More interesting facts about Germany:
1. Their daylight is from 5am to 10pm - can you believe it? haha! it means that there's more time for me to explore the place! but too bad most shops closes at about 7 or 8pm. i hate going home after it gets dark though, cos the streets are really quiet and very very dark. O.o i miss Singapore's lights haha
2. They are REALLY into recycling and protecting the environment here - the plastic water bottles you drink can be refunded for money at almost every supermarket or minimarts =D you get about 40 to 50 cents SGD for every bottle, so my host family collects all the paper and plastic stuff to recycle. =D i'm getting the hang of it, and also not using plastic bags here cos they don't give plastic bags freely when you buy stuff unless you ask for it. i like being nice to the earth. heh.
Now, for pictures and updates when i leave Frankfurt for Stuttgart (the place i'm studying at) and Ludwigsburg (a town in Stuttgart where I live) =D Frankfurt is lovely but i think i like Stuttgart more because of the scenery and the vast greenery in Luwigsburg, not mentioning their palaces and cool shops too!
Presenting... (if you haven't seen my facebook photo album)
My host family's house!! (PS: there's no photos of my host family because wanwei and i reached their house two days before they arrive back from their vacation, hence we sorta had the house to us alone for two days haha. their neighbour gave us a tour around the house and the keys to the house though - and we loved it instantly =D it's a 5star hotel cum all the warmth you get from a family! i'm really thankful to have them and to have a chance to stay here! =) =) and of course we snapped tons of pics heh
overview
my room, at the third level =) the stairs climbing is a tad tough but after all the sausages and fries, i think it's good to workout every night climbing them. haha! and we have to walk for about 15 mins every morning to get to their subway station, so i feel really healthy here! But yeah, there are temptations, like their 70cents single scoop ice cream and yoghurt (which i swore to eat at least one a day cos they are so yummy =D) and yes, chocolates are my ultimate weakness. you'll see more pics of chocs soon. haha! okay, moving on...
the other side of my room, with a cute lil window that looks out to the garden
lappie
terrace on the second floor
the view outside my window
=)
wanwei's room! hers has a sofa bed and a bigger table so i always pop by to do my hwk there haha - not that i have much hee hee!
it says welcome =)
stairs
pretty decorations
photoframes!
the door!
doorway
the view you get when you open the door
to the basement!
common toilet on the first floor - their toilet rolls have blue clouds and rainbow patterns - super cute haha!
yep!
doorway and wanwei's room is on the right, so we have this small space in front of our rooms with our toilet on the left so it's really like a small apartment to ourselves! oh yes, see the bathrobe over there? i finally have the chance to wear a bathrobe after bathing and it's super shiok!!!! in singapore if you wear bathrobes people think you are crazy =x but here it really keeps you warm =)
our host mom prepared drinks and glasses on a silver platter outside our rooms! it's really 5star hotel treatment haha
and the best part - they left gifts for us!!! we each get a cup with the words of the town (ludwigsburg) on it, with the picture of a palace and Rapunzel's (remember the fairy tale?) tower. we went to visit the actual tower that inspired the fairy tale a few days ago and that'll be elaborated later yeah ;)
the cups are filled with chocs!!!!
and their note is super sweet =)
our self-cooked dinner for the first night - maultaschen (pasta pockets filled with meat and spinach) and of course, sausages haha!
living room
now i know why the germans don't usually need specs - the size of their TV shows. haha! and they usually go out and play - unlike singaporeans, stuck at home surfing the net and studying all day long. haha!
dining room
pianoooooo - so far i played twinkle twinkle little star on it. pathetic =( i'm so gonna learn when i get back haha
wansy in the garden!
and that's me!
dreamy tree in the garden
doorway to the garden
the right of the middle leveled windows is my room's window. haha
marcia's room! (daughter of my host mom)
she's a little princess haha. i envy her man! she has her own room with tons of toys, her own study room etc etc. =) she's really lucky haha
the mom's room
driveway - haha i feel like i'm writing a storybook
random cool car haha
Now for the horse parade on Day 4 (last last Sunday, 18th May) - In Luwigsburg
it is a yearly event so we were quite lucky to be able to see it! heh
funfair beside the parade
sweet stalls
entrance to luwigsburg palace - the horse parade takes place on the road outside the palcae
ALOT of people came
sitting on the curbs
excited!
okay, now it'll be mostly photos yeah. =) happy looking!!
hello horsie!
oh btw, one horse shat right in front of us lah! -_- everyone laughed when the parade people tried to navigate their way across it without stepping on it. hahahaa
there you go
haha
the theme's medival i think
pretty!!
HAHA
please excuse the shit, i can't take the pictures without it haha!
i wonder where they get their costumes from
cool eh
shit being stepped on a dozen times
mieh
hay
it rained suddenly (a rare occurrence) so we had to seek shelter
i think i've seen (and smelt) enough horses to last me for a few years at least. lol! then we four (wanwei, me, zhang qi and ye yuan - our neighbour's host students, also from NTU) ate lunch at the bazaar beside it!
more fries and burger
balloons!!
and this is the market place of the luwigsburg
i think i need to find more words to describe beautiful sceneries and buildings
us!
random building again haha! i really love the architecture here. it's endless, amazing, eye-catching, breath-taking and you get it =D
graffiti
more!
wonderful artists we have here - they'll be jailed in singapore man. haha
railway near our house
random pic in our neighbour's house - those are roses! they all grow roses here =) and i see them everyday when i go out of the house haha i think we are quite deprived of them in singapore lol
i stood in front of the house (shivering in the cold) and drew this on the package we are giving to our host family - it's pork floss inside heh. it'll cost a million bucks in ten yrs' time =D
the proud artist and her works
we gave a packet of bak gua, curry chicken mix and two packets of pork floss. wahaha!
S Bahn (subway) map. Their U Bahn is cool, it goes underground like trains and on roads like trams.
Damen - Ladies in German
Die Damen =D (The Ladies)
our neighbours!! we had a welcome party the first day in school and an orientation session =) the food was great! BBQ, local specialities and yummy cakes. was too busy eating to take pics of the food though hee =P
nurul and us!
open area in Stuttgart. I can't wait for euro 2008 to start! my architecture teacher said that this area will be converted to a huge screening place for euro 2008 and hundreds of people will be sitting here watching the live matches and there'll be beer gardens and stuff. coool!!! =D heh.
and i kept seeing tons of Germany flags everywhere because the atmosphere for euro 2008 is building up. it's really interesting to see the whole country getting hyped up over a football season haha! everyone will have flags on their cars, on every house etc. it's better than national day man. =P my host mom's goddaughter said that during world cup everyone partied like crazy too. haha
on S Bahn!
delicious pizza kebab near our house - 4.50 euros heh
HUGE nutella, i like!!
okay, that's all for the first week till 18th May =D
1. Their daylight is from 5am to 10pm - can you believe it? haha! it means that there's more time for me to explore the place! but too bad most shops closes at about 7 or 8pm. i hate going home after it gets dark though, cos the streets are really quiet and very very dark. O.o i miss Singapore's lights haha
2. They are REALLY into recycling and protecting the environment here - the plastic water bottles you drink can be refunded for money at almost every supermarket or minimarts =D you get about 40 to 50 cents SGD for every bottle, so my host family collects all the paper and plastic stuff to recycle. =D i'm getting the hang of it, and also not using plastic bags here cos they don't give plastic bags freely when you buy stuff unless you ask for it. i like being nice to the earth. heh.
Now, for pictures and updates when i leave Frankfurt for Stuttgart (the place i'm studying at) and Ludwigsburg (a town in Stuttgart where I live) =D Frankfurt is lovely but i think i like Stuttgart more because of the scenery and the vast greenery in Luwigsburg, not mentioning their palaces and cool shops too!
Presenting... (if you haven't seen my facebook photo album)
My host family's house!! (PS: there's no photos of my host family because wanwei and i reached their house two days before they arrive back from their vacation, hence we sorta had the house to us alone for two days haha. their neighbour gave us a tour around the house and the keys to the house though - and we loved it instantly =D it's a 5star hotel cum all the warmth you get from a family! i'm really thankful to have them and to have a chance to stay here! =) =) and of course we snapped tons of pics heh
overview
my room, at the third level =) the stairs climbing is a tad tough but after all the sausages and fries, i think it's good to workout every night climbing them. haha! and we have to walk for about 15 mins every morning to get to their subway station, so i feel really healthy here! But yeah, there are temptations, like their 70cents single scoop ice cream and yoghurt (which i swore to eat at least one a day cos they are so yummy =D) and yes, chocolates are my ultimate weakness. you'll see more pics of chocs soon. haha! okay, moving on...
the other side of my room, with a cute lil window that looks out to the garden
lappie
terrace on the second floor
the view outside my window
=)
wanwei's room! hers has a sofa bed and a bigger table so i always pop by to do my hwk there haha - not that i have much hee hee!
it says welcome =)
stairs
pretty decorations
photoframes!
the door!
doorway
the view you get when you open the door
to the basement!
common toilet on the first floor - their toilet rolls have blue clouds and rainbow patterns - super cute haha!
yep!
doorway and wanwei's room is on the right, so we have this small space in front of our rooms with our toilet on the left so it's really like a small apartment to ourselves! oh yes, see the bathrobe over there? i finally have the chance to wear a bathrobe after bathing and it's super shiok!!!! in singapore if you wear bathrobes people think you are crazy =x but here it really keeps you warm =)
our host mom prepared drinks and glasses on a silver platter outside our rooms! it's really 5star hotel treatment haha
and the best part - they left gifts for us!!! we each get a cup with the words of the town (ludwigsburg) on it, with the picture of a palace and Rapunzel's (remember the fairy tale?) tower. we went to visit the actual tower that inspired the fairy tale a few days ago and that'll be elaborated later yeah ;)
the cups are filled with chocs!!!!
and their note is super sweet =)
our self-cooked dinner for the first night - maultaschen (pasta pockets filled with meat and spinach) and of course, sausages haha!
living room
now i know why the germans don't usually need specs - the size of their TV shows. haha! and they usually go out and play - unlike singaporeans, stuck at home surfing the net and studying all day long. haha!
dining room
pianoooooo - so far i played twinkle twinkle little star on it. pathetic =( i'm so gonna learn when i get back haha
wansy in the garden!
and that's me!
dreamy tree in the garden
doorway to the garden
the right of the middle leveled windows is my room's window. haha
marcia's room! (daughter of my host mom)
she's a little princess haha. i envy her man! she has her own room with tons of toys, her own study room etc etc. =) she's really lucky haha
the mom's room
driveway - haha i feel like i'm writing a storybook
random cool car haha
Now for the horse parade on Day 4 (last last Sunday, 18th May) - In Luwigsburg
it is a yearly event so we were quite lucky to be able to see it! heh
funfair beside the parade
sweet stalls
entrance to luwigsburg palace - the horse parade takes place on the road outside the palcae
ALOT of people came
sitting on the curbs
excited!
okay, now it'll be mostly photos yeah. =) happy looking!!
hello horsie!
oh btw, one horse shat right in front of us lah! -_- everyone laughed when the parade people tried to navigate their way across it without stepping on it. hahahaa
there you go
haha
the theme's medival i think
pretty!!
HAHA
please excuse the shit, i can't take the pictures without it haha!
i wonder where they get their costumes from
cool eh
shit being stepped on a dozen times
mieh
hay
it rained suddenly (a rare occurrence) so we had to seek shelter
i think i've seen (and smelt) enough horses to last me for a few years at least. lol! then we four (wanwei, me, zhang qi and ye yuan - our neighbour's host students, also from NTU) ate lunch at the bazaar beside it!
more fries and burger
balloons!!
and this is the market place of the luwigsburg
i think i need to find more words to describe beautiful sceneries and buildings
us!
random building again haha! i really love the architecture here. it's endless, amazing, eye-catching, breath-taking and you get it =D
graffiti
more!
wonderful artists we have here - they'll be jailed in singapore man. haha
railway near our house
random pic in our neighbour's house - those are roses! they all grow roses here =) and i see them everyday when i go out of the house haha i think we are quite deprived of them in singapore lol
i stood in front of the house (shivering in the cold) and drew this on the package we are giving to our host family - it's pork floss inside heh. it'll cost a million bucks in ten yrs' time =D
the proud artist and her works
we gave a packet of bak gua, curry chicken mix and two packets of pork floss. wahaha!
S Bahn (subway) map. Their U Bahn is cool, it goes underground like trains and on roads like trams.
Damen - Ladies in German
Die Damen =D (The Ladies)
our neighbours!! we had a welcome party the first day in school and an orientation session =) the food was great! BBQ, local specialities and yummy cakes. was too busy eating to take pics of the food though hee =P
nurul and us!
open area in Stuttgart. I can't wait for euro 2008 to start! my architecture teacher said that this area will be converted to a huge screening place for euro 2008 and hundreds of people will be sitting here watching the live matches and there'll be beer gardens and stuff. coool!!! =D heh.
and i kept seeing tons of Germany flags everywhere because the atmosphere for euro 2008 is building up. it's really interesting to see the whole country getting hyped up over a football season haha! everyone will have flags on their cars, on every house etc. it's better than national day man. =P my host mom's goddaughter said that during world cup everyone partied like crazy too. haha
on S Bahn!
delicious pizza kebab near our house - 4.50 euros heh
HUGE nutella, i like!!
okay, that's all for the first week till 18th May =D
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