England Day 0

wed nite we took a nite flight from copenhagen to london on easyjet.. the flight was delayed by 50mins lah.. has to be due to the rain (at least in chelsea cos the 'live' telecast of Chelsea vs Man U showing a raining match on-going)..

so upon reaching standsted airport in london, we were running ard like headless chickens looking for our bus bay to take the bus tat brings us into central london.. its a bus not to be missed, else, we gonna wait for another hour lah.. no thanks to brandon who took us in the wrong direction, we ran longer distance lah.. and joey's enthusiasm to make it look like reality show "AMAZING RACE" din help.. haha..


i am juz so glad we made it for the bus! haha..


den we used the easy-to-understand public transport system to get from VICTORIA to KENINGTON, checked into "journey's london bridge" hostel.. i tink dis is the best hostels among those tat we stayed among all our travel trips lah.. haha.. clean toilet, showers with proper heater n pressured water, neat n spacious rooms, well-maintained kitchen, lounge with TV, a mini pub at reception floor.. cool!

soon after exploring ard, we slept, in preparation for a fun-filled labour day holiday rite here in london.. =)

20

it hit 20.. really..

wat u might wanna ask..

look at the blog's sidebar, the weather logo, and u would hav realised tat denmark, is getting hotter by the day.. today it recorded 20degrees.. =)

when we arrived denmark back in january, it was WINTER.. the days were short.. sunrise at 8, sunset at 5.. the temperatures were between 5 and -3degrees, and more importantly, it feels like between 0 and -5degree due to the strong winds and continuous rains.. and the occasional snow-rain mix.. tat pretty much kept us in layers n layers of clothings, with our thick jacket as the outermost layer..

now, SPRING has REALLY FINALLY SET IN.. delayed lah.. cos SPRING IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN BY 21 MARCH for northern hemisphere.. now already 29 april leh.. cheated 1 month of spring.. hmph..

ok, displaying another SUAGU-ness of me.. haha.. yalah yalah.. the seasons r transitional, NOT OVERNITE.. thanks.. haha..

which is y it took some time for the grass to grow and the flowers to bloom.. which is y it took some time for the birds to fly back.. which is y it took some time for the temperatures to rise, and the lengthening of daytime..

april le, sunrise at 7, sunset at 9.. temperatures between 10 and 20degrees, feels like between 10 and 20degrees..

aku like some suagu, decided to go class in t-shirt n jeans oni.. haha.. kept my jacket in the room, and the sweater in my bag (juz in case)..


yes 20 is how nice lah!! den after class, aku went gym, den after going to the gym, aku made aku's way back in t-shirt n shorts!! yes, t-shirts n shorts.. aku totally dig t-shirt n shorts lah!! aku even had to open the windows to chill the room lah, cos setting for the heater too high, den the room TOO HOT lah!! haha..


nite @ 9pm.. swee lah.. by june, heard junli say the sunsets at 11 and rise by 3! i am so looking forward to it! haha..


btw, DUN get ur frens percy piglets.. they r highly addictive, i suspect they contain nicotine (yes, the substance in cigarettes tat keep u wanting more) and after consumption, u dun even feel guilty for snacking, cos its made with fruit juice! aku finished a pack in juz 3 days.. darnz..

DAI DEE

a game of dai dee is always entertaining..

a game of ass-hole dai dee always cheer everyone up..

a game of ass-hole dai dee with junhao is always hilarious..

a game of ass-hole dai dee in chinese mode is completely out of control..

dai dee = 大老二

king = 皇上

queen = 皇后

commoner = 平民

prostitute = 妓女 / 牛郎

ass-hole = 王八蛋

i heart 王八蛋大老二!

Hye Jin's 22rd Bdae

today's 22nd hatchday for hye jin.. it was much initiated by her korean frens - a simple homely BBQ party for miss funky-specs..

its my first time having a BBQ outdoor lah.. at 10degrees, no sweat, no smoke, no chao-da food..

BBQ-ing with the angmos, no butter, no honey, no pre-marinated food, juz salt n pepper..

BBQ-ing in springtime, was a totally different experience as it was still bright at 9pm, and we could clearly see the state of our food, and clearly see the funny stunts n faces we were making in photos! haha..

the sporeans getting spasticated..

and jumping on high~

the koreans doing a buddha jump..

and hye jin getting excited when the cakes are brought out.. the koreans baked a orange cake, while dan n sam each baked carrot cake (talk abt telepathy between the australians huh?! haha..)

post-BBQ was chill-out @ P-container rooftop.. too bad not many of us prepared some beer or some chips.. haha..

n juz to answer the query tat u might hav in ur head, yes, its illegal to climb up to the rooftop!! haha.. adam (the crazy american) went to some construction site and kop-ed a long ladder to facilitate our way up! haha..

and yes, its STEALING and its ILLEGAL!! haha.. BUT the scenary from up there, is juz so rewarding..

we were juz praying that the campus security DUN SHOW UP!!

yap, we dun care even if the roof over yanli's room were to collapse.. whahah..

N70 is fine afterall

yay, my hp is working normally liao!!

thanks to me laziness, i got it check out real late.. its ACTUALLY the charger n not my phone tat is spoilt lah.. haha.. so now i am relying on my frens to charge my hp for me everytime its flat..

hee.. so, pls SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS SMS me!

but i most probably wun reply, cos its gonna cost me 60cents to reply ur 5cent sms, BOHUA lah!! haha.. well, i can read them!! whahah..

yes, i am bored.. haha..

netherlands day 3 nite n day 4 - amsterdam

after the keukenhof visit in the day, we were walking ard amsterdam and the nitelife is really interesting..

amsterdam by nite, a famous "red light city"..

funfair in Dam Square, in preparation for "Queen's Day" the following week..

reverse bungee - for oni 8 euros (16SGD)..

city monument opposite the Dam Square (in some postcards tat i saw, they photoshop dis statue into a d**k shape lah.. haha..)

table tennis actions @ Shelter City Youth Hostel.. its hilarious the way ken plays it.. so ah-tiong, so kiam-pa lah! haha..

so, after spending a relaxing day @ zaanse schans unwinding with the windmills..

and strolling @ rotterdam catching up with frens in a laid back fashion..

topping it off with admiring the flowers @ keukenhof, snacking off stroop-waffles, chips, cookies and ji-dan-gao! haha..

so wat best way but to continue this well-paced lifestyle, and enjoy a smooth canal cruise down the numerous canals in amsterdam?!?! =)

along the canal..

we took our own sweet time exploring amsterdam while making our way to the boarding point for the canal cruise.. along the way, we went into a flower market where ALOT ALOT ALOT of flowers were on sale.. we bought a can of tulip (buds) as present for xiaoli, to fulfil her dream of growing some flowers in her dtu room! haha..

the 1hr cruise was pretty informative, bringing us from one canal to the other, providing short descriptions of interesting facts along the way..

we eventually entered the largest canal outside amsterdam and saw the grand view of amsterdam riverside..

afterwhich, we alighted and proceeded to a open market at the south-western corner of amsterdam.. its actually a flea market, but provides a pretty different taste to tat of main amsterdam streets - in tat there r alot less pple (tourist), with pple juz taking their time, slowly walking thru the lanes of (wat i would call) pasa-malam..

along the way, we came to realise SOMETHING abt jl when he takes pics..

we decided to copy and tadaa..

is it obvious?! haha.. yeshh, its the "protect my crown jewels" pose.. haha..

tat pretty much ended our day, cos we had to buy STROOPWAFFLES and VLA back to denmark!! haha.. thanks to ken n jl who combed all 4 "albert heijn" (supermarket) in amsterdam so tat we could buy 53 packs of stroopwaffles back.. we wanted to buy 80 packs in total, BUT its pretty sold out by mon.. haha..

albert heijn..

the fact tat we dun trust the airport crew in DUMPING our bags ard during loading n unloading of cargo for check-in luggages meant tat we had to hand-carry all of the 53 packs of stroopwaffles and 6 1L-packs of VLA lah.. haha..

i carried 22 in a hand-carry luggage while yl brought the rest back in a cloth tote bag.. its REALLY HEAVY LAH.. haha..

imagine each is 315g, 53 packs = 16.7kg lah!! haha.. plus the 6 packs of VLA, tats 26kg of foodstuff lah.. and not forgetting the chinese food and spices we bought from the china shop in amsterdam.. haha.. either we r so deprived of good food in denmark, or things r really cheap in amsterdam..

considering the fact tat there is RARELY chinese foodstuff in denmark, and the things r so so pricey, i tot it was wise tat we stocked up thru dis trip.. haha..

with tat,

i amsterdam

netherlands day 3 - keukenhof

highlight of the day for today is KEUKENHOF - a tulip garden oni open in mid march til mid may every year.. it will display tonnes n tonnes of flowers alongside with the national pride of netherlands, tulips..

huiyian n amelia checked into the same hostel as us in amsterdam and we proceeded to keukenhof from there..

we took a 20mins train ride from amsterdam city to schiphol airport, and queue for 30mins to board the bus tat takes us to keukenhof lah.. the bus ride was supposed to be 35mins, but due to traffic jam (as there r MANY PPLE going to keukenhof on sunday), the bus ride took like 1hr lah!!

arriving at 12ish pm instead of the intended 10ish, we wasted no time in entering and immersing ourselves in the flowery atmosphere!!

sights at the entrance already took our breathe away..




we had to QUEUE to take dis shot lor..





its getting colourful..

.. and u know tat spring is here..

.. absolutely..



.. gorgeous flowers..



.. of cos, flowers r beautiful, oni bcos pple appreciates them!

deeper into the garden..

time-check, 3pm.. b4 we could explore the OTHER HALF of keukenhof, huiyian n amelia actually gotta truncate their tour to go to Zaanse Schans cos they hav limited time in amsterdam.. so we proceeded with walking to the other half of keukenhof, in search of windmill n beanbags.. haha..



we moved on to climbing trees..


as well as going up the keukenhof windmill.. the windmill is pretty much not working cos if the winds were strong here, the tulips would hav been all blown away lah!! haha..


there was even a choir performance put up.. dun see them auntie uncle lidat.. they damn enthusiastic and passionate abt singing lah.. the atmosphere was SO rite.. coupled with spontaneous crowd and the sunny weather, i tot the day was juz perfect!


den, we found the BEANBAGS!! haha.. having tat accomplished as well, yanli went off to meet up with jess n gang in eindhoven..


there were at least 50 huge beanbags littered ard dis park of keukenhof and ALOT OF PPLE (like us) were juz lazing there, suntanning!! haha.. after a while, bordom caught us and we decided to do something REALLY SPASTIC.. hehe..



wee~~ haha.. yap, we were diving into the beanbags and taking photos lahz.. haha.. den after sometime, ALL THE LITTLE KIDS in the area were doing the same too!! haha..


and kendrick was pretty much their temporary "official photographer".. haha.. the younger one is actually quite adorable.. haha..

den we ventured out of keukenhof to the surrounding tulip farm! yes, the nursery so big, i can't help but to say its like a tulip FARM lah.. haha..

me camera batt went flat at the farm lah.. saddening rite?! heng kendrick's camera was working perfectly fine!



den i went on to construct emo-lomo pics, and got ken to be my photographer.. hehe..





of cos i reciprocated with magnificent shots! haha.. or at least i tot so.. hee..

spring = happy = jump!



if anything is wrong, its the model, not the photographer! whahaha. bleah..

time-check, 6pm!! haha.. yes, i nv expect 3 guys to see flowers for 6hours lah.. including myself!! haha.. wellz, tat pretty much conclude the day @ keukenhof..

the nite was pretty much spent on bringing the girls ard seeing the red light district of amsterdam, as well as dinner at dis screw-up-chef kebab cafe.. HATE the way they discriminate chinese.. hmph!