ahhhhh....exam's over!

ahhhhhh.... that is sign of a HUGE relieve because of so many reasons. first, exam is finally over and OMG i can believe it! i'm jumping up and down, turning around for couple of times till i feel dizzy and the kind of relief that i'm talking about. secondly, i've completed my course academic works and practical works and no more assignments, test or anything related to that matter. phew... and i hate waking up early in the morning for class. but, waking up isn't the main issue because i really need to consider of waking up early when i'm working next time. thirdly, i'm free from VC. and although i'm feeling the sense of freedom right now with all the burden laid down or cast away, i still have to bear in mind that my results are not out yet. and, the results is the most scariest thing in the whole wide world after you're sitting for an exam. it's kinda like a post-examination blues. alright, now i'm ready to pamper myself for a manicure this sunday, and a facial session this wednesday and i was thinking of doing a lil' shopping before i'm going back to hometown.

quotes are good for now...

I can not do everything, but I can do something. i must not fail to do something that I can do.
~ Helen Keller

Do what you can, with What you have, where you are.
~Theodore Roosevelt

I can do all things, through Christ that strengthens me.
~Philippians 4:13

The blessing of the Lord brings me wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.
~Proverbs10:22

I eat the fruit of my labor; blessings and prosperity are mine.
~Psalms 128:2

after a long time

it has been a very very very long long time since ive updated my bloggie... sorry dear bloggie, have been busy with exams... i was pondering to things which have been happening in life... friends gone, friends come. why does it have to be like that? those who are very2x close to me during my childhood days have gone far2x away from me... is it because of me? is it something that i say? just don't know how it happened... anyways, if i did say something wrong, i would like to apologize and make things better... u see... i'm a lonely person. all i have is my mum, dad, bf, a dog n a cat who loves me... close friends... let me think.... yeap, one n only my roomate. she's nice n sweet.

yeap, i just finishes my exam. hope i did well...

Bumbu Bali Restaurant, Bandar Puteri Puchong

another of our weekend activities are to dine at the recomended restaurant in town. never been to bali before, but i've tried balinese cuisine here in malaysia. nice and superb food is all ican say when dining in this restaurant. the restaurant is filled with customers when we were there, and i made a conclusion that it must a famous restaurant where they serve delicious food, without even trying the food that i ordered. so, came our food, it turned out to be nice... i like...! yummy and i my drink best which the famous es campur. everyone has been blogging about this restaurant including me, that's where i get to find thid restaurant. will visit this place again and try ordering other menu.

I am in a study mode...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

i like this quote. it is because, i know i'm not the best student and all i did was up to my very best. and yes, it doesn't mean that although my grades aren't good, i'm no good, but what comes in all is our dignity and our effort in achieving somthing that we want to achieve. oh well, my practical exam is on the 21st oct and my oral is on the 23rd oct. gettig ready to go through it, and i'm now busy as a bee. i've just done 2 of my case studies today, upper abdomen and female pelvic. hopefully, they will aprove it so i won't have to do it all over again. now, i'm worried, and worrying till i just don't where to start my task. tomorrow i'll be going to the college again and as usual scanning patients. in a few weeks time, i'll be finishing this course, which i can't wait any longer. and, by then i'll be at my hometown shaking my legs off. hoorraaayyy...!!!

Cream Puff

Choux Pastry Recipe
This recipe makes enough for 12 good sized cream puffs, or 24 smaller ones.

* 1 cup water
* 6 tablespoons butter
* pinch of salt
* 1 teaspoon sugar
* 1 cup flour, sifted after measuring
* 3 large eggs

In a saucepan mix the butter, salt and sugar with the water, and heat until the water boils. Remove from heat and immediately add all of the flour. Beat with a wooden spoon until the dough forms a ball and detaches from the sides of the pan.

Add the eggs one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next one. (This is a workout by the way!)





choux pastry steps

To make cream puffs, work with two tablespoons, one to scoop and one to scrape. Place mounds of dough on a nonstick cookie tray, spacing them somewhat apart. You can also use a pastry tube to form longer mounds for eclairs.

Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes.

To fill the puffs, after they have completely cooled, cut off their tops and spoon in filling. Replace top and sprinkle with powdered sugar or perhaps drizzle with chocolate or caramel if you wish.

If you want to get really fancy, you can use a cake decorating tube to pipe the filling in through a hole in the side.


i've always loved cream puff. i purchased them at papa beard's stall. it's yummy and delicious. uhhmmmm....

The little one in me

3 years ago



during my undergraduates days

The little one in me literally means the childish character of yourself? that's what mine suppose to be. i feel like being young again. Reading sweet Valley High, being force to practise my piano by mum, attending interact club meetings, writing notes in church while the pastor is preaching, playing "house" after the children's choir practise on sabbath afternoons, can't wait to go and have dinner at kfc every end of the month (my mum prohibits me eating fast foods all the time), listen to my grandma's bedtime story and lots more. Isn't it an astonishment that I'm actually 23 years of age now? I miss hugging my dad and mum. I miss them both. I love them both. I miss my dad's jokes and how I used to come back from school, having the feeling of excitement of what is my dad cooking at home. See, my mum is a teacher. So, everyday she will be fetching me from school and my dad is the one who will be cooking for. He's a businessman, got his own company, being his own boss, so, he's having the flexible time. Owh, I miss those times...whenn i was just a little girl.

my mind...

looks narrow ahead but that's not actually what it is. we always think that it is going to the difficult lah, impossible lah... daa... daa... and all the negative thught are playing in our mind when we are at a panic state, worrying state. this is exactly what am i going through right now. i have to sit for my resit paper tomorrow at 8.30a.m. and i'm glad that i understand what am i studying again for now. when we see narrow things, such the narrow road ahead, it is actually not narrow at all when we are actually going through it just the road at the picture. it's just a human thing you know thinking negatively and not optimisticly. i just hope that i can get through the exam tomorrow. wish me all the best.

how to trim the brows.

well, well... a good video to watch. especially for trimming brows. i really want to get a perfect brow like the model but i guess mine is too thin. maybe because we're asian?? anyway, just watch it for a good beauty tips and always maintain a nice and clean brows. don't overdo the brows, don't pluck it too thin or else you will end up looking... (well, you know what am i about to say)

Mama Sayang Vegetarian Restaurant

inside the restaurant itself

Sea Coconut drink with lemon

"Chicken" Roll

"Chicken" with Dried Chili

French Beans

Fried Kai Lan with "ikan Masin"

Me getting ready to fulfill my appetite

This is the entrance to the restaurant

guess what i finally found a vegetarian restaurant...! it's called Mama Sayang Restaurant. My bf introduced it to me. He went there last Monday and said the food there was delicious and we should go there again. so, today it's public holiday, why not we go there and have our lunch. since like i'm on my attempt to go on vegan.

vegetarian recipes 2

Eggplant Parmesan

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INGREDIENTs

• 3 eggplant, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 4 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs
• 6 cups spaghetti sauce, divided
• 1 (16 ounce) package mozzarella cheese, shredded and divided
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese, divided
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Dip eggplant slices in egg, then in bread crumbs. Place in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes on each side.
3. In a 9x13 inch baking dish spread spaghetti sauce to cover the bottom. Place a layer of eggplant slices in the sauce. Sprinkle with mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Repeat with remaining ingredients, ending with the cheeses. Sprinkle basil on top.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until golden brown.

Selamat Hari Raya

Today is Hari Raya and where all Muslims worldwide is celebrating Eid ul-Fitr which means a muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. I still remeber on Hari Raya my family and i will go on visiting to visit our muslims friends on this day. and my main purpose to follow them is food, food, as usual. and, they will serve all kinds of malay delicacies such as, rendang, curry, satay, ketupat, lemang, kuah satay, ayam masak merah (which i love the most), some also serve nasi briyani, and a lot more. my cousin is married to a muslim. so, every time on raya, we will first go to her house and eat 'puas-puas' because her food are all yummy, then only we go on to my father's friend's house. its fun you know, where i was like a lil girl once ago came to this person's house and they were like seeing me growing up year by year. and the famous sentence is, "anak kitak dah besar owh... cepat eh..." meaning, wow, your child has grown up now, hmmm...how time pass. and they will like giving me the duit raya and layan we all bagus2x. most of them are my dad's associates and some of them were my dad's workers, some were my mum's student house. hmmm, miss thoose days.... oopppps my tummy is asking for food now. i feel like eating those. but, sticking of my vegetarian diet, later my bf and i will go to a vegetarian restaurant. so, wait for the pictures.

vegetarian recipes 1

Roast Vegetable Pasta Salad Recipe

This is another one of my lazy – but healthy – vegetarian recipes.

Chop 1 medium eggplant, 4 tomatoes, 1 red onion into quarters. Put into a slightly greased oven pan. Throw in 5 cloves of garlic (unpeeled). Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Salt and pepper.

Roast at 180ºC for 1 hour. While you’re waiting, Boil 250g of spiral pasta.

When roasting is done, toss in a handful or two of fresh spinach leaves and fresh basil leaves. The heat makes the spinach wilt a bit.

Take out garlic cloves, unpeel, squash. Whisk with ¼ cup of olive oil and ¼ cup of balsamic vinegar. Pour this into the roasted vegetable mix.

Tip in pasta, toss everything, and eat immediately.

i'm gonna try and make this tomorrow if i can get all the ingredients.

reasons to go on vegan...

gosh... i'm blotted now. i just ate lemang and ikan masin. and i don't like the taste of it in my mouth right now. hmmm... just a split second ago, i was thinking, why don't i go on a vegetarian diet? good idea huh? well, it has been like years ago since i started to go on a vegetarian diet but i just couldn't achieve it. well, due to a lot of reasons perhaps. food, food, nice food around me makes me want to eat and eat all the time. i'm talking about char kuew tiaw, Macdonald's, Wendy's, tgi Fridays, jogoya, kim gary, nasi lemak mamak at seapark, ipoh hor fun at seapark etc. these are my most visited restaurant. damn... all those sinful indulgence. i need to slim down. come on, wake up gina!! it's time for you to loose some pounds and hit the gym or exercise or something. i was browsing the net at the same time when blogging, i found reasons people go on a vegetarian diet.

Top 10 reasons to go vegetarian

1. Lower disease risk Such as heart disease, many types of cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, food poisoning, obesity... Vegetarians pass up flesh foods that are high in cholesterol and saturated fat, and lacking in dietary fibre. Plant foods on the other hand contain antioxidants and a variety of phytochemicals that protect against disease.

2. Live longer A major study published in the British Medical Journal found that vegetarians outlive meat eaters by six years. The study tracked 11,125 people over 12 years and adjusted for smoking and socio-economic status.

3. Compassion You won't be supporting an industry that raises animals in cramped, overcrowded spaces, artificially breeds them, separates them from their young, denies them sunlight and fresh air – and then trucks them to slaughter.

4. Save wilderness Meat production requires huge amounts of land, energy and water – which leads to habitat loss, soil erosion, water depletion, and pollution from pesticides and animal waste.

5. For an ocean of love The oceans are being overfished, coral reefs are being destroyed and sensitive seafloors are getting raked with drag nets. Many species are threatened, including dolphins, seabirds and turtles that get snagged in the nets. Fish feel pain, they just lack vocal chords to express it.

6. Expand your taste horizons Vegetarian meals can be diverse, fast, colourful and delicious!

7. Sex Research has shown that the heart and brain are not the only organs that get clogged arteries due to a diet high in meat and cholesterol.

8. No more dirty dishes caked with animal grease.

9. Great excuse to... avoid everything from Aunt Flo’s hamburger casserole to the latest greasy offer from the fast food chains.

plus...

my ultimate reason...

10. SLIM FIT... hahaha

the saddest thing happen today...

guess what y'all... i failed my ethics paper. i hope not to fail a single paper for my LAN. damn... how could it happen? i don.tknow why... i guess i've not having much time to really study. i hope not to fail my DMU exam. OMG. i was thinking of sitting for it this friday, so everything will go smoothly. btw, i'm now like making myself so so busy. i'm scared for exam, not well prepared. and thoroghly yea... not well prepared. im really worried for my case study too.

talking about exams. its everyone's dillema. everyone hates exam. i hate exam as much as anyone does.

LAN exam over!!! yay!!!

my LAN exam is finally over and officially over! hurrayyy.....!!!!! a relieve to me and i can have as good night sleep tonight. hmm, i feel like eating sushi now. in was thinking of going to SHOGUN, japanese buffet restorant in sunway for my sushi treat. or maybe just go to sushi king or genki sushi. talking about exam's over, i've got two more upcoming exam, plus now i'm bothered with my case study... dadadada.... dadadada.... i tried calling up my patient for the case study just now but no answer.. huh, well.... case study abdomen, not finish... case study pelvic, not finish... all not finish lah...

hey ya...

sorry i've not been updating my 'everyday life' series. i was busy, very busy as a bee here because of my upcoming Lan exam. scareed as a cat, i'm now studying my medical code of ethics. bla... bla... bla... ethics, we are governed by ethics despite the jobs that we are at. its a legal issue, you know. i've haven't even started my abdomen, o&g, vascular, paedatrics and small parts study. OMG! not much time left. and right now, you don't know how worried i am... got no much time... yet, i'm still blogging??? hahaha... laughing because i'm speechless about my own situation. anyway, just like to share my experience in church today... i like the sermon today, it's about the"water of life". meaning Jesus is the water of our lives. without him, how are we auppose to be surviving in this sinful world. i like the part where, He was talking to the Samaritan women at the well. (bet u all know the story). the thing is, despite how sinful is she, He still gave her a promise that she will never "thirst" again. meaning, the women will have a hope to hold on to, never "thirst" in a way that she will have God's unconditional love, taking her back to His arm. you know, how sinful are we and we really need that water, the living water. water resembles a lot of things... did you know that in the Bible, it has been mentioned about 396 times about water? yea, water is an essential in out life. just think about how water can provide / is used in our daily life? that is exactly how the living water act.

Lydia, suddenly patted my back as the church service was about to finish. It came to my suprise, why is she suudenly appraoching me?? puzzle.. puzzle.. puzzle.. as the matter of fact, i have nothing to do/correlation to the primary class. then, she was like saying that she's going to move other daughter's class(junior sabbath school) and needed my help to take over her place. and now i'm like comtemplating wether to accept that resposibility or not? do you think that i need to? i can't promise and i don't think that i' ready to make that comitment. how....
if this is what God really wants me to do to server Him, I will....

I would like to thank the Lord for His wonderful blessings that He has provided to me and family and also to my relationships. My life has been blessed all according to His will. and, I pray that He will guide me through my exams, as I'm not actually well preprared. Amen.

When will they know?

“I wandered ’cross deserts
And ’cross the vast plains;
I never heard answered
The question I asked in vain;
When will they know, Lord?
When will it be? When will they
Hear, Lord, ‘Oh Lord, send me’?
“And then I looked ’round me
And heard the vast cry;
Then I felt my tears fall
And said, Lord, it is I;
They’ll never know, Lord,
It never will be. They’ll never
Hear, Lord, ‘Oh Lord, send me.’
“When will they know Jesus,
The man I love?
When will they turn, Lord
From the way they go?
They’ll never know, Lord,
It never will be. They’ll never
Hear, Lord, ‘Oh Lord, send me.’
“And now the Lord sends me
To all of the earth;
To tell all the people
They have great worth;
When will they know, Lord?
When will it be? When will
They hear, Lord, ‘Oh Lord, send me’?
“And then they’ll know Jesus
When I will say,
‘Come, follow Him, People,
He is the way. . . .’ ”*

sunday, MAN U vs. CHELSEA

why... why... why... do i have to go and watch football/soccer match. i don't like it!! it's not my kinda thing you know. its a guy thing. but there some girls who's a maniac about things kinda thing, same goes to the boys out there. nah... who cares... nevertheless, its still getting me no harm to and watch the match, coz i can have my dinner later at the same time. right??? ok, i gotta go now.

ANDY WARHOL???

have you noticed the andy warhol art on my sidebars? i think that's totally cool. i get to found out that he's was an American Artist and a central figure in the movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author, and public figure known for his membership in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy aristocrats. ~ by wikipedia.

alright, and that's totally cool, again. he's paintings are all vintage. i like vintage ans it is the 'in' now.

freaky friday

damn... there's just so much of work loads to do just before weekend comes. i need to complete 4 reports just now right before lunch because i wasn't intending to attend class. film reviewing is just for the juniors and senior are not necessary to attend it. so, now I'm doing my online shopping. i wanted to revamp my wardrobe since a long time ago, but i haven't got much time to do it. that's why today i must do it. i wanna change my style again... because before this, I'm like addicted to vintage and now I'm more into the British fashion forward kinda thing you know. hehe... and then, by making my closet a lil' bit brand new, it'll make me smile all day looking at all my new clothes. haha... i love that.. oh, and i love to have a big closet like carie bradshaw's one in the movie 'sex and the city'. its really2x nice and that's my dream closet. wow.... how i wish to have a closet like that. a fashionista always can't get enough of clothes... they're fashion addict u know... do i think i'm like that? hope i'm not wasting money. but i'd rather starve, to but clothes... oh, yes for sure!

wicky wednesday

and yeah... today is a public holiday and we all like bodo2x go college for class. menyampah... but, it turned out to be the most understandable class that i've attended so far. i like it because it involves both theoretical and practical learning both at the same time. i like the lecturer because she explains things in such a way that all of us is able to understand and i think whatever that she wants to deliver to us all has been delivered. the class is not boring to me, although she's talking quite a lot, u know. i like the way she treat us all like a mother and she is so 'motherly', if u know what i mean.

i just seem to be bothered by all the case study that i need to finish up before my oral n practical exam. couldn't really focus on my LAN exam. this college is really killing me. not me alone but all of us!!! that's what we all has been complaining all this while.

tuesday, the mazze day...

holla, I'm now actually doing the write up for my upper abdomen case study. waa... its so complicated as i would have imagined the write up turn up to be. damn... luckily, the case that I'm doing is not as complicated as the others. lucky me... I'm kinda bored now... what to do? i was thinking of doing that kek batik again for Enid's birthday gift. it would be a really great idea. it's like something that i made from my own effort using my own hands. hehe... I'm sure she'll like it. she like cakes... hopefully she's not reading my blog now or else she knows what am i about to give tomorrow. hehe...

didi i mentioned that i've just watched "BLACK WATER"? it was a cool Australian movie. i kept on imagine that i was one of them. what if i was being the one attacked by the croc? scary to the max. the movie was based on a true story you know, a novel.

Grace (Diana Glenn), her boyfriend Adam (Andy Rodoreda) and younger sister Lee (Maeve Dermody) are holidaying in Northern Australia when they decide to take a river tour. Drifting into a mangrove swamp, their boat is suddenly capsized and their guide disappears beneath the murky waters. They have been attacked by a crocodile. Adam drags Grace to the safety of a tree whilst Lee clings desperately atop the overturned boat. Stranded in the swamp, with no rescue in sight, the three must work out what to do to survive, while the ravenous crocodile circles below. Watching. Waiting.

Based on a true story, Black Water has a great premise and some effective shocks, but lack of momentum fritters some of the tension away. With its characters stuck up a tree for most of the movie, the narrative is similarly stranded. Part influenced by genre classics like Duel (1971), Jaws (1975) and Alien (1979) (early on Lee mimics the chest-burster scene), the film avoids the pitfalls of the “you are there” school of docu-horror (The Blair Witch Project (1999), Open Water (2005)), but also loses some of its intimacy. The nerve-jangling scares are aided by David Nerlich and Andrew Traucki’s decision to keep their croc a mostly hidden, yet palpable menace. The directors filmed footage of real crocodiles (Traucki was chased by one uncooperative reptile) but it is sparsely used in favour of subtle sound effects, POV shots and ripples of water that set your nerves on edge whenever they appear. Save for one awkward moment when the croc leaps out of the water (Croc looks screen right, then so do the actors), it’s skilfully done thanks to Nerlich’s background in visual effects. Co-director Andrew Traucki also helmed black & white sci-fi pastiche, Rocky Star which aired on BBC2 ten years ago.

Standout moments include a harrowing night when two characters are forced to listen while the crocodile chows down on their friend, and Lee awakening, post croc-attack, to find herself next to the rotting corpse of their riverboat guide. The film’s most nightmarish innovations are the “Death Roll” POV shots where we experience, first-hand what it’s like to be caught in a crocodile’s jaws. Some unintentional humour arises when one character says: “I’ll be right back”. Audiences are likely to groan since we know what’s coming. Given the circumstances it’s hard to judge whether the characters react believably or not. While people react to trauma in different ways, the protagonists waver convincingly between hysteria and a fierce determination to survive. Especially impressive are Diana Glenn and Maeve Dermody as sisters whose bonds are severely tested by the horrors they endure. Dermody keeps us riveted as she skulks toward a final confrontation with the monster. Kudos also for an ending that strikes the right balance between triumph and tragedy.
taken from ~ http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2672

something just came up my mind, saying that i should continue do my write up. hehe... adios!!!

sunday greetings...

remember the kek batik that i was mentioning yesterday? it turn out to be not a kek batik at all. lol. the consistency of the kek is too liquidized and not the way that i expect it to be. sigh... anyway, to day i'll be for movie. watching "ROMULUS M FATHER". it is about a guy named Raimond Gaita (1946 - ) comes of age in Frogmore, Victoria in the early 1960s. His parents are immigrants: his Romanian father farms; his German mother, Christina, estranged from Romulus, is in Melbourne. Romulus is near despair when she takes up with the brother of his best friend, who suggests he send for a new wife from back home. For Rai, poverty, bruises, and the mysterious ways of adults compete with his longing for a stable home and his own incipient puberty. Love and madness lie in the same bed. As an old woman tells Rai, "Sometimes what you reckon and what you get ain't the same thing."

the main actor is eric bana and i always adored his acting. nice movie i suppose... so don't miss a chance to watch it on cinema.

saturday evening

yay!! i've just acomplished my new mission. and that is by making an unbaked cake called "KEK BATIK". lol. i've always wanted to make a cake all this while but i don't have an oven to bake them. so, suddenly when i was browsing through the internet this evening, i read one blog about this girl making this kek batik. then, i was really into making this cake. so, i went to giant and got myself all the ingredients and quickly went home to make it. hmm... can't wait for the cake to be ready to be eaten. it's still in the fridge now. tomorrow will be the best time to eat it. the trick about this cake is that, the longer you chill it, the better it become.

now, i am thinking hard on how to get patient for my case study. can't even get any of them with pathology. ggrrrr....