4th Floor's Diwali Dinner.

*serving time..come and get your food,people:)*

*omg,winter is here..it's all snowy!!*

1st November'09@1326

I'm so the TIRED! but I just can't seem to get myself under the blanket yesterday.Every single muscle is fatigued after the long hours and cumulative effect of cooking each saturday ever since 17th october.Sevvanthee still teases me "You said,'why diwali only for 1 day?'" whenever I tell her "can i have a quiet weekend this week?"..I'm not this cooking material type and that's actual cause of all these.However,for my friends and fellow groupmates,I find a sense of satisfaction to invite them over for our indian dinner on our 4th floor each year.

Yesterday Morning woke up around 8am,and we started preparing our dishes.Since we had to cook for about 80 of our friends,the 5 of us,:Me,Sevvanthee,Maalini,Kiran and Jonas actually sped up the whole cooking process and by 2pm we were done with : Veg Kurma,Chicken masak merah,yellow-spiced rice(eh,such combo exist?),mix veg and drinks.I had to boil numerous times hot water,filter them then store them in big containers so we can make our best misture of sweet drink from the cordial which we had purchased from magnit.Everyone was like.."wht's this drink called?" Jonas and I winked and said "it's a good blend of everything..it's our secret"..(ha-ha)..

It just feels like we started our first year here and soon there'll be our last diwali dinner here.I know I will be missing all these funs once I graduate.Dad will say :"enjoy every single moments now,these are the moments which are very precious,best and important moments"..when did I ever go against daddy's words right?So I enjoyed it though at the beginning of the day and on friday I was lil bit down.Why?I will get back to that later.Now let me done with my final diwali dinner story for the year.

Jonas made the situation in kitchen very lively.Though only 2 boys helping me,sevvanthee and maalini,there weren't any glitches...Jonas being the youngest among us,was looking out the window,admiring the puppies which were out in the cold,snowy weather when he gets tired of stirring the veg kurma.With his non-fluent tamil,he made all of us broke into laughters whenever he makes an attempt to talk in tamil.

Kiran as usual the one who runs here and there to get things done.He definitely cooks better than I do,can estimate well for how many people it will be adequate and etc.After all ,serving in temple does come handy at times,I believe.What tickled the rest of us was when he tried to mix the full-filled container ,(ha-ha) the way he shook the container..too bad I didn;t take a snap of him doing so...

Here comes the experts in cooking(no I'm not included in that category)..sevvanthee and maalini.Colour of the dishes definitely changed..for example,Kurma colour became more like red-spiced up colour because of the excessive tomato paste,then the chicken apparently was okay but it was damn tasty..the mix veg + bolied dhal became like Dhal..aihhhss,nevertheless everyone seemed to enjoy and complementing happily that they had a great time and really loved the foods.Now,I'm really adamant that we especially me here have a hidden talent for cooking,just that I cared less in trying and making a decent multiple means everyday for myself:p

Somehow,I felt very less people turned out for our dinner since few were not feeling well,away to Ashan and attended the halloween party in another hostel.For those who didn;t attend our dinner yesterdat,all I can say is "YOU GUYS JUST MISSED A BON APPETITE OF INDIAN FOODS.."

I know Indian foods are all about the spices and being hot.Abdalla,Jeff,Jia Lynn were fanning their tongues..ermm,I have a low threshold for spicy food as I don;t consume much also,but i think yesterday was less spicy than any other Indian foods that we had cooked previously..but still you can see my buddies gulping down juice impatiently..get used to it guys,Indian food,what you guys expect?..

Anyways,it's my pleasure to have all of you here with me,thank you for your attendances.

xoxoxoxo.

1400

4th Rotation: Psychiatry..(not a good start!)

29th October'09@2055

I had a real fudged up day today!It could never get any worse that this.I always anticipate my new rotations with high expectations only to realise few mentors are simply not cut off for that!I just hate that.I was all buckled up for today's new rotation but I only had to endure all the bad lucks...

First of all,I love my groupmates but when it comes to punctuality,they never live up to my expectations.I'm this person who value time punctuality anytime,anywhere.Guess the years of being prefect back in school trained me into a real good one when it concerns with time.I still can tolerate if you are late 10minutes but not any longer than that.So,2 of my Kenyan groupmates,came out late from their rooms.We headed towards the bus stop,flagged down bus no.43.We didn;t wait for the other 2 JPAs and a Mara because there was no sms-es saying "guys,please wait for us tomorrow" when I remembered yesterday we did tell them that we will be going to psychiatry hospital together.As we wanted to jump another bus,37 which uses another less jammed road,we got down at the next stop.The bus was just behind us but as we got nearer,the door's shut automatically..okay this another scene which you can see frequently while boarding the bus here-I;m kind of used to this because undeniably,Russians let say quarter of them have this dominant gene called 'stupidity' encoded in their sex chromosomes..so now you know,it's passed from generation to generation and there;s nothing much can be done on that fact.

Oh did i tellyou that?To make things worse,today it snowed and pouring at the same time!I would have preferred a cold weather in Malaysia but here it just gets too extreme you know though at times I simply love it.But,the pre-winter weather came too soon this year,hey it's not even November and now you will be seeing this fluctuating temperature everyday which can make loads more sick and unwell students...*sigh*..so when the bus door was closed on our faces,we had to wait for another bus which uses the same route,No.85.Luckily,that bus came earlier.We didn't want to board No.1 as it goes through the city which will take more longer and the traffic which wasn;t budging an inch,we decided to get to Covetskaya Sq.

Less traffic as we had expected,jumped into No.41 but just to note,the door was shut before we could get in but the good samaritan(the bus driver),let us in..Oh,I was so thankful!!!Then in 20 minutes time(at 9am) we reached the Sovetskaya Sq.Once my feet touched down the ground,I was hurrying followed by Jeff,Abdalla,Zakiah and Sara trying to keep up with my pace.I have been to that hospital for my psychology lecture once in 2nd year.I knew the way but wasn;t sure which building.I knew Groups D and F had reached earlier..that's not good..As we entered the main gate,we saw Wani,Shahrul and Fil were just ahead of us few meters."Right then,we're not late",I told myself.After climbing up the stairs to 5th floor,to my relief,I saw everyone infact just reached and were cladding their white coats!!! Choosing the other route unlike the others indeed made us reach the hospital on time like any of them despite being the latest to board the bus.

So you know it's psychiatry hospital.I should have taken a picture of the so called classroom where our lecture was held.Wait,was it even called a lecture when all we did was copying down the 'copy paste' lecture material from the net on our books?I was like sitting about 2 meters away from the lap top containing the lecture materials since the front seats were occupied.The lecturer/a psychiatric obviously not the lecturer material type,no I don;t want to put a bad comment here on him.Thank God,I won't be getting him for my tutorials though I know I will be getting the most strictest one tomorrow,a lady.My group is always blessed with all the big shots and the best ones ever since our 1st year..so I'm okay with it.Okay,let me tell you why I really got pissed with him..he wasn't delievering lecture in the very first place just because he was busy!He came in,read out at super speed,being so inconsiderate of us who were trying to copy down the lectures.I won;t be complaining if it I could see the lap top screen but with the many heads peeking over infront of me,I just gave up at one point and I was at my worst temper!

Today's lecture was the worst one ever,even chemistry lecture by the Russian Professor in 1st year was loads more better and ineresting.Where's the sense,Dr I mean please don't tell us you don;t have a projector to screen you lecture materials for us!As I was trying to cope with it,2 assistants(maybe?),hopefully they are not psychiatrics came into the room to check on us when the lecturer was away..and they made things even worse my just chit-chatting while us trying to hear abdalla who was reading the lecture material.At one point,his voice just drowned with them raising voice,IGNORING US COMPLETELY! I really felt like telling them on their face "SHUT UP and GET OUT".Though we were making faces and indirectly saying 'shut up,stupid,go out' seems it didn't reach to their cochlears..arrggggggggghhhhhh!!!!By that time,I was already at the peak of my temper.

The lecturer entered again,tried to speed up his lectures and I snapped my pen on my notebook and just folded my arms.I came back home and rewrote the 15 minutes lecture which I left unattended.Once he left,we resumed back our copying lecrure when abdalla and sevvanthee took charge by reading them out loud.We did go an extra mile by saving all the lecture materials in Filzah's pendrive!

Thirdly,NEVER consume any water if you will be having classes in the psychiatry hospital.Every single doors to the department are closed tightly,you can never get into them easily even when you are in a desperate situation to go to the ladies.I truly understand,the mentally unwell patients are dangerous at large but atleast they should have been ladies/gents nearby right?How can you actually control your involuntary act?What if your urinary bladder just explodes?Shoot!!!!Damned!God save us for the next 7 days when we are in that hospital!

See,how doomed my day was today?So what's next for tomorrow?..duh..hopefully,we won't be chased around the hospital by some psychics!

2145

Internal Medicine: DONE.

28th October'09@2020

Here I am,after a 3 hours of nap(yeah,i know it's pretty long but my internal rotation is over today!)..all rejunevated,sipping a glass of apple juice and munching my diwali cookies for dinner.;)

Internal medicine this semester was split into two periods-one right after my infectious paediatrics,for 8 days and will be continuing again in december for another 5 days,just before my last cycle for the sem,haematology..and we don;t know who will be taking us because Dr.Ksenia said it wouldn;t be her.Actually i prefer for a change different Dr. each semester.I have been under Dr.Ksenia,Dr.Yulia,Dr.'Nicole Kidman,Dr.Pavlovna..so actually I'm eyeing and really really hoping for Dr.Tatyana for my next semester.Really wish can be under her for the next 5 days for Endocrinology topic.Besides her,I won;t mind if I get Dr.Andrevna or maybe Dr.Panova?Let's cross my fingers for the best..after all it all depends on you no matter how excellent the mentors are.

But,this internal medicine was kind of relaxing for me!Okay I know you must be thinking I'm crazy here for even saying that..well it was seriously because the only topic which I learned in detail would be pulmonary embolism..the rest of the topics were repetition,but with Dr.Ksenia she won;t make life easier but at the same time you will feel a pinch of stress during Q&A session.Just like today,she managed to kinda'screw all of us' on our last day of tutorial class with her.

She returned our case report with comment "I'm not satisfied"..duh! As for me I think,we could've done better if we had written the whole complete case report rather than just writing about arterial hypertension when the patient ACTUALLY got admitted to the hospital due to hyperglycemic attack.So the chief complaints would be?Like I had said,sometimes long and complex process can make the job loads more simpler.Just like my previous patient,he had Diabetes Mellitus Type II(which was the reason for his admittance to the hospital),Arterial Hypertension(type?) and Chronic gastritis.So I had to only write on Arterial Hypertension!Moreover,according to the patient both his arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus were discovered at the same time,6 years ago.Now,tell me which one lead to another?But one thing,it wasn;t secondary arterial hypertension according to her.*my turn off mood*.

Apart for the case reports issue,normally she would ask us back on the previous materials,and will give points based on how we had answered.Today,I prepared for Cor Pulmonale(right sided heart failure) and Myocarditis(inflammation of the heart's myocardium).She turned the table and here we go,Syahrul,Filzah,Jeff and I were asked on Chronic Bronchitis which was our today's class' topic..ermm,managed somehow but wasn;t excellent.This woman,unpredictable-la...

In spite of all that,we even made a very short case report in an hour time on patient's with chronic bronchitis.My patient,58 years old,a policeman by profession with moderate severity(concluded that after my clarking).He is a chronic smoker for the past 40 year with about 15 cigarettes/day.I'm sure he has complication of Cor Pulmonale but he said the doctor in charge didn;t mention anything about it and I,Abdalla and Zakiah were wondering whether we should omit the complications..moreover we couldn;t be 100% sure because there wasn;t Chest X-ray in his case report.But I did check his ECG and I'm pretty sure I saw few abnormalities,deep S-wave in V1-V6,sinus bradycardia,but there was no right axis deviation indicating right heart involvement.In addition to that,pulmonary function test wan't performed on him on his current admission.I suppose it was done way too earlier when he had his first attack 20 years ago.He too has Arterial Hypertension.

After collecting all the informations needed,the last 1 hour of our tutorial class was discussed on our last patients for the sem,all together 3 patients.Atleast,that part of class went smoothly and finally she gave us her smile,we said 'thank you' and left her,greatfully indeed!

So for now,I'm done with internal..and tomorrow at 8.15am,I will be off for my new rotation,Psychiatry.I'm looking forward for the cycle because I desperately need to know more about people,atleast selected ones which are making my life less cheerful now.Hopefully,towards the end of the rotation,I will be able to read people's minds BETTER than ever.

2115

Diwali Open House'09

25th October'09 @ 1245

I woke up at 1pm today after a long day yeasterday for having had to make pots and pots of dhal with my other crew members: sevvanthee,maalini,and juniors:adrian,gopi and rashveer, for our annual diwali open house which was held in 1st hostel hall at 7pm...I really would've preferred a very quiet weekend especially a serene saturday rather than waking up early and start cooking for 500 Malaysian students.Nevertheless,I'm not alone in this early morning ordeal,other 49 Malaysian Indian students and Raj from India too participated and the outcome was: butter rice,mix vegetable,dhal,kesari(indian sweet),chicken(i don't know what type of chicken ,gotta ask the boys who were in charge),lemonade made by the juniors and finally sliced watermelon which were served at 9pm.Everyone enjoyed the open house just like the previous years,till numerous of them tapau-ed the food..I was happy for the day though by 10pm,i was frop dead tired!!!

Sevvanthee became the master of ceremony and her partner was a junior,Kervindran.Though only 3 performances was held,I enjoyed the bhangra dance which was done by my coursemates and seniors..the moment they joined the girls who were rocking the stage,everyone was thrown into the bhangra beat and started clapping and shouting hysterically..(ha-ha)..only on these days you will see the dark sides of the Medic students,including us here..because even I shouted their names :"aiyalu" when sevvathee came up the stage and "kiran" when he started dancing the bhangra..I had a good time yesterday!!

After the long queing by the students to get the food,finally I,sevvanthee,maalini and Kiran took our foods and sat down to have our dinner.Then the others,ran up the stage and started dancing wherelse I finishhed my food and left the hall to my room.

So ended my 2nd last diwali in Nizhny Novgorod..

by the way on this note: every other girls even the chinese wore sarees except for I,sevvanthee and a junior(oppsss..okay,look out for our appearance next year in saree!)

Since the day light saving starts today,I actually woke up at 12 pm to be exact,which means I'm 5 hours behind Malaysian time.Okay got to resume back to my work: russian raskaz,cardiomyopathy for tomorrow's internal medicine and russian homework..okay then,let me sign off for now:)

1310

p/s: be emotionless

23rd October'09

There's nothing extraordinary happening with my current life.Started off the week with Internal medicine rotation,based on 12th floor in 13th hospital at aftozavod.Dr.Kersenia Grigorevna is our practical and tutorial classes mentor.Since we had her in our 7th semester,she knows us but as for us,we feel like we are looking at the new Kersenia since she is more serious and less'smiley' this semester..perhaps with the 'examinor' title awarded to her,she chose to be less friendly to her students?I wouldn't know but she is one of our favourites when it comes to internal medicine.:)

Just 2 days ago,my roomie,sevvanthee agot all emo-ed..don;t ask me why but I'm sure xiang bin is one of the factors which made her do all the whining..(ha-ha).Okay let me get this clear.Out of sudden,Maalini told me "hey,xiang bin is planning to have girls day out,you want to join?"..sorry maal,i remember that I just smirked and walked off..Then obviously maalini told sevvanthee about it and she got all hype-ed and started with "comela let's go.,.."..I :"why suddenly xiang bin wants to have girls day out?" sevvanthee "cos she feels for the past 4 years,she didn't do anything except for being a bookworm!!!"..(ha-ha)..okay quit laughing nita,you belong in her group too..very true,i'm not denying that.After all,Ipoh kakis definitely think alike what..*great minds think alike*

I used to express my regretness(or was it?) for always being stuck in my room,being a bookworm/nerdy girl..where;s my life?Not that it's just plain simple without any colours but very truly,when i look back for the past 23 years and 11months,all i see is my books and I.Life is all about books?Definitely not,i object that too....there's definitely MORE to life and i'm sure you get it when I say it should be well balanced with small and big things to make it more cherishable.I did wish for a wonderful university life,really,you espcially when you are holding something very beautiful in life very close to your heart despite the million miles of barrier. At the same time I knew I won't be having the time of my life since I chose MEDIC.I knew my life wouldn;t be the same once i'm into this field..I just knew it ..so when the time passed by,I concluded that MEDIC STUDENTS HAVE NO LIFE (with exception of a few who still are enjoying with parties etc even when the exams are just around the corner!)And now with another 1 1/2 year left before we graduate,I'm sure each and everyone will rewind our past years in medic line,the things that we had done,the things we had missed and definitely the consequences of it..one by one will be affected pretty much soon just like how I am.

I do wish for a different day when my morning starts...just like any other teenagers(ha-ha am I still considered as a teen?..perhaps the word youth would be better,i think) but all the routine is so stereotypical--classes,lectures,face book(not fb) till midnight and then sleep.Everyday is a new beginning and as for me,the only thing i wish every morning is for the day to be better than yesterday and let me carry out my duty with Your blessings.

I think it's too late for me to complain on 'LIFE AS A MEDIC STUDENT'.Maybe I do miss doing things that I have never done or maybe I'm not?Maybe everything needs to be tried out atleast for once..maybe..would I regret for the things I have never done even when I so wanted to do it?Guess,I'm already regretting for the things I have missed because at times I think being all the sincere doesn't get you anywhere when one fails to see the real you.

But then again,besides being my only option cum dream to be a physician,I'm truly convinced that destiny and fate played a greater role in determining my future.What more to come?I shall look out and accept everything that comes my way.Whatever that's scheduled unto me will happen when the time comes..so let it be.

p/s: be emotionless.

I Found You Here!!

21st October'09@1840

Who would have guessed in my 5th year of Medic studies I'll discover my favourite Lord Krishna;s temple in our very own Nizhny Novgorod?

Who would have thought,after my constant blabbering about Shree Krishna,would make sevvanthee,too get going to Hare Krishna's temple?

Who would have thought that I would be making new Russian friends in Hare Krishna temple?

everything is just fated and destinied to be the way it is.All I would like to say,nothing happens without Your permission.Thank You.

Since I told dad and mum that I'd be mailing them in detail on my latest exciting days to Hare Krishna's temple,here you go on what I had written in my mail to show them I'm always their lil' daughter with values instilled in me since small:

hi ma and daddy.How are you all?Im doing really fine here..internal medicine classes are going fine.I know i promised to daddy that i will be mailing about the krishna temple which we discovered and will be going every week on sundays(if possible).Last saturday was my first visit there..it was great really ma daddy.I just feel like being in malaysia's temple.The Russians are Shree Krishna's devotess.It's located in a double story house with a separate hall which will be used during festivals/important occasions.I think daddy knows about ISCKON and this one is another branch of it.We all got suprised when we knew the Russians managing the place got hitched to indian origins and and their names are so indian like---maharani,gopal,seva,lakshmi...even my name doesnt sound to typical of an indian..haha...so they asked us to come again on monday and i went again with my friends for a festival called Govardhan,i think mum knws about it when Krishna will lift up the mountain to protect the village.The chantings,singing and dancing are all in sanskrits except when they convey msg which will be in russian.Other than that,i truly feel safe being there with the group of Russians.They are very different from the people whom i see on the streets everyday..not arrogant,ever ready to give a smile and treated us very well since we are the only ones with different skin colour..suddenly me and my frens became celebrities (ha-ha)..the prasadham was served right abt 9pm and i was really too full,it was delicious and tasty.The russians were clad in sillakattu,with pony tails(for hare krishna male devotees) and the ladies were in lenga,sarees,nethi chudi,bangles (just like the cowherds/gopis)..even I was only in my kurta..looks like they are more of an indian/hindhus than me..(ha-ha)..the truestees asked us to come again on thursday because there will be enlightment day but i think i will be going on sundays(from 3 till 7pm) where they will be conducting bhajans,chants,spiritual talks..other days are pretty hard for me sinc it's quite a distance from hostel..ma,i uploaded the pix in my facebook,you can have a look at them ma and daddy so when are you joining facebook?I tried sending you few pix but cannot be delievered to your mail daddy..take care i love you both and I'm glad I found my favourite lord here>

with lots of love,

nita.

I will surely to update more after my next visit to see my Lord.:)

171009:Diwali Subhakanchalu:)

17th October'09@2300

Morning got up at 6am,grabbed my new greenish kurta and hit the shower.The only thing that I lacked was a good oil bath:(Then,I was and still am in Diwali spirit,switched on my favourite tracks on my playlist consisting my Hero Krishna's songs and holy chants.I begun to clean up and get my cute little altar all ready for my special prayers today.I trimmed down a bouquet of chrysanthemum which I bought yesterday down the Surikova Street from an old lady who appeared so thankful when I bought her flowers:)In the mean time,I let the rice boiled with milk on the stove(yeah,was trying to make ponggal),and sevvanthee too helped by keeping an eye on it when I was back into the room,preparing the altar.

At 9am,I was all done and I did my prayers.Deepavali is my very much anticipated day.As for me,Deepavali is all about the brightness and eye glaring illuminious lights(diyas) which have the penetrability ability into ones mind and soul ,to become a better human in life,just how The Sacred Gita and Vedic sculptures dictate.

Because the connection sucked to a greater height today,I could only talk to mum dad and ragu via skype,I miss webcaming with them today.Glad all is going fine there:)Then,I assembled all my love(my cookies sent by mum via parcel)on a plate,went around to share my Diwali delicacies with my floormates.

Helped sevvanthee to fry the puris then at about 11am,nana,pearly,zaid,jia lynn,emmy,xiang bin,hafiz,maalini ,sevvanthee and I gathered in Kiran's room to 'buka' our breakfast.It was really fun spending time with my buddies today.Something different from what we usually do previous years.

Returned to my room at 3pm,there was a knock on the door and it was suvin came with his greetings on diwali.Later, sevvanthee told me "hey,karan and suvin will be going to this Krishna's temple which is before the bridge"Wanna go?"..Me: "ermm,are you sure we can go with them?where is it?" Sevvanthee :"it's their first time too to go there,the juniors also will be following"..after much thoughts,I was all set go,guess Krishna wants me to visit him,yeah:)

Reached there,and it's located in a house.I have heard of ISKCON worldwide branches and this one in Russia is another one of it!! I was really thrilled when I entered the door and to my great suprise,an old lady in her early 50s and a young lady were managing the place.They are Russians with Hindhu names: Laksmi,Maharani.We were ushered to the second floor where Krishna and Radha stood there ever elegantly.The lady in her 50s started singing and chatting Hare Krishna manthra and explained on The Bhagavad Gita in russian language.At certain points,we were lost..she knew more than what we,the HINDHUS know about our Hindhuism.Now,isn;t that simply astonishing?We were served with 'prasadham' by the woman.I bought a cd on Lord Krishna-14 tracks sang by the famous artistes for an example:Sting.As we were ready to go,we were reminded consistently to join them on Monday at 6pm for Govardhan's festival which is one of the biggest festivals celebrated.We yanked opened the door,and here you go Acharya Seva came inside.Now,he's not an old priest but a Russian guy in his err..less than 30s?Clad in his denim,jeans and jacket,he has a tiny pony tail,clean shaved face and head,Hare Krishna beads around his neck,I was struck with awe once again!

I know most of ISCKON's devotees are from the US and EU but RUSSIANS?they too?Wow,that's really cool espcially Acharya Seva asked us "Who is Krsna?" and continued "He is THE ONLY ONE,THE ORIGIN OF EVERYTHING"..Krishna,you're the heartbeat of our souls.

Acharya got immersed into Hare Krishna manthra,happily chanting away whilst playing the musical instrument.We sang and clapped our hands.It was really something today for me after so long,being able to visit A KRISNA's Temple here in our very own Nizhny Novgorod.I bowed infront Krishna and Radha,prayed,snapped a photo of Them and made up my mind to visit the temple more often,actually I was thinking of going back on Monday and joining with the rest for the Govardhan's festival.Will decide by tomorrow since monday I will be having my russian class.

Upon reaching to 410,sevvanthee and I had our dinner,chit-chatted and here I am now,all satisfied on how blissfuly my deepavali'09 went by/will be ending in 20 minutes time.I enjoyed it very much.My routine rituals on Diwali,having had blessings from Lord Krishna,mum and dad,received sms-es and greetings on diwali--all of you certainly made my Diwali more meaningful.Thank you.

2340

Where's My Diwali?

16th October'09 @ 1655







Eve day of diwali!It's the most awaited day by everyone each year before the dawn breaks for The Festival of Lights.Ma,daddy and Ragu,I'm missing all of you terribly here,another year without you beside me on the auspicious day.I miss the deepavalis when we drove back to grandma's @ our cute little hometown,teluk intan on the second day of diwali.This year,the reunion has shifted to Rawang @ Uncle Krishna's residence..it's going to be merry just like any other years except that I won't be there.Now,I can;t wait to webcam with mum,dad and ragu tomorrow..yeah ragu is back home today to join with mum and dad,you lucky chap:)







I had been tied up the whole week.Wanted to blog when I wanted to put something in words but I restrained myself,not to since paediatrics zachut(test) was today!! Yeap,it passed smoothly,infact better than I thought.I kind of freaked out(*it's not a news,nita..*),why?well it's paediatrics,none of the medical subjects' tests will frighten us this much..though only test,it's as if you'll be sitting for the paper...only had about 2 hours of cat naps i would say yesterday.I couldn;t continue with the reading even after I fed my brain with a cup of coffee.As for me,if I'm determined,I can stay up the whole night without consuming a single cup of coffee.It's never adequate..never...you'll think you're set for the test with all the facts in mind,and that's before you finish the 1st round..then once you hit the last page of the last chapter,try this,close the book and look at question no.1 without referring to your answer and there goes the reaction -"shoot,what is it again?no,I know this..but.."---that's the norm here with me(I'm talking about myself here,mind you..not on anyone else.)







But the best thing is yet to come.God willingly,once I get the examination card,the mid-night efforts will be paid off.Like today,I went for the test 1 hour late just because I wasn;t brave enough to go and blindly pick up a card to crack down my head for an answer.Duh,the mean time,I went through once again my notes and glanced through them quickly and at 9.40am I left the hostel,got on the bust and at 10am,voila,I was inside the lecture hall where Group D (Group E and F's saviours were there)..so Dr.Elena saw me,smiled and I smiled innocently,a smile which will send her the message "Ma'am I'm the only one from my group for today;s test". and that was before Jeff surprised me.He was the first to arrive and was already half way answering the question!Way to go Jeff..semangat!







Paediatrics rotation officially came to an end today.I cannot imagine myself studying for 3 sems work for the exam which will be end of this year!!! Just like what sarah had pointed out."Paediatrics is not all about cuddling babies!!".When the time comes,I know I will see myself getting through it.What I'm coming to say is,all I'm asking,I really hope my stubborn mind will listen and obey to my commands.I can sit facing the book without getting lured away when I'm at the nadir of the stress level..just like if tomorrow will be my exam..but any other days,*sigh*..the longest I can burrow my eyes into the books will be for 2 hours,after that I'll get restless..see?what should I do?..what should I?People say they don;t see me outside my room,but that's AIN"T TRUE!.I do go out when I needed a fresh air to breath and simply to throw my thoughtful mind very far away by just glancing out the window...







Diwali Subhakanchalu to me and everyone out there.Enjoy the holidays,and have fun feasting yourselves with Indian cuisines.







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When emotions set in..

11th October'09 @ 0145

A fatless saturday is over for the week!I'll be stepping into the week of diwali which means 1 month in Russia has passed and the days are drawing nearer for a new brand new year.Missing diwali with mum dad ragu,my big family and friends?Obviously I am,who wouldn't right?:(according to sequence) the dawn's early oil bath,prayers at home,head off to temple,breakfast with idli/puri/apam(thosay) with chutney,chicken/mutton curry..*mouth watering*,then entertaining guests/neighbours/phone calls, visit my buddies..lunch at their homes,night: the same cycle repeats..how much I missed those moments on diwali..though here ,we do have our own open house for groupmates/floormates/friends,nothing is comparable to the days of diwali at home for the past 19 years...and with diwali coming up ,wished I could just board the plane and be in mum and dad's arms:) another 1 more year nita,2011,will be your best diwali ever..it's not a very long time after having gone through the past 3 years..so smile:)

Today I attended a workshop given by my senior,a 6th year on Gastro-Intestinal System.Well,didn;t prepare much in room,went and was given handouts which was taken from a book used in UKM,Malaysia.Just want to say thanks to Faiz Najmi for sharing his informations with us.You were the first to actually thought of such workshop,none others have ever done anything like this before.Just don;t forget to inform us again for your next workshop session:)

I have paediatrics zachut this coming friday.Been busy completing my extra notes for the previous topics..almost done with 2nd semester.I learned that keeping a consistent momentum is all that needed to be a good student-cum-doctor...and I'm certainly on for the 5 the year's 9th sem's challenge.All I need is to OCCUPY myself and restrict myself when it comes to certain evil distractions.Besides that,there's nothing wrong with you,Nita.Have your full confidence, never go back to the path which led you to a very emotional girl.Don't forget that.

Do your best,all right?

Good night.

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Unmistakable,definitely this is the one.

9th October'09@0130

Just another late night post before I call the day off.Yeah,enough of paediatrics,get some sleep,nita,will ya?

I'm currently so ADDICTED AND CRAZILY in love with BSB's previous Unbreakable's hit,Unmistakable.The lyrics are simply heart touching,and I don;t know why,I feel the song is written for me:).Each and every single line of the lyrics are my favourites,can;t seem to pick one particular line!

There's nothing special to be said when it comes to BSB's composers and their lyrics.I can;t get off the song from my mind,so I chose to blog it here,hoping it won't play subconciously in my mind when I drift to a peaceful sleep:)

UNMISTAKABLE-THE BACKSTREET BOYS
　
Any time,any where,any place,
You could be anyone today,
Maybe I recognise you on a crowded street
Maybe you’ll take me by surprise
Will you be the one I had in Mind?

There’ll come a day
When you walk out of my dreams
Face to face
The kind I’m Imagining
Baby how can I be sure
That you’re the one I’m waiting for?
Will you be..unmistakable?

People say watching life through a glass
Desperately waiting on a chance
I know you are out there
Holding on,holding out for me

How are we to know
The time is right?
What if you are here
And I’m just blind?

There’ll come a day
When you walk out of my dreams
Face to face
The kind I’m Imagining

Baby how can I be sure
That you’re the one I’m waiting for?
Will you be..unmistakable?

How can I know a song I never heard?
How will I know your voice
When you haven’t said a word?

How do I know how this will end
Before we begin?(before we begin?)

There’ll come a day
When you walk out of my dreams
Face to face
The kind I’m Imagining

Baby how can I be sure
That you’re the one I’m waiting for?
Will you be….will you be…unmistakable?

Isn't it too lovey-dovey?

And BSB's latest :THIS IS US has been released in UK on the 6th Oct..I wonder if it is available in Malaysia.Already requested from Ragu to get it for me and he said OK!! I'm so exuberant..just thinking will it be okay to ask mum and dad to courier it to me?Can;t wait to listen to the latest tracks:)

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Lecture Blues

*our anatomy lecture hall..p/s: look,how thin Kok Meng was..lol*

5th October'09@2040

Weekend was 'joyful' after we learnt today will be lectures on infectious paediatrics.To double the happiness(not really),tomorrow will also be lectures...which means we will be having materials before hand for practical classes.That brought smile to many till group 531D are having their 'pot luck' dinner at nana's room tonight..it's like having a day off between the cycles:p

5th year..time table certainly less packed than previous years but lots of readings has to be done.Why am I saying that?-in a week,I only have 1 lecture day of Internal Medicine/haematology on tuesdays with an exception of russian classes on mondays.So,only 2 days of 'extra classes' in a week.*wink*

Well that brings back memories of 1st and 2nd years when once we used to have lectures PRACTICALLY every day right after practical classes(duh,it was really taxing!)

physics: attendance is all that matters,half of the students will be dozing off,and the rest will be coping down the lecture without what it actually means!! Okay sorry to say but physics has never been my favourite ever since school days...moreover the prof. only talks to the tables,chairs and thw white board..

biology:with the vice dean,mdm.elena,it's the same snenario at the anatomy lecture hall..a few will be zzzzz and the rest will be so into coping her lectures..

anatomy: was the best lecture ever with mdm.stenlikova..she makes the lecture and the subject more interesting."kill you handphones"- is her well known phrase.

histology:Who wants to mess with Dr.Radaev?Just the sight of him will send chills down your spine.No,he;s not mean but if you are one second late for his lecture..there you go,-outta the room.Controls/tests with him is what you will never forget..the moment he looks out the window,you know "shit,i have to repeat this test" before you could hear his "To my sorrow,you may repeat!"

Chemistry: The 2nd least lecture that was attended by the students.The prof. is very good but the only problem was his command of english,other than that he was okay.

Medical Philosophy: by Dr.Izutkin--he is a perfectionist,I would say.He will try to manipulate in each and every debate that you have with him.

Physiology:Dr.Mukhina is the person responsible and I actually enjoyed all her lectures and lucky for me to get her as my examiner in exam:)

Biochem:Sir Pavel is like a grandfather whom I've never had.We loved him very much.In comparison to the dean,Mdm. Erlikina,for me Sir.Pavel is way better.

Nursing(uhod za balnimi): only went for the 1st lecture after that none of us attended the next 2 or 3 lectures because we already had the lecture material and the surgeon coughs out exactly what's in the lecture material.And because of our collective decisions,Group B was fired on our behalve since the attendance was too poor!!!

3rd and 4th year:

-perhaps only 3 days/ week we had lectures.

pharmacology: Mdm Dugina is the whiz of pharmaco and drugs.Though the number of lectures should be mor ethan 10,i can merely count about 3 or 4 lectures were conducted in alternate weeks due to her unsatisfactory health condition.I still remember her 'snow ball' game in class and her best quote"Discipline is the mother of success" and she is the only one who will address her students--"Dr.Navanita,please come out and explain this".Thanks,ma'am.

patho physiology: for both semesters we had Sir.Constantine(cekap right his name,just like he himself).He's another grandpa whom you will wish to have for,lol..he loves explaining and never get tired of it.Secretly,all of us agreed he must have been a REAL HUNK during his young days.

patho anat: only the very 1st lecture was conducted by the most feared,Mdm.Artifeksova..and most of it by Sir.Kuznetsov@Chip Munk wherelse infectious diseases by "Gaspadi"..opps,sorry I can never get her name into my mind!

Hygiene:the subject which all of us will go.."oh no"..simply because we never find it;s the most important thing in medic life : what;'s the ideal distance between 2 beds?,what's the hygienic requirement for air humidity ina room?"..arggghhh..but just like sevvanthee would say "there can never be anyone as nerdy/as crazy as us..even for hygiene WE made our own answer schemes!!!" ..*a slap on my forehead..haha*

Medical law: this is another lecture which you cannot forget no matter how boring it is because we have state exam for this material in our 6th year..oh,Lord..

and now 5th year:

Internal Medicine is the king of all lectures ever since 3rd year.The group of lecturers for 3rd year were Dr.Pavlovna and Dr.Tatyana.Dr.Andrevna delivered 1 or 2 lectures and I was her victim on her very first lecture of "ECG" interpretation..well that time I knew nothing about ECG and I know I showed the wrong wave and better still,I couldn;t recognise what was the wave she was pointing at!After that incident,I will chose not to sit right in front of her but things certainly have changed now!

4th year still the very faithful Dr.Tatyana,Dr.Panova(cardiologist) and Dr.Andrevna were the panel of lecturers.

5th year: The first 2 weeks of 10th sem was Dr.Panavo.I enjoy writing her lecture,looking at her slides and listening to her.Then came Haematology lecture with Dr..ermm,sorry,can;t remember though I;ve been attending her lectures for the past 3 weeks.Haematologist with a more oriented lecture,more like M'sian style..we are supposed to print out lecture materials from her web and just 'add on' infos during lectures.

And know what?I find myself pretty discouraged,I don;t know why..maybe it is true that you only can concentrate for the first 40 minutes in each class!! ahh..I will try to keep my eyes wide open and get into her lectures..can;t escape because I sit at my permanent lecture seat..2nd row which is a very strategic place for any lectures to lay their eyes on me.

No offence,but I prefer Dr.Tatyana,Dr.Panavo,Dr.Pavlovna or even Dr.Andrevna;s lectures' methods..where you have to write each and every single word of theirs without non-stop.I think that keeps my attention more focused and I don't drift away by the call of 'vibes'.

Anyways,without lectures I think I will be just rotting in my room either by sleeping or watching movies,maybe?Okay..so what''s for haemato lecture tomorrow?:)

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It's Raya for the whole month in N.N:-D

4th October'09@1425

What can you ask more for a perfect weekend?Yesterday was outing with beloved groupmates and today at 12 pm,all the Malaysians/groupmates and friends were invited to attend 3rd floor's open floor for raya..I don't know whether there is such tradition in other universities but here in NNSMA,this is how we are every year,let it for Raya,Chinese New Year or Deepavali..everyone will be invited@ open house for everyone.We bring our Malaysian tradition together..who said being majmuk and unity is only prevails in Malaysia?We prove here..we are 1Malaysia just like how the PM wanted..and now,1Malaysia for a good cause and for the symbol of unity and integration.

Thank you shahrul and zakiah(my groupmates),hafiz,shahir,wajdi,syrun,faiq,sydan,amirin,uya,farah,norlin,shikin,imah,sarah,iryani,kamil dan semua yang menjemput kami.The food: laksa,carrot cake,nasi kuning,ayam percik,samosa semua sangat lazat..terima kasih.

Selamat Hari Raya once again:)

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Group 531E's chill out time

4th October'09@ 1025

In August and September,2 of Group 531E's members ccelebrated their belated birthdays.The birthday babies are Zakiah and Abdalla.Due to our never ending packed cycles,exams and other personal activities,we decided to celebrate their belated bithdays yesterday in Real's food court.Tat was also Filzah's first outing with us ever since she joined us last year.

We made the celebration a suprise for both Abdalla and Zakiah.All the while,we informed them it was just another group outing since it has been real long we went for one.So,Zakiah and I went together and as usual,we reached earlier than anyone else.Wani,shahrul,and sara came with zakiah's biggest and most precious gift "faiq".Zakiah was blushing non-stop the moment she spotted her boyfriend together with them.Then she was like "nava..you pun tak beritahu I"..I just laughed and waited for her cheeks to turn red.Later on,Abdalla arrived and he too got suprised of what we had planned.Wani brought along 2 cakes for them.We ordered food,ate,chit-chatted and spent the rest of the time taking photos.It was a great day indeed..only that Jeff missed being with us.

Happy belated birthday Zakiah and Abdalla.May God bless both of you always:)

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3rd rotation:Infectious Paediatrics

*write & write & write till the end of the time*

1st October'09 @ 2355

1st day of paediatrics rotation.3 groups will be having this cycle together for the next 11 days but under the watchful eyes of different paediatricians.Arrived sharp at 8.30am at the department though i was doubtful the lecture/class will commence any earlier than 9am.We were practically standing outside the door of Dr.Lydia,keeping a close look out for any paediatricians who might signal and lead us to our respective classes.

At 8.45am,Dr.Lydia arrived,flashed us a smile and handed over her notebook to abdalla and he carried all the way to the lecture hall which was situated in the outpatient department on the 2nd floor.If earlier the lectures of 2 semesters were given by Prof Federovna,now it's Dr.Lydia's turn to deliver lecture on Infectious diseases in children.Started at 9am and we continued till 12pm!!! Holy God,believe me she made us copy and copy and copy her slides with only 'take 5 min' (short break) and the long break about 20 minutes at 11am..I didn't feel the friction i was exerting on my book as my digiti minimi(small finger) was scratching the sheets of my book but when the TORCH lecture ended,I was actually examining my "Dr.Pavlovna's nodule" on the medial side of my little finger.Continuos writing without mercy on us!!

Well that wasn't the end of it.I thought we could go back at 12 pm but when Dr.Elena came back after the long break,she continued lecture on HELMINTHIASIS.!! We shot each other looks then continued coping the lecture.Man,this Dr. whom I had on the last day of my second sem is less 'merciful'..yeap,she didn;t even wait for us to finish rewriting everything but will just let the slides pass once she's done with her explanations..hello Dr,our momentum is weaning off,please consider that in mind..we're not machines to maintain the same speed throughout the 4 1/2 hours of lectures!

Tomorrow(today in 9 hours time),I will be having my 2nd practical class with Dr.Lydia,yeap the same old woman who gave me a hard time on my patient's case report last semester.I won;t forget that.She only let go of me when I firmly said there wasn't enough diagnostic manipulation done on this poor patient of mine!! I wonder how it will be like this semester with her,definitely it's not going to be 'all day smile' kind of thingy.

The topics for tomorrow's class will be Influenza,scarlet fever,adenovirus,Strep.pharyngitis,RSV and croup.

And finally,it's friday..will be off to ashan with sevvanthee and maalini.My very first outing with them to ashan after i came back for this semester.Plans for this weekend:

1.friday-watch dad and mum's favourite movie(Abhi and I @ Abhiyum na aanum) with my besties here.

2.saturday-attend the expected 3rd floor's 'rumah terbuka' for raya.

3.sunday-531E's group outing to celebrate zakiah and abdalla's belated birthdays.

in the meanwhile,paediatrics,no worries,You;re NOT FORGOTTEN!!

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