arthritis

just finished my ppt presentation on rheumatoid arthritis..i got to do the treatment part..
since my mom is having RA..i called her up to know about her drugs..as the profs always say..patient is the best teacher..my mom knows about RA better than i do..she knows each and every function of her drugs..it was easier to ask someone who is suffering from the disease rather than reading about it in the book..

sometimes i feel sad looking at her when she has her flare ups..she couldn't even drive since one of her wrists is swollen and stiff..when it migrates to her feet..walking is hard for her..morning will be the most devastating time for her because of the joint stiffness..
my dad did a good job in taking care of my mom..he would put warm wash cloths on her stiff joints.thankfully the symptoms are suppressed now..doctor is putting her on methotrexate..now it has been 5 months on the drug..

thanx mak..hope u feel better..thankfully she went for treatment early..prevents joint deformity..

ridiculous

weekend is here!!
today me and my friends were hanging out at ccd..they were playing a song..and these hindi songs.. bukan main lagi..the song was like a dance song..and the lyrics basically was "insyaAllah" playing over and over again..hmmm...

then we were talking and talking..and we realised that there was one malay song which had the word "insyaAllah" in it..hehe..the song was ages ago..and it used to be my fav song..how could i be so jiwang back then??? i hardly listen to this song now..

and malay songs back then used to have someone talking like bersajak or sumthing.. come to think about it..funny.. the sajak in that song..

Awan yg mencas semesta

menyampaikan pesan kesunyian dikala sendiri

kesepian yg menyelubungi hari- hari ku

disajikan doa-doa bekalan rindu

yg menanti kau dtg dan pergi seperti impi2 ku..fantasiku..

bukan dongeng lagi yang sayup kedengaran

disisi cuping..disetiap corong..lorong yang lohong

BENAR !! ku tak bohong..bila hati menyanyi..

lalalalala...dunno if the words are correct..heh..now listening to this song..sooo jiwang!!!

and this song also has nilai-nilai murni..hehe..

Sesunguhnya kita mestilah

wujudkan sefahaman dan hormat-menghormati

ikhlas...kasih...

sabar insyaAllah..

.......

the wait

today was end posting viva for obg..the end of watching hysterectomy..c-section..babies..
owh how i'll miss it..obg posting this time was really interesting..yesterday we saw a huge ovarian tumour maybe around 8kg being removed..it was huge and heavy!!

anyways today my day was like torture..my name is considered as one of the early people in my group..so i thought my viva would end early..but the opposite happened..the pg who was supposed to take my viva came late..and she took viva around 15 minutes per person..

obviously u would think i had the advantage to read more since i had more time..but i was the last person and i hate being last..i'd like to just get over with it..the wait was torture..everyone was waving goodbye to me..one by one they went..and there i was waiting..hoping she'll finish my friends viva fast..

alas she finished..so was everyone else..i was the last person in that room with the pg..the first question she asked me was about twins..and everyword i came out with got jumbled up..clearly i did'nt read the topic..

i was on the verge of tears..i was disappointed with myself..with the waiting..everything i read got jumbled up..then she asked questions that i knew the answer..so i answered and tried to prove to her that i read ..and my effort was successful..claps to myself..
pulling of an all- nighter last night really did help me..

now going into medicine..why medicine?? other postings are far more interesting than medicine..
1 month to go to finish this final year..

social night

yesterday was our socials night..its like a formal dinner night for final year students..
can't believe its almost over..3 months more and insyaAllah if we pass we'll become doctors..the word doctor is scary..i'm always asking myself am i ready for this?? hmmm...

well here are some pics from last night..btw it was my first time ever wearing sari..what do u think?? after all its a proof that i've been spending the last 4 1/2 years of my life in india..when else would i get to wear a sari..

my dearest friends finally all together

with our surgery prof..

my open house

owh..its still raya..feels like it was long time ago..last i ate raya food was on hari raya..wasn't invited to any open house..like duh..anyway..busy with postings right now..can't believe that finals is 3 months away..am i ready for it??

and then my mom did her annual open house..n my best friend got to attend it..huhuhu..i want to go too..she said the food was superb..and there was a tent?? since when did my mom put up a tent for open house??usually the dining room and the living room was enough..people would sit anywhere..hmmm..they might have upgraded..hehehe..

elly..you're like my mom's new friend..you replaced me with my mom??? hehehe...if only i was there.. btw..how was ciko n jason elly?? did you see them anywhere or were they hiding?? or were you hiding from them..hehehe..

will be updating soon after the socials..something different..

the best raya ever

today hari raya ke-2..i'm taking the morning off..not going to ot..anyways supposedly i wanted to study for surgery end poting this friday..but hmm..decided to do raya cleaning and update my blog..

sadly..on saturday we were waiting for a msg to tell "esok raya" but instead.."tok imam dah terawikh"..meaning raya is on monday..huhuhu..the raya spirit was gone..we had to fast for another day..which was on sunday...nothing much to do..since i've finished baking brownies on saturday..so i slept and slept waiting for waktu berbuka..

then the fun started..we went to ccd since there was nothing to do on raya eve..then went back and played bunga api and mercun..hehehe..i played the bunga api only..too scared to light up the mercun gasing and fountain..it was soooooo fun!!! felt like we were kids again..but we had to stop because it started to drizzle..



continued the pre-raya party upstairs..of course i like one thing and one thing only in anor's room..her keyboard..played some of my fav songs..then called the others of the "undecided" band to join me playing apologize making our own concert..haha..what a way to kill time..

then pagi raya..i could'nt sleep the night before..so right after subuh i made pancake..after all i promised them i'd make breakfast..so after solat raya we ate pancake at my house then everyone went back to dress up for raya..

this year raya was totally different..it was at the river where the river flows into the sea..the place was beautiful..i really liked it despite being the makcik dininghall ..it was because of the company i had and the view..i salute the organizer for choosing that place..it was a meaningful raya..we took pictures at the jetty which looked like as if we were really going to balik kampung at the riverside..

thanx to those for making this raya memorable..maybe this is our last raya together with friends..raya with friends isn't all that bad especially if you have great friends to spend it with..after this we'll be spending it with our family..hopefully there is one last time next year..

reminiscing raya

ok..i know raya is still 1 week away..but i'm having the holiday blues..right now i'm listening to the old raya songs..huhuhuhuhu..feel sad being away from home..

this raya will be the 5th raya for me celebrating with friends away from home..i went through my pics with azi trying to recall what baju raya we wore previously..hehe..seems like it has been a long time here..

1st raya at manipal..

2nd raya went to bangalore and came back to mangalore just in time for raya

3rd raya i did'nt remember cooking anything??!! maybe it was the year we did'nt do anything..

4th raya i was the bakery..and we became "makcik dininghall" serving all those hungry people with our baju raya..and had little left for us..huhuhu

this year..again "makcik dininghall"..we'll see the outcome..

listening to my fav raya song - selamat berhari raya by rahimah rahim