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Okay, It's about time i blogged about my trip to Germany, Switzerland and France. Been dragging this since who knows when.

Basically on Day 1, boarded Singapore Airlines from Singapore Changi Airport terminal 3 at 12am to Frankfurt, Germany. The 12 hour flight was excruciating, freaking tiny seats and short leg room, fuck economy class.

On Day 2, arrived at Frankfurt International Airport and soon proceeded to the Black Forest, the largest forest in Germany! It was so freaking cold that I wished I was back in Singapore for just a moment. Arrived at the tourist resort township of Titisee after 2 hours. The guide told us that this place is the largest Cuckoo Clock centre in the whole of Germany. This town also sold lots of goodies like Ice Wine. The Cuckoo Clocks looks so bloody cool, felt like buying one but it was too expensive and I doubt it would suit my room anyways. We had lunch and soon crossed the border into Switzerland, sad that I didn't get to stay a night in Germany, Hiel Hitler haha. We reached Schaffhausen, Switzerland after 2 hours and had a magnificient view of the Rhine falls which is the largest waterfall in Central Europe, then it was off to the picturesque township of Lucern. Passed by the mountains which had a scenic view. By the time I reached Lucern, It was night fall and was extremely tired, so was totally knocked out as soon as i reached the hotel (p.s. I bathed before i slept).

On Day 3, I woke up in the morning feeling like P.Diddy and had a photo stop at the Lion Monument (a masterful stone sculpture in honor of the heroic Swiss Guards of Louis XVI during the French Revolution) which was like a 20 minute walk away from the hotel. Next, I visited the renovated 14th Century covered wooden Chapel Bridge which was burned down by some drunk dude who threw his ciggs on the bridge causing it to burn. After that, I embarked on a scenic journey to Berne (the capital of Switzerland for those who didn't know). Upon arrival at the Bahnohofplatz (the old town), the guide brought us on a walking tour to view the dazzling fountains decorated with statues and the 16th Century Clock Tower. The 16th Century Clock Tower is fascinating, it could even tell if it was going to be a full moon or not and every hour, It will ring based on the time, like example if it was 1pm, it would ring once, but if it was like 12pm, it would ring 12 times.We even passed by Albert Einstein's home at some building which is called House No 49. Had lunch and took a quick stop at the bear pit of Berne, didn't see the bear as it was sleeping and proceeded to Interlaken where the Jungfrau Mountain in the Bernese Oberland is located.

On Day 4, took a trip up to Jungfraujoch, the highest peak in Interlaken, it was like -18 degrees Celsius at the summit and my hands almost froze as i forgot to wear my gloves lol. Reached the base around 5pm and went to shop for watches, cut it short, my mom bought an Omega watch which was really nice. Didn't buy any watch since it was like super expensive. Oh forgot to mention that there were many rude China Nationals at the watch shop, they kept pushing and shouting ching chang chong the whole time, bloody annoying.

Day 5, departed Interlaken as I moved on to Montreux while having a short stop at the most beautiful historicl medieval fortress in Switzerland which is the Chillion Castle. Made another stop at a famous statue of Charlie Chaplim and went on to the Olympic Museum at Lausanne before proceeding for dinner. Tonight was the only night we stayed at the 4 star Novotel Hotel, best hotel in the whole trip. Good hotel can only stay 1 night, lousy hotel can stay many nights haha, as quoted by the guide.

On Day 6, departed Switzerland for Paris, France. It was a really long a grueling journey as i had a hard time sleeping on the bus. Reached Paris around 5pm and the hotel around 6pm, had some crappy chinese dinner which provided terrible service, after that, we proceeded to the Seine River Cruise, during the river cruise, everyone kept screaming when it went under a bridge, it was damn hilarious and I managed to take the Eiffel Tower up close and personal while it was flashing colourful lights only at every hour. When i reached back to the hotel, instead of sleeping, I stayed up to watch soccer.

Day 7, we went up the Eiffel Tower, I must say it was a great experience. There were a lot of gypsy's and one approached me asking if i spoke English, I just looked at her and said NO! hahahahaha. I lol-ed at her. After this, I went to a huge shopping centre named Galerie Lafayette. Bought lots of stuff there, shall not go into details haha, once again, lots of Chinese Nationals and their ching chang chongs. Had Mc'Donalds for dinner at Galerie and their Curry sauce tasted like Japanese curry, really nice.

On Day 8, I visited the most renown Palace in France, The Palace of Versailles. It was breathtaking, I was very impressed at the Palace, if Singapore only had such heritage. Went into the Palace and took a couple of photo's. After that, I visited a place in Paris which was given the name "The Artist Corner" and saw many freelance artists who painted really beautiful paintings, had lunch there which cost almost s$200, holy shit, thats like a bomb, and it was from a cafe, not some fancy fine dining restaurant. Went to Champs-Elysées (the largest and most glamorous shopping street of the whole of Paris), didn't buy anything there but had a stroll down the street to experience. My mom and I went back to the hotel while my Sister and her friend Charlotte went to see the Moulin Rouge, my Sister brought back a bottle of Champagne which we shared with everyone from the tour group.

Day 9, visited the Musée du Louvre which contained Mona Lisa, Venus De Milo and Nike. Spent a couple of hours there before heading back to Galerie Lafayette because my Sister and her friend Charlotte wanted to buy a couple of stuffs. Had delicious wonton noodles for dinner and proceeded back to the hotel by metro.

On Day 10, had to say goodbye to Paris as we departed back home to Singapore. I finally took the Airbus A380 for the first time, I must say the seat is bigger, wider and had a longer leg room plus a bigger screen than the Boeing 747 but it was still another excruciating journey, seriously, I hope I would be rich enough in the future to afford business class seats.

Day 11, arrived home in Singapore with a sweet and memorable holiday with my family.

Well, that's the summary of what happened, for pictures, do visit my facebook album and take a look. 

School has been good, have a great class and not to forget great teachers teaching, all well that ends well. Ciao.

Sick today, had a really bad cold thus didn't attend work. Got back my results on the 11th of January, didn't do good neither did i do bad, was stuck in the middle. No doubt I was unhappy, could have done better and I should have. Oh well, what is done can't be undone and there is no way I can travel back to the past to correct my mistakes. All I can do now is to look forward to a new post-secondary school life, where would i go? Millennia Institute, Ngee Ann Polytechnic or Singapore Polytechnic? How will i adapt to it, only time will tell. I want to ask my dad to pay for my drivers license but I'm afraid he will disapprove, I hate facing rejections!

Got my com back 2 days ago and I must say I'm rather glad to have it back, I can't stand using the laptop. Lost all my data in the process thus I'm left with songs from my CD collection so that means I'm stuck with Green Day, but that's okay, I can listen to them 24/7 because it never gets old.

Green Day concert was epic, or shall i say godly? Billy Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, Jason White and Jason Freese rocking the stage, what more could i ask for? Before the actual Green Day performance, Primma Donna was performing to hype up the crowd, I must say they were rather mediocre. From a distance, Primma Donna looked like some X Japan shit. Green Day opened with 21st Century Breakdown which was followed by Know The Enemy and so on because i forgot the sequence haha. There were like 7 lucky fans who got called up on stage by Billy Joe, damn freaking lucky, should have taken the standing tickets. They ended with the most epic of all epic songs, Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life).

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road.
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go.
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why.
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind.
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time.
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial.
For what it's worth it was worth all the while.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

Fucking godly lyrics I tell you. Oh not to mention Adrian Pang, his wife and his 2 kids probably 9 years old if not younger was sitting directly in front of me. During the whole performance, there were many vulgarities shouted out etc and during 1 song performance, Billy Joe was humping the floor and Adrian Pang's kids were looking confused, bad parenting from Mr Pang, very bad!, www.failblog.org worthy.

If you want to view the Green Day concert pictures, its on my facebook album as I'm lazy to upload it here.

Cheers!

0830 - 1800. Pandan gardens. That is where I head to work every weekday, finally found a job which lets me do something instead of rotting at home. Atmosphere at the office is very good and I have Joe Gan over there in case I get bored. All I have been doing was filing, sorting papers and more filing haha, how fun is that you tell me? Oh well, I'm not complaining. Bought a couple of clothes last Saturday, spent quite a lot, going to be darn poor soon.

Results are going to be out on 11 January 2010, can't wait for it although It's my second time taking it. I've got to do well otherwise I'd just do the P*******. 3 days after collection of my results, It's GREEN DAY LIVE IN SINGAPORE!!!!!!! Holy shit. Hahahahaha. February is going to be an exciting month, can change my stupid Nokia E71 after my plan reaches 1 year and I'm going to visit Europe in Chinese New Year, I'm so going to get my branded goods, what a month!

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy while all play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. You can categorise me under the second term, yup! that's what my lifestyle is after the 'O' Level Examinations. Eat, play, sleep and going through that cycle everyday is just plain boring. Currently waiting for two companies to get back to me, one is working with my friend Joe which I just submitted my resume yesterday and another one working at Relish which Denniz recommended and this one is taking forever I swear.

Actually I'm just blogging to pass the time, even though I have nothing interesting to share. If you got a well paying job like someone, *ahem* you know who you are, $10 an hour just to pack stuffs and requires additional help, you know what to do (:

Its over!

From Agincourt to Waterloo.
Poitiers and then Anjou.
From Bosworth Field to Pointe Du Hoc.
Stalingrad and the siege of York.
Bannockburn to Austerlitz.
The fall of France and the German Blitz.
Bolsheviks and feudal lords.
Chivalry to civil wars.
Fascist rule and genocide.
Empires built and nations burned.
Leningrad, Berlin Wall.
March on Rome, Bzyantium's Fall.
Lightning War, Dresden Night.
Drop a bomb, end this fight.