bruneck!
10:44 AM
posted by zy- on 10:44 AM
cote d'azur!
3:48 PM
posted by zy- on 3:48 PM
poland roundup...
4:56 PM
posted by zy- on 4:56 PM
daytrips out of krakow!
4:54 PM
posted by zy- on 4:54 PM
and then to krakow!
4:54 PM
posted by zy- on 4:54 PM
warsaw!
4:52 PM
posted by zy- on 4:52 PM
poland posts long overdue - zakopane!
3:31 PM
yesyes its been a long time! i've been busy with work ever since i got back to paris, so much so i havent had the time to update! anyway, these photos were in zakopane, a day trip we made from krakow. it wasnt snowing there though, not like in warsaw, which was a good thing too, if not we wouldn't have been able to go up the mountain to catch such an awesome view of the town. and the sunset. and the mountains. 
posted by zy- on 3:31 PM
escape to warsaw!
4:04 PM
haha yes! escape from what? of course school la.. haha... just missing a few lessons of school, but i figured life is more important than school, so here i am in warsaw, poland! yea so many people have been asking why poland? which is precisely why poland cos i dont know why either and i'm here to find out.. haha... oh yes.. and... (everyone has a first time) ITS SNOWING!! haha.. u cldnt believe how i was jumping around outside the airport in the snow the moment i saw it fall wahhaa! suaku singaporean.. its the 2nd night here now, i'm in the hostel now, and its still snowing heavily outside as i type.. and its so nice and cosy inside. i still cant quite get enough of the funny white stuff flying all over outside the window.
i MUST mention, strangely this part of eastern europe reminds me a little of JB. its just not as developped as the rest of western europe and its nice this way... and everything is SO DAMN cheap.. and the conversion rate for the polish currency (the zloty) is similar to that of the ringgit.. haha.. and even some spelling like "komputer" just reminds me of that wee-bit of mat-lang..
its nice also cos their isnt the regular tourist trail... in fact, there arent many "attractions" to start with in warsaw.. which is nice cos things are as they are.. such as the old towns that we visited... not specially glammed up to earn that extra tourist buck.
the shops along the streets in the old town were really nice. i felt like i was in an rpg game in fact.. haha... cos u have those antique shops selling old badges and cutlery and the likes... and some other shops selling leather gloves/boots.. some selling coats and all.. haha its like how you equip your character at these shops in the old towns before u get them out to battle...
and lastly, to end off, nothing beats meeting up with a close friend of yours halfway round the world... especially when she's exceptionally bimbotic and funny and crappy, just like me! in fact she's my travel partner, along with this other smu guy, for this short 6-day poland trip...
yup so we're done with warsaw, and will be heading south next towards krakow first thing tmw morning... yup, till then!
posted by zy- on 4:04 PM
concrete!
4:53 PM
posted by zy- on 4:53 PM
daylight savings! huh whats that?
4:51 PM
posted by zy- on 4:51 PM
bordeaux trip - wine and vineyards!
4:48 PM
the vineyards are about an hour drive up from the nice town of bordeaux... well it was nice being in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by vast fields of nothing but vineyards! and the chateaus of course which is where the harvested grapes are processed into fruit tree grape juice. $2.50 per pack, buy 2 for 4.45 only! while stocks last!
posted by zy- on 4:48 PM
fontainebleau on 14th october!
9:33 AM
posted by zy- on 9:33 AM
musee d'orsay
4:36 AM
ah finally... we found time to visit one of those huge museums.. thanks to the prof who didn't turn up for our urban seminar... we were taken aback as to how long the queue was.. i mean.. its tuesday morning 10am! how more rare can a timing get - 10am on a weekday! and it wasn't even one of those 1st sundays of a month where museum entry all over france is free!anyhows, the best part is that we've got our free museum pass! that's none other than our architecture school student card which allows us free entry into most museums in france! hurrah! wonder if we could have taken the express queue though. after all we're busy students u know, haven't got much time to waste on queueing..
its a really nice interior space - the musee d'orsay... it was converted from an old train station and put into use now as a museum.. have a look at the photos!
posted by zy- on 4:36 AM
fongseng in france! malay stall we decided!
4:30 AM
wah haha! well we were staying up doing work last night or rather trying to get some work done (most of it was spent playing 7hand poker with fellow msnies) when we eventually got hungry! whats new... it was about 4am? and we decided on having supper - something which was closer to home... what could have been better than this! one prata kosong, one egg prata and one milo dinosaur...
omg i started off with the kosong and i guess i was literally gobbling it down... havent tasted something so "supper-good" in quite a while.. and the dinosaur.. woohoo. i'll let the pictures do the talking.
you bet i was one happy man.
posted by zy- on 4:30 AM