Peekaboo 2018!

Helloooo there! I cannot believe that this blog is still running. I haven’t logged in since forever. I just decided to type the url for fun to see if this pops up still and indeed! Gosh.

So MUCH has happened over the last 3 years. The biggest one has to be that I am now a mommy to a darling little bouncing delight. He recently turned 2 and what a whirlwind of fun, tears, and sleep deprivation since. Haha. So blessed and grateful we have him in our lives. He’s sleeping peacefully as I type this.. :)

So I graduated (at last no more thesis ever! Haha) and am now working full time as a clin/neuro. Alhamdulillah for a supportive working environment.

Family has expanded significantly with more nieces and nephews. Alhamdulillah parents are doing great too.

2018 is coming to a close and been reflecting a fair bit (been on leave to care for H while in laws are at Umrah) and really, just Alhamdulillah for everything. :)))

Here’s to more sporadic updates from future!

Helloooo 2015

Well, 2 posts later and here I am. In 2015.

Status: Still in Aust. Still ploughing through my degree. Thesis still haunts me - need to make amendments before I send it away forever. And still on placements.

Estimated release: Insha-Allah mid May? Oh I don't know.

Current mood: In a word, 'Meh'. It is not fun being away from home, especially when everyone you love is there.

Aside: I do need to start writing again. I was watching this TED-Ed talk on writing, and I was inspired. The video was on the use of "zombie nouns", or, in boring technical terms, "nominalisations". This occurs when words morph into chunkier, lifeless versions of themselves. Examples include: global---globalise---globalisation. So writing becomes expressionless and quite frankly difficult to read. Just like most academic readings where writers seem to have this insecure need to pomp up their words to show how brilliant their works are. So anyway, I have decided, I shall write again. And that my words will come alive.

Alive!

http://blog.ed.ted.com/2014/05/29/be-a-better-writer-in-15-minutes-4-ted-ed-lessons-on-grammar-and-word-choice/

Need to write my thesis.....

Need to write my thesis.....

Need to write my thesis.....

I want this to be over :( 

Why hello...it's 2014 already!

I'm married! To the most wonderful man in my life <3 div="">

And...............

I'm supposed to be writing my thesis but well..you know how the story goes ;p 

The elephants walked in 3s. Hurrah.

Well, that was bleak. Let's start 2013 with a cheerier post. I shall start it with...I've finally done it! I am trying my darnest to contain myself and be cool about this... (ooh, delivery for me at the door...flowers! thank you, B :) Happy niniversary!).

Where was I? I pierced my ear. I've had my lobes pierced when I was 13 and they're good and fine. But, I've had thoughts about piercing the cartilage near the tip of my ear for a few years. I noticed after significant events or when I'm just in need of a major change/need excitement in my life. Anyway, bla bla bla..it's done and I am loving it! Maybe it's a late 20s crisis I dont know but I actually feel good! :) And I'm so glad to have done this spontaneously yesterday with Yx...who got it done as well! :) Happy 28th in advance Yx. Ha.Ha. Thanks for going first. 

The boyfriend fiance loves it. 

Anyway, I don't know what 2013 holds for me. But I hope it'll be a pleasant one. Pleasant. What an under-rated word. 

And yes, I still have one more week in Spore before I have to head back. Family. Friends. Freedom. Fun. <3 div="div" nbsp="nbsp">

PS: I have been so out of touch with blogspot but apparently, some back end thing allows me to see where my readers come from. Two surprises in the latter (i) that people actually read my blog (ii) that people as far as Russia and the US read this. This is interesting. Pop me a message :) I'd love to hear from you. I may take a while to get back to you but... :) 

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Title inspired by a random shirt bought yesterday.

In my words

The Intern

There you are, placing

Your life 

into my unskilled hands

Sitting across 

at a forty-five degrees angle

Your eyes mask the pain that lies

beneath

yet courage you had already shown by even stepping

in

I nod, I listen, I paraphrase

I look for clues in your body, subtle

They say

I search, I think, I formulate

I share it with you, it’s two ways

They say

I keep in the moment and view

Myself

through your eyes, feeling

your pain, your fear, your anguish, your shame:

Who is this in front of me?

Does she have problems 

like me?

Does she feel hurt, pain, anguish and shame?

Doe she yearn for comfort, for a good life

ahead?

Does she feel the world collapsing

on her?

Does she fight, freeze, fall or feign? 

Does she share her pain, her anguish, her shame?

Who helps the help?

I pull away. I pull away.

Don’t look at me that way. 

The focus is on you

today

Well, if you must know, I have my bouts

Of pain, anguish and self-doubt

I speak to my peers, debrief

They say

But truth be told, they too

have their burdens to see through

And others, though they earnestly offer kind words

I have heard, nay even say, them many times a day

I’m a therapist you see

Only I can help me

But come on now, that’s not the point, is it?

I’m here to help 

You

and so the focus

should and must 

never 

be

Me. 

Sem 1 results

ALHAMDULILLAH!!!

I honestly honestly honestly have no idea how this is even possible but I managed to do ok for my first sem results.

I mean, I calculated and there was NO way that I could have gotten a '6' for this one module cos in order to do that, I would have had to score 21 out of 20 for the final component - which obviously is impossible.

Then again, God Loves Me. Time and time again, He answers my prayers. Nothing is impossible, eh.

You know what this means? I'm one step closer to transferring to the doctorate programme. IF Insha-Allah, I manage to convince the head of department this Thursday.

Till then, I have one major competency exam coming up this Thursday (which isnt graded and to be honest, Im totally unprepared, and not as motivated to prep for..)

Still, I want to do well.

Onward! :)