MAN UTD IS THE CHAMPION!

WE WON THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CUP AND WE REALLY DESERVED IT! What a great match. I have to admit , having to wait until the penalty kicks ended - I have all kind of insects in my stomach ( not just butterflies! ) Eventually - if it's meant to be... then it's meant to be. Nothing would change the fact that MAN UTD has won it.... like it or not.. we are the champion..

" Some said , football is a matter of life and death. I'm very dissapointed with that statement. Believe me.... it's way more than that... "

I would like to congratulate the team and of course - the man utd FANS. Without the fans , the MUFC is nothing! Therefore - we are the heart of the team!
A punch on the face for DROGBA. He was sent off last nite for "slapping" Nemanja Vidic during the second half of the extra time. What a stupid thing to do as a professional footballer. Football isnt just a physical game at all.. it's a mind game as well. U need to control ur nerve until the final whistle is blown. Unfortunately, Drogba anger had caused him " a walk of shame" during this important match.
Me and the chelsea fan. Shida is a man utd fan , she just happened to wear blue yesterday. Chin Joo and LeeLee are the chelsea fan. Han teo is a juve fan but he hated man utd .... so that makes him a chelsea fan as well. Well, these are the people who made united victory even sweeter! How I wish I could have take a photo of LeeLee's face after the match finished just now :P
Well.. that's all. Game over. MAN UTD is the champ! The trophy is flying back to manchester tomorrow. Again, congratulation to man utd!!!!! I'm flying high... up up to the mooooonnn... Sorry chelsea fans... try again next time - maybe in 20 years time after cristiano ronaldo stops playing football?

FINAL MOSCOW 2008

4 more hours to the kick off of the biggest match of this year! Well, maybe this is the best champions league final ever! I could hardly wait. The weather in moscow rite now - is a bit gloomy. The heavy rain just ended and the sky looks a bit clearer compared to early this morning. Even thou it's gonna rain tonite during the match, I'm sure i wont cause too much trouble to the players since most of the games played in UK - accompanied by rain.
I queed up for 2 hours ( maybe more ) just to take a closer look of this trophy! Hopefully it will fly back to manchester tomorrow morning... I believe it will! Definitely Maybe!
Final Moscow 2008 scarf. I was quite suprised that it was made in UK. Usually these kind of stuff are made from China , or thailand! Gonna wear the scarf to watch the match tonite... Glory glory MAN UTD

DUE TO THE SAFETY REASON - NO BIG SCREEN FOR TONITE GAME at the fan fest. Yup, UEFA has decided to ban all big screen after what happened in Manchester last week. Thanks to british hooligans, the rest of the world have to pay for the consequence! Big riot/fight happened in manchester last week after the uefa cup final - causing a lot of damages and injury to the fans. Therefore - no big screen in moscow. However, u can watch the match in big screen at the bars and the pubs. No problemo - just no fan fest... what a turndown...

cycling at the kremlin !

After visiting the fan fest at the kremlin yesterday, I met up with a good fren of mine - JED :) Yeah, we met thru basketball. 6 years ago - he came all the way to our university gym to play basketball with us. ( he's studying in diff university ) At first I thought he's from china since he speak no malay. But, as soon as I found out that he's a fellow malaysian , we became buddies :) However, since I stopped playing basketball - I hardly met him for the past few years ( I stopped playing basketball for 2 years ). Now I'm back to the court !
Jed and I. Nowdays , Jed had found a new hobby - cycling! Apparently, this hobby is pretty expensive! The green bicycle I was riding costed nearly RM10K! No kidding. The owner ( Garry) must be damn rich! Wow.. u could actually buy a second hand car for that amount of money!
I tried a few rounds riding this luxury bicycle. Few polices were keeping eyes on us. But, they didnt do anything. Few years back , I could have been shot for riding bicycle around the kremlin (just a figure of speech). But, as the russian government has become more "open" nowdays, it's no problemo at all. Not that I was trying to fool the authority by cycling around the kremlin , no offence rite.

More photos of the champions festival coming soon>! the big day is tomorrow!!!

The Champions Festival Moscow 08 - 19 May

As the sun was shining today at 8.00 pm the MAN UTD team had landed on moscow ! They are finally here. However, since it's pretty impossible to go to the airport and wait for the team to arrive ( the security was extra tight ! , no point going there! ) - the next best thing to do is to visit the champions festival at the kremlin! We went straight to the kremlin from the hospital earlier this evening. Luckily there were not as much ppl as there were on sunday and saturday. But the que to see the trophy was damn long..... I need to go there again - this time to take a closer look at the famous champions league trophy!



Welcome MAN UTD and CHELSEA! What a perfect timing for this historical champions league final. On my final year in europe and it's happening in moscow - I can hardly ask for more. ( Well, it would be better if I have the ticket to go and watch the match LIVE at the Luzniki stadium this wednesday! ) . No big deal thou - I'm sure the will be a big screen here ( at the kremlin ) to show the match LIVE and the atmosphere at the kremlin itself should be just great!
Cristiano Ronaldo - the Man! I hope he'll score the winning goal during the final. He pretty much scored in every game he played this year. 41 goals in all competition , for a winger - it's such a great achivement. The best part is - he's still damn young! Hope he could mantain his spectacular performance in the future! forever UNITED!!!!Me n Dr Syu :) Yes - she's my senior in moscow and she's already a doctor now. Came back to moscow just to watch the game Live. She's damn lucky to have the ticket for the final match ! Unfortunately, she's chelsea fan.... sigh..

my fellow fren from MMA - chun lin:) also a final year student! Technically, the champions festival is full of malaysians! Yeah, just go there - anytime , I bet u'll meet at least a group of malaysian at this time. Lots of free stuffs were given away at this festival! How could malaysian ( including me! ) miss that rite.... :P

More photos coming soon.... let's the game begin!

What the REAL docs said :)

Concerning the issue of condemning the oversea medical students - I have personally asked for comments from the REAL doctors and here are their responses

Dr Hapizi said...
ermm..let me give my personal view here..a few lines..having graduated from local U and served in govt hosp many years,..probably u all (local or oversea)..yg masih lg medical student..belum 'nampak' dunia luar. jd masing2 'perasan' bagus..hehe..samalah...kat local u pun...budak UM perasan lg bagus....budak ukm plk perasan dia lg pandai...bla bla bla..tapi believe me..once u all jd HO and later on MO n speciallist...takde lagi sentimen-sentimen mcm ni...weather u grad from local ke, indon ke india ke uk ke moscow ke....sama je..maybe those grad from luar tu ambik masa few weeks or months utk sesuaikan diri dgn suasana hospital dan karenah pesakit di sini...lepas tu evrything will be the same.I had the feeling penulis surat tu ialah mahasiswa junior UM yg menulis terlalu emosional.just forget n forgive him/her...anyway my personal view..probably its more appropriate to do undergrad in local n postgrad in overseas. we hardly see any multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis,churg- strauss sndrome etc here. the wards were flooded with uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, chest infection, dengue, renal failure, PUO,asthmatic, COAD etc etc whose basically know nothing about their disease....and we dont need 'high-tech' diagnostic tools as you might have learned 0/c to diagnose and treat these majority of patients..hehe..anyway...all the best and get to work soon. see ya!
May 18, 2008 4:38:00 AM

DBI said...
salam hannan,aiyo...macam tajuk bahas menengah rendah ni... belajar didalam negeri lebih baik dari luar negara.... :-Ptak kiralah di mana pun belajar, yang penting ilmu yang kita dapat..boleh kah di gunakan untuk manafaat semua...itu semuanya bergantung kepada attitude individu..ada pelajar local bagus, ada pelajar oversea bagus...macam macam..
May 18, 2008 9:44:00 AM

natrah said...
hannan,hmmm quite a hot topic ya..:)Personally I think wherever you were trained doesn't matters...yg penting ur attitude..and again from my experience tak semestinya u are good masa you student you'll be a good and caring doctor..and you mungkin takkan jd lousy doc even you did badly masa you student :)Hannan..I think mb tu tgh stress kot kan sekarang ni tgh nk final exam kan?...hehhehehehe just forgive him/her lah...
May 18, 2008 11:47:00 AM

rizhan said...
bro hannan...apa yang i nak cakap dah dicakapkan oleh commenter di atas...My personal experience - it doesnt matter whether you studied o/c or local - ur attitude would determine whether you would be a good or lousy doctors. Then knowledge comes - i believe that if u have good attitude then sufficient knowledge would follow. I have had lousy local doctors working under me or with me....dari UM pun ada sorry 2 say. Knowledge pun hancuss...And i have had lousy doctors from o/c as well tak kira le india ke ireland ke ukraine ke....So gitulah..i have had brilliant one too - some locals some o/c....And to Mr MB - i studied undergrad o/c - and manage nak jadi doktor pakar with local master programme....os nothing is impossible....So u better be a doctor first than you can write again okay...
May 18, 2008 8:25:00 PM

Shah said...
Sorry for the delay in posting a comment here :-)In my opinion it's unfair to generalize the way the writer has done. To be fair - it doesn't matter if you're educated overseas or locally, there will always be docs who don't perform up to their expected level. It's not because of their place of education but rather their own attitudes. Local ke overseas ke kalau someone tu jenis yang tak kisah pasal education and clinical exposure masa student, then masa dah jadi HO nanti sure kualiti kerja pun lemah. Kebanyakkan akan improve selepas beberapa bulan berkerja. Apa yang dibelajar kat Med School mungkin hanya 50% je membantu masa mula berkerja nanti - selebihnya apa yang dibelajar masa HO so kalau masa jadi HO pun pemalas & jenis tak nak belajar tugasan klinikal, sampai bila pun tak akan improve tak kira la samada educated overseas ke locally.
May 19, 2008 6:11:00 PM

I would like to thank all the doctors who had given their personal view on this issue. Appreciate it a lot docs!

Hopefully , by reading the comments from the Real doctors themselves - we all can be very clear about the issue. Therefore - I hereby would like not to discuss about this issue anymore.

Swan Lake

This white building The State Kremlin Palace (Russian: Государственный Кремлёвский Дворец), formerly and unofficially still better known as the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (Кремлёвский Дворец съездов), is a large modern building inside the Moscow Kremlin. Yes, it's inside the kremlin itself. It's has a big hall/ theater that can fit 6000 ppl at the same time.

This is the place we went yesterday to watch the ballet - the famous ballet - Swan Lake. This famous ballet is created by Tchaikovsky. I'm sure this name sound pretty familiar. Yeah, he's the famous russian composer... u know.. that guy who was good in piano and whatsoever.

Am I a big fan of the ballet and classical theater ? Well, that what I wrote on my resume. But the ugly fact is - I dont know how to appreciate this kind of art :P It's like how most ladies ( and some guys) who didnt know how to appreciate football - that's how much I dont understand classic musical play. Nevertheless, since this SWAN LAKE is a very famous ballet - I braced myself to go and watch it for the first time.

Technically, it was prohibited to take photos during the play , but I saw a lot of russians were busy with their cameras as soon as the show started, therefore , I did the same thing to make sure I didnt sleep too much. These 2 photos are some of my end result of that day ... not bad huh using an old compact digicam. Shida was really into the show, she didnt even blinked once during the play!!!! But I was better, I didnt even move my eyes at all - coz I was sleeping!

Nonetheless, for those art-lovers, the Swan Lake is such an amazing performance. Actually I was sleeping mostly during the prince and the joker were dancing. But, when the swan ( the girls ) started to dance - I was back into life again. Those swans are really pretty! hahahaha.....

Yesterday was my 2nd theater ever in moscow. The 1st one was The Cats! But, the swan lake is different , it's the classical - made by the famous tchaikovsky. The only thing in common that I found in those 2 plays is - I slept during both shows :P

This is the entrance into the Kremlin. Yup, the security was pretty tough considering the theater itself is located inside the kremlin. So, technically speaking - u can sneak inside the kremlin thru this gate.
This is the musical team for the SWAN Lake ballet. I went to the front stage during the break of the play to see these ppl who has been playing live music thru out the show.
Happy face after a long good rest inside the theater :) U see that yellow building behind me? That's the president's office. The white line is the limit for the public.

Yeah, another lovely weekend . Not many weekend left for me in moscow. Already made plans for coming weekends.... Weekday is for study, weekend is to enjoy. That's my current schedule until the day I left moscow!

funny as it is part 2

this is a continuation from my previous entry..
the pointless and wasteful med students????

Some says that it's pretty much a stupid topic to be discuss about. However , since the writer of the letter below - literary "battered" the perception and impression of malaysian citizen toward overseas med students - let's just debate on the topic below for the next few days!

Funny as it is...

this is a letter from a " medical student in malaysia" to the berita harian .... I'm sure lots of ppl already read this letter - but for those who didnt... Pls read carefully...

MELALUI ruangan ini, ingin saya mengutarakan pendapat. Mengapa perlu menghantar pelajar cemerlang STPM atau SPM keluar negara untuk melanjutkan pelajaran dalam bidang perubatan sedangkan kita mempunyai universiti tempatan yang dahulunya setaraf Oxford apabila mengeluarkan pelajar perubatan?
Kerajaan membelanjakan banyak duit untuk menaja pelajar perubatan di luar negara. Pada pendapat saya, kerajaan mengalami lebih kerugian daripada keuntungan. Pertama, kos untuk melahirkan pelajar perubatan di luar negara memerlukan sekurang-kurangnya RM1 juta untuk seorang pelajar. Ditambah lagi kenaikan elaun kepada 28 hingga 84 peratus seperti diumumkan dalam Bajet 2008 dengan kebanyakan pelajar perubatan menerima 84 peratus kenaikan berikutan meningkatnya kos sara hidup pelajar secara keseluruhan.
Kedua, kajian daripada ahli akademik dan juga doktor tempatan mendapati graduan luar negara tidak kompetitif, tidak mesra pada pesakit dan juga tidak mempunyai kemahiran untuk mengendalikan kes klinikal contohnya, ambil darah, pemeriksaan perubatan.Ini adalah jelas kerana di negara di mana mereka belajar, pelajar perubatan tidak dibenarkan sama sekali untuk menyentuh pesakit, tidak seperti di negara kita.
Ketiga, pelajar perubatan keluar menjadi doktor pelatih dan belum tentu dia akan menjadi pakar apalagi ketua jabatan. Lebih baik menaja pelajar dalam bidang jurusan lain kerana dengan kos yang banyak itu, kita mampu melahirkan lebih banyak jurutera, peguam, akauntan dan mereka ini mungkin akan keluar menjadi ketua eksekutif (CEO) di sesebuah syarikat besar berkaitan kerajaan.
Keempat, graduan luar negara tidak berterima kasih pada kerajaan. Malah, bukan saja menjadi pembangkang di sana dan menghasut pelajar lain di sana, malah ada yang tidak balik ke Malaysia selepas tamat belajar demi mengejar gaji yang lumayan di luar negara.Sepatutnya kita menghantar pelajar yang berjaya ini ke universiti dalam negara agar kita tidak lagi membazir menghantar pelajar perubatan yang berasakan diri ini terlalu bagus.
Kelima, kita sudah terlalu banyak universiti atau kolej yang melahirkan pelajar perubatan. Kalaulah alasan kerajaan yang kita kekurangan doktor, maka dengan ini kita perlu menghantar pelajar luar negara, jelas sekali ia satu kata-kata yang tidak tepat sedangkan kita mempunyai lebih kurang 15 universiti tempatan awam dan swasta yang melahirkan purata 150 graduan perubatan setahun, bersamaan dengan lebih daripada 2,000 hingga 3,000 doktor setiap tahun.Adalah lebih baik menaja semua pelajar perubatan yang berada di institusi pengajian tinggi ini kerana kosnya jauh lebih murah iaitu kira-kira RM200,000 dan juga melahirkan doktor yang benar-benar berkualiti.
Barulah selepas ini kita tidak lagi mendengar kes bayi tangan putus dan sebagainya. Ingin saya jelaskan, kita sebenarnya bukan kekurangan doktor cuma doktor yang tidak mahu ke hospital yang jauh dari bandar. Kita sepatutnya meniru negara jiran Singapura, kerana mereka tidak menaja pelajar perubatan ke luar negara kerana sedar ia tidak akan memberi keuntungan kepada kerajaan dan juga rakyat.

MAHASISWA BIASA,
Fakulti Perubatan,
Universiti Malaya.
Surat Pembaca - Berita Harian, 06/05/08

ok? Done reading :)

Last week, at the ward -

Idham " have u read the letter at the berita harian online - about the medical students studying overseas "
Taka " owh, that one - the one condemning the oversea's students and why the government should stop sending students to study oversea? "
Hannan " mmmm... is it? "
Idham " yeah, that's the one .... bla bla bla bla bla "
Hannan " I couldnt be bothered... it's a foolish arguement "
Idham " but still , what he said was untrue and we should reply back! "
Hannan " no point dealing with that kind of ppl ... just wasting ur time ... totally pointless "
Taka " nevertheless , we should said something about that... "

That what happened last week and I didnt read the actual letter until last nite. After I carefully read the letter - I believe that I was wrong and taka n idham were right about this matter....

Needless to remind everyone here that I'm still a med student and I belong into the - pointless & wasteful - group mentioned in the letter above. I might not be the best person to comment on his letter , but since it's weekend and I'm pretty free... what the heck rite... let's write something ( However, I would love to hear comments from real doctors about the letter above)

Frankly , I always try to avoid writing anything " controversial " .. like this entry for instance.... I fully understood that what the "mahasiswa biasa" ( which I'll refer as mb ) wrote was a personal view. However, the fact mb was trying to tell the whole malaysia that we ( oversea's student ) - are pretty much pointless and a big waste of money , that really ticked me off.

Well... where do I start... :)

"Kerajaan membelanjakan banyak duit untuk menaja pelajar perubatan di luar negara. Pada pendapat saya, kerajaan mengalami lebih kerugian daripada keuntungan. Pertama, kos untuk melahirkan pelajar perubatan di luar negara memerlukan sekurang-kurangnya RM1 juta untuk seorang pelajar"

- Simple -Malaysia is damn RICH. why started Perodua whereas malaysia already has proton? why built usm whereas there were already UKM n UM before? Why Malaysia government built embassies all over the world??? why ppl listen to indonesian music band instead of malaysian band? Everything has a reason dude... Like Nabil ( raja lawak 2 ) always said... Lu Pikir La sendiri.... ! , ok.. clearly "mb" just cant think..... here are some of the reason
1) because malaysian universities rite now just cant accomodate the mass amount of medical students and the teaching hospitals are still limited
2) therefore , oversea students could bring oversea's medical technique and technology back to malaysia
3) it's a diplomatic gesture. If malaysia doesnt send its students outside, why would other country send their students to malaysia..
4) hellooo "mb" , u think that our government didnt think about the pros and cons of sending medical student to overseas before they agreed for this "wasteful project"??? - are u saying that our ministers are stupid and u are totally in disagreement with their judgement? I'm confused... who's the opposition now?

Kedua, kajian daripada ahli akademik dan juga doktor tempatan mendapati graduan luar negara tidak kompetitif, tidak mesra pada pesakit dan juga tidak mempunyai kemahiran untuk mengendalikan kes klinikal contohnya, ambil darah, pemeriksaan perubatan.Ini adalah jelas kerana di negara di mana mereka belajar, pelajar perubatan tidak dibenarkan sama sekali untuk menyentuh pesakit, tidak seperti di negara kita.
1) do u have any written prove of this particular statement??? sighh......

Ketiga, pelajar perubatan keluar menjadi doktor pelatih dan belum tentu dia akan menjadi pakar apalagi ketua jabatan. Lebih baik menaja pelajar dalam bidang jurusan lain kerana dengan kos yang banyak itu, kita mampu melahirkan lebih banyak jurutera, peguam, akauntan dan mereka ini mungkin akan keluar menjadi ketua eksekutif (CEO) di sesebuah syarikat besar berkaitan kerajaan.
1) and yet... mb is doing his medical degree...

Keempat, graduan luar negara tidak berterima kasih pada kerajaan. Malah, bukan saja menjadi pembangkang di sana dan menghasut pelajar lain di sana, malah ada yang tidak balik ke Malaysia selepas tamat belajar demi mengejar gaji yang lumayan di luar negara.Sepatutnya kita menghantar pelajar yang berjaya ini ke universiti dalam negara agar kita tidak lagi membazir menghantar pelajar perubatan yang berasakan diri ini terlalu bagus.
me - it's getting funnier..... cant stop laughing... help me...

Kelima, kita sudah terlalu banyak universiti atau kolej yang melahirkan pelajar perubatan. Kalaulah alasan kerajaan yang kita kekurangan doktor, maka dengan ini kita perlu menghantar pelajar luar negara, jelas sekali ia satu kata-kata yang tidak tepat sedangkan kita mempunyai lebih kurang 15 universiti tempatan awam dan swasta yang melahirkan purata 150 graduan perubatan setahun, bersamaan dengan lebih daripada 2,000 hingga 3,000 doktor setiap tahun.Adalah lebih baik menaja semua pelajar perubatan yang berada di institusi pengajian tinggi ini kerana kosnya jauh lebih murah iaitu kira-kira RM200,000 dan juga melahirkan doktor yang benar-benar berkualiti.
me - dude.. it seemed that u are really desperate to be the health minisiter... way to go!

Barulah selepas ini kita tidak lagi mendengar kes bayi tangan putus dan sebagainya. Ingin saya jelaskan, kita sebenarnya bukan kekurangan doktor cuma doktor yang tidak mahu ke hospital yang jauh dari bandar.
me - i'll just let the real doc answer this question... Dr Rizhan.. Dr Shah... Dr Natrah.. DBI? maybe a few words from the REAL docs!

Kita sepatutnya meniru negara jiran Singapura, kerana mereka tidak menaja pelajar perubatan ke luar negara kerana sedar ia tidak akan memberi keuntungan kepada kerajaan dan juga rakyat.
- what a smart ass......

Well, frankly - there's nothing much I could say about this letter....to "mb" - good luck!
I believe - any sober human being would know which one is rite , which one is not after reading his letter.... funny as it is...

Champions League Final - fan fest Kremlin

The heat of the champions league final in moscow this year is really streaming up! Rite now , at the red square in moscow, the fan festival has started! Yup, at the Kremlin itself! How cool is that rite. I'm planning to go there tomorrow. The fan fest at the red square will be going on until the d-day! It's the first time of the champions league history , 2 english team meet each other at the final. I just can't wait to see who's gonna have the last laugh!
This is the stadium for the final match. The luzhniky stadium. Located near the sportiznaya metro! The full capacity of this stadium is 80,000 seats, but due to the security reason, the seats is limited to 60,000 for this final match. How i wish I have the ticket to watch the final game! Nevertheless, even thou I wont be attending the match at the stadium - most likely I'll be watching the match at the fan fest , with the big screen. Kremlin gonna be my destination ! Yeah, let's watch the final at the kremlin!

Visit Moscow 2008!

My previous entry about "misconception about moscow" , made my dear fren who wrote the "comment" about moscow at the 1st place , organized a group travel trip to moscow. Any Malaysian who's interested to visit moscow, can go to his website www.wenkt.com/blog for further detail. I checked the detail/itineary of the 7 days visit to moscow that wenkt made and I honestly reckon that the package is actually a pretty good deal. Therefore , be quick , book ur seats .. and welcome to moscow~!
me at old arbat street. One of the main tourist attraction in moscow city center. Needless to remind for those who wanted to visit moscow - most russians dont speak english. Some does , but even if they could speak english - somehow they just refuse to speak english in their own country . It's just their pride toward the russian language. But, if u go to the tourist attraction places , should be no problem. Ppl at thoses areas usually speak good english.
Moscow river :) The moscow river cut the moscow city into 2 part. Therefore, during the river cruise along this river ( included in the package! ) u would be able to see a lot of interesting places in moscow city including the kremlin, lots of historical churches , the ukraine hotel and the moscow state university ( 2 of the seven sister buildings)

Halal food in moscow nowdays arent that hard to find. The KEBAB house chain and the BARBEQUE franchais - serve Halal food. Even thou there's no sea anywhere near moscow, the seafood restaurants are plentiful. I see no problem in the "halal food" are in moscow nowdays. PLUS, there are 2 mosques located at the city center and at each mosque has its own halal food restaurant.

Looking foward to meet u guys in moscow!

P/S - u can go thru my blog entries to see interesting places in moscow!

Misconception about Moscow

I was called upon to write this entry after reading a "short comment" about russia on http://wenkt.com/blog/ ( he's a very good fren of mine thou! ) Before I start - to wenkt , this is nothing personal , just being professional - will always love u as a fren no matter what!

He mentioned in his blog that it's totally unsafe to go out at nite in moscow - the fact that , if u do that , u'll be beaten up by the skinhead for sure. At first, I laughed at his comment - knowing that he's never been here ( moscow ) and he must be listening to the classic news instead of reading the current newspaper. On second thought , I think that his comment would give a misconception about moscow

I'm not saying that moscow is as safe as Geneva or Zurich. Those 2 cities are exceptional in safety wise. But, when we talk about moscow safety nowdays - it's no different compare to Paris , Milan , Madrid or Lille :P . It just that , if u go to the wrong place - at the wrong time - u might end up with big trouble - regardless in which country u are. I'm sure wenkt would agree with this one :)

I've been living in moscow for 6 years. I was here when the one way city bus ticket costed only 3 rubbles ( around rm 0.50 ) and I'm still here when the one way city bus ticket costs 25rubbles (rm3). I've seen a lot of changes in moscow. 6 years ago - I would totally AGREE with wenkt comment about moscow. It was unsafe to go out at nite back then.

Nevertheless - as fast as the russian economy is moving foward , the russian government also made big changes in the safety aspect. If u go anywhere in moscow city, u will see the police cars or the policemen in charge at least every 200m. There is always at least 1 policeman at every metro station entrance every time. Meaning, if the metro station has 4 entrance, the metro should have at least 4 policemen.

Some said, the russian policeman is the last person u would trust. Well, I dont blame them for that. Russian policeman may not be the friendliest police in the world ( they might be the last one! ) , but with their presence - it does make u feel safer. Plus, with the new russian government under the new president - Mr Dmitrey Medvedev , I'm sure it will get better here in moscow in every aspect.

I'M NOT saying here that there is no more skinhead attacks in moscow. There were/are a few and there are still skinhead in moscow. The fact is, they are all over the world. But, it's under control in moscow nowdays. It's safe to go out at nite in moscow - if u go to the right places. If u purposedly go and wait the back alley at 11 pm at nite - that's ur own problem. If u are a lady - goes out at nite, wearing sexy expensive clothing , lots of jeweleries , with a bottle of beer in ur hand - walking alone at 1 am at a small alley behind an old building ..... what would u think will happen to her let's say if she does that in ... Madrid or New York??? or even in Kuala Lumpur nowdays.

Even in KL nowdays, if a group of foreign students , drunk , shouting around, and flirting with local girls at the road side at nite and suddenly a group of MAT REMPIT passes by.... what do think will happen to those foreigners???

So, the conclusion is - moscow isnt that bad after all . At least , moscow is moving foward in the safety aspect and I'm sure the russian government is putting more and more effort toward that. Skindhead, robbery , rapist.. it's a worldwide problem and it happens everywhere. It's more like ur "LUCK". Nowdays - If u are unlucky , u'll end up in trouble.

I'm not writing this entry because the russian government is paying me or I'm trying to promote russia. ( but they better start paying me! ) , I just write this entry because I believe moscow deserves a better judgement.

I DO NOT critising ppl who have bad impression about Russia. Cant really blame those who have not been to moscow recently and still believe that moscow is still the same as 10 years ago. The first thing that ppl remember Russia about is the "USSR" , "the soviet" , the "communism," the " skinhead", the "dirty" policemen. Yeah, that's totally russia rite. However, thing has changed - a lot. Come to moscow and see it for urselves. I met a lof of ppl who reached moscow with a really bad impression and they were really impressed and suprised when they left moscow. The economy is really booming, the ppl is a bit more friendlier ( some) and there are 10 Bentley official authorized dealer in moscow city itself. The "soviet" thingy is slowly fading and the new russia is emerging...

Therefore, I hope - those who read this entry , could open their eyes about moscow. However, should u be beaten up in moscow by the skinhead or whatsoever, it must be ur unlucky day and I felt sorry about that. The truth is, u dont have to come all the way to moscow to be beaten up by the hooligans /skinheads/ terrorist. In our dearest country itself ( malaysia, negaraku ), ppl even got beaten up to death for being "accused" of peeping... what the heck rite...

To my dear fren wenkt - no hard feeling dude.. still love u as a fren even thou we have a diff view about the world :P PLEASE COME to moscow and I'll show u the moscow nite life. I'm sure u'll take back ur words after that...

Doctors in action!

Credit to Mr Khairil Idham for all the photos in this entry!
Today, was so called the last day of the final semester. One step closer to the end of the student's life chapter. Therefore, earlier this morning , before we started "working" - we took the chance to capture a few of our final memories as med students in moscow.

Our final cycle was the internal medicine cycle at the 15th hospital. Located pretty far from my house ( took me more than 1 hour to reach there everyday! ) . It's ok thou! Knowledge is priceless rite! This is what I came to moscow for. To learn. Distance is just an excuse.
Our teacher - Dr Svetlana Victorovna Hegai. Yes, she has the asian look cause she's a korean+russian mix. But, she was raised in russia and she's a russian nationality. Such a lovely lady. We were lucky to be tought by her - she was very patient with us.... always smile even when we cant answer the easiest question.
I woke up every morning with a smile knowing that I'll be seing her at the hospital everyday :P Of course I like her... like a mother...or sister :P hahaha.. The whole class love her... gonna miss a her a lot!

The future HOs.... dear doctors in Malaysia - please dont kill us.. or slaugther us alive..

" kami budak baru belajar , kalau salah tolong tunjuk kan.. " adoiii....

Sorry guys if my big laugh spoiled this photo! ahahah... it was damn cold this morning. We were literrally shivering while taking these photos!

Too tired to write everthing in detail... maybe tomorrow I'll post more photos.... if all my dear readers would love to see them...

Rite now.. all I need is a good sleep.... mmmm... nite... :)

Dreamland

More photos from the victory park. These taken from Por's camera.

I'm afraid of height. Standing on the wall in the photo up here wasnt the highlight of the day. I quickly jumped down as soon as shida snapped the photo. Luckily I dont have trouble flying on plane. I didnt even dare to go on top of the Eiffel Tower when I visited Paris last time. Just settled on the 2nd level. Sigh..

Nothing much to mention about the photos. All being said in the previous entry. Just another "poyo" poses from us... Jangan termuntah yer :P

When I called my mom to wish her "happy mother's day" last sunday , she and my dad was at the Perodua showroom - a taking a closer look at the new Perodua Nautica. Since my dad is retiring soon, maybe he's getting himself this new SUV as his retirement gift.

What do I think about this Perodua Nautica? Well... personally , not the car that I would buy with the price tag. Rm 90,000 is pretty much expensive considering this is a "national" car. Even the 7 seaters Toyota Rush ( nautica is the malaysian version of toyota rush ) costs around RM 90,000 also. So , why buy the Nautica rite?

Yes, Nautica is 4wd and Rush is 2wd. But then.. that's all the clear difference I could find... I'm not saying that Nautica isnt a good SUV. It just that , the price .... It should have be cheaper :) No doubt that Nautica is a good SUV coz underneath it all - it's made by Toyota. If only the price tag is lower - let's say around RM 70,ooo -80,000 - i would have considered buying this SUV in the future.

Even so , if my dad decided to buy the Nautica :) I'm happy for him. It's his money after all rite. Plus, if he's buying it - I'm the one who'll be driving it too... :P

So, what's my dream car? Well - it's everyboy dream to have a ferrari. But we all know that some dreams are just dreams and I dont see myself being able to buy a ferrari in 10 years time. Therefore - currently the best car that I "reckon" would suit my financial and personality is this Lancer GT. A great car with a good price. Some might says that the new civic "technically" is a better car and I believe it too. But, arent u tired to see civics on the road nowdays? I would prefer this Lancer GT , it's more edgy and the shark front nose... that's really fierce. Hopefully this will be my 1st car. However ... I was a bit distracted by the launching of the new accord....

This piece of art - the new accord - really kick me in the ass. Yeah - I want this car more!!! The car critics said that Honda copied cat bmw 5 series and the new C class to make this car. I couldnt care less....!!! Does it hurts u if someone said ur gf looks like Rihanna or Jessica Alba??? But, the problem with this car is... the price... oucchhh...! Well, the 2.0 version is pretty cheap actually , around RM140, 000 - but didnt have the full spec. The best one would be the 2.4 version ( the V6 version is totally out of reach! ) ... but that one will cost rm 160,000 ....that's way out of my league .... sighh....

anyone? buy me this car pls......

the end is very near...

Here are some photos taken during last weekend picnic. Yes, another picnic. With the lovely weather and the fact that we'll be leaving moscow very soon - it's totally irresistable NOT to go out and enjoy ourselves. Today, I reached the hospital "early" for the first time this month :P Therefore - I'm very tired rite now. However , as I love all my dear readers very much - I couldnt sleep yet without updating my blog :P ( Plus, it's still early -9pm here and the sun is still shining... how to sleep? )
Futures DOCs... I reckon we all will be working at different hospitals in the future. In less than 6 months time to be more exact. Maybe we'll never see each others again once we left moscow. Some said - " Malaysia is damn small ,just about the size of moscow , for sure we gonna bump into each other once in a while". Yeah - maybe. But, I hardly met any of my ex schoolmate when I left the school ( maybe because I'm studying here rite )

Anyway, what will be - will be , and let it be. We all will be graduating soon. After 1 year in kindergarden ( tabika kemas in my case ) , 6 years in primary school ( sk kamil 2 ) , another 5 years in SMS Faris Petra , a few "honeymoon" months in INTEC , 6 gruelling years in moscow - my student's life is about to end in just 2 days time. My final year 2nd semester is officially over in 2 days time. The "student" title will be ripped off pretty soon....
no more student's card discounts , no more cheap flight, no more free entrance to moscow zoo, no more free entrance to the muziums , no more skipping classes , no more bitching about the heavy homework, no more gossiping about the teachers, no more sleeping in the lecture, no more class party, no more worries about exams, no more dream to be the best student :P , no more school holidays , no more summer break , no more SCHOLARSHIP!!!!!! ... life gonna be pretty s.u.c.k....Whatever it is , life is about to change a lot. Time to let go. Time to take all the responsibility. It's time to start building a new future. The "student's fun time" is coming toward the end.... I'm approaching the new life as a miserable intern... it does scared the hell out of me... Nonetheless - I'll take the the chance , I'll take the risk. I'm a risktaker. I'm a gambler. The biggest bet I ever made in my life is to come to moscow and after 6 years .... I reckon I did the right choice.. ..