christmas dinner

This year, the church had Christmas dinner for Christmas. Well, all cell group leaders were asked to in charge of a dish. My cell and Sharon’s were asked to prepare brownies. Well, at 10 am, we all gathered at the 5th floor kitchen and after distributing the tasks, we started to bake. We baked for few hours; finally two big boxes of brownies were produced. At 6 all of us were at the pharmocollege, waiting for the event to start.
We were served by the ushers and greeters ministry members.
1st dish - appetizer by sien mei's and rudy's cell group
2nd dish - rice, chicken, mix vege, some Nigerian dish, fried fish prepared by Tsf, the nigerians cell group,
3rd dish - brownies by my cell group and sharon's.

There was also gift exchanged session. I got a very interesting gift - smartbag...i seriously don't know what is the function till i read the further about itin the net.

merry christmas~~

On the Christmas day…thank God we don’t have class today. Me and dear went out to get some stuffs for tonight Christmas dinner in the cell group. We shop for hours plus looking for the best gift for gift exchanged programme later at that dinner. The dinner was a successful one…although there were few times black out in Pris’ room, yet this did not kill the atmosphere…we had so called the candle- light dinner. I believed we enjoyed that night.

**No electricity in my room again.

christmas 08

Christmas…
Thank God for His love towards us, that He sent His only Son to this world… and that’s the core of us celebrating Christmas. Celebrating the savior of the world! Praise the Lord.
This year, we had pie for Christmas Eve. Dear bought me pooh bear... very cute and i like it very much...
i'm still figuring out a name for the little pooh... thanks dear ^-^

** No electricity in my room.

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.

baby girl

Today is the last day of my obstetrics cycle. I’m very glad coz, we don’t have to sit for the credit test, and instead we went and witness a vaginal delivery. Well, I really want to thank GOD for this opportunity to have me be the witness for such an event. When we reached the classroom, our teacher came and asked us to be ready with our mask, secondary shoes, and medical cap. There was a woman, with approximately 6 cm of cervix dilatation. Well, a normal delivery would require approximately 10 cm for labor.
So, off we went to the pre- delivery room. We saw the woman, was actually resting on the bed. After and hour of waiting, the woman started to yell. She was then sent for vaginal delivery. Earlier on, our teacher, who was the doctor on duty, performed amniontomy on the patient.
What is amniotomy?? Short description here…Amniotomy is a simple procedure which can be used alone for induction of labor if the membranes are accessible, thus avoiding the need for pharmacological intervention.Amniotomy is frequently performed on women who labor in hospitals for the purpose of speeding up their labors, The procedure is simple: a hospital attendant inserts an instrument like a crochet hook through the cervix, and snags and breaks the amniotic sac
Probably is because of the amniotomy, the woman felt extra pain, when the vaginal examination was done. After the examination, the nurse asked her to go back to her bed and wait. Poor woman, she was in great pain, when the cervix started to dilate little by little in approximately each 2 min, and she just got to bear with such pain for few hours. She was given the spasmolytics – Noshpa, intramuscularly. After, 3 hours, approximately 12.45 pm, the woman was sent to the delivery room, and was prepared for labor.
We were there with her, anticipating seeing the newborn. She pushed very hard, the first time, the second time, and finally the third time; the baby’s head was finally delivered.
A baby girl!
After sometimes, the placenta was delivered out too. Then, my teacher sewed the tear- perineum.
Wow, what a process!
Everything went on smoothly. Both mother and child are in healthy condition.
Hallelujah!!

Happy Easter 'o8

Happy easter…Jesus loves you.

Well…, today we are celebrating easter. This year easter is celebrated kinda differently, if were to compare to the previous years. This year, we have the celebration in the cell group it self. So, today, me and sien mei, another leader of the cell, woke up so early to prepare for this special celebration.
I, personally, felt, it is real hard to get up so early on Sunday morning to cook. Hey, I knew cooking is my hobby, yet, not at that hour… but, but…because I want to celebrate this day as a very special day, waking up earlier that usual, is no big deal for me. Jesus who loved us so much, that was so willing to die for u and me, and is risen on the 3rd day of his death; his sacrificial, is not comparable to anything in this world. So, what is the fuss of waking up such early this morning, rite?
The 1st thing I did with sien mei was preparing the pasta. Then, we rushed to the nearest supermarket to buy some necessities for the cheese cake. So, after the supermarket, we went to the 5 th hostel to, Sarah Jane’s place. Sarah is one of my group mates, and she loves baking. For your information, she’s really good in baking. So, she helped us and at the same time taught us how to bake the apple cheese cake. Emmmm, it was so yummy.
I really wanted to thank Sarah for helping me.
After baking, we went to the market to get some urgent stuffy for Alice. Then, we went back to our hostel. Thank GOD for ching ching, coz, she’s really a great blessing to us. She helped us with big and small stuff.
After that, we baked chocolate cake, supervised by Elisa. Finally, we started the event, I believed, everyone of us did enjoy a lot, especially when came to the topic bout their lives, during childhood, and how did they grow with their siblings.
The special event is ended with a light refreshment and it’s real delicious !!
Well, today, is really a very tiring day for me. I called home, and I really want to thank God, for blessing me the opportunity to call back to Malaysia and chat with my mum. She encouraged me a lot, and I felt so energetic then.

Well, I think I have to go and sleep now. My eyes are too heavy to open and read. Tomorrow will have a new cycle~ urology.
All in all, I want to thank GOD for today.

CNY'o8

Today I went for the Chinese New Year concert. It was very good, and thumbs up for the organizing committee. Me, personally, yup, with lots of laughter, and enjoy to watch the performance by those talented students. Wow, medical student cum dancer, cum singer, cum musician…great people. I’m really impressed by all their performances… they must have work real hard for this concert.
But, I wasn’t 100% happy. There were many stuffs in my mind.
Anyways, sleep now… things gonna get better tomorrow.

Happy Women's Day.

Tomorrow 8th of March, is a holiday in Russia. Holiday means no class for the day. Ah, finally, there is a day that I can wake up a lil’ later than the usual time. This holiday is in conjunction with the Women’s day celebration. No wonder, today, as I walked along the Lenin Street, there were many old lady selling flowers. There were different kind of flowers; there were roses, carnations and etc. Those flowers were sold with extraordinary price.
My group mates bought a bouquet of rose for our dermatology teacher, which cost about 270 Rb. It wasn’t only our group, there were many students did the same thing too.
I remembered when I was in “padfak” (preparatory course), my Russian Language teacher, Madam Nelly, told me that it is a tradition in Russia, where students buy flowers and chocolates for their female teacher. This is to respect and express our gratitude to them. Same thing goes to those who are in the relationships, where the boyfriends will get something special for their girlfriends and the husbands will prepare something meaningful for their wives.

So, Happy Women’s Day to all the women in the world! God bless you. J