5th anniversary

happy 5th anniversary to me and my batchmate that came on the same day to Kursk! yes, it’s 5 years we are here! Just with a blink of the eyes, it’s been 5 years. Half a decade in this land of the unknown! I wouldnt say it was totally great and smooth-sailing. For the first few years, each time i go back home for summer, i didnt want to come back here! I didnt want to come back to this land of misery. But since I planted myself with this church I am attending here, it really has given me strength and, yes you can say, it’s one of the reason why I stil want to come back here to study. God is so faithful! I do not know how to explain or describe. The brothers and sisters in Christ that God has placed here, wow, they are just wonderful!

You know, when you are called to somewhere by God, you have the grace to face everything and anything that cames to you. If you are not, you will just crumble and melt away. So, knowning where you are in God is so important because you know you can draw strength to face each day!

It’s not easy staying here…having to face the Russian everyday…their stares and their mean attitudes towards foreigners. But the love of God in you just overflows and you know you can smile even though they frown at you.

And the water - it is the worst! Just to start with it, if you wash your hair frequent enought, you’ll eventually end up having lighter colour. When I went back last year, I was accused to have dyed my hair brown!! Not my fault!! it’s the water’s fault!!

Every semester, once in Spring and another time in October, there will be water-cut-off for about 10-14 days. Here, we have cold water (icy cold) and hot water (more than 70degree). In this time, it is the hot water cut off. Yes…meaning that we only have cold water so, to take bath, we need to boil water!!!! Every year, for 2 times a year, we need to BOIL WATER!! It’s like going back to primitive life! Tell me, who can survive this? But for us here, we are already used to it and it is normal. When spring starts, we are already expecting for the day we wake up and find that there is no hot water. So, for the next 2 weeks or hopefully, less, i’ll need to boil water to bath. The wash my face and brush teeth in the morning with icey cold water! How exciting??!!

But I know that when God call you to a place or a new job, He has a great plan for you to prosper and to make you successful. And He has given you the grace to face everything that comes!

thursday updates!

it’s thursday! yay! updates…

internet is so slow! like snail. ok, maybe not snail, like a stone. it’s not moving at all! it takes minutes..MINUTES to load a page!!! i dont know why, maybe it’s the time of the month, that’s why it’s super slow! aahaha…i mean, maybe the university is doing an upgrade ( i hope), or at least trying out new connections so that can provide cheaper ones for us! (very unlikely).

anyway, monday, final exam for pyschiatry! progress about me studying? erm…well, stil in progress. which means, i might take a few days off bloggin to concentrate and study! i’m not a big fan of pyschiatry because the more i study, the more i feel myself or people around me having mental disorders! not good!

Saw this really cute picture…