Next Destination: Medan

After a few days in Spore, my skin is back to normal. My lips too!!! I had enough travelling this year. I am going back to Medan very soon. To me, going back to Medan is not considered travelling. After returning from Germany last time, I realized that I have been gaining weight. I thought I would be able to cut off a bit of the fat after Germany trip, but the Beijing trip made me gained even more weight. Imagine, eating 8 course or 10 course meal for every lunch and dinner.

The outlook to lose weight is not good when i go back to Medan. I will eat even more

Beijing Aftermath

I came back from Beijing 2 days ago. The whole trip was fun, witnessing the remains of structures built in 1400s. It's amazing to see the intelligence of Chinese people back then. If not because of Opium war, Chinese would have emerged as one of the superpowers in the world. Anyway, I will definitely visit China again. The only downside in China is shopping. The things there are so cheap. All the stores claim that they are the stores that supplies silk, jade, pearls to the imperial palaces. And you have to bargain the price. For example, I bought a purse for my mom, the opening price is 450 yuan and i managed to bargain down to 70 yuan.

Yesterday evening, as I drove in Jaguar down a street called Chancerry Lane, I recalled the memory of helping a good friend whom was stalked by another good friend of mine. It happened 6 years ago. As I drove past, I still see the same apartment block, the same bus stop, and coincidentally, the same bus number drove past me while I was waiting for green light at the junction. It's an interesting sweet but bitter affair to remember.

Random things

Guten Tag!
1. I recovered fully from jetlag
2. I weighed above 70 kg yesterday. Gotta start cutting down carbo consumption and resume badminton sessions
3. I got my china visa today. Looking forward to my first Beijing trip next weekend.
4. I bribed one official today...hahaha. I figure the bribe money is worth spent in order to save me from future travelling inconvenience and time wasted waiting for the document processing.
5. I found many old primary and secondary school friends in Medan through friendster. A few have kids already. I am "way behind schedule"...
6. I keep looking for a job in singapore, but it's quite tough to get one as it's near the end of year.
7. Start learning german language. Auf Wiedersehen!

Jetlag

Suffering worst jetlag ever on second day after returning from Europe. I never experienced such a bad jetlag for past 5 years when studying in the States. I am sleeping at the wrong time...Sleep in the afternoon after lunch time, and then sleep again after dinner time till 23.00, and I couldn't sleep after that. Other than jetlag, I should begin to create a checklist for preparation to relocate to Hannover. At the same time, going hunting for tour package to East Asia.

Back to Lion City

Finally, I am back to Singapore after 2 weeks of adventurous journey in Europe. There were just too many stories to tell from this trip. I will just summarize all the good ones. Well, I got a job offer from Continental AG finally! It's 7 months after graduation. Secondly, I gotta see Hannover, Berlin, Dresden, Prague, and Vienna. Thirdly, I am planning to go to Beijing as another vacation trip. Fourthly, if everything looks good, I will get to celebrate Chinese New Year with my fmaily for the first time after5 years of absence.

Also, I broke records of walking distance/day and the hours of train rides. For my Europe tour, on average, I walked at least 8 hours a day. That's a lot for a back problem person like me. I also took a lot of train rides. It's unbelievable. I counted that I took almost 30 hours of train rides in total for this trip. The longest ride lasted 12 hours from Hannover to Vienna. It's an overnight Euro Night (EN) first class train ride where I got my own compartment with my own sleeping bed. In addition, I also broke the record of the amount of alcohol drinks I consumed in this trip. But last but not least, all my travel expenses including the cost of the tour is fully reimbursed by my company!!! hahaha...I just can't believe it.