Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Welcome to Year 2007!!

Hola Senor and Senoritas!!!

How;s New Year been for you so far? I hope it's been great!! As for me, new year was just another day. However, I'm keeping my motivation at its highest!! ehehe.

Christmas was alright back home. I was in Brunei for 10 days.The purpose nevertheless was to send mama off back to Brunei, cos she wouldnt have any companion back otherwise.

10 days in Brunei were filled with suprises. I got to meet loads of people around, families and friends. Some knew I was already in the UK, some didn't. For those who did not, Ijust acted normal, nothing fancy or anything like making a billboard "i'm in the UK"... when they asked if I already started work... I'd say nope, and so on. heheh I just dont like the idea of bragging I'm in the UK that's all. For wome who knew I was in UK, they were quite amazed and shocked to see me home. ehhe. Sorry for not telling guys!! What they noticed would be my body size and hair. Oh well, I'm standing at 57kg... that's for new year ok? hehe 10kgs lost.. no fancy or posh diet series... just WALKING around Eastbourne sufficed all that.

What did I do when I was home? Let's start with a checklist that I wanted to do, shall we?

- Eating loads of foods : oh well, mind me I had a long list, and I couldnt catch up with it. I only managed to fulfill maybe only 5% of the overall list!!

- Swimming : not even a slight chance. Time constraints and the weather didnt permit me to do so at all!!

- Hangouts : oh yes!! I DID!!! ehehe

- Lotsa driving around : Well yeah!!! Everyday! I even drove myself to the airport! ahaha

- Bring usu across the border : nope, I didnt even get to do it for myself. The queue to Miri was terrible. Plan cancelled.

- Empire Night out : yes yes but didnt eat. Instead we had charcoal!!

- Mall buffet : none.

- Movies : None!

- Sent off Pinky and the group off to Singapore : Bon Voyage and Have a good time!

- Finishing up assignments : 30% done!

So overall, those were the things that I had in mind along with the verdict. The highlight was of course being home, that's what important!! I even went to family gathering... ehhehe. They didnt even know I'm in the UK. even mum is keeping it hush hush.

I visited the hospital as well, RIPAS and KB. Most of them did not notice me until I "re-introduced" myself. HEhe.. Had a long chat with Dr Faridah at the AE for an hour was it? until Dato Hazair came to visit. (Info: Dr Faridah is the most "gruesome" doctors one who would ever approach. She's so mean, strict and fierce. I myself am wondering why and how she's nice to me???.. she even confessed she missed me?!" That never happened to a student!! not even staff perhaps!)

RIPAS, was to meet up my doctor for prescriptions etc. He's a friendly chap really. So everything was smooth running. Whilst waiting, went to Podiatry clinic to pay a visit. Hahah suprise suprise! ahhaha.. There were sounds of joy and happiness in the room seeing me where I am now. So we had a chat about future plans etc with a year 3 as well. Funny thing, they were gaining loads of new infos from me. Loads of new and interesting ideas, which amazed me as well. The year 3 was like .. "I wanna move to UoB" bahahha. So planning was looking at having 10 room podiatry department manned by GP podiatrists and Specialists. So they were hoping for us to come back as specialists rather than GP's. Meaning MSc at least per se. That's long term planning and goal. It's new year... wahey!!

Where was I?? I was on the plane taking my flight "home" to Eastbourne. It was an empty flight. Crew was alright on the BWN DXB sector. The other half was horrible!!! We landed half past new year in Dubai. Not much of a celebration. Not even an announcement on the dot! How lame! I was expecting some sort of happy cheering sounds from fellow passengers. Oh well, maybe they were not in a mood themselves.

Flight was delayed from Dubai to London for almost an hour... dreadful. But that was just a beginning. Arriving in London just to find out train was on strike! Damn it! It took me an hour to pass through immigration. It went smoothly nevertheless. Had to wait 40mins for the next tube to victoria. I had 2 bags with me. Thank Allah for the strength which otherwise hell I wont know where the strength all came from. I had to climb the stairs with huge bags, run thru tiny weenie aisles of the tube etc. But it went well through. Arriving at Victoria just to find out no direct train to Eastbourne. I took my chances taking train either Gatwick or Brighton and getting another train from there onwards. My decision was right. Brighton it was...Nice to be back I thought smelling that fresh cold air of the South England. "WELCOME!!"

Arriving in Eastbourne was like arriving to a DEAD CITY. As if that place had been struck by supernatural thing like langoliers or sumthing. But hey... Eastbourne it is!! ehehe Hello 2007~~~!!!

Went to my first hospital appointment at Royal County of Sussex Hospital. It was nice. Had a look around in Brighton etc. Meant to go to Manchester for the weekend, unfortunately, I lot my ticket! Only then I realised I could have printed it again at Gatwick! Damn damn damn!


Now??

Preparing for my exams and finishing the 6000words portfolio!!! I got 3/6 done!!! yay... 3000 words at least more to go.

So far, we had clinical sessions. My lecturer was quite impressed with my scalpel handling skills. She admitted "oh my god, he even got the skills better than I do, even before I show how. Have you done this before?" The only bit she commented was my sitting position! ahaha. I was examining my colleagues foot in a relaxing position as if I was seated on a DECK! ahahha. It felt good. If you wanna figure how it's like, imagine yourself at the dentist. It's just the same! ehhee. Even the chairs are similar. But yes, that's a good way to boost my self confidence. Being a nurse does help with instrument handling, patient interaction and understanding some clinical practice foundations.

Alhamdulillah, 2007 hopefully brings better days and years to come insyaAllah.

Updating this page again soon. till then, Cheerios and Happy New Year!!

Face of 2007
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Clinical ID
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Random shots
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My new hobby which never was!!
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GALAXY CHOC!

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