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my dReaM...undefined @ undisclosed October 26 Milanoyoo people, I never thought I would abandon my blog for three months..haha.. anyway, I am kinda free now, just finished my Chinese translation test today. phew..it was pretty easy actually  Wanna know more about my Europe trip?? I am gonna write anyway  Switch to other blog if you don't want to read. So the tall building in Dubai is actually still under construction and it's the tallest in the world, I learnt this after watching Amazing Race. Dubai wasn't really in my planned trip, so I only did a stopover there, probably less than 5 hours transit. Well, Emirates was great!! I watched a lot of shows during the flight from Singapore to Dubai and from Dubai to Milan.   We took bus from the airport to the city, and gathered some information about Milan, then off we go to find a hotel. Took a train which costs 1 Euro per person one way. You can purchase a day ticket which costs 3 Euros if you decided to travel multiple times in a day. First stop:
  DUOMO DI MILANO or Milan Cathedral It is the 7th largest church in the world (according to Wikipedia). Even though some not so good memories here, but I am still happy that I visited the church. It is a bit unreal when you see it right in front of you as most of the time we only see it in the TV shows. I couldn't describe my feeling, not even now when I am writing my blog. It is just amazing!! In fact, the architecture and designs was touted as one of the greatest in the world.  Inside the Cathedral
Wasn't gonna take picture as we are not allowed to, but I couldn't resist myself. Anyway, this is the only clear picture I have in my camera. The rest was a bit unclear cuz it's pretty dark in there.
The building next to Duomo di Milano is the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. This is probably the most famous shopping place in Milan.
  Shops like LV and Prada (and McDonalds of cuzz) are all situated here. This is also where we took our Peak Time's video. Had our first meal in Europe, which is just a McDonald meal (you will see a lot more McDonald later on). The croissant is so so tasty and actually pretty cheap too, probably 2-3 Euros for coffee + croissant??
We spent 2 days and 1 night in Milan, my only regret is probably not visiting San Siro, which is homeground for both AC and Inter Milan. Stayed one night in Hotel Aosta, spent probably 60 Euros for 2 person. Then we took train to Rome from Milan Central Station at night. (Trust me, it wasn't a pleasant trip)
Taken while waiting for train to arrive. Next stop: Rome July 28 From Singapore To MilanA short week rest at home before flying to Milan is really good.
There are times that you would complaint to stay at home, but sometimes you just love being at home
(even though you might have to do the dishes, help in cooking and do a lot more stuffs)
Digged out a lot of stuffs that I used to play when I was a kid which included this:
These "rubber" or erasers are my collections, won by beating friends when I was in primary school.
I don't know what am I gonna deal with these when I get older, probably put them on ebay?? or passing on to my kids?? lol
Anyway, my sister was finally introduced to this game, cuz she was way too young when I play with my brothers.
So this is just one of the random stuffs that I did when I was back at home for a week.
Next, off we go travelling!!! Taking the cheap Emirates flight means you would have to fly at midnight and doing a transit in Dubai.
Dubai International Airport is really huge and pretty.
 
Some of the photos taken while we were transiting in the airport. Since we are flying towards Europe, we are actually gainning time,
but by the time we reached Dubai, I am pretty tired.
*yawn* I shall skipped the unimportant details
 The Dubai city from the plane
 The man-made islands view from the plane
 and the idiot-looking guy..haha
One thing to mention though, Emirates' seats are extremely comfortable and it is adjustable in many ways.
 And after long hours of flight, finally I am at the MILANO airport!!!
This photo is taken after all the passengers are gone. And also I received Richmond's message when I was in Milan.
I was wondering should I reply by telling him: hey, I am in Milan now, what's up...lol
but anyway, I did not reply cuz I don't want to pay so much on my next bill.
- to be continued- p/s: all photos can be found on my facebook profile July 13 holiday and peak timeDear bloggers,
It's holiday again. Compared to previous years, i have a relatively shorter holidays, because exams finished pretty late.
Anyway, I have been enjoying myself ever since my europe trip back in April. For the past 3 months, it is actually my holiday.
Talking about my europe trip, I am praying hard that I still remembered what happened back then so that I can post them here.
This trip partly thanks to Peak Time, if it's not because of this wonderful competition, I guess my europe trip would still be a dream.
To start, it has to go back to 7 months ago when I was in Hong Kong. I got to know that the registration for Peak Time competition open to all and to form a team, I have to gather another 3 members. So manyee, qinyao and kenjin became my members and either kenjin or qinyao came out with the name Silent Strike. At first it doesn't sounds right to me, but this is a cool name though so we kept the name.
Then the competition or the qualifying round started in late Feb 2009. Teams have to go through a series of simulation rounds and the objective is to maximize your share price. We scrwed up the first round cuz didn't know what to do with it. I remembered the deadline was the day that I flied back to Sydney from Singaore so actually I didn't take part in doing the decision. haha..anyway, it is not so important. After a few rounds, finally getting familar with the system and share prices got higher. So at the end of the first round, our team was ranked #1 in the group.
Moving on to second round, as compared to lsat year where only selected teams continued to next round, this year all teams are required to go though two rounds. So the second rounds was about creativity. We have to provide a case study solution, team description, resumes and a business idea. Again, everyone were busy so we only gathered together at the last day to talk about the whole case study. I am really happy actually given that all four of us are not seeing each other in person and yet we were able to work well. The last time I met Qin Yao was in Hong Kong Ocean Park and the last time I met Ken Jin was back in Kuala Lumpur during a gathering (if I am not mistaken).
So finally sent the email at the very last min. I spent the toughest week of my life waiting for result. Even my uni result doesn't get my nerve, but this competition really make sleepless for a week. And finally, our effort did pay off, my team was in the top 20 of this competition. I am actually kinda expecting it, but still I am happy. haha..so my efforts to check out the airfares even a week before I knew the results was paid off.
Then the next one week was a busy week as well, busy checking airfares again so that I can get the cheapest price, busy getting letters from uni and getting permission from lecturers and trying to ask for grant of course. I shall skip all these boring part ya...
Finally after a long thought, took Qantas back to Singapore and book return flight to Europe from Singapore. And so happened that Emirates was on sales during that period. For a return ticket from Singapore to Milan, it only costs SGD 733 (It's even cheaper than my return flight from Singapore to Sydney) WTH!!!! It was so damn cheap, so finally I realize my dream of taking Emirates flight.
- to be continued - June 06 sienzzzzi wanna update my blog actually, but the moment i click on add a new entry, i got lazy.
i have so much to blog about, so much stuffs in my mind.
i wish i could have time to write every single things in my mind or i can just talk to the dekstop and the dekstop will rephrase and type it in a nice sentence for me.
exam is coming again and i am lazy as usual.
People around me are actually studying, and i am here doing nothing, playing battle station in facebook, chatting in msn...
haih library closing..
i shall update again soon lah...
April 05 Silent StrikeCouldn't describe my feeling now..
It happened!!!
follow the link and look for silent strike.
Yeap, that's right.
That's my team...
As a team leader, I am proud of my team...
A big thanks to manyee, kenjin and qinyao..
Our efforts paid off..
Now, should we go?
Singapore Airlines is offering SGD2390 to Frankfurt return for 2 person which means it costs SGD1195 per person return from Singapore.
And Paris SGD2410 which means SGD1205 per person...
This week is gonna be real busy.. man utd is leadingyes, man utd is leading.
2-0
Hopefully they will win. Ryan Giggs is performing extremely well.
40 mins to go.. |
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