Half way to eid...

Salam to all peeps,

Firstly, I would like to apologize for not updating my blog for such a long time. Yes, I have abandoned it for a while due to some unavoidable excuses.. (malas, nda mood, nda idea sama nda cukup masa) Anyway, how's everyone doing? I wish u all well and be blessed always.. I am doing fine as usual.. I have to admit this week has been a bit crazy and hectic, but nevertheless I enjoyed my week!!

Time oh time.. it keeps on ticking and there's no way we can stop it no matter how tempted we want it to pause for a while or at least tick slower.. which is a bit scary eh.. It felt just like yesterday I started my fourth rotation, but in fact I've done 4 weeks of mental health rotation and left with another 4 weeks!! So far so good... Other than transport as an issue for this rotation, mental health rotation has been going well for me. I enjoyed working at the hospital, the staffs are treating me well and so far, I had no problems engaging with my patients.. people have asked me about how I think of my rotation i.e psychiatry?? well, to be honest, psychiatry is not my cuppa, although I do think it is interesting and unique aspect of medicine involving the mind and brain.. r I believed most of us has this stigma in our head when talking about people with mental illness.. mental illness = crazy people (aka org gila) which is WRONG!!! yes, there are abnormal people but not all people with mental illness are mad people.. sometimes, they are just depressed or they may be anxious or at least some of them are psychos!! It takes a lot of patience and courage to manage patients with mental illness, and although I can be soft hearted at times, I dont think I'll be able to cope with these patients on a long run.. 

We've just passed the mid of ramadhan this week.. we are halfway there to say good bye to ramadhan.. How sad.. I remembered when I was young, I always wanted ramadhan to go by quickly as possible.. Biasalah, masa kanak2 kn malas kn puasa and raya is more appealing in the sense that we dont have to starve and duit kocek pun penuh dgn envelope hijau!! Wah, siuk plg masa raya kanak2 atu.. I remembered that this one raya I managed to collect $300+ during raya!! But now, things change.. As I get older, I appreciate ramadhan more.. I looked forward every year for ramadhan to come :) I do believe ramadhan has its own blessings and I feel peace at most times.. yes, it's challenging sometimes especially when my days are busy and I am starving in hunger.. But alhamdulilah, Allah has given me the strength to fulfill my obligations as a muslim...

Lastly, before I leave.. I'd like to share a phrase with u guys..

"Nama saya SYA'BAN, saya ingin mengingatkan bahawa jiran saya RAMADHAN baru saja mengunjungi awda sekarang bersama dengan isterinya iaitu REZEKI dan dua anaknya SAHUR dan SUNGKAI dan cucunya RAHMAT, BERKAT danKEAMPUNAN. Mereka akan pulang pada 30hb melalui pesawat AIDILFITRI. Justeru itu, hargailah mereka kerana awda akan mendapat PAHALA yang berlipat ganda..."

xoxo

   

Selamat Menunaikan Ibadat Ramadhan

Salam to all, alhamdulilah, ramadhan has come again!! Yay, so starting tomorrow our mission is to fast during the day for a month time.. Insya Allah, we will manage to do this.. Aza Aza!! let us strive for the best during this month as this is one of the holy month of the year and it only comes once in a year.. Who knows, this could be our last chance to practice our 3rd rukun Islam.. And let us perform more ibadat this month and Insya Allah, Allah will grant his blessings to us and May we benefit from the holy Ramadhan.. :) Ramadhan Al Kareem to all muslims!!

Wet all wet~~~

Salam to all, today is really a wet day!! The rain started pouring from morning till now.. I always thought of rain as blessings from Allah, I am not sure where I got the idea from but somehow, I am actually happy whenever it rains. Although, strictly speaking, I am in a disaster whenever it rained. I am not good in using umbrellas and more importantly, I seldom have the umbrella in hand with me at all times. This is exactly what happened to me today. I was totally soaked!! Poor me... Just wish I will not catch any flu after this.. And yes lesson of the day: Always take your umbrella with you at all times especially when the weather forecast tells you that it is going to rain!! lesson learnt well and I have put my umbrella inside my bag for tomorrow.. :)

Shopping~~~~

Yesterday, Nab and I headed off to the city to do some groceries and also self - shopping.. We went to the city at 11am. I've been craving to window shop for a long time.. As you all may know that I was in Brunei for the last two months doing my Surgical rotation at RIPAS, there's not much choices available to do window shopping or even shopping in Brunei. Not that I'm saying that the shops in Brunei are crap or not uptodate but simply, I find that it's hard to find good stuffs in Brunei that suit my taste.. I do shop in Brunei once a week but most of the time, we only do food and necessities shopping..

So back to my story, I bought 2 pairs of shoes yesterday for my clinical wear. It was on sale!! yay.. One was from London Rebel and the other was from Crocs. I am not fussy in choosing shoes as long as it fits comfortably and looks nice on me.. and most importantly, the price must be reasonable..

Then, guess what??!!! I also bought a watch hehehe.. I've always wanted to buy myself a watch for everyday use.. since, I only have my pink guess watch to use daily.. and more excitingly, it's a digital watch!! The saleslady gave me 20% discount on buying the watch yesterday and the baby-G watch only costs me less than $200.. I think that's a wise and good investment!! Do you agree with me??

Then later in the afternoon, we went to Chinatown and bought meat for the coming ramadhan.. yay! I am looking fwd for Ramadhan and its blessings.. Lets all aim for 100% this year! Amin.. I miss the good time spent with family during ramadhan..

Welcome to my first blog

Salam to all,

Alhamdulillah, finally managed to find some time and also interest to blog. It has been a long time since I last blog using my other account. and oh yes, Welcome to my second blogspot. I guess some ppl may be wondering why I signed up for a second account and kinda 'deactivate' my first account. Well, I dont have any particular reasons, but I just feel like I need a new start.. Fresh and something new!! But having said so, my first account http://missmarvel137.blogspot.com will still remain accessible to all :)

So, little but updates about me! I am right now in Brisbane, currently doing my 4th rotation of the year i.e Mental Health at Redlands hospital. I have just started a week ago and have not seen and exposed much of the mental conditions. So far, I enjoy the rotation but the journey to get to the hospital is definitely killing me softly.. well, lucky I was not alone and Nab is traveling with me too.. we had to leave the house at 640am and took bus to Uni, where we changed bus to Parkroad station and took the train for 1 hour to Cleveland station and lastly took another bus to Redlands hospital.. and that is going to be our daily weekdays routine for the next 7 weeks!! Boring...  but lets just hope that the experiences and teachings gained from this rotation will cover all the boring and costly ride.. Mental health rotation so far, I think is interesting, fun and can be funny and scary too..

It is still winter season.. Having said so, if you've never been to Brisbane, dont think winter here is the same as winter in UK or europe etc.. The weather is cold and sometimes chilly at night, but other than that, we have this lovely sunshine in the morning!!

Oh yes, its holiday today for the Redlands people which gives me some time to relax at home.. Later tonight, the gals and I will be watching Medrevue at UQ..