My Little Life

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!!!!!!

hello my dearest friends.. this is the first time im writing my blog. i hope you guys will enjoy reading it. i’m in Volgograd, Russia now, doing my first year medical degree. life in Volgograd is really nice. it’s almost one month since i’m here in Volgograd. So far, there are no regrets. i like the people here, i mean my fellow classmates and seniors here.

for your information, there are 11 JPA sponsored students in my batch including me here. all the 11 students are really nice. the seniors here are very helpful and kind.I’m really touched by what they have done to us.

my classmates are really gempaq.. they are really nice and we usually have lots of fun during the lessons. actually, i plan not to write much for the first time.

oh yea, to Chai,2nd Year, i wish him a happy belated birthday. okay frens, i think i will stop here  now. will write again when i’m free. da svi danya( goodbye in russian)