Munich Day 1; 27.09.08

Octoberfest (ZIC DIES AFTER 1 BEER, story at the end)
Some shots of the beer tents
Frankly speaking, I didn't really enjoy it that much coz firstly we didn't enter the tent for some beer drinking and merry making. Next we were just walking around this huge fest which is just a larger version of what I have seen before so it got kinda boring.













Octoberfest is also a carnival, which did not occur to me. I've always thought of it to be just beer tents all over the place. The rides are not cheap btw. Most rides cost between 3 to 4 euros.



Excellent view on top of this ride, forgot what you call it; it juz kinda swings u round and round. Zic was sitting beside me, the people in front are strangers.




After the Oktoberfest tour which we didn't get into the beer tents to drink, we all decided to just find a restaurant and order some dinner and drink at the same time.
There we were and each of us ordered an octoberfest beer which I have no idea what is the difference between that and the normal house pour. Zic as usual fell into peer pressure and somehow got 1 glass by himself.
Willy:"Ok, Zic. I want to see you finish the whole glass(0.5l) by yourself and I wont ask you to drink anymore."
Zollin looks at Zic:"Puss".
So at the end of the meal, zic sort of forces himself to finish the whole glass. He had this 'I'm having a hard time drinking' face.


After that we decide to go to the Allianz Arena. Halfway thru the journey on the train,
Zic:"I have to go out, I dont feel good".
Zo:"Do you feel like puking?"
Zic:"YES".
but he didn't puke.(*cough**cough*act dead*cough**cough*)

So we went out and zic dies at the seat of the train station. As what you would see zic in singapore when he gets tired, he will just sleep anywhere available. The same look after that night when we(me, sean, zx, zic) went MOS then to Cine to watch a movie and zic puked in the toilet while zx and sean were ordering pastamania for supper while waiting for the movie timing.
Luckily we got a hotel room instead of sleeping in a clusterfk way(ok bad description, cant think of any other) like the others in a hostel area. Otherwise zic will just die the next day. Thing is, he didn't puke like the last time, so it means that this time wasn't as bad. Me zic n cheryl ended up not going to the Arena but definitely... ZIC - JOKES LA; 1 BEER NIA.

Mannheim Schlossfest 20.09.08

A beautiful sunset out from Cheryl's window which spoiled while I was there, somehow it didn't like me.

This is the Castle where Mannheim University is. The fest wasn't as big as I though to be but there were drinks and music which were quite enough to satisfy me. I didn't really take alot of pics
A very good live band which I think is performed by the students. I wish NUS had more activities like that, in any case, I doubt anyone will go. There was actually this castle ballroom where people are free to dance and photo taking is prohibited but nevertheless, cheryl couldn't resist and got them anyway. They didn't really play salsa music but still I invited cheryl for a dance, lol. "Hi, welcome to the male dominated activity" yea, she didn't really like that idea. In conclusion, I think good music and ambience is what makes me feel that a fest is enjoyable and this has got both of them! Once again, I must say that there are some things that cant be captured by camera, at least this time there was someone to enjoy the fest with.

17.08.08

I realise most of the germans park their cars head in. I wonder if this style has got something to do with their culture. I mean in SG, most people park their car rear in first. Weird.
Oh n btw, most germans DO NOT jaywalk, stick to the traffic lights even if there arn't really cars in sight and their drivers are definitely more polite and stop to allow pedastrians to cross the roads even if there are no zebra crossings! This is something that singaporeans got to learn and yea.. there are some things about singaporean character that I dont like and sometimes i hate to be one of them. E.g. most Sgreans ALWAYS take a huge bunch of serviettes if its free like in Macs even if they dont really use so much. My mother argues that we can use the remaining some other time but... i mean if we can afford it.. why should we take somebody else's even if its provided for free, I think it will just make me look like i'm taking advantage of things which i think alot of sgreans do; I dont really argue much about it.. but well.. at least my mum doesn't take too many. Perhaps its a typical chinese behaviour or behaviour seen ard the world. I dont deny I've seen germans take a bunch of serviettes but there isn't as many as in singapore.
Sometimes I'm just disappointed in the people of my country coz they are rude, unfriendly and dun give a shit about other people and unforgiving.
Oh one more thing... NUS SUCKS

Lunch 11.09.08

So... what do you think singapore has done to balance the east and the west influences?

In what relation does singapore has with china? with respect to global aspect and economy.

Is singapore's currency free floating or fixed to the US currency? comment?
btw Euro n the jap yen are free floating.

Can someone pls ans the qns for me.. u have < 30 secs to think... its a lunch time conversational topic.. thx.. LOL
btw these qns weren't realli asked in this format.. they juz pop out during a conversation.. so.. its not a lunch time exam. haha

Venezianische Messe DE

This particular weekend I was at the Venezianische Messe basically a venetian carnival. Its realli quite cool to see people dressed up in costumes n masks. I particularly like the masks...lol, but I didn't get 1 for myself though; it was kinda expensive and I had to pay 9 euros to get it, gawd I should have made myself the international students card den maybe I can go in for 6 euros.