health campaign in Perkampungan Orang Asli, Bukit Tadom

it was 2 months ago when we're assigned to do a health campaign
at this Kampung Orang Asli, Bukit Tadom.
finally, everything had ended successfully.

still remember the days we had to call for sponsors,
getting posters,
health screening apparatus,
getting money from uni..

we're in our final semester now,
we kept on whining that we got no extra time to do all these,
but looking back at the past 2 projects,
we actually had some really great time spent together,
photos taken..at least we'll graduate with tonnes of good memories,
sailing through the last few months of our degree life together.

this will be a super long post,
as usual, the pictures will tell the story =D

we need to draw total of 3 banners
2 for public health career talks
1 for this health campaign
we did had fun painting and drawing..

then few of us went to hang the banner there.
frankly, it looked so nice there!!



after reaching at the balai raya at around 8am,
we started setting up booth, decorating the halls and etc.

after setting up, villagers started coming in,
we were just waiting for the VIPs to start our event.
most of them lost their ways here >.<

arrival of VIP
*prof shah & prof ros*

project manager and ain, her big eyes assistant @.@

tok batin & prof shah giving their speeches

token of appreciation to the Tok Batin

thanks ms Rita Rahim for introducing us to this kampung orang asli.

the crowd was ok,
although we expected more,
the health screening team was fully occupied at all time.

below were the booth & stations we had on that day.

1. health screening stations

body mass index (BMI) station

Blood pressure station (BP)

glucose monitoring station

doctor consultation station

thanks Dr. Mustafa for joining us!

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2. Kids Corner

we taught the kids the proper way to brush their teeth,
hand washing technique
and gave them antihelminth.




it was lucky that we still managed to get the teeth model a day before the event.
thanks to the dentist =D









proper hand washing technique

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3. understanding your medication (Kenali Ubat Anda)

since we're all future pharmacist, this is the best chance we have to educate the villagers
since alot of heartless businessman selling counterfeit medication to them,
even famous Panadol got counterfeit ones.
scary huh?

so we have counters giving out advices to the villagers

talk by the enforcement officer

and the booth presentation from the enforcement



see, the kakak was reading the poster.

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4. cancer awareness booth

me, phy & jacy were in-charged of breast cancer and breast self examination (BSE).
the outcome was kinda good.
i guess most of the ladies, except the really old ones,
had went and listened to us.

we even explained using breast dummy,
pictures of sign & symptoms of breast cancer.

i would say it was quite effective,
since the ladies had the chance to actually touch & feel the lump present at the breast dummy.

then we also had ajeet, jane & maya explained on lung cancer and smoking cessation program.
we brought the specimens along which also did quite a brilliant job in scaring the people. wahahhahaha...


everybody was really playing their roles well.
*big round of applause to ALL*

when the villagers was doing their health screening,
we go around and help to carry their babies.
this baby is so cute right?
she just leaned on me, and sometimes she'll smile =)


after that we took our turns to have our lunch,
prepared by Moja's aunty.
guess everybody was too hungry,
my camera's battery died, pip's camera got no sign of it.
but the chicken rice prepared by his aunt was really good.
i accidentally took a huge piece of breast meat,
to my surprise, it's juicy and flavourish.
*thumbs up*

Good job everyone!!
special thanks to 6 juniors that volunteered themselves,
prof shah, prof ros and lecturers,
and all my fellow BPHARM06!!

you guys just rock it well =D
*hugssssss*


p/s: big thanks to the sponsors!!
kodomo lion,
vico,
oriental food industry (door gift, lucky draw, goodies bag)
NZ wheels (lucky draw)

without these sponsors, i guess the whole event will be so dull and bored.

eu yan sang bak foong pill

oh, i didn't realized i didn't update for almost a week already.
my bad. sorry..=D


i'm such a weak girl.
i got all the bad genes from my paternal and maternal side, except for..being chubby..which i consider myself..quite lucky??



i have constipation since i'm very young. i was rushed to ED when i was in primary 1 for acute stomachache. it turned out to be nothing but was having too much faeces in me, making me ill.



i was diagnosed with lazy eyes when i was in my primary which i found out that my grandpa was literally blind at the young age, might be due to this problem too.
had to travel to kl on every Wednesday just to visit that doctor at Jalan Ipoh; spent hours sitting in front of that rotating machine, doodling on the plastic plates. luckily i love to draw, if not i'm sure it'll be such a pain in the ass for me..>.< style="font-style: italic;">lar.



then, i inherited the allergy gene from my dad. we both have rhinits. mine was quite bad. sneezing every morning, having running nose for weeks if the weather is bad. and never ever try to ask me to tidy the house. because i'll end up sneezing + running nose + sore eyes + fatigue at the end. i remember once, i was fetching my sis to school, i sneezed, and i saw blood on my tissue. freaking scary though..but it was just some minor capillaries injury, no big deal.



again, from my dad. we have really bad digestive system. let's talk only me.
i'll have severe gastric pain if i consume rice more than 2 times a day. even a table spoon of rice will make me ill. scary huh?

after joining college and university, when the stress level strikes, i'll have IBS (irritable bowel syndrome). continuous diarrhea for months, decreasing my appetite, can only have food intake of a cat's portion. it was the worst phase of my 24 years life. without any effort of exercise, my weight dropped 5kg, making me looked like a walking skeleton..and my complexion was really bad..dull to be exact.



lately, i experienced something new.
the 1st attack was in my secondary. when again i was having acute stomachache, i knew i need to go to the toilet, but it was so damn far. i was brisk walking and yet couldn't managed to get there in time and black out in the canteen. luckily i grabbed the chair in time, sat there and i think i black out awhile. students thought i was resting there since it's early in the morning before class.

2nd and 3rd attack were similar, but the location was at my own home. fainted in the toilet for awhile too..


4th attack was quite recent. i sprained my neck. instantly i felt that i couldn't breath, nausea and vomiting, couldn't stand and walk for around 15min i think. that was the scariest because i had panic attack too, it was the first time i thought i snapped my ligament or veins or what so ever..making me nauseated.



the latest attack was just few days ago, when i brought my mum and aunt to do their follow up in a private hospital. i paid the car park ticket and was walking towards my mum's car. and YES, i tripped and sprained my right ankle right infront of the main entrance of the hospital =.=. instantly, the aura came. i dare not step forward anymore because i know i'll get very weak and will not able to support myself. my sis ran and took care of me. she tried to walk me to the car but i was like a crab. i couldn't walk straight..my mum rushed down from the car too. i ended up squatting beside a car to let everything get over.

so, i realized my pain threshold is really low. my bro even asked me: will you faint if i suddenly poke you with a needle?? =.=


the amount i showed is just the 1/10 of the whole tiny bottle x(

it was then my mum decided to pamper me with this traditional supplement. i guess by looking at the pics, i think you already know what my mum got for me.
ya, it's the Eu Yan Sang Bak Foong Pill 余仁生金牌白凤丸
it's quite expensive and i was force to take it for my own health
*mum still nagging...lalala...*
i need 2 glasses of water just to finish that one tiny bottle of pills *kill me please, i hate swallowing pills!!!*

anyway, thanks mum, for taking good care of me.
love ya =D