Bis dahin herzliche Grüßen aus Stuttgart- Greetings from Stuttgart

5 hours to take off...

2007-08-03T09:56:00.000+02:00

Dear benefactors and friends,

this will be my last entry from Germany. In a few hours time I'd lose the privilege to send greetings from Germany to everyone back home. I miss Germany terribly already. However, I hope I do not get too emotional when I return to my beloved Singapore (no la, will not kill the ground and cry).

It has been a more than wonderful experience in Germany and Europe, and as my pal Charles said, "we should be proud of ourselves as Singaporeans making this through." Haha...so much meaning in that sentence. It hard to sum up my experience in Germany, but i definitely hope it will not be my last chance immersing in this very unique culture.

Bis dann. Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland.

Hallo - la - leh Singapore! hee...

Last Night in Room 202

2007-07-31T02:45:00.000+02:00

Some nice pictures i took while touring Stuttgart last weekend. Stuttgart has to be one of the nicer cities in Germany.

Me, Marcin (Poland) and Katarina (Slovakia)

Windy at the top of Grabkapelle

Wineyards and nice view

Sunnies

Grabkapelle - Tomb for the royal family

I'm moving out from my beloved room tomorrow morning. Although i'll still be leaving in Vaihingen at my friend's, I'll definitely miss this room of mine that i've spent 5 months in. Its about 3am now and I cannot sleep. I think i shall keep her company for another 4 hours, afterwhich its farewell 202.

Randoms...

2007-07-18T01:50:00.000+02:00

I'm starting to miss Stuttgart and Germany already, even in the midst of exams preparation. It is really a nice place. Especially the woods in my Uni, its gorgeous. Time flies. Taken soon after winter

Me and Rafal Car. Mr Bean model

snowing days...

Take cover

In Vienna with Faith, Jeremy, CherC and JE

Old randoms...

2007-07-16T18:23:00.000+02:00

Exam stress make people do silly things. I googled my name. haha... and found some really cool pictures of myself and my friends. Most of them from my JC days, really really rare!

Fabulous Four...can't wait to see you guys man!

(btw, this was taken in Freiburg, my first time in Germany backpacking in 2004)

Jack n I in VJ outside Robotics Room

Jack n I in Robo-room.

Wenhui with maze blocks.

ME kena whacked during my 21st. On my right is the person who pretty much helped me through my two years in college. It sucked big time for me, but Jack and Sweelye(above) made it nicer. And of cos the beloved VS gang in 00S31. You guys rock.

Randoms...

2007-07-16T00:10:00.000+02:00

The princesses getting their Birkies

in Florence

Marist Brothers..haha... CJH, 2LT Marc Lim, me

Me, CherC and JE during winter near Feuersee

in Prague

Randoms...

2007-07-15T01:27:00.000+02:00

yiting, elisabeth(a lil sick), and yizhen in berlin
yz and i in berlin
BEMS　ＲＯＸX
Cute Chubby Kathleen, one of my youngest cousin.
my beloved grandma. Stayed with her till i'm 5. Good health to u 'Por Por'!

i think i lost a friend...but how did it happen?

2007-07-14T01:02:00.000+02:00

Just feel really bad and want to type this out.

I assumed I had a buddy but probably I did not do enough to make him feel that way. It happened very suddenly to me, when I realise he is my good friend no more. I sensed something real bad had happened, something too late for me to salvage.

Well, it had been quite a long time. But frankly, it still hurts. Crossing my fingers, I still hope we are good friends, however unlikely it seems. Its ok to hate me, but first please tell me why. Let me alleviate the hatred in you by saying sorry. Please, give me a chance.

If you do not want to offer me the chance, tell me so too. It would be a great answer and the best parting present.

SEP still must study...la.

2007-07-13T12:57:00.000+02:00

I shall label this as random pics of Nostalgia.

My cutest tuition kid...Florence. Miss teaching tuition.

My cousin Maddy(right) and future cousin-in-Long

The C-DA gang, nicest ppl on earth

Zhensi, smartest n strongest girl i came across, Zai! of cos, my Yz is belly smart too!

When i'm too tired, i shall take some time of to post pictures...its gonna be random ppl...i apologise but i dun think i want to arrange them nicely. :P

sorry for the lack of updates!

2007-06-25T13:07:00.000+02:00

为了避免过于零时抱佛脚，我终于提起了我慵懒的身躯，收拾起心情，开始温习课业了。五个半月的旅程眼看就要结束了。我在异乡留下了我深深的脚印，如同根长出了须。家乡的岸上，是否仍然存留着我的足迹？

Ti Pin says sorry for the lack of updates. Really hell lot of pictures to upload from my travels in Prague, Berlin and Vienna. I will try to do it soon. Right now is work Work and WORK! Assignment datelines and tests and exams pending. Wish me luck friends. Miss ya ppl.

Es ist jetzt ziemlich schlimm für mich. Ich bin ganz faul, wenn ich mit meinen vorherigen Semesters in NUS vergleiche. Aber ich bereue nicht. Ich hab meine Seele ausgebildet. Es ist hier in Deutschland, dass ich endlich verstanden habe, was akademische Bildung genauso ist. Ich hab hier auch gelernt, wie ich mich als ein unabhängiger Lerner verhalten sollte. Es wird unbedingt echt schwer, das singapurische Bildungswesen wieder zu assimileren. Aber momentan muss ich die Suppe auslöffeln, meine Wiederholungen zu bekämpfen. Wünsch mir Glück, bitte.

Visit to Rothenburg

2007-05-28T00:19:00.000+02:00

罗森堡 - 一个充满中世纪魅力的古城。每一个踏进这与现代脱离的时空的灵魂，都将被她独有的气息浸濡，成为城堡里的一分子，一同扮演着由古至今一直延续着的中世纪童话。 Yz and I in Rothenburg

The cool surrondings...

BEAUTIFUL cobble-laid streets of Rothenburg

Scheeball (Snowball) - a local speciality. Its fried dough with various coatings.

Yz and her Ball

The whole town came together to act out a significant period of history of the town.

Away from the Buzz of the Town

The View and Us

Love this picture...modern cyclist and ancient guards

The invasion of Tourists

Street play, check the the stage! ZERO nails

The performance is very much like Moscow / China Circus

The Steiff Teddy Bear Shop...too ex to buy a nice Teddy.

Two Teddys sitting on a bench outside shop

I like the Excalibur

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round mahjong Table, argh, miss mahjong.

Selling Bratwurst, good old Bavarian style.

Mit Senf bitte! (with mustard please!)

Outside a German Christmas Museum - bascially a toy shop selling expensive barangs barangs.

Some may have heard of the 'Lucky Mushrooms'? Not me...and not the kind you find in Amsterdam.

The children look so cute!

Hmm, there are exceptions.

St Jacob's Church in Rothenburg - apparently, Jesus and his fellows came here before.

I must explain this cool piece of Art. An african skulptor work of the Father, Mother Mary, Jesus and the 12 Pilgrims. All africanised. Cool man...

The Holy Blood Altar. We asked if its the same blood we see in Brugges, Belgian. Nope, this is a drop of Red wine, which is also His blood.

Stored in the crystal capsule.

The people getting ready for the mass play cum procession

Is that a Bavarian custom?! haha...two guys fooling around

F4 on Stallions

Cannons and Drums

Yz and the contingent

aiyo SO CUTE!

Band Major

Maybe SYF can study their uniforms

Purposely one u know, so bloody loud

The youth army aka NSF

Riflemen...lolz...

Goldsmiths with Digicam...

About to ORD uncle

The invaders...

After a couple of hours, they left

going...

Gone! back to Stuttgart.

Museum Schloss Hohentuebingen

2007-05-27T23:08:00.000+02:00

我常说一珍住在一个美丽悠闲的世外桃源。杜丙根的确深深地吸引了我。

Ah Pek & Yz

Ancient Perfume

Funny Print

Ancient Kiln! Cool...

I want to wear...so cool

Do you think I have European blood? ok, no.

Blings Blings...centuries ago.

Looks like one i can find in Bugis Junction, Kudos to the ancestors!

Layout of the mummy tombs. I want this model!

R.I.P

The Macho Trio strutting their stuff..keke..

too hard, it came off. I meant the skulptor probably was too careless at the private part...

They teach ConTech hundreds of years ago...cool!

Heads

Good Doggy...shoo shoo...

Yz and Yuko-jiang (Japanese)!

Tuebingen is simply beautiful

Like the two girls! A picture of harmony...a Japanese and a Singaporean in Germany.

Yuko left us lovebirds alone while she head for a party and we decide to try the cycle-boat again! We loved in Titisee and it was as nice in Tuebingen!

You just have to give in to the Europeans. They brought their guitars and violins and play wonderul music in the middle of the Neckar River...

Yz and I

Spanking white Swans

Thanks to my Yz, I saved 12 Euros. She cut my hair...traumatising. Siwei, finde es normal!?

Steamboat at Shuxian's

2007-05-27T16:32:00.000+02:00

When Shuxian said she had a craving for Steamboat, we sought many ways to source out cooking wares suitable for the occasion. We settled on a worthy mini companion.

Lucky gal and her wunderschönes Raum (wonderfully beautiful room)

CherChin (Malaysian), Rafal (Polish), Sofie (Hungarian) and half of Shuxian (Singaporean) with our mini-steamboat aka rice cooker.

Yixiang (Singaporean) joined us later too!

Hungarian Red Wine courtesy of Sofie!

Zum Voll!

熟悉的香气，在异乡幽幽的傍晚飘散开来。

就在把食物送进口中时。。。过年了。哈哈。。。

Walk on...Don't walk away

2007-05-23T22:55:00.000+02:00

Lost.

Well Played.

Credit to AC Milan.

Italians defence for once was shabby but English attack proved toothless.

Inzaghi showcased himself at the final whistle to the Italian crowd, with a backdrop of familiar chants from the diehard Reds...

"and u'll neva walk alone...u'll neva walk alone... walk on..."

Not yet greats...just in the making. Heads up high lads.

不知道我还有没有命再看见利物浦站在这辉煌的决赛场上，但我会撑到最后一口气为止，盼望着欧洲杯的回归。

Soccer Tributes (Just this one la, maybe another one when Liverpool wins tomorrow)

2007-05-22T19:40:00.001+02:00

Robert Bernard Fowler

My all time favourite player was Steve Mcmanaman. During his golden period when he terrorised defences, he had a worthy teammate by the name of Robbie Fowler. Being a Liverpool Die-hard, I salute to the "Terrier" and wish him all the best. Fowler is and will stay a Merseyside legend. Borned, Live, and most probably die a Scouser.

VFB Stuttgart - Der Meister

Seriously, VFB do not have the star players and finances to boast about. Typical example of sheer determination and will triump all. Gut geschafft! Ich hoffe, dass VFB für eine lange Zeit auf der Spitze bleibt. Deutscher Meister nur VFB!!!

我是标准的球迷。这是近期最让我瞩目的赛事。明天利物浦江角逐欧洲冠军杯，希望他们凯旋而归。

Match Day, Game On! Gut Gespielt VFB...Deutscher Meister Nur VFB!

2007-05-07T16:35:00.000+02:00

德甲的球赛真精彩！真期待我踏进利物浦的球场的那一刻。。。

VFB Stuttgart sings You'll Never Walk Alone too!

Amazing scene, and by the way, i stood and sang for the whole match

DEUTSCHER MEISTER NUR VFB! NUR VFB, NUR VFB!! *repeat

Chris (Poland), Alex (USA) and I (Singapore)...rooting for VFB! I bought a scarf too! hee...

BBQ time!!

2007-04-23T18:35:00.000+02:00

We had our first BBQ! A pity Yizhen cannot join us. It was great to have ChongWee and JieMing with us. It was a great meal! CherChin and I prepared the stuff, shuxian and our good friend Nicolas joined in in the fun.

Simple but wonderful spread for 6 persons

Marshmallows - Crowd Favourite

Broetchen toasted to perfection

Marinated Chicken Wings

Self Marinated Pork Chops - Great Stuff

Bratwurst

Lettuce and Apple salad...recipe by me and CC!!

Organisers

After a series of innovative attempts

Fire!! Yes!

Fire Testing with Marshmallows

Salzburg(Austria) Daytrip with Yizhen

2007-04-23T18:18:00.000+02:00

Amazing Garden near the castle in the background, high on the mountains

nicely groomed fields

They really took pains to make this place look palace-cy

Panaromic View from the Castle...quite ex to get up there.

Yz

Yz in Puppet museum in Castle

One last shot...

Heading back to Stuttgart!

Frankfurt and Darmstadt (Niederklingen) with Yizhen, CherChin, Queenie and Shirley

2007-04-23T17:39:00.000+02:00

Dom in Frankfurt

Good stuff at the flea market, the perfect greasy breakfast

Cher Chin with his staple Bratwurst!

Queenie and Yz at the Altstadt

Cakes!! the girls went crazy... good and cheap

WOAH...

"its mine...hehe, no its mine"

One last picture...

*poof*

Opera House

Cool shot by Yz, the sun saying goodbye

Altstadt at night

Wow..nice...

Welcome to Niederklingen!! still as nice

Yz and I

Charlie and Benitta

Queenie, Shirley and Marianne!

CherChin feeding the horses

Group Photo! Wonderful people, best in Germany.

Titisee, Feldberg, Freiburg with Yizhen, Siwei and Shuxian

2007-04-23T16:49:00.000+02:00

where's our boat?

My passengers: Shuxian and Yz

V-Com Siwei and Driver, yoohoo!

Siwei

Aku... only take pictures when you are an experienced driver like me

Yz and Blackforest

Shuxian

Siwei and Shuxian on Chair-lift...yoohoo!

Yz and I... ok I'm scared of heights, thats a fake smile

Nearing the top!

Landed...kung fu style. (retarded shot)

Mr View and I again

Bodyguards and little Shuxian

Topo-ing to scale to the peak...

and Yz made history!

Wee! "I can fly!"

The conquerors

Chey....

SX's turn...

good landing...

My turn...erhem..

stiff...

Simply Clumsy...

Dinner time! Sumptous spread! Pork knuckles, fries, spaetzle, sausages, pork chops, beef steaks... ROAR!

The girls eating elegantly...

Mission Accomplished...good job people

High Five!

Shuxian and I after dinner

Sunset in Freiburg...breathtaking...

stay carefree, ciao Freiburg

卢森堡二部曲

2007-04-23T15:21:00.000+02:00

我喜欢远离尘嚣，逃到人烟稀少的角落继续作我的梦。

卢森堡有许多与新加坡相似的地方，也许如此，感觉特别亲切温馨。由于一言未尽，我们再次穿越卢森堡的围城里。

Youth Hostel Vianden

Military Musuem (Diekirch)：

Propaganda posters

Garang!

Enemies alive, R.I.P side by side dead...what's the point?

How it all started

*whistle*...

MEDICS!

Check out the wordings on the gun!

Acting stupid

Present for Hitler

Car Museum

Bock Casemates

Vianden Castle

Yz and the winding road up the castle Vianden

Acting Stupid again

nice wall designs eh? Yz and her 'i believe i can fly' pose

Great view!

Hanging Exhibits

Sweet...

Cute Room!

Really Mosque-ly hor?

More of the wonderful view, and you can see how it protected the region so well in the past...

City Tour:

Yz and Guard on Duty (shag man..)

Soooo cute...

???

The Yz disease: "no eyes"

Good boys and girls must study hard!

In the Luxumbourg National museum

Wine Tasting in Gravenmacher!

Prose!

*burp...hic hic*

drowsy me...

Bye Bye Luxy..

"snort snort..." back to Deutschland

It was a wonderful 2 days in Luxumbourg. Though small it has practically everything. We took with us beautiful memories of the place, and at the same time, left many behind to rediscover when we visit it again.

Schloss Hohenzollern - Neuschwanstein has a worthy competitor

2007-04-03T19:17:00.000+02:00

冰雪逐渐地融化，雪白的大地又再次碧绿。

然而冰雪仍然紧紧地抱着古堡，仿佛顽强地庇护着即将被探索的秘密。

On the bus towards Schloss Hohenzollern...woah...the mytical castle sitting on the mountain

Yz (the Geisha) and I

Lovebirds II (YC & Denise) - Singapore

Bess - Shanghai / Singapore & Cute Cute Allison - Texas, USA

Arrival!! Senang Di... Ri!

Why must everyone bend forward when taking group picture?

As we walked, threw snow balls, and laughed like 3 yr olds, the castle grew bigger and bigger in front of our eyes...

I'm actually quite tired, nevertheless, still gotta smile for the picture.

Yz...do not be fooled by her smile, she is also as tired...

well, i looked like this before the climb, happy chap eh...thanks again Marc, for the jacket. I must remember to thank the sponsors.

In the Castle...Oh My God, its fairytale...

You feel it? the houses galloping, knights' armour clamouring, trumpets 'blaaing'...

Private First Class S.Snow. Yz honouring the brave young soldier

hug hug...oh...look at the smiles...sweet

Bess and Denise with Snow.
Now thats the way Private. Picture with real men...ok *puke*

The Magnificent View and I

He guarded the castle with his life, he still does today.

Hail the Kings...green with cold, keke...

Little picnic at the end of the exploration!

Excursion Day!

2007-03-25T22:43:00.000+02:00

历史悠久的城堡，金碧辉煌。

新结交的友情，灿烂夺目。

from left: Valentina (ITA), Juan (COL), and Emilie (FRA)

from left: Maria (SPA), Lygia (BRA) and Pedro (Chile)

Arrived at the wrong entrance of the Schloss

We took a group photo anyway...thanks to Rufo (SPA)!

from Left: Sabana - Nepal; Valentina - Italy; Maria - Spain; Marcin - Poland; Syndie - France; Emilie - France; Juan - Colombia; Lygia - Brazil; Pedro - Chile; Daniel - Spain; Felipe - Chile; and ME - SINGAPORE!

The Magnificent Schloss Ludwigsburg, Stuttgart
Viewing the intrinsic interior designs

ceiling mirror

One of the many Chandeliers

Look at that Deco! gosh... hmm, Valentina looking bored.

Smile Cata!! - Chile

Breathtaking...

Out of air, how did they managed the ceiling paintings? Would love to take a look at the ancient form of scaffoldings

yep, Chinese Porcelain is treasure in this German Castle

Pedro, Me, and Juan! Amigos.

Took this on our way back. Coolest bridge i've ever seen.

有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎。

2007-03-25T21:43:00.000+02:00

Jia En came to Stuttgart and we (JiaEn, CherChin, XinLi, Yz and I) went Schloss Solitude　and visited the Stuttgart 21 Exhibition (+Siwei) together!!

Yz and church near Feuersee (on our way to Schloss Solitude)

Ta Da... Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart

View from the Schloss

Its cold, my ears are freezing. Marc, thanks for your jacket. Kelly, thanks for your vest.

The Taiwanese Connection

Roccoco Interiors

Ceiling Painting

Tower in Stuttgart HauptBahnhof

Future transportation developments

Its me!

Do not get drunk and sleep on the streets

Back to the future! (Siwei)

我的住处

2007-03-25T21:27:00.000+02:00

父母一直想“参观”的宿舍以及生活环境

麻雀虽小，五脏俱全。。。

如同家里一般凌乱的书桌

房里设有的洗脸盆

床
公用厨房
小饭厅

Snowy Stuttgart

2007-03-25T21:09:00.000+02:00

Snow!! I want Snow!! (Cher Chin)

How is this for a shot yz? cool man!

Sunset Uni Stuttgart

And then it all happened... white flakes from the sky...

more and more...

and more...

more??

erm...enuff? haha...

Cold. Gott sei Dank, dass Spring bald kommt.

Stuttgaeter Life . Singaporean Life

2007-03-14T16:34:00.000+01:00

夕阳无限好，只是近黄昏。

Nice walking track in the Uni

Boring, but nice view in Uni Stuttgart...you got to be there la

Near my Wohnheim

Daily routine = Laptop + Arbeitsbuch...+ Bier

My lovely Wohnheim

The camera knows who is the main lead

Dinner time, German style, erm, German budget style

Its not easy to wake up everyday at 6am to attend lessons in a foreign language. That kind of make me miss my bed always. Its a rare chance, a good one too, for me to face up to this challenge and improve. I'm starting to enjoy it...

Tuebingen + Bebenhausen

2007-03-12T21:58:00.000+01:00

不起眼的小镇，隐藏着古老以及耐人寻味的优美传说。在现实与幻想交错的古堡里，延续着历史的见证。

Overview of Bebenhausen

Nope, not Postcard

Lovely eh, i meant the weather

Remembering the King

Kloster

Chilly Cell, or some entrance...dunno

One of the many rooms in the Kloster

Nice picture...by yz

Looking tired. Nice view eh.

Nice picture of myself...haha...bhb

Tuebingen is really a great place. I'm glad that Yz had settled down well. The trip to Bebenhausen was nice and relaxing, overall, it had been a wonderful weekend.

2007-03-03T23:48:00.000+01:00

阿姆斯特丹是独一无二的。她是个完美的组合。无人能够批判她，而她也只会漠视一切地活下去。

Me, blur in the rain

Me

Me and Vlaamse Frites.

Boat Tour - nice view

Red Light District - Good stuff inside

Sex Museum - Cool stuff too

Sex Museum - power Ah Pek

2007-03-03T23:26:00.000+01:00

比利时是个优美的城市。但旅客的侵入，无奈地丧失了些许风采。

Belgian Fries, never say French Fries.

nice buildings by the canals.

Yz and Rocio

Yz and I at the Chocolate Factory

Madonna and Christ by Michaelangelo

BeNeLux with Yizhen

2007-03-02T22:33:00.000+01:00

First morning in Frankfurt

Street outside the Youth Hostel. Moving out to Luxembourg.

In Luxembourg

In Belgium (Brussels and Bruges)

Rocio, a Bolivian girl studying in France that we met in the Youth Hostel in Bruges

Camouflage

Mannekin Pis aka the famous peeing boy ... he is Belgian.

10 Escargots for 3 Euros

In Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Van Gogh Museum

Nice houses along the canals

太匆忙，太兴奋，再加上天不作美,淋了几场小雨，生了一场小病。

Bis dahin grüßt Sie aus Stuttgart - Greetings from Stuttgart

2007-03-02T21:59:00.000+01:00

Hey my dear family members and friends, I'll upkeep this blog to share some of my

experiences in Germany for this six months. I will probably not be writing too much

but instead, I'll be using this space to post pictures of my life and travels. Feel free to

add your comments! So before I start the pictures coming, I'd just like to say a big

thank you for all that gave me encouragement in one way or another before I made

this European voyeur. VIELEN DANK!!!

为了我父母的福利，我将尝试以华语诉说我在德国的经历以及分

享我拍的一些影像。感谢大家给与我的鼓励，我在德国过得很好。

请别想我，因为我可能太开心了而忘了想你。请大家保重。