Gelato selection (only 1/6 of it!)
Villa courtyard in Florence
Sienna (1 hour's drive from Florence)
Friday, September 15, 2006
italy...
The Duomo in Florence (all marble!)
Medicci Villa in Florence:
Inside the Uffizi Gallery where Bortocelli's Venus is:
The Old Bridge of Florence
Medicci Villa in Florence:
Inside the Uffizi Gallery where Bortocelli's Venus is:
The Old Bridge of Florence
italy...
Onboard Italian Eurostar from Rome to Florence:
Italian House Wine
Omelette with Truffles!!! I like!!!
Margherita Pizza at Zsa Zsa in Florence (got the restaurent fom a Times duide to eating in Florence)
Italian House Wine
Omelette with Truffles!!! I like!!!
Margherita Pizza at Zsa Zsa in Florence (got the restaurent fom a Times duide to eating in Florence)
italy...
La Dolce Vita in some fountain with 'A Boscolo Luxury Hotal' behind (that's what the banner says!)
Kitty at museum courtyard (purr....)
Spanish Steps at night
Missoni at Spanish Steps!
Kitty at museum courtyard (purr....)
Spanish Steps at night
Missoni at Spanish Steps!
Schonbrunn and imperial Vienna!
I was at the Schonbrunn Palace, which was used as the Royal Summer Residence by Habsburg dynasty and totally blown away by the beauty of it. Pity that I was not allowed to take the photos of the rooms inside though.
Today, i went tramming around (that is, sitting in a tram going round and round trying to familiarise myself with the entire line) and passed by the Ring of Vienna, which is essentially the old district. Tons of amazing buildings there but as I was pressing for time, I only took these pics of the State Theatre (where the grand Vienna Ball is held every Jan, but now, there's a circus in front of it!), the Volksgarden, a huge sprawling garden in middle of ols town with beautiful flowers.
Today, i went tramming around (that is, sitting in a tram going round and round trying to familiarise myself with the entire line) and passed by the Ring of Vienna, which is essentially the old district. Tons of amazing buildings there but as I was pressing for time, I only took these pics of the State Theatre (where the grand Vienna Ball is held every Jan, but now, there's a circus in front of it!), the Volksgarden, a huge sprawling garden in middle of ols town with beautiful flowers.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
opps...his and hers...
i was up and early today at 8.30 cos the blardy sun shines into my room, and more specifically, my, yes, my, bed every morning at 8am!
anyways, thought i was meeting Tina at 11, but when I was at the station, she's not there, and then the thought may occur to me that i am meeting her at 1 instead, which explains why i am back in my hostel blogging.
My buddy was too busy to meet up with me cos she's working and i think i will go get myself a sim card later from school and set up a local bank account.
Managed to have breakfast today with the following:
Yogurt drink (only 80 euro cents for 500 mls!) and cinnamon cereals
also, managed to snap some shots of His and Hers part of my room; His being Rob's and Her's being my side (Tina said that my area looks like it belongs to a girl! but then again, tina ain't such a neat gal to begin with after travelling with her for 12 days straight!)
Rob's part : Bed, Study Table, and cabinets
Mine's: Bed, Study Table, and cabinets
anyways, thought i was meeting Tina at 11, but when I was at the station, she's not there, and then the thought may occur to me that i am meeting her at 1 instead, which explains why i am back in my hostel blogging.
My buddy was too busy to meet up with me cos she's working and i think i will go get myself a sim card later from school and set up a local bank account.
Managed to have breakfast today with the following:
Yogurt drink (only 80 euro cents for 500 mls!) and cinnamon cereals
also, managed to snap some shots of His and Hers part of my room; His being Rob's and Her's being my side (Tina said that my area looks like it belongs to a girl! but then again, tina ain't such a neat gal to begin with after travelling with her for 12 days straight!)
Rob's part : Bed, Study Table, and cabinets
Mine's: Bed, Study Table, and cabinets
photo time
yeah!!! got my internet up and running in my room so here are the long awaited photos!
first, i am gonna show everyone my dorm! here's my bed, followed by the sink oustide my room (within my apartment whoich consist of 2 rooms; one dbl, and 1 single, all 3 opf us sharing the same toilet in our apartment)
then, there's the toilet shared by 1 singaporean, 1 viet, and one hunky american (oh, it dose not look so clean now):
the sink area in our apartment:
here's the view from my room window
and now! the much awaited and anticipated photos of my italian trip!
this is the B&B i stayed at in rome, it's called the Roma Vacanze B & B, and the lady is a 60+ yr old italian granny; very nice place, and very nice old lady! i loved the place (one photo shows the train i took ti italy on a 12+ hour journey in a 4 sleeper couchette, and sleep was not good with all the stops and banging of the trains!)
now, the photos i taken on my trip across 4 cities: rome, florence, milan and venice:
Summery
1st row left to right:
Trevi fountain, the Victory Monumenmt aka the wedding cake, streets in rome, Vatican City, Colliseum
2nd row:
some square with fountain near Termini in Rome, some museum in Rome, Vatican Museum(yes! i was in sistine chapel!) Spanish Steps in Rome at evening, me on eurostar from Rome to Florence
3rd row:
Florence, 1/6 of Gelato selection at Cafe de Neri, Museum in Florence, Cafe at the Mall (my fav shopping place), our dinner with T Bone steak
4th row:
Rialto bridge in Venice, Snacks in local Venitian bar, some bridge in Venice with me devouring my white chocos from a local choco shop(heavenly!), me in St Marc's Sq in Venice, me on Murano Island (famos for their blown glasses) 30 min off mainland Venice by boat.
Last row:
same as 1st row
i am so in love with italian gelato, tina and i went to these 2 great gelaterias in florence and they apparently served the best gelato in florence, and some say, italy (3rd row, 2nd pic from left)! we both also shared a 1kg Tbone steak in florence the costs a whopping 40 euros (3rd row, 1st from right), and went to this great bar in milan called Exploit where we ordered drinks and get free unlimited tapas! In Venice, we went to local bars called The Devil and the Holy Water where we grabbed snacks like grilled squids (amazing!) and fried fish and cheap prices (4th row, 2nd from left)!
to end things off, I got addicted to this italian variety show called Cultira Modenna where there's this lady whom just do nothing but dance and jiggle her assests to audiences(to keep ratings up?) and her name's Juliana. How nice.
first, i am gonna show everyone my dorm! here's my bed, followed by the sink oustide my room (within my apartment whoich consist of 2 rooms; one dbl, and 1 single, all 3 opf us sharing the same toilet in our apartment)
then, there's the toilet shared by 1 singaporean, 1 viet, and one hunky american (oh, it dose not look so clean now):
the sink area in our apartment:
here's the view from my room window
and now! the much awaited and anticipated photos of my italian trip!
this is the B&B i stayed at in rome, it's called the Roma Vacanze B & B, and the lady is a 60+ yr old italian granny; very nice place, and very nice old lady! i loved the place (one photo shows the train i took ti italy on a 12+ hour journey in a 4 sleeper couchette, and sleep was not good with all the stops and banging of the trains!)
now, the photos i taken on my trip across 4 cities: rome, florence, milan and venice:
Summery
1st row left to right:
Trevi fountain, the Victory Monumenmt aka the wedding cake, streets in rome, Vatican City, Colliseum
2nd row:
some square with fountain near Termini in Rome, some museum in Rome, Vatican Museum(yes! i was in sistine chapel!) Spanish Steps in Rome at evening, me on eurostar from Rome to Florence
3rd row:
Florence, 1/6 of Gelato selection at Cafe de Neri, Museum in Florence, Cafe at the Mall (my fav shopping place), our dinner with T Bone steak
4th row:
Rialto bridge in Venice, Snacks in local Venitian bar, some bridge in Venice with me devouring my white chocos from a local choco shop(heavenly!), me in St Marc's Sq in Venice, me on Murano Island (famos for their blown glasses) 30 min off mainland Venice by boat.
Last row:
same as 1st row
i am so in love with italian gelato, tina and i went to these 2 great gelaterias in florence and they apparently served the best gelato in florence, and some say, italy (3rd row, 2nd pic from left)! we both also shared a 1kg Tbone steak in florence the costs a whopping 40 euros (3rd row, 1st from right), and went to this great bar in milan called Exploit where we ordered drinks and get free unlimited tapas! In Venice, we went to local bars called The Devil and the Holy Water where we grabbed snacks like grilled squids (amazing!) and fried fish and cheap prices (4th row, 2nd from left)!
to end things off, I got addicted to this italian variety show called Cultira Modenna where there's this lady whom just do nothing but dance and jiggle her assests to audiences(to keep ratings up?) and her name's Juliana. How nice.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
in WU Wien
here i am typing on the German keyboard in Austria where they interchanged the positions of the alphabets 'Y' and 'Z'. my hostel internet is still not ready and the reason i reckoned being that the office is only opened from 4pm till 6.30 pm.
oh! and shops here closes like at 5 everywhere. or maybe its just around my area?
anyway, what amy told me bout austrians are true: they are cold, and very cold to be precise, unless they know you, then they may, MAY, be nicer towards you. haha.
and the lockers here are weird! tried to lock them but the key just refuses to come out!
anyways. enough of austrians, wanna hear bout my room mate? haha. he's a great looking american with irish and austrian(which explains why he chose here) and has a GPA of 3.80
SMART and GOOD LOOKING.
oh, and he is very into sports: plays soccer, tennis and last night, he went jogging along the Danube for 3 miles! gosh.
SMART and GOOD LOOKING and SPORTY.
shall attempt to take a photo and post it here. haha.
oh, now, back to italy, italy was gorgeous, but i think travelling solo will be a better option sometimes. just like how Van said ater her trip with her fren: at the end of it, kindda glad that the duo is parting ways. Solo traveler has more freedom and i think i really like that kind of feeling! the sad side to that is opf cpurse having photos with me inside the frame is tough!
anyway, still freaking amazed at Kenneth for being able to do Rome in one day. And Van: 3 nights in Rome is too much! haha...
Really love Venice and Rome. Guess Italy is really ammazing cos they can have such drastic changes in their cities! the vibe and feel can be so different in other places! Not to mention Italians are SO gorgeous and SO helpful (unlike Austrians).
Florence was expensive though cos they charged for like every entry into a museum. but I was glad to have gone in cos Uffizi gallery is amazing! Managed to see Bortocelli's Birth of Venus! and also caught a glimpse of Michaelangelo's David in Accademia!
Didge#s Palace in Venice was superb too, but I guss Rome still trumps everything cos m,ost of the sights are FREE! and I managed to visit the Wedding Cake and Panthaeon(sic) .
Probably going to Schronbrunn with Tina later and currently awaiting for mz Austrian buddy to contact me (to show me ard Vienna tommorrow).
Photos will be up when i have internet in my hostel. Oh, and i finally had home cooked food last night when I made Squid Ink pasta (bought in Venice) in pomodora sauce and ommelette with ham and mushrooms.
Vienna is way cheaper than italy. same barrel of Necturines sell for 4 euros in Italy and only 1+ here! and these fruits are from italy to begin with! well, guess i just have to grin and bear with these unfriendly people here in order to stretch my dollar!
oh! and shops here closes like at 5 everywhere. or maybe its just around my area?
anyway, what amy told me bout austrians are true: they are cold, and very cold to be precise, unless they know you, then they may, MAY, be nicer towards you. haha.
and the lockers here are weird! tried to lock them but the key just refuses to come out!
anyways. enough of austrians, wanna hear bout my room mate? haha. he's a great looking american with irish and austrian(which explains why he chose here) and has a GPA of 3.80
SMART and GOOD LOOKING.
oh, and he is very into sports: plays soccer, tennis and last night, he went jogging along the Danube for 3 miles! gosh.
SMART and GOOD LOOKING and SPORTY.
shall attempt to take a photo and post it here. haha.
oh, now, back to italy, italy was gorgeous, but i think travelling solo will be a better option sometimes. just like how Van said ater her trip with her fren: at the end of it, kindda glad that the duo is parting ways. Solo traveler has more freedom and i think i really like that kind of feeling! the sad side to that is opf cpurse having photos with me inside the frame is tough!
anyway, still freaking amazed at Kenneth for being able to do Rome in one day. And Van: 3 nights in Rome is too much! haha...
Really love Venice and Rome. Guess Italy is really ammazing cos they can have such drastic changes in their cities! the vibe and feel can be so different in other places! Not to mention Italians are SO gorgeous and SO helpful (unlike Austrians).
Florence was expensive though cos they charged for like every entry into a museum. but I was glad to have gone in cos Uffizi gallery is amazing! Managed to see Bortocelli's Birth of Venus! and also caught a glimpse of Michaelangelo's David in Accademia!
Didge#s Palace in Venice was superb too, but I guss Rome still trumps everything cos m,ost of the sights are FREE! and I managed to visit the Wedding Cake and Panthaeon(sic) .
Probably going to Schronbrunn with Tina later and currently awaiting for mz Austrian buddy to contact me (to show me ard Vienna tommorrow).
Photos will be up when i have internet in my hostel. Oh, and i finally had home cooked food last night when I made Squid Ink pasta (bought in Venice) in pomodora sauce and ommelette with ham and mushrooms.
Vienna is way cheaper than italy. same barrel of Necturines sell for 4 euros in Italy and only 1+ here! and these fruits are from italy to begin with! well, guess i just have to grin and bear with these unfriendly people here in order to stretch my dollar!
Friday, September 08, 2006
From my room in firenza
Hi everyone just when you thought i was gone i"M BACK AGAIN!!!
loanign my hotel laptop.. yes my one star hotel is that advance but not that adance cos" no ifra red port so no pictures =(
anyways, italy is so freaking hot this time of the year.and i wonderf why they call it autumn. oh, by the way, i juat wanted to update everyone on my shopping so far, like i was saying just now, i was at this blardy gorgeous place called the mall that is 30min away from the main florence city, and they had like gazilion brands there! i remember seeing armani (with every brand from the armani group), to valentino, to emanual ungaro(where i see a really gorgeous tee for 69 euros but alas, not in my size), and la perla (but too bad cos la perla uomo is not on sale!) and ferragamo, and of course, gucci, tods (including hogan), bottega venetta, and burberry.
bought a wool cardigan for myself and a silk top for my mum at burberry, a red bottega handbag for my mum again, a pair of tods loafers and gucci boots for myself. blew a total of nearly 900 euros in one day!
this sells for nearly 2K in singapore but i only paid 400+ euros for it at the outlet store! what a steal!
but sadly, tina decided to not buy any stuff there, ok, if she considered her la perla as stuff, ok, and she has her giorgio armani synglasses (at 59 euros, it sure fiuts her budget), and she's reminding me bout her other cheap
item from Fendi (a hankerchief)
oh, and today, i managed to gwt for myself a misonni sweater at 216 euros and and missoni look alike scarf for 28 euros! haha, so happy with my purchases!
loanign my hotel laptop.. yes my one star hotel is that advance but not that adance cos" no ifra red port so no pictures =(
anyways, italy is so freaking hot this time of the year.and i wonderf why they call it autumn. oh, by the way, i juat wanted to update everyone on my shopping so far, like i was saying just now, i was at this blardy gorgeous place called the mall that is 30min away from the main florence city, and they had like gazilion brands there! i remember seeing armani (with every brand from the armani group), to valentino, to emanual ungaro(where i see a really gorgeous tee for 69 euros but alas, not in my size), and la perla (but too bad cos la perla uomo is not on sale!) and ferragamo, and of course, gucci, tods (including hogan), bottega venetta, and burberry.
bought a wool cardigan for myself and a silk top for my mum at burberry, a red bottega handbag for my mum again, a pair of tods loafers and gucci boots for myself. blew a total of nearly 900 euros in one day!
this sells for nearly 2K in singapore but i only paid 400+ euros for it at the outlet store! what a steal!
but sadly, tina decided to not buy any stuff there, ok, if she considered her la perla as stuff, ok, and she has her giorgio armani synglasses (at 59 euros, it sure fiuts her budget), and she's reminding me bout her other cheap
item from Fendi (a hankerchief)
oh, and today, i managed to gwt for myself a misonni sweater at 216 euros and and missoni look alike scarf for 28 euros! haha, so happy with my purchases!
post from firenze
hi all my dear readers! haha, i am in italy now and italy is so not as nice as they say! boring boring,. but the only thing interesting is this place called the mall off florence, i was in heaven there u noe! haha, bought 1 pair of tod"s loafers and a pair os gucci boots! haha, i was soooo thrilled, oh, i also bought a botegga venetta signature bag for my mum! how cool? haha, i also managed to buy a missoni sweater (from proper boutique in florence aND not OUTLET, K!)
k, gotta go, stay tuned for my photos k!
k, gotta go, stay tuned for my photos k!
Thursday, August 31, 2006
my refugee barangs barangs
all my stuffs are packed except my wallet, passport, laptop, adaptor and thumbdrive. And here's what I'll be lugging to the airport later. My blue nacgpack is so under-packed that it looks so droopy! It can actually reached the height of my suitcase when filled to the brim (which I think will be so after all my shopping there...heehee)
Bon Voyage
I am taking a little time before I fly off in 24 hours, in the comfort of my Singapore Airlines Jumbo Jet to Zurich then the awful Austrian Airlines to Vienna, to thank all those that have gave me their well wishes!
But still, as usual I just gotta side track slightly and share with all you on what I intend to do to torture and examine the service standards of the Singapore Girls onboard the carrier. I am gonna request for 2 servings of my meals, extra ice cream (then complain and moan and lament that the blardy ice cream is too frozen), demand them to give me a 1.5L bottle of Evian to prevent me from dehydration and thus, saving them from more drama (and if they do not have Evian, they are SO dead), and throughout watching my Da Vinci Code on Krisflyer, I'm also gonna keep pestering for snacks to make me have the whole movie theatre experience. Oh! I am also gonna be ranting my extremely limited Spanish to them by pretending to be a Spain-born-Chinese. Haha...
The Singapore Girls better be afraid of this Singapore Bitch!
Ok, now back to those that have sms-ed me, from all my friends ranging from Secondary pals to JC buddies to fellow SMU-ers and also those from my internship! So sweet! haha...
This is when you all can make me feel REALLY bad when I bitch-ed behind your backs before. haha...
This time off, I felt so weird with so many ppl giving me their well wishes! I mean, I have been to USA last summer and Latin America in Dec, but I don't recall so many drama mama actions and wishes! Even Dad flew back yesterday so that he can "spend some time with me" before I fly off! All this wishy washy stuffs are exactly what I hate, simply because they just trigger off the emotional aspect inside my tender heart.
Yes dear all, I do have a soft and mellow interior despite my cold and bitchy facade...haha...More importantly, all these emotional roller coster stuffs also reinforces the fact that I, too, am merely mortal and has emotions (tune of Mariah's Emotions playback in background).
I think the last time Dad was back to 'accompany' me was before I left for Pulau Teking for my NS. Ha, except this time round, Vienna certainly is way much better than Tekong, DUH?!
So dear all, rest assured that I'll try to update this page as often as possible and showcase tons and tons and gazzilions of pictoorials and photos of the wonderful scenery and most importantly - ME!
Till my post in europe (or at the airport), hasta pronto!
But still, as usual I just gotta side track slightly and share with all you on what I intend to do to torture and examine the service standards of the Singapore Girls onboard the carrier. I am gonna request for 2 servings of my meals, extra ice cream (then complain and moan and lament that the blardy ice cream is too frozen), demand them to give me a 1.5L bottle of Evian to prevent me from dehydration and thus, saving them from more drama (and if they do not have Evian, they are SO dead), and throughout watching my Da Vinci Code on Krisflyer, I'm also gonna keep pestering for snacks to make me have the whole movie theatre experience. Oh! I am also gonna be ranting my extremely limited Spanish to them by pretending to be a Spain-born-Chinese. Haha...
The Singapore Girls better be afraid of this Singapore Bitch!
Ok, now back to those that have sms-ed me, from all my friends ranging from Secondary pals to JC buddies to fellow SMU-ers and also those from my internship! So sweet! haha...
This is when you all can make me feel REALLY bad when I bitch-ed behind your backs before. haha...
This time off, I felt so weird with so many ppl giving me their well wishes! I mean, I have been to USA last summer and Latin America in Dec, but I don't recall so many drama mama actions and wishes! Even Dad flew back yesterday so that he can "spend some time with me" before I fly off! All this wishy washy stuffs are exactly what I hate, simply because they just trigger off the emotional aspect inside my tender heart.
Yes dear all, I do have a soft and mellow interior despite my cold and bitchy facade...haha...More importantly, all these emotional roller coster stuffs also reinforces the fact that I, too, am merely mortal and has emotions (tune of Mariah's Emotions playback in background).
I think the last time Dad was back to 'accompany' me was before I left for Pulau Teking for my NS. Ha, except this time round, Vienna certainly is way much better than Tekong, DUH?!
So dear all, rest assured that I'll try to update this page as often as possible and showcase tons and tons and gazzilions of pictoorials and photos of the wonderful scenery and most importantly - ME!
Till my post in europe (or at the airport), hasta pronto!
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
pregnant symptoms
I do not know if it is the local Singaporean in me, or that I am just a glutton. It seemed to me that everytime before I leave for some Ang-Moh country for a long period of more than 30 days, or that I am already in a non-Asian foreign land for more than a week (and knowing that there are still more weeks to follow), I will have a sudden craving for Asian food. Not just Singaporean, Malaysian, Nanyang style food, but Asian food!
Right now, I am having a strong urge for Bak Kut Teh, Hainanese Chicken Rice (though I just had it like 2 days ago), and Thai and Hong Kong food like tom yum, hor fun, and especially C Jade food. Oh! and Beef kway teow and bean curd from Geylang too! Bean curd from Rocher is great tambien!
In fact, I will really miss pork ribs, especially bak kut teh, and sine my US stint last year, it's the only food I'll really think of when I'm in a foreign land! There is just something extremely delicious and tantalising about a piping hot bowl of pork ribs broth and the succulent tender meat with some fats and tendons! Speaking of meat and tendons, I'll also me missing Pig's Organs soup! yummy! oh gosh, and I am not even on the plane yet! Will miss my Pig's intestines, stomach, kidneys (but I hate the liver!), and also the various meat from the various body parts (favourite is the neck and the loin and the piece besides the trotters and knuckles!)!
I think I am just missing pork in general! haha...
Right now, I am having a strong urge for Bak Kut Teh, Hainanese Chicken Rice (though I just had it like 2 days ago), and Thai and Hong Kong food like tom yum, hor fun, and especially C Jade food. Oh! and Beef kway teow and bean curd from Geylang too! Bean curd from Rocher is great tambien!
In fact, I will really miss pork ribs, especially bak kut teh, and sine my US stint last year, it's the only food I'll really think of when I'm in a foreign land! There is just something extremely delicious and tantalising about a piping hot bowl of pork ribs broth and the succulent tender meat with some fats and tendons! Speaking of meat and tendons, I'll also me missing Pig's Organs soup! yummy! oh gosh, and I am not even on the plane yet! Will miss my Pig's intestines, stomach, kidneys (but I hate the liver!), and also the various meat from the various body parts (favourite is the neck and the loin and the piece besides the trotters and knuckles!)!
I think I am just missing pork in general! haha...
Monday, August 28, 2006
catching a sight
went down to school today to meet up with Amy and to ask her some final questions on Wien. Though, in reality, It was really how she started her relationship with her Swiss-German boyfriend that caught my interest! haha...
It was also wonderful that Amy and mine's yakking away outside Pick and Bit actually caught the attention of Cindy and I also managed to catch some nice quality bitching time with her..haha, told me she'll miss me (have to admit she pulled off the "I'll so miss you, you bitch!" look SO convincingly! Ha) Later, went down to Peninsula to take some Passport photos to bring along with my trip, I so do not want to follow in my Summer Camp friend, Hayley's footsteps in NYC where she had to pay freaking USD$20 for 2(!!) tiny miserable passport photos at the local post office! Oh by the way Cindy pal, you are not that fat...haha. With your supermodel height, you can so carry off those lil' pounds like feather! (Are you happy now that I am praising you for your supermodel body?)
Thereafter, met Wanwen and Sharen after they had their IMF training at Suntec for dinner supposedly, but alas! They were gorged with tons of food at their training sessions and since i had a late lunch at 3p.m., decided to go to Starbucks at Suntec instead for a good chat (after sitting inthe Suntec foodcourt for 15min think what stuffs to eat when we're all so filled) Wanwen updated me on her 2nd trip to Argentina in less than 9 months, and I was so happy for her that she managed to ski and have tons of fun in Bariloche! Can truly see the beam on her face she had from the blastin-licious time she had there! Really starting to miss Sa'adia and if only I make an effort to call her up last week for coffee!
Sharen also had a blast with her lovely boyfriend in Paris, Barcelona and Madrid (so romantic!) and she is still so revishing from the glow of both the trip and her relationship like, nearly one month after her trip! haha...oh, Sharen's bf has impeccable taste cos he bought a Loewe briefcase for his dad! Sharen, you bf is a good catch! haha...
The evening ended when I met up with Van, Gillian and Tina for a K Box session where we sang like crazy folks haha, and i think I just scare Gillian off (she's actually Tina's friend from NTU and this is only like the 3rd time I'm seeing her)
Oh I also managed to do some shopping! Got for myself the new 3M Nexcare pimple patch! and also stock up on my Biore porepack after I'd stopped using it for 1 year! haha, also, bought some pills to stop diarrhea from Watsons and Guardian.
3 more days to go and I cannot wait!
Oh and being typical Singaporean, whom is Kiasu like crazy, I managed to find some friend to bid for lessons after my term in Wien! Gonna take BP and Stratetgy with Wanwen and Sharen, and found Cindy to do a Corp Comm module! In case I have too much fun and forget all bout what I need to take in 2007, here're the courses: BP, Strat, Comm course, (if assigned) Ethics, Fixed Income and IE (dropping Fixed Income if ethics is assigned cos I may be taking Int Trading option under Fin which requires 2 mods and fixed income is not one of it!))
It was also wonderful that Amy and mine's yakking away outside Pick and Bit actually caught the attention of Cindy and I also managed to catch some nice quality bitching time with her..haha, told me she'll miss me (have to admit she pulled off the "I'll so miss you, you bitch!" look SO convincingly! Ha) Later, went down to Peninsula to take some Passport photos to bring along with my trip, I so do not want to follow in my Summer Camp friend, Hayley's footsteps in NYC where she had to pay freaking USD$20 for 2(!!) tiny miserable passport photos at the local post office! Oh by the way Cindy pal, you are not that fat...haha. With your supermodel height, you can so carry off those lil' pounds like feather! (Are you happy now that I am praising you for your supermodel body?)
Thereafter, met Wanwen and Sharen after they had their IMF training at Suntec for dinner supposedly, but alas! They were gorged with tons of food at their training sessions and since i had a late lunch at 3p.m., decided to go to Starbucks at Suntec instead for a good chat (after sitting inthe Suntec foodcourt for 15min think what stuffs to eat when we're all so filled) Wanwen updated me on her 2nd trip to Argentina in less than 9 months, and I was so happy for her that she managed to ski and have tons of fun in Bariloche! Can truly see the beam on her face she had from the blastin-licious time she had there! Really starting to miss Sa'adia and if only I make an effort to call her up last week for coffee!
Sharen also had a blast with her lovely boyfriend in Paris, Barcelona and Madrid (so romantic!) and she is still so revishing from the glow of both the trip and her relationship like, nearly one month after her trip! haha...oh, Sharen's bf has impeccable taste cos he bought a Loewe briefcase for his dad! Sharen, you bf is a good catch! haha...
The evening ended when I met up with Van, Gillian and Tina for a K Box session where we sang like crazy folks haha, and i think I just scare Gillian off (she's actually Tina's friend from NTU and this is only like the 3rd time I'm seeing her)
Oh I also managed to do some shopping! Got for myself the new 3M Nexcare pimple patch! and also stock up on my Biore porepack after I'd stopped using it for 1 year! haha, also, bought some pills to stop diarrhea from Watsons and Guardian.
3 more days to go and I cannot wait!
Oh and being typical Singaporean, whom is Kiasu like crazy, I managed to find some friend to bid for lessons after my term in Wien! Gonna take BP and Stratetgy with Wanwen and Sharen, and found Cindy to do a Corp Comm module! In case I have too much fun and forget all bout what I need to take in 2007, here're the courses: BP, Strat, Comm course, (if assigned) Ethics, Fixed Income and IE (dropping Fixed Income if ethics is assigned cos I may be taking Int Trading option under Fin which requires 2 mods and fixed income is not one of it!))
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Mee Sua and Red Eggs for Me and Mum!
Mum made a nice mee sua in ikan billis broth with Pig's Kidneys (my favorite!) and Loin Meat. She also added Corriender (or Cilantro as some says) and spring onions into the soup.
The special occasion for mee sua and red hard boiled eggs was cos, Mum and I decided to 'celebrate' our birthdays earlier, since I'm leaving on Thursday. Mum's date is 24/9 and mine's 25/9, so it is always a breeze to celebrate both of ours together! Lunar calender wise, I am in the eight month and mum's in the second July (akin to a leap year where the second July only appears after certain years, so theoretically, the second July is to make up for the lost days over the few years to balance out the 12 month calender system)
Amazing how Mum's food will always taste the best, and despit all my rants and complaint,sI really do love my Mum's cookings! Will so miss her leng tong (boiled soups Cantonese style) when I'm overseas. Hate local soups, water and some food pieces and you call that soup! But can hardly blame them since nice Cantonese style soups are so rare here since majority are Hokkiena and Teochews. Hong Kong is one lace where you can get decent soup everywhere!
Mum, i already know what I want to eat on Thursday befor I flyt off for 4 months! I want your diced chicken with cashew nuts, boiled soup with beet root or old cucumber, and stir fried sweet potatoe sprouts!
The special occasion for mee sua and red hard boiled eggs was cos, Mum and I decided to 'celebrate' our birthdays earlier, since I'm leaving on Thursday. Mum's date is 24/9 and mine's 25/9, so it is always a breeze to celebrate both of ours together! Lunar calender wise, I am in the eight month and mum's in the second July (akin to a leap year where the second July only appears after certain years, so theoretically, the second July is to make up for the lost days over the few years to balance out the 12 month calender system)
Amazing how Mum's food will always taste the best, and despit all my rants and complaint,sI really do love my Mum's cookings! Will so miss her leng tong (boiled soups Cantonese style) when I'm overseas. Hate local soups, water and some food pieces and you call that soup! But can hardly blame them since nice Cantonese style soups are so rare here since majority are Hokkiena and Teochews. Hong Kong is one lace where you can get decent soup everywhere!
Mum, i already know what I want to eat on Thursday befor I flyt off for 4 months! I want your diced chicken with cashew nuts, boiled soup with beet root or old cucumber, and stir fried sweet potatoe sprouts!
Friday, August 25, 2006
new bag and I stink like charred marinated meat
Met Jos, Brenden, Kiyo and Stevie last night for dinner at Marina Bay. Cheap fare at $12 nett, but at these rock bottom price, there are certainly some sacrifices one needs to tahan with. Anyway, I am sure all of you whom have been to Cheng Huat at Marina Bay knows how stuffs are, so I'll skip the nitty gritty. Anyway, was famished to snap photos of the (cleaner) beginning process, so i only managed to snap these (gross and disgusting) after meal shots of our rubbish. Hope you ain;t reading these within an hour of your last meal and worse, before your meal!
Jos drove us home after dinner and I managed to get some night scenes of the CBD area from Marina:
Ok, and NOW, for the pretty thing! Just came back from lunch and managed to snag for myself a new Crumpler Bag cos my Samsonite backpack is too small and does not have the lappie protection pad. Settles on this model, and me a very happy person now.
Oh, the real highlight was in my mailbox last night.
Did I tell you all that my NS unit was charging me for nbot taking my IPPT in the year 04-05? Well, i did not turn up that day for the Summary Trial in my uniform and hence, i need to go down on 12/9 to answer for that charge and the AWOL charge when I failed to turn up prior. Disruptive to studies and employment! So gonna denounce my citizenship the moment i get one from preferbly UK or US. Ha. But then again, 12/.9, will i be in Singapore? No! I am on exchange you imbecile civil servents of Mindef! And i though I told you so?! Man, those clerks in the NS units with only their N and O Levels Certs are really so suited for their pathetic lives.
Jos drove us home after dinner and I managed to get some night scenes of the CBD area from Marina:
Ok, and NOW, for the pretty thing! Just came back from lunch and managed to snag for myself a new Crumpler Bag cos my Samsonite backpack is too small and does not have the lappie protection pad. Settles on this model, and me a very happy person now.
Oh, the real highlight was in my mailbox last night.
Did I tell you all that my NS unit was charging me for nbot taking my IPPT in the year 04-05? Well, i did not turn up that day for the Summary Trial in my uniform and hence, i need to go down on 12/9 to answer for that charge and the AWOL charge when I failed to turn up prior. Disruptive to studies and employment! So gonna denounce my citizenship the moment i get one from preferbly UK or US. Ha. But then again, 12/.9, will i be in Singapore? No! I am on exchange you imbecile civil servents of Mindef! And i though I told you so?! Man, those clerks in the NS units with only their N and O Levels Certs are really so suited for their pathetic lives.
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