LIfe in Malacca

I think most of you had realized that the column at the right hand site doesn't have India-Karnataka time anymore! YES, it will not exist in our blog again as it is meaningless to all of us now as Im no longer in INDIA now~!

Im currently continuing my studies in Malacca.
A historical city like Penang. Yes it is!

There are many similarities between these 2 states
example, the old building, the nyonya style of food, hokkien language (though it is different from us)...etc.

Malacca is not big..but im quite satisfied with my hostel room now..
yes..my sister came to visit me 2 weeks after i came to malacca!^^
so happy~~!!

talking about hokkien..
for sure, understanding hokkien gives me advantages while clerking case from the patient.

WHY WHY WHY?!

because....im in the PSYCHIATRY department now, as my first posting in Malaysia.
Psychiatry is a completely different field if compared to other posting. It emphasizes more on chatting with the patient rather than examination. Most of the time, the diagnosis is made based on the 'stories' of the patient instead of the examination. i need to be in the hospital for a long time though the seniors are having exam and we are not allowed to enter wards for this week. Im lucky, so that i will have more time to see different kind of patient, am i right!?

On monday, i was very satisfied with the case presentation section as i understand the case presented. unlike in india, we were told to sit at the side doing nothing and understand nothing about the conversation.

My interest on psychistry grows on tuesday.
The patient couldn't understand or i should say she is unable to answer the interviewers' questions.
example,
Q-what is your name?
A-zetty.....(after a while)...fatimah....Zahir?!???!
or
Q- how many children do you have?
A- one is 23, one is 22, one is 19.......
she never answered '6'
she is having schizophrenia! During the interview, as i wasn't the case presenter, i was quite relax in watching how they get the informations from the lady. On the other hand, i was quite worry as i don't know how to pass the exam later if i got this kind of psychiatry case!!

wednesday was a crazy day!
i woke up at around 6 to get ready to go to Muar hospital which takes one hour to reach there. As we don't know where should we go, we were walking here and there, from isolated area to main building and from there back to isolated area again~my friend and i were allowed to enter operation theathe by chance. but it doesn't seem to be a good sign after all...i got scolded by nurses!!! haiz...how on earth i know the door is for us to enter OT　after changing? i went to a wrong way after changing the sterille clothes..so, the nurse bang into the changing room and scolded us loh.....haiz...so daomei! i DONT KNOW the structures of the hospital mar!!!!
it was such a relief after we left the OT and changing room as well!!
Next, everything becomes interesting when the patient is chatting with the psychiatry doc in Mandarin or hokkien!! all the patient that came to my doctor's cllinic speaks mandarin! pity the other 2 group members as they are non chinese~!wakkakakakak......at last, we chinese have advantage over malays!!!!:D:D:D
As we went to Muar and the bus started his return journey late, we arrived 3 minutes to 2pm whcih is the time for our theory class!!
excuse me!? this is my third day of class! must it be so pity and stress!? one cup of milo have to give me energy from 6 till 3:30?! siao eh!!!! T_T so unhealthy...thanks god..my class finished by 3:30 that day!

Thursday wasn't as relax as we thought,even though we were back to malacca hospital~
we were the only group that went to hospital everyday even in the evening till 5pm! others have their classes finished by 1pm!!! In that evening, there was only 2 people sitting outside the clinics. the younger male is very obvious that he may have some illness; the lady that was sitting beside him looked ok...but a bit scary as she always stare at one point. 阴声鬼气的！
i swear that i was just joking when i said maybe both of them are patient! they are! the son is toooo quiet and the mum is tooooo hyperactive and protective towards his son. it was a pity case. the grandma is having schizophrenia but is under control as she takes medicine regularly and she is able to work and take care of her daughter and grandson; she stays with 2 daughter in which both are hyperactive and aggressive! one of the daughter was the patient sitting with her son. her husband died few months after the child birth and since his death, she went mad! Imagine, if a kid is grown up in a home that has 3 mad women, can he be alright?! so, the grandson becomes quiet and he may has autism or depression. A family with all the members having psychiatry problems...though it maybe due to genetic, isn't it too unfair to them? shouldn't we be thankful that we aren't one of them?!
i was mentally stressed...so much on thursday because of the aggressiveness of the mother...she scared all of us who understand MANDARIN!!!

Compared to thursday, the patient we saw on friday seems to be a bit funny and less stressful. he was drug overdosed and he has illusion. when he asked for lighter to light his 'cigarette', you just need to hold a pen in your hand, move your hands nearer to the cigarette and make a sound of 'tick' to indicate the fire has come out and lighten the cigarette. He enjoyed so much on smoking..he can tell you that the smokes is coming out and he is very comfortable! hell... also, he creates story--> comfabulations! whatever you tell him in this second, he will use some point to create a story to answer your next question!

Mid-autumn festival...
this year is even worse than last year. Last year, i was in india and so i cannot celebrate with my family. we were very exciting and looking forward for this year festival. YES, im in Malaysia now, but im not in penang! and a weekend is not enough for me to go back home. i ended up 'celebrating' my poor festival in the college. My friend organized a small gathering and tanglung procession at the taman for fun. I don't know what's wrong with Malacan: the streets were soooooo QUIET! no one was celebrating!!!! and someone who maybe our lecturer scolded us from the house (that next to college and hostel) for making noise and disturbing his sleep! guess what? it was only 10:30!!!! please lah..being a chinese, its already a shameness for not appreciating a traditional day. how could you scold us for celebrating it? our attitute towards traidition should be encouraged but not the other wise!!!
Last but the least....
finally...we were able to meet at the last few hours before i left to malacca during raya break!!
it was a tiring day for both of us...so why do we have to waste the time to go out instead of i go to kel's house..lying on her bed.. chit chatting...sharing everything....JUST LIKE USUAL!kel's sister new pet! tortured by us for the whole evening!

as round as it!




whose teeth?!?!! ^___*

tempting moment isn't it?! fai de come back lah sue!!!!!!