My Little Life

Finally, exams are over!!!!!!! I have officially completed my 1^st year..haha… fuh.. what a stressful one year.. but now its over ady.. hehe.. I just completed my last paper and now I really cant wait to go back to Malaysia… missing my parents and everyone back at home… how I exactly rasa now..? relief… bebas.. or in short.. sudah merdeka la.. haha.. just imagine.. baru habis first year ady so happy… to be honest.. I really got very lazy through out this year la.. seriously.. I dunno why.. there are a lot of reasons actually.. but somehow I managed to complete this one year…. Exams… if wanna think about it also.. aiyo.. really pening la… we practically had an  intensive and tight schedule this year and we had to do banyak last minute revision..

Okay.. let me start with the education system here… the grading here is simple

5- excellent

4- good

3- satisfactory

2- fail

Our first exam was organic chemistry. Oh my god.. this was the toughest chemistry that I have actually studied.. imagine we have to hafal so many structures and also the theory. My god.. the thing is that we will be hafal-ing the structures from the first few chapters.. then when we proceed to the ending chapters.. we will tend to forget the structures that we had earlier memorized… and plus the theory… aiyo.. really so susah.. practically during examination time I didn’t eat properly.. I admit that I practically ignored my health.. but dunno la..im memang like that.. susah nak makan .. haha.. well.. coming back to this chemistry exam.. our seniors used to tell us that chemistry is the most toughest exam.. they said.. kalau lepas chem… bagaikan dah lepas first year. From here, I can conclude that chemistry is gonna be tough.. studying hard and burning midnight oil I was really worried about this exam.. plus my chemistry teacher is the lecturer paling strict in chemistry department.. we had got lots to worry.. that’s why when im studying halfway.. my fikiran will lari and will think about how the teacher gonna mark, how is her mood when marking and so on… but I continued.. memorizing and trying to do my level best… studied on the  refrigerator which is located at my floor’s hall.. weird.. but I really need to get the proper studying environment in order to focus and study. Tea really helped me to keep me awake the whole night.. I remember the pressure that all of us had was just too much that we cant memeorize so many structures and also the theory questions.. I decided to just do my level  best.. didn’t sleep that night… at about 6am.. I vomited.. tak boleh tahan.. I dunno stress or pressure..or what but I just vomited… I was so scared.. I really hoped that I can answer well and get questions that I can really do.

Ok la my soalan.. can answer.. but the problem was I thought that the exam will end at 11.30am but I was wrong.. the exam ended at 11am. The problem was I almost forget to answer my multiple choice question as I thought that the exam akan end at 11am.. thank God that I happen to ask one of the teacher when requesting for extra blank papers to finish my last theory question. So, I was in a rush actually for my objective question.. but somehow I managed to complete it. As usual, after exam I memang will be so so worried. But I orayed so hard.. results next day at 12pm. Aiyo.. memang nak terhenti my jantung la.. so worried.. we went to university around 12pm. By the time we reach.. result memang dah out. One by one was passing us, but then we just told them not to tell us the results. I was so worried.. saw the results.. I got 5. Happy or sad? Hmm… I was so sad.. it was so unfair.. My best fren got a 4. But actually he deserve to get the 5.. its so unfair.. he made some small mistakes which made my teacher not to give him a 5. really cant be happy when

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fren did not get what he or she wanted.. all we can do is pray harder and try our best.. the rest we leave it to God.

Next paper was Latin. Less tension actually.. there is actually a 3 days gap between each subject. Me as usual lazing around for the first few days.. studying little only. Actually many of them will start revising bio during this three days because latin not much to study. But saya… so malas.. bio never touch also and studied latin sikit sikit. The day before latin as usual la tension, burn midnight oil and finally the day came. My question card consisted a susah term to be translated.. I never come across the term before. What to do? i praying hard that I should remember… suddenly I remembered and quickly wrote it down.. but tak sure la. Again after the paper I was scared… latin is not tough but then you cant make more then two mistakes, even if it is a very minor mistake. Results were to be out one hour later.. thank God.. I got 5 again.. my teacher was really strict.. out of seven students in my group only 3 got 5… they are Nadzrul my bes fren, Nicole and me, the lazy student.. haha..

Latin was over and now comes the worst paper next, biology. Seriously there is a lot to cover.. these include cytology, genetics, parasitology, ecosystem and so on. I really didn’t wanted to waste any of my time as I know that its really a lot to study and cover. I had only three days to do all this. My semangat pula semakin luntur and I seriously dunno what to to. I couldn’t cover the ecosystem and biosphere. There are altogether 117 questions that we have to study. 117 is not little… a lot. Really suffered. Plus its really menakutkan when it comes to the examiners. This will be my first oral examination as my previous 2 papers were in written form. I could only do what I can. Practically I had another 10 questions from ecosysytem that I did not cover. Hoping that I can use my general knowledge, I went for the exam with 10 unprepared questions. The atmosphere in the examination room was really intense. There were 3 examiners. They were Rogov who is also my own teacher, Diana, and also Nikitin. According to previous experiences by our seniors, it is learned that Nikitin gives a 5 easily, whereas it is difficult to get 5 under Rogov and Diana. However, the scenario changed this year. None of the 3 teachers were giving 5. Everyone who was coming out from the examination room was getting a 3 and 4. My God!!!!!! This is the first time that it was happening like that.. the quality of students this year has dropped.. memang menakutkan. I memang tak nak masuk dulu.. I was going through all my questions again and I completed my 10 questions while waiting for my turn. Actually u can enter when u are ready. One by one was entering and I was flipping my notes and practically I started to lupa what I had read. That was even worse. Worse case even, Nikitin was also strict in giving a 5. Out of so many students who answered with him, only one managed to obtain the 5 from him. This made me even nervous. I couldn’t take it and I just entered. Seriously before I entered the examination room, I was ready even for a 4. I entered and picked up my question card. Every students gets a different question card. So practically luck played a major role. I had easy questions. But that doesn’t guarantee u a 5 as u need to present it very well and convincingly to impress the examiners. We were given about 20 minutes to prepare before we could present our answers orally. Interesting but scary. Finally my name was called. I got Rogov, my own teacher. But its really scary because he will ask many weird questions and if u don’t know the answer… that’s it! U wont get 5. I was nervous to answer with him. but I answered my level best. He asked pelik soalan also. I just answered what I knew. He gave me a 5. Happy or sad? Of course sad… the same situation melanda my bes fren. No happiness.. I just felt that system here is unfair. This is mainly due to the fact that all of us get different questions and we get different examiners. So, it’s unfair as some examiners are strict and some okay and some pilih kasih. I just felt that I just completed what I should as a 5 or 4 doesn’t determine the real potential of you. So, next is physics.

Many problems came during this paper till my concentration always lari wan… nothing to say.. I almost gave up…no motivation to go forward. Many days I wasted by sleeping and reading little. When the final day came, I realize that I had many things to complete. The day before the exams I had to cover a lot. I always believe that when u think that u can do it, u definitely can do it. Kita kena actually percaya kebolehan diri… tapi kita tak boleh terlalu confident. We should always try our best, da rest leave it to God… that’s my prinsip. I pushed myself by motivating myself every single moment to achieve success. Thank God… that I managed to prepare myself. I dunno if good or not, but somehow I completed studying all the chapters. The day came… and I was as usual nervous and scared. There are 3 examiners. They are Verstakov who is so strict, Denis who is safe to answer and also Svetlana who is my teacher and who is also very famous for questioning a lot. I dunno what to say because it was not fair at all. Those who answered to Verstakov, no matter how good they were, he only gave a 4 or a 3. one of the mangsa was my bes fren. Really not fair. I was a bit lucky as I answered to my own teacher, Svetlana. I got a 5. I would like to say here that the education system in

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is NOT FAIR at all. It mostly depends on your luck. Practically, for me though I had all 5’s, I’m not happy at all. I really hope that they will change the system here.

I would like to wish congratulations to all my frens no matter what they got, I think all deserve the 5. everyone worked very hard and I think everyone is excellent students. All the best my dear frens… u guys are always the BEST!!!!!!!!!

Wah.. i cant believe that i am 20 years old.. hahahaha.. its funny that i dont even behave like a 20 years old boy… hehehe.. im seriously not matured.. what to do? im too playful and not serious and like to joke around..hehehe… apa nak buat… but thats me.. so..i think that i kurang one year la.. 18 years now .. hehehe…

well.. how did my 20th birthday went on???? hmm.. the fever towards my 20th bday started even much earlier.. on monday, Ivan and Ren Geng cooked for me dinner.. thanks ivan.. thanks ren geng.. they both cooked nestum prawn, fried egg and vegetables.. it was so tasty.. the nestum prawn was splendid.. great.. we chatted while eating.. Ivan was telling his father’s story and it was so touching… anyway, the thought of cooking itself is so valuable.. thank u so much… i really appreciate it..

then.. on 13th june 12 am (midnight)..my floormates suddenly sang bIrthday song and ivan played guitar.. i was actually in haris’s room studying there… then when i heard them singing, i came out from the room and a small cute cake was waiting for me… haha.. so shy actually.. bt really appreciate it so much.. i tiup the candle and ate it.. but i fed ramesh, ratna, fong, lee, ivan, haris, chai… guys.. thank u so much for the kind and caring thought… thanks a lot.. only Tuhan yang boleh membalas jasa baik anda semua… thank u…

Then… came my bes fren, Nadzrul hahaha… pulling me downstairs to celebrate with jpa frens.. hehe… aiyo.. i don wanna be 20 la.. thats what i was telling nadzrul.. but soon as i reached downstairs, my groupmates and sofwan’s group sang for me bday song again and i cut cake again.. then, we had cake, some keropok, mee kari cooked by qeela and fruit drinks of course… wah.. so nice.. the cake was nice and we had a good time… i got a casio watch from my groupmates… very nice watch.. really appreciate it.. memenuhi my citarasa.. very nice lor.. thanks to nadzrul who made the choice..memang pandai pilih hadiah… bagos)).. hahaha.. sofwan’s group gave me an Adidas T- Shirt and i also received a patung petani from Ramdan.. thanks Ramdan.. it was touching to receive the gift from u.. i really liked my gifts… thanks thanks and thanks…

Plus, i also wanna thank everyone who sent me sms, send me messages via friendster, send their wishes via yahoo and msn.. especially to my neighbour, padma, kavita, my cousins, guna, yen sten, ivan’s mum, heah,hemadaren, dev, chai, farique, kee lern how, wei han, hui ming, kak sap, wong, and actually so many.. my ikhlas thanks to u guys.. really appreciate it!!!!!!!!

Not over yet… i also got Fruits from haris, a cup of sweet tea from Shantini, a surprise chocolate from Rahul, a box of chocolate from Chai, Dev and Shanthini, and a cute photo frame from my roomate and anna.. ramesh and also ratna.. thank u so much guys for the gifts and i really hargai it so much.. i dont know what to say.. but all the wishes and gifts are so valuable…

My beloved parents also send me a card via email.. i chatted with them via webcam and i really enjoyed every single moment chatting with them.. i love u amma and appa… thanks also to my sister…

but… the biggest gift that i guess i received this year is from my bes fren, of course.. Nadzrul… hehe… he did a lot.. organised the celebration.. and the kegembiraan and keikhlasan plus the excitement that he showed during the entire day..shows that i am so much appreciated and thats what is really valuable… i really appreciate it and thanks so much fren.. u have done a lot… tapi saya masih muda.. hehe.. i am not old.. hehe…

Well, my 20th birthday was really meaningful.. i am touched by the way my frens celebrated and wished me.. thank u guys.. although i mentioned millions of time also..tak cukup.. kerana apa yang mereka lakukan itu tiada tolok bandingannya.. thanks… all i hope is that  u guys will be blessed with happiness, greater success and everything thing that u wanted in life… i hope that i can be a better person, be a good and extraordinary human being, i can berkhidmat utk masyarakat and i can be even more religious, more optimistic, more rational and a better and successful person… thanks once again and may god bless u all lotz!!!!!!!!!!! thanksssssss

Since the first semester has ended successfully..we are having short break now.. it’s really short.. because tomorrow 2nd sem is gonna start… haih.. we only get to rest for less than 4days.. it’s really really short but that’s my university.. known for its strictness.. hehe…

how did i spent my holidays? As i told u guys, the first day of holidays..we went for an excursion and after that i collected my results… the next day, i accompanied Qeela, my group mate to the post office as she wanted to collect her parcel..since she had two heavy parcels, she asked my help to accompany her. Upon returning, sayleni, ramesh, ratna and i.. went to have our lunch at "chinar".. i ate kebab and potatoes.. the food was really good… thanks ramesh for taking me there… after that, we played snow for quite a long time.. each wanna throw snow at each other.. really had fun.. after that we did some window shopping… later, after coming back, we watched a Hindi movie together.. guess what? i was sleeping through out the movie.. so memalukan..but what to do? i adi too tired..

Today i woke up at 9am.. had to get ready by 10am coz Heah told me that he is gonna cut his hair..since my hair is also long, i followed him to the saloon at Kamsamoskaya.. what can i say? i was satisfied with the service and hair cut.. haha..but it was kinda expensive.. nevermind.. as long the service is good.. i don mind also la..

After coming back, i took my bath and got myself ready to go to Park House with Sayleni. We wanted to buy food stuffs as our stock sudah habis.. i didnt spend much.. must jimat cermat sikit la.. hehe… we also ate "bling"  and chicken pizza there.. the food at the food court in park house is not bad la.. boleh tahan.. then, i came back and watched grey’s anatomy and ate maccaroni that Sayleni cooked for me.. thanks sayleni…

Tomorrow i will be going to Addidas Discount Centre to buy a sling beg as my current beg is quite big.Hopefully i can get a nice and good beg there. Oh yea, Ivan and Ren Geng are in Moscow currently for the short holidays.. Hope u guys have fun there. Have to also mention here… thank u so much to those who congratulated me for my chemistry results.. special thanks to Ivan’s Mum… thanks mum for your caring and kind sms, my uncle and aunties, friends, auntie Maggie(Malaysia’s Jaclyn Victor, winner of the Msian Idol’s Mum), hehe.. wonder how i noe her? hehe… secret.. well..i really appreciate all of ur wishes…

To Ivan’s MUM, im really touched with the care and concern that u shower.. it’s really nice to have u around… Dont worry.. will take care of Ivan here.. hehe.. My former classmate, Shin Yau will be flying to Australia soon.. i wish him all the very best.. he is gonna pursue his degree in Actuarial Science.. You can do it Shin Yau!!!!!!!

Guys.. 2nd semester is gonna be hectic.. i really hope things will be fine.. i dunno if i will have the time to write here.. will try to but i dont think i will write that often.. till then take care.. see yea…

I just came back from my university after getting my exam results… wow..it was really scary indeed.. results were out at 12pm.. earlier in the morning, we went for an excursion. We went to planetarium with my curator.. two days ago, my russian teacher called me and told me to inform my group members that we will be going for  excursion at 9.15am… but i thought it was 9.50am because 50 and 15 sounds almost similar.. huhu…was sad because when we reached the university, she was angry and we had to rush actually. However, i approched her and said sorry… she just smiled at me.. that smile made me feel better… im an irresponsible group leader.. so sad… but it’s okay la.. next time i will be even more alert!!! We walked very fast and it was very cold.. yet i was still degil that i did not wear my "shapka"(the winter cap)…hehe… wanna jaga my rambut.. scared then it will be messy… hahahaha…but i managed to survive..hehehe

The excursion was okay la… after the excursion, we went back to the university.. since it was only 11.24am, we lepak at the basement of the university.. as usual i ate my favourite cake..  very cheap actually. At 12pm, we went to the chemistry department to get our results.. usually, results will be put on the notice board.. so, me and my other groupmates, faiz, nadzrul, nicole,qeela, syazana, masayu were waiting there.. but the results were not out yet… then came my russian teacher who is also our curator. She asked me if the results were out and i said not yet.. then she asked where are the chemistry teachers? then i just pointed at the teacher’s room.. and she went to the room.. we knew that she is gonna ask the teacher for our results.. we were angry and even nervous at that time.. we dont know why she was so excited about our results…. wait wait… before i continue, let me explain about the russian grading system

5 - excellent

4 - good

3 - satisfactory

2 - fail

so let me continue… we were very nervous by this time.. then my curator came out with an angry face.. she told us to follow her to the russian department!!!!!! we were shocked and we knew that she wasnt happy with our results.. all the other groups were staring at us.. and we were so scared… we went to a classroom and she said this ‘ 7 students in ur group.. and onli 2 students got 5′.. when she said that i almost cried as i was damn nervous… but then finally she said " Bala and Nicole- u both got 5" i was really happy… thanked God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but that happiness did not last when she told that 2 other students got 4 and another three of them only got 3… actually, all my groupmates are very hardworking and they deserve excellent results but sad to say that our chemistry teacher is damn damn strict in marking!!!!!!

But, i feel satisfied that at least my little hardwork were paid off.. Thank you, God…. well for my other groupmates.. try harder next time yea… God will always be there for all of you guys…

So.. second semester is gonna be much more tougher as our timetable is really really hectic… i hope all my dearest first year frens will survive it… so.. i think thats all.. for now.. will update and write more again…

FUH… What a great relief that my final exam is over!!!!! it was really really scary, but now it’s finally over.. thank god.. i just completed my final exam for my first semester yesterday. Today i will know my results and that’s even scary…. i have been very busy preparing for this exam…. though it’s only one paper and it is chemistry, i was so stressed.. for the first time i felt so stressed. I have not felt such way in Malaysia!!!!!!!

Probably this is my first exam in overseas… hehehe.. My preparation was okay la.. I studied at the kitchen and small hall at my floor for thios exam.. sounds weird.. but thats me!!! it really depends on my mood… i study wherever i feel comfortable and condusive… practically, all the first year students have been busy for the past two weeks.. apart from preparing for this exam, we had to also prepare for our small tests known as concluding test for all the subjects to get "zachut". Zachut is like getting signature for each subject proving that you did well in class and understood whatever u have learned in the class.. if we fail to get zachut for all the subjects.. we cant sit for our exam… that’s Russian’s style…

So, we had to study for all this small tests also.. that’s the reason we dont have much time to really prepare for chemistry exam… thank god i managed to get all my zachuts… hehe… Right know im just about to go to university to get my results… im in a rush actually… will write more…. its really scary… please pray for me my dear friends…see you..

Happy New Year to all of you….. First of all i would like to appologise to all of u guys for not writing my blog for some time due to certain reasons… well, i really hope that this new year will bring greater joy and success to all of you… i would like to wish happy new year to my beloved parents..amma and appa, sister, my relatives who are always behind me supporting me.. my neighbours in taiping especially uncle selva and auntie parimala, my greatest frens in malaysia and also in volgograd…Chai, Radhiga, Dev, Ivan, Thilaga, Nadzrul, Faiz, Ren Geng, Heah, Sayleni, Padma, Hema,Qeela, Jenarb, Masayu, Ramesh-Ratna, all my ex and present teachers and lecturers and all of u who have been so nice and so caring towards me…sorry cant mention all the names… hehe…

Huh.. it has been already 3 months im in Volgograd and lots of things have happened here… sweet and sour la… hehe.. but i guess mostly all sweet things happened here… hehe… in 3 months, i learned a lot!!!!!!!! especially cooking!!!!! i cant believe that now i can cook well and cook confidently… thanks to my mum and my frens here who sanggup teach me and give some tips in cooking… really appreciate it guys.. its great to have wonderful people around me..hehe

talking about classes….huh huh… tiring la.. walaupun first year, tapi dah start to feel tired. Plus, when i come back i have to cook and eat, then prepare for next day’s class… and top of it i dont even have a table to study!!!!! so sad.. what to do.. but nevermind, i will survive and proove i can still do it despite not having a table.. oh, now we are learning chemistry,physics-maths, biology, anatomy, latin-medical terms, informatics, russian, and physican training… will be learning histology very soon… Guess what? My favourite subject is anatomy and latin!!!! in terms of teachers… i think my latin teacher, Victoria Valentina Zura is the best!!! i really enjoy her class.. other teachers are okay.. i like the system here especially the part where we have to explain things orally even during exams and not written… i like this system very much..in fact, i used to practice that kind of method back in malaysia… hehe…

The weather is getting colder… in fact its snowing now.. new experience but lama kelamaan akan boring la..hope i can cope with the weather… my room is also very cold.. today,  ramesh,my roomate is getting us a new heater.. hope after this things will be fine… many people are falling sick now because the temperature fluctuates.. so guys, please take care yea…

oh yea, my new roomate ramesh is a very nice and caring guy.. thought something else at first but i was totally wrong… we always chat and buli sesama sendiri.. he very caring too.. thanks Ramesh for letting me use ur table when u are not using.. also ren geng who allows me to use his table when he is not using… practically, im satisfied and happy with my present roomates… susah tau to get great roomates like them… thanks…

lately, Chai, 2nd year.. is helping me a lot.. at times, he allows me to use table in his room.. so nice of you… and also he helps me in terms education… like letting me use skull to study bones, notes and exam questions… very very helpful… thanks a lot Chai… appreciate it a lot…

Wah, so fast the year has ended… 2007 is gonna muncul tak lama lagi… Im starting the New Year with my new hairstyle…. heheheh..SO, Once again i wanna wish u all a GREAT GREAT happy new year!!!!!!!!! May god bless you all… Enjoy Ur New Year!!!!!!

Haha.. lots of things happened recently. I dont wanna mention all that here because i wanna be optimistic. Well, i just hope everything will be fine soon. Okay, today im gonna talk about my frens in Volgograd… IVAN… i shall start with you.. hehe. Ivan is first year student and he is from Penang. He has a twin brother by the name of Evan. Ivan is a very nice and good fren. I always tease him because its really nice to kacau your fren at times.. but i will kena balik la.. A very nice fren and very nice to hang around with. He is very talented too. He can sing and play guitar..  great rite? hehe.. Ivan, i know that you wanna your life to be colouful..hehe..but dont worry, you will do great!! my best wishes to you.. thanks for the chicken kuah that day..

Faiz and Nadzrul.. are my classmates. We always walk together to university.. at times, we lepak at the central market and other places after class.. my other classmates are also very nice and close to me. Syazana, Masayu, Qeela and  Nicole.. Syazana, terima kasih kerana sudi masak ayam untuk saya.. spasiba balshoye… Nadzrul always kesiankan me..his famous phrase" kesian bala".. hehe.. joking la.. but seriously, he is very nice and really cares about his frens.. so that’s why i always help him… that day, i accompanied him to Adidas Discount Centre as he wanted to get Winter Coat.. so, it’s really nice to be with great frens here.

Next.. Chai, Dev, Radhika… WOW.. never i have seen such great seniors who are so caring and being there all the time.. even when i had to change my room to another room, they are the one who was so concerned and cared a lot.. Dunno how to thank you guys la.. You are the ones that make me miss my home less.. A bunch of great second year seniors.. they really help me sincerely. thanks again guys..

There are so many that i wanna mention but very lazy to type.. Oh.. to my quiet and very understanding roomate, Ren Geng… banyakkan bersabar ok? We will definetely move to our previous room.. i really hope that we can move back.. it’s just temporary only…

well, i think i wanna stop here.. my chemistry concluding was okay… hope i can prepare even better the next time.. haha…

I’m very very happy and touched by what happened today. After one month, i finally got to taste indian food!!!!!!! It was Radhiga, 2nd year, who cooked for us. She cooked for me, Sayleni and Dev. She made chappati, tomato chutney, palak pannir( cheese with spinach) and fried potatoes.. The food was sumptious… i really felt that i’m in Malaysia. Radhiga is so kind and very nice.. i dont know what to say. She even advised us on certain things that is very very important in Volgograd.

She is a very smart and brilliant girl.. she got all A’s or 5(PYAT) for all the subjects.. i’m very sure that she really worked hard for it… and only today i know that Dev also had all A’s so far!! Really salute you guys.. however radhiga said that it doesnt mean that if you get 5, you are the best. Instead, there are many students who really deserve excellent grades but they don’t get it.. well, i dunno why but today i obtained a new semangat or spirit to study and work very hard.. I did give some of my Diwali kuih-muih to radhiga as well…

We had lots of fun during the dinner. We really enjoyed ourselves and the food was fantastic. what can i say? the seniors here are really really nice. Thanks once again. Actually, I’m fasting for 6 days now.. i’m just following my malay classmates as they have to do the puasa enam. well.. i really felt bad if i eat in front of them during the class..so might as well i also fast.. and after the second day today, i really feel that fasting is indeed a noble thing and you really feel the contentment while you are fasting.. another plus point is that.. at least for the 6  days, I can save a lot!!  i really spent a lot here during the entire one month.. haha… but no regrets!!!!

I must study my chemistry now.. and i’m seriously tired( uzstal in russian)… so that’s all for today..bye friends.. have a great time there!

Today, we celebrated Diwali secara besar-besaran at Hiroshima Hostel! It was really crowded.. not many people i know there..mujurlah i’m still new to Volgograd. Yesterday(eve), after Nicole,Ren Geng, Sayleni and I cooked the chicken soup which was so tasty, i was asked by Radhika Akka to help her with the decoration. Radhika is in 2nd year. She is a very tradisional and very nice girl. Well, Sayleni and I were in Radhika’s room helpin her out and later Dev( my good fren here) also joined us. While doing the decoration, we chatted and had lots of fun there. After completing our jobs, Sayleni and Dev followed me to my room and we continue chatting till nearly 1 am. Dev was too kind to teach us free Russian lessons.. haha.. Thanks DEV!!!!

Today morning at 9am, Theenesh came and woke me up! i had to cook rice! he didnt tell us earlier that we have to cook the rice and thats why i overslept! i had to go to 7th floor to cook the rice. well, we cooked till 1pm. the first round of our cooking wasnt successful because the rice didn’t cook well..now, i realize that it is not easy to cook rice as one has to be careful with the proper measurement of rice and water. However, after we increased the amount of water, the rice turned up well.. i learned something new today!!

It was 1pm and i had to rush because i have to sing a devotional song at 1.30pm during the prayers. At 1.30 pm, i went down to the hall, but then no one was there. Only then i gotta know that they change the time to 2pm.. haih.. Indian timing is always not accurate!! Actually, i was so worried of the song that i’m gonna sing later . This is due to lack of practice. Usually, i practise before singing. But i cant do that in my room as it will be a disturbance. Thus, i told myself that whatever it is i’m just gonna ‘ hentam’.. i dont care if they are gonna say that i sang " sumbang"..

At 2pm, they started the prayer. Radhika sang the first song. Wow, she is really good. Her voice is so sweet.. this gave me extra pressure because if i don’t do well, people will have a bad impression on me.. and i was so nervous as there were so many people during the prayers. After Radhika sang, it was my turn.. I just sang sekadar yang mampu. But after singing, to my surprise many came to congratulate me. They said that they were mesmerized by my song. wow.. it’s really unbeliavable as i didn’t prepare well.. but I just thank God for blessing me and letting me to perform well.. i saved the day!!!

The food was good.. we had mutton, chicken, vegetables, dalcha, payasam and ladhu. Overall, it was really gempaq. Many malay and chinese students came in indian costumes.. wow.. the semangat perpaduan here memang kukuh.. Some seniors danced after the makan and practically that was the spotlight of the day. later, we had some photo taking session.. and finally i came to my room to chat with my parents via MSN..

It’s indeed a tiring day.. i wanna rest after this.. but i have to complete my russian homework. So, i shall end here.. will write again when i’m free.. da svi dan nya…

Zdrastvutye!!! ( Hello in Russian)

Volgograd is a metropolitan city. It is situated 900km from Moscow. It is  approximately 1 hour journey by flight. As i mentioned earlier, Volgograd is a very beautiful city( in russian they say krasivih gorad). Volgograd is formally known as Stalingrad. It is a very conducive place to study.. very quiet, peaceful, and the weather is just perfect( i wonder if i will be saying this during winter)..haha..

We are staying at Medical Hostel 4.. but it is known as Hostel Hiroshima.. there is another hostel whereby Malaysians stay. It is known as Kim Hostel. There are 10 floors here. The people here are very nice. I’m repeating this for so many times.. the reason is because the seniors here really take care of us. I bet it is difficult to find such seniors in other places. They are very very helpful and kind. They even cooked for us, brought us out for shopping and makan.. and they always care bout us much. really touched.. thanks Poh, Dev, Chai, Chong, Kok Tong, Lattish, Theenesh, Asyraf, Helmi, Jeremy, Kah Wei and the others.. i cant mention everyone here because there are so many people who have helped me and my fellow JPA friends.

Well, here.. we have to cook daily. Russians usually don’t take their lunch. So, we also dont take lunch practically. However, we do eat pirazhok or bulochka ( pie and buns respectively) for lunch. But for dinner, we have to cook!!! And that’s the WORST part. i’m not good at cooking. infact, i never learned cooking before.But before coming to Russia, i did copy some recipes from my mum. Actually, i thought that we dont have to cook daily..but when I came here, i got a shock of my life when i saw everyone cooking.. and guess what? they cook like professionals.. so, at the beginning, i cook when there is no one cooking. initially, i was not confident in cooking.. but after two or three times of cooking, i gained my confidence in cooking.. now i realize that cooking is all about creativity and your own ideas.. simple actually..so, for those of you guys who have not tried cooking, you may try as u will really enjoy cooking.

My university is known as Volgograd State Medical University. They have the main building and another campus is at Morph( i guess this is the spelling).. now, we will be studying only chemistry and intensive russian. Our russian teachers are very nice.. they are Olga Petrovna and Zoya Federovna. My chemistry lecturer is Lisina while my chemistry teacher is Yelena Alexander. To be honest, our teachers( pripadavatyel) are very nice and helpful. I wonder if Malaysian teachers are dedicated as them. Salute them!!! Learning russian is not as easy as u may think. There are 6 cases( grammar) that you must know and there are so many rules for the language. Seriously, if you really wanna master the language, you must work hard.. only then your teacher will compliment you by saying " ochen kharosho" or " malatsi"… our curator is Valentina.

Talking bout my classmates.. what can I say? THEY are very  very nice.. ochen kharosho!!!!! we really have fun in the class! there are 7 of us in my class.. they are Nicole, Nadzrul, Faiz, Syazana, Aqeelah and Masayu. I’m really happy to be in this group. Memang Hapeening… Nicole is my best friend ( in russian friends are known as padruga or drug) here in Volgograd. We talk a lot and laugh a lot. Sometimes people may think we are MAD… hahaha.. I know that we are facing some problems currently. BUT Nicole.. You are always my good fren.. Dont worry.. Nadzrul, Faiz and me will walk to the bus stop almost daily. they are really interesting frens and very understanding.. really glad to be with them. We help each other and joke a lot!!

OH.. i forget to mention about my room. i really like my room. though it is not very big, the room is just nice! Ren Geng( in russian it is X-rAY) is my roomate.. hey..dont get angry ok? haha.. he is also very nice and understanding. I must thank god for giving such a nice roomate..

to my family back in msia, i really miss them so much. We do chat quite often via MSN… but i know my responsibilities here.. i will definitely work hard and become a successful and good doctor!!!! i promise…

well, i think that’s all for now.. there are lots to write..but i think i will stop here.. da svi dan nya!!!!!!