Friday, December 28, 2007 12:04 p.m.
Bonjour from Paris! :)Sunday, December 23, 2007 09:17 p.m.
Hola from Barcelona!! :)Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:26 p.m.
It's finally sinking in, now that I've packed and cleared most of my stuff, that I'm leaving in just under a few hours. I really don't want to leave. The past 5 months have really been one of the best times in my life. It was definitely a welcomed change and a good break from Singapore, the responsibilities and all the hundred and one commitments. It was nice being able to experience a different classroom environment, make friends with people from all over the world, travel and trawl through the different cities in europe and see so many things, live independently, do my own grocery shopping and so much more. As much as I don't want to leave Europe and this life behind, all good things have to come to an end, and I'm just grateful for this opportunity. So, it's another 6 days and Christmas in Barcelona, 4 days in Paris and a night here in Copenhagen to celebrate new year's eve before going back home! Till then, blessed christmas and a wonderful new year's :)Thursday, December 20, 2007 07:05 p.m.
After standing for an hour at the train doors and spending another 2 hours on the crowded train out from Brussels, we finally arrived in Amsterdam on Saturday afternoon, a little earlier than we had planned for. E and myself had originally booked a 6-bed mixed dorm en-suite but when we got there, we were tired and decided to go for the double bed en-suite which turned out to be the best choice because the accommodation we had was like a hotel! They had cable tv (which meant we spent the nights watching movies like Minority Report and the mornings watching CNN), the toilet was big and had hot showers and they even provided breakfast in the morning! We were definitely undercharged for it because I remember wanting to book the double en-suite online but it was 59 euros per person per night so we settled for the 6 bed which was only 30 euros per person per night but when we actually paid, the receptionist only charged us 59 euros per room! I'm not complaining! :) Amsterdam is probably my favorite or second favorite european city right now. I really like cities that have narrow houses, cobbled stone streets, buildings with interesting architecture and definitely cities that have lakes, canals or some form of a water body. Which explains why I really like San Francisco, Stockholm, Venice and Warsaw (even though it has no water body). My dad gave me tips on where to go, what to see and which canal cruise company to go for because he regularly frequents Amsterdam when he visits Germany so I think I managed to cover the best of this city. Amsterdam is not only famous for its windmills, cheese, wooden clogs, delft ware but it's also famous for its red light district, coffee shops (which really aren't coffee shops but are cafes where people go into and smoke weed legally and have some soft drugs) and also its house boats, hundred over canals and narrow houses. I really liked wandering along the streets, checking out the quirky shops and looking at all the narrow houses lining the canals. Honestly, if time wasn't a factor, I would have loved to visit Rotterdam, Utrecht, Den Haag and Maastricht because Amsterdam was a really nice city. When we got there on Saturday afternoon, we had a quick bite at Dam Square. Dam square is like the heart of Amsterdam and it stretches from the central train station to somewhere in between the city and it's lined with restaurants and shops! The 17th century Royal Palace is also on the Dam Square and across it, is some national memorial to remember those resistance soldiers in world war 2. The royal palace is still being used for official functions and all though I think the Queen lives in Den Haag.
After dinner, E and myself trooped down to the red light district which is just parallel to Dam Square. The interesting thing about it was the window girls. They're basically girls, dressed barely in anything but bra and panties, standing in front of the window. Apparently, the girls have to rent the windows themselves and they don't really have a pimp looking after them because pimping is forbidden. The rent for the window, depending on location, is about 30 euros per hour and the girls apparently charge 50 euros for 20 minutes. The windows all have red lights (so that's how you know you're in the red light district) and men actually open the windows to talk to girls (or maybe ask them their price) and I see lots of men just standing outside the windows of some girls, gawking with their mouths open. To be honest, it's disgusting. The window girls aren't that pretty anyway (some are old enough to be my grandma, many have cellulite on their butts and most were just ugly) and I don't know, but I cannot understand why people would subject themselves to this. Sure it makes quite a bit of money and you get attention but aren't the girls afraid they'll get AIDS? Do their families back home in eastern europe or some other european city know they're doing this? Do they have boyfriends? It still puzzles me why girls would do that because sex to me should be something that's filled with warmth and love and yeah, but it was definitely an interesting sight nonetheless.
The next day, E and myself set off for Zaanse Schans. It's this little quaint dutch town, situated by the river Zaan, 20 minutes away by train from Central Amsterdam. That whole area is just filled with small cute, green wooden houses, windmills, interesting shops, a cheese factory and a wooden clogs factory. It was so dutch and it feels like you've been transported back in time but I really really like that place! :) It helped that the sun was out and shining even though it was still freezing! We managed to see the windmills, some of them are still running, but it was then I realize they have different windmills for different purposes! Like there was a water windmill, oil windmill, mill windmill and all! We went inside the cheese factory to see how cheese is being made, sampled some really good and fresh cheese and Mum ordered goat's cheese so I bought a selection of cheese back! The cheese is all yellow, round and huge and it's seriously very light and good! We also walked into the wooden clogs workshop where we could see a live demonstration of how clogs are made and its significance of it in the olden times. Apparently some of the clogs are even used as ice skates (with the blades on the bottom of the clogs) and when you get married, the groom is supposed to make one special one for his bride so that she can wear it and show it off! Haha. It was really a good half day trip out of Amsterdam and it really felt so dutch! :)
We got back to Amsterdam, had dinner at this noodle bar which served up really decent vietnamese and thai noodles, saw the christmas lightings at Dam Square before going back to our room and having movie night marathon all the way till 1am.
Our last day in Amsterdam, we went to visit Anne Frank's house which is along the canal areas! Part of me felt like I was Nancy Drew, you know creeping around the secret annex where Anne and her family and 4 other people hid in for 2 years till they were betrayed and then deported to the various concentration camps in Europe by the Nazis. The Dutch houses are really narrow but it's far deep in so I guess that was how Anne ad her family managed to hide from the Nazis. The front part of the house was the warehouse which produced jams and her father was the managing director of that jam company till he transferred the title to some one else as jews weren't allowed to own businesses. We got to see Anne's original diary, go inside the warehouse, behind the bookshelf and climb up the steep steps to the secret annex! It really was very interesting, but also very sad when you read excerpts from her diary and see how one family lived and tried to escape from the clutches of the Nazis. It was also like coming full circle for me because I visited the Auschwitz concentration camp where we got to understand how the Nazis treated the Jews and how they exterminated them, then we visited Berlin and got a glimpse of how Hitler ruled and how he gained power and now, we see how a jewish family tried hiding from the Nazis but all except Otto Frank died as a result.
We met Ker Choon after the visit to Anne Frank's house because she had just arrived from Brussels and was doing Amsterdam on her own. We had some dutch food at a restaurant near the canal belt and I had beef stew with mashed potatoes and red cabbage, E had sausages with mashed potatoes that had sauerkraut in them and KC had steak! It was a really good meal and after that, we walked down to the canals near the central station and took the canal tour that my dad suggested!
The hour long canal tour is a little similar to the one we have here in Copenhagen and it brought us through the many different canals in Amsterdam where we got to see drawbridges, more narrow houses and other interesting sights along the way! We were told that the houses were narrow because the people were taxed according to how wide their houses were! Haha. We also managed to peep into a few house boats (I think that'll be quite a nice summer holiday house) and oh, do you know the houses in amsterdam all have a hook at the top? It's so that they can raise their furniture up! Haha. That was definitely a nice way to end our Amsterdam trip :) We walked back down to Dam Square, KC went to visit Anne Frank's house and E bought me a watch before we picked up our bags and took our flight out from Schipol!
Thursday, December 20, 2007 04:57 p.m.
Packing is really a royal pain in the ass. You really don't know how much junk there is until you start taking things out of the cupboards and pack them in. Somehow, over the last 5 months, I've accumulated so much rubbish! I came up here with 4 pairs of shoes, I'm going back with 7. I bought 4 light sweaters, 5 tops, 4 leggings, 1 pair of jeans, 2 skirts, 1 bag, 2 wallets, at least a dozen underwear and a drawer full of souvenirs. Honestly, I don't know how I'm going to fit everything into my suticases. I've already threw away one garbage bag full of random stuff, sent a 15kg parcel home and filled up my 30kg suitcase. Now, my 2 handcarry is filling up pretty fast but nothing seems to be cleared from my room. My room's in one complete mess as well and I honestly don't know how I'm going to clean it all up by tonight. I remember how Melanie and myself used to laugh at dicks and joke that his room (which is at the corner of the third floor) was like some third world country that is desperately trying to seek entry into our elite developed world circle because our rooms are like first world countries since we actually bother vacuuming our rooms once a fortnight, we wash our dishes after like 2 days and we don't have flies in our room but now, I think I've just lost developed world status. Check out my glorious mess. I've to get everything sorted out by tonight.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:27 a.m.
Brussels, besides being the capital of the european union, is famous for its waffles, chocolates, fries, mussels and beer. Because of that, we kind of centered our whole trip around the food. Haha. Other than that, Brussels was a really clean and quiet city. Somehow, I feel that the city has a clash of the old and the new. It did remind me Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Some parts of Brussels (the part from the Noord station to our accommodation) was like the new Brussels with tall, modern skyscrapers that have lights displayed on them at night. The other part of Brussels (from our accommodation to the Grand Place) was like the old Brussels where you get your narrow 14th century buildings, cobbled stone streets, market square and all. We had a quick dinner when we arrived there on Thursday evening. On Friday morning, E and myself had belgian waffles for breakfast. Apparently there's 2 types of waffles. The real belgian waffle is square and you sprinkle icing sugar on top of it. The other kind of belgian waffle is the round one that is baked with sugar and caramelized. I much preferred the round one but I think the square ones would go nicely with strawberries, bananas, chocolate and whip cream! Here in Copenhagen, we've got hotdog stands everywhere. In Brussels, they have fries stands everywhere. So after waffles, E bought a packet of fries and we made our way to the Palace of Justice. In my opinion, the fries were ordinary, the only difference is that they have a list of dips for you to go along with your fries. We had to take the lift up to the Palace of Justice and it's really huge place (apparently Hitler really fancied it when he was in Belgium) and from the top, you could get a panoramic view of the city.
After the Palace of Justice, we bought another packet of fries (E did most of the eating) and walked to see the Manneken Pis which is just a sculpture of a small boy peeing. This is the most absurd thing but this guy is Belgium's national icon. I think there was a fire in the city and this young boy, peed and saved the city by extinguishing the fire. I know, it's absurd because how can your pee save a city from the fire but it's their national icon. I thought it would be quite a huge sculpture but we were obviously disappointed.
We walked back to the Grand Place which is Brussels's 15th century town hall. It is quite majestic and their town hall really feels old and grand but I still think nothing can beat Warsaw's old town square. There were tons of chocolate stores around the Grand Place so E and myself sp ent the afternoon walking into the different chocolate shops buying chocolates. Belgium's really got a whole lot of chocolate shops and the more popular ones are Godiva, Neuhaus, Galler, Côte d'Or and Leonidas. The grandson of Neuhaus was actually the one that invented Pralines and introduced them to the world! Apparently the belgians on average consume 10kg of chocolates each year and E was doing a quick calculation for me, I think I've consumed about 4kg of chocolates since I've arrived in Europe. Now you know how it's possible for me to put on 7kg. I got Dad his Godiva Truffles and wanted to buy my mum Neuhaus handmade pralines but I was told it wouldn't survive in our Singapore weather so I had to give it up!
After buying 2 kg worth of chocolates and blowing 180 euros, we settled for lunch at Chez Leon which is a restaurant at Rue des Bouchers that specializes in mussels and fries. E hates mussels so he had the fries, prawn salad and the beer while I happily ate my bucket of mussels. The mussels was really very fresh and cooked just nicely in white wine, celery, onions and mushrooms so it was really really good! We walked around the christmas market near the Bourse, I bought even more tops from H&M before going back and coming out again to meet Jeremy and KC.
Saturday morning, we were supposed to head down to Bruges which is a quaint medieval city an hour away from Brussels but when we got to the train station, we found out that the train oeprators were on strike!!! We only realized that because the train departure timings and all weren't on the main board. There was police standing around, the announcements were made in French, people were angry that their trains were not running and their travel plans were disrupted, the counter staff were shouting so it really was the most messy situation. Thankfully, we manage to get a refund on our Bruges tickets but we couldn't get any refund for our amsterdam train tickets because the international trains were still running. So we quickly got our bags and literally ran for the first train out of Brussels to Amsterdam. The train ride was a nightmare as well! The train was packed and we had to stand at the doors because there was no seats. I felt like I was some refugee and finally after like an hour, we managed to find seats. Well, an experience nonetheless because I finally get to understand the consequences of a strike and a pity we couldn't go to Bruges and now I am just crossing my fingers really hard that the transport operators or airport won't go on strike in Paris on new year's eve or else I can forget about coming back home to Singapore.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 04:37 p.m.
So much for not studying. Because now I cannot even attempt question 2 of the international trade exam because I have no idea how to determine national competitive advantage and what countries can do to solve the coordination problem so I just have to settle for question 1 but I'm not too sure if I can hammer it. I kind of know why there are wage differences between USA and Mexico and why wages differ across the different regions in the United States but I don't know if I can use the statistics and use the trade theories and models to substantiate my point. AH. I want to get it done (at least the main bulk of writing) by tonight so that tomorrow, I can get started with my packing (which is such a pain) and clean my room up!Monday, December 17, 2007 11:42 p.m.
Back from Amsterdam and Brussels and tomorrow morning, I've got to sit for my 48 hour international trade final exam. What a bummer.Thursday, December 13, 2007 08:23 a.m.
Went ice skating with the girls on Tuesday evening at the ice skating rink at Kongens Nytorv!! :) I was really looking forward to it because I've never skated outdoors in the cold before but when I actually put on my ice skates, I started getting cold feet because you see all these young 5 year old kids whizzing across the ice skating rink in their brand new skates and here I am, 21 years old, no skating experience and terribly afraid of falling onto the ice. I started out really wobbly but I think as the hour passed, it definitely got better and I was more confident. I sure wasn't gliding gracefully across the ice and Birte was always so nice to stretch out her hands when she sees I'm starting to lose my balance. Haha, you should have seen the numbers of times I crashed into her, shouted at people skating on my destruction path to "get out get out!!", how many times I threw myself at 15 year old boys skating around and all my frantic hand movements in a bid to help me balance and stop. Haha. It was seriously fun and I remember there were 2 terror kids (twins, wearing helmets and some bright vest) and they literally came skating really fast through my legs and head crashed into the fence behind. Haha. It was definitely a good work out and I had a really awesome time with the girls!! E came by the ice skating rink after he met up with his guy friends and the both of us did a bit of shopping inside Magasin for my Mulberry bag while the other 3 girls went for milkshakes!
Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:17 p.m.
Dinner tonight again with the girls! :) As usual, Birte prepares a healthy salad, Melanie makes a really sinful dessert, I cook something with rice and we always drink tea. Haha. Somehow, we had really random conversations tonight! Birte was telling us about her sex education classes in school where they were actually given a fake penis and had to learn how to properly put a condom on. She even had a guy teacher teaching her about tampons and how to put them on! Haha, it's so weird because we Singaporeans don't really like talking about the birds and the bees in public and I know there's this big debate about whether the school or the parents should educate the kids and at what age should kids know about all this but the condom wearing application lesson is definitely taking sex education to the extreme! Haha. The girls were really shocked when they found out I had a maid at home and even more shocked when I told them that many singaporean households have maids. I was describing to them what a maid usually does and how much they're paid and the horror stories of employers abusing the maids and they were questioning me non stop about how my maid lives, whether she has a room, whether she eats with us and all. Somehow, they cannot see how Singapore, which in their opinion is a first world country, can have maids because employing maids and getting them to work for you just seems so third world and like it's some form of slavery. Haha. Melanie was so shocked when she found out that we Singaporeans get our maids to wash our cars every day because it'll be like a crime in Australia to even wash your car once a month because of their drought situation. Haha. She was telling me how to use birth control bills and they were quizzing me about how traditional and conservative asian parents are, whether singaporean kids move out of their parent's home once they start working and whether couples live in together before getting married. Haha. It was definitely an eye opener (for them and for me) and really interesting seeing how something that may be so common and prevalent in one culture and country may not necessarily be that prevalent or accepted in another country.Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:39 p.m.
My ever so creative boyfriend decided to go all old school and drew a flower ring on my finger! Haha, it's in the christmas colors of green and red because it's the christmas season and he wants me to go show off to all my friends that I've got a ring that can change according to the seasons and it's so unlike those silver/gold rings other girls get that takes them through every occasion. Haha.
Monday, December 13, 2007 03:01 a.m.
My supper surprise at 2am in the morning! I wasn't allowed to look and E only told me he was making porcupine! Haha, if you look closely and use a lot of imagination, you'll be able to see the porcupine's legs, tail and eyes! Haha.
Sunday, December 09, 2007 12:53 p.m.
Woke up this morning and decided to make the boy his favorite american breakfast of bacon, sausages and scrambled eggs along with a hot cup of coffee. We spent quite a bit of this weekend talking about the events of summer, our feelings, our thoughts, our impressions and I'm just glad we managed to air things out. Definitely not the easiest thing to do because you know I don't like confrontations and you always worry the other party will withdraw or you're not making any sense and just simply making things worse but I'm glad we did. Nothing we can do about it, not the best memory for sure, but at least we both know how each other feels and hopefully nothing of this sort will creep up again.
Saturday, December 8, 2007 12:50 p.m.
Melanie, Birte, E and myself went to watch the Nutcracker ballet yesterday evening! It was performed by the royal Danish ballet company at the old royal danish theatre down at Kongens Nytorv. My favorite part in Act 1 has got to be where Clara killed the mouse king and then the dancers came out to dance while snowflakes fell from the sky and after that dance was over, Clara and her magical godfather flew off on the colorful candy-striped hot air balloon to the land of sugar plum fairy! Act 2 was a series of dances (indian, chinese, russian etc) but the highlight was definitely the piece by this couple. They were both so elegant and graceful and the female dancer looked so light as she flew across the stage and she made pointe work look like the most natural way to walk. I always had this impression that pointe work was really painful and difficult (imagine all your body weight on your toes) but Mel says it's really easy and even easier if you're dancing 10 hours a day. Haha. Well, the royal Danish theatre was everything I imagined it to be. Grand and magnificent. There was a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling, the seats were all plush red, the foyer had a christmas tree, we could see the Queen's royal box seats and the outdoor balcony looked out to the skating rink at Kongens Nytorv. It really does have this old royal feeling to it, quite unlike the Copenhagen Opera House or the Sydney Opera House. It was definitely one of the best nights out here in Copenhagen and I'm glad we managed to catch the Nutcracker because I think it's just the perfect christmas time ballet! :)
Thursday, December 6, 2007 11:43 p.m.
So Stroget's got its heart shaped christmas decorations hanging across its streets, the busker sitting outside the Round tower is playing christmas carols, the bakeries are selling gingerbread men and christmas log cakes and Mulberry and Hermes got the yummiest window displays for this christmas season. It somehow really feels like how christmas should be like. The weather, the christmas decorations and lightings and people walking around in their warm coats. It's really a different christmas atmosphere from Singapore. After a rather futile shopping trip, E and myself decided to walk down to the ice skating rink at Kongens Nytorv and then walked back to Radhuset to see the huge christmas tree before making our way back home for waffles and hot chocolate!
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 07:04 p.m.
Business strategy exam today was a huge flop. How in the world am I supposed to figure out the company's corporate strategy or what strategic issues it's facing when the 7 page case study has only information about the company and it's organizational structure? Augh. Somehow, my business strategy tutor reminds me of my marketing tutor (not the best memory for sure) and business strategy reminds me of marketing and I completely abhor marketing. AH. Whatever the case, I just want to pass. I will seriously beat myself up if I'll have to retake it back in NTU.Tuesday, December 4, 2007 10:16 p.m.
I hearts the boyfriend much much!! You tell me, which boyfriend would stay up and accompany you till 4.30am while you register for classes? Which boyfriend would google and bookmark Jay Chou's lyrics and even has them in han yu pin yun because he knows you can barely read mandarin? Which boyfriend would sing your favorite Jay Chou's songs to you before you sleep? Which boyfriend would creep behind your back to check if you're studying for the exams, only to find out that you're secretly reading blogs? And you tell me, which boyfriend would actually ask you to take unglam act cute photos of him? Haha.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 06:25 p.m.
I'm done with the logistics and transportation economics exam and we're just entering the exams period here in Copenhagen and everyone's mugging but I'm going to be almost done (I'm left with a 48 hour paper from the 18th to the 20th) with my exams after tomorrow's business strategy paper. Ah. I just realized that there’s a few differences between the exams we have here and the ones we have back home in Singapore. For one, there’s more types of exams here. We’ve got the standard written close or open book exams. In addition to that, for some exams, we’re allowed to use the computers. The exam is either in the school computer labs and we get to type our answers and print it out at the end of the exam to hand it in, or we’ll have to lug out laptops to the exam hall, along with our printers and print them out. I kind of like it because if your fingers feel like flying across the keyboard, it always make the paper seem so easy and your hands never ache at the end of it all. There’s also 48 or 72 hour papers here and oral exams which in my opinion, is the most unique because you go in for 20 minutes and talk to your professor and a censor about your project or the course. I think it’s super stressful because if the professor asks you to elaborate a theory which you have no idea what it is about, you can’t technically escape it and come back to it later. The exams here are also 4 hours long (and we singaporeans complain when we have 3 hour papers) so you see people bringing a hot flask of coffee, coke, muffins, bananas and all to keep themselves from going hungry. I’m really not used to eating or drinking something other than water at the exams because I remember taking the O levels and we were not allowed to have anything other than water because apparently, if you have some superior drink (like maybe your mum’s herbal tea), it’ll be an unfair disadvantage to the other students.Monday, December 3, 2007 11:43 a.m.
I just checked!! They finally took pity on me and gave me my AA206 class! :) Thank you Lord. So now, I still have a 5 day week but I heard that the AA306 class is only once a week so I'm really hoping that my friday AA306 will be cancelled so that I'll be left with a 4 day week! You know, it times like this when I feel I really don't deserve God's favor. I mean, it's not like I don't want His favor, His mercy or His blessings but I'm really wretched so why does He still choose to love me and show me His favor? I was talking to my mum a few days ago, showing her photos of the lakes, the photos from London and Tivoli's christmas market and she started asking me if I realize how blessed I've been and how fortunate I am to be able to have such an experience. I remember her saying 'our God has been very good to you' and that somehow struck me because I realize how much truth there was in that statement. To be honest, God has really been very good and He has definitely shown His favor throughout this exchange. I remember almost not getting my international economics class and I think about all the wonderful times we had traveling, how God has protected us and kept us safe and healthy and how He has revealed a lot of His character and nature and shown us different sides of Him throughout all our trips. I think about how I settled in so nicely in Copenhagen, got my bank account sorted out quickly, made some really good friends and I realize how good He really has been and I can't do anything but give thanks and make a conscious effort to work out my faith and live my life in a manner that is pleasing and brings glory to Him. So anyway, this is how my next semester's timetable looks like.
Monday, December 3, 2007 11:25 a.m.
So after 43 minutes on the phone, I've got a job!! :) Thank you Lord.Monday, December 3, 2007 04:37 a.m.
AHH!! I didn't get the AA206 class!!! I need it to graduate and there's no way I can take any other time slots because it clashes with the other classes I'm registered for and I've been frantically calling NTU up and asking them to make a special case but the lady refuses to budge and she wants me to monitor it because she claims they'll release the class vacancies slowly but hello! I'm here in Copenhagen and it's 10.30am for you but it's 4.30am here and I've got a phone interview at 10am and an exam the next day so I do need to sleep! Oh my goodness.Sunday, December 2, 2007 10:03 p.m.
I don't know what came over me but I was browsing through Stephen's iTunes and he has all of Jay Chou's songs so I started listening to qing tian and an qing and now it's on my repeat playlist. Haha. I have no idea what Jay Chou is singing about and it feels like he's always mumbling and he isn't that good looking anyway but these 2 songs sound meaningful and nice so I guess I'm going to pretend I know how to sing it and just hum along!Sunday, December 2, 2007 08:43 p.m.
Melanie and I decided to take a break from all the studying and went down to Radhuset (City Hall) this afternoon to see the christmas tree light up! We got there just as Santa and his little elves and their fire engine parade was coming into the square. The little elves gave out gummy bears to the young kids standing around, the watchman (an old man carrying a lantern) made his rounds and as the mayor gave a speech a few minutes before 4pm (which we didn't understand since it was in danish), Santa started climbing up the fire engine's ladder to get to the top! At 4pm, the clock struck, Santa let off some sparklers, the star on top of the tree burst into sparks and suddenly, the lights on the tree all came on!! It happened so quickly but it really was the prettiest sight with our gothic looking city hall in the back, the band playing christmas carols in the background and seeing all the families together. At that moment, I really missed home and I wish the family was up here to spend Christmas with me.
Saturday, December 1, 2007 08:31 p.m.
I can't believe it's December already. Each year just seems to get shorter and shorter. I've got another 21 more days in this residence before I get evicted, another 22 more days in Copenhagen and another 32 more days before I go back home to Singapore and all the responsibilities. I can't even believe the year's almost over and that I'm not only nearing the end of my exchange program, but I'm also going to graduate next May and start work (hopefully). It does get a little scary to just stop and think because it's always those moments when you realize you're not getting any younger, the responsibilities are getting heavier and life is moving on so quickly.Saturday, December 1, 2007 01:28 p.m.
The little baby in our family turns 18 today!! Happy birthday Sarah Wong!! :) I can't believe you're actually 18 and you're going to learn driving soon! Thanks for being the best sister in the whole wide world even though we quarrel like half the time we actually try to have a decent conversation, you steal all my clothes (I took revenge and brought all the polo shirts up to Copenhagen. Haha), we try to kill each other when we see each other and I actually know when you're showing me love when you call me idiot. Haha. I just realized after looking for some photos of us that you've been through a lot of major hair restructuring! Haha. Anyway, I miss you, hope you had a great birthday and please don't drive mum and dad up the wall! Enjoy the rest of December because I'll be back before you know it to drive you crazy! :)
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