Wednesday 19 September 2007

Today was a pretty exciting thing. My taiwanese roommate had invited me to meet her fren for breakfast. this fren is a spaniard, who is studying english and mandarin. so we spoke quite a bit of chinese. and she is only 20 years old, and is leaving for england this saturday. to me england is so far away, but since i m in barcelona, england is probably a 3 hours flight away?

then both of us went to supermarket. after watching her cook yesterday, i was quite tempted to cook as well. haha i fried some eggs with mushrooms, and a sausage, and ate with my bread. i m trying to finish off my bread, and after trying so hard, i still have half a loaf. argh. i m gotta try french toast tmr, as i have put the bread into the fridge. any idea what to do with cold bread besides toast and french toast?

after that, i skyped with mama and grandma and hazal and melissa and family. it was really fun and nice to see everyone. miracle of technology. then i had asked my danish roommate out for dinner. she is a marvellous girl, who is able to make frens with other ppl. we walked ard for an hour before finding somewhere to eat. and we walked back and talked a lot. she is a very "on-the-ball" kinda person. in copenhagen, apparently everything is more expensive than in europe. she has so many plans.

it is nice meeting new people, because u see how big the world is. like everyone is talking abt their masters, and taking a year or 2 off to travel or work. in singapore, everyone follows the routine of finishing university, clearing credits and getting to work. few ppl have time and luxury to learn a new language in depth, or take some time off to work, travel, do something u like. and although this exchange may push back my graduation by half a year, i think it is great making new frens. although i may not keep in contact with them in future, it is good to see how ppl think, how the world outside works, and see that there are other options out there, than being an accountant, a banker, or something that is so lucrative but u will never feel the salary is enough for yourself.

if u don't get what i m saying, just think that i will still fall back on the mundane life when i get back. and yes my danish roommate has a dog just like speedy. a shetland sheepdog. we had a good time talking abt them. how they are so clever and intelligent.

i will put up the picture of what i cooked today. certainly not a pleasant sight. and nothing difficult haha.

and yes folks in america, try skype-ing with grandmother :) she is really amazed when she sees herself in the computer and wonders when she had teleported into the computer. u can skype with my mum too. they bluff our grandmother that this is a picture of her which they took in christmas :)

Buenas noches and hasta luego!

new vocab:
sumo de naranja - jucie de orange aka orange juice
and no one in barcelona drinks teh-co-leche (tea with milk) only cafe-co-leche