Suhu mungkin dalam 10 darjah celcius.. (sejok wooo!!!)

Hari ini sekali lagi telah bgn dgn awalnyer.. kerana ader doctor's appointment.. yer.. setelah 6 minggu from the surgery, kaki ini kena x-ray lagik skali..(at the rate that I'm going with x-rays and CT scan.. giler byk radiation yg saya dpt!!) jadi aper yg telah terjadi u may ask?Firstly, like other appointments, the reg akan examine saya dulu.. Adoi saketnyer being poked and prodded... dgn sesedap oren, reg itu telah menekan dan menggerakkan joint-2 saya ini.. adoi...
Then dia ponn kata..
" Looks like your left foot here is developing equines contracture... but, it's not that bad.. just keep on stretching them now and then. I think that we can get rid of the cast and u can start weight bearing as able. On that leg, the tibia fracture has not yet healed. (p/s: tibia fracture takes up to 6 months to heal.. so this is a no surprise..).When are u expected to go back to school?"
Biler saya bgtau yg the latest I can start is by the 22/9/2008 dia diam ajer.. not a good silence! Then biler bgtau benda yg sama pada consultant ponn dia diam ajer.. then diorg ponn kata yg saya should take things slowly.. as this is long road for me.. and kalo nak start ponn bole mula dgn runs yg mellow sket kot... oklaa.. so the next appointment aderlaa in another 6 weeks time..

Sementara menunggu physio appointment, saya n Ayah telah pergi berjalan ( not literally) di botanical garden.. Highlight of the day aderlaa biler saya nampak seekor burung merpati yg sgt gemok dan besar!! dia sebesar itik!! sayangnyer saya tak bwk camera so takde gamba.. sorry!!

Physio ponn nothing much to update.. first day weight bearing on the left side.. masih sengal.. tapi oklaa.. on crutches ponn makin stabil.. so I guess I'm making progress...

First time tido without the cast aderlaa sgt menakutkan juga.. bukanlaa sakit ke aper.. dia more seriau than anything.. hehehe.. what a wuss!!

rasernyer dah takde mende lain nak tulis.. my plan to watch the dark knight is yet to come.. maybe akan pegi menonton dgn udeq, cik hens,mel and unai? entahla.. the plan is still vague at the moment..