Thursday, August 24, 2006
=)
you know what i love most about my job? the fact that there is almost no order or routine attached to it. i can wake up whenever i want to come to work, clock in as many or as few hours as i want (keeping in mind that i am sposed to have about 40hrs a week by the time i leave) and if i have extra hours frm last week, take a coupla days off. =) the whole morning routine thing doesn't hold no more. i mean, i still remember in secondary school and jc, when i had to catch a particular train. in order to be slightly late for school, but yet on time. when you met the same group of people, and saw the same bunch of peeps on the same old train. i think it was the train that left my station at 6.42am. haha. gosh that was early!! now, i just hop on whichever bus comes first, and then sometimes i realise, that hey, i am on the early bus, cos that lady is on it! or i am on the later bus, cos that guy that always sit in that seat, is sitting in that seat. so i realise, that the rest of the world still has their schedules and their routines, but i feel that much more empowered knowing i flit about, choosing which bus i wanna take, and changing the seats or the doors, or whatever. =) my life is in my hands. not run my some silly little time clock that stamps u in or out. i like. =)
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
how?!
i have like four more days in munich, which means i need to pack up all my stuff so they can be stowed away nicely in someones cellar or house until i come back in october to claim them. i have THREE suitcases, and i don't think everything is going to fit. this would pose a MAJOR problem. i can delay this problem, by leaving all my books and notes and work-related stuff in some cupboard in the office, but this is only delaying the inevitable. haha. Main things i think i shouldnt have got but did anyway: TWO lava lamps. and they are both not for me!! for my bro and for h. TWO airplane windows. Hehe. This was really cool, cos they were basically scrapping some aircraft and tearing it to bits in this huge hangar thing in the company. I was walking past, and thought it would be cool to have a couple of the windows as a photoframe or something. My boss made some calls for me, and found out that oops, another company had paid for the aircraft to get trashed cos they wanted all the aircraft-grade metal. Which means, chances are I wouldn't get the windows. BUT. One of the other genius students who decided he wanted windows too, happened to meet the workers, promised them a crate of beer, and whalla! We got the windows!! *grins* My snowboarding suit! Haha. I now have a cool bright pink snowboard jacket with black snowboard pants. They take up SOOOOo much space!!! =( I realise, this might not be *too* much of a problem if I do decide to come back to Munich after October. But if I decide to remain in Singapore... a LOT of baggage to bring back! :S
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
left a part of me in czech. =(
Prague The only thing I didn't quite like about Prague was the sheer number of tourists running about. True, that's the only reason the shops stay open till midnight, but still. To have as many people on the bridge at midnight as there are at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon in Orchard Road is a bit much. But it reminded me of home nonetheless. Especially the lights. Another thing that reminded me of home was that the prices were so comparable, sometimes even cheaper. But odddly enough this was the place where both time AND money seem to disappear. As in, before you knew it, it was time to move on, or like we were late for this train, or smth. And we seemed to have SO MUCH time while planning!! And money. Haha. It seemed to run out from under us! For no apparent reason at all. Oh wells. The streetlamps and the orange glow mean it's a place MUCH prettier at night. In the day, it's like any other city in Europe with the old quaint buildings, and the churches, and the pretty skyline. Maybe I am biased. But I like Munich better in the day for sure. Then again, I haven't seen Prague all buried under snow. That is something on my to-do list. Prague in Winter. All the other attractions might be closed. But what the hey. =) I need to see Prague under a white blanket!! Cesky Krumlov Another place I have to get back to! Thanks to the dinky delay, we barely had any time here in this quaint lil medieval village! The castle theatre was closed, the knights tournament started the next day. It was just not fated. Haha. Or maybe it was. For me to come back another day. ;) Gorgeous outdoor rotating theatre in the castle gardens too!! Kutna Hora Something that I will really remember forever. The chapel with ornaments made of human bones. *shudder* worth every minute of travel time. Didnt get to go down the mine shafts. But oh wells. Seeing a human chandelier would be enough. For now. =p ---- It's odd you know. When I went skiing in Innsbruck and it came time for me to leave, I left. I wanted to stay, of course, but I mean, I knew it was time to go. I did what I had to do, and it was time to move on. When I went for the world cup in Berlin / Leipzig it was the exact same thing. Usually, when it's time to go, I go. I might miss the places, sure, but it's one of those things where you know your job there is done. More or less. This time however, as I drew out of Prague past midnight, passing by the bright lights that reminded me so much of Singapore, I felt... incomplete. I don't know, like I had left something unfinished. I mean, I know I left something behind - my poor little Koosh kin - but it didn't leave this kind of feeling. There was so much more to see, so much more to do!
Friday, August 11, 2006
once. twice....
its really odd, but i just realised something. everytime i was so ready to sign on to the air force, or join BMT, something stops me. The first chance I had was after the A levels, but Dubai dropped in my lap, and I couldn't give that up. So I said no matter, after I graduate. And then I graduate 6 months early to make it in time for Jan's BMT intake, and then I get this Germany thing. I think someone up there is trying to tell me something. *-) I wonder what would happen if I try and sign on for January next year. 3rd time lucky? Or things always happen in 3s? Haha. We shall see which works for me then. =P
Thursday, August 10, 2006
who says girls can't read maps!
it's not that i haven't been going anywhere. it's that i've been doing too many other things to have time to sit down and update the bloggie! and to take photos. and to upload photos. i promise i will try to do it more often. although now, with my new toy, i might not be taking all that many photos. and it's a lil hard to upload videos u know? =p well, since the world cup was over till now, i've gone to st. gallen to see spance off and collect 200 tarts, then to zurich to erm, bumm around for a super extended weekend. and then last week, i got another 200 tarts! whheee!! and last weekend, i was driving arnd southern germany in a SmartCar. Hehe. Its super spacious, and i really mean that, not just coz it fits me. It's even spacious for an ang moh! Of course, there is barely any space in the trunk for my huge suitcase. so. *-) AND! I found somewhere that lets me rent a mini coop for a day for just €25! Coolness or what! (If I wanna drive the smart within munich alone its only €1. Cheaper than taking public transport, especially since the Smart really sips petrol!) We drove about 650km in like, 2-3 days, and only topped up the tank to 30 euros i think. Talk about efficiency!! So anyway, we were just driving around with ME being the map reader. Muahahah. Coz I was 2 mnths too young to drive long distance. Age limit was 23 years. =( So we went to a coupla mountains, a coupla castles, went trekkign up this lil thingie in heaven knows where, went to a lil lake somewhere. don't know their names but if you give me a map i can trace our route down for you and point out where we stopped. ;) But! Anyhows. The point is, the day I decided I had to try out the Smart Car, obviously someone else had to read the map. And I have to say, I am much better at reading maps. =p So I think I shall stick to that. Unless of course I already know the way to where we are going. In which case, the Autobahn is über fun! No speed limit!! Hahaha. Going at 120kmh I am already considered crawling. But seeing as to how I am not insured when I drive it... Better not go too fast. =p No matter. I will be back in Oct AFTER my birthday to test my limits. ;) Coz then i will be insured. My boss is of the opinion that I should try and get my hands on a Porsche or BM or something to test drive on the Autobahn. Haha. =P We shall see. =) Anyhows. All in all, driving is fun! Or rather, being the one directing the driver is fun. Whahahah. And I love pointing somewhere and saying, I wanna stop here! Let's go down! And not having anything planned, and not having anyone get upset that we aren't going straight to our destination, or that we take lil detours to go visit antique markets along the way. Haha. Methinks these 2+ months will be fun! =) Off to Prague tomorrow. *grins* I wish I could see it in winter all covered in snow though, like in all those vampire movies. Haha. Oh wells, I will just have to settle for Winter-like temperatures. *shudder* random point: i was here when they had the greatest snowfall in what, 600 years? and then this summer, it was the hottest June/July in 300 years. And now, in a course of 2 weeks, the difference in AVERAGE temperature, (Average, mind u, not the difference btwn the highest and lowest), is more or less 20 degrees. Faint. 2 weeks ago its was an average of 32 degrees. Now, outside, it's 13 degrees (today's low is sposed to be 11, and the max temp last week was 36 or 37, so if u take total fluctutations, its 25!! which is the total temp of singapore now. haha. =p)
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