landing!

Hotel Staubbach


morning walk

my little japanese mum (she's really proud of her japanese-made umbrella)

wish i can do that

cows!!!! and cowbells :P

candid shot by sis

the Lauterbrunnen Valley. there are 72 waterfalls that lead to this valley. gorgeous right?

Staubbach Falls. Waterfall just outside my hotel.

this is what happens when the clouds pass by... visibility almost down to zero!

feels like a different world altogether being up there...

little doggie taking walk in snow :)

ice caves

i'm not the only taking pics obviously...

the bernese oberland

pics!! these are the train ride towards Interlaken. pretty right? Anyway, the idea is if you ever go to Switzerland for a holiday, you will be most stoooopid person if you do not plan to go to the Bernese Oberland. Forget about Luzern or Zurich or Geneva if you need to choose, the Bernese Oberland is the essence of the Scheiwz. I simply LURRRRVVVEE it. Honestly speaking, i've seen a few of the other mountainous sights in Europe, and none can compete with this place. See for yourself... but a little note: these pics can't do justice to the place at all. :)

start of trainride up to Jungfraujoch. it's a one hour scenic ride up up up on the world's highest railway... :)

Back home

I'm back! well... been home for 5-6 days already? Spent the last 2 weeks travelling with mum and sis and i guess i can say that it's been a sweet and sour thingy. I loved it.. but it was pretty stressful too (shan't elaborate). Summary of trip: The Bernese Oberland is just BREATHTAKING. I've been seeing different mountains and none can compare to these swiss alps. Paree is romantic in it's own dirty way but it's way too huge and has horrendous metro signs. I like it.. and it's a pity that i didn't get the full blow of it. but it really depends on who you go with. And i'm in LUURRRRVVVEE with London. I had a bad impression when i went there 7 years ago. but as a 20+ year old, i adore it to bits and pieces. I dunno whether it's because of my lack of exposure to English for the past couple of months, but hearing the British accent just made me excited and happy! haha! My sis and I are planning to make another trip next year in summer (when everything is on sale), really hope it comes true. Will post up my pics soon...

Many peeps have asked whether i missed my time there, the answer is no. Or perhaps, just not yet. heh. I guess i was ready to go home. Anyways, been slowly adapting back to home, it's surprisingly not as simple as i thought. It's not difficult... just that i'm fully aware of everything. I can't help noticing little changes, like my attic has become a storehouse for my sis new home, amanda was wearing a new top when i saw her on sat, the coffee mugs has disappeared from home etc etc. It's silly to expect things to be exactly the same, but somehow i do.

so far, it's been great. pretty much announced my arrival back home to most of my closed ones already. It was great seeing the whole caderas and emix on my first day back.. really miss the caderas peeps. It was an extra bonus to catch my buddy and some schoolmates there. i've cleaned up my room quite a bit, and pretty much figured out where most of my stuff are. It's amazing how i forget these little things... it's like playing a memory game for e.g. i spent the first night staring at the toothbrushes in my toilet trying to remember which one was mine (i decided to change change it anyway).

I'm not exactly on an all out "Let's meet everybody" thingy for now though. Kinda just staying home being 'back-up' for my mum cuz she's still injured and there's some family probs. Nonetheless... looking forward to meeting everybody again.

2nd last day in St Gallen

I'm beat! was supposed to be out chilling with the rest of the Asian students but i'm too tired to move. Never thought two days of exams will render me useless. lol. Spent the rest of the day packing up my room. Still not done yet cuz i'm not sure whether I'm going to stay another night in here although I'm officially 'checking out' at 1.30pm tomorrow but only leaving St Gallen the next day. Rush rush. My bag is a bit too full.. no space for shopping! die... hope my sis got space some where... and hope they brought an extra bag. If not... no chocolates for everybody!! haha..so pray with me :D

My mum and sis will be arriving in Zurich in 6 hours! Can't pick them up from there cuz i'm way tooooo tired, hopefully i will be able to wake up in time to pick them up from St Gallen! lol. Well... the after term holiday is finally here!

Poor zhimin is sick and still has one more exam tomorrow. So naughty... even though he knew he was going to get sick, he still eat up the potato chips. greeeeddddyyy!!! sigh. but cuz of that and the exams, we hardly spend time with each other. And it's really weird that after seeing each other EVERYDAY (with the exception of 3 day Paris trip by him) for almost 4 months (and pretty much almost 24 hrs a day), we won't be seeing each other for 15 days, and probably not calling each other either cuz expensive! 2 weeks was never really a problem for me, but the drastic change probably will affect me a bit. :S Bleah.

gonna sleep! 15 days to home! :)

oh gosh... my exam today was absolute CRAP. i'm sure i didn't even get a single question right considering that i have no idea what they were asking. i've never seen a worse exam set.

utopian tmr. must read 400 pages by then. lol!

eeeeyucks! dunch like studying. Thank god my papers are open book.
i dunno why, but it doesn't feel as if i have an exam tmr.
study study study!

i am growing fat from continuous consumption of SCHOKOLADE!

Last week in St Gallen

6 more days and I'll be out of St Gallen. have exams this coming Wednesday and Thursday, but have been spending my time packing my luggages and preparing for the upcoming trip instead of studying. Despite packing everything up, my room still feels like it's in a mess. I still got to find the time to clean up everything and do the troublesome admin stuff and do the usual farewell gatherings, and yet prepare for my 2 papers. kinda messy eh?

well.. really looking forward to seeing my sis and my mum this friday. They will be arriving in the morning and we got a two week holiday planned out.

6 - 11 July Switzerland (covering St Gallen, Bernese Oberland aka Swiss Alps, Luzern and Basel)
11-15 July Paris
15-19 July London
19 July Back to Zurich and hopefully get to do last minute chocolate shopping for everybody
20 July Flying back to Singapore, will arrive about 8am s'pore time on 21 July

my daddy couldn't join us cuz of work but hope he won't be too bored back home. heh.

hope everything turns out fine! *crosses fingers*