Finally I've arrived at Moscow. I remembered that I had requested for a pick up service. They will fetch me with a van and my stuffs to the dorm. I reached there at 10:00pm, chopping of passports, collecting luggage etc.. I came out of the gantry at about 10:30pm. I looked around to see if anybody holds a sign of my name, nope. Not a sign. I went around and many taxi drivers were asking if I need taxi service. I just go "nyet nyet, spah see bah" (No, no, thank you). At 11pm, I began to worry... did the person met any accident??? I hurried to the nearest internet kiosk which costs 60 Rubs for 15 mins (1 sgd = 20.8Rubs). Log into facebook and looked for latest messages and Marina left me a message. We did not exchange handphone contacts! In the message, she stated that she could not make it, but her best friend who stays in the dorm will pick me up. Then I paid the 60 Rubs and waited patiently for the girl whose name is Natasha.
A tall young girl walked by. I was very certain that she was Natasha from the very first sight. I walked to her when she was beginning to flip open a big piece of paper that says "GINA HO". Yeap it's her! She apologized to me for being late and I said it's okay. We had to catch the last train at 00:00. She told me that my name was not found in the list for the pick up service. I told her it's okay, I'd love to experience the express train, just that we might have problems carrying the luggage. She was very nervous because this is her first time bringing an exchange student and her english was not so good. So I tried to chat with her, let her feel at ease, made some lame jokes and she was not too nervous. We sat on the train and chatted many stuffs, from family to education, to the gays in the army. I thought her english was not that bad. Anyway Marina left me a very long and big piece of letter and called to apologize, and I said it was okay, I understand.
Finally we reached our station. A guy name benny (he stayed here for one sem already cos he's on some double degree program), from Austria, and another Russian girl,Anya, came to help me with my luggage and we walk through the snow. Ahhhh!! It feels sibei shiok to have the snow falling on my face!!! It was 0 degrees I think, not as cold as I have expected. I love the snow. It was... yasashii... soft and kind type of snow. haha I don't know how to explain. Finally I reach the dormitory after 1am. There's this rule in the dorm that in between 1 am to 6 am you cannot go into the dorm, if not you will face serious issues (weird right). Luckily I am a new student, so it's okay. I reached there, register my name etc and they helped me carried my stuff up and I stay at level and here is my room:
A tall young girl walked by. I was very certain that she was Natasha from the very first sight. I walked to her when she was beginning to flip open a big piece of paper that says "GINA HO". Yeap it's her! She apologized to me for being late and I said it's okay. We had to catch the last train at 00:00. She told me that my name was not found in the list for the pick up service. I told her it's okay, I'd love to experience the express train, just that we might have problems carrying the luggage. She was very nervous because this is her first time bringing an exchange student and her english was not so good. So I tried to chat with her, let her feel at ease, made some lame jokes and she was not too nervous. We sat on the train and chatted many stuffs, from family to education, to the gays in the army. I thought her english was not that bad. Anyway Marina left me a very long and big piece of letter and called to apologize, and I said it was okay, I understand.
Finally we reached our station. A guy name benny (he stayed here for one sem already cos he's on some double degree program), from Austria, and another Russian girl,Anya, came to help me with my luggage and we walk through the snow. Ahhhh!! It feels sibei shiok to have the snow falling on my face!!! It was 0 degrees I think, not as cold as I have expected. I love the snow. It was... yasashii... soft and kind type of snow. haha I don't know how to explain. Finally I reach the dormitory after 1am. There's this rule in the dorm that in between 1 am to 6 am you cannot go into the dorm, if not you will face serious issues (weird right). Luckily I am a new student, so it's okay. I reached there, register my name etc and they helped me carried my stuff up and I stay at level and here is my room:
The bathroom... Looks abit rundown, but I have seen worst so this is nothing.
The cramp toilet... Again, I must emphasized that I have seen worst, so this is really nothing.
My bedroom... I find the view really not bad! I have taken a few pictures and posted it in fb.Okay... and then I slept at 3am (Russian Time).
DAY 1
DAY 1
This is the tough day. We did administrative stuff for 7 hours. They seem to have a lot of nitty gritty stuffs that are not really necessary. The admin process can be streamlined etc... but I have seen the worst, so this is nothing. Also waiting for long period of time made me had the chance to know more people. So I met Renee, Lianne, Melvin and Korola from The Netherlands, Holland. Catalina from Austria, Natasha from Germany, Rochsan from Belgium. The 1st Feb batch of students mainly consisted of people from Germany and Holland.
After 9:00 to 16:00, we went to this nice restaurant call "MyMy" (Pronounced as MooMoo). It's crazy. I don't understand a thing from the menu. I just pointed this and that and asked my friends who knows alittle bit of Russian about what it actually means. The food was not bad. I had a meatball cabbage soup, Breadcrumb chicken, salmon salad, a small piece of brown russian bread and a big cup of apple juice. It costs about 15sgd. I ordered too many stuffs, but I was super hungry as I did not ate breakfast.
After that long day we head back to the dorm. I wanted to use the internet, so i asked my neighbour who stayed here for a semester already about setting up of internet. His from Bulgaria and his name is petar. He told me that there will be this internet guy who will go to your room to set up internet and offered me to use the internet if i want. I said YES!!! I was really in need of checking my emails and everything! I quickly used the internet and head downstairs to look for my new dutch friends. It appears that everyone was questioning about the internet thingy and he came!!! All of us waited for the internet guy to come to their room to set up internet. And we were all making fun of how to seduce him into our rooms lol. It's lame, but we have to buy an internet card every 15 days and then we can use the internet and I can only use it the next day! I got really tired and slept at 10pm.
Day 2
After 9:00 to 16:00, we went to this nice restaurant call "MyMy" (Pronounced as MooMoo). It's crazy. I don't understand a thing from the menu. I just pointed this and that and asked my friends who knows alittle bit of Russian about what it actually means. The food was not bad. I had a meatball cabbage soup, Breadcrumb chicken, salmon salad, a small piece of brown russian bread and a big cup of apple juice. It costs about 15sgd. I ordered too many stuffs, but I was super hungry as I did not ate breakfast.
After that long day we head back to the dorm. I wanted to use the internet, so i asked my neighbour who stayed here for a semester already about setting up of internet. His from Bulgaria and his name is petar. He told me that there will be this internet guy who will go to your room to set up internet and offered me to use the internet if i want. I said YES!!! I was really in need of checking my emails and everything! I quickly used the internet and head downstairs to look for my new dutch friends. It appears that everyone was questioning about the internet thingy and he came!!! All of us waited for the internet guy to come to their room to set up internet. And we were all making fun of how to seduce him into our rooms lol. It's lame, but we have to buy an internet card every 15 days and then we can use the internet and I can only use it the next day! I got really tired and slept at 10pm.
Day 2
Woke up at 10am. Ate a mini breakfast and then we head to Ikea and a hyper mart. It's crazy. I know which station to stop. But I can't really read the station names. I just roughly figured it out. It's like deciphering stuffs. Their metro station is really magnificent! The long and scary escalator down the train platform is like an abyss! never ending. and the tunnel makes me alittle bit dizzy! After we reached the station, we took a bus there. We have to walk to the bus stop and it was snowing quite heavily. The wind was very big and I can't help but to see my friend not wearing gloves. She turned to me and said, "I'm a strong Dutch lady, I don't need to wear any pussy gloves." I LOL. I haven't heard people using pussy for a very long time. It's so funny lolx.
Okay finally we reached Ikea about 1 hour ride in total. It's just like Singapore Ikea except slightly cheaper. Then some head back to the dorm, some went ahead to the hypermart. Woohhh... I bought maybe 10 kgs of stuffs and it's really heavy to carry them back. We reached the station and hurried home to get the internet card and start using internet! But after using it for a few whiles, I find it a bit tiring and so I stopped it. I came here not to use the internet! I head down and interact with people till about 1am and then head back to sleep.
Day 3
This morning I cut alot of veggies and shared my veggies with Renee to make sandwiches and she shared with me her expensive French Cheese. It tastes great!
Today...orientation day. I went to explore the school with renee and I start to learn more alphabets. Renee and I belong to the "Zero level" group. So we explored the school and went to meet our "Zero LeveL" teacher who speaks only in Russian and I almost died communicating with her. SOS.
It's tiring so I will not continue to rattle on. :/
TBC
Okay finally we reached Ikea about 1 hour ride in total. It's just like Singapore Ikea except slightly cheaper. Then some head back to the dorm, some went ahead to the hypermart. Woohhh... I bought maybe 10 kgs of stuffs and it's really heavy to carry them back. We reached the station and hurried home to get the internet card and start using internet! But after using it for a few whiles, I find it a bit tiring and so I stopped it. I came here not to use the internet! I head down and interact with people till about 1am and then head back to sleep.
Day 3
This morning I cut alot of veggies and shared my veggies with Renee to make sandwiches and she shared with me her expensive French Cheese. It tastes great!
Today...orientation day. I went to explore the school with renee and I start to learn more alphabets. Renee and I belong to the "Zero level" group. So we explored the school and went to meet our "Zero LeveL" teacher who speaks only in Russian and I almost died communicating with her. SOS.
It's tiring so I will not continue to rattle on. :/
TBC
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