it has been like few months since returning back from Paris. While i still missed it, surprisingly, i find myself enjoying like in spore once more.
cocoa n copi r now doing fine n cute...esp copi now with his eyes so big n alwas so happy... cocoa on e other hand, while cute in her own ways is getting more grumpy n my parents alwas teased cocoa PUCHENG which means sulky n grumpy. She is v contended with life though,juz tat she alwas demands full attention from us, not even wanting us to divert to copi. copi on e other hand is alwas happy n cheery,he seems onli interested in using up his endless energy runnning around, n alwas trying to mount on cocoa.. yes..naughty copi!
i came back to find ntu division 2 team rather shaky at first,but now ,we have more or less stabilised it again n secure our division 2 status once more. LOL it realli make things easier for us this yr as we aim for juz escaping relegation. thrashing SICC was e determining point which confirmed our spot.
I am trying to give up dota, n concentrate on my studies. i feel sad having to neglect salsa for e time being,but i dun have e confidence to try new things anymore...not when u r on ap status n is in a clear or die mindset.
Well now is my one week break n i am studying a little more than usual. realli hope to make it..i dun have anything else to ask for this sem.
MUZ study! muz study! muz study!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
e end of a story
going back to paris had a very special feeling for us, n we felt so familiar over there. N yet, we all knew these were the last few moments for e time being we will have in France. I stared at e effiel tower for some time while waiting for e train back to INT.
we reached INT pretty late n we had a hard time communicating with the security guard about our booked rooms n our luggages we put in INt b4 we left for italy in a rush tat day. helen with her level 2 in NTU for french spoke in her broken language, on va ou the luggages?
tat was singlish, n i found it v funny.
We headed to e airport the next day, with plenty of rest. many of us had a hard time sorting our luggages after been there for so long. to be honest, i was pretty relieved to be travelling back to spore as i missed my family,cocoa n copi n my old life in spore. i even daydream along e way abt making overtricks in bridge, making my trademark bamboos purity , using juggernaut n farming with my battlefury!
My parents were there to greet me n man was i so happy to see them. i hugged them n was overjoyed. later they brought me to temasek market to eat! i was starving n craving for asian food so much. I ate fish soup n rice, fried oysters, dry meepok n kangkong sotong all in one meal. n of coz my favourite milo dinosaur!
man... wat a way to end my europe exploration.. I ate wit a lot of emotions, as i think of Paris, mike n ava, Sweet Vanessa, my times in italy n austria, INT's blessings to us,ever so efficient giving us tat stability, e times we try new things, in chatelet dreaming ard....
we reached INT pretty late n we had a hard time communicating with the security guard about our booked rooms n our luggages we put in INt b4 we left for italy in a rush tat day. helen with her level 2 in NTU for french spoke in her broken language, on va ou the luggages?
tat was singlish, n i found it v funny.
We headed to e airport the next day, with plenty of rest. many of us had a hard time sorting our luggages after been there for so long. to be honest, i was pretty relieved to be travelling back to spore as i missed my family,cocoa n copi n my old life in spore. i even daydream along e way abt making overtricks in bridge, making my trademark bamboos purity , using juggernaut n farming with my battlefury!
My parents were there to greet me n man was i so happy to see them. i hugged them n was overjoyed. later they brought me to temasek market to eat! i was starving n craving for asian food so much. I ate fish soup n rice, fried oysters, dry meepok n kangkong sotong all in one meal. n of coz my favourite milo dinosaur!
man... wat a way to end my europe exploration.. I ate wit a lot of emotions, as i think of Paris, mike n ava, Sweet Vanessa, my times in italy n austria, INT's blessings to us,ever so efficient giving us tat stability, e times we try new things, in chatelet dreaming ard....
Austria-Paradise
slept a lot during e long journey to austria..but no one was complaining..for we were all so tired. one thing i realli admire in wei shiong n linsien is their knowledge in travelling. somehow they noe which train statin to stop n which lanes to change. we almoz miss a ffew trains....n they helped us narrowli escape.
After been to france n italy for so long, austria is like so out of e world,in a good sense. it is like such a paradise n everything is so clean,law abiding n friendli. the things there r so much cheaper too,things there r like onli a bit more expensive than in singapore! i still cannot imagine my first few hours in Innsbruck, happy n light hearted,finalli relieved to be in such a good environment. e mountains are so beautiful,it onli strengthens my love for austria. we checked in n slept for it was late.
Austria is very cyclist friendly, n u see bicycles everywhere in their own lanes in e roads. Jiajun, Wei shiong, Gabriel, Linsien n Shilvia split up from e group n went cycling. Shilvia was a little hesitant,but she finalli decided to go. Cycling in Innsbruck was one of e finest moment of e whole GSS trip. E mountains n scenery are so nice, n e tracks r easy to follow. We cycled around and stopped to visit the zoo and the crystal exhibition. e alphine zoo is e tallest zoo in europe, n somehow,i think fate played a joke on us by making us lost on e way to e zoo,n we make a detour n had to carry our bikes up to e zoo. when we reached e zoo, our legs were cramming like mad.
e cystal exhibition was a sight to behold with crystals everywhere. We were actualli late n not supposed to be allowed to enter,but e receptionist saw how tired we were by cycling tat she allowed us in. austrians are v nice pple,n tat was juz another incident. We were a little slow because we wasted too much time for e alphine zoo and our cycling speed s less than expected. shilva realli cycled v hard...but her smaller physical attributes proved to be an obstacle for her to cycle at e same pace as us. half e time, she was cycling real hard n jiajun is behind at e same pace taking pictures or eating at e same time! But her determination overcomed all obstacles n we all made it to e exhibition juz over time. i bought some souvenirs at e exhibitions there for my parents.
e next morning,we all woke up early to see e sunrise in e mountains. We were all already so tired, it took a lot of persuading n 2nd tots b4 i decided to go. it is free,which was y i decided to go in e end. E cycling gang cycled to e shop to return e bicycles b4 running to catch up with e bus. we caught up with rica n e rest but we probably juz failed to meet up with e bus. I was secretly very pleased n relieved when we had to go b..tat is how tired i was alreadi! e rest of e day,we juz slacked ard n shopped a little b4 we head to salsberg.
Salzburg..i will alwas remember this place for e sound of music tour. n i did not even watch e show yet! it was rather awkward when e tour guide asked hu has watched sound of music more than 10 times, n many pple raised their hands,including e woman next to me. but e tour guide was v funny n i like his jokes..
Mr n Mrs Hill brought their family to a castle on a holiday. They decided to stay there n asked e vampire there for accomodation. The vampire Dracula agreeded readily n showed them to their room. dracula then chatted with them n prepared dinner for them b4 asking for permission to leave.
tat nite, Mr Hill woke up from his sleep with terror. he woke up to c Dracula happily sucking up e blood from his wife hu was sleeping soundly juz next to him! Mr Hill was about to scream when to his sorrow,he saw his children all dead,n hanging in e closets nearby. He fainted, n Dracula pierced Mr Hill with his hidden tail. Dracula went on to suck e blood from e hill family beforeburying the whole family at the rear garden of e castle.
Well, burying them was hard work n Dracula needed a break. He poured for himself a glass of champagne n highly satisfied with himself,he decided to play his piano b4 sleeping. He played e music for a little while,b4 he felt a stab in his head. he turned around in agony n saw e Hill family behind him! they cursed him n keep on beating Dracula to death. Dracula could not recover from e initial stab n with e remaining strength,he asked Mr Hill how they revive themselves. guess wat the whole family answered.....
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...........................The Hills are alive....with the sound of music....
I like e jokes a lot..n tat was one of e jokes he said. i felt like an idiot not watching e show then. later on, we went to wolfstangang lake n e sight is beautiful,not altered at all from e show.
e next day..i decided to slack in e hotel watching e show sound of music. i could not enjoy it though for wei shiong n gabriel shocked by by getting me to go to wolfsgang lake. somehow i gave them e wrong impression i wanted to go there, but touched they detoured to get me to go,i left n went there instd. Over there, gabriel accidentalli broke one of the souvenirs but e shopkeeper said it was ok! Gabriel decided to buy a mug over there which was rather expensive.
We then took a train to Vienna,e capital of austria. we juz walked around vienna b4 taking a plane back to Paris,which was a reason y we went to Vienna. Goodbye Paradise Austria. I will come back one day.
After been to france n italy for so long, austria is like so out of e world,in a good sense. it is like such a paradise n everything is so clean,law abiding n friendli. the things there r so much cheaper too,things there r like onli a bit more expensive than in singapore! i still cannot imagine my first few hours in Innsbruck, happy n light hearted,finalli relieved to be in such a good environment. e mountains are so beautiful,it onli strengthens my love for austria. we checked in n slept for it was late.
Austria is very cyclist friendly, n u see bicycles everywhere in their own lanes in e roads. Jiajun, Wei shiong, Gabriel, Linsien n Shilvia split up from e group n went cycling. Shilvia was a little hesitant,but she finalli decided to go. Cycling in Innsbruck was one of e finest moment of e whole GSS trip. E mountains n scenery are so nice, n e tracks r easy to follow. We cycled around and stopped to visit the zoo and the crystal exhibition. e alphine zoo is e tallest zoo in europe, n somehow,i think fate played a joke on us by making us lost on e way to e zoo,n we make a detour n had to carry our bikes up to e zoo. when we reached e zoo, our legs were cramming like mad.
e cystal exhibition was a sight to behold with crystals everywhere. We were actualli late n not supposed to be allowed to enter,but e receptionist saw how tired we were by cycling tat she allowed us in. austrians are v nice pple,n tat was juz another incident. We were a little slow because we wasted too much time for e alphine zoo and our cycling speed s less than expected. shilva realli cycled v hard...but her smaller physical attributes proved to be an obstacle for her to cycle at e same pace as us. half e time, she was cycling real hard n jiajun is behind at e same pace taking pictures or eating at e same time! But her determination overcomed all obstacles n we all made it to e exhibition juz over time. i bought some souvenirs at e exhibitions there for my parents.
e next morning,we all woke up early to see e sunrise in e mountains. We were all already so tired, it took a lot of persuading n 2nd tots b4 i decided to go. it is free,which was y i decided to go in e end. E cycling gang cycled to e shop to return e bicycles b4 running to catch up with e bus. we caught up with rica n e rest but we probably juz failed to meet up with e bus. I was secretly very pleased n relieved when we had to go b..tat is how tired i was alreadi! e rest of e day,we juz slacked ard n shopped a little b4 we head to salsberg.
Salzburg..i will alwas remember this place for e sound of music tour. n i did not even watch e show yet! it was rather awkward when e tour guide asked hu has watched sound of music more than 10 times, n many pple raised their hands,including e woman next to me. but e tour guide was v funny n i like his jokes..
Mr n Mrs Hill brought their family to a castle on a holiday. They decided to stay there n asked e vampire there for accomodation. The vampire Dracula agreeded readily n showed them to their room. dracula then chatted with them n prepared dinner for them b4 asking for permission to leave.
tat nite, Mr Hill woke up from his sleep with terror. he woke up to c Dracula happily sucking up e blood from his wife hu was sleeping soundly juz next to him! Mr Hill was about to scream when to his sorrow,he saw his children all dead,n hanging in e closets nearby. He fainted, n Dracula pierced Mr Hill with his hidden tail. Dracula went on to suck e blood from e hill family beforeburying the whole family at the rear garden of e castle.
Well, burying them was hard work n Dracula needed a break. He poured for himself a glass of champagne n highly satisfied with himself,he decided to play his piano b4 sleeping. He played e music for a little while,b4 he felt a stab in his head. he turned around in agony n saw e Hill family behind him! they cursed him n keep on beating Dracula to death. Dracula could not recover from e initial stab n with e remaining strength,he asked Mr Hill how they revive themselves. guess wat the whole family answered.....
.....
......
........
...........................The Hills are alive....with the sound of music....
I like e jokes a lot..n tat was one of e jokes he said. i felt like an idiot not watching e show then. later on, we went to wolfstangang lake n e sight is beautiful,not altered at all from e show.
e next day..i decided to slack in e hotel watching e show sound of music. i could not enjoy it though for wei shiong n gabriel shocked by by getting me to go to wolfsgang lake. somehow i gave them e wrong impression i wanted to go there, but touched they detoured to get me to go,i left n went there instd. Over there, gabriel accidentalli broke one of the souvenirs but e shopkeeper said it was ok! Gabriel decided to buy a mug over there which was rather expensive.
We then took a train to Vienna,e capital of austria. we juz walked around vienna b4 taking a plane back to Paris,which was a reason y we went to Vienna. Goodbye Paradise Austria. I will come back one day.
Vernice fantasy
Vernice.. i am sure u have heard of e merchant in vernice.. well...basicalli,i like vernice for e mind stimulation it creates for me. Vernice is like how raymond e. feist describes Krondor,esp. n e darker times when e Guy de Bras comitted arnachy n took over e place. e similiar feeling of e Mockers all over Krondor is there too, esp when we walked past e narrow alleys of vernice.
Activities wise, we did very little actualli. i guess we have been travelling so much, everything seems e same after a while. Along e way, e group teased Wei Shiong for liking Mingli coz of few incidents where he keep on commenting tat Mineli sounds like mingli. guess he was asking for it.
e attraction of vernice is e river around e city. i ate a lot of gelato in italy n have a sore throat then. n i still continued eating gelato! haha
we travelled to Austria e next day..with a bit of fatigue.
Activities wise, we did very little actualli. i guess we have been travelling so much, everything seems e same after a while. Along e way, e group teased Wei Shiong for liking Mingli coz of few incidents where he keep on commenting tat Mineli sounds like mingli. guess he was asking for it.
e attraction of vernice is e river around e city. i ate a lot of gelato in italy n have a sore throat then. n i still continued eating gelato! haha
we travelled to Austria e next day..with a bit of fatigue.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Shadow of Rome
it was a good thing tat e programme Linsien planned out for us was packed, in a way, it prevented us from missing Paris. we reached rome ard late afternoon. i like rome for e roman feeling they give out which is alwas emphasised in e comics Asterix and also in e computer game Shadow of Rome which me n my brother tact teamed to complete. shadow of rome is abt 2 young men hu discovered e dark scandals of e assasination of julius cesear n plot to save rome from political destruction. one of them is good at fighting n ended up playing as a gladiator while e other one Octavious is a thief who sneaks ard e palace n secret areas to "obtain" evidences. i ended playing as a thief while my bro played as e gladiator who won over the crowd in e colloseum. 2 totalli different aspects of e game,n yet they bring out e atmosphere of rome so clearly. hence i was able to appreciate rome well. But like a shadow, rome had its nightmares too,for me literally. i dreamt that e there were thieves who were behind me n cut open e cushion seat to steal my wallet. this was largely due to jough jingh having her purse stolen n rica getting her bag cut. poor jough jingh,after getting her camera stolen in disneyland paris, this have to happen to her again. n it happened even b4 we realli started exploring rome. needless to say she had no mood to visit rome n had to make a police report,queing up with many other fellow victims. haiz, this is one of e onli few drawbacks of been good looking. looking like a pure sinless angel, jough gingh no doubt drew attention from any evil thieves at first glance. no,put it more explicitly,her demure vulnerable looks can even convert a person to a potential thief,let alone in a place with a "steal at first sight" policy. Rica also onli realised her bag was cut much later in e day,tat is how professional they r. it moz likely occured on e train whereby e girls were left alone as e 4 of us guys were sort of forced to split up in e huge traffic. this is how dangerous italy is in security. every tourist entered rome noeing of e dangers n yet many get their things stolen in a moment of weakness.
e rest of us went on to explore e colloseum, e ruin city, a fountain which i forgot e name haha n a catholic church. it was super tiring to climb to e top fo e church but we got to c e top view of rome. we were less impressed than e rest after juz been in paris which had a nicer view at Montmarte. bascally,rome was a time for me to sort of commemerate n feel e roman atmosphere juz like in e game shadow of rome. i also imagine e thieves lurking around everywhere like in e show.
outside e colloseum, i am v sure someone tried to steal my wallet as an woman touched my jeans. i turned b immediately n she gave me a nervous grin. i quickly walked away. Shilvia later asked me at a shop about e male sexual organs coz a tourist pants displayed the male organs v realistically. i explained to her, at e same time speechless at e innocence of a uni undergrad. man,talk abt country bumkin. i also tried to bargain for a bag,but the italian was super rude n asked me to go if i not interested to buy.
tat nite,we went b to e hotel n comforted jouh ginh. we also planned our time in rome tml,when we realise...linsien booked for us e morning train ticket to vernice. 7 am n 7pm! so much difference.. we could not go shopping liao n slept a little onli b4 going to vernice.
tat morning, i came to e conclusion moz italians r fucked up. we were preparing to go to e train n i was checking out for e group. e receptionist with his poor english could not understand me n yet accused me of speaking poor english! italians in general realli dun like chinese pple.. it was obvious here with his racist comment abt me a chinese dare to come to italy when i dun noe how to speak english! i was not even speaking singlish then,more proper english as i was used to it at tat time after mixing with ava,mike mirani n vanessa often in INT.
too bad,no shopping in rome. but to e city of vernice we go!
e rest of us went on to explore e colloseum, e ruin city, a fountain which i forgot e name haha n a catholic church. it was super tiring to climb to e top fo e church but we got to c e top view of rome. we were less impressed than e rest after juz been in paris which had a nicer view at Montmarte. bascally,rome was a time for me to sort of commemerate n feel e roman atmosphere juz like in e game shadow of rome. i also imagine e thieves lurking around everywhere like in e show.
outside e colloseum, i am v sure someone tried to steal my wallet as an woman touched my jeans. i turned b immediately n she gave me a nervous grin. i quickly walked away. Shilvia later asked me at a shop about e male sexual organs coz a tourist pants displayed the male organs v realistically. i explained to her, at e same time speechless at e innocence of a uni undergrad. man,talk abt country bumkin. i also tried to bargain for a bag,but the italian was super rude n asked me to go if i not interested to buy.
tat nite,we went b to e hotel n comforted jouh ginh. we also planned our time in rome tml,when we realise...linsien booked for us e morning train ticket to vernice. 7 am n 7pm! so much difference.. we could not go shopping liao n slept a little onli b4 going to vernice.
tat morning, i came to e conclusion moz italians r fucked up. we were preparing to go to e train n i was checking out for e group. e receptionist with his poor english could not understand me n yet accused me of speaking poor english! italians in general realli dun like chinese pple.. it was obvious here with his racist comment abt me a chinese dare to come to italy when i dun noe how to speak english! i was not even speaking singlish then,more proper english as i was used to it at tat time after mixing with ava,mike mirani n vanessa often in INT.
too bad,no shopping in rome. but to e city of vernice we go!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Au Revoir Paris
It is the 4th n final week of our stay in Paris n i knew i will dread leaving France. It is like, everytime i enter a foreign country, i alwas hold back some of my feelings coz i noe sooner or later, i will have to leave e country. But this time, i cannot help but feel like a Parisian after staying here for a month. Paris has its charm tat is indescribable,esp after u noe both e good n bad parts of Paris. It was actualli scary tat i got used to e urine smell in Gare De Lyon n not hold my breath at all.
This feeling was so bad tat i did not even had e desire to explore France anymore. france is so big n yet a month is not enuff. I had a day free of euro travel free coz i did not get caught on e train when i entered Nice. even when i left Nice, i almoz did not get caught. but i did not use it n juz spend e days mostly in Chatelet slacking ard n daydreaming. It was fun juz sitting at e central fountains of chatelet looking at e pple moving to n fro.
E final week of sch was also exam day. it went fine, with INt obviously trying to pass us. i think i did pretty ok n found myself enjoying e french oral test even. i am truely grateful for e lessons INT gave us as they had been enjoyable to say e least. my interest in e french language grew n i made a point to learn french once i get rid of my mess in spore first. tat nite, we went clubbing. e locals there were rather bold as they attacked e girls aggressively. it is a culture shock for me to c them so feirce. one of them was dancing so close behind a sporean friend tat e gap was less than a finger tip. i "danced" with her n pulled her away from him, n i tot e incident would be over. NO. behaving like he was on drugs, he simply went to another friend juz next to e first target n did e same attack. this tiem all i could do was open my mouth n ponder over his directness n boldness. well, Chris , a haiwaian friend of ours was also in his flirt mode, as he seperate away from us to go hook up e french girls in e bar. it was quite fun, but i think we were like a rock there,a bit stoned compared to e rest.
E highlight of e week was obviousli bastille Day, whihc was france national day. e parade was in Champs Elysee. with mainly m,ilitary vehicles passing by. we went shopping after tat n i took e chance to draw money for e upcoming trip to austria n italy. was stressed e whole day carrying 500 euros e whole time. ate quite a number of macclourons(spelt obviously wrongli) along e way n bought a zara pair of jeans. tat evening, we joined many pple to further celebrate bastille day under e effiel tower. there was a huge concert there with many famous singers singing. quite a special moment but a little too squeezy. been there, i somehow miss e times in spore in my jc days tat nite whereby me n some jc friends were fooling ard n dancing at e music of ofuntain at suntec. man those days. at midnite was e moment we were waiting for, a full 45 mins display of music. the fireworks at e effiel tower was a good way to commerate e end of our stay in France.
after tat was e moz exciting moment of our GSS stay- reaching INT on time to take our luggage n rush to e airport on time for our trip to rome. dun forget it was super packed n e unreliable french railway system,anxiety is a factor we cannot avoid. talk abt stress. it does not help tat our group later broke up into 3 different groups due to human traffic. also things did not look even more promising as e station was closed. we had to squeeze on to e next station at INvalids, hoping tat it would be open.
along e way,some blacks tried to hook up with helen n took picture with her. Helen was freaking out. it was highli unlikely they were sincer abt making friends hence i followed my instinct n grabbed her by e hand n pulled her away, n giving a silly grin to e blacks. i was relieved they never followed up as i was vulnerable,not forgeting my 500 euros in my pocket. probably e worse day to draw so much money,n i did. must not tell my parents abt it. e invalids station turned out to be open n it was soon clear my group will make it b on time. we started worrying abt e rest hu split up with us. after all, we all need to gather eventualli to head to e airport. another sleepless nite with so much worries. when we board e last train to evry at Juvisy, we saw Shaun n jiajun dashing to e train n juz making it on time. yes! they were running n e train door closed after tat. talk abt amazing race! later we realised tat wei shiong n harold managed to squeeze through e train as well.
to italy! tired n we cannot afford to feel tired for next few days.
This feeling was so bad tat i did not even had e desire to explore France anymore. france is so big n yet a month is not enuff. I had a day free of euro travel free coz i did not get caught on e train when i entered Nice. even when i left Nice, i almoz did not get caught. but i did not use it n juz spend e days mostly in Chatelet slacking ard n daydreaming. It was fun juz sitting at e central fountains of chatelet looking at e pple moving to n fro.
E final week of sch was also exam day. it went fine, with INt obviously trying to pass us. i think i did pretty ok n found myself enjoying e french oral test even. i am truely grateful for e lessons INT gave us as they had been enjoyable to say e least. my interest in e french language grew n i made a point to learn french once i get rid of my mess in spore first. tat nite, we went clubbing. e locals there were rather bold as they attacked e girls aggressively. it is a culture shock for me to c them so feirce. one of them was dancing so close behind a sporean friend tat e gap was less than a finger tip. i "danced" with her n pulled her away from him, n i tot e incident would be over. NO. behaving like he was on drugs, he simply went to another friend juz next to e first target n did e same attack. this tiem all i could do was open my mouth n ponder over his directness n boldness. well, Chris , a haiwaian friend of ours was also in his flirt mode, as he seperate away from us to go hook up e french girls in e bar. it was quite fun, but i think we were like a rock there,a bit stoned compared to e rest.
E highlight of e week was obviousli bastille Day, whihc was france national day. e parade was in Champs Elysee. with mainly m,ilitary vehicles passing by. we went shopping after tat n i took e chance to draw money for e upcoming trip to austria n italy. was stressed e whole day carrying 500 euros e whole time. ate quite a number of macclourons(spelt obviously wrongli) along e way n bought a zara pair of jeans. tat evening, we joined many pple to further celebrate bastille day under e effiel tower. there was a huge concert there with many famous singers singing. quite a special moment but a little too squeezy. been there, i somehow miss e times in spore in my jc days tat nite whereby me n some jc friends were fooling ard n dancing at e music of ofuntain at suntec. man those days. at midnite was e moment we were waiting for, a full 45 mins display of music. the fireworks at e effiel tower was a good way to commerate e end of our stay in France.
after tat was e moz exciting moment of our GSS stay- reaching INT on time to take our luggage n rush to e airport on time for our trip to rome. dun forget it was super packed n e unreliable french railway system,anxiety is a factor we cannot avoid. talk abt stress. it does not help tat our group later broke up into 3 different groups due to human traffic. also things did not look even more promising as e station was closed. we had to squeeze on to e next station at INvalids, hoping tat it would be open.
along e way,some blacks tried to hook up with helen n took picture with her. Helen was freaking out. it was highli unlikely they were sincer abt making friends hence i followed my instinct n grabbed her by e hand n pulled her away, n giving a silly grin to e blacks. i was relieved they never followed up as i was vulnerable,not forgeting my 500 euros in my pocket. probably e worse day to draw so much money,n i did. must not tell my parents abt it. e invalids station turned out to be open n it was soon clear my group will make it b on time. we started worrying abt e rest hu split up with us. after all, we all need to gather eventualli to head to e airport. another sleepless nite with so much worries. when we board e last train to evry at Juvisy, we saw Shaun n jiajun dashing to e train n juz making it on time. yes! they were running n e train door closed after tat. talk abt amazing race! later we realised tat wei shiong n harold managed to squeeze through e train as well.
to italy! tired n we cannot afford to feel tired for next few days.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Birthday in Paris
after Nice, e stay in France for e 3rd week was more or less casual n relaxing. Evry while boring has cheap food in the neighbourhood areas. despite winning a little cash in Nice, the reality still hits in that i have spent a little to much in one of e most expensive cities in the world.
On the day i rushed back to INT from Nice,i barely made it on time for lessons. the ride back was rather long,n i was in e same train with a french family who was well brought up. The daughter was super chio n i tried to have conversation with her,but was rather limited,coz i onli noe a bit of french sentences. i reached INT by 930 sharp. Of coz, i did not have time to put my luggage back in my room n went straight for class. it was a little embarrassing to be seen in such a mess with my dirty clothes in the plastic bag, But every1 was too caught up with e interesting lessons to notice. Lesson was on wine appreciation n we got to taste different wine n learn how to drink it in a refined manner. the ham from burgundy was good too,n i put it in a pastry to make it simulate char siew pao. i skipped lunch tat day as i super sleepy from having rushed back from Nice.
e rest of e week i realli lobo n do nuthing. which is not much left coz weekends n a day is alreadi planned by e sch. independence day fell on this week. so needless to say, e americans gathered on tat day. e VT students have alwas been so happening n it was yet another day whereby they stayed overnight drinking till the next day.
But independence day is independence day. e moz memorable day,even for e whole holidays was....my bday. yes,6th july falls on this week too, n i was so happy juz to spend my birthday in Paris. To make things better, it turned out that my S'porean friends actualli knew it was my bdae! soon every1 in e exchange programme knew n many sweet things was done for me. I love them man n i felt so loved! Vanessa n gang was e sweetest as they juz appeared out of nowhere n sang e birthday song for me in front of e pple ard me! i was impaled n shackled at e same time but i was blushing. then one of them get e whole french class to sing for me too in french class. i got a few gifts too,while simple, was enuff to make me blush n remember it for life. In e end, wat shawn said was true...it is good to have ur bdae in paris..so much special attention. Thanks, Shawn,Wei Shiong, gabriel, Mike, Ava n most of all, Vanessa n gang! i will remember this bdae for life! n oh ..btw later i realised tat while i did not tell them abt it, they knew abt my bdate coz of my particulars b in NTU.`
Oh btw, vanessa was in my opinion e moz attractive gal in e whole programme, with her looks onli losing to marie n natalie,2 hawaian gals hu have this homely sweet looks. But vanessa standso ut from e rest with her poositive n active lifestyle. e wit she showed is similar to her 2 other friends...which is probably y they 3 r alwas together. I got to noe her on a bus ride back to sch when INT brough us back from e effiel tower. i was drunk at tat time as well.
tat weekend we went to oyster farm n saint michel for excursion, n it was not bad. i enjoyed e oysters a lot.
On the day i rushed back to INT from Nice,i barely made it on time for lessons. the ride back was rather long,n i was in e same train with a french family who was well brought up. The daughter was super chio n i tried to have conversation with her,but was rather limited,coz i onli noe a bit of french sentences. i reached INT by 930 sharp. Of coz, i did not have time to put my luggage back in my room n went straight for class. it was a little embarrassing to be seen in such a mess with my dirty clothes in the plastic bag, But every1 was too caught up with e interesting lessons to notice. Lesson was on wine appreciation n we got to taste different wine n learn how to drink it in a refined manner. the ham from burgundy was good too,n i put it in a pastry to make it simulate char siew pao. i skipped lunch tat day as i super sleepy from having rushed back from Nice.
e rest of e week i realli lobo n do nuthing. which is not much left coz weekends n a day is alreadi planned by e sch. independence day fell on this week. so needless to say, e americans gathered on tat day. e VT students have alwas been so happening n it was yet another day whereby they stayed overnight drinking till the next day.
But independence day is independence day. e moz memorable day,even for e whole holidays was....my bday. yes,6th july falls on this week too, n i was so happy juz to spend my birthday in Paris. To make things better, it turned out that my S'porean friends actualli knew it was my bdae! soon every1 in e exchange programme knew n many sweet things was done for me. I love them man n i felt so loved! Vanessa n gang was e sweetest as they juz appeared out of nowhere n sang e birthday song for me in front of e pple ard me! i was impaled n shackled at e same time but i was blushing. then one of them get e whole french class to sing for me too in french class. i got a few gifts too,while simple, was enuff to make me blush n remember it for life. In e end, wat shawn said was true...it is good to have ur bdae in paris..so much special attention. Thanks, Shawn,Wei Shiong, gabriel, Mike, Ava n most of all, Vanessa n gang! i will remember this bdae for life! n oh ..btw later i realised tat while i did not tell them abt it, they knew abt my bdate coz of my particulars b in NTU.`
Oh btw, vanessa was in my opinion e moz attractive gal in e whole programme, with her looks onli losing to marie n natalie,2 hawaian gals hu have this homely sweet looks. But vanessa standso ut from e rest with her poositive n active lifestyle. e wit she showed is similar to her 2 other friends...which is probably y they 3 r alwas together. I got to noe her on a bus ride back to sch when INT brough us back from e effiel tower. i was drunk at tat time as well.
tat weekend we went to oyster farm n saint michel for excursion, n it was not bad. i enjoyed e oysters a lot.
Negligence
Hehe..i neglect my blog again.. but i think better fill it up. coz muz remember e things i do
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