hello weekend!

The strangest thing - It was snowing again yesterday morning. On my way to the hospital, I was shoked as I came out from the apartment. It was snowing heavily. The temperature here in moscow did went down to 0 again this week - thanks to the global warming I reckon. Technically, end of april in moscow should the the starting of the spring and snow is no where near consideration. Nonetheless - God does work in a very mysterious way. Since the wheather wasnt cold enuf the kept the snow frozen, it turned into water as soon as it hit the ground ... therefore , it was pretty much like a heavy rain ... but a beautiful white fluffy heavy rain.... :)
Sorry for the late update today. I went out last time to watch the chelsea - everton game. NO class today , I'll be attending a medical conference later on today. Should everton had beaten chelsea last nite, MAN UTD would have be crowned as the premiership champion again this year. Unfortunately for everton, they lost. No big problem for United thou, coz they just need to win against blackburn this saturday and beat chelsea next week to win the league... it's easy as it sound.. believe me!
I just cant wait for this month to finish! Yeah, too many thing to be done but I need my next month allowance :P . I wanted to buy a new handphone, but my current SE is still OK but the temptation of seing the latest hp models on the market - is unbearable. THEREFORE, should anyone is charitable enuf to buy me a new hp - ehhehee... u are most welcome. HP is on top of my wishlist now...If not? I'll just stick to my current hp for the time being until I won the next lottery then ... sigh.....

my daily routine

Some us my dear readers asked me to do a special post about my daily life as a medical student here in moscow. To start with, my daily life, differs according to days :P Yes, it is. But, for the timebeing, this is my working days routine. Here, ( in Russia ) the office hour start at 9 am until 6pm. Therefore, we all should be arriving at the hospital by 9am ( instead of 8am in Malaysia) First thing to do at the hospital , get to my station - chit-chatted my my colleagues , seriously discussing about the current premiership situation ( who won, who lost, how many more goals Ronaldo gonna score) , then we teased the loser's team , then we laughed , then we started wondering what the heck we are supposed to do :P . HAhah.. kidding, first thing first , early in the morning - ward round.... yeah... it's as boring as it sound.
After the ward round, we got back to our room/workstation - then we started discussing about stuff that we are not supposed to mention in front of the patient. What are the "stuffs" that we are not supposed to discuss in the presence of the patients? Stuff that we have no idea what the hell it was and we need to refer to the books :P hahaa... kidding.. again. There are "things" that docs are not supposed to discuss in front of the patients - the prognosis , the unconfirmed diagnosis ... bla bla... those kind of thing. Ok, as we reached the afternoon break- we all headed to the cafeteria , but at my current hospital - the cafeteria located pretty far away , therefore we all just settled down with this small stall ( in the photo above ), based near the hospital entrance.
Unfortunately , today the unexpected happened. On our way back home - from the hospital to the metro station - there was a small accident. What made it worse was that , these electric buses ( called troleybus in russian ) cant overtake each other. Should one of the electric bus is stucked , the rest will follow. Hence, u can see this long que of these electric buses waiting for the accident to be cleared up. Took us more than 30mins to reach the metro from the hospital. Plus another 1 hour in the metro to reach the apartment .... we spent approximately 2 hours travelling ( one way ) today.... sighh....
So, that was it - a day in my life :) Not that boring actually, I usually spent my hours in the metro reading books. ( reading is actually categorized as a "boring" past time ) In a way, it's good for me. Since I have nothing else to do while travelling , I ended up reading a lot ( medical books) - which in this case , something that I really need since I'll be becoming a real doc very soon..... eventually.. everything does happened for a reason :) always think positive even in the worst condition!

P/S - sorry for the poor quality of the photos - taken using the phonecam :)

an honest redemption

Guess what? I've been tagged by my dear darling shida :P . Of all the ppl out there ..... hahhaa.. maybe becoz she knew that I wont answer this question seriously if she asks me straight to my face. So, let's see what are my honest opinion about this thing called.. L.O.V.E.... erkk.....


1. What does true love mean to you?

True L.O.V.E = True Lie. Over . Various . Excuses????

2. How do you know you're really in love?..
check ur bank account saving balance.....

3. How many times in your life have you fallen in love?
how many times u change ur hp number?

4. Have you ever fallen out of true love because you were mad at the moment?
Have you ever killed someone when u were mad???

5. Do you feel love and physical attraction are the same thing?
those 2 are like shampoo and conditioner.... should take both .. one after another...

6. If your true love became ill or disfigured would you continue to love them the same way?that's what love is all about rite? to love unconditionally..... :P

7. Should anyone else be able to tell you who to love or not love?
Oprah?

8. Do you believe people that ended up divorced were ever truly in love?
it took a lot of LOVE to get married at the first place :P

9. Would you give up something you want for someone you love?
sure :P

10. If you truly love someone do you feel it should be unconditional?
again? for crying out loud... daaaaaa

making the right call ...

There were times in our life we came upon a very sudden tragedy and unexpected ill fated day. Some says that , always hope for the best , but always expect the worst. Therefore, when any of those "unexpected" days did finally come - we always be ready to face it. However, the ugly truth it - no matter how much we prepared for the worst day in our life , that's no way to avoid it. So, why be bothered to be prepared rite? The best we could do is to reduce the damage. Conclusion here :- ENJOY ur life , APPRECIATE what u have , TRESSURE ppl around U and always be THANKFUL to GOD ! U'll never know when u'll hit the wall! Sometimes , life can be so unbearable , but that's the beauty of it.

Yeah, as usual - the new hair cut , the same boring one. Same as before I reckon, but I loved this style - more comfortable and less fussy. I could just simply go to hospital everyday without worrying how do I look after the heavy wet rain ( it's been raining a lot lately ! ) , coz this hairstyle wont change much even after being soaked with the heavy fall.

It has been a very "unfortunate" day for a few ppl around me today. I wish them that everything will turn out fine . Even thou those arent happening to me , but I could feel the pain too. ( I pray to God to keep me away from all these unfortunate events ) A very good fren of mine just lost her father earlier today - my condolence to her, I feel sad for her too.. to lose somene so meaningful in life , to lose someone u wish that could see u graduating and be a doc.. , it's not easy to accept it. , however - this is life , God love him better ... Al Fatihah...

the picnic

One thing that I'll miss the most about my current apartment ( hostel) in moscow , is the beautiful lake located near it. It's amazing to find this enchanting scenery considering how "containminated" moscow city is! The lake is the center of the park - it's called the Tepli Stan park actually, just 5 mins walk from my apartment. Tepli Stan means - warm state ... so - direct translation - the park is called the Warm State park. Not very appealing name isnt it? hehehe.. but, in the end of the day... like the malay says " ada apa pada nama "...
Since the wheather was very nice yesterday , therefore we decided to have a lil pic. Started with just us ( me, shida n elyn ) , the word spreaded and a few of their housemates also decided to join us. Well - the more the marrier rite? Me, being the only man - plus 6 young ladies had a wonderful time at the park :P Actually it was more like a grandfather bringing their grandchildren to the playground ... hahhaha... . and after that we had the english tea party - without the fancy cups and no cakes...

silent monday

Today , I woke up with all kind of sore all over my body. To start with - I'm defintely still in my emotionally griefing period , secondly - my legs, still in agony , I pulled my muscles during my final futsal game last saturday. Walking is becoming a natural torture for me at this moment. What a price to pay for 2 hours of non-stop futsal :P - I really need a good rest this week. Need to recover back my energy and vitality. PLuS - i really need a haircut. Going to the saloon later, need a new hair style - gonna start a new life :)

Yesterday ..

Moscow , some might call it the land of million possibilities. Their current economy is really booming. Being one of the highest populated city in the world - moscow is the hottest spot for the businessman. Yes, I took the photo above yesterday , on our way out to the mall. U are looking at the VIP TAXI in moscow. It's the Porsche Cayenne Turbo in case some of u dont have any idea what car is it. Well, it's a SUV to be exact and in Malaysia, that orange thing would cost RM 1.1 million OTR per piece. I saw quite a few of these taxis around the center of moscow. It's the new attraction to the rich and famous :) It's ok to take cab now , and do it with style!!!

Yesterday we went to the arbat prestige ( the biggest perfume and cosmetic store in moscow) For me, it's a must visit place in moscow. They sell the same perfumes as the SEPHORA and the DOUGLAS , but the price is a lot cheaper. Shida and elyn needed to refill their make up station and as usual , me being the bodyguard :P - I have no complain thou , coz I do love perfume a lot. I dont mind being surrounded by the lovely sweet smell of the perfume. PLUS, a lot of hot ladies around ... what's there to whine about aite??? Yesterday also was my final futsal game ... maybe, maybe not. However, starting next week - I'll be back playing basketball again. Yes, I'm gonna eat back my word :P Por and KengYew invited me to join them , training for the uni team. Well, frankly speaking - I havent been playing basketball for years.... well 3 years to be exact.. It's gonna be a very wierd feeling. Iqbal ( a junior ) overheard my conversation about coming back to the basketball team - he asked me

" are u gonna play for the university again Hannan? "

" hahaha... I dont think so , I wouldnt be fit enuf , I havent touch the ball for quite a long while " i replied ..

so, let's see what will happen to me next saturday... I'm back..

one sad weekend

Today was one of saddest saturday in myself. I'm saying good-bye to a very-very good fren of mine. Someone who's always there for me , bad time , good time. It's has been a long journey in moscow for us and now we are to back to drawing box again. Life is gonna change a lot. I wish him all the best in his future life :) It's time to move on. We all have to learn to let go. Meeting someone and saying good bye is just another part of our life. It's suck but we all have to go thru it.
The photos in this entry has nothing to do with my sad weekend. These were taken by zak-iphone on our way back from the hospital. As u could see from the posters behind me - pussycat dolls is coming to moscow on 29 april while the backstreetboys will be performing here in moscow at 21 may this year too. I used to like the backstreetboys when I was in the secondary school. I still remember , the famous millenium album - when I was in form 1 ( 1997 ) , learned every word of the lyrics. Those were the days. Never thought that finally I have the chance to watch them performing LIVE.
I have to admit that 5 weeks at the medical ward is not gonna be a very interesting cycle for me - or in another words- it's gonna be very boringgggggg :P But, what to do aite? Life always has it's boring Part! Too much excitement in my life for the past few months and years. Maybe it's time to fully concentrate on being a hot shot doc!

SMILE and UN-sMileD

In my older photos :) years back- I hardly smile when my photo were taken. I wasnt sure of the main reason , maybe because I didnt know how to smile, maybe because I wanna hide my teeth??? maybe because I thought that everyone must be serious in the photo. However, after years passed by - and a few comments from frens , I started smiling for the photo and it's becoming a natural reflex nowdays. This photo above , was taken when I was eating and actually there was something in my mouth therefore I wasnt really ready when the photo was taken. That serious look actually looked very funny and like our dear fren Kiki commented on my photo with the red jacket - it does looked a bit wierd :P

Therefore , everyone :) PLS start SMILING . It does bring a lot of joy and happiness in our life. Not like u have to pay to smile rite? SMILE for the world and the whole world will smile baCK TO you! ( no guarantee thou! )

Tahniah Kak RED

CONGRATULATION !!!!! KAK RED

Well done to our dear Kak RED. She appeared on the national television last nite (tv3) , in one of the segment of the new show - MARIA- Well, KAK RED oiiii.. u looked stunning in the video , thanks to the make up artist :P hahhaha... :) I'm so proud of u akak ... congratulation!!!

such a lovely day :)

I woke up today with a big smile :) had a wonderful dream ! What dream - it's a secret :P . Today I started my medical posting. Each of us were given a ward to work with the patients. My name was last in the list - therefore I was given the 1st class ward. I was so happy happy because usually the patients in the 1st class ward are considered "not very ill" and the ward smell better than the other wards. Guess what the diagnosis for all my patients today ? - the rich ppl disease >hypertension<>

So, as I entered the ward today - I smile to my patient and quickly introduce myself " my name is Hannan and I'm a final year medical student, not a doctor therefore u dont have to me "doctor" - just Hannan , I'm from Malaysia and I'll be working in this ward for the next 5 weeks , let's help each other out and have some fun " My patient bursted into laugh. Yes, that's the way I worked :) Some docs may say that's utterly unneccesary and amateur , but I just love it. Always enjoy ur work , add some fun and excitement in it :) I believe in that. Being a doctor may be one of the most "dull" profession a man could ever be, however , I do believed that there's always the "enjoyable" part of it :)

red tagged ???

been tagged by miss kiki - must put a photo wearing red. Obviously I dont have many red attire , so - only putting one photo here :) The red jacket I was wearing is from Springfield clothing. Not sure they have their boutique in Malaysia, but it's such a famous brand in europe. I'm currently finishing my cup of green tea. Apparently, non-sugar green tea is becoming a must for me for breakfast for the past few month. The strong tea taste really hype me up in the morning... really need that to boost my mood :)

When u look me in the eyes

Last night, I bumped into some juniors inside the lift - on my way up to my room. We chatted , and she asked me the typical question being asked to another medical student :-
" what cycle are u having rite now?"
I replied " gonna start a new cycle tomorrow, will be spending my next 5 weeks at the medical ward - and it's gonna be my final 5 weeks "
She looked a bit suprised , " 5 weeks? and that's all? "
I said " everything will come to the end eventually , my medical student life will be over soon enuf.. "
She smiled and said " well, u are one lucky guy - how I wish I'll be finishing soon also "
I smiled back at her " wish no more dear , u are gonna miss this - being a student , is actually such a good time , when it's all over , u'll want this back ... u may not know it now .. "
" Sighhh... yeah, that's so true... " she replied ..
tttttinnnggg... the lift reached my floor ...
" very well then - time for me to go .. have a wonderful evening " one last sentence and I walked out from the lift ..

I'm gonna miss this.... SPRING

I wished my good bye to the snow, and now the spring is coming... for the final time for me :) The wheather for the past few days was amazing. It was around 10-20 degrees , with a bit of sunshine... what a perfect combination. Definitely the perfect time to go for a walk in the park. How I wish I have the time to do that :)
The photo above was taken at one of the park that I happened to pass thru the other day. Everyone was very happy that the cold freezing winter is officially over , and it's time to celebrate the arrival of spring's fresh breeze and warm sunlight.

Earlier today, on my way back home from the hospital - I was thinking of stopping by the hair saloon to get my hair cut. As u all noticed, my hair is getting longer and at certain times, it does bother me. However, it came across my mind that , this is my final chance to grow a long hair :P Yeah, remember during the school days, u cant keep long hair , must always be short and tidy - hence , every boys dream would be to keep a long hair once they finished school. I surely did that during my 1st year in the university , but as time passed by - I'm pretty much got tired of it. Nonetheless, play time for me is nearly over. Just a few months left :) Therefore, I'll just let my hair grow for another few days until I really cant stand it no more :P

Tourist Guide to MOSCOW - Old Arbat

One of the top 3 must visit place in moscow is the old arbat street. This is the place where u can buy the souvenier for pretty much better deal compared to the other places in moscow and some of my frens called this place as the first area which being "civilized" by the outside world. It's the only place in MOSCOW where u dont have to be worry if u cant speak russian coz most of the cafes, the souvenier shops , the restaurant - they have workers/waiters/waitress that can speak english.

If u decided to go to the old arbat using the metro , it's nearer to stop at the Smolenskaya metro station instead of the arbatskaya metro station. Arbatskaya metro is located at the new arbat and u have to walk quite far to reach old arbat from there. Another reason why the old arbat is so popular among the tourist, because it's where the moscow hard rock cafe is located.
There are dozens of souvenier shops along the old arbat street. DONT be suprised if the russian salesgirls come to u and wish u "SELAMAT DATANG". Since there are quite a number of malaysian tourists visited this place , and it's pretty easy to differentiate malay faces , most of the salesgirls learned a bit of malay just to attract the customers. It's just business, nothing personal - dont be fooled by their charming looks, make sure u get the cheapest prices for the stuff u bought here. Bargain as much as possible :)
This lady in the photo above is one of the salesgirl at the old arbat street. She said that I'm damn cute therefore she asked to have a photo taken with me ( yes, I'm cute after I mentioned that I'm a bloody doctor :P - even thou the fact i'm not one yet... ) However , after I told her that I'm a gynaecologist, she quickly left :P which I'm not suprised at all. Hahah... The rumour saids that women , for a very "unexplainable" reason , prefer the old + veteran gynaecologist. ?????? a fren of mine says that gynaecologist with parkinson is always the 1st choice..... sigh.....

These are the souvenier t-shirt that u can buy from the arbat street. Prices start from 150 roubles ( around rm23) But I have to admit that the quality of these shirts are the same as the RM5 shirts u can buy from the PASAR MALAM in Malaysia. Just something to be framed and hang on the wall I reckon.
U could find these kind of stalls along the old arbat street. These stalls basically sell the same stuffs as the souvenier shops. I do realized that the price at the stalls is a bit more expensive and u could hardly bargain with the sellers since most of them have been standing all the long and no one would be in a good mood after hours of standing under the sunshine or the freezing snow ( during winter) Therefore, it's better to buy from the shops instead nof the stalls.

In the middle of the old arbat street, u could find this mural , drawn on the wall made of the mosaic. It's kinda piece of art actually. Unfortunately, my camera isnt good enuf to capture the photo of the wall in the most spectacular view. A DSLR would be a great help here.

around archimedes

I've learned a lot for the past one week. Being a translator for the uitm delegation ( who came for the archimedes innovation competition ) and also at the same time - I did learned a lot about the engineering stuff - which in this case , something refreshing since for the past 6 years - learning about medicine , I did reached the "boring level" occasionaly. Even thou it had been a very much exhauting one whole week - I'm very much happy and glad that I managed to give back something to our nation. Plus, it's so happened that Prof Rosli ( in the photo above ) who is the head of the delegation , is a kelantanese. ( for those who didnt know , I'm from Kelantan too )
Through out the competition - me being a translator , I did make a lot of new frens too. This guy ( in the photo above ) is from Croatia. Believe it or not, he's just 15 years old and he has been travelling all around the world - participating in various innovation exhibition. To be able to do that at 15y/o - well , that's totally awesome. Me myself had to wait for 18 years before I travelled by aeroplane for the 1st time.
Maria had been a great help to us during the competition. There were 8 contestants/new innovation from uitm. Therefore, 3 of us ( maria, shida and I ) , needed to keep running around , to translate for those 8 contestants. That pretty much explain the exhaution part. Needless to say thou - being a translator , really was a great oppurtinity for me , to "test" my russian language in the real world. I have no problem speaking russian to the patients becoz that's what I do everyday and I pretty much remember all the sentences by heart. However, to translate - something that is totally out of my playing field - that was a new challenge for me and I really enjoyed myself.
Finally , I would like to congratulate all the contestants from uitm who won during the competition. They did won a lot of medal during the competition and to be able to do that during their first entry , that was an excellent job. Well done !!! The uitm delegation left for Malaysia earlier this morning , I wish them a safe journey back home :)

Buuuzzinnng off...

Reached home at 11.20 pm today. I'm tired, very tired indeed. Off to bed soon - need a lot of rest.. coz tomorrow will be another busy day for me. ZZZzzzzZZZZZZzzzzz......

P.S - I'm deeply sorry for all those unreplied msg and comment for the past few days , my life will be back to normal soon enuf - hopefully :)

a walk in the park

There are matters that are better left unsaid. There are promises that are better left unbroken. :P Sometimes - it's better to hide ur feeling, sometimes - u should just let it out :) Wise ppl - they know when to react and when to take a step behind. These little thing in life , actually make such a difference in this world. One man stupidity, can cause such a big trouble to the rest of the world. Look at the war in Iraq , thanks to Bush. But, what I wrote above isnt about Bush, his stupidity is a world wide known, nothing to hide.
For the past few days, I've been doing a little work with the Uitm delegation who came to Moscow for a competition. So happened that one my of dear reader ( miss murni ) works for Prof. Rosli ( middle in the photo above) -therefore they kindly asked for my help to do a bit of translation during the competition. I'm enjoying it, very much :) It's a new experience to me , learning a lot of new stuff about engineering ( which is totally not my field ) , met a lot of new frens :) , improve my russian language and other . Such a wonderful experience. Nonetheless , I have to admit that it's such a tiring job. Well, frankly speaking - every jobs is tiring rite?

U all might know this girl from shida's blog. She's the stage-helper , provided by the organizer , who's in charge for the malaysian contigent. Very nice girl , very innocent ( maybe?) hahaha.. However, I do enjoy working along with her, she does helped out a lot , always smiling and hardly complaining - those attributes that pretty much impossible to find among other russian! Well, maybe she's one of a kind :)

P/S - to kak red ku , ur delivery is coming soon yer... tunggu jer la... :P

United did it again

As I'm writing this entry, United is leading Roma 1-0 , it's the quater final of the champion league match. For those who forgot , last year - at the same stage of the same competition , united beated roma 7-1 at home. 10 minutes ago , ronaldo just scored another goal for united :) Well, nothing new thou - with the current MAN utd players, the fan expect them to win every games- so far, they are doing great!

Tomorrow will be the tropical disease examination. I'm supposed to be studying for it rite now, but I just cant keep myself away from watching the match ( even thou it's pretty obvious that utd gonna win the game) Nonetheless, just hope for the best for my exam tomorrow. A lot more to be read, but my brain just going to shut down anytime soon. I just want to get over with all these stuffs.

The photo above was taken 2 days ago , shida said that I looked a bit different. She said that I lost some fat on my face. Well, I guess it's a good news. My new diet really works I reckon. Need to keep up the healthy life :) The only thing that make me hungry nowdays is - studying. The rest, no problemo at all. I can walk all day long and eat a file-o-fish. But, to study for the exam - I neeeeeeeeeed a lot of food to keep my brain running. Or else, i'll be stuck to the net - yeah, that's what happening now... :P

Tourist Guide to MOSCOW - Kievskaya

Due to some misconception by the tourists about moscow, I'm called upon to do a bit of community service here. Since, I've only few more months left to live here - let's check out some hot spot in moscow. There are a lot of interesting places in moscow, and today I'm gonna start with the famous kievskaya ( maybe the least interesting place in moscow for some ppl)
This place is called kievskaya because it has the train station that connected to the Kiev , Ukraine ( the train station is the white old building behind me in the photo above ) It's a busy place - no doubt about that. It has a metro called the Metro Kievskaya, so it's easily accessible as the metro is also the interchanging station that connecting the light blue, dark blue and the ring line. Therefore, it's become more like a business center :) for small businesses. Near the train station , u could find a very big flower market - fresh flowers from all over europe and they sell it at a very good price compared to other places in moscow.

Next to the train station is a big shopping mall called the European Center. It's a new mall, lots of outlets, perfect for shopping and it has a very good interior design. If u are a muslim and u are looking for Halal Food in Moscow, at the foodcourt inside the European Center, there is a place called the KEBAB house which claimed to serve halal food.

Next to the Kievskaya Train Station ( the kievskaya metro station is underground of the train station) - is the SAS Radisson Hotel. The room here in this hotel cost from 250usd without tax. I have to agree that this isnt the best hotel in moscow and with the price tag, it's not so appealing to the tourist too. However, that's the price u have to pay when u are visiting moscow. Since kievskaya is located in the center of moscow , a hotel room for 250usd is considered OK ( even the other Radisson hotel at the other part of the world only charge 150usd for the same type of room ) It's moscow and money wise - it's suck to be here unless u are a bloody billionaire :)

Ok, enuf of the boring stuff. Back to my not-so-boring daily life :) I'm having my tropical disease cycle now - learning all those tropical infection stuff. It's an additional subject for the foreign students. We are back to the worms and all those bacteria which we learned about their mophology and life cycle in the biology classes 6 years ago. It's suck actually. Not my fav subject. I mean, what the hell is Onchocerciasis rite? Anyone? yes.. it's the river blindness disease caused by the Onchocerca volvulus - a parasitic worm. Yes, a bloody worm that can cause blindness to a human being - and yet we called the worm with such a fancy name. If I was the man who discovered the worm, I might just called it the crazy worm or the g.w bush worm. They are the same... arent they?