Tuesday, August 21, 2007

just some very brief updates- I'M IN EUROPE NOW!

in Edinburgh to be exact. Flew to London last tuesday night, packing was a bitch, that's why didn't have time to blog b4 i flew. Flight wasn't too good for me, I couldn't sleep properly. London is great, I like it after a few hours there.

We spent the first day in London with no accommodation cos we were due to catch a night bus out to Edinburgh that same day. Left our luggage at Su Sian's place, and wandered around London.

Edinburgh is GREAT! weather is VERY COLD!!! not much time to blog now cos i'm real tired, but here's an extract from the email i sent to my parents:


Edinburgh is in Scotland and they are famous for the bagpipes, kilts, pies and scotch whiskey!

Because Edinburgh is on high altitude, it is very cold. In the day, about 15deg, at nite can go down to about 10deg. VERY COLD. The sun rises everyday at about 6am I think. Today I woke up at 6.30am and it's already very bright. The sun sets very late today, usually about 8+pm. Today I was on the bus back to hostel at 9pm and the sun was just beginning to set!

Edinburgh is also very very nice. the view is very nice. Instead of normal tar roads in Singapore, some parts of the roads are made of cobbles. So it's quite uneven, and when the bus go by, the whole bus will shake hahaa.

Now it is the Edinburgh International Festival, it's an arts and cultural event. For the past few days, Huiying and I have been watching shows and performances, plus shopping and visiting some attractions. Like today, we went to catch this music piece called "Binari", a drums show by some Koreans. They are really very good. Shopping here not too good, very expensive!

We also went to visit this old underground city in Edinburgh (St. Mary's Close) and today we went on a free tour. The guide was very good, he told us a lot abt Edinburgh history. Very interesting! Tomorrow, we are going on a day tour to the Scottish highlands, should have excellent view as well!

Things in the UK really very expensive, normally 1 meal cost abt 3 pounds, which is abt S$10. Luckily our hostel provides free breakfast so every morning, we will eat cornflakes and save the bread for lunch. Or take an extra box of cereals. Haha cheapo I know! Dinner we will go supermarket to buy and then go back to hostel to cook. Really save a lot of money!

Hostel is very safe, clean and has a nice view. We sleep very well at nite also. Just that weather very cold, everyday also don feel like bathing ah!

Last nite, we went to do laundry. Here, use washing machine costs 1.5pounds (S$4.50), dryer costs 1.5pounds(S$4.50) n the washing powder packet cost 0.4pounds(S$1.20). So we hand wash everything, and shared a dryer to save money. hahhaa. Very tiring man!

The usb ports are not available for use so I can't upload photos. Another time then.

Aites gotta go! tmr will be quite a long day!


------ Wednesday, August 08, 2007

finally, finally blogging. sorry for the long lag, it's mainly me being lazy. ah well internship ended last tuesday, and my boss brought us to My Humble House for lunch. it's part of tung lok group, and was no. 94 in the world's top 100 restaurants list. the set lunch was $38++ each, and the food was Superb with the capital S. if this is no.94, i wonder how no.1 tastes like!

anw, some photos..


a nice day in the office


not-so-nice weather


the latest i left the office. that's the time in the lift btw.


this is one of the most popular guy. he's the marketing guy from hk office, who comes by singapore about once a month. if u close 1 eye, he can pass off as a brad pitt lookalike. and pardon the outfit, it was the d&d, and the theme was "las vegas".


i have 4 choices on my exchange application, bet no one has it. bcos rouen wasn't in my original 3 choices haha.


these few days have been busy..
last wed- went embassy, met some relatives, shopped for some exchange essentials, went for french class, went mambo for the last time before i fly. and i think it's a mark of how time really flies, i acty felt old inside zouk and phuture looking at the army boys and jc gals. argh!
thurs- went queensway to buy sneakers with hy and yv, met up with pearlyn, jingen and weijian for dinner. wj has left for mexico already!
fri- k lunch with ln, ray and yv, went to get my pay for july, went borders to get my french dictionary.
sat- katong laksa lunch (yummy) with parents and aunt and her family, shopped for winter wear, went for ssaf bbq (s'pore students association in france)
sun- watched dvd the whole day
mon- attempted to start to pack, french class, met og mates for dessert
tues- shopped at vivo

and the next few days will be busy too.. french test next tues morn and i never start reading for it. damn sian.

gonna go to the museum tmr, then watch "la vie en rose" (life is pink) before going to french class. possibly head to mustafa after class if i'm not too tired.

damn i haven't really started packing at all.

alrites, that's it for now, shall leave with some photos:


nathaniel with my dad


with my dad and mum


ahhh isn't he cute...


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