' running a never ending road______

Thursday, November 30, 2006

so yup, im back. so on 17 nov, at 3. 45am, my family and i set off in uncle's taxi and headed for changi airport. waiting for ema to come, i walked around aimlessly. my jeans was so loose that it was practically dropping off. i lost weight since last year. yeah. it was a hipster. and it being loose was worse. one tug and it will fall off my hip. ema finally came. so we checked in and stuff. started chatting with wanteng jie jie.and soon, time to go in. we went in and not long, boared the plane. was on qatar. suprisingly, the food was quite nice!. first destination was doha for transit. the plane too about 7 hours. so at doha, we had like 3 hours of transit time before the next plane. so we decided to eat some stuff. as we were given change in doha money, we tried to spend it all up. so had coke and fries. by the time we were done, we went around shooting photos and soon, it was time to go in. after we checked in, there was a long long queue for this bus to pick us up to the plane. but unfortunately, we were told that our plane have been delayed for TWO hours. i was like. wth. so we went up again and ate. 2 hours passed slowly. finally, time to board the plane. happily went up. and it was another 7 hours ride. tired sure i was. we reached there and the tour guide picked us up. he was called christopher. but looked like a girl. haha. then was send to the hotel. reached zurich, switerzland first. rested at the hotel and slept. even though the time difference was 7 hours behind singapore, surprising i had no jet lag. was able to sleep. so next day, woke up and ate breakfast at the hotel. so zurich is switerzland largest city. first destinatino was to this rhine fall. its water fall. quite nice. took some pictures here and there and walked around. i think its shared by germany and switerland. dunno lah. then went to germany for lunch. saw this titisee lake. had this long sussage for lunch with fries. rice is a dish in europe. and almost every meal had fries. had this black currant cake which i only ate the black currant and the cake but separated all the cream. the whole place had clocks. kuku clocks. so kept having ku ku sound. hahaha. spent some time there and yeah. after that went over to lucerne. there were some moutains here and there. had dinner and well, walked around. but all the shops were closed. dunno why. then next day went up to the mountain. mount pilatus. there were snow around. me and kor climbed up every thing while our parents and ema didnt. then checked in to the hotel. oh yeah. sun sets at 4.30 ( switerzland time) everday. the hotel we had in interlaken was like a suite. damnn nice. only me, ma and ema had a suite. kor and dad didnt. wentt to this rolex shop which sold alot of things. had a few swiss watch, swatch that i wanted to get, but found it a waste of money. so, for dinner we searched around for fondue to eat. and after walking around, decided with the hotel's bar. so ate fondue there. had cheese and meat fondue. i like the meat one better. the cheese one went with bread while the meat was like dump the meat into host sizzling oil and cook it. after that was raining. so went back to the hotel. first few nights, i sleep at like 9.30 pm and wake up at like 5am. 4th day, it was free and easy. so we decided to go up to jungfraujoch. actually not all the way up. as a kid below 15 years old, i was given this pass to go any where i want. but well, the adults only bought tickets up to dunno where. setting off, we went by train. stopping at this k dunno what which is almost half of jungfraujoch. on top of jungfraujoch, its the highest moutain and the top of europe. but it cost about 300 sing just to go up there. enjoyed my time and played snow there. came back down at around 3 plus and went to this coop for shopping. coop is like singapore's ntuc. went shopping and bought some food to eat. we skipped lunch that day. so bought chocolates and this big big cake. then walked back to the hotel. it was like near 20 minutes walk. so after that we decided to stay in the hotel and eat maggi mee. lol. cup noodles lah. then cut the cake. cause the suite was so nice, its like a house. was like so impressed with it. sad, only stayed there for two nights. the next day, we drove up on the bus to berne and geneva. in geneva, there was this local tour guide. shes so fun lah. so joked around with her. and she keeps saying every thing is hers. joker. lol. hahahaha. had an enjoyable time with her. then went to eat dinner at this chinese restaurant. then went back to the hotel. walekd around and yeah. next day, breakfast was no longer the usual buffet. was. THREE PIECES OF BREAD!. off we went on the paris. a 6 hour bus ride. thankfullky, the bus we had was like had this U shaped chairs all around at the back with this coffee table in the centre. the other people in our tour took that for the first two days. and we took that for the last two days. then was in france finally. so we had this lunch stop. and we all wanted to take a leak. and the damn driver refused to stop. wth. after that, we went into this cave for lunch in france. the ambience was damn nice. the food was rather affordable. its like for 13. 50 euro, we get salmon as starter, a big big piece, then chicken pasta as main meal and fruits as deserts. and free flow of bread. its so nice. then went back up on the coach and went to paris. went there and had dinner. chinese meal again. was rather nice. checked in into this hotel which was rather okay. the most boring day. but, at the france border, it snowed!! so we all got down the bus and play in the snow. wee! so nice. snow on this guys' car, and we clean it up for him. the other kids in the tour were like playing snow all together with us. the next day, we had this local guide which brought us to take some pictures of the effiel tower. the stupid weather was like prohibitng us to take pictures. stupid weather makes every thing so blurr. then we went on up to the effiel tower. took so pictures too. went to notre dome. did dunno what. took pictures i think. then went for lunch. and i keep smelling KFC!! but its this dunno what thing. its like this round round meat and roast it and cut it to eat. then we walked around after lunch to the highest part of paris. into this church. we climbed all the way up. and took pictures. there were like so many couples french kissing lah. =/. then continued walking. went into this pub like thing. and every one was smoking. tried goose liver. nice. haha.continued walking and in the end took this train back to the hotel. bought cakes and stuff for dinner. then ate dinner. next day was free and easy. went on the train and headed to the lourve musem. was impressed with the art there. mona lisa. the famous art piece. by leonardo da vinc. then spent like almost the whole day there. walked around and went shopping. went to this church. then bought some shirts. damn expensive also. but i like the shirt. one shirt says. one vodka, two vodka, three vodka, drop dead. and the words get blurer and blurer. another shirt had the paris word. nice shirts. bought creep to eat. thsi thing with chocolate inside. quite nice. went on the train after walking for ages. then went back to the hotel. near the hotel, bought the bread to eat. with the meat. mentioned above. then i called dad and kor over to eat. and i opened the door, saw chris there. so he gave us our air ticket and we started talking. he went to disney land. lol. wanted to go, but didnt. then ate dinner and rested for the day. early, we woke up and had breakfast. left for london in euro star. euro star was said to be excellent. but the suay us was travelling in it when just 15 minutes to london, it stopped. the excel was broken. i was like wow. first, the plane to switerzland delayed and second, this happened. how suay can we get? then was delayed by 1 hour. so after that, went there and this cheeeena guide guided us. so we were like trying to speak chinese while adding english. but in the end spoke in english. wwent touring around and took photos of things like the trafalgar square. it was like. there were people protesting. like SAVE THE BIRDS!! then another group was telling people that people who come to london from other country has skills too!. then grabbed a meal at mac again. whe nto buckingham palace and took photos. of course, went to big ben the clock tower. went to shop at the famous oxford street for like an hour. went into this big big toy shop called hamelys. didnt buy anything though. haha. so headed for chinese food again. then went back to the hotel. next day was free and easy. we were preparing to go out when. RINGGGGG. the fire alarm bell rang. so we had to run run run. wasted so much of our time. suay. first stop was to madame tussads. this was a wax musseum. in which we paid like 60 sing to get in. was very fun. every thing inside was like made up of wax. but it looked just so real. had great fun. was on this thing and it will move. like those cars lah. took with ema. suddenly it was like. oi oi oi, im going to take your picture. look here. so it took. picture turned out quite nice. so made it into a key chain. like 7 sin for one key chain. wow. went over to the british museum. wasnt really interested. so just walked around aimlessly. then went to the tower of london. oh yeah, saw the london bridge. very nice. took photos of night scene. in the tower bridge, we only had like 30 minutes. so went to see the crown jewel. very nice. skipped lunch that day too. then we took a tube to dunno where. wanted to watch musical. then it was sunday and there were no musicals on sundays. too bad. =/. then just walked around and ate fish and chips for dinner. went back to the hotel. last day, we went shopping early in the morning. went to this big big book store. and i bought like 3 books. one of the costs sin 3over bucks. damn expensive. mitch albom book. bought another book. shopaholic. still reading it. quite nice. and the last book is this book kor's reading now. went to the air port and got stuck at the counter. cause the guy doesnt know what to do. and he messed up the air tickets. wth. then went into custom and went shopping. bought more sweets. then time to fly. was watching movies on the plane. watched the lake house, john tucker must die and one the break up. so flew to doha. then from doha to singapore, it was totally sleeping. skipped like all the meals. and when we reached singapore, it was home sweet home. felt nice. pop, ema, ma bought beers while me and kor went to take the lugagges. then met wan sein and wan teng jie jie. took taxi back to dad's office. chat awhile and stuff. went for lunch at kallang. then ntuc for stuff. and home. i was. used computer and few welcome me back. haha. so thats all. 12 days. went to play basketball yesterday from 3. 20 till like 7 pm. lol. played alot of matches. scored quite alot. first was playing with xue liang and his friend. then suddenlt this st andrew guy i always used to meet at the court came with his friend. then we played match. a few matches then dickson, another guy in the court joined us. so match again. then xl and his friend left. nice matches. then i rested while talking to the st andrew guy. then we chatted. grayson came. then we sat down there and talked. tuck told me that he was gonna play with jon bball later. then after talking, this zhss guy chenyi came. then we played match. i made the first score. then we lost like siao. after that we all seperated. went to church to find tuck and jon to play. then played like a few matches and left. my lan di have been getting better. shooting and dribbling still suck. so watched tuck fly his heli and went home after that. then had dinner and yeah. so the st andrew guy added me on msn and chatted till like 1. 30 am in the morning. and exchange hp numbers then went to sleep after chionging a few maths sums. woke up at like 10. 30 today. lol. so late. thats all. im lunchless. lol. God bless all XD.

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