budapest day 1

yix head is such a spoiler man... haha
some art building... beats esplanade anytime. :)

same same (place) but different (building)
i always wanted to try out these kinda maze... and so we did, looking like real tourist.
the view
the dudes.... extreme right is our local guide, martin
cool right? sinking columns

martin's ice-cream treat for us...


maze up close...
one of the 7 bridges that links buda from pest...

too bad the church was un renovation, its made of limestone, thus the need to maintain ir from all the pollution we are producing..
wad a view!
one of the things that had to pay, which we of cos didnt so here is the pic (from the outside, budget budget!)

this bridge is totally assembled from nuts and blots... think its called the chain bridge
parliment house...

in some church... dunno how they manage to get such money to furnish it.. hmmm

its a hand that was preserved in it...
love the art... makes me think i'm heaven...

cant remember wad is the name but looks like the freedom bridge..
museum which we did not visit... haha

scary building w/o any windows..

krakow, euro trip 2

our only few pic of the castle in krakow... cos it was raining and it was a sunday so meaning things are all closed, SUCKS
flowers of the castle...
hey, its a real road sign... hahaha
this too...
cool number plate...


castle from the outside...
according to our (fake) guide yix, the tiles on the side with names are the pple of royal family... up to u to believe or not, heh

pic of krakow from the helicopter we took... i wished.... haha

the square
who is fuck is this? our guide Yix failed to answer it. Boo

Auschwitz - Birkenau (Krakow trip)

Auschwitz - Birkenau

It was the biggest concentration camp i have seen in my life! Imagine they had 3 camps there, Auschwitz 1, 2 and 3 (which is just a factory to process the hair and all of the Jews and produce other Nazi items) . However, U might wonder why i have swayed off my usual style of the 1 pic 1 caption. Ok, truth is , there is too much depression information which i think is better to omit and also there is a too many pics to upload :P. Anyway, the thing one should appreciate is that this place, Auschwitz, is actually quite a beautiful place and one can even think about living here if not for the history and bloodshed that has plagued this scenic place now.

The famous words "Arbeit Macht Frei" is clearly seen here. It ironically means "work brings freedom" ??!!! Auschwitz 1 was the headquarters, which is also where u will see the sign. However, the famous camp was in fact Birkenau (A.k.a Auschwitz 2). It was so huge there is a railway running from north to south of the camp, thus the name "death railway". The living conditions in Auschwitz 1 was horrible and in Birkenau, it was beyond words and comprehension! it was so bad that the average lifespan of a prisoner was about 2-3 months only! people only had 2-3 mins per day, 2 times a day to so their "business" daily, in the place where toilets are simply holes on concrete (seen in the pic) and no one clears them regularly. Also, many people suffered from starvation diarrhea, which makes them shit on their beds as well. Thus, this camp was also called "death camps" beacuse people just came here and almost never make it out alive. They have 4 fumigation chambers which were destroyed when the Nazis left the place in 1945. the ruins can be still seen (in the pics). It was truly a depressing sight hearing the guide explain how the Nazi tortured and killed the Jews and other prisoners in ways that are totally inhumane! Hope that reading this is a msg to any neo-nazi out there... WAKE UP UR FUCKING IDEA! Nazism is not cool and certainly not genocide of any scale!

kinderdjik and more...

look at the shear length and size of the windmils vanes..
talk abt being compact...
giant spur gears...
overview

Kinderdjik's windmils up close and personal
blast from the past...
duckies... everywhere...
what a view..... crystal clear waters...
ah ha, see, i now can say i am have truly Gone Dutch...
old sch... definately...

our first homemade curry (authentic Man! ) and fried rice (not so impt)
some chicken i cook ba... haha
iori yagami saying happy birthday to my friend Yves.. too bad i dun have any pics of his party...
the dudes who went to kinderdjik.... trust me, its a whole new experience with them man! :p
stupid goat... now see what u have gotten urself into...

ramdom images...

some cool car in sch....
presentation exchange students.... poster presentation
random pple in teh clubs...
why dun they have more bar-top dancing in sg? :(
a bored sunday and we went to explore eindhoven... this was wad we found... triangle thing..
at some park... same sunday...
my name in jap... written by my dutch fren... haha.
the same park, diff view... it sure looks beautiful...
BUT there are LOADS of mosquitos... tts the main minus..

At TU/e fast, some sch event and they brought in a F1 car to let us try changing the tyres, dun ask for the time yah... haha
looks familar... think the guy repainted his car or something
in Barca, at gaudi's hse...
the world's longest bench...
Cockster who loves flowers.... well, i just love human beings i guess. haha

party after a party?

so... after the batavierace (185.5 Km relay), i came back "home" to another party ...
Thanks so much BRO! i really dun know how to repay him other than.. ahem, haha
ok, the next day, we brought our friend from Lyon France to the all-famous AMsterdam. Guess wad, its queen's day! thus party music was all over the streets!
check out the streets, not ur usual amsterdam
of cos i had to take a pic with my bro...
and with our fren from france, after being such a good host. :P anyway, the river was also filled with music from passing boats. HAPs Amsterdam INDEED!
so... that was the end of my b day... and back to studying for the upcoming exams.. Yucks

bata race... the race for my 24th birthday!!!

my teammate Jeroen (pronounced U'roen) cooking up some brunch for us after the long night of running...
this is AUTHENTIC dutch pancakes... cos it done by a dutch of cos.. haha
upon arriving at nayade huis...
look at how prepared we are for the long night ahead, food, drinks and MOre fOOD!
just b4 dinner...
just after partying... just look @ the diff!! haha
val napping... sunnies are mine thou... haha
delibrately sunken clock tower at enschede uni, our end pt after 185.5KM of running
val and her insatiable appetite! imagine this is after dinner...haha
me b4 running off at 5 degs temp, start pt = Nijmegen uni , end pt = enschede uni. Total dist = 185.5 KM and split abt 25 persons... start time abt 1200 and end abt 7am ba. This was how i celebrated my birthday!! haha...

aparently, having the biggest student party in the year later is not enough, pple just wan to do more! like this team mate of mine, who became the mascott of the team cos he was the last runner! p.s. there was even 1 guy w/o any pants. too bad this blog is PG rated. sorry babes...
mass suntan after the run... ha... wad a feeling!
dinner...
and my friend Gerald after the dinner.. does he remind u of someone famous? haha
another one of a kind person from nayade, this guys does not even drink one drop of alcohol man!!! and he can be even more high than most pple. Cool.

lets get the party on...
Ops... too much partyin? haha
ah ha... now the party is really in full swing! gerald on top of a phone booth. P.s he was the only onewho got up there and was not showered by beer from the ppl on the floor.
the true way to drink man...
ok, this is why i had a hangover... wad a b day isnt it? :)

People say music heals the soul; I say music IS the language of the soul. Enjoy...

utrecht pt 2...

hmmm... wad is hong taking?
ah ha... so tts wat is was.. haha
rolls royce!!! old school man... and pple here are rich too

amar (left) and szymon (right) having a friendly conversation. haha
cool art...
and cool pet... haha.. a racoon? beats me..

Utrecht part 1

in Utrecht, there may not be dragon boats but i'm sure the dragon boat ppl would be just as satisfied...
some church...
me and bro hong... i must say Utrecht is a beautiful city ...
and also very vibrant! why am i in Eindhoven?
looks like amsterdam? no... its just holland... haha
another church...
outside the church, there was this statue...
inside the church, where me and szymon ( polish fren) went to listen to their organ concerto
looks freaky isnt it? believe or not, its in the church!!

end of 1st eastern euro trip... sad...

something to tell the dist to each end of the world...
at the castle in bratislava... wad a VIEW!
guess who?
i must say, bratislava is not much of a place, esp in terms of touristic things...
but the view is truly nice, and the place is CHEAP...
(east)Euro trip rocks!!!

can see how tiring all the travalling was in fact... not all fun and games ok...
our bosian friend who kindly also invited us to his MAGA party at his place. COOLest house party yet!!
the dudes....
was zoolander here???
this was taken after the bosnian party @ a club...

the palace from the top of the hill.... a view of AWE...
as one can see... the weather was indeed BAD :(
me... and behind is the rest of vienna...

the flowers were supposed to be the main attraction in the palace. but since most of the flowers were still not bloom, this was the nicest one... wad a waste :(
sunset.... at the same time, u can imagine, this is ONLY a small sidewalk of the palace's garden. talk about gg extremes...
firers... watch your front....
since vienna was the capital of architecture (at one time), its no chance that there were awesome sculptures @ the palace.
almost to the top of the hill.... *puff*


the front of the palace...
ok.... i must admit, this does not look too manly... but hey... its a holiday, everyone is entitled to some fun.... haha
some fountain @ the palace... tried to make it look nice but the weather was just too lousy *yes... blame it on the weather...

looks like the chinese and thai are not the only ones who imitate...

looks dam like gaudi... but NOT gaudi... haha.

funky fountain...
the whole place is "supposed" to be this funky looking...

but due to pple living there, we cannot see the whole portion of the architecture, except at on this picture...sad
seeing red yet? haha
another funky building which i cant be bothering to remember its name. hur hur hur

as expected... if a pic like this is taken... means we DID not eat here... cheapo tourist... haha
me and hong, shades buddies... haha (p.s. we are NOT gay, haha)
another sculture... u will really get sick of it @ vienna...
now... this guy must have did something drastic man...
an amusement park?! yes... took us close to 2 hrs to find it...

p.s. i didnt navigate... :P

this statue was supposed to be very famous.... can anyone guess? msn me.

*hint: reason not something lame or X-rated... its SERIOUS ok... haha
can remember wad place this is... but its definately in vienna...
me.... and the land of sculptures....check out how FIERCE it is... Grrrr...
sun setting... NICE (how much...)
our very kind host for the 3rd night... macus's bro in the centre...


Endnote: Vienna was a great place, with awesome architecture... but too bad i was too tired of taking pictures; hence the much lesser scenic shots... travelling and partying has taken its toll by then... ahaha...

start of (east) euro trip.... fun Fun FUN!!

pargue's own eiffel tower... not so grand isnt it... hmmm...
what a BIG-ASS chair....
same chair... diff angle...
funky art... if i dun remember wrongly, its a memorial... COOL :P
purple flowers.... DAM GAY.... haha
artistic shots...

not a big fan of flowers but since its spring....oh well....
view of prague! breathtaking!
what the fu*k? clusterf**king for wad?
oh... ic... posing for some artistic pic.... for MUA... hahaha
framing... badly taken thou... haha (well, at least i tried ok....)

what a violent welcome to the castle!!
the palace....
in the church.....check out the reflections thru the stained glass
outside of the church....
another version of the church...

some of the saints on the bridge...
now... on route to the castle...
random pics... which i like... haha
my fav car... the new civic... triangle exhaust...
look at the view! almost at the castle...

more...
and more...
and more more
and even more ...
of these saints statues along the bridge...

our PRO photographer... DUAN... with his dua leng gong (DSLR) camera
prague castle behind me...
one of the saints along the bridge to the castle...
i think we all know who this is...
but i dun think i know who this is... haha

some more funky sculpturing on the building in prague...
flowers.... its SPRING!
the curvy building... even the windows are not aligned...
some dam structure or something... nice reflection...

what a scary statue...
funky clock...
me and horsy... trust me... they stink!
hmmmm..... looks yummy... forgot what meat it was thou.. haha

now... thats a cute sheep.... :)
errrr.... this one is definately not cute...
ok.... i know i am short, but this is really insulting man...
one of the bridge to the prague castle (trying out my B&W pics)

wow... this tree looks like it can be eaten man... haha
hmmm... what are they making?
Orrr.... yuan lai ru chi (so thats what it is)...
more candies to suit the tree i guess... haha

my very first pic of my eastern euro trip... in prague now..
a REAL blacksmith at work....
another pasar malam... euro style... haha
me and jackie boi acting cool... oh.. but jack's cool, naturally... haha
act pro pics.... :P

alone in amsterdam....

sephia shot...
more....
ops... this is i think... a SL500.... cool. haha
this is supposedly the best fries in holland@!
and even sephia shots... haha... ok, i was bored... wad do u expect?alone in amsterdam le.haha

now..... the party really gets started! hur hur hur..
bad amsterdam style... haha... dun ask me what it means cos thats the theme of the party but obviously i didnt get it.
hey.... everyone get something out of the party... even a kid's bike. hahaha
alone in amsterdam after the party... awaiting prague.
amsterdam scenery... deja vu..haha

at the swimming meet at Amsterdam...
as u can see, the meet is secondary... the post meet party is the main event! haha. me with a spanish guy and a german girl from the team (the only int. swimmers)
having good clean fun... :p
Can u believe this guy. He is ZERO alcohol and got so "high"! haha.
I really dun know where he found this location. but it sure doesnt look private (no doors). Also, the fur jacket is from the "lost and found". NICE*borat voice*

Now... back in holland... i have to bore u with my boring routine of sex and drugs... hahahaha. JUST KIDDING... i'm a good boy ok. :D (so no such thing ok... heh)

a typical dinner... thou sometimes we sub the pasta for rice... NICE*borat voice
too bored on a sat night... the clubbing sucks here so hope that explains...

this is drawn on sunday... didnt know why but i just felt like drawing something really grand and powerful looking. (scaned image with minor adjustment of hue)
This is the same drawing taken using my digital camera on sephia mode. now... it looks real pro eh. :) Also suits the gothic theme more...
curry in the making.... YUmmy.... we make eveything from scratch ok...

This is the final product/ dinner! (p.s. this is special as compared to the "typical" dinners as one can obviously see) cool right?? haha... also on a sunday... told ya sunday is where all domestic creativity happens man... esp in 28 'S Gravesandestraat. :P

at la rambla... with daniel... who is maintaining the cultural mandate :)
the 3 heros conquering the longest bench. haha.
told u guys i was tired of taking pictures... see even being taken b/c a chore. sorry daniel for spoiling the pic. :S
this pic almost cost an old man to tumble back the stairs ok! haha... dun play play
MANIAC bus ride from ryanair airaport to barca town centre. i may look alright but trust me, i was cussing and swearing the whole way thru (while i was awake, haha). So u can say thats "bye bye ryan air..."

MAX OUT! : I think i ate 33 plates myself!!! this was at barca in a jap buffet @ 12.5 Euros. bo bian, got to make my money worth *gpgs attitude
at the spanish restaurant
hey, guess what.. after climing up the familia, we not only saw beautiful scenery but also *ahem beautiful girls too (p.s. she's argentinian)
on top of the world at gaudi park....

the last few pics of barca...
kinda tired of taking pics of buildings u know... haha.

the world's longest... guess what.. Bench??!!! yes, gaudi was so "creative" he decided to do just that... hahaha... more like too bored to me... OPs... no offence ok spanish pple... :P
his humble home...not too creative thou... hahah
the Nou Camp stadium.... nothing much la *sour grapes cos we didnt get to go in also*
the metro to get to the stadium...
our hostel in barca... handpainted ok... very arty farty... :)


ok, i shall end the barca trip here: sorry, i'm always too lazy to type much... anyway i always enjoy seeing pics than looking at text after text... no offence to other's blog thou. :)

up up up we go... to guadi park
view at the top..
but this is even better! barca in a glance!
looks familiar.... it familia... corny :P giant dildo building... haha
hong and me... dam i look like a girl with the scarf
grapes??.... looks yummy... I WANT!
down the windng stairs...
a mock up of the church...

view from the top.... Nice..how much?
work in progress
me having vertigo, check out the height!
more views....
just me... that why this pic sucks. haha

after 300yrs yet its still under construction: bad efficiency or simply perfectionist?

Sagrada Familia
floor plan from gaudi - blank = unbuilt yet (dam slow, haha)
the pews....
some of the uniqueness of the church - its architecture!
inside the Sagrada Familia...