So. The weekend again was a Perfect day and I went out with my camera for the first time since I received my no-longer-a-student status and it feels amazing. Somehow, things look different when there’s a camera in my hands and I find myself looking at things differently. Small things, big things, trying to take in everything. Spiders are everywhere now.

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I found a new shop, Lola Rose and after asking the owner if I can take pictures to put in my blog, I started crouching this way and that, snapping, clicking and pretending that I was a hired professional photographer for Lola Rose :D Make belief is fun when you’ve nothing better to do.

And here’s a bag with small snippets of recipes and a tiny rolling pin for tiny hands (not Toyol).

Her son eventually  became one of my subjects. Finn is the name and he’s a cute 6-month ball of laughter :)

Gorgeous eyes

Two girls stopped me in Shop Street and asked if I could take their picture. They were so excited that they nearly dropped their icecreams.

Also went to that graphic novel place and I was the only girl there and had to refrain from laughing when I heard “Awesome! Wow! Great! Class!” by the guys browsing the place. Neil Gaiman’s stuff are way too expensive except for The Eternals which is hard cover and went at half price.

I sat on a bench and read and people watched :)

And people were eating everywhere I went.

Books! There was a sale down in Corbette Court and see, I do use the recipe books I buy

Suddenly started pouring and through the rain, I went to get baking powder and was met by a surprised “bacon powder? we don’t stock bacon powder”. Ah, no, no, bay-king powder, you know, to make cakes and stuff. Which Londis did not have, so, sub with

And we got this.

Verdict post-gobbling: just the right amount of moistness and chocolatiness (sp?) and to make it like those big, expensive chocolate muffins in college, just need to add chocolate chips. This weekend, if I go back to Gold Leaf, we might do a cheesecake. Yay!

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Work: the usual, you’d be bored with it.

I was told off by the nurse in MAU in  front of a whole load of people, including Dr O’Hara, the other consultant. It was my fault, but it still sucks.  Dr O’Hara backed me up a bit though and after that, when he saw me again, he  told me not to worry about the big hoo-ha and that the nurse isn’t really that mean.  waaaaa!! He’s so nice that I nearly cried!  Told you that when nice things happen during sort-of-bad times, it just makes me tear ducts  a tad overactive. Sheesh!

I was also nearly whacked on the head by a walking stick by a demented patient and had 5ml of Serenace spattered all over me when he smacked my hand away.  Somehow, that made me laugh (which is not a good thing because it probably made him madder). It also made me form a bit of a kinship (wek je) with  the nurses  in Bgts because we were working together, trying to get him to drink the meds and avoiding the thrashing stick. Thank God no one got hurt.

Was oncall on Monday and it was busy as heck. Patient fell, patient couldn’t pee. patient won’t take meds, new patients, demented patients bent on whacking everyone within walking stick length, canullas. Fuuuh. Nice Psych Doc oncall asked me to share his chicken biryani for iftar which was awesome might I add (cooked by his wife, but he said he can make better biryani and that of all the things, he’s really better at making this).

Just meself, he reg and the consultant. We’re down by two docs and so far, I’m still afloat. Kieth is on nights and I saw him today, trying to study in the comp room. First time dad - his wife just gave birth to a baby boy! He’s been telling us how he’s going to teach his baby football ever since I met him, even if the baby’s a girl. Mad about football.

My housemate’s not around as she’s in Manchester doing a course for MRCP orh something and I’m left all alone to fend for myself (cook). So far, I haven’t starved.

Hope everything’s good back home and that Amah’s all right. I’m now only at juz 4 9or 3?) and managed to get in a few pages during oncall, in between the bleeps. hahah.. The nurses there were intrigued with my pink Qur’an and were asking to see it, wondering if it’s a new medical book or a diary. Glad to share :)

So, that’s life so far. I’m just cramming everything into one post and it’s a wonder if you even reach this far. Not sorry for the long post.

And thanks for the suggestions re photo retrieval. Haven’t had the time to look it up yet though (but somehow I have the time to blog).

I might or might not post again in a while. See how the blogging mood is and if I have the time. It’s mostly work and sleep now.

Send my salams to everyone :)