in tHe miDst of Pre-mensTrual syNdrome

Some part of me is missing. Or not. But it seems incomplete.

Went out with one of my oldest friend. Talked about our relationships and work.

She said her then boyfriend had 'no sense of urgency in solat'.

That got me thinking.

I'm a muslim. But I'm not pious. I'm not very good. But I'm decent. Nuff said.

A healthy relationship. Does it exist? Seems too good to be true. According to her, it is possible.

No holding hands, not even saying the L word. *LoVe*

-= Yus, can we start over?? =-

=O

Last Thursday, which was the last working day before Hari Raya, I went to Sekolah Sin Min for school program (meaning screening and treatment for secondary school children). Then as I came back to the klinik at 12.30 pm, I was surprised for I have received an aidilfitri card from a patient! It was totally unexpected. My patient, a chinese lady whom I have treated for denture gave the card to me.

The card reads:

To Dr Amilia and all muslim staff.
Selamat hari raya n thank you very much Dr!

It really really made my day! Thank you Puan Tan Siew Poh =)

SeLamaT haRi Raya!

It feels weird today that I had to come to work when it's only the 3rd day of Hari Raya. Usually I would be at home, helping my mom prepare food for guests or we ourselves go visit some relatives or friends.

I feel relaxed today. Patients are not many. As of now, at 3.40pm I've treated around 14 patients for the day.

The only problem is my stomach. Doesn't feel so good. Kind of bloated but I'm not sure of the cause. Maybe it's due to the endless eating of ketupat during the 1st and 2nd day of raya, or am I about to have menstruation of the month?

(for 22/09/09 15:39)

MoAning myRtLe

I'm at home with family. I'm happy and contented.
But a part of me is missing. I'm feeling lonely...

Happy Teacher's Day!

To Mak : Thank you for teaching me the meaning of a true mother’s love. Among other things, to be patient and always be good to people.

To Abah : Thank you for teaching me the music of life and to indulge in the nice things in life. Also, u taught me rollerblading during my childhood years! Thank you for being you.

To Kakak : Thank you for teaching me how to cope during my teenage years. Thank you for being responsible and caring.

To Fida : Thank you for teaching me why family is so important. Thank you for being my best friend and sister.

To Anwar : Thank you for teaching me about PS1 PS2 PS3, Xbox and all the Japanese stuff! Thank you for teaching me the fun of having a brother.

To my Love : Thank you for teaching me how to love. Thank you for teaching me how to be calm when life is twirling and twisting around me.

To friends in 13-08 : Thank you for teaching me how to open up to friends.

To friend in green : Thank you for teaching me about greed and self boasting.

To all lecturers of Dental Faculty UKM : Thank you for teaching me dentistry.

To my patients : Thank you for teaching me how to care for people.

To Choo : Thank you for teaching me the true meaning of friendship.

Bloomingdale's

Today the SPM results are out. My cousin's daughter, Fatin got 10A1's. So wonderful! I knew it that she'll excel. She's been very consistent since she was in kindergarten. Always the top student. She asked me once, 'Kak Milia, mcm mana nak score in Bio? Kalau jawab bagus pun, Fatin blh dapat A2 ja.' I was like - whAt? 'So for the other subjects Fatin slalu dapat apa?' And she casually answered, 'Yg lain dapat A1...'
Hahah then I was left speechless. How do I give her tips when I never once, or very rarely got A for Biology when I was in form 5...

My mom was also very happy. And she became more worried for my younger brother, who will sit for SPM this year. She said to abah, 'Eventhough our daughters got good results, but this is the first in our big family to get straight As in SPM. Even Milia's SPM results were not that excellent'

Yes, I must admit that. I only obtained 6As for SPM. Somehow, miracle happened during matriculation where I got CGPA of 4.00 for 2 semesters. Then, it struck me that that was when I started to bloom!

Then I said to mom and abah; 'Well, for some people, they bloom early but maybe later for the others. Doesn't matter whether it's physically, mentally, socially or even spiritually!' And abah liked what I said. 'Wow, what you said is very nice!' Yes, indeed.

My job

What I practise

Dearie Dell in good health

Yes, my dearie laptop is in fact back on track. My system-engineer-sister helped to reformat the OS. After much speculation, I now know why my system crashed. It's because I made the mistake of thinking that the Microsoft 2007 I'm using is the original one, when in fact only the Vista is original. So last time when I was busy making the 'slideshow percintaan' to be given to Love on our anniversary, I downloaded a lot of new slide designs on powerpoint. Thus, subsequently causing my OS to crash.
Anyhow, I'm so happy that my Dell is OK now cause I missed it so much. And now it's better because I have partitioned the hardisk. C-50Gb, G-50Gb, H-50Gb and I-70Gb. The C is for the OS, G is strictly for movies, I is strictyly for photos, while H is for my other stuff, including dental associated stuff, songs, downloaded stuff and misc.

Alive and kickin'. Inspiron 1525

I'm now on a 1-week mid semester break. Not much activities at home. A lot of time spent minding over the laptop, eat, watch movie, eat, sleep sleep. Fida's family is at home from Sunday till Wed, so we were all quite preoccupied with Qeem(nephew).
Movies watched : Eagle Eye starring Shia le bouf, and Turn left, turn right which Adik downloaded.

I helped mom to make curry puff/karipap on last Saturday. It was my first time, so it was quite difficult. I became tired (more or less lazy) and stopped after 3 attempts. Not very skillful though, but surely improved on the 3rd one.

1st to 3rd attempt ; from right to left. Note the evolution

Abah grilled some lamb chop on my 4th day at home. So very delicious. Bought at tesco, already marinated. Then, cooked with Heinz barbecue sauce. As I am writing this, I google for the words marinate vs marinade because I heard abah asking Fida the other day, is it marinaTed or marinaDed. So, here goes. Something new for me. marinate is a verb. ie ; to marinaTe something. While marinade is a noun. ie ; this marinaDe is rather strong.

Grilled to perfection. A close-up view.

This is gonna be long

It's been a long time since I last blog. Some of the things that I'd like to share are

1. My semester I result (which is not that great)

2. How Love and I spent our anniversary

3. The things I'd like to buy when I start work

4. My faulty Dell laptop (well, not exactly faulty but I've send it for repair)

5. SPA(Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam) interview

6. Pecel lele

7. Chili cheese fries (at Carl's Jr.)

So, first thing's first. Food that we (Love and I) crave for these days are : Pecel lele and chili cheese fries. We know a place in Kg Baru which serves really hot and spicy pecel lele :- crispy deep-fried catfish (ikan keli) on a pool of fiery chile sauce (sambal) served with rice and raw vegetables. It's actually originated from Indonesia. The combination is so simple yet delicious so that's what makes it very nice. Sometimes I would think that we've had enough of pecel lele but we still eat it once or twice or thrice a week!

This is the picture of pecel lele I took from internet. I tried to search for the recipe and it turns out that there is some variant in the making of the sambal. So I saved the recipes which I think the representing picture is the closest to what I'm used to eat.

I got many datelines to meet in the near 1 or 2 weeks. My list of things to be done this weekend is:

1. Periodontic assignment 2. Still don't really have any idea on what the Dr wants. I'll just write the assignment topic here so as to encourage me to get it done faster.

'Gingivitis is a protective mechanism and periodontitis is a two edge sword. Discuss the statements in relation to pathogenesis of periodontal disease'. Date of submission: 27/02/09.

2. KAP learning portfolio. 8 essays to be written in total. Topics including reflection on the 5 years' learning experience, critical incident in clinic, community based experience that give the most impact, clinical competencies achieved, bla bla bla… Date of submission : 06/03/09

3. KAP case presentation. Date of presentation : 02/03/09

4. Be physically and mentally prepared to invest the complete denture for En. Abdullah. I am so very grateful that I got the expert help from Dr Louise. Here's the short story. While I was struggling with the teeth setup in the lab, an angel sent her down to the lab. I am not usually friendly but at that time, I greet her and asked what she thinks of my teeth setup. And, as it turns out, she spent the next 1 hour sitting beside me and explain, talk about her past experiences as well as correcting my teeth setup and we got to know a little about each other. So the next day while doing try-in in the clinic, she was there to check on me. The lower teeth setup need to be corrected as the jaw r/ship is not accurate. So the following day, she went to the clinic again, supervising me with the try-in. I won't drag my story or it will be very very long. But I was so relieved and grateful to her. So after this, got to process the denture right so there won't be any problem when I issue the denture!

5. Go to Nilai and collect my car road tax from Fida. Have to! Before : 26/02/09

6. Review Mr Kwan's case and read the folder thoroughly. This will be for my periodontal exit case. Due date : Don't know yet.

So that's about all. Now it's 4.09pm, Saturday. Work progress :

1. One essay outline completed.

2. Waiting for Love to give me the perio book he borrowed from library. He's taking a nap now. So that's why I'm having this extra time to blog (hehe).

After this, to read the thick books and hopefully will get some ideas (and materials) for the assignment. I searched for some journals but sadly they are in my Dell laptop, which now not working, and in Nilai. Oh btw, I'm using Fida's laptop. It's a HP Compaq nc6400. So I'm now too lazy to search for the journals. Guess I'll take a look at the books first.

I did mention about the chilli cheese fries at Carl's Jr just now rite. This is what it looks like. Very very nice. I think the fries is the best compared to the others (KFC, McD). It's crispy on the outside, but soft on the inside. But it's quite pricey though. RM8.50 per serving.

Natural cut french fries in chili and shredded,
melted jack and cheddar cheeses

I've thought about the things I'd like to buy/own when I start work. 1 of them may be iPhone. Or maybe something similar to it. Or PDA. The early 2009 gadget review in the magazine claimed the iPhone to be it the top 5. However I can't remember right now the names of the 2 magazines I read at home last week.

iPhone

I thought of buying a new Sony digital camera because they look fancy and come in nice colors. When I told Abah about this he said that I should consult him first before buying any gadgets or electrical stuff. Because he knows a lot. Because he reads a lot. Yes, I agree. And he said that you don't simply buy a camera just because it is fancy to you. (Yes, I do know that…)

The camera I own. Kodak EasyShare M853. 8.2 megapixel

And another one I own. Sony Cybershot DSC-P8. 3.2 megapixel

The handycam I will own. Abah actually bought this for me as he already has a very nice HD Panasonic handycam. But he likes this one because it's so tiny but yet the picture quality is acceptable.

Incredibly and amazingly small

Features
Optical Zoom : 10x

Digital Video Camera Type : SD-Card, SD-Card

What's Hot

Affordable price, super-small design, convenience of SD/SDHC format
Weighs less than 180g, dimension 41x59x102mm

What's Not

Not for serious users (movie making purposes)
Won't tolerate being buried in sand or dunked into the swimming pool
Occasional image issues (not HD)

The Final Word

Lightweight, highly user-friendly solid-state video camera that requires neither
expert knowledge nor a bagful of tapes or DVD discs.
With the cost of SDHC memory cards now reducing by the day, it's ideal.

This is the one Abah currently owns. I'm not sure of the exact model though. The Sony handycam which is also nice has been given to Alif Mustaqim (my nephew). And the one before that was given to Alya Umairah(niece). Yes, my Abah owns a range of cameras. Others include a Nikon DSLR (which I fight over with Adik just recently in case Abah wants to give it away), Panasonic Lumix 10 mp digital camera, and the 2 cameras I own were initially his. (yeah…of course I can't afford to buy them myself - yet!)

I tend to describe gadgets as 'nice' because I don't quite know the techno words to describe them. =& I'll take note to read the techno-gadget magazines more in the future…

A treat at the fish market

We had a late lunch at the Manhattan Fish Market last Saturday. It was my treat for Love as I gave him a few troublesome days before that due to post-period symptoms. Yes, blaming the hormone is the easiest way out! *^_^*

So as it was our first time dining there, we take a shot at the seafood platter for 2. Referring to the picture below, the platter consist of (from clockwise) : Calamari rings, oysters, fries, fish fillet, prawns with cheese spread and garlic rice underneath. All were deep fried. Very fulfilling and the large portion could actually fit 3 or 4 small-sized people. Personally, I find the combination not very appealing. My Love however ate until he is ‘muak’ and will consider going there for another treat sometimes.

Strictly for sharing. RM46.90

Close up view of seafood platter for 2

Luca Spaghetti!

I spent the whole of my Chinese New Year holiday at my sis’ house in Nilai. It was quite uneventful. 4 days of minding over my nephew, lots of planting and pruning (Plant tycoon) and eat eat eat. I brought my first cooking magazine(Rasa) which I bought earlier. But we didn’t try any of the recipe. Instead, we searched for a Spaghetti Marinara Ala Malaysia in Mesra.net and I cooked for dinner. It was delicious and it fits our Malaysian’s taste buds. The spaghetti was super hot! And easy to prepare too. Takes only around 15mins.