bestest bday!!

dear bloggie! last 15th april was one of the bestest bdays ever!

altho 15.04.2007 still ranks as my number 1 ultimate best bday hehe...

but it was sooooo wonderful.. i dint write it in my blog on the day it happened tho.. coz i've been sooo bz lately. not to mention next week i have 5 major exams.. S**t.. its crazy..

but neway.. i just gotta tell u bout my 20th bday...

first it all started at 12 o'clock midnite.. as always.. friends in my hostel will come celebrate birthdays in the kitchen.. with the usual bday cake n estrella(keropok name) n coke... then followed by the throwing of tepung n eggs n everything..
fuh~
made me neves to celebrate my bday... the food fight turns u into a... urm.. somting like a homemade pizza... eggs n flour all in ur hair n shirt..
why dont u just stuff me in oven then huh~ lol...
well after the party... my groupmates gave me my present..
its a lovely dress.. which i soooooo luv ryte now... cant wait to finally wear it somewhere.. darn.. definitely bringin tat dress home later in july...

neway the next day went like any other school day... i tot at first there wud be netball training that evening..
but guess wat!!
they canceled the training coz it was too cold outside.. n decided to give me a surprise bday instead.. i was touched..
there really like my own family now... they'r so friendly n make me feel apart of the team..
eventho im a new member n all.. but i feel comfortable around them.. which makes me so happy..

haih2 *sigh*
wat a wonderfull day dat was...

well till my next blog bloggie...
gotta study now..
tataaaa~

NIZNI GAMES 2008! here i come~

*11th April 2008*
heya bloggie~ im posting an old blog on a newer date hehe...

just got back from netball practice.. was so fun n tiring at the same time... well not exactly but mayb it bcoz i lack stamina.. or mayb because we dint have enuf people to play just now.. so instead of guarding my partner only .. i had to guard 2 peeps instead.. one the WD n the other the GK... imagine me running up the court.. n then down agen into the D to guard the GK!.. huhahuha's more like it..
control2 ja tadi so tat i dont look to exhausted haha..

neway.. GOOD NEWS! ngeh3... as u cud have guessed from my title..

im going to NIZNI! yeepee~

guess all those hours of going to netball practices were worth it after all..
act i just went to sports coz i dont wanna end up a fat ol' lazy pig.. couped up im room all the time.. seriously.. if u dont get up n socialize around here.. u wouldnt have a life.. studying is not everything people~ i know we're all future docs n everything... but dont tell me all mdic students shud do is just study2 n study their arses off~

well there are a lotta people like tat here.. they wake up at 5am every morning to get an extra 3 hours off study revision.. go to class from 9am-5pm.. come back.. eat rolten (russia's version of maggie) coz they dont wanna waste time cooking sum nutritious meal.. naa'ah.. those few precious minutes cud be used absorb more n more info.. continue studying into the wee hours~ then get only a few hours of slip... then its the same routine over n over again... YIKES~ talk about being zombie-like... (n im not exageratting.. except the rolten part.. they cook good eggs i guess.. sometimes~ lol)

fuh~ i pray tat never happens to me... i do wish to be as hardworking as them.. but not until it results in me looking like a sick patient myself.. (touchwood)

nwy, back to topic~

so we finished netball practice just now.. n i was about to go home.. but the seniors told me to stay back.. i tot she wanted to tell me about the next practice or sumting.. but huuurrrmm...
everyone else they(as in seniors who i know are in the uni team) let everyone else go back home.. so we sat in a circle in the middle of the court.. n the team captain asked me..

Punida: christina... i want to ask u if u would like to play for the nizni games?
*CAK* (okieeee... act kewl chrissy...)
Christina: hurm.. when izzit?
Punida: in mei.. around 15th.. but we might leave on 14th.. bez atra (meaning = no need to ganti2 class)
*yaa... come la..* (i heard someone say)
Christina: hehe.. okieeee la.. sure
*chaka chaka chaka yayy yayy* chearing n clapping of the team.. (i made it sound like a chu-chu train wakaka)
Punida: Good! so now we have a new member to our team.. introduce urselfs everyone.. this is mala, hani, etc..etc..
i knew them all already act... but guess its a formality.. lol
Punida: so the syarat2 to this team is tat...
omy.. ada syarat2 lagi tue..
Punida: u must be able to EAT a lot n talk like a mulut murai! ahaha..
then u know wat i said...
Christina: omg... this is where i belong! ahaha..

tat got the team in fits of laughter...
aduh~ i cant believe i said tat... malunya... hahaha this is where i belong lagi tue... mcm babi ja my reaction when i heard about makan...

hee... neway.. it was nice to be accepted into a team now... no wonder before this in every netball practice.. i was taught a lot.. they would stop the game halfway to teach me a new way of guarding.. or give advice on someting.. (damm blur jg wei.. all the tactics n strategies.. before tis was main suka ati ja hehe)
i tot it was coz i was playing sucky.. but i guess they saw i could improve... ^_^ tx for the confidence guys~

but the downside to this whole thing is the practice has increased to 3 times a week.. n with my hectic schedule.. im gonna be so tired i guess.. haih2... but watever...
dad told me to just go nizni if i got picked anyway.. experience org bilang.. hark hark..

i'll work a way for it in my schedule.. im sure i can still maintain my grades.. hopefully.. *fingers crossed*

will pray extra hard tonite.. hehe..
tats all for now bloggie..
tata~
mmmuaks~

Alive n kicking!~

yuhuuuu~ bloggie..

omg... its been so damm long since i posted an entry here... sowie readers (i doubt any tho.. lol ^_^)

neway i actually remembered about my blog agen why i saw a groupmate of mine start her own blog... spent hours brainstorming for my url.. knew it was something catchy like.. err.. chrissy.. cherry.. crossy.. sumthing like tat.. but when i finally remembered the name agen... guess wat~ i cudnt log in! forgot my pasword too.. huhuuu~ gave up then n there... but 2 weeks later.. i magically remembered!! *sigh*...

well tat was interesting.. haha~

been soooooo many months since i blogged in ya bloggie~

so many things have happened~ went back to malaysia during winter hols.. *answered prayers* (refer to blog on how i wanted to go homey2) hehehe.. im such a mummy's girl.. n daddy's girl... overall im just plain MANJA!! when it comes to family...

neway... going back was really an adventure... but i'll tell u bout it in my next blog.. when i have more time on my hands... now im typing while my roomate gets ready.. so tat we can be on our way to russian class.. hehehe.. got something much3 more interesting to blog about here...
but it happened like a week ago.. or was it 2? hmm.. watever.. yg penting.. i got over a fear of mine.. *hik hik so proud* ^_^

so it all started one sunny day.... (lol)
typical storyline...
no no!
its was a stormy nite... the wind was howling... trees were shaking~~ uuuu~ (im exagerating)
harhar~
actuuuuallllyyy.... it was just a normal saturday nite... we went for a rosary prayer gathering in the 5th hostel.. it was a gathering dedicated to the deceased fathers of three of my RC seniors... its was really sad but everybody manage to lighten up the mood... n scary when i think about it... wat was happening? all 3 fathers gone at around the same time... n to think.. the seniors were already about to graduate... really got me thinking about my 6 years here.. wat if something happens back home... i woulndt be able to take it... it got me praying hard tat nite... for the deceased fathers... n for my own family... may God be with you always... keep you in good health, and in His protection always...

well after the rosary prayer.. we had a FEAST! my goodness.. my seniors can really cook.. all the macaroni n pizza n sheperd's pie.. i was flabbergasted (lol! who uses this word!).. all i knew was tat Kelvin's(the CHEF) macaroni was a blessing from heaven hahaha.. after all the eating.. we had a karaoke competition just for fun... nobody could leave until they sang a song.. me n stacy decided to sing 'More Than Words'... we even voluntered to sing earlier coz we needed to get back home... but who knew God's Plan...
all of a sudden the seniors were saying.. u shud become a Psalmist... which i heard as Samist (i tot they were making fun telling me to become a Sami.. ciss~) n of course.. after their explanation of me needing to go in front of the church to sing verses of the bible.. i began shaking in the knees~!! i told them.. no i cant.. i cant i said.. but nobody seemed to be on my side in this... huaaa~ i even said to them..

me: hey! i cant! i'd turn as red as a tomato if i were to sing in front... i have stage fright~
max: God wont sumpah u into a vegetable if u sing terribly...
sumone i cant remember: wat about the times u danced on stage with a sari on??
sumone i'd like to cekik! : yeaaa.. no need to sexay2 here (doing gestures with his shirt up his stomach)... just show ur voice...

n tat was tat...
it was a paksa-rela situation i couldnt wriggle myself out of..
so i decided to just practice for a couple a times tat nite..

the next day.. i couldnt concertrate on anything except the time... another 3 hours till mass... now 2... now 1... huhu 59mins 99 secs to go... my hands were cold n scaly... i just prayed i wouldnt mess up...

n guess wat..~ once i entered the church.. i felt strangely calm... no more racing heartbeat.. no more butterflies in my stomach..
i felt i owned the place.. ( well not exactly.. but u get me ryte)
felt as if i'd done this a 100 times before..
mayb it was the Holy Spirit tat came over me at tat time... the Lord took away all my nervousness n anxiety.. n helped me sing like an angle (direct quote taken from Titus.. lol)...
n when i sang my fav verse... 'sing alleluia to the lord~~' ... i felt my heart soar high above the heavens as everyone in the church sang along with me...
it was a truly wonderfull feeling..
i felt free..
free from a most haunting fear tat kept me from singing in concerts when frends invited me to in school... or during my highschool prom.. (joy.. u can bear witness to this) hehe..

*sigh*

well... i think i've made the right decision coming here... to Russia.. a so very foreign place for me...
its helped me grow in so many ways..
i've done many things i dint think i cud do..
n for tat.. i am trully gratefull..
Amen.

signing out for now bloggie...
stacy's ready..
ps: not bad for a 20 min blog...
tata for now~~

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~