Brisbane Syawal Moon Sighting

The results for the Syawal moon sighting are out. The moon has not been sighted, thus the Brisbane Muslims will be celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri on Wednesday, 1st October 2008.

Iftar Down Under

Ramadan Day 28
Sungkai: 5:47pm

Hello all! Ramadan is almost nearing the end. Memang nda kerasahan ah. The sighting of the new Eid moon will take place tomorrow. Skajap eh, rasanya macam baru jua hari atu meliat anak bulan Ramadan ani, tup tup tup.. nah, ani kan meliat anak bulan Syawal tia nah. We will know if kami beraya tuesday or wednesday sometime by 8pm tomorrow night. Will keep you posted, hehe.

I have a free day on friday; no lectures and such. Did some studying during the day. In the afternoon, Syimsyim and Nabnab came over and we cooked for our sungkai together. We had nasi briyani, lemon chicken, telur masak merah, acar and coleslaw for sungkai. Then that night, the four of us decided to have our Isya' prayers together and tarus we terawih and witir, with Yunyun jadi imam for Isya' and Syimsyim jadi imam for Terawih.

We watched America's next top model and a movie, Meet the Fockers on tv. I have watched the first movie sudah but not the second one. It was a very funny movie hehe. I'd rate it 8/10.


On Saturday, I did my laundry and was looking through my wardrobe when I realise aku nada tudung baru for raya, semua dah ku pakai, hehe. So tarus tah ku decide to go to city skajap to check out the tudungs at Tie-rack. I went around noon by bus. Usulnya nda plang banyak choice that time. I bought two tudungs which is cheaper since you get $5 off if bali dua, hehe. Went to Coles to get some stuff then ke Woolies jua to buy marinade sauce. Jalan2 skajap. Ramai orang di city klemarin atu, and ada jua banyak persembahan orang menari arah stage dapan Myer centre. Went home at close to 2pm. Did a bit of studying then rest skajap. At 5:15pm, we went to Bluehouse for an iftar function. Ramai Bruneians datang. Kami sembahyang jemaah Maghrib dulu before makan, then jemaah Isya', tarus Terawih and Witir beramai-ramai. It was a potluck event. Banyak makanan in different varieties last night atu, from western to eastern dishes such as nasi ayam, nasi kuning, nasi goreng, mee goreng, bubur kacang, masakan ayam and ikan, pasta, gulaian, pau, popia and so forth. Yunyun and I bawa dessert for the event.

While waiting for sungkai to come

C Farah senyum-senyum

Syimsyim and Nabnab

With Ummi Jo and Yunyun

Some of the guys

Some of the desserts

Mengaut makanan

Arah beranda

Waiting for Isya' prayers to start

We stayed there until 9pm. Balik rumah skajap, then we went to Syimsyim and Nabnab's place to hang out for the night. We watched the Love Guru, with Mike Myers as the main character. Lawa and cali berabis ceritanya atu, haha. I love it! I'd rate the movie 9/10. After that movie, we watched another Mike Myers movie, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Aku alum pernah meliat Austin Powers movies ani, ish ish ish, hehe. Cali berabis rupanya, haha. I'd rate it 8.5/10. I will have to check out his other Austin Powers movies nanti hehe.



Today, nada plans. Just stay in and study. Bah atu saja tah, kan liat Australian Idol ku, hehe.

Gd night! :)

Reminiscing

Ramadan Day 25
Sungkai: 5:46pm

Wah, pecaya kamu, 5 hari lagi kan raya! Atu pun kalau nda nampak anak bulan. Kalau nda nampak anak bulan, jadi hari Rabu tah tu orang di Brisbane menyambut raya. Kalau nampak, bah, hari Selasa tah tu raya. I really hope the first day of Raya nanti will fall on the same day as Brunei. If not, it wouldn't feel the same, nda ja? I mean, kalau di sini raya sudah, d Brunei, alum tah tu. Biasanya mengcall during the first day of Raya, and siuk nya, during that time, dapat jua becakap dengan uncle-uncle, auntie-auntie and cousins since durang selalunya bekumpul during first day of raya. We'll be having lectures in the morning plang tu next week, baik jua the schedule will not be as busy as this week, since nada practicals lagi. Wah, I actually am looking forward to pakai baju raya, haha.. Skali skala ganya kali ah memakai baju kurung ani. We don't really get much opportunity to wear baju kurung di sini. Jarang plang nampak orang kan memakai baju kurung ke uni sini, since people opted to wear much comfy casual clothes saja, hehehe. Iatah ganya ni masa raya ani kan memakai baju kurung. Atu pun this year, kami nda plang ada semangat banar kan menyambut raya ani since our exams will be coming soon jua kan. So we don't have any big plans lah this year, unlike last year, kami ada open house lagi apa. Ani tinggal 4 minggu saja lagi exams! So nanti as with previous years, ada perkumpulan with all Muslim brothers and sisters during the first day of raya, kirakan Muslim societies apa atu lah tu bekumpul. I'm not sure where the gathering will be held this year. Last year arah Guyatt Park.

So masa ani mendangar-dangar lagu raya ku sudah. I wonder what my family is doing right now. Just the other day, masa ku call ke Brunei, my sister sibuk membuat biskut cornflakes nya, hehe.. siuk eh, and durang pun cuti skulah sudah masa ani. Sibuk tah kali ni durang mengeluarkan segala galas and pinggan mangkuk Raya. Yang ku kesiukan lah, kalau malam before raya atu, wah, siuk tu, sampat lagi tu, membuat some last minute decorations tia apa, memasang cucul dalam rumah tia, tukar carpet lah, sajukkan minuman tin dalam fridge tia, mengusai position of kerusi meja tia, hahaha.. Sighhhhh.. I miss raya in Brunei.. This will be my third Raya here celebrating it without my family. Sedih ku eh.. Jarang plang ku kan homesick, selalunya I'm one of the "kabal" ones compared to some of my frens (you know who u are, haha :p) Andang nya time-time kan raya ani tah tekenang-kenang kan family yang jauh. Apa bulih buat.. Biasa tah ku udah with this situation masa ani, hehe. I'm sure that my friends di sini pun in the same shoes as I am.

Anyway, bah enough reminiscing.. hehe..

So what have I been doing these past few days? On tuesday, ada physiology practical regarding vision. Okay lah the prac atu, this time barutah ada "practical" since we get to try out different equipments to check our vision, macam mencari blind spot kami, cemana tarangnya mata kami lah, etc, hehe. After prac, we went to the library to continue working on our FQs. Iski kami ke Graduates room di library atu since barutah this semester ku memakai the computers arah that room. Quite small plang tapi bisai lah jua. Sampat lagi ku sent text msgs to my parents since it was their anniversary jua that day. Masa di library atu, malar wah bebunyi parutku atu. I hope nda kedangaran orang sebalahku atu, haha. Ada skali ani wah, tarus-tarus bebunyi nyaring bah parutku ah, even aku pun tekajut, haha. Skalinya hyper aware ku tarus, since tarus2 sunyi wah, bunyi orang menaip pun beranti sekajap, hahaha.. I guess they were trying to figure out dari mana datang nya bunyi atu, hahaha.. Aku buat macam nda saja, eksen-eksen concentrate meliat notes, padahal muka panas, menahan merah padam, haha.. baik jua aku ani hitam manis, nda jua ketara merah padam muka ku, hahaha..

Nda batah lapas atu, kan pukul 2 tah sudah, so aku decide kan balik tah saja. Went home with Nabnab. Singgah ku arah c Acai since aku tais liur kan buat kek coklat, so membali tah ku Betty Crocker choc fudge cake. Baik jua ada, main tambah telur, air and minyak sikit saja, then di oven, hehehe.. Balik rumah, buat kek, then rehat, before we cooked sungkai. Malam buat kraja sendiri2.

On Wednesday, ada formative exam for clinical coaching. I did okay I guess, haha. Banyak kan di belajar for neurological exam atu, but each of us did 1 section saja. Aku kana the lower limb exam. At the same time, our tutor corrected some of our examining techniques jua tarus. We finished by 2:40pm. At 3pm, I went to a tutorial, where we discussed the stroke case. We finished by 4:30pm, then Nabnab and I balik rumah. Malam sungkai and buat kraja sendiri2. Aku belajar pun sampai tetidur-tidur, haha.. lalah ku last night atu. At least belurih belajar sikit jaditah.

Today, Yunyun and I attended the morning lectures, which were on vitamins and alcohol metabolism. Okay lah the lectures, aku suka the second lecture atu though. After lectures, ke printing shop, then ke library, before going to my noon PBL. The tutor said that everyone did well in their presentations tadi, so nyaman hati lah jua mendangar, hehe. After PBL, I met up with Yunyun since kami kan ke Coles bali barang for Iftar gathering this weekend nanti. Balik rumah, rehat2, masak for sungkai, then rehat some more, hehe, sambil dangar2 lagu raya. Sigh.

Airmata Syawal by Siti Nurhaliza. Sing along if you want, haha :p


Gd night! :)

This is hilarious!

Check this out: Ellen with her Hawaiian chair, hahaha.. Freakingly funny! :p

I'm Lovin' It

Sia- Breathe Me

I've been playing this song non-stop today... well except when I go to the toilet, bathroom, kitchen, errrr, you get my drift, hehe.. Addicted ku eh lagu ani. If you listen to the lyrics carefully, it's so simple yet you can sense the vulnerability and the feeling of loneliness, self-destruction and wanting comfort from someone. The voice is very haunting and full of emotion. Amazing. Definitely one of my favourites. This song can be interpreted in so many ways. I'm feeling a teeny tiny bit of homesickness today, ntah ngapa kah, and listening to sad, depressing songs help. Raya will be in 7 days time and yet here I am, far away from all the fuss. Sad :(

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad

23/09/2008: Today is my parents' anniversary. Wish I could be in Brunei to wish them personally. Semoga sentiasa bahagia, sihat walafiat, dimurahkan rezeki dan dipanjangkan umur. I love and miss you both very much :)

TV talk

Ramadan Day 22
Sungkai: 5:45pm

So many distractions today. I mean malam ani lah. There's Australian Idol, then 90210, followed by the Emmy's. The plan is to finish up my FQ while watching tv.. apa ni nya orang, sambil menyelam, minum air.. hehe.. Well, so far that plan alum menjadi.. Sudah plang ku buka my FQ document ganya alum tah ku sambung2 membuat.. Oh well, hehe.. Being a tv person, I am actually looking forward to watch the Emmy's. Since ku di brissy ani, banyak plang tv shows yang nda ku brapa terfollow lagi, I just watch some bits and pieces of some of the episodes here and there whenever I have the time and if I feel like it plang jua. The thing is, masa ani sanang plang jua kan belurih some of these tv shows, you could download it from the net or just buy the dvd box set. Di Brunei slalunya kinda up to date with DVDs of these tv shows. Sediakan saja usin nya, haha.. I collected some DVDs of some of my favourite shows over the years such as ER, Grey's Anatomy, South Park, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI (Las Vegas), House, FRIENDS, etc. Yang ku ada complete collection would be Buffy and FRIENDS. Since ani my feveretest show, sanggup ku membali DVD nya, dpt liat balik-balik, haha.. Yang paling latest collection ku would be South Park. Baruku collect sampai season 10. Nanti tah bila ku balik ke Brunei membali lagi, pelan pelan.. hehe

Baru this year ku start meliat Scrubs banar2, c Yunyun yang introduced. Pernah dulu ku liat sikit2 masa di brunei, tapi nda ku memfollow. Ku liat saja bila aku ada masa, hehe.. Ingat ku dulu, when I was a teen, banyak tv shows yang ku suka liat, bila ku pikir-pikirkan. Macam the superman tv show: Lois and Clark.. Wah, minat ku dulu tu. Then, ada lagi X-Files jua, c Mulder and Scully. Oh, ingat kamu jua the series, "Popular" about a cheerleader and a journalist and their friends who are totally opposites. When their single parents met on a cruise, fell in love and got married, they were forced to live together as a family and macam2 lah antics durang atu. Siuk tu dulu tv show atu. Eh awu, ada jua this sci-fi tv show that somehow aku suka liat jua, haha, namanya Farscape.. ani pun aku dulu selalu liat ni. Apa lagi ah, hmm, there's Gilmore Girls jua, but lama sudah nda ku ikuti, so ketinggalan tah ku sudah tu, haha.. Hmm, what else? I watched a bit of Dawson's Creek jua dulu, Home improvement, a bit of Angel which is the spinoff from Buffy, and macam-macam lagi, couldn't think of any at the moment. Wah, what a tv junkie I was! and still am, but to a lesser degree now, hehe :p makin sibuk kan these days.. dulu masa damit-damit, nda jua banyak banar kan diingaukan banar, haha, banyak lagi masa tu..

Lois and Clark

Popular

X-Files

Farscape

Nanti tah ku list down lagi bila ku ingat, haha. I actually wanted to talk about my day tadi, tapi nah lain topic tah plang nah. Tadi ada PBL, then ke library buat FQ, then ada lectures masa patang. Balik rumah, sungkai and try to sambung buat kraja while liat tv. Bah, kan sambung liat tv tah ku ni, hehehe :p Some good stuff on tv tonight, nda ku dapat resist! Bah..

Gd night! :)

Here fishy fishy...

Ramadan Day 21
Sungkai: 5:44pm

We went to Chinatown this morning to restock our meat supply. Kesian fridge kami, tinggal berapa ketul daging saja, haha.. iatah, berapa hari kami nda memasak, just membali untuk pesungkaian saja. Before kami ke Chinatown, we went jalan2 ke city dulu to buy some stuff untuk family di Brunei. Sebulan dua hari lagi kan balik ni, tarus lapas abis exam, which will be in a month's time. Iatah start sibuk seriously belajar ni, since nda lagi lama tu. While we were in the city tadi, there was an event taking place. We saw groups of people in similar attires and cool funny costumes walking about, with numbers plastered to the front of their shirt macam orang marathon ada jua usulnya. Rupanya ada Brisbane race day, which has a similar concept to the Amazing Race, in which clues are provided to them and they have to solve the clues to get to the next destination. Patut tah ramai orang di city tadi atu. Ada yang memakai costumes macam cartoon the Smurfs, cowboys, Hawaiian themes, and ada kami tejumpa Med students memakai scrubs pun ikut. Asikkk..

At Brisbane Square

From the city, we went to catch the bus to Chinatown. Singgah kami arah c Yuen's dulu to buy some fish and other grocery items. Rupanya ada bejual Pokka's Ice Lemon Tea arah c Yuen's ani, baru tah ke realise. Rasaku atu yang paling nyaman compared to other brands. Atu one of my feveret minuman, iatah kalau ku balik Brunei, selalunya my parents menstokkan tia minuman atu since nada bejual di sini brand atu, haha.. Membali tah ku tadi.

Fresh, dead fishies :p

At the seafood section at Yuen's.. macam2 ada..

Dari c Yuen, we went to Ismail's butcheries to bali ayam. Habis tia jua daging nya atu, iatah nda tah kami membali, baik jua ada masih stock daging di rumah. Habis atu, we went to catch the train at Brunswick Station to Toowong.

Brunswick Station, China town.. Sunyi sepi saja, nda ramai orang tadi atu.

This pic was taken by Yunyun. Ia mau nampak tiang bekilat atu nya since she likes all things yang bling bling, haha.. Nampak ehh.. :p

Bergambar to kill the time, haha

We boarded the train to Toowong then waited at the bus stop for the bus to St Lucia. We just missed the bus so we had to wait for another 30 minutes. Have I mentioned how hot it was today? Rupanya sampai 29 degrees bah tadi atu, macam weather di Brunei, ish ish ish.. Sampai ke rumah pun meruap ani wah, tarus pasang kipas.. Unfortunately our apartment nada kana supply with aircon, so we have to make do with kipas lah saja. For sungkai we had buttermilk chicken with lauk salai and veggies. Yunyun ada bali katam jua tadi since ia tais liur. At night, we watched some tv and Australian Idol, then buat kraja sendiri2.

Bah atu saja tah for now. Kan siapkan going through some past paper questions dulu for discussion tomorrow. Till then..

Gd night! :)

Work Hard, Play Hard, Eat Fully

Ramadan Day 20
Sungkai: 5:44pm

We had a tutorial at 10am this morning at one of the PBL rooms in uni, discussing cases for weeks 29 and 30 with Hsn.

Mr Skeleton with tutor Hsn :)

Mr Azim concentrating :)

Ms Nabnab senyum-senyum, haha

Ms Syimsyim lirik-lirik, haha

After tutorial, we went to DFO, the Airport branch. We caught the bus from uni to Toowong station, where we boarded the train to Toombul. From Toombul station, we went to the bus stop there to catch the 308 bus to DFO. We arrived at around 2pm, then went our separate ways since kami kan check out different stuff.

At the Toombul bus stop.. Hsn, Azim, Nabnab, Syimsyim, Sa'dy and Yunyun

Another picture with yours truly, hehe

Ada jua some kadai yg on sale arah DFO atu. DFO ani, stands for Direct Factory Outlet. It's actually a huge shopping place, selling stuffs directly from factories, jadi kirakan yang kana jual atu usually discounted lah, iatah siuk, hehe.. I got some baju for my sister and myself. Aku atu kan bali jeans ganya nda ku nyaman memakai when I went to try some out. Nda tah ku jadi bali. Puma ada sale tadi sampai 50% discount. I bought a new pair of silver and pink trainers tadi since my present one ani looks quite worn out udah haha.. So quite happy with my purchases lah tadi, hehe. We ended our shopping excursion at 4:30pm then caught the bus to Toombul bus stop again before taking another bus to city. We decided to have our sungkai at an Indonesian restaurant in West End. So we turun bus at the Cultural Centre bus stop and then naik the 199 bus to West End.

Brett's Wharf.. the view from the bus on the way back to city. Yang blur usulnya atu, are small yatches and boats..

The new Brisbane Ferris wheel at Southbank hampir city. The pic's a bit blur since I took the picture while the bus was moving, hehe

By the time we arrived at the restaurant, sungkai tia udah. This is our first time eating at the restaurant, namanya Makanan Indonesia. Sady pernah plang sudah makan di sana iatah ia recommend the place. Sady made a booking earlier to ensure this time kami dapat meja. Pernah dulu kami kan makan di sana tapi panuh ani, so durang advise suruh call to book awal to make sure dpt meja. I ordered nasi goreng ayam and telur goreng special, while the rest ordered nasi with ayam apa namanya kah tu, "ayam rica rica" kali tu nya Yunyun, haha.. And get this.. ada "es cendol" on the menu!! (*squee!!*) Payah kan belurih cendol kali ah di Brisbane ani, haha.. I was actually craving kan makan cendol since ani time puasa kan, so mengorder tah ku tadi "es cendol" nya atu. Walaupun harganya $4 segalas, bah mana saja tah, sama jua elaun baru keluar, haha.. Yang lain ada mengorder "es campur" jua and teh tarik dingin. Nyaman masakan nya atu, even the es cendol pun ku kenyamanan. Iatah nya durang tadi atu, rasanya macam makan arah Pondok Seri Wangi di Brunei, haha.. They even makan pakai tangan tadi atu, asikkk.. The place is not really that big, but comfy lah jua.. And while we eat, we were entertained by an Indonesian singer playing some indon music on his keyboard, hehehe.. The voice's not bad, not bad at all.. :p Even c Nabnab pun able to recognise one of the songs kana nyanyikan atu.. Aaaaa...minat lagu indon jua panya c Nabnab ani, haha :p

Me, Nabnab and Sa'dy at the restaurant

Yunyun and Syimsyim

Makanan Indonesia restaurant

Es cendol!! I was a bit disappointed that it did not come in a bowl, hahaha (mau arah bowl lagi tu :p), but rasanya more than made up for that, haha.. Bagiku nyaman lah jua.. that helps to satisfy my cravings :p

Nasi goreng ayam with telor goreng special.. thumbs up! :) Banyak baginya dalam one portion ani, bagi kanyang jua eh.

"Es campur" or ABC, hehe :) Ani barutah lurus arah bowl! :p

Nasi with ayam rica rica.. Ani pun nyaman bila ku rasa :p

Group photo! :)

Kami habis makan by 7 lalu.. Dengan perut kenyang dan senyuman lebar, (haha), we left the restaurant. By this time, start tia hujan barai-barai nah. We naik bus to West End citycat terminal. Luckily, masa kami sampai atu, citycat pun baru sampai, so tarus tah kami naik. Sampai ke Guyatt Park then walked home. Sampai rumah 7:40pm. Sa'dy came over to our place jua. What a great day it has been. Kan rehat tah ku ni. Bah.

Gd night! :)

Mulakan hari dengan senyuman

Here's another email that I received from my cousin. Cali jua, haha :p

SAPE HEBAT
Man : Bapa aku hebat. Dia polis. Semua orang takut ngan dia.
Ali : Eleh, bapa aku lagi terer. Kalau dia suruh orang tunduk, mesti orang tu tunduk.
Man : Wow! Bapa kau keja apa?
Ali : Tukang gunting rambut.

KELAS Tadika
Ayah : Apasal B.I kamu nie asyik dapat kosong jer...! Apasal hah?
Anak : Eh, ayah! Tu bukan kosong. Tadi cikgu adik dah kasi bintang banyak kat bebudak lain. Ada dapat 5 bintang la, 4 bintang la. Bila turn adik jer, bintang dah abis. Sebab tu cikgu bagi kat adik bulan.

SUDU
Doktor : Encik kena ambil 3 sudu ubat ni setiap hari.
Pesakit : Eh! tak boleh la doktor.
Doktor : Kenapa?
Pesakit : Rumah saya ada dua sudu jer.

MAYAT
Cikgu : Hasan,sambungkan 2 ayat ini menjadi satu. 'Ali menaiki basikal ke sekolah'' Ali ternampak mayat.'
Hasan : Ali ternampak mayat menaiki basikal ke sekolah.

TIRU
Cikgu : Encik,anak awak didapati meniru Ali dalam exam.
Bapa : Apa bukti awak?
Cikgu : Encik tengok soalan nombor 4 nie. Siapakah menemui Pulau Pinang?
Seman tulis 'Saya tak tahu'dan anak encik tulis ' Kalau engkau tak tahu, aku lagi la tak tahu

DOKTOR
Suatu petang datang seorang lelaki berumur ke kelinik ENT, kerana telinganya di masuki biji kacang hijau semasa dia membeli barang dapur di pasar.
Doktor : 'Selamat petang...'
Pesakit : 'Selamat petang Doktor!'
Doktor : ' Ada masaalah apa ...?'
Pesakit : 'Telinga saya dimasuki biji kacang hijau, Doktor...'
Doktor : 'Biar saya periksa telinga anda!'
setelah diperiksa....
Doktor : ' Ada 2 cara untuk mengeluarkan biji tersebut...
Pesakit : 'Apa caranya doktor?'
Doktor : 'Pembedahan kecil kosnya 2 ribu ringgit dan pilihan kedua pula percuma...'
Pesakit : 'Mahal sangat Doktor, kalau yang percuma bagaimana?'
Doktor : 'Yang percuma kena sabar...'
Pesakit : 'Baik, saya sabar, dan bagaimana caranya...?'
Doktor : 'Anda sirami telinga anda 2 kali sehari dan nanti jika sudah jadi tauge anda tinggal tarik keluar.
Pesakit : 'Huh

AYAM DAN LEMBU
Ayam : Manusia ni memang pentingkan diri sendiri!
Lembu : Kenapa kau kata macam tu?
Ayam : Tengoklah. Apa mereka buat kat aku!
Lembu : Hah! Buat apa pulak?
Ayam : Aku ni bertelur hari-hari. Aku cadang naklah dapat anak dua tiga ekor.Orang kata ada juga waris aku bila aku dah tak de nanti.Tapi manusia ni memang tak berhati perut. Hari-hari dia orang makan telor aku,Macamana aku nak dapat anak!
Lembu : Alah! Kau punya masaalah kecil aja!
Ayam : ?? Maksud kau?
Lembu : Aku ni, kalau fikirkan nasib aku lagi malang. Rasa nak bunuh diri pun ada. Bayangkan, hari-hari manusia minum susu aku tapi sorang pun tak pernah panggil aku MAK!
Ayam : ?? (Dalam hati: Tak boleh pakai punya lembu!)

Dari Burung Hitam Ke Ayam Turki

Ramadan Day 19
Sungkai: 5:43pm

Lama rasanya aku nda blogging. Ada jua 4 hari sudah, haha.. Been quite busy these past few days, you see. Bahapa saja ku kah.. Right now it's getting quite warmer here each day, except this one day where it was gloomy for the whole day. Spring is definitely in full action now.. As I walked along the pavement along the side of the streets here, you can see the flower buds and the start of the flowers blooming here and there.. Though alum banyak plang nampak masa ani, but musim bunga sudah tiba! Just as I was walking to uni the other day, I could see the beautiful yellow flowers blooming on the trees near the security post near the uni entrance and some eye-catching yellow petals littering the green grass. Liat saja tah nanti when all the trees are all in full bloom, tentu lawa! hehe..

On Tuesday, Yunyun and I went to uni for the 8am lecture. As we walked, we were talking about Spring and how we noticed the presence of the black magpies flying high in the blue sky. Makin banyak usulnya time ani. Mind you, these creatures are so loud when they are around. Heran jua kami that masa winter time, nda kami banyak tejumpa burung hitam atu. On our first morning ever in Aussie 2 years ago, (winter time), we were staying over at a senior's place in Indooroopilly upon our arrival kan.. it was a chilly morning and the windows of the apartment were opened. The first thing we ever noticed di sini, were the loud chirping sounds of these huge black birds perching outside on the trees near the opened windows. Nda plang mengacau burung nya atu, but they have a really distinct sound that you just won't forget. Jarang ku nampak burung species ani masa di brunei. Iatah asal kami bejalan lapas atu, macam masa ke uni apa, malar tah kami notice bunyi burung atu masa winter. They are now making an appearance masa spring ani usulnya, hehe..

Becakap pasal binatang-binatang ani, I just read in a recent post a couple of days ago by Mea pasal U-L-A-R ani. I have not encountered snakes here before (jauh palis!), iatah lapas ku baca experiences of the seniors pasal encounter durang with snakes di sini ani, makin tah ku hyper aware of my surroundings. Rupanya waktu ani tah these creatures keluar. Yang ku pernah nampak snakes ani, was masa ku di UBD dulu. Pernah jua 2-3 kali ku tenampak snake warna hijau, the small ones only, melintas arah the pathways kalau kan ke bangunan FOS dulu. Tapi baik jua nada mengaga lah.. hahaha.. Disini ani lagi aku suka jalan ampir the bushes arah my usual path to uni kan, iatah misti tah ku bisai2 masa ani. The only tip that I know, is that kalau tejumpa U-L-A-R ani, baik jalan or belusir in a zig-zag pattern since snakes only dapat gliding in a straight pattern. Iatah, kalau takut kana patuk, bah baik tah ikut advise ani, walaupun to others yang meliat, we may look cali haha.. Do u guys know any other tips when handling snakes ani? Do share if you know, hehe..

Eh awu, di Brisbane ani pun banyak creatures of the night. Nya kamu, apa creatures of the night ani? Vampires? Haha, no lah.. What I meant was, kalau masa malam di sini ani, kadang-kadang nampak kami tu kelawar gantung2 arah the cables di atas atu. Nya orang bisai2 kalau ada kelawar ani, pasal kalau tekana saliva nya kah tu arah kepala, bulih jadi botak, haha.. Banar kah tu? Ntah lah.. The most common sightings di sini would be possums atau tikus-like binatang yang basar. Ani selalu ni arah pokok apa, tapi nda plang brapa nampak. Kalau ada orang, barutah tapuk2 ia. Masa my family came to visit di sini, my dad selalu duduk2 di beranda rumah sama Yunyun's dad waktu malam, rehat2 lah, iatah nya, durang selalu nampak ni these possums bejalan arah atas atap rumah orang sebalah ani. Baik jua nda masuk ke rumah! Atu membagi tungkal tu, haha.. Iatah, sometimes, whenever aku tidur ahir kan, it was really quiet kan tu, kadang-kadang ada tu ku kedangaran bunyi dari atas atap kami ani macam bunyi tapak kaki bah. Masa awal2 atu takut plang ku mendgr, mana tau yang semacam atu kah, haha, lain tah pulang nah.. maklum since our apartment ani arah the top floor kan, but since I learn that those possums andang kadang2 suka merayap atas atap, nahh, ani tau tah ku that bunyi-bunyi cematu atu most come from them tah tu, hehehe..

Hmm, since we are still on the subject ani, I have another story to share. Most of my friends tau plang sudah this story, hehe. I think this occurred last year. Dulu we used to rajin main badminton at the courts arah UQ bah since we kinda have a lot of time on our hand since masa atu masih kami Biomed kan. Ani since masuk Med ani, jarang sudah kan spend time main badminton. Anyway, to continue with the story.. So this one time, we were planning to play badminton and squash one weekend ani kan. Kami kan bebaya tarus ke UQ, so since our apartment is the closest, jadi kami menunggu the rest to lalu dapan rumah before heading out sama durang kan. Our main entrance door to the building was opened wah that time, siapa kah yang nda menutup atu. Skali kan, when the rest are nearing the apartment, kami atu kan turun tah ke bawah to jumpa durang. Skali Yunyun and me keluar dari pintu unit kami kan tu. Tekajut kami tarus ani wah! Rupanya ada dua ekong ayam turki basar bekelahi arah tangga diluar unit kami! pandai lagi terabang tu! Misti tah masuk pasal main pintu kami di bawah atu bebuka. (Tangga kami atu dalam building) The thing is, ayam turki ani is also a common sight here in St Lucia. Kalau di Brunei, kucing yang biasa jalan2, di sini, ayam turki plang, hahaha.. baik jua taie nya nda bejurit arah jalan, hahaha.. I guess durang malar menggali tanah atu iatah pakainya membuat bisnes numbur 2 tah tu.. berakal, berakal, hahaha.. Even arah uni ku belajar pun banyak ni jalan2.. Anyway.. kami takut meliat iatah tarus tah kami belusir masuk ke rumah balik. Patut tah kami macam ada kedangaran bunyi sayap dari dalam rumah atu. There was no way untuk kami turun ke bawah except to melintas ayam turki bekelahi atu. Nda kami berani, takut ada plang, haha.. When the others sampai ke building kami, ada tia durang membuzz suruh turun. We explained the situation. Kami panic udah tu that time, macam2 dalam fikiran, since we are trapped inside. Skali they gave some suggestions mcm cuba pakai penyapu kah apa, tapi being girls, kami nda berani jua masih haha.. So ahirnya c Rhmat tah cuba naik ke atas to help us. We were listening by sticking our ears to the door and kedangaran c Rhmat "belawan" bunyinya sama ayam-ayam turki diluar atu, hahaha.. Eventually dibukanya pintu kami and ada tia c Rhmat diluar memigang racket badminton nya as a weapon. Suruhnya kami tarus belari turun ke bawah. Nampak kami one of the ayam turki yg usulnya sudah mati, while the other one nada. Apparently c Rhmat bravely meng"shoosh" away the big ayam pakai racket badmintonnya. Rupanya, the other ayam sudah mati masa belawan with the other ayam, so ia keluarkan the ayam yang manang atu saja ke luar! haha.. Iatah nya kami, ia our hero, haha.. Ada2 saja wah.. Tarus kami tutup jua the main door di bawah atu, takut ada nanti masuk lagi. Wah aggresif jua ayam turki ani bila betamu cematu, ish ish ish.. atu one of the funniest things that happen lah sebatah kami tinggal arah our apartment ani, hahaha..

Nah panjang lebar plang ceritaku nah, haha.. Anyway apa lagi ku buat masa on tuesday atu? After lecture, kami ada histology practical. Lapas atu kami ke library to do our FQs. Balik rumah, sungkai, did some studying, tidur.. On wednesday, nada lectures in the morning. I edited my FQ and prepared for my clinical coaching session. Close to noon, I walked to uni for coaching. This week kami belajar cranial nerve examination. Siuk jua lah. Rasaku, ani lah the easiest examination compared to semua examinations that I have learned this year. Macam mencek tarang kah nda mata, buka mulut and cakap, "Aaaahhhhh" kan mencek normal kah nda, hehehe and macam2 lah lagi. Habis coaching at 2:30pm. Then ke printing shop to print FQku before heading back to PBL building for a tutorial on the cases masa neurology weeks ani. We finished the tutorial sampai 5:15pm. Nda kami sampat kan masak lagi, jadi membali saja arah nandos for sungkai. We singgah arah rumah Syimsyim and Nabnab kan sungkai together. Sambil sungkai liat movie Alex and Emma. Then barutah we headed back home.

On Thursday, went to the 9am lecture. The lecture was quite good though, siuk jua lah. I had 2 hours break after that, jadi ke library tah ku. At 12pm, then went for my PBL which habis at 2pm. Lapas atu ke library lagi in an attempt to study. Sejam tah ku saja di sana, nda ku dapat concentrate somehow. I dunno, maybe it's the hunger or sleepiness that I experience skali meliat notes atu, hahaha. Went home and took a nap. Bangun kan hampir sungkai sudah, haha.. nyaman banar tidurku atu. Had sungkai then buat kraja sendiri2. Sa'dy came over that night, and we watched Make Me a Supermodel and cerita P Ramli, Seniman Bujang Lapuk. Balik2 meliat pun masih jua cali, hahaha.. Feveret partku is the time masa durang kan audition kan jadi pelakun atu sama c Ahmad Nisfu, hahaha.. best! :p

Today, I had a major sleep in. Skali ku bangun nda plang nyaman rasaku, over slept tah plang, hahaha.. There was a clinical symposium this afternoon regarding stroke at uni, so I decided to go to that. Skali ku sampai, nampak banyak orang Brunei turun padang hari ani, hehehe. Siuk jua lah the symposium tadi atu. Kana discuss our case this week which was about stroke. Ada kana jemput five speakers; 1 general practitioner, 1 speech therapist, 1 occupational therapist, 1 physiotherapist and 1 stroke patient. They spoke about some of their experiences and what they would do, if they were presented with the case that we are doing this week. Then ada question and answer session. We finished close to 3pm. Balik rumah lapas atu. Baik jua allowance kami keluar today. We were expecting it to keluar masa 17th sudah as it would usually do, tapi this time ahir sikit, hari ani baru tah ada. Esuk kami plan kan shopping ke DFO after tutorial, kan membali barang2 untuk orang di brunei, can't wait! haha..

Tadi Yunyun and I decided to bali food for sungkai saja, since kami ada daging saja arah fridge kami masa ani, haha.. So 4:40 tadi we walked to Hawken Drive to tapau food for sungkai. I went to buy fish and chips from Salt and Battery while Yunyun bali the rump steak from 1001 nights. While waiting for our orders atu, singgah ke Coles kami dulu tadi kajap. Arrived home at 5:30pm then prepared for sungkai. While sungkai-ing, kami liat the movie Chicago. Lawa rupanya! Baru ku pernah liat, haha.. It was a musical plang tapi siuk lah the storyline nya atu. I'd give it an 8.5/10, hehe..

My sungkai meal today.. Single meal consisting of fish, chips, calamari rings and crab sticks

Yunyun's food, rump steak with rice

Btw, masa ani aku addicted to membuat milkshakes saja, haha.. yang ku suka chocolate and oreo milkshakes lah.. One more thing aku addicted to masa ani.. listening to lagu Just Dance from Lady Gaga, Give it to me from Madonna and Disturbia from Rihanna.. Balik2, haha.. I guess I'm just in a "dancy" mood right now, though if you were to ask me to dance, malam hari, haha, nada ku brapa pandai, hehe :p I'll just stick to dancing in the shower for the moment, haha :p

Bah, to self: agatah belajar! :p

Gd night! :)

Once upon a time

Ramadan Day 15
Sungkai: 5:41pm

Hello peeps! What have you guys been up to these past few days? Me? Not so much.. We are now halfway through our Ramadan fast, believe it or not. I am now used to not eating during the day though that does not stop my stomach from making a few embarrassing grumbling sound every now and then, hehe.. especially when you are there talking with your tutor seriously in a quiet room and you just have to act nonchalantly as if nothing is amiss, haha.. Hmm, some of my PBL mates surprisingly tau pasal Ramadan ani, while some have no idea what it is all about. Ada jua curious betanya brapa lama puasa ani, (sebulan nyangku), and ada jua betanya if bulih minum air saja (I said no), ada jua bepikir that we always have a feast makan-makan after the fast masa malam tiap-tiap malam (haha! atu cali :p) and ada jua kind enough (though jokingly) to offer to call the ambulance if I ever fainted in class during the day! hahaha.. ada2 saja.

On Friday, I had a clinical ward visit at RBH hospital with my CC mates. Since Yunyun pun ada coaching at the same time, we went to RBH together. We met Hsn who was on her way to another hospital jua at the bus stop arah St Lucia. We arrived at the hospital early but we went our separate ways since kami arah different buildings. Since it was still early, so I decided to hang out at the hospital library kajap to revise the neurological exam that we were taught last week atu. At close to 10am, I went to the right floor to meet up and wait with my CC mates for our tutor yang masa atu masuk ke ward mencarikan patient untuk kami. Our ward visit this time arah neurology ward. The 4 of us were then split into 2 groups, c Alex with MC while Aileen with me. The guys practise history taking with a patient while us girls practise the neuro exam on a patient with the guidance of our tutor. Patient kami dapat atu was really sweet and cooperative, though sometimes I have to admit that ada jua nda ku brapa faham cakapnya. The thing is, ia ada stroke, iatah one side of his body was really weak and ia ada loss of sensation to that side. Iatah, cara ia becakap pun affected, iatah misti kami dangar banar2 to faham what he was trying to say. Pronounciationnya nda brapa "bulat" nya orang brunei. Orang putih bulih faham lah lagi tu since bahasa durang kan, hehe.. Kami sorang2 practise arah the patient, then datangtah the guys to join kami in the examination. We stayed in the ward sampai 12 lalu before balik.

From the ward visit, I went to catch the bus to city and jalan2 di sana before heading home. That afternoon, Syimsyim and Nabnab came over since kami kan sungkai together. We had nasi lemak for sungkai. At night, we watched the Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Siuk jua lah the movie, though there wasn't as much excitement as the first two movies. Sama mengapa the girl yang belakun jadi wifey c Brendan F di sana orang lain? The chemistry between the two was alright but not as much with the previous actress atu. Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh pun ada belakun jua, bagus lah jua lakunan durang. Compared to the first two Mummy movies, I'd rate the movie 7.5/10.


On Saturday, we had a tutorial with Hsn. We discussed the cases of weeks 27 and 28. We were done by noon. Yunyun, Syimsyim, Nabnab and I then headed to the library to do some revision and reading. I stayed there until 3pm then headed home. At home, looking at my increasing pile of used clothes, I did my laundry, haha.. Lapas sungkai, buat kraja sendiri2. That night I watched a movie yang ada ku download last year and alum teliat2 haha. I actually forgot that it is there. Do you guys remember cerita "The cave of the golden rose"? It was my all time favourite dulu when I was a kid. I would watch it arah Sunday Matinee tv Brunei. I think dulu kana mainkan masa tahun 90an cematu though ndaku ingat exact yearnya. It consists of a film series, five movies to be exact. Ada ku tejumpa arah Veoh, but only Movie 1 and 2 saja ada ku tejumpa, with english subtitles.


It is an Italian fantasy movie, in a fairytale world, with princesses, princes, kings, wizards, witches and talking animals. In the first movie we are introduced to the main character, Fantaghiro, who is the youngest of the 3 princesses born to a warrior king. She is rebellious and adventurous, and goes against the social norms of a woman in her kingdom, such as learning to read, which infuriates her king father. When an invitation was sent by the rival king Romualdo to end the long century war between the two kingdoms, Fantaghiro, in disguise went to accept the challenge as a chance to prove herself. Eventually Romualdo and Fantaghiro fell in love. Lawa lah the story line atu. Ada plang lagi, tapi ani kirakan sinopsis ceritanya lah. Dulu I used to have a crush on the handsome king Romualdo, haha. The story goes on and continues to the next few movies. I only remember some bits and pieces of the rest of the movies iatah nanti kan mencari tah ku lagi the rest of the movies. Ani baruku teliat the first movie since it took 3 hours to meliat atu saja, haha..

Fantaghiro

King Romualdo

A Youtube video of the movie

On Sunday, woke up quite late, hehe. I did some reading then continue meliat the cave of the golden rose movie. Halfway saja ku baru liat the night before. At 4 something, Yunyun and I went to Syimsyim and Nabnab's place for sungkai. We had nasi ayam, nyaman durang masak, thank you kamu! hehe.. At night, we watched Australian Idol followed by a movie, Tropic Thunder. Ndaku brapa kesiukan that movie. We only managed to watch it halfway before terzone out sorang-sorang, haha.. Usulnya macam a guy flick, nda sais untuk kami bini2 meliat haha.. We stayed there until 10:30pm before heading home.

Today, I had an 8am PBL. Seperti biasa discuss summaries and buat past paper questions. We had a new case lagi of Stroke this week. I was the scriber tadi, jadi tukang tulis of the case on the board as we discussed the triggers of the case. We habis PBL at 11am. Went to the library to start on my FQ, which is on Cranial nerves, its nuclei and pathways. Banyak cranial nerves ani, ada 12 kan di hafalkan, ish ish ish.. From the library, I went to the afternoon lecture tadi. On the way, tejumpa c Nabnab, Syimsyim and Rahmat lapas habis PBL durang. After the lecture, Nabnab, Syimsyim, Yunyun and I went to Coles di Hawken drive. Tais liurku kan milk shake so bali bahan nya tadi as well as other essentials. Sungkai kami masak sendiri2, so I had Alfredo pasta and cheesy fries for sungkai. Watched the result show for Australian Idol and the 2nd episode of 90210 while continuing buat my FQ. It's just half way done masa ani, macam banyak, aish.. hehe.. Oh well. Esuk saja tah ku sambung lagi, letih udah. It has been a long day.

Gd night! :)

Aku Dracula.. Minta darah mu! wahahaha

Ramadan Day 11
Sungkai: 5:40pm

What a day! A rather long one indeed. I had a surface anatomy practical this morning at 10am. We did not stay long though, well, no one really stays too long for these things anyway, hehe. Went to the library instead but I couldn't find any free computers anywhere on the top 3 floors, semua bepakai ani wah, ish ish ish.. so I had to resort to the computers on the ground level. Baik jua ada belurih 1 computer but no free chairs anywhere! It was actually computer yang untuk orang berdiri saja. So there I was, shuffling on my two feet trying to get comfy, standing in front of the monitor for one long hour.. abis darah ku bekumpul kebatis, haha.. Met Pei in the library jua tadi.

At noon, as usual on a Thursday, had my PBL tadi. Baik banar substitute tutor kami atu, suka ku. Ia belanja kami gula-gula and lollies lagi tadi atu, tapi aku nda plang makan since puasa kan. Di hidangkannya arah plates and kami pasing2 tah tu plate atu since meja kami atu L-shape. She was telling us tadi about her experience lah. Excited ia tadi atu kan "show and tell" as she described it, hehe.. Katanya, ia ada kana diagnose with melanoma (skin cancer) and skin infection early this year, skalinya she has to go through surgery for a skin graft (transplantation of skin) untuk belasan jam to prevent spread of infection nya. Di liatkan nya tia kakinya yang bagas be skin graft atu, and awu, ada a section of kakinya atu kana potong which is mostly fats katanya and ada scars tampat jahitannya. Nampak tah musclesnya which is covered by a new skin atu. She was pretty cool about showing it to us.

We finished PBL close to 2pm. Our PBL group has PSW (procedural skills workshop) next at the royal brisbane hospital at 3pm. 3 of my group mates atu kan drive kan kami kesana. We had 30 minutes to kill before kami janji kan bekumpul at 2:30pm, so Mary and I decided to check out the art museum at UQ, which is now featuring arts with the theme "neo goth: back in black". Aku alum tu pernah masuk ke dalam art gallery di sana. It is actually hampir to the library yang ku selalu aga. C Mary pernah udah ke sana 2 kali katanya. To tell you the truth, I don't really know much about art, hehe.. I mean, I can see that some of them lawa, but for the life of me, nda ku tau cemana kan interpret what the painter is actually trying to express through his/her paintings or art work. Lawa-lawa plang some of the paintings and art work nya atu and we had fun trying to interpret the arts. Macam ada this photo ani, of a bride with a bloodied wound on the bodice of her gown, floating on the blue sky. Bila kami liat balik2, rupanya awannya atu tebalik, and we assume that she is falling from the sky. Hahaha, antamm.. Ada tia kaca pacah kana display and we confidently say that we could do that ourselves and be artists on our own right, haha macam banar, haha.. We then headed to the basement of the building. We came into a dark room, surrounded by black walls, with a large sofa in the middle and a huge screen tv playing videos of the different ways that people could die or commit suicide. Sesuai tah dengan temanya gothic and dark atu eh, haha.. A bit disturbing I have to say, but ada jua nda kami paham apa maksudnya.. Oh well, biasa sudah bepikir scientifically and not "artfully" (ada kah word atu?) hehe..

The art museum at UQ

Then we went to the parking area to meet up with the others. Kami ikut kereta c Rchelle. We arrived in the hospital just on time. For the workshop, we learn how to collect blood from the peripheral veins. Siuk workshop tadi atu. After a briefing, each of us were given our own injection kit and we had the chance to practice using dummy hands which contain fake blood. We need to make sure that we inject on the correct vein in order to be able to draw the blood. Rupanya ada 3 cara on how to collect blood ani. Tadi we practised using a "butterfly or scalp vein needle attached to a vacutainer system".

Some of my PBL mates

Siuk! C Alex masih kusyuk while the rest begambar, hehe

Some of the guys in the group

The dummy hand used.. splotches of fake blood everywhere!

Eseh.. haha :p Mengikat "tourniquet"

C Cass with the blood yang ia collect

C Mary

At the end, pandai tah kami cemana kan mengambil darah. Tapi ani baru pakai patung, alum kami practise arah orang. Atu alum tau cemana kah nanti tu, haha.. Pelahan-lahan lah belajar, hehe. We stayed there sampai pukul 4. Then Cass, Mary and I went to catch the bus to city. C Cass tarus balik, while aku sama c Mary singgah skajap ke Coles bali some stuff before we separated and went on our way. I just missed the bus tadi atu so I have to wait for another 30 minutes for the bus to st lucia to come. Sampai rumah at 5pm. We cooked sungkai, me with nasi goreng while Yunyun buat tuna pasta. Malam meliat Make Me a Supermodel and rehat. Ngalih hari ani, but siuk lah jua, hehe..

Gd night! :)