freedom!holidays!Austria!

privet!
i've been busy being free i couldnt find time to write,hehe..here's a bit of what happened recently:
FrEeDoMM!i finished my exam on tuesday at 1.30pm,kinda late i finished with the last 8
guys,man it felt good..after that i went to beatrice n li fans' house(made a wrong
turn,and so walked from the University-vokzal-ploshad lenina(Lenin Square) and back
in the cold weather,hehe)..and then to vokzal( the train station),bought the bus
tickets,went home..played video games(dynasty warriors-based on the legend of the
three kingdoms-a historical novel during the fall of the Han dynasty..maybe i'll
tell u later)..went online a bit that night,read a little(zam got a new book from
ahmad.it's indonesian,but the concept was interesting).
Usen,g-mie,samfai,ete,suraya,kham,farah,lin already went to moscow that evening by
airplane..i couldnt get to the house in time so didnt meet them,but bon voyage!,i
myself am going on a little trip to austria(vienna n insbruck[goin' skiin'!])...so
the next day i overslept,went to get my visa (main bulding-kozlovskii-alfa
bank-main), went to parkhouse( buying supplies)

the weather:-drop-dead freezing..it's happening all around.we saw news concerning too much snow
& cold in europe,about last month a skating rink building collapsed because of the
snow,in japan lots of aeroplanes were delayed, S.petersburg is even in
'darurat',causing Dmitry,our Dean to forbid a few 2nd yr msian students to go
there( he didnt sign their papers)..in volgograd the temperature is still as chilly
as the first day i wrote about it..only today was a little warmer..around -15 i
think.temperatures below -20 happened a bit too many times- believe me every time i
go out i see the digital clock and temperature announcer in front of volgograd
hotel,and when i dont,i see the thermeter on the window,or found out from russian
neighbours,russian&msian friends..i said it was like in my 1st year,but i stand
corrected..it's worse..we had only about 2 days of temperatures nearly -30.it's
very bad, as the last time this kind of temperature stayed that long was a long
time ago.i dont know how long..but i can safely say that in world war two,the
german tanks passed straight through the Volga River(insyaAllah i'll take a picture
of this soon)...imagine how cold that was..but then there was no tramvai(the
electric trains) or electric stations,or any of the technology we use now..at park house just now,the upper floors were closed.we(me,zam,falah,bear,shafiq)
met with kak syasya n mawaddah who were asking the same question as we were-why are
the upper floors closed?..after asking some tired but still friendly& helpful
workers,we found out that it was bcos of the cold..there was an electrivity
shortage..so they closed early(at 6pm),prioritizing heat for the surrounding homes.the weather makes me hungry,but i finished my food supply,today,and the kitchen is
soo cold nowadays(in fact the coldest..it's balcony door is not sealed..)ps:still, i think the weather's beautiful..see my winter pics on friendster(If i have
managed to upload it now).the cold is an adventure,an experience maybe once in a
lifetime..and i'm thankful for it.

the emulsifier issue:-will be discussed later...safe to say we should be careful what we eat,especially
in other non-muslim countries..and nestle products do not used animal by-products
unless stated..got this from a few internet sites[a theory is that it's a big
company,so it uses quality products[e.g. industrially processed mono- and
di-glycerides (E471) from soya & other common plants for this emulsifier are used
instead the by-products of any animal fat(meaning used stuff,since they are
slaughtered not for the fat,so it's actually harder,lesser but more cheaper this
way]i'm saving this topic for a later issue(i wanna write it nicely,with all the
links,and maybe add some more info)..but i'll do it soon insyaAllah..


the bat cave:-that's our house...the hallway had already been dark for some time due to wiring
problems,then the kitchen lamp grew weaker until we can barely see anything rite
now..and finally our(me,zam,usens')room's light bulb blew off..right when we were
happy and getting ready for holidays..hehe.plus our rooms turned out to be the
coldest..the relatively warmest room being the living room..and we now close all doors,trying
to prevent heat from escaping or cold winds to enter..
the spyder:-got it free when i bought some extra batteries for my cam in parkhouse..it's cool!it's from lego,and it was fun building it,and it moves and the legs are strong
enough to grip suitable surfaces..i'm thinking of taking pics of every little toys/figurines/plushies in my house and
put it in an album/entry..if the pics dont come out now, maybe i'll put my spyder
there..maybe i should make another blogger photoblog..i've taken lots n lots n lots of
photos(200 photos on the 1st 2 days,then a pause when the batteries were charging,n
i'm still trying not to take pics,so that the batteries will be fully charged
during my departure)..it's like my lightsaber..but i still dont have a modem..


austria:
to moscow by bus-9pm 27/1 reach moscow around 1pm,9pm take flight to vienna, vienna-insbruck 1 night,insbruck 4 days ,then vienna, 4th feb to moscow...

the best pics of these frost are in the early morning as they catch the different rays of the rising sun- a beautiful day starts in a beautiful way..