random ramblings on/during last euro trip

this trip has realx been eventful. REALLY.
prague was a great city tho.. B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L.. words and pictures really cant do it justice.. so i wouldnt bother.
had a great time travelling with jess, esther and jiehui.. finally fellow singaporeans and im back to my crapy old self.
kinda had this thought when i was back in sweden about why everybody says im noisy and all back in sg and like in lulea im quiet as a clam. so then i realised that ITS BECAUSE IN SINGAPORE I CRAP A LOT and like i was understooded but in lulea.. that's another story altogether..
so ya.. finally.. poor esther and co. though.. had to endure my 6 months worth of craps all within the short span of 6 days lol.. really.
but was fun while it last. :)

back to ultimate experiences.. (kinda need to blog about it cus like i might forget) photos will be up when im back in sg or lulea.. lol.. subjected to my mood.. been called stuff (hopefully good *crosses fingers*) by angelic-looking italian boys
touched a statue for fertility instead of luck.. -.-
had this whole issue with the train ticket to germany - not receiving the ticket and only having a printout with booking confirmation which 2 out of 3 ppl whom i asked said was valid as a ticket till i had to ask a group of 3 conductors who then confirmed that it wasnt a ticket..
got locked in the reception room of the hostel on my way to catch the super-early morning train to germany

hmm. cant really remmeber what else though.. =X
was going on and on about brag-factor while in eastern europe.. lol.. stuff with high brag factors.. always good..

'they are determined to stink up all the old towns\cities in europe' - quoted from jiehui regarding horse carriages in old towns in eastern europe..

my ultimate europe experience

slept over in the airport.
fren missed her flight.
slept in a camping tent when its raining outside.
got mistaken for food by a goat
rode a horse
fell off a horse
missed my flight
got lost in a foreign land where nobody speaks english.. not once but twice..
took a 19 hour long train ride..
touched the balls of a horse statue...
went for a bathe in budapest..
got kicked out of an opera theatre cos my attire was too short...

gee.. what's next? :P

7 countries/cities... 4 down.. 3 more to go.. and then.. BACK HOME!!!! :)))

can hardly wait.. :)

work at 5am... o.O

busy busy...
yesterday rushed my part of the project work, bought plane tickets, planned the trip, went to the supermarket near school to buy groceries, cooked dinner for my corridor mates (corridor dinner), continued buying plane tickets (need to find connecting flights and all.. =x) , this fren came over to give souvenirs and we kinda had like a 2 hours long "tea" at midnight. after that.. started on my essay which is due like 12th june when im in.. hmmm germany.. so basically need to complete it before... tml.. sighh....
did my work thru till 5+ am. before succumbing to sleep. intended to take a 3 hr nap before continue.. instead it dragged on to a 4 hrs' worth of sleep making me late for project meetin in school.. printed all the stuff, arranged an inspection for the room, went to get a box so i can ship back my extra stuff first.. (have yet to pack) .. and now here i am.. intending to continue on my essay.. when i found out that.. the quality of my work at 5 in the morning aint so good.

" The secret affair between Gun and Bergt slowly intensifies until they felt a thy reach the top before entrignt"

lol.. win le rights?
i foresee a hard task in front of me..
sighs... oki back to work!

random ramblings... tying up of knots

i have like tons of stuff to do.. those littlt nagging things i have in my mind.. no longer even in the BACk of my mind.. its perpetually in my mind. if u get what im trying to say..
oh wells.. have this scandinavian literature presentation to do in like an hour and half's time? didnt really prepare much for it.. have absolutely no fucking ide what im gonna say.. prolly just give a sketchy outline on the book and wing it.. oh wells.. the teacher's not demanding at all and i have no idea what is expected of me.. soo.. :S *crosses fingers.. if not for the fact that i am unsure of a passing grade if i skip this presentation there's no way in hell i will go.. but as the way things are right now.. sighhs..

on another note.. leaving lulea in.. hmmmm.. 3 days' time! woohoo.. so got bout 2-3 days worth of time.. pack my stuff.. wash them... clear the junk and most importantly get my travelling plans in order! shit.. its still rather sketchy.. but one gets really tired from all the incessant review one has to read.. amounts to calculate to see which is cheaper.. yada yada.. really tempted to just throw everything into the wind and just go with the flow.. aha.. but then again.. i not that brave YET.. oh wells.. shall see.. time's running out and me no mood now.. sooo... :S

aha.. having like a project left to finish.. one more lit essay to do.. (have yet to finisht he book tho.. :S) and hmmm... of course the presentation.. shucks.. have no idea whether i am able to SQUEEEZE all of these before take off.. first to naples.. then to budapest, vienna, bratislava and prague.. after tt a few days in limbo.. before going down to south of france to visit my flatmate.. and after.... no idea still.. ahhh.. i really suck at such stuff.. and poor esther been listening to my whining and complains bout not being in the mood.. and her overtly worrywart nature casuses her to consistently nag at me to just sit and plan and buy tix.. poor her..

last few days in lulea.. hmmm.. kinda cant wait for it .. LEAVING LULEA!! all that boredom and all.. but im gonna admit im gonna miss my flatmates REALLY REALLY much.. and of course.. a few frens here and there.. but i guess the peopel that truly really made my time in lulea really memorable.. was really my flatmates.. KUDOS to them! what's with diane trying her utmost best to get my pissed drunk all the time..
farewell dinner.. got drunk of RED WINE.. (Gee thy lousy-ness of me) and i was like goofing around with her.. dancing on the EMPTY dance floor.. going onto the stage and making a fool of myself.. stealing other's sunglasses and all...
running dinner.. having to like go RUNNING round some student apartment estates.. i was drunk too.. hilarity..
really made my days ..

kae.. should really stop here.. what's with all the nostalgia.. (blame it on rani's blog.. was reading hers before this.. =x)
guess with stuff happening these days.. haha.. no surprise.. but then again.. sigh...
commentless.. needless to say.. really miss u guys back home.. like what rani said.. effortless friendships.. in a way la..
was talking to like people some days back.. (yesterday rather).. sudden urge to want to go back.. and surround myself with frens again..
hehe.

oo cant wait.. endless travelling then back home!!! woohooo!!!

ogays.. back to preparation of presentation nows.. SHUCKS.. bleahx

bits and pieces of lulea

ok last week in lulea before i go running round europe again one last time before returning back to singapore! woohoo..
soooo..
some bits and pieces of LULEA IN SPRINGTIME!

this is taken at a lake nearby.. if u look carefully u can see it looks just like a racecourse. with all the bouys lining up to form lanes an dall.. wonder what sorta sport is it for tho.. :)

one of the pond near town.. cute.. ppl actually come here to feed ducks and birds..
self-explanatory i think..

moving on to my apartment...
our fridge! its filled with drawings and notes.. :)) lovess.. tho the lulebo (company which owns the place) people came and tried to see whether the drawing can be cleaned.. so its not the complete one cus a part was cleaned away by the, :(
drawings..
notes and writings on the fridge..
beside the fridge is actually a cupboard containing all those cleaning stuff.. decorated by postcards from all over.. whenever one of us goes travelling we will (msot of the time) send a postcard back.. have to admit tho.. that most of the postcards were from me.. goes to show that i travel a lot.. :P
my swedish project mate.. its kinda hilarious.. cus since it "spring" and lulea only has like these miserly 2 months worth of sun.. when the sun comes out they just LOVES to tan themselves.. but apparently they forgot the fact that they are white and thus cant tan that easily.. so like instead they turn RED.. ie. burnt..
but he's so freaking proud of his burnt-ness la.. forever red on.. ever since.. the sun came out.. really.. and he continues "tanning" himself even when he is in this condition...
dunnoe whether is it obvious from the picture that he is burnt not.. but he is.. really funny..
he insist that he's brown.. =x
diane resting on the balcony.. after pulling an allnighter the night before for her project.. met her for tea at 4am.. lol..
xavier when he lost his keys after a night of crazy partying on the night of farewell dinner... his jacket and bag were on the sofa the whole day..
he couldnt get back into his room and the night before he spent at someone else's sofa cus he couldnt get into our flat.. lol...
him trying to look sad.. right before the lulebo guy came and open his door for 500sek.. ie.. 100sgd..

that's all folks!

narvik, norway

the other weekend went on a small trip over to narvik.. apparently its this small little coastal town in norway.. but very near to the borders of sweden.. so.. ya..
went with 4 other guys.. =.=
ya gee tell me bout it...
apaprently we rented this little cabin.. 4 bunk beds and one sofa.. i initially chose to sleep on the sofa (thy sacrifice).. stupid guys then said.. "aii.. girlss..." so like i was .. "fine u guys decide where u wanna sleep and i'll take the remaining place.. ended up on one of the bunk beds.. =.=
cabin was kinda cute.. little house kinda.. equipped with kitchen - stove, sink, pots and pans and plates and such.. fridge too.. so like then everything was really cool.. cept that the toilet DOESNT HAVE A LOCK..
so like i kinda pointed that out to one of the guys.. and he went to like write this "engaged/empty" sign on a random piece of paper... engaged on one side and empty on the flip side.. so like.. then he found some strings and tied it to the door.. kinda cute.. but like.. apaprently even when the sign shows engaged.. the guys still enter the toilet.. (but nobody inside la) so a bit... unreliable..
so made a point to like use the toilet ONLY when there are people out in the "living room" and made it a point to hurry.. :S
this time round really budget travelling.. prepared food in advance.. apparently norway food is even more x than sweden.. :S and basically spend the 2 days hiking around.. =.=

the way to the seaside..
the way there.. =.= machiam like monkey.. AND THIS IS ONLY THE APPETIZERS.. seriously.. interesting experience tho.. =/

the ocean water is really clear tho.. crystal clear.. can see through kind.. apparently its the atlantic ocean.. or pacific ocean.. or something like tt.. :P
the sea creatures that the guys picked up from the seaside..

so then after we went traipsing through the town.. really small.. nothing much tho...
so then the guys decided to like discover their own way around.. machiam like trying to be.. robinson crusoe like tt.. =.=
the path we trod.. SERIOUSLY like monkeys la.. made me felt like i was in army.. =.-
the place we ventured.. well.. at least its interesting.. :P
the sea view
another seaside.. or oceanside i should say.. :P
so then we went back.. tired and hungry..
the guys made dinner.. (thy honour of being the only female) and they cleaned up..so basically i sat around and watch norwegian shows.. lol.. not bad sia.. :P

next day we set off to climb one of the ski slopes.. 650m above sea level.. or something to that extent.. doesnt sound high rite? but it is.. =.=
not very appealing to me apparently since i have this SLIGHT phobia of heights that im becoming increasingly aware of and acquainted with in these recent months.. so like bo bian.. guys wanna climb.. have to follow.. so off we went...
initial part not bad.. climb climb climb.. thenr each this part where the path are covered with ice.. slippery eh.. and i have to say i have a healthy respect towards snow and ice.. but nevermind.. continue climbing since its only PART of the path.. continue climbing.. climb climb climb.. then sacarlee.. THE WHOLE PATH FORWARD COVERED WITH SNOW.. not those little small layer of snow.. but mid calf deep worth of snow.. =.= not very appealing eh..
but still continue climbing.. but by now i was already like refusing to look anywhere.. only on the path forward.. =.= so like climb climb climb.. then one of the guys realised that instead of following the path.. if we climb up the SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN like vertically up instead of along around the mountain GRADUALLY its easier.. holding onto those rocks and little moss looking growth.. -.- so bo bian go on all fours and climbed my way up...
650m above sea level.. one cafe and cable car station.. =.=
sat at the cafe to thaw and the guys brought out food we packed beforehand and had our lunch.. after I refuse to climb further up.. (fog coming and rain..) and one of the uys also not very interested.. so ended up two of us sat at the cafe.. thawing while the other 3 ding dongs continue their venture up to 1400m or something like tt.. =.= so happy leh they all tho at the top they couldnt see shit cus of fog.. and rain.. =.=

the sight from 650m above sea level..
if u stare at the picture carefully can see a reindeer or deer or whatever.. there.. somewhere..

oh wells.. all in alll.. interesting la..different i guess.. but just kinda hate tt high and snowy part.. =.= :P

oh btw we took the cable car down.. :P heng mans..

corridor dinner

The other day.. we had like corridor dinner to celebrate one of our flatmate's birthday...

the lettuce sold at supermarket .... used it for salad.. -.- talk bout fresh.. straight from the soil..
flatmates.. xavier and diane.. fooling around..
fooling around part 2


the main course.. salad and pizza!
remi.. the birthday boy!

remi eating remi biscuit.. :)
the dessert
diane.. :)