Well the Stuttgart trip din quite work out for me. Awww..really wanted to go to the black forest though. That was my MAIN reason..
Well, there's still good stuff. Me and Jen went to Luxemburg today..it wus great
We had abit of a hiccup meaning that we had to stay in Trier for one hour. So it was another opportunity to visit Trier and its Roman Ruins.
Headed to BK for lunch(My second time in Deutschland..how odd!!!)
Well, the tickets from Trier to Luxemburg is 10.40 return..how cheap is that???
So the total fare wus 23 euros per person. It could have been only 15 euros if 5 ppl went sigh:(..savings of 8 euros..shucks..( so far i've wasted 26 euros..and i'm pretty darn sure i'm gonna earn it back some how..angpow??)
But it's still pretty cheap though. I was so worried that by 2pm we will only have like four hours to see the "whole country". Still it was amazing we managed to finish everything by 5pm and took a train one hour earlier back to vallendar. Well, i will let the pictures do the talking..So there you go, photo bucket link please
Wonder why i had so many well's in this post
Luxemburg is a really tiny country. They speak French most of the time. But there are some Deutsch sign posts and also in menus. Since its super near to Germany as well.40 minutes to Trier.
The sight was really amazing. I'm sure there should be more to come in other countries. Went to the cathedrale of Notre Dame..which i think wus really nice..but Jen said that the Saint Peter's Basilica will blow u away man..nice buildings..
and when we sat down for tea..we went to this crowded cafe..where they serve crepes, tarts, and ICE CREAm..well had the hot chocolate( my very first in Europe..stingy me) and apfelkuchen..i din find what i wanted..the torte..but the apfel kuchen was the closest i cud get to..Jen had fruit crepe..which was Ok..
Well I'm going to Rome tomorrow. So i pray for a safe trip, no ppl near me ok( I swear I will blow my stinky breath to perverts and thieves if they dare to). Oh pray i will be able to see almost all of ROme..They say you can never see the whole of Rome in one day..I will prove them wrong..by doin three days:P
And then maybe a break for CNY dinner with friends.its so gonna happen..with jen around:)
And probably Belgium and Cologne after..or somewhere in Germany..
Meanwhile...pls hope i can get a dang JOB in Europe..or at least Germany:(
Im waiting for replies:(
Toodles
Monday, January 28, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Off to do more travelling
yep i've photo bucket now too..since facebook doesn't upload my damn photos. So i will alternate between photo bucket and facebook for now..FLICKr still has my old photos..so i will just leave it there..if u access all this three places..u will have the complete list..anywayz, an update
I'm going to Stuttgart on Friday. Everything's abit messy coz tonite there's a toga party and the girl im goin with might be partying till dawn..lolz..so we wont have time to discuss till around noon..we havent got the car ready..hopefully we can settle it soon..and the car is still available..and ..hope more ppl will join us..so we can save money..
Of course Stuttgart isn't enough without a trip to the...BLACK FOREST..to eat their torte (called Schazwarld Kirchetorte..) or the BLack forest gateau..im so gaonna try that..and of course..the cuckoo clocks
And if we are still goin to have the car..perhaps drive to Luxembourg the very next day and spend a day there..sooo tiring
And On Monday I will be off to Rome:D
Perhaps next week..Belgium and Cologne..shucks to the max..gonan spend alot..but hopefully i can try to budget as much as possible..:D
Okies toodles
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Hiking Tour 19/01
Yay, the International Relations office organized a "hiking" tour..to Marksburg Castle. First time touring a castle for FREE!It's four euros btw..haha..nice tour..then after that off to a nice meal..see the pic
There's rice in the middle, Ribs, TOmatoes with cheeeese, sausage big and small, and drumstick with baked potatoes slurp!!!Now do u feel like salivating..appetizers aren't that bad either..nice salad.top with dressing of some cream stuff with basil i guess..chilli(which is actually salsa that's not even spicy) and yummy garlic butter..wiht bread..slurpslurp..i ate two plates...and what a way to end the dinner with dessert CHOC pudding..im officially in love with desserts here..yums..din order any drinks tho..alot of them order white wine..but ewww...
So that ends my Hiking Tour..with a hug i gave to Viktoria and a handshake to Kerstin..haha..really nice ppl..
Interview on Wednesday..job's at Munich..my second possible chance..if i dun get Mediobanca..crosses fingers*
Today i went for a company presentation, Monitor Group. Turns out that the guy Nicolas who went on exchange to NUS wus there. And so happened he was going to work for them after graduation..Ahh, getting a job before graduating, no wonder he speaks up tonnes during strategy class..smart ass..
I think there wont be a Tauschies running dinner tmr..which is a big waste..coz u get to have free food, more friends(I mean german friends here)..and more company:D
Well after the company presentation it was dinner time..weird meat I think turkey with cranberry potatoes and carrots, salad and brot with garlic dressing or thousand island..
YAY..desserts again..and this time i have the pics.YUmmy vanilla pudding with cranberry or berry sauce..hahahah yums..i want to buy all the dessert in lidl but one..i cant control myself..(it has been proved true, when i started buying cakes for breakfast..and ate it during other times of the day urgh)
I hope there will be more company presentations in English..that way i can have free food:)
better if it's a finance or SCm company heee..this one's a consulting co..bliak
Going to Rome next week..So excited..going on my own..and i dun feel that bad..im sure i can do it on my own..gonna go Vatican museum..Colloseum..and many more places..as long as i can snap them on my cam..also to EAT man..what's Italy for without any food..pasta, pizza, gelato, tiramisu, cappucino..ahhhhh YUMs.....
gonna do my research before i go:D...must save alot of money for other trips too...and get more money for internship...HOLLLA
Anywayz, my pictures are all on facebook..so add me to view them..She Ai Ling Serene
toodles for now*lazy bum*
There's rice in the middle, Ribs, TOmatoes with cheeeese, sausage big and small, and drumstick with baked potatoes slurp!!!Now do u feel like salivating..appetizers aren't that bad either..nice salad.top with dressing of some cream stuff with basil i guess..chilli(which is actually salsa that's not even spicy) and yummy garlic butter..wiht bread..slurpslurp..i ate two plates...and what a way to end the dinner with dessert CHOC pudding..im officially in love with desserts here..yums..din order any drinks tho..alot of them order white wine..but ewww...
So that ends my Hiking Tour..with a hug i gave to Viktoria and a handshake to Kerstin..haha..really nice ppl..
Interview on Wednesday..job's at Munich..my second possible chance..if i dun get Mediobanca..crosses fingers*
Today i went for a company presentation, Monitor Group. Turns out that the guy Nicolas who went on exchange to NUS wus there. And so happened he was going to work for them after graduation..Ahh, getting a job before graduating, no wonder he speaks up tonnes during strategy class..smart ass..
I think there wont be a Tauschies running dinner tmr..which is a big waste..coz u get to have free food, more friends(I mean german friends here)..and more company:D
Well after the company presentation it was dinner time..weird meat I think turkey with cranberry potatoes and carrots, salad and brot with garlic dressing or thousand island..
YAY..desserts again..and this time i have the pics.YUmmy vanilla pudding with cranberry or berry sauce..hahahah yums..i want to buy all the dessert in lidl but one..i cant control myself..(it has been proved true, when i started buying cakes for breakfast..and ate it during other times of the day urgh)
I hope there will be more company presentations in English..that way i can have free food:)
better if it's a finance or SCm company heee..this one's a consulting co..bliak
Going to Rome next week..So excited..going on my own..and i dun feel that bad..im sure i can do it on my own..gonna go Vatican museum..Colloseum..and many more places..as long as i can snap them on my cam..also to EAT man..what's Italy for without any food..pasta, pizza, gelato, tiramisu, cappucino..ahhhhh YUMs.....
gonna do my research before i go:D...must save alot of money for other trips too...and get more money for internship...HOLLLA
Anywayz, my pictures are all on facebook..so add me to view them..She Ai Ling Serene
toodles for now*lazy bum*
Frankfurt Trip
Gonna elaborate about the trip..
Started the journey by car at ten plus. It was a PAIN sitting in the middle TO and FRO..Frankfurt in an hour plus..considering the distance around 100km or more..but with a speed of minimum 110km/h..shud be able to get there quick enough..
Car pool is definitely cheap..but parking is not..tried to find cheap parking..and ended up parking somewhere for two hours..went to the Hauptbahnhof to get maps info..
Oh btw, toilets in Frankfurt cost a bomb..a whopping 0.70 euros for a visit..SYbille joked that she will be rich by opening a toilet in Germany..
After that, I kinda left on my own coz i had an interview at 2pm and it wus 12.30pm at that time. I kinda found the company after one hour of walking. Coz i overshot and then grosstan..when i found the right street..i realized that i wus at the opposite end of the street..so had to walk forever to get to ther other end
The interview went ok, I wus surprised that I'm not nervous and managed to answer questions smoothly. I am still awaiting their reply btw. Mediobanca S.p.A...investment banking job, long working hours, but i supposed good pay..(got another interview on Wednesday..sigh..hope more ppl contact me lar)
Ok later after almost one hour of gruelling interview, I went to meet the gang..They were at main tower. And again it took me some time before i cud find them. Also I cudnt find the way into the main tower..lol
Anywayz, i paid 3.10 euros just to spend like only 10 minutes looking up there..The lift took me to 53rd storey..can feel the pressure by then..the view wus magnificent..but wus really cold up there..i din noe that frankfurt wus soooo dense..maybe paris is also liddat
Next we went to the old opera house of Frankfurt..took some pics
Frankfurt Stcok Exchange wus next..we went there too late thou..or not we wud have been able to make reservations for the next day tour to the stock exchange..outside there's this big bear and bull..which signifies the bull market and the bear market(good and bad times for the stock market)..walked abit throughout the streets at 6pm(NIGHt time) before heading to the hostel..hostel's nice (nice beds..and oh so gooood breakfast)
we had dinner at some damn ex restaurant..had pork ribs and sauerkraut with mashed..sauerkraut is soo sour..pork ribs sooo salty..bliak..apfelwein too sour and alcoholic..i had a few sips..and my cheeks and face are burning and i went red..meal wus supposed to be 10 euros..but paid 13 euros for convenience of all(geeeeesh!!!)oh we went to a pub..and played texas hold em poker..nice..i won once..but i din win the whole game:(..wus fun
Next morning, did somore visiting..went to the cathedral to snap some pics inside the church..beautiful:)
Next up..the historical museum..where we saw some frankfurt and northpole stuff..and history botu frankfurt..so borrrringg..blek..nvr like museums in the first place
the second stop wus another museum..but this time i had enuff..so no more mueseums for me..the others went to Goethe Haus to visit the museum while i wander off in the streets..
After walking a while..I started to familiarized myself with the streets..counting a total of 3 Mcdonalds, 4 Starbucks..2 Zaras, H&M, Chanel, Prada, Gucci, Hugo Boss..and what not..all the brand names there..Swarozki..hm..got alot of brands there la..good for shopping..got BK also..i havent spotted KFC in deutschland yet...
Well i din do any shopping..except for "shopping" at the asian supermarket..asian supermarket is quite ex la...considering the cheap stuff i can get back at home..no clothes shopping till i wanna go home..probably do some shopping in italy..or other countries..OH yea..btw..so lame..tried to take some photos of the red light district..but scared la..those perverts go in to the place can edi la..but come out still want to stare at me like one kind..already so suey go in and do so gross stuff..come out stare at ppl like ppl wanna take ur pic liddat la..ok whatever..u may not understand me lol
So i guess that's the end of my Frankfurt trip..OH btw, the gang that i went with..Loves to trink Kaffee..we had coffee drinking(or rather alcohol or whatever) sessions everyday!Oh and i found out a great recipe..Honey and Milk..try it!
Oh and i had karamel ice cream at Mcdonalds..wanna try BK's ice cream too..yums..MOvenpick icream i want too..at Rewe..but sooo big..i scared it will melt since my fridge got no freezer..bleh
Ok Mediobanca faster call me..Im desperate for a job in Dang Frankfurt:(
Started the journey by car at ten plus. It was a PAIN sitting in the middle TO and FRO..Frankfurt in an hour plus..considering the distance around 100km or more..but with a speed of minimum 110km/h..shud be able to get there quick enough..
Car pool is definitely cheap..but parking is not..tried to find cheap parking..and ended up parking somewhere for two hours..went to the Hauptbahnhof to get maps info..
Oh btw, toilets in Frankfurt cost a bomb..a whopping 0.70 euros for a visit..SYbille joked that she will be rich by opening a toilet in Germany..
After that, I kinda left on my own coz i had an interview at 2pm and it wus 12.30pm at that time. I kinda found the company after one hour of walking. Coz i overshot and then grosstan..when i found the right street..i realized that i wus at the opposite end of the street..so had to walk forever to get to ther other end
The interview went ok, I wus surprised that I'm not nervous and managed to answer questions smoothly. I am still awaiting their reply btw. Mediobanca S.p.A...investment banking job, long working hours, but i supposed good pay..(got another interview on Wednesday..sigh..hope more ppl contact me lar)
Ok later after almost one hour of gruelling interview, I went to meet the gang..They were at main tower. And again it took me some time before i cud find them. Also I cudnt find the way into the main tower..lol
Anywayz, i paid 3.10 euros just to spend like only 10 minutes looking up there..The lift took me to 53rd storey..can feel the pressure by then..the view wus magnificent..but wus really cold up there..i din noe that frankfurt wus soooo dense..maybe paris is also liddat
Next we went to the old opera house of Frankfurt..took some pics
Frankfurt Stcok Exchange wus next..we went there too late thou..or not we wud have been able to make reservations for the next day tour to the stock exchange..outside there's this big bear and bull..which signifies the bull market and the bear market(good and bad times for the stock market)..walked abit throughout the streets at 6pm(NIGHt time) before heading to the hostel..hostel's nice (nice beds..and oh so gooood breakfast)
we had dinner at some damn ex restaurant..had pork ribs and sauerkraut with mashed..sauerkraut is soo sour..pork ribs sooo salty..bliak..apfelwein too sour and alcoholic..i had a few sips..and my cheeks and face are burning and i went red..meal wus supposed to be 10 euros..but paid 13 euros for convenience of all(geeeeesh!!!)oh we went to a pub..and played texas hold em poker..nice..i won once..but i din win the whole game:(..wus fun
Next morning, did somore visiting..went to the cathedral to snap some pics inside the church..beautiful:)
Next up..the historical museum..where we saw some frankfurt and northpole stuff..and history botu frankfurt..so borrrringg..blek..nvr like museums in the first place
the second stop wus another museum..but this time i had enuff..so no more mueseums for me..the others went to Goethe Haus to visit the museum while i wander off in the streets..
After walking a while..I started to familiarized myself with the streets..counting a total of 3 Mcdonalds, 4 Starbucks..2 Zaras, H&M, Chanel, Prada, Gucci, Hugo Boss..and what not..all the brand names there..Swarozki..hm..got alot of brands there la..good for shopping..got BK also..i havent spotted KFC in deutschland yet...
Well i din do any shopping..except for "shopping" at the asian supermarket..asian supermarket is quite ex la...considering the cheap stuff i can get back at home..no clothes shopping till i wanna go home..probably do some shopping in italy..or other countries..OH yea..btw..so lame..tried to take some photos of the red light district..but scared la..those perverts go in to the place can edi la..but come out still want to stare at me like one kind..already so suey go in and do so gross stuff..come out stare at ppl like ppl wanna take ur pic liddat la..ok whatever..u may not understand me lol
So i guess that's the end of my Frankfurt trip..OH btw, the gang that i went with..Loves to trink Kaffee..we had coffee drinking(or rather alcohol or whatever) sessions everyday!Oh and i found out a great recipe..Honey and Milk..try it!
Oh and i had karamel ice cream at Mcdonalds..wanna try BK's ice cream too..yums..MOvenpick icream i want too..at Rewe..but sooo big..i scared it will melt since my fridge got no freezer..bleh
Ok Mediobanca faster call me..Im desperate for a job in Dang Frankfurt:(
Monday, January 21, 2008
Financial woes
I believe this is not my first time talking about this issue.
Anywayz, back from Frankfurt. Really good time with the ppl who were in Frankfurt. Great opportunity to meet ppl and of course went for the interview.
I thought the interview was ok till they asked me questions like cash flow etc. which obviously I forgotten about it and probably some I havent' even learn since its related to corporate finance. Investment banking job is really tiring. They mentioned that the working hours will be from 9am till probably 7-8pm..sometimes u can only go back home at 10pm-1am..urgh..sounds damn tiring..but it will be a damn good experience..And probably good pay too hopefully..will get the phone call tmr
Don't expect anything much from it. Another interview on Wednesday and two more pending applications.
Sighz, din know its sooo difficult to apply for an internship in Germany.
Wells, speaking of my "woes", I booked my air tickets to Rome thru Ryanair.com and guess what..I din realise that I bought travel insurance for 12 euros..*cries*..I quickly sent an sms to my mum asking her to call the cc company tmr and call me as well..but since the family is fast asleep..so..yea
To me, 12 euros is a HUGE amount..I kinda "rugi" abit in terms of money from the trip of frankfurt..and realised that i've been spending aloooot..which i need to really control from now on..else i wont have enuff to travel..but then again 12 euros is only like RM60..which means it can be earned easily, judging frm my capabilities of earning money..Haiz..i guess, you shud just accept and dun fret over the stuff u HAVE spent..but being the kiamsiap me..i cant help myself from stressing over this stupid issue..
So Rome next week..most probably SOLO..which is good n bad..hope i have a good time..
And the two weeks in europe shud be somewhere around Germany, and visit to Freiburg plus switzerland..and what not..
EESH! >.<
Anywayz, back from Frankfurt. Really good time with the ppl who were in Frankfurt. Great opportunity to meet ppl and of course went for the interview.
I thought the interview was ok till they asked me questions like cash flow etc. which obviously I forgotten about it and probably some I havent' even learn since its related to corporate finance. Investment banking job is really tiring. They mentioned that the working hours will be from 9am till probably 7-8pm..sometimes u can only go back home at 10pm-1am..urgh..sounds damn tiring..but it will be a damn good experience..And probably good pay too hopefully..will get the phone call tmr
Don't expect anything much from it. Another interview on Wednesday and two more pending applications.
Sighz, din know its sooo difficult to apply for an internship in Germany.
Wells, speaking of my "woes", I booked my air tickets to Rome thru Ryanair.com and guess what..I din realise that I bought travel insurance for 12 euros..*cries*..I quickly sent an sms to my mum asking her to call the cc company tmr and call me as well..but since the family is fast asleep..so..yea
To me, 12 euros is a HUGE amount..I kinda "rugi" abit in terms of money from the trip of frankfurt..and realised that i've been spending aloooot..which i need to really control from now on..else i wont have enuff to travel..but then again 12 euros is only like RM60..which means it can be earned easily, judging frm my capabilities of earning money..Haiz..i guess, you shud just accept and dun fret over the stuff u HAVE spent..but being the kiamsiap me..i cant help myself from stressing over this stupid issue..
So Rome next week..most probably SOLO..which is good n bad..hope i have a good time..
And the two weeks in europe shud be somewhere around Germany, and visit to Freiburg plus switzerland..and what not..
EESH! >.<
Monday, January 14, 2008
Busy days
I don't like it when I'm so occupied..it makes me really tired..n i cant concentrate on my studies blablabla..
this is when i have stuff to do like applying for internships..eesh..and also doing stuff like visa..urgh
Anywayz on the bright side..after spending my whole of Saturday afternoon applying for internships. ONe replied this morning. Ahh..feels good..but then again..i dun like it when i nid to spend money 40 EUROS..to frankfurt just for an interview..and stand a chance of not getting it..so i just hope that I will successfully get through the interview get a good pay..and worry bout my accommodation later
URGH Frankfurt is damn ex la wei..but good opportunity lies..
and somore the job is an investment banking job..yea talk about irony somore..(i swore nvr to apply for investment banking jobs) but hey..this is what i got ..so hopefully everything will turn out all right..
So i will just need god's help and strength to go through this few days..and hopefully everything will be fine
And erm..as for traveling..i will follow whoever's goin where..nid to consider carefully as to what to do etc...
Yup that's all i guess...toodles
this is when i have stuff to do like applying for internships..eesh..and also doing stuff like visa..urgh
Anywayz on the bright side..after spending my whole of Saturday afternoon applying for internships. ONe replied this morning. Ahh..feels good..but then again..i dun like it when i nid to spend money 40 EUROS..to frankfurt just for an interview..and stand a chance of not getting it..so i just hope that I will successfully get through the interview get a good pay..and worry bout my accommodation later
URGH Frankfurt is damn ex la wei..but good opportunity lies..
and somore the job is an investment banking job..yea talk about irony somore..(i swore nvr to apply for investment banking jobs) but hey..this is what i got ..so hopefully everything will turn out all right..
So i will just need god's help and strength to go through this few days..and hopefully everything will be fine
And erm..as for traveling..i will follow whoever's goin where..nid to consider carefully as to what to do etc...
Yup that's all i guess...toodles
Sunday, January 13, 2008
NO classes in January
YESH!But i dun feel happie though..coz this means the month will go wasted..So probably Im gonna plan out something..but it will definitely not be fun..coz im sure my Tauschie friends have classes..this is tentative though..if its finalized..yep then i must realli go somewhere and get out of here asap!
Thanks to that purchasing lecturer la..geesh..
So i will have classes only in Feb and March...that's odd rite..but well whatever..i dun give a darn
Thanks to that purchasing lecturer la..geesh..
So i will have classes only in Feb and March...that's odd rite..but well whatever..i dun give a darn
Friday, January 11, 2008
Parties and more
Ohkay, we had teambuilding yesterday(Thursday, 10/01), which was quite interesting as the name goes. Team effort is needed here.First we had to climb the spider webs(something similar back in TH orientation). Second was lifting the pail together as a team and drop it into another bucket blindfolded. Third was building a tent blindfolded(how lame!) but i totally stood there doin nothing. Fourth was to lift ppl up a wall or u will get electrocuted. yea..quite interesting
fifth wus fun too..communicating with ur teammates with noises.
at 7pm we had intro again from tauschies along with their culinary dish from their own country. I cooked curry chicken, in which I shudnt have brought so much. They ate my chicken but not the potatoes, considering the vast amount of potato being served that night, potato salad and mashed. and of course the curry, in the end i threw the curry away, coz very unhygienic but yet again regret coz im wasting my food in which i cud eaten..(well the woes of a stingy women)..i wus so hungry by then, so i had bread, two pieces of pork(which i realized its too much)..and abit of potato salad and mashed potato. Then we move to the international food table. I tried a few odd sweets, like pepper sweets and what not, tell u it's super weird..ate Wei Chen's tea eggs, Mari's fried rice yum.Took some chocs the US ppl brought, had tuna salad, bakgwa and pork floss Ian brought. Some sweet cakes from I donno where. Peanut butter and banana sandwich. I can't remember what else i ate..but the thing is i ate alooottt..hee..oh nougats from taiwan..slurp
lucky they had other drinks than beer, which was bottled pepsi and bottled sparkling mineral water. my first taste of the water:NONO!Dun like the gassy taste. If want gas must be sweet like pepsi. In germany, they use glass bottles for drinks, so weird har. Got to meet three German guys, nice ppl, stayed with us to chat for abit so its fun.
Tonight there will be a party at WHU organized by the Quietschies, the first years. There's gonna be alot of booze, but I'm goin there hoping to meet more ppl i hope..and take more pics haha..Yep just hope everything will be smoothsailing from now on. more traveling, more saving,more enjoying.
toodles
fifth wus fun too..communicating with ur teammates with noises.
at 7pm we had intro again from tauschies along with their culinary dish from their own country. I cooked curry chicken, in which I shudnt have brought so much. They ate my chicken but not the potatoes, considering the vast amount of potato being served that night, potato salad and mashed. and of course the curry, in the end i threw the curry away, coz very unhygienic but yet again regret coz im wasting my food in which i cud eaten..(well the woes of a stingy women)..i wus so hungry by then, so i had bread, two pieces of pork(which i realized its too much)..and abit of potato salad and mashed potato. Then we move to the international food table. I tried a few odd sweets, like pepper sweets and what not, tell u it's super weird..ate Wei Chen's tea eggs, Mari's fried rice yum.Took some chocs the US ppl brought, had tuna salad, bakgwa and pork floss Ian brought. Some sweet cakes from I donno where. Peanut butter and banana sandwich. I can't remember what else i ate..but the thing is i ate alooottt..hee..oh nougats from taiwan..slurp
lucky they had other drinks than beer, which was bottled pepsi and bottled sparkling mineral water. my first taste of the water:NONO!Dun like the gassy taste. If want gas must be sweet like pepsi. In germany, they use glass bottles for drinks, so weird har. Got to meet three German guys, nice ppl, stayed with us to chat for abit so its fun.
Tonight there will be a party at WHU organized by the Quietschies, the first years. There's gonna be alot of booze, but I'm goin there hoping to meet more ppl i hope..and take more pics haha..Yep just hope everything will be smoothsailing from now on. more traveling, more saving,more enjoying.
toodles
Tuesday, 08/01 and Wednesday 09/01
So, to continue..
We had another info session on visa,(which made me wonder, I should go apply for internships now ok)
Tauschie Rally was next, where we took a ferry from Vallendar(yes i forgot to bring my camera urgh) to Koblenz, imagine how many pictures i cud have taken of the view from the Rhine...ARGH!
The rally was basically games at station, getting know Koblenz abit better, mingling with the ppl there and getting them to participate in our activities. Of course we Tauschies did not fail to attract attention since we were dressed up in balloons and lidl plastic bags haha. Managed to make two Mexican friends in my team, Ricardo and Bernado. The first was to run around the famous Koblenz statue, then beer drinking which i stayed out, third was to ask ppl to write welcome notes in german and other languages, fourth wus to take picture in a photo booth with strangers, dance with strangers, we missed out one activity though. And it ended with dinner at Enchiladas, had tacos for 8 EUROS!!!Well nvrmind, had good company. Sometimes, having fun comes with a price eh..
OH i had German on wednesday..seriously, i can't remember a shit. JUst vague stuff..and boy it got abit boring 3 hours of class. I'm just gonna take this class not so seriously coz im not transferring the modules back hee..Supposed to go for PUb Crawl, but I don't drink so...yeap my frens had fun at Koblenz Pub Crawl
We had another info session on visa,(which made me wonder, I should go apply for internships now ok)
Tauschie Rally was next, where we took a ferry from Vallendar(yes i forgot to bring my camera urgh) to Koblenz, imagine how many pictures i cud have taken of the view from the Rhine...ARGH!
The rally was basically games at station, getting know Koblenz abit better, mingling with the ppl there and getting them to participate in our activities. Of course we Tauschies did not fail to attract attention since we were dressed up in balloons and lidl plastic bags haha. Managed to make two Mexican friends in my team, Ricardo and Bernado. The first was to run around the famous Koblenz statue, then beer drinking which i stayed out, third was to ask ppl to write welcome notes in german and other languages, fourth wus to take picture in a photo booth with strangers, dance with strangers, we missed out one activity though. And it ended with dinner at Enchiladas, had tacos for 8 EUROS!!!Well nvrmind, had good company. Sometimes, having fun comes with a price eh..
OH i had German on wednesday..seriously, i can't remember a shit. JUst vague stuff..and boy it got abit boring 3 hours of class. I'm just gonna take this class not so seriously coz im not transferring the modules back hee..Supposed to go for PUb Crawl, but I don't drink so...yeap my frens had fun at Koblenz Pub Crawl
First day at school 07/01
Hello world, haven't had much time to blog since school started. Was pre occupied with quite a number of activities.
I don't know if I mentioned in my previous post but I have started to make a few friends at the dorm as well as in WHU considering how slow I open up to ppl. Hopefully, when I start my classes, I will get to meet even more Tauschies and perhaps regular students at WHU.
Another thing, my camera's not always with me and I donno why I don't make good use of it ..sheesh
On Monday, we head down to school for an introductory meeting at the chapel. Tell you, the journey to school is undescribable..The dorm is frricking far frm the school..like 15 minutes of walking..if that wasn't enuff..the way back to the dorm is the ultra killer!This is because, when you walk back up to the dorm, you are climbing gazillions of steps and steep slopes before you finally declare "home sweet home"...ahhhh such life..i shud have gone for krautkramer..since its the nearest..geesh
Ok after that..we had a tour of the university, which i wudnt call it a university..since its like SUPER SMALL can!i thought i may get lost in these buildings at first but turns out, its quite ez to navigate ur way round. The shops are super near..and most impt of all, Lidl is nearby too..So everytime when I'm at school(the past two days), I try to make good use of this opportunity to go Lidl and do some grocery shopping.Oh and Germany(and perhaps some parts of Europe) are serious about the environment, so NO PLASTIC BAGS when u shop, unless u pay for them.And we have to sort our rubbish when we cook, like bottles, plastic, paper and organic stuff..geesh
after that me, sybille and jane head down for lunch at a vietnamese restaurant where we had fried rice with chicken.Honestly, the meal wasn't that good compared to our stds back at home, but being the one who is not fussy, i gladly ate it all up since it was my first taste of rice for days, and mind you the portion is HUGE
yeps, then we went back for more info sessions on courses, german test..and VIP welcome dinner..
the VIP is basically a small committee in charge of organizing stuff for us Tauschies(exchange students) to make our life at WHU more fun!Dinner was great i guess, my first taste of the long bratwurst, super long can like 20cm or maybe even more..the meat wus tough cuz the sausage had a coating outside..together with bread and potato salad..yum..it made me full..oh plus beer, i had two sips and i gave up
I don't know if I mentioned in my previous post but I have started to make a few friends at the dorm as well as in WHU considering how slow I open up to ppl. Hopefully, when I start my classes, I will get to meet even more Tauschies and perhaps regular students at WHU.
Another thing, my camera's not always with me and I donno why I don't make good use of it ..sheesh
On Monday, we head down to school for an introductory meeting at the chapel. Tell you, the journey to school is undescribable..The dorm is frricking far frm the school..like 15 minutes of walking..if that wasn't enuff..the way back to the dorm is the ultra killer!This is because, when you walk back up to the dorm, you are climbing gazillions of steps and steep slopes before you finally declare "home sweet home"...ahhhh such life..i shud have gone for krautkramer..since its the nearest..geesh
Ok after that..we had a tour of the university, which i wudnt call it a university..since its like SUPER SMALL can!i thought i may get lost in these buildings at first but turns out, its quite ez to navigate ur way round. The shops are super near..and most impt of all, Lidl is nearby too..So everytime when I'm at school(the past two days), I try to make good use of this opportunity to go Lidl and do some grocery shopping.Oh and Germany(and perhaps some parts of Europe) are serious about the environment, so NO PLASTIC BAGS when u shop, unless u pay for them.And we have to sort our rubbish when we cook, like bottles, plastic, paper and organic stuff..geesh
after that me, sybille and jane head down for lunch at a vietnamese restaurant where we had fried rice with chicken.Honestly, the meal wasn't that good compared to our stds back at home, but being the one who is not fussy, i gladly ate it all up since it was my first taste of rice for days, and mind you the portion is HUGE
yeps, then we went back for more info sessions on courses, german test..and VIP welcome dinner..
the VIP is basically a small committee in charge of organizing stuff for us Tauschies(exchange students) to make our life at WHU more fun!Dinner was great i guess, my first taste of the long bratwurst, super long can like 20cm or maybe even more..the meat wus tough cuz the sausage had a coating outside..together with bread and potato salad..yum..it made me full..oh plus beer, i had two sips and i gave up
Friday, January 4, 2008
First meal at the dorm
Haha i know..i just blogged a while ago huh. Well i did told u i am gonna cook spaghetti..so i wus suprised to see that the kitchen is ultra cool(as mentioned earlier)
best thing is, there were loads of condiments(which i donno am i allowed to use or not) that were probably left behind by past students, olive oil basil ketchuo pepper salt ahhhhh and many more..heee...that's super awesome cool
So my spaghetti turned out well:) kudos to me..and am gonna have it tonite ler...
ok toodles
Dormitory-Vallendar
Okie the title of my post now refers mostly to the location of me. Im freezing in my room. Donno whether my heater spoil or what:(
Anywayz i luvvvv my new room..As usual, photos are up on flickr.com, but not for long as flickr limits uploads to 100 mb per mth..ptui!
I'm uploading on facebook as well. and photobucket once it's settled. stil messy now la
the room's really cozy, but i wish it were abit warmer..wuper cold la..the coolest thing is the kitchen. it has everything!!!Now that's what i call a true blue kitchen. i hv my own cupboard to store my food stuff. cutleries, evern my own space to put stuff in the fridge!Whoooopeee:)
ok but i donno how to use the washing machine tho:(..will learn how to soon..
yep i gueass that's it for the day. gonna cook spaghetti la soon hee...haha..yums..my first noodle in days..
and more movie watching and drama watching
toodles
Anywayz i luvvvv my new room..As usual, photos are up on flickr.com, but not for long as flickr limits uploads to 100 mb per mth..ptui!
I'm uploading on facebook as well. and photobucket once it's settled. stil messy now la
the room's really cozy, but i wish it were abit warmer..wuper cold la..the coolest thing is the kitchen. it has everything!!!Now that's what i call a true blue kitchen. i hv my own cupboard to store my food stuff. cutleries, evern my own space to put stuff in the fridge!Whoooopeee:)
ok but i donno how to use the washing machine tho:(..will learn how to soon..
yep i gueass that's it for the day. gonna cook spaghetti la soon hee...haha..yums..my first noodle in days..
and more movie watching and drama watching
toodles
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Last Day in Frankfurt :)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8246182@N05/
Here's the link to my photos. For an easier way, you can go to flickr.com search for people and type my user ID sheserene. I will uploading all photos on flickr.com
Enjoy
PS: I've been walking a short distance around Frankfurt. Too chilly. Prefer surfing the net in a warm environment. Wanted to take more pictures especially those sex shops...That's what Frankfurt is about ma..NOt like i'm a pervert...
But i tooo PAISEH lei...
so nvrmind lor
watching moview and probably dramas..i just finished watching date movie and i wanna watch sweeney todd now:)
k will post a link on my photos under friends section toodles
Here's the link to my photos. For an easier way, you can go to flickr.com search for people and type my user ID sheserene. I will uploading all photos on flickr.com
Enjoy
PS: I've been walking a short distance around Frankfurt. Too chilly. Prefer surfing the net in a warm environment. Wanted to take more pictures especially those sex shops...That's what Frankfurt is about ma..NOt like i'm a pervert...
But i tooo PAISEH lei...
so nvrmind lor
watching moview and probably dramas..i just finished watching date movie and i wanna watch sweeney todd now:)
k will post a link on my photos under friends section toodles
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Holla from Frankfurt
Hello world
Its 1.01pm in Frankfurt. I've been online since this morning. The comp had some crazy problems, so i had to reformat my comp:(
Tried to go out..but the weather is killing my pretty face. Its super cold larrr...
There's alot to see in frankfurt i supposed but its tooooo cold..I will try to go out later la..
First, I dun even know how to open my hostel door..well who cares, im leaving here in three days.
Ok let me give u a detailed account about my trip right from the plane till now
My flight wus supposed to depart at 11.05pm however it took off only at 11.45pm. talk about punctuality huh.since no liquids were allowed, i din bring my favourite bottle of water on the plane. I get thirsty easily, so by the time supper came, i gladly gobbled my orange juice. Food was soso only la, my last meal of rice with fish.The steward and stewardess were sooo unfriendly lor. IMagine the stewardess asian with specs short hair and no make up( so like me!!), means i can be stewardess lor i supposed?And there is this aussie steward who is so chuan..$%^&him la..:P
Soooo thirsty and no water, they ask me to wait till the snack bags come..and inside:only a 330ml evian water..WTF
Breakfast wus a normal fare. And we landed on time. Oh did i mentioned that their in flight entertainment system sucks. I was soo tired that i slept before enjoying my first movie. Sucksss...
After i landed in terminal 2i had to go to the loo, and at the same time i was very thirsty..
so i went in. later i just follow the crowd out, took the skytrain to terminal one..and bam..I WUS LOST!!!!
Not knowing how to get out, i asked the service guy at the terminal one, he pointed just in front of me..phew it wus just infront of me..WHAT an idiot..
so i went out..go to baggage claims..but i cant find my flight..after asking(AGAIN!) the guy said my flight landed in terminal 2..which means my baggage had to be in terminal 2...arghs...so i exited into arrival hall in terminal 1..took the skytrain back to terminal 2 and collect my baggage..in btwn i was panting like mad and sweating thou outside the weather is super cold.
so when i got to terminal 2..i cudnt possibly go in and get my baggage since i'm outside of the departing gates.so for the third time, i had to ask a person to give me a permit to get my luggage. PS:ppl there are scary looking and shiong looking:(
so i got my luggage after getting in, by which everyone had left, and the place wus quite.
wow i took about 1.5 hours to clear everything. despite that my nightmare wasn't over. i had trouble purchasing tickets to frankfurt main station. dun understand any deutsch that spurt right there sighz. till i asked someone again and he showed me. but got no small change!!!so again i asked this nice guy from new york for change. then later he chatted for a shortwhile with me.usual old man chat
oh btw, i saw some old man peeing on the railway.gosh..that it ultra gross la
the train looks old. and with all my big luggage i even have to lug it up the train since the platform is lower then the train step. an indian guy helped me with the luggage and also helped direct me to the station.thanks indian guy
after reaching the station..i wus super super super tired..with all the carrying and lugging
i wus still very very thirsty..imagine hours without water..i felt like..err dying..plus im hungry too
so..yep i couldnt find my hostel.. although they say it wusopposite the train station..in front..i cant see it..
wanted to ask ppl..but i abit thick face la u c..so i went to the service counter..wanted to ask..but i saw this map..and saw kaiserstrasse..then yay..so i headed there la..think i reached there at 8am..amazing right..i took such a long time since i landed at 5 plus to get to somewhere which is only 17 minutes frm the airport..dumbass
so lugging all my fat luggage up the small elevator. i reached the reception, only to find that i can check in at 2pm...SIGHZ..which means i had to go lurk around for another 6 hours..so went and walk around the train station..the food there is exxx..
they sell mainly bread cheapest i saw wus ,99 euros. a tomato and mozarella bread costs u 1.50 euros aroun there la. there are some breads with cool fillings which costs around 2-3 euros.now that's ex. asian food also available 4-5 euros, anyone?burger king and mcd are also available, but the prices are almost the same as in singapore albeit different currency. now that's crazy. But i saw a chicken wrap at mcd which costs 1.99 euros..maybe i can consider guah
So miss clever went to buy her 1.5 l water first coz she wus dying of thirst. that cost 2 euros..ex, but water is a necessity. food is actually a necessity, but i still went to the supermarket and buy a loaf of bread which cost 1.59 euros..not that bad..i wus sooo hungry that i ate 4 slices of bread..the last one with belacan..:)yum..then i went to sleep at 4pm frankfurt time to recover my lost of sleep on the plane
oh, i share my 8 bed room dorm with 5 italian guys. They are nice, but abit loud, especially when i slept..they were in and out of the room.talking really loud..omg..and only returning to sleep at 5am????gosh..are u kidding me..oh the remaining 2 ppl are taiwanese one boy one gurl. dun see them often tho. would like to know if they are going to whu for exchange. that wud be nice.
oh in the middle of the night, stomach growled like crazy..
i ate alot for bkfast. cereals, tea, four slices of bread one weird bread..with nutella and honey. and i drank honey with water too..not bad..but im hungry now..maybe eat more bread with belacan or my salmon..yum..
so this is thus far my adventures in frankfurt..i will tell u more when i get to koblenz..
this is long-winded me signing off for now.
PS:photos will be uploaded on flickr.com. will provide the link once i get it uploaded.
Toodles
Its 1.01pm in Frankfurt. I've been online since this morning. The comp had some crazy problems, so i had to reformat my comp:(
Tried to go out..but the weather is killing my pretty face. Its super cold larrr...
There's alot to see in frankfurt i supposed but its tooooo cold..I will try to go out later la..
First, I dun even know how to open my hostel door..well who cares, im leaving here in three days.
Ok let me give u a detailed account about my trip right from the plane till now
My flight wus supposed to depart at 11.05pm however it took off only at 11.45pm. talk about punctuality huh.since no liquids were allowed, i din bring my favourite bottle of water on the plane. I get thirsty easily, so by the time supper came, i gladly gobbled my orange juice. Food was soso only la, my last meal of rice with fish.The steward and stewardess were sooo unfriendly lor. IMagine the stewardess asian with specs short hair and no make up( so like me!!), means i can be stewardess lor i supposed?And there is this aussie steward who is so chuan..$%^&him la..:P
Soooo thirsty and no water, they ask me to wait till the snack bags come..and inside:only a 330ml evian water..WTF
Breakfast wus a normal fare. And we landed on time. Oh did i mentioned that their in flight entertainment system sucks. I was soo tired that i slept before enjoying my first movie. Sucksss...
After i landed in terminal 2i had to go to the loo, and at the same time i was very thirsty..
so i went in. later i just follow the crowd out, took the skytrain to terminal one..and bam..I WUS LOST!!!!
Not knowing how to get out, i asked the service guy at the terminal one, he pointed just in front of me..phew it wus just infront of me..WHAT an idiot..
so i went out..go to baggage claims..but i cant find my flight..after asking(AGAIN!) the guy said my flight landed in terminal 2..which means my baggage had to be in terminal 2...arghs...so i exited into arrival hall in terminal 1..took the skytrain back to terminal 2 and collect my baggage..in btwn i was panting like mad and sweating thou outside the weather is super cold.
so when i got to terminal 2..i cudnt possibly go in and get my baggage since i'm outside of the departing gates.so for the third time, i had to ask a person to give me a permit to get my luggage. PS:ppl there are scary looking and shiong looking:(
so i got my luggage after getting in, by which everyone had left, and the place wus quite.
wow i took about 1.5 hours to clear everything. despite that my nightmare wasn't over. i had trouble purchasing tickets to frankfurt main station. dun understand any deutsch that spurt right there sighz. till i asked someone again and he showed me. but got no small change!!!so again i asked this nice guy from new york for change. then later he chatted for a shortwhile with me.usual old man chat
oh btw, i saw some old man peeing on the railway.gosh..that it ultra gross la
the train looks old. and with all my big luggage i even have to lug it up the train since the platform is lower then the train step. an indian guy helped me with the luggage and also helped direct me to the station.thanks indian guy
after reaching the station..i wus super super super tired..with all the carrying and lugging
i wus still very very thirsty..imagine hours without water..i felt like..err dying..plus im hungry too
so..yep i couldnt find my hostel.. although they say it wusopposite the train station..in front..i cant see it..
wanted to ask ppl..but i abit thick face la u c..so i went to the service counter..wanted to ask..but i saw this map..and saw kaiserstrasse..then yay..so i headed there la..think i reached there at 8am..amazing right..i took such a long time since i landed at 5 plus to get to somewhere which is only 17 minutes frm the airport..dumbass
so lugging all my fat luggage up the small elevator. i reached the reception, only to find that i can check in at 2pm...SIGHZ..which means i had to go lurk around for another 6 hours..so went and walk around the train station..the food there is exxx..
they sell mainly bread cheapest i saw wus ,99 euros. a tomato and mozarella bread costs u 1.50 euros aroun there la. there are some breads with cool fillings which costs around 2-3 euros.now that's ex. asian food also available 4-5 euros, anyone?burger king and mcd are also available, but the prices are almost the same as in singapore albeit different currency. now that's crazy. But i saw a chicken wrap at mcd which costs 1.99 euros..maybe i can consider guah
So miss clever went to buy her 1.5 l water first coz she wus dying of thirst. that cost 2 euros..ex, but water is a necessity. food is actually a necessity, but i still went to the supermarket and buy a loaf of bread which cost 1.59 euros..not that bad..i wus sooo hungry that i ate 4 slices of bread..the last one with belacan..:)yum..then i went to sleep at 4pm frankfurt time to recover my lost of sleep on the plane
oh, i share my 8 bed room dorm with 5 italian guys. They are nice, but abit loud, especially when i slept..they were in and out of the room.talking really loud..omg..and only returning to sleep at 5am????gosh..are u kidding me..oh the remaining 2 ppl are taiwanese one boy one gurl. dun see them often tho. would like to know if they are going to whu for exchange. that wud be nice.
oh in the middle of the night, stomach growled like crazy..
i ate alot for bkfast. cereals, tea, four slices of bread one weird bread..with nutella and honey. and i drank honey with water too..not bad..but im hungry now..maybe eat more bread with belacan or my salmon..yum..
so this is thus far my adventures in frankfurt..i will tell u more when i get to koblenz..
this is long-winded me signing off for now.
PS:photos will be uploaded on flickr.com. will provide the link once i get it uploaded.
Toodles
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