time flies

Today is my first day of neurology cycle. Well, basically, we are learning about the central nervous system, particularly the brain. Nothing much today as my teacher was quite busy with her patients. So, after demonstrating some of the skills that we have to perform on patients during medical check up, she then let us go.
This cycle going to last for 2 weeks and after that will be my finals. Wow, time really flies.
But, I just want to commit the time unto God’s mighty Hands, for He makes things beautiful in HIS time.

summer race~ bbq.

Today the church is celebrating the 6th anniversary. So in conjunction to this celebration, they had organized a programme called “the summer race”. Everyone was required to meet up at the Padfak Hall at 10 am. Firstly, I would like to thank GOD and praise GOD for such a wonderful weather. Today’s weather was really the perfect one! Not too hot, and not too cold. Wow, very rare to have such kind of weather in summer.
So, after dividing us into the respective groups, we all then head to the Kursk Gate – that was our starting point. The first event, 2 people from each group had to run hand in hand for about a hundred meter. Then, they were asked to pick a number and passed to the person in charge, and run back to the point that they started. Next, we were asked to guess a place – the clue was something connected with the Book of Psalms in the Bible.
We were kind of struggling, thinking of the next check point. Finally, yes! The Pushkin Theater. There, the person in charge gave each of the group a task – to find the respectives references for the given bible verses. After that, we were asked to go to the Kursk Hotel, and there’s another check point. The next person in charge asked us to divide our group members equally into 3 small groups. Each of the small groups were asked to go to 3 different supermarket. 1st- shum, 2nd – grin, 3rd – perikastok, manesh.
So me and dear were asked to go to manesh. Guess what, I had a very terrible experience there. I was accused, for not paying a bottle of 0.5 L mineral water – Bon Aqua. I tried explaining to them, ok, it was my mistake number one, to bring in outside product, and I entered the wrong way, instead of the entrance, I enter through the exit way. Ok…I admit that…but, I wonder what the guard was for? I mean, were they been employed for just standing in front of the supermarket just like other models in the clothes shops? I was very angry plus I was in a rush, and couldn’t talk more. Why? Coz the cashier, the guard…both of them was so unreasonable!
I was very mad at their attitude towards the customers. Dear was with me, even though dear helped me to explain to them, they ignore all the explanations, till chee kai came and settle the fuss with money. ~ Simply pay them for no reason!! We then left the Manesh and got into the mashrute to central market, to meet up with other members. We arrived quite late. Anyways, the next event was we were asked to eat the bun - 4 hot dog buns.
And the last task was, we were supposed to go back to Padfak. Choc ky, one of our members fell down…and got scratched on his abdomen and elbow. Fern helped him to clean the wound and bought him the antiseptic cream. She then helped him to apply on the wounded area. Anyways, we were then asked to memorize psalm 91. so we divide the whole chapter equally among the group members. Not more than 5 mistakes, says the person in charge. We managed to recite them out, with 4 mistakes, and overall we got the 3rd place. Hey, not bad though…3rd out of 15 groups. The summer race was ended with barbeque, somewhere behind out hostel. Wow, the view was so fascinating.
I just want to thank GOD for His protection and guidance upon us. Thanks dear for helping me especially at some points, I just dun feel like running, even walking.

finally, saturday is here.

Thank GOD, finally I ended my ENT cycle. Well, I really want to praise the LORD coz, without HIM, I am nothing. Haven’t been sleeping well, throughout the whole week, coz, there were basically no time for me to do so. so i decided to sleep...to recharge my energy!!

God's faithfulness

Wow! There are 3 more days to go… to end the ENT cycle. Well, although this cycle has kind of been a very stressful cycle, I want to thank GOD for HIS faithfulness on me. He is so faithful, that HE will never leave me nor forsake me. I knew I have to rely on Him alone. Thank GOD for blessing me to meet up with jagdesh, as she has been a very great blessings to me. thank GOD for HIS encouragement through her.

ENT

Today is the first day of ENT cycle. ENT stands for ear nose and throat. So basically, today my teacher explained to us the ways of checking the ear, nose and throat. Wow, each has its own individual style of assessing. So, we practice the skills among my group mates. My group mates divide among themselves into 2 groups. The first group was assigned to be the doctor, while the other, the patients. The doctors have to put on the head lamp around his upper margin of his or her head. Well, it was kind of difficult tho, however, we simply managed, after several of trials. The whole classroom was filled with the atmosphere of laughter.

ENT

Today is the first day of ENT cycle. ENT stands for ear nose and throat. So basically, today my teacher explained to us the ways of checking the ear, nose and throat. Wow, each has its own individual style of assessing. So, we practice the skills among my group mates. My group mates divide among themselves into 2 groups. The first group was assigned to be the doctor, while the other, the patients. The doctors have to put on the head lamp around his upper margin of his or her head. Well, it was kind of difficult tho, however, we simply managed, after several of trials. The whole classroom was filled with the atmosphere of laughter.

fried noodles or fried rice?

Today is Sunday. Normally, me and dear will spend time watching series or go out to nearest supermarket to do groceries. Anyways, dear’s not back yet. Yesterday when dear called, dear said, he’ll be back to Kursk on Monday early morning. So I decided to make fried rice / fried noodles for him…so that when he got back to the room, he don’t have to worry about his stomach. I just can’t wait to see him.
I really want to thank GOD for His protection upon him and the rest who went with him.
Ruth was here just now. There is nothing much to served; so I grilled some nuggets and sausages for her. We indeed had a great time together.

disturbed~ encourage~ happy

I’m very happy – finally my ophthalmology cycle has ended. What makes me more rejoice was, GOD is so faithful. I mean, throughout the 1st 3 days of my cycle, I was very disturbed by my group mates except for Pauline and Sien Mei. They just made me so frustrated with this subject. Anyhow, I really thank GOD for my cell group members, as their testimony really encouraged me so much; and remind me so clearly that GOD is good and He will make a way for me whenever there seems no way.
And when my teacher filled in the marks that we got throughout the cycle, I was overjoyed with the marks, and immediately, I knew this was none other than my Heavenly Father. Praise GOD for that!
Then, I had discipleship with my yee ling and Kareen. Guess, what, they spent me lunch at Italian café. I was very glad.
Really thank GOD for this is the day that HE has made. Amen.

Ни́жний Но́вгород

Today dear dear left Kursk for Nizhny Novgorod. Nizhny Novgorod (Нижний Новгород) colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is fourth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novosibirsk. The journey from Kursk to Nizhny was estimated to be 14 -15 hours by bus. That is long. He went to Nizhny for the intervarsity game. This intervarsity game has been carried out annually – somewhere around spring. Each university (that is recognized by Malaysia government for medical course) would have the chance to organize the game. Last year was held in Moscow (RSMU), while this year is in Nizhny. They have badminton, sepak takraw, footsal, volleyball and table tennis as the event every year. However, there is something new this year – the computer game.
Well, first day without dear for dinner and for cell group is something very unusual; I do miss dear very much.

not easy, but is certainly possible

I’m now having ophthalmology cycle. Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine which deals with the diseases and surgery of the visual pathways, including the eyes, brain, and areas surrounding the eye, such as the lacrimal system and eyelids.
I find it a little difficult to study this subject the first few days, but I really thank GOD for His blessings and wisdom, that HE helped me so much to learn the subject and also the strength to face the stress atmosphere in the class as well as during the preparation for the lesson in my room. It’s not easy, but it is certainly possible

french toast on mama's day!

Yesterday I made French toast.
French toast was one of the delights, where my mum likes to make for us during the weekends.
As I’m now in another land, so far from my mummy, and it so happen that yesterday was mother’s day, I decided to make French toast, and share it with my sis as well as my dear.
You can also try to make; especially when you have the left over bread ( I mean before the growth of the fungi) and don’t know what to do with it…all you need is:


Ingredients:

Bread 72 chasa/ eropa.
eggs
oil
sugar

Methods:

heat the pan with a little bit of cooking oil
beat the eggs in a big bowl
add in sugar
dip the bread with the beaten eggs + sugar ( front and back)
put into the hot frying pan
Take the bread out from the pan when both side of the bread is light brown in color.


You may then serve it!

best mum

Today is mother’s day. Here I would like to thank God for my mommy, for she has molded my heart.

Lord, you brought someone special to my mind,
The person who is none other than mommy,
I pray You will bless mommy for the many ways she has been blessings.
Surround mommy with Your love and the love of those who care so much for her.
Help mommy to see the many ways she touch her family and the many hearts that are blessed by her life.

Happy mother’s day, mommy!

badminton

Badminton has been my favorite sport this semester. I like playing it with my friends – Sam, my room mate, Kung kung, my unit mate, Ming, my group mate. Sometimes, Jason, another member in my group will come and join us. One thing I like about us is, we really have fun in the game, we have laughter all the way through the game. If you were to compare the under training team and ours, my! It is a vast different you know.
Anyways, after two days in a row, of badminton, I got some muscle ache on my musculus gastronemius, my biceps femoris muscle and my semitendinous muscle up to my latissimus dorsi muscle. My triceps too are aching. Well, thanks to dear who always help me to massage after the game. I felt much better after the massage!

Victory day!

Today is a holiday. The Victory day! Hmm…here are some history about the victory day. Victory Day in Russia, a national holiday which remembers the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II and honors 20 million Soviets who died in the war.
The fighting of WWII tn Europe ended on May 2nd, 1945. The surrender of German troops was signed on May 4th and 5th but officially the war ended at midnight on May 8th 1945. To remember this important event, the Russians created a national holiday called Victory Day which is celebrated on May 9th in Russia.
When Nazi Germany attacked Russia or the Soviet Union, as it was known then, the Russian army pushed the Germans all the way back to Berlin which helped to defeat Hitler's forces.
The main reason for the celebration of Victory Day was to remember the people who died in the war. On that day, flowers are laid on their graves and veterans that are still alive go out on the streets wearing their medals and orders. There are few of them left now days and the number is getting smaller every year.
Russia mainly fought a war to defend itself, which is called a "patriotic war". That is what most Russians call WWII. In Russia almost all the families have at least one person who took part in the war. The other old citizens who did not fight during the war had to work in factories to make guns and preparations, which wasn't easier than fighting. They too are honored on Victory Day.

Here, the people of Kursk had a great celebration in conjunction to this special day. there were many special programmes lining up for this celebration.

a break

We’ll have holiday on this coming Thursday- Victory Day !!! Yes! I’m really looking forward for this break, coz, of such hectic cycle this week. We had new pediatrics teacher this week, and she really teaches us a lot. We have to prepare very well for her class, coz, her questions were all very KBKK. ( required a lot of thinking skills.) plus the material was very large for each classes. However, she was really a blessing to our group this week. We indeed learnt a lot. Thank GOD for her.

unexpected exam

Today, all of us the fourth year students of medical faculty were required to sit for path anatomy exam. Path anatomy was one of the third year course subject, and all of us were required to write the exam again. Well, no big deal, coz, it was just for the statistic purpose. Anyways, as I was preparing for that exam, I prayed and asked God to grant me the wisdom and good memory. I asked GOD to help me to have the mind of Christ to do the exam. We'll be sitting for another paper on Path physiology next week. However, thank God, I somehow did it well this time and i'm expecting for God's favor in my Path physio too. praise the Lord!

hectic day~

Today, I went to the visa department to renew my visa.
Well, just want to thank GOD for His wonderful blessing, leading me through this process. From going down to Moscow with dear in the middle of February, and following up the progression, wow, GOD has indeed prepared such a supporting dear dear for me, to help me through such a time as this.
I went to the Over – the visa department to settle my stuff in the afternoon.
Then, I went to the internet department to pay for May’s fee.
I then stayed back in the uni, preparing for the next day’s topic for class while waiting for lecture. Today, I’m having therapy lecture, given by Dr. Olga.
The topic for today’s lecture was about peptic ulcer.
What is peptic ulcer?
It is chronic relapsing inflammatory disease with lesion of mucosa of the stomach and duodenum, or any portion of GIT exposed to aggressive action of gastric juice.

I then, went for cell leader meeting and we learnt about angel as the ministering spirit who GOD created to help us. The angels heed only God’s command. (Hebrew 1:14)

Wow, even though today was a very tiring day, I thank God for His strength.
I also want to thank God for dear, coz, he prepared dinner for me.

It’s a hectic, but a wonderful day. Rejoice and give thanks to God, for all good things come from God alone.

at Manesh...then italian restaurant.

Today is Sarah Jane’s birthday. Sarah is one of my group mates. We’ve been group mates since the first year it self. Time really flies; it has been almost 4 years we knew each other. So, today, after class, we walked to Manesh together. It was kind of an excursion- according to Sarah, the birthday girl.
We went into the shopping complex. There were many branded shops here, like the New Yorker, Mango, Jennifer, Sela, Tvoe, Modis, United color of Benetton, Adidas, Reebok, and so on. There is a food court at the top floor. Wow, the food here was extremely expensive. Thus, Ming suggested that, we’ll do the shopping first, and followed by lunch. Goodness me; for a while, Sam, Sarah, Halley, Ming, Sien Mei & Liam, were out of my vision. So, left me, Pauline, we were just walking around. We then, decided to go to the supermarket, at the ground floor. Manesh can be considered one of the most established shopping complex, here in Kursk. There was a skating ring at the compound of the complex during the winter, while a tent for beer, during summer.
After an hour of shopping, we then, proceed to the nearest Italian restaurant for lunch. This year, we have an ice cream cake for Sarah. Halley bought from the supermarket. It was a chocolate ice cream cake. While waiting for our orders to come, we celebrated Sarah’s birthday. She cut her chocolate ice cream cake, as we sang the last verse of happy birthday song to her. Well, it has been our group 12 tradition, to sing only the last verse of the birthday song, to any of our group mates who celebrate his or her birthday especially in any restaurant. Perhaps, we were too shy to sing it in the public, as there will always many eyes staring on us.
After lunch, we went back to our respective places. As I was on the trolley bus from the Italian restaurant, I was able to peep at the temperature house and it was written, 23.7 C. praise the Lord! I thank GOD for such a good weather, here now. I believe, starting today, we’ll be able to enjoy our summer.

at Manesh...then italian restaurant.

Today is Sarah Jane’s birthday. Sarah is one of my group mates. We’ve been group mates since the first year it self. Time really flies; it has been almost 4 years we knew each other. So, today, after class, we walked to Manesh together. It was kind of an excursion- according to Sarah, the birthday girl.
We went into the shopping complex. There were many branded shops here, like the New Yorker, Mango, Jennifer, Sela, Tvoe, Modis, United color of Benetton, Adidas, Reebok, and so on. There is a food court at the top floor. Wow, the food here was extremely expensive. Thus, Ming suggested that, we’ll do the shopping first, and followed by lunch. Goodness me; for a while, Sam, Sarah, Halley, Ming, Sien Mei & Liam, were out of my vision. So, left me, Pauline, we were just walking around. We then, decided to go to the supermarket, at the ground floor. Manesh can be considered one of the most established shopping complex, here in Kursk. There was a skating ring at the compound of the complex during the winter, while a tent for beer, during summer.
After an hour of shopping, we then, proceed to the nearest Italian restaurant for lunch. This year, we have an ice cream cake for Sarah. Halley bought from the supermarket. It was a chocolate ice cream cake. While waiting for our orders to come, we celebrated Sarah’s birthday. She cut her chocolate ice cream cake, as we sang the last verse of happy birthday song to her. Well, it has been our group 12 tradition, to sing only the last verse of the birthday song, to any of our group mates who celebrate his or her birthday especially in any restaurant. Perhaps, we were too shy to sing it in the public, as there will always many eyes staring on us.
After lunch, we went back to our respective places. As I was on the trolley bus from the Italian restaurant, I was able to peep at the temperature house and it was written, 23.7 C. praise the Lord! I thank GOD for such a good weather, here now. I believe, starting today, we’ll be able to enjoy our summer.

Barbeque…near hostel

As summer is approaching, the common activities done by the people over here is to have a picnic or a barbeque. Since today is a holiday for us, in conjunction with the Labor Day, we then, decided to have a barbeque. Guess what, it was not held by the river side, or any park as all the people here will do. We had the barbeque, just right in front of our hostel, at the compound. Well, I should thank GOD that we made the right choice of having it near the hostel, as there were many stuffs that we forgot to bring, example like the ketchup and chili sauce; the tissue paper and aluminum foil. I have to run up to the hostel to get those stuffs. Anyhow, everyone was very excited about it. Sam and Vanessa prepared fried rice, Kung Kung prepared the drinks – lemon tea, and also setting up the fire together with Eujack and Sia Rou’s brother, H.Kee, while Sia Rou herself, prepared salad. Me? Well, me; of course my specialty -the Char Mee/ fried noodles. {If you are interested about the recipe, do scroll down a little, as I’ve posted it on 210408.} I prepared this dish together with my dear.
While we were enjoying our day, there were few Russian Kids came, and kind of curious of what are we actually doing. Hmm, they must be wondering, why are those people doing the barbeque here…
Anyways, we chose to ignore them, and continue with our activities.
Dear was helping us to maintain the fire, by fanning the coals, while the rest were preparing the chicken wings and potatoes as well as sausages to be barbequed.
Before we ended the barbeque, Sam brought out her mash mallow; I was kind of surprised, as in; mash mallow for barbeque? I was clueless. She then showed me, the new way of eating the mash mallow. Emm ...it’s a new and nice way of eating mash mallow. Well, the taste was like eating durian or some regarded it as eating a sponge.
Basically, I enjoyed the time very much especially with jokes and laughter around.