Pet?ín - Scenic Viewpoint of Prague, Czech

September 20, 2016

I just went to Pet?ín hill last Thursday with another two backpackers whom I took around. Again. It is hard to say how many times I've been there. Countless. :D

Pet?ín - Scenic Viewpoint of Prague, Czech

Amazing, isn't it?

Pet?ínské sady, is actually a hill reachable by funicular or you can do simple hiking to the top. Last time I walked up there, it took me about one hour plus minus, including time to fill your camera's memory card with gorgeous photos of Prague. No worries, take your time. There will be many people hike up the hill like you. Even, you can find people sit on the grass along the route to enjoy the view.

How to get to Pet?ínské sady?

Pet?ín map

The nearest tram stop is újezd. If you refer the above map, you can see 3 újezd tram stops. No worries, they are located close to each other. Even I am not familiar with each stops myself. You can take tram number 9, 12, 15, 20, 22, 57, 58, 59, 91 that will stop here. Depends on your previous location though.

Then, if you want to use funicular, you need a pass (the same pass you used for tram, metro and bus in Prague). I will try to make a blog post on how to buy it. -_-' Otherwise, just be fit and hike up okay?

Once you reach the top, you can watch beautiful scenery of flowers - depends on your luck as well. Hehe, sometimes it can be lavenders, tulips or roses. And it can also be nothing. :p

Walk around and you will find this big tower. Pet?ín Lookout Tower (Pet?ínská rozhledna). It is about 64 meters and said to be Eiffel-look-alike. Agree. It was built in 1891, about 100 years before I was born! Wow!

The tower

On the ground floor of the tower, there is a cafe and a gift shop (I don't recommend you to buy here, a bit expensive). Interesting part of this tower is, people who walk up the tower will not meet the people who go down, simply because there are 2 separate stairs. :D

It does not look that tall, but if you come here during windy weather - it will be challenging to your soul and mental. Haha. The tower will shake a bit, not that much.

Oh yea, you need to pay to go up. T_T

October: Mon - Sun 10-20
November - February: Mon - Sun 10-18

March: Mon - Sun 10-20
April - September: Mon - Sun 10-22

Adults: 120 CZK
Children 6-15years old (y.o.), students 15-26y.o. (bring your student ID okay), >65y.o.: 65 CZK
Children 3-6 y.o.: 25 CZK
Family ticket (2 adults + up to 4 children): 300 CZK

A bit pricey, but I can say you should not miss the stunning view :)

Prague Castle on the left.

Vltava river - connected with many bridges.

Trees of Pet?ín hill.

Credit : http://www.petrinska-rozhledna.cz/

Time for...Czech tourism. :)

p/s - I think I want to focus future posts on attractions in Prague and Czech generally. Less than a year left to live in this beautiful country. T_T

September 2016 Photo A Day Challenge #19 - Time For...

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You Know It Is Ice Hockey Season in HK When You See This

September 19, 2016

Fuh, tajuk.

This is a common view, seriously ever year. Since my flat is just less than 5 minutes away from the train station, I always have chance to witness this 'parade'. Haha parade la sangat.

And usually, it is the team from Pardubice. :) I'm not sure what exactly happen between these two ice hockey fans. Haha.

Lawan Pardubice je, emosi betul nampaknya.

Kalau kalah, lagi lah emosi.

You Know It Is Ice Hockey Season in HK When You See This

I shared the video on Instagram's instastories :)

Can you see the police cars and vans? Yes, they escorted the visitor's fans all the way from train station to the stadium. It is quite far actually and I bet it caused traffic as well. :p If you happened to be around this group of people, they are just okay (so far). There was one time, I witnessed HK fans being the one who started provoking on the road. Isolated case I guess.

I wish we, the world people have better sportsmanship :)

I shared experiences watching ice hockey match in this blog before. You can read how ice hockey looks like in HK and how we appeared on national TV that show live match. Haha.

Have not have the chance to watch any football match yet, maybe I can put this into final year bucketlist. :)

September 2016 Photo A Day Challenge #18 - Peace

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Dancing Building, Prague

September 17, 2016

The name of this building is Tan?ící d?m, in English, it can be called as Dancing House. But, people used to refer it as Dancing Building. :)

If you come to Prague, you will realise how authentic and classical the buildings are. The city preserves almost all old and historic architectures - that make Prague to be awesome and interesting. However, you can still expect modern buildings here and there, but they will not make the city weird.

The position and style, are just...nice.

Dancing Building, Prague

I haven't been up there, but it is said that you can take a rest at the cafe while enjoying the panoramic view from top of it. Of course, with a fee - about 100kc maybe. I prefer free panoramic view from Petrin Hill though. :) Hehe

Anyway, from the picture above, you can actually see a couple dancing together.

Use your imagination and please comment which one do you think is the man and which one is the woman :)

Oh yea, the nearest tram stop is Jiráskovo náměstí, reachable by tram 5 & 17. Meanwhile if you want to go here by metro, take Metro B (Yellow) and stop at Karlovo náměstí station. Otherwise, just walk from anywhere you are. Haha.

How to get to Dancing Building, Prague

Okay, see you tomorrow. :)

September 2016 Photo A Day Challenge #17 - Dancing

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Self Diagnosis and It Turned Out Right

September 16, 2016

Self-diagnose can be an illness and it can lead to hypochondria (worry about having a serious illness).

Actually, if you asked any medical students including me, we tend to be like this every single time we learn something new. Every common symptoms might be a clue to cancer. Every heart palpitation (due to exam stress etc) might be heart problems.

Hmmm.

And I just self-diagnosed myself 2 days ago. Unfortunately, it turned out to be real. Ouch.

Entahlah nak rasa gembira sebab berjaya diagnose based on symptoms...
... ataupun rasa nervous sebab diagnosis tu betul.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

This is not a life-threatening condition, alhamdulillah. But, it affects my daily life since the symptoms appear. T_T

Boleh refer sini kalau berminat nak baca pasal sindrom ni dalam bahasa Melayu.

Or in English, here.

My symptoms?

I felt that my left hand to be a bit numb (kebas) on Wednesday afternoon. Oh, I just thought I slept in a wrong position. But, the tingling sensation does not go away since then. Dalam Melayu, orang panggil kesemutan / semut-semut haha how to describe this lah?

GP room.

I don't want to wait any longer, I decided to meet the general practitioner (GP). GP is like a first-line doctor if you want to get treatment. In Czech, everybody is assigned to their own GP and it will be for life-time unless you want to change it due to many factors (if you move to another city, if you are not satisfied with the GP etc). So, basically international students have our own GP, provided by the hospital university.

Neurology Clinic.

After explaining my condition and few physical examinations, the GP wrote a reference letter. I was referred to Neurology Department for further check-up. The doctor in charged for Neurology Out-patient was my Anatomy teacher, so alhamdulillah I can expect English conversations. The GP speaks English as well, no worries :)

A thing that was similar when I did the physical examination was, both doctors asked me 'So, what do you think it is?', 'Do you know what is the diagnosis?'

Hoho.

Of course I have a diagnosis in my mind.

And from the physical examinations, the diagnosis turned out to be real.

How is carpal tunnel syndrome diagnosed?

Basically, there are at least two physical exams that can show positive signs.

Image result for carpal tunnel syndrome test

Credit - Google

Tinel's sign - the doctor will tap on the wrist and it can cause tingling and numbness on the hand spreading to the fingers (except the 5th finger).

Credit - Google

Phalen's sign - just do the position of hand like in the picture above for 60 seconds. You will feel tingling and numbness as well.

In my case, I have constant tingling and numbness. But, the numbness and tingling sensation worsened with these tests. T_T

Flector (NSAID), triamcinolon (CS), Milgamma (Vit. B), Aescin (anti-inflammatory as well)

Medications bought. Now, waiting for next check-up - electromyogram (EMG), to see if the muscles are affected or not. Pray hard it will not be that serious :)

Pray for my exam in 10 days as well :) heee.

September 2016 Photo A Day Challenge #16 - Safe

Hradec Kralove, Czech

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5 Things I Learned About Happiness

September 15, 2016

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Being happy.

It is a very vague statement that sometimes we cannot confirm we are feeling happy or not. Happiness cannot be judged by a smile of someone's face - as some of us even cry in happiness, right?

With age come increased wisdom and emotional intelligence.

With age comes increased wisdom and emotional intelligence. - WebMD

As a teenager, I must say that this is the age of exploring all adventures in the world, anything that can be done, any places that we can reach, any people who we would like to be close to. We have the adrenaline rush to do new things. Our problem is one - money. Not living for a long time yet, we don't have a solid source of income that stop us from fulfilling our desires.

Yes, that's why based on survey, when people pass middle age, they will be happier and less stressed about life. To be specific, people above 50 years old. Well, older people have more experiences with life that they managed to control their emotion in the way it should be. They don't have to worry more on how to improve life status as they have been in the situation before.

Music helps us to be happy.

Listening to songs or any musics can improve happiness as they help the brain to release dopamine. I just knew this while doing this quiz. :) From what I know, dopamine helps in reward system in our brain. What does it mean?

Reward system is how we can stay motivated. The feeling when we achieve success after we put our efforts on some difficult works with many hardships . I'm sure you can imagine how happy we will be.

Boost happiness by feeling grateful.

When we do something by feeling grateful with we have been given, we can be more happy. Just like when you love someone, you are grateful to have known him / her - you tend to do anything for the sake of him / her.

I can relate this to feeling grateful to God. I know it is easier to be said than done. But, I try to reflect myself. If I am willing with my heart to do things for the sake of God, just because I love Him and not because that something is just my duty - it must be a happier feeling, right?

They are just a lot.

He gives me things I need in life, though. :)

Money and intelligence cannot buy happiness.

But, I do agree that sometimes happiness need money.

People who are happy don't really find life as a race to survive. They are more optimistic in everything they meet each day and will turn it into opportunity that they will grab onto. They don't really have enemies and people feel comfortable to be with them.

I'm really not in this group. But, one thing that I learn and have try applying it in my life - forgive people.

"Happiness is not the absence of sadness," - David Spiegel

God give us heart and feeling for us to feel different kinds of feeling. That is a normal thing about human. So, don't feel stressed out if we are not happy all the time.

Be idealistically right. We can't be happy all the time. Our life is like a wheel, sometimes we can be on top and sometimes at the bottom. Well, I can say that, being sad can also boost ourselves to improve more to achieve happiness.

Just, don't let sadness become powerful over your life. It should be only temporary, and please, MOVE ON.

Be not sad, Allah is with us. - Quran, 9;40

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This post is inspired by a quiz from WebMD. There are few points that I learned from the quiz. And I have related them with my life. So, why not sharing them here?

Knowledge is to be shared, right? :)

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September 2016 Photo A Day Challenge #15 - Yes

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[Tutorial] Origami LOVE

September 14, 2016

Post ni masa zaman A-Level dulu - 6 tahun lepas :O

Pernah post sebelum ni, entah la kenapa check balik rupanya dalam draft. Mungkin masa tengah tapis post-post lama, semua pakat disumbat dalam draft. Heee.

Green love

Bila baca balik, rasanya saya dan kawan serumah, Ica & Nurul main-main buat origami sehari sebelum exam A-Level (entahlah yang real atau exam semester). Lol. Exam Physics Paper 1, Mechanics. I left mathematics / calculations for ages. Sekarang nak congak pun tak confident, kena guna kalkulator jugak. Padahal Maths tu my favorite kot. :(

Nah, I bet no many people know how to fold LOVE origami. Haha.
Statement over-confident -_-'

Jom buat jom :D