Selamat Hari Raya

Raya holiday had started yesterday. I'm having 10 days holiday this year. Unlike the previous year where I went to Berastagi, Sipiso-piso and Lake Toba, this holiday seemed so boring to me. I have no plan till now. Or should I say hugging my books and stack of notes all day and night is my plan for the entire week?

I'll have my Mid Semester Examination in 10 days time. I only started a few topics. This examination seemed hard to me as all papers are to be answered in essay form. Hopefully same thing like my previous IMT papers in my 1st sem won't happen again. Studying Dental Public Health (DPH) is a headache. It is like my old time studying History in school =.= really never thought I'll have history again.

Malaysian Chinese Cultural Club (MCCC) organized mount climbing trip to one of the mountains here. I not sure which mount should it be. I'm not joining though. It is not because I don't like outdoor activities. I, in fact, love these kind of activities. Why don't I join if I like it so much? Let me tell you, it is a 2 days 1 night trip and we are supposed to pay Rp. 40k for this trip. That is so CHEAP!!! but I'm sure readers, you would be down if you know where we're going to stay overnight. Read carefully. We ARE going to sleep on ground WITHOUT tent. YES!! WITHOUT TENT! OMG! It is raining season now. It rains heavily with thunder every single night. How can we stay outdoor without tent that way?! That is a big NO for me.

The Embassy of Malaysia in Medan is so nice that they are going to have open house on the first day of Hari Raya, serving us all Malaysia cruisine. I'm still considering on whether I'm going to the embassy with my friends or not. I miss Malaysia food so much especially the lemang.

I remembered myself going to the stalls in the evening with the crowd during the one month fasting period. All the 'kuih' those makciks selling are delicious. Here I never go out with the crowd that way because all those that they're selling are the same goreng goreng food. Bored with these goreng goreng which make me look exactly like a ball with a doughnut face now T.T

GYPS-burger?

I had another practical for my Dental Material today. Guess what we did? I did a GYPS-bueger! Yay~ Doesn't believe me? It's quite easy to do for me but it is time consuming *giggles* It is fun and it is made of gypsum where gyps is it's short form. It really looked like a burger.

Exactly like a chef mixed up flour and water in order to do cookies, I mixed the powder (gyps) with water in a rubber bowl using a plastic spatula with ratio 2:1. I didn't really follow the ratio though. I just do it according to what I think it is alright. No worries... my work turned out to be really fine, a perfect GYPS-burger. 

After mixing them up, I pour the mixture of the powder and water from rubber bowl into cuvet (there are 2 sides of cuvet, now pour into the lower part). Here we have to pour till it is about 3 quarter full. Then, I place both the incisals I carved the other day on the mixture, pressing it down so that half of the incisals are beneath the gyps.

Next, I'll let the gyps dry and harden. When it is hardening, I can feel the heat from outside the cuvet. It shows there is reaction between the molecules. Now that it is already dry and harden, I have to put vaseline on the surface of the gyps and the wax carved teeth, not to forget the cuvet so that it is easy to be opened later.

The vaseline is oily and sticky, making feel real discomfort. I forgot my pair of gloves. I put them into another bag *slaps of regrets* Now I see the disadvantage of having a few bags at a time. Vaseline act as a separating medium here where it separates the lower cuvet and the antagonis cuvet. We're doing the same thing to the upper side of the cuvet. Mix the powder and water again, and pour them into the cuvet covering the wax teeth.

Leave it to dry and harden again. NOW... li ting's GYPS-burger is ready to be served! Yummy! Anybody? Wanna give it a try on the taste of this GYPS-burger I made? lol

HOTSHOT

HOTSHOT! *screams*

I'm so addicted to Hotshot now! The drama is awesome! It is cool. It is funny at the same time. The actors are all so cute especially xiao zhu~ wee~ I'm now at 4th episode only, can't wait to watch the next episode but I must control myself. Exam is so near. I can't just watch but not study! That is why I'm controlling myself. I'm allowed to watch only an episode a day but at most of the time I feel it is so NOT enough for me!

Jerry's smile is gorgeous. Looking at his smile makes me think of one of my seniors. It has been long since I last met her. She is pretty, tall, has big round eyes and also aa GORGEOUS smile! I like the part where they dance to warm themselves up before their basketball training. That is so cool but why is Xiao Zhu and Jerry both standing behind? 

I wonder how does the story go as they show more on Yuan Da Ying (Xiao Zhu) and Dong Fang Xiang (Jerry) now. I only see Wu Jun once in a while where I don't understand how he appears when the other need help. It seems like he is stalking Da Ying and Xiang. OMG!! I really can't wait to watch the next episode. Hopefully the download can run faster so that I can manage to watch them all together *pray hard*

I also like one of the songs in the movie. Alright, I like the lyrics actually. It goes ' Yea, I'm SUPERMAN, Yea, I'm SUPERMAN, Yea, YOU'RE the LOSER' *giggles* Evil me! But it's true that I used the word LOSER often last time.

KITTAS settled

Its a shame for not knowing what is the long name for KITTAS after staying here for more than a year. Well, KITTAS is one of the VERY important travelling documents for me to stay here for studies. I have to get 'surat izin belajar' from Jakarta before doing my KITTAS. The process of getting the letter from Jakarta takes 6 months. So, while waiting to get KITTAS, we're supposed to renew our Visa every 2 months which will cost us Rp. 250.000

I had problem with my KITTAS before this which stressed me out but its settled now. I'm so happy today that I met this nice guy in the immigration. Unlike the woman before this who scolded me. At least this Mr. A listened to my problem patiently and tried his best to help me =) Arigatou gozaimashita!! 

I somehow got his number so that there is someone in the immigration who I can contact if I got any problem next time. Mr. A looked so familiar to me. I wondered where did I met him before. Is this because Medan is very small? Most of the people around looked so familiar to me but I just can't think of when and where I met them

FRESH from oven~

I got a good news, also a bad news. Good news will be, I'll have one week holiday in few days time. Bad news will be I'll have my Mid Semester Examination right after the holiday. Should I be happy or sad? Examination is so near and yet I haven't started touching a single page of my thick books. There are loads to read for this sem as all the exams are supposed to be done in essay form not like previously, everything in MCQ. Timetable for my Mid Sem Exam:

08 October  Dental Public Health I

09 October  Pathology Clinic

11 October  Dental Radiology I

                  Philosophy

13 October  Orthodontics I

                  Oral Biology

15 October  Pharmacology and Therapy I

16 October  Pathology Anatomy

18 October  Prosthodontics I

stressed out~

I feel so stressed out these days. I don’t want to stay here alone in December! It is all because of the immigration’s fault! They erased my expiry date for KITTAS and in fact brought the expiry date forward, a year earlier. WTH?! I went looking for Pak Daniel hoping to have his help but came home with disappointments all the time. I MEANT IT! Everytime I went looking for him, he'll give reasons as if he doesn't want to help me. I talked to my family who is always supportive about what happened here. They went looking for Dr Lau, one of the agents from the agency who sent me here to solve the problem.

Why are all the Indonesians so irresponsible? Now there are 5 options for me.

First, I have to go to the immigration and ask the people there myself about the reason why they erased the date, hoping they give reason and change it back for me. Of course, here, corruption happens again. I am supposed to pay. I don’t know about how much I have to pay.

Second, I have to go to the immigration too, but another department where I have to ask the people there to let me photocopy the ‘surat izin belajar’ since I don’t have one with me now due to the problem happened a year ago (refer to Abang Fauzi if you know him =.=), in order to extend my KITTAS.

Third, I’ll have to delay the extension of my KITTAS. In another word, I’ll delay the date of expiry, and settle the problem when I’m back here in January which I don't even know if I can settle it in January @.@

Fourth, I’ll do a brand new KITTAS now but I can’t go back to Malaysia in December because all my travelling documents will be kept in the immigration or I don't know where @.@ as long as the INDONESIANS are holding all my important documents.

Fifth, I’ll ignore everything, go home in December without doing ERP (Exit-Reentry Permit) and let them cancel my KITTAS automatically. So the next time I'll need to come back to Indonesia for studies with Visa B, continue with renewing of Visa every single month till I’m back to Malaysia during June and then come again in July with Visa B again and have my new KITTAS done with the juniors.

It is like doing multiple choices question in my life. A, B, C, D, E, what would I choose? Which is the best answer? I don't know how to choose answer for this question. It is difficult and there is no one around for me to copy their answer. I think I’ll choose F if I can, which stands for all of the above? Can I? I'll do a few options at the same time and see how it goes. I really don't want to stay here in December even though my family told me they would come here to accompany me if I can't go back.

I know I've caused a lot of problems to my family. I also know that I can't be that selfish. I can't let them worry of me all the time. They said they wanted to accompany me here because they know all my housemates will go back and I'll be alone. It IS VERY dangerous for a girl to stay alone here! But how long can they accompany me? They have to work. I must work it out. Hopefully everything goes well and I'll manage to go back to Malaysia in my coming holiday. Dear kind readers, thanks in advance for praying hard for me! I'll appreciate them!

carving

I'm proud with my hard work in carving teeh according to real teeth as samples, using melted tooth wax piece. Even though I didn't carve them that well but I'm proud with the 8 carved teeth I've done. I was wondering how come I am the slowest among all the others in this house of mine. Is it because I'm just unlucky? Or am I really slow in doing everything? 

The process of carving is not that easy I can say. I have to go to Matahari Dental Supply, which is the only dental supply I know around Medan to buy these tooth wax piece. Melting these wax are easy but pouring them into the blocks really need some skill otherwise the blocks made will be full with bubbles with low stability! Thanks to all my housemates who did these processes with me. After pouring the wax slowly into the blocks, we have to knock it softly so that the bubbles will come up. At times, when we didn't pour enough wax into the blocks, we have to add them up so that it is according to the size our lecturers wanted. Next, we have to let them cool and dry. 

These are the equipments we used to do the wax blocks

Melting the tooth wax piece

Adding wax

Wax blocks succesfully made for 6 people (me, Joanne, Chun, WS, Loong, Bong)

Carving in the lab is stressful. We have to hurry in the lab to get the approval from lecturers and then do the next step. Frankly speaking, I think lining up to get signatures from lecturers are a waste of time! I wasted plain 6 hours on the long queue in getting the lecturer's signature. At that moment, I'm so left behind as other friends are all faster than me. I felt so stressed out, I felt like crying at the same time BUT li ting is still li ting! I hate myself crying in fron of others. 

Measuring the size of tooth that I'm going to carve

Maxillary canine done halfway

Thanks alot to mummy who supported me everytime I'm down. She told me not to panic and take it  easy. I'm indeed very lucky that I easily get the other signatures for my molars compared to my maxillary premolar.

Take a look at my premolar which took me 6 hours to complete it! A tooth done with frustrations~

occlusal view of the tooth

palatal view of the tooth

mesial view of the tooth

distal view of the tooth

Long queue. I'm still trying to satisfy my lecturers so that they give me signature. SPOTTED Drg. Sumadhi sitting behind explaining to students on their mistakes. He was said to be a perfectionist and so it is very hard to get approval from him.

Discussing with friends on how to finish these things faster =.=''

Finally, my hard work pays =) All eight of them stand handsome-ly and steadily for photoshoot session *giggles* I even have extra time to fool around with friends in the lab after I finish carving and touching up all eight teeth.

from left: maxillary incisal, mandibular incisal, maxillary canine, mandibular canine, maxillary premolar (longest time took to have it done!), mandibular premolar, maxillary molar, mandibular molar

occlusal view of all eight teeth according to the sample real teeth in front of them

Dental Material laboratory. This is the place where I had practicals on carving.

Nothing else better to do in the lab after we've done with all the crazy carvings =.='' This is plate of sushi made specially for you readers lol

lalala~ IMT lab just ended. Always remember the box to be brought home. It contains alot of important tools *winks*

Where is my Prince?

Am I the one who is dreaming all these while? Everybody moves but not me. Lately, I found out, I was being left alone in the lala-land~ Its lonely and I don't like the feeling being alone there!

I always thought I might still have chance with this guy, but it is not true. Do we call this loyal or should I say I'm dreaming all these while? Dreaming of things which won't happen again! I had liked a few guys in life. Come to think of it, none of them having good endings wih me. Is it because I'm too picky or are they not the right guy for me yet because my Mr RIGHT will soon appear in my life? But how soon will it be?!

Say me desperate I don't care. That is all because I feel so lonely here I got nobody to talk to. Friends I have here is so different from those I have in Kuantan whom I can talk to them about everything. People here made me feel that they're selfish and they're total gossippers. I don't think I can trust them. Well, this sounded so like Li Ting who doesn't trust people easily.

This is one of the problems in me. I can't be with a guy because I don't trust them easily. Once the guy leaves me, I'll regret why I don't trust him. Why must I be that stubborn?! I don't understand myself at all. Is it really that hard to find a guy who loves us and of course, we love him alot at the same time? Why must it be that hard? Many said I'm very picky and so they advised me not to be that picky in choosing boyfriends.

Sometimes when I'm really bored, I tend to think myself, how does my boyfriend-to-be look? How tall is he? What course is he taking or is he already working? Does he has a pair of specs with him? Is he tanned or fair? Well, I hoped he is not that fair, I prefer sunshine boys *giggles* Where is he right now?

I'm glad to know most of my friends already found their other halves lately. These includes the shocking news from K and R. K said he didn't dare to tell me he already got a girlfriend right now because he is afraid that once I knew it, I won't go out with him anymore, won't let him kisses and hugs me again. I admit I was wrong last time. I shouldn't hugged and kissed him when we're not couple. Now that I know he already got a girlfriend, I won't let him hug or kiss me anymore. I don't want the same thing to happen again.

According to my best friends, all the guys who were courting me are all bad guys EXCEPT for Karlson because the others flirt alot and are not honest to me. How true is it? I don't know. In fact, nobody knows! When I think they are honest to me, they are actually NOT. When I think they are not honest, they actually ARE! Gosh~ I'm tired of all these. Tired of thinking hard, tired of guessing, tired of judging, tired of listening to explanations, tired of rumours, tired of gossips, tired of answering questions... I'm really tired of relationships. I already didn't know how to differentiate on which is good which is bad, which is right which is wrong anymore.

NEW hair cut

I just cut my hair which is not what I wanted it to be. I entered Johny Adrean hoping to get a new nice hair cut. Oh well, I should say I actually only wanted my fringe to be shorter. I don't like long fringe. Many of my friends got their hair cut in Johny Adrean and so, I followed the crowd XD and I regreted for that. 

I thought Rp. 18k is very cheap for hair cutting. Yeaa.. much cheaper compared to the prices in Malaysia. I went in to the receptionists and told them I want my hair cut. She asked for my name and send me inside for hair washing. I told them not to wash because I only want to get my hair cut. They were telling that it is for free and it won't take me alot of time. 

Alright, I went in, waited for one of the ladies to come washing my hair. Free stuffs are never good. Same goes to this FREE hair washing service. After washing, I went to one of the desk with mirror, sat there waited again. This time, another lady with a professional looking bag came and ask what do I do with my hair. I'm afraid they will cut off my long hair which I've been keeping them for qquite a while so I explained slowly that I only want to get my fringe cut but not too short, I want it to be a little under my eyebrow. I was thinking if she did something wrong, at least I can still save my hairs lol. 

I haven't finish giving her orders but she already pulled my front hair and cut them straight. OMG! I can't have them straight on me! My face is so round, now I'm sure I look more like a doughnut. I sounded quite angry while I talked to her now saying I actually wanted my fringe to be like my old fringe. Even though that made me looked matured but at least I doesn't look as round as now. 

She then asked if I wanted to layered my hair behind. I said yea.. but I still want to keep it long so please don't cut too much. I just want them to be shaped. Again, she cut them so short! Argh.. I really didn't know how to communicate with these Indonesians. It was my first time cutting my hair in Indonesian and it is an obvious bad decision to get my hair cut here. 

Wanna see the changes of my look?

   This is when I first cut my hair back in July in Red Rose (Yaw's mother's salon)

This was when I first planned to get my fringe cut shorter. My fringe is covering my eyes!

   Right after I cut my  hair in Johny Adrean (took this picture in the ladies)

Quickly bought a cap to cover up my helmet hair =.='' Many people laughed at me. I know I look round >.< 

See the changes? I wonder how do I look actually? Is it really that bad? Some said it doesn't suit me at all. Some said I looked extremely cute. Some said I looked exactly like a doll. Some just laughed withot giving any comment. Anybody out there mind to gimme your opinon? 

I'm in Semester 3 already

It has been long since the last time I posted something here. Yeaa.. in fact it is like almost a year ago. I first planned to have this blog here to kill time as I said in my first post. This semester is really busy. Semester 2 was somehow tiring too. It was as if I'm not taking Dentistry but Arts. I drew so much last semester.

What do I draw? Let's see..
I drew bones, muscles, joints and ligaments for Human Anatomy. Yea.. exactly like what you're thinking. Everything from head to toe. Every each bones from small to big and labeled them. Not only that, I also have to memorize them for my practical exams. Anatomy practical exams are scary. There are so many to memorize. Frankly speaking, I failed my first Anatomy Practical Test. There are only 5 students passed in my batch and thanks alot to the Head of Department for giving us second chance to take the exam again so that we don't have to repeat the whole semester again. Also, thank GOD I passed in my remedial *happy* I can't imagine me burning night oils again for the drawing which drove me crazy!

Not only we drew in Anatomy, we also drew alot in Histology. Drawing all the cells and layers of epithelium using only pink and purple colour which I actually still don't know what I'm drawing till now. They are so confusing as they looked the same! Alright. I admit I'm very very weak in cells studies.

I failed my Radiology paper which was really sad. I was accused that I copied in exam and therefore the lecturers failed me and made me retake this subject again next semester which was a waste of time. Well, should I blame myself or my friends? I cried for the first time in Indonesia on the day being accused. It is NOT my wrong that day! I didn't copy answer nor I gave answers! 3 students asked answers from me on the same day and I'm the only one failed?! Why not them? It is so unfair. I didn't know why my friend, J is so lucky all the time.

That was quite a hard semester but at least I still manage to get one extra subject for this semester. I envied L who is really smart. Yea.. just like what S said, he is good looking and smart. Its hard to find guys like L nowadays. Alright. I should say he is not too good-looking but at least to be compared to any other guys around here, he is the best looking guy ever!

I'm now staying with my 'gang'. We shared and rented a house near to the campus. 7 perople altogether in this house, only 2 girls including myself. Many said it might be dangerous staying with a bunch of guys and many will think about something else but hmm.. I trust all these guy friends. At least we are all good friends now. Living alone away from families, who else should we rely on if its not our friends? hehe..