Forbidden City

The long-awaited Sat to watch Forbidden City - Portrait of An Empress is finally here!

Both me & SJ were late, were rushing all the way from citylink to esplanade...before the doors closed on us haha. I must really made an effort to cultivate bck my punctuality habit hehe...Fio, the usual punctual one waited patiently for us there...

Really enjoyed the musical~nice simple dinnner wif fam @ hk st. novena wrapped up my treasured sat.

HappY Children's Day!!

random

Okie let me see, exactly 3 wks since i returned...feels like mths to me thou...
Started wrk 2 wks ago, lst wk orientation & now gng into 3rd wk im still @ the exploring stages. The 2 consecutive days mass recruitment & dinner @ htl were the highlights of wrk last week.
Was @ minds cafe last sat, not really impressed with the place both in terms of svc or ambience but really glad to meet up wif the gers...the loitering ard carrefour later on & chatting over kopi @ tcc was great too! We recalled the ndp cheerleading days, the college life, blah blah...all just seem yesterday...
Went cycling @ ecp yest, enjoyed myself with the cooling weather & sea breeze...hvn go ecp for v v long...glad tt fio is getting good @ cycling now yippee=)

national day

think i might be suffering from jet lag which i think i shldnt be...but i actually woke up at 12pm this morn! terrible, poor time management these daes too....suppose to meet CM to pass him Jo's stuff but was 20mins late...& realised I forgot to bring a paper bag so he can put the espirit bag inside & dun have to carry the espirit ard...and I oso forgot to bring the bdae card that I got for fio yesterday =(

Was with fio & SJ @ Giraffe in Istana Park on nat. day for dinner.....food & ambience was nice. We got fio a white handbag for her belated bdae present....thanks to SJ who went to source for the bag while im still away. We ended up spending hours chatting about stuff over dinner....Sj knew more good places from her work...haha so we decided to check out those at clarke quay nxt time...hopefully I got a job by then & can afford to splurge more haha=)

& finally I hve graduated!!! results for GM mod are out too...scored the same as Ads & Child...cheers for graduation...but jobless status still pending~

Last night

It's fri night now, my last night in cph. Jo had left earlier in the aftrn for london. Went to Fisketorvet Shopping Centre in the aftrn....it is cph first major shopping mall, located beside the harbour on the outskirts of city centre as described by the copenhagenthisweek guidebk...the stn is Dybolsbro...five stops away from Flintholm. Actually was deciding between Field's & Frisketorvet, wanted to go Field's cos there is a hypermarket there & as usual I am a big fan of supermkt haha. But realised Field's which is in Orestad is in Zone 4....my 10klip card only allows Zone 1&2...and I am only left with 1klip cos tmr train to airport requires another 2klips. So that's it, I am left with limited choice but to go Fisketorvet.

The shopping centre lks quite new....shops there are pretty similar to Fredericksberg centre near sch...with H&M and Fotex. But it is much bigger with more shops....I manage to get a water pitcher for mum which is on sale...spent quite some time deciding whether to get it arnot...but when I saw that it's made in denmark...decided to juz get it since it's my last day le. Haha around 15mins more before an hour...so I decided to head off so that I dont need to klip the zone card one more time....& yeah I manage to made it back to Flintholm stn without klipping again!!!

Almost done with the packing...btw results for advertising & children is out cos it's 100% proj....haha thanks to emma who told me that kathrine had managed to chk the results oreadi during the malmo trip....if not tink i wldnt noe the results are out so fast...anw got a 10 out of the 13 scale & im pretty satisfied with it...haha thanks to jo's bf for helping out with our ads' drawings...hopefully the GM results wldnt be too bad....

Just knew from kelvin that tonite's farewell party organised by ISUP is @ luux...haha i dunno how to go to that place & it is 9plus le..shall stay @ hostel & use the facial mask that Ji Hae gave the other dae....peaceful night & 12 more hrs to flight bck to spore!

malmo, sweden~

Me, emma (a vietnamese ger studying in nus biz) & loretta (a HK ger studying in vancouver) head off to malmo (30mins by train & an hr by bus from cph)...can treat it as a post-exam trip for us hehe=P We met @ kobenhavn H stn facing tivoli as usual on thurs morn....decided to take the swebus there as it is a much cheaper alternative (74dkk = 20sin) compared to the train & we can afford the longer journey....

On the bus, understand much more abt vietnam & how emma ends up studying in nus biz...has alwaz wanted to visit vietnam...emma said that 4 days are enough for saigon...& she is planning to travel ard vietnam when she graduates @ yr end & I can join in....how I wish to join manz...we shall see =P

Rmb the highway that I saw on the plane to cph....I know the name now! It's Oresund Bridge , bridge connecting denmark & sweden...@ malmo, we gotten the malmo card for a day...& it allowed us to hop on the sightseeing bus that lasted an hr & a half and gain free admission to malmo castle, museums. The tour guide was a friendly lady who can speaks 3 languages...her job wasnt easy cos she has to explain the sights that the bus passed by in all the diff languages @ one go.....

The day ended well with the three of us catching the 8.15pm bus bck to cph....we were so amazed that the whole bus only had us and another lady....it's like our own chartered bus haha...this time round when we passed the Oresund Bridge...we caught the sunset!! It was such a nice scene with the sun setting by the sea....& sitting in a nice, quiet bus embracing the whole scenery was just marvellous=)

Haha so the bus brought us bck to cph city.....& this time round when tivoli seems more beautiful..realised I didnt really see the night tivoli sight before....haha so emma helped me took a pic with it...blissful & home sweet home~

Berlin~~

Went berlin from 21Jul to 23Jul under the sch social program.....we met @ Solbjerg Plads courtyard...our double-deck bus departs for the Gedser ferry, the scandlines...was my first time seeing how the bus I am seated in entered a ferry to be transported across the ocean...eye-opening for me!!!

The DITO bus

to be updated hehe*

Berlin is a beautiful, historical city that really impress me lotsa....many redevelopments are on the way now....one day, I'll want to go back to visit again...

DDC

Before I forget, shall write some stuff about the visit to the danish design centre @ h.c andersens boulevard last wed with xinyi, simin & dhaniah all from nus biz....it was a short trip...ddc quite a small place to explore actually...haha but interesting nonetheless....was shopping along stroget with dhaniah first cos the other gers have some projs to do in sch....bought a small tote bag that is @ 70% sale from h&m=P
A few pics @ dcc....was pretty inspiring yeah=)

Last classes...final exams...school life coming to an end on 1st Aug

Final paper for GM is done @ Dalgas Hav. Thankfully this bldg is just within 10mins walking distance. It's a 4h paper! Both me & jo were quite worried of getting hungry & tried stuffing ourselves with lotsa food during bkfast hehe..turned out that we can eat inside the exam rm cos there are ppl who brought in their bkfast...exam ans were typed into the comp and 3 copies to be printed out @ the end & put into diff coloured envelopes to be submitted. That's it.
Classes for both global marketing + Advertising & Children ended last week....

Proj grp for ad & child: Kathrine from Austria, me, jo & Greg from UNC

With Prof Kara Chan from HK

Exams!

omg time flies...exams on mon...& I'm trying to recall what have I been taught for the past 6 weeks=P It is an open-book, computer-based exam, so all ans have to be typed into the comp.

last weekend went over with the school to Berlin, it was a great and fun trip although it is rush, rush, rush all the way haha....shall update a post on the trip again soon....

& next sat morn, gng to fly back to spore le! I have mixed feelings, wanted to go home to my own room, taste my mum's fabulous dishes...but will definitely miss the carefree life here that allows me the chance to travel around during the weekends...

Prague weekend

Weekend getaway to Prague...beautiful small city...first time flying budget sterling...quite impressed by the large no. of passengers paying to get sandwiches & drinks on board...hee dont fancy flight food so i prefer the budget airlines no frills policy @ least i can choose not to pay for the food....prague airport actually let me feel at home as it reminds me of Spore maybe cos of its cleanliness & organised layout...

fri to sun was well-spent..thanks to loretta's rick steves travel guide book...so glad that loretta from canada who is in my GM class happened to want to travel to prague over the weekend too....met sis & elaine..& the four of us explored around prague...first day: Old Town (Astronomical clock, St Nicholas church's concert, Tyn church), Havelske Trziste Market; 2nd day: Prague Castle, Charles Bridge; 3rd day: Jewish Quarters, Old-new Synagorge, not forgetting the great food & shopping there hehe=P

first lunch in prague @ czeh kitchen...authentic food for the locals...not bad & it cums with beer

wishing fountain @ old town sq...we wish we wish~

Nice cafe=P

ssl, elaine, loretta

evening @ charles bridgenice earrings sold along the bridge!

Foodie~

The goodie + junkie + sinful + tasty food i have here~

I lyk the corn here..it's fresh=P

turkey bagel frm bagels shop near sch...once & only indulgence haha

there's always the ration instant when all else fails..
& thanks to my nice neighbour Ji Hae...we had great curry & omelette rice here!=)

& that explains my escalating weight again ops hehe....

A weekend!!

special term results out on fri...only manage b+ for both mods...think exam papers i kinda screwed up=( but finally i noe tt i had passed them & it's dropping of a heavy stone indeed...it was a fruitful long weekend since fri...shall jot down to remind myself=)

Fri: Changing of guards @ Amalienborg, City Centre, Little Mermaid
Sat: Hamlet Castle @ Helsingor & Museum of Modern art @ Louisiana
Sun: Carlsberg Visitor Centre @ Valby, Church of Our Saviour, Canals & Christiania @ Christianhavn

Some pics!

Bakery @ city centre with golden crown!

Starry faces @ my Finsensvej neighbourhood bakery waiting to be baked the next day

real beauty..impressed=)

@ carlsberg...we can try a fun video & send to our own email: http://212.242.187.115/02072006131708.mpg

Street of Christianshavn

DSB Pass begins todae...can travel le!!!

My All-time favourite bkfast to start the day=)

My essential items each day....

Lesson begins...

1st class @ Porcelaenshaven...haha we went to the wrong rm...see hw empty it is....PH408 instead of 407...bleh still thot we r early hehe=P

Kathrine Kollegiet...home for the rest of the 6 weeks....

Stroll along Finsensvej

We decided to walk2 to orientate ourselves around our hostel Kathrine Kollegiet....

flowers pic for mum=)

Entertainment @ airport

first impression of copenhagen..quite family-oriented..with prams, babies with soft toys ard the airport...n this cute baby ger entertained me while im bored @ the airport...she's on the CPH airport pram....see they r pro-family...

Just reached cph airport. Net access need to pay so decided to type in MSword first to kill off the day here….or shld I say the night also. It is 10.30am now…need to wait till the next day 12pm before the hostel is open….

Saw windmills, the vv long high way (gotta check out the name) when the plane is touching down…there was a Swedish man sitting on my row of 3-seated….said he had stayed in Spore for 3 years…was a regional sales & marketing manager for the SEA region….cant rmb the coy name but mentioned something abt national oil & mfrg of plastic…was originally from the first class but was in economy cos the plane was full….quite friendly…tempted to ask abt job opportunities but didnt!!!

5.25am…still @ airport. The summer here has a long day & short night….daylight last from 4am to 11pm. Ate a frankfurter hotdog bun (long sausage put in middle of French loaf with French hotdog sauce) from 7-11 which costs 20dkk for dinner last night…quite okie but v. sinful & ex too…bleh =P Shall not eat these type of food too often if possible. Looking forward to going to the hostel later @ 12pm…..

kudos to bro for assisting in the new template refinements...=)

ssl, rmb to change ur pic to sing hehe...juz change the url on the image...=P

what a loong dae it has been....but it ended well..thks to fio & sj for the great treat @ galilee~

KIds, Children, Pri Schools...

1 more week to exams & im so unprepared!!!
was googling for info on kids mag for the cbs mod on adv & children...saw on a CNA forum posting:

40 Random Things I Remember From My Primary School Days (www.yearbook.com.sg)

1. Form teachers could teach english, maths, science, moral education, and PE as well. Basically, they could teach everything except Chinese.
2. Spelling, dictation, ting xie, and mo xie were all part & parcel of life. And so was mental sums.
3. Textbooks and workbooks were either Nespe or PEP.
4. Zero-point was the favourite recess activity for girls. And one-leg was the favourite recess activity for boys.
5. Time is not a constant - Recess is the shortest 30-minute period you'd ever find.
6. Every student could lay claim to being a "musician", cos we all learnt to play the recorder.
7. Debbie Gibson was the original Britney Spears.
8. Michael Jackson was the biggest thing in entertainment. Period.
9. Young Scientist Cards: To attain the badges, we had to earn a certain number of "stars" by completing certain tasks. Most people, including me, always went for the Young Zoologist or Young Botanist badge, cos they were the easiest. The ambitious ones would go for the Young Mathematician badge.
10. The Berlin Wall fell.
11. Gorbachev was a powerful guy. And he had that patch on his forehead.
12. Move over, Enid Blyton. Roald Dahl was the best writer in the world. Everyone was reading his books, e.g. BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach.
13. But I still loved Enid Blyton's The Magic Faraway Tree though. One of the best books I ever read in primary school.
14. Two words: Constable Acai.
15. Every now and then during class, we would be told that it was our turn to go down to the school dentist for a checkup.
16. The school bookshop (well, it was more like a bookstand as it was just a small counter) was a really cool shop which sold really cool stuff, e.g. fancy erasers, fancy pens, fancy paper, etc.
17. "The Shaker" was the coolest mechanical pencil ever made. If you had one, you were cool. 18. The Lakers had "Showtime", the Pistons were the "Bad Boys", Bird was "Larry Legend", and Jordan won his first NBA title. Oh, and Kareem had those goggles.
19. The Reebok Pump was a cool invention.
20. After exams, we would bring Uno cards to play in class during free periods.
21. WWF wrestling was actually believable. And Hulk Hogan still looks the same today as he did 15 years ago.
22. The telephone was our only source of communication after school. If we needed to ask our classmates something, we actually had to pick up the home phone to make the call.
23. All the girls were reading "The Teenage Textbook" (together with "The Teenage Workbook"). Guys like me had no clue what the book was all about. And up till today, I still have no clue.
24. The school football field was hardly ever used for football. And neither was the volleyball court ever used for volleyball.
25. And the basketball court never had nets attached to the hoops. Even if it did, the nets never lasted more than 1 week.
26. Michael Chang won the French Open at age 17. And he was Chinese. (Well, American-Chinese...but we didn't know any better at that time.)
27. We could order milk packets to be delivered to our classroom every day.
28. Every guy wanted a "centre-parting" hairstyle, thanks to Aaron Kwok.
29. P6 was an important year. We had our BCG jab, we collected our Identity Cards, and we had to take our first major exam (PSLE).
30. We used to read Young Generation (YG) magazine. The only things I remember from the magazine are the names "Goofus & Gallant".
31. Michael J. Fox was a really cool actor. "Back to the Future" was the greatest trilogy I watched.
32. Teacher's Day was the day which we all did our best to show our love for our teachers, e.g. by making cards, gifts, etc. And it was also the day that our teachers tried their best not to scold any of us.
33. Iraq invaded Kuwait. Suddenly the whole world knew who Saddam Hussein was.
34. Ben Johnson was disqualified in the '88 Seoul Olympics after testing positive for steroids.
35. David Copperfield was the greatest magician who ever lived. Making the Statue of Liberty disappear was the coolest magic trick ever performed. And so was the trick with the two rubberbands.
36. The most popular colour pencils to use were the Colleen brand ones (y'know, the ones with two colours per pencil - one colour on each end, and usually came in boxes of 24 or 48 colours?). And the beige colour end was always the most heavily used, because that was the colour we needed to colour humans.
37. Autograph books were cool. Before leaving school in P6, you passed your autograph book all around class so that everyone could write some mushy stuff in it for keepsake.
38. Vanilla Ice's big hit was Ice Ice Baby. M.C. Hammer had U Can't Touch This, and C & C Music Factory had Everybody Dance Now.
39. The word "crush" only had one meaning back then, i.e. to break an object into smaller pieces. Apparently, some girls were aware of another meaning to the word.
40. The English Premier League wasn't as popular as it is today.
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Most items snd so familiar & sweet haha.....
Purpose of my googling is to look for kids mag...anyone has a copy of Young Generation?