Highlights of 2008
1. The birth of Muhammad Redza
2. Entering 1st year medical school
3. Joining usrah
4. LTDN9
It's crazy when i think how fast 2008 went by. Personally for me, it's been a year of changes. I think i've become a better,more enlightened, calm person than before. hehe. insya-Allah, 2009 will be a time for more improvements.
I miss Redza. He's so cute!! It's amazing how much time i can spend just holding him. CNY hols..pls come fast.
I'm sure everyone's aware of the Gaza-Israeli happenings at the moment. After the incident on the 27th, i made one new year's resolution. To educate myself more about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. I mean, i know bits and pieces but if i'm to talk to people and to convince of the injustice of it all, i think i need to know the whole story.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
LTDN9
I spent the last weekend in Port Dickson for the Le Tour de Negeri Sembilan Sunathon & Med.Checkup. It was one of the best experiences i've had so far since i started first year. It was my 2nd sunathon activity, but my first major one. Also the first time i would be using the smartklamp method as opposed to the suturing i did in Kajang.
I 'sunated' 2 kids!!! Honestly didn't think i could do it...at the start of the programmes i didn't think i'd have the confidence to but Alhamdullilah i managed to spur up some courage. Haha. One of the kids that was assigned to our table took 2 whole hours to do! I didn't realise it was that long until i was told that 59 kids had been sunated while we were working on this rare case. By the time the 2 hours ended,my shoulders were aching like crazy from the prolonged bending down while holding the clamps.
I loved how everyone worked together. How people were always willing to help you. How the seniors were never stingy when it came to sharing knowledge. How the doctors patiently explained the procedures to you over and over again. How the parents trusted us. How things like these make you feel a teeny step closer to being a doctor.
Of course, not everything was about work. CUCMSians are all about working hard but we also have fun. After our sunathon ended we spent our day at the beach. Maryam, Matus and I strolled along the beach, wetting our legs, splashing the water around, blowing bubbles in the air, munching on fresh fruits, kuih piring and ramly burgers after a hard day's work. At night, all of us sat in the darkness of the night on mats, enoying our barbequed food while being serenaded by the peaceful sound of the waves and the voices of Prof. Latif and the guitar club.
I loved Prof.Latif's speech which was as meaningful as all his other ones. He epitomized why all these CUCMS activities i joined felt so meaningful - because we always try to maximize everything around us and always rememberan relate everything to Allah and to do as much good as possible.
I 'sunated' 2 kids!!! Honestly didn't think i could do it...at the start of the programmes i didn't think i'd have the confidence to but Alhamdullilah i managed to spur up some courage. Haha. One of the kids that was assigned to our table took 2 whole hours to do! I didn't realise it was that long until i was told that 59 kids had been sunated while we were working on this rare case. By the time the 2 hours ended,my shoulders were aching like crazy from the prolonged bending down while holding the clamps.
I loved how everyone worked together. How people were always willing to help you. How the seniors were never stingy when it came to sharing knowledge. How the doctors patiently explained the procedures to you over and over again. How the parents trusted us. How things like these make you feel a teeny step closer to being a doctor.
Of course, not everything was about work. CUCMSians are all about working hard but we also have fun. After our sunathon ended we spent our day at the beach. Maryam, Matus and I strolled along the beach, wetting our legs, splashing the water around, blowing bubbles in the air, munching on fresh fruits, kuih piring and ramly burgers after a hard day's work. At night, all of us sat in the darkness of the night on mats, enoying our barbequed food while being serenaded by the peaceful sound of the waves and the voices of Prof. Latif and the guitar club.
I loved Prof.Latif's speech which was as meaningful as all his other ones. He epitomized why all these CUCMS activities i joined felt so meaningful - because we always try to maximize everything around us and always rememberan relate everything to Allah and to do as much good as possible.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Welcome Baby Boy!
My sis gave birth to an awesomely cute baby boy at about 2.30 am on the 10th of Dec. Alhamdullilah. I'm so happy. Woohoo!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
New Blog, New Lifestyle
Salam to all.
Haven't been blogging for more than a month. A lot of things have happened but i've been so busy and most of the time i've already planned transcripts of what i want to write, but by the time i get back i'm just thinking about sleep.
Anyway, good news! I survived four weeks of ever-dreadful biochemistry. haha. I know it's terrible to say you dislike something but seriously, after we finished our finals for biochem, i felt like this huge burden had just been lifted of me. I think if i had to take small doses of it , it wouldn't have been so bad, but this was one subject where i wished it wasn't done in a block system. But it wasn't all bad- i did like the last week where they talked about protein synthesis and genetics.
Academics weren't so fun the last four weeks but a lot of other happy things went on in my life. We started our weekly usrah meetings. This is my first time joining usrah so it was a new ex perience for me. It's a refreshing, different, fun and thereapuetic experience. really. I like when we discuss things that are actually happening around us and every week we remind ourselves about simple things we may forget. :)
We're studying pathology now. I don't think it's too early to say that i love this block. Or maybe it's just that i'm so happy to leave biochem that anything seems better. But seriously, pathology is about when things go wrong in our cell and i'm just constantly amazed at how intelligent our body is and how logical things are. It's really a testament of God's greatness.
Also, i've changed my routine around a bit. I don't stay at the main camp as long now. I'm trying to be more healthy without affecting my studying time. So far it's worked out fine. I truly feel now how if you have a purpose in life everything become's more meaningful and at the end of most days, i feel content. Alhamdullilah.
Haven't been blogging for more than a month. A lot of things have happened but i've been so busy and most of the time i've already planned transcripts of what i want to write, but by the time i get back i'm just thinking about sleep.
Anyway, good news! I survived four weeks of ever-dreadful biochemistry. haha. I know it's terrible to say you dislike something but seriously, after we finished our finals for biochem, i felt like this huge burden had just been lifted of me. I think if i had to take small doses of it , it wouldn't have been so bad, but this was one subject where i wished it wasn't done in a block system. But it wasn't all bad- i did like the last week where they talked about protein synthesis and genetics.
Academics weren't so fun the last four weeks but a lot of other happy things went on in my life. We started our weekly usrah meetings. This is my first time joining usrah so it was a new ex perience for me. It's a refreshing, different, fun and thereapuetic experience. really. I like when we discuss things that are actually happening around us and every week we remind ourselves about simple things we may forget. :)
We're studying pathology now. I don't think it's too early to say that i love this block. Or maybe it's just that i'm so happy to leave biochem that anything seems better. But seriously, pathology is about when things go wrong in our cell and i'm just constantly amazed at how intelligent our body is and how logical things are. It's really a testament of God's greatness.
Also, i've changed my routine around a bit. I don't stay at the main camp as long now. I'm trying to be more healthy without affecting my studying time. So far it's worked out fine. I truly feel now how if you have a purpose in life everything become's more meaningful and at the end of most days, i feel content. Alhamdullilah.
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