Syawal

Selamat Hari Raya! Forgive and forget, kan? Kan.

Finally did my last exam for 4th year Therapy, on the first day of Syawal. I had a short class, went to exam. Hope I pass it, cause I can't bear to think about sitting for it again soon.

On the eve of raya, Jazly and I cooked kuah kacang, ayam rendang, begedil, soto and nasi impit all from scratch. Simple dishes, but it was worth it. Had dinner the next day with Nishan, Darshla and their new lobbymate Zan. Had fun, shared stories, laughed so hard. Seriously, I don't know what to do without friends. Oh, and Icey. Had fun playing against him in scrabble yesterday. I feel good playing against a person who knows how to play scrabble by the rules (unlike some people *uhuk*) And I won! Yay! Good game...

Need to catch up on the curriculum, I haven't done a single summer elective examination because I lost the elective record book and had to get a new one. Have to finish up writing assignment for pediatrics by hand, finish up the summer elective diary log. I have to study up (a storm!) for pediatrics finals this saturday, finish up my atrabotka for E.N.T (because the atrabotka is tough!).. blah blah..

Raya is no fun without family and friends. Family, most important. Without them raya is like any other day. I miss them

Finally tasted the infamous burgers from American Saloon in Green. A wee bit pricey for a burger, but oh well, what to do? That's the only joint which make proper burgers ever sold in Kursk town. Sad, but true. True, and delicious. Yum.

Yesterday night, went out to eat in Tolstyak. Ate their pizzas which I absolutely love...to eat. Strolled along Lenin street in high heels (practicing for Raya function next week .. haha), adoring the night lights of Kursk, cooing starry-eyed at expensive motorcycle totting dudes speed racing from one end of Lenin street to the other *sigh*... I wish the weather would stay this way.

Can you imagine a world without burgers?

The meat from this sandwich is real steak. Nyaaaaaa~ The meat hits the spot. Yeah, the spot right between the crevices of my gums where my wisdom tooth is growing.

New diet plan, out the window. Tsk.

Oh, I received a homemade postcard from Teah, all the way from Singaland
Happy days.

Can't stay away from rojak!

I'm having skin allergies because I can't stand NOT eating rojak with 'petis' or the black prawn paste. I just can't stay away! All the good food is either hard to get or is an allergen!

What I have been doing

DONUTS!

I want more.

Little K.
So heartsquealingly cute when she laughs and smiles.

My family
My crazy brothers and I going all primadonna.

Soul searching ?

Met old friendsEspecially Sheila. That night was fun!

Cinema hopping
Let's put a smile on that face.

Baking hyperglycemic cookies
It was nummy.

Ichigo

I have been meaning to eat strawberries and cherries in every summer. Never got to until now. I never knew they can be so sweet and delish! Only in summer!

See how huge they are!

CD-Ve

I went out in this beautiful weather to buy CD-RW nearby. The exchange went out like this (in russian):

Me: U vas est CD-RW? (Do you have CD-RW?)
Salesgirl: Shto? *confused* (What?)
Me: CD-RW?
Salesgirl: CD? *Looking at her friend*
Me: Nyet. CD-RW (No. CD-RW) *looking for a better explanation*
Salesgirl: Shto eta takoe. (What is that?) *looking at me one kind*
Me: *Raise eyebrows and pointing to the display cases of CDs*
Salesgirl: CD-R?
Me: *exasperated* Nyet, CD-RW (No, CD-RW)
Salesgirl: *taking out a CD-R* U nas est CD-R (We have CD-R)
Me: *pointing at CD* Eta CD-R, mne nuzhna CD-RW (That's CD-R, I need CD-RW)
Salesgirl: Aaah, CD-V (Pronounced as Ve)
Me: Uh, Da. *giving her the WTF face*

WTF. Why do russians have to literally translate the W to V? What does the V stands for in CD-RW then? CD-Vritable? Or CD-Vipishi (it means write in ranglish--student's russian language)? Why can't they just leave the W alone?! (I'm obviously ranting pointlessly, thankyouverymuch)

Anyway, finally went to eat out in Italian cafe after our last pediatrics cycle. (1st Italian eat out in this semester!) Felt satisfied and contented with a full stomach. The cheesecake is oh-so-orgasmic and oh-so-cheap (relatively in sorta-high-class standards). While other cafes offer cheesecakes with prices over 100 rubles, Italian's offer theirs for 90 rubles (approximately 12 rm). Is this by far the cheapest cheesecakes? I'd like to know.

Marcus and my delicious cheesecake!

Marcus's 22nd

After our 1st opthalmology class in Sadovaya, went to celebrate our dear Marcus's birthday in Dacha. It was my first time there, the ambience suits daytime eat out. I like the salad I ordered and the mashed potato is fluffy smooth. Yum...

M o j i t o !

Went to the new restaurant/sport bar Chelsea this afternoon. I love the ambience and the environment compared to the ambience in the overpriced coffee shop Kofeinya upstairs. Though I admit the food in Chelsea is also very pricey. Should go there again some time except with a plus one :| The cheesecake is ORGASMIC! SQUEEE~!!

Wanted to take pictures buuut too embarrased to do so.
So I was left marveling on my own on that wonderful red couch,
watching english videoclips and eating overpriced goulash with bread.
And oh, cheesecake. HEAVEN.

Food is a spiritual medicine, thank God for that.
Whenever you are miserable - eat. Don't even think of the calories and the how fattening the food will be. Think how happy you'll turn out when you are high with food. Yes, high with endorphins from a full stomach. Okay, too much. I love food. And cocktails.

"I'll have the lamb skank, please"

Vie's birthday was yesterday on the 30th August, but Teah and I weren't able to abduct her to go joyriding in my soccer mom wagon for her birthday celebration because Vie wasn't free on that day.

Today however, was the best day of my life, as yet (as quoted by Homer Simpson). Went to Capers, an Italian restaurant in Kiulap. I love the decor and the food was scrumptuous. Food portions are equally same as the Italian Cafe back in Kursk, so I was completely stuffed. We spent around hilarious 15 minutes looking through the menu, making fun of foreign sounding words and pronouncing names like Ravioli Al Funghi and Ring-a-ding-a-ling (sorry, that's a swensens menu.. but I love pronouncing it just for fun) . I mistakenly called Lamb (something-something) SKANK when it should have been shank.

I ordered:

Insalata Mistro. Salad with grilled auburgine, fresh tomatoes, olives, onions, and cucumbers. The auburgine is quite salty and they drizzled a bit too much olive oil.


Penne Arabiatto Pollo. Penne with grilled chicken. Quite spicy as there is those hot green chilis hidden under all the pasta. Didn't associate "Arabiatto" to be very spicy until I acciddently bite on a piece of green chilli and let the toxic juice seep onto my tongue.


Caper's Chocholate Salami. A scoop of vanilla ice cream with Pistachio, Cherries, Marshmellow etcetera etcetera topped with whip cream and chocolate syrup... I wondered why it is called Salami. Isn't that supposed to be a meat variety?

Rush all the way to The Mall, Gadong (that is so clichéd) to catch The Simpsons Movie at the Cineplex. Got into an embarassing debacle with the elevator. I got used to the fact in Russia, the ground floor of a building is the 1st floor and the 1st floor is the 2nd floor etcetera. The Cineplex is actually on the 3rd floor, but I had thought it was on the Russian 4th floor. The 4th floor in that building is a hotel which requires a card to go to, so I pressed the 4th floor a couple of times thinking the button was broken because it wasn't lit. 2 people went in the elevator after that and pressed the 3rd floor button which afterwards lit up. I had a good embarrased laugh and glared playfully but menacingly at Teah who didn't correct me (Didn't blame anybody ok!) We went in a bit late and missed 5 minutes. The movie is hilarious!


Grabbed an iced mocha in Swensen's again (for going 3 times in 7 days).


Went back to car and surprised Vie with her birthday gift -- a shark hand puppet (courtesy by Teah) and a no-idea-what-it-is black cat figurine which turns out either to be a paperclip disposer or a handphone holder (given by clueless me). Gave her the cute home-made card that I made (kambang sudah eh...) even before we wished her a happy belated birthday and apologised that we had nothing to give.


Sent Vie home and met her cute sleeping nephew. He's so adorable when he sleeps! Then sent Teah home and ran away with The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot (which she claims is hilarious), The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides and The Contortionist's Handbook by Craig Clevenger.

Read The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It's my favourite.