Post-Examination Period

25 June 2009

Last time I always wanted to watch sunrise, and last year I forgot to watch. I can 't sleep well, so I planned to go watch sunrise. Where? Just watch at the balcony outside the kitchen of my hostel ^^. P/S: All the times stated in the [square barracks] are just rough approximation.

The sky still dark, and you can see the The Motherland Calls (Родина-мать зовёт) in Mamayev Kurgan (Мамаев Курган) in Volgograd [around 4.00 am]

The sky getting brighter, and you can see a 'red' cloud [around 4.30-5.00 am]

The sun started to rise [around 5.20 am]

A closer view [around 5.20 am]

The sun slowly rises up [around 5.30 am]

The sun rises high up above the cloud [around 5.45 am]

A further view [around 5.45 am]

God made two great lights - the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1:16-18)

26 June 2009

Today is the exam day for Physiology, so early morning I went to hand up my credit book to the Physiology Department. In 2.00 pm, it was the convocation of the graduates (from foreign countries only) from my university.

It was held in the hall. Before the ceremony start, all the students, parents and the professors were very 'kelam-kabut', everyone tried to find a place to sit.

The ceremony start with a small video clip or slide show. It was quite boring, cause it keep showing many nice scenes in different countries, until the last part I fell asleep and my friend from behind woke me up.

After the video clip, some professors gave some short speeches (not like in Malaysia). This person is Spasov A.A., the vice-rector of our university.


The ceremony continues by giving the certificates together with flowers to the graduates. You can see the graduate receiving the certificate from Spasov A.A. and his picture and name is displayed on the big screen. It took quite a long time, cause there is more than 100 graduates, and I heard that some of the parents fell alseep. By around 3.30 - 4.00 pm the ceremony finished. So what we going to do later? Go out outdoor and take photos!

Joshua, his wife Jean, and Zhuo Ling. Did you notice that Zhuo Ling's certificate is red colour?

The person in the middle is our pastor, Frank.

Jiann Woei, Khiong, Kok Tong, and Jeremy.

Kok Tong with his parents.

Unkown russian guy, Jean, Janet, Wen Tao.

Wai Lup, Kah Wei, Joshua, Khiong.

The person hold the T-shirt is Albert. Notice what is written on the shirt.

The graduates from our university.

27 June 2009
After our Sunday Service in the church, we have another small convocation in our church.


Convocation means we gonna said good bye to these brothers and sisters. Kind of sad actually......

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8,11)

Well, there is time for everything, and I guess is time to sat good bye, but we know that we will meet again back in Malaysia, and most important, in the kingdom of heaven. Amens

Dreams

Note: Few days ago, a friend of mine told me some secrets, and I was astonished that there are actually many things happened without other people's knowledge. But since those things are not good news, so I'll keep it to myself.

I am sure that everyone has dreams before when sleeping. According to Wikipedia, dreams can be defined as a series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. The scientific study of dreams is known as oneirology.

According to Old Testament and New Testament, God sometime reveals his will to his people through dreams and visions. Examples are Joseph, King Solomon, and Peter.

Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it." (Genesis 37:5-7)

At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you." (1 Kings 3:5)

'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.' (Acts 2:17)

Peter began and explained everything to them precisely as it had happened: "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to where I was. " (Acts 11:4-5)

My Chinese teacher, who is a buddist, taught me History in From 1 and taught me Chinese Language from Form 2 until Form 5. Last summer holiday, I returned to Samad to give some souvenirs to my teachers. The one of the teachers that I didn't meet is my Chinese teacher, cause they told me that she had been transfered to a school in Bandar Utama. That time I am lazy to find out where is that school or where she lives, so I didn't give the souvenirs to her.

I remembered during this year winter holiday, I have a dream. In my dream, I met my Chinese teacher, I forget what are we talking about, but I remembered she mentioned the words "Holy Spirit". This word shouldn't come out from the mouth of a buddist. So later I asked her, "Do you believe in Christianity?". She replied, "Last time yes, but now no." After that I woke up from my dream.

Few days ago, I have a dream, and I met her again, and I gave her some ang-pao packets that I collected, cause she told us before that she likes to collect these ang-pao packets. Later we talked for a while, and in the dream I wanted to ask her a question, but I forgot what is that question. After that, I woke up.

What do these dreams mean? Does God want me to find that teacher when I go back Malaysia during the summer holiday?

Don't Waste Your Life?

Recently my life is very relaxing, no stress, no tension. Recently reading some books, online and preparing a bit for next semester materials. Just finished reading "the Heavenly Man", still reading a book entitled "What Did Jesus Demanded from the World" by John Piper, and also a book that my friend just lent me yesterday, entitled "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren. If anyone of you saw these books, you should read them.

"Why didn't you go somewhere 'jalan-jalan'?"
Well, I have been here for almost two years, where should I go for 'jalan-jalan'?

"If I was you, I will be in Sochi now."
Well, different people like to do different things. Some people said now is a good time to go sight seeing in places such as Moscow, St. Peterburg, etc. But I don't like to go travel alone. Btw travelling need money and wise planning, if someone didn't plan properly for the trip, then it will be just a waste of money, and I admitted that I am terrible in planning.

"What are you doing here? Don't waste your life here"
When he said 'Don't waste your life', this caught my attention, I asked him, "What do you mean by 'Don't waste your life'?" I asked him twice but he didn't really answer my question. He said, "Just don't waste your life. Go wear nice shirts, go around the town, go to the opposite side of Volgo River to meet some girls" =___=||

Well, for me, It is very wasting life by having excess entertainment, by watching films, movies and dramas the whole day, by sitting inside the room and play computer games or online the whole days. Of course I am not against entertainment, cause all works and no play make Billy a dull boy. But excessive entertainment is really making someone 'no life' (that's what my friend described it). I personally experienced it before.

After SPM, while waiting for the result, I was staying at home, practically doing nothing. I went to learn driving, but driving lesson was just few hours per week. My mom asked me to go read up some Form 6 books, cause that might be a possibility for my future, but after reading the first chapter of Biology about carbohydrate, I stopped. So I end up just staying at home playing online game. When I think back about this, the first thing came to my mind is "wasting life". It is really a waste of time, I played for days and nights, and what I get is just some success in a virtual world, and some excitement and fun when playing. But when the excitement and fun was over, what is left is emptiness. What a waste of life.

Last year after my summer exams in first year, I have few days time before going back Malaysia. So what I did? Again I end up in excessive entertainment, but this time not online game, cause no one can effort that high cost of internet fee, since it is counted by per byte received. So what I did, like others I end up watch dramas and animes whole day, very meaningless, very wasting life. When I went back to Malaysia, I met up with my teachers and friends in Samad, but most of them busy with their studies in college or Form 6, so is impossible that I met up with them everyday. My parent busy with their works and my siblings also busy with their studies, so I end up watching TV in morning, sleeping in afternoon, at night watch TV and online. What a waste of life.

But at least now I know I am not wasting life, because God found me. The greatest thing happened in my life is God brought me to this place and made himself known to me. It is really great to know there is a creator that not only created you, but he also loves you. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8) I am also very glad because I have the chance to read God's Words or the Bible, because All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

The Heavenly Man 天上人

Today I just finished reading a book entitled "The Heavenly Man" (天上人). It is a remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun (云弟兄).


The title comes from the name by which Brother Yun was known amongst the house church networks. He gained that name from one night of interrogation when he would only answer "I am a heavenly man!", instead of revealing his true name, in order to protect other Christians from the police. This book is co-written and translated by Paul Hattaway and published by Monarch Publications. This book was awarded the Christian Book of the Year in 2003.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_Yun

My friend described this book as the modern-day version of the Book of Acts in the Bible. Indeed, it is like the Book of Acts. Brother Yun came from the Henan Province in China and came to Christ and start to preach the gospel in the age of 16. Through out the book we can see how he and other christians in China suffered from persecutions in China. During that time China is ruled by Communist Party, under the leadership of Mao Zedong. So to say "I believe in Jesus Christ" or "Praise to our Lord" is like suicide. Christians in China are considered as counter-revolutionists and will be thrown into jail. All the Bibles are confiscated, all foreign missionaries are not allowed.

But in spite of all the persecutions, Brother Yun still eagerly preaches the gospel throughout China and leads many people to Christ. The persecutions force the christians to run from towns to towns in order to escape the pursue from authorities, but when they run from towns to towns, the gospel also spreads from towns to towns. Christians who are in prisons also bring the good news about Jesus Christ to other prisoners and lead them to Christ. Ironically, under such persecutions and harsh conditions, the gospel spreads quickly to many areas in China.

Not only so, through out the book we can see how God works in Brother Yun's and other christians' life. We can see how God performs miracles through Brother Yun, we see how Brother Yun received his first Bible, we see many people were healed, we see how Brother Yun fasted for 74 days without food and water, we see how he miraculously escaped from the prison, like what happen to Apostle Peter, and we see how God brings him to Germany.

After read this book, I appreciate all the things that given by God. Compared to Brother Yun, my life is so peaceful. He prayed for three months to get his first Bible, but my first Bible was given to me, even though I never demand it from God. I can bravely proclaim the name of Christ without entering the prison, but just because of Christ's name, Brother Yun was thrown into the prisons for many times and was tortured by the authorities. Now only I fully realised that how blessed I am, because I need not to go through what Brother Yun went through.

But everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted (2 Timothy 3:12). I can feel that there are many persecutions waiting for me in the future, but blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:10-12)

A quote from this book:
Jesus is truly worth knowing. He is worthy to receive our whole lives. If you do give him your life, you'll surely never regret it.
Will you follow him?

Amazing Grace

~ Amazing Grace ~ How sweet the sound ~ That save a wretch like me ~

Many people should be very familiar with this hymn "Amazing Grace" written by John Newton. Today I just watch a film produced in 2006, entitled "Amazing Grace" directed by Michael Apted. It is about a true story of William Wilberforce and his 20-years courageous fight to abolish the British slave trade. Along the way Wilberforce meets intense opposition from the members of Parliament but his old preacher, John Newton, a reformed slave ship captain, urges him to see the cause through. Although he failed once and having severe chronic colitis, but with the strength from God he succeed in the abolition of slave trade in British.

The synopsis of the film:

The film begins with Wilberforce severely ill and taking a holiday in Bath, Somerset, with his cousin, Henry Thornton. It is here that he is introduced to his future wife, Barbara Spooner. Although he at first resists, she convinces him to tell her about his life. The story flashes back 15 years to 1782, and William recounts the events that led him to where he is now. Beginning as an ambitious and popular Member of Parliament (MP), William was persuaded by his friends William Pitt, Thomas Clarkson, Hannah More and others to take on the dangerous issue of the British slave trade which led him to become highly unpopular in the House of Commons amongst the Members of Parliament representing vested interests of the trade in the cities of London, Bristol, and Liverpool.

Exhausted, and frustrated that he was unable to change anything in the government, William becomes physically ill (in the film he is depicted as suffering from chronic colitis), which brings the story back to the present day. Having virtually given up hope, William considers leaving politics forever. Barbara convinces him to keep fighting because if he does not, no one else is capable of doing so. A few days afterward, William and Barbara marry; and William, with a renewed hope for success, picks up the fight where he had previously left off, aided by Thornton, Clarkson and James Stephen. In time, after many attempts to bring legislation forward over twenty years, he is eventually responsible for a bill being passed through Parliament in 1807, which abolishes the slave trade in the British empire forever.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace_(2006_film)

I can do everything through him who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:13)

Suffering >.<

Just now when I read "Our Daily Bread", I came across to this verse: Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. (Deuteronomy 28:63)

When I read this, it reminded me a problem that my friends and I are facing now, if this problem is not settle, then we might need to stay here for the summer holiday. I don't mind staying here, but the money will be wasted, and I can't meet my family and friends. I don't know what is the outcome of this problem, but I know no matter what will be the result, not only it will be the best result (because God prepared the best of us) but it will bring glory and pleasure to Him.

Even though now I am facing this problem, this suffering, this trouble, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. (Romans 5:3-4) and God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." (Hebrews 13:5). Amen.

Baptism

Update: Just put up the photo.

14th of June 2009, Sunday - the day I confessed my faith in the public. First of all I would like to thanks my friends who attended the baptism even though exam is coming and there is many annoying insects beside the river.

After having sunday service in the church, we went to the west bank of Volgo River for baptism. Three persons were baptised, Yu Zheng, a brother from China; Xiao Nan, a sister from China also; and me. Like I have mentioned just now, there is many small flying insects, I don't know what they called. They just keep flying around you, annoy you and some even they into your hairs. Before the baptism start, our pastor, Frank, preached a bit to us, then he explained a bit about the meaning of baptism. Then the three of us were given chance to share about our testimonies, and how we came to Christ. After that, the three of us, Frank, and a brother called Joshua walked into the river, then Frank and Joshua baptised three of us. After baptism, we went to Joshua and Jean's flat, which is located beside the river, to have some sandwiches, cakes and some drink.

That is me in the middle, on the left is Frank, on the right is Joshua

"What is baptism?"
Baptism, or water baptism is a ceremony that submerse a believer into the water.

"So baptism changes/turns a person into a christian?"
No, the word christian = Christ + ian, so it means follower of Jesus Christ, those who believes and put their faith in Jesus Christ. So a baptism don't make a person becomes christian.

"So a person is baptised so that he or she can be save/gain salvation/enter heaven?"
No, baptism is not necessary for the process of salvation.

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Paul* said that our salvation** is not by works, that means we cannot enter heaven by doing good deeds or any other act of humans, including baptism. We are justified by our faith in Jesus Christ, by believing that Jesus Christ is Son of God that died for us on the cross so that our sins may be taken away and declared as righteousness. And the faith that we have to believe in Jesus Christ is a grace that given by God himself, so that it is that no one can boast.

* Paul, the apostle of Christ, who wrote most of the New Testament of the Bible, including Romans, 1 & 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, etc.
** Salvation, from the word 'save', is the deliverance from the guilt and power of sin. By His death and resurrection, Jesus brings salvation to people who believe in Him

"Baptism don't changes a person into christian, nor it is necessary for salvation, so why christians are being baptised for?"

Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)

Before He ascended into heaven, Jesus gave the commands, one of them is to baptise those who repent and believe in Him. Baptism is an outward expression of the inward changes that God has started and will complete in the life of those who believe in Him, i.e., it is a public proclamation or testimony of what God has done in a believers. It is an act of obedience before God. Baptism is not necessary done by submersion into water. It can also be done by taking a bowl with water and pour it on the head of a person (affusion), or just by sprinkle some water on that person's face (aspersion).

Four Seasons

Note: Many people like to ask me about Russia, so instead of telling everyone one by one, I think is easier for me to just write it here.

My life under the blue sky in Volgograd

Many Malaysians wonder how does a four-seasons country looks like, because Malaysia is located near the equatorial line, so is summer through out the year. Unlike Malaysia, Russia located near the north, so there is four seasons.

Autumn, the "orange" season. It is from September to November. The best season that I like. The famous Russian poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Александр Сергеевич Пушкин) also like autumn the most. The main reason is because the weather is cool, around 5-10°C, the ground is dry, there is cool breeze, is not too hot and not too cold. When going outdoor what you need is basically an extra jacket or sweater. The scenery is also very nice, the leaves turn orange and start to fall down on the street.


Winter, the snowing season. It is from December to February, snow will start to fall, and the best part is when snow cover everything, then everything turns white! So in Russia you can actually experience White Christmas.

~Country road ~ Take me home ~ To the place ~ I belong ... ~

Snow is nice to see, nice to play, nice to touch, but when you need to live with it, that it is terrible. Snow is not "solid" all the time, sometime when the temperature increases, and it will melt, become water, and water + soil = MUD. It is not fun to walk on mud, cause it will make your shoes and pants dirty. If the temperature rise and fall, that mean the snow will melt, then freeze into ice. So sometime there will be ice on the floor, and if you are no careful, you gonna sit on your butt! Some people don't like winter not because of the cold climate but because they scare to fall down.


What the heck is that? It is ice on the inner side (not outer) of the window. The weather is so cool until ice formed on the inner side of the window! Usually temperature is around -5 to -15°C, when extreme can drop until -20°C. So when want to go out, you need to wear extra sweater, thin bulky winter coat, winter boots, and if necessary, long john (thermal garment).

Did you notice the masking tape around the window edge in the photo? The windows in our hostel is very terrible, and the cool freezing wind will blow into the room during winter. So what we need to do is take newspapers or supermarket catalogs* roll it up and stuff it around the window, then tape it. In such way the wind will not blow in and your room will be nice and warm.

*The original method learnt from the russians is to put cotton wool rather than supermarket catalogs. But both will produce same effect, that is to block the wind. The reason we use supermarket catalogs is because it is FOC and cotton wool need to buy. =P

Btw the day time getting shorter and shorter, so when 5pm the sky will be as dark as 10pm in Malaysia.

Spring will be around March to May. For me nothing special about spring, in my opinion, it is just merely a transition from winter to summer. Snow start to melt, and when all snow melted, that means there will be many water, so many water + soild = MANY MUD. The street is very very muddy. Temperature will be about the same in autumn, but it give different feeling for me.

Summer will be around June to August. Summer, the season of love! Day time getting longer and longer. By 4am the sun will start to rise, and by 5am the sky is as bright as 8am in Malaysia. So sometime I want to wake up a bit later also cannot. The sky will only become dark by 9pm.

"Longer day time mean more sunlight, and sunlight will inhibit the production of melatonin hormone from pineal gland, and melatonin will inihibit the production of sex hormones. So longer day time > more sunlight > less melatonin production > more sex hormones > higher libido. That's why it is the season of love, and you can hear the cats meow-ing on the street."
This is what my Anatomy teacher taught me during when we study mid brain.

What I don't like about summer is the hot climate. The temperature can rise higher than in Malaysia. There will also be many insects like fly, mosquitos, and other weird weird disgusting insects.


It is normal to see snow during winter, but isn't it weird to see snow during summer? In summer there is something called "summer snow". You can see "snow" flying around in the sky. It will also drop on the ground and start to accumulate. This "snow" is actually pollens falling from the trees. But I don't know how these trees produces so many pollens until they can actually accumulates on the ground. To tell you the truth, these pollen is very very annoying, unlike snow, they actually will fly around when the wind blows. Pollen can cause allergic reaction (called hay fever) in some people. My skin is a slightly allergic to it (so it doesn't consider as allergy actually). When it contact with my skin, my skin will feel itchy. But thank God there is no other serious allergic reactions happen on me, e.g. rash, swelling eyelid, etc.

Although life in Russia is tough, although there is many down sides about Russia, but when I saw these scenery, I feel glad that God brought me to this place and make himself known to me.

"I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. "
(Leviticus 26:6)

Amen.

Computer Test

Note: I know it is still 10th of June, but due to "unpredictable special circumstance", I am back for blogging.

Today just done my Biochemistry computer test (компьютерные тестирование). Well, it is actually just a MCQ test that will be done in the computer. This MCQ test is not like what we did in PMR or SPM in Malaysia. In Malaysia, what we did is, study everything, then on that day we will sit for the test. But is not like that in this place. We have the questions already, total of 590 questions with answers. What you need to do is, read all the questions, memorise all the answers, then go sit for the test with 55 questions. The worst part is that some of the answer they gave is not quite correct, e.g. like "Pepsin hydrolyses casein" *. We all know that the answer should be "Pepsin is endoprotease", but the computer want the previous answer. So sometime we need to become a robot that memorise the answers, including the wrong answers.

*Actually that answer is not totally wrong, according to my Physiology teacher, there is 4 types of pepsin, namely pepsin A, pepsin B (gelatinase), pepsin C (gastrisin), and pepsin D (rennin, which hydrolyses casein)

Today after my Biochemistry class is Therapy, and we suppose to sit for a computer test also, need to read 405 questions, answer 50 questions. We suppose to do this test last week, but last week they said the computer system have problems and there are many wrong answers, e.g. the answer is (g), but there is only (a) and (b). They said they will fix the problem and we suppose to do it this week. But as expected from russians, the system still not yet fix, so today we just got there take our credit/zachut (зачёт) only, without doing the test.

Recently my 6th year seniors just sat for their computer test also, need to read 5000 questions, answer 100 questions. It is consider a state/national exam. To pass the test, must score more than 70%. The questions include the subjects from 1st year to 6th year, that crazy isn't it? If cannot pass the test, then cannot graduate. The worst part is, the people in dean office scare students cannot pass the test, so they offered a way. Dean will gave out paper with answers on it to every student, and the students can bring that paper into the computer room to copy.

"Isn't that cheating?"
Yes, it is considered as cheating.

"Don't have any officers or whatever 'jaga' the exam meh?"
Yes there is, but those officers also open one eye, close one eye, cause they know is too hard to pass, and they don't want many students fail. And you must know that Russia is a very corrupted place.

"On the first place why got this stupid exam?"
Don't know which genius created this system.

"If they know is very hard to pass, why don't they abolish this stupid exam?"
It is stated in the law of Russia Federation that all medical students must pass this exam in order to graduate. Since it is a law, it is very hard to change it.

But in Russia it is not just about computer test, computer test is just like a pre-condition before taking the oral exam. The oral exam usually have more than 100 questions, e.g. Biology 117, Biochemistry 128, Pharmacology 105. During the exam, every student must pick 1 question card which contain usually 3 questions. If you don't like the questions, you can change the question card but your final mark will be deducted by 1.

Marking system is very subjective. No such thing as CGPA, percentage, grade ABCDE, what they have is grade 2-5.
5 - Excellent (отлично)
4 - Good (хорошо)
3 - Satisfactory (удовлетворительно)
2 - Fail (неудовлетворительно)

"Isn't like a gamble of luck? If you studied 125 out of 128, then during the exam you got the 3 questions that you didn't studies, then you gonna get 2 or 3?"
Last time this is what I think, isn't it depends your luck? So some people said the exam here, 70% depends on your knowledge, 30% depends on your luck. But after understanding the sovereign grace of God, I know that there is nothing called "luck" or "by chance", everything is under control of God.

Isolation 闭关

Just want to let you all know what I will not be posting anything until 18th June due to the coming exam, except under unpredictable special circumstances. May God blesses all those who are also preparing for exams.

P/S: 12 days to go >.<

Choice

Note: "Summer" is in the air! That's mean hot weather + mosquito (T.T). 17 day to go..... (x.x)

My physiology teacher has confirmed the avtomat that will be given to the students, and I'm one of them^^. It's great that I need not to prepare for the examination, need not to worry about it, need not to be tension or stress. However everything is like a double-edged sword, has it upside and downside. Of course it is great to get "5" automatically without sitting exam, but that's mean I will not be revising my Physiology, and Physiology is important for our further study in the course of medicine. But all these are minor stuffs.

"So do u plan to go back earlier since you got avtomat?"

Most people asked like this when they knew that I have avtomat. When I reply "no", these are the replies that I'll get.

"Kenapa tak balik awal???"
"Why don't you appreciate the chance to go back since you got your avtomat?"
"Bazir lar you dapat avtomat tak mau balik awal"
"Don't you want to go back Malaysia earlier to see your family and enjoy in Malaysia?"

But if want go back, I have to pay roughly 30 euros to change my flight, since my ticket is a close ticket. And I also bought my domestic ticket from Volgograd to Moscow, if I want to go back earlier, then I also need to pay extra to change that my domestic flight also.Of course I miss my family and want eat all the delicious food in Malaysia, but is it worthy by paying extra money for it?

"But you will still spend 1300 rubles* during that 2 weeks here right? Why don't spend that money to "awalkan" you flight?"

But if I go back earlier, I will also spend money during that 2 weeks at Malaysia right? (*30 euros = 1300 rubles.)

"Then what you gonna do during this 2 weeks? It will be very boring you know?"

Well there is many things to do, even though not as interesting as in Malaysia. I want to go to my 6th year seniors' convocation or graduation ceremony on 26th June if I'm not mistaken, because after graduation they will going back to Malaysia to serve as doctors. Thats mean I will not be seeing them for the next 4 years in Russia. Btw there will be a baptism in the month of June.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. (Romans 8:28)
I thank God that by His grace that I got my avtomat, and I feel that there is a purpose for me to stay here longer. May His will be done. Amen