i am so blessed.

 

derek came in today. he called yesterday to confirm his appointment and asked if i passed my exams.

he is a lovely man. very polite. very genuine. very considerate. very hamble. very loyal.

he is always bringing me presents. chocolate, wine, cards, rosary, christian books, prayer cards.

this time, he really melted my heart.

he brought in a painting for me and kiran. it's a cartoon picture on a dental clinic. they were all nicely wrapped up. and before i had a look, derek made me promise i would bring the present wherever i go next time. i wondered why but i promised i would keep my words. when i finished the treatment and derek was gone, we unwrapped the present and oh my god i was so touched. then it crossed my mind i told derek once i might be going home to do dentistry. he must mean i have to hang it somewhere in the place i work next time, wherever it will be.

there were cards for congratulations for passing our exams too.

and one card for my mom-- saying thanks to her, and telling her she should be proud of her girl and that her girl is doing good to other people. i know mama, and papa you will always be proud of me.just that, derek, you really will make me cry one day.

derek always says i am like his family. and i am always welcome to his place with his wife pauline for christmas if i am alone in manchester. and that my cheerful giggles always make everyone feel better.

derek, you are always saying thank you to me. but this time, i wana say, derek, thank you for always being patient with me. thank you for walking this path of learning with me. i am indeed blessed for having a lovely patient like you. it is not just about the presents, it is how you are treating me and accepting me as who i am.

i pray you and pauline will be healthy and happy ever after.

happy 19th birthday rachel!

our rachel is becoming 19 this sunday! so we gave her an early celebration. such a baby. tho you always wind me up saying im an old lady. i stil love you. and mind you, this is the first birthday cake i have ever baked in mylife!

so we wanted to make it one-in-a-lifetime experience for our irish baby. we dressed her up in our proud malaysian baju kurung and brought her to have some malaysian cruisine in Little Fusion.

we kinda traumatised the british tastebuds by first giving her an iced-milktea (teh ais). lol. "it is realli sweet...and it shouldnt realli be cold..." commented our irish mate. LOL. see, our malaysian tea is apparently not the british's cup of tea. so ok, we gave her coke at the end. in dentistry we call it ACCLIMATISATION-- gradual exposure to a new environment and people to reduce level of anxiety and rejection.

we had cha kuey tiao and some other chinese dishes. irish baby loved them. i hope so lol. no spicy food allowed cause otherwise irish baby would be drinking water jar by jar, we definitely didnt wanna make her bloated with H2O.

and the cake, rachel i spent the afternoon baking it. tho it was not a surprise surprise, cause apparently i had to bake in the flat which is also your habitat. and had to ask you if it was ok to take the cake out from the oven before it got burnt cause you are my baking teacher. but c mon, tat was a cool cake lol.

it was such fun seeing how those british looking at her when we walked home. everyone was like giving her this what-the-hell look seeing a white girl in a long robe. but baby you were stunning!

hope you are stil coming to malaysia one day. this is a welcoming introduction just for you! happy birthday!

the wonder of Dr Hopwood.

the 11th of june 2009. i wil always remember this day. cause i realli laughed my head off!!!!!!!!

8am on a thursday. as usual me and wani got on the 219 stagecoach bus to reach the cornerstone clinic. the bus stopped at the train station. a man came onto the bus and paid. guess what, it was Dr Hopwood!!!! omg. we were just in shock and none of us said a thing. as our best tutor came towards us, we just waved, wondering what to say. u know, Dr Hopwood js has the cutest expressions on earth. he realli realli does! he just kept shaking his head giving us this "oh my god" face as we smiled to him. it was hilarious. it was like he wanted to turn bac and catch the next bus but there was no turning bac for him. me n wani just kept laughing and laughing. Dr Hopwood kep on saying "omg why do i have to start my day like this. this is a sign. im not goin to have a good day today am i not ladies?"

as we reached the clinic, julie the nurse looked so shocked seeing the three of us comin together. Dr Hopwood went on "julie i know, look at me, look at these two, my day has js been ruined even before it realli started." lol!!!

how amazing the man with an ashton martin and BMW would take the same bus with two of his very broke dental students to the outreach clinic.

Dr Hopwood. u realli make our thursdays so beautiful.

and if u stil do not realise this. WE LOVE YOU!

as we finished the day after 5 patients. me and kiran had the idea of putting on those fancy glassess meant for kids. we had a cool snapshot with our head nurse mary lol.

cornerstone is an amazing place. we have fun. we do work. we love each other. (well at least som of us do.)

ai ling.brownies.rachel

ok i have finished my exams so its realli time to put my words into action. i promised my flatmates who are kind enough to always feed me that i would bake somtin for them. and my irish mate rachel bakes the yummiest brownies on earth. so yea rachel my teacher n me together baked my very first-time brownies.

and god it tastes so good. no joke lol!

thanks rach. good teacher u are. muacks.