Blog Rebirth

Assalamualaikum all you amazing people!

Alhamdulillah I finally got the blog up and running. My previous blog address onebonez has even been taken by other blogger. I am happy to start a new blogging journey using this new address. The name and the address of the blog had been changed multiple times before I finally decided happyhouseman.blogspot.com is the one. I've been blogging on onebonez for seven years and it meant a lot to me, but I'm taking my blogging activity to a new level and I believe change is good.

Why happyhouseman though I'm not even a houseman yet? Because I want this blog to be a reminder for myself - I want to be a happy houseman. To appreciate things I'm going to learn and people I'm going to work with. I don't want to be one of those grumpy doctors. I want a be one that makes people happy. Bear in mind negativity is not welcomed here. 

I will not share story about my future patients (I don't think it's appropriate) as the plan is to share notes on things I learn so my colleagues and juniors could benefit from it. Not to mention so many doctors have done that (sharing patient's story). For the time being, I'll just share some notes on my preparation (if there's any) and my life as a jobless graduate.

Note that the houseman stuff will be filed under "the boring stuff" tag.

Thank you for your time and I hope you would enjoy embarking this new journey with me.

Till next time,

XOXO.

soul mates

every time she worries, she'd asked him 'what was that verse you told me, about Allah being the best guardian?' and he would recite this to her and she would repeat after him. sometimes she gets it wrong, and he would correct her. again and again.

'your abah taught me this ayat, فالله خير حافظا  so no need to worry. inshaAllah everything will be alright.'

i guess that's what soul mates are for, to make you feel safe and secure. to remind you that everything will be just fine.  to remind you of God and His Glory.

Access Kindle Apps on Amazon in Malaysia

I recently got myself a new kindle fire HD for an extremely affordable price from Kedai Kamera SF. Even cheaper then some china tablet sold in Irbid!

I'm going home in 25 days and will be studying for my finals and carrying 567 grams kindle is definitely more convenient than carrying at least 15 kgs of textbooks. Okay I exaggerate je... takkan lah nak baca semua dalam 2 bulan ni kan? Kalau angkut bawak balik semua pun membazir kilo je...

The downside of using kindle ni adalah if you are outside of the US, you cannot purchase anything from the Amazon appstore - even the free ones! You need a U.S credit card and U.S billing address. Today I will share with you HOW to solve this problem step by step.

1. Create a generic email account on Gmail and set your location to the U.S.
2. Create a new amazon account using the email you just created and use to register your kindle.
3. Go to shopereaders.com click here . Choose  USA VISA pre-paid Credit Card + USA Address - 0 $ Balance for $5.99 . Kalau perasan ada lagi satu option lain yang kita boleh top up visa pre-paid ni, tapi untuk setiap tambah nilai you will be charged 20$. Beli duit dengan duit ni..ha.. takut terjatuh ke lembah RIBA' pulak kan. Visa prepaid ni sama je macam visa prepaid lain, ada card number, expiry date, CVV, billing address. Dalam masa 48 jam dari pembayaran kita akan terima maklumat ni semua melalui email. 
4. Dengan adanya kad dan billing address ni, set up 1-click payment option - masukkan maklumat-maklumat yang dah diberi. Now you can download lah semua free content on Amazon Appstore.
5. Try Amazon Prime - free 30 Days trial - buy books at waaaaaaaaay cheaper price and you can even borrow them for free!

Okay selesai dah satu masalah. Now, what if you want a content yang kena bayar? Buy a gift certificate. Untuk beli gift certificate, tak perlu US credit card, you can use Paypal ataupun guna kad debit biasa pun boleh. Gift certificate ni boleh beli serendah 0.01$ dan tak ada caj tambahan. Bila kita nak beli apa-apa dia akan tolak dari baki gift certificate kita.

I prefer buying ebooks on KOBO - sebab KOBO selalu ada discount coupon. So I got KOBO sideloaded on my kindle (next tutorial pulak) so now I can enjoy books from both KOBO and Amazon. Oh I am a happy reader these days!