last blog post before 2015 ends.......... 2015 was honestly my best year yet (yeah, i hated my childhood), there hasn't been a year where i smiled and laughed genuinely as much as i did this year and i really did grew up a lot emotionally this year so i am really thankful for everything and everyone this year be it negative or positive xx :-)
^ so I barely did anything the past week (officially a week since I've been back), I just slept and rest, catch up on tv, did a bit of work and got addicted to a new drama heheh. I think I went out only twice(?) this week, once to meet caroline for dinner and Christmas wonderland (full of people everywhere zzzzzzzzz)
^ I took this in Switzerland but didn't upload it in the previous post haha
^ face yes face
when i got out of secondary school and stepped into poly, i never expected my 2015 to turn out this way.. all i wanted was to get into a course i like (& i did? i wanted AMS but i never knew that i can make it so i didn't really think of it but um yes after doing CPPS,PRNASC,maths i wonder why i wanted it from the first place.....oops hahahha) and i just wanted to make myself happy and fit in with people instead of distancing myself away but 2015 gave me much more than what i wanted...
I got a o level score i never knew i was capable in achieving, i manage to successfully lose weight and maintain it (i'm currently close to my ideal weight but it's a quite unhealthy weight so i'll eat more hahaha), i get stressed out by what i need to learn in class but i still like aviation so no regrets with choosing AMS, i got into a great class and met people and friends that makes me happy and actually want to go to school, i got to experience a wide range of emotions i never experienced before, i learned a lot and grew up from stuff that happened, i manage to open myself up a lot a lot more and become noisier haha (i'm actually glad when i hear from people this year that "i look skinner", "i look happier", "i am way more sociable now", "i smile a lot more", "i look different", "i talk a lot more" hahaha so thank you to whoever that said those to me this year xx), i barely have conflicts with my family members anymore, i think much more positive nowadays idk why too haha, i did crazy stuff i never knew i would have the chance/capable of doing and i got the chance to escape from reality and go to Europe at a time when i really needed a getaway to throw myself out of reality and to see such beautiful places, it's really a blessing... so, I am really thankful for this year :")
obviously, I went through shitty times and did things I kind of wish I can go back and stop myself from doing but.....
(perspective)......
If I didn't experience/go through bad times, I won't grow up and I won't learn and the stupid thing is, if I was given a chance to restart 2015, I would have probably lived it the same way because at that very point, I did what I wanted to do.
& so for my 2015 addiction......
HEALER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was very crazy about healer (& ji chang wook) for the first 2-3 months of 2015 but I got over it soon haha. Ji chang wook came sg for a free fan meet but........... I didn't go :") I actually could attend because my mum was overseas but I decided not to zzzzzzzzz (bad decisions I've made in life :( )
^ currently addicted to............ I hate watching dramas when it's still airing because when i'm addicted and it doesn't come out new episodes, i'll cry.. like really cry hahahahahha. & stupid myap who makes bad decisions, decided to watch this when it is only gonna end mid January so now she has to have self control and watch one ep every few days :")
& OPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA(s) <3
& to whoever that is reading my long and laggy 2015 reflection blog post haha, ALL THE BEST FOR 2016 xxxxxx stay healthy and happy and study hard, don't let bad times kill you too much :-))
almost two weeks & i'm finally back, I wasn't expecting myself to like Europe because I prefer going to shopping than sightseeing but surprisingly, I enjoyed Europe loadssss despite spending 80% of the time sightseeing because everywhere is just so pretty heheh.
DAY 1
^ my tsum tsum nails heheh
I went with tour because my family finds Europe dangerous (I agree with it after going there) & my mum wants to explore as many places as possible so going alone is hard and she isn't happy with how I planned last year's Orlando trip because everyday we went theme parks & shopping only hahahaha. So according to them, the day of the flight is considered day 1 although 90% of the time my ass at home hahaha. We took SQ this year because there isn't many flights going to Rome direct & the B777-200 doesn't even have charger and the entertainment system barely has anything to watch and 0 music............ but I did sleep quite well and the leg room was pretty good as compared to A380.
( & YESS I WENT ASH GREEN WITH ASH BLONDE HIGHLIGHTS (I BLEACHED THE HIGHLIGHTS SO V OBVIOUS) AND SNIPPED A BIT OF MY HAIR HAHA)
DAY 2- Rome, Italy
^ colosseum (looks v messy idk why it's famous hahaha)
^ Italy is full of pork so all the pizza has pork in it hahaha but it taste damnnnnnn good and cheap (approx. $6 sgd with drinks) :")
^ outlet shopping yayyyy, not as cheap and good as USA's but they got good stuff too, brands like Timberland, Camper, Moschino,Adiddas is damn cheap there. I bought quite a few stuff from New Balance (it's a bit cheaper like my shoes cost around $80+sgd), H&M and Moschino (really really regret not getting the wallet that matches with the bag I bought because it's nice and cheap compared to sg T_T)
^ Trevi Fountain
^ geleto does taste good compared to sg's and it's cheap haha
^ Vertican city is actually the smallest country and it's not part of Italy but it has a huge church that's very famous and it is really really very beautiful.
^ dinner, the pizza was good but the pasta was just alright. the food there is very oily so luckily I don't live there haha
DAY 3-PISA AND FLORENCE, ITALY
^ Leaning tower pisa
^ had lunch at a restaurant near there and it was so good. The pasta was yumm and the price was ok (approx. $17 sgd per plate)
^ I've never heard of Florence but it's a beautiful city with loads of christms feels. Christmas lightings were pretty with loads of Christmas trees and Christmas markets.
^ I ate the chicken and it was v hard idk how I swallowed it but the lemon cake was good.
DAY 4-VENICE
^ venice is very very pretty but it's quite boring so I don't think I want to go back hahaha
^ lunch was expensive 120sgd and tasted so bad idk why do everyone say Venice have the best food or maybe I just didn't eat the right stuff. I think pasta mania taste better haha but the tiramisu was pretty good.
^ w daddy
^ gondola ride which was expensive and boring but it is nice taking a look at the city through the canals
DAY 5-MILAN, ITALY
^ Milan was pretty as expected, the shopping was cheap and good too heheh but sadly I only had like 2-3 hours in the city )-: Really wanna visit here once again in the future.
^ ate dinner in Switzerland and it was pretty good
DAY 6-LUCERNE,SWITZERLAND
^ I LOVE LOVE LOVE SWITZERLAND, it was the city I was least excited for but it's damn gorgeous with great shopping. the food here is scarily expensive, MACDONALDS MEAL MINIMUM $15 SGD...... Marche is even cheaper than mac here haha. The standard of living is really high here so a bottle of coke can cost up to maybe $6sgd here, idk how long I can afford to eat if I live there.
^ mount titlis, it was around -1 to -3 degrees up there and it took 3 different cable cars to get up but it was worth it because i did have fun haha
^ this curry chicken cost $25-$27sgd..... (the cup noodles cost $10sgd here)
^ I didn't expect myself to be daring enough to go on the bridge because it's shaky and so high up but i gave it a try and ended up running across and around it heheheh it was fun.
^ my mum forced me to climb a mini snow slope with my flat soled shoes (the shoes really completely flat at the bottom) so i fell down like 10 times and felt like i was gonna roll down the slope and die because it was scary but the view on top is nice haha
^ the train here very atas haha
^ ate burger king for dinner and it was sooooo expensive, on average, a burger set cost around $20sgd. My mum went to dabao beehoon with vege and it cost $27 sgd..... i can get the same thing for like $2.50 in sg???
^ toilets outside of Italy is not free so it cost like 50c-$1 euro (75c to $1.50) per entry and for fast food restaurants, you have to buy something then get the password and enter it before being able to enter... but the toilet are mostly v clean so hahahah
^ v act cute i know sorry hahahahhaa
DAY 7-RHINELANDS, GERMANY
^ rhine falls
^ cuckoo clocks are famous there so my parents bought one haha (they spend a lot of money on clocks and watches idk why.... enough money to buy extend the trip by a week at least :@ )
^ v v v bad food that cost $37sgd, the blackforest cake was yum but nothing really special (& if u know me, you will know i eat chicken in a v stupid way because i only eat 40% of it then don't want already because i will feel disgusted haha)
^ the weather was best that day, probably 15 degrees haha
^ black forest
^ waste of money really hahaha
^ pork chop, my brother and dad didn't like it but it taste good to me haha, it's like ikea pork meatballs in one big piece heheh
^ apple pie was quite yum and it taste much softer than sg's
^ hotel that night was good :*
DAY 8-COLOGNE
^ no makeup that day cause my skin a bit cmi )-:
^ the mac here has a similar burger with the sg's Christmas burger but it taste soooo much better here and even slightly cheaper (i was quite annoyed because i had to queue 20 min and pay $0.75sgd to use the toilet but the mac has strong wifi so it's alright it's ok :") )
^ cologne was surprisingly pretty and shopping was quite good but damnnnnnnn crowded (cause Saturday) and it's the city with most pickpockets ): during the whole trip i was damn scared my stuff gets stolen so i hug my bag everywhere like a auntie but no choice haha because there are people in my tour that did got their stuff stolen so i'm lucky
DAY 9-AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
^ the moschino bag i bought in rome, it was on sale so around $180 sgd and i found the moschino there really affordable but they don't have the t shirts i want so i shall go buy the fake ones online hahahah
^ stayed in Radisson Blu Amsterdam airport for 2 nights and best hotel so far
^ i never knew Netherlands is in Europe or that Amsterdam and Holland are part of Netherlands until I'm there hahahahha
^ the toilet v cute but obv it's not free....zz
^ i really wanted to buy the tulips because it's so pretty but idk what to do with it so....
^ lunch was good, full of msg but it's alright once in a while
^ the city is very very nice heheh but so crowded and messy. my mum forced me (idk why) to go take a look at their famous red light district and haha since it's a very open country where weed is legal (weed candies everywhere), slight drug possession is legal and prostitution is legal, the red light district was quite surprising. they have weird museums and shows (eg. museum of prostitution haha) and the women there will just stand at the window wearing bra (it was cold) to attract guys for business and it was just... a v open place haha
^ went Schiphol airport since there's a free shuttle from the hotel (& it's 5 min away) to visit for fun and it was nothing great but the shopping in the airport is so good compared to their city central and as compared to changi's haha and the supermarket there have nice and cheap stuff heheh but the airport in general, still doesn't look nearly as impressive as changi.
^ dinner, much better than Germany's
DAY 10-BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
^ was really lucky because otw to airport in Singapore, i saw a rainbow in the taxi and otw to Belgium, i saw another haha
^ the atomium (I've got no idea what's this)
^ the sky was superrrrrrrrrrr pretty that day
^ Manneken Pis was so tiny.... i don't even know why it's famous.
^ i asked my dad which picture nicer to post then he say the second one my eyes like cock... ok thanks.
^ LUNCH WAS SO GOOD, it was around $18sgd but the portion is huge and taste yum (couldn't finish 20% of the food though... :x) Brussel is famous for fries because that's where fries originated from but it taste exactly like mos burger's (i like so no complains haha) and they are famous for chocolates (the truffles choco really damn good) and waffles (which sadly, i was too full to try but looks so good.... ): )
^ the godiva is cheaper here haha (the shop smells AMAZINGGGGGG and the streets of brussel smells like cookies and chocolates which is good heheh)
^ oreo hot chocolate, drank loads of hot chocolates this time because it was cold outside
^ hotel in paris (the surroundings is scary to walk around alone because the people looks scary and it's dark at night.. :x)
DAY 11-PARIS,FRANCE
^ so otw back in the taxi, the uncle thought my parents are students and that we were coming back on a student trip hahahah (obv they felt happy hearing that)
^ i spammed a lot more but cleared them hahahah
^ paris christmas market
^ louvre museum was closed so took pictures outside haha
^ paris is very pretty but i was having v v v bad period cramps so i didn't really enjoy it well cause all i wanted to do is to go back to the hotel and watch tv
^ city cruise where i spend most of the time sleeping
^ 0 filter
^ cafes in Europe are so gorgeous
^ lunch place// Chinese food was surprisingly good
^ went Galaries Lafayette to shop for like 3 hours and yeah paris stuff are..... a $5000 sgd LV bag cost $2000 here but obv i can't afford anything hahahaha, wanted a Givenchy wallet but minimum $650sgd :D so in conclusion, i bought macaroons from Angeline ($27sgd for 9) and it doesn't taste good, bought a zara shirt for $18 and h&m's dry conditioner. (H&M Europe have their own makeup collections and they have many interesting stuff) Paris security is really stricter after the bombings because bag checks needed everywhere and police with guns everywhere
^ dinner from the supermart, the chicken pasta salad was yummmmmm
DAY 12-CDG TO SIN
^ breakfast box from the hotel (croissant is good)
^ A380 have damn good entertainment system but the seat was tiny and uncomfortable and no window seat again la ): almost vomited on board and still feel like vomiting now idk why
^ cdg looks pretty but not as good as changi too haha but they have many special stuff that changi don't have. the security is really stricter
^ i don't like quiche but the other choice was salmon zzz
^ almost all the rubbish i bought hahaha (bought a longchamp wallet in paris cdg airport on impulse, wanted to buy a Michael kors one but around the same price so i took longchamp haha)
REALLY WANNA VISIT SWITZERLAND AND MILAN AGAIN AND I WANNA VISIT UK, SPAIN AND TURKEY NEXT TIME (when i grow old enough to go on a trip myself hehe)
^ finished 3 dramas in this trip and all 3 are soo good but she was pretty best :") i finished she was pretty on the plane and felt so upset cause idk what to watch alr T_T withdrawal symptoms zz PARK SEO JOON AND SIWON AND JI SOO OPPAAAAA :'))))))))
in conclusion: had a very blessed holiday heheh and really need to catch up on my sleep and fix my body clock (gonna spend Christmas sleeping because my body clock a bit screwed up zz)
