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It’s been one tiring week. Blah. Nevertheless, I still had time for myself. I borrowed a set of Jane Austen DVDs from Sister Dolly. So far I’ve finished Northanger Abbey and Sense and Sensibility. I have 4 more movies to watch: Emma, Mansfield Park, Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice!! I started from the shortest, and am working my way upwards, because some can take up to 4-5 hours!! o.O That’s crazy!!

I took an impromptu holiday. LOL. Stayed over at Annie’s for 2 nights. WOW, we had the funnest time. *giggles* Tried out new recipes too!! Mmmm… Lemme do a recap.

Friday night:
- Went to church and had dinner
- Watched Passion of the Christ
- Went over to Annie’s place
- Watched Brothers Grimm
- Fell asleep half-way through the movie

I think I’ve gone stark raving mad. Okay, okay… Remove the stark raving. I haven’t begun rambling on and on like I’m out of my mind… YET. *giggles* So I went shopping at the market today, for Easter, and for ingredients for today’s (DESSERT FRIDAY’S) Orange Almond Biscotti. We needed an orange and some almonds… Duh. And I got them. I also wanted to buy some stuff for the upcoming trip to Poland. It’s less than 2 weeks, can you imagine??? WOW! Time flies!!! =D

I was about to run out of saline solution for my contact lenses, so I went looking around for a bottle at the pharmacies around the university. None of them knew or had what I wanted, and I was getting pretty desperate. Finally, I went to the hospital where we had our Practical Training classes, and asked the pharmacist if she had any. In reply, she handed me a bottle of sterilised 0.9% NaCl. Errr… OKAY. It wasn’t expensive, so I just bought it anyway, to get me by till I can find my saline. My Biochemistry teacher gave me directions to an eye hospital, but I went there on a Saturday, and it was closed! *sobs*

I have an angel.

I was depressed on Friday and all day yesterday. I guess it was a spiritual down for me, amongst other things… But today… I surrendered to God, I confessed my sins, and everything turned out all right.

It all started with Scripture reading… It was from Psalms 32:1-7.

1 Blessed is he
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.

Okay… I FINALLY cooked something Malaysian… Ikan bilis sambal!! After all those American recipes, and instant mixes from home… Whipped this one up from scratch. Woohooo!! This is my first time cooking sambal, though… LOL. So I was sorta supervised by my senior, an Indian girl who lives down the hallway. But I didn’t have chili powder, she she graciously gave me some… Told me how much of what to add, and it turned out lovely. I even taught an American friend with whom I was chatting how to cook it!! She loves spicy food! Hehe… She’s a darling…

Looking for an apartment in Krakow was harder than I thought… Everywhere, it seems to be fully booked. That’s because Poland’s got a week off during the EXACT weekend we’re gonna be there, hence the apartments filling up and leaving no room for a party of 9.

I’ve called several people, and all of them said “No, there’s no space.”, “No, we’re fully booked, sorry.” ARGH! Am getting sick of receiving the same answers all the time… One lady offered me THREE rooms… 4-sharing, triple and double… And the price was wayyyyy over the budget. I was, like, NO WAY JOSE!

Omigosh…

I… I just don’t know what to say.

My friend and his brother met with an accident… My friend survived. His brother… didn’t.

*cries*

He was only 25.

*cries*

I don’t know what to do… Am trying to be there for him, but there’s only so much I can do over the Internet.

I’m feeling all mixed up. I know whatever that happened, happened for a purpose. God is all powerful, He knew it was all for the best, yet… I’m devastated for a young life lost. He was in his prime… Full of potential… *cries* And at the same time, I’m thanking God that my friend wasn’t the one… I can�t imagine what I�d do if it was him� If I�m already feeling so awful about this� I can�t imagine if I�d lost him instead.

I have gotten a new obsession as of late… I get them all the time. Weird ones too. The previous one, and still is, albeit not as crazily as before, was Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. That was because my discipler, Rachael, had her friends bring some over for me for my birthday in February. They are seriously GOOD!! Like heaven on earth. I’ve never gushed about anything like that, ever since I tried InKafe’s chocolate fudge cake with ice-cream… Whoa… My mouth watered at the sound of it, at the sight of it… And I tortured myself by visiting Hershey’s website and just staring at the Reese’s products. I know I’m crazy… Hence, my calling it an OBSESSION.

Yesterday we got the tickets for the train to Lvov!! =D So we’re leaving Thursday afternoon and arriving back here on Thursday morning. WOOOOOT!! 4 nights in Krakow! =D *dances around*

Deontology wasn’t all that bad… So… We made it through class, and then I went to get some baking chocolate, and after I got back, Reuby and I started making chocolate chip cookies.

The first dozen didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped. I figured what was wrong and we tried to correct it. But we couldn’t bake anymore because it was time to get to church for dinner.

I love my lil sister and it just breaks my heart when she’s feeling upset. I want to be there for her, to offer her my shoulder to cry on, to speak the words of comfort that she longs to hear… I’ve been reading her blog regularly, the only one I keep up to date with, in fact, and I see her struggle with her life, with school, with her friendships… She still holds on to the world, I’m sure we all do, and she has yet to learn to abandon herself completely to God, to let Him take over her life, to just lean on Him whenever times are tough.

So we had the reach-out dinner Friday night… It was fun, and we all had great food. It was weird at first, because I’ve never really talked to most of them before besides Kelly and Edmund. But then we eventually started getting more comfortable with each other, and we chatted till 11:30 or so. LOL. Wow…

We had plenty of leftovers, because we didn’t take into account those who were vegetarians for Lent. Nevertheless, we made it. =) Comradeship was the key. We got Edmund to get a couple of vegetarian dishes from Reuben Ooi, so everything was fine after that. Hehe… I slept pretty late, I think… I can’t remember. LOL. =P

Nothing big going on in my life right now… Nothing, except for the annual Spring Fling tomorrow and the upcoming trip to Krakow.

Spring Fling
It’s held annually and it’s for GIRLS only. *nods nods* I have no idea what we’re gonna do this year, but the theme is ‘Castles in the Sand’, which I think is real cool. I think I have a batik skirt around somewhere… Not sure if I brought it… But if I did, it’d be pretty cool to wear it. *innocent smile* Sooo… We girls basically gather for a lil get-together, we eat, have games and listen to the sermon, besides bonding with each other. Sister Renee will be speaking, and I’m SO looking forward to it. =D I’ll update you guys on how it goes… And possibly add some pictures too! I know, I’ve been adding pictures to my blog more often. I love my Internet. *smooches*

So I’ve been studying here in Ukraine for over a year and a half now. I can say that I’ve pretty much adapted to the local way of living, taking the bad WITH the good… *sigh* But anyhoo, a little about Ukraine.

Just recently I had this brill idea… I was planning to go to Krakow, Poland for a holiday after my final exams in June before I headed home to Malaysia. Turns out my classmate wanted to follow me as well, and her flight is a few days earlier than mine. So she came up with a plan… All in all, it looks pretty okay on paper… *giggles* We’ve roped in a couple of guys along as well, so everything should be just fine and dandy. The only thing I’m really worried about is the expenses, and that we have no time to see all the tourist attractions! I’ve worked out a list of places to visit in Krakow, but I don’t know if we’ll be able to get to all of them. And it seems I’m the only one who’s planning everything so meticulously, but I guess it’s just me.

My name is Melissa, also known as Pei Xuan. I’m a Malaysian Chinese and I’m proud of it. I’m just an ordinary girl, trying to get through medical school as soon as possible, so I can finally do some hands-on without being watched like a hawk. Right now I’m studying Medicine in Ukraine. Not exactly the best of places but who cares? I learned loads in my first year and a half and I still am! And that’s not only academically!

I love the experiences each new day brings, and I love walking with God. His way is always perfect and He teaches me so many things. I hope to be a living testimony for Him. I’m still struggling to get there, though, but I know He’s helping me, and He’s got my back!