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6月29日 Massive Updates!My blog seems neglected for the whole of june. Sadly. Becos it is cmg to the end of June! So here goes a nice summary of June.
1st June to 11 June - Munster and Netherlands
I was really lucky to be able to spend a week with Yvonne's host family from her german immersion program 2 yrs ago. We went to IJsselmeer with the family in a Caravan. It was a really great experience and i really like the outdoory feeling. We have meals outside our caravan, together with other frens and it was a cosy feeling. The style was simple but the food was always marvellous. And dinner always goes great wif esspresso in a really cute and small cup or with a little Ouzo, a strong greek Liqueur that makes the throat tingly and nice.
The weather was really cold and i must always wear jeans and thick layers of jacket. Though the sun was really bright, the wind takes away all the heat and it was really impossible for beach activities. At least for mi. But the others went surfing as well, though the wind was not really gd. And surfing is like a sport for all ages. The young and old. Everybody surfs.
Back to Muenster was fun too. It was the strawberry season and Chun Wei being a huge strawberry fan, had all of us influenced. We bought alot of fresh and perfectly shaped ones at the market place. I think i have never eaten so many strawberries for consecutive days. We went to the strawberry farm to to pluck strawberries and secretly eat before weighing.Hee. We also ate white asparagus which taste super yummy with hollandaise sauce. It is said that today, 28th July is the last day of the asparagus season. I m so going to miss such fresh asparagus.
12 Juni to 18 Juni - Back to Student life
When i first came back to Esslingen after being away for only 10 days, i have problems adjusting back. Things seems foreign but after a while everything seemed on track.
Football match viewing in Stuttgart
Nope i didnt go to the stadium but was at the Schlossplatz in Stuttgart where there is an open arena with a few big Screen. There were so many people that we had to squeeze our way through the taller people to the front. I think some people were rather unhappy cos we obstructed them or so but we didnt really care. oops. It was the Germany and Poland match and the goal was like at the 92 min or smthg. It was so much anticipated that the people jumped around like mad and i got drowned in the crowd. haha.someone jus landed on my foot with full force from jumping! But the atmosphere was so happie and crazy that nothing matter anymore. And after that i believe the streets in the whole of germany is in constant traffic jam and the people took the celebration to the streets. People sit around at the boot of the car it was a sea of red, black and yellow. The people sounded their horns for almost like 3 hours non stop till 1am i think. Many students from the hostels went downstairs and joined in the fun. They started shaking the cars and even the Buses too! And i think the bus driver was quite pissed. Haha. Cannot go home early from work because of jam and have to tahan a group of mad students making his bus shaky. An old car cannot take the traffic jam and the engine started giving out smoke.
Friday 16 June - Excursion in Bodensee, Lake Constance
Lake Constance is Europe's 2nd largest lake and is bordered by Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We went to the Zeppelin Museum and i think i m really quite lucky cos the Museums that we visited jus gets better. I think i like science Museum better than those artsy kind. We were taken back to the Era of airship travel and there was an actual piece of the Airship being displayed. It was so huge that it served as a ceiling and it was only a tiny weeny part of the whole ship. We could also walk into the ship and it was pretty much like a cruise ship. It looks pretty modern despite being built in the 1940s.
Saturday 17 June, Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe is a really modern city, with street trams and all running thro the streets and it sort of reminded mi of Croatia. There were many asians too, probably because it is near the University too. We were in ZKM, a centre for Art and Media. It was pretty much like science centre but had a specific Theme - Light. We saw so much different kinds of light and lasers till we all went dizzy wizzy. But it was really fun playing with light in the dark room.
19 Jun till now.
The weather now is changing to summer, alternating between weeks of showers and thunderstorms and super hot afternoons. The sun wakes up earlier too around 5 plus 6. And the longest daylight day was 21st Jun.
It is the end of lectures and soon the end of the semester. I have 3 more exams to go. 4 is already over though and it seems like everything is going to pass in a whizz. i keep having mixed feelings, wanting to go back home smtimes and yet wanting to stay here longer.
Upcoming plans
Stuff i wanna do before i go back to Singapore
1. Visit the Benz Museum! To satisfy my fettish for vintage cars.
2. Walk around in Stuttgart. Take the U-bahn, S-bahn. Get lost. haha...
3. Get stuff to bring back home! WM souvenoirs, keeping my fingers crossed that the prices will drop after the whole WM is over. And loads of food. Cheese naturally.
Travel Travel
19 Jul to 21 Jul Barcelona, Spain.
Gotta eat the way Spains do. Having dinner at 10pm. I have heard about their fish, oh those fishy days are soon here to come.
22 Jul to 2 Aug London
Will be staying with Yvonne's uncle in London. I wonder how well our Singapore English will be understood there. Will be visiting another wonder of the world, the Stonehedge! hee..
3 Aug to 6 Aug Esslingen
What next? Tidy up the room lo. And prob squeeze in everything and hopefully everything goes below 30kg!
7 Aug
The more i start writing about going home the more excited i get about going home. oh no oh no oh no.
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