changed to http://andrewyeoyicun.wordpress.com/

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.

Didn't touch blogspot for quite sometime, would be a good time to do so now with some free time before i start studying again.

This have been a good week, read The Straits Times on Wednesday that Green Day coming down on the 14 of January to perform their 21st Century Breakdown tour at the Singapore indoor stadium, bought the $148 tickets the very next day with Shahridan and Julian. On the very same day, we went to the shop that sells Gregory bags. While I was browsing through the bags, Shahridan whispered into my ear 'eh the owner is extremely fat, go see'. I took a peek and I softly and calmly told him 'the owner is not extremely fat' but changed my tone soon after and shouting at the top of my lungs 'but he is morbidly obese'. HAHA, didn't actually do that but you get my point yeah. Proceeded to Queensway Shopping Centre after purchasing our Gregory bags. Bought myself a new street soccer shoe while Julian bought an A.C. Milan jersey with the name Pato and number 7 printed behind.

At approximately 1.14am today, I received a call from my dear friend Shahridan instructing me to leave my house in 5 minutes as Joey was arriving to pick me up to go for supper with him, Shahridan and Lynette at Boon Lay market. I quickly changed, rushed down to my lift lobby and anticipated his arrival. A red Honda Freed turned into the carpark with Joey as the pilot and of course his Lynette as the co-pilot and Shahridan behind. I smiled, looking at that cute little boy wearing his favourite red bull singlet behind the wheel. A little man commanding a gigantic vehicle. We then set off to Boon Lay market to have our Power Nasi-Lemak. Treated Joey and Lynette each a plate of the Nasi-Lemak (Sorry Shahridan, you have your bloody charity money hahahaha). When I asked how much it cost for the 3 plates, the guy just said 999999999999 till infinity and was giving me this fucked up face, didn't stop until I gave him my $50 note, the reason why he stopped saying 99999999 till infinity was probably because he was awestrucked by the $50 note as he must have never seen one in his bloody entire mat life, I bet he was telling this to himself 'wah, aku touch $50 note for the first time siol'. Fuck him and his 9 times 10 to the power of infinity. We started to discuss about the soccer matches that ended earlier and how controversial Darren Bent's goal was and how calmly Andrei Arshavin slotted home the third goal, placing it in the bottom right corner of Joe Hart's goalpost.

Suddenly Shahridan suggested that we travel to Adam road food centre to drink Nestlo (a combination of milo and kopi i think), before that he needed to buy a packet of Nasi-Lemak for his mother and when he paid the very same guy, he returned him his change full of 10 cent coins, I asked Shahridan if he gave nine 10 cent coins thinking that crazy guy is obsessed with the digit 9 but he gave ten 10 cent coins. Travelling to Adam road food centre with a boy who has a voice which sounded like rat squealing singing to songs beside me was a rather frightful experience (you know I'm just kidding right lol). I must say the Nestlo was terrific, a must try. Thank you Joey for sending me home even though you kept complaining about the long distance back to my house, kudos to your excellent driving skills. Just wait after I start enrolling at BBDC after my 'O's then I'll drive you for supper.

'O's just around the corner, got to check the blind spot before I turn. LOL. Alright, i'm off to study.

License here i come.

It's been awhile.

Start of the June holidays, I got to make use of it to catch up with my work, cannot "eh want to dota a not?" anymore. Reformatted my computer, no more games. I hope that will help me concentrate on my studies. This is my second time sitting for my 'O' Levels, can't screw it up like last year again. No more "eh I study for 5 hours leh" but actually playing World of Warcraft secretly. It's now or never, time to buck up. Hope to be able to allocate some time to study at the library.

My cousin Benjamin would be arriving in Singapore tomorrow from Toronto, Canada. It has been 2 long years since i saw him, it would be a memorable day tomorrow. I wonder how much weight has he gained over the 2 years HAHAHAHA.

Ian would be entering BMT this Thursday which would be on the 4th, same day as my Dad's arrival back to Singapore. Very happy to see him, but i guess he would lecture me about my studies as usual. Sad yet happy, happy yet sad. Nonsense lol. Hope Ian would 'enjoy' his stay in Tekong.

Went to the library to do something productive today. There was this uncle, without his shoes, singing blatantly aloud beside us, macham American Idol, he really trying too hard like Raiyan to show so much emotion and passion that even if I gave his a bitch slap he would continue singing. Swee lah, can imagine 20 people just bash him up on the spot and he still continues to sing.

Soccer training tomorrow and a friendly match against 'some' team on Wednesday, have a feeling we will lose because of the likes of Raiyan in my team. Sorry, just being frank. HAHAHAHAHA own already.

Stress.

Farmer C sell what? Your mother lah. Go fix your car door.

NixonNexus said: y little boy really is little boy

(Pardon this person for its broken grammar.)

Can you believe this person is actually questioning WHY A LITTLE BOY IS A LITTLE BOY! Its good as saying a dog is a cat.

Of course a little boy will be a little boy, a pear will always be a pear and it will not magically transform into an orange, what a joker.

This person has no common sense at all.

29 points for 'O' Levels is a total bullshit, normally, parents would have punished their children, but ironically i still got to visit Japan and even spent a lot of my parents money. I've been away to Japan during the 22nd to the 30th, have to admit it is a very beautiful country.

Was having tour during the first few days, after that we extended our stay and went free and easy. Shopping was not exactly that good because i did not manage to find the goods my friends wanted and my sincerest apologies to Joey for not getting his Headporter bag because we had an agreement if he lent me D70, i would in exchange find him his Headporter bag.

Cost of living in Japan is terribly expensive, the cost of 3 Mc'Donalds meal in Singapore would cost around $18, guess how much it cost? $35 LOL, own.

Let me recap what i did in Japan.

Day 1
Assembled at Singapore Changi Airport for my fight to the land of the rising sun - Japan.

Day 2
My first stop was Harajuku. The area which is suppose to be known internationally for its youth style and fashion.( Yeah, but don't have the stuff i'm looking for ) Next i went to Ginza and Shinjuku where i bought my wallet and bag(: Lastly, i visited Akihabara, Japan's no.1 electric city. Their local handphone designs are damn owning, wanted to buy 1 back but could not because it is binded by a contract of 3 years and it can only be used in Japan.

Day 3
After breakfast, departed for the Gotenba Premium outlet mall. Soon proceeded to the most popular Asakusa Kannon Buddhist Temple, having a history of more than 1300 years.

Day 4
In the morning, went to the beautiful Hakone National Park, and visited Oshino Hakkai and one was able to take picture of beautiful Mt Fuji. Thereafter went to Owakudani Valley, also known as ‘Boiling Valley’, where sulphurous fumes rise from cervices in rocks. Then, ascended to the fifth station of Mount Fuji, Japan’s tallest and most sacred mountain.

Day 5
After breakfast, we headed for Nara. Sightseeing included the Todaiji Temple of Daibutsu - the largest bronze Buddha structure in Japan. Within the compound is the Nara Deer Park where thousands of deer roam freely. I visited the famous Kinkakuji “Golden Pavilion”, originally built in 1394. Next went to Kiyomizu Temple. It is nested in the quiet foothills of Mount Otawa, which has a large veranda supported on hundreds pillars and was built in 1633.

Day 6
In the morning, we visited the majestic Osaka Castle . In the evening, we visited the streets of Shinsaibashi.

Day 7
While the rest of the tour group bid farewell to this beautiful country, my family extended our stay and went to our hotel in the heart of Osaka. We then visited Shinsaibashi again because i wanted to find some stuff for my friends.

Day 8
We went to Universal Studios Japan and soon after that, in the evening we met my mothers Japanese friends who treated us to a wonderful Japanese dinner.

Day 9
Yes, home sweet home.

Well, i'll let the pictures do the talking.

This is bullshit.

Finally, it's been a long time since i blogged. I must say many things happened these few months, some were quite surprising haha, right Joey? Been doing everything except finding work during this holiday period, i don't know if i'm lazy or i don't need the money. Bought GH:WT and have been playing it everyday, playing with random people online. I must say it is quite a fun game to have. Something new and interesting for me since i have never played a guitar or a drumset before, many great songs that i have never heard before. Well, i have nothing much to say now so, ciao.

What Andrew Means

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row. You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace. People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality. You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are very charming... dangerously so. You have the potential to break a lot of hearts. You know how what you want, how to get it, and that you will get it. You have the power to rule the world. Let's hope you're a benevolent dictator!

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

2-1 the final score, the whistle blown marking the end of full time. A goal courtesy of Wes Brown plus a splendid finish by the unsung hero Ryan Babel ensured us a victory. Nemanja Vidic got a red card, good for him, such a dick and Nani bears a similar resemblance like the zombie in Michael Jackson's music video the thriller (I just hate him for some reason). Manchester United only managed a mere 10 shots while the victors managed 30 shots, 1:3 see the difference in quality? bet you do and Reina had to only save once.

Now now to those Manchester United supporters (You know who you are), don't tell me it was luck or you were just giving chance, just face the fact that our team was more superior then yours.

When you walk through the storm

Hold your head up high,

And don't be afraid of the dark.

At the end of the storm is a golden sky

And the sweet silver song of a lark.

Walk on through the wind,

Walk on through the rain,

Though your dreams be tossed and blown.

Walk on walk on, with hope in your heart

And you'll never walk alone

You'll never walk alone

Awesomeness.

Today was yet another great day, went to school to lan but it was closed. Nevermind, i do my chemistry, physics and maths. Accomplishment man, actually not really lol. Met the whole group (Samuel, Alex, Sukardi, Darren, Ian, Donovan, Shahridan and Ben) at The Cathay. Ate at Carls Jr, just finishing the Chili Cheese Fries already made me full and i still had a whole burger to devior, left 1/2 of the burger as i could not finish, i think some random fatty sure went to my table to complete the remaining 1/2 of the buger, you know why?, because it is Carls Jr.

Watched the 9.40pm 4Bia film which consisted of 4 different horror stories which is somehow is linked together in one way or another. First story was abit lame, nothing scary, only the last part the standard ghost suddenly appearing trick comes out, then its the end for the first part. 2nd part, i was more focused on the hot Thai girls, apparently the story was a group of girls/guys got expelled from school for consuming weed which was tattletailed by some guy who looks like the Resident Evil 5 Zombie or Roey Suhendri lol, the Zombie look-a-like got beaten up badly, turned himself into a gangster by playing with black magic to revenge himself and he managed to kill the whole group including himself, okay not the whole group because one of the girl dug out both her eye balls so she survived. Third story was rather funny i swear, a bunch of guys went camping and all of them drowned lol, damn funny and they all don't realise it. Okay, they saved the best for last, it was somehow scary yet funny at the same time, i don't know why but me, shahridan and darren was laughing all the way. During the movie, cutie pie Alex borrowed my hoodie to cover his eyes and he was somehow weeping during the last part of the movie, Ben and Ian were both sharing the scarf or whatever shit they were using to cover their eyes too. Shahridan was also trying to find some cover to hide his face. Best of all, Samuel placed his foot on the chair in front and used his tighs to cover his eyes with his hands or rather fingers covering his ears. Very, very cute. The credit theme was absolutely wonderful, does not even suit a horror flick, better off for a chick flick.

Show ended about 12am, cabbed home with Ian, Darren, Donovan. Donovan went to my place just to play the PS3 and soon after walked to cheers to makan in the wee hours of the morning, awsome day, now i'm still awake talking to Ian because he can't sleep, hope some puke lands on his face.

Oh yeah, Shahridan, i watched the whole movie with my eyes wide open hor, LIM PEI not scared one, unlike some people hehehe.
Ciao

Today was a wonderful day, went to school at 10am for maths class but only to find myself doing my maths without any teachers help, thanks Mrs Foo, thanks alot. Finished another ten year series paper. Best of all, went to dota in you know where, the most ownage thing we did. So fucking ownage playing free lan. Next month will be the prelims, stress to the max i swear, like i'm in the bloody 18th level of hell, burning in agony. Suppose to be watching a movie in town right now but a few people could not attend so we decided to postpone it to tomorrow. We will watch some horror flick i presume, been a long time since i've been to a cinema.

I want to borrow a Nintendo DS, anyone who have please lend me? I want to play Phoenix Wright. That lawyer game is freaking addictive, when i borrowed Julian's DS on Saturday, i am just hooked onto the game, cannot stop playing it. HOLD IT.....








My uncle was at East Coast Park and guess what he saw.