Workshop + Random

Hello readers,

As I have mentioned in my previous post, I have been attending a workshop, which is now halfway done. Since Monday, I have been attending Key Leadership Skills and Strategic Thinking module sessions and right now, we are currently doing a module on Financial Management. I have to say that, having no background in finance (I am a science gal through and through, haha), it takes quite sometime to digest and understand all these financial jargons. I mean, before, I don't think I have any idea what is equity, or assets, or shareholders, or liabilities, or inventory turnovers, or all the ratios that need to be calculated and so on. It is quite a lot to take in for 2 days, haha, but I think it's good to at least have an idea of what those things are. I am hoping to be able to get something out of these module sessions. New knowledge is always welcomed! :)

We had to do some group discussions and presentations in addition to lecture-style sessions with different trainers. Here are some photos that I took so far during the workshop.

During a group activity with Dr Patrick, where we were divided into two groups to play a game in the foyer, during Key Leadership Skills session. Our group lost by the way, haha.

During our group's presentation for Strategic thinking module

Our trainer for Strategic thinking

Where the workshop is being held and where I am working part time now, hehe. A Unibridge open day is also being held at the same building

Ok, this is rather random. While I was at the mall last night, there were performances being held at the main lobby from winners of a competition. Though the details now has escaped from my mind hehe. But I took some photos as seen below.



Til the next post!

Nesting

It has been a while since I actually have written a “post” post. I have been quite busy, you see, what with the upcoming exams and such, so I have been pretty much confined in my own little nest. And like a mother hen, I have been “nesting” and “trying to absorb” piles and piles of information into my tired little brain, which I hope would be stuck there for the next remaining few days or so, haha. By the time of the exams, I hope the little “study eggs” would hatch rather nicely and be able to help me remember the things that I have studied these past few weeks or so. How’s that for a bad analogy? Hahaha.. I am just de-stressing for a while, so just bear with me now, hehe.

There is a LOT to learn in med, you see. And I am just in my first year. When I think back to my Biomed years, it seemed to be such a breeze compared to now, well in terms of workload that is. The assignments were fewer and were usually due at the end of the semesters. And we had much more free times, more breaks and less anxiety. In med, we had FQs which can be considered as a small assignment each week, which are needed to be done and presented to the rest of your PBL group within 2-3 days time. At the same time, you have to learn everything you have to know in relation to the case of the week, which are varied although they are based on the System block, such as neurology block or musculoskeletal block. I have to try to keep up to date with the cases though sometimes I admit that I do get lazy and waited to the end of the week or a more so to actually read the case more thoroughly, haha. That must change in the future. :p But I do enjoy the fact that I get to meet up with different sorts of people. Well, maybe that’s due to the fact that we were kind of thrown in and mixed together into a group. There are 40 PBL groups this year, so it really is random, and it depends on your luck whether you get a good group or not. It is really in Med that I actually get to hang out and get to know “orang putih” friends. During Biomed, we, the Bruneian group, 13 or 14 of us, usually hang out together and did our work or practicals together. We do make a few “orang putih” friends but they have their own “orang putih” groups as well, haha. But in med, it is a different setting completely. The format or course work is very different indeed. As I said before, everybody gets randomly allocated to different PBL groups, which you would be spending most of your year with. The people in your PBL group are the ones that you will have your PBL tutorial sessions with, practicals with, clinical coaching with, workshops with, eat with and you get my drift, hehe. Being used to be together with Bruneians since Biomed, now we are separated and each have different schedules from one another. But luckily some of us actually are put in pairs to different groups together. Sometimes there were practicals or tutorials in which we get to see each other. The only definite time for everyone to be in the same place at the same time would be in the lecture theatre.

There are times when the anxiety levels are very high. These would include the times when we actually have to record videos at the hospital, of us “acting” as the doctor and trying to get the History of the patient, which will then be reviewed by your tutor along with your PBL mates. The first time going for “ward” visits was quite exciting and I don’t really know what to expect. So there we were, dressed rather smartly though acting a bit awkwardly (and you can see it was our first time) going on ward tours, smiling consciously to patients who you do not know would be receptive of your smiles or not, hehehe. Being in med, makes me more independent, sometimes travelling to the hospital alone, going to tutorials on my own and so forth. Pandai- pandai lah bawa diri, haha.

Hmm, it seems like I am in a reminiscing mood tonight. I should be studying ni, ish ish ish. I was thinking of just writing a quick short post as a break from studying, haha.. My exams will be on Tuesday and Wednesday. I am really looking forward to Wednesday.. really.. hehe. But dreading the exams as well since there are still some stuff to study yet. But on a positive note, I am very much looking forward to Thursday since I’ll be flying off to Brunei that morning! Come to think of it, I haven’t really started packing properly yet. I just threw in some of the stuff that I have bought into my luggage and some are still in their bags on my wardrobe floor, hahaha.. My room is a total mess right now; some papers were strewn on the floor, on my desk and some of my bed. The clothes that I have retrieved from the clothing line just now are still in my laundry basket waiting to be hung in my wardrobe (I will do that tomorrow during one of my “breaks” haha), dusts are collecting on some of my display and room decorations (I swear my room is always collecting new dusts that I have to clean and wipe every few days! Ish ish ish.. I shudder to think what will happen when I get back in a few months time.. I will probably be welcomed by a giant monstrous dust bunny.. hahaha :p) and you get the picture, haha. If my mom could see the state of my room now, she’ll be really “bising” hahaha.. coz she always likes things neat and tidy all the time. But excuse the exam time, now I couldn’t be bothered since I have other things on my mind hehehe.

As I said before, I am looking forward to Wednesday. I am planning to do a last minute shopping for some stuff that I haven’t bought yet. There’s the hand bag that my sister wants me to get, some more boxes of tea for my mum, and some other small stuff in my list. I am actually considering of buying something for my own. By that time the allowance will be out, yezzerr.. :p So things to do after the exams would be:

1) Do last minute shopping (maybe at Indroo)

2) Go to Hsn and Mea’s place to send house keys

3) Go home and properly pack

4) Prepare passport, tickets and all necessary documents in one place

5) Cleaning campaign at home

6) Don’t sleep since will be too excited to leave for Brunei the next day :p

Once in Brunei, I will be getting a few days rest before starting my elective. I'll be spending 2 weeks of GP at Sungai Asam Clinic (I still dont know where the exact place is yet, hehehe.. I will need to do a little exploring before starting the elective there :p) and another 2 weeks at the gastroenterology department at RIPAS. I don't know what to expect during the elective. I havent really thought much about it now, been more preoccupied with the coming exams. Though there's a little mixture of excitement and nervousness since this will be my first elective or attachment as a med student. Hehehe.. I hope I will be able to enjoy the experience and learn new things.

Well there you go.. There’s my version of a “short” post, haha. Bah, will try to get my brain working again. Or else will try to sleep and continue studying tomorrow.

Gd night! :)

The one when we study, raya and shop

Hello all! How are ya doing? Sorry for the lack in updates these past few days.. bukan apa, sibuk belajar, procrastinating, beraya, shopping for Brunei, and macam-macam lah lagi, hehe. It has been raining a lot lately here in Brissy land and that's my kind of weather. The days have been dark and gloomy, the roads wet with rain, the pavements filled with puddles and the wind cooling which is a great change compared to how hot it has been before. I love rainy weather, well only if I'm indoors, that is. Kalau di luar abis tia basah kalau hujan labat, hehe.

Apa saja tah ku buat these past few days? On thursday, I was in the kitchen early in the morning to prepare some food for my last PBL session this year. Saja2 kan bawa makanan, hehe. The last PBL was kind of bittersweet I guess. I was relieved that, that would be the last session, since I won't be going through the same repeating schedule every week lagi, but at the same time sad jua, since I won't be seeing much of my PBL mates anymore until the exams, and next year, insya Allah, we'll be again randomly allocated to different PBL groups. I hope I'll be in a good group next year, mudahan saja pass exams nanti, Amin! The PBL session went on as usual, discussing the last case of the year. How fast time flies! It is almost the end of my Year 1 in med. Through the PBL group, which is a bunch of international and local students, I've met and made some new friends from other cultures and nationalities which is an interesting experience I have to say. The good thing is that they have been accepting of the differences in our culture, like the fact that we don't drink alcohol, don't eat pork or animals not slaughtered the Islamic way, wear colourful scarves, how long we fast and so forth, but not without any curious questionings on why this and that is so, hehehe. I guess we learn from each other which is a good thing lah, hehe. Ada my friend ani, curious ia, betanya tia if my hair is long or short since I wear tudung to uni kan, but first ia apologise dulu before asking since she doesn't mean to be disrespectful or anything katanya. Senyum2 ku saja, and I said it's ok to ask and I said lah my hair atu kirakan shoulder length lah sudah masa ani, hehe. Some of them were asking jua about Ramadan ani since I didnt touch any food masa puasa, and my tutor pun curious tah jua betanya how long sudah ku puasa masa bulan puasa ariatu. I said we puasa one month and I have a few days to go lah lagi. My tutor was looking at me macam orang kesian and an "aww" face hahah and I told her that aku biasa sudah since kami kana train dari damit sudah kan. Macam-macam lah hehe. I'm sure my other friends yang belajar di sini ani pun ada kana tanya a lot of these types of questions jua kan, haha. Pandai-pandai tah tu tani menjawap, haha..

So we finished PBL by 2pm. I went home and Cass was helping me to carry the containers and mangkuks that I have been using tadi for the food, home. Ada Syimsyim and Nabnab di rumah rupanya, "studying" haha.. Belurih jua lah sikit-sikit kami membaca. Then Syimsyim and I decided to go to Indroo to start shopping untuk family di Brunei. First we went to the city dulu, jalan2 skajap di sana then we went to catch the bus to Indroo. Banyak yooo orang menunggu bus ke Indroo atu. First we went to the bus stop (stop 40) at Adelaide street. Ramainya! Then we decided to catch a different bus at King George Busway tah saja instead. We went there, and panjang wah queue nya ah. Apa nda, waktu atu masa orang baru balik kraja. It was around 5 something tu that time. We went to the right stop and started queuing. According to the monitor, the bus was supposed to arrive in 2 minutes time. Tunggu punya tunggu, nda jua datang2 bus ani, sampai ada kali 15 minutes. Then there was an announcement, stating that there has been an accident arah Coronation Drive, so ada traffic jam and the bus will be delayed for quite some time. We decided to leave the busway and try to catch the bus from stop 40 at Adelaide Street tadi tah saja, maybe we'll be lucky this time. Once there, panjang jua masih queue nya ani, ish ish ish, and suspiciously macam ada some familiar faces yang menunggu bus dari tadi atu jua. I thought that this is gonna be a whileee.. So Syimsyim and I waited for the bus which nda jua datang-datang nya. Restless kami tarus, haha, rasa jua kan ke Indroo atu kan. The bus FINALLY arrive around 6:30pm and we scrambled to the front, nda lagi ingau kan bequeue tu, hahaha.. orang lain sama jua, asak-asak kan masuk bus dulu, ijap nda dapat seats. Ngalih bah udah menunggu dari tadi atu. We managed to get seats and finally were on our way to Indroo.. Fuhhhh, panjang ceritaku, baru jua pasal menunggu bus tu ah, haha..

To make the indroo story short, we arrived in Indroo close to 7pm, then went our separate ways before kami meet up at 8:30pm to buy dinner arah KFC. Belurih jua ku membali some stuff untuk my sister and dad. Bekirim teddy bear tah jua adiku ani, hehe, macam-macam haha.. We tapau the food then balik ke St Lucia and ate dinner at Syimsyim and Nabnab's place. Yunyun was already there with Nabnab.

On Friday, spent the day at home studying. Late afternoon, I decided to award myself by jalan2 dicity, hahaha.. nda bah, aku atu kan membali barang lagi.. incit-incit lah bali barang untuk Brunei, ijap ku nda sampat membali before going back to Brunei nanti. So I went out around 4pm ke city, jalan-jalan keluar masuk kadai. Belurih lah jua, since I took my own sweet time jalan-jalan. Pukul 9pm barutah ku balik, hehehe. I met with a lot of Bruneians jua that night. Tejumpa ku Sa'dy, then there's also c YJ, Widi and Husma arah bus stop masa kan balik. Hsn and Azim pun ada jua, and we balik sama-sama on the same bus back to St Lucia. Ada ku bali cadar baru, iatah semangat, tarus lagi ku tukar cadar and quilt ku that night, hehe.

On Saturday, stayed home during the day to study. Malam, we have an invitation to Farah and her brothers' Raya open house hampir city. Arah c Acai ku dulu awal atu to get change for bus ticket, and tejumpa durang Azim, Nurul and Farah diluar kadai c Acai jua. Yunyun and I went to wait for the bus arah dapan nandos and jumpa Sa'dy, Syimsyim and Nabnab di sana. Skali naik bus, and on the next bus stop tejumpa jua with other bruneians, c Rahmat sama housematesnya apa. Another bus stop lagi, and tejumpa lagi orang Brunei lain, all with the same destination, jadi kami bebaya tah ramai-ramai ke sana. It began to rain lightly during that time jua. Siuk jua kami jalan kaki lapas turun bus atu ke open house.

Jalan raya di brisbane at night

While waiting for the traffic light to change, haha

Dengan payung-payung colourful :)

Walking in the rain, hampir city

Dengan tuan rumah di tengah2. From L: Nabnab, Yunyun, Farah, Syimsyim and me.. Arah beranda rumah which is on the 7th floor

Berkaraoke :p

Some guests

Sa'dy, Widi, Husma

Farhan, Ruzanne, Boh, Sarah

We stayed there until 11pm. The St. Lucians balik together naik bus. Meriah lah jua the open house hehe.

Today, stayed home studying, then went to Coles arah Toowong to buy cookies untuk Brunei, then balik rumah, then study some more. Tejumpaku c Farah senior tadi masa tunggu bus di toowong. Yunyun and I went to Syimsyim and Nabnab's place to cook dinner together. We had lemon chicken, rojak and daging kerisik. We watched I'm not Single, a Malay movie from youtube, then buat kraja2 sendiri. At 11pm, balik rumah and update blog, haha. My updates will not be as frequent as before since my exams are drawing nearer and nearer. Wish me luck! :)

That's all folks.

Gd night! :)

Hot and Cold

It is so so hot in Brisbane lately that I begin to question if summer has arrived.. Waseh awal wah kalau kan summer, balum batah jua spring, hehe. It is so hot inside the house, apa ni, "meruap" nya orang, that really affects my studying mood. Nda "kebalasan" wah rasanya kipas atu, ish ish ish. Now, I'm eating my third ice cream of the day. Segerrrr... hehehe...

Makan ice cream.. cooling and yummy, haha

Yesterday, I had my early morning 8am PBL. Woke up at 7am, then was on my way to uni at 8am. Awu, ahir ku jalan, biar ia, haha.. When I arrived in the PBL room, the PBL was just starting, even my tutor was not there yet. Apparently her daughter was sick so she has to tend to her before going to work. It was Mary's birthday yesterday, so she brought a birthday cake. Two of my PBL mates also brought 2 cakes, so Mary had 3 birthday cakes to cut and serve, haha. Lucky for us.. She told me that she bought a "Halal" cake which is a sweet and considerate gesture from her part, though I'm not sure how she would know if the cake is halal or not, hehe.. I'm afraid to ask... haha.. she knew that I don't drink alcohol so I guess she may have made sure that it is alcohol-free. Nyaman jua lah cake nya atu. Another mate brought the blueberry cheesecake from the Cheesecake shop.. atu nyamannn, so creamy and melty in my mouth.. Another bawa chocolate mud cake, which aku makan jua since ku check okay ingredientsnya, hehe.. We sang her a birthday song then proceeded with PBL while enjoying our 3 different cakes.

This will be the last week of our PBL before the exams. The case for this week is on Depression. We do not assign any FQs but we have to kirakan do all the FQs and then discuss on thursday for our final PBL session for this year. We ended PBL 30 minutes earlier than we usually do. After PBL, I went to the library to do some reading. While doing so, angan-angan tah ku apa makanan kan ku bawa for the last PBL nanti. I was thinking of kan membawa ayam kah or something, so I made a decision to go to Chinatown tarus, since I do not want to disturb my free days on tuesday and wednesday nanti. I went via bus to the city to buy some stuff, before taking the bus to Chinatown. Bought 2 kgs of chicken wings and 1 kg of sausage. I hope cukup, haha, nda ku tekarih kan mengangkat more kgs. Went back via train to toowong and bus to St lucia.

Had my lunch then Syimsyim, Nabnab and Yunyun datang from Hawken drive. Sady came over as well later. We watched a chinese movie though aku nda brapa concentrate meliat, haha. Malam, I did some reading for this week's case. Watched Australian Idol as well. I am not satisfied with the choices for the bottom 3 this week atu, but what can one do, it depends on the public vote jua kan. One of my favourites keluar last night, though I think ada lagi yang deserve to keluar depending on the last performance atu. Oh well, hehe, no need to get all worked up about that now, self. :p

So today, I was actually planning to wake up at 8am, since I wanted to start studying early kan. Sekali balik-balik ku snooze my alarm, sampai ahirnya bangun 9:30am, haha. Did my laundry and whatever stuff that would delay the actual "studying" haha. Start tah ni bekurung belajar dalam bilik sorang-sorang. My studying today was not as productive as I have hoped it would be. The fact that it was so hot may contribute to that. Sampat lagi tu ambil a "short" afternoon nap tia apa, hahaha.. I hope tomorrow will be much better, :P

Balik-balik ku minum hari ani. During the afternoon, I went to Acai's. Awalnya kan bali sikui since dari last night ku tais liur kan makan. Skalinya, meliat sikuinya atu, nda membagi liur kan makan, nda brapa fresh usulnya tadi atu, haha, so instead, I bought ice cream, sesuai dengan hari yang panas ani. Went home, tried to continue studying, then had my dinner.


Ku buka my window tadi to let the cooler air in. Can you see the tiny crescent moon?

Bah, kan rehat ku. Study session will commence again tomorrow.

Gd night! :)

Second day of Raya

Raya Day 2

Hari ani would be the first day of Raya in Brunei. I was texting my mom early this morning, iatah sibuk ia nya, preparing for a family gathering at our home di Brunei. Awal ku bangun a bit tadi, since I wanted to revise a bit on this week's case. I have been neglecting my readings this week since sibuk beraya, haha.. Masih lagi raya mood masa ani, iatah nada rasanya mood kan belajar atu, ish ish ish, not good, not good at all, hahaha. So spent this morning at home lah. While I was getting ready to go out to uni, ada tia my tua menelipun jua, betanya kabar and kan mengucapkan SHR jua nya. Thanks for all the raya txt msgs, especially ada dari my amit and iring, sambil-sambil atu menyuruh bersabar and kuatkan semangat since I'm away from my family apa kan.

At close to noon, I walked to uni for my PBL session. Ada ku membawa biskut cornflakes that I made ariatu for my PBL mates. C Cass ada jua membawa cake tadi. Nyaman cake c Cass buat atu. They seemed to like the biskut and Aileen wanted the recipe for the biskut, iatah nanti ku bagi. After PBL, I walked back home. Nada ku rasa kan stay di library, iatah balik tah ku, and I wanted to call my family di Brunei jua. When I called home, ramai orang di rumah since the whole family bekumpul di rumah for the first day of raya. Siuk jua dapat becakap with some uncles, aunties and cousins at the same time. Riuh bunyinya durang di sana atu. Siuk eh! hehehe. We talked for quite sometime. I spent the afternoon uploading pics on facebook.

At 7pm, we gathered with Sa'dy, Fathmee, Rahmat, YJ and Nazmi at the bus stop dapan Nandos. Kami atu kan ke Kelvin Grove which is still within zone 1 and 2, for an open house hosted by Ann and housemates. We rode on the bus to city. Dari city, we changed bus at the King George Station to QUT Kelvin Grove, which is less than 10 minutes away. We met other Bruneians di bus station atu jua. The Raya open house was held in the common room of the QUT housing village. Basar biliknya atu and there are modern equipments di sana such as a large screen tv and a ping pong table. We saw other Bruneians there. Ada Uncle Husin jua di sana and barutah ku pernah bejumpa with his wife masa that function tadi atu. Macam-macam food ada, from BBQ chicken to carrot cakes, etc. We stayed there until 9pm, before heading back to the city and back to St. Lucia. We arrived home at close to 10pm.

At the bus stop in St Lucia

At the common room at QUT housing village where the open house was held

Nazmi, Yunyun, me and Rahmat

Fariz and Fathmee

Esuk pun ada open house jua after sembahyang Jumaat. Will talk about that in the next post insya Allah. Till then.

Gd night! :)

First day of Raya Down Under 2008

Raya Day 1
"Raya in spring!"

What a great first day of Raya it was! Meriah lah raya this year, despite my earlier musings that raya this year kami nda kan celebrate banar since kan hampir exams kan. But you couldn't help but be drawn into the spirit of Raya, especially when you are celebrating with friends who are considered to be your second family here in Brisbane. This is how my first day of Hari Raya went. This morning, there was a gathering for Raya prayers for all Muslim brothers and sisters in Munro Park, St. Lucia. Yunyun, Sa'dy and me datang ahir ke sana. When we arrived, the trees in the park are in full bloom! Beautiful purple Jacaranda flowers were sprouting here and there, giving a scenic and calming effect. So kami begambar-gambar lah seperti biasa, haha. After that, we went to Bluehouse to bekumpul and wait for the others before kami bejalan.

Munro Park, where the Raya prayers were held this year. With Yunyun.

With Sa'dy

Empat dara pinggitan :p

Sambil menunggu-nunggu the others arah bluehouse

At 11am, we went to our first open house arah pak haji and mak hajah dari Brunei arah Warren street. Siuk rasanya macam beraya di brunei

Sama mak hajah and cucu :)

With some seniors and ex-MS juniors, c Rina

Some biscuits and kuih from Brunei

Group photo with host family

From there, we went to the BSS Raya open house at the Rooftop Terrace at UQ. I only stayed for about 15 minutes since I have to get to Wesley hospital for my clinical summative exam. Kesian, kelurusan ku ada clinical exam masa first day raya, haha.. I left uni at 1:30pm to catch the bus to toowong station, where I boarded on the train to Auchenflower. Malas tah ku tukar baju lagi, iatah memakai baju raya tah ku on the way to the hospital. I did get a few stares in between, but buat macam nda ku saja, haha. I arrived at 2:05pm at the hospital and that gave me plenty of time to revise for a bit. Our tutor tadi atu masih ada patient so we started our exam ahir sikit, at 2:45pm. I think I did okay for the exam, baik jua nada ku lupa-lupa the sequence apa, haha. I am so relieved. That would be my last clinical exam for this year. Wah, nyaman jua hatiku sudah lapas, haha. We finished by 4pm, then I boarded the train back to toowong station. Dari sana naik bus balik ke St. Lucia. Went home to freshen up and rehat skajap. Some of the girls came over to bekumpul before we head to Hsn and Mea's place at Durham St for an open house at 5:45pm. We had a great time there. Ada jua yang sampat main big two apa atu, haha..

Begambar on the way to our third open house :p

Hazzie, Syimsyim, Nabnab and Sa'dy with large containers of kerupuks :)

Sa'dy, Farah, Azim :)

Colourful raya biscuits and cakes

Makan-makan

Kanyang sorang-sorang, haha

Some of the first year med girls :)

Group photo. Year 1 and 2 meds

From there, we then made our way to Irfan and Imran's place at Munro St for another open house at 7:45pm. By this time, meladus jua rasanya udah parut atu, hehe. Ramai orang Malaysia kami tejumpa di sana, as well as orang Arab apa. The family is warm and welcoming. Masa kami di sana atu, ada anak Arab kali tu, yang hyper berabis, nda ia ijap kan orang ani bah. Ada kali 5 or 6 tahun. Ada skali atu, belusir ia and tarus tia melimpang arah pahaku, haha. Belabih kanak-kanak atu. Ada jua sampai di pigang-pigangnya kepala orang tia apa, haha..

At Irfan and Imran's place, at the large rooftop balcony

We left at close to 9pm. By this time, kami kengalihan and kekanyangan sudah. We went to 4 open houses today, and sudah bejalan dari 9 pagi ke 9 malam. Hahaha, beraya sakan during first day raya ani. Siuk brabis lah jua raya this year. Baik lah jua, kurang jua rasa rindu kan beraya di Brunei atu kan. Thank you all for the invites and all the good food tadi atu, hehe. Nyaman-nyaman ku makan tadi atu.

Actually I took lots of photos lagi. Will post up the pics on facebook soon. Bah, I need my rest now.

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! :)

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! :)