Adrenaline HIGH!

hohoho...
heya bloggie...

no, its not wat u think, i dint go bungee jumping or skysurfing here to get an adrenaline high... been so bz lately to update u on it... but my batch-mates n I actually performed on stage last nite!!!! HOHOHO~ (so exxxcited~)

yep tats wat i said.... ON STAGE... hehehe.

might not seem like anything to the ordinary person.. but it was a big leap of faith on my behalf.. considering the last time i was on stage performing was mayb in primary school (choral speaking.. cian).. and not counting going on stage to receive awards. But still i got over the stage fright! uhuh~~ yea~

We danced a bit hip-hop-py to Kat De Luna's song.. Whine up... loved the song.... up until i had to hear it being played all the time...
now its like... Bluekk~! sick o it..

The dance moves were simple but hot coz we only prepared for it last week over the weekends.. the we dint practice the whole week due to major exams n some of our batch mates lived in apartments n couldnt stay over... up until friday nite.. we were able to get together again to brush up... then saturday morning we had a full rehearsel wit all performances in the hall.. n on the same day in the evening.. we were already performing! KUDOS to US!!

n kudos to me! for not getting the usual butterflies in my stomach... in fact i was comforting some of my friends to not be nervous.. when in fact my cold clammy hands gave away tat i was as nervous as they were... it really was because before our performance was 2 hours after 3 other faculties had performed... all the jumping n strecthing n their costumes....o my... the bling2 of the costumes (we wore a singlet, jeans n a cap by the way..huhu and of all the colours of the rainbow) .. of the russian performances added intense pressure... but wat the heck..

While on stage however we had to smile while performing.. n i cud actualy feel my face cram up :P... dunno why i felt my lips tingling... too much adrenaline there i guess haha.. the malaysians who came tho were so supportive.. n the russians actualy enjoyed the show because it was a hip-hop song which they were familiar with... fuh.

On the way home we had to walk back.. so the whole batch of us (including guys of course.. bodyguards hehe) walked together.. n i cud tell everyone was still on a high coz we were singing MCR songs on the way... n abraham n sherman started racing to the bus stop.. lotsa pent up energy there hehe. Must have overdone the racing tho coz suddenly abraham fell flat on his face.. n all of us started laughing like hyenas ^_^...

All in all it was a great nite... plenty of pics hehehe.... but there not wit me yet... will upload when i have the time. (janji2 kosong ku...~ ekekekeke)

^_^ okie tata for now bloggiee~
o btw.. made new russian friends... the Mc's of the event were so nice.. n preety~ uhuh~
tata for now~

7.8 degrees!!

dear bloggie~

omg.. it was 7.8degrees outside today!! its getting colder by the day here.. Lucky for me, the package of clothing that my parents sent me.. just arrived yesterday! yuhuu~! have 2 new jackets now... courier service rocks! only took about six days.. n they sent the package to my door.. no need for me to pick it up at the post office.

Wore my red jacket today which was so preety... but unfortunately i misjudged the weather. It looked sunny, but the wind was like ice... u can really tell the difference of a mere 3degrees. It was only 10degrees yesterday... will have to wear my long johns from now on..

Today was a really packed n hectic day.. had class from 9am to 5pm.. wit only half hour breaks in between... n i ate 3 pastrys today.. haha.. its all they have really.. pastrys pastrys n more pastrys.. n kebabs.. but im more to pastrys..

Neway i had 2 control exams today... back 2 back... inorganic chem n biophysics... i dont know if i did well.. doesnt feel like it. Chem is my weakest sub n biophysics... o biophysics.. how do they expect us to do well when the lec just tells us to read the chapter n answer when we come to class... crazy miss marina... barbiedoll face the seniors call her.. she's really pretty by the way.. but its wasted on a face tat rarely smiles... seniors tells us, tats just the way she is.. never teaches a thing.. just answer questions trown at her n leaves the rest to us... huahua~~ suffer la biophysics if like this.. thnk God im not the only blur person out there.. all my group mates are on the same boat as i am..

As for russian... hehe... getting exciting now... moving on to learning new words n sentences instead of reciting the same ol' russki alfabit all over again...
(yep.. tats just about the most exciting thing today... ekekeke)
But its a good thing we're having these russian classes everyday... keeps our mind fresh on wat we've learned so far.. n i've even gone so far as to understanding wat some people say while in the elevator sumtimes... hohoho... cant wait till i can finally speak so tat i may b able to order food in a Zhars Pizza place in front of our uni instead of eating more of those damm pastries... but until then...

*pointing at yummy pastry to lady behind counter*
*getting the irritated look* 'shto?' (wat?)
'adin' 'adin' (one one)
*taking out my calculator so irritated lady could press out the price of pastry*

~sigh~ will i ever learn the language~~
hehehe
well...
da-svi-dan-ya bloggie...
till my next post...
xoxo

Homesickkk~

8 October

Dear bloggie… its now 11.45pm and im sitting here at my desk in front of my laptop.. suddenly feeling so homesick I just had to pour it out somewhere.

In 15 mins I will have been here exactly 3 weeks.. almost a month.. Time sure moved really fast lately n I hope it will keep moving as fast as it did. Into 2 months… 3 months… n finally fast-forwarded to about 4 n a half months into the future which is when we’ll be having our winter hols. Hopefully then my parents will allow me to come home… I know they want me to spend the hols mayb traveling since they have special student packages here if u dont want to spend ur nites here in kursk freezing ur tushies off during the coldest of winters. Thought about the tempting student package to go to Egypt at only USD300… u get to stay at a 4 star hotel for 1 week… meals n transportation provided… wuhuu~ so very tempting…

But I don’t think it measures up to the quality time I could have at home in KK n at my kampungs with my grandparents… I mean the 1st year students hols are about a month.. n after that 1 exciting week in egypt… wat am I gonna do for the other 3 weeks?

If I were at home however, I cud spend CNY at kg Kuala Penyu with my family, relatives n cousins.. hoho~ n its gonna be my kong2’s first CNY since his recovered from illness. And then my nenek in keningau is also very fragile… I don’t get to see them a lot anyway.

Neway wats really getting at me is the missing-my-family part… Dint feel this way for 3 weeks n just suddenly popped out while I was eating dinner. Mayb the whole excitement of being in Russia has finally weared off… And im really extra close to my mum.. so I guess hearing her voice over skype just now made me wanna tear up. Im tearing up as im writing this as well… damm it joy.. u know im tearing over u too. But lucky for me I have 2 roomates here n I sure as hell don’t wanna seem like a crybaby all of a sudden. So this surge of emotion will just have to wait till im all alone. I know when I get it out im gonna feel much better… Wats more im missing my swakian devil… Damm… hope this homesickness passes over soon.

Homesick as ever for my mama e papa e brat e droogk e awen~~ (tetau betul ka nda sentence dia tue hehe…)

Haih windunyaaa sabah tanah airku…..

Tata for now bloggie… ;,,,(

hohoho~ update2~

hoho bloggie~

i noticed i named my last blog title sumthing bout skype n dint write anything about skype.. lol.
neways skype rules! was able to talk wit my parents over the microfon n it was very clear n very very affordable hehe.. a 45min chat took up about 30++ rubles (about rm5) which is better than talking with an idd call card over the phone for 60 mins for 170 rubles..

tasted the chicken mutton curry by the way n even tho i dont really eat hot curry, it reminds me of msia n tats wat matters most.. just tasted it tho.. waiting for my frens to finish watever it is they're doing so tat we can sit down n eat together.. miss sitting down to dinner with my parents.. huhu~

Neways, i've been to church twice here.. the first was an english mass for students.. fuh~ tat was emotional.. especially when they sang Ave Maria... reminded me of mass in Sacred Heart with my family.. churches get at me i guess. Dint feel tearful at all since i arrived here till i stepped into the only RC church in Kursk... which is by the way very beautiful but quite small though. And it is so silent inside tat u cud hear a pin drop. Neway last week's mass was in russian.. dint get much of it tho.. except for the Gospel which they also read in english.

Well, tats all for now..
classes have started already too..
but i'll tell u about that in my next post..
tata bloggie~

wuhuuu~ LOVE SKYPE~

hiya bloggie!

finally found out the prob to not being able to on9 on msn n my blog... it was because of my kaspersky.. yg slama ni ku agung2kan... dia pla yg kasi block my program. So i had to delete my kaspersky n use a not-so-well-known antivirus... o well..

Neway, im glad i can enter my blog but Wtf... why are all these russian words popping out as icons(duh~).. but have no idea which button to press to get to the 'write blog' page.. got a bit lucky n found it.. but now im gonna have to guess which button is the 'post blog' button.. haih~ ada2 ja..

Well today i just got back from Rinak (thats how they say it.. it means market by the way) from a bit of winter shopping.. its a long way to go winter.. but just thought i shud get my shopping done with.. while the seniors are still in the mood to take us out hehe.. There's one thing i wud like to compliment the russians about.. they have a great sense of style.. Uhuh yea~ Cantik gila babun la benda2 d pasar dia tue.. N all for a reasonable price.. the boots n jackets n shoes n bags.. hoho.. rambang mata trus nie.. dint know which to chose. Thank God i only brought enuf money for a reasonable jacket.. n nasib la i dont know russian yet. So i wasnt really in the mood to get the i-will-now-ignore-you look from russians who get irritated when u dont know their language. So ikut2 my seniors only la lyk a shadow hehe.

Well while we were picking tru jumpers.. the old lady at the counter started asking where we were from.. seniors said msia but she pointed at me and said she thought i was from japan.. uuu~ never gotten that one before... *hess2* she was sweet trying out her english on us.. saying 'how much?' which was wat we shud have been asking her ekeke.. for tat smile n japanesee thingee... i'll buy a jumper from u i thought haha.

Then after much shopping.. we went back home.. im growing fond of the busses here. Mayb coz the busses are heated hahaha~ when we step into a bus, it helps warm our tusshies from the cold weather we endured while waiting for the goverment busses to arrive (we wait for these buses coz we bought a BAS PASS.. Uhuh yea~) haha.. neways it helps when we dont have small change wit us.. i hate carrying small change now by the way... the purse my mum gave me.. which she waris-ed to me has a prob with the coin zipper... my coins will be flying all over the place whenever i hold it the wrong way.. damm embarassing sometimes haha..

Huha... oya n i dont hav to cook tday.. ordered chicket mutton curry from someone in this hostel n he's just delivered it.. yahoo~

imma eat it now.. ^_^
tata for now bloggie~

24th September

Dear blog,

Its been ages since I wrote in you…. Been so b lately n I wasn’t able to go on9 before coming to Russia… but im gonna try n squeeze every little detail I can remember in u.. but before tat…

TADA~~~!!!

Im in Kursk now… n its quite exciting. Class hasn’t started tho.. but getting to know a different culture is definitely eliminating feelings of homesickness.. Sakai gila babun la org bilang.. Kasi kuar asap dari mulut tu pun ble bikin ketawa terbahak2 (not smoking here.. jst referring to the warm air u breathe out which condenses with the cold air outside causing it to look lyk white smoke… yea… whatever… ;p)

But sometimes… even in the moments of exciting discovery of the roads which are terbalik by the way coz their drivers are on the left hand side, and the run-down buildings which wud have still been so beautiful if maintained… I suddenly get intense surges of homesickness for msian food n msian people.. especially sabahans.. who im proud to say smile a lot most of the time.. even to strangers n are very polite n helpful.. GO GO MSIA! (feeling a lot more patriotic now lol)

Whereas here… when they are rude.. they are really rude.. but when they’re sweet… they’re extremely sweet. Its like only the extremes of cultures here. First taste of Russian hospitality was on our 7-hour flight from Dubai to Moscow… Mostly Russians on the flight.. n everywhere we looked, no smiling faces at all.. they just had a cold stare for us. That’s just the way they look at people I guess. Especially foreigners who don’t know how to speak Russian. Felt so out of place.. but just had to tough it out till I got to my seat n cud sleep my way tru the flight… no need to interact in any way with them yet… fuh~~

But before I cud sit, I needed to find a space for my hand luggage.. n all the compartments above our heads were full… so the stewardess tried to push bags n a plastic bag went “KLUNK”… only a tiny klunk mind you… n suddenly out of nowhere.. a young Russian lady started screaming something about to not touch her things, and the stewardess apologized saying she only wanted to make space by arranging her things… she was all like.. “Don’t touch my things, you’ve done enuf by touching my things.. Go away”……….. I felt horrible for the stewardess.. wud have been glad to carry my hand luggage on my lap all the way there for her at tat time… fuh~ bikin malu punya ppuan.

But some are very understanding n know that we are clueless here… like yesterday I was with a senior buying groceries… n we were trying to decide which ketchup was most like those in msia… ahaha.. and then a babushka (old ladies who dress similarly.. with large coats n scarves over their heads) was asking me which ketchup was which.. my lips just smiled at her while my eyes were searching franticly for my senior… then Mitchell showed up.. fuh~~ ( Marce I found ur cousin by the way.. if u ever find this blog tat is ekeke) n talked to her… n she kinda understood how blur I was n asked if I was a new student… Mitchell explained I dint know Russian yet n she started wishing me Gud luck here… to study hard… n to take care of myself… how sweet… I LOVE sweet old ladies… *sigh*

Neway I think im getting used to this place… surprisingly I think im adapting well to this place… Thank God for tat… I tot I wud be crying bucketfuls of tears on my first week here… But it seems the Lord has helped me coped. I don’t feel alone here.. Most of the seniors here are so very helpful… they helped carry our groceries.. showed us around… helped us pick out cheap stuff.. took us to eat when we cudn’t cook yet.. all this when they had class. Thank God for seniors…n joy… there are so many cute would-be docs here.. lol… damm the eye candy.

So many things going on ryte now… will update more on the ways things are here soon… so many things to write down…

Oya.. n weepeee~ went to church already here for the first time… will tell u about it later…

Tata bloggie~~

22th September

BLOGGIEE~~

Finally I’ve got internet! Thank God! Wuhuuu~~ I can finally check my fs.. at a cost.. really expensive la the internet here.. but wat the heck. I was cut of from friends n family for 4 days… I shud be able to spend a little on a some pleasurable internet. Damm Magaram. He was supposed to give our sim cards the moment we arrived at Moscow but due to some probs (the seniors registration papers were not ready so they cudn’t buy us sim kads) … really cant blame them either actually… but then suffer la x dpt contact rumah.. nasib baik dad reloaded rm100 for me before we left.. but then lasted a day ony after sms2 my family… then yg sit nya.. org call u n kita x angkat pun dia ptg kdt jg!! Roaming sux!!

Huhu~ so much to tell… lemme start at the KLIA airport… before I came over here. We actually came over from banting, (my family n I n my aunt n Cynthia) from my auntie’s house with 2 big bags, 1 hand luggage n 1 laptop… When we reached KLIA, I started moving towards gate M… n met Adriana there.. but after a quick hello and an awkward silence.. I moved to an empty space with my family (lol.. she’s very quiet). Then Mr. Thaya called all students going to Russia to look over some documents and the sign something to get our passport… While I was bz doing all tat.. My bff popped up!! Wuhuu~ tx for coming bebeh~ meant a lot… really appreciate it.. ^_^

But I couldn’t exactly focus on her yet… my mind was elsewhere… on my paspot.. tiket.. checking in..

Speaking about checking in…huhahuha… scary2~ I knew my luggage was overweight (over 30kg… how do ya expect sumone to pack only 30kg!! im moving to Russia not visiting!! bahalul~~) but then I couldn’t find anything else to unpack out of it…so just brani mati la pgi counter to check in. (oya… hoho… tx joy for teman-ing me to the counter… nebes baitu) Once there.. the counter-people.. said I was 5 kg overweight n had to pay RM180 for each kg! omg… like RM900 for luggage alone… Gulp~ I then went to call daddy n he came over to the counter. I was watching a Master in action… I dunno how he talked himself tru it.. pleading vigorously with d counter people to tutup sebelah mata to my luggage… n then…..WALA~~ they let me tru… ;,,,,) thank u daddykins…. Luv u so much. Lol… he then went all “do u see now the power of persuasion??”. I couldn’t help but giggle away with joy….

And speaking of giggling~

Joy n I must have giggled too much to not notice that there was a chinese lady in front of us… n we accidently pushed the troli into her.. the troli catching her feet… AAWIEE~~~ must hav hurt cuz I think she was screaming cuss words at us in chinese.. damm. Malu sia. Wakaka… all to much excitement for one day.

After feeling flushed from all the excitement.. joy took me to buy sumthing from choco heaven… wuhuu~ Sugar rush… dint know wat to buy tho… so I just picked sum m&m’s but I guess ojoi kaya malam tue… nasib se x focus joy.. kalu nda hbs bajet ko ekekeke. N she added sum Herseys for me… hohoho… u dunt know how handy ur chocolates became here joy… especially in curing hunger pangs when we cudnt cook yet.. (but we’ve bought the utensils… not to worry… im not starving… just need time to get use to shopping in Russian huahuahua) bergambar sakan lagi kunun sn… then we met up with aizat… n bergambar2 lagi kunun. ^_^ we are so adorable… haha! Will send pics to you guys when I can chat in msn…

But we soon had to say our goodbyes… huhahuha… I saw a glint in the eyes of those I love n whom love me… n felt weak in the knees…if they started to cry.. I would start to cry and it would just cause a chain reaction of crying relatives. Then felt the first signs of tearing when my nose clog up. I just had to say my goodbyes fast n get away bfore I started pouring out how much going to Russia scared me. Then they won’t worry so much seeing a grown-up independent adult leaving for a foreign place instead of a weepy little child. At least I hope I left that impression….

Thank God for Lim Wenkie.. a guy who is going into 1^st year with me… I just followed him tru the gates of klia.. following his every move till we reached gate 22. In the plane I just drank in the scenery.. remembering everyting… every detail… this is it… im leaving… im going overseas… how exciting can tat get… on your own. Dint really think that time would finally come.. (emo jap). There are so many pros n cons to this… missing out on birthdays, anniversaries and reunions with family n frens… but gaining experience of another culture, learning a diff language, living on our own, studying medicine… Just hope everything goes smoothly back home. I know my mum will definitely miss me… no one to chat to when she gets stressed out anymore… worries me sometimes.. no other daughter to help around… cant count on matthew to go sweeping floors can we..

Well the flight was like any other flight… 6 hours of sitting tilll ur butt turns numb.. a transit in Dubai… which a busier airport than KLIA… n then reaching Moscow. Coming out of the doors of the airport reminded me immediately of England. The cold air… the blue sky… no rain… lovely greeting from Russia. But that weather is only on good days..

Well… so much more to tell.. but will do later on

Tata bloggie~~

With Love From Russia

xoxo

Fuh! Im in!!

bloggiee!

huhuhu~ finally! i figured out wat my username to this website was... for the past couple of days i wasnt able to go online coz my phone line was cut.. but then when i was able to online in the cc.. the connection was so damm slow.. so i went to my dad's office to blog.. n found out i forgot wat my username was... hah silly me~

well i really wanted to write a long heart wrenching article on the 31st of August to comemorate Independance day... sumting like how im truly gratefull for my freedom.. but tat moment's past. Wish i went to one of those fireworks-filled events but instead i spent tat day like any other day... reading up a little on organic chemistry n trying to squeeze in a few russian words in the process. But an hour later i was distracted by how dirty my laptop was with fingerprint stains and began wiping away with a damp cloth. Im so easily distracted these days. I may have caught the short-attention-span-syndrome or sumthing.

Anyway, today i met up with friends at tmpat makan jawa.. wuhuu~ so happy to be going somewhere. Hazel,lyna n I all drove ourselves to Likas.. except for Ned whose father sent her.. When we all met.. as i expected.. noone had changed.. they were all still the same wonderful people i had first become friends with. Thank God for that. We still chatted away merrily without a pause... just wished my whole "geng karas" was there. Wud have been merrier.. we cud have chatted on for hours but then the budak2 skola was coming out soon so we decided to hide out at a cc above the jawa place. Hazel and I went on9 for a while but gave up agen coz the connection was so slow. But not before Lyna showed us the fs of a stalker guy at her campus n Ned showed us the fs of Nizar's new gf.. lol.. we were so noisy in the CC tat the 'kakak' CC was smiling at our jokes as well.

After that, we hugged n went our separate ways... i drove back home in my Satria.. and was caught in the traffic jam.. suddenly sumone honked their bloody honker at me.. I, all hot and sweaty (since my aircond doesnt work in traffic jams.. it blasts our hot air instead when the car's not moving... mind you.. its eight years old ^_^) turned to coldly stare down the honker found it to be lyna sitting in her automatic Merc with Aniq.. my anger quickly turned into a smile since i found it amusing the situation we were in.. it was not long ago that we were both sitting side by side in our class rooms without a care in the world.. thinking about our highschool crushes n passing Wong Fu's physics tests. And now there she was.. picking up aniq after school n me rushing back home to cook lunch before mum came home. I feel like such a grown-up!! huhu... and im turning 20 next year.. time really does fly. Well after that i started feeling a cramp in my leg due to driving in a traffic jam n began to envy lyna's auto car.. hehe.

In the evening dad insisted i drive down to his office agen to try on the Murut traditional dress someone made for me.. (i wish i was the passenger again!). I actually dint want this dress.. i mean who's gonna know the difference between a kadazandusun dress (which i already have.. my mum's tat is.. still in good condition tho) and a murut dress in Russia? (i might wear it during Malaysian Night or sumting.. hmph.. that is if there is a malaysian nite). Sure they look different but no one gives a toss about it ryte... huhu.. i voiced my objections but there's no stopping my dad sometimes. Guess he's just really proud to be Murut. Dont get me wrong.. i like the dress.. perfect to wear when i get married.. but then the money (it costs around rm800!! damm! the tailor charged extra i guess coz my dad wanted it done on such short notice) cud have been used for someting more usefull.. lyk feeding me tru the harsh winter in Russia! hehehee~ *paranoia setting in*
hmm.. neway tx dad.. i know u have good intentions..
i guess i dint feel so gud in the dress yet.. im lacking the butt for it.. and the boobs. i might hopefully fill out a little more in my twenties to nicely fit the dress.. i might post pics of the dress soon.. lemme figure out how to first..hehe.

owh n i luv my Kupi!!! mmmmuah3... i'll be so sad to leave him... my cute little snow dog.. i'll post pics of him too.. ^_^..

okay then bloggie~
till my next post... tata~~

First Post!!

heya bloggie...

shit. i dunt know wat to write already.. well i think the best way to blog is not to think too much anyways..

started this blog coz i found out joyce had a secret blog(noty2 ^_^) since last year n mayb it wud be cool to start one aswell since im going overseas soon.. those who wanna catch up wit me can do so here..

well today was an ok day.. im at my dad's office ryte now. Arrived here at 12 o'clock sharp coz dearest daddykins told me too... "u've got a lot to do today dont u" he said. "dont wanna rush everything at the last minit" he said. But then found out he was at Sutera playing golf.. grrr...
had no money so i had to draw out sum rm200 n went on a shopping spree.. its called therapy shopping.. wish i cud do it all the time.
funny it seems how everything suddenly looks o-so-cheap when u've got money to spare...

went up and down wisma merdeka a few times.. bought some clothes tat i doubt i can wear in russia.. but mayb in the summertime.. hah! willing to freeze my bottoms for fashion? i think NOT! But it was o-so-purrrrrrty.. couldnt resist. besides... i deserve it i think. i've been couped up at home these past few weeks anyway. huhu.. wish all my friends wud just come back.. its getting so lonely here.. there are a few here in kk but its just not the same kinda atmosphere..

other than tat, i've been a saint at home i think... cooking n cleaning without much fuss. i keep thinking its the least i can do before i go away for so long.. i can tell mum's gonna mis me coz she keeps sneeking kisses my way.. im like "Mum.. o-behaveee" akakaka... nah. im the one smooching her way.. but she keeps on saying "bila lagi se ble kasi kuli ko nie? skg seja" hehe.. so its kinda obvious. she'll miss me when she sees dirty dishes n un-swept floors... hehe.

oh ya.. n i think i'll b flying to Russia on the 15th of September.. i have under 3 more weeks here.. a bit nervous already. n really excited.. i expect these feelings will only grow stronger as i get nearer to D-Day.. my dad is more excited than me tho.. u shud see him when he comes into my room n sees the big bag i plan to take wit me.. i caught him smiling at it the other day. then he turned around n said "why dont u make a list of the things u need n we'll go shopping wit mum later" and this was like a month before the 15th haha.. i think im more than equip ryte now.. but no harm in bringing extras.

well.. enough for now..
till we meet again bloggie ;)..
tata~