i am like currently uncontactable cus i spilled milk on my freaking laptop and now the keyboard doesnt work. so basically i can go online and see stuff but not type.. hurrr..
probably gonna get like a new keyboard or something.. shall see how.. prolly next week. but in the meantime.. im basically incontactable cus even if u talked to me on msn i have no ways of replying other than using smileys and nudging.
so ya oh wells..
:(
me and my bad luck year with comps.. just like less than 4 months ago.. my motherboard died.. now this thing happens.. hurrr... :(
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
my orientation and HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO YOU!
you know how it is.. when the lack of exposure to sunlight will result in the lightening of skin colour? with 3 sems behind me, i have about 3 times worth of experience of de-tanning due to the stepping down of training during exam period. so ya..basically detanning just happens in such a way that u will SLOWLY lose ur colour due to it fading away. SLOWLY.
so then i travelled (insert random no.)km away with expectations that i will turn a few (ok finemore than a few) shades lighter. but i expect it in such a way that i was used to previously.
but NO... all of a sudden. when i was bathing, i noticed how detanning works in such a cold wintry country for lazy bums like yours truly.
IT JUST PEELED OFF CUS THE BLOODY AIR'S TOO FUCKING DRY TO EVEN SURVIVE.
freaking hell.. so then as i was lazy. (yes fine itsmy fault) i only moisturize myself at areas where it is often directly exposed to air i.e. face and when im feeling like it my legs and hands.
so then there are spots on the body, many many spots to be exact, that is being left out.
and yes. bloody hell.. peeling starts.
and now, my arm has like pseudo white spots. *flashback to one year ago* but ya.. this time round its pseudo. it aint real white spots, just pseudo.
ok so ya narcissism time's over.
so then, on thursday/ friday, the temp kinda rised to above 0. about 1/2 degrees? thereabout? 5 max. so then snow on the ground starts melting yada yada yada.
and this is what became of my white wonderland .... :( DIRTY LAND!
this aint so bad.. just that the snow aint no longer covering the gravel road.
the sides of the road where the snow is dotted with bits and pieces of little stones from the road.
so then, when temp is like 1/2 above? ppl goes sledding. or probbly they go sledding when they feel like it. who knows? who cares?
so then saw this pair of adults bringing their kids out to sled. irresistably cute.
so small, all geared up in helmet and jacket,pulling his sled along.
ok so then went for orientation. brought us to the top of the city tower where its like the highest point (if i didnt remember wrongly) of lulea or something like tt. so from there saw the whole town of lulea.
then we also went walking on some sea (i really REALLY think its the baltic sea.. but im not THAT sure) so then apparently the layer of ice is like so bloody thick they could like drive vehicles on it.
ppl goes skiing and iceskating there.
and when we were walking the snow was qte thick (thick is how you decribe the level of snow rite) so then when you walked its kinda hard cus ur feet really sink into the snow and all.but it was cool and good fun.
the free lunch buffet we had at the famous kulture centre.
then that night we had like a welcome dinner (which was alsogood) had reindeer meat for starters. not bad tho due to my lack of ability to distinguish between the various meat, i cant really describe it. but apparently (according to others) its like smoked turkey meat/venison. ya. the theme was rock and thus the dressing (go see facebook) ya.
so then after the dinner, kinda had this party-thingy going on. and there was thisguy who was from the student service centre kinda thingy who goes around, pulling condoms from his cap to give to random ppl. and no.sadly i didnt remember to snap a picture of him so ya. apparently his job scope was just to make sure ppl have safe sex. :S weird.
and then there was this live band going on for a while and ppl were dancing to the songs. so then the kind of dances they danced to was like couple dances.. real cool.
so then on the last day of orientation, we went to this nearby slope where we did slidding/sledding. so apparently u get this plastic piece of slip or even better this thicker and bigger disc made of plastic and then u sit on it and just slide down the slope.
was damn fun but then you kinda keep getting snow in ur face and all when you are going down the slope.
so then after tt we tried all types of combination i.e. in a row-one behind another, or in a circle, or stacking up etc.
ya the french ppl were really adventurous. me? i just did the row/tube thingy with me hungarian friends (go see facebook)
after sledding. they had a bbq for us. but cus it was qte budget-tish, they had like buns and hotdogs, with mustard, ketchup and fried onions to go along with it.
the bbq pit.
me hot dot bun with all the works
after the bbq, we headed over to this place where they had suanas and stuff.
AS i was having my thing, i didnt go to the suana,instead i sat at the fireplace and attempted to dry myself (tumbled in the snow a gazillions times due to sledding- kinda like you just happen to flip over when u stop so ya) while waiting for (yes) my hungarian frens.
me feet at the fireplace with me cup of (free) coffee beside :)
yups. so that ends the orientation for the past few days.
more photos available in facebook. and one sledding vid. (i tried my best)
due to the darkness, was unable to capture the slopes and stuff cus with flash u see the falling snow (it was snowing) and without flash it simply was too dark so... ya.. :) oh wells..make do ba ppl.
btw, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR and happy eating steamboat and love letters, and sambal-filled little spring roll-looking puffs and pineapple tarts and god knows what else. :(
anyways. HAPPY COLLECTING ANGBAOS and may u guys get many many money.
happy ban-lucking and mahjong-ing.
so then i travelled (insert random no.)km away with expectations that i will turn a few (ok finemore than a few) shades lighter. but i expect it in such a way that i was used to previously.
but NO... all of a sudden. when i was bathing, i noticed how detanning works in such a cold wintry country for lazy bums like yours truly.
IT JUST PEELED OFF CUS THE BLOODY AIR'S TOO FUCKING DRY TO EVEN SURVIVE.
freaking hell.. so then as i was lazy. (yes fine itsmy fault) i only moisturize myself at areas where it is often directly exposed to air i.e. face and when im feeling like it my legs and hands.
so then there are spots on the body, many many spots to be exact, that is being left out.
and yes. bloody hell.. peeling starts.
and now, my arm has like pseudo white spots. *flashback to one year ago* but ya.. this time round its pseudo. it aint real white spots, just pseudo.
ok so ya narcissism time's over.so then, on thursday/ friday, the temp kinda rised to above 0. about 1/2 degrees? thereabout? 5 max. so then snow on the ground starts melting yada yada yada.
and this is what became of my white wonderland .... :( DIRTY LAND!
this aint so bad.. just that the snow aint no longer covering the gravel road.
the sides of the road where the snow is dotted with bits and pieces of little stones from the road.so then, when temp is like 1/2 above? ppl goes sledding. or probbly they go sledding when they feel like it. who knows? who cares?
so then saw this pair of adults bringing their kids out to sled. irresistably cute.
so small, all geared up in helmet and jacket,pulling his sled along.
ok so then went for orientation. brought us to the top of the city tower where its like the highest point (if i didnt remember wrongly) of lulea or something like tt. so from there saw the whole town of lulea.
then we also went walking on some sea (i really REALLY think its the baltic sea.. but im not THAT sure) so then apparently the layer of ice is like so bloody thick they could like drive vehicles on it.ppl goes skiing and iceskating there.
and when we were walking the snow was qte thick (thick is how you decribe the level of snow rite) so then when you walked its kinda hard cus ur feet really sink into the snow and all.but it was cool and good fun.
the free lunch buffet we had at the famous kulture centre.
then that night we had like a welcome dinner (which was alsogood) had reindeer meat for starters. not bad tho due to my lack of ability to distinguish between the various meat, i cant really describe it. but apparently (according to others) its like smoked turkey meat/venison. ya. the theme was rock and thus the dressing (go see facebook) ya.
so then after the dinner, kinda had this party-thingy going on. and there was thisguy who was from the student service centre kinda thingy who goes around, pulling condoms from his cap to give to random ppl. and no.sadly i didnt remember to snap a picture of him so ya. apparently his job scope was just to make sure ppl have safe sex. :S weird.
and then there was this live band going on for a while and ppl were dancing to the songs. so then the kind of dances they danced to was like couple dances.. real cool.
so then on the last day of orientation, we went to this nearby slope where we did slidding/sledding. so apparently u get this plastic piece of slip or even better this thicker and bigger disc made of plastic and then u sit on it and just slide down the slope.
was damn fun but then you kinda keep getting snow in ur face and all when you are going down the slope.
so then after tt we tried all types of combination i.e. in a row-one behind another, or in a circle, or stacking up etc.
ya the french ppl were really adventurous. me? i just did the row/tube thingy with me hungarian friends (go see facebook)
after sledding. they had a bbq for us. but cus it was qte budget-tish, they had like buns and hotdogs, with mustard, ketchup and fried onions to go along with it.
the bbq pit.
me hot dot bun with all the worksafter the bbq, we headed over to this place where they had suanas and stuff.
AS i was having my thing, i didnt go to the suana,instead i sat at the fireplace and attempted to dry myself (tumbled in the snow a gazillions times due to sledding- kinda like you just happen to flip over when u stop so ya) while waiting for (yes) my hungarian frens.
me feet at the fireplace with me cup of (free) coffee beside :)yups. so that ends the orientation for the past few days.
more photos available in facebook. and one sledding vid. (i tried my best)
due to the darkness, was unable to capture the slopes and stuff cus with flash u see the falling snow (it was snowing) and without flash it simply was too dark so... ya.. :) oh wells..make do ba ppl.
btw, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR and happy eating steamboat and love letters, and sambal-filled little spring roll-looking puffs and pineapple tarts and god knows what else. :(
anyways. HAPPY COLLECTING ANGBAOS and may u guys get many many money.
happy ban-lucking and mahjong-ing.
random photos 101
just some random photos that i took on my route to sch.
its apparently a river
so then on wednesday. went to check out this chinese restaurant in my sch for lunch.
its buffet style. and they have SUSHI!! (tho the salmon is OBVIOUSLY not fresh.. but wells.. ORIENTAL FOOD!!)
what used to be a kid's playground
its apparently a river
so then on wednesday. went to check out this chinese restaurant in my sch for lunch.its buffet style. and they have SUSHI!! (tho the salmon is OBVIOUSLY not fresh.. but wells.. ORIENTAL FOOD!!)
i have a problem.
the old tagboard seems to have some problem cus i cant seem to see it.. and i have no idea how to add in a tagboard. DAMN IT!
anyways.. updates again.
ok.. this time round no pictures cus i didnt take any.
anyways here goes.
tuesday went to sch again.. temp around minus 5? thereabout? had my first class - political science D: institutional analysis and societal change.
kae apparently i managed to match 2 core mods over here so im taking them (yayness anus!) even though they are not exactly the topics that im interested in but.. hey, core mods le why not mans? pass/fail nia anyways..
so went to my class.. kinda got lost so like was late for class about 15 minutes.. TURNS OUT THAT I WAS THE ONLY FREAKING STUDENT IN THE WHOLE BLOODY CLASS!
yay yay.
like in ntu. i always maintain a low-key status cus i dun really do my work and stuff so like better be low profile and just pray that the teacher doesnt notice me throughout the lessons?basically tt's more or less my mantra for schs in general. but now... here... NOOOO... im the ONLY freaking student.-.- dang.
so that reached the class at like 1030 when it starts at 1015? then like the lecturer kinda concluded i was the only student and then he just briefly told me the course outline and like end the class... AT 1045!!! lol la... so basically my class was like 15 minutes. and apparently from the next lesson onwards im suppose to do the readings and discuss them with him in his room. dang. -.- but ok la..pass/fail nia.. core summore so.. oh wells..
so then had another class at like 1? so went to hang around at the library and get books for the institutional analysis class cus i'll HAVE to do my readings..
after tt went for my other core mod class- political science D: democracy and sustainability.
so then this class (yes another one of the boring political science class) had like (including me) a total of 5 students. one of themis this swedish girl,2 french and *drums rolling* ONE RETIRED
TEACHER!!! wins.
so like ya.
wednesday. hmmm.. lessons as usual the 5 students political sci class and swedish. then after that went back. cooked dinner for this sg girl cus it was her birthday.
so then after dinner we went to play with the snow. they built a snowman and apparently they were looking for eyes for the snowman and this girl unknowingly picked up like frozen dog shit and just break it into half and put it as the eyes for the snowman. so ya. (can just go check out like link from me to my frens photo album and stuff) lol. so ya.
the old tagboard seems to have some problem cus i cant seem to see it.. and i have no idea how to add in a tagboard. DAMN IT!
anyways.. updates again.
ok.. this time round no pictures cus i didnt take any.
anyways here goes.
tuesday went to sch again.. temp around minus 5? thereabout? had my first class - political science D: institutional analysis and societal change.
kae apparently i managed to match 2 core mods over here so im taking them (yayness anus!) even though they are not exactly the topics that im interested in but.. hey, core mods le why not mans? pass/fail nia anyways..
so went to my class.. kinda got lost so like was late for class about 15 minutes.. TURNS OUT THAT I WAS THE ONLY FREAKING STUDENT IN THE WHOLE BLOODY CLASS!
yay yay.
like in ntu. i always maintain a low-key status cus i dun really do my work and stuff so like better be low profile and just pray that the teacher doesnt notice me throughout the lessons?basically tt's more or less my mantra for schs in general. but now... here... NOOOO... im the ONLY freaking student.-.- dang.
so that reached the class at like 1030 when it starts at 1015? then like the lecturer kinda concluded i was the only student and then he just briefly told me the course outline and like end the class... AT 1045!!! lol la... so basically my class was like 15 minutes. and apparently from the next lesson onwards im suppose to do the readings and discuss them with him in his room. dang. -.- but ok la..pass/fail nia.. core summore so.. oh wells..
so then had another class at like 1? so went to hang around at the library and get books for the institutional analysis class cus i'll HAVE to do my readings..
after tt went for my other core mod class- political science D: democracy and sustainability.
so then this class (yes another one of the boring political science class) had like (including me) a total of 5 students. one of themis this swedish girl,2 french and *drums rolling* ONE RETIRED
TEACHER!!! wins.
so like ya.
wednesday. hmmm.. lessons as usual the 5 students political sci class and swedish. then after that went back. cooked dinner for this sg girl cus it was her birthday.
so then after dinner we went to play with the snow. they built a snowman and apparently they were looking for eyes for the snowman and this girl unknowingly picked up like frozen dog shit and just break it into half and put it as the eyes for the snowman. so ya. (can just go check out like link from me to my frens photo album and stuff) lol. so ya.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
1st day of ... SCHOOL? what school?
so 3rd entry.
first dayof school was ok. had 1.5 hours of class only. swedish for beginners. apparently they have like a customary 5-10 minutes break in between for smoking/eating/toilet break.
after tt went to town with idza to get stuff. (yes again).
went into sub & co. for lunch cus we were famished.
finally managed to get me hot chocolate. tho it was like amazing.. it was rather normal, somewhat like what we could have gotten in sg. but then again prolly cus im not really that.. observant when it comes to food so ya...
both this salami and brie sandwich. the cheese slab was like THICK.. nice.. but was like 57 kronos? (together with the drink) about 12 sg dollars?
idza, on the other hand, got this big sub which cost like 69 kronors (14 bucks) and it was like one freaking foot long. hers was curry chicken tho.. hehe.. managed to last her for 2 meals.
so then cus the day was at an acceptable temperature of minus 7 degrees i managed to dig out the camera for like a few rare shots of the town.
apparently the shining tiny yellow spots is like the snow la.. which can only be seen when the flash is reflected off them. and yes in the middle of town area, there's this queer little building which i have no idea is for what.
so like the streets.
first dayof school was ok. had 1.5 hours of class only. swedish for beginners. apparently they have like a customary 5-10 minutes break in between for smoking/eating/toilet break.
after tt went to town with idza to get stuff. (yes again).
went into sub & co. for lunch cus we were famished.
finally managed to get me hot chocolate. tho it was like amazing.. it was rather normal, somewhat like what we could have gotten in sg. but then again prolly cus im not really that.. observant when it comes to food so ya...
both this salami and brie sandwich. the cheese slab was like THICK.. nice.. but was like 57 kronos? (together with the drink) about 12 sg dollars?
idza, on the other hand, got this big sub which cost like 69 kronors (14 bucks) and it was like one freaking foot long. hers was curry chicken tho.. hehe.. managed to last her for 2 meals.
so then cus the day was at an acceptable temperature of minus 7 degrees i managed to dig out the camera for like a few rare shots of the town.
apparently the shining tiny yellow spots is like the snow la.. which can only be seen when the flash is reflected off them. and yes in the middle of town area, there's this queer little building which i have no idea is for what.
so like the streets.we went to willy's (sweden's version of sg's giants/ fairprice) ya.. so then like i said before, swedes LOVE their sweets!! (it rhymes!) aha.. so like near the entrance of the supermarket, there's this huge candy selection there.
this constitutes like 1/4 of the entire freaking display?
one of their not-so-common selections that i have no guts to try.. hehe.
the way they display their crackers that were on sale.
the only kind of alcohol i can find in the entire supermarket. super mini.
this constitutes like 1/4 of the entire freaking display?
one of their not-so-common selections that i have no guts to try.. hehe.
the way they display their crackers that were on sale.
the only kind of alcohol i can find in the entire supermarket. super mini.(left to right): dry gin essence, whiskey essence, turkish peppar shot, vodka essence and rom essence (i tink)
yups one freaking bottle cost like 2++ bucks? and i cant even see their alcohol content. -.- sacarlee its mixers. -.- so i din buy =x
apparently sweden govt has a very strict rule bout their alcohol. so like in the entire freaking town there's only one store that sells liquor and its like qte troublesome cus have to show id and all that stuff..
so then our groceries from willy's.
so then wanted to take a picture of me and the willy's signboard. apparently only either one of us will show up but not both. go figure. =.=
so then our groceries from willy's.
so then wanted to take a picture of me and the willy's signboard. apparently only either one of us will show up but not both. go figure. =.=took bus back to the apartment.
thy snow that was from me shoes in my room. cus apparently i didnt managed to stomp them away before i enter. =.=
the block of snow.
thy snow that was from me shoes in my room. cus apparently i didnt managed to stomp them away before i enter. =.=
the block of snow.yup. so that concludes my monday. :)
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
next stop: LULEA!
aha okie.. next entry..
at lulea.
took flight to lulea. nothing interesting on the flight. just that inside the silly plane it was also cold to the extent that i was all bundled up. ie. i didnt take off my jacket in the plane. how silly.
so then slept on the plane.. boring. yes i know.
so then landing. right. it was like white. it wasnt snowing. but snow was aplenty. so then there's actually two exits on the plane where u can either choose to go the sheltered (normal) passageway or you could like get off the plane and walk on the icy snowy ground to the baggage claim area. me. being the boring old me.. took the normal (boring) way.. aha.. no la.. its just the other girls were like having a debate on whether or not to walk in the snow or walk the normal way an didza and me couldnt be bothered so just then took the easy (uncongested) way out. aha.
so then after claiming the baggage, met with the some guy who's (i tink) the overall in charge of the exchange student or something like tt.. ya he's a student too.. so then he like brought us (4 singaporean GIRLS + 2 korean GIRLS) to his van. ya. its the normal small typical van u see where there's seats behind for ppl to seat kind so YOU probably can imagine how small the silly van is to fetch 6 freaking GIRLS.. like.. HELLO we are girls lehs.. u noe? so ya.
so then when we stepped out of the airport.. seriously, i swear to god,the first thingthat came to my mind was "what the fuck did i tink i was doing - choosing to come for exchange and come all the way here.. would be better off at bedok rowing" like SERIOUSLY.. tt's how bad/cold it was..
but then so he drove us to sch.. like told us stuff yada yada yada.. and all...
then we moved into our room.
so like this is how my room looks like when i first stepped in.
at lulea.
took flight to lulea. nothing interesting on the flight. just that inside the silly plane it was also cold to the extent that i was all bundled up. ie. i didnt take off my jacket in the plane. how silly.
so then slept on the plane.. boring. yes i know.
so then landing. right. it was like white. it wasnt snowing. but snow was aplenty. so then there's actually two exits on the plane where u can either choose to go the sheltered (normal) passageway or you could like get off the plane and walk on the icy snowy ground to the baggage claim area. me. being the boring old me.. took the normal (boring) way.. aha.. no la.. its just the other girls were like having a debate on whether or not to walk in the snow or walk the normal way an didza and me couldnt be bothered so just then took the easy (uncongested) way out. aha.
so then after claiming the baggage, met with the some guy who's (i tink) the overall in charge of the exchange student or something like tt.. ya he's a student too.. so then he like brought us (4 singaporean GIRLS + 2 korean GIRLS) to his van. ya. its the normal small typical van u see where there's seats behind for ppl to seat kind so YOU probably can imagine how small the silly van is to fetch 6 freaking GIRLS.. like.. HELLO we are girls lehs.. u noe? so ya.
so then when we stepped out of the airport.. seriously, i swear to god,the first thingthat came to my mind was "what the fuck did i tink i was doing - choosing to come for exchange and come all the way here.. would be better off at bedok rowing" like SERIOUSLY.. tt's how bad/cold it was..
but then so he drove us to sch.. like told us stuff yada yada yada.. and all...
then we moved into our room.
so like this is how my room looks like when i first stepped in.
its really qte spacious actually so ya.
then the view out of me window:
so then we unpacked and we set off for the town area to buy some necessities and also surveyed the area.
cus it was really too damn cold i din take out my cam even though i brought it out. chui i know. but oh wells.. cold lehs. so we ate like max(yes maX not MACS.. ) for dinner. the portion was so bloody big we had to pack it up and bring back for like supper.
then comes friday. set off for school cus there was like a gazillion things to do. got lost one the way to sch and the freaking temperature was like minus 22?!?!?! like WTF?!!??!?! FREAKING COLD. so then managed to get to sch after like asking so many bloody people. took us a freaking 1 hr PLUS to get to sch. so then enter the building and we sat to thaw. like really thaw.. totally like numb.. the fingers and toes.. TOES were like the worst. cus u cant see them (under two freaking pairs of socks and boots) and they really REALLY felt like they woulddrop off the instance ueven try to move them..so was like qte torturous..and u guys could probably imagine the look on the people's faces when they pass by us. like ya.. ultimate chui-ness.
so then went to meet with the exchange coordinator, made some silly cards and stuff.. then cause apparently it was a freaking friday so like the course coordinators "probably wouldnt be in" and stuff so like went (once again) to town to go groceries shopping AND of course to pay bills and stuff..
ate MAX again for lunch.. was really starving so went to eat late lunch at max.
cus for like past dunnoe how long keep eating burger.. so wanna be healthy a bit.. so bout their chicken salad! DAMN NICE.. like super nice.. haha my best meal here so far lorhs..
oh ya and their sauces.. they actually have like thai chilli sauce here.. like cool or what? but i didnt buy. (really dying for chilli that time then say) so like they sauce. they have like so many weird names one.. the other time i went max, i tried their max original sauce (taste like thousand islands) then after tt this time round, i tried another type of their sauce but for the life of me i cant remember it.. crap.. oh wells..so ya.. all tasted like thousand island tho. -.-
yup.. so the next day which was sat.. woke up rather early... saw the sunrise.. really pretty so couldnt resist to take a snap of it.
pretty rite? aha..told cha! so then sat.. hurrr.. once again din do much.. stayed in.. shiver shiver.. bundled up in blankets and clothes. went for a party at night..me nice roomie -diane - brought me there.. basically their preparty here consists of many ppl squeezed into one small room and then baiscally stand around chat and drink. so then when they get high enough they'll start to make their way to the party place with the STUK this nightclub in my school. then they start to club or alternatively can like hang around in this big area beside the clubbing area to like chat and drink o.O
and the girls here! seriously.its freaking cold and they wear stockings.. like the stocking we wear in sg? they wear it here.. and they pair it with a like mini skirt or something.. leather jacket and like strap top.. something like that.. basically, clubbing wear.. LIKE WTF? fucking cold wear till like tt?!?!?! insanity i tell u..
so ya.. hanged around with me roomie.. chatted with a few new ppl.. there's this really cute (not looks wise but ya) guy, he saw me and he was like ni hao! lol..apparently he went like shanghai for exchange last sem..so then he was trying to make me understand his chinese.. really cute. and then after he saw me chatting with his girlfren (pretty) and he came over with this really excited look on his face and said "zhe shi wo de nan peng you". lols cans.. then like iwas like giving him this look and he was like"no? no?" and had this really brief panic attack before saying "ah... nu peng you" lol.. so cute la.... yups.
then there's this another guy.. christian or something..apparently he's like swedish. first year. and they have this thing whereby each university have their own outfit (Cant remember whats that called at the moment) so then apparently they can like cut strips out of the pants to exchange with like frens from other uni (Who will be having the same outfit of diff colour) so then if u exchange pockets, it meant that the two of you are attached/in a relationship with each other; then if u exchange collar meant that the two are engaged.. so like real cool. then they have all sorts of like badges to like add to their outfit. like the guy christian? he had like badges which showed that he managed to down 1 beer in 1 minute and another that meant he downed 3 beers in 3 minutes.. kinda stuff.. cool la..
so then after that went back with me flatmate cus she was tired. ya.
so then sun. ha.. once again.. nothing much.. went to the nearby pizzeria for dinner cus i heard that it was qte cheap.
so like the portion was HUGE..and we din know so like we ordered like a 12 inch pizza which consists of 8 slices but we were all full after 1 slice? and then we bot like 2 plates of fries.o.O couldnt finish them.. but was real good.. so felt real bad to the chefs.. aha..italians summore aha..
yup.. so then after dinner went back to room and me flatmate invited me to join her and her frens for a game of wii.. played golf.. qte fun.. but then after one game they had to leave cus it was getting late and they had an early class the next day..
so ya.. ^^
Monday, January 19, 2009
first stop: STOCKHOLM CITY
ok its wayyy past time i set up a blog (as ordered by an ungodly no. of ppl :P) so ya here it is ppl!
ok.. slowly.. step by step.
firstly. would like to thank each and everybody for all their well wishes and especially those who turned up to send me off. thank you thank you thank you very much.
ok firstly.. 12 freaking hours on the plane is simply. disgusting. ya.. really.. next time when u guys gotta travel, ppl, be smarter.. NEVER EVER TAKE LIKE 12 FREAKING HOURS OF PLANE RIDE. really. ur butts will simply rot, drop off and die.. like.. ya.. and to add to that torture.. i was sitting in the centre.. so like its rather hard for me to like actually leave my seat to go to the bathroom and all.. so basically for the entire freaking12 hours.. my ass was stuck to the seat. o.O torturous i tell u.. u cant sleep properly.. u cant sit properly (too many stuff around i.e. ur bag, laptop bag, pillow, blanket) really.. its a nightmare.
ok.. slowly.. step by step.
firstly. would like to thank each and everybody for all their well wishes and especially those who turned up to send me off. thank you thank you thank you very much.
ok firstly.. 12 freaking hours on the plane is simply. disgusting. ya.. really.. next time when u guys gotta travel, ppl, be smarter.. NEVER EVER TAKE LIKE 12 FREAKING HOURS OF PLANE RIDE. really. ur butts will simply rot, drop off and die.. like.. ya.. and to add to that torture.. i was sitting in the centre.. so like its rather hard for me to like actually leave my seat to go to the bathroom and all.. so basically for the entire freaking12 hours.. my ass was stuck to the seat. o.O torturous i tell u.. u cant sleep properly.. u cant sit properly (too many stuff around i.e. ur bag, laptop bag, pillow, blanket) really.. its a nightmare.
so basically i managed to survive that. barely. but ya.. still up and alive. so ya.. stopover at london. nice cool weather.. tranferred from one terminal to another.. managed to walk around w/o any jackets on.. (yayness anus!)
yup.. so after tt change flight to stockholm sweden.
met this girl (who sat next to me on the long unearthly plane ride to london) while waiting at the gate area. apparently it turned out that she's an ex-NTU materials engineering student doing her masters in stockholm and she has a russian (or some other exotic foreign country) bf.
oh and the checkin in london was like cool.. u have to take off ur shoes, ur belts, ur coats.. basically everything other than like ur shirt and pants. ya. so then.. went to stockholm where this girl , jovice, brought me along with her to take the arlanda express train to like central stockholm where everything is...
see the this is.. the airport where i landed in stockholm, its arlanda.. so apparently its like the outskirts or somewhere further in stockholm and its really really ulu.. like only trees trees and more trees and in the middle of the trees u see one small cottage.. its really cool but i was too hum ji to take out my camera to snap a picture of it cus the instructions while landing was "switch off all electronic and communications devices" so ya.. heee.. too hum ji..
so then.. took went to the underground train station.
yupp so above are the pictures of the underground tunnel.. and apparently if u look closely u can see that the walls of this tunnel is actually very uneven and is made of gravel? probably or something of that sort cus apparently it was bombed open like eons ago and it doubles up as a bomb shelter so ya.. coolios...
and of course.. all the underground tunnels in stockholm are being bombed open (or however u phrased it) and so the walls are all similar.
so took the train. which costs 110sek (22 bucks? thereabout) and the went to central stockholm.
ok ppl, for the sake of my sanity, i will prolly post the bare minimal photos here cus uploading photos onto blogspot is really really long and i'll really go mad waiting.. so ya and also prolyl lose my train of thoughts.. so please help urselves to the photos at facebook and also feel free to check out similar photos uploaded by the fellow ntu-ers (fyi, they are called idza, wan teng and denise) so can like go click here click there and prolly land upon the photos they've uploaded.
so ya..stockholm. temperature when i reached was around 3-5 degrees? it was okie.. but when the wind comes u really feel like dying. like its the wind that's the killer not the chill nor the temperature. cus the chill is just like "oo cold" then u kinda adjusted to it.. then so u are like walking and u chanced upon a gust of wind u go like "oooo... *shivers shivers*" kinda thing? ya..
so then apparently sweden in general, is really qte a green country with all the recycling bins around. and its really qte flat comparatively to singapore. as you guys are able to see from the photos the buildings are qte old and beautiful andthey actually have like cycling tracks for cyclists.. so like cycling is one of their main form of transportation too...
loads of their buildings are rather majestic looking and they are still in used (for like museums, or like some international conference crap kinda thing and im really sounding like a tour guide) and cus stockholm is prolly made up of qte a no. of islands like an archipelago of sorts.. so like there are like rivers and stuff.. and its really near the sea. so like the currents at their rivers (or canals as they called it) are like really fast and its like kinda for white water rafting kinda shit so ya.
so basically first day, i left my stuff at the city backpackers hostel (not bad, qte pretty, clean though qte small) and went to check out the old town gamla stan. apparently the inner state of stockholm is rather small so its within like walking distance so we (me, idza and wanteng) walked there.
so apparently one of the attractions of gamla stan (or probably even stockholm) is that they have rows and rows of buildings but of different colours (check out the pictures) and that they are qte old of age.. ya..
streets were long and winding, some even uphill and have like small alleys and stuff.. real pretty.. then the roads were like cobblestone so was kinda like beauty and the beast the beginning part where beauty was walking around the town singing.. haaa.. nicee~
qte a no. of stores sold like figurines and stuff.. and also chocolates.. was kinda desperate to try hot chocolate on the first day (dunnoe which idiot told me go europe no milo they only drank hot chocolate and that their hot chocolate was like wayy nicer than singapore's -.-) but didnt managed too cus 1) was qte ex and 2) couldnt find any stores that sold.
so then the stores their decorations are like ups mans.. really.. like PRETTY to the max.. they have like boards along the sidewalks, their windows were like nicely done up and like statues were qte a common sight there. then also the ppl there.. they have this fetish for lights. im serious. like they have lights everywhere.. outside their doors, in restaurants (to the extent that some restaurants were fully lighted by candles and candles alone) ya.. they reallly REALLY loved lights..
so then there's loads of alleys and stuff.. and apparently there's the narrowest street in gamla stan.. bout like 90 cm wide? but apparently i din manage to see that..
so then after wandering around gamla stan, decided to go back to the hostel as it was beginning to turn dark.
as you can probably see from the assortments of photos.. some ventures only consists of a few pictures snapped at the beginning cus like after tt it was too damn bloody cold to take out the camera.. aha.
so then went back to the hostel, popped by a nearby supermarket to like buy groceries for the next day's breakfast. and cus we put the groceries in the fridge, we are supposed to label them (so that others wont take our groceries for theirs). bot kebab for dinner (i refused to buy subway cus it was too boring and stupid to eat subway in sweden when u can geta perfectly good one in sg and at a cheaper price too)
so then only managed to finish half the kebab and so the other haolf was left for the next day. (and btw it was perfectly fine cus the weather's too cold for the food to turn bad)
slept damn bloody early for the first night cus partly it was too damn cold to go out and also cus there was nowhere to go (the other girls dun wanna go to the pubs and clubs and stuff) and so ya. but mainly cus it was too damn cold and dark.
so then the next day, i woke up at freaking 5 plus in the bloody morning. went to use one of the comps provided and then after that ended up playing cards. apparently their cards were so damn cool the have like kn (sort form for knight) in place of the jacks and d (for dame) in place of the queens and their aces were actually "e". so initially me and wanteng (who was also up) were like trying to figure out what the hell all those weird letters meant. aha..
so then this cute irish guy called keane saw us playing cards and came over to join us (cus he couldnt sleep) so then taught him daidee. pity of all pities, i didnt take a picture of (or with) him nor did i exchange contact.. so ya.. sad sad.. he taught me a card trick though.. aha..
ok so then we cooked breakfast. pasta (cus the hostel provided free pasta) but then we cooked too much and also there were nothing in the paste so kinda like bleah~ so ya.. but oh wells.. budget living and thank god for half my kebab.. aha..
so then we took this winter cruise thing around stockholm. pretty cool. nice and windy.. drank their "traditional pea soup with pork" which actually tasted some sort like green bean soup boiled till the point of being all mashed up? with pork. aha.. and tried their "hot spicy wine" which was not bad. couldnt really taste the alcohol in it and its made of raisins and almonds. yups.
saw this really cool advertisement on the streets
aha.. misleading right.. at first i really really thought it meant bras for rental. but apparently, only today during my swedish class, did i realised that bra actually meant good. so it's like good rental.. aha.. totally misleading mans...
so then near the reivers and stuff they actually have this area whereby they place feeds for the birds (swans and ducks and pigeons) so like that entire part of the river was swarm by all these pretty feather creatures.. real nice like so many swans up close.. and the ducks.. seriously when they are not busy eating or bathing (real cute when they did it), they basically just sat on their fat little asses and like go with the flow (of the current) real cute.. its like the swans, they actually bothered to paddle around and move around, but the ducks? noooo... they just bobbed up and down and up and down. what a nice life. my next life? i wanna be a duck! hee
so then we were like walking around and all the cars that we saw were all covered with frost.. so kinda dirty looking.. its like those mercedes and mini coopers.. were all like dusty and firty looking.. felt qte sad for the car owners.. aha
so then on the cruise. the open area, the seats were lined with reindeer skins..
so then on the cruise we were just going around and the guide was pointing out all the sights and places around. so then there's this statue,
apparently it was a gift from sweden tothe united nations upon them joining UN. its apparently of a guy throwing stars up into the sky (i THINK should be throwing ba.. otherwise its touching but i tink its throwing) so then for the life of me i couldnt remember what that really means but then apparently it has some religious connotations and hence was rejected by the UN. so TADAH! here it is in stockholm sweden.
oh then also (seriously im just scrolling thru my photos and see whether there's anything to tell about it aha) there tis mill thingy.
apparently the people there realised that but turning at the roof its more efficient so then the spokes are on the roof and hence they do without the wind thingy cus apparently it inhibits the efficiency or something like tt...
oh and their cranes are really cute (painted in such a way that it looks like giraffe) and they are really qte proud of their vessels (some viking history of some sorts so ya) all sorts of boats, ships were on display for viewing and there's an actual palace where the actual royalties lived.. like COOL OR WHAT?! so ya then the royal family have their own like holiday palaces and the actual palace and god knows what else.. so quaint rite? machiam like u timetravelled back to like the olden days...*snickers*
so then they have this "aquaria" thingy which is actually a place where they have their rainforest. *gaffaws*
then after that we went shopping *groans* then we went to their like pseudo market? where they sell like their fruits and veges and like gloves and stuff.. prolly their own made products kinda thingy. bot like tomatoes and like some berries.. rocks my socks i tell u.. real good. like u so cant believe it.. hehe...
yup then next morning went back to arlanda and took the flight to lulea.
on the way to the train station at stockholm. it actually SNOWED!! but then freaking hell.. we were in"some sort" of a rush so didnt stop for long and apparently the camera cant really catch the snowing part so ya...
first sight of snow.. ^^
yup.. so after tt change flight to stockholm sweden.met this girl (who sat next to me on the long unearthly plane ride to london) while waiting at the gate area. apparently it turned out that she's an ex-NTU materials engineering student doing her masters in stockholm and she has a russian (or some other exotic foreign country) bf.
oh and the checkin in london was like cool.. u have to take off ur shoes, ur belts, ur coats.. basically everything other than like ur shirt and pants. ya. so then.. went to stockholm where this girl , jovice, brought me along with her to take the arlanda express train to like central stockholm where everything is...
see the this is.. the airport where i landed in stockholm, its arlanda.. so apparently its like the outskirts or somewhere further in stockholm and its really really ulu.. like only trees trees and more trees and in the middle of the trees u see one small cottage.. its really cool but i was too hum ji to take out my camera to snap a picture of it cus the instructions while landing was "switch off all electronic and communications devices" so ya.. heee.. too hum ji..
so then.. took went to the underground train station.
yupp so above are the pictures of the underground tunnel.. and apparently if u look closely u can see that the walls of this tunnel is actually very uneven and is made of gravel? probably or something of that sort cus apparently it was bombed open like eons ago and it doubles up as a bomb shelter so ya.. coolios...and of course.. all the underground tunnels in stockholm are being bombed open (or however u phrased it) and so the walls are all similar.
so took the train. which costs 110sek (22 bucks? thereabout) and the went to central stockholm.
ok ppl, for the sake of my sanity, i will prolly post the bare minimal photos here cus uploading photos onto blogspot is really really long and i'll really go mad waiting.. so ya and also prolyl lose my train of thoughts.. so please help urselves to the photos at facebook and also feel free to check out similar photos uploaded by the fellow ntu-ers (fyi, they are called idza, wan teng and denise) so can like go click here click there and prolly land upon the photos they've uploaded.
so ya..stockholm. temperature when i reached was around 3-5 degrees? it was okie.. but when the wind comes u really feel like dying. like its the wind that's the killer not the chill nor the temperature. cus the chill is just like "oo cold" then u kinda adjusted to it.. then so u are like walking and u chanced upon a gust of wind u go like "oooo... *shivers shivers*" kinda thing? ya..
so then apparently sweden in general, is really qte a green country with all the recycling bins around. and its really qte flat comparatively to singapore. as you guys are able to see from the photos the buildings are qte old and beautiful andthey actually have like cycling tracks for cyclists.. so like cycling is one of their main form of transportation too...
loads of their buildings are rather majestic looking and they are still in used (for like museums, or like some international conference crap kinda thing and im really sounding like a tour guide) and cus stockholm is prolly made up of qte a no. of islands like an archipelago of sorts.. so like there are like rivers and stuff.. and its really near the sea. so like the currents at their rivers (or canals as they called it) are like really fast and its like kinda for white water rafting kinda shit so ya.
so basically first day, i left my stuff at the city backpackers hostel (not bad, qte pretty, clean though qte small) and went to check out the old town gamla stan. apparently the inner state of stockholm is rather small so its within like walking distance so we (me, idza and wanteng) walked there.
so apparently one of the attractions of gamla stan (or probably even stockholm) is that they have rows and rows of buildings but of different colours (check out the pictures) and that they are qte old of age.. ya..
streets were long and winding, some even uphill and have like small alleys and stuff.. real pretty.. then the roads were like cobblestone so was kinda like beauty and the beast the beginning part where beauty was walking around the town singing.. haaa.. nicee~
qte a no. of stores sold like figurines and stuff.. and also chocolates.. was kinda desperate to try hot chocolate on the first day (dunnoe which idiot told me go europe no milo they only drank hot chocolate and that their hot chocolate was like wayy nicer than singapore's -.-) but didnt managed too cus 1) was qte ex and 2) couldnt find any stores that sold.
so then the stores their decorations are like ups mans.. really.. like PRETTY to the max.. they have like boards along the sidewalks, their windows were like nicely done up and like statues were qte a common sight there. then also the ppl there.. they have this fetish for lights. im serious. like they have lights everywhere.. outside their doors, in restaurants (to the extent that some restaurants were fully lighted by candles and candles alone) ya.. they reallly REALLY loved lights..
so then there's loads of alleys and stuff.. and apparently there's the narrowest street in gamla stan.. bout like 90 cm wide? but apparently i din manage to see that..
so then after wandering around gamla stan, decided to go back to the hostel as it was beginning to turn dark.
as you can probably see from the assortments of photos.. some ventures only consists of a few pictures snapped at the beginning cus like after tt it was too damn bloody cold to take out the camera.. aha.
so then went back to the hostel, popped by a nearby supermarket to like buy groceries for the next day's breakfast. and cus we put the groceries in the fridge, we are supposed to label them (so that others wont take our groceries for theirs). bot kebab for dinner (i refused to buy subway cus it was too boring and stupid to eat subway in sweden when u can geta perfectly good one in sg and at a cheaper price too)
so then only managed to finish half the kebab and so the other haolf was left for the next day. (and btw it was perfectly fine cus the weather's too cold for the food to turn bad)
slept damn bloody early for the first night cus partly it was too damn cold to go out and also cus there was nowhere to go (the other girls dun wanna go to the pubs and clubs and stuff) and so ya. but mainly cus it was too damn cold and dark.
so then the next day, i woke up at freaking 5 plus in the bloody morning. went to use one of the comps provided and then after that ended up playing cards. apparently their cards were so damn cool the have like kn (sort form for knight) in place of the jacks and d (for dame) in place of the queens and their aces were actually "e". so initially me and wanteng (who was also up) were like trying to figure out what the hell all those weird letters meant. aha..
so then this cute irish guy called keane saw us playing cards and came over to join us (cus he couldnt sleep) so then taught him daidee. pity of all pities, i didnt take a picture of (or with) him nor did i exchange contact.. so ya.. sad sad.. he taught me a card trick though.. aha..
ok so then we cooked breakfast. pasta (cus the hostel provided free pasta) but then we cooked too much and also there were nothing in the paste so kinda like bleah~ so ya.. but oh wells.. budget living and thank god for half my kebab.. aha..
so then we took this winter cruise thing around stockholm. pretty cool. nice and windy.. drank their "traditional pea soup with pork" which actually tasted some sort like green bean soup boiled till the point of being all mashed up? with pork. aha.. and tried their "hot spicy wine" which was not bad. couldnt really taste the alcohol in it and its made of raisins and almonds. yups.
saw this really cool advertisement on the streets
aha.. misleading right.. at first i really really thought it meant bras for rental. but apparently, only today during my swedish class, did i realised that bra actually meant good. so it's like good rental.. aha.. totally misleading mans...so then near the reivers and stuff they actually have this area whereby they place feeds for the birds (swans and ducks and pigeons) so like that entire part of the river was swarm by all these pretty feather creatures.. real nice like so many swans up close.. and the ducks.. seriously when they are not busy eating or bathing (real cute when they did it), they basically just sat on their fat little asses and like go with the flow (of the current) real cute.. its like the swans, they actually bothered to paddle around and move around, but the ducks? noooo... they just bobbed up and down and up and down. what a nice life. my next life? i wanna be a duck! hee
so then we were like walking around and all the cars that we saw were all covered with frost.. so kinda dirty looking.. its like those mercedes and mini coopers.. were all like dusty and firty looking.. felt qte sad for the car owners.. aha
so then on the cruise. the open area, the seats were lined with reindeer skins..
so then on the cruise we were just going around and the guide was pointing out all the sights and places around. so then there's this statue,
apparently it was a gift from sweden tothe united nations upon them joining UN. its apparently of a guy throwing stars up into the sky (i THINK should be throwing ba.. otherwise its touching but i tink its throwing) so then for the life of me i couldnt remember what that really means but then apparently it has some religious connotations and hence was rejected by the UN. so TADAH! here it is in stockholm sweden.oh then also (seriously im just scrolling thru my photos and see whether there's anything to tell about it aha) there tis mill thingy.
apparently the people there realised that but turning at the roof its more efficient so then the spokes are on the roof and hence they do without the wind thingy cus apparently it inhibits the efficiency or something like tt...oh and their cranes are really cute (painted in such a way that it looks like giraffe) and they are really qte proud of their vessels (some viking history of some sorts so ya) all sorts of boats, ships were on display for viewing and there's an actual palace where the actual royalties lived.. like COOL OR WHAT?! so ya then the royal family have their own like holiday palaces and the actual palace and god knows what else.. so quaint rite? machiam like u timetravelled back to like the olden days...*snickers*
so then they have this "aquaria" thingy which is actually a place where they have their rainforest. *gaffaws*
then after that we went shopping *groans* then we went to their like pseudo market? where they sell like their fruits and veges and like gloves and stuff.. prolly their own made products kinda thingy. bot like tomatoes and like some berries.. rocks my socks i tell u.. real good. like u so cant believe it.. hehe...
yup then next morning went back to arlanda and took the flight to lulea.
on the way to the train station at stockholm. it actually SNOWED!! but then freaking hell.. we were in"some sort" of a rush so didnt stop for long and apparently the camera cant really catch the snowing part so ya...
first sight of snow.. ^^
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