Sunday, Volga River

Despite being far away from Kuching, I’m still attending church services every Sunday. It maybe in either Russian or English versions. Praising Lord, listening to sermons with the help of seniors to translate of course, singing songs of praises in both mediums is indeed a fruitful thing to do. It helps me to stay close to God.

During church service with seniors Hsu Zane & Lily :)

We had a stroll in a park after service. From there I met some Russian friends and various church members from India, Iraq and many more.

We took some pictures by the Volga river.

Volgograd’s ‘Twin Tower’

 

Top row: Abraham, me, Marcilia from Iraq, Lily & Costia some Russian friend

Bottom row: Mike, Jo from India & Hsu Zane

Cool picture by Dennis

Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival

Mid-autumn lantern festival was held a couple of weeks ago, despite being not able to celebrate with my dearest family… I really had a great time celebrating with friends here. I’ll go straight to the climax, I had nasi lemak, ‘gui ling gao’, muffins for dinner! Not forgetting those sumptuous moon cakes & also to add the final cherry on a cake… Everyone was holding lanterns strolling around Hiroshima hostel. It was an event that one shouldn’t be missed.

Top row from left: Dennis, Me, Abraham, Carmen, Jaquelyn, Eelin, Michael

Bottom row: 6th year Hsu Zane, Angeline, 3th year Lily & 2nd year Jun

Group picture

Lighting up ‘Kong Ming Deng’

Top row: 2nd year Daniel, Mike & Abraham

Bottom row: Hsu Zane, Jun, Dennis & I

Excursion to Various Landmarks

We had an excretion to some renowned landmarks in Volgograd.

 

Various monuments of those who perished during the battle.

 


 

Some buildings after war

 

An orthodox Christian Church

Arrival

A million apologies to all my loyal blog readers, it has been an awful long time since I updated my blog. Save all the endless worries & brood, the brat’s blog is thankfully not dead yet. But due to the absence of internet connection, it has been temporarily shut down.

For your information, I have landed safely in the heart of Russia, Volgograd! It has been a month and what I expressed and conveyed in this blog is only a miniature version of all the amazing happiness that has been reverberating around me. Nevertheless, I will exert myself to update on all the bizarre things that has been happening. :)

First and foremost, I will flood my blog with pictures taken during the journey upon reaching Volgograd. I departed from Kuching to KLIA, then to Changi Airport, Singapore and endeavored a total of 12 hours to Moscow, Russia until I finally set foot safely on Volgograd. What a journey!

Changi Airport, Singapore

Panoramic scenery through the windows on the way to Moscow

 

Upon Dawn

Moscow, Russia

Minutes before landing in Volgograd

Volgograd Airport [ it’s akin to Kuching’s airport a century ago ]

Seniors fetching us from airport

First impression of Volgograd, I have only 3 words to describe a whole of it – Calm, Serene & Inviting. But do not expect Russians to be friendly just because we carry along a label as an international student studying in a foreign country, most of them are cold but there are some that may be friendly.

I’m currently staying in a room of 4. Abraham from Kuching, Dennis from Penang & Michael from KL. So far everything’s going smoothly, I’ll update more in the future. =]