My days in Germany til 19/07/06
Thursday, July 20, 2006 5:14 AM
Today I finally get to use a computer. Rite, I'll start frm the beginning.
10/7
I reached Franfurt @ 5:15am local time. I followed the exit sign, but still got lost. HaHa. intially went to rite way de, but did see the custom sign, so tot went wrong way, go back down again n come up the nxt way only to find i was rite earlier on. u might ask y i didn't follow the rest of the corwd. well, almost 95% of the passengers were transfering flights to other places, n the rest i guess were behind me ba, so i didn't follow the right group of ppl. HaHa.
Anyway, after my passport gt stamped, there's 2 exits. 1 is for those w/o lugguage to collect, n 2 is 4 those w lugguage to collect. i have, so i took exit 2. it's funny thou. cuz to collect lugguage, u have to go down 1 level to collect. it's like an basement. after i collected my lugguage, sis haven't reached yet, so i waited 4 her. when she reached, we went back to her apartment. when we reached, i'm too sleepy so i slept, the whole morn actually. cuz on the plane, i didn't get to sleep as the person nxt to me is too big size n kept occupying my space. so i'm basically left with little space.
when i woke up, it's like late afternoon. sis den took me to the center of the town n walk arnd. had an ice-cream. dere's A LOT of ice-cream stalls here! it's like 1 every 4 shops down the road. after tat, brother came fetch us up. we didn't drive to the center cuz it's only 15 or 20 mins walk away. when we gt home, sis went to cook. Had pasta tat nite. then i went to bed early.
11/7
Day 1 @ work. sis went to paris 4 meeting n i went to office wif brother. imagine yer office is a terrace. tat's where the office is. dere's no office buildings here. met bro's secretary. nice ppl. the rest of the staffs nice ppl too. total inc bro dere's 5 staffs. nt inc me ah, mind u. all guys cept the secretary. had to leave me dere as he gt a meeting n wont be back in the aft.
started off in the library, which basically is a storage room where dey put their files n references. cant access to the computer til bro gets back, so i'm stuck in the library til den. had half roasted chicken n a small cup of salad 4 lunch.
arnd 3, he got back n i started on the comp. imagine a book as thick as a pocket dictionary n u have to key in all the datas in. tat's wat i'm doin, n nt only 1 bk, it's 2 bk! haha. anyway, i off work @ 6, n as sis nt in, so he took me to the center n had a take away Thai food. he's off to the gym @ nite n i'm alone in the hse, which is nice 4 me. HaHa. anyway, both of em gt hm arnd 10pm. btw, the portion of the food here is HUGE! n i mean really HUGE! i eat only half the portion.
oso, @ nite, the weather is cool here. even thou it's summer, the weather is like 20+ degrees.
12/7
2nd day of work, but i won't be dere the whole day. i'm flying off to LONDON! yipee! sis picked me up @ 2:30 n she have to go to another town nearby to pick upher fren's daughter whos gng back to Brussel. btw, brussel is in belgium.
she's only 15 dis yr n seh's very very independent. her name's Enes, btw. nt sure her full spelling, but it sounded like dis. frm dere, we rush to the airport as sis had a important conference @ 3.30pm.our flight's @ 5.15pm while enes's train is @ 8plus. so we had to leave her.
when we said goodbyes, i had the typical greeting kis, where u kiss on both sides of the cheeks. well, it was kinda awkard as i'm nt sure to do it or nt.
when we check in, the plane's almost full and we had to sit separately. had a window seat n had a good view of London. the flight was 1 hr.the 1st thing i noticed is tat there's a lot of football fields! n frm the top view, dey seem very close together. I tried to pin point the various football fields thou. hehe... n i tink i flew past Old Trafford! 0.0!
13/7 - 15/7
I'm in london, so dis continue nxt time as i gt A LOT to write.
15/7
back in germany n sis's apartment.
16/7
i spelt til very late in the afternoon, n did nth much. ate instant noodles 4 lunch. after tat we went to a place where all building r built in olden days like 1900s. den went to a hill top to have a view of the areas.
17/7
3rd day @ work. i'm dreading to go to work. n i'm dreading to stay any longer. i cried silently when i called my mom n sis. i miss em, i wanna go home!
the ppl here r very weird. went out to lunch wif bro n his collegues. 4 of us went out n had pasta. when footing bill, the waitress had to count each separately. everyone pay on their own. bro drove us dere n when comes to paying the car park fee, it had to be shared among those who sat in tat car! it's like EUR2.00 n it had to be shared.
this is the first time i encounter dis kinda thing. it's so ridiculous! oh well, different countries have different cultures. i'm trying my best to bare wif the stay, but i tink i'm on the verge le. i wanna go home!!
oh god, y did i wanna come here 4 so long? i totally regret it! i shld have stayed shorter.
18/7
had a tiring day today. 4 lunch, sis took me out to eat. had fish. cuz bro isn't free had to go 4 a meeting n won't be back. had fried fish n potato salad. a typical german potato salad. it was nice n it gave me an idea of opening 1 in SG. HaHa.
In office, tat Greg (he's frm US) kept making fun of me. he's a typical joker. when we went out to lunch yesterday, he kept saying SG is the largest semi-conductor in the world n half of the games in US comes frm SG n how it's destroying the families. n today he kept making fun of my newbie t-shirt. he kept saying tat i like dis kinda things, like pokemon. n he kept saying tat i like pokemon all day long! oh well, his words can't be taken seriously.
he asked me wat kinda watch i'm wearing, n when i told him is a pooh watch, he said that it's so childish. after he saw tat it's a leather strap n nt so childish, he said it's kinda cool. n even said tat if i wear my newbie shirt to big city like frankfurt, it'll be cool.
19/7
another busy day today. sis went to Nice (i tink) 4 2 days n won't be back tml late nite. had sandwich 4 lunch n it's quite nice actually. initially off work @ 5pm, but bro was on phone n gt off work @ half past 5. took me to a shopping arcade out of town n it's quite late when we reached. it's half past 6. the shop closes @ 8 so we agreed to meet an hr later. i didn't get to shop much cuz 1 hr is really short. bought a bag, some shirts. wanted to get a court shoes, but nth catch my eye.
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oh well, tat's all til now. London trip, nxt time. it's already quarter past midnite n i need to sleep, if nt cannot wake up tml. NITE!! it's probably 6 in the morning back in SG. HELP!! I WANNA GO HOME!!