it is weird to do several posts a day.. but if not, i am gg to start lagging.

Luggage was heavy and i was only limited to 30kg check in by thai airlines. so, my nice father said he will send me the stuff.. n on 27th, TA DARH! i got the package!!! speedpost by singpost is pretty good. an almost 10kg package costing almost S$150. and it arrived in 5-7 days!

the package, all wrapped up.

so funny.. after tearing the wrappers, i saw that the box was from kelloggs corn flakes.. stuff from home!!! and with the photos my dear brother printed out for me, my walls are no longer bare white!

and who says things in europe are expensive?? remember i mentioned i got a pullover at a flea market in st gallen for 2 frcs?? here it is! and it is a very nice colour!!!
and yesterday when i was walking alot the streets, i saw this pair of shoes. now it is mine!!!! cos my ballet flats are ripping thanks to the trekking at hohenzollern. hee hee... usual price of 39.95€. i got it at 10€. and it is very very comfy!!!!

Internationale Bodensee Hochschule Sommerkurs 2007

my summer school programme has officially ended three days ago on 29th august. it also means that i have been in germany for 1 month. Most of my friends are now either back home, or have gone to St gallen, zurich or leichtenstein for their exchange. it has been an amazing experience to meet people from all over the world. looking back, i am glad i took up this course. it is like, although not everyone mixes with everyone, we can still sit down together and chat in a party. the door is open and as long as one person recognises u, u are welcomed. the last week was party after party every single night. u don't need the booze. u just need the people.. it was very fun n it feels good to know that now, i have friends in Poland, Norway, Mexico, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Sweden, Denmark, etc... and the best thing is, everyone welcomes everyone to their home country! below are some pics of the whole group and the friends i am closer to..

taken at meersburg. we are a total of about 81 students. it was so difficult to take the pic due to limited space..
taken at voralsburg during our break. not everyone went cos some had visa problems.

And of course, i had classes during the programme. it is not all that slack ok?? my teacher, dorothee.

Classmates, Bruno (Brazil) and Chen Ye(China) it was the last day and most pple were gone. so our teacher came up with some skit thing... louis(Brazil) and ursula(Ukraine) in the foreground.
Pal (Norway) and Roberto (Brazil). my norwegian buddies: pal and jostein. Jostein stays super north in norway and apparently, the auroras to him is a normal sight. urgh...... he had a pic on his laptop of someone snowboarding in the air. i asked him if he took the picture. he said.. no. it was a picture of him. DANG. -_-'''

Aja, from Poland. there was another girl Isa too, but she left already.. Andrew, from england. it is very difficult to talk to him cos he is so tall!

Eduardo, from Mexico

he is a self-confessed spoilt brat. but i think coming to germany has done him some good. at least, he attempted using the washing machine and can speak a few german words. he came with No knowledge of german. and yes. he has NEVER washed his clothes before.. at the age of 21, he had problems figuring out how to operate the washing machine in the hostel cos he has never done it at home before. it was his first time taking public bus also. simply a small boy, altho he is older than me. he attempted to cook some instant soup that had such a lovely pic in front but didn't managed to do achieve the same standard. he insisted that the packet was a fake. it was funny.. yup yup... there are so many things to blog about but i only have time on weekends to blog cos i am so free!!! i still got a list of stuff to show all of u.. my bicycle, the disgusting slugs, the university, bla bla bla.. shall do it slowly, section by section.

yup yup!!! and so, this is IBH summer course. it was fun.. and if anyone is going to germany for exchange, do go for it too!!!

welcome to konstanz

i decided to stay in konstanz this weekend to wander around the city and take a look at what i have not been looking out for the past three weeks. decided to take some photos so that i can show what life in germany/ konstanz is like.

well here's first stop was the weekend market! wochenmarkt.

along the street with all the stalls lining it.

vege??

meat??

pasta?

flowers??and then in the city there was a fireman exhibition/show thing...

photos of the streets along konstanz. and some views from the lake where i sat for an hour or so to sun tan and read a book... the last pic is specially for my brothers.. look!!! sailing boats!!!

ya. so that is life in konstanz. simple streets, ONE shopping centre, and the lake. weekend markets are common in all of germany.. so now, u guys know wat kind of environment i live in!!

Party!!!!!

some pics taken at the party we had last friday... now u can see who are the pple i have been with the past month.. solene. from france...

i donno what's his name. den, followed by felix, indochinese who studied in sgp for 12 years. he looks n acts like ah beng.. but actually quite nice lah. feels good to be able to speak singlish with someone... then, we have asami.

max from italy, and two polland girls. i can't spell their names.. but they are really nice.. a group photo!!

christy, muhan and i.

abit hi hor?? but it was one of the first photos we took. jostein, bianda, muhan, wang tong.. plus christy's forehead.

Pics from voralsberg

don't have much photos fro stuttgart. they are mostly with siwei. so, i thought i will just skip it. here are the pics from voralsberg, austria... we took cable car up and i was freaking out. scene from the cable car.

lars and i.. lars is from norway and towers above me at 1.88m. stupid fellow was supposed to 'protect' me cos i was scared.. but he ended up making fun of me. grrr...

christy and i with donbirn in the background.

i can"t remember the guy's name. but from left, asami from japan, priscil from indonesia, and then christy on the right most. christy and i... it was a difficult shot to take cos there was limited space... yuki and eiko from japan. they are exchange students in zurich... speak fantastic german.. hmm... i this this is the most fabulous waterfall they have... trekking in europe sia.. but in 3 layers of clothes. very tempted to jump into the waters and play just the rovers way of life... but that day was drizzling. freezing cold.

exactly like stong right???? so tempting. the waters are calling...

Pictures- meersberg & Heidelberg

Meersberg

at meersberg. a small city across the lake. from meersberg, u can take a pic with both switzerland and germany in the background. too small lah. cannot see clearly.

hui yan and i. konstanz is in the background across the lake and the second one is of the meersberg new palace. huiyan is from guangdong. here for her masters cos her bf is german...

i had my first ice cream in meersberg. shiok!!! and this little girl had such a big one!!!! so jealous! hers costs about SGD7. but see already also can make people happy. she was definitely enjoying it sia.. (sorrry. can"t turn the pic ard cos of some technical problem..)

Heidelberg
taken from the castle in heidelberg. below is the bridge and river..
muhan and i. muhan is from taiwan...sha da jie. thanks to her, i can use internet to upload these pics... she got internet in her room, but i don't have.. haha. so i am leeching on her somehow. but she is going to st gallen soon!!! sobz..
muhan, num hyong(from korea) and dong junfeng(china). dong jun feng is married!!! at the age of 26. faintz. but he cooks good food.. made ma po tofu for us the night before we went to heidelberg.

taken from the bridge.. can see the schloss(castle) at the background??? top right hand corner.. it is very pretty at night one, with all the lighting. but we didn't stay till late. only got postcards to see lor..

okey.. last pic for this post!!! we saw a couple having a wedding reception at one of the cafes along the street to the bridge. beautiful and happy bride.. they say that heidelberg is some romantic town... they were not the only couple we saw. there was another pair taking wedding photos in the castle grounds too.