Fly me to the moon

I made a booking. its written in ink. and paid for. Heeeeee

i am taking that trip. Soon

Passport to Insanity

MAROS : RUMAH SAKIT SALEWANGANG (MAROS MAIN HOSPITAL)

DAY 1: 8.00.am

D: Erh, hey guys, so what do we do here? How many patients do we accept per day eh?

F: Oh, it s pretty basic gals, maybe 2 or 3, at most 5 or 6. But you do have time to sleep, eat and finish up your proposal for tomorrow.

D: Proposal? Tomorrow? I haven't typed anything yet, Who's the Supervisor here?

<Knock on the door>

Nurse: Doc, there's a new patient here for you from ER.

F: Go ahead Dee, we're leaving. Good luck!

11.30pm

Nurse: Doc, ER called, there's 2 more patients waiting because all the wards are full.

D: what? That makes 11 patients just for today!.*%$#@

 

Day 2: 5.30 am

D: Shooot, I fell asleep! I haven't followed up my patients!

45 patients later

D:Phew, all lookin fine, now..to go for that shower..

<knock>

Nurse: Doc! OBGYN called, there's a ceasarian goin on. Need u there A.S.A.P.

D: I just..?

Nurse: Doc! Your patient, he's seizing!

D:Huh? Ok..ok..

 

Day 3: 2.00 am

D; I finished my proposal! Yess..now..time to zzz..

<knock> <knock>

D: I am not here! Go away!

<knocks stronger>

Nurse: Doc, theres 2 new babies here in perinatology, suspected tetanus, he's seizing!

D: grumble..grumble..

4.00am

D: Okay..zzzzz

Nurse: Doc! Apneu! Apneu! He's not breathing!

D: Ambu Bag! Oxygen please! Crap, he's cyanotic. 5 litre! HR: 60? Compress!

 

And so there it is; a brief picture of how my days were. 8 days of wonderful experiences, more bad than good, but educational none the less; in MAROS.

Things you go through here, you'll never get anywhere else.

No residents, only one attending specialist available from 9 am - 2 pm. Above those hours; the patients life are all in my hands. Take THAT responsibility. For a medical student..that is big. Because I knew NOTHING.

Sure, I did my best; and still I did lose more than one patient. 3 babies, new born premature babies, one was as tiny as 400gm whom fought strongly to live as long as 2 days.She outlived a 1500gm baby that only lasted 4 hours after birth.

All of them I stayed with till the end. I wished I tried harder. Then again, who knew what was going to happen eh?

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LABUANG BAJI: RUMAH SAKIT UMUM LABUANG BAJI

After 8 days in Maros – phew (I survived!) the nightmare continued as I was again posted abroad (anywhere outside the main teaching hospital) for another restless week. So the drive home from Maros wasn't a drive home at all, more like a drive past home towards the other end of the state border to another hospital.In L.B (Labuang Baji), the sight of the infusion pole is bad news. Full capacity of the paediatric ward was 80 patients and GOD, there were more than 80 kids when I got there.

Taking a deep breath as we ascend the staircase to what most medic stdents here consider the 2^nd hell, we joined our fellow junior dr.s clerking patients in. In Maros, there were only 2 of us to handle everyone. Here, there were 10. And was I glad.

DAY 1: Condition: ALIVE, breathing and going strong. 'Come on guys! Chop chop. We need to get this done! Sheesh. Who needs sleep?! We cn DO this!

Da2 2: ALIVE, breathing and STILL strong! " I'll take 2 wards, sheesh. I'm done from 5 am. You're not DONE? Alright, I'll help out.."

Day 3: WEAK, breathing hungry : "What? More patients? But we have NO SPACE. You hear me? NO SPACE? This table? U want, THIS table? Okay.."

Day 4: WEAK, Sleepy: "No more..i have enough patients.. u take him, no…u take him..what? me? Fine.."

DAY 5: WEAK, barely standing. "Eh..fever, chills…epileptic….zzzzzzz…oh..wait..rhinitis..zzzzzz"

 

Ice picks and Snowstorms

i feel the cold. no winds. no snow. but still cold.

i need to fly away. and then come back another day.

- 3 weeks left..3 weeks..

Dee

Tags tags Tags

Copies it off Za's page ;) (peace za..hehe. mcm best!)
1) Movies.

Please copy the following rules in your post (as usual)
1. You have to point out 5 romantic movies that you would love to share with your loved ones..
2. It doesn't have to be in order.. as long as you love the movies, it will be fine..
3. You have to tag another 5 person to answer this tag.

Un - A Walk to Remember.
Deux - Someone Like You.
Trois - 50 First dates - Adam Sandler n Drew rule!
Quatre - Pride and Prejudice.
Cinq - How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days

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2) Urban Dictionary

Instructions
Go to www.urbandictionary.com and type in your answer to each question in the search box, then write the FIRST definition it gives you. I guarantee you're gonna find some pretty hilarious results.


1. Your name?
Nadiah

Nadiah isn't defined yet.




2. Age?
23

The greatest number of all time. (yessa!)


3.One of your friends?
Sheila

A sheila is a worshiping word for a beatiful mysterious woman that one of your mates knows on a first name basis, but you have never met

(hrmm..? worshipping word? she is gonna love this!)


4. What should you be doing?
Sleeping

To masturbate furiously in your room while praying that your grandma doesn't come in.

(WTF? Eh this urban dictionary is insane and immoral!)- i agree with zaza! wth?


5. Favorite colour?
Purple

Extremely potent marijuana, specifically marijuana buds that have a purple hue to them. Also accompanied by a fragrant, usually fruity smell and mad perma-grin.

(Okay seriously gila this dictionary haha)- thought purple means zesty, and passionate and magickal! haha

6. Birthplace?
Kuala Lumpur

the short name of kuala lumpur
the capital of malaysia
"kl is a city full of fun ,welcome to kl !!!"


7. Month of your birthday?
November

The best month of the year! Snow, getting ready for Christmas, celebrating thanksgiving & havin thanksgiving break!

November rocs my socs

(if only it snows here too!)

8. Last person you talked to?
Dayat
Not defined yet.

haha



9. One of your nicknames?
Dee

The original one-deelight-deelicious-deevious-deevoted-all the hot dee words- woohoo!



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3) Answer this!


1. YOUR REAL NAME:
Nadiah Md Alwi

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle).
Nadizzle. (heeeheee)

3. YOUR SPY NAME: (favorite colour and favourite animal).
Purple tiger (That's Hot!)

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and street you live on/or neighborhood if it's a number).
Md Kampung Tunku ????(Hahaha)

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, and first 2 letters of your first name).
lwina (niceee...sounds elvish!)

6. YOUR SUPERHERO/CRIMINAL NAME: (your 2nd favorite colour, and favourite drink).
Blue Coffee (hmm..sounds yummy instead of strong!)

7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your last name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, and 3rd letter of your dads).
AWAAE (heeehee)

8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents middle names).
Nona Che

9 . YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets).
Black Mocha (hahahaha.cool)

10 . YOUR HOOD NAME: (first 3 of your first name, and add -iqua).
Nadiqua (sounds like an ANTM winner! don't cha think?)


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4) First letters


1. What is your name: Nadiah
2. A four letter word: Near
3. A boy's name: Nemo!
4. A girl's name: Nora
5. An occupation: Neurosurgeon
6. A colour: Neon pink!
7. Something you wear: Necklaces :D
8. A food: Noodles...
9. Something found in the bathroom: Newts!
10. A place: New Zealand
11. A reason for being late: Nailbiting
12. Something you shout: Nooooooooooooo!
13. A movie title: Neverwas'
14. Something you drink: Nu tea
15. A musical group: NSYNC! huhuh
16. An animal: Newt..
17. A street name: err...lemme think..Nelson Street...nobody said kna kat msia..huhuh
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posting up updates on my outposting in maros and Labung baji soon. :D need time to write and think of aLL the interesting things that occured.


Dee

Come and Go

This was the bed in the on call room at Dadi's Stroke center where i spent many nights in disturbed sleep and writing countless status for the many patients..

things i have on me 24/7.

And my beloved peacock crocs that are now so muddy and worn out, i'm thinking of getting a second pair in purple. hehe



i start paediatrics tmorrow.

Neurology was quick. exam was..well..a breeze. haha. nah.

i'm just mentally exhausted. but happy :D 3 down. 3 more to go before i get to the next level.




tonight adalah mlm untuk berfoya-foya.

here's to 9 weeks of unexpected twists and turns.

Dee

A Series of Unfortunate Events

It is like the series of loved childrens boks, or even a made for tv movie.

It started with the change of schedule. my On-call nights that lasted for 2 days, all through the weekend and sighs- yes, relentless comatose patients coming in with stroke, haemorhagging ones as well as trombositic or embolic. (you get my drift..) To make matters worse, there were 2 patiens in the ward i had to follow up their vital signs per hour.

1. the witching hour of midnight on saturday came and went with the passing of a patient that was doing farely well.

2. 2 am and another patient came rolling in, all epileptic and losing concsiousness.

3. 6 am and it is already monday where i; in my fourth week at neuro, supposed to be at a different hospital by 6.30 am.

4. First day at Pelamonia Hospital and my wallet got stolen from the on-call room
(along with all signs of identification, atm, credit card and my one and only copy of car ownership license)

5. Still Monday and i fell flat on my back in the rain, at the front gates of the Wahiddin teaching hospital. Yes, and i had people selling noodles laughing as i strut out, dirty coats and all.

6. This morning, Tuesday, my shift of on call nights got added as the squeaky little junior doctor reported that i gave her too many hours. sheeesh.

7. And for all the cursing i did, my car wouldn' start for an hour which ended up making me unable to pay for my immigration papers..

so..7 in all. or maybe i should add the one that started it all..another year of unrelenting rainfall that pours into my beautiful home ad causes mass destruction..ok.maybe not mass...but destruction all the same.

no sleep..i do eat though...no rest. and i still have my final exam to study for by Friday.

That, and the sad news i hear of the war in Palestine. What happened to humanity? Human rights?


Dee

30 seconds to Midnight

another day. another battle to fight. another sun rises before it sets for another day.

i got the morning off today after a gruelling 36 hour shift at the trauma unit. (sheesh..why does every head injury needs a neuro consult? every dog bite, every stroke...live healthier people!)

so, i pretty much blacked out when i got home last night at 10 pm, and opened my eyes to a whole new morning at 8am. That was the most sleep i've ever gotten in the past 2 weeks..seriously.

So, i got to do my laundry, a lil bit of housekeeping ( i've just realized what a slacker i have been for those 2 weeks and yes..months to come), before i got a call to join S and Wah for a much anticipated brunch of Dim Sum later.

It was good. and quiet to say the least. The Suki restaurant- is normally packed on a Sunday; but unlike today it was pretty scarce. So we ate and caught up with each other. My clinical stories and their updates on the town and class gossip.

Ah, how it is to be free and laid back. Then we headed for a movie since my shift tonight is at 9pm..i thought what the heck. I haven't seen High School Musical 3 and yes, lame. But i happen to love musicals. haha ( hello, please watch Across the Universe, Mamma Mia and at least Johhny Depp's attempt as the dreaded barber..it is worth it!)

and since i'm not studying and wasting my time as it is, i thought why not. go online and check out things i haven't been able to..because...in the next 24 hours i'll be living in the Stroke Centre Hospital about an hour's drive away and golly gee...i have no idea if i'll survive.

Sighs. few minutes and hours before it all.

i wonder what i'll do next. seems that all my neuro notes and books are eluding my grasp.

2 weeks left, and then HELLO NIGHTMARE of Paediatrics!

Dee