A New Life

Alright, shall not delay stuffs anymore, have to start blogging from today already.

3 months ago, I made this decision to come to Moscow to study Medicine. Everything was made in a hurry so even until today, I still cannot spontaneously tell a person that I did not regret making the choice to come this country.

It's known fact that one cannot expect much from this country as most of them don't speak English, their people aren't really civilised(as in them being rude to tourists, them spitting everywhere, reckless drivers, etc.), infrastructures need to be improved and most importantly, they need to provide internet access more easily. It's not easy to look for a place which has access to internet and even if a person finds one, the charges won't be cheap.

But still, I didn't face much problems in the past 3 months of residency in this country. Did manage to meet some people who speak English, people who are helpful, and luckily there is internet cafe in my hostel. The charges were expected to be high, so no fuss about it. Their public transportations such as buses and metros are really good. Time intervals between a bus and another(or one metro and another) is much shorter than buses and LRT/KTM/Star in Malaysia.

My roommates are much friendlier than expected, which is good because we could fool around with each other not having to worry that we'll hurt each other's feelings. Coursemates were good too. MARA and JPA students are way much better than expected. They really are good when it comes to studies, so you guys out there don't spread rumours saying the sponsored students(especially MARA students) are craps that cannot study and just because they're Muslims, our government will still sponsor them even of their low qualification. They're proven to be smart in their studies and I don't see any reason for them not to get sponsorships.

Stuffs here aren't cheap though. Almost everything's much expensive than back in Malaysia, but luckily there are some of my favourites which are sold cheap. A bar of Kit-Kat could cost up to RM4-5 in Malaysia but in Moscow, it costs only RM1. It's very cheap and ever since I discovered it, I made Kit-Kat and milk my breakfast everyday. May not be very filling and healthy, but it provides me with the energy I need to travel to the Academy every morning, braving the strong wind, snow, polluted air, heavy traffic and the remaining ATP to be converted to heat. =D

Now that I'm part of the Medical faculty, I understand why people come to Russia to study Medicine. Unlike other Universities which are 100% final exam based, my Academy's course grading system is 60% course work and 40% final exam based, which means there will be class tests for every subject every week for the whole course of a subject. This is to make sure students study more frequently so that they don't lose track in their studies, and also to make students' lives easier by having needing lesser time to study for final exams as they've been studied and graded before. All they need to do is to refresh their memories, unlike 100% final exam based Universities whose student will only study before finals. Besides, it's proven that only by studying consistently can knowledge be enforced into our brains, not for a few weeks, but for years.

But, not everything's alright. My brain is screwed recently, and I really want to blog it out but it's already late at night and I'm very tired. Will try to blog about it soon.