The children of heaven….

Note: A true story in a narrative style.
Prologue:
By the time Afiza arrived from the GP to the Gosford bus station, it was already 6.15. The almost-one-hour bus ride nearly killed her with boredom. But now she was adrenaline-charged. She had  only 20 minutes to run up the stairs, go pass the train station to exit [...]

Sweet, sweet sugar

“How many sugars would you like for your coffee? One?”
I shook my head. “God, no.Three, please.”
Mila and Maria looked at each other. It would be an understatement if I were to describe their facial expression as surprised. They looked quite shocked, to be honest.
Mila recovered quite swiftly, though. “Oh, you need so many [...]

The teaching profession and the issue of respect

My friend used to say something along this line, “Pekerjaan sebagai guru ni sangat mulia. So, cikgu tu kena behave dengan mulia juga, befitting the profession.”
I could not agree more to her sentiment. Aku pun rasa benda yang sama: kalau seseorang tu dinamakan ‘guru’, dia mesti ada attitude yang, at least, above average.
I could [...]

Short cases done and now anxiety to wait for my result.

Alhamdulillah, I have done my short cases exam just one hour ago. Since I am now quarantined from the other candidates, aku stuck lah kat library sampai semua org dah abih exam.
Confident?
Hahahha. Well, let’s just say nothing went terribly wrong. I could answer all questions. Tak der satu pun yg aku terpaksa ckp “I dun [...]

The art of crapping…

Today, I had a great day. I have done physical examination for all type of patients; respiratory, cardio, abdo, neuro and vascular. I found splendid signs; hyperresonance, tactile fremitus, obvious heart murmurs, and gosh….if u think clubbing of the fingernails is rare…you would revisist and revise your thoughts if you do your practical in Gosford. [...]