Thank you

Guess who finished reading another English book:D?? yes, humbly, it's me:D I can't describe how happy I feel about it..It's been long, like really long since a book captured..my senses...:)

I borrowed this book from a dear friend of mine about a year ago, only read few pages at first...waited for the reading-mood to kick in but it was all lost...so I left it...came back again after some time, still no result:(

Apparently, all i needed is self-determination that I actually love reading and, to be honest, I really missed it:)

Joyce, has had an accident and somehow she has all this knowledge of stuff she never knew about before. A sense of Deja vu everywhere she goes. And she can't explain it. And there is Justin, now divorced, who has this constant feeling of something missing inside of him. It's too powerful what a "thank you" letter can do...

It is a lovely read if you are into romance:)

Right now, the next book I want to read is Daddy-Long-Legs. A book I never knew it existed. The story of one of my favorite childhood cartoons, Judy Abbott.

Thank you

Days of my Summer Holiday-3

I have failed pharmacology!

For the first time in my life, I have failed a course!

I don’t regret it though. It was smart.1- I needed the whole world to see me in a way different from the-one-with-the-perfect-grades, simply because, it is no longer true! It was just hard to keep up with the studies. I get bored quickly. And God, drugs’ names are sooo hard to memorize:-/ 2- Failing the last, and most important course, and repeating it in summer did me GOOD this year. Everyone who failed knows the most important drugs that we need to know better than anyone else:D 3- I had to fail. My grades were sooooo bad that it would look so pathetic if I “just” passed! 4- I just had to fail. No explanation needed!

It's true my parents had a hard time absorbing it,especially my mom. I do feel bad for letting them down but at some point, it really had to happen!!

Days of my Summer Holiday-3

Days of my Summer Holiday-2

Wed, 28-Jul-10

Well, I thought I’ll be having really interesting days in here to blog about, but oh God, Hypertension and Diabetes Clinic is SO BORING!!!! I know for sure I don’t wana end up in such a place!

And almost every other day is boring too:-/ I don’t wana sound lame, but there is hardly any patient here! And everyone likes it!! They are glad that they don’t have to work. They are all relaxed, sipping tea, and exchanging stories about their kids K I would have gone to another health center, a busier one, if I had known that I don’t need to be in the same center where I live.

On the brighter side, I have made friends there. And truthfully, ignoring the fact that I hardly learnt anything, I have enjoyed my stay there. People were really sweetJ

Days of my Summer Holiday-2

Days of my Summer Holiday-1

Sat, 17-Jul-10

So am going to tell you about my first day of work at a nearby health centerJ. I planned to spend 2 weeks for a medical observation and my first day was just fabulous. I was placed at the general clinic for females. I got to see patients with Hashimoto thyroiditis, polycystic ovaries, serosal fibroids, herniated disks, and plenty of cases of amenorrhea, urinary tract infections, and arthralgia. To make it clear, they were only coming for check-ups since this is only a primary clinic. The names may sound fancy for some of you but these are not-so-fancy conditions :p However, for someone like me, who haven’t been exposed to all of these conditions at once, and to correlate the pathology of them with their microbiology, physiology, and pharmacology, this is pretty fascinatingJ. Moreover, it was interesting to have a look at the different x-ray films that do NOT look in anyway close to the ones we studied. They all looked kind of okay-okay-normal to me, not like the ones we get to see in books where the pathology is very clear most of the time. This is honestly scary:-S I thought I know how to read x-rays:-/ Anyway, the doctor was really sweet. She is Omani in her first year of work after her internship. She taught me how to examine little babies before taking their immunization shots and I DID examine 5 babies on my own ^_^. She also taught me how to draw blood for samples! And, of course, I DID draw blood on my own from two patients, haha :D I can say that the patients weren’t so thrilled to let me do it, but they were kind enough to not refuseJ. It’s not a hard job as long as the cubital vein is clear. Actually, it is very easy B-)

This is the first time where I am in a place with clinical setting, totally, on my own without college friends or classmates but I felt like home because they were all very sweet.

As I was saying on twitter, this place is really small!! The doctor’s aunt turned out to be married to a distant family member, her sister is a friend of my sister-in-law, the lab worker is a high school friend of mine, one of the nurses is my BFF’s cousin, and one patient was my sister’s high school chemistry teacher!! How cool is that B-)

I am looking forward for tomorrow, where I’ll be joining Dr. Tariq at the diabetes and hypertension clinic for malesJ. Right now, I need to read some lecture notes to refresh my holiday-frozen brain!

Days of my Summer Holiday-1

a test

/hihi this post is just to check if the additions on my template are working fine:P

bye for now/bye

Update:

yes they are working=D>

i've got plenty of posts ready to be published but i'll wait for my next holiday to do so inshallah,,see you till then:)

a test

What Would I Give If It Was Me??

(Maybe he's right. Maybe there is something the matter with me.

I just don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad.)



"Look at this stuff
Isn't it neat?

Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?

Wouldn't you think I'm the girl

The girl who has everything?

Look at this trove

Treasures untold

How many wonders can one cavern hold?

Looking around here you think

Sure, she's got everything

I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

I've got whozits and whatzits galore

You want thingamabobs?

I've got twenty!

But who cares?

No big deal

I want more



I wanna be where the people are

I wanna see, wanna see them dancin'

Walking around on those - what do you call 'em?

Oh - feet!



Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far

Legs are required for jumping, dancing

Strolling along down a - what's that word again?

Street



Up where they walk, up where they run

Up where they stay all day in the sun

Wanderin' free - wish I could be

Part of that world



What would I give if I could live out of these waters?

What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?

Bet'cha on land they understand

That they don't reprimand their daughters

Bright young women sick of swimmin'

Ready to stand



I'm ready to know what the people know

Ask 'em my questions and get some answers

What's a fire and why does it - what's the word?

Burn?



When's it my turn?

Wouldn't I love, love to explore that shore up above?

Out of the sea

Wish I could be

Part of that world "

The Little Mermaid

What Would I Give If It Was Me??

Have I Ever told You That??

I was browsing online when I found this. An anonymous wrote it as his/her secret that s/he never told anyone before, and it's simply breathtaking!!

S/He wrote: "You're beautiful. Everything about you is mesmerizing, you have no imperfections because anything that could be imperfect about you makes you that much more perfect. There's not one thing I would change about you. Ever. I just thought you should know that."

How sweet!

Have I Ever told You That??

I wish...

Life sucks!

Feels weird to hear myself saying this, because I always loved life! But I think we all have our moments where we wish things happen differently, or wish that we live in another life where impossible things ARE possible! Well, today is one of those "sucky" days...

Why am writing about this? I guess am tired of holding it inside...

Many things in mind, so tell me,,talk about what..friendship?? or love??

How long has it been?? 4 years. What happened?? I don't know! Life took us into different paths..met new people..showed us different sides of ourselves that we didn't know they even exist. Broken pieces can be brought back together?? I know, but, now I am wondering if there is any point! So?? So nothing! I just miss our old days,,when we were together! Miss them so bad.

**Letter 1: You know, today, I wanted to write..desperately..but I didn't know WHERE to write because our little notebook that we shared was gone!

**Letter 2: Next time, I am going to tell you how I exactly feel, even if it meant hurting you, because ,now,"this" is noway to feel!! For both of us!!

**Letter 3: I wish I could make the impossible, possible! You tell me life isn't fair?? I know:(

**Letter 4: Please, see me, the way I want you to see me..Feel me, the way I want you to feel me.. And don't try to make me change!! Am beautiful in every sense of the word, exactly the way I am, so please, just accept me.

I wish...

One Amazing Trip..

Once upon a time, not very long though;P, I've been to Sadah, one of the Omani wilayas in the south of the country. Though it was for 3 days only, I did enjoy my stay that I've been wanting to blog about it ever since:) I didn't know I enjoy geography to that extent until then. A very interesting place Ma Sha'a Allah, where you will find a clean blue sea, large dunes right in front of it, and rocky mountains, all in the same place!

Sadah is about 2 hours away from Salalah, the main city in the region. It has 5 "towns": Jofa, Hadbain, Hasik, Fooshi, and Soob (if my memory is accurate enough).
Our first stop was at Hasik, which is again 2 hours from Jofa, where we stayed. One of the locals (I'll refer to him as Mr A) volunteered to take us there and show us the place:) Hasik is called "bilad el somor" to locals, referring to the dark skin color of its occupants, probably because of the sun. There, we got a chance to see Prophet's Saleh tomb for the first time:) That's a picture of the entrance...

From there, we went to see "Jabal Natif", a mountain described by locals as " the mountain that cries" referring to the fact that there are drops of water coming out of it , and has been there for a very long time. The story says that the water comes out from a place very far away in between the mountains that people don't know where exactly, and by the time it reaches the end, it exits as drops. However, the picture shows that it was a big waterfall once upon a time:) And the second picture shows the amount of the water gathered from all those drops!

It was around 6pm and we pretty much seen the place, so we headed back. On the way back, Mr A told us that women in this place extract salt from the sea, and is used in food and therapy. He also stopped on the road to show us the trees that "miswak" is taken out from, and here is a picture:)
Just before darkness shadowed, we stopped by the rocky beach to enjoy a full-moon night while Mr A takes rest from the drive:) It was hard to sit on the amazingly-looking stones, but we surely managed:D

That was it for the first day:)
In the second day, we only went out in the evening to the Corniche in Sadah itself:) It was a beautiful night. We got to see fishermen put their nests in the water, fish swimming in the dark water, and some huge crabs Ma Sha'a Allah. Sadly, it was too dark to take clear pictures of them. We ordered some sandwiches from a close-by restaurant, and had it there. This is the view from where we were sitting:)

We spent the third night at the beach in Haat, "the" beach and place for families in Sadah. The sand wasn't as pure as I thought it would be (from what i expected to sea on the way). It was filled with crunchy sea shells that it hurts to walk barefoot. But there were swings for kids also. No lightnings though, but from what i understood, people at Jofa, esp, prefer it that way:) There were many camels left like that, and in the darkness, one of them ran after a group of the girls who were with us:D Well not really "ran after" ;P but the camel "walked" towards them and they ran away :p It was funny to watch lol XD Of course, Mr A and his friends saved the day:) The sky looked very pretty BTW.
It was a different taste of a trip for me..one of the things I really admired is how respectful Jofa "guys" are (not Salalah as those were VERY rude). They are very helpful, never hesitate to offer help! Very sweet when spoken to! They don't pass by us without "salam", not the flirty type of it, but a respectful one, and they don't stare!! Another instance was when we passed by the bank machine and were getting ready to go and use it, Mr B asked us to wait because there was a man inside who was using it! Kinda not something one sees when living in the city:) Didn't know how much I missed that until I experienced it! They might think that we are spoiled city girls making fun of their "old" way of life, but the simplicity of it is really charming, as a matter of fact!
One last point to mention, the way to Hasik was part of "Jabal Samhan Natural Reserve". We didn't get to see any animals however, may be because it was day time:-! I was also unlucky because I didn't get to see any foxes though they are very prevalent in Jofa, but my sister did. I saw them in Musandam but I wanted to see them again there :p

One Amazing Trip..

7 Random Facts..

So,,here is one of the awsom girls on the internet Rin0s tagging me on a challenge XD

"The challenge is to tell 7 things about yourself, and then challenge 7 people to do the same."

hmm,,now I need to be very careful about that:D okay lets start..

1- Back in Muscat, on my way to college in the morning of every summer course, I would go driving in the area behind the airport, which is relatively empty, change the car gear to sport, and speed to 160+ km/h ..bypassing every car on my way..just for the fun of it XD ( LOL some of you might laugh at this but 4 yr info, am a girl who never tried driving b4 getting her license which was few months old at that time:) ) and my record is clean btw, no tickets, no accidents, no crashes B-)

2- Back at school, I was a very obedient student. Never been to the priciple's office b4 untill in my junior high class aka 11th grade. why??

a) I wrote a letter to one of the training teachers from SQU with my friends, telling her how much we dislike the way she treats us and how horrible her voice sounds like when she shouts at us :$ --> it was hilarious going to the office taking our notebooks to check which girl's handwriting is the one on the paper XD

b) I would go with my friends on the roof of the school teasing our other friends in the other classes that we are free,,and try to get mangos and 9bar from all the trees around the school :D

c) Whenever we were free, which was like 3 classes/week that went undetected by the teachers, I would go out of the class with my friends wandering around the school --> so what?? well, I was the protection/was6a for them..usually, they get shouted at, or are taken to the principle's office but once any teacher sees me with them, she would smile and say hi to me, and we will all go like we are not doing anything wrong--> I had a very good reputation XD

3- When i finished high school, I went with my familyto Malaysia. There was a place called Genting highlands or something like that,,el mohem,,its full of roller coasters and rides and stuff, and since I was the eldest among my siblings who went with us, I had to play most of the games alone. Anyway, I noticed that there was a Malysian guy who have been following me in every game, o since I was playing alone, he would jump to sit next to me in all of them :D And all the time, he would keep saying: "WOW!! Thats cool!! Are you afraid?? come on admit it!! That is so awsom don't you think so!! U know you didn't tell me your name!! Are you an Arab?!! You are so pretty btw!!" and he wouldn't just SHUT UP!! I mean seriously dude..am not interested..and I don't wana get cought talking to you ya5i!! Last thing I gave him a smile and told him to meet me at one of the games while I go get something:D--> guess you know what happened..I never showed up XD ...now who would expect that from me :p?? --> i didn't really tell this story to any1 b4:D

4- I've never finished any English novel I started to read beside : Pride and Prejudice, and the Twilight saga :p It's just too much to read in English:D

5- I only had 1 Abaya with colors in it..All the ones i have are straight black and i wear them with colored scarfs.

6- Rin0s reminded me of something. When I was in the 4th grade, my dad left for quite a long time to study abroad. And I was the youngest at that time, so I kept a book where I write everyday what my elder brother and sister do to me: if they hit me, or swear at me and things like that..I did not swear back or hit them back at all,,not that I can anyway!!! All i did was to document it,,waiting for my dad to come home and show it to him XD --> am soooo pathetic :-S

7- When i was around 13 or 14 years old, my cousin was driving me, my sister, my aunt, and the house-made to Muscat. I was in the back seat in the middle. We were all lost in our thoughts. My cousin was trying to change the CDs when all of a sudden, there was this car that was driving soooo slow infront of us!! He tried to avoid crashing it but it ended up with our car going into two rounds in the road!! I remember that when he lost control, I was looking at the window to my right, eyeing the side bar, and in my mind saying: now we are going to hit..now we are going to hit..and waiting excited for us to hit it, when the car finally stopped!! All the girls were screaming and all I said was : ....... WOW --> that was sooooo AWSOM hehehehe XD --> now how about that;)

okay,,I did my homework..these are 7 random facts about me:D

Now I tag:

PiSherry

MRaisi

Kitten

7 Random Facts..

Trying Out AMP..

I don't know what was I thinking but I decided to try an energy drink yesterday. And since I already tried "Red Bull" before but hated how it tasted, a friend recommended what so called: AMP Energy Drink. She said: it tastes a little bit like Mountain Dew:D Just to make it clear, I never tried them before because I don't like the idea behind them. They are unhealthy...Boost the body with hundreds of thousands of calories with no nutritional value, not to mention their side effects, aaaaaand health is valuable:) But I guess I was desperate to stay awake and study. Besides, what's life if not about experimenting B-)!!

Anyway, It was 1:30 am. It took me around half an hour to finish the "not-so-tasty" drink. Since it was my first time, I was taking very careful sips and waiting for it to hit XD but it didnt really happen:-S I couldn't force myself to stay awake for more than 2.5 hours afterwards. However, I couldn't sleep either!! I felt really tired and in need to rest but i was awake till 6 am,,exhausted,,with a terrible headache (not my usual frontal lobe headache but in both the frontal and temporal lobes) ,, and a compressing pain in my heart. Couldn't raise my head so decided to skip my morning classes.

Now am out of my 11 o'clock exam and i still feel very irritable and my heart still hurts. To say the truth, i've been having insomnia for this whole week for no specific reason and I always have trouble waking up in the morning, so am not very sure what that drink had done to me, in case it did anyway, but surely, am not this irritable usually. That takes a lot of effort.

And a singing bird doesn't usually make me scream for it to shut up:-S!!!

Trying Out AMP..

A New Crush??

I never thought I would ever say this, but today was my first theoretical ob/gyn class and I LOVED IT!!! Though it was merely an introductory lecture filled with different definitions, but my curiousity levels jumped high up the minute the lecturer started talking:) and I love it when am that curious:D

I kind of missed that feeling,,of being so into something that I lose track of time,,that the questions fire up in my brain,,that it is just me in that place- focused!! Once more, medicine is interesting!!--> now,, when was the last time I said this sentence?? I don't even remember:-S

It could be only the influence of a good teacher, but am keeping my expectations low for the coming lectures to maximally enjoy them, hopefully:) But I just can't wait for tomorrow:p

I just find it really funny that ob/gyn was NEVER on my list ( which still might be true since I didn't start the real disgusting practical part of it yet) but who knows what could happen ;) I might end up delivering babies for the rest of my life --> LOL that really sounds so funny to be honest :D

well well well,,,will wait and see :)

A New Crush??

I Miss You..

Its been 10 months to his death!!! And I don't know why I keep dreaming about him almost EVERYDAY for the past couple of months!! Though, I don't think about him much in the day!! I guess I just miss him so badly:(!!

All I know is that once I realise that he has been the subject of my dream, I can't control myself and stop crying:'( Like the tears I already shed till now are not enough:(

It's not the same without him:'(

I miss you grandpa:'(

I Miss You..