So after my crazy travels in May, I met Marcella at the airport =P She then spent 3 days w. me. The days that Cella were here, I realized how little of Wien I have actually seen. Thus, I don’t even want to travel. Funny how in Feb, I actually couldn’t wait to leave Wien and travel to other places but now....I don’t want to go!!! Prague, which I booked before leaving to travel with Naila, will be my last trip. Honestly, for April and May, I have only been here just for school.....In June, my parents are coming so I basically only have 3 weeks of freedom left.....
I always thought I was independent....but I never realized how much I loved freedom until exchange lol. Over here, my cell phone isn’t a dog tag, where people can track me 24/7.......I can bike to the city centre within 20 minutes if I don’t wait for Gill (BTW I love the bike lanes here......so much more space and all you have to do is ring your bell to get pplz outta your way!)......read on the Donau.......actually cooking b/c I have the time to do so......and not having to rush off to school/work/AIESEC......=P
I miss you guys but I’m going to miss Vienna when I leave ><” Funny how attached you can get to a place in a short period of time.......
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
May Travels =P
Hey you guys
so my exam is OVER..........I love my group members........especially Christoph, who rolled into class 30 mins late (5 mins into our exam) and later tells me that he forgot there's an exam for this course............which is why he was at Ride Club until 5am lol
Tomorrow I will have completed my presentation then travels w. Naila!!!!
Here is my schedule for May.
May
6-9 Nice
10/11 Dublin
12/13 Amsterdam see Polina C =P and maybe Marcella
14-18 Paris w. Wolf and Riddhi!
18-22 Marcella visits Vienna =)
27th Life in UK/US exam
I have a tentative trip to Croatia and Prague, Czech Rep. for the end of May...........I definitely want to go to Prague *wink wink* I'm doing it LonLon.......already sent the e-mail as well hehehehe
After Prague though, I won't be travelling anymore until my parents come.......I still can't believe I only have two more months left.......not even......less than two months......=( not that I don't miss T.O. or the people......but it's the freedom attached to exchange lol
so my exam is OVER..........I love my group members........especially Christoph, who rolled into class 30 mins late (5 mins into our exam) and later tells me that he forgot there's an exam for this course............which is why he was at Ride Club until 5am lol
Tomorrow I will have completed my presentation then travels w. Naila!!!!
Here is my schedule for May.
May
6-9 Nice
10/11 Dublin
12/13 Amsterdam see Polina C =P and maybe Marcella
14-18 Paris w. Wolf and Riddhi!
18-22 Marcella visits Vienna =)
27th Life in UK/US exam
I have a tentative trip to Croatia and Prague, Czech Rep. for the end of May...........I definitely want to go to Prague *wink wink* I'm doing it LonLon.......already sent the e-mail as well hehehehe
After Prague though, I won't be travelling anymore until my parents come.......I still can't believe I only have two more months left.......not even......less than two months......=( not that I don't miss T.O. or the people......but it's the freedom attached to exchange lol
Sunday, May 3, 2009
I <3 My Buddy
After about 6 weeks, I met up with Lizhen, my Austrian buddy, and Kenneth, another exchange student from Singapore. We met up for dinner at the flea market near central Vienna =P Kenneth brought his friend Zed (the two are inseparable lol) and Lizhen brought along her younger sister, Lily. Daniel, another Austrian buddy, came along as well.
It was great to see them all =) I love seeing Lizhen, who is so caring and motherly =P She treats both of us like her younger siblings, even though Kenneth is a year younger (but he's shorter lol). Lily is so lively! she is quite curious about life in Toronto, as she was really close to choosing York as her exchange school (she's going to BeiDai in Beijing though). Daniel is just hilarious =P He's such a gentleman and very polite. He may not seem like it but he's such a party-goer! He's been telling us how he studied for 11 exams in one week (relax, they are 1 hour exams in Vienna, but still.....) while attending some parties =P Now THAT'S time management lol
So May 1st is international labour day and everything is closed -_-. Honestly, I thought surviving a Sunday in Vienna was hard but even restaurants, which are typically open on Sundays, were closed! We were supposed to try this Turkish restaurant but it was closed =( Thus, we headed off to have Chinese food lol. It was fun times because Kenneth and I had travel stories to share and we were getting to know each and every one of them better =P
Dinner was about 2.5 hours and Daniel suggested we head to a bar =) Throughout dinner, he kept saying we had to visit this bar which served THE BEST strawberry daiquiris. Honestly, i was quite intrigued so I was happy to go along =P We went to "The Sign" which is located not far from school or my rez (soooooooooooo dangerous) and had cocktails........since it was a holiday, happy hour was all night =) whoooooot lol It's kinda scary though, cuz I've stopped converting from Euros to Cdn $........
The owners were a young Chinese couple. The guy studied bartending while he was in school and insists on making all the cocktails himself (bc he doesn't trust anyone else to make it). He uses fresh fruit for EVERY drink. Daniel bought the first round of strawberry daiquiris which tasted like heaven =) The bartender/owner used fresh strawberries so all I could taste was the fruit, not the alcohol. Another interesting feature of the bar is that they rate each drink, from 1 to 5 with 5 having the most alcohol content. Ken had "Old Fashion" which consisted of strong tequilla and mint leave. Zed tried the Passion Beach, which had banana liqueur so it tasted kinda like cough syrup ><" Both their drinks were 5 levels. I opted for mango marguerita (level 4) =P So cute! Daniel just stuck to his strawberry daiquiris =P
Daniel knew the owners quite well so we kept getting free drinks =P In my cup though, there was a shard of plastic. The owner was so embarassed and apologetic when Daniel brought it to his attention that they gave us 2 rounds of free drinks. His wife first gave us a lychee mixture (for some reason, they don't have Soho here ><"). Then she took out the good stuff; as they're both from Beijing, she told us to try this traditional Beijing alcohol. Not as strong as 151 but you could smell the alcohol. I had to use the marguerita to chase it down lol
A lovely time with my buddies =P Honestly, I couldn't have asked for a sweeter buddy in Vienna ^.^ Prost!
It was great to see them all =) I love seeing Lizhen, who is so caring and motherly =P She treats both of us like her younger siblings, even though Kenneth is a year younger (but he's shorter lol). Lily is so lively! she is quite curious about life in Toronto, as she was really close to choosing York as her exchange school (she's going to BeiDai in Beijing though). Daniel is just hilarious =P He's such a gentleman and very polite. He may not seem like it but he's such a party-goer! He's been telling us how he studied for 11 exams in one week (relax, they are 1 hour exams in Vienna, but still.....) while attending some parties =P Now THAT'S time management lol
So May 1st is international labour day and everything is closed -_-. Honestly, I thought surviving a Sunday in Vienna was hard but even restaurants, which are typically open on Sundays, were closed! We were supposed to try this Turkish restaurant but it was closed =( Thus, we headed off to have Chinese food lol. It was fun times because Kenneth and I had travel stories to share and we were getting to know each and every one of them better =P
Dinner was about 2.5 hours and Daniel suggested we head to a bar =) Throughout dinner, he kept saying we had to visit this bar which served THE BEST strawberry daiquiris. Honestly, i was quite intrigued so I was happy to go along =P We went to "The Sign" which is located not far from school or my rez (soooooooooooo dangerous) and had cocktails........since it was a holiday, happy hour was all night =) whoooooot lol It's kinda scary though, cuz I've stopped converting from Euros to Cdn $........
The owners were a young Chinese couple. The guy studied bartending while he was in school and insists on making all the cocktails himself (bc he doesn't trust anyone else to make it). He uses fresh fruit for EVERY drink. Daniel bought the first round of strawberry daiquiris which tasted like heaven =) The bartender/owner used fresh strawberries so all I could taste was the fruit, not the alcohol. Another interesting feature of the bar is that they rate each drink, from 1 to 5 with 5 having the most alcohol content. Ken had "Old Fashion" which consisted of strong tequilla and mint leave. Zed tried the Passion Beach, which had banana liqueur so it tasted kinda like cough syrup ><" Both their drinks were 5 levels. I opted for mango marguerita (level 4) =P So cute! Daniel just stuck to his strawberry daiquiris =P
Daniel knew the owners quite well so we kept getting free drinks =P In my cup though, there was a shard of plastic. The owner was so embarassed and apologetic when Daniel brought it to his attention that they gave us 2 rounds of free drinks. His wife first gave us a lychee mixture (for some reason, they don't have Soho here ><"). Then she took out the good stuff; as they're both from Beijing, she told us to try this traditional Beijing alcohol. Not as strong as 151 but you could smell the alcohol. I had to use the marguerita to chase it down lol
A lovely time with my buddies =P Honestly, I couldn't have asked for a sweeter buddy in Vienna ^.^ Prost!
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