tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90587162024-02-28T22:05:35.093+11:00~SodaPunch&RojakBuah~monolog-di-persisiran-waktuA~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.comBlogger442125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-17216856831695866162016-11-21T12:16:00.000+11:002016-11-21T12:16:12.344+11:00Been a while...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Its been a while since I last wrote anything. Vitamin M bermaharaja lela, as always. Also been busy with work etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Anyways, the past half a week been great in terms of the weather. I mentioned before, a great weather brings a lot of positivity in everything.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I'm going to change the way I write. I love writing. I love this blog. It's been my mini outlet (all the smart & dumb things). But unfortunately, it is getting harder to sit & write properly due to time constraints (alasan je kot). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Last weekend:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Friday- went to see Fantastic Beast movie with the other half & a couple of our friends. Me no see movie, that's me all the time. So went in with low expectations, plus I've never seen the rest of Harry Potter movies nor read the series (probably the only one on the planet, Harry has never interested me anyway). But really enjoyed the movie tbh. And we spent a few hours eating pancakes & borak2 at the nearby 24-hour Pancake Parlour. Nak celebrate bday Dr. A.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Saturday- Lepak, laundry 4,5 rounds (reasons many rounds ialah I tend to separate my gentle white, gentle coloured, towels/sweaters, daily mixed, etc, tu yg bunyi mcm byk gila laundry). Also went to Marmara, Dandenong, to get some party pies & deli meat for tomorrow's adventure. 32°c!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sunday- Went to Cherry Haven, Wandin East with some friends from Malaysia. Someone I used to go to high school with. She used to study here, last here was 12yrs ago! 32°c today too! Woohoo! Great cherries. Sent them back to their AirB&B. We got stuck for a few moments on Exhibition St/ Bourke St because ada rally oleh group 'Say No to Racism'. Banyak police. Apparently hari ni both right & left wing groups ada rally. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">There. See ppl soon</span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-37864802087600460782016-03-03T16:30:00.001+11:002016-03-03T16:30:44.632+11:00Happy 11th Birthday to ~SodaPunch&RojakBuah~<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So yesterday was this blog official 11th birthday. Goshh! Been that long blogging!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This blog was initially created from the suggestion of my younger brother H3. I like writing, but at that time had no idea what to post online on this blog. I didnt want it to be my 'pour-all' online journal, but rather what's happening in my life with other thoughts. Somehow a journal but not a private one, so no private matters I suppose. So the first post was a short note on my Nickelback concert in Melbourne then. Haha. Boring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Over the years, I added extra stuff, including mebbie a little private stuff about work & life. Reading back, hmmm, kinda embarrassing on how dumb the writings are. Mebbie should just delete them. But somehow all those embarassing notes are reminders that life was once dumb but beautiful & we can only learn to be a better person now & the future, right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And over the years, I've become lazier/ rather busier with work & life, so less & less posts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yes, I've matured a little if to compare me back then. I dont have many little hobbies to fill in the gaps of my daily life, but I am hoping that writing could be a way of maintaining my sanity in going through life & appreciate all the little things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This year, in spite of busy with work & stuff, I aim to continue posting regularly. So hopefully this will go on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Haaaappppyyyyy 11th birthday to ma' blog!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kinda late-ish to wish happy new year to all. Sometimes I get a bit lagged on writing the dates esp at work, kinda 1 year behind. Sigh...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2. Nak datang kerja on time. So far so good. Datang on time, or awal 2,3 minutes, really naikkan semangat bekerja =P</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3. Nak senaman lebih sket. So far been to the 1000-steps/ Kokoda Memorial Trail kat Dandenong Ranges almost every week with Encik Hubby or with a group of friends. In mid January baru ni, I was forced to go to the 1000 steps by my workmates. Not only naik turun satu loop, diorang paksa go up & down twice. And yes, am happy I actually did that. Cant believe been in Au for a while & didnt know/ didnt even step a foot there. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Also we went to Tasmania early January baru ni, did lots of walking & outdoor-sy stuff. Really enjoyed being active.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4. Nak kurangkan gula, garam, oil; other rubbish in food. And replace with balanced food. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Now I drink tea with only half a teaspoon of sugar VS dulu 2 teaspoon. And slowly I find that even that somehow manis esp for the decaf tea. And for coffee, no sugar for many years now. Yes!! Jimat gula!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5. Nak kurangkan bazir-bazir esp on beauty items, food stuff, pakaian/kasut/bags. One good start is to keep tab of those stuff. And derma most of the items yg dah tak nak, or dah tak muat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6. Nak keep in touch with others more. I will start with 1-2 ppl dlm my contact list to just msg via watsapp/ fb/ viper/ etc a week. No man's an island. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />7. Nak keep in touch with my artsy self more. For a start, to continue regularly updating this blog =). Today's post is a start for 2016.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8. Nak tengok more documentaries, cooking show, etc that's not related to drama/ fiction.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My current favs: Cutthroat Kitchen. Tiny House Hunters. History channels. Cartoons (Scooby Doo, Legend of Chima, Batman, etc)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9. Nak look after the garden more. We have 5-6 chilli trees of different variations now. Yg lama mati during the last winter. Alhamdulillah growing with lots of hasil. Also our daun kesum, given by Mak Long & Pak Long growing, surviving. Aloe vera tree, given during pindah dulu still alive. Now next nak start grow some serai & mebbie lemons/ limes in a pot.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11. This year, I am doing a part time job. A lot on my plate currently. One of it is to complete my 4:10/ masters diploma for my Advanced Training. Also nak start studying for the fellowship exam yg ntah bila aku nak sit. This year ED college dah tambah some new rules e.g. more assessments to be completed etc. So need to focus on that. THese are only the career bit. Ada lagi menda lain yg aku nak buat/ approach for this year. Latersss. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is my 6th of 7 night shifts, and 3 more shifts to go until cuti raya!!! Sad because leaving to this place, which has been good to me, but I'm very excited raya!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Sedih sungguh dengar lagu raya & tengok iklan-iklan raya in between patients tonight. In fact, I have been doing it since 3 malam yang lalu. Pagi-pagi around 6am lepas sahur around Subuh time ada rancangan Ramadhan on channel 31. Aku tak berpeluang nak tengok of course, while doing night shifts so far. Other than that kat sini takde rancangan Ramadhan, iklan raya, rancangan raya, apa-apalah yg berkaitan. So feel nye kurang sedikit. Tambah-tambah lagi waktu puasa yg pendek, & orang-orang sekeliling tak beberapa memahami. Ada some Muslim groups & masjid-masjid yg buat solat Terawih with their buka puasa + moreh. Those yg tak berkesempatan to join, buat sendiri je kat rumah with own family. Kena sendiri proactive & kuat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Persediaan raya hmmm... takde kot from here. I will probably buat some kuih later on, after puasa la kot. Some friends will be sitting for their specialty exams around hari raya time and again around raya haji nanti, so tak berapa meriah sangat this year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Oh ya! I wouldnt know my patients Muslims or not kalau tak pasal nama or the way they dress themselves. There has been a few times when some names yg aku tak recognize, to my surprise tapi they wish me selamat berpuasa & ask me if ubat mata/ telinga will affect their fasting. Banyak nama yg aku tak kenal from Turkey, South Afrika, Eastern European, Rusia, China sana, dan lain-lain. Nice. Kalau bukan bulan puasa, from my observation so far, kind of difficult to recognize diorang tu Muslims or not. Tapi bulan Ramadhan, it brings all these Muslims together. Pakai tudung or not, janggut or not, tattoo or not, modern tradisional, practising or not, semua are connected somehow. It is a nice feeling. Bulan berkat. Alhamdulillah. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">And Alhamdulillah, so far Allah swt permudahkan my Ramadhan. Semoga di akhir-akhir Ramadhan, Allah swt continues giving berkat, kemudahan, kekuatan to all Muslims as well as others. Take care all. </span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-77741999881258063252015-07-01T18:45:00.000+10:002015-07-01T18:45:18.863+10:002 Minggu Dah Ramadhan 1436H<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Alhamdulillah dah day 14 of Ramadhan 1436H. Alhamdulillah jugak tahun ini so far I feel agak tenang berpuasa. Maybe kat tempat kerja ramai yg memahami. And sebab buka puasa agak awal, cuaca yg sejuk bangat, so tak terasa sangat puasanya. Cuma sometimes in the morning rasa nak minum tea & coffee while I'm at work or studying at home. </span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I am starting night shifts tomorrow night. So agak best, coz boleh makan minum non-stop sampai la agak-agak pukul 5 pagi for sahur, then makan lagi sampai pukul 6 pagi. Hehehe. Then pukul 745am handover, then 8 pagi dah boleh selamat blah dari hospital untuk membuta, etc. And bangun sebelum pukul 5 petang untuk prepare buka puasa which is currently at 512pm. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">1. Had more than enuf sleep. Ahaks! (Sampai headache dah ni).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2. Made some dessert. Sagu gula melaka. Cuma nye takde susu/ santan to eat it with. Hafta wait for hubby balik rumah time Isyak nanti. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">3. Had some time, even though only a little bit, to read stuff on ophthalmology. Call me nerd. If I get to study only one tiny aspect of medicine & it sticks in my head, I am very happy already =)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Alhamdulillah, everything is going well. Kami bangun sahur around 5ish am, with whatever leftovers from the night before. Today buka puasa is at 510pm. Aku dah 2 hari off days, so lepas Subuh tu unfortunately membuta sampai Zohor. Ahaks. So not productive. Semalam terlajak tido sampai sebelum Asar hence pening kepala. To avoid me being nonproductive so aku merayau ke Chadstone mall. And left just after buka puasa. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">So today kena masak sikit because not only lauk dah dihabiskan masa sahur pagi tadi, but also because I am working over the weekends. Tak tau lagi nak masak apa. Dah kuarkan beef, and I hafta finish the mushrooms & butternut pumpkin & the thickened cream secepat mungkin. So mebbie menu hari ini ialah beef stew, mushrooms & pumpkin soup, roast potatos, fennel & orange salad, and mebbie some sort of nasi or mee or pasta to add up the carbs. Yup, we love our carbs & protein! =) Tengoklah nanti macam mana jadinya. I will only start cooking after Isyak kot jap gi or kalau rajin after Maghrib. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1. The not-so-cold winter day, that we got some sunlight even though it was only for a few hours. Alhamdulillah. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It is winter, so puasa this time agak senang. Buat masa ni Subuh is aound 601am, Maghrib is around 508pm. Lebih kurang 11jam 7minit je puasa. Nak buka puasa too festives pun tak sempat if it is hari kerja sebab waktu buka pun sebelum kerja habis. Sampai rumah cukup-cukup makan utk solat Maghrib. Well that is if kerja office hours la. Kat sini mana ada balik kerja pukul 3pm for Ramadhan mcm kat M'sia. So it is always dinner lah. And sahur will be the big breakie before work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I still remember the time when we had to puasa during peak summer here in Melbourne. Subuh lebih kurang pukul ~3++am & buka puasa ~9pm, dlm 18 jam jugak puasanye. Agak mencabar la jugak, Summer yg panas kering, sana-sini org buat barbeque coz org sini asalkan ada matahari je mesti nak buat bbq, and iklan makan & minum di tv. Fuh! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Petang semalam kami played a bit of badminton around 4pm-5pm. Yg lain-lain tu agak active jugak, but me like always, kurang tenaga, kurang semangat, kurang stamina. Masa main tu rasa mcm terbayang-bayang je katil. Haha. Tapi by the time habis main, dah nak berbuka puasa. So kami pakat minum air kelapa dlm tin beramai-ramai kat luar badminton hall tu. Then singgah (a.k.a. crashed) rumah a friend makan dinner. Hehehe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">And pagi ni ingat nak drive to halal McDonald's near Dandenong. Tapi dah masing-masing malas. Tambahan pulak aku masak laksa kedah malam semalam lepas balik dinner from that friend's house, ada lebih lagi. Makan tu je la. Maybe esok kot bila-bila when dah takde makanan boleh la pergi. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Selamat berpuasa Ramadhan 1436H. </span></div>
A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-87762836239562396022015-06-21T12:19:00.004+10:002015-06-21T12:19:55.286+10:00Happy Fathers's Day<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Happy Fathers' Day</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> to my father & now my brother in kL. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Semoga panjang umur, murah rezeki, sihat, tenang, bahagia & diberkatiNYA di dunia & akhirat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">To my brother, now you know what being a father is all about. Treasure the journey & hope the experiences somehow make the link between you & abah stronger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Take care. </span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-38062532710555413642015-06-16T22:03:00.001+10:002015-06-21T12:39:41.182+10:00Kasut Free =)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Seronok hari ni dapat kasut free from 'mak angkat' aku, sorang nurse in charge kat hospital baru ni. Woohooo!! Kasut Sketchers Go Walk tuuuuuu!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Aku dah pakai dah pun balik kerja tadi, walking all the way merayap kat city with my boss & my friend makan lunch kat Hotaru Japanese restaurant (yg makanannye agak mengeciwakan). Sedap la gak pakai. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">2 hari lagi nak Ramadhan 1436H here. Selamat menyambut Ramadhan yg mulia ni. Semoga kita semua diberi kesabaran, kekuatan & tabah & mendapat keberkatan berlipat-ganda dariNYA.</span></div>
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A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-46880118281067130072015-06-15T16:20:00.001+10:002015-06-15T16:21:24.209+10:00Pengorbanan Kali Ini<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Drama queen betul. Heh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Okay, last night I had to through away my whole work attire (except tudung) to the bin. My top, pants, socks & shoes. They were cheap on clearance ones, but still I threw away my work outfits. All into the bin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The last case that I saw last night prior going home was an epistaxis (nosebleed), a young professional who has been living with anxiety, which is causing their very high blood pressure & each time this will lead to a nosebleed. X came before my shift started & saw my boss, had their treatment & went home. X came back just before I finished my evening shift with blood pouring out of her nose. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Normal practice is that I would put on my disposible protective gown & gloves (which are removed once you step out of that particular cubicle) and cover an epistaxis patient with some blue +/- gown, +/- cover the floor with some blue, get the suction ready, etc. It is an arterial bleed, yes, but that extra few seconds of keeping the area safe does make a big difference. So those were what I did anyway with this particular patient.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">But of course X didnt bleed when I was attending them. No source of bleeding in either nostrils, other than the obvious 200/120 blood pressure. During the observation, I had to attend to another young hypertensive emergency that already had bleeding & swollen retina in their both eyes that we had to transfer out of the Eye & Ear hospital. And of course, X had to bleed massively while we were doing that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On the way to grab a new set of protective attire, X had to cough, cry, stress out. And in turn more blood gushing out of X's nose in response to the climbing blood pressure. And that was when some blood splattered onto my lower half of my front. Sheeeeeessshhhh... So much fun! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Think about you as a patient, mesti u ada sket2 pandang slack kat doctors yg lepas pegang u dia terus basuh tangan, "macam aku ni geli sangat!". Well, think about this again, you as a patient, the doctor dah lepas pegang pesakit lain kat cubicle/ katil sebelah yang u tau ada penyakit u anggap geli or lepas exposed to some darah, phlegm, etc, tanpa basuh tangan terus periksa u. Best tak?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">D= Danger. Avoid, remove any danger.. SAFELY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yes, and yup, last night memang aku dah jadi a drama queen, tapi at home lah.. Takde kerja la nak meratap bagai kat ED sana nun.. hehehe.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Hopefully doesnt happen that often again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">One of my friends make karipap once in a while. And given that our group of friends are mostly busy and kurang kerajinan nak buat this kind of thing untuk masa-masa kecemasan, we always order the karipaps from this friend. Alah, apa salahnye tolong kawan, dia bahagia, kita pon bahagia makan karipaps sedap ni. Aku & hubby selalu sangat order from this person, especially when I am working arvo shifts. Senang bawak bekal +/- breakie or sahur. (Nampak la kemalasan aku sebagai orang paling skillful memasak kat rumah ni.. ahaks!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So the other day I brought a few during my arvo shift. Unfortunately while I was having them during my dinner break, the code blue was called. So I just left the karipaps on the ED bench, thinking and hoping I would come back to them lepas code. One of my ophthalmology bosses stole one of them when I was gone attending the code. He actually said to me before I left to the code that I shouldn't be leaving my yummy food lying around 'coz someone a.k.a. him might just steal them, afterall he says he lives to eat karipaps. Hahaha. During the code, he quitely came to me ingatkan apa rupanye mintak kebenaran to pinch one of the karipaps. Alahai... kesian dia. Aku kasi je la, walaupon dah agak sejuk & agak burned coz aku lambat keluarkan dari oven. So technically he didnt steal my karipaps. Hahahaha. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Oh well, rezeki lagi for my dear friend whom I cant thank enought for sacrificing their time & energy making & jual the karipaps. </span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-46496173361275342015-06-13T11:50:00.002+10:002015-06-13T11:50:37.183+10:00Winter Chill<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It is mid- June. It has been a very cold winter. In fact winter came a bit earlier than winter itself. It has been persistently lower single digit every night & frosty early morning. The sun comes out late morning for a few hours, at least kinda giving hope to the otherwise gloomy day. Winter officially goes on until 31st August, so we have a long way to go still. Sigh...</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We ED registrars work every other weekends. This weekend is my working weekends. Am doing arvo shift, meaning I finish at midnight. Had a short breakie with hubby & a friend, then back at home. Still sleepy coz slept late last night, and woke up early for breakie today. But it's all worth it. Kinda the last breakie before puasa Ramadhan 1436H. After that mebbie will be a few weeks after Aidilftri coz most of my friends are sitting their primary exams around that time. And at the same time this is the time for our annual work application and interview for next year. Sigh.. annoying that we have to do this every single year... never ending. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Anyways, enuf of my winter-head ranting. Have a good & safe weekend everyone.</span></div>
A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-53620322208679303962015-03-15T17:44:00.001+11:002015-03-15T17:44:28.593+11:00New Rotation, New Hospital<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Okay, it's been ages since I last wrote anything. And everyone knows ni semua gara-gara malas. Nak kata busy, saja mem-busy-kan body with nonsense.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It is the new working year for doctors around Australia mostly, and definitely in Victoria. We started on 2nd Feb 2015 hari tu. As for my non-ED requirements in my ED advanced training, and since I really needed a break from ED, I am now at the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital in East Melbourne, Alhamdulillah. However, my application for the 2nd half of 2015 at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Monash Medical Centre got the silent treatment.. well, dah call banyak kali asking about the status of my application but each time they said they still looking for a full timer, instead of a 6mo registrar that I applied, so, lama-lama tu paham-paham je la memang diorang reject dah. Kalau some job recruitment usually diorang akan hantar email/ letter of rejection. Sigh... bukan rezeki la tu. Sob sob sob... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anyways, talking about the new term, I will be at the RVEEH for 6 months until raya puasa nanti. Such a steep learning curve. Rasa macam tak tau apa-apa pasal these very specialized areas: the eye & ear. So aku banyak tengok You Tube about eye & ear especially on history taking & examinations. Rasa macam medical student balik. My colleagues with ED training background pun rasa mcm tu. Serious takut. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">So far, so good. Am not as anxious at work now. Dah buat a round of night shifts hari tu, where we ED reg cover ENT stuff, codes & the wards (dah lama tak buat kerja resident ni.. sheeshh), and the ophthalmology reg covers all the eye stuff. Scary but I went through it selamat.. Alhamdulillah. A week of nights starting wednesday night & abis wednesday a.m. the next week. Then dpt around 5-6 days off. 5 days tu sebab tak kira the wednesday yg abis nights tu. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">So I will be working next this tuesday teaching je in a.m. then seminggu arvo shift.. huhuhu... </span></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-25669988768027629952015-01-16T16:46:00.001+11:002015-01-16T16:46:15.455+11:00Beauty Deadly Sins<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is taken from one of the beauty blogs that I love so much, <a href="http://www.musingsofamuse.com/">Musings of A Muse</a>. <br />Just for fun. Jom buat ni ramai-ramai.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">--> A perfume by Terry that I bought from Mecca Cosmetica at Myer Melbourne city. Dah charge baru perasan harga... sigh...</span></span><br />
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<strong>Wrath (vengeance. Dendam, marah):</strong> What item do you have a love/hate relationship with?<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Gluttony (excessive oral intake. Tinggi nafsu makan minum):</strong> What brand takes up most of your collection?<br />--> Clinique, Urban Decay. But I have to count all that I have coz I think I have all sorts of other brands too, kinda mix & match. </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Sloth (laziness. Malas):</strong> What product do you neglect the most due to laziness?<br />--> facial, hair, body masks.Malas nak tunggu to remove them. <br /></span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Pride (good & bad meanings. The bad one: high opinion to own's merits. Bangga diri, takbur, sombong, bongkak, berlagak):</strong> What product gives you the most confidence?<br />-->perfumes. </span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Lust (intense desire. Nafsu):</strong> Which item is top of your beauty wish list?<br />--> ?botox. Hahahahahaahhaaa.. I dont even know what my wish list is at the moment. If I think I need/ want something I would just go buy them. Then regret later... sigh..</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong>Envy (discontent of other's advantanges. Dengki):</strong> Which makeup product/look is great on others but not on you?<br />
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=)A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-81035463637305793042014-12-24T11:14:00.001+11:002014-12-24T11:14:48.038+11:00Feeling Entitled?<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My thoughts on this article published by blogger Aku dan Kehidupanku</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Assalamualaikum, I feel for you. I agree with your note here. Memang kita sebagai healthcare workers sangat serba salah. Some people think its their right to get free medical treatment, but are willing to pay hundreds & thousands of dollars for their alternative supplement/ rawatan/ beauty products in the name of prevention & cure. <br /><br />Doctors yang ada business sendiri, while they are making money themselves, at the same time kena bayar for the business sustainability tu jugak. Itu kerja diorang, their occupation. As a job, you deserve your gaji. Sama macam kalau kerja jadi cikgu, you deserve to get your gaji, right. So why pertikaikan the charge? <br /><br />And healthcare business is not like business jual shaklee or jual asap. Government banyak sangat kasi subsidi to the klinic kesihatan, hospital, etc and thats why orang2 yg pergi to these healthcare premises tak nampak. Cuba kita tunjuk spreadshit of the cost of each item--> blood tests, syringes, alcohol swab, medicine, electricity utk guna computer setiap kali jumpa patient tu, air utk basuh tangan after jumpa setiap patient to minimize infection risks, etc dan termasukla service consultation. Hence, that's how much probably you pay for each GP clinic visit. <br />RM100 yes nampak banyak sangat, but kalau doctor buat kerja cincai & charge murah supaya patient tu kekal sakit & datang kat dia semula, agaknye tu yg the public nak. There are reasons why some people need some tests, some people just need consultation. Tak semua patients sama macam cube Lego. And yes kesihatan is your right, but only if you are taking all the appropriate steps to look after yourself first... not smoking, no alcohol drinking, no illicit drugs, senaman keep active, tak gemok, jaga makan, jaga tido, jaga emosi, jaga keperluan spiritual, etc.. then the healthcare is your rights. <br /><br />Your rights to eat, patut ke people give you food for free kat any tempat makan because it is your right to eat? <br /><br />Everything in this world is a business, all have their own costs; monetary, time, energy, emotional costs. Memang banyak yg tak nampak semua tu. Contoh, when you are attending an office family day. Cuba fikir the time & energy spent to prepare the food, to kemas rumah, to make sure semuanye berjalan lancar. Tambah lagi kalau ada ahli-ahli buat pasal tak nak tolong ke apa, dah naik kos emosi kat situ. Apatah lagi the money spent for that particular event. Datang plak tetamu-tetamu ni yg datang amik food sebanyak-banytaknye (esp kalau buffet lah), then siap nak bawak balik coz its their right to food so nak bawak balik utk ahli keluarga diorang.. maklum la office punye function, aku kerja situ, aku layak bawak balik semua ni utk anak2 aku. Heh...<br />And of course the tuan rumah hafta buat sehabis baik lah nak kasi semua cukup semua kenyang, and tak membazir, etc. Kalau sekadar buat ala kadar, air minum pun setengah gelas utk setiap tetamu, kerusi takde, sayur lunyai, tissue kain lap takde, etc, and buat tetamu mcm pengemis je, tu semua sangat2 tak patut. <br /><br />Contoh saja ni. But in healthcare, similarly, a business in itself. Both the system & patients kena la respect each other. Of course banyak lagi menda to point out on each side. We cant control the system. We can only look after ourselves. <br /><br />And since this article is about frustration of how some patients are, there, this is my 2 cents as a healthcare worker."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sob, sob, kena kerja on Xmas season... today, tomorrow xmas day, lusa boxing day. Hubby is off for amost 2 weeks during this festive season here. And I am stuck at the hospital. Setiap tahun... Just because I dont celebrate xmas, doesnt mean I dont have a family at home who have their days off during this time of the year. <br />Sabar je lah yg mampu. Keep going. Hopefully all Victorian & visitors are well & safe, tak perlu datang hospital buat masa ni... Sigh... </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-80458118385066671812014-11-20T11:50:00.001+11:002014-11-20T11:50:07.372+11:00Learning Another Language<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been more than a year since I passed my primary exams. I am now in my first year of advanced training. A few more to go. I should be concentrating on completing the hurdles, such as research & non-ED terms, for the advanced training so that I finish quicker. Well, at least this is the advice given by most of my seniors. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have other things in mind, at least for now. More than a year now that I have been bumming around adding lipid layers around my tummy (which kinda helps during winter :D). There are other things that I want to do, those that I wanted to do being put stationary for a while coz of many reasons. I want to do things around the house, I want to get back to writing, I want to watch documentaries, I want to bake... etc. Learning other languages is also one of them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I chose Spanish a while back. Over the years, bought many Spanish language learning aids but been sparingly using them. Takde orang nak praktis, exams, other stuff, hence those things just kumpul habuk dlm almari. Tak tau apsal I've become obsessed with Spanish. Tak ramai Spanish patients at work. Kalau ikutkan patut belajar Greek, Italian, Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Tamil as ramai these patients come thru the door and most of the times we will need interpretor or family members who can speak those language. But well, I am kinda obsessed with Spanish, hence for now, Spanish it is. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a boss whose partner is a Spanish lady. I've known him for a while but never had the guts to practice Spanish with him, lagipun selama ni kononnye sibuk exams, etc, so macam inappropriate pulak nak tetiba talk to him in Spanish. Since 2 years ago, we have a couple from South America (Doc N & Doc C) at work who grew up talking Spanish. So now I've decided to smell the roses, they have been great teachers. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other day there was a Spanish old lady as my patient. The only time I had the chance to talk in Spanish if I was fluent enuf by practising for the past ~7years. Of course I couldnt. I could only speak a couple of phrases, which the lady responded & of course I couldnt understand what she was talking about. Lol! Lucky there my friend Doc C was working the same shift. Unfortunately, agaknye dia terkejut when Doc C started talking to her in Spanish, in a very very loud voice (since dia agak hearing impaired), she just stayed mute the whole time. Seb baik anak dia datang soon after. Haha. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the usual situation here, at least where I work, but more commonly other language-speaking patients. Mostly Chinese ppl, Indian/ Sri Lankan, Greek, Italian, Vietnamese, Arabs. Kinda susah nak treat when they are conscious & tak boleh communicate in the same medium, let alone when they are delirius or unconscious and the family tak cakap English. Some times I get frustrated but most of time I feel kesian coz must be really scary living in a foreign country where you cant communicate & you are actually sick, & tak dapat nak sampaikan your worries & tak paham apa doc cakap.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hence my motivation to learn other languages, hopefully enuf to help me be global.</span></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-57498720335022157732014-11-20T10:37:00.005+11:002014-11-20T10:38:28.905+11:00Welcome to ED<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Taken from webbie Confession of A Junior Doctor:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Even though I am no longer a junior doctor, more so now a mid-trainee/ early-advanced trainee, </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">this pretty much sums up my life of an ED doctor</span></span>. </span></span><br />
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I have no idea what it is that I like about Emergency Medicine.<br />
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The hours are terrible. The rota is indecipherable. You cannot plan
to attend a friend’s birthday or a family gathering. Your social life is
non-existent. The patients are largely rude, drunk, smelly and
irreverent. There are never enough staff on shift. The urgent care
centre referrals are sometimes ludicrous. The GPs send in UTIs as renal
colic, PID as appendicitis, persistent patients that they can no longer
placate. The specialty doctors think we are either lazy or lobotomised.
You spend more time than you should at the centre of “specialty tennis”.
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The four hour wait is a travesty. There are never enough observation
beds. The pressure is immense. The clock never stops. There is always
another patient waiting, another test to order, another result to check.
There is always a diagnosis to be made, and treatment to initiate, a
conversation to be had. You go from renal colic to brain tumours to
heart attacks. You see depressed people, drunk people, old people,
children. You see people at their worst. You see time wasters and
hypochondriacs and then sepsis and deaths. You don’t have time to
process. You don’t have time to think. You see, treat, refer, discharge.
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People complain about the waiting time, disagree with your
assessment, believe google before they believe you. You go home at night
paranoid about the patient you sent home; constantly questioning your
decisions, your abilities and your sanity. You see multiple patients
simultaneously, you are a porter, a nurse, a cleaner, a friend, a
confidant. You tell people good news, bad news, sad news. <br />
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You are charged with the unhappy job of treating people’s liver
disease from excessive alcohol, lung disease from smoking, diabetes from
overindulgence. People expect you to take responsibility for their
lifestyle choices. You endure the abusive drunkards, the psychotic
schizophrenics, the deranged elderly. You put up with the people who
have neither an accident nor an emergency. <br />
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You exhaust yourself looking after these people, so much so that you
go without food, without bathroom breaks, without the most basic of
human needs. You are vilified by the media, who feel you are paid too
much for what you do. You are misunderstood by friends and family who
watch too much ER and Casualty. You become unacceptably irked by poor
resuscitation techniques on TV shows. You complain about unnecessary
attendances and then carry out wholly unwarranted tests because you are
scared of being sued. You will inevitably have complaints filed against
you for merely doing your job. You will make poor management decisions
and people will die. You will make excellent management decisions and
people will still die. You will defy the odds: CPR will work; the
patient will recover from sepsis; be discharged from hospital, and then
die at home a week later. <br />
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You will miss things. You will be wrong on a daily basis. Everyone
thinks they know more than you. You finish a shift and barely have the
energy to walk to the car; let alone drive home. You spend at least half
of your days off comatose in bed. You don’t see your housemates for
weeks due to opposing shift patterns. You do locum shifts during your
time off because there are never enough doctors and you know how awful
it is to work when they’re short staffed. The barista at Costa knows
what sort of day you’re having based on whether you order a medio
cappuccino or a double espresso. The packed lunch you brought 3 days ago
is still sat in the refrigerator. Once you leave work you are unable to
make the smallest of decisions because you have used up all of your
brain cells. <br />
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You are stressed out, overworked and rarely thanked. And I can’t think of any specialty that I would enjoy more.<br />
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A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-1845674221991287382014-07-16T09:55:00.001+10:002014-07-16T09:55:23.869+10:00What am I...<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Salam Ramadhan.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">More than half way until Eid, Alhamdulillah fasting has been cool for hubby & I. Cool & cold. Hah. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Seksa nak bangun sahur coz so freakin' cold, and coz of buka puasa awal both of us tend to over-eat. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I read a blogpost about a girl who wrote on her dilemma of coming from a mix-marriage family. I can totally relate to her; growing up I didnt have it easy, and I can kinda say that I sort of hated my school years. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My siblings and I are rojak offsprings. (I love rojak!!). I am a Muslim, and proud of my roots.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Growing up I rarely had many friends, let alone 'best-buddies'. My friends were those ones who were being shunned away from the people around us; those who were chubby, from mix-marriage family, not-as-cute-&-pretty, those with disability; you know, those who are 'different'. <br /><br />I remember, in junior school, which ever group that I tried to be friends with, I kept on getting this: you are not Malay, you look like 'Indons' so go to the others, then laughters. you are not Chinese, you dont look like us, you cant even talk Chinese, go away, then laughters. you are not Indian, you dont look like us, you dont even understand us, then laughters. Those who have seen either my parents send me to/ pick up from school will just make funny remarks e.g. keling / cina bab* / indon etc. Very very hurtful words. This went on through high school, not as much coz most of the time I would not dare to say I was from a mix marriage family. A bit shameful. That for the sense of being accepted that I'd been longing for.<br />I cannot imagine how my brothers went through school with all these.. did they go through the same or was it just me being over dramatic. <br /><br />I continued my studies in Melbourne a while back. In short, the experience really opened my mind & my heart after so long of covering everything. I am proud of who I am and my roots. As an adult only I feel much appreciated by people around me.. I am special. Now I dont really care of what people say or think of me. I am proud of my family, those who actually made me who I am now & who continue to support me ups & downs.<br /><br />When I accidentally meet those people who bullied me when I was at school, looking at their lives, I sometimes would just say to myself 'look who has the last laugh now'. I feel bad to think that low. People can be as nasty as they want to be.. in the end karma will bite back. That I believe. And I am just grateful of what I am, what I have achieved so far & just life. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">People will continue to judge as long as forever, but its you who has
the power to shine through all this. </span></span>And for those people who have helped me grow even in those nasty ways, I wish you well. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Alhamdulillah to life & all. <br /><br />Take care. <br /></span></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-81737456784619636622014-07-01T11:47:00.001+10:002014-07-01T11:47:25.355+10:00Separuh Tahun Lagi..<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Goshhh.. its July already!! Half a year has gone. Comes another half.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">What have I achieved so far? Hmmm... rasanya tak banyak kot.. Maybe more of my disgusting fatty layers?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Okay what's due soon? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My research audit on trauma in our department is due next week on Thursday. Brapa banyak je yg aku dah siap?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This coming Thursday pulak ada Resus workshop. -!-" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This coming weekend aku kerja arvo shifts, meaning abis midnight :( Tak boleh nak organize buka puasa ramai2 with friends here since most of them are working during weekdays. Then next weekends plak aku kerja night shifts :(</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My structured references for advanced training still pending. Awaiting completion by the bosses. Sigh...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Have to work on applying jobs for next year. Ni tension. Every single year terasa mcm beggar pulak kena apply then go for job interview :(</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kena renew & pay our annual medical indemnity (insurance) & registration (lesen bekerja). Melayang lagi $$$$.. Sigh.. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tax return!!! Sigh...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Okay, since balik from cuti hari tu, aku dah kumpul sebulan punye June empties. Will post on that soon. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Housework.. kain baju, dapur, bathrooms, garden, etc.. Sigh..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I need to start studying in depth I guess. Primary exams dah abis last year. Now into advanced training. Most senior registrars start studying bit by bit at least 2 years prior to their fellowship (final) exams. Diorang kata sikit-sikit lama-lama jadi bukit. And I am doing that, but my sikit-sikit tu lama-lama hilang tanpa kesan... masalah premature memory loss gamaknye... Sigh..</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Today I am working arvo shift, abis midnight. So hubby will be eating dinner by himself. Dia buka puasa in the car or at work since buka puasa around 1712hrs, then eat propper dinner at home. Aku pun sama will be having my meal at work. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Salam Ramadhan all. <br /> </span></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-67109266854484068652014-06-30T16:18:00.000+10:002014-06-30T16:21:57.848+10:00Salam Ramadhan 1435H<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Assalamualaikum, selamat berpuasa Ramadhan 1435H. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Now is peak winter. Sejuk ya amat. But somehow ada gak selingan cahaya matahari despite the freezing weather. Jadi la, boleh la rasa sikit2 macam there's hope to life now. Sejuk beku tu tetap sejuk beku but like somehow looks different bila ada cahaya matahari, biarpun tak rasa pun kesuaman matahari tu.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My shifts this Ramadhan, Alhamdulillah, are evening shifts & nights. Cuma when balik midnight or later tu agak letih jugak nak tido, then bangun sahur around 5am. But at least boleh makan with hubby everyday, if not during buka pun. Have to masak awal when I am not working, at least when hubby gets home dah ada makanan panas. And like always, I cant always cook everyday, but will try to make something special when I'm on my days off. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">These are the food I made last night, hoping to cover us at least until this wednesday. Aku kerja arvo shifts pulak this week, then on the weekends. Next weekends plak aku do night shifts from the friday until sunday. Hubby makan nasi with the kuah-kuah, while I just ate the mee hoon soup. Tak nak aaa bosan makan semua skali arung coz the food semua utk next few days. So kena tukar2 set. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Sayur campur masak from scratch :P</span></div>
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Ni mee hoon soup aku with steamed brocoli as sides.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-84450419861259855032014-06-23T16:41:00.001+10:002014-06-23T16:41:54.122+10:00Happy (not) Winter.. and Selamat Berpuasa Ramadhan 1435H<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lama gila tak update. Cam tu la aku ngan janji-janji palsuku. Ish... Dah winter-winter gini lagi la malas nak dok kat computer menaip. Kalau nak harapkan ipad tu lagi la malas nak menaip.<br /><br />Apa jadi dgn aku since last update until now?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- bersosial bersukan makan-makan with friends. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- balik Malaysia jumpa my adorable nephew. LOVE LOVE LOVE.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- holiday in Paris. Alhamdulillah, berapa tahun tu kumpul duit for that holiday. Gambar, hmmm.. nanti-nantilah. Agak2 bila la tu since vitamin M dah lama bertahta dlm diri ni. Heheheh.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">- now is the time to update CV & cover letter, coz now is the time to apply jobs for next year. Remember aku pernah ckp dulu? This is around the time of misery for doctors coz system sini requires us to apply jobs for next year, interviews etc. Training position by the college is one thing, actual job is a separate thing. Tu yg semua doctors kena buat every year at about the same miserable time. Sometimes rasa mcm beggar pun ada.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Its mid winter now. Cuaca pun gloomy je manjang. Kalau ada matahari keluar pun, rasa mcm harapan palsu untuk hidup kembali. Matahari just keluar paling lama dlm 1/2jam to 1jam. Sedih.. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Kat sini tak berapa best sgt coz mmg tak terasa suasana bulan puasa mcm kat Malaysia. But a lot of Muslim groups here try to hidupkan the experience dgn adanye majlis2 buka puasa, solat sunat terawih, programme jual beli, etc. Just kami2 ni je yg jarang join coz kerja & mostly jauh frm our place & mebbie ada sedikit malas di situ.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I will be working mostly evening & night shifts for this bulan Ramadhan, so kira mcm blessing jugak coz takde la penat during work. Just cant go to breakie like alwiz. Oh well, rehat jap wallet for day time foodie outing, jimat. Aku ni kalau boleh nak la sahur & buka puasa with encik suami but apakan daya kerja aku shifts & dia pon most of the time akan buka puasa dlm kereta/ train. And based on the past years experience, puasa di bulan sejuk agak mencabar nak bangun sahur coz sejuk beku and most of the times during the day rasa nak mengunyah/ minum air panas coz its sooooooo cold. And also rasa nak tido je coz sejuk2 ni senang ngantuk. It gets really dry pulak bila heater terpasang. So seb baik waktu puasa kejap je around 11+++jam total.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anyways, selamat berpuasa semua. Aku tengah tengok-tengok webbies food untuk idea for buka puasa food. Not that I will cook everyday anyways, just mebbie spesel sket lah kan. </span></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-86471717844686590772014-03-10T12:41:00.003+11:002014-03-10T12:41:43.370+11:00Ration for Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seb baik pokok cili padi berbuah lebat this summer. Alhamdulillah. I've been keeping the weekly hasil tuaian in the freezer for winter suppy. Boleh la kot sebiji sehari in late autumn, winter, early spring nanti. Insya Allah kalau cuaca elok in the next few weeks of autumn, the pokok cili besar pon akan start berbuah. Last summer dia kering kontang macam nak mati je. But I refused to defeat, so setiap hari siram despite nampak mcm rangka je. Alhamdulillah dah tumbuh bunga dah pon since last week. The serai pun mcm tinggal rangka je. Someone told me that her serai was like that too a few months ago but they siram setiap hari, Alhamdulillah diorang punye dah tumbuh hasil. Semangat aku nak revive our serai. Hopefully ada la supply nanti.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All these are important supply for winter, the right season to eat all hot spicy hearty meal but malangnye time winter la mahal giler all these things. Obviously due to susah nak grow them bila cuaca sejuk or musim banjir. Tambah-tambah lagi harga barang sini semuanye mahal. So nasihat pada diri sendiri untuk ke sekian kalinye, baik la rajin-rajinkan diri berbudi pada tanah. Ahaks. </span></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-37340136684316529522014-03-09T12:06:00.001+11:002014-03-09T12:06:18.398+11:00A Sad Day..<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8th March 2014.<br /><br />Just as I was switching on my fon that was charging earlier, got a message from my dad that my beloved uncle just passed away :'(</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span>Innalillahiwainnailaihirajiun.</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>.
a very much respected, admired & loved family just returned to the
Almighty Creator. Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmatNYA & ditempatkan di
kalangan orang-orang beriman. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Arwah paklong dah selamat dikebumikan petang tu. Alhamdulillah pemergiannye mudah & dia diuruskan with all dignity that he deserved. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">I honestly dont know what to do because I am here, they are overseas. I really want to be there with my family. Terpaksa kerja with sick patients to distract my head. I guess life has to carry on. Kita yang hidup akan terus mendoakan kesejahteraan our loved ones di alam barzakh & keberkatan for those yg masih hidup. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Sedih. I am here treating the sickies but I am so far away to be able to make a difference for my own family across the sea. Cant wait to finish this freaking training to get back to my family :'(</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Then later that day read in the news that MH 370 KL- Beijing outbound was MIA 2hours into their journey. The flight carried 327 passengers + 12 crews, and we dont really know their status at this stage. My heart really goes to them & their loved ones. May everything goes smoothly & everyone around them are given the strength to go through this. Tak lupa juga those involved in searching, organizing, coodinating, info centres, etc in relation to the search</span> of MH 370. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For others yg nak mempolitikkan & menghina this event, shame on you. If you refuse to redirect your soul & attitude, just keep it to yourselves. No one wants to share your rotten thoughts at this moment, or ever.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its been a sad weekend indeed. Take care everyone. </span></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9058716.post-57574107935314166722014-03-09T11:30:00.003+11:002014-03-09T11:30:53.195+11:00Aku Jadi Ketua Sebentar<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was assigned to be in the red stream for Thursday afternoon baru ni. Red stream maknanye utk high acquity cases e.g. intracranial bleed, cardiac arrest, respiratory distress, major trauma, acute stroke, heart attack, septic shock, etc yg memang very unwell patients. Cant be happier than this. Was wearing red top, carrying my red stethoscope, red mobile phone, red pen & my red glasses. Hahahah.. mana la tau dapat kerja red stream masa tu. Tup tup memang pun. Woo hoo. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Btw, yellow stream is for low acquity cases e.g. batuk, rash, sakit perut, migraine, falls, dizzy, etc which sometimes can be rubbish as well. Pulple stream is for those fast track e.g. wounds, sprains/ fractures, medication review, etc.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> So that evening, datang satu signal dari ambulance. Cardiac arrest man who had cpr, zapped a few times & intubated at the scene before coming to us. 15 minutes before arrival. Seperti biasa as this is a team work. The big boss & myself asked me if I wanted to be the airway/ procedure doctor or nak practise jadi the team leader. Aku tak tau apsal aku ckp aku nak praktis jadi team leader. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maka jadilah for that case. This is usually slightly different than metcalls & codes that I'm used to on the ward. And aku rasa ada sedikit kelam-kabut some, but it was good coz my boss was there to support me. Plus the patient was stable & definitive management was laid out smoothly. We had supports from the ICU team & the cardiology registrar, as well as the resus team in ED was superb. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I need more practice. Time to go to work.</span></span>A~http://www.blogger.com/profile/17492724525012133213noreply@blogger.com0