Athletics 26th April 2009

60m (F)

1. RSMU

2. VSMU

3. MMA

800m (M)

1. RSMU

2. KSMU

3. MAI

4 x 400m (M)

1. VSMU

2. MMA

3. KSMU

4 x 200m (F)

1. VSMU

2. MMA

3. KSMU

Basketball (M)

1. VSMU

2. KSMU

3. MMA

Basketball (F)

1. VSMU

2. RSMU

3. NNSMA

Handball (M)

1. RSMU

2. MMA

3. NNSMA

Handball (F)

1. VSMU

2. RSMU

3. NNSMA

Futsal (M)

1. VSMU

2. NNSMA

3. MAI

Futsal (F)

1. KSMU

2. RSMU

3. NNSMA

Tug of War

1. KSMU

2. VSMU

3. NNSMA

Netball 24th April 2009

1. KSMU

2. MMA

3. VSMU

4. NNSMA

Sepak Takraw 24th – 25th April 2009

1. KSMU

2. KSMU

3. MMA

Volleyball (M) 24th – 25th April 2009

1. NNSMA

2. KSMU

3. MMA

Volleyball (F) 24th – 25th April 2009

1. VSMU

2. MMA

3. RSMU

4. NNSMA

Honey lemon for the parched throat … besok jerit lagi!

Ingredients:
• 2 Cups water
• 1 tsp Tea powder
• 1/2 Cup lemon juice
• Sugar to taste

How to make Lemon Tea:
•    Put water on heat
•    Add tea powder and lemon juice.
•    Boil it.
•    Add sugar to taste.
•    Lemon tea is ready.

Athletics 24th April 2009

4 x 100m (M)

1. MAI – 49,4 sec
2. VSMU – 50,0 sec
3. KSMU – 50,1 sec

4 x 100m (F)

1. VSMU
2. MMA
3. KSMU

60m (M)

1. MAI
2. MMA
3. KSMU

400m (M)

1. MMA
2. VSMU
3. NNSMA

400m (F)

1. VSMU
2. KSMU
3. MMA

Triple jump

1. MMA
2. VSMU
3. MAI

Long jump

1. KSMU
2. VSMU
3. MMA

Badminton

1. VSMU
2. MMA
3. KSMU

PingPong

1. VSMU
2. MMA
3. KSMU

Volleyball (F)

1. VSMU
2. MMA
3. RSMU
4. NNSMA

Another 2 hours and it will be the start of Volgames 2009! Opening will be at 10am! This is the location!

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Welcome all of you!

The coming Russia Malaysian inter-university game will be held for the 2nd time in Volgograd since Volgames 2005. It has been 4 years since the previous game and many is anticipating more improvements.

The Volgames objectives are:

• Introducing the ways of healthy lifestyles among the Malaysian undergraduates in Russia.
• Providing a venue for the students of all the Universities to gather.
• To produce students who are well equipped intellectually, emotionally as well as physically.
• Making sports as the point of discussion among the student leaders of these Universities.
• Sports as the melting pot of integration for all these Malaysian undergraduates in Russia.
• Co-operation among the Universities.
• Introducing the various features of Malaysia to Russia
• Presenting a good image of Malaysian students to Russia.
• A platform to promote Malaysia to Russia.

7 universities will be participating in the coming Volgames 2009. They are the Volgograd State Medical University, Moscow Medical Academy, Russian State Medical University, Moscow Aviation Institute, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical University, Kursk State Medical University and St Petersburg Marine Technical University.

More updates will be release here. Stay tune!

“Share the spirit & light the fire within”

Visit the official website here – Volgames2009 blog

A view of the dance floor from above

Christmas Bash 2008 had ended. It was really entertaining, the venue was wonderful, the performance is marvelous and we had a really great time there. By the time we were back at home, we were happy, warm and had fully-filled stomachs.

The background staff hard at work. Thanks to them we had a wonderful and memorable night, thank you again! Hope the next Chrismas Bash will be even more enjoyable and successful

Romantic moments during the Mr. and Miss Christmas nominations. Unfortunately, there was time constraints and hence, the nominations did not turn out as enjoyable as it should be. Never mind, there is always another time?

Thanks to a tip from Dennis of Jesus Embassy, the official photos of Christmas Bash 2008 can be viewed on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wassup/sets/72157611960498284/

Click the above link to see more photos. Enjoy!

Photo source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronnie44052/3151568446/

First of all, sorry for the lack of the update. Some of us could not access Volgotimes at all while others were experiencing crawling speed while loading the site about 10 days ago. Then, Volgotimes was hosted in a Malaysian server, and I am not entirely sure but I suspect it has something to do with Streamyx (the date fits) or perhaps it was the host’s problem itself.

I have since migrated Volgotimes to a US server, the downtime was not pleasant but the final outcome is not all disastrous, though. Throughout the ordeal, I learnt to migrate the whole Volgotimes site and now it is faster than ever. Previously I was unable to burn Volgotimes feeds using FeedBurner but on this server, the process of feed burning is as smooth as it ever could be. This also means that you could now subscribe to Volgotimes feeds through email or RSS reader of your choice, so that you would never miss a single update anymore. I shall provide tutorials on how to subscribe either via email or any RSS reader in another post.

I don’t know how the year has been for all of you but if I were to describe my year 2008, then it was mostly uneventful, exciting at times with some balanced ups and downs. However, I am extremely glad and grateful that nothing really unfortunate befell my family and friends and to have learnt many things throughout the year.

Reflecting on a wider scale, I believe the proposal to have summer practical session has brought us all together under the banner of Malaysian Student Association of Volgograd (MSA), it was the first time we have an issue which concerns everyone and which we all contributed in one way or another to solve the problem. Hopefully MSA will continue to be strong and active in looking after our welfare for many years to come.

Back at home, there is massive political upheaval throughout the year but hopefully peace and our unity could be preserved and good things will come from the recent political developments. No doubt, inflations is a serious problem following the unstable world price of oil but I am sure the people has learnt to cope with the inflations and price of commodity now.  I think it is also worth mentioning Datuk Lee Chong Wei has come closest to the feat of winning a first Olympic Gold Medal for Malaysia in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Just when it seemed that all troubles have been left behind, we were shocked by the news of the terrible landslide in Bukit Antarabangsa. There were less than 10 deaths and some property loss but at least the authorities are paying attention to the danger of landslides now and would not blatantly approve hillside development proposals anymore.

There was also much news about United States of America in year 2008 (or should I say in every single year?). Firstly, US finally have an elected colored President, many have said that this is good development and a testimonial to the success of democracy in US, where in a free society, all races are equal and even immigrant race could benefit from it. Lastly the Mumbai terrorist attack at the end of November seemed to be the worst speck in the history of 2008 and best be deplored and may terrorism be wiped from the faced of earth, forever.

So what to expect in 2009, the year of the Ox?

I think this will be my longest rant on Volgotimes, don’t worry because it will rarely happen again unless I have something really important to convey. As I am writing this sub header, I feel like a fortune teller, like Lilian Too.

Well, I am not a fortune teller (yet?) but I am going to speculate, from what little that I have read or heard about the fortunes in 2009. There is already news that more than a few companies will be retrenching their staffs in first quarter of 2009. This is usually what happens during a recession. Some people will be out of their jobs but people who are working with multinational companies should not worry too much because salary for Malaysian employee is relatively low compared to their peers in the region, and a regional executive is more likely to be given the boot rather than a supervisor or secretary in Kuala Lumpur branch.

Year 2009, the year of the Ox will be tough, but people who make the extra effort or work as hard as the Ox should have no problem sailing through it. Although recession is not something to be happy about, it does give us a chance to assess our current lifestyle and get our priorities right. Chinese believe that whenever there is danger, there is also opportunity to be found. So instead of lamenting about your fortunes in 2009 and whining continuously, be ready to improvise and snatch the opportunities when they are present. Do not take success or failure too seriously, for one closed door may lead to another larger open doorway, as long as you are determined, fortunes will not desert you.

Wish you and your family a happy, healthy and prosperous year ahead

“Happy New Year 2009″

May the coming year be filled with good results, more medical experiences, and more meaningful days as a med students.