6th year M’sian students of NNSMA

1. To group leaders of 6th years (Malaysians): Come to my room 421, hostel 3 to fill in forms for your graduation diploma. Failure to do so will result in no diploma. Fill in the form and pass to me before Saturday 13th February 2010.

2. For those who need to do translation in Moscow thru the Dean’s Office: The MSA President estimates translation in Moscow costs about 2000 rubles (SPM only) or 3000 rubles (SPM + STPM/Intec). The 3rd hostel residents can pass their certificates and pay to me in room 421. First hostel residents to Lim Kheng Huat in room 403 and fifth hostel residents to Hafiz Abe in room 310. Failure to do so by Saturday 13th February 2010 will result in no assistance for translation. {If the expenditure is less than the estimate, the remaining of your money will be returned, otherwise, if the expenditure is more than the estimate, you’ll have to pay the remaining (will be announced later – DHL cost may vary)}

Winter Break 2: Split – the Sunny City by the Adriatic

The next part of my Croatia trip was from Plitvice to Split (marked in red in the map above). The journey took about 6 hours.

In Split, we met two couchsurfers. What is a couchsurfer? As far as I can understand, a couchsurfer is a person who shares one similar interest – TRAVELING. My friend will tell you more about couchsurfing. Read more HERE.

Winter Break 1: Plitvice – Pandora in real life

My winter trip this time is very exciting, quite cheap and has lots of variations. There’s the hiking in snowy National Park (which will be described later in this post), there’s the playing in the sunny coast by the Adriatic Sea, there’s the discovering the unearthly beauty of Bosnia and the typical European city exploration.

So where is this Plitvice place? It’s in Croatia, 2.5 hours by bus from its capital, Zagreb.

January 2010 Snippets

New Year

I celebrated New Year with some friends, just like last year, walking from Minin Square to Gorky Square. New Year itself is a meaningless celebration; marking a transition from one year to another. It’s the people we celebrate with making it meaningful.

Quality of Life

Whenever I chat with Russian friends of mine in Nizhniy Novgorod, the topic that always comes up is “Malaysia is a warm country, yeah?”

“Warm? It’s freakin’ hot! I can’t breathe if I stay outside for more than half an hour!”

Warm and colorful Malaysia

 

Well, that’s always the starting point. We then exchange the infos we got on Nizhniy Novgorod and Malaysia. Then the real discussion – money matters. Nizhniy vs Malaysia.

Harga minyak naik

Subject:  Minyak naik 1 Mei 2010 , jualan kereta merudum

Jualan kereta di Malaysia dijangka akan merudum atau kaku. Ini adalah kerana Pak Menteri telah umumkan minyak akan naik pada 1 Mei 2010 bergantung pada cc atau kapasiti enjin kenderaan.
Kereta berapa cc yang akan dapat subsidi masih tak tahu lagi. Kereta 660 cc ke , 850 cc ke , 1000 cc ke , 1500 cc ke , 1600 cc ke , tak tahulah.
Lepas tu untuk kenderaan di Sabah dan Sarawak mereka akan terus dapat subsidi iaitu kekal harga lama selepas 1 Mei 2010 kerana Pak Menteri kata orang Sabah dan Sarawak ramai guna 4WD yang cc besar kerana jalan di pedalaman yang teruk.
Nampaknya akhir-akhir ini banyak pula keistimewaan orang Sabah dan Sarawak bah.

Houseman cars

I shouldn’t be blogging about this since I have my last class of Public Health tomorrow. What the heck! I hate that class anyway~

Choosing cars for housemen is kinda easy, if all you look for is to move from point A to point B; from home to hospital and from hospital back home. Besides, it’s hard to manage your cars if you’re gonna be busy and exhausted for TWO years long!

We, the young people love posh cars with high-powered engines. We’d kill a hobo if that would give us Lamborghini Diablo. But not everyone can afford their dream cars, not on houseman salary.

My Red Diplom!

 

This is my so-called Red Diploma (красный диплом). Red Diploma, by Russian standard, is the first class honors. This is not a diploma which we receive upon graduation. The graduation is not for another 6 months and I am still not sure if the teachers will not fail me in the great State Exams.

Housemanship and specialization

After the visit of two professors from Malaysia last week, I have been reading a lot about housemanship experiences in Malaysia. I think I can feature some HO experiences. Click on the colored words for the links:

1. Saya doktor – from Volgograd, just graduated

2. Mangoandjojoba

3. Adzariff

“Allah” by Christians

About 2 years ago, I wrote about this issue (but the issue wasn’t as hot then). You can read about it HERE. Now I am not going to discuss about this like a Muslim intellect or something. From my facebook profile picture, people can deduce that I am not a good Muslim. But I will have my say anyway.