Mira is back again

Mr Jerry's farewell

2012-01-09T01:22:00.001+08:00

Good bye mr jerry. Nampak gayanya saya tak sempat ye nak menjadi houseman mr jerry. Good luck for your sub specialty program.

Angry bird

2012-01-07T23:51:00.001+08:00

Angry raj playing angry bird. Begitulah ye penangan angry bird di mata houseman paeds.

Makan tanpa diundang

2012-01-07T00:53:00.001+08:00

Terima kasih ortho peeps. I am not in ortho posting and i havent done ortho yet. But i always consider myself paeudo-ortho team. Hehe. Thanks again you guys

Happy birthday hafizsyah

2012-01-07T00:51:00.001+08:00

Happy birthday to you!

...merry christmas

2012-01-07T00:48:00.001+08:00

Sandakan style. Haha.

Happy new year

2012-01-07T00:47:00.001+08:00

All the way from sandakan with my beloved people. Enjoy your 2012. May whatever you wish will come true.

And for whatever your resolution is, make sure you'll make it! Gambate!

Apple crumble

2012-01-07T00:45:00.001+08:00

Home made! Puas makan :)

Day Care Center

2011-12-29T08:51:00.001+08:00

This week i will be taking care of day care center. It might sounds relaxing in a way but look at my work load! The more case note i have, the more work i have to do. Not complaining but im enjoying my post here. Hehe. The staff nurses are really nice. Feeding me with a lot of stuff. So happy!

Ortho bbq party

2011-12-26T11:21:00.001+08:00

Semalam ada buat bbq party ortho kat rumah. Dikda kan kat ortho jadi kami menjadi host ye pada malam smlm. Activity2 termasukla makan2 tanpa henti n juga main x box kinect henti2 sebab penat. Game tu sgt mengundang ye. Super addictive!

Terima kasih pada mr yasser hod ortho sbb sudi dtg rumah kami yg tak seberapa tu n kepada mo2 jgn segan nak dtg lagi.

Tunggu kak farah beranak nnt nak battle ye dance central dgn dia n dr arif.

McDonalds in Sandakan

2011-12-26T11:13:00.001+08:00

Yes, you read it just right. We now have Mcdonalds in sandakan. The first few days masa mcd bukak, gila babs la ramai nak mampos org. Kereta beratur untuk drive thru sampai ke roundabout. Mmg tak sanggup la. Aku takde la kebulur mana nak mkn mcd. Tgu da reda sikit mcd fever baru la pergi.

Smlm plak bday si bobong, bawak la g blnja mcd. Nasib baik la org tak ramai. Mungkin sbb masa tu breakfast time kan. Org nak tgu bila ada prosperity burger je kan. Beli la haaaaaaaa sekali blanja org2 di ward. Naaaaa

Anyway, kasi can la dulu org2 dari beluran, telupid, kinabatangan pegi mcd tu. kesian dorg dtg dari jauh pakai cantik2 sbb nak mkn mcd.

Kira okla la ada jugak mcd kat sini on top of kfc, pizza hut, secret recipe n old town coffee.

Karaoke

2011-12-26T10:57:00.001+08:00

My partner in crime! few days before christmas. And christmas eve pun pegi lagi. Macam 3 times weekly ada jugak la haha.

Makan2 at scarlett

2011-12-26T10:56:00.001+08:00

Having good dinner, playing x box kinect, jubir2, lastly main monopoly card version russia. Nyet! Nyet! Who says houseman cannot have fun?

Christmas celebration peringkat ward

2011-12-24T11:42:00.001+08:00

Hi everyone. Hope you are doing great. In sandakan, christmas is one of the major celebration that is routinely celebrated as there are various cultures who are christians. Every year, a lot of the non government organizations will come and gave christmas presents to children who are admitted in our ward.

Today, we had NGO from PBSM Sandakan giving presents to patients in my ward :)

Much thanks!

Jemuran

2011-12-23T13:28:00.001+08:00

I came out of the door and was waiting for the lift and suddenly i saw...

Boleh tak jadi lebih bertamadun?

Self-reward

2011-12-16T20:47:00.002+08:00

Praised be upon Allah taala because I had passed my NRP exam. Thus, I had just rewarded myself with a brand new toy...

My current addiction

2011-12-15T00:39:00.002+08:00

...is playing X-Box Kinect Dance Central 2. This song!!

I guess I can try to beat him. Hehe *berangan* Nanti dah ada perfect moves macam dia, I will record and upload. Haha. (I wish)

senyum

2011-12-14T22:07:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah, I have just checked my e-penyata. Looks like we're having bonus for christmas. *smiles*

Anyhow, tomorrow I will be having my Neonatal Resuscitaion Program megacode examination. Pray that everything will be going smoothly and I don't have to repeat it.

It's a clinical based exam where you have to demonstrate with running commentaries how to resus a newborn. I supposed all of the KKM hospitals have this exam for HO in Paeds posting, right?

Anyway, wish me luck. Nothing much to say. Until then. Daa.

Hi everyone!

2011-12-13T19:22:00.000+08:00

*screams out loud*

I miss you guys! But is there any readers yet? I have not blogged for 1 year and I really miss blogging. I hope you all gonna stay tunes and wait for my next entry.

Where have I been for the past year?

I am currently working as a government servant in Borneo!

Still wondering?

Stay tunes.

Hugs and kisses *muah*

Long case: medical-based

2010-12-16T13:16:00.001+08:00

Examiner

1) Prof Dr Najib, consultant physician (from Pakistan ) à I have to clerk the case in English

2) Assoc Prof Dr Najib, psychiatrist (from Malaysia ) haha

Specialty: Internal Medicine

Summary

Adik Anne (bukan nama sebenar), 16 year old, Malay lady, Kajang, known case of asthma, initially presented with pale noted by teachers and friends since 10 months ago and worsens 3 days prior to admission whereby she developed symptoms of anemia namely chest pain, shortness of breath, reduce in effort tolerance, dizziness, malaise and lethargy.

Normal menses, normal adult diet, no family history of same symptoms or history of blood disorder in the family, non smoker, non alcoholic drinker

Diagnosis: Symptomatic anemia to rule out causes

Differentials:

1) iron deficiency anemia

2) thallasemia

3) leukemia

4) gastrointestinal bleed

Physical examination

General: Pale, not jaundice, no leukonichia/koilonichia/frontal bossing/bruises/lymph nodes enlargement, no pedal edema. Vital signs are all stable.

Abdomen: no bruises, pethichea, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly

Pulse: regular rhythm, normal character, good volume, no collapsing pulse

JVP: 4 cm, not elevated

CVS: apex beat not displaced, no thrill/parasternal heave, S1S2, no murmur, no bibasal crepitations

Respiratory: normal

CNS: normal

LL: pethichea bilaterally, power 5/5, normal tone

Questions:

1) Explore more on the diet and nutritional history

2) Demonstrate general examination with relevant to this patient

3) Demonstrate examination of the spleen

4) Demonstrate sternal tenderness. Why is that significant? - Leukemia

5) Summarize your history with relevant positive and negative history.

6) How do you investigate her? (I mentioned FBC to look for Hb, plt, wcc and then he told me the results, FBP to look for microcytic and hypochromic anemia)

This is the tricky part. Prof Najib ( Pakistan ) asked me about literally ALL THE POSSIBLE findings dalam FBP.

- If microcytic hypochromic with macrocytes, what do you think of?

- If thallasemia? – target cell

- If aplastic anemia? If hemolytic anemia? If sickle cell anemia (SEMUA LINGKUP MASUK DALAM SELIMUT MENYOROK MALU SEBAB TAK CONFIDENT INGATTTTTTTTTTTTT!)

- Reticulocytes for hemolysis. And how does the reticulocytes count is significant in this case?

- Ape kaitan low retics and bone marrow biopsy

- High retics indicate what?

- Bone marrow what do you look for?

- What are the indications of bone marrow biopsy in this patient?

- Do you think it’s necessary to do bone marrow biopsy in this patient?

Dalam hati, Prof Najib ni hematologist ke?

7) Significant findings in aplastic anemia? (aku tak pernah jumpa patient aplastic anemia kottttt, maybe kat Pakistan banyak agaknya)

8) What investigation to confirm that she has thallasemia? – Hb electrophoresis

9) How do you manage her?

Banyak lagi soalan yang obsviously tak dapat jawab. Tanya mainly pasal darah2. omg *meninggal*

Prof Najib (psyhiatrist) pun membuka langkah dan bertanyakan soalan Psych bertubi-tubi macam berdas-das meriam.

1) What do you think this patient has if she were to represent a psychiatric illness? GAD, Panic disorder

2) What are the differences between those two? *masa ni rasa mmg nak meninggal*

3) How do you differentiate character of chest pain between the two? (ADE KE MASALAHNYA? Argh kenapa tak tahu lagi ni. Masa tu dah perspire banyak gila dan menunjukkan muka yang stress tapi cuba mengahalang)

4) Psychosocial impact on this patient? Goreng garing2

Prof Najib Pakistan

10) What is the long term management in this patient?

11) How if the patient wants to get married?

12) What about consanguineous marriage?

Dua-dua berpaling sesame sendiri, “anymore questions?” pastu gelak2. Hahaha. “No more questions.

Mira, sambil pandang Prof Najib Malaysia, “thank you Prof Najib” and then pandang Prof Najib Pakistan, “thank you prof…….”

Prof Najib Pakistan “Oh, my name is Najib too. Najib square or Najib the second!”

Mira: Okay, thank you Prof Najibs

Conclusion:

1) I am not that much satisfy with my performance but I am glad that it was over. Like I said, I am the first one to merdeka so yeah, hallelujah!

2) Please read on the full blood pictures and ALL the possible findings of ALL types of anemias in the world.

3) This patient might come again for exam because she was from the ward and as far as the treatment is concern, she is still schedule for blood transfusion and more investigations to rule out causes of her anemia. Dia kata diagnosis tak establish lagi, but what the hell. Aku dah kena belasah cukup2 pasal darah2 ni. *pening*

4) Jangan panic! I told myself not to be panic tapi PANIC jugak! Kalah orang ade panic disorder.

5) Be confident! I told everyone to be confident tapi aku pun hancus jugak!

6) Ergh, stress gils babs. Not a good one.

7) I hope I pass. Amin. Mira pass, amin!

Tapi dah pass pun kan. Hehehe :)

OSCE final pro II

2010-12-16T13:02:00.000+08:00

Station 8

Nervous break down! Memang nervous all the way la kan. Even though dah dipesan banyak kali supaya checked and chunked, but still! terpengaruh dengan jawapan2 merepek yang telah diberikan di station sebelumnya. This station presented with one patient who complaint of ear pain (if i'm not mistaken - DAH BERZAMAN KOTTTT!). hahaha. An otoscopic examination was done and picture given - show perforated right tympanic membrane (rasanya right). Baik tengok betul2 right or left, sebab it can be confusing sigh sigh sigh.

Questions given, perform an otoscopic examination on both ear and perform weber's test and tell examiner your finding and diagnosis. Walaupun karut mengarut, nemind. At least I saw something :) haha

Station 9 (Fam Med)

Patient G4 P3, who is 5 weeks pregnant, was not happy with the pregnancy. Wants to terminate her pregnancy. 3 kids at home are still young. She wants advice in terms of medical law and religion point of view. Patient was asking for your advice on performing a traditional method to terminate the pregnancy.

Pandai betul patient berlakon!! Dia provoke terbaekkkkk. Jangan terpedaya. Stick with your own decision. If you say NO, then stick to NO. Examiner nak tengok how you reassure the patient je :)

Station 10 (ANAES)

Kinda fuck up this station. Patient gemuk tu duduk kat katil. Pastu question suruh assess patient airway for pre-op assessment. I did the general examination on this patient. Pastu commented on his 'obesity'. Pastu dia gelak2 pulak, terus i commented, "this patient is behaving inappropriately". HAHAHAHA. Sumpah kelakar. Prof Ikram pun gelak. Sabar je la. I was being asked about Malampati score and what are other method to assess for airway patient tu.Prof was asking, "if can't put ETT, then how to do the surgery?" Pandai2 je la survive kat situ.

Station 11 (Opthal)

Patient is a known case of long standing HPT, current BP 170/120. He also complains of blurring of vision, funduscopy found out that he have cherry red spot.

Tell the examiner the diagnosis - CRAO. Okay, masa ni tataw dan SUPER PANIC MACAM ORANG GILA! Apparently Dr Wahid bagi hint2 sikit, then baru boleh jawab. Pakcik tu tengok je. Haha. Next question, what is the immediate management? PANIC LAGIIIIIIIIIIIIII. Sampai Dr Wahid hint lagi sekali, "what can you see on the table?" Terbazir la 3 minit kotttttt. Cari2 ape menda la atas meja tu, sekali dah nak abes time baru teringat, amik paper bag tu and ask the patient tu inhale carbon dioxide. Hahahaha.

Ade experience shared from my friend. He was so fucking panic, last2 pakcik tu yang amik paper bag tu sendiri, and said, "tak pe la, pakcik buat macam ni je la" while placing the paper bag onto his mouth and inhale the CO2 sendiri. Hahaha. Kelakar gila!

Station 12

REST station. Konon2 dia bagi suruh baca this one article. Pasal ade patient with MDD, husband kaki pukul. Seek follow up with psychiatrist yada yadaa yadaa.

Station 13

It is all about medical ethics and sharing information. Patient (refer to station 12) was on fluvoxamine and on CBT, with the husband who is alcoholic + gambler. Husband is the patient's boss punye best friend. So, boss patient ni thought that the husband was a kind, loving and loyal person. Patient dah remind NOT TO TELL ANYTHING TO OTHERS.

Boss dia datang mintak consultation about this patient (not performing well in her work). Question, address the employer's concern on this patient and ADVICE.

The trick is NOT TO TELL! I did not tell about the husband part but I think the boss needs to know that this patient suffers from MDD and needs to be on medication to keep her well. Other than that, senyap sudah. Yang kelakar nya, siap tanya boss dia, "do you know what is MDD?" hahahahahaha. gigih!

Station 14 (O&G)

Perform pap smear on the mannequin. Choose the correct equipment with hand sterile semua tu la. Last sekali, I forgot to write the patient's name on the slide. Deduct marks la kot kat situ. Sigh sigh. Yang kelakar nya, we were thought to sorta talk to the mannequin and treat the mannequin as if the mannequin tu macam patient betul. So, bila cakap suruh tarik nafas and everything, prof haizal cakap, "ko tak payah cakap ngn patung tu, ko buat sudah" hahaha.

Station 15 (ED + IM)

Masuk je station ni, haru-biru macam ape. Tetibe ade orang jerit2, "dr, dr patient pengsan!" chaotic nak mampos! Terus berdiri satu minit terdiam tanpa membuat ape2. Prof Latiff dah senyum2 kat tepi tu. Adoyai. Pastu suruh la perform CPR, orang tu kata tak reti. Doktor la buat sendiri. Padahal they are all well-trained nurse. Cheh!!

Management , first they gave you VF and then sinus rhythm but pulseless. Just follow the algorithm, perform CPR and Defib, don't forget the medications and don't panic, just check, pulse or no pulse, shockable or non shockable.

Station 16 (Surgical)

Patient with symptoms and signs of acute urinary retention. Tell the examiner the diagnosis and manage this patient. Dr AAA, "What is CBD?" okla, boleh jawab - continuous bladder drainage. Basically nak tengok cara pasang CBD macam mana. Perform la depan AAA. You might get stuck with the stupid mannequin, relax, know the principle and be cool. Chewah.

Station 17 (ED, again!)

Demmit! Patient MVA (ni dia guna orang betul tau!!!), sustain left chest pain, left knee (fracture?), put on spinal board, cervical collar, and traction on the left side. Perform a primary survey on this patient. OKAY, MENINGGAL! Panic kali seribu. Buat la ape yang patut, expose tgk wound la la la la. Kena dgr breathing patient tu sendiri. Guna la stet kesayangan korang tu. Pasang kan cervical colar sebab dalam question ade suruh pasang cervical colar or something like that. Dah lama2 kat situ, I think masa pun dah nak habes, sekali, demn! lupa nak check GCS. Tanya kat nurse tu, sekali tu nurse tu bagi hint, GCS kena check sendiri. baru nak buat skali tetttt, masa dah abes. Babi betul! Marah kat diri sendiri.

Cerita kelaka, ada some of my friends yang siap nak intubate patient tu sendiri, hahaha. Padahal patient tu orang betul kottttt. And then ade yang nak expose the patient, gigih nak expose sampai bukak seluar patient tu. Terus prof radhi kata, "tak payah bukak seluar" hahahahahahaha. Ade yang nak check GCS, pinch patient tu punya nipple. Hahahahaha. Okay, kalau sape jadi examiner masa ni sumpah meninggal sebab gelak2 golek2.

Basically, it was a nice experience buat OSCE ni. Sekarang junior2 sangat lucky sebab diorang dah practice osce rotation ni since diorang year 4. jadi sorta boleh imagine how things go. tak de la first time macam kitorang, chaotic gila babi. ade yang menanges along the exam. and so on. whatever it is, dont be panic. sebenarnya nak cakap senang, tapi bile dah berdepan dengan kenyataan tu memang susah sikit. i admit that too. i myself tak boleh sangat nak keep calm after a few fucked up stations. but alhamdulillah, sekarang dah Dr. Mira pun :)

I am back!

2010-11-18T16:05:00.000+08:00

Hello peeps! Thanks for reading my blog this far. Sorry I have not had the chance to update my blog for more than 1 month! But trust me, I have 27 ENTRIES waiting to be published! Hehe. Thanks again and have a good day!

mirs

Alhamdulillah

2010-10-15T19:50:00.000+08:00

After 5 years of study
After a few hours of waiting
After all the hard work

I am finally a doctor. Alhamdulillah. Praise be to God for all that he had planned for me. Inshallah, I will pray that I will be a good and safe doctor.

Thank you everyone for all your endless support. My family, my friends, my blog readers and all of you who knows me. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. May Allah bless all of you.

I think I am gonna pause from blogging for a while. I don't know what more therapy blogging can be as i can consider myself a happy person. VERY HAPPY INDEED. (tapi tengok la berapa lama boleh tahan tak berblog).

Thank you Allah. I have many reasons to be grateful for. :)

xoxo
mira

OSCE final pro

2010-10-15T11:45:00.000+08:00

Lemme tell you about my OSCE last time. This entry will be longer than expected, so feel free to leave if you do not feel like reading :) I was the second person to go of all the 17 students kan. The first station was rest station (Fizi). So I got Station 2 as my first one.

Station 2

Bukak je kertas soalan. Mak oi!!! Panjang nye soalan. The objective is to interpret data. Dia bagi summary of this patient's condition, renal profile results of this patient, PTH level and that's it. Question a) explain the diagnosis to the examiner. b) explain the pathophysiology of increase PTH level in this patient with regards to the RP result. *dah panic sikit sebab memang tak ingat* c) explain to the patient with regards to the long term management for her

After 1 minute bunyi bell and I stumbled kat luar tak masuk2 dalam sebab tengah organize my thoughts ape nak jawab. Lama jugak berdiri sampai Dr Imtiaz keluar jenguk. Orang lain dah masuk station masing2. Masa tu PALPITATIONS cam kena heart attack pun ade sebab nampak ARAR!!!!!!!! omg omg omg omg omg. Kenapa nak kena jawab soalan ni dekat ARAR. Meninggal adalah pasti! Sumpah terkujat macam terpaku 2 minit terbazir sebab duduk exactly right in front of him. ARAR pandang dengan cermin mata die kat hidung, I was like, "okay, bertenang, ARAR tak makan orang" Memang perlu menarik nafas sepuluh juta kali sebelum boleh bukak mulut, itu pun gagap2 macam orang ade cerebral deficit. Haish! Start je jawab, pathophysio tu mmg taram sebulat bulat. What I could remember was mind map yang aku lukis gambar kidney, pastu ade tulis Ca++ and ade tulis PTH. I guess I dont have a good photographic memory. Sigh. Masuk je soalan untuk explain kat patient. Non pharmacological tu kencang abes sebab makcik ni ade DM and HPT. What I suspected was, she has diabetic nephropathy sebab RP die deranged. Creat, K+ and urea sky high (tapi makcik tu nampak sangat sihat okay!). And then pharmacological, emphasize on anti HPT and OHA, tetibe...

ARAR: Please read the question! Long term management of this patient!

Erk *berpeluh*... "okay, makcik sekarang perlu dialysis or kita panggil cuci darah" without giving options whether makcik tu nak peritoneal or hemodialysis. Bla bla bla. Loceng bunyi pastu terus keluar dengan stress. Lupa nak suggest kidney transplant kat makcik tu. Okay, point deducted :(

Teringat Dr Hazean cakap, CHECKED AND CHUNKED. Do not ever think about the previous stations. Just go and focus on the next station and that's it. She's so my idol :)

Station 3

Objective nak tengok physical examination. Question a) examine this patient's limb length discrepency *damn! lupa macam mana dah* b) explain the findings to the patient

Pegi dekat adik tu, tanya nama bla bla bla. nak ukur kaki, suruh dia baring. Lepas tu lupa nak buat ape. Oh, check apparent limb length, Betulkan pelvis sket, pastu true limb length (which kaedah ape yang aku guna pun only God knows) haha. Explain kat patient siap sebut berapa cm kanan, berapa cm kiri. Tapi ntah betul ke tak measurement aku tu. I heard that most of us kantoi this station. Not sure how many. :(

Station 4

Objective interpret investigation jugak (was given chest xray - right pneumothorax). Ade patient kat situ, yang konon-konon berlakon ade chest pain. "aduh, sakit ni dr, tlg" okay panic sket. betul ke patient ni sakit. ke dia main2. Question a) interpret the x ray findings to the examiner b) explain the diagnosis to the patient c) explain the treatment options for this patient

Gigih explain kat patient in Malay. Sekali Dr Aljunid, "English please! English please!" Terus la jadi direct translation yang haywire gila.

Station 5

MY FAVORITE STATION OF ALL. objective nak tengok competent ke tak buat procedure - intramuscular injection. question a) explain to the patient the site of injection b) point the site of injection to the examiner c) prepare the things needed d) perform IM injection at the maniquine provided. I think I used the wrong size of jarum untuk cucuk patient tu. Damn!

After keluar exam, masa ni la dengar macam2 muscle yang kawan2 sebut. It was supposed to be deltoid. I think all of us know it's deltoid tapi agaknya panic sangat kot sampai yang terkeluar tu rhomboid la, triceps la. Overall, this station je yang confident boleh pass.

Station 6

Rest. Tetibe teringat terlupa bagi sticker reference number kat ARAR. Ni semua panic punye pasal. Haha. And then mintak tolong Dr Raf tolong passkan. Tarik nafas, tak leh lama2. Ade 6 minit je nak bertenang. Dr Salehin pun suruh bertenang, minum air, makan gula2. Fuh, memang berpeluh la. Tak sempat nak berfikir. Baru nak dpt idea, tetiba masa nak abes dah.

Station 7

We were given a thalassemia punye case. The idea is to give a patient consultation regarding anak dia yang sakit thalassemia ni. Masa tu la jugak semua mende pasal thalassemia aku lupa kan! Dah baca berjuta kali. Damn! Pastu lukis2 sket kat patient ni how thalassemia ni being inherit. Pastu bebel2 sket (God knows ape yang aku merepek kat kakak tu). Fuh. Examiner pulak duk tenung je (she was an external examiner). So sebenarnya memang she cannot said a word pun. Argh...

...to be continued

2 down, 1 more to go

2010-10-12T15:39:00.000+08:00

OSCE done! but I am gonna babbles about it after the exam tomorrow.

err... just a little bit... (just to let the tension out)

i told myself so many times to remain calm and not to be panic in whatever circumstances that may come. but it does happen that way. i panicked! and stumbled myself in front of the examiner and the patient! and make myself look stoop-it. ergh, sick!

it was not a good day for me. but alhamdulillah it's over. we have 17 stations. 14 active stations + 3 rest stations. my FIRST station was the one with ARAR! omg, terkujat sekejap nak pikir. *sumpah meninggal* abes lupa semua. the rest tu biasa2 je. ade yang boleh buat, ade yang tak.

they test you on your result interpretation, procedural skills, medical ethics and legal documentation, physical examination (ortho! pengsan!), ear examination (YES, I HAVE NOT BEEN HOLDING AN OTOSCOPE SINCE I FINISHED MY ENT POSTING which is like 2 years back?), ACLS, BLS ergh!!!! stress!

okay, cukup sikit2. keep your prayers coming. i have another long case for tomorrow. bagila case yang boleh jawab, patient yg cooperative dan examiner yang benign. aminnnnnnn.

will write again soon. thanks for reading

10.10.10

2010-10-10T09:57:00.001+08:00

Once in a lifetime. Tak mungkin tarikh ni akan datang lagi, right. For those who celebrate their birthday today, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Not to forget for those who are getting engaged/married, HAPPY GETTING ENGAGED and HAPPY GETTING MARRIED.

Yesterday was not a good day for me, I have been quite in a low mood for the past two days. Plus, I have all this runny nose and URTI. Blurgh! Hate it! Not during the exam please. I hope I am much better today. :)

Let's rawk the 10.10.10

p/s: dah ade tarikh kahwin tapi calon tak de macam mana? haha

Semakan status pendaftaran

2010-10-07T23:03:00.001+08:00

Remember the other day I told you that I have registered with SPA? The registration status is out. Basically my form is currently being processed :)

For those who has not check their registration status, please do so by clicking here! (Apply to the Pioneer Batch of CUCMS only). Thanks!

Sleepless!

2010-10-06T22:50:00.000+08:00

I wish I could go to bed STAT! Unfortunately I cant. My mind is occupied with all the possible medical illnesses that would come up during my exam later on. Seriously, this is not a game to play. Clinical examination especially long case is seriously depending on luck. First, whether you have simple case or complicated case. Second, whether you have benign examiner or the malignant ones. Hurm. Sometimes, you can get simple case but the questions asked might be up to the basic sciences namely anatomy, pathophysiology and what not. And sometimes if you get the complicated ones, but once you know how to approach the patient, that would be good enough.

Most of my lecturers told us not to worry so much as the cases given were the common cases seen in the ward. In my mind, is this true? Or were they just trying to put us at ease? Today has proven that, we should not overlooked the so-called impossible cases.

Friend 1:

Ni supracondylar fracture ni mesti tak kua punya.

Zassss, he got supracondylar fracture as his long case

Friend 2:

Shoulder cases ni master level kan?

Zassss, she got brachial plexus injury

Friend 3:

Tak pernah encounter pun SLE in pregnancy

Zassss, he got SLE in pregnancy

Friend 4:

Obstetric and gynae mesti yang common2 punye je.

Zassss, she got infertility case

See?

Other cases that were put in exams are rectal carcinoma with underlying mitral regurgitation (mine), ovarian cyst, bronchiectasis, down syndrome (no current complaint - just that she was brought in for exam purposes), panic disorder, alcohol abuse with chronic liver disease, failure to thrive secondary to VSD, pertussis with ASD, major depressive disorder, hemorrhagic stroke, ITP (paeds), febrile fit, ischemic ulcer, carcinoma of the head of pancreas, UGIB secondary to PUD, oligohydrominos, toxic multinodular goiter, esophageal carcinoma, GDM with fibroid and more to come :)

Okay, sekarang tak boleh tido. Dah ade insomnia.

Dearest juniors, if you happen to read this, sila la belajar rajin-rajin dan belajar gigih-gigih! Common cases are still common BUT do not overlook the cases which you think impossible to come out for exam but actually they are all POSSIBLE. What I can say is that, I am just going to prepare for the worst.

Medical based has a hell wider scope than surgical based. Internal medicine itself has a lot of potential diagnosis and wide range of topics to be discussed. Belum campur dengan Paediatrics with all the developmental issues and sociocultural and everything. Not to forget, psychiatry! Oh my! *pengsan*

Oh God, calm me down, put me at ease! I seriously have to learn NOT TO BE PANIC! As for now, I wanna sleep :( Please, please help me to sleep.

Long case: surgical-based

2010-10-06T18:19:00.002+08:00

I am done with 1 long case. Still have another long case (medical based) and OSCE. Of all the surgical cases, kenapa la dapat Surgery? OMG! Berangan nak dapat Obsgyn cases tapi tak dapat. But this surgery punye case was okay je la. Patut la for the past few days asyik mimpi Mr Shah and Mr Shaker. Itu la hint2 nak dapat case surgery kot :P

Pagi2 dah sampai ruang menunggu, dah tengok kiri kanan, "mana satu potential patient?" Semua orang pandang sama sendiri. Mula-mula nampak Dr Vani, with a row of preggy mommies! And mommy-with-no-tummy? Mungkinkah infertility case? (memang ada yang dapat case infertility).

And then nampak ade one young lady atas wheelchair. Down syndrome, Okay spotted! Down syndrome masuk exam for medical! Ade yang patient yang dia bawak turun daripada ward, with blood transfusion. Mungkinkah UGIB? Macam-macam la kitorang ni fikir. Maklumlah. Kan tak tenang. Palpitations gila babi tak ingat dunia punya.

And then nampak external examiners for Putrajaya Hospital, HUKM, PPUM dll. *gulp* Telan air liur sekejap. After dah register and everything, we all kena quarantine dalam bilik. Dapat makan minum free, seriously kebajikan terjaga. Air panas, air mineral semua ade.

I was the second group for the exam. I am not sure whether they repeat the same patient or got me a new patient. Masa dia panggil tu dah mcm dapat agak, I'll be getting surgical case. Sebab my name dia mention number 1. So kalau no 1 surgery (no 2 obsgyn, no 3 surgery, no 4 obsgyn, no 5 ortho). Macam tula.

...And the exam starts with one bell rang...

AMIRA FARHANA ABD KHALIL

Long Case 1 (Surgical – Surgery)

Examiners – Prof Dr Ismail Sagap (Colorectal Surgeon, HUKM) and Assoc Prof Dr Khairuddin (Orthopedic Surgeon, CUCMS)

Case – Mr G, 56, Chinese, gentleman, Kajang, with no co morbidity

p/w painless PR bleed for 3 years duration, worsen 7 months ago (large amount, 1 cup full, 10-20x/day, fresh blood, no melena) a/w anemic & constitutional symptoms.

He had history of 2 colonoscopy done.

First: June 2010 – polyp, normal

Second: July 2010 – polyp, cancerous and was told to have colon cancer

CT scan August 2010

Operation September 2010 (?APR)

PMHx: prolonged hospital admission due to fever in 2005. Transfer here and there due to financial constraint. (after a longggggggggggg medical history, I got to summarized that this patient had bacterial endocarditis). He was on antibiotic (penicillin based) for 3 months.

PSHx: No h/o previous surgery/endoscopy

FMHx: No h/o HPT/DM/blood disorder/colon ca/malignancies/family with the same symptoms

Drug: Not on anticoagulants/anti platelets/TCM

Allergy: Antibiotic. Unsure what but develop peeling of the skin and swelling of the hand

Shx: Non smoker/alcoholic drinker. Married with 2 sons and 1 daughter. Taken care by wife. Stoma care at home. Bla bla bla. Ambulating well. Bla bla bla.

CURRENTLY,

Post op 2 weeks for Abdominal Perineal Resection for Rectal carcinoma diagnosed in July 2010. ?stage

Dr Ismail was there the whole time when clerking the history!

Positive findings:

Cachexic, pale, midline wound 18 cm non tender well healed, stoma at L lumbar, drainage incision at R lumbar.

PR: pus discharge coming out from the suture (anus should be closed). Foul smelling.

Masa nak buat PR tu, gigih pegi mintak glove bagai. Haha. Lepas tu cuci tangan sambil jeling2 tengok examiner. Haha.

CVS: pan systolic murmur, grade 3/6, radiate to axilla, best heard at mitral area, most probably mitral regurgitation. (tak sangka boleh dengar murmur tu sendiri, Alhamdulillah. Sorry uncle. Saya kena buat CVS maneuver kat uncle 2 kali sebab nak confirm murmur uncle – dalam hati je la cakap macam tu). Patient, “itu bunyi ada dengar ka?”, Mira, “dengar uncle” sambil sengeh2 macam kerang busuk.

Questions (mostly from Prof Dr Ismail) and discussions were being held in front of the patient.

Prof Dr Ismail:

Please summarize you patient’s history.

Why did he have a 2 colonoscopy done within a short period of time?

Why did he undergo for CT scan in August?

Is there anything else that he should undergo before op?

?Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

What do you think the operation was?

Abdominal perineal resection

What do you think he has?

Rectal carcinoma

What is the other underlying problem that he has?

H/o bacterial endocarditis

Why do you say so?

Prolonged admission due to high-grade fever, patient mentioned heart valve got infected, on prolonged antibiotic therapy

What is the common organism?

Staph aureus

Why do you said so?
Based on the antibiotic given, penicillin-based antibiotic
What are the risk factors?

…this this this but patient had none.

Did you examine the CVS? Yes (buat complete CVS, check pulse, JVP and chest)

What is your finding?

Pan systolic murmur

Grade?

Why?

No palpable thrill

Best heard?

Mitral area

Radiate?

Axilla

What do you think it is?

Mitral regurgitaion

What do you worry of?

…terdiam sekejap dalam beberapa minit blur… oh congestive heart failure secondary to valvular heart disease

What are the signs of heart failure that you would like to see in this patient?

No orthopnea, no PND

I said SIGN not symptom

Ooops, sorry (salah dengar). Elevated JVP, S3, S4, ascites, edema, bibasal crepts.

Did you check for all these?

Yes, but all are not present in this patient.

This patient comes to you NOW! What are you going to do?

Check sutures…

WOUND not sutures

Yes, wound! Stoma in place or not

Of course the stoma will be in place

(hehe…) Stoma functioning, pus discharge coming out from the wound, fever, patient’s ability to cope with daily activities and many more belasah aje

How do you follow up this patient?

3-6 monthly

Yes, 3 monthly.

What investigation would you like to order is this patient comes for follow up?

LFT, CXR

Why?

See if there’s mets to the liver and lung

What are the common sites of mets from the rectum?

Lung? (unsure)

No, it’s the liver. So what are you going to do next?

Tumor marker.

No. Anything else?

CT Scan

Yes!

What do you think this patient has his CT scan in August for?

Check for liver mets

Why do you think they did the surgery on him?

What is the prognosis?

Depends on the staging

How do you stage?

Dukes classification – explain yadaa yadaa A B C D

What is the survival rate in 10 years?

I am sorry, I am not sure

How do you stage?

How do you manage at this point of time?

What is neoadjuvant therapy?

What chemotherapy that you know of?

(tak tahu, ingat methotraxate je tapi tu tak guna dalam rectal ca!)

That is all. Prof Khai, do you have any questions?

(Prof Khai geleng)

That’s all. Thank you.

Mira: Thank you uncle. GWS!

Take home message

- These are the things that I answered. I am sure that it is not 100% correct. Go back and check the answers J

- Buat je ruang exam tu macam dalam ward sendiri

- Nak glove ke, nak chaperone ke, nak mintak tolong nurse ke, panggil je

- Jangan lupa BASUH TANGAN especially kalau patient ade pus discharge etc

- Tulis history systematically sebab memang tak de masa nak tulis balik!

- Dengar soalan examiner betul2. Sign ke symptoms ke, jangan salah.

Good luck wishes!

2010-10-05T11:40:00.000+08:00

...from mama, bapak and adik

"Doa kami sentiasa untuk kakak berjaya dunia dan akhirat, Inshallah dapat title Dr. tapi jangan lupa asal usul. Buat everything yang baik dengan ikhlas, Inshalla akan dirahmati Allah..."

And a few other things she wrote but I think I am still young to think about it :P zomg

p/s: muda ke masalahnya?

Checklist

2010-10-04T18:31:00.000+08:00

*SCREAM* Lusa dah final exam. sekian terima kasih la kan. Tools dah cukup ke belum kawan2 yang seangkatan?

stets - checked
tendon hammer - checked
pen light - checked
ruler - checked
tongue depressor - checked
cotton - checked
orange stick - checked
measuring tape - checked
mini snellen chart - checked
fundoscope - of course la tak de kan
tuning fork - kalau ade, mesti prof bangga gila. haha
paeds punye developmental kit - *meninggal* they said college will provide

lain-lain:
lab coat
exam slip
matric card
watch
?shawl - mesti sejuk kan sementara kena quarantine

knowledge: memang la tak cukup lagi

*pengsan* sape nak tolong studykan?

Dalam FB Adik...

2010-10-03T22:02:00.001+08:00

Status nak propaganda
- i will keep silent until u realize that i am better than the others.
- its hard to gain the love but once u get it, u can have it all.
- Being single isn’t bad. What is bad is giving up hope on finding that someone special.

p/s: adik mood nak jiwang. haha

omigawd

2010-10-02T22:21:00.000+08:00

...tadi masa tengah study, nak release kan stress. Boss suddenly bukak balik all the pictures when we were back in first and second year. Sumpah tergelak golek2 tengok gambar2 lama. Haha. Of all the pictures, below are my favorites :)

Sunathon in 2006 in Batu Pahat

Me and Faha, around 2007

Haha. *sengeh2*

Open house raya 2010

2010-10-01T01:02:00.001+08:00

*old updates

Banyak gila open house. I hope there will be no more open houses after this. Definitely I'll not be going to any of the invited open house this weekend kan. I should be staying in college and study! (and not eating). Speaking of which, I went to a lot of raya open house for the past 2 weeks. Lemme just share with you something. Sure you can leave the page if you are not interested (I did not ask u to read this in the first place anyway). Haha.

Open house 1: Prof Zauyah's at Bangi

The loveliest

The ex-mentees with Prof Zauyah and son

Baby Saif - the attraction of the day

Open house 2: CUCMS main campus at Cyberjaya

With my 2 juniors

With Shazwi, BFF during my matriculation days and now she's my junior

Faha and Ciknab - 5 years and counting

Open house 3: Adi's at Seksyen 8, Shah Alam

Faha and I - in front of Adi's largest mirror in the main hall

The late comers with Adi's mom

Open house 4: Uncle Zul/Auntie Ani/Khair's at USJ 3C

Uncle Zul was bapak's close friend when they were in UK back then when they did their masters program. Mama was very close to Auntie Ani. Mama selalu cerita, masa kecik2 dulu mama selalu jaga Khair and his sister. Khair is my childhood friend tapi bila dah besar, of course la segan kan. Mama told me that we were close, main kejar-kejar and what not. Sekarang bila fikir balik, omg *malu*. Haha.

Uncle Zul

Reunion mama dengan uncle2 ni, gang from UK. Uncle Harun and Uncle Hassan

Uncle Marjan

Auntie Salmah

Semua orang kata, eh Mira dah besar. Mira dah ni, Mira dah tu. Ok, malu lagi. Haha. Memang la besar, dah 23. Haha. Back then I was like what? 7-8 years macam tu kot. Haha.

Auntie Ani and mama

Me, mama and Khair

Open house 5: Azam's at Sunway

Ze juniors, 3rd year

Mama pun jumpa junior dia jugak, kebetulan

The food was AWESOME! One of the best food :)

Open house 6: Nad's at Keramat

My juniors, Naz, Farizah and Nad, the tuan rumah

Me, my juniors with Dr Jamil (Nad's dad) and wife (Nad's mom - of course la kan! haha)

Open house 7: Jali's at Bukit Indah, Ampang

(god knows where the place is, gila susah nak cariiiiiiiiii) Jali! kite sesat 2 hours kot nak pegi umah awk ni. Kenape la terceruk sangat???

Jali and Ida, his fiance

Ida and I

Cukup-cukup la open house. Tak larat. Konon2 nak start diet after raya, di manakah? Nasib baik puasa 6. Kira okay jugak la *menyedapkan hati sendiri*

Dad's old pic

2010-09-30T15:17:00.000+08:00

Terjumpa ni! Gambar bapak dgn uncle azizi masa muda2 dulu. Haha.

Job application

2010-09-30T01:24:00.001+08:00

Is it real? I mean, at the age of 23 I am now applying for my own job? Oh-god. Exam nak pass dulu please. Kenapa SPA ni time2 tengah nak exam macam ni?

Application form sent!

Where to go for housemanship?

Choices of hospital I have

*menung memikirkan masa depan, the pros+cons*

p/s: nak pass exam dulu boleh tak?

Exam-induced-fever

2010-09-29T13:56:00.000+08:00

Oh God, tak nak demam please. Exam is just a few days away and now it's not the right time to get sick. I am having chills and rigors.

Exam fever go away!

Pro Exam III prep

2010-09-28T04:01:00.001+08:00

Now I am having more palpitations. The thought of the coming final professional exam in just a few days - *scream*. Seriously, it's not even funny. This is the final struggle like what Mermer said. If we are to get through this successfully, we may have to sacrifice a bit of our time and leisure for the sake of studies. But fear not, after the exams (and our passing Inshalla!) we will be free to enjoy ourselves to the max!

Now, I am spending most of my time in the main campus, doing what a medical student should be doing ie studying, revising and practicing (and for a student like me, I may want to blog a bit - just to let the tension of its way). Hehe.

I'll be going to college as early as 8.30 am, break for lunch at 12 pm and another break at 7 pm (sebab most of us nak pegi bukak puasa). Last time we used to go back home straight away after dinner. But I think, this is the final week where we really have to put some extra effort. (dengar macam takut. padahal biasa2 je). Haha. The study periods pun ade je main2 kan. Haha. omg, tak sedar2 lagi ke?

When we study...

we study hard, and we share knowledge with others

When we are tired, we sleep hard!

When we play, we play hard!

When we intubate, we missed the tube placement! Damn, this mannequin is so difficult to intubate.

When we think that we are beautiful enough, we photograph ourselves (statement! haha)

When we feel down, we get encouragements from our lecturer, Dr Hazean is sooooo our idol!

When we practice, we practice hard!

Continuous dua and prayers from all my readers, I end this with thanks!

ONLY ONE WEEK LEFT TO THE FINAL EXAM!

ALL THE BEST TO ALL MY DEAR PIONEERS.

iPhone 4

2010-09-26T08:39:00.000+08:00

Nakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!

Was thinking of saying this,
"mama and bapak, kalau pass exam nak mintak iPhone 4 boleh?"

But I bet, their answer will be,
"Go get it yourself when you start working"

*menung*

p/s: quoting sha,

dear anak raja..pinang i cpt pls?

5 counseling steps

2010-09-24T06:04:00.000+08:00

1. relationship building and clarification
2. assessment and diagnosis
3. formulation of goals
4. intervention contracts
5. termination and follow up

I don't like

2010-09-24T05:54:00.000+08:00

I don't like what I saw for the past few days
Be it in...
My facebook
My phone
My old phone
My inbox
My blog
My text message
My newsfeed

Literally everything that I saw
Can someone show me things that I like?

Tagged: Doa Bertemu Jodoh

2010-09-23T11:50:00.000+08:00

Zaimi tagged me this on facebook

Okay, doa for those who is searching for life partner :P

Last day in academic calendar (I hope)

2010-09-23T03:34:00.001+08:00

This is our last day of formal meeting/gathering among the Pioneer Batch 05-10 in college. We had...

1. Briefing by Assoc Prof Dr Khai regarding Professional Exam III (long case)

2. Lunch together at Saba Restaurant

Malik gigih nak posing

2. Briefing by Dr Hazean regarding Professional Exam III (OSCE)

The hardworking ones will discuss and discuss

Some just fell asleep during the briefing :P

3. We went for our OSCE stations practice

My girls went crazy after revising on normal delivery

We practice our ACLS (Advance Cardiovascular Life Support) and team management

Getting hand on intubation procedures

Realizing that she actually has talent in photography :P

4. Final grand reflection for The Pioneers

Ayahanda Prof Dr Hatta Shaharom, our beloved Dean of Faculty of Medicine

5. Dinner and making study plans for our Professional Exam III

Faha, me and Nadia - all of us are pretty much exhausted after a long day of macam-macam

Intellectual discussions (seriously it was very academic)

Making study plans with study group members

May what we have plan during the study break will run as smooth as possible.

Malaysians are getting married at older age. Why?

2010-09-22T19:41:00.003+08:00

It is a little bit long example. If you want to skip it, there is a summary at the end.
Say you are a fresh graduate at that age of 23, a male, starting a carrier
as an executive officer working somewhere in KL with a salary, say RM2000 per month and without any saving in the bank.

Monthly, extracting your expenditures on foods, transportation (public or motorcycle), electricity, water, phone, house rent and other expenses, say you can save about RM800 the most. Then, because you are a good son, you send some money to your parents or relatives about RM300 per month. This will
give you a balance of RM500 of saving. For the first year, maybe you are very discipline with
your budget, so you save about RM5000.

The next year at the age of 24, you meet a girl of your dream. Both of you
plan to get married after one year or two. Ok, that's fine, it gives you
time to save some more money and some more time to prepare the basic
necessities for a 'happy' family? a car and a roof to live under. That year
because you are a hard worker, you get a raise of 10%.

Since you are also a gentleman, you make sure some money is put aside to spend on dates and
gifts for your girl, so 10% goes for her. Like the previous year, after much sweat and Meggie-eating months, you save another RM5000. Your company is doing ok. You are paid 2 months bonus. So, another RM4000 is added to your saving. So, your total saving now is RM14,000. You decide to spend about RM8000 on a brand-new RM40,000 car down payment. So, you net saving that year is RM6000.

The next year at the age of 25, you are doing fine at work. But because now you have to pay for car every month, your total monthly saving is cut down to about RM400. You save roughly about RM5000 that year. No bonus that year because your company is doing poor. So, your total saving in the bank is RM11,000. Then, you decide to get engaged with your girlfriend. She said OK. So, need to buy an engagement ring. RM1500 is spent on ring plus 'hantaran pertunangan'. So, your net saving that year is RM9,500.

The next year at the age of 26, you get promoted. Your
salary now is 1.5 of your starting salary at the company. Good news! You think. "Ok, this year
I will get married". You also are 'gersang' already. :)

So, you ask your fiancée "how much is the dowry (hantaran)? "
She say, "berapa-berapa yang u sanggup".
You ask,"RM5000 ok?".
She replies, "I okay je. Tapi my mom tu. Dia kata grad oversea macam I ni mane boleh letak rendah-rendah. Paling kurang RM10,000 tau!".

Your eyes 'terjegil', air liur 'meleleh' and you faint on the spot.
"Where else in the world can I get extra money?", you say to yourself. But, because you are very determined to get married with your dream girl and in the name of love, you work really really hard that year until you are awarded "The Best Employee of The Year". You get 3 months of bonus. You also do some side business to supply ayam pencen. So, roughly your net saving at the end of that year is RM20,000.
Ok, now you are 27 years old with enough saving in the bank to pay for the dowry. But then, come your mom saying,"Anak mak nak kawin ni mesti la buat grand grand. Kita sewa khemah besar-besar, jemput penyanyi ke artis ke sorang dua datang buat persembahan. Lauk pauk kita cater aje la ya? RM10 je sekepala. Baju kawin ko, kita sewa yg cantik-cantik
dan mahal-mahal sket. Kita jemput dalam 1000 orang datang ok?"

You did a quick in-the-head-calculation,
"1000xRM10=RM10,000, penyanyi lagi, khemah lagi, buta-buta je RM15,000!!! Tu tak masuk cincin kahwin lagi!!"
You say,"Mak, nak buat apa membazir-bazir duit ni?"
Your mom replies,"Apa pulak membazirnya? Kau kawin sekali je seumur hidup.
`Biarlah buat betul-betul." You insist,"Tapi mak?"
Your mom says, "Dahlah, kau jangan nak buat malu mak. Cik Tipah jiran kita tu buat kenduri kat hotel siap dato, datin, tan sri puan sri lagi datang. Mana la mak nak letak muka kalau buat kenduri kecik kecik?".

Anyway, you finally get married. But, a beautiful happy life after marriage that you dream of with your wife does not last long. You have debts around your waist, interest gets higher every month, cannot afford to pay them, you wife gets tired of you asking money from her, she accuses you of being irresponsible husband for not being a good provider, blah blah blah? At the
end, you two go into separate ways? You get divorced.
Problem breeds problem? Sometimes we wonder why marriage institution is failing in our country.
The above example may not represent the whole phenomena in our culture, but perhaps it gives us some ideas of the problems young couple these days are facing in getting married from my perspective.

The Root Cause of The Problem...
There is something wrong in our culture. I really think there are some practices in our culture in Malaysia (Malay culture specifically) that do not make sense and especially they are contrary to the teaching of Islam. These practices are well-rooted in our culture that
unfortunately because of them, many people are 'afraid' to get married, or simply feel like they cannot afford when they are actually can afford. These are some of my observation and summary analysis:

(1) Marriage should be done in the most modest way but in Malaysia, it is ought to be done in the most lavish way. Competition on whose wedding is the most grandeur is almost unavoidable. Fame is usually the reason why people spend unreasonable and wasteful amount of money for a wedding.

(2) The "price" of a woman is measured according to her perhaps educational status not according to her knowledge and understanding of Deen and piety as suggested by the religion. The saddest thing is that "price" is put on women, who are supposed to be, if God-loving, kind-hearted and pious ones, "priceless"! 'Dowry' system is adopted by the Malays from perhaps the Indians who came to Malaysia long time ago. When the 'dowry' is put too high and men can't afford to pay, marriage is usually delayed or cancelled. An effort to build another small brick unit of this Deen is delayed or perhaps destroyed only for this reason.

(3) Marriage should be a quick and easy process for the couple not hard,
which eventually becomes a burden. These days, we make marriage so complicated that people are afraid of getting married. When I was in the Sydney, I saw Muslim brothers and sisters getting married at the mosque, with just some sweets as the main course for the guests. The guests who were invited to witness the ceremony were usually whoever
prayed jemaah at the mosque or some close relatives and friends. There
is no point of being extravagance. We should focus on the life after wedding not the wedding
itself. Wedding is only a door to the marriage house. Why should we spent a lot of money to decorate the door so beautifully, when the inside of the house is then left empty, dark and unattractive?
...and the pressure is on men...

Adapted from here

Open house raya 2010

2010-09-21T23:09:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah, the open house went very well. Tak sangka ramai sangat yang datang. The menu was nasi ayam and laksa. That was the 2 most wanted menus ever since for the past 5 years. Apparently, almost every time open house akan buat the same menu :) thanks chef mak ngah.

Nasi ayam mak ngah yang super enak tu after 2-3 hours dah abes. For those yang datang pretty much a little bit late, sorry tak dapat makan nasi ayam. Tak de rezeki maybe next time Inshallah.

Tuan rumah :) mama

Neighbors

Pakcik Pyan

Uncle Guna and Auntie Ili. Happy 48th birthday auntie! Her birthday falls on the same day dengan open house tu. Uncle Guna sgt sweet surprise kan auntie Ili with cake.

Anak angkat mama, Balqis with her dad

Balqis's mom

Friends Abg Pyan, Johny, Apai, Hus and Fins

Mers

Juens

Azam

Adi

Syadiyah and hubby, myself, Nadia, Nunud, Shasha, Amy, Nadrah, Reen and hubby

With Saf and Lin

Family Boboy yang kekenyangan

Mak Uda

Family friend

Bapak's friend back in UK, Uncle Zul or Dato' Pahlawan Zulkifli Abdullah. Uncle, sebenarnya Mira baru tahu uncle ni pahlawan :) hehe

Mama and Auntie Noraini

Uncle Zul and Auntie Noraini's youngest son

Kids

Faheem

Fitri

Yaya!

Special case

Yang datang malam hari, Milla, Faha, Malik and Adli. Thanks for the apple cake Adli! Sedap gila! mama terpaksa goreng bihun yang habis dimakan oleh mereka berempat. Tak campur lagi roti bakar special yang I buat tu. Haha.

Mira - gambar yang sedikit :(

Glad that it was over. Spring cleaning in process.

Ayam Penyet

2010-09-21T22:00:00.000+08:00

Makan ayam penyet kat Faiz punye kedai. Thank you belanja! Dah berbulan-bulan kau bukak restoran sampai 2-3, baru sekarang la nak belanja :P Thanks anyway. Good luck in becoming a successful businessman.

Sha and Acad

Mira

Faiz, Sara and I

Shah

Daam yang dah kurus

Kami

Daam and Shah yang gayyyy. Yucks

Kelaparan

p/s: ayam penyet ni kat seksyen 7, shah alam

Takziah

2010-09-21T21:56:00.000+08:00

Munk sayang
My condolence to you and your family
I am so sorry for your lost
I know you are strong
Even more than you could ever imagine
You know you are a good daughter
So lets just pray that He will forgive his sins

Semoga arwah bak ditempatkan di kalangan orang yang soleh. Amin. Al-Fatihah

p/s: you know you will always have me and sha :)

Wedding Chik and Shahril

2010-09-19T00:33:00.000+08:00

Alhamdulillah. Semuanya berjalan dengan lancar. I manage to go to Sarah's house (or I called her Chik- my close friend when I was doing my matriculation). Dapat tengok Chik punya akad nikah. Sangat terharu sampai menitiskan air mata. Gila sangat emo. Haha. Chik ngn mama pun tak nanges.

I am so happy that she finally found someone special in her life. Mira doakan kebahagiaan rumah tangga Chik sampai akhir hayat. Shahril, jaga Chik kita baik-baik. I will pray that Allah will grant you happiness and blessed you with lots of children. Chup, nak jadi godmother! Hehe.

You look super gorgeous! Cantik gila. And the food, was so yummy especially ayam masak merah dia. Tadi nak tambah malu. Haha. Tak pe, tak pe. Diet!

SELAMAT PENGANTIN BARU CHIK AND SHAHRIL!

Chik and cousins

Mama, Chik and Angah

My bestfriend's wedding

Me and Chik's cousins - semuanya cantik2

Nak bunga! Orang kata dapat bunga, next to go?

Tak payah tangkap, rebut je la. Haha

On the day of reception...

Met Jali (same matriculation) with his fiance, Hidayah

Oh- chubs

Chik and I. Theme: cream.

Chik and hubby

Cannot afford not to leave without singing a song. Hehe. It's a disease!

p/s: gembira sambil menitiskan air mata. masa milla kawen dulu pun mcm tu jugak. lepas ni kalau munk kawen, nak prepare 10 kotak tissue. boleh?

My Sassy Girl

2010-09-17T03:49:00.001+08:00

I should have been doing my reports but I ended up watching this movie instead, My Sassy Girl.

"In order for us to have a chance in the future, I had to make a break with the past and for this I needed time. It is not because I don't love you because I do. It is not because I don't miss you because I miss you already. That just means, I am not better. I had stories that ain't over yet but will you wait? Can you wait? With all my heart, I hope you can."

(Jordan Roark)

"Dear Jordan, this is the story of the first and last time I ever fell in love. To a complete beautiful, complicated, fascinating woman who inhabits my soul. Whether we're together or apart, you will always be the woman of my life. The only man I will ever envy is the man who wins your heart and I will always believe that my destiny is to be that man. If we never see each other again, if you feel certain presence besides you, that would be me loving you wherever I am"

(Charlie Bellow)

When destiny really wants to accomplish something, you cannot do it alone. You still have to build the bridge to the one you love.

Happy birthday Zackmunk

2010-09-17T00:00:00.000+08:00

Somebody's 24 today
Happy birthday
Hope this friendship last forever
I don't need a lot of friends but I need those who stay true
Lots of love,
Mirs

p/s: jom la pegi cari rumah

Honey cornflakes

2010-09-16T20:35:00.000+08:00

This is the only kuih raya I made this year. You know, I am not the one who has passion in cooking. So, I chose to do only simple biscuits like this one. Ramai kata sedap, so let me just 'guide' you how to make this honey cornflakes.

Ingredients:

Nestle corn flakes the big one

1 butter

2 tsp honey

4 tsp sugar

The ingredients needed

Don't forget your bestfriend, in my case it's my Mr Apple :P

Crush the corn flakes

The butter

Melt it with honey under stove. Make sure api paling kecik

Kacau sampai sebati

Mix the sugar, kacau lagi sampai gula tu cair. It may takes a while sebab api kecik and then gula tu lambat nak hancur.

Gaul sampai takde minyak yg terapung (kalau korang buat then you know how it will look like)

Mix the crushed corn flakes into the mixture

Gaul je cincai2

Prepare this thing! (I don't even know what is it called)

Put in the oven for 15 minutes 180-190 degree celsius sampai dia gold. This is to bagi the flakes melekat je.

Taraaaaa. Boleh susun dalam tupperware dah.

p/s: buat 2 adunan pun tak cukup :P sigh sebab sedap sgt. haha

Tomorrow...

2010-09-16T17:13:00.000+08:00

- last day jadi medical student
- nak submit report, folio and bht

time flies. now it's 5 pm but i havent finished my report yet. i need sleep. this headache is killing me. yeah. sleep then bangun and buat report sampai pengsan.

will be a zombie tonight so i guess i better sleep now.

p/s: parents ajak dinner, haruslah nak pegi

Raya at Ciknab's

2010-09-14T21:08:00.002+08:00

Thanks for the yummy food. Ciknab masak sendiri semuanya. Alya buat chocolate cake. Cayalah you all! Muah muah.

Enjoy the pictures :)

The earliest to come, Kerker and Acap

All the menus *drooling already*

Beef mandy

This to be eaten with beef mandy

Coleslaw

Lemang

Mixed rendang paru, daging, etc

Rendang itik (my first attempt, it tastes like chicken)

Nasi impit

Kuah kacang

Basboussah (a type of Arabic desert)

Moist chocolate cake, specially made by Alya (dengan penuh kasih sayang)

Punch

Us enjoying the food

Milla, adik and I

My girls

The late comers, Johny and Jojo

Thank you so much for the invitation :) My stomach was very happy the other day

Health conscious?

2010-09-12T11:55:00.002+08:00

Wow, it has been a long time I did not talk about weight, health, exercise and things that are related. The fact that now is RAYA TIME, no way we're just gonna leave the food behind especially the good ones! Why is every food cooked during raya is so yummy?

Okay, now I am back to being obese AGAIN! Congratulations for not being able to control my food intake during the fasting month and raya. But I think I am gonna start back on my healthy lifestyle tomorrow. Yet to have 2 more houses to go today. I bet you the food is going to be super yummy!

Anyhow, why people bother about losing weight? To look good? Yes! But if you ask me, that would be my least important answer. The first one would be because of health. Did you know that being obese can increase the risk for cardiovascular diseases? Name it, myocardial infarction, coronary heart disease, ischemic heart disease, heart failure and many others. With the not-so-healthy background family history (hypertension), I better keep up. Or else, it's just going to be worst even.

As opposed to that, I could not just understand why people are so obsess with thin people (again, same topic! Boring? DONT READ! as simple as that). Thin-hot-sexy ladies are usually what men want right? But as evidenced by one of the research done somewhere in the States, fat or bigger-size ladies usually have more TENDER-LOVING-CARE as compared to the thin ones. I think it is somewhat true because I have seen my plus-sized friends, they have proven to show that they care much more than those who are smaller in size. (okay, that is so not evidence based). Haha.

My point is, losing weight is to be healthy thus can boost up your confidence level thus make you feel beautiful. And remember, that beauty lies in the eyes of beholder! So, don't judge yourself for being fat but just be yourself. Think that you are pretty enough and deserve to be with someone who don't judge you by the way you look. I have seen a lot of people who only wants to be friend with pretty-thin girls. Go to hell! As if you're good enough, go reflect yourself in the mirror. Haha.

They are still happily married

They might not complete each other physically, but probably they complete each other in many other ways

You know what keeps motivating me to be myself even if I had gained or lost my weight. This, "I may be fat but you are ugly and I can diet" I drove around with that sticker at the back of my car and it really does make me feel good about myself no matter how much I weigh.

Okay, why am I writing this? I just wanna feel good about myself no matter what people says. "You look plump, 'comel', bahagia sekarang, tayar pancit, the baju looks small on you, asyik nak makan" and many others. I am still the confident-and-I-dont-really-care-what-people-thinks Mira. :)

Lets start our healthy lifestyle not now! After raya :) Lets shed of the kgs gained during raya not for other people but FOR OURSELF. We want to be healthy, look good and be confident.

That is just my 2 cents ramblings :)

Syawal 1431H

2010-09-12T11:08:00.000+08:00

My first 2 days of raya.

Family portrait

Family love

Bimbo!

La familia

At wanyah's in Ampang

Bapak and his grandkids

Me and K Taty, tokei chocolate chips :)

At Pak Uda's in Puchong

Missing: Ina and Alwi (plus baby in the tummy)

At my place - on the night of raya.

Nasi beriyani gam

Satey

Rendang

At Abg Ayai's in Nilai

Ron's asleep

Choc heaven

At Mak Uda's in Tropicana Damansara

Photogenic yaya

They are the cutest!

Yaya spoiling the picture. Hehe

Kids

The handsome Afiq

Yaya

Baby Raudhah

I have so far enjoyed my raya. Not to mention the yummylicious food at every place that I went. :)

Happy Eid Mubarak

2010-09-10T00:37:00.000+08:00

Happy Eid everyone. I would like to humbly seek forgiveness to all of you for all wrong things that I have done. May you have a joyful Syawal. Lets just eat and eat and start diet after that. Hows that sound? Cool isn't it?

Selamat Hari Raya Maaf Zahir Batin
Dengan ingatan tulus ikhlas
Mira

Iftar at Saujana Impian Golf & Country Club

2010-09-09T20:54:00.000+08:00

Thanks for the last minute invitation :)

The food was okay. Lets just see a few of the menu

Roti john and murtabak

Roti jala, teh tarik and mee goreng

All sorts of salad and rojak

Dishes

More dishes

Grilled lamb

Ariff's own version of kue tiau kerang

Bapak and mak, yet to wed soon. Hehe. And wishing you a happy birthday, bapak!

Amran and Ariff, two bros

All of us: Am, Ariff, Yana, Bapak, Zaimi and I

Thanks for the free voucher, Azam :)

Pre-raya group pictures

2010-09-09T17:04:00.000+08:00

I had so much fun being in the group! Feel like a family :) Today we are going to have our mini main-main-photo-shoot with the group. It's like a routine! Abes posting nak gambar, start posting nak gambar. Semua lah!

Had one presentation about magnesium sulphate before the camwhoring actions start. It turned out well, Alhamdulillah.

We took a picture with Assc Prof Dr Sabri, our ObsGyn III coordinator

The whole group except 2 are not in the picture (Intan and Shahadah, wish you were here)

Family photo 1: maroon 5 (or moron?) hehe

Family photo 2: Pelik. Bapak lembut, mak macam jants. Anak-anak pulak sorg nasi lemak, sorg suka buat bunyian pelik and sorang kuat berpeluh. Haha

Family photo 3: Ganjil. The 5 which left without theme :(

All of us girls. Intan sebelah Fins, Shasha sebelah K Aimi (imaginary)

The guys with duit raya obsession

I am so happy to have you guys as group mate :)

Happy birthday Ciknab!

2010-09-09T16:55:00.000+08:00

Date: 7 September 2010

Venue: Yati Ayam Percik, Bandar Baru Bangi and McDonalds

Time: Iftar and 10 pm

That day I was supposed to buka puasa with Boss. And it turned out to be the whole group (almost all) joined the iftar. Tak kisah pun, the more the merrier right? Plus, boleh plan ciknab's birthday party straight away.

Milla was the earliest one to arrive. We were supposed to eat at Restaurant Chan Abdullah tapi kedai tu tak de air la pulak. We reserved it from 1 pm, not lucky enough I guess. Yati Ayam Percik was the last option. When Milla came, there was only 1 table left. And Milla sort of force the waiter to prepare seats for us. Go Milla, you superwoman!

Most of us had this, nasi kerabu ayam percik :)

Most of group 2 and the pseudo-groupmate, Milla

Some left early. Kejar terawih and they wanted to go to Jalan Tar, leaving us! Mermer sorry you are not feeling well. Kalau tak, boleh celebrate birthday ciknab sekali

The plan was Milla anta hubby dia balik, ciknab anta mermer balik and kitorang nak cari 'birthday cake' untuk ciknab. Kelentong ciknab baik punya tayar kereta pancit sebab tu nak jumpa kat McD lambat sikit. Haha. Ciknab sort of termakan tipuan itu!

Gigih cucuk lilin kat ice cream vienetta

Ciknab's ice-cream-cake

Make a wish dear! Hope it'll come true!

You guys are the loveliest!

Tuka tempat keluar sebab meja tu kecik

Sudu-menyudu ice cream! Seronok rebut2

Nadia and I

Ciknab, the birthday girl

Sorang sorang beli food. Ntah berapa kali beli dah. At the same time nak suruh vote for BOSS and FAHA for the king and queen of gossip CUCMS 05-10

Excited tengok citer drama Melayu kat TV. Pretty lame I could say. Tak leh blah, scene perempuan tu kena penampar ngn bapak dia.

Perempuan: Kenapa ayah tampar?

Ayah: Saje hobby!

Sumpah satu McD gelak macam gila. What a script! Pfft!

See! Gigih tgk drama!

Ciknab, I hope you love the birthday celebration. Thanks for everything. Wishing you all that you wish for yourself and a blissful life ahead. Muahxxx.

Iftar mentor-mentee

2010-09-07T16:46:00.002+08:00

Date: 6 September 2010

Time: Iftar

Venue: Prof Amal's at Bandar Baru Bangi

Attendees: Myself, Fins, Shima, Wafa, Nana, Ran and Nubla

Semalam, Prof Amal invited his mentee for iftar at his place. The so-called potluck turned out to be a somewhat major-iftar for 8 people. Nana bought chicken sateys and drinks. Me and Fins bought nasi beriyani and some delicacies. Shima bought rojak, laksa and some kuih too. We actually arrived quite late sebab nak pegi bangi tu jammed yang amat!

Preparing the food

Prof Amal and his mentee. 2 from the pioneers and 4 from the 4th year.

Prof Amal

Prof Amal, thanks for having us for iftar. Murah rezeki prof Inshalla. Selamat Hari Raya!

p/s: affective domain

Crazy-outing with Adik

2010-09-07T14:04:00.002+08:00

Date: 5 September 2010

Venue: Pavillion KL

Time: 4.00 pm - 12.30 am

Huwaaaaaaaa. I have not had the chance to go to Pavillion for quite some times. Last time I went there was like monthsssss back. Adik wanted to go there with her friend, Haris but I ended up menyibuk nak ikut because I was so freaking bored at home! Damn! Might as well I go have fun, meet friend (Ikin), camwhoring and watch movie.

Taking pictures at the main entrance, it's like a compulsory! Datangla sepuluh juta kali pun. Haha

Met Ikin who works at Fitness Concept. She did a weight measurement on me and assess all the muscle mass, fat percentage and many more. Okay, dah gemuk balik sekian terima kasih. I have not monitor my weight so much lately, and I ate like a pig especially during iftar. Seriously, this is not a time to fat around! Haha, hols waiting in October after the exam and need to lessen up the weight a bit and get tone!

Ikin and I

We had our dinner at Subway. Both of us had chicken teriyaki plus salad.

Adik had her iftar with Haris at KFC. Minah ni dah lama craving ayam KFC, kesian. Haris jugak yang teman.

Adik dah hypoglycemic!

This camwhoring, it's a DISEASE! A chronic one indeed!

A little boy came near me and was a bit obsessed with Mr Rashid, the camera. This kid was so cute, he posed and posed in front of the camera and I could capture a few of his pictures. Plus, he has a cute dad! Haha! K Mira says hi to daddy. Boleh tak? Haha

The unknown little boy

A lady asked me to capture her pictures with her other friends. Ada la pulak a group of foreigners menyibuk-nyibuk, kacau2 the lady and then semua orang masuk dalam gambar sekali. lol sporting!

Siblings love!

Thanks for letting me follow jadi orang ketiga. Haha. Too bad!

We watched Step Up 3 3D later that night and that movie was awesome - referring to the dance steps. I enjoyed watching it. Bare in mind that if you are not into dancing, do not watch this movie. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 48%. I agree that the story-line is kinda lame and straight forward, not much of thinking process needed. Haha. The plots were just-okay but if it were to be a movie which falls under the dance category, then I'll give a round of applause.

Summary of the story? I think you better go watch it yourself. Or if you want to ask me for a company, I have no problem watching it for the second time. Hehe :)

p/s: bukan takut tapi segan! lol haha

Iftar with Adik

2010-09-07T13:26:00.000+08:00

Date: 4 September 2010

Venue: Cyberjaya and Putrajaya

Brought Adik for buka puasa at Padi House, Cyberjaya. Kesian dah lama teringin nak makan kat situ. Being a good sister, (ehem ehem) I sort of belanja la dia makan.

Malu sebab comot and tak make up. Okay whatever adik!

Vanilla milkshake and hazelnut white coffee for us

Chilling

Adik's favorite lamb cutlets with garlic sauce

I ended up eating chicken chop with rice from old town, after like 10 minutes tak tau decide nak makan ape

Went to Alamanda later after that. Mission is to buy Adik her craved big apple donuts.

Met ZackMunk there. Dia ade event Sinar fm with Habib Jewel

Pegi Big Apple later after that and IT WAS EMPTY! And masa tu baru pukul 9 pm kotttttttt

Wajah hampa!

Baju sama!

We finally got ourselves a pretzel which is way different from donuts

Nanti kite pegi lagi beli donut ok adikku sayang!

Iftar with Dr Syima

2010-09-06T16:11:00.001+08:00

Date: 2 September 2010

Venue: Umah Fins and Zats at Lestari Mansion, SK

Time: Iftar

Special guest: Dr Syima, HO kesayangan Medical and Surgical posting

Theme: Pyjamas party (tapi tak semua pakai pyjamas)

Dr Syima or preferably to be called Kak Syima out of the hospital, sangat gigih nak iftar ngn kitorang. Since we're in our medical posting, kitorang selalu tolong dia. Ala, bukan tolong ape sangat pun, venopuncture, ABG, CBD, update investigations, tlg dia cari answers utk soalan yang dia kena tanya. As simple as that je, just like what other medical students do. But she's one of the HO yang sangat appreciate medical students in the ward. Kitorang pun terasa la dihargai plus seronok when we have the opportunities to be a part of the team. Tak gitu?

She always mentioned, kalau dia nampak kitorang on call, memang boleh boost up semangat dia nak on call jugak. Kalau tak, mandom je tak de kitorang. Haha. And it seems that she's closer to the medical students than her HO colleagues themselves. Maybe dorang pun busy jugak kot. Kan kan.

Tak dinafikan kalau sape2 yg on call dgn Dr Syima, mesti gigih nak stay kat ward, help around. Kalau ngn certain2 HO, mcm 'erm, baik aku balik dari aku on call' macam tu la. Tapi too bad la diorang tak nak utilize kan medical students optimally. Kalau tak, ringan sikit kerja. Macam Dr Syima, dia siap divide lagi task2 untuk kitorg. Cool kan!

So speaking of iftar. It was a so-called last minute plan. Kesian pulak kat Dr Syima, post-call! Pastu nak kena layan kitorang pulak. The week after pulak, everyone sibuk2 nak balik kampung dah. Tapi the plan was still on.

Banner yang Fins, Zats and Faha gigih buat

18 dominos pizza formation jadi number 1, GROUP 1

Sejurus waktu berbuka

Wajah gelojoh mereka

Setengah jam kemudian, sumpah bersepah gila!

Solat terawih berjemaah

The girls with Dr Syima

The guys with Dr Syima

All of us!

Dr Syima

"THANK YOU!!! MUCHACHAS GRACIAS... MERCI BEAUCOUP... TRIMAS... hohoho... bile tgk dominos terus post call syndrome hilang... hihihi... so efficient Mira! ni sure tak tido mlm upload these pics! TQ!"

"thank YOU kids for inviting me... I REALLY had a blast of time with y'all during iftar, and had really enjoyed having u guys around back in the medical and surgical wards. Great teamwork! Great friendship! Great support system. Great doctors in the making... InsyaAllah. I'm wishing you guys all the best in your future undertakings. Will definitely miss you kids ya... *sob sob*"

THANKS TO YOU TOO AKAK! Amin! We will definitely miss you too.

White Studio Photoshoot

2010-09-02T17:55:00.000+08:00

Date: 29 August 2010

Venue: Creative Litebox, Seksyen 7, Bandar Baru Bangi

Theme: Colours

Model: Nunud, Amy, Nadia, Shasha, Sabie and myself

Photographed by: Shahrir

Directed by: Faezah

Thanks to the photographer and creative director for a wonderful photo-shoot session. It grows shame and shy out of us in front of the camera especially Shasha. Hehe. I love my girls to bits.

p/s: bonus click here!

Just the way you are

2010-09-02T06:00:00.001+08:00

How I wish someone would dedicate this special song to me *okay berangan*.

You're amazing

just the way you are

Even macam mana pun, still she's amazing the way she is. Cool!

Oh, her eyes, her eyes, make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair, falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day
Yeah, I know, I know, when I compliment her she won't believe me
And it's so, it's so, sad to think that she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me do I look ok, I say
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Because you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are
Her lips, her lips, I could kiss them all day if she let me
Her laugh, her laugh, she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful, and I tell her every day
Oh, you know, you know, you know, I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for then just stay the same
So, don't even bother asking if you look ok
You know I'll say
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Because you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are
The way you are, the way you are
Girl you're amazing, just the way you are
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change
Because you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while
Because girl you're amazing, just the way you are. Yeah

White studio photoshoot teaser

2010-08-31T16:30:00.001+08:00

Teaser teaser and teaser

Gambar-gambar di atas diambil secara curi-curi menggunakan Mr Rashid. Sebenarnya Mr Rashid tu props kitorang je masa photoshoot. Hehe. Tunggu nanti the real gambar dah dapat, I'll upload it. And you know what, photoshooting is so tiring. Memang la dengar macam pose je. Tapi yang lompat-lompat tu, yang kena angkat kaki sebelah tu, yang kena static tu APEKAH? But it was fun :) Thanks to our photog, Shahrir and his wife, Faezah as our creative director for a wonderful photoshoot session.

p/s: tak sabar nak tengok hasil posing

Selamat Hari Merdeka

2010-08-31T16:12:00.000+08:00

Happy 53rd Merdeka! Thank you Malaysia

Post photoshoot iftar

2010-08-31T16:05:00.001+08:00

Iftar with my girls. Haven't had the chance to spend time with them so today is all about them :)

We went for photoshoot prior to this. The studio is in Bangi and so we took the chance to eat satay at the very famous restaurant Hj Samuri in Kajang. We arrived there quite early, around 6pm macam tu. Memang berjanggut la nak tunggu berbuka.

The plan is to reserve seats for ourselves and then konon2 nak jalan2 cari kain. However, we were too tired after the photoshoot (I cant believe that photoshooting can be so tiring lol) and decided to just stay and mengira saat2 yang berlalu.

Muka lapar Nadia. Oops, banyak nya rings. Ade orang jealous.

Sha yang jealous dengan Nadia yang banyak rings sebab dia pun tak sabar nak rings jugak. Haha

Nadhila, engaged to be married ye kak?

Sabie, orang yang paling busy dengan handphone because it connects her with beloved fiance

Mira, single and can always mingle. Yezza! Searching? Yes and no. lol

Me and Sabie

Muka kelaparan

Nadia + Sha + Nunud

Muah muah muah

Sunat berbuka puasa dengan tamar

My drink, sirap bandung. It didn't look tempting but trust me it tasted so good.

My favorite - nasi impit...

...kuah kacang with A LOTTTTTTTTTTTT of sambal. Yummy! I am the hantu-sambal, I could eat sambal yang pedas gila yang orang lain tak boleh imagine! This one pedas dia celah gigi je. Haha

Our satays, mixed of ayam, daging, perut, arnab and rusa

Waktu berbuka puasa dah tak ingat nak pandang camera dah...

...kecuali mereka berdua

What a day! Seronok sangat. Sorry Amy tak dapat join. We'll go again next time with Amy sekali ok. Love you guys so much! Hugs

Iftar at mak uda's

2010-08-31T15:47:00.000+08:00

Date: 29 August 2010

Venue: Mak Uda's place at T. Damansara

Time: 6pm

Activity: Iftar with the paternal family (ada ke istilah tu?)

I helped out on the pelitassss. Padahal guna lilin je lol

She invited a lot of guests the other day.

Bilik karaoke - tempat sembahyang for the ladies

Landskap

Bapak and mama - while waiting for magrib

From left: Acu (the youngest) and Achik (the second last of all the siblings)

Chit-chatting. They talked about all the anak2 yang dah besar panjang dan masing2 pun nak habes belajar.

:( Tak cukup gambarrrrrrrrrrrrr. Gambar kanak-kanak riang yang comel tak sempat nak amik.

Balqis

2010-08-29T23:20:00.000+08:00

Mama ada amik so-called anak angkat. 5 year-old Balqis. Parents die pegi umrah. So, kiranya mama jaga dia la sempena ibu dia tak de.

One day, nak bawak Balqis shopping kat Jusco Equine

mama: siapa nak bayar kalau adik (we call her adik) nak shopping?

balqis: BAPAK (while pointing towards bapak)
mira: (rasa macam nak cubet je budak kecik ni)

Ada satu malam, we have to go to Mak Uda's for iftar leaving Balqis with her dad.

Adik: Nak mama nak mama! (menjerit and meraung-raung)

Called mama like 5 minit sekali. Tak nak balik umah father dia. On the way back, mama texted her. Sampai2 je depan umah dia. Tengok dia tunggu depan pagar. Tak nak masuk dalam, tak nak tidor. Berlari-lari la budak kecik tu nampak kereta mama dari jauh.

Nak tido malam pulak,

mama: adik nak tido mana malam ni?

balqis: atas katil besar dgn mama
mama: abes tu bapak nak tido mana?
balqis: bapak tido atas lantai ye! (while facing bapak)
mira: (speechless haha)

Banyak la lagi conversation kelakar dengan budak kecik ni. Haha, tergelak-gelak kalau melayan dia. Pot pet pot pet dan kuat makan macam kakak mira dia.

Cheeky!

Balqis: Adik sayang kakak. Kakak sayang adik tak?

Mira: Sayanggggggggggggg!

p/s: dah lama tak de adik kecik. seronok pulak melayan kerenah budak2 sekali sekala. nak tunggu anak sendiri, memang berjanggut la. haha

Group iftar

2010-08-29T23:02:00.001+08:00

Date: 23 August 2010

Venue: Chop and Steak Serdang

Time: Iftar

Theme: Red and black

Reservation for 18 (sepatutnya 17 + 1 HO nak join but she couldn't make it)

While waiting for the rest of the girls

Bukan sepatutnya baca doa dulu ke?

Okay, jom baca doa dulu!

"tak peduli, nak makan dulu jugak tak kira. Dah lapar"

Adi observing sudu Zoran yang so-called bengkok

Jom ramai2 vote Zufar as the CUCMS NASI LEMAK GUY! Johny, u kalah dengan Zufar ok. U tak cukup nasi lemak lagi.

Khusyuk gila Daud makan

The late comers terus duduk makan.

Pyah tido ke?

K Aimi, "eh"?

Sementara tunggu yang lain makan, Amran dah kekenyangan. Tangan dah jadi macam Saturday's night palsy dah. Haha

All of us except Intan

Cutest picture of the night - Amran and Zozo

Mangga boy!

The gents

The ladies

Johny, the bapak ayam

What's this suppose to mean?

All of us - Group 1 Semester 10 CUCMS 05-10

Thanks for making this iftar program a success!

Don't play with my heart

2010-08-28T23:46:00.000+08:00

kalau ye pun diknon, ask someone to write the letter for you. but still FUNNY! very funny! haha

Buka puasa at Padi Padi

2010-08-28T14:56:00.001+08:00

Date: 22nd August 2010
Venue: Padi Padi
Time: 6.30 pm

*old entry* Refer here for further stories. Haha...

zack munk - BFF since 2002

johny. captured by munk. konon2 artistic la

buffet concept, malaysian cuisine

cookies for raya

ketam, udang, ayam, daging and many more

same school but different batch

nampak tak krol kat belakang? oops krol kantoi, kua ngn sape :P

johny's

munk's

mine - i love the sambal ikan keli!!!

menu: all types of lauk including sambal ikan keli, rendang ayam and daging, ketam and udang goreng, sambal pedal, kari, laksa, rojak, ABC and many more. plus all the malaysian delicacies

from left: bizi, johny, munk, myself, tina and ali

just so happen, what a small world. bizi and johny share the same group of friends. lol

camwhores

jom datang ramai2! kakak tina is the restaurant owner. ali is tina's fiance. thanks again everyone especially ali who did the reservation for us.

finishing the night with 2 movies. half of the expandable and repomen

head to gsc afterwards

met daus, we watched repomen by the way, it was a great movie

to all twilight fans! haha

in between movies

went karaoke at jamban, gila

but still gigih lagi

oh-so-sweet

for those who loves malay cuisine especially hot and spicy, then padi padi is a good choice. :)

Mira is back again

Mr Jerry's farewell

Angry bird

Makan tanpa diundang

Happy birthday hafizsyah

...merry christmas

Happy new year

Apple crumble

Day Care Center

Ortho bbq party

McDonalds in Sandakan

Karaoke

Makan2 at scarlett

Christmas celebration peringkat ward

Jemuran

Self-reward

My current addiction

*senyum*

Hi everyone!

Long case: medical-based

OSCE final pro II

I am back!

Alhamdulillah

OSCE final pro

2 down, 1 more to go

10.10.10

Semakan status pendaftaran

Sleepless!

Long case: surgical-based

Good luck wishes!

Checklist

Dalam FB Adik...

omigawd

Open house raya 2010

Dad's old pic

Job application

Exam-induced-fever

Pro Exam III prep

iPhone 4

dear anak raja..pinang i cpt pls?

5 counseling steps

I don't like

Tagged: Doa Bertemu Jodoh

Last day in academic calendar (I hope)

Malaysians are getting married at older age. Why?

Open house raya 2010

Ayam Penyet

Takziah

Wedding Chik and Shahril

My Sassy Girl

Happy birthday Zackmunk

Honey cornflakes

Tomorrow...

Raya at Ciknab's

Health conscious?

Syawal 1431H

Happy Eid Mubarak

Iftar at Saujana Impian Golf & Country Club

Pre-raya group pictures

Happy birthday Ciknab!

Iftar mentor-mentee

Crazy-outing with Adik

Iftar with Adik

Iftar with Dr Syima

White Studio Photoshoot

Just the way you are

White studio photoshoot teaser

Selamat Hari Merdeka

Post photoshoot iftar

Iftar at mak uda's

Balqis

mama: siapa nak bayar kalau adik (we call her adik) nak shopping?

balqis: BAPAK (while pointing towards bapak) mira: (rasa macam nak cubet je budak kecik ni)

balqis: atas katil besar dgn mama mama: abes tu bapak nak tido mana? balqis: bapak tido atas lantai ye! (while facing bapak) mira: (speechless haha)

Group iftar

Don't play with my heart

Buka puasa at Padi Padi

senyum

balqis: BAPAK (while pointing towards bapak)
mira: (rasa macam nak cubet je budak kecik ni)

balqis: atas katil besar dgn mama
mama: abes tu bapak nak tido mana?
balqis: bapak tido atas lantai ye! (while facing bapak)
mira: (speechless haha)