2006 – Memories & Review
If I need to find a most suitable word to conclude my life journey in year 2006, I will say it was ‘DRAMATIC’…
For the most important part in 2006, I have given the chance to study in Russia, and it was a place that I never think of that I would come… When I made the wish for 2006 in the beginning of last year, I hope for the best life in Indonesia…but in the end, I got something I really never expect since I accepted JPA scholarship…
But all before the moment I knew that JPA would send me to study in Russia as solution of the problems, it was considered the darkest and most down part of my life in 2006… We suffered some unfortunate incidents in the placement of universities in Indonesia… Went through stupid and unreasonable entrance exams, unfair arrangement and the most frustrating one which was being offered to regular program which mean medicine in Indonesians language… That one-month time was really very hard and dishearten…
Others often say that there are always ups and downs in life…I truly experienced it in 2006… Now, when I review my 2006, what I can say is when I need miracle the most, the miracle happened… at least to me, take up medicine in English medium in Russia is much better than medicine in Indonesian medium in Indonesia…
So… now look back from the very beginning of 2006… First half of the year I continued my pre-med studies in KUTPM… Apart of the struggling and terrifically hectic course plan from college, my after-school life there was actually getting nicer and more interesting…I enjoyed lots of funs mingling with friends there, especially the last 3 months… We really had very much enjoyment treasuring KL, particularly all the shopping complexes there… As all of us agreed, we miss nothing after the end of pre-med in KUTPM except our valuable friendship… Those memories will always in my mind…
In mid June, the course finished…and the week after our last paper in final exams it was psychology course which was compulsory for JPA scholars…and that week I think was the climax of the life in college where we had very much free time to hang around in hostel and KL, and most importantly, during that time, World Cup Germany 2006 was in progress…
Frankly…since mid June to near the end of July (till I get the news that we would be sent to Russia), though I was in holidays, World Cup was getting hotter and hotter and I went to Langkawi for trip with few college’s friends, I actually never fully enjoy the holidays in relax mood… The worry of uncertainty of future keeps on wandering in my mind… and by the time my future was confirmed can be in a satisfying progress, I had to grab the little time to prepare for flying to such a far country…
At last phrase of 2006, I spent it in a Russia’s city called Volgograd…and this will be the city where I will be in for the next 6 years… This was a brand new experience in my life…Living in a 4-season country, learning a totally new language, get started another new friend’s relationships, adapting to life as medicine student and going through a lot of western-style things that are very different than in Malaysia… Life in Russia is still very new, I hope it will become better and better…
There are some wonderful and unforgettable special occasions in 2006 that I will remember for a very long time if not forever… My last year birthday was a memorable one…a lot of KUTPM friends organized a small party and celebrated with me… then on that weekend we had a trip to Ipoh and really enjoyed that trip… Besides that, countless outings with friends while studying in college were all leave nostalgia to me… watching movies, lepak-ing, eating, mamak-ing, crapping and many many more were all so fun… not forgotten also, our Chinese New Year large steamboat night in the hostel where almost all Chinese guys joined it and had a great fun dinner… and also, my farewell steamboat dinner with my high school’s friends before I fly which proved to be my last meeting with my friends in Penang in 2006…
Regretfully, I realized that my time to meet with Jit Sin’s friends who I used to so enjoy life with them is getting fewer and fewer since last year… Everyone has separated and headed to their own next destination of life…
I really tasted a variety of flavour of life in 2006… but its content has gone now…all it left are the fantastic memories from sweet flavour and valuable experiences from sour and bitter flavour, or even flavourless…
I appreciate every happiness that you all have shared and given to me over last year… Thanks God for ending my year 2006 in a satisfied way too…
For the most important part in 2006, I have given the chance to study in Russia, and it was a place that I never think of that I would come… When I made the wish for 2006 in the beginning of last year, I hope for the best life in Indonesia…but in the end, I got something I really never expect since I accepted JPA scholarship…
But all before the moment I knew that JPA would send me to study in Russia as solution of the problems, it was considered the darkest and most down part of my life in 2006… We suffered some unfortunate incidents in the placement of universities in Indonesia… Went through stupid and unreasonable entrance exams, unfair arrangement and the most frustrating one which was being offered to regular program which mean medicine in Indonesians language… That one-month time was really very hard and dishearten…
Others often say that there are always ups and downs in life…I truly experienced it in 2006… Now, when I review my 2006, what I can say is when I need miracle the most, the miracle happened… at least to me, take up medicine in English medium in Russia is much better than medicine in Indonesian medium in Indonesia…
So… now look back from the very beginning of 2006… First half of the year I continued my pre-med studies in KUTPM… Apart of the struggling and terrifically hectic course plan from college, my after-school life there was actually getting nicer and more interesting…I enjoyed lots of funs mingling with friends there, especially the last 3 months… We really had very much enjoyment treasuring KL, particularly all the shopping complexes there… As all of us agreed, we miss nothing after the end of pre-med in KUTPM except our valuable friendship… Those memories will always in my mind…
In mid June, the course finished…and the week after our last paper in final exams it was psychology course which was compulsory for JPA scholars…and that week I think was the climax of the life in college where we had very much free time to hang around in hostel and KL, and most importantly, during that time, World Cup Germany 2006 was in progress…
Frankly…since mid June to near the end of July (till I get the news that we would be sent to Russia), though I was in holidays, World Cup was getting hotter and hotter and I went to Langkawi for trip with few college’s friends, I actually never fully enjoy the holidays in relax mood… The worry of uncertainty of future keeps on wandering in my mind… and by the time my future was confirmed can be in a satisfying progress, I had to grab the little time to prepare for flying to such a far country…
At last phrase of 2006, I spent it in a Russia’s city called Volgograd…and this will be the city where I will be in for the next 6 years… This was a brand new experience in my life…Living in a 4-season country, learning a totally new language, get started another new friend’s relationships, adapting to life as medicine student and going through a lot of western-style things that are very different than in Malaysia… Life in Russia is still very new, I hope it will become better and better…
There are some wonderful and unforgettable special occasions in 2006 that I will remember for a very long time if not forever… My last year birthday was a memorable one…a lot of KUTPM friends organized a small party and celebrated with me… then on that weekend we had a trip to Ipoh and really enjoyed that trip… Besides that, countless outings with friends while studying in college were all leave nostalgia to me… watching movies, lepak-ing, eating, mamak-ing, crapping and many many more were all so fun… not forgotten also, our Chinese New Year large steamboat night in the hostel where almost all Chinese guys joined it and had a great fun dinner… and also, my farewell steamboat dinner with my high school’s friends before I fly which proved to be my last meeting with my friends in Penang in 2006…
Regretfully, I realized that my time to meet with Jit Sin’s friends who I used to so enjoy life with them is getting fewer and fewer since last year… Everyone has separated and headed to their own next destination of life…
I really tasted a variety of flavour of life in 2006… but its content has gone now…all it left are the fantastic memories from sweet flavour and valuable experiences from sour and bitter flavour, or even flavourless…
I appreciate every happiness that you all have shared and given to me over last year… Thanks God for ending my year 2006 in a satisfied way too…
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