Wednesday, 18 July 2007

Amsterdam and Zaan Sach

museumplan
Van Gogh Museum
Canals
guan ying temple

That was a very tiring bus trip....


from London victoria -- Ashford International-- bus ride onto train of Eurotunnel -- Calais--Belgium--- Einhoven(Netherlands)-- Amsterdam




Back Amsterdam--Den Haag--Rotterdam--Antwerp--Calais---bus onto Ferry-- Dover(UK seaport, not the Singapore one) --Canterbury-- London Victoria




Amsterdam-- a place where smoking Cannabis(大麻) and eating Magic mushroom are legal. Don't ask me about how well they taste. I dare not even one to try. But the city centre especially red light district is full of bad smell (can't describe). It is also a place where urinating in open space is possible(There are plentiful of 'phone post' along the street in Amsterdam).




Zaan Sach is a place to see working windmill. There is one that used for squeezing oil. I am gl;ad to see chinese brochures in many attraction points in Netherlands. Maybe chinese culture and language are well respected and treated here. People there speak English well too. Not like UK....

windmill
oil grinding workshop in windmill
which one is the real animal? Those who guess it first time right will get the sweets from there.
village house, wide at the front but actually like normal triangular roof at the back
My silly photo in Heineken Brewery, I got another stupid video in city as well.

Verona(slovenia itlay trip)







Location: north of Italy


famous of: granite


any attractions: Arena, underground remains of Roman city


well known of : Romeo and Juliet(Guilleta in Italian) well that's just a fiction, although there is a tomb and house belong to Juliet.


But this story is so well known, thanks to English man William Shakespeare, even the crest of the province is like this:




Over Juliet house, I saw people showing their love with graffiti, see...




Well, no matter what, this is still a cute place to visit. See what I got by getting a souvenir in train station:




Well I did not ask to wrap it like this but the shopkeeper think that's for someone.... you know someone. So whom suppose I give it to?


see, so many candidates from so many political parties





Tag answer

你们的问题是:1) 遇到心仪的对象, 你会主动去接近他, 还是等待机会让他接近你?2) 遇到你讨厌的人, 而他也看见了你, 你会......?3) 如果让你有机会当明星一天, 你会选择当......?4) 与男/女朋友分手, 而先提出分手的是对方, 再见还是朋友吗?5) 最奢侈的一次是?个位, 辛苦啦......不要怪我......
Answers:
1)I will take my initiative (provided has opportunity).
2)smile...(song by Lilly Allen)
3)singer
4)a bit hard to be friend anymore
5)watch wimbledon(actually got full refund due to rain)

I have no one else to tag to...sian

Sunday, 8 July 2007

future and current--- thought for life, movie: fightclub

Saturday, a day for me to rest. But instead of resting I choose to return work. Although I was not assigned any much work(a bit pointless to return), I still did so. As this is a promise to my colleague. After a headache machine jam, things go quite well so I can leave for town. I spent quite a bit of money on so called 'quality' product in waistbag. That's due to my horrendous experience in Amsterdam central train station. My coins, all £, just rolled out of my money belt and fell onto rail. So I think for something to hold more precious stuff. A good product really make a bit difference. Well then the money I got to fork out is definitely much more.





I could only reach home at 17:00. So there was a very short hours for preparing curry chicken and duration of cooking really matters in cooking curry. Luckily, all my effort did not go waste. I still manage to present it at friends' home in time. They all love what I did except the size of chicken parts(well, what do you all expect, girls? I asked the butcher to chopped the chicken down for me already).





After having a sumptuous meal, we had a lot of talk on our future plant in Singapore, our future job upon finishing of training here and possibility to stay back. Then it became obvious that girls want to go back ASAP whereas guy will want to stay on and work in this country. Does it mean girls have more sentimental like to home town or there is something in this country that deters them from staying? Well for guy, the lifestyle and pay are definitely the determining factors. during the discussion, I mentioned about the surrender singapore permanent residency if I stay back. Then I was told there is a possibility of getting a British residency. So I just wonder what did that matter to me? Maybe I do have a little bit of ties back in singapore. But the basic reason is if I need to return to Johor Bahru, what can I do next? The relevant job opportunities to me are only available in Singapore. anyway that is a good discussion me to sort out my mind in future. There is a need to look at long term effect for this kind of decision.





Back home, I had a chance to watch this thrilling and mind cracking movie, Fightclub. I think if I was to watch it back in my hometown, I would think that was nothing but a crap. But that kind of violent, cult movie could hardly pass the regulatory bodies back there. It was indeed a split personality(played by Brad Pitt) of the main protagonist(Edward Norton) that wrecking havoc to others lives in the movie. But what did it show in the society of the whole movie plot? a lot of underachiever, people indulge in buying things(consumerism), overpent on credit card and a lot of children grow up in broken families. These more or less reflect some fundamental problems that exist throughout the history of US. But the crazy idea of resorting to terrorism and anarchism which was again something that was shocking me. Not because I did not accept the idea but rather due to the fact that once people sink into some sort of problems like those in the movie, a terrorist way of solvin g those problem was seems perfect to most people (but not resorting to that due to conscience). But there is one thing I could not understand, how can a person attract a group of followers by hitting himself in the beginning. How do those follower know if he is himself or the alter ego? I think that could no longer be that important. But from what I have seen in the situation back in Malaysia. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX==deleted

Sunday, 1 July 2007

Venice

Nothing much to say about this place because that was no fun at all. Moreover, everything inside is expensive. Too hot and crowded are the major problem. However, it is a non sleeping city where people can always find something or somewhere to chill out at night. It is not an easy life in the central of this place. Many Asians are working hard to earn money here. So does the scenery, quite like Asian city in many ways. Locals, however, prefer to live in their own way to make money. So most choose to stay in remote islands around the Lagoon of Venizia.
left:Square, right: pontoon in the canal


St Mark Square
Square in Burano Island. Museum of Lace is the building at right