Day 0 & 1: 24 hours of flying!

I was at Changi Airport using all the free internet and stuff. LOL. And finally, time to board.

It's 12 midnight, Saturday the 14th (Singapore Time). The plane is about to lift off. Luck was definitely not on my side as I didn't get my window seat.

guess who?

Supper was the first meal served. It was at about 2 am (Singapore Time). The menu:

Smoked salmon with pasta & vegetable salad [Appetizer]
I love the salmon =). Winston, the sashimi eater! Pasta? i can have it for lunch and dinner. YUMS! This is my kinda appetizer.

Roast Beef fillet served with mushroom sauce, roasted vegetables and gratinated potato [Main]
The roast beef was kinda tough to cut but it wasn't that bad as I thought it would be. I love the gratinated potato. But due to the cook-freeze process, the roasted vegetables (esp. eggplant) taste quite rubbery.

Cheese and Cracker [Cheese]
I don't really like the taste of that cheese.

Marble Cheese Cake [Dessert]
Too full to finish the cake =X

Roll & Butter [Bakery]

Coffee [Hot Beverage]

Bailey's Original Irish Cream (On the rocks!) [EXTRA!]

coffee and baileys =)

creamy baileys. =)))

The next light meal:

Savoury sandwich (Roast Beef)
Tasted like the beef I had for my supper.

Famous Amos cookies
YUMS! I kept it for my stop-over break!

It's about 6am, Saturday the 14th (Singapore Time) and I woke up. Apparently the alcohol and coffee is keeping me awake.

Nearing to Frankfurt at about 10am Saturday the 14th (Singapore Time), we had another meal before landing:

Daddy's meal

Fruit Appetizer [Fruit]

Yoghurt [Light starter]

Vegetable Fritatta (egg) served with chicken sausage, tomato & hashbrown [Wholesome beginnings]

Assorted breakfast rolls & butter [Bakery]

Coffee [Hot beverage]

After boarding the next flight from Frankfurt to New York, breakfast was served:
(oops, I think I forgot to take OR I accidentally deleted them.)

Fruit Appetizer [Fruit]

Yoghurt [Light starter]

Poached eggs with hollandaise, bacon and hash brown potato [Wholesome beginnings]

Assorted breakfast rolls & butter [Bakery]

Coffee [Hot beverage]

The next meal before arrival at New York:

Shrimp and pasta salad [Appetizer]

Stewed lamb in red wine sauce, roasted assorted vegetables and mashed potatoes [Main course]

Ice-cream [Dessert]

Roll & butter [Bakery]

Coffee [Hot beverage]

Throughout the trip, I tried sleeping but only for about 2-3 hours. Finally after 13 hours [1.45pm, Saturday the 14th (Singapore Time) ] we arrived at Frankfurt. I am so happy of Singapore's technology - wireless internet access, power points and even shops for transit passengers. But not for Germany. The stop over was about 2 & 1/2 hours. The flight from Frankfurt to New York was at about 3pm, Saturday the 14th (Singapore Time). The journey was about 7 hour 45 minutes. We arrived at New York roughly at 11pm, Saturday the 14th (Singapore Time); 11am, Saturday the 14th (N.Y.C. Time). Along the way, I tried to take pictures but the trip was kinda bumpy.

Finally, after about 45 minutes, we arrived at the Marriott Hotel. The time now is 2.54 am, Sunday the 15th (Singapore Time); 2.54pm, Saturday the 14th (N.Y.C. Time).

After some refreshing moments, we headed to this HUGE mall that sells clothing and other stuff at much affordable prices.

Not many picture of this mall though. Was extremely tired after all that movement. Disappointment as their sizes are huge and they don't have the style I am looking for. Too bad.

The day pretty much ended when we reached "home"; hotel.

In the airport.

OH MY GAWD! It is finally Friday the 13th! Totally nervous about this trip. Not really sure why. The first thing I will do when the plane touches down in U.S. is to buy STARBUCKS. LOL! And if I were to see the Statue of Liberty, I will hold the STARBUCKS cup in my hand and pose! HAHA. Anyway, got to go now.


"This is Winston Tan, Channel News Asia, Singapore."

Gee, gee, gee, gee, baby, baby, baby, baby!

This is one Korean pop song that might get stuff in your head. It is called: Gee



and below, this video is the parody:



HILARIOUS! Do enjoy =)))

A collection of pictures

OMG! It has been so long since the last update. After the amazing cruise, I had to attend my 1st niece (Cousin's daughter's 1st month old celebration thing) on the Saturday. No pictures though. Honestly, why is my schedule always packed even after the exams? LOL. Busy, busy, busy.

The next event was shopping on Thursday. Went to MUSTAFA with KRIS:D because poor 'ter was ill that time. Oh well.

http://www.mustafa.com.sg/contactus.html
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Kris took me while I took...

...the above picture

AUNTIE-alert!

my childhood drink...

...caprisonne!

what is this?!

Ans: FAKE SECURITY CAMERA

*GASP* It's OPEN! lol

umm...NO phones?

CNY!

After all that shopping, we found out that it was RAINING! OMG. Anyway, had a great and fabulous time there. =)))


Gathering on FRIDAY! Just my class, some lecturers and FOOD! Was too busy eating to take the food la. HAHA

This really marks the closing of my diploma life. Wonder what openings are available for me?!

hush hush reality OR Harsh Harsh Reality?

Thinking aloud: Having a quarter-life crisis.

If we can live to 100 years and a mid-life crisis comes at about 40 something then I am very much entitled to a quarter-life crisis.

What ever became of the loud talking Winston? Perhaps slightly mellowed down (or I want to think it this way) or have I gone back to the Winston I used to be? 'Emo-ing' is an understatement.

What am I going to do with the rest of my life? What sort of purpose/aim do I have? Please do not drag religion in because it will just complicate matters.

Rather than going on about how miserable I am, perhaps I should look at the other angle where I can benefit from learning. It is all about the yin-yang theory; When there is light, there is darkness; when there is good, there is evil. One fills the other as neither can survive without the other.

Superficiality creeps and engulf me whole. I am surrounded by everything beautiful that I take a second look at myself. Still figuring how to draw the line between want and necessary.

Perhaps it is time to do the cliche: Runaway to a Third World country and try to live there for a while. With my lappie to update? Perhaps not.