Как же это странно звучит, что мы, не ожидая, можем познакомиться с людьми даже в трудное время. Хотите верьте хотите нет, это со мной случилось. История была такая...
Дело было вчера, наверное где-то в 6.40 вечера. Я как всем известно постился в честь Рамадана. Я спустился на лифте с намерением купить овощи для постного закатного ужина. У меня на тарелке были только кусочки мяса быстрого приготовления и serunding (сухое говяжее мясо со специями в виде пушка). Как же я могу жить без овощей! Без них просто не обойтись!
Вот..лифт пришел на 15й этаж, я вошел в него и нажал кнопку "закрыть дверь". Он останавливался на нескольких еще этажах, спустив еще несколько жителей общаги. До 5го этажа в лифте было уже 6 человек. Я тем утром прочитал напоминание на 1ом этаже, что лифт вмещает в одно время только до 6 человек. Но на 5ом этаже кто-то нарушил правило. 4 еще девчонки упорно протиснулись в лифт, хотя девушка (которую зовут Аня) уже предупредила что перегрузка будет,но они наверное не слышали....
Девушки которые только что поместились хотели спуститься на 2ой этаж, но лифт был перегружен. Он спустился дальше на 1 этаж и опустились чуть ниже уровня из-за перегрузки. Мы все ощутили ту резкую остановку. Были в шоке, но не паниковали. Начался небольшой спор между девушкой которая стояла рядом со мной и теми 4мя,"Девушки, это наверное вы виноваты!", но мне удалось их успокоить, сказав,"Ой теперь не важно уже кто виноват кто нет, раньше этого не было а эти девушки не знали об этом.Важнее попросить помощь выйти отсюда." Они замолчали, и вероятно благодаря мне, они даже подружили потом!
Спустя час, но никому нам не удалось помочь. Охранники вообще ничего не делали (вроде), хотя они вызвали лифтера. Лифтер пришел и оказалось что было бесполезно. В лифте стало душно, нам стало трудно дышать. Мы чуть-чуть открыли дверь, и с помощью подруг тех четверых которые постоянно оказывали нам помощь. Ввиду того что даже лифтер не смог помочь, он вызвал МЧС. По словам подружки этих четверых, МЧС возможно опоздает из-за пробок. Закат почти наступил, и я попросил у них что-нибудь поесть хотя бы конфетку. Но не ожидав от них ничего большего, девочки за дверью купили мне большой яблочный пирог! "Ой это для меня что ли?? Спасибо!! А сколько это стоит, я отдам деньги!!", сказал я, но они ответили "Да ладно не надо..кушай!". Так удивился что они были так вежливы, знав что я ничего не ел и не пил с рассвета, они купили мне этот пирог и передали через тот небольшой промежуток между двумя створкой двери, которые мы держали чем-то.
Спустя полтора часа одна из девчонок плакала и ей стало плохо. Небольшая паника наступила...мы старались облегчить ей дышать, обмахав бумагой и открыв дверь побольше.
Когда девушке стало легче, ситуация стала веселее. Я удивился что мы не впадали в серьезную панику...терпимость очень важна когда застревают в лифте, тем более 2 часа. Наоборот те девушки за дверью делали нам хорошо. Мы немного пошутили об охранниках и МЧС. Те у кого был телефон под рукой созваниваться с друзьями и родственниками, чтобы они тоже оказали помощь (даже милицию хотели вызвать). Аня как раз сказала :"Ой давайте познакомимся, мы же уже почти 2 часа тут вместе".
Лифт несколько раз перезагружался сотрудником МЧС, но только в третий раз дверь открылась и электричество лифта восстановилось! Все были так рады, те четверо обняли своих подруг, и попросили прощение у нас что они причинили эту трудность. Я подошел к ним, предложил отдать деньги, но они отклонили. Благодарил я их за вежливость и великодушие....!
В конце концов овощи не купил и сразу поднялся на другом лифте. Я подавал рис с мясом на стол, и покушал, улыбнувся и смеявся над тем, что это со мной случилось!
четверг, 3 сентября 2009 г.
My first post..after several years!
Hi fellow readers (if there are any)!
I am very sorry that I have abandoned you guys (or at least this blog, because I am going to use the dear-diary approach now) because I found writing blogs wasting time and boring. But now as life is getting tougher within a few years I started to realise that I just need to pour my heart out, besides to my friends. Here I can simply ask my friends to check my blog out, so that ALL OF THEM can read the stories,and that there will be no necessity to tell each of them again and again. This will come handy I guess.
Hope my blog posts will be of some interest to you!
Oh yeah, btw, the first class of the first cycle,which is Traumatology and Orthopedics on the 1st of September went smoothly. I guess we are lucky to get Mr. Denis Stanislavovich Afanas'jev as our instructor...by this time we should conduct our classes in Russian already, but he insists to do it in English no matter how hard it is for him. I can see him struggling in finding the right words to explain in English, but at least his English is good enough for us to understand the idea of what is being said! On the first day itself, we were shown several patients with different traumas. On the second day onwards we have got the chance to observe operations in the OT.
Well that's all for a brief intro. There's an interesting story coming up, but it will be published in Russian. Those who still want to read are recommended to use the Google translator . Trust me, you will understand the translation, even if it shows some minor mistakes in English.
Till the next post!
I am very sorry that I have abandoned you guys (or at least this blog, because I am going to use the dear-diary approach now) because I found writing blogs wasting time and boring. But now as life is getting tougher within a few years I started to realise that I just need to pour my heart out, besides to my friends. Here I can simply ask my friends to check my blog out, so that ALL OF THEM can read the stories,and that there will be no necessity to tell each of them again and again. This will come handy I guess.
Hope my blog posts will be of some interest to you!
Oh yeah, btw, the first class of the first cycle,which is Traumatology and Orthopedics on the 1st of September went smoothly. I guess we are lucky to get Mr. Denis Stanislavovich Afanas'jev as our instructor...by this time we should conduct our classes in Russian already, but he insists to do it in English no matter how hard it is for him. I can see him struggling in finding the right words to explain in English, but at least his English is good enough for us to understand the idea of what is being said! On the first day itself, we were shown several patients with different traumas. On the second day onwards we have got the chance to observe operations in the OT.
Well that's all for a brief intro. There's an interesting story coming up, but it will be published in Russian. Those who still want to read are recommended to use the Google translator . Trust me, you will understand the translation, even if it shows some minor mistakes in English.
Till the next post!
вторник, 15 апреля 2008 г.
My first post!
Salam sejahtera, para pembaca!
Greetings, dear readers!
Здравствуйте, дорогие читатели!
Thank you for visiting my brand new blog site, I am now very eager to start everything from this very beginning!
Things have indeed changed a lot since the last blog post that I previously wrote on Friendster Blog. You are welcomed to check out all my previous posts there. Featured posts were about my trip to Sweden and the Baltic States last year.
Okay, now we talk about the present situation. I believe that my friends from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds will drop by here, so let me explain about what language should I use to write my posts. Here are the 'candidate languages' that I can choose from:
All right, that's all folks! Do come here and read my thoughts, and....
SELAMAT MEMBACA!
HAPPY READING!
ПРИЯТНОГО ЧТЕНИЯ!
Greetings, dear readers!
Здравствуйте, дорогие читатели!
Thank you for visiting my brand new blog site, I am now very eager to start everything from this very beginning!
Things have indeed changed a lot since the last blog post that I previously wrote on Friendster Blog. You are welcomed to check out all my previous posts there. Featured posts were about my trip to Sweden and the Baltic States last year.
Okay, now we talk about the present situation. I believe that my friends from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds will drop by here, so let me explain about what language should I use to write my posts. Here are the 'candidate languages' that I can choose from:
- Bahasa Melayu - Malay, yes, my mother tounge, and the mother tongue of most of my friends. But unfortunately, not all of my friends speak Malay, because they are simply from around the world.
- Русский язык - Russian, the local language of my host country, but that means only Russian friends can read it. It is totally not fair for others ((.
- English - aha, the international lingo! Almost 100% of my friends speak it, including those who speak Malay and Russian as well. So majority of my posts will be in English.
All right, that's all folks! Do come here and read my thoughts, and....
SELAMAT MEMBACA!
HAPPY READING!
ПРИЯТНОГО ЧТЕНИЯ!
пятница, 25 января 2008 г.
Eurotrip Winter 2008 : Overview
(Notice: Please note that this post was not written during the actual time, as the blog was just recently created, months after the trip.)
How this idea came up?
Initially, we were all so stressed up with the exams just around the corner. So, I thought I'd just stay in Moscow during the winter break, hoping that I could travel around the city and hang out with friends. Suddenly, one day, when the New Year was approaching, I found a cheap flight from Moscow to Oslo,Norway.How cheap it was, I can't recall, but it was cheap enough for a student like me. Then I gingerly viewed the European countries through GoogleEarth, thanks to the strategic geographical structure of the Scandinavian peninsular, I managed to plan a route back to Russia. I could actually cover Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden beside Oslo, and from Sweden, take a cheap cruise to Helsinki, Finland, from where I can easily reach St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg to Moscow should not be a problem at all. (Confused with where is where? Don't panic, you will see the map shortly! ^.^)
The New Plan
Unfortunately, it was too late to grab the flight to Oslo from Moscow. I was pretty depressed, but I didn't want to give up....I kept searching for other alternatives. But then my eyes caught BERLIN, Germany.... hey, it is surprisingly close to Copenhagen, Denmark! Then Riga, Latvia reminds me of something... there are dozens of cheap flights from there to many European destinations, including Berlin. Buses leave Moscow regularly to the ex-Soviet country, hence it shouldn't be a problem to get there, eventhough the flights weren't that cheap. So here comes my new master plan (to have a better view of the map, please click on it,and a new pop-up window/tab will appear):
What a great idea!
How this idea came up?
Initially, we were all so stressed up with the exams just around the corner. So, I thought I'd just stay in Moscow during the winter break, hoping that I could travel around the city and hang out with friends. Suddenly, one day, when the New Year was approaching, I found a cheap flight from Moscow to Oslo,Norway.How cheap it was, I can't recall, but it was cheap enough for a student like me. Then I gingerly viewed the European countries through GoogleEarth, thanks to the strategic geographical structure of the Scandinavian peninsular, I managed to plan a route back to Russia. I could actually cover Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden beside Oslo, and from Sweden, take a cheap cruise to Helsinki, Finland, from where I can easily reach St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg to Moscow should not be a problem at all. (Confused with where is where? Don't panic, you will see the map shortly! ^.^)
The New Plan
Unfortunately, it was too late to grab the flight to Oslo from Moscow. I was pretty depressed, but I didn't want to give up....I kept searching for other alternatives. But then my eyes caught BERLIN, Germany.... hey, it is surprisingly close to Copenhagen, Denmark! Then Riga, Latvia reminds me of something... there are dozens of cheap flights from there to many European destinations, including Berlin. Buses leave Moscow regularly to the ex-Soviet country, hence it shouldn't be a problem to get there, eventhough the flights weren't that cheap. So here comes my new master plan (to have a better view of the map, please click on it,and a new pop-up window/tab will appear):
What a great idea!
- SATURDAY, 26 JAN : Took a night bus from Moscow to Riga,Latvia. I found a reliable bus company for this, Ecolines.
- SUNDAY, 27 JAN : Arrival the next morning. We spent one night in Riga in a youth hostel called the Friendly Fun Franks Hostel.
- MONDAY, 28 JAN : The next day, we flew to Berlin, Germany from Riga. The Latvian-owned airBaltic was chosen for this.
- TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, 29-30 JAN : Put up 2 nights in Berlin, covering Potsdam as well in a daytrip. Pegasus Hostel was one of the cosiest hostel where we stayed so far.
- THURSDAY, 31 JAN : Took a flight to Copenhagen, Denmark from Berlin. AirBerlin served this purpose.
- FRIDAY, 1 FEB : Yet another night in the world's most liveable city in the world (as per 2007), at Danhostel Copenhagen City. Owing to its location in a very expensive country, living here isn't very cheap, but satisfaction guaranteed! That night we took an overnight train to Stockholm, Sweden via Malmö, a Swedish city just on the other side of the Øresund strait from Copenhagen.
- SATURDAY-TUESDAY,2-5 FEB : Arrival in Stockholm. My aunt (actually my mom's close friend, but let us consider her as my 'aunt' for simplicity, and moreover, she is almost considered to be my own aunt!) was already waiting for us at her home in Sollentuna. Stayed there for 3 nights with her family and my parents, who came over to see me.
- TUESDAY, 5 FEB evening : Cruised across the Baltic sea in style with Silja Line to Helsinki,Finland. For a low price we had the chance to sail across the sea in a luxurious five-star cruise liner!
- WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB : Landed in Helsinki. Spent the wonderful Chinese New Year Eve night at Hostel Stadion.
- THURSDAY, 7 FEB : Spent another day in Helsinki, before leaving for Saint Petersburg, Russia that night by a Russian-owned marshrutka (minibus).
- FRIDAY,8 FEB : An unforgettable whole-day tour around this magnificent city with a good friend of mine, Ilya (sorry,I can't find any links for him!). He showed us around, as if we didn't need a tour guide, because he was indeed as good as one! That night, at 11 pm, we flew back to Moscow with Transaero, a Russian airlines company.
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