relaxation therapy - Dilla

with Dilla at OU on 18052012

 

Dilla called this; "relaxation therapy"
it has been a while since i went out with buddies

happy!

need more dating in the future :)

 

why?

i'm happy, coz i'm progressing (erk.. whatever?!)

 

Dilla, you were the first person seeing me wearing tudung that way!

Next hang out, gonna try out something that is a no-no for me in the past.

Wait and see, till the next dating :)

Wassalam.

emerald

.emerald ring.

.simple, but stylish.

it was thought to PRESERVE LOVE.

the emerald has long been the SYMBOL OF HOPE.

 

if you have the man, the dress and the ring,

go and get married!

Wassalam.

ukhwah fillah

friends and i just entered our 3rd posting, different hospitals of course.

busy with our own lives; doing our best for the patients' sake, and of course for ourselves.
days off.. are spent to recharge ourselves for the next working days.
how i miss going on vacation?!
frenzy vacation to Melaka Wonderland :)

Queen Victoria fountain, Melaka :)

our graduation

at Dr Shahidi and Dr Aiman's big day!


no matter how busy we are, deeply inside, i know..
each one of us remember each other, even though we do not make phone calls, or sms each other that often.
friends do never forget other friends
ukhwah fillah abadan abada


Wassalam.

grilled balls :)

day out without snacking is nothing!

happiness means filling in the empty stomach :)

tako tao :D

salivation :)

Wassalam.

The Climb

I can almost see it.
That dream I'm dreaming, but
There's a voice inside my head saying
You'll never reach it
Every step I'm takin'
Every move I make
Feels lost with no direction,
My faith is shakin'
But I gotta keep tryin'
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it, but
These are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most
I've just gotta keep goin', and
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, cause

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb

Keep on movin'
Keep climbin'
Keep the faith baby
It's all about, it's all about
The climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, woah

from a senior to a junior

on a very fine day, i chatted with Kak Aila, a senior of mine yang comel dan lincah aksinya. She's gonna be a Senior HO soon :)

suddenly, she said this:
meh akak bg nsht ckit,
da kije nnt, jgn pkir kije je,
ingat diri sendiri kene njoy, ngan fmly n frenz,
baru seimbang dunia.
plus ingat Allah.
HO mmg tough, but datz juz part of life,
not ur whole life,
part je, ingat tu!

the seniors
from L to R: Kak Aila, senior 1 (macam rumet zuha), senior 2, Kak Yatie
p/s: sorry seniors for the names. tak ingat ler :P

a very useful advice. hope that we could remember this easy advice, all the time.


Wassalam.

thursday happiness

Alhamdulillah, thank you Allah for blessing us with life today.
الحمد لله, praise only be to Him, The Almighty God.

Received a text from Dr Shahidi, saying,
Assalamualaikum. All of us will be graduating together this year!!!!!!! :) thanks a lot for the prayers!

Dr. Shahidi
(credits to Faten Aqilah)

Alhamdulillah. Congratulations, Mr New Specialist :)

We do really owe him a lot! He gave extra classes, with no charge, and did not even ask for any reward. I still remember, the moment we had with him; the first short case session, the first long case session, but the best thing is the sarcastic look he gave whenever we performed weird physical examination techniques. haha~ I could still remember, the wise advices; sparing time with family, minum madu, makan kurma (yang ni susah sket laa for me, coz i don't like dates so much), be good doctors because of Allah, don't quit of being HO no matter what and many more. and tak boleh lupa juga, the part yang Dr treat us with pizza hut a day before our paediatrics end posting exam, after helping him with the thesis (we didn't do much, just entering the SPSS data) and yes, dekat D'Lazat jugak. haha~ thanks a lot for those, for taking care of us, and anggap we all macam adik-adik.. really big THANKS for those..

Our last session with Dr. Shahidi
(credits to Che Ku Bahirah)

sekian, Wassalam.

when i was young

attended a wedding few days ago. actually, accompanying Ayah since Mama went for outstation. so, met Ustaz's wife (UW).

UW: ni anak no brapa? (sambil menunjukkan ke arah ku)
Ayah: ni anak no 2. Yang ini sulung (sambil menunjukkan ke arah abangku, Azim). lagi 2 kat rumah, tak mau ikut.
UW: owh... yang mana satu yang pakai macam lelaki, main basikal pusing-pusing taman?
Ayah: yang ini laa..
Me: Monolog dalaman >> Owh God.. dia ni ingat lagi ke kat aku.. hahaha~ kenakalan aku memang terserlah ke? :D
UW: Owh, lainnya.. dulu, pakai baju, perangai semua macam laki.. skang, dah pakai baju kurung..
Ayah: Yelaa.. dulu kecik-kecik.. skarang, dah besar..
Me: (Tersenyum. logiknya, takkan laa aku nak pakai jeans kalau ayah pun pakai baju batik kot.. haihz~) Ayah, mestilah lain kan? dulu, kecik-kecik, mana matang lagi...
Ayah tersenyum je, sambil gelak-gelak kecil... hehe~

When i was young, i used to wear tracksuit and short sleeve. Yelaa.. nak kayuh basikal kan? takkan laa nak pakai baju kurung plak... kang terlekat, baru tau.. haha~

today, ikut ayah, to fetch Aida.. dropped by kat McD. parking keta kat depan post office sementara tunggu Aida (since i was fasting, and Aida wanted McD sangat).. i asked ayah.

Me: Ayah, kenapa dulu Ayah support aina kumpul stamps?
Ayah: Alaa... benda baik.. buat apa nak halang?
Me: Owh... ada je benda yang tak berapa baik, tapi ayah layan je...
Ayah: Ada? (Ayah macam terpinga-pinga)
Me: Ha ah... ala.. dulu, sanggup tolong cari area rumah Ako Mustapha..
Ayah: Alaa.. itu kebetulan je.. sebab ayah nak lalu situ.. (Ayah tersenyum)

hakikatnya, Ayah memang seorang yang supportive, no matter what.

dulu, waktu memula aku cakap, i want to experience, visiting other countries...
so, mula-mula, waktu aku nak pegi Australia lawat Che Tie (she's my room-mate in MRSM Lenggong) dulu, ayah cakap, sure! why not? :)
waktu aku nak pegi Bandung, ayah cakap, kalo 8 hours journey ayah boleh lepaskan, mestilah boleh pegi kat Mai (she's my best friend, met her in MRSM Lenggong) :D

waktu aku final year medical school, aku nak sangat buku Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar with the VCD... Ayah sanggup teman aku pegi amik buku tu kat Seksyen 12, P.J. (kat rumah Ayah Dr. SMS plak tu).. padahal, i can drive by myself.. Ayah cakap, it's ok. Ayah temankan.

hehe~ aku rasa, banyak sangat benda yang Ayah dah buat untuk aku... terlalu banyak... tak larat kot nak tulis satu per satu.. hehe~ i think i am one of the luckiest people in the world. Alhamdulillah. thank you, Allah for sending me a guy who is trying at his best to pleasure me.




sekian, Wassalam.

Praise be to HIM

i cried for the last few days.. bukan hanya kerana takutkan result yang bakal dihadapi, bahkan mengimbau kembali kenangan-kenangan bersama examiners.

i had long case with an external examiner and Prof Kamaliah. i got ALL case. i really don't want this case.. i was hoping for a much easier case, but Allah knows the best for me.. So, He gave me this ALL case.. the problem I faced was not that big enough... except for the prognostic part... the external examiner (a paediatrician, I supposed) asked me, what investigation would you like to do to confirm remission? (something like this). I blurred, but not to keep myself quiet. I just said, I would like to send blood investigation such as Full Blood Count to see for anemic status (a very basic investigation.. actually, i just don't want to keep myself silent).. then, the external repeated the question, so, how do you confirm remission? silent. i just say, Bone Marrow Aspiration. and suddenly, he said, YES! Phew~ leganya... but that was not the end. He added, so, how do you confirm remission? and there we go again. OBVIOUSLY, i didn't know the answer... then, i said, when the blast cells reduce (i've read this somewhere).. ok, he said. but, how many percent? owh ooo... i didn't know... i looked at Prof Kamaliah, and i glanced at Dr Nazri, but knowing that i would get no answer. so, i looked at the external examiner again... i said, 8%?? he said, ALMOST ACCURATE GUESS. it was 5%. OoPss~ (huh! lucky guess, but i wasn't suppose to do that. i just should say, Sorry, Sir. I don't know, instead of saying 8%). hurm.. i regretted a bit. actually, i've read this topic, a long time ago, like 6 weeks ago, and yet, I could recall nothing much... but I'm very very very thankful to Allah, the Almighty.. coz without Him, I wouldn't have the courage to face this... Thank You, Allah :)

as for short cases, I had swelling at the left hand, axillary lump and fibroid.
1) the first case, the Dr asked me, what is the name of tumor that could possibly coming from tendon? urgh~ i tried to recall. i could recall faten's face, telling us, the tumor's name. I could remember nothing. padahal, i really like bone tumors so much before! i couldn't even remember GIANT CELL TUMOR. urgh~ Prof Faisham must be very upset about this. I was in OORU's team when i was in 4th year.. I did enjoy my posting, eventhough the doctors didn't really bother about us (hey, they still noticed our existence, ok! at least~)

2) the axillary lump case. this was the most horrible, as I could appreciate no lump initially. but Alhamdulillah, Allah gave me some hypersensation of the fingers... the horrible part was, when the sarcastic surgeon asked me, the drainage of the axilla, and that was obviously a basic question.. but i only knew, lymph drainage of the breast which will drain to axilla.. i didn't know others! urgh~ i felt like crying, and didn't want to move to the next station.. and luckily, Prof Nora was there. she held me, by my shoulder.. grabbed me to her station..

3) the most calm one.. after leaving this station, i cried hardly. hugged yasmin. and lucky me, she was there, in front of me. to support me. i owe her a lot.

today, went to see the lecturers.. met Prof Nora.. i said, sorry, Prof.. teruk sangat buat short cases hari tu... then, she replied, memang teruk pun... nasib baik lulus jer.. sigh~ terpaksa terima pukulan manja depan semua orang. urgh~ memalukan! and yet, akan jadi sweet memory! Insya Allah, saya akan work harder, Prof :)


Alhamdulillah.. nama sudah pun diumumkan.. bererti, pengajianku sebagai undergrad student sudah pun tamat... segulung ijazah bakal dibawa pulang.. gambar graduasi bakal digantungkan (Ayah, please keep note on this ye! I want my photo, hang up next to yours, mama's or azim's) hehe~

just to quote something from my reading, Nik Nur Madihah said in the book, "Kejayaan ini bukan milikku mutlak. Aku hanya sebuah alat yang telah diusahakan oleh ramai orang: ibu bapa, guru-guru dan teman-teman. Yang pasti, aku adalah alat yakni khalifah Allah yang mempunyai tanggungjawab yang besar untuk `mengotakan' ilmu yang telah dipelajari di jalanNya.


TERIMA KASIH YANG TAK TERHINGGA BUAT SEMUA! HANYA ALLAH YANG MAMPU MEMBALAS JASA BAIK KALIAN :D


sekian, Wassalam.

a good ones!

a friend of mine said: Yang penting study.. Stress ke, ada masalah ke, tak masuk mana ke, takpa... Yang tu letak ke tepi.. Yang penting kita usaha, do'a dan tawakkal.. Mana tahu masa exam nanti, Allah permudahkan.. Apa yang kita baca, kita faham masuk... katanya lagi: Teringat pula zaman2 dulu., masa kita nk pro 1., lebih krg jugak kan situasinya., risau mcm2, stress pn ada., tp alhamdulillah kita berjaya., bkn setakat pro 1 je., Allah dah permudahkan utk kita naik ke thn 2, 3, 4, dan sampai lah sekarang, final year., Mungkin dulu kita pernah terbayang apa kita mampu nak hadapi semua ni., betapa mencabarnya nk menempuh jalan ini., tak dinafikan, among the toughest route., tp bila difikir., ada sebab semua nie berlaku., Allah percaya, Dia yakin kita mampu hadapi semua nie., If Allah is with us, who else dare to against us., believe in ourself, believe in Allah., mesti percaya, nanti kan berjaya... thanks a lot, my friend... rasa smangat tetiba! :)

kata ayah

"Sekarang ini ibarat menghampiri garisan penamat, momentum dikerahkan untuk mendaki puncak kejayaan... Aina tak keseorangan. Ayah & Mama tidak jemu-jemu mengiringi doa, agar kecekalan tidak mudah pudar, dan Insya Allah, gerbang kejayaan menanti pasti..."

wisdom words

звезда

If you are meant to be the one, no matter what happens, nothing is going to change that. Of course you have to work really hard. But there are times when no matter how hard you put effort into something, there are still some things you can't do anything about - Dr. SMS

So impressive!


Wassalam.

kembara bandung [day 3] - 280610

(Nurul, Aina, Mai, Amy, Yati)

Malaysian friends!
They are very very very friendly. With lotsa talking too!
No wonder Mai suits them well! Haha~

my third day begun early. rent toyota avanza with supir (driver) for half day duration, which had cost us Rp 300,000. quite cheap for 6 person! went to Mount Tangkuban Parahu. It is one of the active volcanoes in the world. Actually, it is near to the city, but the problem here in Indonesia is, the roads, were not really good. Bukan jer bersimpang-siur sebab itu kan kawasan bukit, tapi siap berlopak-lopak juger laa sikit-sikit.. But those did not matter much! As long as I can go to this volcano, I would be satisfied! Why? Coz people said, "If you go to Bandung and you don't go to Tangkuban Parahu, it means that you have not really go to Bandung yet". That is what people said! Not me! Haha~

at the entrance, we were shocked coz the person in charge asked us to pay about Rp 300,000 for the entrance fee! 6 tickets for Rp 300,000?!!! So expensive! but after they were showing their ma3x card, we only had to pay Rp 100,00. One third of the initial entrance fee!!! What a suprised?! [I got escaped!!! Haha~]

As I got down from the car, I could smell the unpleasant sulfur!

Trip members!

This is what I got from Wikipedia. Almost similar to what Aina (one of Mai's housemates who is also studying in ITB) had been storytelling us, but of course, Aina's story was much more detail!

The name translates roughly to "upturning of a boat" or "upturned boat" in Sundanese, referring to the local legend of its creation. The story tells of "Dayang Sumbi", a beauty who lived in West Java. She cast away her son "Sangkuriang" for disobedience, and in her sadness was granted the power of eternal youth by the gods. After many years in exile, Sangkuriang decided to return to his home, long after the two had forgotten and failed to recognize each other. Sangkuriang fell in love with Dayang Sumbi and planned to marry her, only for Dayang Sumbi to recognize his birthmark just as he was about to go hunting. In order to prevent the marriage from taking place, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to build a dam on the river Citarum and to build a large boat to cross the river, both before the sunrise. Sangkuriang meditated and summoned mythical ogre-like creatures -buta hejo or green giant(s)- to do his bidding. Dayang Sumbi saw that the tasks were almost completed and called on her workers to spread red silk cloths east of the city, to give the impression of impending sunrise. Sangkuriang was fooled, and upon believing that he had failed, kicked the dam and the unfinished boat, resulting in severe flooding and the creation of Tangkuban perahu from the hull of the boat.

Big thanks to Aina for the great story you told us! :)

hot and spicy steamed potatoes, veggies, and siew mai

betapa lakunya makanan yang dijual mak cik ni!


so, where's the Tangkuban Perahu or the upturned boat?

it should be there!
but look at the fogged mountain!
the boat was hidden!

these are the burned & blackish trees.
might be due to the high content of sulfur in this volcanic area.

and yet, it is still flowering!
Subhanallah.

the volcanic crater of Mount Tangkuban Perahu

with Amy.
we were the first timers!!!

Aina & Amy
and of coz, with the other tourists...

It was quite cold, but the one behing me was wearing short!
I bet the hairs would be standing still... You know, as to maintain the body heat! haha~

the crowd!

zooming in; they are Malaysians!

the hardworking men!

we paid their hardwork!
each scarf costs us Rp 10,000 only!
in other words, it means RM 3.63 only!
haha~

the musholla

after Mount Tangkuban Perahu trip, stopped by to have our lunch. Dare to have Sate Ayam despite ....

the hanged chicken head!

my lunch; Sate Ayam! :P


after that, went to Sari Ater Hot Spring Resort, or better known as Ciater!


ITB friends! sweet sweet memories!

is this candid?

one of the hot springs there.
met a sweet couple from Johor here!

Mai wanted to jump, but into this shallow hot spring!
Aina, you should let Mai's hands off! haha~

peace for flying fox!!! owh yeah!!!

Aina & Amy
fear to height?
tried to be fearless!

haunted house!

went for ATV, but it closed!

nevermind, still can try it out at Sunway Lagoon! :)

mas tebar murtabak yang comel! haha~

murtabak manis!
macam apam balik jer rupanya!!!

our Rp 17,000 dinner
sedap & manis!!!
dan besar jugak!!!

See! Traveling is not only about having fun, but it is a source of obtaining knowledge as well! Not only that, it is also about learning the background of the people from other places.


Wassalam.

kembara bandung [day 1 & day 2] - 260610 & 270610

"Reading books is important but that is not the only way to obtain knowledge!" - Dr. SMS.

Yeah! Reading is a good habit. No doubt! But I find that my soul suits more to this passion of traveling, rather than reading. I love to travel. It does not matter where i travel; inside, or outside of the country. The more important thing that matters here; I've got to get myself traveling to some unfamiliar places every year. And Insya Allah, I will continue this passion [as I know that I'll get green light from parents and if $$$ is enough].

Last year, I went to Queensland, Australia. Cik Tie's place. Alhamdulillah. Great moment!

And Alhamdulillah, this year, I managed to fly to Bandung, the City of Flowers! [the history said]

On my very first night, created a trouble! From airport, took the airport taxi which had cost me almost Rp 45,000 for 15 minutes drive. As I arrived, I had this instinct. I wanted to check on my passport. And click! The passport was not there! Owh man!!! I carefully checked the bag. Zipped and unzipped the pockets of my blue backpack. No! No! I could not find it. I told Mai. She said that I can be an Indonesian then. haha~ At that point of time, still could made me laughed worriedly. But deep inside my heart, I kept on praying, "O'Allah, please let this vacation be as smooth as before". Mai made a phone call to the taxi we had on our way back from airport to home. The taxi was then called Mai back. Yes! It was there! Alhamdulillah. I had the "sunshine" again!

Stayed at Mai's crib for a week. A great experience! Mai called Bandung as Shopping Heaven, but me? I called it as City of Foods! There are thousands and thousands of foods. Staying there for a week is not enough for me to eat them! I need more time, but what can i do? There are many other great things to do in the list. So, here are some photos to be shared with you guys...

Duit rupiah yang ada.
3 millions.
A millionaire a while.
But I told you, not enough!

250610- At LCCT; departure!
the flight took me 2 hours to get there.

Flight's Nasi Ayam


Day 1

On my very first day, I ate this!
Nasi Bebek Kremes Kalasan
Bebek is Itik [Duck!]. My first time of eating itik.
Brave enough to try.

There are too many Factory Outlets [FO].
One of the FOs.
But my intention of going there was not for shopping purpose, so, not much spent at FOs.


Mai was surveying the soft lenses for her Graduation Dinner.
That was my first time of seeing the soft lenses are displayed like above.
[Maybe I was not exposed enough to this matter in Malaysia]

Can you see the crowd?
This photo was taken after an earthquake.

When it happened, I was in the shopping mall, looking at some antiques of Indonesian crafts. I could not feel the earthquake. I was startled, when everyone was running down the escalator. It was such a panicking moment that stroked me! Mai grabbed my hand, and we ran out of the mall. I was thinking that there were robberies going on. Nonsense! But no lies! I was telling you guys the truth. haha~ First time I had such a moment. Precious!

We had yogurt at J.Co!
Cooling us down after a hot run!

Pets selling outside the mall.
This is my bestfriend, Mai!
The leader of our Pong-pang Girlz group.

Kuskus.
Matanya besar.
Walaupun ia baik, jinak & manja, tapi saya tetap takut!

Mr. Chubby Grumpy


Day 2

ITB

Visitng ITB School of Pharmacy.

This is the info I got from Wikipedia about ITB;

In 1920, Pont planned and designed buildings for the first technical university in the Dutch East Indies, Technische Hogeschool te Bandung (the present-day Institut Teknologi Bandung), after which he was named as a professor in architecture at the university.

This is one of the buildings there.
Different building represents different school.
(If I'm not mistaken)

Front look.

Side look.

A striking local Javanese roof style is noticeably seen on top.

One of the attractions I found in ITB.
The best part of this was ...

these words.
Amazing!
Meaningful!
"Sekali Teman, Tetap Teman"

Naik kereta kuda to Black Maria.

Nasi Kebuli Kambing, Black Maria.
It was cone in shape.
Delicious! Yum-yum!!

My day did not end there. We walked a distance. Less than 5 minutes, if you walk like a doctor. Reached Jalan Dago! Full with factory outlets along the road. Awesome for those shopaholics! If I stay here, my cash, will definitely run like tap water!

FO

More FO

Kolam Ikan outside one of the FOs

The most fantastic about the FOs here is they have their own "musholla" or prayer's room. Praying is still, the most essential aspect in daily life. Important, still!! So, here, you don't have to worry about your prayer while you are shopping!

After went in & out of FOs, went home with angkot-angkot.

This is our main transport here; Angkot-angkot.
With Rp 1000 to Rp 2000, you can get to anywhere you want!

The best thing about this angkot-angkot is,
you will be entertained with "pemuzik jalanan"; pianist, violinist, guitarist and singer.
After the song, they will get their "paid".

This is how Bandung City looks from Mai's window.

Zooming in; you can see the arrangement of the houses.

Long list of Sundanese foods!

Simple dishes

Me and foods

Gurame Saus Padang

Bakso Kuah Sapi

sekian sahaja kembara Bandung untuk hari pertama & kedua. Insya Allah, will be sharing more about Bandung, and of coz they are all from my perspective.


Wassalam.