Swiss Day 7

No true post for today. Damn tired mentally. From the training and ..... go c my facebook status.
Haizzz.....

Swiss Day 6

Today is the best day I had in Swiss. I went alone today as Stanley had some other things to do. So, I walked to Melide (at the opposite side of the lake's side). On the way, I passed by the lake and took some morning pictures there. Then from Melide, I went to Capolago-Riva San Vitale by train (similar with MRT but way way nicer). Then from there, I took the train up to Monte Generoso. The mountain is 1704m tall. My hand was sweating most of the way. Some of you may not know, I have a very very huge fear of heights. But, I like mountains. Dunno when only will I be able to conquer this fear.
Back to the Generoso. The journey up was not very long, about 30minutes. The view along the way was OK. Some place where we could see the bottom of the mountain. But most place are just filled with trees. When I reached the mountain top. I was dumbfounded. The word, "ooooo" or "wahhhhhhh" also could not find the route out of my throat. The place is MAGNIFICENT!!!!!
I could not explain it in words what I saw. The view at the other mountains with snows at their tip. Not one or 2 or 3. The whole row in front of my view is a whole row of mountain like this. Not just the top. The bottom is of the view of the whole town of Melide and also the lake. The mountain is different from the ones near the equator. There are not that much tree. Generoso is not a tip with just solid rocks. It is full of small flowers and grasses.
I really think I cant describe them in my blog. Only photos are able to show you all how it looks like.

Now in Swiss is the start of summer. So, most of the families also went to Generoso for their trip. What I noticed is that, a lot of Swiss people loves to hike. A lot of them hike up the mountain and just had picnic there around the mountain. Oh, they bring their dog up for the hike as well. They also just go there for suntan. It is really packed there. Then, some of them went up to mountain to do paragliding. Very interesting. Based on the brochure, they have a paragliding class being conducted there also.
The only thing I don't like about Generoso is....... most of the place is full of SHITS!!! Cow dung, dog poo, other small small ones, the rest I really dunno is what poo ald. It is quite smelly.

After the trip, I went to Lugano again and shop again. Now, I'm really broke liao. Haizz... pokkai liao.

Btw, I look like a halfcooked lobster now. The cook forgot to throw the whole lobster into the pot of water. Only the pinchers are in the water. =p

Swiss Day 5

Tired.... sleepy....
though came back quite early from Lugano, but, dead tired after took my bath.
spent damn a lot of $$ today. bought some Swiss Knife for my family members. (got myself a nicer one though :D) then got myself a swiss army watch. took quite a lot of pics. But I think I still have quite a lot of other stuff to buy. Dunno if my cash will be enough or not.
Haizzz... but dun care la.... tired now.... feel like sleeping. :p
Also now, dun care about the things i will need to worry start next week.

Swiss Day 4

Nothing much happened today.
Went to lunch at a Thai takeaway place. Nice environment and the food is not bad.
I don't feel good ald. Mayb cause I do not have enough water to drink or don't have enough sleep.
Just now, went to buy waters and some foods again at the Shell station.
Oh, I tried a dish with saffron today. It was supposed to be the most expensive spice (according to Restaurant City in Facebook). But, does not really like it. Can't describe the taste. Especially with the cheese, I could not finish it.
Okla. Now will rest a bit already. Tomorrow is the weekend and we will have the chance to really go out and kai kai a bit.

Swiss - Day 3

It's already nearly 12am here liao.
So, today one will be quite short.

Went to Fox Town for lunch. Tons of shops but not much chance to see them.
Went out to Shell's "Convenience Store" and bought some food and drinks. Very much cheaper than most places. Movenpick ice cream at around 3 Swiss Franc. Bought some coke and also a pringles (paprika flavour).
Ate alone for dinner cause my colleague was still full. Pampered myself with a meal in the hotel's restaurant. Final price of the meal was 29 Swiss Franc. Had the most beautiful bottle of water (4.50/bottle).
Much more expensive than the espresso I had (2.50).

The main course is nice. Forgot the whole name already Pork dunno wat Milan style. Yummy.
I choose to sit at the outdoor facing the lake and mountain. The environment is really nice. BTW, I ate dinner at around 9+pm. The restaurant close at 10pm. So, it gets colder with each running minutes. :)
Enjoyed it though. =)

Edit: Included Pictures (8th July 09)

Swiss - Day 2

Today mark the 1st official Training day for my trip. So, actually, still no time to walk around much. No time to shop for the souvenir which "you got see only buy la".

To start the early morning, I woke up at 2am+. Just in time for 8am+ in Sg/My time. Lucky I woke up then also. Cause I need to get my IT personnel to give me the admin right for this PC in order to get ready for today's training. Besides, I get to chat with a few people which I normally chat to in the morning. Then, slept at around 3am+ till nearly 6am.

Had my breakfast at around 7:15am. It is a buffet of breads, hams and cheeses. The selection of the Jam and also Cheese. Don't get me wrong, the food are nice. Just that there are not much selections only. Dunno how to get through for the next 11more days of this breakfast. After that, we went to the training ald. Nothing much except it used up too much of my brain juice throughout the day. Felt my brain totally dun wanna think of anything at the end of the day.

Oh, todays lunch is GREAT! The original Italy spaghetti. I had the one with clams. They are very very fresh. The taste is not very strong. They just sort of compliments each others and have the very smooth taste which felt so special. In the end, the price for a meal for 3 is Swiss Franc 107+. Unimaginable. It is nearly SG$50/person for just a meal of spaghetti.

Then for dinner, we went to the small Italy again. This time, as we were very full from the lunch, we took our time to look for the restaurant. One of the cemetary we passed through yesterday caught my eye again. This time, I venture inside to take some photos. It is those cemetary which we had normally saw during the old times. With a lot of statues and catacombs (dunno if this is the right word or not). The church for this cemetary is actually looking at the lake. I don't believe my photography skills is good enough to show out its beauty. Besides, I used the Lumix FT1 to take the pictures. Too lazy to take out the 1000D with me.
The dinner we had is beside the lake. Nothing much to talk about. Just had some spaghetti. One thing unbelievable is that, I actually saw a few girls wearing bikinis playing beach volleyball there. Below 20 degrees and wearing bikini. After the game, the girls still go have a little dive into the lake.
Lastly, the temperature drop very fast when the sun sets.

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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In Swiss now - 1st Day

I'm currently in Swiss ald. The time now is 11:15am.
Later at 2pm, I will need to start my training at the factory already.

The flight is consider ok, but not the best. There's a baby crying a few rows behind me. Haiz...
I only manage to sleep for around 1-2hrs from the nearly 13 hours flight. Imagine the condition I am in now. =D Lucky I had the cappucino just now.

Besides, there seems to be something wrong with my SD card. I was planning to send AmK the pics I took just now but, haizz.... sien.

I will try to update later if I still have the chance and strength. :p

Itinerary for June 09

For the month of June, I had counted that I should be working less than 10 days in office. =)

First week, 1st June, I will be on leave so recover from my Marathon during the weekend. So, work day starts on Tuesday till Friday (4 days). Then, I will come in on Monday before flying off to Swiss for some training on that night (1 day). The next week, I should be in Swiss the whole time (0 day). I will be back to work on the Monday after that and will work for 3 days before flying off again for my KK trip (3 days) and will be back on 30th June (but only back to work on 2nd July). So, in total, I will only work for 8 days for the month of June. Hehehehe

I had never imagined my life to be so hectic. I think this will be the month with a lot of firsts happening in my life. 1st time attempting to run a Full Marathon. 1st trip to Europe. 1st trip to East Malaysia. 1st time travelling to 2 places in one month. Its getting really exciting. =D

Now some info on my Swiss trip. So, I'll be flying off from Sg on the night of 8th June and will arrive back to Sg on the 21st. Hard to imagine that I will be away for nearly 2 weeks for this trip. For this trip, I will be going to Riva San Vitale in Ticino. It is at the south of Switzerland. The place which is surrounded by Italy. So, my flight will be reach Milan, Italy instead of going direct to Switzerland. Yeah!!! For those which does not know, Milan is at the North side of Italy and should be the nearest International Airport going to south Switzerland. Though I don't foresee any extra time being able to spend at Milan, but, it is still stepping foot to Italy. To add on the "1st"s happening to me in June. I will be arriving in 2 European countries within a few hours time. From Google Map, I will be across the border within 1hr+ from the Milan airport.

For those who have any suggestion on what to buy in Swiss. Please drop me a note in the comment. Till now, I am not sure of what to get yet. A bit too rush for me to do gather greater info on Riva San Vitale and also Swiss. Maybe can also include the Milan Airport. For those who know of how to get around at Riva San Vitale for the weekend. Please also suggest any interesting places or nice places to take photos there as well.

Good or Bad? Yet to be decided!!

Something shocking happened to me in office yesterday. I was suddenly called by my old boss for a meeting with him and another colleague. Shocking cause, I had nothing much work related stuffs to discuss already. So, shockingly, he says that he suggested to big boss for me to be involved in one of the supposed to be established "team". I was shocked and had wanted to reject him for this already. I think he had already knew I would have rejected this and had prepared the "carrot" before hand. Before starting this new thing, there is a training which will need to be attended. Training Location : Switzerland.

How to reject? I had never even dream of venturing into Europe within these few years and suddenly I am given the opportunity to travel there. Besides, the supposed training was supposed to last for 8 days. Thus, meaning, should have a weekend there for me to explore around. The travel bug in me kept biting me to GO for it. But there was something which held me back.

So, I discussed this with my boss and she is really supportive. Basically, she ask me what I wanted and adviced me to get more info before deciding. In the end, the bug won. But, my position will still remain but with an extra role of being a supporting role for this new team. But, one thing someone told me:

"There is no such thing as assist. Assist is doing the job without recognition"

For now, don't care first. Swiss, here I come =D

Travelling

I've always wanted to travel around and go venture around the world. Though limited by the very all time insufficient item, $$$, I could not get around as I wanted to. Last night I was browsing through Wei Wei's photos from her trip to Bali, Indonesia. I think this will be the next location I want to head to. Incidentally, my 2nd bro will be going to Bali this year too. So, need to save up the vitamin M before heading out.

The other location I believe should be on the list will be Cambodia. Dolphin had strongly recommended me to go there ever since her trip there. And from the pics taken by WW and Fei Hung, it will be a great trip as well.

As for now, I am eagerly waiting for my trip to KK next month. Just hope my stamina does not fail me. Had not been doing anything at all to "increase" my leg power and also my lung capacity. :p Wish me luck. :D