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Thursday, 30 August 2007
Monday, 20 August 2007
Busy Schedule next month
Next month will be the final month of my stay in Germany. It might sound strange, but I have yet to travel outside Germany. In fact I have yet to travel even outside the state of Baden-Württemberg (apart from Frankfurt). My travels so far are withing the State (since u can get a 24 hour day ticket to travel the whole state for a reasonable price). But next month I have a busy traveling schedule ahead (well not so busy, just busier than usual). It will start with a Go-Kart session at the go cart track nearby with my TIM Consult colleages on Merdeka day. I have alway wanted to race in a go-kart since i dont know when. Now i have the chance to follow the foot steps of Michael Schumacher.
The arrival of Evgeny (Trainee from Russia) opened more travel opportunities for traveling. due to the fact that he has an international driving license. This means we can share costs to rent a car and go traveling. By the way Evgeny is 21 years old and honestly he looks older than me!! no kidding! Anyways, Our plan for next month is to drive to Luxembourg and Brussels. On the left is a pic of the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg. It's the residence of the Duke of Luxembourg. By the way, Luxembourg is a constitutional monarchy ruled by the Grand Duke and has the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in the world. Or in layman's term, Luxemberg is crawling with rich people. So i expect to see many people driving Ferrari's
and Lambo's when i go there. We wont spend the night at Luxembourg since its a rich mans place, no place for a humble trainee like me, so we will drive directly to Brussels in Belgium, the only country in the world that has lamp post along all of its roads. But I will verify that when i go there.
Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the city where the European Parliament is located (pic on the right). Would love to see that. It's
also said to be a beautiful city and I expect to see scenes like the picture on the left. We will stay for 1 night at Brussels and after traveling around the city we will drive back to Mannheim. Although i don't have an international driving license, I will be the emergency driver. In case Evgeny gets too tired to drive i will be his replacement and drive illegally. hehe...Kindda dangerous since i haven't been driving for 5 months and this time i will be driving on the wrong side of the road.
Next... On the 22nd of September I will be going to the Prestigious Frankfurt Auto Show. This is one of the biggest Automobile exhibition in the world where prototypes and new cars that have not gone on sale yet are displayed. I have been reading about this exhibition on the car magazines since i was in high school, i cant believe i will actually be going there. Henrik, our reception manager has been there last year and he said 1 day is not enough to finish the exhibition. its like, 9/10 halls of exhibits and you have to plan in advance where you want to go, which booth do u want to visit beforehand. That is always the case for German exhibitions and museums. It is always worth the money you pay. Unlike some museums in a certain country in Asean... Like when i wen to the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart not too long ago, the entrance was 8 euros, but the quantity of exhibits there was far more than you could imagine. I found myself in a hurry to finish studying the exhibits before the museum closed. It was truly a great experience.
And on the same day, at night, i will be flying to London. My brother has a friend there that is generous and let me stay at his place for a week. At that time will be the fasting month, so i can save a lot on food. After i came back from UK when i was 6 years old, i have always wanted to go back to my birthplace, Cardiff....lets hope that the travel expenses are not too expensive there. I still have to do a lot of planning in terms of budget and travel plans so that my stay will be meaningful to the last penny...After London, i will come back to frankfurt and the next day ill be flying back to Malaysia...For Raya!!!
Ill keep you guys updated...
Tchuss
The arrival of Evgeny (Trainee from Russia) opened more travel opportunities for traveling. due to the fact that he has an international driving license. This means we can share costs to rent a car and go traveling. By the way Evgeny is 21 years old and honestly he looks older than me!! no kidding! Anyways, Our plan for next month is to drive to Luxembourg and Brussels. On the left is a pic of the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg. It's the residence of the Duke of Luxembourg. By the way, Luxembourg is a constitutional monarchy ruled by the Grand Duke and has the highest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita in the world. Or in layman's term, Luxemberg is crawling with rich people. So i expect to see many people driving Ferrari's
and Lambo's when i go there. We wont spend the night at Luxembourg since its a rich mans place, no place for a humble trainee like me, so we will drive directly to Brussels in Belgium, the only country in the world that has lamp post along all of its roads. But I will verify that when i go there.Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the city where the European Parliament is located (pic on the right). Would love to see that. It's
also said to be a beautiful city and I expect to see scenes like the picture on the left. We will stay for 1 night at Brussels and after traveling around the city we will drive back to Mannheim. Although i don't have an international driving license, I will be the emergency driver. In case Evgeny gets too tired to drive i will be his replacement and drive illegally. hehe...Kindda dangerous since i haven't been driving for 5 months and this time i will be driving on the wrong side of the road.Next... On the 22nd of September I will be going to the Prestigious Frankfurt Auto Show. This is one of the biggest Automobile exhibition in the world where prototypes and new cars that have not gone on sale yet are displayed. I have been reading about this exhibition on the car magazines since i was in high school, i cant believe i will actually be going there. Henrik, our reception manager has been there last year and he said 1 day is not enough to finish the exhibition. its like, 9/10 halls of exhibits and you have to plan in advance where you want to go, which booth do u want to visit beforehand. That is always the case for German exhibitions and museums. It is always worth the money you pay. Unlike some museums in a certain country in Asean... Like when i wen to the Mercedes museum in Stuttgart not too long ago, the entrance was 8 euros, but the quantity of exhibits there was far more than you could imagine. I found myself in a hurry to finish studying the exhibits before the museum closed. It was truly a great experience.
And on the same day, at night, i will be flying to London. My brother has a friend there that is generous and let me stay at his place for a week. At that time will be the fasting month, so i can save a lot on food. After i came back from UK when i was 6 years old, i have always wanted to go back to my birthplace, Cardiff....lets hope that the travel expenses are not too expensive there. I still have to do a lot of planning in terms of budget and travel plans so that my stay will be meaningful to the last penny...After London, i will come back to frankfurt and the next day ill be flying back to Malaysia...For Raya!!!
Ill keep you guys updated...
Tchuss
From Hot Brazilian girl to Sweet Vietnamese twins
The summer holidays witnessed the mass exodus of the female hostel residents for their summer holidays. This includes the so called "Hot Brazilian girl" aka "Hot Ballet dancer". I'm not quite sure if they will be coming back or will there be new residence once the university term starts. But the absence of female residence is somewhat noticeable.
The starting date of the summer holidays and the starting of the new term of each University in Germany are not all the same. Some start as early as the beginning of September, some start in October. For some students, summer holidays provides the opportunity to work part time, in restaurants or factories depending on their skills and qualifications. For some students, it is compulsory to so their industrial training. Just like in Malaysia, the student will do about 3 months of industrial training and then write a thesis when they get back to University. This was the case for the Vietnamese twin sisters that just moved in a couple of weeks ago, the Nguyen sisters.
These sweet and petite girls are inseparable. They study the same course (economics) in the same University, in the same class and doing their industrial training in the same company (but different departments). Like every other friend in my floor, i met one of the sisters for the first time in the kitchen. Her name is Mee...something (i don't remember...paiseh). Previously i did notice them moving in but this was the 1st time we actually met. That was also when i knew she didn't know how to cook. Well, it was the same case with the other sister actually. So we talked and exchanged YM addresses. She had a problem with her internet untill now, but she gave my YM to her sister and later we had a short introduction.
It was not until last Saturday that we decided go out together with my fellow trainees, Liu Shu (PRC) and Evgeny (Russia). There was this free movie screening in an indoor swimming pool which they fixed a screen and a few rows of seats (not many, at least not enough for us). The movie was a musical from the 1940's about swimming girl, people playing music and cha-cha dancing. The movie was accompanied by a real life synchronized water dance. I guess thats why they screened it in the indoor swimming pool. It was an American movie but dubbed into German, which made in not understandable to us. About 10 minutes into the movie we decided not to waste time watching that movie and we went to drink and have a chit-chat.
Now, when we mention twins people will always think of Siamese twins. These sisters were not Siamese twins due to the fact that they were Vietnamese and they look similar, but not the same. Most obvious was the shape of their faces are different. Now, I didn't study biology when i was in high school but my mom is a biology teacher and I used to "ambil upah" typing my mothers schools biology exam papers (with answers). That's when i learned about the concept of twins and how they come to be. Seems like the Nguyen sisters came from 2 different eggs fertilized by 2 different sperms. Thats why there is a difference in how they look. In fact if you look carefully, if not for the same hair style and physical size, they look just like normal sisters rather than twin sisters. But i know which one looks cuter though...hehe
Before i go further, it is probobly a good thing to inform my readers and friends that both sisters have informed me earlier in our acquaintance that they already have boyfriends. This is typical for girls who want to define their boundaries to other men. Well i think its a good thing to do to avoid misunderstandings. However, they are very sweet and friendly. In fact Mee....something (i don't remember her name...paiseh) was the one that initiated the conversation when i first met here in the kitchen. Not that i didn't want to start the conversation, but she started it before i could say "you must be the new vietnamese girl, arent you". But since she still hasn't had her internet fixed, i have been chatting with her sister, Kim Hee for the past week. She's the cutest between them..hehe.
Well, i think this is as far as i can tell you guys about the Vietnamese twins. Besides i only have known them for over a week. But, i don't have a picture of them but , pretty soon i will. For now i just have the lousy picture taken at the movie screening with just Mee...something(i don't remember her name...paiseh) and us trainees in it.....
The starting date of the summer holidays and the starting of the new term of each University in Germany are not all the same. Some start as early as the beginning of September, some start in October. For some students, summer holidays provides the opportunity to work part time, in restaurants or factories depending on their skills and qualifications. For some students, it is compulsory to so their industrial training. Just like in Malaysia, the student will do about 3 months of industrial training and then write a thesis when they get back to University. This was the case for the Vietnamese twin sisters that just moved in a couple of weeks ago, the Nguyen sisters.
These sweet and petite girls are inseparable. They study the same course (economics) in the same University, in the same class and doing their industrial training in the same company (but different departments). Like every other friend in my floor, i met one of the sisters for the first time in the kitchen. Her name is Mee...something (i don't remember...paiseh). Previously i did notice them moving in but this was the 1st time we actually met. That was also when i knew she didn't know how to cook. Well, it was the same case with the other sister actually. So we talked and exchanged YM addresses. She had a problem with her internet untill now, but she gave my YM to her sister and later we had a short introduction.
It was not until last Saturday that we decided go out together with my fellow trainees, Liu Shu (PRC) and Evgeny (Russia). There was this free movie screening in an indoor swimming pool which they fixed a screen and a few rows of seats (not many, at least not enough for us). The movie was a musical from the 1940's about swimming girl, people playing music and cha-cha dancing. The movie was accompanied by a real life synchronized water dance. I guess thats why they screened it in the indoor swimming pool. It was an American movie but dubbed into German, which made in not understandable to us. About 10 minutes into the movie we decided not to waste time watching that movie and we went to drink and have a chit-chat.
Now, when we mention twins people will always think of Siamese twins. These sisters were not Siamese twins due to the fact that they were Vietnamese and they look similar, but not the same. Most obvious was the shape of their faces are different. Now, I didn't study biology when i was in high school but my mom is a biology teacher and I used to "ambil upah" typing my mothers schools biology exam papers (with answers). That's when i learned about the concept of twins and how they come to be. Seems like the Nguyen sisters came from 2 different eggs fertilized by 2 different sperms. Thats why there is a difference in how they look. In fact if you look carefully, if not for the same hair style and physical size, they look just like normal sisters rather than twin sisters. But i know which one looks cuter though...hehe
Before i go further, it is probobly a good thing to inform my readers and friends that both sisters have informed me earlier in our acquaintance that they already have boyfriends. This is typical for girls who want to define their boundaries to other men. Well i think its a good thing to do to avoid misunderstandings. However, they are very sweet and friendly. In fact Mee....something (i don't remember her name...paiseh) was the one that initiated the conversation when i first met here in the kitchen. Not that i didn't want to start the conversation, but she started it before i could say "you must be the new vietnamese girl, arent you". But since she still hasn't had her internet fixed, i have been chatting with her sister, Kim Hee for the past week. She's the cutest between them..hehe.
Well, i think this is as far as i can tell you guys about the Vietnamese twins. Besides i only have known them for over a week. But, i don't have a picture of them but , pretty soon i will. For now i just have the lousy picture taken at the movie screening with just Mee...something(i don't remember her name...paiseh) and us trainees in it.....
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