Siti > Recent Status Updates

A chapter about psychiatry and dying towards the end, apart from elaborating more about her father.

I feel like I am the only one who think that the sypnosis at the back page is not a good one. After 2/3 of the story, Rachel narrates about her father with terminal cancer.

What is relevant to me is Rachel's description on the aging process.

Rachel elaborates how or why her field in palliative medicine can be impactful for her patients.

Rachel's experience saving death.

Patients' comparison.

The beginning - when Rachel fails saving the life of an elderly patient first time being a doctor.

Rachel's first encounter with patient Maureen as a medical student, and how she has to go outside her job scope as empathy towards Maureen.

Rachel's shift in her profession - from journalism to studying chemistry - although in the previous chapter she confesses that she likes these two fields.

Coming to the next section of the book.

The part where the story get riveting.

The part I imagine is a scene in a jungle before Safiyya reaches the longhouse.

A small portion of Chapter 3 - how the author describes jinn - as tricky as the flickering fire.

Reflecting back in the past, about Safiyya's grandmother's death. I have the feeling that I will finish the story within less than a month.

As someone who has learned basic French in apps and websites, in the first lesson, the downside is that the author doesn't elaborate on French adjectives. For instance, between "noun-adjective" and "adjective-noun". But on the good side there are practices on a certain concept. Somehow I dread to go on to the next chapter.

Prologue: The main character is Safiyya, previously Bintang. She and her parents convert to Islam for business purposes. Towards the end, she ponders about her names.

Chapter 1: Safiyya can't stand her parents' spiritual fraud business, and decides to leave to the longhouse with her relatives. They support her decision.

In the last chapters, what is applicable to me is to know if medical professionals have enough sleep, so that I will not be misdiagnosed by them.

In Chapter 13, I have learned about - the effects of artificial lights and the consumption of alcohol, on sleep. More importantly, I have learned that a cool temperature in a room induces sleep.

In Chapter 12, I have learned about not having too little sleep or too much sleep - being the ideal 8 hours per night. Also, there are some sleep disorders, such as insomnia and so on. When there is lack of sleep or no sleep, there is a likelihood of early death.

Dreams can act as inspirations to life's problems.

In Chapter 9, the author talks about Sigmund Freud theories of dreams. Besides that, MRI scanner is used to analyze a person's dreams. They can tell what the person has dreamed (for example a car), but they can't tell the model of the car he has dreamed (for example a Mercedes). Scientific research which is memorable for me throughout the chapter.

In Chapter 8, I have learned about the relation of sleep with physical health. Having enough sleep helps you to lose weight, having normal menstrual cycle and keeps you looking attractive. It also helps to cure a serious bout of flu. Also, it keeps you from aging fast. So many hidden benefits of sleep!