selamat hari raya maaf zahir batin dari plajar MARA Vth yr Volgograd

alhamdulillah..raya went well this year.we celebrated a bit.our class managed to get permission to skip half the class that day to go to the mosque in the morning(and later skipped the lectures in the evening..which was actually later cancelled by the lecturer..thanks!)..and the celebration in my kvartira was superb.i got tired as always(made the rendang with sam helping-susah nak kacau tu,hehe)..but it was a small price to pay (in fact,i shouldnt whine at all)

only one thing remains..to call my family..i sms my mother often..but calling and sending letters is a different matter..er..insyaAllah i will call them this morning(rite now they just got back from kampung)(it's been so many years since the family went back there together)
i havent even seen my smallest brother(not 'small & teeny weeny' small-he's 19) since last year(he was in kuching,and we just couldnt meet during the holidays..)(bad big bro)
but my siblings are big boys and girls now..hehe.. still i know i need to call anyway.insyaAllah i'll get a chance to meet him next year.

another thing that really bothers me is that i couldnt find a single 'mercun' or any fireworks till now..not even a 'bengalskiye svety'(bunga api in malay)..(why?whaaayyyy?!)


the next 2 sundays will be about deepavali and raya respectively in the hiroshima hostel hall..i wonder what should i expect..but it's a bit far from my mind as i have a lot of catching up to do..with my gynae a month unfinished(bad me),and my lectures getting a little mixed up as i thought epidemiology and infectious diseases as the same subject..hahawait..the list goes on...my sleep, my suddenly stopped progress in my early daily aims(not stated here or anywhere)(of course that's why they call it day-dreaming)(what?)(yeah..you were just day-dreaming..sheesh did u really believe u were planning?)(people please dont mind the voice in my head)-wow..i'm a schizophrenic blogger with a split personality..hehe


masjid after solat n khutbah
walking back from the mosque is always such fun
i made rendang out of this..of course la instant..hehe
what?another raya photo?

the end of ramadhan

'wayang kulit' sifi
my 5th autumn in volgograd
qiamullail at the mosque.watch my fotopages for a bit more
tazkirah between prayers
dawn after a hard day's nite (acc to the Beatles)


some days i wished never ended ,some moments i wished never happened..
some days i didnt sleep...the next day i slept like hell,hehe..
well that's life..

i wish this month had been longer..i wish i had done more..


selamat hari raya dan maaf zahir dan batin..
selamat menyambut deepavali to my Indian friends..

48 hours

the last 48 hours have been eventful for me..my group had our first practicals for surgery in which we had to stay the night (it was supposed to be from 5pm to 8am but we went late because of some errands and came back early to go for russian class. the group after us stayed there from 6pm to 7am)..

the next day was the PPIM programme "malam wasilah ke syurga", starting from iftar, majlis khatam Al-Quran, dinner, tarawikh, a'forum' and qiamullail in the hostel..the qiamullail started at 4am..but i played counterstrike with the hostel occupants till 2.30 am so i had about an hour's sleep last nite..hehe.the whole programme finished with an after subh ceramah( i think..i dozed off halfway,hehe)..around 8, i managed to get some sleep in Adib's room and thankfully(i was afraid i'd overslept) i woke up at around 10.30, just enough time to go back home and get ready for our final day at the football field..ours was the 2nd and last matches..gmi,bear,and falah had just come back from practicals that morning,while ete&usen were sick..samfai was too sick to play..but we played quite well that day,eventhough we lost 3-0 to the reds and won 3-1 to nagasaki..

my most interesting moment in the game was when chris ran into me while i was catching the ball..that was the 1st time i had the wind knocked out of me,as i was fully stretching my body and he hit the lower part of my right lungs hard..i couldnt talk for a few minutes..i guess that was why i was too slow to catch the 3rd goal..hehe

i think in the 1st match Milo KK won against hiroshima,but i dont remember the score,then nagasaki won against Milo KK(i think), 'tak boleh belah' lost a shocking 7-1 to kim fc(i think the last few goals were when the TBB team were too down..KimFC really knew how to take the advantage..the fans were great especially those of KimFC (had placards with carricatures of their players,a few banners and big 'peace' hands-i dont understand that) and TBB (had a banner since the 2nd week,then added a few more like the orenje cards-each alphabet held by 1 person)

How to Avoid Getting Bitten by a Dog

hi i guess it's really been that long since i last updated..well to make it up, i'll put in 2 entries at once,hehe

the 1st entry would be about "how to avoid getting bitten by a dog"..so here it is:

How to Avoid Getting Bitten by a Dog

+ the 1st thing to remember- their bark IS worse than their bite.(they are like some humans sometimes..all talk)
they are as scared of you as you are to them.we are humans and they know that..unless they are rabid of course..hehe
+ do not run..if possible do not show fear,although they can sense it (trust me,the moment u run chances are their animal instincts will be stimulated and this will make them run after you)
+ hold something,anything..a bag at first.a stone would do, a stick might do the trick(try pointing it at them if they are near)..but try not to actually hit them or agitate them
+ if u cant do anything else,just stand there..they might sniff u out..but that's it..of course it might be an inconvenience if u have to 'samak' especially if they lick u..maybe they actually like u..hehe
+ climb up a tree..well..this might be hard for some..only useful if there's something u can climb,and the dog is really agitated(usually due to somethingu've done,hehe)
+ get a bodyguard or a pistol..but not good advice if u're not rich and dont have a weapons' licence,hehe

these are based solely on my experience (my neighborhood used to have lots of stray and domestic dogs)..so they are only suggestions and my opinions..if u have objections or anything to add..be my guest

netting

u guys might think i have so much time going online and putting so many photos...well think again! i'm doing my homework..making a реферат for my gynaecology subject..and it's been hard (mental) work searching for a nearly non-existent anymore term like Chiary-frommel syndrome and making a whole paper/folio out of nothing in a week(while resuming daily life,classes and lectures as always).well i guess i've found most of it anyway..and yes i did update my blog a lot on the way(and a few other things i'd do on the net)- you can say that i'm 'drinking water while swimming'?hehe..
and i thought i'd be free from boring folio projects once i get to medicine before reaching here...well..maybe it's not half as boring,once u get the right motivation,mood and attitude..good nite and happy ramadhan!

ps:it still proves i went online a lot though..hehe dah i'm going to sleep..according to my clock i'm going to sleep 3 hours..tipu(konfem ade slack mana2 esok..hehe let's hope i can get thru to the evening)

a peek into the past weeks

Alhamdulillah i finally found out why my pics just couldnt seem to stick
on my entries..and now i'll show some more pics i've been meaning to put..
and i finally got my own modem!(hurray for me!)

the paramedics,spectators and 'hard-core-fans' of 'tak boleh blah" fc
'abg rocker' konon..g-mie during the 5th years' introduction..
at the far left, haneem,izzat and haris (introducing himself)
'moreh' after tarawikh with my batch( we were free that nite)
an impromptu(?) combo bday party.kak sal taking her usual position.others getting ready or minding their own business too.and me being me..
a happy me
why my hair had to go
the meeting last monday

the 4 visitors

update

from left to right:-
haris,(not in pic)
izzat,(not in pic)
yadi,
syafwan/wan,
nazrulshah/boy,
faiz,
zulhilmi,
maherelham/mahe,
izwan,
ramdan,
md anuar,
syazwan,
balarajan,
lo rentgen,
kia swee kwan,
lee sing ling,
chai peng ping,



it's been around 11 days since we started fasting and more than 2 weeks since i seriously tried to put anything here..my last 2 entries were short russian paragraphs which were a headache to make(maybe that's y i couldnt write more!)

Alhamdulillah,i've updated my Birthday entry..sorry for taking so long..i appreciated that day but I really coundt find the time...my past cycles were Dermatology,Internal Medicine, and Gynaecology..now i'm starting my Epidemiology..i hope this one wont need such a long time to prepare for classes as the previous subjects.

the past few days..some important events occurred in volgograd,namely the arrival of newcomers, an 'orientation' for them last Sunday,and finally a meeting with officials visiting us in volgo last monday(who also \visited the hostel the day before).

the newcomers arrived around the 2nd half of last week..
The 1st ones( private sponsored) came around the 27th( i think) and later government sponsored ones on Saturday..

kudos to my old juniors( if u're old..i must be ancient!) as i heard a lot about how they received the newbies with a warm welcome- from the airport to the hostels, the dinners for them even at kvartiras, the cake i heard the kim students made etc. i even heard that some newbies didnt even have to cook for a few days as there was so much food passed around to them(made me wanna be a junior too,hehe)


on Sunday, instead of the usual usrah, PPIM decided to organize an orientation, with ahmad and haneem as the emcees.it was great, with the introduction,the slideshows, the advices, what where,when,why do's and dont's ..in general, it covered just about everything ..i especially liked it when everyone introduced themselves starting with the newbies then everyone else from the 6th course to the 2nd..finally everyone had to sing 2 songs together(this one reminded me of the instructor course i took in form 5 where i was the youngest and mostly were working men where we too had to sing together after a motivational lecture- yes,me & a couple of middle-aged old men in TKD uniforms,hands on each others' shoulders, singing 'sama2 menjejak mimpi' at the top of our lungs and off tune..man..but in both cases it was fun)

the last important event was the meeting with officials from MARA(mr kirin?did i hear right?) JPA(mr.fairuz),intec(mr. jamil) and maybe kementerian(i'm not sure i heard this right too)-mr azman.we had our talk..the students said what they wanted..the officers did their jobs.well,that's it.the important thing is that everyone wanted what was best for everyone..short-term and long-term.i thank these officials for coming here.i dont hope russia or the university to radically magically change,but i know they did make a difference,even if a little,and we should be thankful for that.