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kimbab making

2012-01-08T13:39:00.002+08:00

its korean sushi, except the rice is different.

i learnt it from my housemate's younger sister. she studies enginering in korea

first you need the rice. its kimbab rice. (kim means seaweed and bab rice) i thought i took a picture of the rice packaging, but nobody who doesnt read korean would understand it anyway. you can get this at speciality korean shops..

it needs to be rinsed only once or twice (otherwise the kanji would get washed out i think) then add equal amounts of rice and water. it should be sticky like pulut (glutinouse rice) or sushi rice

then add some sesame oil (to taste)

and a sprinkling of toasted sesame seed

then you need some tuna/salmon. i bought the store packed variety in oil. first drain the oil (obviously) then mix it up with some mayo (i also added chilisauce, so malaysian of me)

and this is how it should turn out looking (tastes better than it looks i promise)

then prepare the filling. you need some pickled radish

fresh cucumbers, peeled, core out the middle, you dont need those, cut them into strips

and some carrots

cook some crabsticks

they need to be in strips too.. and some cheese. we just used sliced cheddar cheese

next you need some kim, they look like this

they come in sheets

lay the sheets out, the rough side up. spread out the rice on about a third of the kim

lay strips of cucumber, radish

put the tuna in between

top that with the crabsticks, carrots and cheese

now the tricky part: the rolling!you actually need a rolling mat for this, but we went without

and voila!

you can actually eat it like this, or you can serve this up as slices

enjoy! they are delish! i swear

here's to the new year

2012-01-02T00:29:00.003+08:00

its that time of the year! resolutions!

i love reviewing what i wrote last year, but this yr its mostly on fb and tumblr and now im starting to tweet. mixed media i should say

heres what im looking forward to in the new year (in no particular order) im reading a book and it teaches you to speak in terms of the present, because in reality time is relative

travel! if i can stand the straight 5day calls, i think i deserve a treat! dont u?
learning! lots to learn in the new department. im super hyper in plastic! xcited already
a healthier me. i am fit =)

lots of swimming, aerobics, jogging with friends
great sleeping habits
great eating habits
great skin

i think ill take up a new language; im fluent in arabic and french

the latter is of course to equip me for working in france! im thinking: sabatical leave of at least a year! oo lala~

love.. hee! this is the year =) i can feel it
abundance. in all areas of life. and motivation. and a life of helping others, no matter how little.
i will not refuse anyone who asks me for money. regardless of the amount. God help me =)
i am kind to all. and i mean ALL
i am punctual. always
write more! hello blogger dashboard. here's to writing more meaningful posts yay~
attracting positivity. think positive uplifting thoughts and perpetuating more in the process
better taste in music! uplifting, spiritually beneficial music
read more. taking up reading again. ticking off my to read list! motivational, medical and artsy reading

i have to read for an exam (yikes!)

im better dressed. style~
enough money for a house!and that plot of land in pulau rusa complete with a cozy holiday home there. a green of course!

this could go on and on but this is from the top of my head. ill add to it as i go

The world as I see it, is a remarkable placeA beautiful house in a forest, of stars in outer space.From a birds eye view, I can see it has a well-rounded personalityFrom a birds eye view, I can see we are family.

blogging again

2011-11-04T21:53:00.001+08:00

fuh alhamdulillah with a sigh of relief i completed my ho ship. i didnt end with a big celebration, just went out quietly, had a nice holiday at the end with close friends. gosh i cannot tell you how much i miss blogging. i just wasnt able to do it while i was still a ho. i would inevitablly end up grumbling my whole 2 years away. not that i didnt enjoy it though. there were parts that i enjoyed ! (maybe too much even ;p) all departments were great (except that one hideous misnomer of a department which i shall be left unmentioned), love the hospital by the beach, love the city

i feel like a theme song coming on ~

if i had my way im gonna stay here for life

in retrospect it wouldve been nice to document my ho journey, but i think i would've named too many names, and said things so inappropriate you would not believe it.

but its good that it didnt document most of it, that way i get to remember the good bits. there were lots of good bits, made lots of great friends, and of course learnt a thing or two about medicine.

anyway i missed blogging sooo much.fb statuses doesnt do it for me really~ neither does twitter

i have yet to find a great blogger app, so i can blog from my phone.

more to come later~

good to be back

if i had my own hospital

2011-11-04T11:01:00.001+08:00

imagine if all those needle and syringe wrappers were recycled. all those hospital parking lots outfitted with solar panels, it would make for a great covered parking too, shielding the visitors from sun and rain. all the staff (who carpooled to work) would get their own parking.
imagine if we used biodegradable detergent for the linen. if all the wards were naturally sunlit and breezy and icus were passively cooled. if all food served were organically grown in a the hospital garden. lush trees grow there, perfect for the patients to go on walks. if grey water was used in the plumbing. that's what i would do if i had my own hospital.
all the staff would get their won pasivhous certified quarters, thereby reducing the need for transportation. we could just walk/bike to our wards/clinics. oncall rooms would have gyms yay.
it would be ibadah friendly too. a comfortable and clean place for everyone to pray. a mosque just near by so people wouldn't have to miss friday prayers. working hours would cnter around prayer times, lab and office people would go on breaks based on those.
i would make recycling so easy, everyone would do it.
i would have a cafe open 24hours a day, for all those people oncall, serving fresh delicious healthy food. there would be a salad bar too. and a huge selection of fruits to make your own power juices. the people in the ot can have the food ordered straight to them. excess food would make compost and feeds for animals.
oh and the wonderful labour room, i would call it the birthing center, where mothers wont be strapped down to their beds in embarrassing lithotomy positions. they would choose how they would welcome their baby into this world. they could choose whatever position they are comfortable with to deliver their baby.
how about patient information? every doctor would get a tablet to document findings and treatment. and the system would be like a wiki, where anyone who accessed any information would be logged in.
i would have everyone in scrubs, easier to identify who's who and also better to run around in.
the building are not only green, they're regenerative, they heal.

global green and healthy hospital
health care without harm
green guide

gosh i'm absorbed in these documents when i should be reading o&g. ps i delivered a baby via svd (+intact perineum woo!) i ended up delivering the baby in full armour, because it was a biohazard case and all the nurses ran away (busily pretending) to attend another patient. i was so pissed im going to bring up the matter at the next pass over. the disposible delivery set had no cord scissors or suction tubing. cmon do u want all the equipment being mixed up like that?!
yes i am officially an mo. i dont feel anything. apathetic. basically because it feels more like a senior ho position. with the lack of hos, i end up clerking the patients in admission, which i dont mind because that means less new cases to review at night. in the mornings, we plough through all the membranes that need to be ruptured, 1 mo palpating the abdomen, the other doing ve and another typing away at the overworked laptops that cannot be severed from the wall sockets. yup, its never switched off and although the battery indicates that it is 100% charged, it goes into hibernation mode in seconds once unplugged. i guess thats why the ward recently bought a 10m extension for ward rounds. so we lug around the laptops and their hideously heavy table around.
i think ong mo are the most hardworking of all, they do rounds, go into ot, ve, bishop score, deliver the difficult ones, run clinics, in the hopes that them babies come out healthy and happy.
and all the neonates people can see are the bad ones and blame us for not sectioning every potentially high risk patient.

hijab review: Alya Sara

2011-10-12T20:13:00.000+08:00

finallly here!as promised: a review!

ive been meaning to write this up ages ago (ie before the sabah trip) . had it in my head, waiting to be published!
first off; disclaimers: these beauties were given to me by alya sara to be reviewed. but apart from that, i received no monetary gains (just a great hijab)

the stitching

as u can see, for their latest line they used contrasting thread for that authentic "denim" look. same goes for the colours that they come in. all denim inspired. which is great when either paired with formal work attire or for that casual look. its very neat, look at how they did the corners! such attention to detail.

the material
as u can see, the material is opaque which is great and it comes with a slight stretch, just like your regular jeans! it goes both ways which is great for draping, so it can fit perfectly to the contours of your head, and also for non pin wearers (like moi), great for tucking in.
the material is also of a heavier quality than most shawls im used to, but having said that, it was very comfortable to go to work in. i stayed nice and cool (di bilik6)
shawls have what i call a 'grip' factor, for example, i switched from shiny viscose ones to rough pashmina like shawls because of the grip. the latter are less fussy for me because it stays on requiring no undercaps or pins. i prefer frequent adjustments to my shawl, esp after using a stethoscope, so pins would be cumbersome. so as far as that goes, it had quite a nice grip.

sizing & draping

as you can see, its just the right size,ie not too big with too much material overwhelming the hijabi, but not too small that parts that need covering don't get covered. i dont have the exact dimensions with me right now, but whats important when wearing a shawl, you need front and back parts to have enough coverage, as in the picture, it forms nice triangle shapes on both sides as you would wearing a traditional square hijab. also another plus point is that, because of how they finish the hems, the hijab frames the face quite nicely. i like how the tip (the part where normal tudungs have an awning), forms properly.

inner

if youre not comfortable wearing it just like this, u can gt a matching (or contrasting) inner cap. its comes in both varieties, a hard awning type or soft awning type. gosh i think i just made up terms for their products.

overall

go get yourself an Alya Sara denim shawl! yay. anyon interested can go over to Alya Sara and get one, or contact me!