Finally finished all my assignments due this semester. Feeling is quite shiok.. especially finishing way before deadline heh. Need to catch up on readings though.
Backupdated my post on the 27th Meetup we had. Either scroll down or click here to read i or view pictures. Well.. slowly slowly update the other weekend outings ba.. Halloween, Dublin, Scotland, Nottingham, Belgium... (whoa looks like a lot)
Yes, it's officially the last day of school today. Last week of school is rather slack here.. the people that pon lessons this week is outrageous. Most lectures I go to are like 1/4 full. And the lecturers are equally in a Christmas mood as well. Damn should have gone overseas haha. Still thought that the lecturers will give exam tips or what. Bleah.
To celebrate the last day of school (or rather the last day of commitments) for most of us.. the Singaporean gang went to have sumptuous Chinese buffet at Wokmania! Sorry no photos of the wonderful food.. coz it was an adhoc thing. Never bring camera. Ha. And yeah.. plans to to Copenhagen after our exams are on the way. Need to whack one last country before I leave Europe for good.
Last weekend was spent at Liverpool/Amsterdam. And it turned out to be the most exciting weekend yet... =)
Liverpool - 2nd December & 4th December
Why Liverpool? Well simply coz the plane I'm catching to Amsterdam will be from Liverpool airport.. so since I'm there might as well take the chance to explore the place before/after the flight right?
The trip to Liverpool was rather unprepared.. struggling with essay deadlines before the trip = no research = aimlessly wandering before figuring out what to do. For one thing the city centre was hard to find without a map. But heng I managed to find a tourist information centre in time to kope myself some maps and what-to-do-in-Liverpool brochures.
Liverpool is a port. A port with terribly unpredictable weather. Tamade it was bright and sunny when I came but by the time I finished my £1.99 full English Breakfast (egg, sausage, bacon, hash brown, tomato, mushroom, baked beans) it started drizzling! So I braved the cold rain to the port called Arthur's Dock to explore.. damn the weather. So cold.. and cannot take good photos.
I'm not an arty-farty person.. but I had to strut into the Tate Liverpool (art gallery) with the highly cultured look to seek shelter.. and yeah.. see the art pieces as well lor. Nothing much to comment... except that it's free. Ha.
Whoa by the time I came out it was bright and sunny again. Siao one. So yeah.. after snapping some photos of the sea and the dock I went to probably the only museum that caught my interest - The Beatles Story Exhibition.
Again I'm not a particular great fan for the Beatles.. but I haveta admit their songs rock. And which other museum blasts good music throughout the whole time inside? Haha.. it was rather enjoyable not only for the songs but after 24 years of my life hearing about this legendary band then I know how they are formed.. what they did and how they disbanded. Cool. How many bands nowadays can start from teenagers and still get support from fans even when they become uncles with mustaches?
After that I made my way back to the city centre again.. filled my stomach with rubbish from the Christmas market before meeting up with Summer. Liverpool is really another bustling city.. (Why are all cities bustling other than Leeds?) Even at 6+pm the streets are thronged with people.. even though some of the chaokeng shops will still close at 5pm. But I like this type of a-lot-of-people scene.. beats walking along cold lonely streets.
Ok, soon enough, we headed towards Liverpool John Lenon International Airport. So much for Liverpool.
Amsterdam - 2nd & 3rd December How long I spend in a country is dependent on how cheap the plane tickets are. So this time, I only had a total of 2 nights and 1 day in this city.. so Summer and I carefully planned out which tourist attractions to whack. And I'm quite happy we went to all the right places!
After touching down we headed to the Amsterdam Sexmuseum. Whoa! No prizes for guessing what this museum is about. Pay 3 euros and you enter a building with 3 storeys of porn, porn and more porn. Oh but it's after all a museum.. so the people inside are not supposed to look horny though I think most are.. just look at porn as.. ART. Yes, and at the same time dealing with Summer's squeals as naked men and women get thrown in her face.
Didn't take long to find our hostel. The receptionist was nice too as we asked him lotsa questions on how to maximise our one day in Amsterdam. =)
Hoho and did I mention that our hostel was just a stone's throw away from Amsterdam's world famous Red Light District? Haha.. yeah so after resting a while we headed down to take a walk around. And the experience was just crazy. Being a saturday night the streets were filled with (horny) guys and their version of fish tanks = each fish got their own tank. How does it work? The girls will strut their stuff inside their rooms by the window while potential customers walk by and do their window shopping. Interested? Just open the door and negotiate prices. On then go in and close curtain. Maybe we went late.. so lotsa curtains were closed. Haha. So it was two streets full of window shopping both of us went. Haha. Can't take photos though. Can't put it in words properly too. Haha so too bad for you guys. The only thing is: All guys MUST come to Amsterdam RLD once. =)
It was an early start the next day as we took a train out of the city to this little, albeit too touristy, place called Zaanse Schans to see windmills. How can come to Holland don't see windmills? Yah, and it turned out to be exhilarating to see them! Like finally I get to see windmills in Holland! The scenery was beautiful.. the air was fresh.. and summer and I just went around photowhoring. The only windmill that was open was a paint mill and we were allowed to go in to explore. Cool.
Just nice in that place got cheese factory (or so they claim.. though i think most of the cheese they sell is manufactured elsewhere) and clogs shops. Yeap, clogs are the Dutch way of life.. last time.. and the number of designs for the clogs they have are simply crazy! Feel tempted to buy one for myself but managed to stop my insanity. I don't want to die of blister outbreak on my feet.
Pressed for time, at noon we rushed back to Amsterdam central to head to our next destination. Damn the stupid weather but it was drizzling. Coupled with the countryside strong winds was no joke. Freezing like hell.
On the way to the next destination we took a walk around the tulip market. Not a good time of the year to visit the tulip market coz all the flowers were non-existent. The only flowers that were there were the wooden aka fake ones. Haha. Too bad la. Should have come in spring/summer.. then can see the flowers in full bloom. Anyway, I'm not particularly a big fan of flowers.. so yeah.. didnt affect me much heh.
Drenched and cold, we finally arrived at the Heineken Brewery.
Well, at first was a bit reluctant to go the Heineken.. after the disastrous waste-money visit to the Guinesses Brewery in Dublin. But between Heineken and Van Gogh Museum, both of us decided on this. Well, we wouldn't be able to appreciate Van Gogh's art anyway. Furthermore, the only art piece by him I know is the Sunflower, which is in London hoho.
But Heineken turned out to be so much more fun than expected! Content-wise it was crap.. just telling you how beer is made and all their advertising strategies and how they market their beer. Oh but the fun part was the high amount of interactivity of the place! There's even this thing where we could make videos of ourselves haa...
And with the entrance fee is 3 pints of beer! I only drank 2 pints la.. kept the 3rd token as souvenir. Though that was not the only souvenir that we got.. after exiting the place we were given this cool bottle-opener-in-the-bottle thing. (compared to Guinesses's lousy paperweight) Yeap, all-in-all.. Heineken was fun! (though I don't like beer still)
Van Gogh Museum was nearby.. so we just went out there to take photo lor. Haha cheapskates.
Next up, we went to the Ann Frank House. Yea.. that was the house where she wrote her famous diary. Cool to really experience where they lived while hiding during the Holocaust.. but it was harrowing as well.. to learn of her story and to be standing on a piece of history. Sad. Nothing much to say here.. just read her diary ba.
Lazy to cook.. we went around hunting for food. Things were expensive sia.. until we bumped into this ulu Chinese restaurant that served buffet for 9 euros! No need to think, just whack! Oh but the food sucked.
That night we headed to a local 'coffee-shop' near our hostel and tried Amsterdam's Space Cake. Space Cake is just this little gardenia muffin thingy with 0.2g of hash peppered around it. Yes, taking drugs is legal in Amsterdam. So we ate our space cake while the rest of the people in the coffee-shop smoked Weed. Smelly like hell. Anyway I think the Space Cake was a rip-off. No effect one leh (luckily). The only thing I felt was similar to drinking 1 pint of beer. Ok la for the experience la.
And guess how we spent the rest of the night? Walk around RLD again! Haha.. Sunday night got less people.. but still a lot. And more curtains were open so we just got to see different exhibits lor. Haha.
Went back.. sleep.. wake up.. rush to airport.. we boarded the plane like 5 mins before take off! Heng ah! And so that was bye bye Amsterdam!
After describing so much.. here's a treat: (photos)
Oh well... gotta sleep already. It's officialy the last day of school and I have to go for my last lesson in Leeds. How fast time flies... only 45 more days. Booked my train tickets back to London to catch my flight on the 22nd already. *haaaiiiii*
Ok la.. hope that I update soon haha. Next weeks' more travelling.. London.. Prague.. Switzerland, Italy, France.. =)
Finally finished all my assignments due this semester. Feeling is quite shiok.. especially finishing way before deadline heh. Need to catch up on readings though.
Backupdated my post on the 27th Meetup we had. Either scroll down or click here to read i or view pictures. Well.. slowly slowly update the other weekend outings ba.. Halloween, Dublin, Scotland, Nottingham, Belgium... (whoa looks like a lot)
Yes, it's officially the last day of school today. Last week of school is rather slack here.. the people that pon lessons this week is outrageous. Most lectures I go to are like 1/4 full. And the lecturers are equally in a Christmas mood as well. Damn should have gone overseas haha. Still thought that the lecturers will give exam tips or what. Bleah.
To celebrate the last day of school (or rather the last day of commitments) for most of us.. the Singaporean gang went to have sumptuous Chinese buffet at Wokmania! Sorry no photos of the wonderful food.. coz it was an adhoc thing. Never bring camera. Ha. And yeah.. plans to to Copenhagen after our exams are on the way. Need to whack one last country before I leave Europe for good.
Last weekend was spent at Liverpool/Amsterdam. And it turned out to be the most exciting weekend yet... =)
Liverpool - 2nd December & 4th December
Why Liverpool? Well simply coz the plane I'm catching to Amsterdam will be from Liverpool airport.. so since I'm there might as well take the chance to explore the place before/after the flight right?
The trip to Liverpool was rather unprepared.. struggling with essay deadlines before the trip = no research = aimlessly wandering before figuring out what to do. For one thing the city centre was hard to find without a map. But heng I managed to find a tourist information centre in time to kope myself some maps and what-to-do-in-Liverpool brochures.
Liverpool is a port. A port with terribly unpredictable weather. Tamade it was bright and sunny when I came but by the time I finished my £1.99 full English Breakfast (egg, sausage, bacon, hash brown, tomato, mushroom, baked beans) it started drizzling! So I braved the cold rain to the port called Arthur's Dock to explore.. damn the weather. So cold.. and cannot take good photos.
I'm not an arty-farty person.. but I had to strut into the Tate Liverpool (art gallery) with the highly cultured look to seek shelter.. and yeah.. see the art pieces as well lor. Nothing much to comment... except that it's free. Ha.
Whoa by the time I came out it was bright and sunny again. Siao one. So yeah.. after snapping some photos of the sea and the dock I went to probably the only museum that caught my interest - The Beatles Story Exhibition.
Again I'm not a particular great fan for the Beatles.. but I haveta admit their songs rock. And which other museum blasts good music throughout the whole time inside? Haha.. it was rather enjoyable not only for the songs but after 24 years of my life hearing about this legendary band then I know how they are formed.. what they did and how they disbanded. Cool. How many bands nowadays can start from teenagers and still get support from fans even when they become uncles with mustaches?
After that I made my way back to the city centre again.. filled my stomach with rubbish from the Christmas market before meeting up with Summer. Liverpool is really another bustling city.. (Why are all cities bustling other than Leeds?) Even at 6+pm the streets are thronged with people.. even though some of the chaokeng shops will still close at 5pm. But I like this type of a-lot-of-people scene.. beats walking along cold lonely streets.
Ok, soon enough, we headed towards Liverpool John Lenon International Airport. So much for Liverpool.
Amsterdam - 2nd & 3rd December How long I spend in a country is dependent on how cheap the plane tickets are. So this time, I only had a total of 2 nights and 1 day in this city.. so Summer and I carefully planned out which tourist attractions to whack. And I'm quite happy we went to all the right places!
After touching down we headed to the Amsterdam Sexmuseum. Whoa! No prizes for guessing what this museum is about. Pay 3 euros and you enter a building with 3 storeys of porn, porn and more porn. Oh but it's after all a museum.. so the people inside are not supposed to look horny though I think most are.. just look at porn as.. ART. Yes, and at the same time dealing with Summer's squeals as naked men and women get thrown in her face.
Didn't take long to find our hostel. The receptionist was nice too as we asked him lotsa questions on how to maximise our one day in Amsterdam. =)
Hoho and did I mention that our hostel was just a stone's throw away from Amsterdam's world famous Red Light District? Haha.. yeah so after resting a while we headed down to take a walk around. And the experience was just crazy. Being a saturday night the streets were filled with (horny) guys and their version of fish tanks = each fish got their own tank. How does it work? The girls will strut their stuff inside their rooms by the window while potential customers walk by and do their window shopping. Interested? Just open the door and negotiate prices. On then go in and close curtain. Maybe we went late.. so lotsa curtains were closed. Haha. So it was two streets full of window shopping both of us went. Haha. Can't take photos though. Can't put it in words properly too. Haha so too bad for you guys. The only thing is: All guys MUST come to Amsterdam RLD once. =)
It was an early start the next day as we took a train out of the city to this little, albeit too touristy, place called Zaanse Schans to see windmills. How can come to Holland don't see windmills? Yah, and it turned out to be exhilarating to see them! Like finally I get to see windmills in Holland! The scenery was beautiful.. the air was fresh.. and summer and I just went around photowhoring. The only windmill that was open was a paint mill and we were allowed to go in to explore. Cool.
Just nice in that place got cheese factory (or so they claim.. though i think most of the cheese they sell is manufactured elsewhere) and clogs shops. Yeap, clogs are the Dutch way of life.. last time.. and the number of designs for the clogs they have are simply crazy! Feel tempted to buy one for myself but managed to stop my insanity. I don't want to die of blister outbreak on my feet.
Pressed for time, at noon we rushed back to Amsterdam central to head to our next destination. Damn the stupid weather but it was drizzling. Coupled with the countryside strong winds was no joke. Freezing like hell.
On the way to the next destination we took a walk around the tulip market. Not a good time of the year to visit the tulip market coz all the flowers were non-existent. The only flowers that were there were the wooden aka fake ones. Haha. Too bad la. Should have come in spring/summer.. then can see the flowers in full bloom. Anyway, I'm not particularly a big fan of flowers.. so yeah.. didnt affect me much heh.
Drenched and cold, we finally arrived at the Heineken Brewery.
Well, at first was a bit reluctant to go the Heineken.. after the disastrous waste-money visit to the Guinesses Brewery in Dublin. But between Heineken and Van Gogh Museum, both of us decided on this. Well, we wouldn't be able to appreciate Van Gogh's art anyway. Furthermore, the only art piece by him I know is the Sunflower, which is in London hoho.
But Heineken turned out to be so much more fun than expected! Content-wise it was crap.. just telling you how beer is made and all their advertising strategies and how they market their beer. Oh but the fun part was the high amount of interactivity of the place! There's even this thing where we could make videos of ourselves haa...
And with the entrance fee is 3 pints of beer! I only drank 2 pints la.. kept the 3rd token as souvenir. Though that was not the only souvenir that we got.. after exiting the place we were given this cool bottle-opener-in-the-bottle thing. (compared to Guinesses's lousy paperweight) Yeap, all-in-all.. Heineken was fun! (though I don't like beer still)
Van Gogh Museum was nearby.. so we just went out there to take photo lor. Haha cheapskates.
Next up, we went to the Ann Frank House. Yea.. that was the house where she wrote her famous diary. Cool to really experience where they lived while hiding during the Holocaust.. but it was harrowing as well.. to learn of her story and to be standing on a piece of history. Sad. Nothing much to say here.. just read her diary ba.
Lazy to cook.. we went around hunting for food. Things were expensive sia.. until we bumped into this ulu Chinese restaurant that served buffet for 9 euros! No need to think, just whack! Oh but the food sucked.
That night we headed to a local 'coffee-shop' near our hostel and tried Amsterdam's Space Cake. Space Cake is just this little gardenia muffin thingy with 0.2g of hash peppered around it. Yes, taking drugs is legal in Amsterdam. So we ate our space cake while the rest of the people in the coffee-shop smoked Weed. Smelly like hell. Anyway I think the Space Cake was a rip-off. No effect one leh (luckily). The only thing I felt was similar to drinking 1 pint of beer. Ok la for the experience la.
And guess how we spent the rest of the night? Walk around RLD again! Haha.. Sunday night got less people.. but still a lot. And more curtains were open so we just got to see different exhibits lor. Haha.
Went back.. sleep.. wake up.. rush to airport.. we boarded the plane like 5 mins before take off! Heng ah! And so that was bye bye Amsterdam!
After describing so much.. here's a treat: (photos)
Oh well... gotta sleep already. It's officialy the last day of school and I have to go for my last lesson in Leeds. How fast time flies... only 45 more days. Booked my train tickets back to London to catch my flight on the 22nd already. *haaaiiiii*
Ok la.. hope that I update soon haha. Next weeks' more travelling.. London.. Prague.. Switzerland, Italy, France.. =)
