London - Four girls and a pack of cards (04 - 05 January 2007)
By special request, here are the pics from London. Because the buses from Paris to London were full, our trip to London was delayed by 2 whole days, so effectively we only had 1 full day in London. Nevertheless, it was a short but enjoyable trip. Finally got to see good ol' Joyce after 8 long months. Together with Cheryl(one part of Serena and Joyce's 5-girl TJ gang)who played tour guide, we travelled London by foot for the entire day until our legs ached. Put up at Joyce and Cheryl's hotel and had free breakfast cos the staff don't check their guests. Our night in London ended with rounds of Daidee, Bridge, Texas Hold'em and this French game that Serena and i learnt from our Parisian hosts. It was damn hilarious, i finally met someone who was just as bad (or possibly worse) at card games than me - Cheryl. And somehow in Bridge we kept getting paired up..so you could imagine how many times we lost. Oh we also pissed off the guests staying next door with our uncontrollable laughter, they even came over in their PJs to tell us to shut up(in a more civilised way of course)
Venice (26-27 December)
The trip to Italy was one hell of a trip, we basically threw our initial plans out of the window and followed wherever there was a place to stay. But the highlight of the trip was staying at Sandra's place in Sicily and spending christmas with the rest of the Castellano family. Shall elaborate more next time, perhaps with some pics and all.
But right now, just wanna drop a line to my family and friends from Paris..that im alright and have a wonderful New Year guys. Buon Anno Nuova! (in italian)
Party In Sabinki
It's supposed to be the exam period, but there seemed to be more social events going on than ever. Today we had a farewell party for Rajah and Mikael in Sabinki. It was awesome. Best party in Sabinki ever. Some of us cooked a little something...we had stuff like chicken curry by Rajah, apple and banana pancakes by Mikael from Denmark, stir-fried vegetables from team Singapore, rice cooked by Bibi from Slovakia, Salad from im not sure who and scrambled eggs by John from Belgium, and a very sticky chewy tiramisu by Sandra from Italy. Alcohol-wise, there was red wine, Slovak wine, hungarian Tokai, and of course, the polish vodka -Zubrowka!
It was really mad as we were singing endless songs from Mikael's laptop which had a cool karaoke program.
Party in the kitchen
Sandra, my sicilian student.
When tallie meets shortie..John is 2.02metres tall!
Bibiana, the pretty Slovakian studying at Prague University of Economics - the school of my first choice
The scottish duo - Philippa and boyfriend.
KTV!
We taught him some chinese...
Absinthe
There was a party at Silvia's place. I told her since i was still sick, i would only drink juice, but she insisted drinking alcohol kills off the germs, and that was why her dad was hardly ill.
At 70% alcohol content, Absinthe was the drink of the party, and the highlight was learning to drink it.
Step 1: Pour Absinthe into a shot glass
Step 2: Soak a sugar cube in Absinthe, then light it
Step 3: When flame burns out, stir the sugar in
Step 4: Set the drink on fire, cover your palm over it, flip upside down and shake
Step 5: Down it at one go if you're game, or dilute and drink
Silvia, Murphy, and Mee.
Towards the end, we spent almost an hour debating on Kanapka (damn nice sandwich that you can find at food stands along streets in Poland) The question was if you had a sandwich, half of which was better than the other, which would you eat first. Most of us agreed we would save the best for the last, but Monica was adamant that it is more logical to eat the best one first. Assumptions were drawn, graphs even! It was ridiculous but super hilarious.
I love Class 95.