viele lieber

today saw a visit to the milchfarm in münster. no pictures from me tho, because my camera is DEAD :(
it got caught in the rain ytd, and the entire thing short-circuited. GARHHH.
but the milkfarm was interesting. we saw the electronical-milking process, and got to eat free yoghurt (:

anyway, more pictures to tell the story from my side (:
firstly, on sunday, we went strawberry picking!! wooots.
natalie's host lady came to pick us up, and we drove to this strawberry farm in the picture
more pictures when i get home..



then there was the wochenmarkt (weekly market) at the domplatz
where we had BRATWURST (:



on sunday, our host family organized a grillabend for us and our friends
together with all their daughters&their respective boyfriends
thank god for the BEAUTIFUL weather we got to sit in the huge garden with loads of good food and drinks

this is the lühr family's hugeeee kitchen..


and a few of us! (:


rajiv and i.. with loads of drinks and dessert


food, glorious food!!


on monday, huikai, janice lionel and i cycled to havixbeck, which was about 25km out
the furthest i've ever cycled. IN THE RAIN.
but the view was fantastic. loads of greenery and flowers and farms (:
didnt take much pictures cuz we were busy cycling for 2 hours straight hahaha
but heres one shot that i love a lot (:


anyway, last but not least, here're some random shots of us
there's us in the whirlpool at our house after the grillabend on sunday
and then theres lionel hogging my blanket and refusing to return it..


4 more days till i go home! (:
having really mixed emotions. i think im gonna miss this place soooo badddd :(

activities for these 2 days

brief entry once again (:

we went peddle-boating and canoeing along the aasee river before our movie night (:






marvelous, marvelous. the view was astounding.

today we went to 2 schloss (read: castle)
the first one being burg vischering castle with the nice sky and nice view





where a knight proposed to me....and i said, YES!


(heh mac i'm just kidding :P )

more pictures from inside the castle..


and the ancient toilet..


then we went on to the second schloss, called the nordinkirchen.
its actually used as a university for economics students now -drools-
i fell in love there. with the greenery and scenery























beautiful isnt it?
i think i can take pictures here forever if i stayed here.
been cycling around the state quite abit. it is a bicycle state afterall.
having a bike here is like having a car. you can get everywhere anywhere anytime.

we exchanged a shorter bike with lionel today so that janice could ride as well
in all excitement, we only realized he kept the key to the bike when he reached home -.-
so much for cycling to school tmr.
but its all gooood (:

ok heres an abrupt ending for an abrupt entry
hope you enjoyed the pictures (:

2nd week of munster begins (:

ich habe keine zeit für ein lange.. uhh, post.
so i'll just upload pictures once again to keep everyone updated! (:

ok firstly, on friday we went for the eurocityfest (:
its a largest party of munster that is held annually in the city
something like a huge carnival that involves everybody, with free beer, lots of food, games, and bands



we didnt take much pictures, honestly, cuz it was kinda boring for us
all the bands sang in german, and the food.. well, lets just say, they're german food and i've had german food for the past week. im really missing chinese food now

then over the weekend, we took a train to köln and bonn for an excursion (:
took lots and lots of pics, so here're some of them.

natalie, janice and i at the bahnhof (station) waiting for our train


the famous dom at köln




we climbed all the way to the top - 509 steps altogehter
something like climbing the statue of liberty, and part of the eiffel tower lol
but the view up at the top was fantastic (:



we also visited the schokolade museum, where they showed us the entire process of manufacturing chocolates, and how they package them into different shapes and sizes
they had sooo much chocolate in there in different stages, including this:



NUTELLLAAAAAAA.... (:

and, in case you were wondering, i bought back quite some marzipan chocs (:
together with chooclate-liquor and marzipan-liquor. HEE :D

we stayed at a youth hostel for the night. and it was surprisingly clean and neat
it was 4 people to a room, with our own attached bathroom and toilet.
that night we had an "uno-party" in the guys' room cuz we were too tired to explore the other parts of the city >.<

anyway, on sunday we took a train down to bonn, and took a city tram to the city center


and had lunch at dunkin donuts!!! ((: ((: ((:


look at our happy faces (:
it was sooooooooooo good :D

we also went to the beethovenhaus!! the house where beethoven was born in and lived in
its like one of those places you have to go to as a musician
so you can die happy as a musician knowing you've touched beethoven's piano,
or seen the actual viola he played, or seen his written scores, or his life&death masks
reallyy intriguing (:

ok its late here now. been having lessons everyday.
i dont even study that hard in nus! :(
sad to say, my german is still.. below average. garhhh.
slow and steady....

many happenings

its really late noww, and i just came back from grillabend.
a mini bbq of german food and sausages and all that.

uploading some pics for those who requested (:
hope it keeps you updated!

this is a pic of the aasee river at sunset. really beautiful and breathtaking.

natalie and i at the city towncenter door. (yes we were bored) waiting for the darn rain to stop

today's visit to the windmill museum. really pretty and nice weather

just a passing nice house that was picturesque. we were triggering happy anyway

this flower is called the "Blow flower" translated literally. but its actually just dandelions (:

huikai, huili and i at a nice pond in the windmill museum ( :

das is alles für heute.

really tired now. went clubbing ytd and slept late.

and the music wasnt even good

even the cheap beers couldnt get us high we were more high on laughing at each other on the dance floor

till next time..

from a distance

baby, its really good to hear your voice,

saying my name it sounds so sweet..

coming from the lips of an angel

hearing those words it makes me weak

and i never wanna say goodbye...

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ich vermisse dich soviel Liebling..

day 2 in munster

our first sunday in munster was pretty nice.
all the shops are closed in germany on sundays, so we decided to stay-in and just laze around
natalie came over from werlandstrasse, and we cooked up a storm of a lunch for ourselves since the entire family went out for mother's day celebrations (:
did i mention, that the man of the house is a CEO of a large food company?
they have TONS of food laying around in the cellar, and we were told to have anything we liked for lunch
so janice and i made up 2 large pizzas, and baked up 4 already-marinated-fish-fillets for lunch
omgggg. IT. WAS. HEAVEN.

anyway. we went for teabreak at this place called the schlossgarten (read: castle garden)
had quite a nice time catching up with the other students on exchange here
and then we visited the botanischer garten with lionel's host family
(who knew almost everything about flowers, history, and about everything)

all of us went trigger happy in the garten, simply because it was sooo beautiful
these were some of the shots







the flora there were absolutely stunning, and their colours breathtaking
here's a shot of us with lionel's host man


and janice and i with our wonderful host family! (:


at night, we had a family dinner with our host, including their daughters and their boyfriends
they cooked up a typical german dinner, with potatoes, asparagus, steak, and carrots
it was so nice, that i even had carrots tho i dont like carrots
but everyone was speaking too quickly for me to catch much of what was exchanged in german
all i understood was: langsam sprechen für die Singapurer bitte
read: speak slower for the singaporeans please.

maybe the lessons starting tomorrow will help a little..