Puppy

Saturday, 31 October 2009
Today is a weekend. Finally after a week of “hectic” week, I can finally sit back and relax before starting the whole routine life again. Speaking of cycles, with the decreasing of temperature and formation of ice flakes on the ground, it is safe to say the winter is sure to be around the corner.
The temperature has dropped to below zero degree Celsius, and the trees are starting to turn naked. All I can say is hang in there little leaves as if you guys drop, it indicates that winter is here. I have no idea why this year even when I am wearing thick clothing while walking on the streets I still feel cold even the temperature is still only moderately cold. As compared to last year, at this time of the years I am sure that I was wearing a whole less number of clothing on my body.
After class today, I went grocery shopping which is not really interesting except for when I used my debit card to pay I couldn’t understand what the cashier was trying to say as she was babbling quite quickly in her fluent Russian language. How awesome is she?
During the evening I had my weekly volleyball training. I am very glad that the captain of the team has now take more time to train my abilities as a setter as I still can’t do my job well. But again I disappointed the captain by not being up to his standard. Sorry captain!! I will train harder at home to make sure that my skills will be up to standards when it is time for the inter-university Malaysian games.
Another interesting thing that happened today was my friend who used to live in the same house as I do and had move out bought a dog last week and brought it with him while visiting us today. OH MY GOD!!! The little puppy was SOOO cute. According to my friends who were babysitting the dog for the time being, it had peed in the room about 10 times in about 2 hours or so. But what can I say? It is still a puppy and it is too cute to be angry at it.
Looking at the puppy reminds me of my own puppy back in Malaysia. It is named Jewel( for what reasons I do not know, for this you will have to ask my parents as it was them who suggested it, I just agreed). Anyway this is the second dog we had and this dog is a lot more playful than the last one was. Maybe it is because the whole family spends more time with it than we used to with the previous dog. To say the truth, I actually miss both my dogs, the previous and the current one. I really hope I can have a holiday that is long enough to allow me to go back to Malaysia soon. I miss everyone back there.
I took a picture with the puppy that my friend brought over and when I wanted to connect the camera to my notebook, only did I notice that the connection wire was nowhere to be found. I looked for in high and low for about half an hour but all was in vain as I was unable to locate where I misplaced the wire. So I had to ask my friends for a card reader and I was lucky and was able to get a hold of one. I guess I will have to ask my parent if I left the connection wire back in Malaysia or what.

First Snow of the Season

Friday, October 30 2009
I had a really though day today. Remember that I said that I wanted to study later for my physiology class? I ended up studying it really late. I was almost unable to finish all the material that I had to study for the class. But thanks to the extra time I had from breaks I managed to finish the materials that I had to study and thank God that I was able to scrape an excellent mark.
Today the first class of the day was Russian language class. I had a wonderful surprise by watching the snow fall when I step down the bus. But the beautiful scene lasted for only a second. Before I knew it, the snow had stopped falling. However, I could say that this is the first snow of the season and winter is coming soon.
As I said, the first class was Russian language class. As I am studying overseas, there is without doubt that I have to pay for tuition fees. As the department of Russian Language was having their renovation, the amount of free classrooms were limited and there was furniture all around the place. I have no idea what the workers that are renovating the place doing as they are paid to renovate the department but we as students need to help them to move the furniture from 1 place to another during classes. Isn’t that really funny.
As classes started pretty late today, our lessons ended also pretty late, around 6pm. I know that this isn’t a weird phenomenon in countries that have four seasons. However, since I grew up in a tropical country the sky doesn’t turn dark till it is around 8 or 9pm. It is only autumn now but around 5.30pm the sky is almost pitch black.
I manage to take a photo of myself in the bus station today after class and it was around 6pm. It was freezing when I was standing out in the open waiting for the bus to get myself home. When I pass, what me and all my friends call the temperature building, I saw the temperature indicated was +0.5 degree Celsius.
Since it was quite cold outside and I haven’t been to the washroom for quite sometime. I immediately felt the urge to go to the toilet after standing out in the cold for a while. Lucky me my friend told me not to think of it and help me to distract myself from thinking about the urge to urinate. Thanks to her, I manage to reach home safely without my pants getting wet and add more coldness to my already frozen legs.
The thought of tomorrow is Saturday makes me shiver in delight as it will be a weekend and I can spend time to rest and look forward to the volleyball training that will be held tomorrow night. While I am writing this, I can hear my fellow housemates doing some volleyball training themselves to kill time and to improve their skills. Listening to their laughter and the sound of the ball upon contact of their hands makes me feel like playing some of it myself. Though I have already took my bath. I think that’s all for today. I’ll write tomorrow whether or not I played volleyball with my friends.

Lazy day

Thursday, October 29 2009
Looks like I am also writing today but I think I am writing later than usual. While I am writing this I am still watching a series. I am actually supposed to be studying for the physiology class tomorrow. I am really very naughty.
As for movies that I watched today, I guessed I will have to say I do not have any new interesting movie to recommend as I have change back to my old habit of watching series. But the series I am watching now is quite stupid and funny as the same time.
I think I will be writing less today as I would like to take a small nap before starting my studies. And as for my thoughts of the day, I guess I have nothing much to say. I think one thing that I can say is that today in philosophy class I have got my exam exemption project which makes the amount of exams that I need to have during this winter finals 1 out of 3 as I think I have got 2 exemption project.
But speaking of the 1 an only exam that I have to take I actually am very scared of it as I am not really prepared for the exam and have been constantly not studying hard for each individual classes. I really hope that I will have excellent results for the coming exam.
I think that is about all that I have to say for today. Bye

Childhood movies memories

Wednesday, October 28 2009
I am back today again. I don’t have any idea what is up these few days but I feel like I have been watching a very touching and very memorable movie every day. As written yesterday what I saw was fireproof. Today I watched a movie called Coach Carter. As a matter of fact I am still listening to the ending song as I am writing now.
This movie is about a basketball in a high school. The challenges that he faces as he tries to change his players into not only good basketball players but also academically well students. At first the players resist but at the end the players realize what he is doing is for their own good and help him through thick and thin. This movie reminds me that we need not only excel in sports as sportsmen but also stand tall and remain our role as a student.
Speaking of which I have done neither. I had biochemical classes today but neither did I study for today’s topic but I also didn’t go to the gym which I paid for with a whole lot of money and I am also not training my skills as a setter in volleyball as I was supposed to do.
As for how was my day today? I remember that I have something to day this morning on the way to the university but as I am writing this I have no idea whatsoever that what feelings that I wanted to conduct while writing in this dairy.
Sometimes I wish I could be like characters in those movies or series I watch. Be gentlemen, have good academic results, and have a good relationship and so on. But as I said I know all of these are fictional. Most of these characters can only be found in movies or series. However I still can’t help but feel sometimes that I am not doing what I am supposed to do as a child, a son, a student and a friend.
Maybe after playing some ball my mind might have something more to say but as for now I think I will sign off. So long.
Just finished watching a childhood movie. It is called Beauty and the Beast. Watching movies like these sure do bring back memories. Even though we are more or less an adult, but watching movies from the past sure does give us new feelings and reminds us of the old. Like the saying from a Chinese proverb, rereading will help us learn something new. I think it is very true, as in different periods of time we have different perceptions and hence will see things in different point of views and aspect.
It is now quite late over here and I think I have to go to bed already. I haven’t really studied for tomorrow’s subject but I don’t really think that I need to as it is kind of useless subject from my point of view. But to others it might be their major subject that they are studying. I think I will sign off now. So good night.

1st day

Tuesday, October 27 2009

This is the 1st time I am writing my feelings on this document. But this is not the 1st time I am writing something that I feel. I have written my feelings in blogs before. But all those time I have always stopped a few days or weeks later. I hope I can continue to write these feelings for many days, weeks and years to come.
Today, I watched a movie called Fireproof. It is mainly about a couple who has trouble on their marriage and is on the verge of having divorce. The father of the main actor then gives his son a book that state what to do for 40 days before finally giving in to signing the divorce papers. At 1st he was reluctant to do so. But after a few weeks, when his father show him that how religion has helped him in the course of his life and no matter how many times his son rejected the God, He stills love him unconditionally. That is when the main character of the story realizes that how one must learn to love before he can love someone else.
After watching this movie and during I felt like going to cell group. I am not a Christian by birth but my parents brought me up in an environment where we don’t reject other religious way of thoughts. I was born and brought up as a Buddhist but was sent to Sunday classes when I was young. The main reason that I feel like going to it is because that in the cell group one can share their thoughts and feelings with the cell mates, which is what I wanted. Though I am not sure if I am ready to share most of my thoughts with a group of people. What I really want is someone that is willing to listen to my worries and be there for me like what a close friend does (in movies only I guess).
From a young age, I was always dependent on my closest friends. But since I have come overseas to further my studies, I have learned that some friends may not be that sincere as they seem to us. I have poured all my heart and soul to my former best friend but was never quite returned. But as the saying goes, what you give isn’t always what you get. I finally learned how to let go.
Sometimes or probably most of the times I feel very lonely here as even though I have let go of my former best friend, I have not learned to how to deal with my feelings and have not find a way as an outlet for these feelings bottled up.
Recently I have been eyeing on a junior. His name is Nicholas. Today when he told me he is very interested in playing volleyball, I was very happy to hear it. One of the reasons was because finally there are some juniors that are willing to play volleyball. Second of all, I do not know the exact reason as to why I care so much about him but as usually I am really scared that my hostility towards him might frightened him away so as for now I still remain quiet although I really want to share my thoughts and feelings with him.
I think I have been rambling too much for a day. Maybe I should just stop here. I hope I will write soon and hope that it will become a habit of mine to write my thoughts of the day for everyday of my life.