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started my bday with mj!..haha..hope the addiction will end soon when sch reopens..well...played until south wind of the first rd then my mum came into the room and ask me to eat vermicelli n red egg...haha..i din expect that cos its not my lunar bday, so i went to eat then my father helped me played awhile...he was totally dying to play...he had been watching silently the last few sessions..haa...so i let him finish the round while i went to buy something...chengzhen had to settle some of his drama thing so drove him back to settle it then came home to play another round...in the end i won some money...hmm...have been winning the last sessions also...i am getting a bit scared though...cos i believe gaining somewhere may mean losing out somewhere....i am worried for my exams results...

mingkun left his keys at my house..so sotong...in the end he had to go to his mum workplace n take the spare keys then i send his keys to him later when i left home to meet up with poly frends...along the way i also pick up laptop from hongyun..cos i burn my europe photos into a cd to show my friends...i drove my brother to work at the esplanade...i am really a sucker on spore roads..esp in the town area...always make wrong turns or miss turnings...

reached bugis n went for dinner at the mala huo guo area at beach road...its so packed today.. we were directed to a back lane..it was smelly n hot..so we changed to another branch...the other branch wasnt satisfactory also....cos its hot n table is t0o small to hold all of us so we sought for other places again..aha!....found one across the road! lucky...just nice!....the huo guo was damn hot today n yet the boss already say its only medium , becos we came in strength the boss gave us free first round of drink..15 bucks for its fare was a bit ex, i will be only willing to pay 10 for its fare..will be more willing to eat other stuffs at 15 bucks...after makan we decided to go brekos for a drink butthe plan had to be abandon cos jason had to send his car home....so we switched to dome at bishan CC..laptop let me down again...maybe i took too many pics so the slide show took some time n the batt wasnt able to sustain..

the show ended also brings my bday to a closure...it was great to meet up with my poly pals after 4 months...the last time we met was disastrous...my mood was damn foul then...but thing had happened n i have gotten over it....so i truly enjoyed today...thanks so much to all my friends for their wishings n the generous gift..

have to attend POA workshop again tomorrow...shall catch some sleep now...till next time...

happy birthday to me happy birthday to me happy birthday to me happy birthday to me...one yr older liao...another step closer to death..haha..
first person to sms me : shunhao, my primary sch friend...
first person to msn me(i remind him one, ha) : chengzhen, my sec sch friend...
thanks to all the pple who have wished me...haven wish me one faster wish me after seeing this entry, forget my bday one...hai...disappointing....remembers but dunno whether to wish one, hmm y?...dunno my bday one...how come dunno? are we just acquaintance or isit that all unimportant?....well....whatever the reason, there is still 22 hours b4 it becomes belated...

woke up at 8am today...its been a long time since i wake up so early...had to attend my Principles of Accounting preparatory workshop...wasnt too bored as i thot will be cos there were pretty much exercise n eg. to do...by the time it ended, whats to come for the day was routine liao....home, tv n comp...

finally made a decision to take up a saving plan, have been thinking abt it for some time...so since i have some savings n will be working in 2 yrs time so i decided i think its time i start somewhere....

superstar is not heating up at all...most of the contestants were only so so in the performance...singing wise really only junyang is up to the mark...

shall go n sleep now..got mj session in the morning...good nite pples

pride, stubborn or what?...must i ans this?.....can i just ignore it?....either way also seem neither correct nor incorrect..

hi again pple...reblogging after some absence ah...did absence made ur love grow fonder?..hee
well i wasnt really that busy to not able to blog...just a bit lazy n uninterested to blog...my blog is so boring..dusen entice me to continue blogging at all..hmm...i also dunno what to blog...haa...well er...hows everyone doing?..haha...pointless asking...not many pple reply to my concern one...

have been playing santa claus all this while since i came back from europe, almost going to finish giving away all the souvenirs i bought liao...still got some left...so while stock last ya...faster ask me out!haha

my hatchday is coming...already eaten my first bday cake last friday(220705) at swensens plaza singapore, a delicious ice-cream cake! many many thanks to waikit, jasmine, benamin and meilian!

then i got my first bday present last night from waikit at causeway point, a very nice looking sling bag!i like it very very much! thousands n thousands of thanks to waikit, melissa, maureen, kevin, pam n joe....

pride or stubborn or what?....no ans now...may further blog on it when the time comes...

till next time pple....take care

another sleepless night...so i am here blogging again to make my eyes n body tired...have been having sleepless night since i came back from europe...wonder if its becos of jet lagged or i just aint tired or some other reason...maybe i need a more comfy bed..haa...anyway i started my day nuaing at home...sit in front of monitor and tv...then showed my mum all the photos we took in europe...really need to go thru a few round of QQC n filtrate those pictures that r worth developing if not its going to cost us a bomb...took off the sickening bandage ard my right foot that had been there for the last few days...feel much better..what a relief!..so i gave myself some physiotherapy by going for a session of pool...guess it haven fully recovered so i played below expectation today..after that went for coffee at jalan kayu then went home for dinner n watch tv....superstar was quite a letdown...well...it may seems unjustified for a layman like me to judge their performance but i really just dun think they r good n i dun enjoy watching it, hope the female contestants will do a better job tmw...then watched "tan pan zhuan jia", the chinese show on channel U at 10pm n then went for supper...yum yum...teochew porridge is one of my fav food for supper...during supper another session of mj is set, 10am...which is like a few more hrs away yet i am still sleepless here..needs to be careful tmw man...b4 i get "tok"....but i still dun feel too tired yet...think i will resort to counting sheeps later...hope it works....ciao pple...

my last city b4 i leave europe...we reached this liverpool airport call john lennon airport..i really dinno beatles was thissssss big until i was here to see for myself...we met up with our parents n sister again...she drove us to albert dock n visited the beatles museum...not bad...more interesting than all the art museums n catholic stuffs i see in italy..haa..oops...no disregard but just personal preference..after that we went to anfield, home of liverpool football club, the team my brother supports...but he was so suay...all the tickets were sold out so he missed the chance of going to their stands, dugouts, changing room n all...so poor thing..so all he cud do was indulge himself in some retail therapy n phototaking around the stadium...that almost marks the end of this europe..after that is home sweet home..my sister home in manchester...rested ourselves n do some unpacking n then dinner...dinner was power!..my sis made huang di ji, emperor's chicken...yum yum!...next day went to do somemore shopping...bought some new clothes for my father...he is so scrimpy so he din buy anything for himself during this trip so we bought some for him..after that we went to hardrock n continue collecting my collection of hard rock tees....hmmmm..then we went to a hardware shop hoping to buy some light bulbs which are white light cos we cudnt find them in sg...but our effort was in vain...time was getting nearer n nearer for us to leave europe le...we made our way home n rested a while n set off to the airport to take our flight back to spore....well..i guess all good things come to an end...i truly enjoyed this trip...how i will have a chance to visit other places in europe again...shall make my return better, stronger n wiser!haa...no more europe stories to share le.....till next time pple....

arrived amsterdam on a comfortable schedule, no rushing n panic whatsoever...another cooling place, unlike spain n italy...finding our way to the hostel was quite a breeze too n fast...its quite a renowned hostel n indeed it looks reputable. nice staffs n facilities..its going to be another short stay here so we really got to make hay while there is sun..we went out to explore after we moved in our barang barang...the feeling was shuang...walking against the cool air w/o the luggage but it soon become disastrous..haha...we first went to the 2 famous museums there..rijksmuseum and van gogh museum...we din go in cos we arent that arty n its closed anyway...guess what!..hee we bump into the "La Grande Roue de Paris"(the Paris ferris wheel)..its not station anywhere but touring ard cities in europe...hee..i missed the london eye in london so how cud i let this chance slip by! b4 we boarded it, it started to drizzle but what the heck, the drizzle may end by the time we finished the ride....but it din, instead the rain got heavier..sooooo cold n we were w/o pur windbreaker or jacket...after the ride we wanted to wait a while in the shelter for the rain to stop..but it din, hai..so we had to brave the rain to the nearest cafe for a cup of cappucino...we watched wimbledon n played daidee there while waiting for the rain to stop..after the rain stop we made our way back to the city central to look for hard rock cafe..we engage in an interesting conversation with the shop assistant...
shop assistant, A : hello
my bro, B :hello
me, ls : hello
A: so where r u guys from?
B, ls: spore..
A: oh spore sling..
B: oh yah..haa..but frankly we have never tried it b4
A: haa..i haven been to the 2 museums (rijksmuseum n van gogh) b4 myself too..
it was so funny n all of us bursted in laughters...guess local things are always left for tourist to
try, no wonder the govt give so much attention to tourism..
after that we went to look for makan...we were so spoilt for choices but we cudnt make our decisions...cos we r already tired of all the food in europe..haha..all the pizzas n steak n fillet seems boring liao...so finally we settled down at pancake shop to eat pancakes..pancakes are traditional dutch cuisine anyway..
2nd day n our last day...haha..told u time were short...we had a sumptious breakfast at the hostel we staying in cos we realised in europe no matter how much we eat in the morning we will still be hungry again very soon..so we eat ourselves to the fullest b4 we set off for the day...the first thing we did was to take a canal tour...its a pretty slow tour..so for those we dusen want to walk too much can just take the canal tour ard amsterdam..after that we visited ajax amsterdam, another football club..haha....after that we went to the flower market...there wasnt much tulips cos the season was over...hai...another pity..anyway there were different names given to different coloured tulips...black tulip is called queen of nights..si beh cool name huh..haha...next stop we decided was the dam square..but along our way we had to pass by a shopping street...so more retail therapy for me n my brother...haa..
we saw a chinese temple on the map, so we decide to pay it a visit..but it was closed by the time we reached...so it was dinner time again...n pancakes again..haa...after dinner we went to the red light district n "window shopping"....wasnt really much to see but still a tourist attraction la so went to see see look look...next day going to take another flight again...to liverpool!...home of the beatles...we all live in the yellow submarine yellow submarine yellow submarine.....

well...really sad and appalled to heard abt the blast in london a few days ago...it was quite a bustling n busy city when i visited it, n the tube was the cleanest metro among all the country i visited..lets just hope the city n its pple can pick themselves up asap...alright i shall enact my story in london now....
the feeling of touching down at stansted airport was excellent! the weather was cooling, the language n signboards were familiar n we r going to stay at benedict, my brother's friend, apartment instead of hostel, which means we r not going to stay with strangers n my parents n sister will be meeting us at london too!..we planned 5 days 4 nights in london so time was pretty plentiful n we cud slow down our pace a little bit...our first meal was settled at wagamama, a jap restaurant which have quite a few branches all over the world...the feel was so weird...cos the workers at the restaurant r mostly angmohs n but they are wearing the japanese traditional costume, looked so obiang...haa..the food was still not too bad...well...cos the day we arrived was sunday so most shops were closed so we stayed indoors to watch wimbledon n confederation cup n loaded pictures into benedict's computer to free our CF cards...
the next day we went to the railway station to meet our parents n sister...we were late n they were annoyed...hai...its always my brother lah...his time management is pretty bad n always late, but my father always vent frustration at me...argh...so unfair!..haa...but nvm lah...he is fine after letting it out...we went to their hotels n checked it n made our way to madame tussaud...its a freaking expensive place to visit..not sure if its becos the price were seasonal...it costs us 20pounds a person! my father enjoyed it, luckily...maybe becos we din tell him how much it costs..hee..after that we went to several places...the hyde park, then a palace n westminister, i think thats where tony blair works...along the way we saw river thames n the london eye...london eye is a famous ferris wheel in london...i wanted to try but my father sort of disapprove so i had to give it a miss...if i ever go to london again i will definitely try it behind his back...hee..
the next day we went to eat roast duck under benedict's recommendation, it was indeed very nice!..he told us can even ask them to deliver back to spore one..haha...maybe next time when i am there then i will order some back for whoever happens to read this entry...haa..any order anyone? after that we went to buckingham palace..hai..my kuku sister made a mistake..haa..she thot there is a change of guards every 1 hr..but actually its only once a day at 1130am..so we missed the show...what a pity..after that we continued walking until evening time...my sister, brother n benedict went to watch a musical, woman in white...this musical is power siah..it relegated le miserable to a 2nd stream theatre...hmm...i gave it a miss cos i felt my parents needed someone to take care of them n my sister wanted to watch it more than me....so i went back to the hotel with my parents..hai...my father really dun see me up...he judges my ability to take care of them n send them back to hotel...it wud have really been a breeze if we successfully take the tube n walked back to the hotel, but that night rained so we had to take a cab back to the hotel but unfortunately i only has the hotel name but not the address n the driver did not know where the hotel is..gan chiong!!so after a few wrong turns then we finally make it to the hotel...hai...so suay...went the time play daidee with my father n cos the rained din stop so i illegally stayed at their room for the night...
final day at london..we first visited the tower bridge...its a bridge with a interesting history...frankly speaking i enjoyed visiting the bridge more than visiting all the museums...anyway can someone tell me how the song "london bridge" came about?...anyway after that..following the tube lines...we went to stamford bridge, home of chelsea football club and then to hard rock to continue my collection of hard rock t-shirt and then highbury, home of arsenal football club..haa..our europe trip is so like a soccer tour..next stop was LSE..decided to pay it a visit cos i am taking its external programme...after that we met up with benedict for dinner...this dinner was special...cos its the most expensive food i ever paid with my own money..haha...we had fondue, a swiss cuisine which melts cheese n mix wine together and maintain boiling, pretty exquisite! it wud have been a wonderful dish to be taken in the winter cos it will keep u warm..it was our last meal in london...save the best for last ya n marks the end of my story in london......

hola!..i think this means hi in spanish..my enaction this time shld be more guided n precise, cos all my pics are in the comp!..hee..
reached barcelona abt noon time with very tired n painful legs...so i knew that day shld be going to be a nua day in the hostel to rest my legs...this time we had little trouble getting to the hostel cos the instructions given by the hostel was clear n the metro network in barcelona is superb!..the moment we stepped in, fwah!..a totally different feeling from the hostel we stayed in rome...its was clean, neat n bright! the receptionist isnt really young n beautiful but she is cute...haha..she wears a head band so there is no hair covering her eyes n forehand n speaks very slowly n "dei"...after we collected the keys we went to our rooms, brilliant...so nice n comfy..have aircon somemore..haha..badly needs that in the summer...staying with us is 2 americans n a female which i forgot where is from...they were very friendly luckily....after bathing i rested on the bed for a few hrs until it was dinner time...my brother was being considerate so he suggested we just go hard rock cafe to buy t-shirt n then dinner then go back hostel...thank god our hostel is not too far from the city central where hard rock is...phew..i bought a grey hooded sweatshirt n i like it very much...hee can wear to sch liao...my sch LT is so cold..after that we went to a restaurant for dinner...we had paellas...its something like a seafood platter with rice which u can find in fish n co...it was delicious!...ha...we wanted to ask for some drinking water but we were afraid they will give us sparkling or mineral water...cos that time we ordered that in a italian restaurant in venice n it cost us 5 euros!..which is 10 sing dollars for drinking water! so we din ordered n went back to hostel n drink tap water....anyway a friend living in london told us tap water in europe has a lot of calciums..so may develop stones if drink too much..so must boil it b4 drinking.....the next day we went to FC Barcelona stadium, nou camp...i guess anyone who watches soccer shld know that cos its a very big stadium n a club with very rich soccer history...went to its stadium n museum tour n some retail therapy at its megastore...anyway i was commenting on how superb barcelona metro is remember? its really powerful...cos initially we stopped at station collblanc but we wanted to try another way to that station but instead we "holland" n got to another station..the whole city is well linked with stations..so as long as u can find a station u can get to the place u want liao...wun holland one..cool! our itinery continues with visits to some of the more significant building in the city...they were all designed by a famous designer call Gaudi...there is one a church which has been in work for 100 over yrs liao still haven finish building..so we carried on n on...but this time its better than rome...cos we can take the metro!..dinner time!we had tapas n sangria!..yum~~~ tapas is something like a chinese dim sum n sangria is red wine...hmm..for those who remember my resolution for not drinking, well u cant blame me...i am in spain, how can i not drink sangria!...so i drank a bit...not really breaking my resolution ya..my brother is lousy..haa..he cant drink..he drink a bit only buay tahan liao...hai..wasted such tasty wine...hostel sweet hostel after that....rise n shine! we went to the port!...nice...i always like water but i cant swim...ha ironic yah..but maybe thats human nature...always yearn for something unreachable..wah...got meaning one hor..hua zhong you hua...haha...then we went to the beach...wooooah...naked women!haha...this is the 2nd beach i been to that allows women to go naked...that first one was a perhantian last holidays...k...i guess u know it..after that is more walking n walking to various places again...spent 4 days 3 nights at barcelona n then the next stop is london!..city of summer olympics 2012!...

my 2nd destination was rome...reached there in the late morning...i was so restless cos my leg had blisters n was carrying my barang barang ard n my brother wasnt sure how to get to the hostel...after some wrong turns n asking we finally found the hostel we were staying but we were told we will not be staying there but instead staying at an apartment n could only check in at night so we left our things there n carry on our expedition..rome is such an ancient city..there are lots of old and magnificent builidings n fountains....the building i am most impressed with was a building made to commemorate an unnamed warrior...will post some photos of it when my pics are loaded...my friend asked me to help her make a wish at a wishing well..i dinno which is the one she is talking cos there were so many fountains there but last night she told me its fontana di trevi...i did went there but i did not make any wish for her..hee..sorry huh..but anyway u shld really go n make a wish urself isnt it, it will show ur sincerity then ur wish will come true..oh also went to the colosseo...it actually isnt really that grand n magnificent ba...just that it had been so promoted n market by commercials n movies...could only go ard it and cannot into the center so it was really a bit disappointing....then we went to a few more places n then headed back to the hostel..met a singaporean guy,it was really nice to see a singaporean in another place, someone who talks the same language n same frequency...anyway this hostel i am staying in is so bogus lor...the boss is super dishonest man..those kind of unorder n unscrupulous one i think...my brother actually booked a room with 4 beds but i dun think he has any rooms with 4 beds...they all came in 8s..what the boss does is i think he just get as many orders as he can then he will stuff everyone in the rooms of 8...it was really sickening cos not only we din get what we want n we had to walk further to another place adding pain to my already tired legs...n that place sucks...so warm n little ventilation n very cramp...there were 3 hongkongers who were also hoaxed so they decided just to stay over the night n check out the next morning...then the next day we went to vantican city to visit the home of the pope...another magnificent sight..it was so crowded n hot...anyway luckily there are lots of taps n fountains in rome...so we can always refill our bottle with water...had an bad experience when i took the metro, bumped into some pickpockets, but i think they were unable to get anything from me so they tried to take my cap, but they failed...hai..its pretty sad to see cos they are only children...continue walking n walking until it was dinner time then we went back to the hostel to eat....met 2 gers from ireland who were displeased with the hostelling arrangement...so they decided not to stay...ha...after dinner we went to catch the night view of the colosseo...hmm..not bad...its pretty different to see it in the day n in the night...i think i let my brother down..if not for my tired n painful legs, we wud have probably went to vantican city n catch a night view of it as well..instead we return to our hostel n pack ourselves for the flight to barcelona the next morning....my legs were so tired n painful already...haha...sounds funny...i seem to be paying for torture i thought....ok...story in barcelona shall continue next time...ciao pple..

hello pple! finally back to my sister place at manchester again after 2 weeks of wandering in europe! overall it has been quite a interesting experience...i also how to blog in everything...i will just write what i can remember...

venice!
reached there pretty late on the first night by water bus...anyway cos its a city on water u really have to used to the lingo of taxi n bus as water taxi n bus instead of those running on the land... cos it was pretty late already so there were limited choices for food n we had to settle for quite a high end restaurant for food...pauperized! the next day my bro planned all the places n it was like really alot to go so many places in just one day but we had to leave the next day so we had to rush things..few of the places we went included the doge palace, a doge is something like a king in ancient times...then the st marks square in front of it which is like a gathering place...lots of pigeons there..there r stalls selling some kind of seeds/food that the pigeons eat..so pple buy them to feed the pigeons..saw many pple either holding the seeds on their hands then the pigeons will fly to their hands n eat the food..more interestingly is got pple throwing the food on their friends, then the pigeons will flock to the person n eat the food off their body n head, ha! then we carry on walking n taking photos of all the ancient buildings..buay tahan...walked until "ka sng"..haha..europe toilet industry is really funny...in venice, i wanted to visit the toilet in mac but i have to buy something from there, then on the receipt there is a pin number to enter on the toilet's door to go in...omg...thats ok since i am allowed to use the toilet as the customer...amsterdam is lagi best...i need to pay 0.30 euros to use the toilet in BK n 0.25 euros in mac..omg! there are even more expensive ones in shopping malls and central station, 0.50 euros!..bo bian...nature calls..haa..k..enuf of toilet culture...meals is irregular when we were on the move, all depend on the convenience, price and how hungry we were...anyway tried some real large sized pizza..i call them ninja turtles pizza..ha!nice! b4 the sky gets dark..we went back to the hostel we stay in to put our things then went out again...we wanted to look for hard rock cafe but we failed!sobs! we walked real long n fast cudnt find it..my feet had blisters n we were dead beat!..can someone tell me if there is hard rock in venice?..disappointedly we went back to our hostel n prepare ourselves for tmw....hostelling culture is quite an experience too...the hostel we stayed in venice was with 2 beds so my bro n i shared one room...subsequently the other hostel we stayed in had 4,6 n 8 beds...shall continue to blog another time...ciao pple..see u all in sg soon!