Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
grad trip travels-week 1
Day 0 (May 9th), Singapore
01:00, Singapore
End of FYP and NUS life!
Hello Changi Airport :)
Day 1, Dubai-Prague-Krakow
04:00, Dubai
Hello Dubai airport and mc arabica! :D
Looking out for gifts/souvenirs to buy when returning via Dubai in 24/25 days time! :D
14:30, Prague
Hello rykne airport! Hello Czech republic!
First ATM withdrawal done :)
Czech pple seem to be able to speak pretty decent English :)
21:00, Prague
Finally on the overnight train to krakow! Cabin looks good and pretty safe :) train man's pretty nice.
Explored part of Prague earlier. Seems pretty alright. Lots of pickpockets though. Can see them eyeing you from all corners :( was even stalked by a gypsy :( gotta be careful!
Day 2, Poland
06:00, krakow
Hello krakow! Krakow is beautiful! Feeling safer here :) checkin's good :) side apartment but pretty decent and check in service was great! Loads if recommendations from the counter staff yay!
21:00, krakow
Explored the Jewish quarter and had awesome ziapienka, the polish version of pizza :) everything's really affordable here and it's mad safe :) even money changers here are decent. though we're pretty stand out still cos we're Asians but pple here are friendly and helpful :) also explored wawel castle; the lost wawel, state rooms and dragon's cave. Tried polish dumplings for dinner. Not too bad. Just dry dumplings with different fillings. Tried poppy seed pastries too. They're everywhere! :D old town is beautiful! And I love the horse carriages and parks :)
Day 3, Poland
21:00 Krakow
Visited the famous salt mines! The main chapel was beyond beautiful :D pretty cool experience :) even tried the salt water underground. Tasted like bleaugh but of well we tried :p the people here are really great and helpful! Full marks for Poland thus far :) ran back to main town cos we got special tickets to go visit the new krakow underground museum which is supposedly very difficult to get a chance to go. Not too bad :) pretty insightful though they had a couple of spelling and grammatical errors :x dinner at an underground locals hangout restaurant was a great find! Really food food at decent prices! We're totally coming back :) my wiener schnitzel was awesome max! Beers are damn cheap in this side of the world! Comparable with water prices :) visited church of st peter and paul. checked out krakow galleria too! Great bakery and a supermarket for breakfast tmr :) a beer a day keeps the doctor away :p
Day 4, Poland
21:00, krakow
Breakfasted at our favourite bahery and took a look at the local market :) Took out first tour ever at the auswich-biernkau camps; the famous nazi camps. Extremely good tour guide. Very very knowledgable with good English :) yeah I like :) the scariest part of the campsites were that they looked so ordinary from outside. Who would have guessed the atrocities that had happened inside. And the gas chambers and all... And how they used the human hairs from the gassed humans to make mats socks etc. The nazis are pretty sick pple :s tried fried broccoli from macs. Quite nice. Its served with sour cream. Visited the famous st Mary's church and Followed it up with a nice dinner at the underground restaurant :)
Day 5, Poland
21:00, krakow
woke up with flowers next to me in bed <3 hehe :):):) Poland is cool. At night, one of their trams is converted to a club. Party on wheels around krakow. How cool is that :) had breakfast at the bakery again and shopped at the local market. Damn cheap. ran back to wawel castle to visit the cathedral museum and climbed up to sigmund's bell to make a wish :) also visited the pope john Paul museum there. He's really their favorite boy :) lunched underground again before gg out in search of our souvenirs :) dinner one last time at out fav underground eating place before shopping at krakow galleria :) the gelato there is superb and cheap! :D
Day 6, Poland
10:15, krakow-zakopane
Breakfasted for the last time at our fav bakery :) headed out to take the bus to zakopane. Crazy rain made it too cold for us to take the cable car up to see the border between Poland and Slovakia :( explored zakopane town in the cold :( found a really good flea market and an upside-down but still functional house :p gelato was good as always and dinner was awesome at a grill restaurant :)
Day 7, Poland
21:00, zakopane
Trekked a super cold snow filled route up to lake morsie oko! Great experience with stunning sights! GEW'd love the crazy number of trekking paths they have with widely varying difficulties :) lunched in a small shack by the lake. took a horse carriage down :) coolios! Haven't had a house carriage ride in real terrain before :p headed back to town after all the trekking to defrost :p had our last polish dinner at a polish grill restaurant famous for their grilled trout :p and then it's back to packing for our cross border to Slovakia tmr :p
01:00, Singapore
End of FYP and NUS life!
Hello Changi Airport :)
Day 1, Dubai-Prague-Krakow
04:00, Dubai
Hello Dubai airport and mc arabica! :D
Looking out for gifts/souvenirs to buy when returning via Dubai in 24/25 days time! :D
14:30, Prague
Hello rykne airport! Hello Czech republic!
First ATM withdrawal done :)
Czech pple seem to be able to speak pretty decent English :)
21:00, Prague
Finally on the overnight train to krakow! Cabin looks good and pretty safe :) train man's pretty nice.
Explored part of Prague earlier. Seems pretty alright. Lots of pickpockets though. Can see them eyeing you from all corners :( was even stalked by a gypsy :( gotta be careful!
Day 2, Poland
06:00, krakow
Hello krakow! Krakow is beautiful! Feeling safer here :) checkin's good :) side apartment but pretty decent and check in service was great! Loads if recommendations from the counter staff yay!
21:00, krakow
Explored the Jewish quarter and had awesome ziapienka, the polish version of pizza :) everything's really affordable here and it's mad safe :) even money changers here are decent. though we're pretty stand out still cos we're Asians but pple here are friendly and helpful :) also explored wawel castle; the lost wawel, state rooms and dragon's cave. Tried polish dumplings for dinner. Not too bad. Just dry dumplings with different fillings. Tried poppy seed pastries too. They're everywhere! :D old town is beautiful! And I love the horse carriages and parks :)
Day 3, Poland
21:00 Krakow
Visited the famous salt mines! The main chapel was beyond beautiful :D pretty cool experience :) even tried the salt water underground. Tasted like bleaugh but of well we tried :p the people here are really great and helpful! Full marks for Poland thus far :) ran back to main town cos we got special tickets to go visit the new krakow underground museum which is supposedly very difficult to get a chance to go. Not too bad :) pretty insightful though they had a couple of spelling and grammatical errors :x dinner at an underground locals hangout restaurant was a great find! Really food food at decent prices! We're totally coming back :) my wiener schnitzel was awesome max! Beers are damn cheap in this side of the world! Comparable with water prices :) visited church of st peter and paul. checked out krakow galleria too! Great bakery and a supermarket for breakfast tmr :) a beer a day keeps the doctor away :p
Day 4, Poland
21:00, krakow
Breakfasted at our favourite bahery and took a look at the local market :) Took out first tour ever at the auswich-biernkau camps; the famous nazi camps. Extremely good tour guide. Very very knowledgable with good English :) yeah I like :) the scariest part of the campsites were that they looked so ordinary from outside. Who would have guessed the atrocities that had happened inside. And the gas chambers and all... And how they used the human hairs from the gassed humans to make mats socks etc. The nazis are pretty sick pple :s tried fried broccoli from macs. Quite nice. Its served with sour cream. Visited the famous st Mary's church and Followed it up with a nice dinner at the underground restaurant :)
Day 5, Poland
21:00, krakow
woke up with flowers next to me in bed <3 hehe :):):) Poland is cool. At night, one of their trams is converted to a club. Party on wheels around krakow. How cool is that :) had breakfast at the bakery again and shopped at the local market. Damn cheap. ran back to wawel castle to visit the cathedral museum and climbed up to sigmund's bell to make a wish :) also visited the pope john Paul museum there. He's really their favorite boy :) lunched underground again before gg out in search of our souvenirs :) dinner one last time at out fav underground eating place before shopping at krakow galleria :) the gelato there is superb and cheap! :D
Day 6, Poland
10:15, krakow-zakopane
Breakfasted for the last time at our fav bakery :) headed out to take the bus to zakopane. Crazy rain made it too cold for us to take the cable car up to see the border between Poland and Slovakia :( explored zakopane town in the cold :( found a really good flea market and an upside-down but still functional house :p gelato was good as always and dinner was awesome at a grill restaurant :)
Day 7, Poland
21:00, zakopane
Trekked a super cold snow filled route up to lake morsie oko! Great experience with stunning sights! GEW'd love the crazy number of trekking paths they have with widely varying difficulties :) lunched in a small shack by the lake. took a horse carriage down :) coolios! Haven't had a house carriage ride in real terrain before :p headed back to town after all the trekking to defrost :p had our last polish dinner at a polish grill restaurant famous for their grilled trout :p and then it's back to packing for our cross border to Slovakia tmr :p
Sunday, May 08, 2011
elections
and so we finally got a chance to vote (except for the tanjong pagar-ians)...
finally a chance to voice our opinions, a chance to do our part to shape the future of Singapore.
however, admist all the elections hypes and fuores, how many can really say that they made clear well grounded well thought through votes?
too many pple just jumping on the bandwagon, voting for candidates because it's cool and everyone's doing it. please think before voting. we're not out there voting for fun. we're voting for our future.
look at the policies. yes you can complain about them. you can always pick out the problems in the plans. there is no perfect plan. do you really think that the government hasn't pre-empted most of these problems already? I'm sure they have, and just like you, they don't have a perfect solution to it either.
so unless you're able to not just pin point problems, but to also start brain storming and coming out with sound ideas, my vote stays put. we need pple with different view points and logical ideas. not just whiners.
and so we welcome ltk, sylvia and csm, but we lost George and chiam in the process. two of the best ministers with the heart and sincerity :( if only we could have them all :(
finally a chance to voice our opinions, a chance to do our part to shape the future of Singapore.
however, admist all the elections hypes and fuores, how many can really say that they made clear well grounded well thought through votes?
too many pple just jumping on the bandwagon, voting for candidates because it's cool and everyone's doing it. please think before voting. we're not out there voting for fun. we're voting for our future.
look at the policies. yes you can complain about them. you can always pick out the problems in the plans. there is no perfect plan. do you really think that the government hasn't pre-empted most of these problems already? I'm sure they have, and just like you, they don't have a perfect solution to it either.
so unless you're able to not just pin point problems, but to also start brain storming and coming out with sound ideas, my vote stays put. we need pple with different view points and logical ideas. not just whiners.
and so we welcome ltk, sylvia and csm, but we lost George and chiam in the process. two of the best ministers with the heart and sincerity :( if only we could have them all :(
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
fyp's... -_-
hectic month
April's important dates i must never miss :
Palm Sunday (Sunday, April 17, 2011)
Holy Thursday (Thursday, April 21, 2011)
Good Friday (Friday, April 22, 2011)
Holy Saturday (Saturday, April 23, 2011)
Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 24, 2011)
on a random note, easter's coming.
m&m's got cute pastel coloured easter-egg looking m&ms in different varieties.
the peanut butter one strikes me like the ultimate happy pill!
can i have some pleaaaseeee? 0=) hehe
arggh back to studying for the membrane midterm tmr.
hectic month
April's important dates i must never miss :
Palm Sunday (Sunday, April 17, 2011)
Holy Thursday (Thursday, April 21, 2011)
Good Friday (Friday, April 22, 2011)
Holy Saturday (Saturday, April 23, 2011)
Easter Sunday (Sunday, April 24, 2011)
on a random note, easter's coming.
m&m's got cute pastel coloured easter-egg looking m&ms in different varieties.
the peanut butter one strikes me like the ultimate happy pill!
can i have some pleaaaseeee? 0=) hehe
arggh back to studying for the membrane midterm tmr.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
alone in the world tonight
Sometimes I just need a listening ear. Sometimes I just need you to stop and listen? :(
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Monday, January 03, 2011
and so we have welcomed in 2011.
2010 has been an interesting one.
many ups and perhaps even more downs.
many tests. many questions. many trials and tribulations.
but still we all got through it.
what 2011 will bring will be even more interesting in a different sense.
2011 will be the mark of great changes.
transition from university undergrads to graduates
from the carefree lives we spend to joining the tax paying community.
everyone will start to go in their own directions.
who knows when we will meet again.
2011 will be a trial for the greatest of friendships.
i for one have never been able to manage this well.
when the work piles buildup, it is difficult to make time.
but i'm learning. and i'll keep trying.
because even though i never speak of it, each friendship means a lot to me.
so if you suddenly start hearing more from me, i hope we reignite the times we had together in the past, no matter how different our current circumstances have become.
tested and weathered. i hope our friendships last. i hope they're strong enough to brave the storms ahead.
2011 will be tough. very tough.
but, with faith and strength, we will get through.
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD
The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want;
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters;
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil;
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the
Lord forever.
Psalm 23
The Lord is my shepherd,
I shall not want;
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters;
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Even though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil;
for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the
Lord forever.
Psalm 23
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
sometimes you wonder.
will it all last?
will it be a happy ever after?
some part of me wishes it still.
some part of me just doesn't know anymore.
i'm trying very hard. trying not to slip away.
but i'm confused. i somehow feel void of feeling inside.
each time i tell you why i'm unhappy or worried and you put me down in someway or another, it hurts inside. it's like i'm never as important never as good enough. everything i do is second class to you and your course. it has always hurt me.
each time you refused to answer me if i asked if you loved me, it's like a stab in the heart.
each time you don't want to kiss me properly, it's like a double stab in the heart.
each time you talk about demerit points or anything i lose what i've been fighting for.
each time i tell you subtly it's to help you to help me to stop drifting away.
to stop slipping away.
i wish you understood.
since that day a year ago when you said you said you couldn't see us in the future,
i guess a part of me had already died permanently.
i try to act like i can. but i can't anymore.
i'm trying very hard.
but i still feel feel i'm getting snappier i'm losing it i'm drifting.
are you gonna help me out?
or are you gonna let me slide away into oblivion?
will it all last?
will it be a happy ever after?
some part of me wishes it still.
some part of me just doesn't know anymore.
i'm trying very hard. trying not to slip away.
but i'm confused. i somehow feel void of feeling inside.
each time i tell you why i'm unhappy or worried and you put me down in someway or another, it hurts inside. it's like i'm never as important never as good enough. everything i do is second class to you and your course. it has always hurt me.
each time you refused to answer me if i asked if you loved me, it's like a stab in the heart.
each time you don't want to kiss me properly, it's like a double stab in the heart.
each time you talk about demerit points or anything i lose what i've been fighting for.
each time i tell you subtly it's to help you to help me to stop drifting away.
to stop slipping away.
i wish you understood.
since that day a year ago when you said you said you couldn't see us in the future,
i guess a part of me had already died permanently.
i try to act like i can. but i can't anymore.
i'm trying very hard.
but i still feel feel i'm getting snappier i'm losing it i'm drifting.
are you gonna help me out?
or are you gonna let me slide away into oblivion?
FYP
Hurray! And the FYP interim is finally over. Such a huge load off my mind :) and I'm so glad to have come out unscattered. Still a little in disbelief that it went so smoothly. Can finally holiday in peace! Hurray! :D
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Here we go just lose control and let your body get into the beat
And when December comes I'm gonna holiday, FYP and dance my time away...
Reggae jazz salsa foxtrot samba which few should I try? :D
Reggae jazz salsa foxtrot samba which few should I try? :D
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Sunday, November 07, 2010
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