Punk Pony Did It!!

*Note to self: Blog more frequently so people won't bug your ass for not updating.

Howdy people. I've been super jet-lagged since I left Europe and it's been a bloody pain in the arse. 12 hours on the plane from Paris to Singapore and I had to force myself not too sleep too much. Watched 3 movies before I finally tried to doze off. The seats are super comfortable, when you press the button to push the back of the chair back, the seat moves too! I know i sound sua ku but its still cool! ok? I'm guessing I barely got in 5 hours of sleep.

Stupid me, knowing I had only a night and half a day in Singapore before I left for Perth, I'd have to meet up with friends and eat all the wonderful food in the world, and still manage to survive. Needless to say I was about to die. Didn't get home till like 7am despite landing at about 5.30pm. Woo hoo. Now here I am at 3am still typing away on this stupid technology. Its entrancing...I can't get away from it. Pfft.

Everyone asks me the same question now, "How was your trip to Europe?". I'm not quite sure how to answer it. I mean, I did spend a month in Europe so do they expect me to go into lengthy detail, or simply say it was awesome. But then again, what else can it be other than awesome right? So to cut it short - I loved every minute of it. I got to see my friends' homes, especially Malou!

Which by the way, brings me to this point - Singapore is full of signs telling you what to do and what not to do. We all know it. No food/drinks. No durians. No Flammables. No Smoking. Followed by a FINE:$500. I saw this sign at the Singapore Airport. I cracked up. I'm used to the signs, but this is pushing it too far. What are people gonna do? "Ooh cactus! Thorns! I wonder what it feels li.....OUCH!"

My friends then say to me, maybe its for kids. Seriously? "Mommy look! Cactus! Can I touch?" How will Singaporeans live without signs? They'd probably just stand around not knowing what to do, waiting for some govermental official to give directions. "Now put your left foot forward, then your right, then your left......that's right, keep doing that and you'll walk!"

Before we went snowboarding, Marita was digging out clothes for us to wear. Thomas had a sailing one piece jumper which was hilarious on its own. Then the only gloves available for him were these boxing gloves like mitts. Somehow Marita had also dug out this wig she had. So this is Thomas's new look. hehe. I had a tummy ache from laughing.

Marita and Mette somehow came up with this tradition that everyone who visited Bergen had to sit on the reindeer. People stared at me like I was this crazy asian tourist. As if i don't have that sterotype already printed on my forehead in a completely white and blonde country.

My girl Malou. Haven't seen her in a year and a half. Its been way too long. We spent everyday reminiscing and enjoying every moment together. It was nice to have alone time with her and not actually feel weird about it. If you read this malou, thanks for letting us stay at your place and introducing me to all your wonderful friends. I miss you so much. Come back to Perth.

And that goes for the rest of you who left. *scornful stare* I'm still waiting.

i dedicate this post to zhen

So some people have been complaining that I haven't been blogging at all, and I do realise my last blog entry was quite a long time ago. So here I am, in Norway on a cold, rainy Sunday, writing an entry. Yes my dear, this is dedicated to you. I'm currently in Bergen, Norway. Staying at Marita's house and it's absolutely fantastic. I love it so much here, I know I sound a little sua ku when I say this, but everyone here lives on a mountain/hill! Its such a beautiful place despite what everyone says about the weather. Everyone we've met, especially Marita's family has been so hospitable to us. Nice.

Thomas flew to Bergen in time for Marita's birthday. It was so nice to see that German again. Good times bro!

We've done heaps of stuff so far, went snowboarding(!), went fishing on a boat, went partaying!

So here are some photos.

In this photo: Morten (Mette's bro), Miken, Marita, Me, Jachin and Mette.

Thomas trying to make a move on horrified Marita. Haha. Just playing.

Bjørn being his usual self. I dunno why he likes to pose like that when he's drunk.

This is Bjørn when he is sober. Big difference. I think this is like the only photo I have of him when he's sober. Interesting. I'm sorry, was too lazy to rotate the photo. Rotate your head instead ok?

Here's our dear Thomas. He's cracked us all up since he's been here. Miss him so much, funny Mr Bean.

And this, is a photo from Jøndal, where we went snowboarding. Stayed with Marita's aunt, Nina, who was soooo funny. This is the view from her veranda, at midnight. Yes midnight. So beautiful man. First time I saw a clear sky in Norway at night. haha.

And this is me with Marita's snowboard, the one I used, snowboarded on and fell with. Please rotate your head again. thankew.

We were so lucky that the sky cleared up in Jøndal at around 4.30pm, we sat outside playing idiot and basking in the sun. Simply beautiful. Don't mind thomas, its his look when the photographer says 'say cheese'. He says cheese and forgets to open his eyes.

Ok that's all for now. Getting so lazy uploading photos. More when i get back to Perth!