20/7

nth much happened today. Went to work as usual. Go home as usual. Btw, sis wil be back frm Nice today. She said she'd find a place to go away for the wkend n she found Parague. Still, can decide when she comes back tonite arnd 8:30pm.

Dinner, brother cook. Pasta with cream sauce. A bit watery thou. HAHA.... N a bit bland thou. But still, it's nt bad.

It is decided tat we're to go ROME!!!! YIPEEE!!!! I always wanted to go rome!! finally! but our flight's @ 10pm thou.

21/7

No need go to office today as i only work mon-thurs. sleep in late today. @ arnd 5pm, sis wanted to go do some grocery shopping. I'm gng wif her. juz as we were gng out, brother called tat he coming back. sis waited 4 him to come back cuz she tot maybe brother might like to go wif us. when he come back, he nt gng as he'd want to go running. so sis n i go.

we said to split up as i like to see some stuffs, n sis oso wan to see her stuffs. met 1 hr later. went into a shoe shop, n saw the boots tat i like. tried on it, n bought it. along wif a pair of court shoes. met sis n we go back. i bought a cake, or rather more like a pastry, to eat b4 the flight.

we said to leave @ 8, but @ 7:30pm, the both of 'em still have not pack their luggage yet! gasp! it's soooo funny seeing n hearing 'em pack. hahaha.... in the end, guess wat, brother had more stuffs than sis in the luggage!

when we finally leave it's arnd 8:45pm. reached airport after checking in, it's arnd 9:45pm. Gate open 10 mins later, bro n sis wanted to go to the lounge to drink sth, while i opt to go walk arnd. met @ gate to board the plane.

u noe sth, u dun need to stamp yer passport if leaving frm 1 european country to another. the flight is quite empty n dunno y, the staff put us all in diff seatings. in the end, sis's row, or rather my row (i change wif sis), is empty, so i go join em.

sis asked me to try sparkling wine, she said to try it as it's really good. tried it, it's nt bad, but dun really like the taste. it's a 2 hr flight to Rome. so when we reached it's like midnight. sis had hired a car to pick us up @ the airport. It's quite a long ride frm airport to hotel.

OH!! almost forgot! on the flight, sth happened. the row beside our row gt 1 "act" rocker. he dressed like a rocker, but frm the way he walks, body language, he's a bit sissy, i'd say. frm his accent, he's frm london. the seats in front of him is a couple, i guess is either frm the States or England. the guy were listening to his mp3 walkman PHONE when the plane took off n during the flight.

B4 the plane took off, the "rocker" guy already told the guy to shut off his phone. But he didn't heard it as his earphones were in his ears. then, a guy in front of me, told the person with mp3 off. the guy doesn't listen, n the one in front of me complained to the air stewardess.

when the plane is reaching, dey'd make an announcement to switch off all electronic devices, the guy beside me, the "rocker", told the guy off again. the guy wif mp3, turned arnd n told the "rocker" to shut up. haha, den dey began to argue. then, the "rocker" called the air stewardess.

air stewardess asked to guy to switch off n he did, but the "rocker" still nt satisfied n keep talking n talking n talking...... the guy in front can't take it n talk back n dey argue. even the air stewardess can't stop em.

Den the "rocker" noe he can't win the arguing, so he stopped talking. the guy in front threatened to beat him up after the plane landed.

i overheard the "rocker" told the airstewardess tat the guys "invited" him to a fight outside the airport. as soon as the plane landed, he got off his seat, took his luggage n rush to be the 1st one out. hahaha.... luckily he dun have any luggage checked in.... hahaha

haiz..... some ppl really selfish n inconsiderate. n some really kepo. anyway, details of rome, nxt update. hahaha....

23/7

came back frm Rome. flight is 5plus. nth much happen today.

24/7

haiz... back to work... only 1 word to describe, sian. bro nt free to take me dere today, so sis took me dere. bro gng back to office only later n we went home together.

25/7

bro went to italy 4 meeting today n won't be back til thurs nite. so sis took me dere n picked me up. had an accident today. the filing cupboard, due to my stupidness, fell over. n when it's put back, it's nt the same anymore. oops.... sis cooked cabonara tonite, n it's really delicious, althou the skill is nt really dere. hehehe :P

26/7

had an upset stomach today, so took mc. spents the day @ home.

27/8

went to office rather late today. nth much happened today, n guess wat? it's my LAST DAY @ office today! hahaha...... actually tat's wat i tot. so i took the laptop back home, n when sis saw it, asked me y take hm, n how come i'm nt gng back. den @ nite, bro came back n ask me y nt gng back too. den he ask if i wan to work frm hm, i no choice but to agree, y? cuz he expects me to finish the 2 books he asked me to type.

28/7

Slept late 2day. woke up arnd 2pm. Bro already brought the book back frm office, n took the 1st date wif him. need to start on a new file. started typing again. typed until bro came back n he joked tat the office is already closed, y am i working. Had sushi today. Later 2nite, sis took me to the casino!! haha!! went dere aft dinner. sis was telling bro tat last time her mother came, she took her dere n she played a machine tat's playboy, n bro was very interested in it. we decided to only played a max of EUR30.

when we reached dere, we walked arnd the place 1st, den finally we went to the 5c machine. bro went to tat playboy machine immediately. i watched 4 a while, b4 i go to other machines. sis went to play the popeye machine, she played b4. some of the wordings on machine r in german, while some were in english. choosed a eng machine. put in EUR10 note. lost everything in a few mins... haha... tat machine very hard to win one. den i went over to another called Soap Opera. i've gt no more 10 dollar note, so i put in 20. i hit jackpot n won quite a lot of credits. i cashed put first, in case i lost myself, den put in a few 50c to play.

in the end, i lost EUR 4.50, while sis lost EUR 17.50, while bro...... haha, he put in a 10 dollar note, n he used tat to win EUR 24.50!!!! WOW eh? Well, it's a fun experience.

29/7

Went back to MTZ again. HaHa. Cuz sis said tat a dept store, Breuninger, is having a designer's sales. Every sat, dey'll pick either 1 brand's stuffs or a few brand's stuffs n dey put another 50% off on top of the already 30% off. but go dere still need see if gt sizes or nt, so need to go early. woke up @ 9am. leave @ arnd 10. it's like a half an hr drive frm home. reach dere, sales nt started yet, but still gt other sales in the same srote. so we walk arnd n bought a pink shirt, 2 sleeveless top. den dey made the announcement. the sales started n is outside. so sis go check it out while i go see other stuffs.

i didn't notice sis went out, i only saw bro. he told me sis outside checking out the sales, so i tot of joining her. but actually she asked bro to tell me tat she go find the place n asked me to wait in the dept store. haha...

anyway, went to the area, tried to find a nice top 4 mother, but can't find. den i managed to get a buttoned shirt, which i'll wear as a 2nd pc. den i go look @ mens wear. was tinking whether to buy 4 father nt. when i see the price, no need to consider! buy! original price 69.95 EUR. disc price 9.97 EUR. CHEAP RITE?!?! so i took 1, but unsure of the size, den sis took it frm me and asked bro to try it. HAHA.... cuz my father's size n bro's size ca bu duo, so if he can, my father can.

Den i go make payment. na li zhi dao, when i make payment, the shirt only cost me 4.97EUR!!! CHEAP isn't it? den i wanted to get more de, but no more colour 4 my father size le, so didn't buy more. Haiz..... should've buy more!!!! a S$140, i pay only S$10 for it..... should've buy more..... should've!!!!

anyway, after tat, sis asked me if i wan to walk together wif em or separate, i opted separate. so i go walk alone. bought many things, can't even remember buy wat le... anyway, meet an hr later, sis bought A LOT of fruits! den i bought chicken n chips 4 lunch. it's chicken sticks n chips. wanted to pack go hm eat one, but the packaging dun allow me to board the car. so have to eat dere. it's very nice! esp the chips. it's fries actually.

anyway, after tat, go home, i pack my luggage again. it's FULLER dan FULL! haha.....

30/7

bro gt free tix to Formula 1, so he took sis along. he only has 2 tix, so cna't bring me along. buy anyway, i oso dun like tat. so dey leave @ arnd 10am. sis told me it's a sorta-like 2 hr drive to dere. the race started @ 2pm, n end @ 4pm. so i pratically had the whole day to myself. borrowed comp frm sis to surf net.

Since i didn't publich dis on 30/7, n since i'm back in SG, i'll post the last few days in too...

31/7

didn't do much. same routin. wake up, key data. in the afternoon, 4:30pm, we went to MTZ yet again. bought wallets 4 mother, jan n jo said to help em buy a top for their d&d, den sis bought a jeans skirt 4 mei as a present. Den had roast chicken (yummy!) n chips 4 dinner. it's HALF a roast chicken, nt a WHOLE chicken!!!

Today, the weather's rather cooling. nt so hot in the morning, n cools down @ nite to arnd 18-20 degrees. the weather started to cool down since yesterday. n it started raining yesterday nite too.

1/8

last 2nd day @ Bad Homburg, Germany. have to finish typing the data NO MATTER WHAT! woke up @ 10am n started to work on it immediately. but of course aft i go toliet, n brush teeth n have my normal cup of coffee lah. Tink wai wai ah.... hehe.... den lunchtime, we go out do some groceries shopping.

had fish (super yummy!!!!!) again 4 lunch, den have to rush back as sis gt a conference call. continued typing as i have to finish dis by tonite, as tml last day, dun wan brought down by work. halfway thru, comp hanged. restart comp, 1 hr's worth of data gone! have to retype. in the end, i finished the book @ half past 10 tat nite. a relieve 4 me n bro as he finally have the datas.

the weather's very cool today. nt hot n nt too cold, arnd 20 degrees.

2/8

yeah! last day!! woke up late again, @ arnd half past 11. sis nt arnd when wake up, she left a note said she go pick up the visas frm china embassy. dey gng to china 4 holiday. came back nt a while later. she had gone 4 like 2 hrs she said. go to the town today 4 the last day. i go look 4 a top 4 my san yi. finally found 1 @ benetton. original 24.90 EUR, den disc til 16.90. when i make payment, dere's another 20% off... haha.... in the end i only buy tat shirt 4 12+ EUR... haha.... good deal isn't it...

den, we sat down to have an ice-cream. i paid 4 tat instead of sis... HaHa... today's weather is arnd 15-16 degrees. on such a whether, we're sitting outside of the cafe to have a huge cup of ice-cream... HaHa.... the ice cream serving is a bit more dan Swensens de wor...... aft tat, we rush hm to pack up, n leave 4 dinner. had a german dinner in a german health restaurant. the area is a bit out of town, but still in Bad Homburg. it's raining, so the outside seats nt open, inside was crowded wif ppl. guess wat kinds ppl?....................................adults? families? young n hip? working adults? ALL WRONG! in the store, 3/4 of it were OLD PEOPLE! males n females, all drinking the restaurant's own draft beer! well, dere's still some working adults eating too... hehe...

had pork ribs 4 dinner. it's real tasty! the meat is really Q, really delicious. After tat, it's quite late. it's arnd 8 when we finished. had to rush to the airport to check in. when check in, the staff really stupid leh, asked 4 my student id. she said tat the tix i booked is only 4 students. den my sis argued wif her n she go ask her sup or sth. den she come back say ok. den she say my luggage is too heavy. it's 29kg, while my limit is only 20kg... HAHA..

Anyway, she said, it's way over n i have to take it out. the max she can allow is only 22kg. den my sis started argue wif her again. sis is a frequent traveller, so she noe, normally she's allowed arnd 25-27kg of luggage, wif max only 20kg. den the bitch said tat she being VERY Lenient already for allowing 10% more. she said 10% is the max. den we got to take out some stuffs. while i'm taking out, it's time 4 her to knock off. HAHAHA...... when she's gone, sis n i put my stuffs back into the luggage again, n go to another counter. Dis time, my luggage is 27kg. the lady, checked me in w/o asking 4 my student id, she processed. den she allowed my luggage to pass w/o saying anything!! isn't the previous one being a Bitch?!

The worse came! Guess what? i dun have any seat. i'm quite late in checking in n the flight is over-booked, n i'm 3rd in the waiting list. Now, i have to rush to the gate, to ask 4 a seat. i was sooooooo scared tat i can't get a seat, bro said tat if i can't get a seat, dey'll have to compensate me, while i'll be taking the nxt flight the nxt day.

I rush n rush n rush to the gate. have to pass many many obstacles too. 1st, a tiny hole to check if hand luggage is too big. 2nd, security check. 3rd, passport control. 4th, another security check. can u believe it? 2 security checks!!!! i dun even have time to do some last min shopping lor..... rush n rush n rush...... some more my gate is at the LAST of the corridor.

When i reached dere, n asked, LUCKILY dey have a seat 4 me! the tix already printed out lying on the table waiting 4 me. I went in, n immediately 1st thing to do? Toilet! haha.... i bie my pee 4 a long time le leh.... so urgent.... after i relieve myself, i called sis immediately. dey're still waiting 4 me to see if i gt a seat or nt. she relaxed when i gt 1. HaHa.....

3/8

Reached SG. flight, i didn't sleep. dunno y, my pee sooo much, i need to go toilet. i'm had a window seat. so have to get across 2 ppl to go to toilet. dose 2 ah, wat a ""loving"" couple dey r. the whole nite, the woman lied on the man's lap n slept. i wanted to jump across em to get out oso cannot. so finally, in the so-called morning, 1 hr b4 landing, when almost time to serve breakfast, dey woke up n i gt the chance to relieve myself.... but dey're still quite good as when i came out, dey're serving breakfast le. so i have to wait til den finish serving den i can go back. when reached my row, dey took a tray 4 me. n help me took a cup of water.

actually my seat is the outside seat one, den initially dey r separated seated one, den dey change n dey finally sit together, but the guy, to hyperactive, always getting in n out in n out, den have to jump over me or i have to get up n let him thru, a bit troublesome 4 me, so i ask em to change seat n i gt the window seat.

the window seat behind sat a child, a boy. thru/o the nite, he kept kicking my chair n i couldnt' even try to sleep lor. haiz...... very dao mei suo.......

anyway, i'm back in SG now!!!! YIPEE! can't wait to go to London again! hahaha!!!! :P