Venice. 17th May to 19th/20th May.

to go or not to go?

I suddenly miss St Nicks A LOT!!!

Anyone knows how choir did for SYF?

I finally did it!

I booked tickets to watch the 3rd round of the Qatar Total Open - held in Berlin, Germany on 10th May...

Today's my one-month anniversary in der Schweiz. Hahaha.. from the emo, slightly homesick feeling I had in the first week, to the 'I dun wanna leave Europe' feeling now.

In the past one month,
I have experienced snow, and now, Spring where all the pretty flowers bloom.
I am used to taking walks to school/town and basically, getting around.
I think that taking one hour train rides is pretty normal. And they do seem rather short.
I took my first ever night train alone.
I drank quite a bit in the one month i was here... (more than what I would drink in a month in Singapore anyway) - a beer here, a (beer+sprite) there, red wine, white wine. Falling in love with white wine though. So far, the ones I had were pretty good...
I got from getting shocked at the prices of stuff here.. for it to turn to acceptance - or cheaper shopping across the border.
I am now cooking more meals on my own.

Being independent, making decisions like where to go for the weekend, whether I should go on certain trips, should I buy some stuff, or even what to cook.

Taking care of myself, making sure I don't end up in shit, making sure I don't fall sick.

It's tiring.. but also exactly like how I envisioned it.. meeting different people with different experiences. Knowing that how like almost half of the people I met, especially Europeans are pursuing a Masters.

Now, 3 more months seem so short...

Hahaha.. this i have to blog..

Manchester United beat AS Roma 7-1!!!! in the 2nd leg of the Champion's League quarterfinal match!!!

Woohoo!!! and I watched it! It kicked off at 8.45 here... Hahahah... the benefits of living in the same/similar timezone!!!

I couldn't believe my eyes as the goals just kept coming one after another... hahaha....

Heh... Thanks to Siyi, I'm watching SG Wannabe mvs on youtube...

Actually, I just watched 2 stories which is made up of 2 mvs each.

What I can gather:
1. they like elaborate mvs.
2. their mvs usually involve gangsters or the Korean mob
3. there is a love story involved
4. the endings are usually like 'WHY!!!!!!'
5. i like what I've seen so far. :)

Can't seem the embed the videos from youtube... but here are links to the videos for Only the Wind and New Shoes by SG Wannabe and Kim Jong Kook.

Part 1: Only the Wind - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz8sRUI4qsE

and Part 2: New shoes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-ZOFZrZA0k

New shoes

Trying to post in multiple blogs is super-multi tasking... but there are so many things I want to tell the world at the same time - to different audience, about different things.

The survey which I was (kinda) slogging my ass off is out. I know it's long!!! But it's not my choice. Thank you to a dear friend, who is proud of my efforts and is excited for me, for my work. I really really appreciate it. It is something massive - for a project that hopes to involve all students in the school. and now, my 'baby' is finally out...

Anyway, picked up this from Char's blog... Me likes it! :)

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It's been two and a half weeks.

You know you are settled when:

You start calling the room you live in 'home'.
You can walk to town, navigate the streets and get to your destination quite easily.
You feel fine walking up a hill and now take 15 minutes instead of the 25 minutes previously.
You stop referring to a map!

Definitely more settled in. Spring is here which makes it all the more better. It's still chilly at night, but it's fine in the day. The sun is up till quite late - like 8 pm?

Heh... I don't even mind 40 mins to 1 hour of cooking every night! Then there's the planning of my 'menu' in advance. What to cook, what would spoil soon, when to cook veggies or what kind of veggies to cook.

Trying to clear my perishables as I'll be in Paris from Wed night to Mon... Then the whole grocery shoppign process begins again... :)

Heh... Spent a lazy sat afternoon at home, researching for my Paris trip, just settling my courses and now, I'm watching Tennis now... Some final live featuring Justine Henin and Serena Williams. hahaha... Life is good...

I feel domesticated again. Clothes washing downstairs, i cooked 'dunch' - Potato with mince meat and rice... Nowadays, I just cook like one dish - either a soup or sth with gravy and eat it with a staple.

Went to a party in Zurich yesterday. Happening hor? Alcohol is like almost free here lar... When you order like a mix, they put like one-third alcohol into the cup. It's damn strong lar... But I took a beer... hahaha.. dun wanna get wasted in Zurich. I still have to take a train back to St Gallen. Then the music was a bit weird. Like the DJ was supposed to be playing some hip-hop and R&B. It was some weird song lar. Nothing like R&B at all. Then there was some goth like band who played some weird songs too... Then caught the 1 am train back to St Gallen and reached backed at 3 plus and it was SUPER COLD!!! Stayed over at a friend's place cause I dun wanna walk back at night. Had tea and bathed. Slept at 5 and woke up at 10. Missed the trip to Bern though. Nvm.. I'll go another day...

Heh.. some updates.. going to Paris from 4th to 8th April.