Patients in Ibn Sina Hospital in Mosul and death of my colleague

Who said studying medicine is easy? Oh it is very hard, when I see those patients in the Ibn Sina Hospital in Mosul and what they suffer from, I feel so sorry for them, Its this health that they lost, which is the most important thing we own. Most of the patients in Ibn Sina Hospital are from low social state, they need special care and attention, and as I study there I always see new faces comes in and I have seen more than 3 patients died in front of me, but nothing I can do I am still a student (but more than half a doctor).

To you Israa , Allah 

A couple weeks ago a colleague of me (Israa) died when she had a terrible accident, she was full of energy and just like a flower in spring, but she died and I cried and cried. It is not easy to accept death of someone you know whether she/he was close to you or not, it reminds me of death and that one day I will die and this makes me want to cry but my faith in Allah brings me back to life again and remind me to work hard and to keep on my praying five times per day and to commit to Allah orders.

I will always remember you Israa (Allah mercy for her)

Seeking for inner peace in Mosul City, But Where ?

Iraq is big prison and I can't wait till I escape from it!! This is totally right and I am feeling of tightness and freedom-less with little (if any) human rights. Every thing disturbs me, from the traffic jam to kidnapping gangs. Especially Mosul city, they are trying to keep people of Mosul city busy with providing enough Gasoline and kerosene in this cold winter.

To make people unable to think what is going on in this City, we are tired of the blocked streets,

Medical books for lower prices in AbeBooks !! FREE shipping to Canada Now take the offer

I found this great online book store AbeBooks which is now offering FREE shipment to Canada, Here I found (OSCEs for the MRCS: Pt. B: A Bailey and Love Revision Guide) book for only $51 with free shipping to Canada also ! all you need to do is enter to AbeBooks then enter book title or keyword then choose your book, you will be so glad as I was when I decided to buy my medical books from AbeBooks for lower prices.

This is so great I also find (Your Best Medicine) (ebook version) only for $3 !! really i couldn't believe my eyes.

What is Halloween? trick or treating & jack-o'-lanterns !

What is Halloween?! Is your Halloween custom weird? To many people in different countries Halloween is something weird, and these pumkin that people put on their doors, and those kids wearing freaky clothes asking for candies!
I googled (Halloween) and got more in depth about this annual holiday on October 31, Halloween also includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. The word 'halloween' mean in Old Irish (summer's end).
Note: I put discount code at the end of this post as free gift to my readers so you can buy toys and Halloween customs online with big discount.

Halloween pumkin called jack-o'-lanterns 

In this day Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The word "trick" refers to a (mostly idle) "threat" to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.

picture from fashionoftheyear.org

Cup of Iraqi tea in summer day[Iraqi tea] [make Iraqi tea]

Cup of Tea has great effects on way of living, decrease stress, relieve headache, full of caffeine!. Iraqi people drinks lots of tea per day especially old men who meet in shops to chat and drink tea and play backgammon or domino game. Iraqi tea is great and Iraqi people always drink black tea, some old people drinks sugar free tea but the most drinks cup of tea with sugar, most popular tea here in Iraq is that from Ceylon (ceylon tea) it has the greatest taste and makes my mood relax and happy.

backgammon picture from islamme.com

to make cup of tea on Iraqi way you need whole leaf tea and teapot, put the tea leaves with water on gas, then wait till it boil and thats it you made a cup of Iraqi tea :)

whole leaf black tea in iraq picture by me

The National Museum of Iraq in 3D view from Google [Baghdad]

Google in association with The National Museum of Iraq start this project in October 2009 when Google group decide to visit Baghdad and they staid in Baghdad for one week to make this opportunity . The National Museum of Iraq contains precious relics from Mesopotamian civilization (the land between the Tigris and Euphrates), its collections among the most important in the world. It contains important artifacts from the over 6,000 year long history of Mesopotamia in 28 galleries and vaults.
You can see it here

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Or Click on this link to see The National Museum of Iraq and its content in 3D view
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/streetview/gallery.html#world-landmarks&national-museum-of-iraq-baghdad-iraq

This is really amazing, thanks google and go ahead for more work in Iraq.

Photos from Turkey, Turkish lira and more on Turkey

Couple weeks ago I visited Turkey with my family, turkey is very big country and very very much beautiful, I wished if I know how to speak Turkish to communicate more with Turkish people. There is turkey except in Istanbul life is so simple and every day is new day.

Turkish food has much in common with Iraqi food like they made Turkish kebab for us in the restaurant (i didn't remember the name) and the kebab was so spicy but delicious. I visited many ancient places in Turkey and had some photos of Turkey to show you, but i gonna need your comments at the end.

Turkish mosque (Nuh mosque) in silopi/Turkey

park and status of Prohpet Nouh ship

anothere photo of the status

Surgery, Medicine Courses in Medical college 2011

Surgery, then Medicine and now gynecology these are the courses that I'm studying here in Medical college in the fourth year. Surgery was totally new to me but i like it and i enjoyed every day in the course because the patients were very cooperative and they didn't annoy us (the students) with too many questions thinking that we are doctors) but in fact we were still studying to become DOCTORS. 

Medicine course was short and very annoying with too many systems to study (Respiratory system, Cardiovascular system, Abdomen, Central nervous system, and General examination of the patient) plus general informations about medical conditions , medicine course i had to get to the 5th floor to reach the ward in which i do my study, and because the elevator was always filled with patients and 'bodies' some times so i was forced to claim all the stairs on feet!! and i can tell this is not fun and not easy at all and very exhausting !!!!! sometimes i see 'House' and think about if there is one like him in the reality, he is so wierd and nut but brilliant.

In medicine course i saw three patient dying because of their complicated diseases at first i was fulled with emotions of saddness but next time i felt nothing !!!??? didn't know why ! this is horrible when i think about it now.

In gynecological course (now) i found some hards because its totally new thing to me but i can tell that newborn babys' voices are not the same !! hahaha .. I always hear newborn babys crying and they have annoying voices but when i look to them i find my self very happy and full with pleasure .

I'm not going to talk any thing about the political changes that happened are are happening now in many countries because this make me feel so sad.

At the end i would like to ask if any one of you had seen someone dies infront of you? and how you dealt with the condition?

My tonsillitis and cup of hot tea and the stethoscope problem!!

Hello everybody .. Autumn had entered from the door in Iraq and I feel sick and cold and my larynx hurts me. I stayed awake in bed all night because of tonsillitis, and when I woke up my voice was gone. I tried using antibiotics but it still not working on me. Its good that I still can speak through writing and sign language and because I'm very talkative person (only in house) this is not good situation at all !!

tea

Markets of Iraq getting ready for Eid el-fitr

Markets in Iraq have been coloured all kinds of beautiful clothes from different trade marks preparing for eid ul-fitr, everyone is busy looking out what is suitable for him/her and for the wallet. People in Iraq had been surprised with high prices of everything (clothes, nuts, sweets, ...) this is due to the increase of demand on clothes preparing for eid ul-fitr.

clothes

Most clothes trade marks available in Iraq is from Turkey, Syria, China, and some from Arabic gulf countries like Emirate, Dubai and Saudi Arabia, and everything enter Iraq without fee.

Pakistan need Help and attention, Thanks

The Pakistan floods appeal has now raised £35m as a report published on www.thirdsector.co.uk, no matter how these donations had collected the fact that the majority of the people of Pakistan affected by the recent floods did not receive more than blankets and tents (these are the lucky ones), while the remaining vast majority of Pakistanis left homeless and without food, as we see on TV, millions of dollars that have been collected and millions of voluntary contributions made by people around the world.

These floods in Pakistan are the worse since 81 years, leaving a 20 million people affected and more than 4 million homeless in Pakistan. I want to thank all people who aid Pakistan people by any way and Allah bless you.

flooding Pakistani Town 

Iraqi gifted students schools is the best solution for your children

Iraqi gifted schools improve children's speech, thinking, leading, and give the students wide variety of choices to admit to college in Iraq ( students enter the college they want around world ) with scholarships system and it provide salary to students (about $50 per month) which totally new in Iraq, when I heard  about these Iraqi gifted schools I wished it was opened long time ago to register in it but I thank God that I entered medical college and only 3 years left to graduate and practice medicine as I was dreaming .. :)

Image by slackware via Flickr

Now the school has three other

I become fan of Positive thinking, be positive :)

Positive thinking is what you do to be POSITIVE, to make your "self growth" or to reduce the negative self-talk by recognizing it and practicing with some examples provided.

power of self control

Be brave. Change and improve each day. Do your best and don't look back. See learning and change as opportunities. Try new things. Consider several options. Meet new people. Ask lots of questions. Keep track of your mental and physical health. Be positive.

Set goals and priorities for what you think and do. Visualize to practice your actions. Develop a strategy for dealing with problems. Learn to relax. Learn to be honest with yourself.

7 Suggestions for Building Positive Attitudes

around the world with richest king in world

Today I begin with reading electronic newspapers about richest king and about Iraq and other Arabic countries and every time I read i feel there is something wrong with this world and I see the floods in Pakistan killed over 1000 and the count is on, where on other hand I read about the richest king in world is king of Thailand Bhumibol published by "Forbes" and the richest king was King of Thailand Bhumibol richest king in world age 82 with 30 billions.

I wonder if someone has 30 billions what he/she would do with this money? buying house , car two three cars and what then ! just buying and don't remember others who in need to fundamental stuffs of life .

If you have 30 billion dollar

Delicious bread , how Bread looks like in Iraq and price of bread

Bread is one of most important daily requirements in Iraq and bread is present in every meal or dish with its white, tasty , smell and its not rough or hard or even " toasted bread" , just white bread. The price of bread in Iraq is about 9 cent (10 of bread for 84 cent) and for this price of bread all people can buy it.

bread bakeries are wide spread in the city and in every corner "photo of bread"

13 most beautiful pictures of Duhok city in Iraq

This collection of 13 beautiful pictures of duhok city taken by me in 2009 from my trip to duhok city you can see green is controlling everything in duhok and the people are living freely and with great space of peace and green. Through the trip I didn't see single concrete barrier in the streets or any "army men" in the streets but the traffic man; in duhok there is a lot to see and to explore especially in the mountains of duhok and in the north of the city where one of the most beautiful areas I have been visited , the summer resorts in north of duhok city consider as the most peaceful and full of green where man hand didn't destroy the nature life there. I will leave you with the pictures of Duhok :

in the park of Mazi super market

this picture taken by me in Zawita resort

Exams in Iraq and many other things

It has been long time that I last wrote a post because I am alwayes busy with study and it is really very difficult exams and the questions are not easy at all especially in my college so we need to study very very good to avoid being in the second term exams which as I heard the last thing you would ever think to do in the summer.

To get you out of my world of exams
May in my eyes with photos:

• may be I will buy new iphone after finishing my exams it costs about $500 in Iraq and it has elegant design
  

• free arabic ebook on iphone store fore free download on apple store http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id372070239?mt=8
  

• apple and adobe fights !! to where ?

life in Iraq and in america

1) you need 5 to 15 min. to pass the traffic and if you were lucky it didn't last more.
2) pupils study all the time without cut off time because there is nothing else to do
3) girls can not go outside homes without their father or brother or even their mother because of annoying police in the streets everywhere and many things
4) women drive cars but many bug them through driving5) if you lost your son/daughter you will never find him/her
6) nothing protect the human in Iraq against unrespected policeman
7) if you make enmity with someone the next week you will be threatened by a call on your phone demanding you to pay them for not killing you or your family.

and just

1) people are simple with simple soul
2) everyone says I am Iraqi and I am proud
3) If you need money you will find people helping you with different ways
4) no one die from hunger
5) many doctors would offer poor people free treatment
6) compulsive education, with charges from primar
y school till graduating from college
7) green everywhere

kids in America

another kid but in Iraq

9 of april 2010 in history of Iraq

Its friday 9 of april 2010 and it is holiday in Iraq and all arabic countries and we have changeable weather here in Iraq this week but now it is clear with cool winds that make everyone feels better, however this day carry sad memory to all Iraqi people since it remind them with the memoir of the War on Iraq in 2003/4/9 and how many people in Iraq loss members of their families from that day till this hour and the count is still on, and especially after the election day in Iraq on 7 of march 2010 when more that 62% of Iraqis give there votes for the persons whom they thought they will be good for Iraq but till now and even after announcement of the results of the elections nothing changed and I am talking on personal side in my city more concrete barrier placed to close the main streets and sub-streets in the city which make very big traffic jam and many many accident all over the day because of these barriers (placed by the army force) and now they are using walls of concrete (2.5 meter high) and this is so terrible and make everyone gets nervous and hypertensive quickly.

see the barriers at the left blocking the entery to hospital from one side

here the barriers is in the middle and blocking a street near the hospital

this is how I see things from my point that all these explodes happening now is for political reasons and to keep the army under control of certain persons "with power" to make anything.

Interview with Iraqi blogger

Hello, since while I was thinking of making un interview with Iraqi bloggers who I know through my life and I was lucky to know Violet she writes on her blogs since 2008, writing her diaries on violet for peace lets know who is violet in few questions


What is your name (nick name) ?
Violet

What are you studying now ?
Medicine