After spending the last 2 days parked out in the living room supposedly studying while watching roland garros (which the spanish tv loves to show only the spaniards play) i caught spongebob the movie haha annddd saw the trailer to a particular movie called the prince and me. Cheesy title i know but i HAD to watch it.. cos im a sucker for romantic comedies. Couldn't find the schedule on cable tv so I spent the entire day downloading it instead and itssss.. awesome! ahahha ok in a totally girly POV.. but fairytale plot + nice songs + decent looking pple = successful romantic comedy. u wud think it wud be an easy combination but so far, my best friend's wedding still reigns supreme in my books... that is.. until this one!!

ok i realised halfway thru tt ive actually watch snippets of the movie on tv before but never caught it in its entirety. i think its the same formula that catches my heart.. 1. the song. our song. acks.. i cud kill for a song haha.. 2. the look. what look? the look a boy gives when he's looking at a girl he loves doing the simplest of things. THIS look below.. *melts* im 100% girl gah! in the same way i loved my best friends wedding was because 1. the song. their song 2. he sings to her their song in the most awesome rendition ive ever heard giving her the look. aiyaiyai..

sure he doesnt look good-looking there but its the LOOK he gives when she is dancing in her own little world to this song...

Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you

'Cause falling in love just makes me blue,

Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see,

I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me

And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the room is crowded, people everywhere

And I wonder, should I offer you a chair?

Well if you sit down with this old clown, take that frown and break it,

Before the evening's gone away, I think that we can make it,

And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the night does funny things inside a man

These old tom-cat feelings you don't understand,

Well I turn around to look at you, you light a cigarette,

I wish I had the guts to bum one, but we've never met,

And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

I can see that you are lonesome just like me,

And it being late, you'd like some some company,

Well I turn around to look at you, and you look back at me,

The guy you're with has up and split, the chair next to you's free,

And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.

Now it's closing time, the music's fading out

Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout.

Well I turn around to look at you, you're nowhere to be found,

I search the place for your lost face, guess I'll have another round

And I think that I just fell in love with you.

3 weeks left

freaky weather is spoiling our remaining days in valencia. its supposed to be perfect weather for the beach but its been raining and cold! and apparently only for spain.. what happened to the plains of spains soaking up all the rain?

anyhows, dont know why.. but with some jolted memories and pictures i suddenly have a sense of calm abt sth thats stayed with me for the longest of times. n i really do love what it was and has become. a part of me hopes the story has yet to end. a little cryptic but hey.. its my blog :)

as always, i feel the pain of travelling but i hope its good.. exams are due first though but i do hope to accomplish a couple of things before leaving
1) Have a dip in the sea (hopefully more than once)
2) Have a fabulous time shopping the summer sales
3) watching a musical
4) have a hellava beach party
5) Go to Pont de Aventura some random theme park here with loadsa fun n friends!
6) (Pass my exams haha)
7) keep in contact with friends made & perhaps host/visit them in the future

has just returned from malta..

ok.. before i divulge on maltese exploits, my spaniard classmate has just killed my hopes of spain winning the eurocup.. he says that there is no national pride and the players are only interested for the money.. so saddddddd!! well.. the ball is round.. lets hope that reasoning sticks

anyway, malta brought back memories of hurghada with the clear turquoise waters and sunny (rocky) 'beaches'. we just had too little time there, and buses end too early and ran too infrequently to do it right. and it was a shame we didnt get to snorkel.. it wud have been awesome..

n when we came back, we watched eurovision.. finally for the first time in my life.. didnt know what i was missing out all this while.. lol. its really quite amusing n we were shrieking over all the votes.. well at least the voting is spread across 43 countries.. a hell lot more than during asia idol so those statistical terms called outliers get weeded out haha..

All I want is...

1) to watch a juanes concert!!! so CLOSE yet so FAR! rar. playing in valencia while im inlondon for 40euros.. if i fly to granada on the 9th, will cost 90euros.. OUCH! tts not including the flight ticket! n like seriously, when else will i ever catch him live!? he's prob the only spanish singer I know like 75% of his songs! & LIKE for tt matter!

2) to watch the cescfabregas show! someone post it online already!!
pls let spain be in vienna semifinals. pls let spain be in vienna semifinals. pls let me meet cesc in person. pls let me act like the silly lunatic i will be if i ever meet him. plsplspls

is tt so much to ask?? please... :)

UPDATE: ok ill quit whining, when im in london, there will be wimbledon finals + british grand prix + british 10k + most interesting of all, london PRIDE day hehehe..

Yay!

nuha is here!
meaning my sg SIM card is here!
meaning Hana is coming here in 2 days time!
meaning we are going to Malta in 3 days time!

and double yay to booking my accom in Budapest & flight to London
meaning I'm going to Budapest after Krakow
meaning I'm going to London after Budapest
meaning I'm spending my birthday in Budapest & London
meaning I spend 1 extra waking hour celebrating my bday
meaning I'll get to celebrate my birthday with good friends!
meaning hopefully I'll catch a musical in London in celebration of my bday!

the only downside is boo
I'm turning 22 already!?
16 more days to exams!
2 more mths till i return home
i do kinda miss home and travelling nonstop takes a toll mentally, physically and financially
its just tt.. the actual travelling home is BAH and the thought of europe being so farrr awwayyy and that my last year of schooling beckons eek!

move over pink trees...

summer is almost upon us and so ive come to realise, PURPLE trees are the new pink.. hahha

why dont we have any of them back home!?

woosh.. forgot i had a couple of fotos in my hp camera.. so to remind myself in the past few mths i had the menu del dia in school having paella, salad, bread, breadpudding and tortilla champeon (mushroom) with marta after class.. stuffed to the brim that day!

and then there was the softball pitch in the turia. haiz the exact spot that i lost my sg fone. cos i was fumbling to take out my fone to take a picture of this place, i took out the wrong fone, n it must have ended up on the floor since i mustnt have put it back in my pocket properly gah.

I should really stop complaining about planning.

BUT I CANT! the latest mishap happened today. The overnight bus originally planned from Praha to Wien disappeared from the website! So all buses are in the day now! That totally reshuffled our plans.. but at least we've FINALLY finalised it. just to finalise prague accom and cesky buses now. bleh! oh right and the whole mess called july..

I'm starting to look forward to going home. sad, i know. but the thought of catching up with friends is quite nice. hmm, although school starts awfully soon after. its either the shortest summer of my life, or the longest break from 'school' ive had in my life, whichever way u choose to see it lol. 22 days to EUROCUP! which also means 18 days to exams eek. and there isnt even the thought of barcelona in between to cheer me up anymore..

hmm, lets not spoil the memory of europe from all my bitching n simply enjoy the fun, friends and places visited courtesy of alvins camera @ San Sebastian last weekend!

I don't get it.

the ball sure is round because football news is super nutty these days.
Well of course I don't understand why Flamini and Hleb would want to leave Arsenal so much? I thought they were happy together. Do they really think they are all that? It leaves such a nasty aftertaste. They could work themselves into being legends in the club but now, thats certainly not going to happen. Let's just hope the rest of the team have their heads screwed on right. Most of all, Cesc. Let's hope all the fame n glory doesnt get to his head especially with the Cesc Fabregas show going on tomorrow. No doubt I love him, but the advertisements are pretty lame. DO NOT get sucked in to the english media whirlpool!

and then of course there is the routine news of madrid going after cesc and the most insane piece of all is switching Puyol for cesc. like.. seriously!? come on! maybe in the future if arsenal doesnt win any trophies guardiola sure is going to be a huge motivation for cesc but who writes this stuff anyway!?

At least I'm excited with the propects of Carlos Vela and Fran Merida. But it angers me to think the squad will be in transition again. Curse Hleb n Flamini. If they want to win sth, win it through your own sweat because they represent the core of arsenal. by going to another team now and thinking they can do sth better, it just means they dont have faith in themselves because they will never be at the heart of the other squad soon enough like they are in arsenal right now.

I'm all excited for Eurocup now. LET ME experience a spanish win in spain! probably the most exciting squad of all! cesc-torres-villa-ramos-guti-casillas-joaquin-xavi-iniesta-alonso-puyol. oooh i get chills just tinking abt it!

I'm back!

from the little weekend trip to Donostia, San Sebastian in the Basque Country, North of Spain with alvincai, yijingleee & afong the bleng. bleh its 7am now. and school beckons in 2hrs time but I doubt that's going to happen :) even though i potentially had the most comfy bus ride thus far.(because the back seat was empty so i was lying horizontally the entire 8hrs back)

sighsighsigh! SS was nice when it wasnt raining but their language sure looks greek to me. the water was beautiful and the company great. but all i keep thinking is about how im here and not exploring europe too much. theres always sth in the way :( *sobs theres no stopping my green side!

thank god for hana n her talking me into going to Malta with her. itll be super fun! cant wait for her to come over!

A new look

while I try to figure out some html, decided the blog needed sth fresh.
cudnt be green forever, or cud i...

and july plans have taken another twist! perhaps this time, everything will work out.. although it will work out in pounds.. ouch. still, at least I'll be spending my birthday with the people i love! :)

ahhh.. the weathers so cold lately... all i ever wanna do is snuggle up in bed.. :)

is getting severely pissed off..

i really hate planning. i give up! :(
and i admit it.. i hatehatehate HATE it when theres no one to do sth with.

a few hrs ago, i was about to say i appreciated being here studying spanish economic history instead of the asian one. .but now grr im grumpy.

because i ought to write before i forget

changed rooms with sya 2 nights ago. somehow my new room feels bigger although i get the afternoon sun. I miss the little road that i look out upon even tho i hardly go out to the balcony. now all i have are boys making a ruckus outside my window..

finally uploading my pictures from when kak came. and i realised i cudnt remember the names to half of them.. and some of the pictures seem corrupted too... sad.. whats wrong with my electronic devices? lets see.. the unexpected experience wud be getting stuck in the ahem underground (UK underground officer kindly pointed me out that its not the metro) just after having brunch with puisan @ LSE. I still remember it was just before Caldenoian Street or sth 3 stops before Arsenal where I was supposed to meet sis to go to the Arsenal Museum. Turns out, the train just before mine (which i narrowly missed) ran over some guy so i was stuck in between stations for 40mins. DIdnt hear of any announcements till 30mins later where he said "i'm sorry there's nothing we can do about it. they know we are here. at least now we know the guy is alive" at this point... i was thinking.. what guy? apparently its normal.. its so weird having to check if yr train is in good service or not.. i shd have taken a picture of the 1 rare time where all were in good service lol. but public transport in London is expensive! even discounting the fact that its in pounds.

hmm what else..
1. primark is shopping heaven
2. cottage chicken is heaven to carnivorous Muslims in London
3. I WANT to believe the poster when it says "Thank God its Monday, find your perfect job here"
4. why do lawyers get the good buildings? eg. the knight's templars church & court of justice
5. tower bridge is pretty
6. there was more to london than i had expected
7. I had no clue how Cambridge worked till Yingmei n Chris gave me an orientation
8. Punting is more difficult than it looks
9. i rock at (modified) croquet
10. Huifang keeps producing little packages of foodie heaven.. and im not even a foodie
11. the only time it decided to pour London-style was when i was out in slippers
12. We did Cambridge the students way. ie no tourist bus, only public bus, entry to Kings using students ID & punted by ourselves & occasionally hummed to "we'd rather be at Oxford than St Johns"
13. Belgium's hottest sauce was the samurai sauce that wasnt spicy at all
14. bus-ing to London from Belgium involves taking a ferry for an hour
15. Overnight buses to London from Belgium also mean immigration stop at 230am
16. Travelling from Belgium to London by bus, when do u decide when u gain an hour?
17. Trying to be mean/anal immigration lady confused herself by remembering my facts wrongly
18. says silly things like "to see the sites" when posed the qn "why are u coming to london" at immigration at 230am
19. is more singaporean than she thought when happy to see so much food & shops quite insanely
20. loves Marks & Spencer cookies and shortbread
21. travels with too much food, so much so i had to leave some with puisan & sis
22. gets tired from changing underground lines because the platforms are too far from each other!
23. ought to have fit in time for some broadway
24. flew over the pretty pyrenees on the way back to Valencia
25. believes that Ryanair seats are bigger than those of Qatar (dammit!)
26. is starting to hate travelling by plane & bus.. preferring trains above all.
27. needs to start looking at her notes because apparently exams are in a mths time.
28. reallly really wants a spanish jersey to wear during the eurocup!
29. raelly enjoyed staying in puisans place as it felt like a hotel and was RIGHT behind the London eye!
30. and just to round things off. really loves getting mail from home :)