Crappy Week

A lot of things happened this week.
This is the 1st week of intern, after 2 weeks of summer holiday. dont feel like getting back to serious business after 2 weeks of berjimba and beronggeng.

early Monday, chatted with akak. and learned about Papa's news =( he has a high PSA value (but less than 10), and will be getting a biopsy on Wednesday. but PSA test has low sensitivity and specificity value, which means that 1) it doesnt pick up disease that well, and even if it does 2)the raised value could be non-specific and could be due to another reason [rather than the disease that we want to detect]. the biopsy result will be out on the 24th if im not mistaken. i (and i bet the rest of us too) are waiting anxiously for that. it's like.. waiting for a major exam result. no,even worse. like waiting for the jury's result after a major trial. huhu.. it could be nothing, but it could also be something. but Papa sounds cool on the phone. "macam kena gigit kerengga jee".. i dunno if its an act, or if he actually wasnt worry about it. i want to believe the latter option fits the most. =S

mama too. her fasting blood glucose has went down to 9 (from the initial ~18 on December). but her quality of life doesnt get better. she said she's getting thinner by day coz she's too scared to eat anything "kuruih kering dah mama".. ive told her what can and what cant be eaten. and she got some pamphlets about diabetec diet too. but thats not good enough. maybe she doesnt understand/know how to apply the regime/rule.i dont really get wht she read to me on the phone either. something like.. change from ___ gram of rice to ____ gram/mL of ..err..yoghurt or something? possibly too complicated for a makcik tht has left school over 40+ yrs? this doesnt only applies to my mum, but most of the makcik & pakcik with diabetes in msia??
NB: rice and potatoes contains carbohydrate tht wil be converted to glucose aka gula. thus they are 'diabetically' of concerned too.
but it is important for her to eat healthily. to stil have a normal life. the aim of medicine (for me) is to treat disease and to bring people back to their normal level of functioning. not just about prolonging life..

not forgetting the Gaza issue. my brothers and sisters in Palestine are being killed and oppressed like they dont have a right over their (and my) land and life. as if they were the one invading someone else's privacy and now deserved those 'punishment'. and the rest of the world could do nothing but sit and watch in disgust. and pray. and protest. and boycotte Israel products. the least ppl can do.

my passport & visa application are crap too. MSD was being helpful, giving me a list of tasks to do to prepare for submission. but called immigration nz today asking for a temporary visa which apparently non-existent. and suggest (KINDLY??!) that i leave nz when my visa expires and come back after i got a new one with the new passport. and also have the freaking courtesy to ask 'is there anythg else i can help?'. oh yes, there is! how about a free return ticket to malaysia please please please pretty freaking please??!
luckily my classmate Andy has the same problem. so if there isnt any other way,we might need to fly to Canberra, Australia where there is a Malaysian Consulate tht culd renew our passport straigtaway. cool~ another holiday~ but theres seriously nothing to do or find in canberra.. cool~ another way to waste money~ uhuk. thanks akak for the support. at least i know i wont mati kering over here.

the weather wasnt that impressive as well. it was 33 degree yesterday! and apparently according to akak's friend, malaysia was 29 degree coz it was raining -_-" wah.. i came so far to 'bleach' myself, but i think im back to the original colour now. haha~ 9 out of 13 of my friend's teams' patient were admitted due to faint/collapse because of the hot weather. and the local newspaper cover story today was about 'drinking cold & chilled water'. haha. in malaysia we never encourage ice & cold drinks coz it is not good for health, but it's highly promoted at this moment over here! farnee~ and an issue was raised that westeners have pointy (with small hole) nose bcoz they need to preserve heat (not giving too much CO2 [heat] out while expiring), while asians-this doc is a mainland chinese- have short (but wide hole) nose coz we need to expire max heat out due to the country's climate. hekelehh.. nak gak justify kenapa hidung penyek ke?? hehe.. nah.. its all about God's creation and plan. for survival of the fittest. Subhanallah~

eniway.. omigosh what a long rambling. dont give up reading just yet! the best part is just about to begin~
hokay.. went home quite early today despite post-acute day (discharged 6 out of 11 patients!wohoo~). called immigration nz and got that oh-so-helpful advises. walked to a mall nearby to get passport photo taken but there wasnt even a photo shop in there -_-". thats ok.. drove to Riccarton Mall which is the BIGGEST mall in chch. there are 2 photo shops. went into the 1st one, got an OK to get a passport photo, got a small canon digital camera (i swear it was even an older version of my own camera) ready and asked me to stand in front of the wall. in the middle of the shop. dont u even hav a room so tht i wont look too vain in front of the other customers?? i was like.. errr... but this wall is white (nz passport photo use white backgroud). ohh.. what passport & colour is it? blue? owh sorry we dont hav a blue wall. -_-" thts ok thanks. went to the other shop. guess what? they can do a blue background! yippie~ oh wait, u mean, bright blue? oh sorry.. we used to have a blue sheet but we lost it. wattef??!! what hav u done with the freakin blue sheet?? DIY underpants?? cant believe my passport day was totally ruined.
so went home with thousands of sumpah seranah. *ting ting ting! mentol blinking* didnt know tht my new flatties are super creative.. they are! to help me,they opened a photo shop at home. ^^


i dont want to be a hippocrite, so wil this natural pose acceptable?

flatties say no way.
Russell Peter the 'Canadian' comedian says that too. he says the new way (& it is a law) to detect terrorist is to make people not smile on their passport photos. err.. -_-"


OMG.thus this one will definitely be rejected,i looked like a terro**** that's doing her evil-laugh victory after THAT particular mall exploded!

thus i shoo-ed one flatty away coz she ws the one making me laughed uncontrollably.


oklah, this one.eventhou i hate it.looked ugly when i try to act serious.thts y i cant be emo or stressing out. coz i wil turn ugly.not forget to mention pimples spurting out like mushroom after the rain. y wasnt i wearing the usual malaysian tudung? coz anzac said tht once, she was asked to fold her tudung super flat coz they wanted to hav maximum exposure of the face- including cheek bone structure? y??is tht a way to detect potential american next top model??

so we decided to promote our 'shop' to fellow malaysian in chch who has the same problem getting the blue passport photo! and the pix below wil be the flyers! *laugh*


introducing: my new flatty~~ the other one wasnt wearing a scarf thus need to be censored.

*notice the blue wall (with flaps)?
ingredients: 6 sheets of blue A4 papers + a thumbsized blue tags*

ok, dah (partially) lega and happy ^^ thanks flatties~~~