Black Pearl

Assalamualaikum, So, sebenarnya aku tengah cuti seminggu, which is the only break we're getting for the whole 2 semesters of our clinical year. Sounds tough kan? Because it is. I mean, of course we have weekends to ourselves tapi cuti panjang yang macam ni is very hard to come by. Sejak kitorang first year lagi lecturers dah warning pasal benda ni and we thought we've prepared ourselves, but we actually didn't haha. Typical Malaysians, suka cuti. Alright, since aku tak banyak masa nak update setiap kali habis rotation OPD, so kita satukan dalam satu post ni je lah iye. 3 rotations of OPD sums up to 9 weeks in total. The 3rd & 4th rotation group aku under supervision Miss Alin. 5th rotation dengan Encik Asri lagi.  3rd Rotation - Hospital Serdang (Klinik Paeds, Klinik Diet, Klinik Nefro, Klinik MOPD) Like I wrote in the previous post, it was nerve-wrecking on the first day of OPD. Gigihlah group aku duk isi borang target goals yang kena isi sebelum setiap r

Assalamualaikum, So, I finally broke my 'Enter' button. Taylor has been doing so well, berbakti entah dah berapa tahun tak pernah buat masalah. Walaupun tak pernah housekeeping, tak pernah meragam, alhamdulillah. Cuma sikit2 jelah dia hang kadang2 tu bila lama sangat buat kerja2 fyp haa nak suruh tuan dia berhenti rehat lah tu gamaknya. Anyway, I finished my second rotation, the last IPD 1 punya rotation. Esok start OPD 1st rotation pulak. Fuh, totally do not know what to expect. Tapi dah tahulah OPD ni tak sama dengan IPD. How so? Nantilah cerita lepas habis 3rd rotation haha. 7C. Mula2 dah cuak dah sebab fikir mesti banyak gila case/referral since the group before us was soooo busy. Tiba2 masa first week kat ward ni, gersang je bedside referral takde untuk group aku. Group yang dulunya kat 7C dan dah tukar pergi 6B tu pulak dapat bertimbun-timbun kes kat wad yang masa kitorang pegang selalu lengang takde kes xD I don't know if we're just very unfortunate or ve

Assalamualaikum, 3 weeks had gone by. I just ended my first rotation of clinical internship at ward 6B (Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and Surgical), Hospital Serdang. I think it was apparent how anxious I was when I first started this rotation. Rightfully so seeing that it was the beginning of our clinical year. What more, we were attached with one of the, I don't know how to best describe the rumors I've heard about Puan Liyana. How she's strict, garang, or so they said. I actually got to see it first hand when I went for a ward round during my second year. She told off one of our seniors when she failed to answer her question regarding ONS. So yeah, even without the rumors, it was engraved in my mind that she is someone I should fear :D On our very first day, we did not go to the wards/clinics like all the other groups, but we were the attendees of a talk by our clinical instructor at the main campus. Puan first asked us to prepare for a food label quiz at Makm

Assalamualaikum, We got back to college earlier than usual. Bukannya tak pernah balik awal tapi kali ni memang balik kolej awal yang tak balik2 rumah haha.  Actually, for UPM's Bachelor Science of Dietetics, tak pernah ada orientation week pun untuk clinical rotation. This was the first time it was held. Aku rasa sebab batch kami, Dietista 11 ni first batch yang masuk dengan interview, kami dah banyak kali jadi lab rats which is not necessarily a bad thing. Maksudnya kamilah manusia2 pertama yang kena lalui semua ni dan tengok macam mana outcome nya nanti so that benda ni boleh apply kat juniors pula, mungkin dalam version yang dah improve. Aku tak kata batch2 sebelum ni tak bagus, tapi mungkin lecturers nak tengok sejauh mana program ni boleh ditambah baik. Nak hasilkan dietitians yang lebih kompeten dan berkaliber.  Anyway, the week started on a Monday, the 20th of August. The next day, half day je sebab nak bagi peluang sesiapa yang nak balik raya haji since esoknya

Assalamualaikum, Ya Allah, beratnya mata aku. Seriously balik kerja je mesti penat macam ni, lapar tak boleh bawa bincang. Eh, kerja? Internship, I mean. 2 months of it, for foodservice. Actually lagi 2 hari je nak habis ni. Cepat betul. Rasa macam baru berapa hari masuk sini.  I cannot deny how nervous I was hari first masuk tu tapi sekarang dah rapat dengan diorang semua. Memanglah aku happy sebab dah tak payah hadap traffic jammed hari2, 6 hari seminggu, tapi sedih pulak sebab lepas ni mungkin dah takkan jumpa pekerja2 dapur JSH tu.  To be perfectly honest, they are such nice people. Memanglah masing2 perangai macam2, kerenah pun haha kecoh satu dapur tu, tapi they treated us very nicely. Tak pernah buli ke apa ke. Ajar macam2. Berbual melalut-lalut. Semua pula tu. Dari kitchen helpers, foodservice assistants, cooks, clerk, catering officer, dietitians, dan terutamanya diet aide sebab aku banyak menyibuk kat office diorang. Sampaikan 2 hari lepas, when I chose to sit

Assalamualaikum, Sedar tak sedar, dah habis present result & poster fyp pun. Tak percaya nak dekat setahun aku hadap macam2 daripada perang dingin dengan fyp mate, sampai ke kena buli dengan orang atas (side note: bukan supervisor saya. SV saya baik hokayy).  Me being Hannysa, I was mad nervous before the final presentation. Cold hands, cold feet, you name it. Semuanya ada. Trembling masa pakai tudung pagi nak present tu. Ya Allah, teruk beno. Macam nak pergi hukuman gantung padahal nak present je.  I was the second presenter that day, actually, among the 32 of us. Sebab our schedule got messed up since Khamis Jumaat cuti sebab PRU hari tu. Patut present Jumaat, tapi terpaksa anjak ke hari Rabu. When I think about it, it was actually a blessing, giving me more time to prepare. I may have not be as prepared kalau buat as planned originally.  I could feel my voice trembling a bit. Nak aje baca laju2 sebab takut exceed 15 minit, tapi sebab the first presenter kena t

Assalamualaikum, So, I am back at home for Kak Long's engagement and also, PRU. I am eligible to vote for the first time ever tomorrow. My gals are currently discussing about the pros and cons of each party dalam Whatsapp haha. Don't worry, it's a very civilized discussion.We don't fight with each other over something as petty as opinion differences, especially not about this issue xD Of course, I am having inner turmoil jugak nak pilih siapa untuk diundi. Honestly, no one is perfect. So, ultimately, I just need to vote for those yang may be the better leader, which is not an easy choice sebab aku tak kenal sangat pun calon2 kat sini. The last person ever yang aku ingat as a public figure in Kulai is Ong Ka Ting. Tu tahun bila entah.  Sebenarnya kena ambil port jugak, sebab we're talking about masa depan negara, tapi I find politics to be very full of dishonesty and taktik kotor. So, I try my best not to corrupt my mind dengan any of these stuffs. Lol

Assalamualaikum, Sem 6. Nak habis dah pun. Lepas ni start LI. Tapi sebelum tu, serabut dulu dengan FYP. Sumpah. Setiap stage cabaran lain2. Sekarang dah kat stage nak analyse. Apa cabaran? 1. Dr nak suruh siapkan dalam seminggu je sebab nak hantar abstract pergi conference. 2. Nak kena analyse scoring instrument yang sangat baru in which tak banyak rujukan. So, I need to search for people yang reti guna. Problem is, memang ada student master yang tengah buat M-HEI & FFQ, tapi dia pun tak sure pasal banyak benda. We are both still learning this thing. 3. Partner FYP aku kat Vietnam sekarang. Mobiliti kat sana. Terkapai-kapai aku kat sini sorang-sorang nak fahamkan semua benda. I should get extra credit kot aihh. 4. I need to study for my midterm naik cuti ni. Also, ada presentation minggu lepas cuti. Awal cuti hari tu aku pergi Cameron Highlands. Pergi Jumaat, Sabtu dah balik. A short, sweet escape dengan my girls from PALAM. Ateng, Adaa & Izzah. Gila

Assalamualaikum,  Semester 5 : DONE. I mean, I say this every time but it is hard to believe how fast time flies. Tengoklah aku kat mana sekarang. Dah habis semester 5 pun. 3 semester je lagi. Actually, 1 semester of learning. Lagi remaining 2 sem aku praktikal. See? I told you. It is crazy. Cuti sebulan ni aku banyak duduk kat kolej je. Data collection for my fyp. Walaupun sebenarnya takdelah hari-hari collect data.  I enrolled in a class that I have been wanting to enroll since forever. Dari second year kot aku nak join tapi tak menyempat sebab busy sangat time tu. I finally have the time. Fuhh, well wish me luck! Being alone does give me a perspective about myself. I reflected more. What I want versus what I need. What I should or should not do. How to be more mature and not act like I'm some kind of an angsty teenager. A LOT of perspective. Hey, find some time for yourself. You would be surprised of what you will find out. 

Assalamualaikum, I forgot that I have always updated this blog every study week. Patutlah tiba-tiba felt an urge to update. Sebab bila kau dah jadikan habit, ada biological clock yang akan ingatkan kau yang kau kena buat habit kau tu. So, kali ni punya final exam ada 4 paper je. Je. Apa kau fikir 4 paper tu, sebab sikit, senang? Haha. Tak. Added to the fact 3 paper 2 hari berturut-turut, lepas tu gap 10 hari nak sampai last paper. Hah, amik. Study lah sampai muntah xD Tapi sebab last paper tu MNT, aku terima dengan hati terbuka. Banyak weh nak kena master untuk subjek tu. Try to look at the positive side ni. 3 hari aku jimba tak pegang lecture notes. Tapi I am satisfied with my progress by far. Sebab the 4th day tu, I finished reading all the lecture notes for Nutrition Counselling. A bit of a challenge to divide my time for settling my FYP chapters yang kena hantar by 29 December (which is esok) & study for finals jugak.   Sekejap je dah nak habis

Assalamualaikum, I am currently stalling. Kerja banyak sangat sampai tak tahu nak capai yang mana dulu. Kerja apa? -3 jenis presentation Foodservice -FYP proposal slides -FYP chapter 2 & 3 -Study MNT- test Jumaat ni -Plan a visit to welfare house -Plan untuk masak Hipster Cafe next week -Practice untuk Nutrition Counseling So, I came to you lah bloggie. Sepanjang sem 1 third year ni rasa okay je lagi. Tiba2 nak habis sem, semua benda langgar aku one by one. Tak sempat nak ambil nafas, kena langgar lagi. Gila kalau cakap aku tak pernah persoalkan kebolehan aku. Bodoh. Kadang2 rasa macam tu. Betul ke ada potensi? Ke memang tu kata-kata penyedap hati? Mungkin kena ingat balik kenapa kau kat sini. Niat kau. Betulkan balik. Jangan rasa terbeban, asyik mengeluh. Padahal kau yang nak sangat course ni. Ingat balik macam mana susah kau datang sini semata-mata nak pergi interview belajar kat sini. Berapa ramai yang tak diterima, kau pulak lemah longlai mac

Assalamualaikum, Fifth semester, guys. Wow, I am half way there. This week, I saw many of my friends' convocation pictures on their social medias (yang amik diploma). I can't wait for that to eventually happen to me. But until then, I want to cherish every second of it all, with the people that I care about, whom I will not be seeing as much after we graduate (maybe not at all tsk). It is sad to think as such, but it is the reality. That is what I think of when I see their posts about their graduation. What else do I think about? How happy would my parents be, how relieved but at the same time scared would I be, because I will start a new life. Literally. Kak Long punya konvo bulan ni jugak. Minggu depan. Gosh, how I wish arwah nenek ada kat sini, tengok cucu first dia pegang ijazah. Al-fatihah untuk nenek.  Tadi scroll ig & dapat tahu a high school  junior yang muda 3 tahun daripada aku baru kahwin pagi tadi. Tiba2 rasa macam "hm, k wow". Betul la

Assalamualaikum, It is the 4th week of the 5th semester. Next week ada 2 test. PA dengan MNT 2. Baru habis baca 2 lecture notes PA tadi. Roommate aku balik, nak basuh baju katanya. Untunglah rumah dekat *sarcastic smile emoji* Hari tu punya post duk cakap pasal fyp, kali ni pun nak cakap pasal benda yang sama. Bear with me talking about fyp for a year, okay? Memanglah masa cuti semester tu sv aku tak reply email. Naik sem, aku Jaz Zul jumpa sv. Dr puji sebab dia kata fyp students dia sebelum2 ni tak pernah approach dia dulu, masa cuti pulak tu, instead, dia yang kena approach diorang.  Tak tipu, aku rasa tenang lepas dapat jumpa dia. Bila dapat tahu yang fyp kitorang ni more to helping Master and pHD students Dr. Bila dengar Dr explain yang most of the data had been collected. Memanglah tak dapat rasa sangat data collection tu macam mana, tapi at least takdelah rasa macam hidup tak teratur sangat setahun ni. Lagi satu, Dr suruh kitorang publish paper. I admit that i

Assalamualaikum, In a few days, my semester break of 3 months will be over. It is always intimidating to start another new year as a degree student because you know what to expect, but then things will never go as planned, but you planned ahead anyway.  It's 7.54 p.m. and oh the rain is getting heavier outside. Fisha tengah membebel kat bawah. Sampai bilik aku kat atas ni pun boleh dengar haih budak ni. I'm scared. Final year project ni menakutkan sangat. Baru sekarang nak menyesal sebab tak betul2 fokus masa biostatistik dulu. I mean, I did focus in class tapi entahlah. Sebab memang tak minat research stuffs, the subject was not interesting to me. More of a bore. Lagi2 sebab ada perkataan 'statistik' tu. Why lah kena ada final year project ni? Hm.    I was trying so hard to try and read more journals, but my procrastination got the best of me. Esoklah aku baca. Tengok2 esok aku buat benda lain. Okay2, esok. Ehh, malas pulak. Kisahnya sampai habis cu

Assalamualaikum, I recently finished my sophomore year as an undergraduate student for Bachelor Science of Dietetics in UPM. By finished, I mean I got through my finals and even though the results are not out yet, it is safe to assume I made it, or rather, survived. Haha. Since I wrote a post about the first year subjects, it is only fair to write one for my second year too. Besides, I have got comments asking me about the course or really, how to get accepted into the course on that post. I think this can give an insight as to what we actually learned throughout the 2 semesters (2016/2017) to any souls out there who are looking to get enrolled, or maybe any of my juniors who are interested in knowing what we, your seniors had been through ;) First Semester PKK 3202 or Nutrition and Metabolism.  This one was a continuation of SBP 3201 Basic Medical Biochemistry which we learned when we were freshies. The difference is that this subject looked into more detailed des