Crimson Bisque

Friday, April 23, 2004

ahhh dissection is back! *rubs hands in glee.. or erm whatever is in that body* haha but first...

ok lah to sum amsterdam up....

Museums:

went to van gogh, rijksmuseum (one of the largest in europe which unfortunately or fortunately since our legs were in pain after walking ard so much, that they were only showcasing their masterpieces...), biblical museum (hmmm interesting look into judaism, christianity and islam since the museum was mainly abt stuff from the old testament... and how the religious conflicts between the religions started and all that.. they also had many models of King Solomon's temple which God commissioned him to build), there was Rembrandt house (yup.. where THE MAN himself lived.. had some of his prints and some of his paintings and all that... pretty nice to look at....), anne frank house (or huis which is house in dutch... where anne frank and her family hid out during the German occupation of holland before they were betrayed, and sent to concentration camps and when out of the 8 who were hiding.... only anne frank's father survived... anne frank died at age 15.. so sad what war can do....)

Markets:

went to waterlooplein.. nieuwmarkt... singel flower market.... albert cryupt market... all of them had loads of food, clothes, antiques... the best of which was albert cryupt... the largest market in all of europe!:) that was GREAT.. so many things to see.... they really had ALL kinds of food haha... i LOVE markets man... erm esp the food?

Food:

i ate so much there i had to lose weight when i got back.. which i'm proud to say.. is quite successful... for now haha... i hope that i didn't completely destroy all hopes of weight restoration with this trip.... but really the food was good..went to pancake bakery ( FANTASTIC pancakes! so unique... the pancakes are really thin.. like crepes.. and the toppings were so good!:) the only place we went to twice)... bojo (this indonesian restaurant that we tried to get into three times... 1st time... the place was too packed.. the next day we tried again.. it wasn't open yet even though it was 30min past opening time.... and the third time we finally managed to secure a place in the restaurant!:) yay! it was worth it too! the indon food was good man.. the chilli was damn nice... *drool* :P)... some thai restaurant... that was good as well.. had me a bowl of beef noodles...there seemed to be a lot of thai restaurants in amsterdam strangely enough.. i mean indonesian i get.. but thai? huh? from where one?)... falafels (some fast food... Apparently it's a vegetarian ball kinda thing......).. and finally... the amazing.. the unforgettable... must be mentioned again ICE CREAM from the shopping district! my gosh i went back every single day i was there and probably gained a lot of calories from it... but honestly... THAT was worth it!:) yum yum yum *salivates just thinking of it*!

Sex and drugs:

didn't do any for all you curious pple out there.... but yep coffeeshops are all over amsterdam.. and the red light district.. i'll always remember the penis fountain with the two rolling balls beside it... killer man....

Back to glasgow school of medicine...

Yep.. had dissection for the pancreas and the kidney.... most of the other bodies were rather dried up... but cos ours had so much fat... she was still juicy man... whoa... hmmm... but yeah.. dug back in there again and though i have stinky fingers everytime.. i guess it's still very interesting... wanted to be hands off today.. but i really couldn't help but pitch in with the dissection.. i can't help myself.. talk abt weird tendencies man...

watched kill bill 2 last night... not VERY tarantino... but still it was ok lah.. liked the 1st one better... lucy liu kicks ass man.. haha... went to ashton lane after that for a drink... hmmmm ok so it probably wasn't a good idea to go drinking that night since i had a 9am dissection today.. but hey.. i was asleep by 2 haha.. so i still managed enough sleep... even though i just rolled into bed when i got home and woke up to take a shower.. i wasn't stinky lah.. just smoky? haha... ok lah... i survived didn't i?:)

to my partner in crime... i still owe you money for the drinks... remind me to pay you back ah.. you know how my math has gone down the drain.... haha....

sigh... suddenly thought of jov and how she's traveling round the germany/austria area now.. so sad that i couldn't meet up with her even though she's in europe.. so near yet so far? i miss the AC plant times man jov.. and i hope you're enjoying yourself in germany.. or enjoyed depending on when you read this...

quite sad when i read abt the nicoll highway collapsing a few days back... i hope it wasn't due to cutting costs that this happened... or else... die lah... there are costs to cutting costs i suppose... hmmm....

in other news.. just got an email from wenz... that was unexpected... felt weird yet happy... dunno why... feel quite out of touch with singapore i suppose?

to compound things further... called my grandma today and she told me how much she missed having me and greg ard for her birthday and that she's really looking forward to seeing me back home...

i can't quite believe it! less than 2 months and i'll be home... less than 2 months i would have finished and hopefully passed my 1st year exams... less than 2 months all get to meet up with all you wonderful pple at home... less than two months and my 1st year living in glasgow would have come to an end.... surreal... unbelievable... wonder if me being overseas has changed the dynamics of my various relationships back home... family and friends alike... i suppose it's nice to see each other grow... but sometimes you wish you were right there with them as they grow...

strangely enough even though i'm saying all this stuff.. i can safely say i don't really miss home that much... maybe it's cos i know i have so much work to do and i have to concentrate on that 1st if i want to do well... maybe it's cos i'm just living in anticipation and that makes things better.. don't quite know really... oh well.... i'll take things as they come i guess....

loving and missing you all....

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