jer-mer-knee

Cant believe that im leaving for my exchange in 2 weeks time. Somehow, unlike my previous stint in USA 5 years back (eeks! Was it that long ago?) I am feeling extremely homesick even before I leave. Which is totally unlike me. Argh. Does this mean that I’m getting old and that all I really wanna do is to coop myself at home and watch dvds? Oh wells, but im almost certain that that will all change once im over there

Doing the budgeting for the trip the other day got me a little worried. I really wonder how I can keep my expenditure low with all that stuff I wanna do. But somehow that makes me excited too. Coz I see it as a personal challenge to spend no more than S$12k for my entire trip (: I was watching this Taiwan variety show the other day and this actress shared on how she always manages to beg, lie and do all sorts of stuff to get the cheapest deals on her travels. Its really hilarious and I must say I was impressed. Who knows? Desperate times call for desperate measures. Maybe the scaredy cat in me may just do that too! Haha

I wanna make sure that I read up all about the place – its history and all, before I go, so that I can fully experience the beauty of it.

In a way I feel kinda under-prepared. I think working during the dec hol is just an excuse to not have time to do stuff.

Things to get:

- jeans x 2 (black and blueeee!)
- rain pants (omg. This is seriously the hardest thing to find in the world. Grrr)
- boots (must rem to ask sis if it’s cheaper to get it over there)
- sneakers (if i get these only in germany, den wat the bloody hell am I supposed to board the plane in?)
- outer shell (the ones I have are all the nice clothy trenchcoat. Hmm..sld I get at least one that’s waterproof?)

Things to settle:

- phone charger
- ext harddisk
- try the fleece
- get euros
- confirm mobile phone plans, money matters
- develop film > master lomo photography skills
- credit transfer

but all that aside, here's some pics to get me excited!

bavarian alps

black forest

since we are gg in winter, that means i can go snowboarding and skiing too! woooohoooo!! of coz, not forgetting the beautiful national parks!! :D

Night Safari Escapde!

Went for a drive around NS in the afternoon with Cherriene. The chance to get out off the office, even if for a short while, is always very much appreciated. Hope my camera gets fixed soon enuf tho, so that i can take more nice zoo pics with it before my internship is over!

Photos from short stroll at NS:

the beautiful samba deer on my left!

samba deer

close up of monitor lizard!!

bridge of suspense

Marsh Birds

Internship

time flies. i've been interning at the zoo for almost a month now. everything's been going really well so far. colleagues are nice, environment's fun, and work, its almost exactly wat i imagined an a&p dept wld operate. (: animals are really cute too. shall be posting more pics in the next few months. but for now, it'll be my pic with the sealion - carlos!

1st Blog Entry

This shall mark the beginning of a very important milestone in my life. My first ever, blog entry. Hoho..well, never thought i would start one actually, coz i reckon no one will be interested in knowing about my life anyway. den i realized, that its not so much of people reading, but just penning down thoughts, chronicling events that have taken place. And since i have long stopped writing a diary (last check: JC? hurhur), i guess i sld really start journalling down all the stuff that has been happening in my life, before i get old and forget them all. Kinda regret not having put down all the past events actually..but oh wells, if i ever do find the time to, i just might post all the fun stuff that has happened during my past 23 years of existence. (more to come, i sure hope!) lalalala...okaes..8 more minutes to lunch..sld prolly get back to work now (: