sinbad adventure

adventures on aug08

2008-10-23T08:34:00.000-07:00

hi guys , this time i went to south india - kalara (vienna of indian) for my aug08 holiday.. around 18hrs of train from my manipal..
During journey we had lots of unexpected things happened to us.. things that u never want it to happend twice in yr life time man ..

1st- we started our journey at 1am at train station.... waited for almost 1 hour for the train to arrive.. but the stupid train only stop for not even 1 min... the worst thing is we are at the back of the train when it stop but our aircon(AC) sleeper coach is at infront.. so we hav to rush to infront .. some of us got hop up to the train but some of us not.. suddenly one of our member fall down, which is every near to the rim of the train... damn damn dangerous... at that situation all of us jump down from the train leaving our laguage behind and hold her up.. by the time we all safe the train start moving... go faster and faster... f**k our laguages is still in the train... OMG....... all of us panic ... our books and laptop are gone... but luckily the train master and police were still on duty... after the begging , the kind police man ask his buddy to help us to get our laguage down from the train at the next station .... because of this ,we hav to buy a non AC normal ticket hoping we can upgrade to a sleeper AC coach for the next train for us to continue our jouney...tired tired...hop up to the train and by waiting for the train master get the sleeper coach for us we hav to stand infront of compartment outside the toilet for almost 6 hours.. damn damn tired and smelly....after a long night... atlast get our bed and all of us sleep like a pig man ....

At last we reached our destination which we supposed to reach 5 hours ago...hav fun....

we hired a luxury ferry for rps7000(RM 650)... inside there is 2 rooms, 1 kitchen, 1 deck and 1 dining... really ''luxury'' for us.... we play games ,cooking, talking crap ,drinking and etc......

2nd tragedy , we got a call from the travel agent said that our domestic flight were cancelled which my friends hav to reach bangalore(international airport) tmr to go back malaysia... f*** man ....another shit.....

my friends has to buy another ticket to there fast... OMG.. luckily got the ticket from another airlines with more ex prices ... hate the stupid agent so so much,we plan to pay all our lost when we back to manipal...

after they go back , me and another member(cheekhang) continue our journey to chennai then Sri Lanka... but on half way of our journey ,right before one day we flying to srilanka from chennai, i received a called from my dad. my 92 year old grandma is getting very weak.. my dad ask me to come back to see her juz in case anythings happen... with no choices i hav to ask cheekhang to cancel our srilanka trip and go back to malaysia...

when i reached malaysia at 4am ,rushes to melacca and met up my family... rushes to hospital,knowing my grandma was hospitalized because of she falled down in the toilet... got sutured on her scalp... with her senile Alzheimer and memory-loss... without remembering wat happened to her fall and sutures on her head... keep trying to take the bandage off from her head... we hav to take turn to stay beside her 24-7.. i take care of her for 4 days and 3 night until she was getting better and stronger andd were discharged... i and my family tot she will be fine (because is the the 1st time she falled) so we went back to jb because my younger sis and bro hav to go to class the next day... my grandma still could stand up and wave to us when we leaving.... unfortunately,that was the last wave and smile from my grandma... she passed away the next day evening on 2/9/08... i was so shock when i heard that ... rushes up to melacca again... that was the 1st time i saw my dad cries too... sad day... (as now my grandma rest in peace)

thats how my last aug 08 holiday was... although not a very good one...but this holiday, i learned a lot and seen a lot of things ... bye

my big thick injured leg

2008-06-05T08:48:00.001-07:00

i hurt my leg while training for my basketball game ....

tot that i can heal myself but it swollen like a big ball.. edema(blood clotting there) no a very good sign.... so, am force to go to hospital at that night... when in to the trauma department...

get my X-ray done.. 2 of my joint ligaments torn ,no much prob with that...

the intern take lot of cotton and bandage..for a compression bandage...

started wrapping my big fat leg. the din apply and thing juz wrap like this... that time i am thinking if i am in malaysia sure go to sinseh ... cracking and twisting it. with the smelly oil.. haha..

anyway,i cant stand the inchiness.. take it off the next day ...

after few weeks , 80% recovered.. can go for my basketball game d...

now fully recovered..

desert trip~~~

2008-04-13T03:39:00.001-07:00

hahah, desert is one of our highlight of our trip... JAISAMER part of rajathan of india (north-west of india) around 2 hours walk to pakistan.. and it is part of silk road... we reach there is in the early morning around 430am by train... we expected it will be very cool but din expect it was so so cool ... freezing.....woooo\\\

luckly we arranged a pick up from our hotel... get in out jeep and rush to our hotel.. wash up and start our desert trip at 730am... but due to our slowness delayed till 9am.. haha

2 hours on jeep reaches the desert .. at last we saw our camels... so excited... although is not my 1st time but this is the real desert camel compare to last time was in the zoo.. hahah... i got the 2nd biggest one coz i am the second heaviest in the group~~~hahah ..ride on it for 4hours ... crazy... my little bro and my thigh damn hurt.... not comfortable at alllll!!!

on our way,we order a goat for our dinner... we told they already kill it but what we tot was wrong... they bought it on our way from the village... scary... we reach the dune... the killing ceremony start... and we hav to help them in this too.. arr.....

come back fromt he killing section, the sunset there is fanstatic... the sun is like a big orange... and the sky is so beautiful.. orange purple colour...
afterthat , the sky get darker ... quite and dark... we arrange our map for us to sleep later... no tent.. coz hav to pay extra for a stupid tent... so we hav to stand the coldness of the desert night breeze... but they prepared thick blanket for us...

the dinner is ready, our whole goat meal wif chapati... was yummy and the taste is so great .. never compare to the restaurant... drinking cold beer and talking around the fire... but we hav to bewares of dogs to come and find for food... hahha... carzy and cold nite...

haha. that one of our highlight...

my new house in india

2008-04-06T08:39:00.000-07:00

After 1 year of being traped in uni hostel, at last i can move out ...yeah!!! more freedom ,can cook,bigger room and much quieter...this appartment is a newly builded one,completed last year nov, so only 3 units occupied.. all from my batch... paid bout RM 900 for an appartment with 2 room ,dining and kitchen, compare to my previous hostel RM500 for a small room.. the uni is sucking up all our money..

the only bad is i hav to clean up my room and house myself ... now only i noe why my mum always complaining we not helping her up to do household.. crazy and tiring work.... hate all the dust and mosquitos... and no more air-con for me ... only air cool... hav to bath more to bring down my body temp... luckly the water here is free...

i am staying with one of my batchmate, he is from syechells (island btw india and africa) nice country with best beaches in the world... he is african mix india .. that why he has african height but india skin... hahahah.... we stay together because we hav the same aim and goals compare to others .. hahah... anyway was great staying wif him... but i still miss 209i very much... staying wif '''pretty '' girls .hahhahaha

my house is only 10 mins away from my lec hall but only 5 min from everythings( veg,meat , beer, gloceries etc)was great... in india , if u cook urself the ingredient although is very limited but it is very cheap... RM 5 can provide my whole week veg supply.. crazy right...

india north trip 2 in mumbai

2008-04-05T05:06:00.001-07:00

yoyo.. updating again, our 1st stop Mumbai(bombay),the second biggest city of india... here is a good places to experience the dirtiness and smelliness of india.. hahaa.. if u wan , u can smell and see all kind of indian ,rich poor, pretty ugly etc..

this is their local metro( the one thta always running off track ) ,one i only noe why, once accident their will be thousands of them death... the train at least hav 2000ppl in it eveytime..crazy indian... pack like sardin and smelly like shit... suffering like hell

here we reach mumbai... beshide us is the best hotel in mumbai " Hotel Taj" the cheapest room is RM1600 per night.. crazy... we cant go in to stay but we curi in to go in to their toilet for wee wee... heheh .. shuang.... best toilet in india ... hahaha..
that is the hotel we stay,juz a small little signboard along the stairs ,damn difficult to find... asked a least 4 ppls to find the hotel area.. the most importanty the hotel is clean and there are lots of pretty foreigner ladies there, i saw a pretty swedish girl juz finished bathing from the sharing toilet.. damn hot... by the way, the girl in the pic is Jien ,my batchmates .
the city of mumbai hav lots of british architecture building ,lots of clock towel and old english building...not bad actually..

travelling,the best thing is for me is FOOD.. hahah .. get info from lonely planet, found a chinese restaurant in mumbai and it is near to our hotel.. giv up MCD ,rush there straight..
we ordered 7 chinese indian style dishes althought can never compare to malaysia food , but is already much much good enough for us d lo.. the roast chicken is the best... yumyum

anyone interested in sending their laundry why not try here,india largest dobi guard , i am shock that they still using this way to clean their clothes... the ppl like slave,hav to stand inside and use the wood and pading the clothes.. anyway, the clothes they washed is quite clean and soft...
to be continue...........................................................................

sinbad's north india backpack tour

2008-04-02T17:55:00.000-07:00

hey,ppl after so long ... at last i update my blog again.. hehhee... after seok told me ,only i remembered i still hav a blog.. since i m free better update it before seok send a bomb to india ... hahah
ok,my last vacation sacrifice my malaysian foodssssss and civilization ,me and my batchmates went up to north india to spent our 1month vacation.. we start on 23/2 which was after our uni exams and come back on 23/3.. total 1 month full... hahaha... with well prepared of all the diarrhea pills, medication and personnel stuffs ... we started our trip from the nearest train station from our campus ,udupi train station.. as usual train will never on time like malaysian train.. was delay for an hour ++...
our 1st stop is mumbai(bombay) which is around 14hrs train from udupi... luckily ,the train is consider "CLEAN" and was a sleeper coach.. we r chatting and playing poker during our journey gamble for snacks and drinks... hahah....
To Be Continue....

Examssss>>>>>> chinese foods

2007-06-16T22:34:00.001-07:00

After 10 weeks of theory lec and hardcore study study...the time has come to test whether we are a clever ,average or ... batch... as u can see,the examination hall is like a normal conferences hall wif no air-con but many fan which make u sleepy in the hot sweaty afternoon...
this is my our 1st smes exam and everyone including me were so so stress.. not like last time like in college... before exams we still can play around and talking someone will taking some jokes(who thats... Mr G).. haiz too bad .. no one do this here... maybe i will start it ..hahha... too stressful....

this is our library,the place that i spend alot of time before this... but then now ,due to the stuffiness and the ppl annoying whispering around... make me cant 'TAHAN'...
now ,since i was staying in a single room .. juz stay in my room and study la ...
yeah,after 1 week of hardwork... exams over.. time for relax... me a group of course mate... take a 2 hours cab to a nearest city for Spiderman 3.. eating their masala popcorn...ierr... they will stop halfway of the movie for u to go to toilet and but more masala popcorn.. and then continue... damn...
and after so so many months of indian food .. we came to a famous CHINESE restaurant recomended by seniors.. Chinese food here i come..... i wan to eat every dish in yr shop... juz bring wat u can cook ,juz bring out.. that wat we told the boss and that meal 8 of us eaten 25 dishes... wontons,toufu,roast pork..... many many... yumyum..

btw,the result will be coming out very soon... i hope was not as bad as i tot ... haha...

End Point and beyond

2007-04-30T21:26:00.000-07:00

End Point was end of manipal and it was a place for us the stress medical student to de-stress our overloaded mind or juz a beautiful place for a couple to dating there...
it was a nice and cooling place... top of the hill ,end of manipal...
but then ,i always go beyond the end point .. go down to the river and it was another nice place to discover...
anyway,was juz about 3km from my hostel.. so juz jog wif friend there for destress..

At last the rain come...

2007-04-16T04:34:00.000-07:00

hey, juz finished my class test and now is the time for me to blogging . not about the test but the rain... yesterday (sat) ,i was cracking my head wif my biochemistry book... enzymes and amino acids... really complicated and keep memorizing the name and chemical reaction.. Suddenly the library become very noisy ,someone creaming and woo-ing.. in my heart ,thinking must be some stupid american indian playing down there.. but then suddenly so many ppl rush out to the door.. scare me ,i tot was a terro or emergency or blah blah.. faster pack my stuff and ready to run ... then my friend told me out there was a sand storm... very strong... Woa sand storm 1st time in my life .. me kepo and go and join the fun outside ... the storm was so so strong ... i might can blow me away man... all of the pots and trees branches start falling... the storm last for 10+ min .. it whole place become so so dusty and dirty.. after than,it start rain .. few of us was so so happy... india at last rain d... me the "suaku" guy so out and play in the rain... and i deserve a cold... so i am partially flu and sick... but then was really fun... hahahhahaa... no worries i am feeling much better now... because the med is damn cheap here.. so anyone need to buy med u can tell me .. is so so cheap...

Anatomy Hall

2007-03-27T11:21:00.001-07:00

ok guys ,today come to serious stuff... in the medical field ,the 1st thing u need to know is the anatomy of human body .how is it look like in a normal person ? why this bones ,muscles,veins and blah blah have to be created in this way?
once u knew all the basic.. then u will further to the pathology.. what is the causes of this particular diseases or sickness..
The 1st pic from the right top is the anatomy museum in manipal... it is a top ranking anatomy museum in the world.. Everyday i have to spent
around 1 hour in there,to visualize the structure from the book.. because due to my bad English base and full of the medical names in the book
make my head burst....
in the museum, they had dissected and formated
every part of real human body in all the small
bottles...
basically,in the museum has everything, from fetus
to old man.. from cells to organs..
a lot to observe and study..

the only shock i hav was the human life here is
much cheaper that a man made product..
For examples: i am going to buy a half set of human bones.. the real bones cause me around
Rps 1600 (Rm 125++) and if i wan to buy a plastic or fiber glass bone cost me at least
Rps 6000 ( Rm 500).. CRAZY... siao siao..
even in the construction site.. women will carry the bricks one by one from ground to 4th floor..
they dun hav the technology to do it ,actually they dun wan it becoz the labour here is so damn cheap.. imagine u work for 10 hours a day only for Rps 30 ( Rm 5 ) ... is really sad... the ppl here will call us BOSS... and serve u like a king ... sometimes is really bad to see them like that.. juz working for a meal,no more ... sad sad sad...

Anyway, come back ... that their probs and i cant do anything on it...
ok.. the next pic is my anatomy lab that i hav to go for 4 days per week,each time 2 hours... the 1st time i went in the lab.. i am still thinking am i going to see the cadavars( dead body) today.. i am only the 1st year student.. then 5 min later ,the lab assistance push a body which cover with white cloth to my group table... the SMELL.,woa... it burn yr nose and swell yr eyes... due to the formalin... yes is a real and new cadavars... the 1st lesson is juz look at the cadavars and the lecturer tell us how they get the cadavars and how they formated him.. then is the time for us to touch.... i not dare to use my bare hand so i wear my gloves and touch... the body is cold and hard, beside that is juz like a normal human body... my group cadavar is number 134 ,is a old man .. there is 6 cadavars for our batch, 5 males and 1 female. The female is dead of breast cancer because one of her breast was been cut away..
After so many classes has been done . now most of us starting use bare hand to touch the muscle and digging for the nerves ,arteries and veins..
we hav to noe all the names for every part of muscles,arteries,veins and nerves... my head is loaded will full of this long and unfamiliar terms... ok i think that all bout my anatomy lec here d...
hope u guys wont scare to hold my hand next time...hahaha...

The indian food in india

2007-03-24T06:52:00.000-07:00

hey,guys my last post is about the journey of reaching to India.. this time i wan to talk about the food here..As u noe indian food will mix a lot of spices together and eat it.. yeah.. since i was here i experienced it everyday .. the food here is very cheap ,tasty, and serve in LARGE portion...
Craze... most of the meal here cost me around Rm3 to5.. is almost same like malaysia.. but then the food here is more huge than malaysia.. i wonder maybe they r trained to eat a lot ... haha..
the toseh here called dosa, and blah blah.. i forget most of ot d... normally i will see the pic.. see which look more tastier or special and order.. normally the waiter here noe nothing about what they serving.. the only thing they will tell u
is all the food is the same u want wif gravy or
dry + shaking their head non stop.. that all. that why sometimes is better to juz
try and error...
they mostly eat vege more than meat.. the most is
chicken and mutton...a small piece wif full of rice..
their rice here is different from our rice that we ate.
their rice is long and slim in size.. good for cooking
fried rice... will never still together...
normally their food is adding at least 3 type of gravy
and sometimes wif yogurt together... and campur campur...
MAKAN.. wif hand...
there is plenty of chinese food here but as i said their
chinese food are almost the same wif their indian food..
i juz found out 1 purely chinese food stall which open by a
china old lady but then was closed up lioa last few days.. sad....
ok la ... gtg for dinner wif my UNi mate d...
byebye

2007-03-19T10:05:00.000-07:00

My good and lovely college classmate came to send me off at KLIA.. feeding me MD ice-cream.. haha. hey guys i am eating ice cream almost everyday after my dinner u noe.. seriously the foods here is so so nice and is so damn cheap.... heheh
we juz reach india ,Bangalore International Airport.. it is around 12am indian time. they are loading our heavy laguages and there going to send it to manipal for us..
we juz arrived Mangalore in the morning... on my way to the bus which bringing us to manipal..
it is a beautiful bridge which i saw during my journey to manipal
finally ,i reach my campus,manipal.. it is a office+ library..

ok ,it is part of my adventures in india.. i will upload more pic next time ... c ya