Dou Dou de Ji Jie

Yayyyyyyy, i've finally managed to complete Da Chang Jin over the last one week so now i m left with a day plus to prepare for my ACLS , as well as, work next week ^=^ Was actually too lazy to blog today after all the late nights of the past few days but i think i need to lament a bit after my horrific discovery today in the toilet...

I think i m stepping into PIMPLE MUSHROOMING SEASON :(

Yes i m not kidding. Felt 2 on each side of my nose this morning and thought it was due to the sinus i was having from all the late nights. Felt another one under my chin while i was attending lecture and when i go to the toilet, i saw 4 lined up side by side on my eyebrow when i went to the toilet. Aaaarrrggghhhh... how to handle when all come up at the same time. Usually its only one or two which will be easier to coax it back to its horizontal state but 7??? Plus think i had another 2 more on my scalp, whihc are remnants from Europe. Its bad and its CRAZEEE!!!!!!!. Guess i'll have more things to think about before work starts next week. Must create a hurricane to destroy them all so that it will not be allowed a chance to blossom fully. Haahahahahahahahahahah ^=^

Sorry...

Sorry guys for not updating my blog despite being back from Europe for a week liao. No choice, top priority now is to finish the Jewel in the Palace dvd as soon as possible. Will resume normal service once i finished it. 10 more episodes left. Gogogogogogogogo!!!!!!!!

Dubai International Airport -- Part II

14th Apr 2006 Friday GMT: 2055

15 days, 3 countries & 9 cities (including 2 stopover cities). Yup i m just hours away from finishing my trip now. Had an exciting time travelling around Europe but due to time constraint, shall mention more of them in the days to come. Had logged on just to check my results. Seemed like a good decision now cos i somehow had this naggy feeling that i m going to be severely disappointed if i were to see my results on the day that it was released. It was good enough to know that i had passed but i also knew that i would not have done very well because of the posting so i thought it was wiser to chicken out and not check. The signs were all there. Horrid nightmares 2 nights before the results were out, checking into a terrible hotel the night before and being assigned a room with the number "53" just hours before. Haiz dunno what happened also. Thought i did reasonably well this time round. Guessed must have been the poor CA marks that contributed, especially in the Medicine track...

Anyway, will have 7 hours to feel sad over my results on the trip home. Hopefully, i would have gotten over it and arrived back in Singapore happy and carefree again (heheh my reason for wanting to check here so that i dun carry any baggage over : p)

PS: On a side note, my 2nd visit to Dubai International Airpot was a disaster. It had totally marred the good impression that i had of it the first time round. The cleaance was crowded and disorganised. No trolleys were available and the net access are all corrupted and full of spyware. Aiyoh, what a waste of it centralised location...

Spanish Whirlwind

Date 6th April Thursday GMT 1400

Did not get a chance to update over the last few days. The computer that was full of spyware on sunday was inaccessible after i made it easy to access the net cos there was always someone at the booth. Valencia's internet cost money so i decided to give it a miss =p

Ok just to round out on Barcelona first. Realise i did not do my homework at all when Jas asked me whether i had visited La Sagrada Famillia and all i could give was a blank look. (Oh well my only impression of Barcelona was mainly the Nou Camp... heheh... =p Yup anyway rushed through both the cathedral and the LSF. Contrary to Jas, i thought i preferred the Cathedral more, in the sense that its more peaceful. BUt i m very impressed by the Sagrada. I really await its completion but sadly i think its highly improbable to witness its completion in my lifetime (its only slightly more than 50% complete, in case u guys are wondering, after 100 years) It will definitely become one of the wonders in the future (that is if the future engineers adn architects dun screw it up) Sears, Empire State Building adn the dunno what tower in Taiwan. Ha i think they should just forget about trying to outdo each other by seeing who is taller cos the Sagrada just put them to shame adn make their efforts look futile

Went to Valencia next. Haha this is another place where i had contrasting comments in comparison to the 3 gals. Maybe its because they did not stay the night to really fully explore it in it entirety. The Ciudad de las Artes y las Cientas may be just like our own Esplanade but the park that leads up to it from the city centre is a stretch of very long park that is interspersed by soccer fields, basketball courts and skateboarding parks. And there are people jogging along the park even at very late hours. It definitely seemed like a safe place. That whole stretch reminded me so much of Singapore. However, the old part of the city retains its Gothic charm (the cathedral adn all the other iglesia that is everywhere) and so its like the best of both world. In particular, i liked the Real Basilica, the soothing effect it had on me after the visit to the Holy Grail was like wow! In summary, Valencia is definitely an area which i wouldn't mind living in =) Just a side note, the Mestalla looks pretty much like our Kallang, nothing impressive adn its right smacked in the middle of the new part of the city.

I m currently in Seville now. It doesn't seem as exciting as the other but had to forego my plans of visiting the nearby town of Carmona cos it had begun to rain. Went to the Alcazar and the Cathedral (yup another cathedral but funny enough i dun seem to get bored of them and managed to spend an average of 2 hours in every one of them) The Alcazaar was a bit crowded and thus did not really appreciate it. The gals did say that the Al-Hambra in Granada was more impressive. Oh well, maybe next time...

Yup tonight is my last night in Seville. Last night in a hostel too, so doubt i will be able to have free internet access anymore to update my blog. Hopefully that will not be the case though =p But for the moment, CIAO.......

Bueno Diaz de la Espana

2nd Apr GMT 2042

Taking a real big risk here cos i got a feeling that this computer is full of bugs and spyware so it will not be surprising if the hackers got into my account. Today is my 2nd day in Spain and 3rd in Europe. Dusseldorf Airport was surprisingly internetless so i was unable to update despite the fact that i spent a whole night at the airport there.

Quite an exciting 2 days i had had i think. Firstly, stupid me forgot that there was locker service available at Hamburg hbf so i was lugging my luggage around the city. My poor hip is still suffering from the effect of that day and i can't really external rotate it still :(. Anyway had an "amazing" time getting lost in Hamburg. Interestingly enough though, the first lndmark that i hit was actually the Hospital of Hamburg. Talk about job affinity!!! But Germany is really a very nice place. They are ever so willing to help. And i met this lady who insisted that i visit the prostitute street and gay avenue cos it was an eye opener. She didn't know that i had already stumbled upon it unknowingly. Yes, the first shop that i went to was actually a gay book store. Didn't know it was that from the outside. Only knew when i went in and saw the books. Its all the usual romantic novels that we see in normal bookstores, just that it had pictures of 2 guys plastered over the cover pages...

Arrived in Barcelona and i was really exhausted. the hip was still aching. And i was tricked by the guide book. There was actually a difference between the various oficina tourista and therefore i spent like more than 4 hours hopping from metro stations to metro stations looking for it. Gave up in the end and went back to the hostel to sleep. Went to Nou Camp in the evening to see how the preparations for El Classico. The entradas here is cheaper but still cost 280 Euros. Decided that i should spend more money in the Barcelona Megastore than on the match tickets. Oh forgot to mention that Joan Gaspart actually walked past me and i didn't ask to take picture with him. Haha what a got eye cannot see Tarzan :p The fans in Europe are definitely more passionate than back in Singapore. When they party, they really mean PARTY. They dance in the streets, sing on the metro and just drink cheers to their bottle, greeting strangers adn friends alike. That was the same case in Germany too. But i think i was lucky. In both instances, the home team did not lose. Cannot imagine what will happen if they lost...

Met up with Jas, KL and HY last night. Went sightseeing and phototaking the whole day today. Ha they are really mad when it comes to photo taking. Can't believe how much trick they have when it comes to posing. had a really good time today and it was topped off by 2 splendorous meals. Will be on my own again tomorrow since we are not going to meet up until in Seville. Its reallyquite sad when i realise that i canot take a lot of photos of myself when travelling alone. Haha too bad for the narcissistic me ^=^

K think i have enough update for today. Will be scouring round the city for more of Gaudi's architeture tomorrow. Till next time, adieus :)