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tomoro im going to BTN at kuale lipis for 5 days then terus sambung kursus induksi kat midtown hotel, kuala terengganu for 11 days.

huhu away from my hubby for 17 days.

after nearly 6 weeks of leisure, it gets busy after this.

k, hopefully i'll get to update more after this.. altho it seems unlikely hehe

my days

since nibah is enjoying herself in pahang and the only ones left at home are me and kakchik, we have to follow mak everywhere.

2 days ago, the hantarans were ready. since the only sister with creative blood is still in KL, we have to outsource and rely on expert people who enjoys spending two hours trying to match the color tones of the flowers and ribbons to be used. the 2 makciks gave very specific instructions of what to add, how to arrange them and how to make them look natural rather than kaku. wow! and they worried that the whole thing was too simple. i dared imagine how it would look if they went all out in the decorations. they are safely kept at makchik fati's house away from peeping eyes. everyone was leka berbual and we went back late.

ayah came home yesterday and we went to pasar malam taman u, prayed at masjid taman u where ayah met the imam who will be the tok kadi and then we went to giant to buy some more stuff.

this morning, we followed ayah to his chiropractic treatment and then went to larkin to look for tudungs and had brunch. then ayah went home by taxi as he wanted to play golf so we mak, kakchik and me went to mydin then angsana. at kamdar, kakchik and i played about with the stuff there while mak looked for her table cloth which she didnt find.



i think the hat matches my tudung


kakchik looking suave in the cowboy hat (see mak in the background busy looking for table cloths)


mak's using sticky notes now to keep track of to-do things


the hantarans are ready yay! very2 cantek they are.


the attempted shepperd's pie that has no pie crust, only potatoes, stuffing and a cheese topping.

dr awla

it was the longest 2 minutes of my life, waiting for them to announce the results of the students whom have passed. we were all gathered at around 12.45pm, thursday. my name was among the last to be called.i was holding my breath and sucking in my stomach. it was such a relief when my name was finally mentioned. ALHAMDULILLAH. our exams was not without casualties. 2 of the brothers have to re-sit for the exams in 6 months time. they're good students. maybe Allah wants to give them this challenge to make them stronger and more strong-willed to face life's challenges ahead.

lepas tu i happily gave out my wedding cards to my friends. nanti i'll scan the card and post it here. syahadah and sibah were busy giving out their cards too. orang lain punye tak siap lagi.

petang tu there was a program for the graduating students (my batch and a few sciences students). terharunya dr melor went to greta lengths to organise the program so that we'd remain in the tarbiyah system. i cant really imagine myself outside of it. i'd be lost. there was amaanats form ustz fadzil konsis, dr latif and dr munawwar hatta. best sangat. it put things back in persepctive.

then when the program ended, our juniors in the usrah system came and performed nasheed for us, prepared a slideshow presentation of the activities done together and gave us all personalized gifts. i menangis2 terharu. huhu. asyek terharu je sejak akhir2 nih.

i look forward to the days ahead.

sepetang bersama nenek

i went to nenek's house 2 days ago to return the book that aza borrowed. the nenek 'belanja'd us nasi goreng udang at a nearby stall siap bagi bawak balik udang salut tepung bungkus lagi.

my eyes look like racoon eyes

faizah ikut skali

plans

i'm at kyung's.
arrived yesterday night.
drove from saba' bernam to klang to USJ and then to kyung's house.
amazed at my own achievement.
happy that friends are married. pics later.
tak larat nak jawab soklan: awak bile lagi?.
a lot of people said dah kurus, stress eh?

watched HEROES episodoe 7-10.

next plan is bus ride to sg petani and shopping there with mak. yay!

plans

friday: go to asma's nikah in melaka

saturday: go to aishah and haneem's walimah

sunday: go to sg petani umah tok

wednesday: balik kuantan

thursday: an event which would change my view of this world

sunday: MSC family day

monday: start surgery posting.

another weekend

i didn't have any scheduled class or program last weekend so i menyibok pergi my friend's class with dr abdullah zawawi. i learn a lot from the sessions with him. specialists always guide us to think about the main aspects of diseases. tangan pun sensitif yg amat, dapat elicit signs that we missed like a posterior cervical lymphadenopathy or hepatomegaly. pastu dah biased barulah rase liver budak tu enlarged. apelah.

balik tu singgah kat mydin beli some supplies and singgah kat kamdar to look at the cool skirts yg diwarwarkan oleh kawan2ku.

memang rambang mata tengok skirts lawo2.

since i saved on not paying the guy who's car i scratched, i used the money to buy a skirt. hehe, sangat therapeutic :)
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i sibok plan out jadual study for pro. dah terasa pro-mood in the air. tengok regular study groups. kawan2 rajin pegi other wards to do shortcases. i kene jeles and cemburu.

i wanna be a competent and safe doctor inshaALLAH!
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buat kawan2ku yang sibuk menguruskan hal ehwal walimah mereka yg akan berlangsung pada bulan disember ini,

Asma' AA

Nik Aishah

Wa & ?

kak Asma' Amaran

Hanim

Zaido

i wish u guys all the best. jangan stress2. jemput sume org. jangan sampai ade yg terase hati :)

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

the clock is ticking.

ramadhan is in its final phase.

the clock is ticking.

our oppurtunity to do as much ibadah with the promise of abundance of reward in the hereafter is nearing the end.

i wasted the first night and missed sahur because i was so tired (doing i dunno what)

the 2nd and 3rd night i slept with asma' at our blok's musolla. i left my warm bed but snuggled in my lovely sleeping bag at the surau. (konon2 iktikaflah hehe). alhamdulillah i could wake up for qiyam.

last night, there was a discussion at the surau so i slept in my room. i woke up just in time for sahur.

Ya Allah, please help me to become more rajin in performing my ibadahs.

and please let me find my misplaced usrah book.

something i have to work on..

it's been ages since the last time i updated. i just didn't feel like writing.

throughout this month of ramadhan i've been fortunate to have the oppurtunity to attend several good talks on ramadhan and others such as ustaz Arif Nazri (former imam of IIUM gombak mosque), brother azman from iium gombak, pak cahyadi takariawan (author of Di jalan dakwah aku menikah), daurah juz amma by ustaz aadtif. i have been meaning to write about them but procrastination and my hesitation got the better of me. i'll have to refer to the notes i jotted down later.

the only thing i can remember at the top of my mind is the daurah given by bro-in-law, abg atep. surprisingly, i wasn't even sleepy throughout his presentations even though there were many amongst my friends yag telah menjadi syahidah. he explained the gist of tafsir surah an-nas until al-fil in a way that was very interesting and pointed out new aspects that i have never been taught or discussed before. rase macam bersemangat je nak try out his method of explanation.

ramadhan and post mukhayyam

its day 4 of ramadhan and i'm rather behind in my Quranic reading. alamak kene read a lot more. tp kene tadabbur jugak ayat2 tu kan?? we do our best inshaAllah.

last weekend we had a mukhayyam at Casuearina resort, Pekan. despite the long holidays yang menggamit ramai untuk pulang ke rumah, many still could make it to the mukhayyam. on the whole, i learnt a lot. what i learnt is never go into paya bakau without proper shoes or they'll sink and get stuck in the mud and you'll have to dig with your hands to get them out. we learnt a lot about the ghazwahs and also sahabat and tabi'in in interesting ways. i guess its easier to remember that way rather than the regular halaqah discussions, which is still a good way for most of the fikrah and ilmiah discussions.

i had to be a group leader and also the ajk kesihatan so kesian my group when i was a bit late for the gatherings. my group asyek lambat je sampai kene denda. sian kitorang

abang atif came to give the pengisians. menarik jugak.

i thought i had it bad because of my vasovagal attacks, but a friend of mine has it worst when she passed out because of hypothermia (sejuk sangat pakai baju basah lepas keluar paya bakau). she has a history for passing out during stressful situations.

i'm thankful for everything i am. ada hikmahnya inshaAllah.

yesterday, i clerked a patient with teratoma. i took a long time detailing out her social history. more on that later.

happy fasting everyone.