Saturday, 7 November 2009

the don'ts

a sincere advice..

NEVER EVER BUY A LARGE CUP/GLASS OF COSTA COFFEE AND FINISH IT OFF IN ONE NIGHT!!....

arghhhhhhh....i've been lying on my bed for the past hour and still couldn't sleep..help..help..i need my beauty sleep..

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

third-rated

did you realize how diferrent the flight attendants treat the so-called third-rated malaysians and other people..erm..let's say foreigners?

that's just rude! (i'm borrowing my housemate's infamous line)..

it happened to one of my friend - she boarded a MAS flight from Kuala Lumpur to London. during the lunch serving, she asked politely one of the attendant on how spicy was the 'nasi lemak'. the lady attendant became annoyed for no reason and then replied with a cynical answer, " kalau dah namanye nasi lemak tu pedas lah". my friend was so angry that she spitted out "attitude!" on her face. only then the flight attendant became so 'cuak' and said sorry. come on la, orang tanya baik-baik, cuba la jawab elok-elok sikit. uih, kalau mat saleh..walaupun yang duduk economic class, diorang layan senyum sampai telinga..eh hello, we are paying the same fare, using the same currency okay!

yeah anyway, it seems that people just don't get it..excuse me, we are not colonized by any other countries anymore, and we are not that poor to bow and 'angguk' to random foreigners. even foreigners treat malaysians with manner..and we malaysians?..fikir-fikirkan la..

p/s: kesian tengok makcik-makcik tua yang naik MAS tapi dilayan antara hendak dan tak hendak je oleh bidadari2 MAS ni...

Sunday, 1 November 2009

kerja sengal

pernah tak rase bile tade sangat kerje nak buat (...walaupun banyak..) pastu tak fikir panjang..buat aje mende yang ade di depan mata walaupun korang tahu..sebenarnye..dan akhirnye....korang hanya akan MEMALUKAN DIRI sendiri...

wah..panjangnye intro..(intro beria walaupun tade orang bace ngeh2)..tapi hakikatnye itulah yang terjadi kepada diri aku...

cerita ni sebenarnye started err about 2 weeks ago..hujan tak ribut tak..tiba2 i decided to play squash..."pandai ke main?", "sejak bile main squash?" "waaahhhhh.." takpun "oh!" itu lah antara frasa2 (betul ke nk gune word ni?) ataupun comments yang aku dapat daripada orang sekeliling..cess...kurang asam!..ingat aku tak pandai main ape..ngeh2

lepas tu kan..punye la galak aku ngan sorang lagi housemate ni name die A ..pegi la plak signed up masuk nottingham games..oh ye..bagi sape2 tak tahu..nottingham games ni acara sukan terbesar yang ada untuk malaysian students seluruh UK dan Ireland..and it is anually organized by the nottingham malaysian society. kirenye sape2 students yang nak masuk apa2 acara yang dipertandingkan seperti bola jaring, tennis, bola sepak, basketball, ping pong, badminton dll boleh la daftar thru university..

kenapa aku gatal nk masuk sangat?
dalam banyak2 sukan...squash adalah antara yang paling tak glamour..unlike football or netball, squash only had 2 participants last year...pulak tu, housemate aku (yang dah balik malaysia) joined last year and got silver..tahun ni..with the same thought aku pun join la..sebabnye ade orang cakap..tahun ni ade dua orang je yang registered for squash pastu hadiah ade sampai 5..ngeh

dengan semangat kesukan yang membara..aku pegi practiced main squash ngan A..every single day without fail for the past week..kire kalo kene serve bola sepuluh kali ade la skali due yang masuk..ngehngeh..

alkisah..on the day of nottingham games which was yesterday..aku ngan A pun pegi la ke gelanggang pertandingan..(tu pun selepas makan telur separuh masak yang tak berapa jadik..konon untuk tenaga zahir dan batin la..)..sampai2 kat sane..tau tak QM cakap ape..

"korang..tahun ni ramai orang masuk squash ye..ade SEPULUH orang budak pompuan.."

waktu tu jugak aku rase macam nak berguling-guling kat situ..ngok ngek betul la..selama 3 tahun aku dok jadik volunteers mase notts games tak lebih 4 orang pompuan yang masuk squash..tahun ni alih2 sepuluh orang plak yang nk masuk..SEPULUH ORANG!

tapi tape..aku kan memang terer adapt dengan apa jua situasi..so aku pun cool je la..game pertama: lawan ngn budak pompuan dari uni M, ok la gak untuk beginner..aku kalah ngn bergaya..bile aku cakap kalah dengan bergaya maksudnye tade la mata aku kosong hahahaha.. game kedua: aku kene lawan dengan budak dari W university..and guess what?.she is a professional player..kalo tak state player pun mungkin geng2 nicole ann david la agaknye..first set aku tumbang 0-9 dalam mase tak sampai 2 minit..satu bola yang minah ni served pun aku tak leh amik..memang hampeh kuase 4..rase nk baling raket kat minah ni pun ade..pastu kan die ni plak..tak friendly langsung..senyum pun tak..aku buat kesimpulan die kecewa kot sebab kene lawan ngan aku huhu..pastu masuk set kedua..bile sore 5-0..waktu service die yang keenam aku dapat amik..punyela gembira tapi alih2 bola tu kene pulak dekat mata die..
astaghfirullah...waktu tu tuhan sahaja yang tahu..macam nak luruh jantung..satu court tu senyap je sampai kan A yang tak putus2 sorak "it's okay asma" pun senyap..minah ni plak memang emo abes..senyap je..tapi memang salah aku pun..tak putus2 aku say sorry..die okay tapi lepas tu die memang bagi bola laju je kat aku (ni penonton la yang cakap, aku rase cam same je..hehe)..akhirnye aku tersungkur dengan 9-1 dalam set kedua..huhuhuhuhu..memang priceless experience main game ni..

game ketiga dan terakhir aku lawan A..ni memang relax la..rase cam main petang2 je...sebab tiap2 petang pun main dengan dia ni, tapi aku tetap kalah..muahahhahaa...
walau apapun..tahun ni memang different from the previous years...tade la keje nk menghantar makanan je kat players..tahun ni aku main siotttt..kawan2 baru a.k.a squash players from other universities pun sporting sangat..lepas habis games kitorang gi makan sama2..lepak sama2 (oh ye, nanti nak kene add kawan2 baru ni kat facebook haha..

p/s: lagi sebulan nak exam..tapi tengah cari keje sengal seterusnye....

dame tho buayo!

Wednesday, 28 October 2009

developmental test

i passed MACCS developmental test today! yeay!!

DEVELOPMENTAL TEST ---------> is used to assess developmental stages in babies and children. Basically, there are some particular things/acts which babies and kids do at a particular time and 90% of them follow this pattern. for examples:
  • most babies start smiling at the age of 6 weeks.
  • at the age of 6 months, you would expect them to sit with or without support and by 9 months, they can independently sit on their own.
  • they will then start walking between 12-18 months.
  • by 1 year of age, they usually can recognize objects and make single words like 'mama' and 'dada'.
  • by 2 years old, kids will usually develop their social skills and mix around with other people. at this age, they will start sharing things like toys and food with other kids/people.

the above points are just a few examples of what kids can do at a particular age. indeed, they are many other things which they can do apart from these things. a delay in a certain aspect of development may suggest an underlying problems of illnesses such as cerebral palsy, autism, ADHD or etc. nevertheless, the delay may just be a normal thing since a small proportion of kids do deviate from the normal distribution.

so...

in this test, i was given a boy with an unknown age (the examiner would of course know his age though ;-0). the boy was accompanied by his mother and i had to play with him while assessing his language ability, social skills, gross and fine motor functions at the same time. at the end of the session, i had to guess the boy's age by considering various aspects of his developmental wise. i told the examiner that the boy was 18months old when he was actually 23 months old. but hey, i passed anyway since i assessed every aspects of development and my guessing was within the 6 months range which was the requirement to pass the test hehehe..

Sunday, 25 October 2009

dear paeds..i love you but i dont like you..

I've been on my paeds rota for the past 6 weeks which i think the best rota so far despite the fact that there are more specialties to go..and I'm only half way..no, third way through..
FYI, paeds is an abbreviation for paediatrics aka 'bahagian kanak-kanak' (lawak je bile acik tanye paeds tu 'gewe' baru ke..hehe..calling your bf as paeds doesn't sound too bad though hahaa..wait till i get one haha)..

back to my main topic, in this department, you get different flavours, bits and pieces of medicine; surgery, general, community and social - u name it all! but it's a whole new world..wayyy apart from the adult medicine..here, most of the things are done differently although some still follow the usual conservative approach/way..sometimes, i feel just like a kid myself ; playing with dolls whenever i handle the baby patients, and sometimes i don't feel like a doctor-to-be at all..more or so like nursery teachers; asking toddlers what's this and that just to assess their development, talking by using their 'language', and playing 'peek-a-boo' with them!

having said that, i really enjoy dealing with the kids despite their tantrums and 'uncooperativeness'.there's no way you can be mad at them..you just feel pity and most of time, i am amused by them! deep inside your heart, you know..they are adorable without the illness and it's not them..it's the illness..and one more thing, you know..it's not because they drink alcohol like some adults that they end up being sick, or smoke packs of cigarettes until they get many kinds of lung diseases (yeah..yeah..i'm being judgmental which i shouldn't be)..but yes..their illness is not the consequence of their action.

however, paeds is not always enjoyable. having to do many on calls including one in the weekend is not nice. why? because you are NOT a doctor for god sake..you are a student and you deserve a two-day weekend. hehe..most importantly, you get depressed and teary when encountering a disturbing, out of norm case. for example, 2 weeks ago, i sat in the consultation room with a doctor and a 10 year old boy who had been sexually assaulted for almost a year by his 19 year old half brother. it was just depressing. i couldn't even look at his face or else my tears would fall in front of him. i kept staring at the doctor, refusing to let my guard down and keeping a stern emotionless face at the same time. it was just mental! last week, me and colleagues saw a 10 month old girl who was born perfectly fine and healthy but end up being blind and highly dependant for the rest of her life because of a skull fracture when she was 6 weeks old. only god knows what happened to her at that time and the father is still in the prison for that..poor thing..such a poor poor girl..

now you know why i love and hate paeds at the same time! what do you think?

Saturday, 18 April 2009

spring breeze

spring is just not for me...at least not this year...
flowers are blossoming..trees are smiling...sun is shining...
but it doesnt feel right..i don't know why...
i wish time would stop...


*sigh* i wish i could go back now...
i miss everyone back home...cant wait till summer

p/s: gonna surprise ayah..he doesnt know im going back..haha..yeay!

Saturday, 21 March 2009

march babies!!!

dear march babies...especially my dear two bestfriends irina (17th march) and fifah (19th march),

i wish u all the very best birthday celebration ever...may Allah bless u always and grant all your wishes...hav a blast dear darlings!~~

p/s: remember, age is just a number...you will always be 18 if you want to..ekekekekekke


*** fifah.., i wish i was in dublin on your birthday...really2 miss you and be strong hunny!!!***