Friday, April 08, 2005
Last Presentation in NUS!
Today is my first time skipping lect in the sem! Haha had to lah...after producing my ISM, I had almost no time for Kratoska presentation. It will probably be another crappy one but it's a bit too late to worry about it... Just some posting before going back to it... And I had to hand the CG over to Delia for the week.
Hmm... my cousin came over a few days ago to show us our photos during the New Year and we oso re-looked our photos from the Europe trip last year. For some reason, I get sentimental whenever I see anything that reminds me of Europe. Think it was the happiest trip I ever had and Europe is beautiful! Lovely scenery, lovely people...what more do you ask for? Perhaps the happiness during the trip was enhanced by the fact that I was recovering from a break up. But let's concentrate on Europe.
We started our trip effectively in Berlin, because I was too sleepy from the jet lag to commemorate much of our little stopover in UK before that. My dad and other ppl had told us that there was nothing worth seeing in Berlin, but it was not true! My aunt's fren brought us to the Turkish corner, Checkpoint Charlie, the Reichstag, Berlin Dome and of course the Berlin Wall. If anyone ever tell you that East Berlin is not fun, I tell u again that it is not true! The buildings may not be as cosmopolitan as the West, but they were really quaint. We chanced upon this solar powered boat ride and the gungho fren of my aunt's suggested that we go in! Very lovely ride we had, with ducks (Europe seems to be populated with the kind of green-headed male ducks that u see in story-books) and swans swimming around us. We also went on our own to Potsdam becos the fren needed to work. It was a bit traumatic getting a train there becos we spoke no German and the ticket lady actually yelled at me. But that din dampen our mood becos Sans Souci palaces were lovely! The only drawback was that we had to walk real far to get from one palace to another and I mean really far! And we din know that it was not a cold day then so we wore rather thick clothes. But the amazing thing is that u dun sweat there so it's not bad. My mom commented that it must be cold there upon looking at our pict haha. We saw the Chinese Tea House that Dr. Peleggi showed us during lect b4 and I told my aunt and cousin abt Orientalism. We were sad to leave Berlin without seeing Charlottenburg Palace, but we had to attend my cousin's wedding.
I din like it in UK as much as I thot I would. It was deathly cold even in summer! I fell ill twice becos of tt. But our chalet in West Sussex was a real beauty. They call it a chalet, but it was really worthy of being called a small palace. It used to be the hunting ground of a princess and I can see why becos wild rabbits, foxes and pheasants roam free about, running away whenever we came near. And there were peacocks too, which refused to open their beautiful tails to us. I felt like a true princess there, looking out to the fields from those huge European windows. But I still hate the cold.
My cousin's wedding went on well. It took place in a church, though they are not Christians. I wanted to cry, but stopped upon remembering that it would not be as meaningful as if they had been Christians. I decided that my own wedding in the future will be different. There will be a church wedding of course, but the meaning will be different with me and my future husband being Christians. Our church wedding will not be for beauty's sake like what Japanese couples do, but will really be a sacred union blessed by God. Then there will be a garden party with dances and all. But haha this may take a long time before it becomes reality! Nobody has yet come my way.
During the reception of the wedding, I come to realize that the English make their cakes too sweet! U can get diabetes from a slice. We got to know a couple who are really friendly and their children. My cousin said that it seemed that their little boy liked me. Yeah I do dream of having boys becos I think Singapore has too much gals. But yeah, Louis, the name of the little boy, is really cute! After this trip, with so much interaction with ang-mohs, I grew less afraid of them.
We stayed in the UK for more than a week. I wish we had been able to explore more of London, but time did not permit. So it was that we flew to Italy's Ciampiano Airport via Paris' Charles de Gaulle. This Thai immigration officer in the Paris airport asked me if I can take him away with me, to which I simply laughed. We spent the night at Ciampiano Airport waiting to join Chan Bro tour the next day with much fear after hearing the nightmare stories of the thieves in Italy. But praise God we were fine.
My lunch is finally here so I shall finish this story some other time. I understand that it may bore u guys, but it is really for my own entertainment, cos till now I havent found the chance to record the trip down. Arrivederci!
Hmm... my cousin came over a few days ago to show us our photos during the New Year and we oso re-looked our photos from the Europe trip last year. For some reason, I get sentimental whenever I see anything that reminds me of Europe. Think it was the happiest trip I ever had and Europe is beautiful! Lovely scenery, lovely people...what more do you ask for? Perhaps the happiness during the trip was enhanced by the fact that I was recovering from a break up. But let's concentrate on Europe.
We started our trip effectively in Berlin, because I was too sleepy from the jet lag to commemorate much of our little stopover in UK before that. My dad and other ppl had told us that there was nothing worth seeing in Berlin, but it was not true! My aunt's fren brought us to the Turkish corner, Checkpoint Charlie, the Reichstag, Berlin Dome and of course the Berlin Wall. If anyone ever tell you that East Berlin is not fun, I tell u again that it is not true! The buildings may not be as cosmopolitan as the West, but they were really quaint. We chanced upon this solar powered boat ride and the gungho fren of my aunt's suggested that we go in! Very lovely ride we had, with ducks (Europe seems to be populated with the kind of green-headed male ducks that u see in story-books) and swans swimming around us. We also went on our own to Potsdam becos the fren needed to work. It was a bit traumatic getting a train there becos we spoke no German and the ticket lady actually yelled at me. But that din dampen our mood becos Sans Souci palaces were lovely! The only drawback was that we had to walk real far to get from one palace to another and I mean really far! And we din know that it was not a cold day then so we wore rather thick clothes. But the amazing thing is that u dun sweat there so it's not bad. My mom commented that it must be cold there upon looking at our pict haha. We saw the Chinese Tea House that Dr. Peleggi showed us during lect b4 and I told my aunt and cousin abt Orientalism. We were sad to leave Berlin without seeing Charlottenburg Palace, but we had to attend my cousin's wedding.
I din like it in UK as much as I thot I would. It was deathly cold even in summer! I fell ill twice becos of tt. But our chalet in West Sussex was a real beauty. They call it a chalet, but it was really worthy of being called a small palace. It used to be the hunting ground of a princess and I can see why becos wild rabbits, foxes and pheasants roam free about, running away whenever we came near. And there were peacocks too, which refused to open their beautiful tails to us. I felt like a true princess there, looking out to the fields from those huge European windows. But I still hate the cold.
My cousin's wedding went on well. It took place in a church, though they are not Christians. I wanted to cry, but stopped upon remembering that it would not be as meaningful as if they had been Christians. I decided that my own wedding in the future will be different. There will be a church wedding of course, but the meaning will be different with me and my future husband being Christians. Our church wedding will not be for beauty's sake like what Japanese couples do, but will really be a sacred union blessed by God. Then there will be a garden party with dances and all. But haha this may take a long time before it becomes reality! Nobody has yet come my way.
During the reception of the wedding, I come to realize that the English make their cakes too sweet! U can get diabetes from a slice. We got to know a couple who are really friendly and their children. My cousin said that it seemed that their little boy liked me. Yeah I do dream of having boys becos I think Singapore has too much gals. But yeah, Louis, the name of the little boy, is really cute! After this trip, with so much interaction with ang-mohs, I grew less afraid of them.
We stayed in the UK for more than a week. I wish we had been able to explore more of London, but time did not permit. So it was that we flew to Italy's Ciampiano Airport via Paris' Charles de Gaulle. This Thai immigration officer in the Paris airport asked me if I can take him away with me, to which I simply laughed. We spent the night at Ciampiano Airport waiting to join Chan Bro tour the next day with much fear after hearing the nightmare stories of the thieves in Italy. But praise God we were fine.
My lunch is finally here so I shall finish this story some other time. I understand that it may bore u guys, but it is really for my own entertainment, cos till now I havent found the chance to record the trip down. Arrivederci!
// posted by Jenn @ 5:44 AM 
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