Knit Buzz

Yes.... Update is getting less and less frequent....It's all because my day is so packed.... & I don't really have time to blog.....


So.. what's the buzz?? I ain't going to class no more..... Now.. the only priority is to get my scarf done by next week... because I'm heading back to the Land of Racists and with more Racists (Malaysia) next week... Time flies like nobody business..... So fast that you wouldn't even notice.. that time really can fly...

Anyway.. what's happening lately is.. I've started taking knitting classes (last week) from this super expert in knitting senior....... & HE'S A MALE SOME MORE WEH.... tell me... how many guys can knit man..... He can knit almost like .... anything... seriously.. and no... he's not gay, and he sure ain't no girly girl.....  & because of knitting, he's surgical skills are so damn good.. *though I've not actually seen him in action during operation.. but based on his knitting speed and accuracy... he's no noobie.... & it's proven.... Knitting improve surgical dexterity... and a whole lots of other benefits that you wouldn't even give a damn about.... (google it, if u are)...

Anyway.. like I said.. I've been learning knitting.... and my first "project" is... Scarf... beginner style...... So , he brought us to buy our knitting starter kit.. which.. consist of.. Yarns... knitting needles.. and crochet.... &; thus, our lesson begins....

Initially.. it was quite tough.. handling needles... and yarn strings at the same time...... made a hell lot of mistakes.... certainly got laughed at alot of times..... but once you get the hang of it.... It's quite enjoyable... thus.. It also relief stress....

So.. I chose Blue, Beige and Turquoise colour as my main colours for my scarf....

This is the first attempt of knitting my scarf....
Notice the holes and bumps....















Look closer... more holes and bump...... (fail___________)











Now even closer... WTH?!  Such big hole..... an embarrassment to all knitters....














This is the 2nd attempt..
&; it looks better than the 1st.....

Just let it flow..

& the 3rd one...
it's improving.. even though there are holes and bumps....

This is just the beginning... will post up the full scarf after I finish this.....

Spring.. is in the air...

It's Spring here.... ok.. It's already been Spring ever since we touched down Russia, but it's started to get warm already... & the place is starting to bloom with flowers.....

Russia, maybe a harsh country...

But when Spring comes....it's certainly put a softness into this place...

You don't need to go to Japan to see Sakura.. because there are sakura here...

 They bloom fast... and wilt very fast too.... You may see it bloom today.. The next two day.... it is there no more.... So small and delicate, yet beautiful beyond reasons..

Also.. there are alot of tulips......

Red Tulips..














Yellow Tulips...














Mutated Tulips...

When plants mutate, they look pretty... but when human mutate.... all hell breaks loose.....


then,

there's this flower... which I don't know..


















 more sakuras.... I think this is sakuras..

Yellow Narcissus
















Dandelions...

There's alot.. ALOT of dandelions here... but we didn't really noticed it... until we saw... them floating everywhere in the air..... I thought it was bugs.... Turns out.. they were DANDELIONS....

Another unknown flower...



















The place is just simply colourful......

no longer like this...

see lah... so sad right??? Like the Land of Dead.. where Zombies can spring out anytime, anywhere, any second.....











And after 3 weeks... all of these.. will be in the past.... and what's left is only Me and My memories.....

Of course, where this journey ends, another voyage begins....

Peculiar Morning

I'm not gonna bombard my post with my rants about having to study on Friday nights due to the fact I'm having classes on Saturday.... but yeah.. Today's Friday.. It should be a happy day..

Well, today's weather ain't that happy.. It's cold.. When I checked the weather forecast, it said 5 degree... but FEELS LIKE -1 DEGREE..even the weather forecast can say such things.. true enough today was indeed freaking cold...

& I thought it was just bullshit.. I mean 5 degree is cold.. but not that cold.. My roommate told me to put on the winter jacket, but I was reluctant because it was bulky and I assumed that in the evening it will be sunny.... A cotton jacket will do.. until I stepped out of the hostel.. Well stepping out wasn't hard.. I mean I kinda expect the coolness creeping up my face.. Until, I reached a corner....

There were puddles on the floor, which indicate it rains, maybe last night or what.. ( I just don't get it, why does it rain when it already has snow.. Where does all the damn heat comes from??? Horny people??) Anyway, yes.. Puddles.. and you know when strong winds blow, it sends ripples to puddle right?? Well, yeah I saw the number of ripples constantly moving on the puddles, and the long, brown/blond/white/black hair of Russian girls flying here there and everywhere, only I know that around THAT corner... lies Mr Wind.. no.. Mr Big Strong Wind.. At that moment, I turned immediately back to the hostel.. but halfway through it, I won't bother about getting another jacket due to the reason above which I stated before.. & decided to just fight against the blistering cold wind...

I almost died. 

Nah.. Not really.. It was cold.. initially.. very cold... Cold!!! like freaking cold... I can feel my cheeks freezing... My fingers numb... I don't even notice mucus coming out of my nose until it reached my mouth.. (ok, too much info)... Anyway.. but after 10 minutes of walking, I felt warm again.. So yeah.. We walked to Uni ...

& once it reached the lecture hall, my groupmates were like

"What? You walked?? It's SO COLD!!!" 

....  I was sweating when they asked me that... But I was quite happy when they say that I had rosy cheeks... means that I've gotten fairer!! No more misinterpretation of being an indian, or worst.. INDONESIAN MAID....

.Oh ya.. today.. It was snowing.. for a short moment... Snowing.. in Spring??? Weird but true.. But I didn get a chance to see as I was in the cafe drinking hot chocolate while waiting for the next class.


p.s It wasn't even warm in the evening... So much for my own weather forecasting....

Feeling the Heat of the Kursk Games 2010

Kursk is so happening this two days. Why? because Kursk Games 2010 is here!! (Fyi, Kursk games is a Malaysian Intervarsity Game that take place every year in and its time for all Malaysian in Russia to gather in one place.. ) this year is Kursk time to host the event.. & the reception of this games just blew the roof of Kursk out! Even the cold weather became warmer as the heat of the event was just so great... 

Anyway, as a 1st year, we should volunteered in helping out because help was really needed and there are just too few people around.. So, I volunteered.. and I was assigned to......cut vegetables for the food preparation for 750 people.... Wow.... lots of cutting to do...

I have to start cutting at 7.30am for three days.... & for the 1st day, I cut more than 100 garlic... boxes of vegetable.. today I peeled 700 eggs... and packed for 750 people.. EXHAUSTING.. I even have to cut cabbage bigger than the size of our brain!!!!! I SHIT YOU NOT... I even cut my fingers today because I was so focus into splitting that damn bloody humongous son of a bitch cabbage into half , I didn even noticed I had my little finger under the knife.. So I cut, pressed hard.. and then...... oooh shit... I can feel the knife in my skin for a split second and then ooooh.. blood.. but it was worth it..We had a great experience with the russian ladies in the kitchen because we don't understand what were they telling us and they kept on laughing at us because we only know how to answer 'yes' and 'no' to all questions.. even to questions which are not yes-no based and statements which are not questions... but it was hilarious..

... though we laughed and laughed and cut.. these aunties are not simply aunties.. they are thieves... KNIFE-THIEVES to be exact.. They steal our "sharp and new" knife and replaced their "blunt and old" knives as ours.... WTF.. & it's not even once.. twice!.. First day, they stole it and stuck it under the table.. we found it.. hooray for us.. the second day, we kept our knives, but they found it and took it.. and this time.. they're smart.. they locked it in their room... so basically.. we were jz knife-less.. those blunt knives are not considered as knife... seriously... how cheap can they be... the central market is just round the corner..... we were kind of pissed off.. we wanted to get revenge on the loss of our beloved knife.. We planned to steal the whole kitchen... including the ventilator, the big oven and the stoves. What a surprise for them to find out not only their utensils gone, but the whole kitchen... Great plot, simple, easy and straight to the point,  revenge will never be so sweet.. Imagine the look of their old haggard face, they would be gasping in horror showing their dirty golden teeth.... However.. to do so.. we would require massive man power.. too bad, there were just 4 of us.. The 4 amigos VS the Babooshkas (means granny in russian) ..The Babooshkas win.

Anyway, so my Uni has been leading as most games are won by us... Let's hope it stays that way.. so if we win, we get a holiday.... Wow. holiday... very rare here.. They even work on Saturdays, they are workaholics.. that's why they don't have much holidays.. No wonder they are so miserable..

Moving on, today I went to watch the netball match.. & it was the bomb!!!!!!!.. ok.. maybe not so bombastic as the basketball game because my friend claimed that the whole hall was shaking with roars of cheers and screams during the game.. anyway, netball.. wow.. those players were rough... it's like a war zone out there... Who said girls like to play gentle, afraid to be touched.... You come and see for yourself.. It's like.. WWE smackdown.. and also.. there was one match where RSMU (Russian State Medic Uni) supporters and our supporters nearly start punching each other.. ahh.. I was too late was I was still peeling eggs.. but the tension was so great... because everyone wants to win... Who say girls can't fight?? You boys fight, after fight everything's ok.. When we fight... hohoho the fight continues.. eternally.... even after the fight.. We never.. NEVER forget.. We will remember where, who, when.. even date and time of the fight..

So now, 1 more day left till Kursk game is officially over.. I cut my finger and almost burned a hole into my throat today.. tiring but satisfying.. Then classes start again... My 1st and last event that I'm  experienced in Kursk.. was superbly awesome. 

p.s The search of our knives resume tomorrow.. It's the 4 amigos vs the Babooshkas .. again.. Who will win???? 

Classes Havoc

Today, we got our timetables reshuffled.. Not exactly reshuffled but additional classes were added into the schedule... Before this, I can say that we came to Russia to relax and enjoy... until today...when the real thing began. Russian classes, extra Chemistry classes, extra Biology... everything seem to doubled up.. Before this.. the most classes we had on one day is.. 2 or 3. somedays only 1 class!! Relax right?????

Today, literally before our eyes, the "new" timetable with minimum at least 4 classes a day... some days we have to be in class from 8am to 7pm???  Oh of the love of god! 8am to 7pm??? That's like 11hours!!!! of coz there are breaks here and there... but still... I DON'T EVEN GET TO SLEEP FOR 11 HOURS! & with such timetable.. we only have 1 rest day.. which is Sunday... which is not really a rest day.. because the next day we gonna have the 11 hours of classes .. so means we would need to do revision here and there.. n mind you we do have classes on Saturday......

What to do??


Nothing.. Why??

Because we missed almost 2 months of class.. that's why...

So, suck it up and bring it on baby. 2 more months to go. Then I'm gonna restart everything again.

p.s No, seriously... 8am to 7pm??!

1st day of Uni.

Today, is the first day of class...

& the first lesson is Anatomy......

Our group consist of 8 Malaysians, 2 Sri-Lankans and 2 Brazilians. & As new students, we have no idea where the hell is our class.. All the rooms are written in Russian, so no one understood it as well.. So we walked from one end to one end, then back again from that end to that end in the Anatomy department.

& After endless of walking which seems like for an hour which was actually around 10 minutes, we were intercept by one hot, bodacious woman who is.. our teacher. Her name is Marina.. or Amarina... We don't know because we can't catch her name properly.

So class starts officially. Our teacher introduces herself, then she introduces the plan of our lessons.. Apparently, we'll be learning about the bones and skeletal system first. Before lesson start, she brought us along for a tour along the Anatomy Department.

First place we went is straight into a room full of cadavers(Dead bodies).. Since we were learning about bones, we don't actually need to see a cadaver.. but as we enter the room.. and as I was infront, I saw a group of medical students of different year, taking a cadaver out... I just felt the chill digging deep into my bones... thanks to all the horror and thriller movies...Anyway, as my teacher was finding the place where the store real life bones, she opened the wrong cover, and there... lies another cadaver..which literally, nearly made me freaked.... Anyway, as time pass, I know I'll get use to it.. so it doesn't hurt for a few freaked-out moments...

Then, she brought us to the Anatomy Museum which is quite small.. and there are more dead things there..There were lots of dead babies.. or shall I say foetus?? Yes, some are joined together.. some looked disfigured..one has only 1 eye... YES.. I REALLY SHIT YOU NOT!.. 1 eye.. like an alien... most of them were all abnormal. Then there were body parts, like leg, hands, heart and lungs.. eyeballs... and ears.. Then the standard one, like bones, skeleton, nerves.. Very interesting.. I wonder, the doctors from the past must be a very horrible person.. The first doctor who studied real life human body must be very inhuman or just psycho... because who the hell would come out with such idea

" I'm going to cut and chop you into pieces, then I'll study you for the benefit of mankind"...

In this era, people who chop other people are called psychotic killers.


Then after the touring, we return to class, and resume our normal lesson..

After Anatomy... we had Maths Lecture..

OMFG!

Why do we need to study Maths????? So means every part of our body is a function, we can either integrate it or differentiate it.. to see how we can perform operations on them??? WTH?!

Anyway, the lecture was boring.. Why?

1st, the table was slanting 50 degree.. so if you don't hold your things in properly, it'll start slipping off the table, and then proceed to make a dramatic and may I also add a very embarrassing crash on to the ground which then results in the attention of all eyes on you......

2nd, the teacher.. who was also a young, hot lady has a very soft voice..... We can hardly hear her... It looks like she's talking to the front row or herself only.... & what is worst is.... there's a microphone, and she doesn't use it....

3rd, the Maths was a higher level of integration which leaves me clueless, so from copying the contents of the slide, I resulted into photography.. which is.. snapping pictures of the slides.....


Yes.. Maths suck...

so that conclude the 1st day of Uni... interesting day..

p.s If anything goes wrong, it will go wrong. (Murphy's Law)

Walking into Medicine

Today we went to collect our results. & guessed what?

WE PASSED!! & WE'RE NOW OFFICIALLY FIRST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS!!

& class starts tomorrow.. Are you shitting me?? Maybe Russians love April Fool's .. Anyway, tomorrow first class is about Anatomy.. & from what I heard, we're gonna learn about our bones.... I think I should purchase a skeleton... Seriously..

So means, as class is starting already... it also gave the signal that I should stop facebooking so often, less movies, and a whole lot of studying and thinking.. IT'S TIME!!! ............ to use my brain..

Anyway, I've forgotten about this... Today is our 1st week in Kursk.. & we're still alive.. and I think we just got use to the place, it's just the language barrier that won't allow us to blend in completely.... so sign language is our language... I think we can communicate with the deaf already..

So good luck and all the best.... My dreams has just started, & it's taking its own toll...

p.s Sometimes, the more I write, the more I feel like a bimbo babbling about my life... bah!

Entrance horror

Today, we had our Chemistry and Biology entrance test. Yes. Entrance test. Before we came here, no one told us that we need to go through an entrance test. After we came here, people start to drop the bomb on us and just spill the news: Ooh! You have an entrance test!! You can re-sit it 3 times, the 4th is on your own... Yes, surprises.. Who doesn't love them??

Anyway, thank god we got tips from the past students.. They gave us images of the test paper with answer.. So practically, we can see what is coming out. But depends on your luck whether the question you read will come out on your paper because each paper is different.

This entrance test is a multiple choice based. So, literally you need some good aiming skills with all lot of luck to shoot down the correct answers.
Chemistry was ok. Why? Because my question papers has the answers written all over. Some were wrong, some were correct, some were... (I don't even know whether its wrong or correct)... Anyway, I'm confident that I'll pass Chemistry..

but.. Biology.. everybody came out "what the fucking".. it was beyond hard.. like.. hard, hard.... Questions were based on zoology, botany, anatomy.... anatomy was acceptable cause we were suppose to be enrolled into medical degree.. but why zoology or botany??? So, yeah. It was plain hard.... till everyone kept their finger's crossed for tomorrow's result.

During Biology test, I sat near a guy from Nigeria. So during the hardest, longest 1hour of our lives, this guy suddenly raised his hands in the middle of the test, while we were burying our heads and squeezing every last bit of our brain, answering the questions...He asked the teacher whether he can changed his pen as it was... somehow inkless... The teacher, looked annoyed but let him changed.. So he got up and got out the room..for.... who knows how long.... When he came back, the teacher refused to let him continue the test. Then, he started begging the teacher, he said that this was his 4th time and asked her to gave him another chance..At first, the teacher was cold. she just said no, hand in the test paper. He kept on begging, so the teacher gave him a time limit to finish off.

THEN.. this is the climax.. Another teacher came in.. whispered something into the current teacher sitting down.. They got up, and asked, no... ORDERED. the Nigeria guy to empty his pocket... You know that if you did something wrong, and got busted, you have that looked in your face, the shocked and frightened look. Yes, this guy has exactly that facial expression... the teacher insisted him to empty his pocket.. So, out came the notes from both pockets... He looked so dejected.. 4th time sitting and you are cheating??? I felt sorry for that guy, I think he's flunking for sure... This was the first time I saw somebody got caught red handed in the midst of cheating.. Unpleasant sight but interesting...

That's why if you want to cheat, don't get caught.

14 things agents don't tell you about Kursk.

Ok. I'm going to give a few heads up for those who may becoming to Kursk to study. I mean who knows there maybe people who planned to study here and wants to know how this place is and just randomly stumble upon this pathetic site...

1. Kursk has no mcdonalds, KFC , dominos and pizza hut.
They do have a fast food shop, but its costly.

2. The hostel room and toilet is smaller than you think.
If you have been to Malaysia, you must sure been to those toilets along the highways... Yes.. they are small right? Here, it's a bit smaller than the ones in Malaysia.. & for the shower room is smaller than the toilets here. So prepare buckets or toiletry bags to carry around stuff because there are limited hanging place. Maximum - 2. Minimum - none.

3. The toilets have the smell of the longkangs (drains) in Malaysia.
Yes.. sewerage smell.. love it or hate it.. You still have to use it unless you want to excrete or defaecate into the bottle.

4. You have to buy your own washing machine, fridge and drying stand or dryer.
or you can just beg your roommate to share ... normally ppl buy share... or buy from the graduating seniors.

5. Want to move out during 1st year 1st sem? dream on lah..
here, 1st you have to settle everything into the hostel first, then tell the hostel manager, then apply to the uni... go through some visa process.. wait.. confirmed the place..wait again.. then maybe you'll get one. Move second year lah. Save the hassle.

6. Internet is fast in hostel. ( good point)
but it's not free... you can choose from range 512kps (something like that) to 3 mb... with a price.. & it's not wireless.. we use dial up and cables.. your cable spoil.. sorry lah.. have to wait.

7. Bring your own bed sheet and blankets.
You can use the hostel one like me but if you like you can bring yours from M'sia. or you can bring the next time you go back...

8.If you are coming for winter....
no need to bring lots of winter clothing coz you will have no more space in your luggage bag.. come here, ask seniors, they will bring you to buy with a reasonable price.. keep your self warm to prevent your ears and nose and eye brows to drop off as these part lose heat the most.

9. If you know how to speak Russian, read Russian.. things will be easier for you.
Very true.

10. Don't expect much or desire a much better place.
This is what you get, live with it.

11. Live normally
That's the best thing you can do.

12. Get a rice cooker
Russia has no rice cooker. If you want to cook rice, bring a rice cooker or consult others how to cook without rice cooker.

13. Get a maybank account and tell the person you are going here so that she activate the overseas usage thingy.
of coz.. makes life easier coz money transfer here is very troublesome.

14. If you are a whining bastard or a bitch who just like to live comfortably like a king or queen
Please don't come to this god forsaken place.

p.s It's not that bad actually... You just have to accept it and live with it.. That's it.

Kursk and a whole lot of things.

Yes, I'm finally in Kursk now. No.. what I meant was.. I finally got my internet after arriving in Kursk after 3 days. So this update, may be a long post.. the content of it is about personal life so you will see some whining and complaining.

So it all started when my family and I reached KLIA at 10.30pm. We were told to meet at 8th door at the airport at 11.00pm. As we walked towards the end of the airport, (door 8th is at the end of the departure level), we couldn't see anybody.. not literally anybody, but student-like persons, getting ready to fly off with big bags.. All we saw were elderly and middle aged people sitting down.. Well, I was thinking that the rest were arriving soon, maybe they'll arrive at 11pm sharp with the person in charge.. but my mother on the other hand, was about to panic.. Well, true enough, they did arrive.. 15 minutes later.. What to do? We're all Malaysians.. Punctuality rarely exist in some of us.

Anyway, so there were 8 of us going. 6 girls and 2 boys.. Girls dominate.. wooohoo.. whatever. Of course we would be get to know each other and become good friends because these are the person that you are practically going to be with for 6 years!! BUT, my mum decided to make things move fast and start introducing me and herself as a mother infront of them... (what the hell?!) Excuse me, does my face have the labels "anti-social", "go away or I'll bite", "fuck off"," what the fuck are you looking at", "I don't like you, so I won't talk to you", "emo-freak" written all over????

Of course not! I know how to make friends.. but doesn mean you have to make friends the second you meet them.. Even though you want to make friends immediately.. first, you start with the smile right? and see whether the person smile back or not THEN only you make friends.. Well, that's my friend's making concept. You don't just go

" Hi, this is Jasmine and I'm her mother, nice to meet you"

& it gets worst, she started asking me to take pictures with the other student... OUT LOUD.

"Jasmine, go take pictures with your friends lah!"
"No, what for?"
" MAKE FRIENDS MAH.."

Seriously, I think my face have the "what the hell " expression all over.

ok, anyway, the journey to Kursk is split into 3.
1st- KL to Dubai (7 hours)
2nd- Dubai to Moscow (5 hours)
3rd- Moscow to Kursk ( 8 hours)
excluding the 4 hours of transit waiting in Dubai

KL-Dubai
The flight to Dubai was ok.. long and tiring. Initially my goal for the journey to Kursk is to watch all the movies on the plane.. but I didn't know that Emirates entertainment has 900 plus movies.. I managed to watch one and fell asleep all the way to Dubai because I was just too tired. Didn't really slept comfortably because the seat was so upright. I sat till my butt ache.

Dubai
So the 4 hours transiting was painfully and awfully to endure because everyone was tired and hungry. Nothing much in Dubai.. I didn't really take pictures because, all airports are the same... so moving on.

Dubai- Moscow.
Now, this is an interesting one. Who said Russians are cold hard fuckface people?? Well, me and my new found friend, Michelle (more about her later) were sitting between two russian men. I sat beside a man around 50 to 60 years and my new found friend sat beside a younger one, maybe around 30 to 40 years. They were good people. friendly and helpful. The younger one would tell us about Russia. Actually, tell her not me coz I was abit far away. Well, me on the other hand, have to do sign language with the guy beside me beside he couldn't speak english, and I doubt he understand a lot of english. He spoke Russian to me while I just do the pointing.. Oh ya, about this guy.. I bet he's a rich-fuck.. Know why?? He have golden teeth implanted into his god damn mouth! TEETH!!! not tooth.. 3 golden tooth!! I SHIT YOU NOT.. and he was smiling and gesturing at me about his duty-free gifts that he bought in Dubai.. mostly were vodka..
& when we were arriving Russia, I have to fill in the immigration card which was in Russian.. although there were translation, there are some parts that require inquiry.. So that Russian guy tried to explain to me what to write and how to fill in.. Even though I didn't ask for help, he still tried to explain, while I point here and there , nodding here and there.. Smiling here and there.. This is definitely a good start.

Touching down Moscow airport.

This was taken from the screen of the plane (Emirates has camera system installed outside the plane so passengers can see what is outside) Everything was covered in snow.

Moscow-Kursk.
Touched down, and sailed through the immigration with ease... We were picked up by seniors and got into a van which drove us to the hostel which is 8 hours away. Oh, did I mention it was 3 degrees out there? & it wasn't snowing but everywhere was filled with snow... I only can see white and brown through out the journey.. Nothing else. So, we arrived at the hostel around 3am and everyone was EXHAUSTED.. I think it is because of the jet lag. Thank god we have great seniors to help us move in and out the luggage from the van to our room.


Me and 2 new found friends. Aminah and Munga.

Kursk
Well, I've expected the condition of Kursk to be.. not so great.. maybe lower standard. But as I arrived.. I was shocked to see the room because it was smaller than it was expected. The toilets was disgustingly small. Remember my old room in Adelaide?? or my own room in my house.. Yes.. that's the size of the room here.. only that I'm sharing it with 2 other girls, my new found friend and another sarawakian. wow. shockingly small..

I'm not complaining and I don't want to go home. The fact is, I'm quite ok with it already.. On the 2nd day, I've already accepted this place.. It teaches you how to survive with such small spaces.. You'll learn how to organise your clothes and toiletries in a small shower room which consist of 2 nails for hanging purposes, and a dirty floor.. It teaches you how to buy what you need and not what you want. You have to think whether this things fits in your room because you just don't have that kind of space!! Russia is all about surviving. I think if you haven't been here, and came here, you'll definitely cry for home..


View from my window. While two of my roommates got a wall to stick and hang up their stuff, I got this big window beside my bed.


Yes, this is our room.



The spot I'm pointing at is my bed.


My super small study spot.


So, I'm now adapting to this new place and I'm quite happy!

Oh, did I mention that we have to buy our own washing machine, fridge, hangers, dryers, pans,pots, spoon, fork.. everything?

okay, about my new found friend.. Yes, her name is Michelle.. her full name is Michelle Munga Idi. She's a Lunbawang from Sarawak. & she laughs at anything and everything.. With her dry humour, we became fast friends.. I don't know why, I'm very in luck with the name "Michelle" . Last year, I had a "Michelle" as a roomate. This year, I have " Michelle" again as a roomate.. oh, and during the flight from KL- Kursk. She sat beside be. We didn't checked in together, but amazingly got the ticket side by side.. Call it fate.. or may be its just lady luck bestowing more luck on me again!

So classes haven't start yet because we have to sit for another entrance test... nobody told us that would be an entrance test.. Yesterday, we had English test.. it was amazingly easy because everyone started laughing as soon as they saw the questions. Even the seniors told us to prepare to laugh when you see the question. Example of one question:
What is the person who sells vegetables call?

So?? Do you know the answer to this??




VEGETABLE SELLER LAH! what else? or anything closest to the meaning of it.


So that conclude this entry. I think this is quite a life changing experience and you'll learn how to adapt and make use of what you have... so, why not Kursk?

p.s I've finally unpacked everything.. and it doesn't feel like a chicken coop anymore..