40 days in Malaysia

From 20th July, the time i arrived KLIA to 30th Aug, the time i am leaving Malaysia, i have 40days to spend at my hometown. I have so much things to do in these 4odays and finally my preparation has come to an end.

Day 1 I went shopping with my family in IKEA on the day i arrived. To be honest, i was tired but i was happy that i could met my family after separation of 16weeks.
Day 2 I did my medical check-up in a private hospital near my house as requested by my sponsor, JPA.
Day 3 I met IMU seniors in Mid Valley and also my friends. We watched "Red Cliff" together as i didnt step into a cinema for 16weeks.
Day 4 I went back to my old house to shift my stuff to my new house. At night, i met my Sban friends and invited them to visit my new house.

Day 5-8 I went back to Penang to visit my relatives there. And ate all the food that i have missed.

Day 9 I went to IMU to collect my academic transcript and on the same day, i went to extract my decayed tooth in the dental clinic.
Day 10 I cleaned my own room and set up my new wardrobe with my bro.
Day 11 We ordered a lorry to carry our furnitures from old house to new house. And a very tiring day...
Day 12 I went to KL to apply my student visa.
Day 13 I went to JPA for briefing to collect my flight ticket and allowance. On the same day, i went to KLIA to change my flight date from 14th aug to 30aug due to misunderstanding between me and JPA officer.

Day 14-15 Finally, i could stay at home and no need to go out on as my cousin came to visit me.

Day 16-20 I was asked to attend Kursus Kenegaraan that organized by Biro Tatatnegara. And the day i came back from the camp, i watched Beijing 2008 Olympic opening ceremony with my friends... That was my farewell with my beloved friends....

Day 21 I went back to my dad's kampung, Ulu Yam to pay respect (bai bai) to my ancestors. And of course i wont miss the delicious Loh Mee...
Day 22 Nothing much to recall, i guess i was chilling at home...
Day 23 I brought my grandpa to PathLab for his medical check-up as he keeps complaining his knee pain, i suspect it was due to osteoarthritis. But it was just too hard for me to tell him in Hokkien.
Day 24 I went to KL again to collect my student visa but some how it was quite depressing as UK granted me a 2yr visa as opposed to 3yr duration of my course due to error in my financial affidavit.

Day 25-28 I stayed at home chilling and watched Taiwanese drama-"Fated to love" as
recommended by my cousin.

Day 29 I went shopping with my family again. At night, stayed tuned to astro and watched the final match of badminton men's single. As a malaysian, i gave my spiritual support to Lee Chong Wei. But as an audience, i gave Lin Dan a round applause for such a good match.
Day 30 And today, i did something that i wished to do since the first day i came back. I cut my hair to the length that i am comfortable with...

Another 10days to go...
I would need to start to pack my stuff to UK...

It has to come... The day i leave my family to pursue my dream...
Nothing can be done even if i feel sad...
The only thing i am trying to do now is treasure every second that i could spend with them as i am using these 40days to compensate the 1yr period that i wont be around...
I am happy
I am contended
I am grateful
:=)

home sweet home...

finally i am back....
finally i have internet connection...
finally i can blog...

but then, i was busy...
i am busy...
i will be busy....

i was busy with student visa application, medical check-up, pre-departure briefing, kursus kenegaraan....
i am busy with cleaning my new house, packing and unpacking my stuff, decorating me new room....
i will be busy with visiting relatives before i fly to manhcester, house hunting in preston, and spending time with my friends and family...

no matter how busy am i, i am happy to be here... my home town...

< ?? hr

i am leaving singleton hospital < 1hr
i am leaving swansea university in < 5hr
i am leaving wales in < 19hr
i am leaving london in < 24hr
i will be back to malaysia < 37hr
i will be back home in < 39hr
i just need to wait for another 2340 minutes...
which is euivalent to 140400 seconds
140400...
140399...
140398...
140397...
140396..............................................................
when i count to 1s, that's the time i can see my family...

Sayonara...Goodbye... ZaiJian...So long...Selamat tinggal

What would i miss the most in Wales?
1) my cutie "ang mo" cousins
2) my kind and friendly coulleagues
3) free coffee everyday in the hospital
4) clean environment without cockroaches
5) cool and nice weather that wont make u sweat
6) green grass and pretty flowers
7) food, eg: muller's youghurt, joe's ice cream, subway's burger, walker's snack...

What wouldnt i miss at all in Wales?
1) Potatoes!!!! no more potatoes when i go back
2) Sanwhiches!!! say no to sandwich, "tak nak"
3) strong wind... when the wind blows against you, it can make you very hard to step forward
4) Proper "kuai low" english... i want to speak pasar/broken/malaysian english with all the 'la', 'mei', 'wor','ma'....
5) dogs that like to run around!!! bye bye, doggy...

Sayonara...Goodbye... ZaiJian...So long...Selamat tinggal
to all the people, events, things and places in Wales

Another 4 days to go...

I am going back home in few days time... Very excited... Finally i can go home and spend some time with my friends and family
most probably staying at home for one month time and need to fly again to manchester to start my clinical practice in september...
so i need to spend my time wisely... as i have too many things to sort out...
1) my medical report to JPA
it was supposed to be completed 2 weeks ago but because i was in Wales, i was allowed to post to them later... i hope it wont take me long but according to my friend they waited quite long in government hospital and it's quite costly to do it in private hospital...
2) collect my unconditional offer letter and apply for my student visa...
IMU has got my offer letter and i need to go British Council to apply for my student visa... i already got the form and the photocopy of my passport plus the photo... what i need to do now is just bring it to the office in KL
3) have a hair cut
I cant imagine myself not having hair cut for 16weeks... My friends would know that i trim my hair quite frequently as i like my head to be light...i couldnt think well when my head is heavy although my long hair only weigh <100g
4) decorate my new room
i am moving to new house very soon and my dad hag bought the other furnitures and only my room was left empty because i am not at home... he only got me an air cond and wardrobe. i am using the old bed... but anyway, i wish to get a study table and a chair... i'll go shopping to get new furnitures for myslef... HOORAY!!!
5) eat as much as i can.... especially home-cooked food
i miss my mum's cookings, especially her luo han guo soup, herbal chicken, fried dou miao, steamed fish, fried prawn... and other malaysian food, eg: bak kut teh, nasi lemak, satay, asam laksa, ulu yam loh mee... i wish i could sapu all the food in the 4 weeks and maitaining my weight at the same time... what a great challenge to me.....
6) meet up with my friends...
i hope to meet up with my imu sban friends in sban... do u guys 1 2 go for movie or sing k?
hope to meet my ex-housemates in bukit jalil as they were working for imu...
hope to meet up my pd friends in UM as our beloved headboy is going to graduate on 7th aug... really need to go and wish him all the best...
and also miss ds who supported me a lot...
7) meet up with my relatives...
i miss my beloved and cutie cousin, eg: an an, jia jia, shi shi, er er, and hong hong...
of course also not so cutie one, eg: tomboy xin and liverpool yong...
and also my grandparents, my uncles and my aunites...
8) last, but not least... to spend some time with my family
i'll use this one month time to compensate what i did not do for the past 16 weeks...
papa, sorry that i still wont buy cigarrete for you but i'll go shopping with you to look for nice furnitures, ok?
mama, sorry that i always reply ur sms late and make you so worry about me but i will go back penang with you to visit ah gong and ah ma, ok?
ah hoi, sorry that i couldnt do much when u were admitted to hospital and as a medical student, i felt so hopeless when couldnt help you at all... but i'll try my best to do whatever you requested as long as i can make it... go pc fair? go mayday concert? go low yat? anything u wish, ok?
xiao dee, sorry that i couldnt find any score for you and bring you so much trouble for these 16weeks... but i promise to invest in your new piano, ok?
thank you to papa and mama who give me so much support, spiritually and financially to fulfill my dream to come to learn with uncle
thank you to hoi and xiao dee who take care papa and mama on my behalf... sorry to make u guys the middle man between two of them... sorry to make u all take up so much burden... i am the eldest child and it was supposed to be my responsible...
i love all of you... muak...

LET IT BE...

On monday, i was supposed to go to the gynae clinic and it was cancelled.
On tuesday, i was supposed to go to the antenatal clinic, but the consultant was too stressful and refused to run the clinic.
On wednesday, i was supposed to go to the diabetic antenatal clinic and they already had another elective student...
at the end, i couldnt attend all the clinics in the morning...
and this morning, i received an sms from my brother saying that my com certified kena virus.....
the virus was so smart to infect my com at this time... when i am going back home soon. nothing much i can do now, just waiting to go home so that my bro can fix it for me.
everything just gone wrong and i wasnt really upset at all...
learning to take things lightly, i think....
i was disappointed for a while but i know nothing can be changed even if i fell upset.
SO, JUST LET IT BE....

Obstetric & Gynaecology posting

I've decided to write for this posting in advance even though i've another 4 more days to go. I do this only for two weeks and no ward rounds this time as attachment to this department is very different form others. as the consultant in charge of elective students for O&G created a time table for me, unlike last time i went to the medical/surgical/paediatrics ward in the morning and stay until i feel like leaving. In the wards, i normally follow the consultants for the morning ward round and then follow the junior doctors to do bloods and review the patients. But then, in O&G i have to follow my time table as created.

MONDAY Gynae OPD & Post-menopausal bleeding clinic
TUESDAY Antenatal Clinic
WEDNESDAY Diabetic Antenatal clinic
THURSDAY Gynae theatre
FRIDAY Labour Ward

So basically i do not get to follow the progression of the patients as they only come to clinic once.
But i can still share with you things that i've seen in clinic but it wont be as interesting as cases that i've seen in the wards...

1) Gynae OPD: the most commom complaint would be menorrhagia for young lady and uterine/vaginal wall prolapse for old lady.
2) PMB clinic: i get to see transvaginal ultrasound scanning to measure the endometrium thickness and also endometrail biopsy... (:p)
3) Antenatal: nothing much, basically just follow-ups to check BP and urine...
4) Diabetic antenatal clinic: this is a super busy one cause there were a consultant, a diabetic nurse, a dietician, a midwife, a student nurse and a medical student (that's me) in that clinic. 6 person to see one patient and everyone would interview the patients to find out her medical condition (by the consultant), her daily blood sugar level (by the diabetic nurse), her diet control (by the dietician), her baby's condition (by the midwife) and her BP+urine (by the student nurse). i am the only one not doing anything in the clinic because i dun know what can i do...
basically i just sat there and watched....
5) theatre: very good experience, i get to see vaginal hysterectomy and also abdominal hysterectomy. In vaginal hysterectomy, the cervix and the uterus were removed together as the patient had uterine prolapse. In abdominal hysterectomy, only the uterus was removed as it was enlarged til the size of 12-16weeks pregnant due to presence of big fibroids.
6) labour ward: very unlucky that day as there was no delivery... and i had my free time to do something else that day....

i think it's going to be the similar things this week. i will update new post if i would see anything more interesting...
and this is going to be the shortest clinical post compared to thers of my posts...