It's the Lunar New Year again! Time for lots of good food, festivities, relative visiting, fun and games with cousins and aunties, and ANG BAO! Haha....
Yes... it is that time of the year again... But sadly, this time round, I have NONE of that atmosphere... Cos I am in Switzerland - where there is ZERO atmosphere for CNY, not to mention that Chinese is quite uncommon here, so there isn't a Chinatown whatsoever where the New Year is celebrated!!!
But it has still been alright (other than missing home terribly and being extremely envious hearing the ra-ra and lively atmosphere in the background when I called home), I had a reunion dinner with 2 friends at a Chinese restaurant here in Switzerland! The boss was really nice, giving us a pot of tea for free, brought some CNY snacks over to our table and offered us some, and when we were leaving, the wife of the boss (aka 'lao ban niang') came over with a tray, and on it, laid several new year decorations (like the chinese knots and stuff)! She urged us to bring one home, and after my friends promptly took one each (I was kind of slow aye..=p), the ones that I wanted were all gone! Seeing my disappointment, she actually offered to get me the one that I liked! Haha.. felt really paiseh but happy at the same time...
So as you can see, I did have a good CNY eve, albeit subdued and quiet as compared to the usual festivities and cheer, and CNY was spent at home cooking good food for myself (Bak Kut Teh!) and just kind of resting (and studying too cos exams are next week!) and calling family...
May the new year of the Doggie bring in good tidings and better luck and fortune than the last to everyone! =)
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!
Monday, January 30, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
No photos as yet...
Looks like I won't be able to post my photos of my previous trips (Paris, Rome, Venice, Skiing in Mürren, London and Vienna) til quite some time later... Having lost my camera, all photos are with my friend YS, and given the insane amount of photos they all add up to, we definitely would need Stevie's external hard disk to compile the photos... So all who are visiting this site, wait and watch out for my photos! To be uploaded soon... I hope...
Exams are coming...Time to study harder! I need motivation! =(
Exams are coming...Time to study harder! I need motivation! =(
Sick...
It seriously feels awful to be sick...Down with the flu, my nose is thoroughly overworked from all the blowing and rubbing that I had to do to get rid of the disgusting mucus in it so that I could breathe...And the cold air makes it even more unbearable and difficult to take in air... My throat is sore from time to time and clearing it every few minutes is the norm now (you can imagine how disruptive to the classes I am at the moment! =p), and coughing every now and then is everyday regime too...
I wana get well soon! Chinese New Year is just this weekend and I want to have good food! And be able to enjoy them of course (and not fall even more ill after all that heaty stuff.. Haha..), even when I am in a place that has absolutely ZERO atmosphere for CNY!
Had braised duck flavored porridge for dinner yesterday (thanks to darling's parcel of love that included instant porridge mix), and it just felt soooo good to have something warm, soft and ASIAN when I am unwell! Haha.. it is just amazing how everyday things back home could be like paradise when away from Singapore...I shall dig into and wolf down as much Singaporean/ Asian food as I can in the first week I am back! Less than a month before I leave...I look forward to that day, yet I am reluctant to leave this place behind...I still wana go travelling!
Believe there will be more chances to travel in the future, and next time, hopefully, it would be with close friends, my darling, or with family...it'd definitely be a totally different experience... =)
I wana get well soon! Chinese New Year is just this weekend and I want to have good food! And be able to enjoy them of course (and not fall even more ill after all that heaty stuff.. Haha..), even when I am in a place that has absolutely ZERO atmosphere for CNY!
Had braised duck flavored porridge for dinner yesterday (thanks to darling's parcel of love that included instant porridge mix), and it just felt soooo good to have something warm, soft and ASIAN when I am unwell! Haha.. it is just amazing how everyday things back home could be like paradise when away from Singapore...I shall dig into and wolf down as much Singaporean/ Asian food as I can in the first week I am back! Less than a month before I leave...I look forward to that day, yet I am reluctant to leave this place behind...I still wana go travelling!
Believe there will be more chances to travel in the future, and next time, hopefully, it would be with close friends, my darling, or with family...it'd definitely be a totally different experience... =)
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
A No Camera's Life
Looks like not having a camera around is really not the same... I miss the feeling of pushing down the button and closing the shutters in the camera, capturing the moment that I wana capture...
But then again... it does feel good to just go around places without having to spend a lot of time behind the camera snapping away; there is now more time to enjoy life and smell the roses...
But then again... it does feel good to just go around places without having to spend a lot of time behind the camera snapping away; there is now more time to enjoy life and smell the roses...
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Writing this from Italy...
Can't believe what has happened over a span of less than 2 days...Being the usual careful me, I simply do not understand why I was so overwhelmed with stupidity on the start of the new year... In essence, my camera was stolen. And this comes less than 24hours after losing almost 500 euros which was gone with my money pouch/ wallet.
To start, I left my camera in my coat pocket while I boarded a train to leave the Piazza Spagna (where they had the mad countdown for the new year) to go back to my hostel. The train got more and more crowded over the stops, and I actually felt for my camera once to ensure it was there before grabbing on to a bar to prevent myself from falling down from the jostling of the crowd. And I was feeling happy. Happy to be in a totally different environment, experiencing something totally different for the first time on a New Year. Alas, that happiness was not meant to last. Just within minutes (my train stop wasn't too far away), this happiness was entirely and completely stripped off of me when I got off the train, reached into my coat pocket for my camera and found it MISSING.
Frantically I ran back into the train, hoping against hope that it had dropped somewhere in the train. The train soon took off again, and alone I was in the train, trying hard to fight back tears while my brain told me to stay calm. Nope, it wasn't anywhere on the train. Got off at the next station and rode the train in the opposite direction back to my stop. My 2 friends who were travelling together with me saw me and when told that I did not find it, I simply walked away to get back, as I did not want them to see me crying. Tears just rolled down uncontrollably, and as hard as I tried, I could not stop the flood gates from opening widely and letting through the enormous waves of tears.
Imagine at the same time, I was trying hard to reach darling, someone I badly needed to confide in and to hear from at that point in time. BUT, the connection simply refused to go through. *No signal* Try again, again, and again. *No signal* I cursed and swore, and simply wanted to push through the crowd and shout at everyone in my way. It did not help that it was raining too, which made my face feel a lot cooler, but my mood a whole lot gloomier.
Just wanted to let out a snapshot of this little phase of my trip in Rome, and having lost both my money and my camera (which is my most precious and treasured possession materially) in a matter of less than 2 days, it was enought to make me lose much of my sanity. *sigh* What a way to start 2006. May it be better, and has reached rock bottom. Then the only way it can go is up.
Thanks darling for being there for me when I finally could reach u...And really sorry I made u feel so worried and had u listening to me crying out loud and saying things that weren't exactly meant to be. Love u lots and love u always...
To start, I left my camera in my coat pocket while I boarded a train to leave the Piazza Spagna (where they had the mad countdown for the new year) to go back to my hostel. The train got more and more crowded over the stops, and I actually felt for my camera once to ensure it was there before grabbing on to a bar to prevent myself from falling down from the jostling of the crowd. And I was feeling happy. Happy to be in a totally different environment, experiencing something totally different for the first time on a New Year. Alas, that happiness was not meant to last. Just within minutes (my train stop wasn't too far away), this happiness was entirely and completely stripped off of me when I got off the train, reached into my coat pocket for my camera and found it MISSING.
Frantically I ran back into the train, hoping against hope that it had dropped somewhere in the train. The train soon took off again, and alone I was in the train, trying hard to fight back tears while my brain told me to stay calm. Nope, it wasn't anywhere on the train. Got off at the next station and rode the train in the opposite direction back to my stop. My 2 friends who were travelling together with me saw me and when told that I did not find it, I simply walked away to get back, as I did not want them to see me crying. Tears just rolled down uncontrollably, and as hard as I tried, I could not stop the flood gates from opening widely and letting through the enormous waves of tears.
Imagine at the same time, I was trying hard to reach darling, someone I badly needed to confide in and to hear from at that point in time. BUT, the connection simply refused to go through. *No signal* Try again, again, and again. *No signal* I cursed and swore, and simply wanted to push through the crowd and shout at everyone in my way. It did not help that it was raining too, which made my face feel a lot cooler, but my mood a whole lot gloomier.
Just wanted to let out a snapshot of this little phase of my trip in Rome, and having lost both my money and my camera (which is my most precious and treasured possession materially) in a matter of less than 2 days, it was enought to make me lose much of my sanity. *sigh* What a way to start 2006. May it be better, and has reached rock bottom. Then the only way it can go is up.
Thanks darling for being there for me when I finally could reach u...And really sorry I made u feel so worried and had u listening to me crying out loud and saying things that weren't exactly meant to be. Love u lots and love u always...
Olympus Obituary
I miss you my dear Olympus. Not only have you served me well, you have been a good friend and dear companion. We've seen so much of the world together, moments captured through your eyes. I can't believe you've left me forever, sorry I wasn't a careful enough friend. This loss still pains me, but you do not have to fret. Cos you'd be remembered forever; in my heart, you're my everlasting friend.
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