Wednesday, June 10, 2009

In Swiss now - 1st Day part 2

Now is around 8:50pm in Swiss. The outside looks like it is only 7+pm even with the rain.

Ok, now back to where I wanna blog about my 1st day in Swiss.
I arrived in Milan Malphensa around 7am in the morning. Then, someone from the company drive us into Swiss with a car. You know what I learned today? There is no need for visa passport when u travel from Italy to Swiss and vice versa. This is confirmed again at the evening when we (Stanley [my colleague] and I) went to Campion d'Italia. This is actually a little Italy (the people actually pay Italy for the tax), which is surrounded 100% by Switzerland. The hotel I stayed in is just at the so called border.
Back to my trip in the morning, after reaching, we were brought to a stop at the petrol station. Had the first taste of how Capucino should taste in Europe. Then, we move for a quick (very very very quick) short trip around town. After that, it was to TTB, the company I should be here for training. The people there are very enthusiastic and wanted to start straight away in the afternoon. So, we both agreed to it.
Thus, we went to check into our hotel at around 10+am. That is the time when I posted the 1st blog. We chatted with people in Sg and refreshed ourselves. Then, we go back to the factory at around 2+pm.
Do you know that, Swiss people really really love their coffee. The driver (actually a technician/engineer) drove us to have another round of capucino before heading to the factory.
We started around 2:30pm with the person who was supposed to teach us the software. It was a huge shocked cause we noticed that the time here, even though is around 2 weeks, is not sufficient for our full purpose. So, we started our crash course and it lasted till around 6:30pm. Tiring.
After reaching hotel, we put down our bags and went to search for our dinner. 1st real meal in Swiss. This is when we venture into the small Italy. The hotel receptionist told us the way and we started to walk. The sun was still very bright. Seems to be around 4pm+ in Sg. But it was actually around 7pm ald. Unbelievable.
We had our dinner in a small little cafe. We had a "pasta" not the similar pasta. There was no "Italian noodles" in it. The ingredient is omellete, ham, cream sauce and lots & lots of cheese. It is really wonderful. But nearing the end, you start to feel the grossness of this dish. Yet, I loved it. Oh, I also had a "Coffee Cream". It seems like espresso + sugar + cream. Unbelievably tasty. Not bitter at all. The aroma is great.

I also went to walk around the lake and took some pictures. I love the scenery. The people are great.

But I don't dare to think of the trainings for these 2 weeks. It will be hellish.
OK la, now I wanna go bath ald. It is nearly 44hrs + which I had only slept for around 1-2 hrs.
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

aiyo.. pls post some photos ler. Hard to imagize the " pasta" not the similar pasta ler... hehehehe

White Water said...

mumu, i'm having problem with the card reader ler.
wait i come bac onli post the pics :p

~AmK~ said...

sound so fun over there... how i wish i can go there with u.. hehehe..
hai.. u should have tried the card reader before u left to Swiss ma... bring sth extra there ald.. contributed some extra weight to ur luggage leh...

Anonymous said...

WW,

Look forward to your SWISS photos... hehe

MUMU