11-11-11

I woke up extremely early this morning. Set 3 alarms with interval of 10 minutes each, to prevent myself from reentering my sweet fantasy world. First thing when I woke up was enter the kitchen and start busy preparing my lunch. Once my lunch was done and packed, a warm bath was taken.

It was snowing outside. 7am sharp I start my attempt to make today a day to remember during my stay in this city of Volgograd. I start walking in the snow to Morphacorpus. This building is where classes for Anatomy, Surgical Anatomy, Biology, Microbiology and so on are conducted. There is a museum in this building where students can get every single bone in our body for references and self revisions. I studied in this museum once, all alone by myself surrounded with all the parts of the human body. It sounds scary right? But the feeling was great. Most of the samples were made by students themselves. It sounds interesting right?

Walking in the dark with snow was a real experience. With the Jaguar leather shoes from my dad, I walk through the street with no fear. The right hand of mine was holding my lunch ration. Throughout the journey, I enjoy drinking the black tea I prepared in the mini bottle from my mum. Tea is a must for the local Russian in the morning. They can’t live without it. Just like Malaysian Teh Tarik?

Heat produced by my body trapped in my newly bought Adidas Supernova CLIMAPROOF. Sweating during this kind of weather is really good. Warm.

After 40 minutes of walking on the slippery and muddy road, finally I reached my destination. Kept my jacket, changed my second shoes and followed by Anatomy mass lecture. The lecture was very well conducted and the pen in my hand was having a marathon on the papers. It was like almost impossible for you to jot everything down. It was extremely fast.

I didn’t attend the Physical Training as I had a little sprain on my ankle again. Played volleyball with the Russian yesterday and it was indeed an experience to be remembered. I didn’t inform my parents on this but I know they will be reading my blog and find out about it. “Better late than never”

Spent my time in the library studying First Aid because my lecturer on this critical subject is just a junk. I don’t meant to be rude but the reality speaks. We had grown up and it’s good to be independent sometimes. I had 3 high productivity hours today.  

Five dollars for a Five years old

A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.

SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'
MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.
SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'
MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman said angrily.
SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'
MUM: 'If you must know, I make $20 an hour.'
SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.
SON: "Mummy, may I please borrow $5?"

The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door...


The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?


After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $5 and he really didn't ask for money very often.The woman went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'
Are you asleep, son?' She asked.


'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.

'
I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $5 you asked for.'

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.


The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.


'Mummy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'


The mother was crushed. She put her arms around her little son, and she begged for his forgiveness.


It's just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life. We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $20 worth of your time with someone you love ♥

Grateful and Thankful

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she was blind.
She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend.
He was always there for her.
She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.
One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she could see everything, including her boyfriend.
Her boyfriend asked her, " now that you can see the world, will you... marry me? "
The girl was shocked when she saw that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him.
Her boyfriend walked away in tears, and later wrote a letter to her saying: "Just take care of my eyes dear."

This is how human brain changes when the status changed.
Only few remember what life was before, and who's always been there even in the most painful situations.

Today before you think of saying an unkind word think of someone who can't speak.
Before you complain about the taste of your food think of someone who has nothing to eat.
Before you complain about your husband or wife think of someone who is crying out to God for a companion.
Today before you complain about life think of someone who went too early to heaven.