T.I.V.U (04.05.09)

Mediterannean theme dinner @ Swiss Room and four of us have the pleasure to try out some delicious Mediterannean delicacies. Chef’s from Malaysia and staffs from Singapore to Russia and Canada and many more.

There weren’t much expectation from the food cause I have no idea how does mediterannean food look and tastes like, so it was all just an expectation of more-than-moderate level.

First impression was good because we were given champagnes for an aperitif at the reception area before seated. Nice glasses and obviously smooth champagnes to gulp down.

  First off, some appetizers were served : Soury-Bitter dont-know-what

Let’s see…I seriously have no idea what is inside, all I know is that it has Lime skin, orange and some herbs and as for the skin…no idea but it sure is delicious if you like sour-ish food *Good way to start a meal  *Gastrick people will LOVE HATE this serving**cough cough*

 the plating

Second Appetizer: Fried Bread with garlic served with Mediterannean dipping

 

Well…same goes to this. Garlic lovers will adore this food but applause for the dipping is a must! It’s delicious…tomato puree with some mediterannean taste to it.perfect combination…

Third Appetizer: Cold Cucumber Cube garnished with HOT chilli liquid and finish with a spoon of Sour Cream

Yet another appetizer that has to have their deserved credit. Who knew that cold cucumber served with spicy chilli paste will taste so good and to neutralize your taste bud after the spice with a spoon of sour cream? magnificent combination

Drinks (alcohol cocktails or non-alcohol?)

Tivu Blue : A specialty drink from Tivu with the senses of tingling tangy orange, leamon and zesty lime coated with sugar lining

The Horizon: Fusion of Pineapple and Strawberry cocktail

Sunset Passion: Fruit Juice with a tinge of sparkle

Personally, I prefer Sunset Passion the most cause it doesnt contain any alcohol and it tastes just nice. Same goes to our table guests’.

Long waited and at last our starter arrived. Slyvia & I ordered Chicken Roulade served with Cucumber Raita. Czet and Joe Joe ordered the Duo of Tea Smoked Tuna and Tomato Cumin shooters.

Both equally delicious but I think the Chicken Roulade was nicer and the yoghurt dipping was perfect with the chicken.

Chicken Roulade

 

Smoked Tea Tuna

Mmm Nyum Nyum….after the delicious but light starter we have our main course. Well, originally there were two choices for main course but due to some kitchen error, they do not have enough LAMB so we took the second choice; Black Tiger Prawns. Not bad but I would definitely prefer to have the rack of lamb instead. Plus, the starch for the tiger praws were not cooked enough, the rice were slightly uncooked. So it was alil disappointment in that. Anyway, it still tastes more like nasi lemak’s sambal prawns…haha!

Starch were too much as you can see, therefore, none of us managed to finish the whole plate except for the prawns of course….

Dessert and Hot Beverage: The Maldivian VooDoo Lily + Cappuccino

Oooppss….I know the picture loooks very….unorganized but actually it was a very nice decoration. Unfortunately, none of us remembered to take the picture.

Anywhoo, the dessert is a Mediterannean Jelly with some Passion and Lily liquid and decorated with crispy and aromatic almond slices and caramelized rose petals.

Sounds delicious? BECAUSE IT IS VERY FREAKING DELICIOUS!! Every dish was great despite the main course’s rice.

That marks the end of the meal and before I forget…credits to the restaurant’s decoration….it was awesome!romantic with the mediterannean feeling to it. Applause and great job y’all!!

 

Well…let’s not forget that we obviously did some cam freak-ing of course…how can we not?? it will not be us if we didnt right?hehe…

Special guest guitarist and one of the canadian staff

Delicious Meal, Delicious Memory, Delicious Delicious Delicious…

Signing Off

Yin

Summer Skiing!

EaEaster Break Easter Break…Summer Summer….what should I do during Easter Break?? Chocolates and bunnies and more sun? Scott and Kevin came up with this idea of going for skiing during the break since we have nothing to do and it was a long weekend for us…

Skiing on a Summer day?? yea….summer skiing it is….wasnt that bad..at least there were still snows on the ground though it’s not as thick as it was during winter (obviously…)

Our Driver on the tramp up (ignore notice the weird excitement look of Scott? )

Groupie Pic!

Moving on…I was pretty excited to go since I have never done skiing before and looking at the pro-ness of those ski-sportsmen working on the ice…hehe!who knows?i might be just as good as them…^^

We went to Schuez a city near Luzern about an hour by train only….pretty near and it’s cheap by swiss train. Sun is shining like crazy up there and you can seriously feel the heat and pain…so unlike when you’re on ground level and it’s much hotter up there.

We went in the morning and finish skiing at about 5 something and we left to catch the next bus…well, overall result was TIRING! but the guys were great…no idea why also…so unfair!if only i am that strong as them to carry the board of skiis then i’ll do fine and wont be that lazy to pull that long stick up the snow…plus, not to mention…looking at my a.k.a twin brother snow board makes me jealous only (i should start taking up surfing lessons! ) *Psstt….it was all only me myself being so lazy and alil lousy moderate in it…but not bad for a first timer and such a not-strong lady to be skiing…=]=]

Pros of having a basic of surfing

Wee~~ Not bad right?? Well, at least I manage to ski down nicely and safely

While the guys were enjoying and tiring themselves, we girls do our thang…but even the guys joined after a while to take a break after the tiresome…

Girls & Guys doing what we’re good at : Pose for the Cam Take Picture

And soon it was time for us to have a few more rounds of ski and head back home to Luzern…

That was how the Easter Break went for me….how about yours?traditional celebration or some excitement to it?

Signing Off

Yin

Spring Break!

WooHooHoo!! At last it’s Spring Break!! Have been looking forward for this day to come for a VERY VERY VERY loooong time….Plans after plans during Spring Break. For us? there ain’t no such thing as spring break because we ARE clean people….we dont need any spring cleaning during spring time…*Mom must be saying “ya right!”* (sorry mom…but my room IS indeed very clean…neat but im not gonna deny on the thickness of dust collection…^^)

Sooo…Spring Break and so is also for our never-ending courseworks *phew* Well…me and a few of my friends and housemates planned to have a trip to d’Amsterdam but plans had to be canceled cause

1. something huge came up that made us financially tight
2. the accommodation during that time were mountain HIGH
3. some restrictions plus it was too short a period to plan on a perfect trip

So yea…our trip to visiting the windmill was a failed one. However, we did not fail to plan other trips but this time we were all separated..each going their own trip. Some went to Spain and some Germany, Paris, London and many many more down the list. Sadly I was not part of any those holiday plans because I headed up to UNITED KINGDOM BABBYYY!!! not London, not Liverpool and DEFINITELY NOT Man U!!(read that Ade? =P) Anyways back to the path…intention to go was to visit no other than my precious and beloved sister Ling…

Well, we both were very excited for me going there to visit here because it has been so long since we actually saw one another sides Webcam of course…but that’s so NOT counted! my intention of going there requires a HUGE price okay…it aint cheap at all…who said travelling around Europe is cheap when you’re there? Well, technically yea it is cheaper cause you dont have to pay for another long-haul flight…but it IS still expensive…just by saying on the exchange rate can eat up pocket till a big hole..a price to pay?definitely but I will not argue with anything because it was a trip worth all the $$ I spent (excluding the amount of things that I have to specifically buy under the request of her…namely CHOCS!) *the bad point of coming from a country so famous in producing milk and delicious chocs…

*Note": the best worse thing that happened on the whole trip from going to leaving was to wait for 5 hours for my delayed flight when I was flying there…FREALKING 5 HOURS!!No joke…insanity waiting at an airport that doesnt have anything much! DOUBLE INSANITY…

ANYWHOOS………It’s already the pass and all I can remember most is not the bad flight-experience but more on the UK busses, FOOD, and definitely my SIS… Happy Happy me…(we both were jumping up and down while hugging as a greeting after almost a year of MIA)

Nottingham Day 1

Rise and Shine early in the morning and off we went for some Shopping SPREE! yup.,…shopping spree…some money allocated to shop of course…what you find @ Nottingham, you don’t find it here @ Swiss…so who will miss the chance to buy?well…of course not alot…still need to safe up ok…

FIRST stop : Greggs

Some breakfast needed before a rough day ahead no? So I was brought by MY personal tour guide to try out this really famous pastry bakery that sells (well) PASTRIES of course…and trust me..they sure are famous in UK! The line were long and they sold out real fast…plus, the people that goes in those shops are people of ALL ages…and I mean ALL ages (people from even babies were choosing their favourites and old people queuing up to buy some for themselves as well…) Lucky me when i went there i got to buy the one very well recommended by sis to try cause it’s one of her favourites…hehe!

Mmm Nyum Nyum *munch munch* IT WAS DELICIOUS!!!!yes I know it is very fattening indeed but heck the weight-watching for these few days wont kill me…^^ So where was I? oh yea….it’s VERY VERY delicious and it’s BIG & TASTY…no wonder why the line were so long…

*Btw…we went in to this cafe that sells stuffs similar to Starbucks and Coffee Beans but they are obviously SLIGHTLY BIT less expensive as compared to Starbucks but they tastes as good……ordered another recommended product *The Latte* – Delicious Delicious too…(yes I do know that it seems like everything that i ate here is delicious but they seriously are…I wouldnt wanna say that something is disgusting when it actually tastes GOOD would I?)*

Millie Cookies!!! Some very special cookie that I have never seen and tasted before in Swiss…hehe…it’s a Soft cookie by the way…

SECOND stop :

After satisfying our lil tummies it’s time to WORK and get all dirtyly hands on…

*Wouldnt elaborate on this part…there isnt much to say when it comes to two-shopaholic going to town looking for some shopping fun…

End result?

1. MAC products (My fav!)
2. Zara Cardigan
3. A top

THIRD stop : Food Market

YUP!!food AGAIN…confirm gaining some pounds after spending those pounds on FOOD…

well…this one we didnt get greedy and instead of getting one each, we SHARED our choice…placed our decision on the roasted potato which LOOKS great & SMELLED great of course…^^ Another Yum Yum…

FOURTH stop : SteamyBOAT

Yes Yes i know we just ate our “tea-break” but then in reality it was a few hours later ok…we’re not really stuffing ourselves with food!

Yummy steamboat and I know that for you guys who are back in Msia must think “STEAMBOAT???”but over here…even steamboat is great…we planned to have some really delicious 3 course meals but unfortunately our luck weren’t that good that for all the restaurants that we wanna eat in are fully booked! Thanks to their Mother’s Day (for your info…Mother’s Day @ UK falls in March and not May) But who cares what we ate…so long as the company was great nothing matters much……

FIFTH stop : Nottingham Casino

Oh well…there weren’t anything much in there but it was just for an experience being in one @ UK…but of course it is also smaller than any other casinos…they’re just for some small leisure moments…nothing HUGE or EXTRAVAGANT (all in all it was an experience being in one…)

That marks the end of Day 1 of Nottingham…overall…GREAT fun…happy me happy US…And I slept pretty early too due to the lack of sleep the previous day (it’s close to a no-sleep)

Nottingham Day 2

Day 2 Day 2 Day 2….not a good day cause it means it’s my last night being with my sis…bad bad bad!

FIRST stop : Nottingham University

HUMONGOUS!! Notts Uni is 10 to 20 TIMES bigger than IMI…a small part of the uni that was used for some accommodation is even bigger than my Uni…Plus…the engineering faculty itself is already 5 times bigger… It’s Un-Be-Lie-Ve-Able!

Btw….there’s a faculty (if Im not wrong is the art faculty…the building is made of all wood…pretty interesting)

It was only one stop today….though there were a few places that we went but it’s nothing huge or much to talk about…we went home after the trip to Notts Uni cause sis’ COOKING dinner FOR ME! another thing that’s unbelievable…hahaha!she never cook back in msia…well..she does for only small meals for her own. But now she even knows how to make ‘stuffed mushrooms’, ‘stir fried something with onions’, Marinated Roast Chicken’, ‘Garlic Rice’, and WHITE WINE SEAFOOD PASTA…! Sounds alot and difficult huh?

the food overall was delicious and not bad for a starter…*two-thumbs UP!*

Last Game before I left we had a traditional family game called the MONOPOLY! Miss it?100% missed it…long time since I touched or even say SEE the game…hehehe! It was fun and a night filled with joyous laughter and stupidity actions. What happened that night stays in the room…only 3 of us can know about the details..

Nottingham Day 3

The last day and the day that I have been dreading for it to come…

Woke up early in the morning to catch our flight…the time where we both parted towards our own paths…one off to Scotland and the other back to mountainous cold-old Swiss…

Not knowing when we will meet again since you CHOSED to go for Euro Trip over MY GRADUATION….so we wont get to see till who-knows-when…bad bad sis….I know you insisted on arguing that it wasnt your fault that it has to happen on the same day but STILL…it’s still a MIA for it….hmph!

Anywhoos…..that marks the end of my trip to Nottingham during the Spring Break…back to Swiss and a whole week of ‘Green Day’ and being Socially Responsible for the environment…Our theme for this semester.

Sam is smart and being a gentleman to buy us girls a cone of ice cream…^^b

Ice Cream Chilling on the Lake

Note: Take a close look at the duckie next to me…it came next to me cause i ask it to and he actually came to camwhore with me!smart Duckie Duckie!

Till Then…Toodless~~!!

P/S: Missing You! and I had alot of fun on this trip…^^

Playing Catch Up

Sorry peeps….as you all know, this blog has been pretty dead over the months and I didn’t manage to find any time to update on it…TONES to update on…so yea!Catching up with the present I shall… ^^

Let’s see where I can start….

FASNACHT (19.02.09)

Well….Fasnacht’s basically a traditional costume party celebrated by the Swiss people and they play dress up….they really do and it’s from young kids to senior citizens…NO KIDDING!how cool is that?maturing people play dressing up….pretty similar to Halloween but so unlike is that MATURING people doesnt dress up in Halloween…if not all then MOST. hmm…where was I again? OH….yup…it’s a celebration believed to chase away the icey-cold winter and welcome the breezy-flowery spring *UNFORTUNATELY…..spring didnt came and it was straight to the early summer….how sad is that??* (Icey winter ate up breezy spring…T.T) PLUS……it even continued to snow till late march….sad sad case…and it’s so not fun to see no flower when it’s supposed to be blooming…=S

Anyway…Fasnacht’s a pretty interesting celebration but it’s also pretty scary if you’re not so into costumes and scary + weird looking masks (hehe)…btw…did I mention that this event lasts for a week?? A week of binge eating, a week of costume parade in the town, a week of beer drinking (building up their beer bellies…^^), and 3 days of no work!pretty long huh?but oh well….it’s tradition, even when it comes to traditional events, no-night-life swiss people party like crazy during that week. sadly WE students from IMI gets no special treatment to the holiday….study sessions like there ain’t no holiday….T.T

However, not forgetting to get us international students a touch and feel of Fasnacht, they made an event themselves and was celebrated in nowhere else but our very own Uni…*ok…i know that didnt make me sound very anticipated and excited but more on the side of disappointment. But it wasnt that bad after all….we had a great time dressing ourselves up too for that event and we got to eat some Swiss FOOD!haha….some pay-off session….OH OH!!before i forget….the band whom they hired to play for the event were GREAT….they were AWESOME!like seriously awesome….no doubt hands down….

let’s cut things short and off we go to pictures instead….it’s an occasion to celebrate so we shall celebrate it with pictures!! Off we GOOOO…..

Note: morning Open Ceremony was @ 5 a.m but we went for the experience and yea…we had an experience as well as being cramped up like a hot sandwich during winter…..

___________________________________________________

Night Trip to Zurich

Believe it or not, 5 of us went took a train all the way to Zurich at 7 something p.m just for a night out and some singing + eating…..interesting and exciting enough, we came home at 2 something in the morning (where everything was deserted and we actually WALKED home….as for the guys, they took a cab back to uni after walking us 2 girls back to our apartment.

Dining at an asian - singapore restaurant after quite some time triggers your taste bud for wanting more after that you know…..not having any makes it better at times so you wouldn’t think much about it….but it was really a satisfying dinner….had all kind of dishes and the all-famous singaporean fried rice…mmmm NYUM NYUM!*drooling*

Food was great and off we went for a singing session just next to the restaurant (a.ka sing K back in msia). NOTE: TOTAL DIFFERENT

Similarities:

1. SINGING
   

Differences:

1. sing in the public (not closed in a box where it is SOUND PROOF)
   
2. in a half restaurant and pub
   
3. LOTSA people (obviously…it’s a pub + restaurant = crowd)
   
4. ALL kinds of songs in multiple language for you to choose from… =S
   
5. Uses traditional mic transfer
   

SO……?a big difference huh?back in msia…even if you suck in singing you can still go for a singing session with your friends and have a fun time….but for here….TOTAL DIFFERENT…..if you cant ding DONT sing here…..you’ll only make yourself embarrassed. a pure pressure is that the people there can really sing….their voice are….*speechless**gulp gulp*

Well, my friends can sing…and as for me….i don’t sing (even back in msia….what makes a difference if im here? ^^) so as an entertainment….i took pictures…lotsa pictures….but of course im only posting some up….^.^

Pictures time it is……

Before moving on to the next catch up….I forgot to mentioned that I passed by and had a look at the World Cup Stadium that was built there for the previous World Cup….*grinning widely – fully satisfied*

___________________________________________________

Geneva Motoshow

Hallelujah! It is the motoshow that everyone has been waiting for!At last it came and I HAD THE CHANCE TO GO! hahahahah! I know…many has been telling me that I dont like car and why am I so excited in going?well…it’s a ONE OFF opportunity to go for such a big event…it’s one of the event-of-the-year kinda thing ok…dont play play….and luckily it was at a part of swiss so it made it easier to arrange for us to go….^^b

Anywhoo….it was great and sad to tell you this new but Bastian…I have the means of taking hot chicks’ photos for you but so sorry they only have ONE out of all the cool and branded-sporty cars…(hahaha….I have been controlling on my laughter bas…keke….it’s funny cause there’s only one for me to take when there’s SUPPOSED to have TONES….=S)

Besides the “chicks”, obviously the main purpose to visit was to have a cool experience with the cars and get up close with them!HOWEVER…it was quite a disappointment cause there weren’t much chance for us to go up close and sit in them CAUSE there were TOO many people….!!!it’s like a HUGE version of PC Fair…you all can try imagine the crowd then….even the halls available for all the car displays were waaay bigger than the ones at KL Convention Centre….nothing that can be compared with….

AND who says i don’t like cars???I do like them ok…I even like LOOKING at them….it’s just that I dont like EXPERIMENTING them or COMPARING them (if that’s what it’s called for you guys who always does that whenever you all see a cool car passing by)

Overall the trip was amazing because i got to see many cars and expanding my knowledge not on cars but on the brands….hehehehe! but hey….at least I still recognize them…some girls dont even give a whipped of their eyelash to know them…=]=] As a knowledge at the end of the trip?I didnt kn0w there were so many cool cars out there for those wealthy-superly-duperly-freakingly wealthy people to buy them….(wait…did I mentioned wealthy twice?…oh well…that’s the only way that I can think of to describe them….that shows a sign of the prices of the cars there….*faintish*)

Mind you…I was wearing high heels for the event…and we were there from morning till evening….so if I bared with the pain to see the cars, it shows how much interest I have in them (not more than guys but enough) ^^

More Photos to make you EXPERIMENT….keke!

A car that run by solar power….cool huh?look at the design for it…

Even tyres costs a fortune!

no idea what does what but interesting enough to capture…haha

The CROWD!

the car is superly smaaall!

that guy inside is paid to just SIT THERE! (what a comfy job….)

That marks the end of my trip to the motoshow….=]=]

Alrighty! that’s also the end of the catching up…(Panting Panting…..alot of catch up to do there for me..

Till Then….Toodless~~!

P/S: Next post – Break Time!

White Valentines

Ever had a Valentines Day that's neither Red nor Green but rather White?? Just for your info...it's not that bad having a white valentines....white plus snowing I should say..

Yup....My Valentines this year is spent @ Bern the capital of Swiss. Original plan was to actually have a day trip to the Italian part of Swiss but plans changed and Bern it was...

Why is Bern Bern??Bern is known as Bear in Swiss..and according to history, Bern was given the name after Bear because the 1st ruler of swiss promised to name the state after the 1st animal th

at he kills in that country. Therefore, as you can already guessed...the 1st animal was a bear...so Bern was born. Besides that, a bear represents strength and power in Swiss...so a bear is important and there was once when a bear was captured by the communist and killed by them and that's when Bern fell to the hands of evil and was reformed. The streets in Bern are narrow and small because of the rebuilding and overlapping of buildings after it was taken over by the communist. However, the name Bern still remained as a form of respect.

Well...as far as I know, Bern is WAY WAY more high-tech compared to Luzern. They have tramps going around the City area and the feeling of Bern gives you the high-tech side of Swiss...Bern are all Lakes after Lakes, as for Luzern it is Mountains after mountains. Trust me, hands down, Bern is also WAY more happening than Luzern is...probably it's cause they are the capital of Luzern and it's the 3rd largest state in Swiss.

Upon arrival, it wasnt already snowing though not as heavy as Luzern but it's much colder there.... =S

1st stop: Mc Clean (guess what's inside this place?) - clue: where you do your private businesses

Mc Clean IS a washroom / Toilet....it's a rather EXPENSIVE toilet to visit. But you definitely pay for the cleanliness as you can already see the name of the toilet..."Mc Clean". Though I was the only one who visited this stop but it's still part of my journey...so it's only fair to include it in right? ^^

The level of cleanliness for a 2 CHF per entry toilet is VERY clean regardless that it's a public toilet...crazy huh?it's 2 CHF for an entry to visit the toilet....discouraging people to use alot of water flushing your businesses away but leading to forming stones in your kidney... =S *speechless*

2nd stop: Clock Tower

It's not as HUGE as the clock tower (Big Ben?) @ London of course...keep in mind we're still @ Switzerland...no matter if you are in the capital of it of a bigger city =, it's still Switzerland...everything is still = small

According to a friend of mine, the clock gives a big ring and dong when it strikes 12 every Saturday....so we went there early to catch that "ring and dong" show...strike 12 and I was so excited, expecting to see a show, but sadly it was just a very normal ring....it wasnt loud NOR cool....

But But But.....the clock looks really nice....the design and carvings and scripts on the clock makes the whole tower looks ancient. Plus...it's colorful (Red + Gold)

3rd stop: Church

What comes to your mind the moment Church is mentioned?old, ancient, huge, carvings on walls aand etc etc....well...this church is still a living church which means there are still prayers going on every sunday BUT it's now also a tourists site. Transformed into it and a big number of tourists visits it daily...it's a really nice church for 1st timers to visit such a big church....

Anywhooo....the most interesting part from the church visit was climbing up a VERY narrow and opened stairway to the top of the church tower....height is a phobia for me since young...and now climbing such a scary stairway....*turns green* The moment it reached the open window section of the stairway, i can tell you....my whole leg felt soft and i went all giddy....the thing that is not helping to the situation was the spiral-style stairway.... *giddy giddy*

However, all's well when you reach the top of course....though it wasnt a good experience climbing up those stairs but i would say that it all paid off....know why?because the view from up there, over-looking the whole of Bern....was MAGNIFICIENT!!the only word to describe it....it's awesome.....im sorry but no matter how much i praise on the view, i cant give the exact feeling when you're personally there...

It was snowing when we reached, therefore, the top of every building and houses are covered with snow....Beautiful~~!!

4th stop: BEAR watching!!

Yup...you heard me right....the real bear in the town, outside for people to view....

The bear is soo soo CUTE!!!but obviously i dont know if it's totally harmless if you go near it or be IN its house...LOLZ...but it's so FAT!!especially the BUTT!!!hahahaha...dont think me wrong but i think you will also notice it....too hard not to notice when it's so BiG...hehehe!

5th stop: Rose Land

It's Valentines so how can we not visit the Rose Land at the top of a pretty high area....??yet another climbing....this time not spiral staircase, height or narrow stairs...but rather the steepness!how can we not thin down looking at the amount of walking and climbing we do in just a day's trip??hahahaah!!impossible right?try it out A!!believe me it'll succeed without much stress....^^b

HOWEVER!!!sadly i was so so blur and *stupid* maybe....I forgot it was winter and that it is impossible to have FLOWERS grown on a snowy land....so...yea...I went:

"Where are the roses???!!!i thought you say got roses.....but then i dont see any...we have to walk further is it??"

Response from others:

*speechless, laughing and giving me a weird look*

Scott: IT'S WINTER!!!!HOW TO HAVE ROSES NOWWW???!!!

Me: Felt like smacking myself to faint so that they will think i was faint-ish thats why i asked such a silly question.... =S I know!!!!how stupid of me right???sighhh....@.@

Last stop: Chinese anyone?

Dinner time!!after such a long day, skipping lunch.....time to saitsfy our growling tummy for quite sometime but forgotten cause of the excitement of the views....hehehe

Chinese Chinese!!havent dined @ a chinese restaurant for ages now...*at least it felt like one* Plus, friends of mine knows our seniors who are working in that restaurant for internship and job....so...why not?we have special service and FREE pots of tea....if not we'll have to pay for that and a pot of tea is not cheap like back in msia...so it's FOC....^^

Anyway, nothing much to be described here and I shall let the pictures do the talking since according to *brian* my blog has too much word and too few pictures.... =S

Till Then…Toodles~~!

The day of Ups & Downs

Weather here has gone hay wire!!!during the weekend; Saturday was raining the WHOLE day....Sunday it was snowing so heavily the WHOLE day too...it's like you couldnt go out cause the town is either too wet or too cold and snowy....sad case isnt it?

You know what's worse...TODAY! I have never EVER encounter anything like today EVER!!!not even since i came here....it was like a snow blizzard!!!weird weather....having the morning to be so sunny, then snow alil then sunny again, then snow heavier than before and then it was snowing the WHOLE time since we reached Uni....thank goodness we were already there...if not it'll be a chaos to walk in such a heavy snow storm.

PLUS, it was snowing so heavily like it was raining that the ground was covered with inches of thick snow...and it couldnt stop snowing till even when our class ended at 5.30!it practically snow rain the whole day.....it was a nice sight at 1st and nice to play, but then when it became heavier and heavier it turns into a disaster...im not exagerating here...not at all! Did you know that all of us who are staying outside are stuck in uni and we couldnt go home cause the snow storm is too strong and heavy....causing the bus to not function and the road is covered with THICK snow....NO BUS!!!can you believe it???!!!!if back in Malaysia i'll understand, but here??they had no choice but to do so cause the road to my uni is narrow and it's either up or down hill...so it's dangerous. =S Stuck there for quite sometime and in the end we heard rumors that they are gonna re-run the bus so we walked all the way downhill to the bus stop and found out that they were only going one way...so we had to walk all the way uphill and further from our uni to another station to catch the bus....The most interesting part was that we were in between two stations when we saw a bus coming...but if we go back, we'll be much slower than the bus and it'll pass us making us miss the bus BUT if we were to walk to the station where it was stoping, it'll be too late for us to reach there...So, due to desperate measure, we had to stand in the middle of hte road to catch the bus attention and make it stop for us to get in....luckily the bus driver was nice enough and understand what a weather it was that stopped for us to get in....^^b

Due to the snow storm, the whole town went hay wire with all the bus schedules and it was the 1st time i saw traffic in Luzern...and you can imagine, Switzerland is the town where everything is ON time....and today it was such a chaos cause they were so used to being ON time that this snow storm has slowed EVERYTHING down....the town was PACKED with people just wanting to go home to the warm feeling and feel comfortable...Terrible Terrible day....

Besides that, it is seriously a tiring day!I had class from 8 a.m to 5.30 p.m straight!!!STRAIGHT!!!!and 4 freaking hours of the same module...!!!!isnt that crazy....your mind is so worked out with all the information coming through your head, trying sooo sooo hard to concentrate, and brainstorming on ideas for the event that we have to plan....It's like you're BOTH mentally and physically exhausted...it's not tired anymore, it's EXHAUSTION....!!!

Worse still....during ICT module, we were given an assignment to do and we were asked to pass up the assignment on the day itself!!!right after class everyone has to submit it to him through email.Ahhhhh!!!!we had to research and study on all the webpages that we were assigned and come out with presentation slides on all the criteria's that he asked and we have to use those slides as part of the class session where we have to "teach"!I'm so tireddd!!!!no words or expression can describe the level of exhaustion im facing currently....

Sighh....stress!I was soo soo exhausted that i felt faintish....i seriously felt so giddy and i woke up at 5.30 this morning....for every 8 a.m class, that's the time that i'll have to wake up to get ready and catch the bus....T.T It's seriously the day of Ups and Down for me...

Till then...Tooodlesss~~!!

Shopping Street/Church Visiting

Last Sunday, out of anxiety, we visited a church (well...originally only one). Our first stop was a French Church that's just next to Chapel Bridge. Well, we chose a french church cause we wanted to experience a foreign language church and practice our french BUT it turns out that it was alil freaky. For me it is....I dont know about the others. Call me a non-religious person if you have to. Not offending any christians but I'm not a christian...I wouldnt understand alot of things during the session and the place was really old that it made me curious about so many things (even doors amde me feel curious about what's behind it) Plus, it made me feel alil uncomfortable cause they were doing some religious process on that day....I'm a Buddhist and even as a Buddist, I can say that I'm not really a praying or religious kind of person...I was born with that environment. So yea...it was freaky but an experience i guess...

Anywhoo....enough of elaboration on the french church. Kevin and Dominic were going to another church cause they are christians....so we were supposed to meet up after their church session but the french church starts way way earlier than the missionary one. So we had to meet up with them alil later but there weren't anything to do cause ALL (and i mean all) shops are closed on Sundays and so off we went to the missionary church with the both of them. Hmmm....how shall I put this....i PREFER the missionary one way more than the french one cause they are much more open, friendly, non-religious looking, funny, AND english! Another thing that's nice visiting the missionary church was because they are people from all over the country that lives in Switzerland and they have really really CUTE and ADORABLE children!!!all so small and young and CUTE...hahahah!

BTW....the streets on Sundays are really really disserted as compared to during the days of the week....all quiet and empty that even a drip of water from a distance can be heard. But, the shopping street's a really nice place to walk...both for shopping and experience in their way of locating and designing the shops. Plus...the sad thing is that SALES are about to come to an end....tomorrow will be the last day to shop if you want...T.T. Anyway, i think it doesnt make much of a difference cause electronics here are the same price as the ones in Msia which are not on discounts. even after "sales", it's still as expensive.... =S What to do when you're in one of the most expensive country? Sigh....no advantage at all unless you're shopping for winter wears which wouldnt be much useful as winter is coming to and end AND we live in Msia...who needs winter? That's if you wanna be a self sauna..... =P

Till then...Toodlesss~!!