Get Lifted

7:56 A.M. - Lubyanka Metro station was bombed.

8.37 A.M. - Park Kultury station was bombed.

Both, in a single day. Yes, this morning. I couldn't imagine what would life be like for me. They said that attacks on the minorities & foreigners may start soon.

The Moscow Metro system is undoubtedly the most popular & frequently used form of public transportation in Moscow due to it's accessibility and low cost. The bombings were carried out during rush hour. Both bombs were detonated as the train arrived & the doors were opening.

At least my sense of safety & security did not failed me & proved itself right. I'm not being paranoid, I'm just extra careful. Every single time I board a Metro, I'd take the hassle to walk to the very end to board the last car of the train, for safety reasons. Bombings often happen in the middle or front of the train, but never the back as it would be pointless. True enough, both the bombing incidents today took place in the second cars on both occasion.

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 is declared as the Day of Mourning for the victims of the bombings.

May peace be with those who didn't made it.

Kamui - Get Lifted.

-MX-

Heads Will Roll

Kentucky Fried Cheryl.

OK, done.

Now, tell me how stupid is the education system here in Russia, or at least in my university. For those who thought Malaysian education system sucks, think again. This is a real story, real experience by myself.

Went to the dekanat today, or Dean's office, to get permission to sit for some papers that I missed when I went back to Malaysia last month. Sounds OK to you guys? Let me tell you all exactly what happened, & the stupidity of the system here.

1. In order for sit for missed papers from last semester, I will need the Dean's approval. Sounds fair. But wait, there's more..

2. The Dean's office is open only on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, from 3 PM to 5 PM.

3. Waited in line for 2 hours for the Dean to settle 5 students with the same issue before it's my turn.

4. OK, so I've gotten the permission to sit for 5 papers. After I've passed these papers, I will have to return to the Dean's office (which indirectly means the repetition of No. 2 & 3) to receive a signature from him, certifying that I've passed all 5 papers just so that I can sit for the 6th and final paper, which is a ridiculous paper of 5 multiple choice questions. The questions are absurd. Seriously.

5. After I've passed the 6th paper, I will need to return to the Dean's office, AGAIN, to receive a signature & stamp from the Dean as a verification that I've completed my papers.

Crappy, isn't it? A friend that had a pending paper went to the dekanat with me today & queued for two hours just to be told to come back on Friday. Not to mention too, that the Vice Dean's attitude is crappy & sarcastic as hell, & that he's always late to the office. And oh, they have this 'Russians first' practice too. It doesn't matter if the line is 2 miles long; as long as you're Russian, you don't have to queue.

Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

-MX-

东风破

Pardon me for the late post; I 'overnapped' due to extreme exhaustion. I shall share what I've been through today.

Went to the medical education consultant at Taman Danau Desa in the afternoon for the Indonesian medical university thing. Indeed, I was offered a spot at University Sumatera Utara in Medan. For me, it's either that I do my medical degree at RSMU (Russian State Medical University), or I won't be going anywhere else for the certificate. I'd rather choose a different course than going to some neighbouring country for the same piece of manila card. Let's just say I have my own reasons, and I will not disclose any of them here. So I argued with my mom again about where I should go for my medical course, and finally she had to go along with the majority; even the consultant there agreed with me that Russia should be the primary choice. Russia it is, then.

Petrol price is at it's lowest point in almost 3 years, now at RM 1.90 per litre. This is a lot better than what we previously paid (RM 2.70/L), although it's still 30 cents above the global price. Anyway, FOMCA (Federation Of Malaysian Consumer Associations) stated that they would like the minimum fuel price to be at least RM 3 per litre to encourage & promote use of public transport. Hello?? FOMCA is supposed to protect the consumers, not harm their wallets!! Even a fifth grader can tell that it's stupid to increase the fuel price as it will inadvertently raise the cost of our daily needs & neccessities. 'Minyak naik harga, semua benda lain naik harga, gaji tak naik naik.' True. A retard was recently interviewed by MX's News and even he can speculate that we will be paying more for a plate of wantan noodles, and that is unlikely to change even if fuel prices were brought down. Nah, just joking about the interview part. If FOMCA really cared, I wonder why are they doing this? We shall sit back, relax, & watch the politic comedians in our country entertain us.

It's actually 2:30 A.M. in the morning now; just came back from Nicole's house. 9 episodes from the latest season of CSi: Miami, Russell Peters' Red, White & Brown stand-up comedy show, Jason Mraz's We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things and Imogen Heap's Speak For Yourself. All burned into a 4.7 GB DVD & passed to her. Mission accomplished. Heh. Looks like the CSi fever is contagious & spreading really fast..

东风破 [Dong Feng Po], by Jay Chou. Enjoy, enjoy.. And oh, I don't think I'll be leaving the country anytime soon, but if it happens it'll be a last minute immediate decision. Just in case you visit my blog the next day & found me blogging all the way from Singapore. Haha.

-MXV-