One Step At A Time

HO HO HO, Merry Christmas!

Christmas is around the corner and the presence of this significant day could already be felt with Christmas carols being played in radio channels, promotions on Christmas products looming over shopping complexes and some with high spirits over this holiday could be seen on the streets. Well, i love Christmas not merely because i am a Christian but i also love it for the typical warm atmosphere as well as the ambiance this holiday generates. The decorations and celebrations are fabulous too! So, what do you guys/gals have in mind for your Christmas or New Year's resolution?

For me, i think i would have to take things one step at a time. I realise that i cannot sit still in a place for too long and i barely have much time for myself. I am always engaged in something and sometimes, time is so vicious as to not permit me to do all that i want to do. Hating this idea, i try fighting it by doing A LOT of things at one time and the outcome of it? Well, its either average or plainly horrendous. So, my resolution for this Christmas would be to learn to sit back a while and breathe, dealing with matters one by one at my own pace. I should seriously learn to walk before i start running.

Just to make this blog more tasty, i would like to show you all what i have done for my exam. I flew solo today and the set isn't complete though (Everyone has a partner except for me. My partner has tumor and had stopped his classes).

Appetizer- Prawn Cocktail

Soup - French Onion soup boiled with beer. Its not complete as it wasn't topped with crouton.

Main course - Chicken Parmagiana with homemade pasta. Hmm... yummy!

Well, by displaying those pictures, i hope you guys/gals will have more faith in my cooking. Haha. Okay, i am so desperate for recognition now! ^.^ Anyway, happy holidays and Merry Christmas. I have schooling for 21 days non- stop and a hospital attachment after that. From my point of view, i might be spending my holidays looking at people who are sick and at dead bodies. =.=! My piece of advice (to myself and the rest of you reading this), enjoy your holidays while you still can.

Impotence

Impotence

This post has elements of Jun Beng ranting. No point for you to continue reading on unless you are keen to know what's going on.

A few days ago, the mother of a friend of mine who works at the place i am pursuing culinary arts accidentally slipped by the staircase and fell right under my nose. Initially, i thought what had happened and i stood motionless for a couple of seconds. She was yelping in pain and i guessed that she must have strained her leg. I rushed downstairs and wondered what to do. Although it wasn't an emergency that places the question of life and death at stake, that moment still struck me as i thought "What can i do? I am not a doctor. I have no idea of how to deal with this type of situation!"



The only thing i could do then was to bring her to the clinic close to my baking academy. Other than that, i am left helpless. What if there isn't a clinic or any health care service around the corner? What should i do then? Seriously, feeling impotent is the worst feeling for me. I would like to help people out when they're in trouble and my desire to be a doctor grew even more. Okay, i know that there are tonnes of other professions that help societies in different ways but that doesn't discount my urge for becoming a doctor (I am not going to talk about it in this post. Its really long). Anyway, realising the fact that i might not even be selected into any medical schools makes things worse. I know there's nothing that i could do now. But then again, impotence arises.



See, once in a while life will pour some situations whereby we humans will be left, impotent. For me, its like the time when both my grandads died, the time when my aunt died of cancer, the time when another of my aunt who had diabetes and there was a stage whereby it was critical, the time when i couldn't help my friends or those dearest to me in certain matters (this sucks!), the time when i am sitting here wondering whether i ll ever be accepted for medicine, the time when.... it's never ending and really, this post is nothing more than a post where i rant. But seriously, isn't it good to be in the know?



Anyway, back to the lady who slipped. Her name is Sandra. My friends from culinary arts brought her back up as she didn't want to go to the clinic just then. The boss of my baking academy, Liz insisted that she goes to the clinic and we sort of carried her there. She got really dizzy in the clinic. Throughout the way, all i did (as i thought it was right) was just being there, carrying her around from time to time, comforting her and asking her to relax.



Well, I know its pretty useless of me but just recently i managed to think of this (perhaps, just to give myself some satisfaction so that i don't feel useless). As Sir William Osler, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, noted that medicine is (this was taken from IMU's brochure by the way) "to acquire facility in the art of diagnosis....bla bla bla (its really long)... to conduct treatment that the patient may be restored to health... or, failing that, be given the greatest possible measure of relief"



I think that although i failed to treat Sandra's leg, at least i have tried my best to give her a measure of relief by being compassionate. Its a form of medicine in action (okay! this is so me giving myself some solace!)! By the way, i noticed that a lot of doctors these days are rather mechanical and robotic and some have money radiated clearly from their eyes and its not wrong cause everyone is different! But if i were to ever become a doctor, i most certainly will not follow their footsteps.

A Very Reasonable Treat

What's For Lunch? (RM 2/0.57 US Dollars per meal!)

RM2 (0.57 US Dollars) for a meal in Kuala Lumpur? Hard to believe but do check out Ho Guang Vegetarian Fast Food which is situated in Seri Petaling (close to the new police station which is under construction). They have a variety of vegetarian dishes and goodness, the pricing is extremely reasonable. A choice of Chinese tea or plain water is offered as drinks and could be replenished anytime but the best part is, they're free! Their most common course is rice with a selection of three side dishes of your choice priced at only RM2 (0.57 US Dollars)! They also offer other dishes such as vegetarian noodles and vegetarian tidbits and the prices vary. The restaurant is rather clean, the food tastes not bad and the ambience is alright. The only form of media there is a display of a Buddhist monk preaching. Perhaps the restaurant is charity based to feed the poor or to promote vegetarian lifestyle? I have no idea but anyone from all walks of life is welcomed. Its a self service restaurant though which means that you will have to order and collect your own food at the counter but for the price you are paying, i guess that won't be a problem at all! To the beggars or those who are pretending to be beggars out there, this might just be the perfect place for you to dine!

All these for RM2! I bet even getting these from economy rice stalls would never be as cheap!

If you dislike rice, you have a selection of noodles that costs RM 2 as well!

A variety to choose from to go with your rice.

A look into the restaurant. Mind my amazing photography skills though.

This restaurant is recommended for those who live or work in Seri Petaling. I wouldn't recommend it to those who live 20kilometers from this district cause if you're looking for a cheap meal to save some cash, i guess the petrol used to get all the way here would cost more than an average priced meal. Besides, the meals offered are pretty normal and common. Not some fancy tantalizing gourmet you would kill to try.