3 down, 4 more to go

My end-of-posting exam is in 2 days~~
Really need to study. A lot of things to read...but as usual...malas.
I've promised myself to study really hard after my medicine posting..or at least not to procrastinate so that I'll have enough time to study everything when I'm in OBGYN n PCM posting..bleah~ konon aje...=p
Referring to the entry title, I have completed another posting..Primary Care Medicine and seriously, I've learnt a lot! Even though I've missed a few sessions due to my fever, I managed to cover my clinic duties. I've gained a lot of experience (am now a self-proclaimed pro in drawing out blood, taking blood pressure, blood glucose, wound dressing, and best of all, set up catheterized urine drainage bag..hehe) and I saw the differences between government clinics and private clinics. Surprise surprise, there are a lot of differences, especially the most obvious one is the doctor-patient relationships. The doctors in government clinics usually don't spend much time with the patients, asking about their psychological and social(family, friends, work) stuff..this may be due to the fact that there were hundreds of people waiting outside; while in private General Practitioner clinics, the doctor usually spend more time with the patients and has already built a good rapport with the patients and their family members as well.
Being a GP is not as easy as it may seem. A GP doesn't know what kind of patient/disease that will come through the door. They have to be alert for all the signs and symptoms and a GP has to know everything..every single system in the body..plus the psychiatric side for those with depression, anxiety, and even schizo or mania. I will not say "He/She is just a GP" anymore. I have gained extra respect for them. They are the front liners, and to quote one of the GPs, they are the watch dogs.
Well..all in all, I've enjoyed my Primary Care Medicine posting..but I'm not looking forward for the exam. Bleah~
Wish me luck, peeps.

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Wait, waiting, waited

Long ago, men went to the sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship.
Now, I'm waiting for my love.
I'm waiting for him, scanning the sky for the tiny aeroplane.
Each moment that I wait feels like a year.
Each moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting.
He is coming back, and I'm here, waiting.

Why is love intensified by absence?

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A guideline?

Ngeh.

Masks in class

I was moments away from fainting in the clinic in front of hundreds of patients. Yeah..I was really that sick this morning.
I decided to go to the clinic this morning despite the fact that I was feeling drowsy and tired since I have missed quite a number of classes and plus, I still don't have any MC slip. I was sitting in the treatment room, helping the nurse out with the polio vaccine and MMR injections to give to the children when suddenly I felt dizzy..went to the toilet and on my way back to the room, my vision went blurry with black spots. I quickly sat down and after a while I decided to just go back home. Slept for 4 hours after that, felt better, and went to college for a Problem Solving session.
Drama eh? Ngeh.
Btw, there were two of us who were sick and were coughing like nobody's business in the PBL class just now and guess what..the lecturer actually made us wear a mask! He actually went all the way to the Clinical Skills Lab to get masks for me and Rushdy. So, nak tak nak, both of us had to wear masks the whole time we were in his class.
Bleah.
I don't feel like going tomorrow but I have to. Shall sleep earlier than usual tonight so I'll have enough rest.
I don't like fever.
Hmpfh.

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Fever-ing

I couldn't get out from my bed for 2 straight days..I been sleeping the whole weekend. My weekend flew just like that. I've never been this sick for years and fortunately today the fever is subsiding and I'm feeling better already. I had high temperature and cold sweats, cough that made my chest hurt, running nose that gave me a clown's nose, and heavy heavy blood-shot eyes that needed to be shut all the time.
I really think that there's a fever outbreak in Ipoh currently cause I just heard that two of my classmates were admitted to the hospital due to high fever. Scary eh..luckily (or so I think), I was stubborn enough not to go to the clinic..the doctor might just want to admit me to the hospital along with my other classmates..heh.
Yes, I'm that person. I'm that type of person who doesn't like to go to clinic and see doctors unless it is really necessary. Heck, I don't even take pills (panadol n such) unless I really can't bear with the pain anymore. Don't ask me why..it's not that I'm scared or anything..I just don't. Ans yes, my housemates and boyfriend has been bugging me about that for years now..
By the way, this might be long overdue, but I want to congratulate my younger sister, Farah, for getting straight A's for her SPM!! hehe...we're so proud of you Farah..you have a bright bright future in front of you and good luck k..apply betul2! =)

Ugh..tomorrow...shall drag my lazy ass, feverish self for another day in the clinic..
Dang.

The one with the aching feet

My feet still aching. Why?
I went for a shopping spree, that's why!
The whole family went shopping at Jalan TAR and Sogo for kain hunting yesterday for Kanim's wedding. Baba and Farah went back early cause Baba was too tired from waiting for us to choose and Farah had something else to do at home. The last time I went to Jalan TAR was ages ago. We went to every single textile shops (Gulati's, Maya, Euro Moda, etc) and there were TONS of kain to choose from! All three of us rambang mata and we didnt know which to buy. It took us the whole day to finally buy something for everyone (from 10am til 6pm). Ngeh.
The theme colour for our family is gold (anything ranging from brownish gold, light gold, yellowish gold). Farah and I will be wearing the same type of kebaya but different design. The materials look awesome and I can't wait for it to be ready..hehe. It'd better turn out to be nice cause it has cost mama a bomb! It'll be the most expensive kebaya I'll ever own, I guess..huhu..
The only person that hasn't had his material ready is Adan. My mom wanted to get the material for his baju melayu yesterday but didn't cause she wasn't sure he'll like that shade of gold or not, so she decided to wait for him to come back. Hopefully his baju melayu sempat ready before the wedding. (Hint: Cepatlah balik!! =p)
We went back around 630pm and just when I thought I can rest and put my feet up, Mama told me that we have to go to my cousin's wedding (which I absolutely forgot) in Cheras. The wedding was beautiful..the weather and environment was great too ('twas a poolside wedding reception, under millions of twinkling stars), and not forgetting, the food...it was delicious!
Since yesterday I was super busy, today I decided to just stay at home and be lazy and pamper my aching feet by putting it in nice, comfortable, warm water. =)

L.O.V.E

Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can do all things. Therefore it avails for all things, and fulfills and accomplishes much where one not a lover falls and lies helpless.
Thomas p Kempis 1379-1471

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transform.
Jiddu Krishnamurti 1895-1986, Indian Theosophist

True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld 1613-1680, French Classical Writer

Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as we feel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe air, we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us.
Guy De Maupassant 1850-1893, French Writer

These are a few beautiful romantic love quotes I found on the internet written by people who experienced love a few centuries ago; long before we do. They have their own interpretation and idea about what love is.
I have my own interpretation of love. For me love just is. It just is and there is absolutely nothing anyone can say that can make it go away because it is the point of why we are here. It is the highest point and once you are up there, you're there forever.
Love makes heavy things light. It is the morphine for all kind of pain. But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish'.

Love, it doesn't make the world go round, it makes the ride worthwhile.


And, yes, I am a hopeful romantic.
*blush*

Konvicted - the review

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Konvicted by Akon






It's not that bad really, kinda great to listen to. I thought it's gonna be full of smack that here and there but heck, was I wrong. There's r&b, hip hop, ballad and even raggae.
On the almost ‘rock/pop’ ballad “Never Took The Time”, Akon eases your ears for a few minutes with some real melodic and mellow singing over guitars. In fact, I think he sounds better on that kind of vibe than he does on hip-hop joints.
On the track following that ,“Mama Africa”, we hear a reggae-vibed joint. It’s a good, old-type reggae music, like the Bob Marley days, not like the commercialized, much altered reggae songs out now. I bet Sanjeev will love this song (he's a Marley lover..an avid fan)
I wouldn’t even classify this album as a hip-hop or an R&B album, it is somewhere in between that.

Bye bye, Taiping. Hello again, Ipoh.

We have successfully completed our posting in Taiping last Friday, Alhamdulillah. I have gained a lot of great experiences which I know will come in handy when I graduate later and I've met a few great OBGYN specialists we have here in Malaysia. I will miss the doctors and nurses there (and also Doli's kuey tiaw) but I will definitely not miss the place I stayed and the hecticness of my timetable.
My new posting, Primary Care Medicine, will be starting tomorrow. This posting is gonna be for 4 weeks..I'll be going to Klinik Kesihatan Gunung Rapat, KK Simee, and Dr.Victor's clinic...I honestly don't know what to expect and I'm just hoping for the best. Ummu however, has told me the important things that I should know about PCM posting..u know, the real important stuff like the details about which doc will be strict and which will be the one that is not so strict. She also told me about the medical assistant that flirts with everyone and loves to disturb girls...well..shall watch out for that MA and stay away from him..geli. ngeh.
Btw, not only my house in Ipoh has reached civilization for having internet connection since last year, now we have upgraded ourselves one step futher...we now have wireless internet connection..hehehehe...soooo exciting isn't it..=p boyfriend said that it's a bad idea cause now everyone will be in their own room and stay up all night online-ing...hehe..wanted to argue but he does has a point. Now since each one of us owned a laptop, and a webcam (to chat with our boyfriends who are million miles away), everyone will be sitting quitely in the room. Didi came up with an idea to make sure we spend some quality "family time" everyday whereby she'll just switch off the power source for the reuter so that everyone will come to the living room and watch TV together and spend time together..haha..things internet can do to us eh?

And that thing went round and round

I went to a funfair in Taiping!! haha..it has been way too long since I last went to a funfair...but trust me, this one, it was lame. The rides are all the same..it goes up and down and round and round.. and of course me, being a chicken, didn't go on any of the rides there (makes me feel like my life's worth a few ringgit aje) but I did play this game, where I had to catch a plastic duck using a net and I 'won' a lame, stinky YOYO! we only spent around one hour there..those who played the rides (Isma, Rina, Alyn n Micha..ok basically everyone except me..hehe) had their stomach flipped and flopped and they felt really nauseous so we decided to go back early. Saadah n Puteri didn't join us cause they were busy waiting for deliveries in the labour room while Su Tein and Liyana went back to Ipoh. The plan was rather spontaneous..we were bored at home, with no TV, no radio, no more dvds to watch, so we decided to do something, and funfair it was..=p
I'm starting to adapt myself and starting to accept Taiping the way it is...tapi it's a bit too late lah since I'll be leaving (for good, I hope) this coming Thursday and continue on with my next posting. I'm not saying that I like Taiping but I guess it's not as bad as I think it is. The drivers and the roads still sucks la..I guess before this I wasn't fond of my posting in Taiping due to the unbelievably busy schedule I have and the fact that I'm living in a small, furniture-less house with other 9 girls did not help either..but don't get me wrong..the girls are great..no catfights or what-so-ever going on..it's just that 1 toilet for 10 girls just doesn't work for me...
I did a tutorial with Dr.Shahila on Tuesday and it was ok...she did scold me about something but it was totally my fault...maybe she ain't that bad after all eh? She and Dr Norlia made me promise that I'll conduct at least one delivery by the end of this weekend..hmm..tatau la..hopefully sempat...
Owhhh...by the by, my cinta got a new haircut! I haven't seen it but I bet he looks awesome and I can't wait!! hehehe...it's about time pun u cut your long 'locks'..=p haha