Saturday, December 17, 2005
often we build walls around ourselves.. blocking out the very people who could have helped.
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dreamed.at .|. 5:54 AM
Friday, December 16, 2005
paris.uk
hello hello hello! (:
the trip to europe was..eventful! we're went to the disneyland, eiffel tower, musee du lourve in paris and watched 2 musicals in london..phantom of the opera! and lionking. visited the roman baths, natural history museum, shakespeare's birthplace, anne hathaways cottage (we sat on the exact same seat shakespeare n anne sat in), warwick castle (where we skated), madam tussauds, oxford, windsor castle, stayed in a lovely english cottage farm n shopped more than we should have. quite an accomplishment for a group of 6 travelling on our own huh? (:
it was all so beautiful..n i was seriously enchanted by all that. wanted to not act tourisy but once we were actually there i abandoned all pretence n started snapping shots furiously, like a typical tourist. hahah. imagine looking up at the eiffel tower all lit up against the night sky.. n feeling the icy ruthless wind sweeping in waves at u.. n feeling happy for those crazily in love couples kissing all over the place.. it seemed like a natural thing to do there. just the sight of the eiffel tower can make anyone congenial in spite of the frigid cold. think even my organs were grinning :)
ok i could go on gushing in detail abt how great those places were n how exciting it was... but then it'll take too long n im too lazy. heh. sure the attractions n all were great but what i really liked most bout our trip was the 'realness' of it.
i love taking trains. hahah. we travelled in london n paris thru trains n the occassional cab. the train stations were so cool. the trains in paris have doors tt require u to open it by urself! n the walls of the train stations were filled w pretty graffitti. how cool is that. graffitti covering every inch of some walls in every train station. wow... i love staring at those complicated train maps figuring out where to go.. n then joining the hurried rush to the platform.. the pattering of urgent footsteps.. lovely music catchy tunes dispersing thru the stations by the many buskers.. i even like the stink of pee in some train stations. the train hurling thru the dark intestinal tunnels n rubbing shoulders w the locals on the squeezy trains.. listening to the unfamiliar waspy windy sounds of the french conversing.. n the cute british accents.. studying the cool characteristics of typical european features n observing their ways.
this is what i like.. getting behind the glitz of europe n a view of the lives of the locals, going amongst them n talking to them.. instead of sitting on a bus just viewing the city thru the windows like typical tour groups. train stations are the best! (: there is nothing affected about them.
it was also on one of these trains that my dad got picpocketed tho. hahah. they took his phone.. these 3 eatern europeans. so pro man.. the way they did it. we were all surrounding him n didnt noe they took something fr him.. my aunts kids camera got stolen too. hahah. oh n i left my phone behind.. they're nicely agreed to ship it over but i haven got it yet! another one of the worst moments of the trip was lugging the luggages ard.. fr the train stations n airport to the hotels. those shitcases were so bloody heavy! n aft that our hands all resembled lobster claws.
okay! this is getting too long. the trip to europe was great but im so glad to be home! missed everyone like crazy while i was away. been great to be able to meet up w frens n catch up online these few days (: but it seems like while my spore life has been stagnant. most have moved on.. lots of ppl are abroad n many have alr found jobs n have their life scope expanded. my life as i know it is unravelling bit by bit, by n by.. n i feel like sitting down n refusing to move! but things dont work that way.. the past is not to be dwelled in but cherished. i just hope that efforts to sustain n deepen friendships will prove worthwhile. perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder might be true after all.
meanwhile, something to remember:
christmas is coming!! :]
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dreamed.at .|. 10:46 AM