here i am...

Hey everyone! Well, I’m fine over here in Moscow, Russia. Reached here about 2 weeks ago but couldn’t really update this blog thingy here because my room has no internet connection and the rate at the internet café I’m in now is extreme high, it’s 50roubles per hour (RM7+) which really burns my pocket! So, I can only go online once in a blue moon k? So sorry for that..:( Cut the crap. Moscow is a beautiful city! There is a lot to tell. LOL. Firstly, it’s mainly about speed here, everything is fast-going and this includes the vehicles and of course the people. Get to a metro station and walk slowly, there goes your legs! Old people with tongkat will end up giving you a nice whack and tell you to walk faster. Don’t believe me, try it! Luckily, I walk ‘fast’, just ask any of my close friends and they’ll tell you more about my ‘speed’. And, I think there’s no proper speed limit for driving coz people here really jam their accelerator really hard. I’ve seen accidents happen right in front of my eyes! Next, language is a barrier for the moment, these Russians speak nothing but Russian! And, their language is NOT easy, trust me, it requires a lot of time and it can end up getting your tongue tied by the end of the lesson. I’ve got approx 5 hours of it a day, so, imagine how tired my tongue gets and if my English deteriorates when I’m back, please bear with me:P Where have I been to so far? Well, I’ve been to Red Square, which is red as its name reads. Look at the pictures for a better picture. It is an extreme nice place, where the St. Basil’s Cathedral is located, and other very uniquely-architectured structures. I fell in love with the place the minute I saw it. Words cannot express how beautiful the place is, not even photos, but I’ll try to snap as many as I can to show you. I’ll be having field trip around Moscow next Monday, so, wait for the photos. How is my room? Hmm, I’m in a 2 room unit, currently sharing a room with 2 other Malaysians from Kedah and Selangor, both Chinese; the other room is occupied by 2 other Malaysians as well. There’s this cleaner, we call her ‘mama’ who cleans our bathroom once a week. Gosh! She’s super-fussy about cleanliness, about the condition of the room and you can’t even move a thing that is placed in the room! We did a little refurbishment to our room and we got nagged for 2 days back-to-back! She charged into our room and started ‘singing’ coz we didn’t really understand what she was trying to say, and ended up saying “Da, da” (yes..yes) the whole time.. sigh..
Transportation here is pretty convenient, as long as you know where you’re going. Just yesterday, my friends and I were slightly lost when we tried going shopping all by ourselves, without any seniors’ guide. We went to the wrong metro station, but it’s ok coz we found a way, a longer route to get to the destination which required changing of metro lines, from red to the orange line. We knew our plan very well. Decided to go for it. Ended up going to the wrong exits and didn’t dare go out. Turned back, took the other exits, look at the words and colors. This routine repeated a few times and finally... we found the orange line!! We’re laughed our heads off after our ‘adventure’. We realized that each metro station here has different designs. None has the same. Then to get to the shopping place, which has Mega [ΜΕΓΑ] (something like Mid Valley but way bigger), IKEA, Ashan [АШАН] (like Carrefour, bigger as well) and 2 other outlets; which is like a place where you can get everything under one roof, there’s this free shuttle bus from the metro station. Sounds good huh? Ever wondered how sardine fish feel in the can of sardines? Well, that’s how it is in that bus! It’s like survival of the fittest concept where you gotta push your way in, regardless of whether you’re a girl/guy, young/old. Just keep pushing, pushing and pushing. That’s the way! To get back from the shopping place, we decided to get a van with the amount of things we got. And then it’s another ‘adventure’ standing in the cold (3oC) waiting for this 226 bus. Waited…waited...waited. 295, 225, 671, 28, 1 passed. God, where’s 226? The minute we wanted to give up, aha! 226!! Ran up the bus and went back to the hostel.
I think I’ve bore you people enough, so, I’ll stop here for now! Take care people! Love you!

Lotsa love from,
Ђзх Джuен Веu (my Russian name:p)