zain-ing

i had a wonderful weekend at home even tho my sisters sibok with exam prep and teaching.

mak masak sedap2; laksa penang and pizza etc.

i went to jamuan raya jim.

met a lot of people yg dah lame tak jumpe; k.ainal, k.sakinah, k.khadijah, aisyah z

a lot of them said i da kurus. haha. i kept thinking :"ces, how fast was i dulu?"



this is week 2 and final week of zain-ing

(read: crash course of seminars, PBA's and case presentations with Dr Zain, the paediatrician)



my consciousness level naik turun mase kelas dr ranging from total alertness, drowsiness, stupor to unconscious but still arousable, hehe. he's notorious for his long (read: more than 2 hours) classes. after the firts 1 and a half hour, dr tak penat langsung, kitorang yg penat haha. nampak sgt stamina yg menurun di kalangan generasi muda2 nih.



now love is in the air. read here

of talks, open houses and nenek nora

i had an interesting weekend.


pictures 1st. more words later.

dr ziana's youngest daughter, iffah

observing nenek nora prepare the dessert in 5 mins

a scrumptious breakfast

syadah, ad, faizah and me with mr shuk's boys

mr shuk's twin daughter yg sgt pandai senyum kat kamera with me and my mydriatic pupils

a jumble of things

today i start my paediatrics posting.

our paediatrics department which consists of 2 lecturers (a head of department and an invited lecturer from myanmar) isn't really the most efficient department. today alone there were many blunders with our schedules mixed up and all over the place.

i don't have much to say about paeds yet besides that weekends will usually be full due to the many invited lecturers from other unis and hospitals who come to teach us.

i drove this car back to kuantan.
(only a quarter of the journey actually sebab penat and ngantuk and sakit perut).
good thing i had other drivers to back me up.

i know nawaz is definitely gonna miss the car. haha.

after going to nihlah+mujahid's walimah in bukit antarabangsa, we stopped by nibah's fren's house, tasha, anak Dato' Mahir (the owner of MAHIR productions, syarikat yg produce buku soalan2 tahun lepas tuh). saje nak tengok the lifestyle of the rich and mighty. haha.
i'm glad with my own background, alhamdulillah.

we were stranded there for a while due to the heavy rain.

the occasionally adorable kids :)

p.s. i'm definitely not drinking coffee anymore.

i was so clever as to drink half a can of nescafe latte right before bedtime in fear of it going to waste and i couldn't sleep the whole night. am still penat.

which hospital to work in?

a lot of me friends are oredi thinking of this issue. i dunno yet when we have to fill in the application forms.

here's the list of hospitals in lembah klang area accepting HO this year with the number of HO's allocated for each hospital

Selangor & K.L
1) Hospital Kajang (37)
2) Hospital Kuala Lumpur (179)
3) Hospital Putrajaya (31)
4) Hospital Selayang (53)
5) Hospital Tunku Ampuan Rahimah Klang (88)
6) HUKM (72)
7) PPUM (82)
8) Hospital Serdang (40)

hmm, which one to choose?

pics of aunts, nephews and niece

3 orang budak ni kene monitor betul2 when they're playing together because they gaduh very easily sampai bertumbuk and yang paling kecik selalu kene mengalah.

nawaz bersedia utk tidur dgn aunties tapi tengah malam lari kat mama gak

ayyasy thinks the radio is a motorbike

the mommies and the aunt monitoring the kids main bunga api. sekarang all 3 dah terkena percikan api and dah serik tanak main.. haha

at pak andak's house

some more raya pics

yeop, kakyung and nawaz making a peace sign

kak ngah, abang ngah, aisyah and ayyasy

mak, ayah and hammad

me, hammad, kak chik and nibah

kak yung's family

celebrating raya in shah alam

we didn't go back to perak and kedah this year because hammad's PMR is a week after raya. a good thing too because my O&G end block exams are directly after raya (but hammad's exams are more important).

since our experience of eidulfitr in johor last 3 years ago was dull and boringl with our 2 elder sisters celebrating at their in-laws, we don't want another of that happening. so we decided to celebrate eid at kakyung's place in shah alam instead. at least everyone will be around and we can go visit our many relatives in klang valley yang tak balik kampung.

i arrived at kakyung's house on sunday night. nawaz was so happy to see me. (that feeling is priceless i tell ya.) i helped clean the house and make it ready for the whole family to stay. mak, ayah, nibah, kakchik and hammad came the next day.

on raya eve, we broke our fast at pak andak's house in klang. mak andak's cooking was glorious and delicious as usual. we didn't do the regular takbir after isya'. pak andak had a group of his neighbours over to do takbir ramai2. my sisters and i stayed in a room at the back and chatted while observing nawaz, aisyah and ayyasy play happily (nawaz and aisyah have a love-hate relationship... they're excited to see each other but they gaduh and fight just as easily).

pagi raya was the usual berebut toilet and ayah rushing us all to get ready on time. we went to masjid negeri shah alam. it was full of people by the time we arrived. my intestines just had to grumble at that time lah kan and required urgent attention so i had to ajak kak chik to teman me find the toilet. we were both in the toilet during the 1st rakaat of prayer but alhamdulillah we could join the 2nd rakaah. since the mosque was full, we had to pray just outside of the toilet. dulu pernah la solat kat tangga but this experience definitely beats that one.

after the prayer, i ajak kakchik pergi tempat lain. tak nak lah dengar khutbah pun kat depan tandas so we went up the stairs. as we were going up, a group of ladies were going the opposite way (nak balik umah kot). i looked toward the other stairs and saw segerombolan lelaki pun balik jugak.

this is a new scene for me since at all the solat rayas i've been too (in baling or sg petani or skudai) people stayed until the end of the khutbah. of course lah i slalu tidur during the khutbahs if their boring and the tone is monotonous, but still i sticked around. terkejut tengok orang balik just after solat raya. yang lelaki dah siap berkumpul kat tepi rak kasut and merokok. (lain sket suasana kat kl nih)

since i couldn't really focus on hearing the khutbah due to the poor sound system outside, my attention was on the various colourful dresses of the many indonesian workers who attended the prayer. orang melayu punye baju raya biase je either baju kurung and kebaya and maybe jubah only menutup aurat properly or not je. but these indonesian ladies garments were eye-catching. macam2 jenis baju ada. they got up in groups so i had a constant diversion from the khutbah only hearing glimpses of the content.

back at kayung's house we had our regular salam2 session and tangkap gambar (walaupun sume camera buat hal, good thing for cameraphones). the difference is in the number of people. at our kampung, there would be a large group of aunts and uncles to salam. everyone had to wait their turn. our session didn't last long this time.

after the eventful eid prayers, we did the annual salam tradition

a very happy kakyang with her kakyung

then we went to kakyung's in-laws in PJ. the nasi lemak and nasi himpit with rendang and lodeh were heavenly.

Achik Fiza and YB Nawaz on their way to his grandparents house in PJ

tertidur dalam perjalanan (macam lah jauh sgt)

then we went to pak ngah's house in ampang. there we ate rendang kerang and daging masak pedas.

at pak ngah's house in ampang

then at ayah's friend's house in taman melawati, they served strawberries as the brother owned a strawberry farm in cameron highlands. at night, we went to aunti maiza's house in klang and had rendang peparu.

mak and ayah went to another house after that but my sisters and i begged to go home as our stomachs were already bloated.

it doesn't matter where you celebrate raya, as long as you have your family around :)

eid mubarak everyone!