Entries for January, 2005

January 4th, 2005

Elementary tract

Ok, i used to blog out of boredom last time, during the holidays..but, it doesn't last long.....Before we go down to blogging,anybody cares to place a bet on how long i'll write here b4 i stop?


i've got 3 weeks of holidays, wif no holiday plans. that leaves in kinda stranded. i'm on my 2nd day of the hols, n all i;ve been duin is starring at the tv, or counting starts on my ceiling.

nevertheless, i'm sure sth good will come my way soon, as in sth that will distract me from staring at the tv or ceiling,u know wat....i think i gonna start preparing fer my summer state exams!!

gheezzz...i'm soo bloody bored that i think i'll go back n continue staring at the stars on the celing...

hopefully, tmr will be a Whole new day..wif sth interesting, n sth to look fwd to....
Currently feeling: bored
Posted by alruben at 10:34 PM | You say?

January 5th, 2005

sitting on the window sill

I decided to hand in my credit(zachut) book back since evelyn wanted to go collect her zachut book. At last, i went out after 2 days of just staying in the hostel.

My my, the dose of fresh air is soo healthy, rejuvenating my lung cells , the feeling of cold wind blowing on my face is just sooo refreshing, but i also underestimated the coldness of the day, it is colder than it has been the whole week, n i din dress appropriately....i had to endure the cold, but my thick n ample adipose layer provided the protection i need...thanks, fat!

on our way back, we got some mandarin oranges.
sweet n juicy, n i love the feeling of putting the WHOLE orange (wifout the skin, duhz!!) into my mouth, crushing it, pulverizing it ...n allowing the sweet juice to just fill my oral cavity,... n lettin the cold juice tickle my esophageal wall ..soo very soothing, .n refreshing my stomach.but i felt bad fer my tummy coz i oreidy hungry n got lotsa unused HcL collected there redy, n i had to increase the acid level in my tummy.

came back to my room, dunno y suddenly , eve soo good, she offered to go saboi/ta pau/take-away lunch fer me. told her get watever she want, i'll survive by taking few bites from her meal.

5 minutes after eve left, thika came banging the door, asking wether i wanna go to Silpo(local shopping market), seems like an attractive offer, but considering the fact that eve has jsut gone out to get lunch, she could't just screw the food, n come back to hostel n go Silpo.
But the food wasn;t the only factor, Santthi(eve's roomie) locked evelyn out of their room, purposely or not we'r yet to know. It happened when eve went to the washroom, santthi left the room n locked the door.Fortunately eve was wearing clothes, n not jsut towel...haha, will be a classic to see eve walking around the hostel clad wif onli towel..hehe.....but, since she din hv her her out-of hostel-during winter-season clothes, we din go to Silpo.

Watched a movie in my room, movie ended, went sit on the window sill , looking at ppl crossing the 4th n 5th hostel.Really, i need to get a LIFE, i know that.

stuck, stuck in ukraine fer 3 weeks wif nothing to do.Already had enough sleep, no more movie stock...

at least , there is something to Cheer me up...FOOD!...gonna make Chicken curry n Purri fer dinner.

bon appetite!
Posted by alruben at 04:58 PM | You say?

January 6th, 2005

walking around aimlessly...

woke up late as usual.

went centre wif Guru, checked out Furshet (another local shoppin centre) , which we hv not been to fer about a year.nothing much changed, except they hv new automatic sensor door. looked around, then went upstairs where they sell electric n electronic goods.again, we did some looking around, compared some prices , did more looking round...n then we CIAOZed..

walked to Rinok(market), guru went hunting fer Mix-Fix(the local version of Milo )...each stall-keeper says "nyet" , meaning 'no'....
they said sth like the factory closed down or sth ...bla bla bla, we couldn't be bothered...

by then, i was starting to get cold, coz, once again i underestimated the supremacy of the coldness...when i looked out the window to decide wat to wear b4 leaving, the sun was shining brightly...so, i was fooled.tricked!......so, here i am now clad wif onli denim jacket n a shirt...

every five minutes, we'll tell each other "let's go back"....but we ended-up duin more hunting n looking around.



Though we din end up buyin anything, we did something that BENEFICIAL...

went to Kyivstar office, topped-up my phone wif 25 Grivance, ...n told the lady to activate some promotion thingy that Kyivstar is having.Promotions includes 27kopeeks calls fer unlimited talk-time to any Djuice number, n 10 kopeeks SMS to any Djuice number.

But, to activate the settings, Kyivstar will cut 15Grivance .....

damn, i just had 25 grivance , now i'm left wif onli 10 grivance!!

nevertheless, i'm happy coz i'll be able to call n SMS ppl fer a cheaper rate.

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Went to Silpo, did some more looking around, ....tried to find fer Pringles to cheer Eve up coz i had a small row wif her earlier in the morning...but there wasn;t any Pringles.




Back to my ROOM now...n getting back to my room means continuing starring at either the tv, comp or ceiling.
Even as i am blogging, my minds wonders....how to spend the rest of my day, n wat to cook fer dinner tonite....oh yess, the yesterday's Chicken curry n Purri was superb, simply delicious.

think i'll go catch come sleep..go to La La land ..n forget my Boredom.

Currently feeling: tired
Posted by alruben at 04:12 PM | 3 You said..

January 7th, 2005

Disappointment...

was talking to a couple of friends in the hostel lobby, ..we were debating on who is suffering from the higher degree of boredom ...n suddenly out of the blues , we decided to go clubbing.

boy, was i happy!..at last, something to do!!

but, my happiness was short-lived, ...as Guru backed-out.
meaning we were left wif onli two guys, rajiev n me...n a whole bunch of gals..approx 7 gals includine rajiev's gal...this idea frightened rajiev n me.

made Guru call the gals n give some excuses, made him the BAD GUY, ..as he memang pun was the party-pooper.

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so, i'm back ..back in my room.....back to staring at the ceiling n watching dumb shows on russian channel....ok, actually Good Hollywood movies, but dubbed into russian, that't the part that is driving me up the wall!!...a total let-down.

Currently feeling: disappointed
Posted by alruben at 12:01 AM | 2 You said..

Straight Hair??..

Prabha who is equally bored decided to ATTEMPT to STRAIGHTEN my curly-curled-up-afroish-gone-case hair....at around 2 am.


Prabha managed to do straighten my hair to a certain degree....but it was soo bloody frizzy..it was sticking out at the sides...looks like kena electric shock...!!..........and thanks to the heat showered upon my head, i started to feel sleepy.at last!...

slept.
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Woke up late .again...Suprisingly my hair was maintained a certain level of straightness.it din curl back like the last times i straightened it.


eve wanted to go Rainford(another local shoppin centre). it was my first visit to Rainford, the place wasn't bad at all at first glance, it looks Carefourre.....Not a bad place, except fer tha fact that it is situated pretty far from the hostel, meaning TRANSPORT porblem.

we learned something today, Rainford is not a place fer us, coz we(eve n I) buy lotsa meat, n the meat collection in Rainford is BAD.
Extremely limited choice.
The Queue at the counters though are pretty free, no long lines like in Furshet or Silpo.

Currently eating Ploff(local version of Nasi briyani, almost.), ..n sipping Chinese tea to wash off the oil from my system.wonder how effective d chinise tea is.
nope, i ain;t a health freak.





Currently feeling: bouncy
Posted by alruben at 03:23 PM | You say?

January 9th, 2005

dissapoitment, again...

last nite, a few of us attempted to go clubbing.got my hopes raised a bit, but was prepared fer any words of cancelation.......

not suprisingly, the person who initiated the plan, decided to sleep....sleep, onli send an Sms to me saying she wanna sleep , n told us to go n enjoy ouselves.the person will remain unnamed.shez retarded n demented, is all i'll say bout her.

when i told this to Rajiev, he got slightly pissed, but our level of immunity towards such matters has definately went rocketting, due to the previous encounters to such 'antigens'...i guess our antibody titer in any lab diagnosis will show an increase..

since Vijhi so semangat to go, ..rajiev tried calling anan,dheepa, guru...whoever he can think of...to go joget .


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long story cut short, we din end up going jogetting.once again.






it's Sunday...sunday morning means church, which i've not gone to in like a month or more, due inability to wake up in the morning.
yes, i know it's time to repent of my transgression n iniquities...........Judegment Day is nearing...Beware you ppl out there.

wokey onli at 2.30 pm today,...that oso cos eve wanted to go McD...or else, i wud onli wake up in time fer dinner.

ok, i'll get back to counting stars...

Posted by alruben at 05:09 PM | 2 You said..

January 11th, 2005

Good news...

After being the minority who finished exam, a crowd joins me ...Finally, the number of students who is DONE wif Mircobiology increases.
I'm glad coz my sister, my cuz, eve, n my classmates got tru the exam.Proud of ya guys..n definately happy fer ya all.

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Spastic , demented, n retard gal left fer malaysia today morning.Fer those wondering, her name is Rathika....hehehe.
Unfortunately, we are gonna miss ya retardness here, less one person fer me to bully.

Today was just like any other day, time flew by, ....b4 i know, it's time fer dinner.
Anan , who can never get enough of Marakand( a local diner) wanted to go there, so we(eve, dheepa, anan n I) ended-up there.
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Watched It again after many years. It is the supposed-to-be-scary-movie , wif the dumb clown that goes scaring kids.Generally, the movie is ok to fill in ur boring nite.

Posted by alruben at 03:00 AM | You say?

January 15th, 2005

I dun wanna be a doctor coz...

If I were a pathologist I'd be in a dead end job.

If I were a biologist I'd be in jeans all the time.

Anesthesiology would put me to sleep.

Cell specialists are too cultured for my taste.

I can't stand podiatry.

I can't see myself as an ophthalmologist.

I'm too old to be a gerontologist.

I would have to be crazy to become a psychiatrist.

But a friend told me that oncology would grow on me.

I'm told pediatrics is child's play!

I haven't got the heart to be a cardiologist.

And they'd see right through me if I went into radiology.

And I really couldn't face it if I were a dermatologist.

I haven't got the spine to be a chiropractor.

I'm not cut out to be a surgeon.

If I weren't such a baby, I'd become a gynecologist.

It's been drilled into me that I should be a dentist.

I'd rather be a plumber than a urologist.

If I were a proctologist, I'd have to look at assholes all day.
Currently feeling: thoughtful
Posted by alruben at 08:21 PM | 2 You said..

January 18th, 2005

My mind wonders...

I've been greatly distressed and troubled over the fact that i've succesfully completed two weeks of my holidays without accomplishing anything...NOTHING!

I was elated at the prospect of going clubbing or holidaying a few times, but DISSAPOINTMENT just has many forms of manifesting itself during these moments.
Instead of actually going out and allowing the fun to pour-in, i've always end-up in my room, counting stars.WHAT A WASTE TO LIFE....



My Conundrum:

My problem has taken the better out of me. I'm in a refractory period, with only one more week left of my holidays to actually do something, to try to fix my problemos.

I've never felt so wasted....I'm currently looking ahead..looking at the week in front of me , wondering wether i should still PLAN some holiday, or start preparing fer my new semester.

The question that wonders in my mind is , at the end of the week, would i be satisfied with how i'd spend the week?
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The obvious answer would be to let life take it's course, n at the end of the week, i'll DEFINATELY know if i';ve spend time wisely.

For the moment, I'm gonna do whatever it may be,...n rest assured that i'm gonna do ALL i can in my capasity through-out the week,and try to steer my life to the week that i've envisioned...


The Result:....Only time will tell.I'll tell u how my week was at the end of the week.



Here's a phrase i condensed from somewhere to keep my spirit up, knowing well that it's not MY FAULT is i din hv a good week.

"Sometimes Life happens when your busy planning for it "






Currently watching: A basketball match.
Currently feeling: In deep thoughts...
Posted by alruben at 02:33 AM | You say?

January 24th, 2005

BACK TO CLASS!!!

FINALLY!!!!

it's the day where every student in the world dread most.....going back to class after holiday.

First day of 2nd semester of my 3rd year in medical school was OK....Fortunately this sem's time-table is kinda lepak...wif onli 2 classes a day.

But, i regret one thing....i didn't achieve anything during my 3 weeks break.NOTHING.....besides the fact that i gained weight.Yes, more adipose layer on me to combat the coldness, but that is not a point i'm proud of.

Plus, since i've been sleeping onli at 5 am or so everday n waking up onli at 4 pm the next day throughout my hols, my biological clock underwent some changes.So, last nite, i tried to sleep early..but to no avail..was tossing n turning around, counting the stars, tried watching tv...nothing, nothing worked...ended up sleeping onli at 5am....n this goes without telling:i had problems getting up!!
The struggle was soo immense.....hopefully i'll be able to sleep early tonite!

Currently feeling: tired
Posted by alruben at 05:14 PM | You say?

January 27th, 2005

Histology again??

yeah, u heard me rite...!

After 1 year of leaving histology behind, we were told to sit fer a MCQ test on histology to see how our memory is serving us...
Adrenalin rush...but i chilled shortly when i was told the results are not important.Doesn't matter if we either pass or fail.

MCQ will be tmr....wonder wat tmr will bring...
Currently feeling: thoughtful
Posted by alruben at 11:18 PM | You say?

January 28th, 2005

MCQ was fun..

Instead of actually sitting down n concentrating like any other exams, we were fooling aroun, talking, discussing...n the best part :

Teachers were helping us....


Currently feeling: lazy
Posted by alruben at 03:23 PM | You say?

January 29th, 2005

Saturday Bluezz

It's saturday...my my, time really flies...the last thing i remember was the last day of my holiday, then ..
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POOF!!
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it's already the weekends again....whew....


Woke up at onli 1 pm today....Went to McD fer lunch...some kiddos were celebrating their birthday there, they were painting patters (actually more of out-of-shapes paterns) on each others face.I wonder how much more pathethic they can get. But they were having fun...so, i hv nothing to say.


Gonna go fer badminton soon.But, i soo feel like sleeping,....the bed seems so inviting....but i refrained myself from getting under the comforters, or else, i wud never wake up untill DINNER time......it's already BAD enough that i cooked rice to make fry rice later fer dinner , even before going out fer lunch..

So, here i am...debating wether or not to go fer badminton...n the weather is not on my side, it;s pretty cold., but i look down n see my big stomach, i think i've decided : I'm going badminton!!!

Gonna watch Blade 3 tonite...wonder wether it'll be as good as part 1 n 2...or better ..or worse..

Currently feeling: sleepy
Posted by alruben at 04:05 PM | You say?

February 1st, 2005

Liver Palpation...

Ever had ur liver palpated many times consecutively, in a short period of time, non-stop...??

It's tiring....no doubt.Today, i had to be 'model' in Internal Disease class.., and my fellow groupmates were taking turn torturing me..pressing n poking my liver.

Anyway, i learned sth new today, i hv a slightly smaller than normal liver, indicating i might hv hepatosis(some metabolism disorder due to excessive OIL in diet).
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Nothing serius though, all i need is more excersice n a more low-fat diet....but , all of us are gonna die someday..., it's jsut a matter of time, so shouldn't we all be eating all we can while we can, as in really ENJOYING our meals ???




It's snowed again in Crimea...though i din expect that it coz this's year winter was nowhere cold as previous winters.Couldn't find my gloves n snow-cap...so, i braved the snow without em.

Did fine.....Fat helps,...yeah baby.


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Gonna hv Biochem MCQ tmr, another part of the survey conducted by i dunno who, to see how well our memory is serving us. Well, i've the book open beside me, but i din even take a glance at it. ...Wonder how i wud survive tmr....Wish me well ppl..



Currently feeling: sleepy...
Posted by alruben at 12:12 AM | You say?