TheWeekends

I had all four consecutive weekends occupied. First had friend visiting from France. They covered 4 cities (of 3 different countries) in a week and by the time they arrived to Prague, they are pretty drained out. So, here I am giving you free tip ~ don't make Prague your last stop. The cobble stone road/alley will kill your feet. Anyway, apart from going to the same tourist spots, this time I went to Mirror Labyrinth. One word ~ fun. And I am so sorry to inform you of an outdated news, that the National Museum is closed for renovation for a whopping 5 years. I haven't really consider of going to visit anyway but when I heard about the closing, I became curious as to whether I've really lost an opportunity to visit.

The next weekend was Eid-ul Adha. It's a blessings to have a family away from family. The thing I love about Eid-ul Adha is that we can takbeer for 3 days (or is it 4 days?). We had potluck at Raudhah for girls, ignoring the fact that we have Igames on the next weekend. Food as usual was generous ~ bihun sup, bihun goreng, ketupat and rendang, sambal goreng, various jelly and pudding, fruit tarts, cakes and much more. Oh yes, even keropok lekor.

The Igames weekend didn't start off good. It didn't for contingent from Hradec Kralove. Motivation was rather low, plus the fact that we are significantly outnumbered by the other 2 localities. Still, Prague has this abilities to make the event enjoyable. As usual I stayed over at Vorsilka and it was really happening having Kirin, Kak Pia, some people from HK and the host themselves under one roof that having a proper hours of sleep doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, since we are short on people, we played more than 2 games per person (on average) and at the same time, trying our best to also be the supporters.

This photo is taken from CzeMSA group on Facebook.

Second day achievements was satisfactory and second day itself was so much fun even having cramped leg twice didn't lower my competitive spirit. Sadly the juniors from Hradec Kralove had to return to Hradec Kralove since they have to study for the daily tests which every international students in LFHK is well versed about. So, we gathered forced on the last day and charged forward. We swept gold for almost all the fun games ~ scrabble for both boy and girl, galah panjang, bola beracun and we managed to score even points with Prague and is just behing Olomouc by 10 points. We were ecstatic. People may wonder how can we be so happy for not being the last. But I pondered, that really, sometimes, less means more and I am proud of us. I really am.

After Igames, I was eagerly counting days for the weekend to come. Basically, we were expected to have motivation camp sponsored by MARA in Hilton Hotel, Prague. I was sceptical at first. I mean, are you kidding me? Were National Service and BTN not enough?But then, the prospect of seeing other people and going together on the same bus excites me. Yes, u are reading the right thing.

Staying in a hotel doesn't excite me but going together on the same bus does. I was so used to go on trip together with a troop of friends back in high school that I really wanted to do the same at least once with university friends. Anyway, the program was mainly about eating buffet and sleeping and staring around. And I got to know some people from other localities and also I got to know that I don't even know some people who are in the same batch from other localities exist all this while. Second day was so good that I left with heavy heart and I was unsatistfied that the bus ride back was so quick it took us only one hour to reach the faculty building. I mean, I didn't get the usual 2 hours sleep.

So, I guess it's time to get real and I hope life will get exciting this year.