Artistic-fied
The poster read...Indoor Skiing...and the rest is in Dutch. Forgive me if I cannot read further, because other than the place (Bottrop, Germany), price (€38.50) and the date (27 Nov) for the event, I had absolutely no clue whatsoever about the event. Except, of course, that it's an indoor skiing event organised by one of the students' club in TU/e.
And I gamely signed up. Din know what to expect, just felt that the indoor area would prolly be more suitable for me since I did not know how to ski!
And I pulled Joanna along. Luckily for her, there room for one more on the bus and she could get into the event. And that meant that I'm not the only non-European dude there. Haha!
The bad thing was that the bus was late by an hour, and there was a huge crowd there! When my bus arrived, there were about 9 other coaches parked in the huge carpark, and it took me some time to get into the ski center. And for that, I was late for my lesson and I was not allowed to take it. Sheesh.
Anyway...we had fun! Well, learning skiing yourself sure is tough. Getting to 'walk' up the slope was tough, braking was worse! Especially when I came down the slopes at high speeds...
And I fell down not once, not twice, but three times! Dang. And the third time hurt the most cos I fell down, and I was like..."OOWWWWWW...." My left butt hurt, and after the entire skiing thing was over, I realised that it was a fresh wound with skin which seemed to be scraped off, and an orh-cheh below it.
Dang...
Nursing the orh-ba-ka
After 2.5 months of sending of emails to various companies on my own, crazy waiting for the results of the IA in NUS, and realising that I was rejected by NSL Chemicals and not considered by Bayer and Evonik...it was a relief to hear that I finally got a job.
Or rather, an internship.
Though I might have preferred it to be overseas...but well, a chance is a chance...
Phew. At least the next 6 months of my life is fixed. Which, you can see it as good or bad, depending on your view on internships. Even a schedule for the internship is out, and I believe that the past 6 months of solid enjoyment will be used to overcome the upcoming 6 months of internship hell.
Nonetheless, I am quite lucky to have gotten this opportunity and would really love to learn more, after all, that's prolly what an internship would allow you to do. The company seems to be pretty big, and well, apart from it not being the size of ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell, I hope that somehow, somewhat, I will be getting something out of this opportunity AND a future job there. Who knows?
So...the next 6 months are already planned...or rather, I foresee a very busy 2008. Gee...
December's here. A white Xmas beckons!!! (:
Current Music: 沈建宏 - 恋爱藏宝图
On Timeline: 21-24 Sep 2007
This is SOOOO long over due. In an attempt to clear up the stuff which I did not cover in the past 3 months, I shall now blog some more on my France trip in Sep, but I guess no amount of blogging can describe the views and scenery which I encountered on the trip. Gosh...it's just super big la!
First off...the first day I travelled on foot throughout central Paris with my backpack (cos I cant find a locker till later on, when I considered the free entry into the Louvre Museum as MORE MORE MORE important than anything else...). Yup total distance travelled amounted to about 20km (sounds crazy huh? I din't know I travelled so much!). Basically the blue line is the first part of the day, from 7am (at Trocadero after viewing the magnificent sunrise at the Eiffel Tower) till 4pm (ending at Musee d' Orsay with a train ride to Gare d'Austerlitz). The red line was a quick walk from Gare d'Austerlitz to Louvre and back, on a lighter pack.
Bodies of dragon boat accident victims to be brought home Monday
SINGAPORE: The bodies of the five Singaporean rowers who died in a dragon boat accident in Cambodia will be brought home by a military plane on Monday evening.
The dead are 20-year old Chee Wei Cheng, 24-year old Jeremy Goh Tze Xiong, 31-year old Stephen Loh Soon Ann, 23-year old Reuben Kee En Rui and 27-year old Poh Boon San.
Their bodies were found on Sunday morning, two days after their dragon boat capsized in the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh during the annual Cambodia—ASEAN Traditional Boat Race.
Singapore Ambassador to Cambodia Tan Yee Woan said some family members of the five victims will also be on the plane.
As for the rest of the family members, they will be back on a SilkAir flight on Monday night.
The 17 members of the dragon boat team who were rescued in the accident would fly back on a commercial flight in the afternoon, together with the president of the Dragon Boat Association, Kwek Siew Jin.
At about 7.45am, en route to the airport, they stopped at the accident site to offer prayers. Some family members of the five victims were also there to perform rites. — CNA/ir
This blog entry transpired out of a very simple conversation I had with Chee Hau, as I was asking him which university he was in in Hungary, since I read from Weihuang's blog that he's going to the same country also. So, I though since they're prolly the same university in question, I should check out with CH and see which university he is in.
It's really interesting how time flies past here. Whilst our NUS friends are busy mugging for their exams now (same for the NTU and SMU peeps), we're here...trying to sort out the last 2 months of our exchange with regards to...
In thought
First time I'm having a bike trip in the Netherlands, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Despite having my hands freeze off and my toes going cold, as well as cycling in the forest in the dark with limited light, it was a great experience. Thanks to Ondra and his Czech friends!
Cycled from Eindhoven to Valkenswaard, and then crossed the Netherlands border into Belgium to visit the monastery and have some beer and pastries! Shiok ah!
Cold...
On Timeline: 17 Nov 2007
Madrid's one of the coolest cities I've been to...and it has an air of oldness it in...the culture, the architecture (well the architecture here is nothing compared to Barcelona's!!!)...just feels different from the cities of Berlin or Paris or Copenhagen or Zurich!
And the first thing which greeted me, in the Spanish capital, were the narrow car lanes, the short apartment buildings (5 stories high) and the lovely facades for the front of the buildings!
It would definitely be good if I had more time spent in the city, explore the different places of interests as stated in Frommers, and see life pass by you whilst sipping coffee/tea at one of the outdoor terrazas there!
And travelling within Madrid is very very easy. The Metro system is fast and efficient, and brings you within walking distances to most of the attractions all around Madrid city, and even the suburbs. On top of that, it's value for money! U can get a 10-trip card for €6.90! Even a single trip card is €1, which is quite cheap for a huge city, as the trip card is valid for all travel within the entire zone (which means u can go from north to south for €1!)
Anyway, after an early morning flight out of Eindhoven to Barajas Airport, Madrid, I took the metro to the city (30mins!) and managed to make my way to Ole International Hostel after making a wrong turn (was directionless for a moment). After settling down in the hostel and getting my tickets for the match, I made my way around the neighbourhood and into Puerta del Sol!
Happy!