Shopping List

It has been 3 years since I last celebrated Hari Raya in Brunei.

I know it's too early. But it's quite the excitement. I've forgotten about the baju kurungs to make, the tudongs and shoes to match them with. Sigh. No wonder people say the community thinks too much about Hari Raya instead of Ramadhan. The past three years I only had to worry about making at least 2 outfits to bring to UK.

Oh and my birthday is in this holy month as well! Hopefully di berkati. So anyway, I have had a whole list of things to buy this month or the ones to come. Items listed in priority:

1. Red chiffon kain
2. Tudong - tudongan
3. Brooches
4. Fancy heels
5. Clutch?
6. A ticket to Perth
7. A new camera - DSLR or ones mentioned it previous post.
8. iPhone 3GS or 4. OR iPod Touch?
9. iPad
10. New supply of stationery for my room
11. A facial
12. A COOK BOOK.
13. Not turning another year older.
14. Coastal Scents Eyeshadow Palette
15. Black wardrobe
16. Another Marc Jacob's Daisy

List will be updated as days past by. This shall be my reference from now on.
(UPADATED!)

Selamat menunaikan ibadah puasa!

Ramadhan al-Kareem

The time of the year is here again.

Starting Terawikh on Wednesday! It'd be nice to see familiar faces at the mosque, praying together as umat Allah swt. Have you seen the renovation on the Masjid Bolkiah, Kg Serusop? I'm guessing they're hoping to get it done for the comfort of the massive amount Muslims coming to pray for Ramadhan. How exciting!

What The Heart Desires

Sony NEX-3

Lumix Compact DMC-LX5

I love how they are now designing a stylish digital camera that is based on the old film one. For now, these are two new cameras that are in my checklist. Basically looking for a camera that has a classic design. Will compare the functions and specifications after exams!

Brunei four days! Hope everyone is happy as me. Salaam.

Bruneians Can Be...

Quite direct.




Or blunt more like.

Chritina Aguilera's Bionic

How do you guys deal with pressure?

Apart from talking to someone when my mind is clouded, I cope by either eating or shopping. Today's meal included KFC's chicken wrap, indomee jawa with half a bottle of coke and a bar of Maltesers icecream. Oh yeah baby. All the adipose tissue came back to my bum now.

So I went to town yesterday and finally bought Christina Aguilera's new album - Bionic.

A Decade of Hits and Bionic

I've always been her fan since I can remember. Iatah one of my cita-cita ni. Unlike her, Joss Stone or say Gloria Gaynor, I am not gifted with a rich soul voice. I am not sure if practice is the solution to it. So anyway, the first few tracks on the album are say... quite naughty and raunchy - Not Myself Tonight, Woohoo, Elastic Love, Dennudate and Sex For Breakfast with my personal favourite intro for it, Morning Dessert!

There are other beautiful songs such as My Heart, I am and You Lost Me. ALTHOUGH Vanity is slowly becoming my favourite right now due to the funny cocky lyrics. HAHAH.

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the flyest b****h of all? Never mind I am. ... If I were her I would kiss me"

Ooh and I actually bought the Deluxe Edition so there's this fun cute song called Monday Morning. Wish I could've bought it on Sunday instead so I could've listened to it yesterday! Maybe on the day of my exam =o)

This is album is more fun and modern I would say. A lot of people may say that she keeps changing the style(?) of each of her albums. But c'mon, most of her songs are written by her, and so they should reflect on her life. First album was sort of forced for her to sing, Stripped exposed who she really was and her real personality. In Back to Basics she has found her true love, on the way to being a mother and now in Bionic she'll all happy and settled down in an amazing house, of course she has the rights to create a fun album! Of course not to forget one of her Latin album Mi Reflejo which displayed her roots.

My favourite album still continues to be Back to Basics though. I have all of her major albums but one - the first. I guess I could get it if murah rezeki in the future. For now, there are other important things to think about.

Anyway, this post is TOO LONG. I don't think anyone will even read this! But in any case, it's to show my luurrve for dear Christina. I look up to her. Plus I love her wardrobe of shoes!!

Shoe wardrobe, in her house ie ex-house of the Osbourne family.

New Housemates

22 Linton, Cardiff and Opal

King's

Appreciated!

Guess Who Popped Over to Visit?

House of Parliament and Big Ben, London

Only the most amazing man ever.

Lonely. Haha.

Sometimes I wish I'm not such a people person.

Hahaha. Here me out first. My life pretty much revolves around everyone else other than me even if I'm super self-centered. Meaning I want to constantly be in contact with my huge family, my awesome friends and the love of my life. (Except when I'm shopping of course, going solo is my way). But sometimes when they're suddenly not there, life can be so empty. Suddenly so dull, monotonous, colourless.

I noticed that I can deal with any sort of dismay or catastrophe that is directed to just me. I don't cry. I'm the one who usually give advice to friends or family that are in need. But when it happens to me, I... don't know what to do. Haha. Say the rational side of me usually take place, and I advice myself.

Talking gibberish again. Excuseme.

So for some people who have no one to talk to they may turn to Twitter, Facebook, or Blogs to express what they feel. So sorry if I keep complaining here. I know someone somewhere will read this. Hopefully! Haha. Anyways, the thing is, appreciate people when they're there. Luahkan tah perasaan when you're comfortable before it's too late. And also, even if you can't give advice, lending an ear sometimes can be enough for a person to let out to.


I miss talking to people I love. Let's get this over with. Cmon studies, let's pummel this exam away.

Results

Results out tomorrow. Too anxious.

Please pray for me.

This Week.

RESULTS coming out this Thursday.

Ethics week from Monday until Friday, 9am-4pm.

....

Special person arriving in 7 hours.
So close. Yet so far...

6 months of waiting is finally over in 20 hours!

Happy, nervous, excited, touched, anticipated, impatient.
A handful of emotions, but which one to pick?

.....
...............

CHEEZY, but you'll understand what I mean if you go through what I'm going through now. Hahahaha. Sleepy time. Happy Father's Day to my amazing daddy who has went through ups and downs to raise me for the person I am today. Let's just hope I can go through this 5 years to be what I wanna be for my parents.

Wassalam.

Interests

It's great to see people are blogging again.

Obvious reason: procrastination on revision. Or most probably just cause they want to let off some post-exam steam.

Me, I really want to finish reading all the books that I've bought for the past year. Taking this course doesn't really help my indulgence in my hobbies. I used to love to read. In my room, on the bed, on the floor, in the classroom, in the car - be it morning or night. HAHA I remember I used to light up my book with my phone or even move my novel here and there to catch the passing light from the lamp posts!

Here is one interesting book I haven't finish reading - Trust Me, I'm a Junior Doctor. Pretty much an insight to a life I would go through insyaAllah in 5 years time..

I've been into QI since forever and have not been investing much into it. I love interesting facts. So I would probably buy these books after exams! Just cause.

Also, being in this course, together with the internet and the new series I can see online is SO NOT helping my artistic side. Mubies had a really famous painting for his Mac the other day:

A Sunday Afternoon on The Island of La Grande Jatte - Geroges Seurat

Back then I would've know the name of this painting and I would've know the artist who painted it. Sighh... I miss art. Hahahaha. Emo. But that's okay. Exams are ending on the 9th of June. Then chill. Then spend time with a special someone. Then hardcore studying again. Then a loooonng holiday!

Goals for holidays: invest in hobbies - paint / draw and read novels, learn playing the piano and get better Korean.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HAYAAH AND AFIQ =o)

One week and one day till ESAs!!!!!

Revision Season

I can't believe I fell asleep in the midst of my revision.

I guess it wasn't really surprising considering this is the dullest and most boring module for me - Membrane and Receptors. This module reminded me of Molecules, Genes and Diseases in the first semester. (Yeap, pretty much slept every end of the lectures).

I would've preferred studying in the silent library in my own world of iTunes + cells. But it was after I came home that I knew Faipoo and Boobies (bukan nama sebenar) were at the library. So where the only other two Bruneian medics in Leicester are studying intently the third one is struggling to concentrate on her workbook. Sigh.

Pretty much everyone's status on Facebook and Twitter are about revision or exams in one way or another. All I can think about is revision revision. When I eat, I think of what I'm going to study afterward, when I'm about to sleep I think of what I'm going to revise the next day. When I'm in lectures, I think of what I had just revised. IT'S CRAZYYYY. I guess at the back of my mind I really do not want to fail. I guess my fear is to not be a doctor at all and the embarrassment of failing. I've felt it once, and I promise I WILL NEVER fail again. InsyaAllah.

Anyhoos. Happy Birthday to Mr Awkward Man, Zimin!


14 Days till ESAs. Arghhh.

Medical Appliances

Weehee.

Stethoscope finally arrived into my hands today! I have finally now able to listen to heart beats (auscultation) properly without having to struggle with the painful university ones.

I shall be having fun practicing Blood Pressure with my voluntary friends soon. Meanwhile revision is progressing well with my reflective essay done. Alhamdulillahh.

Sphygmomanometer

Littmann's Classic II S.E Sthetoscope

Signatured by yours truly!

EIGHTEEN DAYS till ESAs

Okay seriously

Even if I don't show that I'm pissed off or hurt or jauh hati, I hate it when people take advantage of that. It just hurts.

Maybe I should be selfish once in a while. Like properly selfish.

Ya Allah, berikan ku kesabaran...


Still 23 Days Till ESAs.

A Different Profession

I offered to cut two of my friends' hair today.

A chair was set in the middle of the living room, surrounded by newspapers on the floor. Armed with new sets of styling scissors, I wrapped up my clients with a towel and started off.

It turned out... to be... well not bad. Hahaha. It was okay for me, but people's comments weren't that amazing. Hahaha baie =op Although, Adam did look like he was before and Qidah just had a shorter fringe. So basically, I just trimmed their hair.

Um so you be the judge. HAHA.

23 Days till ESAs.

Essay

"Thinking of what you are doing while you are doing it"

(Schon DA, 1987)

Currently trying very very hard on making a Reflective Essay for this Inter-Proffesional Education. We need to explain what happen, analyze why it happens and it's relationships so that we can understand and then applying this to the future if needed.

EXPERIENCE -> REFLECTION -> CHALLENGE PAST LEARNING ->TAKE FORWARD YOUR THINKING

It's not that I don't know what to say. I have TOO MANY things to say, and don't know where to position them. It doesn't make it easy when you're missing someone too.

One thing's for sure. Team work is essential if you want to work as a Health Care Worker.

Not easy being a medical student. In fact, it's not easy being a student at all. Hahaha. We just have to do our best at what we're interested in.



26 days till ESAs (End of Semester Assessments)

Maybe Back Again

Salam

Hi guys. I think it is very obvious that I have not blogged in ages!! I was trying to find a nice blog skin / template or what ever you might want to call it. Hehe. Sucks finding the perfect one, yet it still doesn't match what you desire. Yeapp, human's are selfish.

Makes me want to be a geek and learn to do this html, xml shit. I don't even know what that means. You guys who know, you are AWESOME. So I'll take my time making this blog look nice=o)

I have been quite busy these days. Just got back from Brunei last week, had a test today having an afternoon class in addition to a morning one tomorrow. So haha.

An idea had dawned upon me of making this blog as an update of what I learn in my course. It may be just one interesting fact of the day, or of the week. We'll see how it goes.

I'm saying that cause I know of how much of a "hangat hangat tahi ayam" I can be. Hahah.

Laters.