Monday, December 21, 2009

Another horrible drive

It took me almost 5 hours to drive from Mannheim to Dusseldorf. What a day??
I was so exhausted. Again, more snow on the road, traffic....i love snows, but please, i don't want to drive in this condition anymore.


He lives on the ground floor with communal garden, i woke up this 'afternoon', and the garden is covered in more than 10cm snow.....for a moment, it feels like im staying in a ski resort. Is actually quite nice staying indoor, and is nice and white outside. :)

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Strasbourg-disaster

After work on Friday, i drove to Mannheim and stayed at a friend's place.
The drive from Nürnberg to Mannheim was horrible. I've never driven in this kind of condition. It was snowing very heavily, it was super cold, at least -8 degree Celsius, my wiper didn't work because everything was frozen, i couldn't see anything from my window because even my window was frozen(both on the inside and outside) i had to scrap off the ice while i was driving. The road was full of snow, i couldn't see which lane i was driving..............but i did arrive at Mannheim after 3 and a half hours(it usually take 2 and a half hours), which was fine.
Today, we did something even more outrageous. It was -10 this morning, we somehow convinced ourselves that Strasbourg will be warmer and WE, we can stand the cold. What the hell was i thinking??
Obviously, that was a mistake. I've never felt so cold in my LIFE. I remember when i was in Vienna 2 years ago, it was -17, but i didn't find it as cold as today. At the end of the 3 hours walk, i couldn't feel my toes anymore. I'm serious, i really couldn't feel it. I wonder if the locals can stand it too. In that 3 hours, we walked through some nice Christmas markets, had hot orange juice, went into the Dom and a biscuit shop, took less than 10 pics(because it was that cold, that nobody bother to take any), had crepes. I couldn't be more happy to leave. It was way too cold.
I was so looking forward to this trip, but it ended in disaster, mind you, I'm still cold now.
I still have to drive to Düsseldorf tomorrow, fingers crossed.

I'm done for the year

I'm officially on holiday. Finally. Until 7th of January. No more staying late at work. I'm so happy. What more can i say?
I'm done. done for the year.
There are several things which worth mention and celebrate:
-Shusien dropped by few weeks ago when she was travelling in Europe, we've had great fun together, and it was super nice to see her, and hang out, thanks for coming. I wish i can take some time off work to travel with you, but i couldn't, i hope you've enjoyed your trip here.
-Sewing machine is here. I did spend a good hour with it on that day, but not since then. I was so busy with work, all i did at home was eat, shower, TV for a while, and sleep. Sorry, i will definitely spend more time with you in January. And 'YOU' are a fantastic little thing.
-My flight to Hong Kong is booked. I'm flying to hong kong for work, and then flying home for CNY, am going to booked my flight tomorrow(to KL), so excited.
-found a cool 2nd hand furniture shop in Nürnberg, so cool.
-spending Christmas in London and probably flying off to Ireland for a couple of days.
-HE agreed to go skiing with me. Hahahaha

Sunday, December 6, 2009

ShuSien was here....

I'm so glad that she came, although she only gave me like- a day notice, still it was so nice to see her. I miss the good old days, us hanging out at cafes, talked for hours, our chinese new year gambling session....it was a good 10 days, i would love to take some time off work to travel with her, unfortunately my workload was crazy at that time...she was so easy to please, and fun to hang out with...i had a fabulous time.....pls come again!

It is still coming...

Sewing machine is delayed, due to several reasons....argh!!!!
New status update tells me that it has left left country of origin....fingers crossed.