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Old school nostalgia.

2008-06-07T15:40:00.007+02:00

Last day of school today. Everything seems to have gone by too fast! It feels like only yesterday that we arrived in Milan in dreary winter, italian crash course and being completely foreign in a new country.

Here's Bocconi, painted in nostalgia:

In between classes where everyone crowds at the doorway smoking you have a hard time going through. Smokeeyyy.

The most well known myth of Bocconi: Anyone who walks through the entrance in between the two lions wont graduate! No one walks through really. I was walking out of school with Julienn and heading towards the middle when he pulled me to the side!

On our way to school / the bus-stop

Fashion class with our fashion teacher -she's got the flattest tummy ever.

The new school building: Study corners outside the classrooms (with immovable chairs) / cafeteria

Old building's cafeteria which has loveelyyy chocolate brioches & veryvery thick hot chocolate :)

Taxi Blues! A cafe near school where all the Bocconi students hang out to eat and talk.

Too bad we didn't get a picture of the computer lab in school. The printing there is crazy and a huge headache. Everyone crowds around one printer and it's really messy with papers strewn everywhere. The printer shoots out a paper with the printer logo, time etc in between each print job so you can imagine the amount of paper wastage!

Anyway Sister Jo told us the other day that Bocconi came out in the top 5 of some university listing and that it's really well know in Europe. Yay to us :)

You give me fever

2008-06-01T16:34:00.014+02:00

helloooo SUMMER SUNSHINE.

The thing I love about Milan is that something new's always happening :) Sunday was filled with light tans under the glorious sunshine, sports carnival at the castle and iceless ice-skating!

some of my cathecism class kids/lunch.

the sports carnival: horse-riding/ice-skating/swimming pool (can't believe they set a real one up!)/archery

soccer:

donna and i ice-skating : )

On the way back, we caught Andrea Bocelli practising at the duomo square for his outdoor concert the next day:

Goood sunday with the girls. Milan's pretty cool, imperfections and all. I realised we got to see three seasons - winter, spring and now, SUMMER. it's been a lovely&awesome transition. I'm all ready to take on the world when im back!

Sunny island, hear me roar.

The makings of a good aperitivo:

2008-05-28T00:31:00.013+02:00

So once again, it's the lead up to exams where restlessness is a plague. Expect a lot of blogging from me, especially about Milan and Italy :)

We went for an aperitivo after class the other day! Aperitivo is Italy's happy hour from 7-9.30pm at restaurants/bars/pubs. You can buy a drink (alchoholic or non-alchoholic) for about 7euros and get a whole buffet spread for free! They dont cheat on the alchohol because of the price so it's a really gooood deal. There's a wide range of aperitivos ranging from italian (duh), mexican to japanese.

I'm gonna miss this when I go homee. Here's pictures of a good place we found! The spread's fantastic and there are waiters coming around offering you pizza fresh from the oven, yum. Common dishes are pasta, bread, salads, risotto, pizza, stew, chicken, desserts etc.

The golden arches.

2008-05-23T19:50:00.007+02:00

I think McDonalds gives quite a good illustration on the difference between Italians and Singaporeans. I was standing in front of their counter the other day with Bren, waiting to order and observing. While Singapore's Macs have time turners that grant a free burger if the sand runs out faster than they serve us, Italy's Macs take all the time in the world. The italian guy that took our orders dawdled his way three times to pick up our burgers and put them into a paper bag.

I've gotten used to it by now but it still is rather interesting. Everyone takes things really slowly here and they're all very laidback. No wonder people I meet here tell me Singapore is really productive, efficient and organised. I guess you only realise the extent of it when you have a basis for comparison and you see it in action!

The irony (sadly) is that my productivity level currently stands at one chapter a day.

Forza Inter!

2008-05-20T23:38:00.016+02:00

The soccer season's ended but before it did, we got in on some of the action! Went down to San Siro on the day Inter was playing against Sienna with Donna, both of us decked in our Inter jerseys -true bluee fans.

The atmosphere was crazy. The fans were already pumping up the tram(on the way to the stadium) with their cheers, which btw sounds very cool, the kind you want to stand up and cheer with even though you dont know the words. Here's a short pictureless soundclip I took.. It isn't the cool cheer that I like but it was the only one I could capture cause they didn't repeat the cooler cheers after I took my cam out.

Watched the match at a nearby bar and it was fun! It was completely packed with people sitting on the floor. Quite an exciting match. The whole bar jumps up cheering, shouting, hugging each other and pumping their fists in the air whenever a goal is scored. I got beer sloshed all over my feet ( by an over-enthusiastic fan) and got sprayed with a shower of beer later (by an angry and frustrated fan) when Inter was clearly drawing with Sienna near the end of the match 2-2.

Milan kinda stops in action during an important match. The entire duomo (city centre) area is packed with street stalls displaying inter flags, shirts etc and there are satellite stands set up everywhere so that people can tune into the radio and listen to the commentator on the match's progress. Bars with television have people standing outside watching through the glass panes (top right). The whole city comes to a standstill, listening intently and waiting with bated breathe (top left).

Inter's match against Sienna was clearly a bummer, leaving fans ready for a celebration going home with downcast faces. Anyway wearing inter jerseys makes for an interesting day. Throughout the day, we had people coming up telling us another team was better, trying to get us to say we prefer another team etc, was quite funny. After the match, we got asked at least 5 times for the score! Yay to our limited italian understanding.

Last week's match -Inter vs Palma was a different story though! With a triumphant win of 2-0, the whole city erupted in a celebration -very large scale one. Champions of the first league! Gooo inter, all the waaaay. The fans were out in full force at the duomo, cheering in the rain! We watched at a bar again.. first half was really boring but second half had all the kicks :)

I have some videos somewhereee, will post it when I find it!

Step into my summer paradise:

2008-05-20T22:20:00.006+02:00

Long overdue posts. We went to cinque terre a few weeks back, a place which consists of 5 islands by the coast. It was full blown summer paradise. I think George Clooney(or some other famous celebrity) has a house there.

We went to two islands -Monterossa and Vernazza. Clear blue waters, sandy pathways, golden tans and colourful houses and boats - makes you want to jump into the waters and forget the world.. which I would have if I had extra clothes!

well worth the 3hours plus train ride :)

My happy ending,

2008-05-18T21:19:00.007+02:00

We chanced upon a fairytale today -a full, complete rainbow glistening in the aftermath of the rain. It was beautiful beyond words. I could see the entire arch, from one end to the other! Like if I just peeked beyond a bit more, I'd see the golden pot at the end of the rainbow.

Magical moment :)

Even more magical when we realised that we're staying at Arcobaleno(which is italian for rainbow) Residence!

Here's a video taken and narrated by Jac, you can hear my voice sometimes! Haha. The video doesn't do it justice, it's muchhh prettier.

Love like yours will surely come my way.

2008-05-15T17:00:00.006+02:00

Tell me did the wind sweep you off your feet

Did you finally get the chance to dance along the light of day

And head back to the milky way

Eiffel Tower,

Paris.

Where are you Sartorialist?

2008-05-14T17:43:00.003+02:00

Okay, before I leave Milan, I hope I see the sartorialist in action! He has pictures shot in Milan but I always miss it :(

I'm off to cook -we're cooking Singaporean dishes for Phillip and Mailys today :D

Before that, random interesting thing to note: Italians never drink cappuccino beyond 11am. It's the culture! Cappuccino is only consumed before 11am, latest 12noon (and that's pushing it already). Apparently ordering it after noon will be met with weird looks.

LONDON!

2008-05-11T20:08:00.014+02:00

LONDON! 10 reasons why i love youu:

1. English, i dont have to do charades for once.

2. Availability of food -pret a manger (best breakfast food), chinese, thai, mexican, american etc. we'll never go hungry! plus we had singapore food there -char kway teow!

**3. Shopping!! -TOPSHOP (3 storeys whoopee), miss selfridge, next, dorothy perkins, boots, primark, warehouse, harrods.. 10-15% discount all year for students at some shops :)

4. Musicals - Wicked made me smile foreverrr. (plus Chicago which was good. We Will Rock You was really not my kinda thing though.)

5. No one comes up to you saying "Cinese? Japponese? Korean? Anyunghaseyo, Konichiwa, Ni hao.. the italians do that all the time, grr.)

6. The city's so colourful -especially the red buses, telephone booths etc.

7. Everyone has their own sense of style and you can be more experimental and wacky!

8. The accent you can listen to all day.

9. Harrods.

10. Quaint bookstores (top right) with very interesting selection of books :)

And because london makes me happy in so many other ways! :) Here's the rest:

Madame Tussauds:

Our windswept adventure walking to Tate Modern. We almost flew away with the umbrella!

Borough's Market:

you're my #1!

Tous les oiseaux du point du jour chantent l'amour

2008-05-06T23:15:00.009+02:00

Monmarte -we took the tour for this! Apparently last time, this place was filled with artists and the area was whitewashed cause the artists washed their plaster down from the top, therefore causing the white paint to flow down the streets.

Moulin Rogue: The man behind moulin rogue started with stripteases, progressing to women dancing and kicking their legs up in the air. The shorter the skirt, the higher sales got till a point where the skirt couldn't get shortened anymore. The solution? Longer dresses with the girls wearing nothing underneath!

The image you see at the bottom left is an artwork done by an anonymous artist named 'Space Invader'. Nope, I'm not kidding! His goal is to have one of these space invaders in every country around the world. Visit http://www.space-invaders.com/ to see more pictures of invasions!

Top left: A restaurant where Pablo Picasso had his humble beginnings. Picasso exchanged his paintings here for food for a couple of months before he became famous. The owner ended up being really really rich!

Top right: The room where Van Gogh stayed, the same room depicted in Bedroom in Arles (if I heard correctly)!

Bottom left and right: Remember the show Amelie? A lot of famous scenes were shot here! On the left is the cafe where Amelie works in the show and on the right is the grocer which she passes by on her way to work every morning. I like that show :)

You can't leave Paris without a little romance!

The Louvre museum:

This was a really funny picture -see the guy behind Jac and I!! / Us cam whoring among the sunny grassy gardens :)

River Seine / More gardens:

Notre Dame (top left)! Okay I was really happy here cause I got to feed the birds :) I was standing up there looking rather silly and holding my bread (none of the birds wanted to eat my bread!) until this guy comes along and teaches me the right way! It was amazing cause after he rolled up my bread, taught me how to hold it with my fingers, all the birds stared to flock to my hand : ) : ) Cool eh? Totally madeee my daaayyyy!

I like feeding animals -horses, lambs, birds etc etc. heehee :) Aaaaand the guy could even get the birds to eat a piece of bread off the tip of his tongue. As you can tell, I was and still am very amazed.

The top of Notre Dame:

Hmm, Paris wasn't really one of my favourites but looking back at all these pictures, I think I quite like it after all!

Je m'baladais sur l'avenue le coeur ouvert à l'inconnu

2008-05-06T11:47:00.010+02:00

im back! :) been sleeping since i came back cause i fell sick on the last day of london. awesome trip nonetheless!

I can see why people are split into two camps about Paris now. There is the romanticised view that Paris portrays and there is the uglier side of it that most people dont see (which we sadly forgot to take pictures of). Here's Paris at its best:

Galleries La Fayette, department store which has two seperate buildings, both three stories high and each solely dedicated to men and women :)

Their current exhibition, "Asiatic" -asian inspired.

My favouriteee: Fauchon - black and pink!

Fauchon: Their displays are gorgeous, mouth-watering, impeccable and perfect right down to the last raspberry haha. I loveeee.

Hediart: The fruit display really captivated us, we took TONS of pictures here. They had free pineapple samples to taste which were really really good. I can't believe people actually shop here! It looks too perfect.

Arc de Triumph:

Champs elysees: This man was actually using the mont blanc display window(top right) to hawk his goods -sticky plastic figurines that trapeze down the window. It was a sunday so the store was closed. We finally finally sat in one of those sidewalk cafes to eat (bottom left) and people watch. The chairs are always arranged to face outwards (bottom right), cool huh.

:)

2008-04-23T11:59:00.004+02:00

off to paris and london! seeyoooo in 9 days :)

Sunday best!

2008-04-23T01:04:00.003+02:00

My catechism class kids! :)

From left to right:
There's Abigail who's really polite and sweet, Robbie who is amazingly restless, active, dramatic and challenging. Blake -the smart one with all the insights, understanding, quite talkative. aaaand Ludovico -my favourite :) quiet, shy, adorable. Then there's Jessica who's really attentive and absorbs a lot and last of all, Emmanuel who is funny and gives thoughtful answers.

Going up the duomo!

2008-04-21T21:41:00.007+02:00

I finally climbed up the duomo with my aunt and uncle who came to milan this week :) The top of the duomo is really impressive, made entirely of white marble and you go up to the top not for the view but the whole architecture! It's the second largest catholic cathedral in the world.

the highest point of the duomo which is a statue of the Madonna (and the only part not made of marble).

the duomo piazza:

at the top of the duomo, long big space where you can just sit, lie and relax :)

Cycling for peace

2008-04-19T14:03:00.003+02:00

Mel and I were on our way home from the duomo when we saw this huge jigsaw puzzle laid out by the side with cyclists leaving painted track marks on the jigsaw pieces! We asked if we could take one (cause some people were doing that) and the lady told us we can even help paint it! It's an artwork for peace :)

So we wore the body suit they gave us, plus shoe covers and chose our bicyles -I got blueee but it was really too high for me so I couldn't control it very well. Mel got green! It was tons of funn :D Everyone over there wants your colour on their blank jigsaw piece so when you're cycling, they'll cheer for you to cycle on their pieces, calling out "blue blue blue"!

Us and our masterpiece!

For more info, http://www.areaodeon.it/bybike/BB4P.php

Furniture fashionista!

2008-04-19T10:24:00.005+02:00

Another thing Milan is famous for -furniture! It's design week at the moment where everyone congregates in Milan for the biggest designer furniture fair. Went down with irina yesterday to check it out:

a restaurant:

I quite liked this one! A chair and the thing above it the lamp:

Wine glasses / Japanese-style bed / armchairs:

Jacuzzi / Fireplace /Water fountain / Shower area:

Decorative waterfall / Spa / Hot waterbed massager / Toilets!

My camera died halfway so I didn't take that many : ( More soon cause we're gonna check out other areas!

A new dawn,

2008-04-17T16:23:00.007+02:00

Somewhere out there someone's saying a prayer

That we'll find one another in that big somewhere out there -

Lake Como,

Milan.

Prague, beautiful night city.

2008-04-15T19:47:00.008+02:00

The last leg of our easter break trip! Charles bridge was beautiful but we almost froze standing up there and im not exaggerating!

Nearing sunset, the view from the bridge:

All the statues on the bridge are Saints/Apostles/the Holy Family:

View by night:

The old town square where they had a huge easter market!

TRDLO: This bread was the yummiest bread everr :) I think it's their specialty. Steps to make it:

1. Roll the bread dough into strips and entwine the dough onto the metal rolling pin

2. Fasten the pin onto the wooden piece and roll the bread softly on the sugar and cinammon tray to coat it

3. Flatten the bread strips by rolling it firmly on the table once again.

4. Put in on the grill to bake!

5. Contentment :)

Changing of guards:

We went to prague castle too but it was freezing once again -there were even snow storms where you can see the wind whipping all the snow up, very very scary and cold. So we didn't take any pictures!

Spent our last night in Baro and Books, this really nice bar next to our hostel with really chill ambience! They have another branch in new york which is really popular i think. Ohh and they had a drink with my name in it and it's my favourite cocktail by far :)

God-given sundays are made of these :)

2008-04-14T01:17:00.010+02:00

After a whole week of rain and gloom, the weather finally gave way to sunshine yay. Taught catechism on my own for the first time today and it was really nice. I love the kids, they've all got their own individual personalities waiting to bloom.

Met Sister Jo at mass along with her niece, Yen and her two friends, Aunty Catherine and Bernadette -all from Singapore and all really nice! Lunch was full-fledged italian complete with starters, main course, desserts and tea. My seafood pasta was really dee-licious :) They were so generous with the seafood. Now I completely understand why italians only have one full meal a day - I was stuffed!

And guess what? Navigli had a flower festival today! Milan never fails to amaze me -there's always something new happening every week. So despite its initial shortcomings, it's a place I've come to appreciate and enjoy. The flowers were gorgeous, very vivid colours and amazingly fresh, lit up my mood all at once :) Here are the lovelies:

My favourite lavender (top right)!

The colour of the red flowers were soo vivid, it looked odd on my camera.

Navigli: the river that runs all the way down. Found out the other day that this lake was used to transport white marble to build the duomo (which is really grand). That's why it's so famous!

Navigli: It's usually not bustling with activity, only during special occasions like these.

The flower stalls stretched down the entire canal:

The bridges along the canals were all decorated with flowers, really really pretty :) This one had baby chrysanthemums and baby's breathe bouquets hanging under the bridge.

Buskers -particularly liked this trio:

The art gallery in one of Navigli's corners. I wanna live here, lovee their balconies:

Giant loaves of bread!!

Sunshine days :)

Until the dawn it brings,

2008-04-13T01:08:00.008+02:00

Another day to sing about the magic that was

you and me.

The Residenz, Munich.

A couple dancing in perfect harmony with their eyes closed, with only soft air for music.

Guten Tag!

2008-04-12T22:21:00.024+02:00

Munich was everything at once.

It was freeezing when we were there but I think it'd have made my top 5 places during summertime! The amount of food we had was amazing. It was sooo cold we were huddling indoors half the time eating. I've never eaten so much since I came to Milan but it was ohsogoood! Our foodie trip! :D

Pork's knuckles and beer at Hofbrauhaus -this place is aweesome, good food, live music and nothing above 10 euros. You can even see people decked out in costumes sitting at the tables with HUGEE jugs of beer!!

Alte Pinakothek. The paintings by Peter Paul Reubens weren't really my kind of thing. This painting by another painter caught my eye though. It depicts the life of Mother Mary all in one painting from the Annunciation to Assumption:

Easter at St Benedict's Church. The international community there was really welcoming and friendly! Father gave out colourful easter eggs and they celebrated with food after mass. I really like how they designed the place mass was celebrated at.

ViktualienMarkt: The fresh markets are gorgeous!!!! The food was really fresh and the colours were so vibrant you'd think they were fake! They even had whole chillis which you'll never see in Italy. Ahhh, I was so tempted to buy a whole bunch of chilli and lug it back to Milan but wasn't sure of the airport restrictions.

Frauenkirche (Metropolitan Church of our Lady). This is the church which Pope Benedict XVI (our current Pope) was from! He was archbishop of Munich and Freising. Anyway the special thing about this church is its "windowless" image. The story goes that the architect/builder of this church made a deal with the devil that there would be no windows in the church. The architect built in in such a way that if you stand at a particular spot at the back of the church, you wont be able to see any windows at all (top right picture). When the devil came, he was happy cause he saw no windows but later, he realised he was cheated! Unable to do anything about it, he stomped his feet in anger and left (footprint, bottom left).

Englischer Garten, miles and miles of grassy fields which I happily skipped and twirled around :)

Marienplatz:

Then, there was Dachao, the concentration camp which was so depressing, especially with the weather. It felt wrong to take pictures there -the bunkers, prisons, gas chambers, the place held so much. I felt guilty just being there, reliving all that happened, their suffering like zoo exhibits -made worse with tourists taking pictures and smiling in front of prison hallways. Yet to forget, move on and not have any memorial at all like Dachao would be disregard for all that happened. It was then that the dilemma between forgetting and commemorating came alive for me. Where do we go from here?

Gloomy thoughts aside, we took a day trip to see the Neuschwanstein Castle (aka Walt Disney Castle) where we hiked uphill and braved the snow, rain and wind for 35 minutes! I'll think we'll never forget that walk. My fingers turned purple! I was really happy with the snow though :) :) Thought I'd leave Europe not seeing snow but I did!!

After our brave hike up the mountain, the tour guide brought us to a grand total of 3 rooms! That's cause the castle took really long to build and was never finished. The King lived there only 6 months before he died. The finished rooms are really gorgeous!! Very different from all the other castles we've been to. Too bad pictures inside weren't allowed. Here are pictures!

And more food to end off with! :)

Berlin -where it all came down.

2008-04-10T12:05:00.010+02:00

We went to germany (Berlin, Munich) and Prague for our easter break! It was a really good trip but it snowed and rained a lot.. so most of the time, we were indoors enjoying the goood food :)

Berlin was the most interesting place because we had a really fantastic guide (go for the New Berlin Tours, based on tips) that told us the history of the place and all the monuments. Here's some pictures we managed to take when our hands weren't freezing to death!

The brandenburg gate at night / close up of the Quadriga above the gate:

This gate has mulitple significances, one of them being that it was the wall that divided East and West Germany. Here's a bit of history from the tour.. it's interesting! The quadriga above the bradenburg gate was initially the goddess of peace, Eirene. When Napoleon marched through Berlin, he took this quadriga and brought it to Paris to be displayed. It remained with the French for 8 years before the German won the war against France, therefore taking the quadriga back. This time, the goddess of peace was replaced with the goddess of victory, Victoria, removing the olive wreathe and adding the iron cross and eagle to the statue.

Interestingly, the square is named Pariser Platz (Paris Plaza) and this was done to show the the German's victory over the French where the goddess of victory now reigns over the platz. Furthermore, the eyes of the goddess of victory were damaged at some point in time so when the eyes were recast to restore the damage, the gaze of the eyes were changed from looking straight to looking right(when you're looking at the picture) -significance being that the French embassy is on the right and in doing so, the Germans are saying that we're keeping an eye on the French people so that they dont take things away from us anymore. That's German humour for you!

Another memorial I really liked was the Jewish memorial:

This memorial did not have any specific symbolism or meaning -the architect said it was subjective art and wanted to leave it open to interpretation. It's made up of rectangular columns of the same width and length, but different heights. These columns are placed on uneven, undulating grounds, starting with the shortest columns on the outside and gradually increasing in height as you move towards the middle.

Walking through the columns from one corner to the opposite corner was quite an experience. It reminded me of the lit paper I wrote last sem on Hiroshima, where the long alleys down the columns create a predominantly empty and isolated space and there is this lingering sense of loss walking down the alleys. The thoughts of the millions that died sinks in and there's an overwhelming sense of all the suffering that they went through. Yet it's the feeling that all these will never be enough because they went through so much more, and no memorial can do justice/commemorate all that happened. Walking futher down into the middle, there is a perpetual stillness and sense of uneasiness, caused by the uncertainty of when someone might cross your paths.

There was slight relief when I stepped out into the open, it was a place I didnt want to stay inside for long, am glad it wasn't night time when I was there. I really liked it though, left the largest impression on me out of everything in Berlin.

Other pictures:

Good foood / The peaceful protest by the people that resulted in a lot of bloodshed / the view from the TV tower / TV Tower / Propaganda posters

Munich and prague soon!

Our smiles say it all!

2008-04-08T23:05:00.007+02:00

When my mom said she passed a lot of premixes and sauces to Jac's mom to bring over to Milan, I didn't expect THIS much. Including the food that Aunty Cherry brought along too, i think we have enough to last us till the end of exchange!

Jac and I unpacked everything yesterday and we are both happyyyy foodies :) Laksa, rendang, chicken rice, curry, prata, pineapple tarts and so much moreee. Andddd we cooked! Oh my goodness, I love Prima as always and i love singapore food!

Between the lakes and skies,

2008-04-07T23:32:00.001+02:00

Lake Como over the weekend with Jac, Donna and their families along with Mel and Ives who came to Milan!

the leap into the happy two one -

2008-04-05T21:59:00.003+02:00

And so my twenty one was wonderful :)

Watched the grease school production which left me smiling ear to ear cause I absolutely loved it! It was completely old school with coloured props, funny images on projector screens, home-made costumes and fun dances that made me want to jump out of my seat and join them too! I didn't understand a single word cause it's in italian but enjoyed it nonetheless.. the singing in italian was really romantic.

So I skipped back home after a great night to a surprise cake & present at midnight from Jac and Donna! Hung out in Donna's room along with Julian, Pei, Mira and Mailys. Had Mailys' really strong rhum from Reunion island and durian chips till 3am, laughing about jugglers and other random things -happy nights!

Aperitivo after that along Navigli, reminded me of Books and Baros in Prague -really good music and atmosphere. More birthday cake and a very very very happy me :) I love yooo all, especially Donna and Jac -you girls made it extra special!

Thanks for all the wishes from back home too and all of you that called even though I couldn't pick up/couldn't get through. I miss you all!

Happy :)

The days that adds an extra spring to my step!

2008-04-02T11:03:00.001+02:00

Hellooo friends :) Decided to set up a blog -yes finally i know.

SPRING is here! :)Iim completely basking in the sunlight, grassy fields and the gradual bloom of flowers. Peiqi and i went to the nearby park in between classes yesterday and spent a good 2 hours there. It was wonderful just lying there on the grass, watching the clouds go by. There were people playing frisbee, reading their books, couples with open embraces. good respite from school, which is becoming heavier now that we're mid-way into the sem.

Anyway, i was sitting up for a while, people watching when this lady in a business suit, about 40 comes striding into the park with an annoyed look and walks around trying to find a spot. she finally settles down on a spot right in the middle of the park with her mat. A while later, when i look back at her, she's half naked wearing only her lingerie and skirt, putting sun-tan lotion! I was stunned for a while -imagine one of those working woman, hardened by the workforce and emanating fierce, "dont mess with me" vibe suntanning in the middle of a park filled with students -complete with a push-up bra?! It was quite a funny interruption from my reverie.

Here are some pictures (none of her!) taken with my phone:

Gooood days and more to come :)