18 dec: trip to blackforest
21 dec: find jasm in mannheim
25 dec: xmas!
26 dec: boxing day sales!
31 dec: breakfast at tiffany's
5 jan: oliver
7 jan: we will rock you!
11 jan: term 2
0440: met wei kiat at the FRONT of the queue to the easyjet customer service counter. tong and i shuffled to the other far end of the queue.
0500: attempted to fly to geneva on a 12nn flight, but failed. got rescheduled onto a 6pm flight to basel.
0530: settled down back at costa coffee cafe, and debate if we should skip the first day or second day of the itinerary.
0830: buah tahan -- snoozeeeeeee.
1130: stirred from sleep from hunger. cannot stomach any more bread (we munched on bagels and sandwiches throughout the night to keep ourselves awake!), so we had burgers with chips instead.
hahaha, not meant to be a lyrics-copying marathon, but 933 kept throwing up nice songs. (: [[ espoyr ]] * 17:07 ---
喜欢一个人好累 - 泳儿
昨天 你送我一个笑脸 今天 你经过了我身边 每天 你这样一举一动 都影响我的悲伤喜悦
昨天 你多看了我一眼 今天 我有些心不在焉 那天 我才会有勇气 勇敢面对
暗恋 喜欢一个人好累 想象 你轻轻搂我的肩 走在 人挤人的街抓紧你的手 甜蜜无限
暗恋 喜欢一个人好累 流泪 在数不尽的黑夜 想念 变成了习惯想你一遍遍 你却好远
如果 你不当我是朋友 可是 极大重要的角色 是否 我就可以占有 你每个笑容
暗恋 喜欢一个人好累 想象 你轻轻搂我的肩 走在 人挤人的街抓紧你的手 甜蜜无限
暗恋 喜欢一个人好累 流泪 在数不尽的黑夜 想念 变成了习惯想你一遍遍 你却好远
喜欢一个人 真的好累
暗恋 喜欢一个人好累 想象 你轻轻搂我的肩 走在 人挤人的街抓紧你的手 甜蜜无限
暗恋 喜欢一个人好累 流泪 在数不尽的黑夜 想念 变成了习惯想你一遍遍 你却好远
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no, that song does not mean anything. haha i just felt like posting the lyrics.
i can't believe i'm leaving for switzerland/germany tonight! well, technically tmr dawn, but i won't be snuggling under my thick duvet tonight, and that makes all the difference, hahaha. nonetheless, i'm very very excited, and i don't even know why. it's the prospects of meeting friends you met 7 yrs ago, i swear. time passes so quickly! [[ espoyr ]] * 14:23 ---
16 December 2009
AccuWeather.com described germany's weather as "frigid" and "bitterly cold". on the bright side, at least london would seem warmer when i get back on 23rd.
oh, and it snowed today. last yr, they reported that london hasn't snowed in over 20years. and it snowed both years that i am here. copenhagen, i hope sth's achieved there to stop this assault. [[ espoyr ]] * 15:35 ---
15 December 2009
have i ever mentioned that i love vine? hahaha, i think i did, but i shall repeat it anyway.
the vine comm and hc alumni comm met at my house together for their combined meeting to discuss cny carnival stuff. after that, george, alan, jianfeng and jason stayed for dinner. it wasn't much, but i just like being with and talking to vine people a lot. maybe because it reminds me of my vj class (which, btw, rocks socks XD).
oh, dinner! i tried sth fusion again. i think the last time i tried it was the pasta with tuna in wasabi cream sauce. this time, i made mapo tofu lasagne! hahaha, a bit ambitious, considering that it's actually my first time making lasagne. it was such a mess! hahaha, i think my meat sauce was too watery, but i'm happy with the cream sauce i made; i didn't realise it was so easy, haha. there's just sth nice about watching people enjoy food that they didn't know existed. (in this case, it probably didn't.)
and i made palmiers! it's like heart-shaped pastries. gave/giving them away as xmas presents. i honestly can't remember the last time i baked sth new (it's banana cake over and over again, because people only asked for that!). i'm thinking of making a blueberry-lemon fraiche cake next. or maybe modesto's tiramisu for xmas. hehe, i don't know, but hols = free & easy! (i just need to stock up more food for xmas! london is gonna shut down man.)
i miss baking for 06s36. hahaha, esp zizhao, who would say that he's getting very fat, but he would just keep eating, cos it's "very yummy". i'm flattered, and very very happy to see that i can make others happy. (:
i honestly can't believe that one term is almost over. (just two more days!) it's just a 3-week hols, another 10-week term, a 4-week mugging fest, exams, then home! i'm excited about the prospects of home, but the end of year 2 is kinda daunting at the same time. i wish time would slow down (and the temperature would speed up -.-), so that i can enjoy life to an even greater extent. i mean, there's so much to do, but there's only so little time!
in 2 days, i would be camping at gatwick airport with yingtong for our 6am flight to zurich. we are going to find better rosti, admire the rhine falls, zipped through the blackforest, try the blackforest cake in its birthplace, stare in awe at the world's largest cuckoo clock, sneak in some spa treats (maybe), before we finally land in jasm's 6-month-old home, and bumping into jon and sirong who are flying in from sg! i can't wait. it's so exciting that we are flying in from different directions, and eventually ending up in the same place. i mean, when we met at 13 years old, who would think that we would be in europe at the same time in the same place??? =D
we are planning a mega long xmas party, from xmas eve dinner to xmas dinner (because london would be so dead then). jasm's screaming for tofu and soya bean milk, and i'm thinking of steamboat dinner! and after that would be boxing day sales of course! i don't have much to buy, actually, and i still recall the craziness of the last boxing day sales (read: almost got shoved down the stairs in river island). hahaha. all in the goody spirit of xmas? perhaps.
wenxiu's boxing day sales shopping list light-weight but hard-case luggage duffel bag big enough to throw my sch stuff AND gym stuff AND packed lunch swimming costume (before my current one starts coming apart at the seams!) booksssssss (actually i think i may get them before xmas hahaha) value-for-money cocktail dress black cargo pants dresses (though i doubt i will find anything i fancy amongst those winter fashion trends)
that's it. (: [[ espoyr ]] * 22:00 ---
14 December 2009
frankly speaking, last week was horrible. no, i didn't do anything stupid; my mood was on such a crazy rollercoaster ride that i'm surprised i still have friends now. (maybe i don't, and i'm just deluded, hah.)
it was a wild mixture of extreme homesickness, immense chill frost (it's getting worse everyday), crappy assignment grades (even tho i put in effort), screwed up exam paper, and yes, weight gain. i don't know how and why any of those factors should affect me, but perhaps the deadly combination did me in. i was crying to my parents everytime i talked to them, and i plain refused to talk to my housemates. i swear, i'm about as fun to be with as the crazy witch from the wizard of oz.
i don't have much interest in social interaction anymore, except with the few friends who truly understand (or at least try their best to understand) where i am. it's a nightmare being in the house, cos i think i shouldn't sulk, but i can't bring myself to pretend to laugh. i've resorted to hiding in my room as much as possible, under the disguise of mugging. actually, most of the time, i'm just watching youtube, haha.
it's so much easier to be out of the house, definitely. last fri, i had dimsum with yingtong! i have no idea how we could eat so much, but pay only £10 each. i felt deprived of dimsum (last time was when sch just started!), so we went mad with century egg porridge, egg tarts, ham shui kok, siew mai, xiao long bao, teochew crystal dumpling, radish cake and char siew chee cheong fun. everything was what i love, except perhaps the xiao long bao (i miss ding tai fung and crystal jade!). we wanted to order the yam puffs as well, but our gastrics were limited, hahaha. nvm, there's always a next time (ie when jasm and poh come to london!).
and on sat, i went to birmingham on my own! the original plan was to visit the xmas market and the cadbury world. i got my facts wrong the previous times, apparently; birmingham has the biggest xmas market in the uk, instead of manchester. but i thought that manchester had a more lively atmosphere leh. and also greater variety in the kind of stalls. birmingham's was rather boring, to speak the truth. the best thing about the market was the after eight doughnut i had, lol. i like those bread-like doughnuts that don't deflate the moment i bite into them. =D
thankfully, what was lacking in the xmas market was made up for by the shopping malls! there were the usuals, like h&m, topshop, river island, etcetc. sadly, i hate winter fashion; it's so dark and gloomy, or way too glitzy (for the parties). i only bought a GAP jacket (for £15!). i wanted to buy the lost symbol from borders for my brother, but the queue was horrendouly long, so i decided to buy it at waterstones in london instead.
and the cadbury world. haha, i picked up the pamphlet, and it came across as way too kiddy for me. anyway, i wasn't too interested in taking another train just to get there, so i settled for movies instead! it was my first movie in the uk, and also the first movie in cinemas since erm sep 2008 i think. hahaha, yes, it's that sad. movies at birmingham is quite cheap actually. considering that it was a saturday afternoon, i only paid £4.50 (approx S$11) for my ticket. the cinema theatre was quite small, perhaps 1/3 of suntec's eng wah, and there were less than 30 in the audience! no wonder it's free seating. and of course, i caught the twilight series: new moon. hahaha, what else were you expecting from me right. honestly, i didn't quite like the movie though. robert pattison looked constipated half the time, lol. and the plot itself wasn't that exciting, considering that it's the second book lah. nvm, the warmth of the cinema was worth it, hahaha. in retrospect, what a perfect day it was: eating, shopping, watching movie. i wanted to do a manicure, but there wasn't enough time. darn. =P
