Wordless Wednesday

Kursk Day

25 Sept - It's Kursk Day!

It was the day to honor my home-city for 7 years - Kursk, last Sunday.

Me & roomie decided to go and join the crowd coz as far as I remember the last time we went was during our 1st year here. Boy, that was 6 years ago!

The day was fun, the weather was nice & everyone was so cheerful. Practically every stranger was talking to another stranger, so much of joy in the air.

ON OUR WAY TO CATCH THE BUS - AT BORODINO PARK:

I have always loved Autumn! Always...

BEFORE THE EVENT

Znamenskiy Cathedral

Suddenly this guy came and told me, he liked the idea of ladies wearing hijab & gave his compliments that made my day a whole lot merrier ;)

Background : The Mayor's office

Love the gigantic balloon flowers, esp the PINK one

Kuryanie (people originated from Kursk) veterans

The carriage, loved to try but I didn't see any adult who rode so far

White, blue, red - their flag color

PERFORMANCES & PERFORMERS

AFTER THE EVENT

My home city for 7 years

Russian traditional kitchenette

What the Ruski ppl loves the most, second to Vodka - flowers!

Sneak peak of Ruski's village life

Lenin Street

A few minutes before it rained, wish I bought the bunny hairband earlier *sad*

Lenin & Lenina

It was quite freezing - 16'C!

Do Svidania! (goodbye)

INTERMISSON : IT RAINED

Where we found shelter - @ McD's (it was packed!)

Decided to walk along Lenin St. to take few more snaps.

Old folks

Kursk Hotel

Skaterboyz

Erm, anyone?

Reached Punshkinskiy Mall

The Summer Terrace

Let's go home!

Back to Business

The Gurlz had their 1st busy day of the semester - cooking for new 1st year students who just arrived, preparing breakfast (spaghetti bolognese), lunch (rice + black pepper chicken) & dinner (rice + mixed vege + chicken sambal) for 65 people. People often ask us, why is it that we wanna go through all this trouble, as if we are desperately in need of money. The answer is - hell no! We just :

1. Need a reason to spend time with each other. Trust me, a whole day under one roof together was totally not enough. We missed each other the very next day itself.

2. Enjoy cooking, especially when bestie S is a great cook, I learn a lot from her. I didn't have a high level of confidence cooking for sooo many people back then.

3. We're the out-going type.We'll rot coz its plain bored if we don't do anything here in Kursk. It's either we'll go out or stay at home & be busy. We just need to be on the move.

4. Money was never the intention, but it can be an initiative :) Plus, I like it when I can earn my own money from my own sweat, it's some kinda satisfaction I can't explain. It becomes sweeter, when I manage to save it!

So, there we go.....

I had to be in-charge of the chicken, but I seriously have a major phobia with hot oil in the pan (nearly cost me half of my face once) so there I was, trying to get all the protection I could ; wearing specs, arm covered, turned my hijab to a niqab & staying like 5 steps away from the stove.

Managed to fry about 150 drumsticks, but I didn't overcome the phobia, yet

With bestie P - the rice manager

Besti D - just recovered from chicpox, straight away came and helped us ,she was the vege mixer.

Bestie S - the mastermind, of course with the toughest task; the gravy

Mesyuarat tergempar - to make sure we're on track with time

Then it was packing time..we were already smelling the smell of our comfy beds & pillows at this time..it was just a matter of time.

After we're done with our last deliver, we had dinner and must-do-ritual - pillow talk, this time instead of talking we created our own ABC dictionary :) The 'game' was so much fun till everyone dozed off and greeted by the sun which was about to have lunch already the next day...