yes yes yes! It's the big Singapore Day! It started off with a gloomy sky; roads were wet and it was drizzling. Luckily, by the time i was out, everything stopped and it became really sunny soon after! yeah, singapore day 09 was held in london at zone 4 at hampton court palace. We were all greeted with this super huge ERP gantry which beeps and has a digital sign that welcomed us! went with yl and kelvin and we CHIONG for the food once we stepped into the area. we had chwee kueh, carrot cake, hokkien mee, char keow teow, katong laksa, indian rojak, nasi lemak, youtiao butterfly, old chang kee curry puff and grilled seafood. gosh! the food was really heavenly, really authentic and it beats any of the singapore restaurants here! i bet they must have flown all the true ingredients over.


hampton court garden is really quite nice!


food! gosh! can't resist them! 1 day of sinful food!


the cute hawkers cooking in front of us! thanks!


camwhore!

And yeah, we had great performances from the cute dim sum dollies. hopefully, i'll be able to catch their musicals back in sg. took a group photo with them which i think i wun get such a chance in singapore! yeah and i saw a couple of frens over there and camwhored. and i pounced on bing qiang when he was busy camou-ing some1's face, haha gave him a big shock! he was a volunteer at the NS booth. guess i'm too heavy! yeah and he also gave me 2 stripes of camou cream! wee really like this housemate of mine. and i only camoued when yisheng also camoued! oh well, today was really a great day with great company and food! I couldn't ask for more.


took photos with dim sum dolly, old chang kee aunty and katong laksa aunty!


garang yisheng and i camoued on!

and yes, the committee is definitely successful. could imagine all the effort they've put in to make this a success. Thanks Singapore! and the message from today's event: nothing can be better than home.

yes! and yesterday was another rendezvous with yl, ant and kelvin. we went there early to study together be4 dinner at this thai restaurant called addies at earls court. went there once before and i so wanted to go back there again cos the food is just too superb! yeah and we ordered loads of meat for the side dishes and i ordered pad thai. really really nice. we had green curry, black pepper chicken and grilled sirloin. yums! and we crapped lots over there, lafed till i pengz and ant and i kept bullying yl! so fun! she'll be our mama in greece, take care of our luggage and what not. kelvin will just join us too! haha, yeah this greece group is really fantabulous!



and then there was an impromptu idea of staying over at their place. and so we played bridge, drank wine and beer. also watched chi bi 2 together with ant's super cool speaker! the sound effects are really amazing! and i still like the show though i think chi bi 1 was better with more exciting strategies. yeah then we had an intermission at 4am cos it was the time yang le usu go mad! hahah so we danced around and fooled around, cam whored before settling down to watch the last hour of chi bi 2. ahha! it was really tremendous fun yesterday night which let to my depression this morning when i woke up realising that i have to study and am back to reality! but well, i was energised! i just can't wait for greece!


going mad!

yuP~ seems like i've been meeting the same group of ppl every now and then! but i like it this way cos they're my dearest i feel. walked to school today from hall and i will nv do that again, my legs are aching now after the 40min march to sch! gosh! i couldn't believe that i actually walked for so long!

and yeah today was like what they usu say a htht session. yl first pulled me to the kitchen to interrogate me but i was quite candid about the things she asked about me since there's nothing to hide. and then we went for dinner at this italian restaurant at high st ken! really love the company cos there were no awkward silences though there were moments of silence. i guess that's the best frenship 1 can have. not feeling bored, or awkward when there were silences but can actually enjoy them! and be contented that ur dearest are beside u.

and then yl had to rush for her blood brothers musical which she claimed is really good while ant and i went to walk around then back to beit. and we chatted a lot along the way and also back in beit. i love this feeling when ur close ones trust u and able to share their secrets without any qualms. cos it makes u feel trustable and secondly, that close fren of u also treat u like a close fren. woosh~ alright, time to catch some slp. and yeah i cant wait for tues dinner at addies! gonna be a great dinner with these loved ones as well. and the food is so good there too!

alright, and yesterday was dinner with ant, racheru and yang le. it's a meet up after all of our trips and yeah we had dinner at this korean restaurant which we love a lot! we ordered bibimbap, pancake, pork, beef, and sliced beef on stone. really nice!




that's the san nin bracelet i made for them in madrid.

and we also camwhored of course! woosh~ was really fun yesterday night and sat there chatting about how yl turned into xena and how she will treat us in greece. i cant wait for our greece and prague trip! will be going on the 20th june and have already booked out air tix! woots! this trip gonna be super duper fun. with that ant san, yl and kelvin!

yeah and i'm finally back from the 10 days spain and portugal trip! it was a trip with harrowing experiences and relaxing moments. lets start on spain first. it's a country with loads of sight-seeing to do. from madrid to valencia and finally to barcelona. we had the chance to watch a bull fighting competition in madrid and also the first attas paella meal which is really satisfying! bull fighting is too cruel i feel cos they stab the bull like nobody's business and u could see the bull panting heavily and blood spurting from the back. i couldn't bring myself to take those photos.


paella!


the bullfight!

and when we were in valencia, we visited this arts and science place and visited the world's largest aquarium. and it's feels very electrifying to look at the aquatic ecosystem cos there are just so so many species and definitely these are not the only ones present on earth. makes 1 feel the wonders of mother nature. seriously cool!


saw xunyu, ivy, racheru, junkai and weiliang.


the underwater world.



then as we moved on to barcelona, gives us this feeling that the ppl there are more complex. cos we have so many pickpockets in crowded trains clad in business suits and carry laptops. wee hon was targetted twice but luckily he saw them eyeing his wallet and he din give them any chance. and we visitted the corn-like church structure there which is still under construction after like 100 years. and the best tour was down to montserrat where nature blew us off. cos the view up there is really magnificent and majestic. and so we moved on to portugal, and got mugged by this stupid robber. luckily no1 was injured and nothing was lost. he tried to snatch our wallets but to no avail. i manged to push him away, haha we're strong man~ but well that was a harrowing experience.


met ant and shermaine at barcelona.


and this is montserrat!

so on to portugal and yeah porto was the first city we went to. very old, very slow and very relaxing. it's quite small but the roads are uphill and downhill and some are really steep. we kept making fun of the old ppl there that they used shun po to move around. very fast! and kept taking shun po videos of the ah ma and ah pek to entertain ourselves. u can have a whole bus of ah ma and ah pek. yeah but the best part of porto was sitting by the huge river or sea, having lunch while basking in the sun! and our lunch there was super good! each had 1 bottle of wine, salad, main course which is huge, dessert pudding and coffee for just 15 euros. gosh! and apart from eating, we found a pull and bear outlet which is super duper cheap! half the price of everything compared to sg.


at porto!


lunching by the sea~

yeah, so finally we went to lisbon and it's another slow city though the capital. and we toured slowly and relaxingly. portugal isn't a really amazing country, BUT it's very different from many other cities cos pace of life is much slower and yeah u get to really relax. and eating in the sun by the river was the best part. the beach in lisbon was sunny, clean and pretty. the part i really enjoyed. and of course, the portuguese egg tarts which we bought from this super famous shop in lisbon.


beef on stone!


and the beautiful beach in lisbon!