Food log for September

Life has been hectic despite the shift system as we're so stretched due to lack of manpower for it to even work properly. Sometime I wish I can just hypnotise myself so that I won't start comparing to other hospitals where 1 houseman looks after only 2 patients and they don't have to give IV drugs and do ECGs. Due to the number of bloods that I have to take and the number of patients in my wards which is always 100% occupied, I feel more like a phlebotomist than a doctor. There are speculations that we will revert back to the oncall system soon. Thus, the start of the vicious cycle of insufficient houseman which leads to the need for oncall and nobody will want to come do housemanship in UM as there's no shift system. The situation is so bad that each day after work, I try desperately to reflect on what have I learned for the day besides improving on my blood taking skills but I just can't find one. Can someone teach me how to find joy and motivation in blood taking? Now I'm starting to feel sorry for myself. Haih.....

Let me start blogging about something else other than work, which means, yes, you guessed it correctly - food.

Yuen Garden Dim Sum House

The dim sum here is not bad. The portions are quite big. Come in groups of triplets so that you don't have to fight over the different types.

Ming Tien Food Court

I like the Lo Bak Kou from this stall.

I somehow like eating at food courts with a group of friends as you get to order so many different types of food to share. A good change from just eating 1 kind of dish per meal.

Buffet at Impiana Hotel just opposite KLCC:

My dad won vouchers for the buffet at Impiana in one of the lucky draws. So lucky. It was coincidentally seafood buffet that night and the grilled oysters and smoked salmon were fantastic. The variety wasn't vast but the quality of seafood was really high. Recommended if you have RM90 ringgit and looking for somewhere nice to dine. Too bad that there's no senior citizen discount.

Sanuki Udon House at Taman Desa

This place serves the most delicious and affordable udon in Malaysia. One thing about this restaurant is, it's mainly vegetarian and only offers very limited choices of meat. Above is fried chicken is one of the rare option of meat on its menu.

I highly recommend the original house special cold udon. After eating here once, I had cravings for udon.

 This was my second meal there. Cold udon with egg. Not as nice as the original.

Hot udon with egg and seaweed. Not bad too. The price for a bowl of udon is RM5 and if you order sides like seaweed, toufu, it'll be an extra RM1 each. The green tea is refillable. Definitely within budget.

Geylang Lor9 @ SS2:

Have you walked into a restaurant that specialises in frog meat porridge and ordered the porridge without the frog? That's exactly what we did. Hahahahahahahaha. We're too chicken to try the frog porridge but it's famous for it. Actually the plain porridge tasted not bad too.

Some random bar at Jaya One:

Please do the right thing and find some other better ways to unwind after work.

Best Nasi Dagang that money can't buy:

This was a treat that I received from one of my patient's son who works as a royal chef. My patient used to be a royal chef too before his son took over. Seriously, I've never tasted nasi dagang this delicious despite going all the way to Kelantan to have it. You really made my day.

One of the nearest Chinese Restaurant to my hospital:

I just cannot remember the name of this restaurant despite dining there a few times. Hahahahaha. Well, this Char Kuey Teow is famous and the stall is manned by one 1 person. It was advertised in the newspapers. Never chase the cook to serve you quicker as he'll get angry. That's how good the business is. It's actually not bad.

Trip to Kelantan:

I spent Malaysia Day in Kelantan. Had authentic Thai cuisine in the same restaurant that ML brought me years back. It's still the same journey through forests and housing estates and this restaurant miraculously appears out of nowhere. Hahahah.

Ice Kacang. Food here is really cheap.

Cantonese style Kuey Teow. We had to dine in a hotel as all the shops were closed on Saturday as it was a holiday replacement for Friday which was Malaysia Day. Oh well....

Sitting Buddha. My friend wanted to bring me to see this really accurate fortune teller at this temple but too bad, he retired. I wanted to ask him when will I retire. Hahahahahaha.

Fruits rojak. Very delicious.

Ice Kacang again as the weather was really hot.

Penang laksa.

Urban Decay:

After not buying any cosmetics at all for such a long time, I finally invested in Urban Decay eye primer and I even bought its 15th anniversary eye shadow collection. The eye primer is really awesome as it does make the eyeshadow stay the whole day. Work really well on oily skin too. The eye shadows are just too beautiful to be used. Shouldn't have bought it. Hahahaha.

Another day at work tomorrow. I really hate working alone as there's no one to relate to. Looking forward to my end of posting leave. I do need it badly!