Bath in baden-baden

This is a super backdated post. I was bored sitting in the living room, sorting out my folders, and came across this few pictures that I've saved to remind myself to blog about it, so here we are, 5 months late, but better than never.

I went on a 3 days trip with Nono in the early spring in May, and our first stop was Baden-Baden. I was there once with a friend, but we didn't have a chance to try out the Bath, and this time, we were determined-we checked in, packed some stuffs, went straight to the Spa-there are 2 bath/spa in Baden-Baden, we went to Friedrichbad, which is a traditional roman Irish bath, one of the best decision i made this year!! Convinced that we should pampered ourselves(this is what a girl's trip supposed to be) we started the evening by a full body massage. I don't really want to go into details...all i can say is, it wasn't good, so don't bother to try it and be ready to be nude and have man masseur. I was ready to be nude, but having NOTHING to cover my body with(i mean full frontal), and a man masseur is not what i expected.

So, after the 50 mins expensive and 'not so worth it' massage, we hit the Bath. You started by having a warm shower, and going straight to the traditional roman sauna(heated from the floor), then to another warmer sauna, then the pool with certain temperatures....in total-17 steps including a nap. Yes, I'm not joking, a nap at the end of it. The whole process takes around 2 and a half hours if you follow the instruction, of course you are allowed to stay longer at certain rooms or pools if you like it. Bare in mind that you have to be nude and there are days when they don't seperate the gender, so be sure to check it before you go. My favourite room is the pool with the Dome, it looks absolutely fantastic(check out the website) but even though it was the 'seperate gender' day, you still have to share that room with the opposite gender. Luckily for us, it wasn't a busy night, sitting in the pool, looking at the dome, i assure you, you don't want to miss that. Dome is my favourite room, no.2 is a wet sauna room with traditional water heating system, because the water comes from the hot spring, it has a very distinctive smell which i like, i kept going back to that room. No.3 -is the soap and brush massage(you need to pay a little extra), quite rough massage, but it got rid of all my dead skin!!

Please, if you go by Baden-baden, don't miss it, highly recommended, i'm planning to go back again since a friend now lives there....hoorah!

check it out: http://www.carasana.de/Tourviewer_Caracalla_Friedrichsbad.html

flower picking

I went flower picking with Him-that doesn't sound quite right, is a bit cheesy, but i assure you it was actually quite fun, and nice. We were driving, with no destination, just enjoying each other's company and the Sunny weather, drove past this little sign board-self pick flower field(There are many of these fields in Southern Germany-as far as i know, where you pick whatever you like yourself, and put the money into a little box they provided, sometimes there are prices listed, sometimes not, you just pay whatever amount you think it's worth). I have never done it before, but i find myself enjoying it, a lot. And Him? not so much, but he was......helpful, just carrying whatever i gave him and he paid. He said he hasn't seen me getting so excited for a really long time, so i guess i should do it more often.

It wasn't a good saturday

It was an ordinary saturday. We were walking in town, had a big lunch, my phone rang when we were queuing for Ice Cream, it was my mum. I thought it was our ordinary chat of the week, and then she broke it to me: the little brother of my sis in law passed away in the morning before. I was in shock. My nephew went into his room to wake him up, he wasn't responding, that's it-he was already gone. A nice young guy, and healthy, no heart problem, i just don't understand!
My sis in law is devastated, so is my family. Who would have thought? I felt sick, i let him dragged me home, i say dragged because i wasn't feeling anything, i didn't know where i was going.
People, life is short. You never know what's going to happen, live life to the fullest, and to my extended family-take care and may You rest in peace.

more than 24 hours journey home

i knew it will be a tough journey when i booked my ticket. I arrived at Hong Kong airport almost 2 hours ago, and i have another 4 hours to go before i board the plane to Frankfurt. Then i have to wait for another 2 hours to go back to Nurnberg. God. Im preparing myself right now.
I better go look for some kind of massages right now. continue later.
ok, now waiting infront of my gate, got a surprise comment from Sandra that she is here! in Hong Kong Airport, don't know if she is still here though, waiting for her next message. Another 2 hours to go. argh..... got a super comfy pillow from MUJI just now and i hope i can at least sleep for a couple of hours. After spending 2 weeks away from my home in Germany, i'm kind of desperate to go back, especially now. I was sharing a room with a colleague of mine when i was in here in Hong Kong for work, then i was sharing a room with my sister when i was at home in Malaysia. I'm so used to having my own 'space' and privacy back in Germany, even though i like my colleague and my sister very much, but i do need to 'breath', and be myself. My mum used to say i'm a loner, i think to certain degree i am. I don't mind to go out by myself, i enjoy sitting at a cafe alone watching people walks by, i like shopping alone, i enjoy living by myself, i find it easier sometimes to work in the late evening or early in the morning when nobody is around,....the more i think about it, the more i believe what my mum said is right. Nevertheless, i still enjoy friend's company.(am i confusing?) anyway, the place is getting crowded here at the boarding gate.
So, another 90 mins to go.......

Inception

Incredible and brilliant!!! love it.

Design camp

For those of you who have no idea what the design camp is for: Puma organise a design camp every year, inviting designers(my colleagues) from different offices around the globe to attend a 3 days workshop. It is intense, but is always good to see everybody and be able to talk and find out what everyone is doing, at the same time we do some brain storming session to define the direction for the next season.
Hussein Chalayan is our creative director since 2008, and for those of you who don't know, i'm a fan of his work. I missed the opportunity to talk to him last year, and i complaint about it for the next three months(according to someone), so i decided i have to do it this year no matter what. I walked up to him after the presentation, introduce myself, told him how much i admire his work and what an great inspiration he is to me. I'm glad i didn't chicken out, and that-made my day.
(PS-he was super nice and super humble)

happy anniversary

This is a backdated post.
We celebrated our 8th anniversary this June in Bodensee. I was amazed at myself how i manage to 'stick' with this Man for the past 8 years.
Why? because we have very little in common, he likes modern architecture, i like period buildings. He likes rock and roll band, i like....everything, he will flip if i turn on for example french oldies, or classical music. He likes to eat burger and sandwiches, i hate both of them, can't stand them. He supports McLaren and Liverpool, i support Ferrari and Man.Utd. He likes Coffee, i like tea. He hates to travel, i love to travel just anywhere. I like rice, he prefers bread. I like dogs, he is afraid of dogs. I prefer wine to his beer. I don't like to go into electrical shop, but it is his happy land. I love reading books, he prefers TV. I like to clean up on a Sunday, and he likes to go to car showroom. I hate his impatience, he thinks i'm undecisive.
See what i mean?
Nevertheless, we did stay with each other through ups and downs for the past 8 years. Although i sometimes feel like i want to twist his head, or kick his balls, (i'm pretty sure he feels the same, he did mentioned he would like to kick my ovari), i do love him more than anything. After all, there is no perfect relationship, no perfect couple. We are both grateful that we are able to share our life experience together, and we manage not to kill each other during the last 8 years, and hopefully not in the future too, this is quite an achievement, don't you think?

You are loving, supportive, thoughtful, kind, considerate, tolerate,.......although i have never told you that. You said on the phone today that i'm not your girlfriend anymore, because im more than that, well, that. was very sweet. I hope we do have many more anniversaries to come, and You, You just make me so happy(at times), and i hope you feel the same.

Happy Anniversary

(PS-No, we are not getting married, pls stop asking) :)