ramadhan day 12

on my way back from Inoue n Najib's house last night
i took a long route home,
jz because i wanna feel the air of Ramadhan here...

it's just so different from my hometown back in Malaysia...
Ramadhan is not really celebrated that well, instead
most of our focus are directed to celebrate Eidul Fitri

the most touching scene i experienced here is
almost everyone brings along a Quran with them
and seeing people reading it anywhere,
on the bench, while waiting for a train, in the bus...:D

and...
people are unexceptionally nice to everyone
fights n quarrels are a bit less than usual...hehe

plus, people decorate their houses with beautiful lights and 'fannuus'
feels like Eid already, except that they started from the first day of Ramadhan!
wanna share these lovely pics

this reminds me,
when i was small...
ayah and mama sometimes brought us for a car ride at night just to see the lights decorated along the streets...
in KL or at the round-a-bout in Shah Alam...hee
"kaklong! adeeq!...tengok tengok lampu!"
miss those carefree moments ^_^

ramadhan day 11: i feel like a grandma!

of course not me...am 16, 18 max...LOL
(jz kidding)

well, today i had the pleasure of bringing Dr. Heba to Inoue n Najib's house...
they held an iftar for Gen6 to celebrate Nouman's 7th day!!!

of my almost 6 years in Cairo,
i've never tried this: driving!

plus, family n friends who knows me in Malaysia knew how bad i am in remembering directions...hehehe

but it turns out, Dr Heba wanted to drive from our faculty to their house!
(nope, it wasn't me who drive of course...haha)

i prayed hard that i wouldn't get us both lost in the heart of Abou Rish..hehe
Alhamdulillah, we didn't

but...there was another unique experience i went through

apart from being afraid i might get us lost,
the path was not easy...it took us almost 40 minutes just to go through the narrow packed alleys and find a place to park

in every corner we turn,
some thing needed to be moved out of the way
a quarrel needed to be halted
even a little girl help giving way for us...so cute!

'have you been here doctor?' i asked
'never, this is my first time here. how did you manage to find a house here?'
'our seniors used to live here'
'you remember the way?'
'yup, there are many malaysian houses here' and i point out some of my fellow friend's house on our way to Inoe n Najib's house

Dr Heba decided to park a bit far from their house, as that place was a straight path to Medan Sayeeda Zainab
and we were on foot after that.

and finally, Dr Heba said
'i feel like a Grandma!'

ramadhan day 9

after looking back all those years i've spent here in egypt
i find it a miracle i survived ^_^
and towards reaching the end, i question myself again...if i really wanna become a doctor?
why did i choose this path of life before?
am i strong enough?
will i pass???...

insyaAllah kheir...never underestimate the power of du'a
and Allah has eased me from the beginning of my breath, i'll do fine (self motivating..hee)

well...we (few of gen6 that are left) had an iftar with Prof Dr Heba Mustofa today
she is the malaysian student coordinator,
but this year is different...
apart from just being our coordinator, she willingly volunteered to be our private tutor for clinical internal medicine. every thursday from 2-4 (tho i usually reach class at 2.30...erk)
thus, we became ever so close ^_^

thanx to our friend Eckm, for arranging the time and venue
we had it here!

indian dish pulak (i feel like i have multinationality...hehehe)

so, before iftar...Dr Heba hand down some pretty great advices to become a doctor

she said, (from what i remembered...and it's edited...sorry, no pen n pencil on that day, simply my vague memory)

being a doctor doesn't just mean treating our patients physics,
they have a psychology part too
in the ward rounds, remember to allocate enough time for each patient when you go from bed to bed
all day long the patient bears staying in the hospital just to wait for the doctor's visit
do not treat them like a pile of work you need to finish
being a doctor, you may not feel this
but once you are in the patient's shoe, you'll appreciate the time spent on you

i remembered one day my grandma was hospitalized due to a fractured femur
all her children and grandchildren waited at the hospital for the doctor's visit
and when the doctor came, he said 'you're fine, she's fine...you can go home!'
and that is all we wanted to hear...that she's fine...it relieves us

each and every patient you'll meet, you'll learn something from them
each patient, so treat them well

choose carefully which branch you wanna go into
either internal medicine or surgery
if you are not into blood and mess and cutting people, take internal medicine
it needs great courage to cut people open and skills too to perform the surgeries

i remembered my rounds in the surgical department and the first week was in the emergency department
i got home and i vomit!
we had this patient coming with and amputated index
and my friend, put the index finger in the patient's hand and said 'go to the operating theater'
and they had and argument
'how could you give me my finger like that and ask me to go to the theater? you don't have any heart!'
it really is bad to put part of a person's body in his hand and ask him to go to the operating theater just like that, but we were busy at that time and have lots of other patients.
so, choose well

study well for your final exams,
once you finish studying, you'd realize that every topic is all connected
human is one
there is not just cardiology, or neurology, or gastroenterology...every part is connected
and there is no theoretical or clinical...everything is related
study them well
and while you study, you will realize 'why havn't i read this before?' hehe
and while you're taking your MD exam you'll say 'why havn't i studied this well while i was an undergraduate'
and when you'll become a professor, you'd say the same.

the first three years of your career will be tough
i remembered my residency
we had to work almost 24 hours
i sometimes didn't sleep for 2 days
and once in Ramadhan, a patient came arrested exactly at azan al Maghreb
and i had to make mouth to mouth breathing (at that time the hospital were not really well equipped like now)
after that, i couldn't eat, and patients came in back to back...until fajr and i continued fasting without eating
when i look back, i can't imagine i had passed those 3 years and i don't think i wanna do that again
but alhamdulillah, it's passed now...and you'll face it, kheir insyaAllah

i have more to tell you but this is so sudden
thank you for organizing this iftar
____________________________________________________________

: )

those are what my memory still remember
though we definitely chat more than that
hope it benefits those who weren't there and am sure you'd have wanna come
(hehehe...specifically to nadiah :p)

jangan jealous...hihihi

hmmmm...
the journey is proclaimed by many to be a difficult one
though those who lives to share the journey succeed awesomely
well,

إِنَّمَا الأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّات

وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِىءٍ مَا نَوَى

i invite anyone to share in if i've missed any valuable advice that you remembered ^_^

ramadhan day 7

today, our egyptian colleagues organized an iftar event
with the class of Dr Hussein Khairy

the Malaysian were requested to bring along some deserts
Malaysian desert! uh hmmm...n we brought -

kek gula hangus
bubur jagung
bengkang carrot
agar agar
coklat kek
kueh sagu

the iftar was held in a park behind our Kasr el Ainy's hospital
all these while i've been looking out through department 25 every morning wondering where is the route to this lovely park...and finally we reach there welcomed by the beautiful sunset

on top of attending his classes every morning since the start of term, i never fail to feel awed by the presence of Dr Hussein
though as "the Dean" he never made us feel intimidated

and these are the member of the class ^_^

the iftar ended by Abdullah's joke of impersonating every figure he knew in Egypt
from all the Professors of Kasr el Ainy to Mubarak, Anuar Sadat...#hahaha#
and the best of all was of course of Dr Hussien's....LOL

it was really funny, he covered almost all of the Dr's favourite remarks and sentences in class
and even the way Dr Hussein walks n pick up his phone...and especially how he boost up everybody's confidence
'u know it, i know u know it!'
hehehe
'it's fairly straight forward!'
even Dr Hussein laughs along with us
hahaha

this is really one of the new culture i've experienced
makes me feel Egyptians are really easygoing and fun to be with ^_^

thank you so much everyone for the sweet memory :')

ramadhan day 6

today is.......
Egyptian cuisine day!!!

hehe, well...actually, i phoned my landlord if i could come and teach her how to make curry puff
as she told me she really love it...
but it turned out on this lovely wednesday, i was taught more than half a dozen of egyptian cuisine

let's go through by sequence of us -ieqa, madihah, sam, natrah n me- cooking from 4 to 6 p.m (ustazah Maha must've started much much more earlier than that...)

#1: kofta in tomato sauce

this is minced meat with rice and vege, blended and shaped into sausages
then fried and put into the tomato sauce (grated tomatoes in saute onions with a bit of salt n pepper)

#2: ghulash lahma

ghulash is this paper like thingy we use to make popia's skin (a malaysian delight...hehe)
but this paper is large...the one ustazah Maha has was almost the size of an A4 paper
4-5 layers of ghulash is laid in a tray or what'd u call that rectangle silverware...mince meat, sliced tomatoes, and olives is then spread on top of that layer
then another 4-5 layers of ghulash covers this topping...
it is then cut and blended milk and egg is poured
and baked in oven...super duper yummieee (i simply love it!!)

#3: makaronah basyamil

i've tried dis one...made it for mama last summer
i came late that i managed jz to see it coming out of the oven looking delicious...hehe

#4: rice (hehe...coz it wasnt our usual way of cooking it)

d'you notice those brown thin stuff in the rice?
well...that's like vermicelli but very very short...it is called 'sha'riyah' in egypt...means 'hair'
that sha'riyah is first saute in butter until brown...like real brown
then, washed rice and water is put in
cooked until rice is cooked ^_^
was there salt in it madihah? <- she was the one responsible for the rice...LOL

#5: grilled chicken

uuhhhh...this is extremely delicious
am not so sure how the first step was done...the chicken was cooked with some sauce and bay leaves (tomato sauce i guess)
and then grilled
ummphh!

#6: Egyptian lady fingers (coz it's super short) and boiled eggplant

finally the veggies,
1. lady fingers in tomato sauce (blended tomatoes in saute onions)
2. boiled eggplant with its dippings -
crushed chillies, black pepper, garlics and soaked in vinegar and some salt

#7: desert (sorrie no pictures...)

i felt like my stomach extends down from my pelvis up to my throat by the time ustazah Maha wanted to serve desert
it was something like trifle...or it is a trifle...biscuits with custard and jelly on top
nyumnyumnyummmm

burp!
Alhamdulillah~~

nope, there weren't just the five of us to finish all those up
kinah kamil, kinah rasad, kak yana also came and a portion was given to ustaz moataz and their 2 sons
and ustazah Maha! ^_^
thank you ustazah for the great lesson! 

ramadhan day 5

i noticed that every time i held a baby or beside a child, my heart swells massively
(is that the right expression?...well, that's what i feel anyway...like all the love is suddenly gorged in...whoaa, hehe)

today, in this blessed month of ramadhan,
a new baby of gen6 is born!
baby nu'man...^_^

baby nu'man first day in this world ^_^

congratulations to our wonderful friends,
najib and inoue
may nu'man grows up to be a good boy, great son and one of Allah's favourite slaves

أَللَّهُمَّ فَقِّهُ فَي الدَّينِ وَ عَلِّمْهُ تَاْوِيلَ

this is a dua, my landlord teaches me as she was teaching me al Quran
a dua our beloved Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed for ibnu Abbas رضي الله عنه
at that time, ibnu Abbas was still very small...

one day, years after our beloved Prophet (s.a.w) passed away,
Umar al Khattab chaired a discussion of أسباب نزل القرءان
(am not so sure how to translate this literally...it's a branch of knowledge that discusses the reasons of why a certain surah or ayah was sent down in the time of the Prophet s.a.w) or so that is how i understood it

well, in that discussion, Umar al Kattab had invited ibnu Abbas to join in
and at that time, he was only 15 years old...
so, many of the members of that discussion (who were wise and old) argued the presence of ibnu Abbas

anyway, as they were discussing surah an Nasr,

in the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

1. When there comes the Help of Allah, and the conquest

2.  And you see that the people enters Allah's religion in crowds

3. So glorify the Praises of your Lord, and ask His Forgiveness. Verily He is the one Who accepts repentance and Who forgives.

sadaqallahu al Azim

most of the members said that this surah is sent down to tell good news, about 'fathul makkah'
that Islam will one day conquer Makkah and many people will embrace Islam.
and was proven to be true

when ibnu Abbas oppinion was asked, he said...
Allah wants to tell us that the mission of our beloved Prophet s.a.w is almost complete
and he (s.a.w) will leave us soon.......

isk isk...

upon hearing ibnu Abbas' words, no one doubts his presence

as the meaning of the dua our beloved Prophet s.a.w prayed for him was

"ya Allah, give him the understanding of our religion (Islam) and teach him the knowledge of interpretation"

*this story is fully based on my al Quran class' notes
i am not a student of Deen...do correct me if there are any mistakes :)

ramadhan day 2

not about me today

about mama n ayah...
mama n ayah is on a worktrip to turkey...and i get regular updates of their visit...^_^

i'll share a couple of them,
mama n ayah went to see a Masjid with 20 domes
an exemplary Sultan was described to me about this Masjid...
(unfortunately ayah did not remember the name of the Masjid nor the name of the Sultan)

anyhow, as the Sultan fought for that land, he vowed that he'll build 20 Masajid if he won.
Alhamdulillah he won, but unfortunately he didn't have enough budget to build 20 Masajid...so he built one with 20 domes instead :)

and ayah said he was a very tolerant Sultan, upon buying the land to build that Masjid, one of them belongs to a non muslim...that guy didn't wanna sell his land at first until finally he agreed with one condition:

"the Sultan cannot make a masjid on his land."

hmm...

the sultan agreed, and instead used thst land for a place to make wudhuk =)

ayah said his high tolerance has made 95% of the people in that land embraced islam...wow!


another story that i'd personally wanna go and feel is about Sultan Muhammad al Fateh and his soldiers...a Sultan that has never missed tahajjud prayers since he hit puberty ayah told me

he was also fluent in 7 languages, became a ruler at the age of 19...and many more values a muslim should look up to (and i believe most of us heard his story since we were young ryte)...and the most of all, he was mentioned personally by our beloved Prophet sallallahu alahi wasalam-

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

لتُفتحَنَّ القَسْطَنطِينِية

فَلَنِعْمَ الْأَمِيرُ أَمِيرُهَا

وَلَنِعْمَ الجَيْش ذَلِكَ الجَيْش

'constantinopal will fall into the hands of muslim arm

its king is the Best of kings

military forces are the best'

hadith, narrated by Imam Ahmad :')

in turkey, ayah and mama had to fast 18 hrs and they managed even to roam around...huhu, instead i stayed at home, slept or just read books and felt worn out for only 16 hrs of fasting...duh! be fit lynne!

these stories reminds me of the glory of Islam...
hope this Ramadhan will boost up our spirit
to become a better slave and better humans
n last beyond this holy month =)

*x pegi pon rase cam pegi...hee
miss mama n ayah :')

ramadhan day 1

alhamdulillah thumma alhamdulillah thumma alhamdulillah

i've been granted a chance to live another ramadhan...my 24th :D

again...no electricity during sahur...(but this time electricity was down in the whole town! no electrician can be called upon at 3 a.m. anyway...hee)
i learnt my lesson, instead of complaining, i befriended the floor right after subuh and fanned myself into dreams...bliss ^_^

today, i spent my day at home...trying my best to fit in all my books into the cupboard (it's been lying all over my room for a while...ops!)
alhamdulillah, i managed! ^_^

vintage...hehe
really, i hope it last long...hee


also today i tried to fill in my ramadhan calender...i need to plan my days or i might waste it on unimportant stuffs
am really easily distracted...huuu

thanx to sam for sharing doc's Tamer plan of studying...i really need that!!!
but only 5 days for cardio??? n 6 for neuro???..hmmmm, we'll see...

hmmm....

but, 

do not underestimate your ability and the barakah of the month of Ramadhan...i can i can i can!!!! yeah~

*if u fail to plan, u'r planning to fail

please pray am focused...haha

about my fasting....errr
even though the weather is slightly cooler than it used to be (only 36 degrees today) i found myself worn out towards the end of the 16 - 17 hours of fasting...
rubbing my epigastric region pleading it to be pitiful for just another half an hour, i wondered how those being captive in the israeli prison had gone on for up to 90 days of hunger strike...T_T

indeed our Lord only put us in a position we are able to go through...bless them

well, studying for me today was not great...need to try more tomorrow
all in all, i pray for a better day tomorrow...and for you too
ameeen :)

the day before ramadhan 2012

i woke up late from a 'nap' after subuh
grabbed anything that didn't need ironing n rushed to my favourite class of the year

Dr Hussein Khairy's 

mayb because i went to it every morning...
they say it takes 21 days for a routine to be liked and 66 days to be your habit permenantly if you didn't brake the chain...(from productive ramadhan seminar)
but, the major reason i love his classes is, i'd get a dose of motivation to be a doctor every morning ^_^

after that we had an egyptian breakfast! inside baghal...
i dunno if my combination of choice is what egyptian use to have...i took فُلّ (egyptian beans) because my dad loves it, i took مُسَعَّقَة (eggplant) because we love it and شَكشُكَة (scrambled egg) because i know what it is...hee

my major obstacle today was
NO ELECTRICITY!!!
i was complaining the whole time...hottt!!!! huuu...
in this weather without electricity was TOUGH for me...though luckily i can still eat n drink
i fanned my self till maghrib...(finally my landlord found an electrician that managed to deal with the problem, Alhamdulillah! ^_^)

suddenly it occurred to me, how would those syrian people live in outcast, not just without electricity, but also without food n a roof for shade...those palestinians, apart from being hungry n hot are also at the brink of death any moment...instead of complaining, zikr n taking wudhuk would have been better...isk...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

رَبَّنَا لاَ تُؤَاخِذْنَآ إِن نَّسِينَآ أَوْ اَخْطَأْنَا

رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَآ إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا

رَبَّنَا وَلاَ تَحَمِّلْنَا مَا لاَ طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِه

وَعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْلَنَا وَرْحَمْنَآ

أَنتَ مَوْلَىنَا فَنصُرْنَا عَلَى القَوْمِ الكَىفِرِينَ

surah al Baqarah: last verse

hope this Ramadhan will be better than the last...ameen ^_^

i got RM 86 000 everyday!

did you remember those early days when internet started to be popular?
that was around me at 9-10 yrs old...(what? only 13 yrs ago?...hehe, internet seems like our life by now ryte?)

anyway, i had my first email account at hotmail.com and i subscribed to a weekly jokes from a website...
apart from those weekly jokes, i get emails from my mom and dad too...and that's it.
(now i have complete amnesia to both my first email address n its password...opss)

that was the time where i got this one email my mom gave me...

it said something like this

"if mama gives you RM 86 000 everyday, and you can spend it however you want n if you did not finish it, i'll take the balance back but the nex day you will get another RM 86 000"

with a big picture of a pouch overflowed with gold

hurm...i read it......... n forgot about it~...hehe

one night though
on our way for a dinner somewhere
(uuuhhhh, i love those moments when ayah or mama said, 'jom! kite makan luar hari nie!'...i'll be beeming inside out :D)
we had a conversation sonding like this-

mama asked, "did kaklong and adeeq got my email about that RM 86 000?"
"yup!" i said
"did you understand that email?"
"why? are you really gonna give us RM 86 000 everyday?" hehe - surprised n grinning
"owh, hmm...what would you do with that much of money?" ayah asked...

hmmmm....
"a house, a car, clothes..." me ticking of all i wanted...
"you'll only spend it for you?" ayah questioned...
"hmmm...i'll give some for the needy, for the masjid...for the school...."
"nothing for mama and ayah?" ayah argue more
"but you gave me that money, u must have more!"
"ouch! that's so sad...we give them a lot of money and they forgot about us...nope, i'll be giving all i have to both of you" ayah said
"huh? ok ok...i'll give u a present everyday...but are u really gonna give me that RM 86 000?" sparkling shiny hopeful eyes....

"nah, probably not...you dun even remember us..."
"laa....i told you i'll give u a present everyday..." 
"hehe, no...that was just an analogy...Allah gives you 86 000 seconds everyday...you should use them well, if not...you'll loose them just like that though, you'll get the same amount next day...but that'll be a great waste kn?...sort out your 'seconds' wisely....and remember to have some share for mama, ayah n people around you too..."
"owh! huuu..." disappointed me

i almost believed mama n ayah will give me RM 86 000 back then...hehe

TIME IS GOLD or so they say....

and LIFE IS SHORT

"SO MAKE THE MOST OUT OF IT!"

we are not granted with the abundance of time like the people in the past to prostrate to our Lord and please Him...
and we are not given the strength like they had to be persistent and sprightful in performing 'ibadah for Him
and we live in an age where people sin a lot
it seem impossible for us to match those that lived in the past to fight for Jannah...:(

but!

we are blessed with a night that every prayer is rewarded as praying for a thousand years
a month that every deed is multiplied
a day that any benevolence is blessed...
time of the day that any prayer and wish will be granted

:)

why not make use of these extra 'easy' income!
(reminding myself mostly and anyone who reads this)

may we enter Ramadhan with the best preparation
i apologize if i have hurt anyone or wrong you in anyway
if i have any debt that i havnt paid...do please ask it back from me...and i'll be glad to give any personal apologies if i have to

Ramadhan Kareem to mama, ayah, siblings, family and all my friends whether we are super close or just know each other by passing ^_^

*do pray for our brothers n sisters in syria, gaza and myanmar...and any muslim that is being mistreated

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْلَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَان

 وَلاَ تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلاً لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا

 رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ رَءُوفُ رَحِيمِ

al Hasyr: 10

DEATH!

death is really a good reminder

that we do not have much time to waste

(lynn! move on n study!!! 

stop facebookin stop drawin stop readin non textbook stuff!!!!!!...haha, 

need to push myself now)

anyway...

last wednesday, one of my Dr's cancelled our afternoon class

and after some discussion with a couple of my classmates, 

i was left with another hour to 2 o'clock's lecture

so i decided to spend my time in the masjid behind the tropical's department (or is it beside?)

(dang! should've join 28A's unit...i forgot Dr. Moataz is on wednesday...huuu~)

but...there was a surprise for me in that masjid

just after i finished solat dzuhr,

i get to see down in the 'guys' floor that a body is being brought into the masjid

people gathered and lined up

and i heard the announcement for a funeral prayer.

my first encounter of my whole 6 years!!

well, not suppose to b a surprise

since every time i drop by the masjid for solat dzuhr, i was always in a hurry...

sometimes i just crash into a nearby musolla - to the lecture hall buildings (either in microbs or lecture hall B)

i got up n prayed along...

it occurred to me...

death does not always come by with a pleasant knock on your door and patiently waiting for you to open it or a ring that he'll come by tomorrow or nex week or another half an hour

death comes when it is destined to come...

a secret date

hence,

we always need to b prepared...

of course for ourselves... 

but also, for people around us too

do we know how to handle a dead?

do we know how to bathe a dead?

do we know how to pray for a dead?

(thnx for ur sharing yesterday kk!)

*how to perform a funeral prayer (click)

(it's in malay language)

salam 27th rejab...

(sorry x de kaitan dgn isra' mikraj....since this was my encounter during the week)

Allahumma balighna ramadhan ^^

*do pray for our brothers n sisters in palestine, syria, myanmar n those being mistreated

-this world is getting nastier by the minute

-humanity is underrated, instead pretension is apprised :'(

heavy!!!

early june,
means another month to pack our bags home!!! yeay!!!

anyway, apart from comparing the price of our flight tickets
people are also busy comparing luggage allowances they can get

*not that we hav so much gift or stuff to bring back for our loved ones
(sorry to disappoint our fellow family n friends in Malaysia) hehe
we need it to bring as much of 'malaysia' to our cosy home as we can in the return flight...heee

but...have u ever wonder why the airline companies limit only 25 kilograms per luggage?

*not because they wanna charge u extra money if you exceed their limits
(though, it is a fair enough reason...hehe)

it is because, they found out that...
many of their workers been suffering lumbar disc prolapse...

*and they have to compensate them for medical treatments n surgeries

the airlines are responsible in one way because,
one of the reasons this happens is when u carry heavy loads in the wrong way
or the load is just tooo heavy!!!
therefore, any luggage above 25 kilos must be labelled 'HEAVY'
so that the airport workers know not to carry that luggage alone..
how to carry heavy loads (click)

when the disc between your spine bones prolapses,
it may compresses your spinal cord behind it or your spinal nerves
thus, you may feel constantly...
back pain,
thigh pain,
leg pain,
weakness in your legs,
tingling and numbness in your legs
ED (not constantly though)

kinda difficult to concentrate on work with pain nudging for your attention...
at one point,
it is fair enough for those passengers who brought along extra luggages to contribute for their medical compensation..ryte?

hehe...just a thought~

everybody n everything has their right on us, including our physics...
and we are responsible to fulfill these rights

take care of our body, mental n emotion...
they were created perfect...it is prudent for us to return them in good shape too ryte?
do not overload yourself...
once in a while, take a rest and appreciate the offer of those around you =)

*me talking about going home may not mean i'll go home this year
*a lesson i elaborated from neurosurgery special tutorials
*having friends means we r responsible to keep the friendship last

June 10

baby elephant syndrome

i had a baby elephant once...hehe
a "teddy" baby elephant :p
look something like dis

(pink tongue, pink ears, grey fluffy fur but with no cute blue flower)

but unfortunately,
when i pass it down to my youngest brother,
my cute baby elephant is used as a monster to fight with his power rangers set...hahaha

anyway,
have u heard of "baby elephant syndrome"?
a famous story in the internet once...bet u've heard of it but i wanna re-tell it anyway~

hee

as we know,
elephant is one of the humongous creature roaming this world,
n i won't deny its strength.
it can easily pull out a tree trunk including its root as if pulling weeds out
or walk over cars like walking on sand
(duh!...dis is way too exaggerated...hahaha)
reminds me of a movie..."Jumanji" when Alan accidently released a stampede of jungle creatures...hehe

but...how is this possible?

these gigantic elephants lined up,
only tied with a simple metal chain 
on only one leg
pecked to the ground!
and...they are very polite to not escape!

*mayb,
their trainer is so nice to them that they think they might regret leaving this imprisonment...haha
"husnu zhonn"
no, jz kidding...

well...these matured adult elephants
has been trained since they were only cute little baby elephants
to be chained to a strong iron shackle (on only one foot)

so this poor trapped baby elephant persistently tried to free himself away

urgh urgh urghhhhh!!!!

but he could not...
however hard he tried, he couldn't free himself out,
n he was stuck to loiter around the radius of his strong ironed chain...

n poor baby elephant finally gave up!
he knows...
that there is no use attempting to free himself...
he'll fail anyway~...huuu

sad baby elephant...:(

even after baby elephant became a strong big adult elephant,
he never again tried!
though i bet they can easily walk away from their simple metal chains..(refer to the second top pic)

'why my dear elephant?'
'i'll never get away, i've tried before n i failed =('

the powerful adult elephant unfortunately does not possess the mind like Thomas Edison's...
'who never gave up!
experimenting upon thousands of filaments...
and finally,
came up with our quite long lasting light bulbs'

the bad experience adult elephant had during childhood
limit his extremely powerful abilities...
and he is stuck imprison by a simple metal chain....huuu~

only if he has the guts to think big of himself
as huge as he is...
who knows, one day...an elephant can even fly~

Dumbo the flying elephant!

so, my story fun??
hee

i'll never forget my psychiatric prof once said:

'our brain has limitless ability, but it is our mind that imprison it'

so, as May is ending and June is approaching...

all the best for my friends n juniors for ur final exams

giv out all your efforts n never stop trying!

'berusaha sampai kedetik yang terakhir dan sampai ketitisan dakwat terakhir'

*my dad always says this to me if i whine am scared and nervous...;)

*first time after 5 years,
june is not associated with sympathetic rush for me...hee
though, i dread this end november rush will be greater than all 5 years put together
do pray for me n gen6...please please pleaseee

^^ thnx for reading till the end...
dah lame x membebel...haha

sakura in cairo?

in the name of Allah, the Most Gracious the Most Merciful

39. And among His Sign (in this), that you see the earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) to it, it is stirred to life and growth (of vegetations). Verily, He Who gives it life, surely, (He) is Able to give life to the dead (on the Day of Resurrection). Indeed! He is Able to do all things.

sadaqallahu al Azim

surah Fussilat, verse 39

reading this verse, reminds me of a tree in our beloved faculty
this particular tree...
the one just beside anatomy department in front of the conference center,
i honestly thought it was dead...sitting under it in the chilly winter...
i pity that it might be chopped off as there was major 'tree grooming' occurring throughout our faculty

a few months ago it was just tree trunk n branches...not even a single leaf on it...or mayb a tiny one or two...
it look exactly like my grandma's mangosteen tree that was struck by lightning back in malaysia

but...
as spring approaches...tiny leaves started to peak out from its tiny branches...

the tree on the left which is almost see through

and by 3 weeks or so after that...it was laden with greenary and even flowers blooming out of it!

not so see through anymore

am just like...huh?...it felt like just yesterday i wonder when would it be cutdown...hehe
sam said 'that tree must b laughing at you back then'
duh!~

*do we have any ways like 'conduction nerve studies' or EMG to know the viability of a tree?

anyway, just wanna show how i just realized 'spring' in Kasr el Ainy...
(after 6 years??!!)

emmm, well...we used to be in study leave in the past 5 years during this season...

no wonder i never noticed!
even if i was walking to the faculty for the exams, i might have not paid any attention to the trees...and of course not their blooming flowers

*the title is "sakura" because shae said that these flowers are related to the 'sakura's' in Japan...hee
they are orangie bright red...but the one at the front gate is pink...^^ (no pictures though)

sakura in cairo??...hehe
Egypt certainly has the potentials to be as good or even better than Japan

i was told 6 years ago that i'll be going to a country that is known as "أم الدنيا"
^_^

all the best Egyptians for this presidential elections
may all your efforts will be paid
and Allah grant you people that really cares for this country

إِنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

the heel never heals

'didn't they say that the heel never heals'

-Dr Hussein M. Khairy

i took interest in writing about heel because,
in one of my general surgery tutorials,
in our lesson of arterial diseases (high blood pressure mainly and high blood cholesterol) and diabetes
Prof Dr Moataz explained about the skin on our heel in exquisitely mesmerizing construe

he questions...

we do realize that the skin on our heel is the thickest of all skin right?
it is obvious why...we walk on our heel!
our whole body's weight is loaded upon it! plus pressure, sharp objects, accidents...
an "injury-prone" site
the thick skin is put there for protection
alhamdulillah ^_^

but, do we also notice that our heel is extremely sensitive?

if there's a shoe with the tiniest pebble coincidently slipped in it
and you wore it walking from home to your tutorials
it'll irritate you like hell!
(pardon my language...hehe)

you'll definitely stop before you reach your destination to throw that irritating pebble out. ryte?
but if not...please do so,
it's the rights of the skin on your heel...please protect it from injury! :p

another example...
try to fondle the heel of your friend or family with the softest feather you can find (grin mischievously...hehe)
another irritation huh?...haha
if he or she doesn't feel...
either they purposely habituate (duh~)
or have decrease sensation detector (o ooww)

the thickest skin on our body

has the sensitivity as sensitive as our lips

isn't it mesmerizing?
(agree even if you don't...haha, for me...:D)

you can't find any other skin on your body to substitute for your heel!
subhanallah!!!

but diabetes (high blood sugar)
can destroy our nerves...
rendering us from the sense of feeling
and if we forget to check our foot for injuries...
it may be destroyed to the point of no cure =(

and arterial diseases,
they can decrease blood to our foot (i.e. furthest structure from our heart),
making the foot an easy target for infection
and gangrene T_T

and unfortunately,
diabetes,
high blood pressure
n high cholesterols
are common in our advancing civilization...huhu
they are preventable though (rising eyebrows...hehe)

do care for our precious irreplaceable 'mesmerizing' heel

and this applies to our whole body too...
even how trivial you feel a part of your physical is,
there's countless miracle reason it is there...

*the reminder also need to be reminded ;)

today i saw a BOGOTA BAG!! ^_^

yup, after over a month i've heard Dr. Hussein Khairy mentioning Bogota Bag in his lecture...with the idea that am living in somewhat a well equipped area, never had i imagined i'd get to see a Bogota Bag this early in my medical life! ^_^

Bogota bag is the blood or plasma bag used to close your abdomen temporarily
in case you need to stop the surgery for what ever purpose and will continue nex time
or, you met a burst abdomen patient (horrorrr!!!)

in courtesy of certain friends n family...hehe,
do click the address below if you wish to see the temporary abdominal closure
http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/1125/resources/image/bp/1.html

and i was inspired by the resident,
who was so helpful
to teach me about shock,
how to cannulate a shock patient
and assess the patient's improvement
in details!!

"i believe it's important for you to know a bit of everything, even if you are going to specialize in whatever field one day, you can't say 'i don't know how to treat you, am just a peadiatrician!' for example,  ryte?"
a meaningful reminder he gave me ^_^

whenever i read about shock emergency or was confronted with it,
this unlucky patient will come into my mind
rabbina yukrimuha

flirting n brain tumor

boys, guys, men would love this story...hehe

"what if, the part of brain that was traumatized is an important area for example the motor cortex...would we still debride it?" i emphasized on the "important area" word

"yes, clean the wound as properly as you can..you need to remove any dead tissues you found as they are good culture for infections n by the way they are dead!...we can't make them alive again...but, since u raise the question...are there actually such things as the "silent areas" in the brain?" dr Mohamed Elborady raised another question for us

this caught my attention....weren't there?

"they are called silent areas in the brain only because we cannot find its function. but the real fact is, each and every part of the brain has its function! the thing is...do we use every part of it?...they say, we can see what these silent areas do in intelligent people...but we don't go messing around with their brains do we?"

hahaha...we laughed

"i'll tell you a true story of this old intelligent guy, a 60 year old male...a judge, very respectable well mannered person. suddenly...towards his golden ages, he went flirting with young girls in the club...his wife, when she found out did not immediately asked for a divorce, instead... she brought him to us...'my husband suddenly change, he was never like this before!' she complained...we examined and investigated him and found.... he has a brain tumor at the base of his frontal cortex!"

waaa...

"the tumor messed around with his brain's function...which changed the respectable judge into a flirting old guy...hehe...u see, if this ever happen to an average person, they'd definitely be divorced at their golden ages!"

LOL

"guess we need to be intelligent wives" panna whispered to me...

-our brain has limitless ability, but our mind imprison it-

-they say, the sky is the limit!-

to...day...is...ayah's...birth...day!!!!

happy birthday ayah!!!

hope today you'll always be happy n be bless eternally

and i want to thank you for always be around for me
listening to all my blabbering...hehe
explaining all the options in life for me
taking every questions i shoot regardless how many time i asked
never made me feel bad asking
and never get tired answering them ^_^

miss you so so so so so so  much!!!

(ayah je yg pandang camera yana...hehe)

come to think of it...i have a question about magnetic resonance imaging to ask about...hehe

nex time we skype k

the same song again...hehe




 n this year i put the lyrics in...hee...love you ayah! ^_^

I would ride on your shoulders

And look out on the world

Pretending I was big and tall like you

When you were there to hold me

I never was afraid

You made me feel there's nothing I can't do

If I'd spread my wings to fly

When I was very small

I knew that you'd be standing by

To catch me if I fall

CHORUS

You're my hero

Chasing the monsters from my room

Going on trips around the moon

The one who's always been there faithfully

You're my hero

And 'cause you're my Dad...

I'm twice as blessed and lucky to be me

As I kept on growing

We often disagreed

But you let me find myself in my own way

And it's funny, how just lately

I've come to recognize

How wise you are becoming every day

There's so much you've given me

I hope I've made you proud

You're everything a Dad should be

And it's time to tell you now

You're my hero

You didn't have to say a word

Your love was the message that I heard

Inspiring me to be all I can be

You're my hero

And 'cause you're my Dad...

I'm twice as blessed and lucky to be me

ayah...you're my hero! :D

cooking

did you know that chopping an onion in different ways can give out different taste?

i dunno if this 'hypothesis' is true

i was told that,
if i want the onion to blend in with the dish, chop them perpendicular to their layers like this

but if i want to taste chewing the onion in my cook, chop them parallel to their layers like this

and, if i want the onion's consistency in between...meaning not diluted nor too solid in my dish, chop them diagonally
(unfortunately there are no internet pictures chopping onions diagonally)
but, to be honest...i can never tell the difference yet...hee

though they are not extremely "yummie"...my cooking are alhamdulillah 'palatable'...haha
and i learnt cooking...mostly...yup!

 from my dad!

http://xpheline.blogspot.com/2011/04/being-busy.html
(last year's post about ayah)

every evening after school if ayah decides to cook, i would be in the kitchen with him...
and he'd explain every single steps to me

from why he chopped the onions diagonally down to why he puts in the salt last...

and finally...i'd love to be the taster!...
ayah's favourite sentence while blowing cold the just cooked dish on spoon for me to taste is
".sssss...yang teramat amat panas!!!"
hehe

cooking always reminds me of ayah ^_^

sejukkk

nope, Egypt is not cold anymore...yeay!!!

sorry, it is sad to say goodbye to winter but kinda shame to gloom in this bright sunny happy air of spring ^_^

in 2 days time, is a special day for someone special in my life...

before...every time it was cold, 

i used to run to him and complain with a long face until he gives me a warm tight hug

and i'd dip my face into his belly...with my eyes shut firm and smiling widely...hee

i really loved those moments ^_^

to be honest, 

sometimes...it wasn't even cold

but, am just too excited or too sad that i needed a hug

so i'd simply go to him and say am cold

and... 

he never disappoints me...that's my dad

hehe

well...since am too far now, 

guess...

or i come back home...