castle ruins..where's the knight in a shining armour? or prince on a white horse?
can't get enough of the quaint buildings and architecture!!i want a summer hol home here!
more pics when i'm back!!
------------------------*saturday----------------------
it was pure pandemonium when i was trying to cram all my errands the day before (was at school and doing errands from 830 to 9 pm) and pack from scratch. i even fell aslp while packing. before leaving for airport at 11am, right to the very last minute before the cab came, i was trimming my hair (hairdresser cut one side longer..dunno y i only noticed then) and painting my nails. oh yes, i managed to get the dvd player fixed while having eggs ben at scrumptious cafe with june ad n hutt! (to c cube..srry dude doubt i'll change it to a branded one for now. quite contented with the new model which is much much betta! save me $$ for more shopping in paris!! show ya when i'm back!)
anyways, suku me finally stepped on board SIA (every single mbr of my family has been on it including my maid n not me!!) omgosh, all i can say is...... "yi fen qian yr fen huo" it's really money worth man. i was so used to taking no frills/other airlines and bringing my own "entertainment" (books mags notes ipod etc) that i didnt need to use any of such on board a 13 hr flight. techonology's amazing. each seat comes with own panel n controller,usb port etc, allowing u to listen to a HUGE RANGE of songs in every other language (complete albums of singers and they even have my hotel costes cd!) n even create yr own playlist + interactive games for kids + loads of tv darmas and movies. (i watched gossip gal, ugly betty, guess guess guess, made of honor just to name a few). and the food.. omgosh.. feed u non stop man..okay i know i really sound like a noobie now. i'm just in awe ok..hah..
oh, finally stepped into departure hall of T3. i rem the times i used to go there to study for exams and would dream if only i could fly away instead of the horrendous mugging to come. (which is so coming ard the block..argh). the plane was mainly ang mos, my mum n i had aisle seats. sat next to german family with 2 kids. thank goodnesss not wailing kids, only heard them laughing while watching cartoons. couldnt help but discreetly noticed german dad used the hot wet towel to clean his underarms and saw him scratch/ adjust his umm you know what down there. he also coughed non stop during the flight. he didnt wanna cough at his daughter so turned away from her n towards my side to cough, gosh that prob explains my flu now..argh.. n i had to constantly stand up n let them out to go toilet. surprisingly my butt didnt "open flower" during the long flight. my right knee only ached non stop, felt as if i just hit it at the table's corner repeatedly. oh and how can i not mention abt the 2 jap guys in front of me. the fellow in front of me so polite can, he'll ask/let u knw when he's gonna reclimd his seat. and seriously from the back, he looks like my "it started with a kiss" lead actor! (oops can't recall name now, it's 7 in the morning, 6 hrs behind spore's time and these 2 days been waking up every hour from 3am onwards frankurt time) dressing's good, i reckon 1.9 m with long hair! not mentioning the face though.. wahahah.. so cute, the ppl on board clapped when we touched down.. hmm..wat the peh right..
so far i've orders for lv neverfull, shades, wallets n birks. guess what, my mum said i could get a neverfull if i want.. hmm..n she said this on the cab to the airport. all the guilt in me gone even before i left spore. hahaha..dad's last words to me was: take care have fun n dont overshop..hur.. if only i had packed earlier i would have realised i needed to buy a bigger luggage. i've only half a luggage left and i'm sure the things i've to buy for ppl are gonna use it all up. my grandma damn hip can, she was too shy to ask us to get her chanel no 19 perfume such that grandpa had to call up. chanel perfume for 80 plus woman!!! way to go man.. heh!
-------------------------------*sunday*--------------------------------
shops don't really open today and one of the guys who studied here, Mr A said he almost got arrested for washing car on a sunday. these ppl really know how to relax man..went to Heidelberg castle (took lotsa lovely pictures!) and for a cruise down neckar river. superrrrrrrrrr cold can.. my nose's leaking like mad, one of the gals lent me her cashmere pull over so i had 3 sleeveless layers n 2 jackets. thank goodness i didn't wear shorts though i brought 2 along n only a pair of jeans. time to stock up!!
german food sucks man.. nothing really appetizes me here. pork snitchzel, pork knuckles and more pork. hope to try it's frankfurters today.. both lunch and dinner took damn long to serve. that's partially because we had 20 ppl la.. had to wait an average 1 to 1.5 hrs to serve our main dish, wait till we wanted to fall aslp and we were warned not to hurry them as they take pride in their food and would ask u to leave instead. even one of the guys got chided by the owner for not finishing his beef. but can't blame him for the big portion. heng i shared my food with the others. hur..eg 6 ppl order 5 main or 3 ppl order 2 main cos there's appetiser also. chinese food is stil the best!!!
okay thr's abt the 20 odd ppl. mostly all lao jiao's, married with kids and are big shots. you name it i have it. MD of oracle mr F, CIOs/heads of accenture, shell, starhub, mindef, dsta, ida etc and the list goes on. i think so far the most impressive one i know is Mr A. he keeps telling me of his achievements so much so he reminds me of our biostats adjunct lecturer braggin on n on nonstop. i try to avoid him now incase he goes on again. btw he looks like a pleasant grandfather kind and even offered me his food cos he said i needed to eat more.hmmm so far this is what i can rem abt his achievements:
-RI boy
-govt scholar studied civil engineering in germany for 5 years, masters in birmingham, phd in france (some prestigous uni i can't spell and haven't heard of which my mum said only top govt scholars can get in)
-head of starhub sales dept and other depts
-classmate of tp's principle mr boo, knows who n who in the industry
-grassroot leader
-sits on the board of 13 organisations
-taught as adjunct at nanyang biz sch, nus mba n computing now. (it's wierd tt he majored in engineering rite?)
-solemniser of the priest dunno what...
- some head of hdb
-first to start up simi oragnisation which has 2000 over mbrs blah blah blah , first CIO etc
trust me he brags much more than biostats lecturer la..but at least i found out he stays at siglap n has a 20 yr old son ord-ing. wahahha.. comfirm stamp chop gurrantee loaded...gosh i hate making small talk with the ppl here. i think i've repeated i'm from NTU school of biological science 500 times. but most of them nice la!oh ya many have mentioned they tot i was an A lvl student = 18 years old!!!!!!!! wahahahha... ho ho ho~
anyways mum has left for ther conference and i'm gonna finish up on my chu qian yi ding cup noodles then head across to the train station with my trusty map (hope i dun get lost man) to go to the main shopping district. HnM here i come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just got back from the shopping at their equivalent of our orchard road. i really don't know how i managed to go there and come back safely cos their train station is DAMN COMFUSING!(subway's route will be uploaded soon!) and did i mention my nose is about to fall off cos it's so cold!! when the wind blows i walk even faster la.. then i overheard this ah black woman tellling the man that i'm damn skinny.. wat the peh.. she prob thought my hearing's bad and i don't understand english la.. anyways, i had to agree with her after i saw my legs in thights in the mirror. looks just like someone's arms actually.. think i'm having muscle atrophy on my thighs. not cachexia k! or are they the same? hah.. see havent study la..
guess wat! they allow dogs into the shopping mall and trains etc! =)was kinda stunned when i saw this HUUUUUUUUUUGE dog in HnM. don't know the breed but prob taller than me if he stands on his hind legs. and the pigeons fly every where, even in the subway underground also have.. oh ya just rem, there was a housefly on board the flight..yikes..
HnM'c cheap (got stockings for 2.90 euros) but nth much and zara's very messy, it's like sale season in singapore though it's not having sales. found a very nice cream trench coat there but they didn't have xs. hai.. it would have been the ideal trenchcoat i'm looking for. can't find bloody birkenstock shop!!! so wierd! made in germany but can't find it in frankfurt.. had one of the most delicious hot dog from this guy carrying a mobile bbq pit thingy on himself. said they used good pork (cos i tried asking if he had chicken) and it was a happy pork like him and i. ????? yeah..that was my response.. anyway only cost 1.40 and tastes damn delicious. nothing much to shop ard so decided to head back. realised the train station across my hotel has so much food! macs, bk, chinese take away (bought take away in the cute packaging) and pizza. i walked up and down cos i couldnt decide wat to have. mostly sell sandwhiches and they like to display ALL THEIR sandwiches or pastries/cakes so it's like nice to see, very "colourful" but can't decide and see until full kinda feeling..so anyway too lazy to head out for dinner with them. gonna finish up my take aways and have a bubble bath!! it's only 6pm here and i'm already sleepy...