New Year .

Surgery class.

My semester's not finishing yet. Tomorrow will have new year holiday til 8th January. Til then I'm gonna enjoy this long awaited holiday before my finals start on the 16th. Bleh.

Don't expect me to list down 2008 summary of my life. The normal rollercoaster ride, happines and sadness. I'm still here trying to survive the medical world. And I'm not even a doctor yet.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

Seize the day!

I'm having Russian class cycle last week, and I attended to only 2 classes. 2 syllables: MA-LAS.
Currently having Internal disease cycle and we're required to do 'doctor's duty' after class for 3 academic hours. Ergo, my whole day will be devoted to the hospital and I'm gonna return home hungry and tired. Though, I think it will be a good thing for me to practice clerking the patients.

I am blessed. I am extremely happy. And I am complete.
What more can I say?

Wish I got the time to write everything that had happened since the last post. Too bad, cause I don't have the time and credit to upload pictures now. Gotta fly!... to class now.

Syawal

Selamat Hari Raya! Forgive and forget, kan? Kan.

Finally did my last exam for 4th year Therapy, on the first day of Syawal. I had a short class, went to exam. Hope I pass it, cause I can't bear to think about sitting for it again soon.

On the eve of raya, Jazly and I cooked kuah kacang, ayam rendang, begedil, soto and nasi impit all from scratch. Simple dishes, but it was worth it. Had dinner the next day with Nishan, Darshla and their new lobbymate Zan. Had fun, shared stories, laughed so hard. Seriously, I don't know what to do without friends. Oh, and Icey. Had fun playing against him in scrabble yesterday. I feel good playing against a person who knows how to play scrabble by the rules (unlike some people *uhuk*) And I won! Yay! Good game...

Need to catch up on the curriculum, I haven't done a single summer elective examination because I lost the elective record book and had to get a new one. Have to finish up writing assignment for pediatrics by hand, finish up the summer elective diary log. I have to study up (a storm!) for pediatrics finals this saturday, finish up my atrabotka for E.N.T (because the atrabotka is tough!).. blah blah..

Raya is no fun without family and friends. Family, most important. Without them raya is like any other day. I miss them

Finally tasted the infamous burgers from American Saloon in Green. A wee bit pricey for a burger, but oh well, what to do? That's the only joint which make proper burgers ever sold in Kursk town. Sad, but true. True, and delicious. Yum.

Yesterday night, went out to eat in Tolstyak. Ate their pizzas which I absolutely love...to eat. Strolled along Lenin street in high heels (practicing for Raya function next week .. haha), adoring the night lights of Kursk, cooing starry-eyed at expensive motorcycle totting dudes speed racing from one end of Lenin street to the other *sigh*... I wish the weather would stay this way.

Can you imagine a world without burgers?

The meat from this sandwich is real steak. Nyaaaaaa~ The meat hits the spot. Yeah, the spot right between the crevices of my gums where my wisdom tooth is growing.

New diet plan, out the window. Tsk.

Oh, I received a homemade postcard from Teah, all the way from Singaland
Happy days.

#817

I'm back in Kursk. Seriously, I felt like bawling my eyes out leaving my family behind. Even lining up forhe check in were fun. My brothers and I talk about everything like we always do. Miss them!

Ugh... I can't send messages to brunei or singapore number I dunno why and It's frustrating.

whaat's even frustrating is when I open the door to my room I was greeted by a potential heap of mess. I don't know how my roomate lives like this. And just today I decided to rearrange the room myself. Screw help. If my romate doesnt like the new arangement then she should just bear with it till she graduates. Nak harapkan dia entah bile boleh siap rearrange.

One more thing, THERE'S NO FREAKING HOT WATER! WTH?!!
serious la bodoh tempat ni.

my first cycle was Psychiatry in rural Iskra. It started last monday and obviously i didn't go until the 5th day. Although, I find psychiatry interesting. The teacher told us that the reason why the facility is in faraway rural area is because they house the sociaplly dangerous people 0.0 (and to prevent them from escaping too far) And next year we're gonna see the patients and some, behind locked doors.. eeeeee-- exciting!

No internet connection yet. Im using my phone to online. I feel so lost without internet =.=

oh oh, Thai airways is the best!

I mean this

Exactly a week till my therapy exams +.+

Shocks and horrors aside, it's exactly 3 more weeks till I'm outta here. The seniors are graduating, and I'm gonna be in 5th year soon. Pray that I pass my exams in the first try...

So, I'm not gonna be updating soon enough. Bye for now!

Cayenne

ENT cycle was over last week, although I hear scary stories about the cycle, I found it rather enjoyable. Haven't studied so much for a single subject for so long. But it was unfortunate that I wasn't able to attend the last class of the cycle -- due to a series of unfortunate events. Haha, I'm just exaggerating.

Having Therapy cycle for 2 weeks started from yesterday. Our Prof. Kanin, enthusiastic man and a good teacher. I should eat breakfast before coming to class next time, cause if I don't my mind often drifts someplace else.

3 more months.

Birthday babies

I'm loving today's obstetrics class! I witnessed not one, but 2 natural births in about an hour! Of course the mothers have to endure hours of uterine contraction hell (makes me rethink how many children I want in the future). My teacher said that there's a lot of women out there who prefer to deliver by c-section because of fear of the pain -- which is bad considering the fact that there are more complications to it than having to deliver naturally.

The just recent Russian presidential elections, Putin's party won. In other but crude terms, we foreigners will still survive. Just a thought: If the communist party won (which I doubt ever will), I will be the first one flying back home with or without my parent's consent.

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Having Obstetrics cycle now. The class is all the way to Volokno and the teacher is great. Let's just say, I'm enjoying every moment of it ;)

Haven't been online lately, sorry. Been watching the series "Dexter". iLike.

Routine sucks

Boring and uninteresting. That's how I describe my daily routine.

I'm currently having social medicine. Not my cup of tea. During medical informatics (the same teacher and same class from soc. med) my groupmates and I pass time playing movie charades. It all started when Koay played Hangman on the blackboard and it got too boring because he is very predictable (haha perv!). So it began. They're not playing anymore, I think because of the lack of ideas. Either way, it was fun and hilarious.

And now: Bored. Routine sucks. Is there any other word for boredom?! Even the word Boring is overrated.

New semester

New semester and almost new classes.
First cycle: medical infomatics. Statistics and shiz.
Can't type much, gotta run elsewhere.

p/s: I got your promise =)

Big patches

Skipped 2 days of therapy =p
Can't say I'm proud of it, though the 3 days holiday are worth it.

Come around

Catchy song : M.I.A - Come around. Listen. Then we sing the chorus together.

The thing about russians yang paling I tak suka, it's bau badan orang2 kat sini.
Twice I sat in a bus today, rasa nak muntah sebab the lingering and everlasting bau of russians.
Bau badan tak mandi and bau alkogol (saying it in the most typical russian accent). Icky. Mual.

I'm having Neurology cycle this week and I get an instructor who looks a lot like J. K. Rowling. I kid you not. Interesting class, however the class is a 45 minute bus ride from my place. In this cold, my interest wavers.

Currently I'm into 1st person view mode shooting game.
I'm playing Call of duty on my PSP and I'm thinking how great it would be to play with
another person. Then I forget, there are no wi-fi services here. =(

My family went to Genting Highlands yesterday and went furniture shopping in IKEA for our
new house. NAK IKUT! Yes, I'm being childish. I have an excuse to be childish just because I haven't turned 21. A childish excuse at that.

So cold

I don't know why, but I always feel so rushed and hectic eventhough my classes aren't that stressful or long.

Music: Currently obsessed with Omarion's Ice box. RnB's not my thing, but I like the tune. But nothing beats Neyo's Because of you. I'm still in love with that song.

Sigh... I need changes.

Surgery cycle

You can observe surgery procedures upclose, and the surgeons don't even bat an eye. And they even explain what they're doing (in russian) but at least they cared. I understood chut-chut. (most of the time). The woman in the picture is our surgery teacher and she is SO COOL. Today, she scooched (is that the word?) over a bit and let me sit with her on the same chair during endoscopy videos of the upper gastrointestinal tract. How laidback can a surgeon be? Actually, an assistant surgeon but a surgeon nevertheless in my eyes. And she let us have a 4 day holiday starting from tomorrow (without debt classes). Wheeeeeee~

Going to rehab

Well, not actually going to be admitted into one. I went there for a field trip for physiotherapy class. I never realised it was a field trip until I reached there. It was far from town, and we had to stop in the middle of nowhere and walk further in. T'was cold! But! We are never too young for a field trip. =)

Translation: Regional Socio-medical Rehabilitation Center.
It's not a rehab center for drug abusers like you think. This rehab center provides physiotherapeutical and psychological treatment for adults and children alike with problems with hearing, osteal deformities, etc etc ... (congenital and acquired). And the patients who are deferred from the hospital to here get treatments (SPA treatment and massage!) for free.

Like this futuristic egg-looking bed provides a treatment called an "Alpha Spa". You just lie in there and your whole body gets warm and massaged while listening to soothing music and get whiffed with aromatherapy. I heard this thing is very expensive and is not available even in regular spas (maybe in Kursk only). Apparently, a regular treatment with this stuff can curb your addiction to smoking (and maybe alcohol)

This treatment is called Hydrotherapy. I call it a jacuzzi. Beautiful.
Water + Warmth = Bliss



No one can resist playing with water

The guys and not-our-teacher-but-a-tour guide

Now I present pictures with Koay closing his eyes:


TWICE!

People

The physiotherapy teacher is full of crap. She's a nagging grandmother. Thankfully, she nags in russian -- so at that moment, I'm already in my safe, happy bubble, endlessly daydreaming. It's one of the perks of sitting at the farthest back of the class. She's absent about 3/4 of the practical class. B o r i n g.

Koay : A rare natural phenomenon. Like a blue moon.

Jozzy and me

t i c k s

Physiotherapy: 1st class

Icey and Jer Wei: wanted FHM and a Chuck Palahniuk book

Train Station

Call me sensitive

No daily medical genetics test today. Relieved, but boring otherwise. Went to eat in Tolstyak with my groupmates. I'm glad that I still have a social life. *grins*

At night I went exploring the shops near the train station. Went in a liquor shop, and saw an absinthe bottle with the absinthe plant floating in it. Reminds me of Ram, who asked Ken to buy him one, which reminds me about the good old times. Sheila & Ram - I miss you guys. It has never been the same again.

You know, I hate it when someone ridicules my memories, especially when it's the good ones (well, of course). Anyway, I rarely talk about my memories to other people, because I simply can't conjure anything that's worth sharing or I'm not able to put it into words. But when I have the chance to share, and someone ridicules it -- It aggravates me. Call me sensitive, but the person was out of line. The good old days -- were one of the best days of my life. That was when I feel significant and well, accepted (so to speak).

Just for the record, the weather today is slightly nostalgic, with a good chance of a) melancholy or b) infuriation.

Eid Mubarak

Today is Eid!
I pray that even some people all around the world are suffering from their region's conflict, I do hope no one will die from their wars -- and just rejoice the day. Feeling optimistic, I know... I'm just estatic from today's events.

I RULE in today's powerpoint presentation for Hygiene class. Our class had to be combined with 2 other groups. My presentation was short, straight to the point, simple, not to mention -- total eyecandy. I have pictures and stuff (haha). I was afraid that when I read I would fumble with words and then just collapse with anxiety. I did fumble a little, but I did okay. I finished with a flourish. He gave me an excellent mark for it. Eventhough I didn't make a printout like it's supposed to be, but he told me my presentation already satisfied him and a printout is not necessary. Good Day!!! I do apologise for this brag-fest. ;)

Went to Sadovaya Radiological department to take my zachut book (it's like a exam book report card...without the comments) I got a good mark (4) for my radiology exam! Oh God Bless the world!

Eid Mubarak everyone!

Short update

I passed both of my pathanatomy and propaedeutics practical exams. In the first seating! Yay me! General Surgery practical exam is tomorrow. Pray for me.

Love for all.