Amsterdam and Brussels Trip

hey mummy, daddy and both jie jies.. have been missing you all so much.. have not been contributing to the blog for such a long time that i have forgotten my password. lucky thing i still managed to access it. i will start with the beginning of my easter holidays. i went down to dublin for a 3 day trip as my fellow frens organized a barbeque party. i cant believe that we actualy wasted 1 hour trying to get the fire going because me and another fren was endeavouring on rolling the ball after which we actually realized that charcoal could not burn... they bought fireplace charcoal which was not suitable for bbq!! we all had a good laugh about it. the night was good and the few of us had pretty alot of drinks bringing us in quite a improper state of mind for the night. the following day was when we headed to amsterdam from my place. we touched down on Schipol airport and began looking for directions. everything was dutch, lil english... but did not bother much cos the girls in out trip were the hardworking ones, and they chose to be so... thus we as guys juz took up the responsibility of taking care of belongings etc. the accom was pretty satisfying, its a hostel but every1 slept comfortably except for a few guys blowing trumpets in the night (including me?) and the place was hygienic. we walked to several museums such as the 'Van Gogh Museum', Coster diamond factory and round the city area taking pics of anything that looks interesting. by the way, amsterdam and brussels was freakin cold and was snowing on a few days.. this easter is said to be the coldest easter in ..... (dunno ler, i heard sumtin like that). anyways, we also visited the 'Tulip Garden', bet mum and jie jies would love to be there so much. we missed it the last time cos it only opens to toursits in Easter and it was snowing! have to say the place was beautiful. the place was beautiful, full of patterns.. nearly everything is worth a pic and the place as loads of history as well. there was the chinese garden as well in conjunction with the olympic games.. there was also the largest Tulip which we did not manage to find it, and the largets Orchid garden(not sure if we passed it, haha) the place was too large i guess...(32 hectars of plantation) i will load up some pics soon. surprisingly, as the guys who are not suppose to be the flower enthusiast, we were the camwhores who took more pics than the girls throughout the trip including the tulip garden with a calculated ratio of 1 to 4. dutch food is actually quite simple.. nothing particular such as ' Croquettes" we had some local food in restaurants mostly indonesian associated. pretty good such as 'sates' prawns, bla bla bla which tastes similarly to malaysian food but in an indonesian environment. food were overpriced as well probably because we normally go to those places recommended. we had a night of clubbing as well in the most famous club in town. first time in my life i enter a club where u have to go through security machines! the club was pretty spectacular though. not to forget.. being in amsterdam of course we were obligated to take a walk in the 'Red Light District'. just walked, walked and walked around. we also did some random touring around such as 'Anne Frank's House' she is a popular girl who belonged to a Jewish family being hunted down by the German Nazis in the 1940s. she and her family together with 4 others(in total 8) were housed in a secret attic by a Dutch family for quite a few years. Anne wrote a diary about her daily lifestyle on living in the dark. unfortunately someone betrayed them and their hideout was revealed where Anne died in a German retention camp a few years later. her father then published her book. we also took went to see the windmills again and cheese factory. A complimentary cruise was included allowing us to observe the city once and for all again. Brussels trip to be continued...

*Ballad session 2008*

A multidisciplinary approach, with a whole new different touch, with the Professor of Surgery and Dean of Medicine taking it on stage together....a big round of applause to them!!

It was the epitome of perfection..duets,dances,talented musicians and beautiful voices filled the lecture theatre yesterday night, marking the last ever ballad session I will be attending in my medical school years...sniff sniff....going to miss all of it so much.
But I must say wow! Thumbs up to all who spent those many hours blowing their lungs out,strumming away their finger tips and straining their vocals...From Guang Liang's "Tong Hua", Diana Ross's "When You Tell Me That You Love Me" to Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight", oh and not forgetting Kenny G and a wonderfully improvised version of jazz ..it was truly a night to behold. For 3 and a 1/2 hours, we clapped and cheered for our fellow classmates who were doing their best to entertain us. Even if it was not the perfect score, just on the basis of sportsmanship and lots of courage, it seemed perfect. At least to me;-)
A lovely saxophone inspired jazz score

Then, there was the dedications. Of love. One doctor started it off, and an endless string of other dedications followed. Ooo, how romantic ya* Even the Dean dedicated a song to the Head of Psychiatry,a woman, forgetting that his wife was among the audience. Ooops. Haha, well cant blame him, he was set up by the Professor of Surgery.

The turnout was excellent. Well, it was mainly the final meds but it was our show anyway. I am so glad that I went. I did not perform this year though. Should have but oh well, nevermind. Looking back, instead of being under the spotlight, being among one of audience was rather fun for a change...

Deluxcious

Us three girls with curls: Eunice, me, Poren
With Denise, Jia Jia and Dinesh

Helloo!After a sufficiently long time hibernating, decided to finally emerge from my comfort zone and do the outrageous..curl my hair. Well, it has been the "in-hairstyle" for awhile now and I have always wanted to be part of it:-) And since Denise invited us all out for a sexy Chicas' night, there was all the more reason to dress up and curl my hair.
So what do you think my dears? Afterall, everyday is so routine for me. It really is a mundane world, and to escape from all that, it is essential to "recreate". I had thought about it for a long time now but simply had no guts to actually do it, so ta-daa!I did it!
Our rendezvous was Deluxcious, a cosy restaurant not far from Gurney and it served a fairly commendable 5 course set dinner meal. The only thing disappointing was that they ran out of Panna Cotta and we had to settle for hot brownies and ice cream instead. But it was still good.
Oh and the music accompaniment by a young couple made the dinner all the more worth it. Lovely voices they had.
As the night went by, my curls were slowly fading away...oh well...so much for burning my hair at 210 degrees for half and hour right? It would not have been possible though without the help of my galpals Eunice and Jia Jia. I thought they did a great job. But temporary curls are supposed to be temporary so let it go okie...you had a great night and good things always has to come to an end;-)
So peeps, Any votes for me getting it permanently done?