JK lolol.
Hello it's 2021 and I this as Clare reads my blog. Lawsku is ending and COVID is still a thing. I now realise why i stopped doing this cos i am lazy gg. Clare is dying with A levels so when we look back on this.. will she be in lawsku or in a shopping cart :O HHAHAAH
I went from geog rep to chem rep to ICT guy to vice class rep. I don't think I'm even that responsible sigh. YOHTY! Been trying so many new things. I love my class anyhow :)
Lectures are insanely fast. I now know what they mean by pre-reading is important. My tutorials classes are nice, hopefully there will be more interaction though. It's just the first week.
Annnd. I got my hair cut by the barber the school brings in >< The discipline com takes catching people's hair very seriously. I would insult the woman that caught me, but it's a waste of time and I was gonna cut anyway heh. 6 bucks for decent haircut seems reasonable. Plus I save travelling time :D
So many notes and tuts to catch up on.. Shall sleep first and start tomorrow hurhurhur
It's been 3 years! Whooo time passes so quickly.
I:
- got 2's for em and geog, 3 for chum :( As to why, can't figure out.
- Am in ACJC
- Doing hybrid CMEG
- am supposed to be studying amath.
- just witnessed my best friends breaking up..
Yeah.. Good life huh. Should really finish reading my notes and do tutorials.. Shall start tmr.
AND TO YOU, BAMBOO:
I really have no idea what to do. You have your own life to lead and I don't know what to think anymore. Just know that I am here to help and probably always will be, but the choices you are making now aren't exactly fantastically lucid. So maybe you should take a heads up from Zim and just end it. JUST SAYING.
Weather is so cold. Perfect to swim. If I can drag myself into the pool tmr then yay. Likely not though. Argh.
I shall post in point form again :D- Went for a very very short jog with bro(1.6) and we got soaked and were also hit by hail. It was hailing in florence too.
- Went for a 12km jog by myself in 1h 13min i think..
- Had Alessandra and Carlo over for steamboat..
- Went to Leornado Da Vinci museum. Very interesting. The view from the top was awesome.
- We jogged 14km today, in 1h 50min. Our feet hurt.
- Stefano and marco(dad's friends)came over today. The 2 of them like to poke fun at each other xD
- the top 2 were on wed. 18-11-2010
- Done. I want to go and sleep -.-
Darn the distance got cut off -.- was 12.47km i think..
Dad invited the girl from downstairs (Aurora I think) up as she said she liked piano. Mom was teaching her some simple song. Gave her elena's no. Mom also videoed her playing haha.. Passed them the cd..
I shall go sleep now. And dad passed the theory test. :) I shall type in point form, saves time and i can get more of my mind at once :)
- Set all the clocks back by a hour today - the end of the DST.
- Its a public holiday Tomorrow
- Dad has been studying for the driving theory test for past whole week, whole sat too
Why is he studying? Cos some It. guy up there is epic fail, I mean seriously. He is gonna drive to the driving center to take a driving related test? O.O Told him tt if he doesn't pass the test, don't bother paying and trying again. Just pay the fine if he gets one, he has not been stopped for our whole year here -.- - I'm gonna have my piano exam in Rome on the 7th of decem. Must finish all my scales by this week. Need to memorize period definitions. Also need to TRY to improve the s.r. with the few books i have. Aunty Bee Ha helped us buy the new edition aural books. No major big change except that if I had done next year i don't need to learn the Ic-V progression -.-
- Wind has been howling outside the house since yesterday night. We are afraid that the windows upstairs might break, there is relatively large space (3 meter by 1) upstairs that has glass facing all 4 sides. Good lighting but we don't know how strong the windows are. The acorn tree outside the sofa area (belonging to the landlord) is being tossed around. When is she going to cut it -.- the tree might fall any time and it is covering the top of a section of road
- Gonna study through my supposed hols. Wasted so much time already. Don't know why I just cannot accomplish more in one day. A.D.D. maybe?
- Jogging 10km with bro tmr, hopefully the weather will get better. Did 8km speed play on thurs. Not very intense though, more like a jog actually. :)
- Reading a book called "I Kill". It was written in Italian by Giorgio Falettei (I memorised the name haha) but was translated to english. Got it frm Florence. And again, Florence has good kebabs. Want to go back and go see the supposed scenic areas and take photos. Don't know if i will have the money to go overseas next time. With my chinese 80% gone, it would be a miracle if I can get into a good jc. No cca points, no HCL points (higher chinese not hydrochloric acid haha), and worse I have to pass A-level chinese to go uni IF I get into JC. -.- Have myself to thank for slamming the JC door shut I guess -.- At least some ppl do well and can choose where they want to go.
- Bleh its going to rain tomorrow (and next few days). Hopefully the weather forecast is wrong :) Autumn's like that I guess?
- Oh we got some jogging stuff for Iain to go jog with me in this weather. some 3/4 jogging tights (that become full jogging tights on him) and a wind breaker. With both the same kind as mine. Now we will look like walking decathalon adverts xD His windbreaker is a different colour though. Mine is blue and his is yellow. Or is it orange. No idea. I bought a pullover and a pair of pyjama like pants (which was from some friday market). Oh we had pizza on friday when i went to do my permesso di sogiorno. I'm 14 so I had to get one. I did not have a signature. Hope it will be consistent when I go down to the questura
some time soon?(things here take nearly forever :) - Finished with maybe half or a third of the chem worksheets my school sent. Must finish all the maths we questions for the sec 3 e-math. I'm done but I don't think it stuck in my little mind :)
- I shall go and sleep. I think thats all. Oh I have to reply hannah on fb. The wind outside is strong man. Its cold upstairs. 16 degs or less. House is a little drafty. Air is not completely still. It was warmer outside this morning. And.. ehh.. oh its Halloween today.
- Happy Halloween :) neighbours did not come up for candy. We were approached for candy by some kids last year though :D
Its very cold now.. And its only autumn.. Colder than when we arrived. Was so cold outside just now.. 10 degs or less O.O
Jogged 8km with bro last fri, 22nd oct.. His and my first 8km jog. At once :D thats pretty little actually xD
Went to Florence last week to get dads driving licence books in english (he has to convert his stupid licence to italian one. Irony of it is that he is driving to the test centre to take his test -.-). He has a week to study. There are 2 books. Like textbk and workbk xD
The store sells only english books. Interesting store. We bought 3 other books. One of which is a very interesting book entitled, "Italian without words" Its a picture book teaching you Italian gestures. Very hilarious. We bought it more as a souvenir then anything else. Other 2 were just storybooks. Is novel the word?
Went to the Ikea near to Florence and returned my bed. There was this bump on it that came from some layer below it. Full refund :D Bought a new bed and some other things and we had 2 refillable soft drink cups plus the ikea ice cream and fries at the food place.. Ikea looks the same everywhere. just bigger -.-
WE TRANSPORTED A BED HOME ON TOP OF OUR CAR WITH FREE NYLON STRING FROM IKEA :D THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN'T DO ANYMORE! xD
We only realised tt we could not transport the bed home after checking out. The pick-up place was comparatively far from the Ikea itself o.O Used lots of string from ikea o.O One at both sides, one in middle and 3 at corners (2 front and 1 back) (on roof rack) Good thing it did not rain.. Even tho there was plastic. Enough nylon can hold a bed in place against 80km/h drag.. lalala..
I'm gonna sleep now. Oh and daylight is getting short. Piano exam is coming. Better master the pieces real quick. first week of December actually. Having it in ROME(5 hrs south) and paid alr. Not cheap man. No it should be: "Expensive man" xD
bb Mummy, Iain's and my birthday have come and gone. We had steamboat on my b'day. Mum made a cake as well :) used icing and the rainbow sprinkles xD
Dad had gone to the hospital on sat after feeling discomfort in the chest for the past few days. He had his first ever hospital stay. Ever. x) Doctors had wanted to make sure nth was wrong. A doc told him on sat that he is 90% sure it has nothing to do with the heart, and said it might be something in the stomach(which always gives strange symptoms) The best part, he didn't pay a cent. He had a couple of ECG tests and dunno what else. Mom also took the bus home, first of us to take one here :D
Uncle Joseph passed away on 5th of October, which is also mum and Iain's birthday. He was so young, and he had 2 kids, one of which does not even know what is going on. Feel so sad for them, they will not have the father figure around... Gugu shared how sad she felt when she helped hang up the clothes. Sometimes when someone passes away you just are at a lost for words. It was so sudden.. The frailty of life. Treasure everyone around. Cos everyone is someone's close kin. Sigh..
Going to uncle Ugo's house for dinner tomorrow. Finished the first chap on graphs in the a-math tb.. I shall have to go revise all the chapters in the e math. Esp the last few.
Gonna sleep now. its late.. -.- i am guessing i am never gonna complete that post about our trip huh.. xD
Ystd marked the start of autumn. Hmm facebook is down. It has been cold the past few days, sudden temperature plunge. It was 22 in my room yesterday. 26 high 10 low. o.O winter is coming.. lalala.. I have been feeling the morning coldness alot. Like wake up in the morning and feel super cold :D.. Only got that in winter.
Dad says that it yesterday there was excatly 12 hours day 12 hrs night. Which means 21 dec in the shortest day, 21 march is the same and then 21 june is the longest day? No idea actually haha. ohoh this page says it all..
Its fullmoon today. Its also ba yue shi wu. Mooncake festival day haha.. We finished the mooncakes our dads colleague brought up for us. Thinking of which i don't like the eggs yolks inside them o.O flaky salty thing inside something sweet is kinda strange.
Worrying about my standard of english.. I do not read many articles or even stories here. I was reading a model compo book just now, do not think that i can take an essay title and turn it into something very unexpected, i.e., not what the mind would come up with on reading the given title. Oh well..
found this on yahoo. pretty funny haha.. I like elmo.
I got 10.38mins for 2.4km. went online to calculate distance. Wahh.. finally from 12.27mins :D Dads advice works.
Need to shave off that extra minute. I can do 10 perfect chinups, just got back to 10. Don't know what happened. Aiming for 14 by the time my aunt comes in dec.. If my classmates can do 16.. I better train harder lol xD
Its coming to a year here. Why can't i just do more everyday.. getting fed up with the slow pace at which i do things. -.-
Piano exam coming.. Better start practising more.
Bye bye :) Raymond came up with some other people on sunday, we gave his wii back today(thurs/9/10).. Its been 5 mins. I'm missing the wii. Wii withdrawal syndrome. wws. Sounds strange hahaha.. I've not complete the post of the last 3 days of the dolomiti trip -.- epic slow.. Nvm haha..
Deba say she sending things till now no email reply o.O Hope next yr i can get notes and wksheets when they receive.. Otherwise for the humans subjects i'm lost. Esp Geo. I realised tt there are so many things to memorize for everything. Piano exam in nov.
shall go.. I've been wasting a lot of time.. ugh..
Ugh I cannot connect to the internet. I’m typing from ms-word again. -.- The pillows here are huge o.O but they are very airy(maybe just be this places pillows) Still think Arabba place is nicer; More woody and comfy :) That place was more of a hotel though.
Sigh.. It is our last night here. Time flies so quickly, have not played any games or watch any movies yet. :( Going to Salzburg tmr, 2h40min drive, but probably will take longer hahaha. (we are 20km from Innsbruck currently, staying in Neustift.) Dad just said this whole region is called Stubatai, which is a valley. -.- so many different names. Confusing.
The weather for the past few days has been bad; cloudy and rain. The clouds have also been descending very low, which was what happened at in Arabba as well. The locals say that it is going to be clear and sunny tomorrow. We are really hoping that is going to be the case.
Scenery in Italy was nicer; in my opinion that is.. Maybe it is because we did not go on hikes like the one last Tuesday; did not go on that many hikes even though this place was advertised as the starting point of many hiking trails haha. Austria is more organised though(than mid italy)
We went hiking today though; the scenery downhill was very nice, lots of trees that look like Christmas trees :) Don’t know what the name of the mountain was. (took cable car up again as we have free rides daily with the card) Think it is Schlick (name). I may scan in the maps when we get back home haha.. NO the name is not schlock. The different peaks have different names so I have no idea which is which haha..
We missed a turn so we took an extra 2 hrs but as a “reward” we got to see a small lake and went through a mini adventure course. The landscaping done throughout the course was very nice, very good planning was employed. :D Saw many cows as well, whenever we looked at the cows we said,” LOOOOK. FOOD!” :) Just beside the lake after (and beside) the adventure course there were these comfortable wood chairs (large pieces of wood joined together to make a chair) there were some tables there as well, very nice place.. Also, I found the first chin-up bar in 1 ½ wks. So happy.. But I only can do 7 now.. Prob cos I was wearing boots and and jeans and 2 shirts -.- But then again that is not a lot of extra weight. Finally have my 6-pack back hahaha.. Had a little bit in p4 but is disappeared in p5/6.. That was random xD
Had a barbeque just now, had sausages, a (1 piece) piece of marinated beef which we shared, and some flank steak. It was so tough but the barbeque taste made it taste nice. I have been killing so many slugs xD. They are the Spanish slugs, one of the 100 most invasive species. Killed one with eggs inside. So I smashed all the eggs I could see. Smashing them up is therapeutic.(slugs) I’ve killed at least 30… Maybe(just maybe) I’m cruel but they are pests to farmers all around so why not kill them o.O they make squish squish noises when they are getting pounded. Shawn must have violent tendencies -.-"
Oh yes, realised that I’ve not posted for Sunday and Monday.. Going to do a quick summary, I hope. (heh it became a very long summary haha)
Sunday
Put quite a few slugs together in 3 piles, regret not flattening them xD(early in the morning)
We bought the Stubatai card which enables us to take the cable cars foc, each one once a day. Then we went up some mountain called Efersbitze. It rained up there and me and dad climbed up to a hotel with a restaurant below. All of us went up at first bit it started raining with very strong wind. There was this sign on a chair 7/8 way up about not stopping as the top is near or smth like tt..Was in Deutsch and we forgot to take a photo of it haha.. Met a family with a very fierce small dog haha.. We saw a very nice rainbow up there too :)
Then we went to a waterfall called Grawa. It was raining so it was very muddy.. But the photos were nice.. Saw some goats at the road leading to the waterfall. If we had walked a little further we would have seen the whole waterfall. There was cow poo everywhere(farm outside, whole of the Stubatai region has cows and lots of poo)
We had claypot rice for dinner. Listened to a message on sermonaudio and we all laughed when the guy said "pit pit" Whats a pit pit? It's the Pittiest of all pits xD
(going out now, continuing this later, its actually thursday now)
Tuesday
We took a cable car up to Tirol, the highest peak in Austria(thats what the brochure said although i saw peaks that are higher on the information plaques). Ride up took 1hr. Nice view up though. Think the elevation was 3200m plus.
It was cold up there, and it was very cloudy. Clouds had descended over the mountains below. There was a layer of fresh snow too. Glad i was wearing winter clothing haha.. Had a shirt, another long sleeve a sweater and my thinner winter jacket. Ears froze up quickly up there. Hands went pretty much frigid x) Walked into this restaurant place and had 2 apple strudels with (sugarless)cream and 4 hot chocolates(also with bland bland cream). The strudel was very nice.. But it cost 3.40 eu a piece though(if I remember correctly). The piece was about 18cm i think. The toilet there smelt like someone was boiling naphthalene inside. Went back out and i sat on the deck chair outside. It was this nice red chair :)
And then it started snowing; Snowing in the middle of summer; Snowing really hard. We could play with snow that built up from the previous night. Dad found the observation deck he had been looking for previously. All the stairs and hand rails were covered in snow. The view from the top of the deck was magnificent, although I really still think the dolomites were nicer. The plaques telling us which mountain were covered in 3cm thick snow. Which means it is one darn scary climate there. If it is sub-zero in the height of summer (okay that was with cloud cover) then winter must be extremely harsh right? But there were many ski lifts there. And it was a very big ski station. The carpark was HUGE. THINK FOOTBALL FIELDS.
We left top and came down to the second the cable car station from the bottom(4 in all, it goes from the bottom to the 3rd station where you have to change) and walked out and took a few photos. Saw a deer hunter with a gun(and heard muffled gunshot sound later one) as well as sheep there. I got chased away by a male sheep -.- Can’t they recognise me as one of their kind? xD (shaun the sheep, you know, the cartoon. Diff spelling though -.-) Took a lunch of nice bread/bun with sausages(chipolata) and cheese we bought the previous Thursday. Played with some mini water locks(or were they dams) and saw this mini house model with a water wheel.
Later on we drove half an hour to another mountain with a much shorter cable car up. We had wanted to take the toboggan ride down but it was closed as it was going to rain. Horrible. It had not even started raining yet. It was a good half hour before it started raining. There had actually been a queue for the ride down. Since we had already made the ride up, my bro and me went to play on the see saw. Had a hard time balancing ourselves out.. Moments is harder to apply with only a 3m long board on each side. Dad bought us 2 cakes for 2.50eu each. The first was a cheese cake and the other was a chocolate cake. Both were moderately nice, I have tasted nicer ones before :) And I don’t eat a lot of cake so that says something haha. We did not go on a hike as the rain was getting heavier.
After that we went to Billa and bought quite a large trolley of things. Shawn bought 2 new packs of chips(the pringles extreme flavours which are not sold in Italy. I like the product packaging), 2 packs of 4 mini mars bars and a a pack of 6 mini bounty bars.
We went for a swim after that. Went in free due to the stubatai card. I was using the top of the cubicle to do chin-ups.. It was what my friends used to do in the toilet. Have not really talked to anyone. Never mind hahaha I’ve been forgotten liao xD Like who would remember. I wouldn’t haha.. xD
The changing room was very stuffy as the whole thing is heated. The pool area was so hot that it was hard to breathe. Went to the pool outside where I could see the water evaporating. I think these people are crazy o.O I mean it can be heated but it does not need to be heated to the extent that its stuffy and ultra humid right?? O.O There was this slide that was done very nicely, there were lights inside and the slide is done such that at the end the you(and the water) will move up the wall by 1/3. It is better than the water park in Garda. Oh about Garda, the Dolomites are nicer haha.. Although Garda is nice too. The slide was supposed to be used with a float but no one bothered as there was a shortage of floats.
Dinner(at the apartment) was very normal, but the desert was special. When we took it out of the fridge we thought it could be eaten cold. So we rolled it in the sugar and sesame seed coating. Someone remarked that it looked like tang yuan. Then mom(who speaks zit German) realised that it has to be cooked. Dad checked(with his 28 year ole German skill) and confirmed that it has to be boiled. So we boiled it and later on coated it in the coating, all along thinking it was tang yuan. Then I took a bite into it and said it tasted sour.. Dad and mom tasted it and then (I think) dad said it is cheese). Super funny hahaha…
Whee. I’m done. Its Friday now. Time passes so very quickly; this week especially. Our holiday is coming to an end. Today is the last day in Austria and tomorrow we go to venice for a night. Then its straight home. So sad, I was hoping it would last longer. We have just arrived at großglockner. It’s a glacier south of where we are staying; biggest in Europe. I shall type about it later, still have to type about Wednesday and Thursday o.O Now I have to type about 3 days. Past 3 days we went to a lot special places past few days. Oh well. I shall enjoy the scenery outside now. We paid 28eu “toll” to come in. Just hit 1924 words.
Bye bye:)
Hmm since its already so many words, why not make this 2000?? We have just left the second last stop of the place. Its 6.56 pm and we are driving out of this place now. Europe’s largest glacier seems to be very small o.O I think its because this is the height of summer although its 13degs outside -.- There are many stops in the place, we kept stopping to take photos. Saw a lot of smart cars just now. WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ITS 2011 WORDS ALREADY (end of sentence).
Bye bye for real this time. :) Going to type abt Wednesday and hopefully Thursday in the car (yeah I have the com in the car, don’t know if I mentioned it previously up there..)
Oh i did not type abt anth. I sorted the photos and looked at scenery haha.. JUst reached home. Gonna have dinner soon even though its 10pm..
Reached Austria on sat evening. We are near Innsbruck now, staying neustift. The 3 ppl we asked things on the way here(all austrian ppl) are all pretty unfriendly. The person who is in charge of this place seemed to have waited for a long time, we reached at 6pm. She spoke english though. Dad can still speak German.. Pwn, its been 28 yrs or so.. And he still says his memory is not goodOh i did not type abt anth. I sorted the photos and looked at scenery haha.. JUst reached home. Gonna have dinner soon even though its 10pm..
Before coming here we hiked up this mountain (It did not have a name, multiple mountains). Took off my shirt for some time because the horrible sun came out. Free sun-tan hahaha. At least I'm now wasting time sitting there turning red -.-
Ate lunch at this restaurant (walked from elevation of 1602m to 2076m) called Rifugio Beć De Roces. Seems French hmm? Anw the lunch was very nice. No cover charge, no charge for bread(nice bread though) and the food was very nice. Was quite diferrent from Tuscan cuisine(tuscany is a region in middle Italy. Currently staying in Livorno, somewhere smack middle-west of Tuscany, i think? :)
I had "noodles" with game sauce but the "noodles" were flat, moderately long pieces of pasta. German word for it is better, bandnoodlen(smth like tt)It was nice..
Looks nice rite? I was nice haha
Iain's dish was some pasta with lotsa cheese, mushroom and ham. Very nice and nicely cheesy haha
We actually ate a little of that which explains the stain at the side of the plate
Clare had some soup with Tyrolian (Tiroy) dumplings. DUMPLINGS? Maybe its how i understand that word. anw,
Oh. Quoting wikipedia, "Dumplings are cooked balls of dough. They are based on flour, potatoes, bread" Well i was wrong.. hahaha
Dad and Mom shared some Self invented dish by the restaurant, the egg like stuff is actually polenta, boiled cornmeal. The meat was very nice. Not sure what it was.. Don't I'm going to ever find out haha. I'm not big on the idea of climbing up there xD
Oh there were 2 meats. Both were very nice though. Dad had a small glass of beer. He said it was nice. I tried a little bit but it had a bitter after taste. Maybe thats how it is supposed to taste o.O
Talked to an elderly Italian couple from Milan
We walked back to Arabba from some route down the mt. Dads knee actually hurt a little bit on the way down :( Was okay after that. We took sticks and made them into walking sticks haha.. Dad bought a pair of socks for clare cos she said her foot was painfull(WOW I SAID THE CORRECTLY! I USUALLY SAY, "cos her foot pain" HAHAHA)
The drive to austria took quite some time, longer than expected.. May be the way dad drives or how the GPS calculates timing.
The apartment is not as nice as the one in Arabba, that one is wood everywhere. this one is more of a normal hse. There is a garden outside that we have been poking slugs around on. (raining past few days) At least the internet here is whole day and it is in the apartment itself.. Shawn hates fog. Shawn still hates the fog. Shawn can’t figure a use of fog besides it being a umbrella on ultra-hot places. But does it fog in those places, NO IT DOESN’T -.-
Today is our last day here. Typing this just before I go and sleep. We had pineapple-rice for dinner. Parents were packing up just now. Came back up for dinner (internet is only downstairs) aft I saw the ppl that were manning the place having dinner.. Not polite to watch ppl have dinner haha. Mom burnt her hand just now… Ouch.
We decided to go to Cortina today. Drive was supposed to be around 53 mins. The route we took to get there was very nice :) We kept stopping to take photos. I saw the really blue lake from some lookout point. Think that feeds the one we saw on Monday. I videoed some parts of the journey, at some parts holding the camera out of the window not knowing where it was pointing at. The whole area is so nice, I figured tt whatever I filmed would be good right? Well I was right hahaha.. :)
On the way to cortina we had actually turned into the base area of Cinque Torri. The skies had been very clear. We took this took that and when we finally bought our tickets and were on our way up, the stupid cloud had to descend. Sigh… Dad just figured out we were not actually on Cinque Torri. We were at nuvolau. Wth! The tickets were not cheap either. The ride up was quite long. When we reached the cloud was starting to descend. Let me repeat that more forcefully. WHEN WE REACHED THE !@#$ CLOUD STARTED TO DESCEND.
By the time we started to climb up the very high rock formation the cloud had totally descended. After much contemplation as were coming down, it started raining. Dad got completely soaked. All our pants got soaked. In fact, it more or less rained the whole day.
Sad day. The view would definitely have been good, I saw the view upwards. So the view down would HAVE BEEN EVEN BETTER!! Thats the second day in a row that the fog has totally blocked obliterated our view -.- Maybe it has got to do with today being Friday the 13th haha..
The fog/cloud is starting to distort my perception of nice scenery. We went to Cortina d’Ampezzo and even though its surrounded by mountains, nth could be seen because off.. YEAH THE FOG. -.-
I’m going a little overboard here but.. sigh.
Waited for the tourist office to open at 3.30(what type of tourist office open only at 3.30 o.O) and bought some groceries at this supermarket. They were selling fresh salmon in containers I think. Oh they are smart. The fruit is picked by the staff to prevent people from choosing only the good ones. Good for them terrible for us. But still, the fruit seemed to be of good quality. We bought some cakes there too, 10eu’s for 3 slices. Have to treat eu as sgd here if not we won’t buy much stuff.
Iain and Clare went for swim again. I don’t fancy going into a pool that has an extremely high concentration of chlorine. I went into the room and actually choked for a while. So I opened the window for a short bit. Dad tried the sauna yesterday. He is going crazy haha. He stayed inside a 85-90 deg room and he came out perspiring all over... I went in for a while and when he poured the water containing menthol over the coals It became so hard to breathe. I just walked back out. They have a sunbed and a Turkish bath thing here as well. Keep seeing it on hotel adverstiments.
I shall stop here. MS word says I’ve typed 673 words and counting. 677. No, 680. Augh I’m going to sleep. My standard of English has totally deteriorated. I did not even spell that word correctly. The spelling suggestions are all wrong. Sigh. Have to start reading more. I have stopped doing essays for a long time. Blogposts are actually one of the only ways I’m keeping my English alive. I even forgot the opposite for steep (gentle) on Tuesday. And I just spelt Tuesday with a small “t”. Oh dear…
I’m going to sleep. Bouna notte tutti :)
(post for thurs)Went to see cheese making in the morning. Was raining and it was 12 degs outside.Had to wear caps and things on our feet. They were making some fresh cheese. Saw how they let the cheese curd and collect in cloth like bags while letting the water drain out. They actually used their teeth to hole on end of the cloth. Then they put in in moulds and soaked it in brine(salt solution)
Tried the cheese before it was put into the brine(i.e. just after curding). Tasted like tofu o.O Like totally like it. Was a bit nauseating. First time eating smth like tt. I have always eaten tofu with at least some salt. Cheese is really bland before you salt it.
The room tt they let it ferment in smelt like ammonia. horrible smell o.O Saw mould growing on the cheese. The room was cooled to the same temperature outside.
Saw them make the cottage cheese(which is boilt twice). Did not like it when i tried it in livorno.
Went to a cheese tasting session after tt. Liked the cheese there. Was not too strong. Bought some and 2 packs of sweets. Cheese was not too expensive. 7 eur for a reasonable amt(of cheese)
After lunch we went to take this train which turned out to not be a train but a tram -.- Paid 3 euros for adult and i dunno how much for iain. Clare was free i think. The ride in was awesome. Contemplated on whether or not to go up to a super foggy mountain which was at 6 degs. I was wearing bermudas and t-shirt w/ a jacket. Went up in the end.
Wahh that was one big mistake. Even though tt is the highest mountain in the rejion, the fog was so thick tt we could not see a thing. Visibility was abt 10-20m. Was soo cold up there. Met this Israeli family and talked for quite a bit.. Worst thing was the ticket up was 64 euros. Thats a lot of money. Stupid fog :( [i'm typing this on fri, the ppl at reception(family) are having dinner now. Oh dear. better move]
Dad took a piece of rock from the top of mountain and put it in Iain’s bag hahaha.
I believe if the fog was not there the view would have been really really really awesome. IT WAS THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THE REJION :( oh well.. maybe can go back up in december. Although it will be circa -5degs. sigh. On the way down the person manning the car was rushing us down. Horrible. Just to end his stupid shift. Hopeless. Thought tt only happens in mid and south Italy.
The walk out via a gorge called Serrai di sottoguda. Wahh it was very nice. Although i still think if the mountain was not foggy it would have been better. It is 2km long stream like thing. The signboard at the start indicated that the gorge was very dangerous. Apperently it will flood during winter and its very dangerous. They had to remove the bridges before the first snowfall otherwise when it flooded after winter the wood from the bridges would endanger the village below. See the board below :)
Not sure if fb compressed it. Hopefully not. I'll check later. Wait i'll prob forget. haha
Made a slight detour to Alleghe to see the place tt we will be staying in december w/ gugu(aunty esther).
Had chicken curry with rice for diner hahahaha. Then had apple strudel for dessert. Bought it on tues on the way here. It is different from the ones we ate before.
Shall go now.. 2nd last night :( Time goes by wayyyyyyy TOOOOOOOO fast.
Running downstairs to post this.. bye bye :)(internet swiches off at 9 wth)
(Post for wed, did not get to post)
Took a cable car like thing up to a point called Portavescovo and walked to Passopordoi where we took It took 5 hrs as we stopped for lunch and walked slower while stopping to take pictures and veering way off course to see even more awesome scenery. We were supposed to take only 3 hrs hahaha.
The view was bellissimo. :) There was actually snow on the mountain opposite us. The road was very steep at the start (like 10 metres long, 50-60 degs? ) but became more or less very gentle after that. Saw some strange beaver like animal at the start. But there were much bigger O.o It was moving around eating grass and we only saw them once.
Dad, bro, sis and me climbed up this steep path to go as far up as possible (after lunch). Went up But could not go further cos the path was not very walked so it was not marked. The scenery up there was what one sees in postcards and those scheming travel brochures. But for real :) Thoroughly enjoyed it. Tickets were not exorbitantly expensive too haha..
Had some salad for dinner. Cannot remember excatly haha(its friday now o.O) Its 10.42 here(in the dolomites) now, and outside was 9 degs and it snowed a short while back. The 5 r drive was pretty fun but the last half hr which became 1 hr was killer for dad. The road up had so many turns and the was snow on the road.
Then we saw this mass jam downhill. Dad was wondering whether there was some mass evacuation going on. SomeQuite a few of them actually had snow on top and on the bottom of the windscreen. It actually hailed during the last hr of journey, but i was drowsy drowsy (zzzzzzzzzz.......) so only saw a lil bit.
We had left all the snow stuff at home..(the scraper and snow chain) Had some problems fitting all the stuff into the car boot. we brought more or less everything here. o.O carried quite some things on our laps.
The scenery here is awesome. super awesome :DDDDDDDD Panoramic view is great. Loving the cold weather. We stopped by this lake which was very very very nice.. Although no one is allowed to go swim in it haha..
I guess we like mountains.
This hotel is much better than the garda one and the one back in abetone. Only thing is tt the internet can only be accessed frm the lobby area. They have a dish washer but no instruction manual.. Don't know which soap to use and how operate so i ended up washing it -.-
Apparently this is not the hotel with the gym :( should have just gone to jog ystd. Here no chinup bar no parallel bar -.- and i did not bring the exercise mat. So have to do on the floor which has been walked all over by shoes. -.- sigh.. oh well.. When i'm done i will go take a bath. Our room is at the top floor. Its cold outside. I'm typing this in the attic room upstairs and i shall run down and hit the publish button. :)
Shall go now.. getting late. slept at 1am thereabout ystd so i want to catch up on my sleep.
bye bye:) maybe i shall upload some pictures while i'm downstairs.. Today is national day. converted the 1730hrs wrongly so missed half the show. -.-
1730 hrs = 5.30pm sg time = 11.30 ita time -.-
Watched iain and clare have a swim with the neighbours downstairs. (they have their own pool with barbeque pit and all.) Then we invited them up to play table soccer.. 2 boys(one neighbour, other his cousin) and the younger sis came up(clare's age ard there o.O i think?) Had just eaten lotsa watermelon so i sat there feeding stupid mozzies. Did not manage to kill any.. Was bored to i was blowing at the mosquito coils. The burning ones that go round and round and round..
Leaving for the dolomites tmr.5 hr drive. Gonna use the sour dried thing to keep dad awake
.. 2 wk holiday.. dled some songs for the long long drive.. i like long drives. its fun o.O
Have to go make sure the socks i'm bringing will not kill my feet with the shoes. Still have to go grab the books i'm bring along..
Shall go sleep now. its past 12.. :) past 2 days were raining and wind was blowing very strongly. Its finally raining after not raining for so long. 23degs or less outside not(night) Had not rained for over 1 mth. I think we are one pf the few pl here who like the rain lol.. Fancy playing moonlight sonata in the mid of a thunderstorm x)
Italians really love the sun. sun everything man.. all of them look brown o.O like they used those brown sugar machines haha.
i ate oreos x) nice. i want maggi mee and mc wings hahaha.. need to get the geo tb for sec1 and 2. only have the sec 3 one here. I still cubic factorisation is horrible. So long just to get the 3 brackets -.- ugh.
piano teacher wants me to start new song when i'm doing the grd 7 exam in late nov. -.- sigh... Past few weeks weather was the same as back home. But last 3 days was very windy and tempreture at home today is 24 degs again. YAY. Bad weather for the ppl here who love suntanning but god for us :D
Raymond left his wii with us.. :DDDDDDDDD(dad used to be his boss) He modded it with a chip so can play dled games hahaha.. if we ever get one i'll go ask him how to add the chip. But if i add the chip then the warranty is blown o.O.. don't know what software he has on the homebrew channel. But the confirmation for exiting to the menu is very funny.. "Are you sure you want to go back to the boring, boring wii menu?" very funny haha..
mario kart is fun hahaha.. The controller here costs 30 smth eur i think.. otherwise i would have ask dad whether can buy another then all 3 of us can play..
finished 3 a-math chapters.. sigh so slow..
ok shall go finish the questions..
-.- HAPPY B'DAY TO DAD HAHA
He's in naples now.. On the way back home soon i hope. He says naples is very dirty and all cars are damaged.. The more i stay near livorno(uh 5km-jogging distance) the more i think every other place we go to looks much better. Just 1/2 hr down south and the neighbourhoods look much more well off.
Have not posted in long long time.
Need to brush up on my vocab. Big time. Realised i only know abt 3/4 of the words -.- how am i supposed to learn all of them. The book is HUGE. not really. >.<
12.27 mins for 2.4km. 10 chin-ups.(YAY)muscles still aching fom the jog on tues(thurs now)
When I do sit ups my butt hurts. Ouch.
finished dling some piano lectures. Can't be bothered to pay 57x USD for 10+ yr old tapes -.- Don't even know if they actually help.
Teachers finally replied. yay :) at last. 1mth is a pretty awesome reaction time hmm?
I have so many movs sitting in the hdd. want to clear em out.
Don't really have ppl to talk to here.
went to 2 restaurants in the last mth.1st one had the best seafood i've eaten ever. mussles were very very fresh and fried squid was yum :D
trying to finish the chicken cubes. must finish soon. had to throw away 2 packs of tom yum cubes(the knorr ones)
its 25-28 degs in the hse now. Summer started on 21 june and Shawn could really do without the heat. Spring weather was nice. Winter only snowed one day(and floor was 1 degC so the moment the snow hit the ground it melted -.-) so no fun cos going out is a hassle to throw on jacket have to put on more than a layer of clothes. But jogging in winter was easier.
I shall go now. Not done with work.. bye :) Came back frm lago di garda 2 days ago.. forgot to post hahaha.. Did not have any internet there so could not do much with com. o.O
I like the lake. Scenery at monte baldo(why mount bold i have no idea hahaha) beats cinque terra. Like 1760m up and super panoramic view of the pre-alps(when you walk to the end of the path) and the end of the lake. The weather was so much colder up there. All of us were unprepared haha. So the sun for once made us happy xD Oh the sun at the place is terrible. 6 hrs and we all are burnt..
There was this huge chunk or earth sticking out of the ground. like a mini mountain :) can you see it?
I could get used to living there man hahaha. Really Really like the lake. Maybe its just cos i don't want to come home x) nahh cannot be. Much better than florence. Have not gone to to rome yet.. so cannot say haha
Last day we even saw fish coming near the shore. some of them beached themselves o.O I was contemplating whether or not to grab them but I had shoes on and we had returned the key alr..(check out)
But staying at the resort is expensive. 101 eu for a day. Killed 3 centipedes dad said they were small. If 8cm is small o.O whats big man..
We did not even go to all the places.. too many to go to haha.. I wan't to go back there sometime. But it is 3 hrs away.. Dad had to stop for cofee break. 3 hrs on the road takes some serious toll on your legs. Got out of the car and could not walk properly for a while.
Pics will be put on fb some time.. i think?
My chem wb (teacherss edition) came. YAY. bb i have to stop slacking -.- Dad is coming back from paris. He will reach at 6 hopefully.
me and bro broke the cupboard glass >.< so costly to replace.. oops.. :(
The workshop last week wasn't a workshop at all.. more like a gathering where ppl perform.. Hmm the ppl iain's age was playing stuff that he can sight-read. And Iain's s.r. more or less fail hahaha..
We are going to gardaland on tuesday. And dads boss is coming for dinner on mon.. stress. o.O
talked to jon for a while just now.. yay. :)
ciao.. sigh i'm bored. Jon where are you :)
finished a 2.4 along the coast ystd. awesome scenery.. did not go try doing chin up cos could not do even 3 on staircase ystd(Yep the staircase can be used to do but harder)
nic is so.. ugh. send me virus still can crap sia. really hate these type of
The virus hid itself in a file called autorun.inf on the hdd but the file is not accessible by opening. Need to force control otherwise it remains locked. Even avg could not access it. o.O I'm assuming the computer would open the autorun file(system access) as it would do with cd? Thus transmitting the virus?? o.O Gonna plug the Hdd into the desktop see if it is still there. (if the file appears.)
Jon i feel like sending you the file then you can help me see which process it starts -.- Do you know how to do tt? nah you shld know x)
either tt or its out already. I HATE NICOLE. Walau. I think i just got blocked by her again. hahahahaha barely 3 days lol xD
I can finally play the canon properly. after like 7-8 mths? -.- too long man. But my sight-reading improved significantly.. Cos i've been doing so many new pieces. yay. Really need to practice the hanon.
4th and 5th Fingers are still quite weak but better compared to back in Singapore. Finally properly utilizing how loud and soft a piano can go. yay again. But the sight reading still is the one that has improved :)
Gonna go finish the questions on exponential dunno wat now.. i'm only at the second chapter of a-math -.- so slow. sigh.. The must understand the log o.O loggyloglog. wth.
I can't draw a curved graph for nuts. even with the french curves(its was way worse before) the line is still not smooth. sad. but on the bright side, i got 5/8 for the graph question without drawing the graph. hahahaha.
The calculator comes with some functions that are pretty usefull o.O like the % and DMS function. I figured it out last yr when i was fiddling with the insert.
byebye:) -.-" nic send me trogan and it went into skype and sent links to everyone tt was online. Stupid girl sia -.- MY DADS BOSS WAS ONLINE OKAY. horrible.
I can do 6 pull ups. grats to mee. JOn kill joy lol
The laptop is coming back after 2½. Dad is going with mom to ikea to pick it up..
graph questions are awesome. I lost only 3 marks out of 8 when i did not even draw the graph. hahahaha Still cannot draw a super smooth graph. sad la
bored.. hmm Hmm things are weird. Its 12 degs outside. There was a light hail just now.. small pieces of ice. AND, ITS THE MIDDLE-END OF SPRING! hohoho.. My wish for cold weather is coming true hahaha. bad for the italians though.. They like the beach and swimming in the sea. Sea is like less than 500 m down frm my hse here x)
ME AND BRO KILLED 5 FLIES TODAY MUAHAHAHAHA. I can finally do 3 chin up. yay..
Hannah's card arrived. Faith wrote clare a card at least 2 wks before her b'day(trenta marzo) but it only just reached. Hannah's handwriting is awesomely neat. And anpang is taller than hannah? heh.. Not fair I am only ab as tall as my mom now. o.O
Have not talked to anyone is some time. Sigh.. becoming cooped up at home with no one to talk to :(
Jon looks the same. I am missing them.. hmm..
My bro is so cuddly x) you shld squish him tummy *Iain go away xD*
family worship now. bai bai :) Op was successful, dad said that it was some globule like thing inside the bump.. He was inside as I'm under 18 so parent has to be inside.
Very funny- they said local anaesthesia will be used but they didn't put any at all hahaha.. could feel the knife cutting. "grins"xP don't know why they used 2 diff colour for stitching, 5 stitches in all. But it was a small incision only haha
have not posted in some time hmm? Went to another place last Saturday, this town where there is a lot of alabaster. (kind of rock that light can shine thru)
Visited some small castle too. Not exactly a castle though. Smaller..
was supposed to have the piano workshop last sun afternoon but last minute the piano teacher was sick. Will be on the 16th instead. Must it always be a Sunday? -.-
i'm gonna do work liao o.O Don't buy Toshiba. Srsly don't -.-
We purposely bought a laptop with international warranty but the repair centre says it cannot repair it cos it is made in china and they do not want to courier it back even though the call center said to send it there. The Florence place is 1.5 hrs away. Warranty is now over AND, ITS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR OVER A MONTH.
Like what crap reason is tt?!.
Had lunch ystd with some church people. They liked the food. yay :)
But smth was wrong with the green curry. The milk curded. Badly. the curry became clear.
Oh oh on wednesday we had dinner with stefano and mauricio. I just found out tt my dad is sorta anti french. (ehh.. daddy if u want this taken out say so xP) Super funny sia hear the way they talk.. First time we had so much chinese food in a week HAHAHAHAHA.
super funny..
Ok Stefano and mauricio are on their way up for dinner :)
its chinese food today haha. GuGu and GuZhang sent a huge parcel of titbits and condiments to us. How To Extract Audio From Youtube Videos.
Ok i am doing this on request from a friend.
*Disclaimer:Youtube contains millions of video files which contains audio tracks. It is at your own discretion to decide what is right and what is not. :)
**Youtube files are stored in flv , and this particular software downloads in mp4, which is a easier file format to work with.
***Youtube is used as the sole source of videos due to lack of downloading sources. Reason that i am using youtube downloader is because I have not tried out other programs yet.
I'm going to try to be as precise as possible. Anyone that can read should be able to follow thru easily
The only stuff that you are going to need:
- Youtube downloader(The only software needed) Website Direct-download (The reason i put the website is for you to visit when you have some extra time.. The direct-download link should work fine though)
The little bit of tech knowledge that everyone should(in my opinion) have.
Ok instructions..
- Download the exe and then install it. Carefull, don't install the toolbars. (@ the 4th step of installation) Okay its just me. But unless you are not using chrome, Don't bother.(The awesomeness of chrome. hahaha. I really like this browser. Give up the ie and go chrome. Its linked.)
- ~The first time you run the software, this box will pop-up.
- ~Check the box and click:
(If you want, that is) - This program will appear.
Here on is how to download ONLY the video file. Extraction of audio or conversion will be shown lower down.
- For the purpose of this guide, I will be using a video with the song, "Vanilla Twilight by Owl City".
- Go to the page with the Video that you want to download, and COPY the link(the url) Its in the place you type the urls to go to web pages. This applies to ALL browsers universally. If you can't figure out this part, oh dear. you are missing the second thing required. x)
- WARNING: The link(before copying) should look like this:
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIz2K3ArrWk", And not like this: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIz2K3ArrWk&feature=channel" - Delete anything that looks like:
&feature=channelIt will get in the way of downloading the file. - Go to the program. The link should appear instantly appear in the first big white box(in the program), as it automatically pastes the link in the box(by accesing your clipboard) *If not, click on the box area and press the key combination "ctrl+v"
- ~Now, click on this box:
. - ~A box entitled "browse for folder" asking you where to save the file after download will appear. Click "desktop"(or what you like, but I recommend the desktop as its the easiest to get to and you can move the file anywhere you want after downloading anyway)
- ~click
when done selecting the default folder - ~The "Download options" need not be adjusted, as it adjusts itself to download the file in the highest quality. Don't change this as it will affect the audio quality.. (Eh I think at least? jon.. edit this part as necessary.) Don't bother checking the option that says: "show video file url"
- Ok. we are finally going to download the file.. "YAY.."*applause*lotsa sarcasm implied hahaha
- Click (in the main program box)
- A "save as" box will appear:
- You can change the file name, but don't change the file format. DON'T. it would give you 1 headache.(easy to fix headache but just don't)
- Click "save"
- File will start downloading(looks like this)
- The file is now saved on your desktop:
- ~
- ~It is stored as format ".mp4", which is the format apple uses. Quicktime will be able to play this. Google it if you cannot open the file. Because I am too lazy to copy the download link.. Need to view the source code and copy directly from there and I am rushing to get this out..
Extracting audio
(getting the song track out)
The end.. sigh.. That took me 1 hr lol. (getting the song track out)
- click on the option: "Convert Video(previously downloaded) from file
(you do see what i mean right???)- click on the
button and click on the file you want to convert, which in this case, for me, is the vanilla twilight file. 
- ~It should now look something like this
- ~The button:
simply plays the movie. - Ok now to extract the audio, or to convert the video file.
- Click on this bar:
- A list will appear:
- Click on the one that says: "MPEG Audio Layer 3(MP3)"(for the purposes of this tutorial, you can convert to whatever else you like. Its self explainatory)
- Click:.
- This box appears.
- Move the quality selection bar to max(highly recommended) and volume to max(this is optional).
- Should look like this:
- Click:.
- The file will start converting and will be saved at the same location as the original file.(patience)
- ~Looks like this:
- After 14 secs±. VIOLA. Your song.
- ~Comparison of the original file and the end result:
- ~You can convert it to other file formats that are in the dropdown list.
- ~About the manual conversion. Ehh.. Don't try lah.. Unless you are good at typing parameters. I have not tried before :) Go ahead and try if you would like. :)
I HAVE DELETED THE SONG AND VIDEO TRACK.
The guide should be very very clear. questions, facebook. not the c-box. tyvm :)
Okay. I am going now.. bye x)
just had chicken rice for dinner. Got all the chem mcq in the tys right yayayayay.(for types of bonds)
Was supposed to skype jon but dunno why he disappear. sigh. gonna help him make the most of his cash now.. muahahahahaha
some random crap
cheesecake made with our only can of condensed milk
Orange face made by bro. sicily orange.
NASI LEMAK! The one i mentioned the last time.. hehehehe
Oh i dles the ac3 and divx codecs. So can watch movies yay Went to cinque terre(or is it terra) on saturday. Very nice place. Took a train there and back. First time we took Europe train.
We bought the pass tt lets us keep riding the train inside of cinque terre. Instead of walking for hrs. xD The museums are pathetic though. Shouldn't call it a museum at all. Ate dinner at this restaurant. And... paid 7eu for 2 cans of drink. walau. epic scam. sigh. Next time go out cannot order drink. tts 14 sgd leh. o.O
The train ride back was super comfortable. I love the seats. if you extend all of them, it can make a queen sized bed. But the cabin was over heated though. Little bit uncomfortable. Could not open the window -.-. cannot figure out how to do it.
Sigh the laptop still is not back. Need to update winrar and the divx player and the yt dler. prob the ipod softwares too. sigh.
Its easter monday. whats the story behind the bunny ah? i dont recall at all.
Had curry ystd. nice.
The water here is turning hard.(deposits after washing water)either that or when the landlord left for spain and forgot to add softener. but is the softener added by the distributors or wat?? o.O
Had quite a few things i wanted to add here. but.. i forgot.
oh sis is at my bro's nose now. bro is below my chin. i am slightly shorter than mom. And daylight is all the way to 8pm+-.
playing stupid jumping dog game on facebook. oh its a holiday for us today. shall go look at chem later.. Went to a natural history museum on saturday. The bones of some creature are like uh.. i dunno how big o.O
Had nasi lemak on sunday.(ystd) Then we had this cake for dessert. yum hahaha
The laptop is still at the horrible place. Sigh. by the time they get round to repairing it, Windows is gonna have to sit there and update for hrs man -.-" Must go dl the new divx player on tt com. I want media center on the laptop. Any ideas???? It plays corrupted files very smoothly :D
good for watching dled movies. which reminds me.. hmm
We got fined. Some car fine. Stupid sia. next time (if you are someone who breaks lotsa fines), When renting a car, go get a sub card and don't give them obvious personal details. Then if u think u got fined, just cancel the card after you pay for the rental. Cos the fines take 6 mths to get thru. woohoo -.-
sigh.. chem is getting to me. my dad says i jia pa bo dai ji zo.(eat until full nothing to do)
But Then i said,"I NEVER jia pua one!" xPPPPPPPP
Then my mom was teaching us hokkien numbers. Bro went, "yi, di, sa, si, gor, lak, qi, pui(fat. not. puay), gao, zap(zhap, not zap zap that zap)" hahahahaha.. super funny.. imagine my grandma's surprise if she hears that hahahahaha.
oh we re-formatted the desktop again. He thinks is a software error. I think its the ram though -.-
Dad is going back to rome again. Oh in italy, all roads really do lead to roam. The aurelia or smth like really goes to roam in all cities. Cool eh.. Ohoh going at 130km'h although speed limit is 90 seems to be a norm.. If i am not wrong some do go at 200 hahaha...
we went to abertone again ystd(sat.) Oggi è il primo giorno di primavera. So we decided to go there before all the snow melts. And the snow was mostly ice anyway.. Was fun though.. Although there was a lot of fog we played at this place meant for snowboarders.. But no one went there until like 3 o'clock.. So we spent quite a lot of time there. One thing i find puzzling though. Why do my legs feel so tired and my heart beat so fast when i climb up the slope o.o Its not like its 60 degs or smth. But its steep enough to let me slide down whithout the bob sled. We bought 2 sleds some time back. :)
i am going to sleep. dunno why dad is so tired haha okay i managed to turn on the desktop. Sigh i hate how italians do things. srsly. The florence place says it cannot repair the laptop screen prob. LIKE WTH? ITS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM LEH!?!?!?!
Windows uac is pissing me off. Takes so long to get into a user's folder. walau. Bad technology day.
Could someone explain to me why the copying process starts at 21mb/sec for like 5 secs? THEN DROPS TO LIKE 7.52MB/SEC?!?!?!
sigh i am really hating this. we may go abertone on sat. dad is in rome.
Sigh. we are sending in the laptop today.. backup most usefull things liao.. A factory reset wouldn't do much harm. xD
deleting passwords and other crrap now.. backing up my dled programs.. cannot find one hahaha We had Dinner with the italian teacher and her husband.. Had a good chat.. learnt a lot of things and told them all abt singapore and lil bit of chinese.. Were able to talk with them both as they spoke english.. Sigh dad wants me to go and sleep.. -.-
Somehow the italians think we eat snakes, monkeys and dog -.- I was like HUH???
Can't remember all the things we talked abt off hand but it was more of a chat than when we had ugo's family over for dinner.. Actually its cos we don't speak italian.. otherwise we could have talked more. Sigh.. horrible language barrier.
They told us this joke.. it went smth like this..
What is 7.30 in Italy?
In Milan, its 7.30, no question(milan is a very busy area in italy)
In Florence, it might be 7.20 or 7.40 there-about(middle)
But in in sicily, there is no 7.30. There is only a 7.62(7.62caliber) (mafia)(bottom of italy)
super funny hahaha.. I don't know if i got it correct though..
augh i'm going to sleep bb .....................
TODAY WAS APPOINTMENT MAKING -.-
the op is on 3rd may zzz. My bro is being irritating -.- behave like a 2 yr old kid.
i'm bored. very bored. very very very bored.. Maybe i should try doing another skin? Can't say i've done tt before.. everyone else does it easily.. I mean kez could do it so yeah.. xP hohoho
jon is cutting on his com time or wat.. i don't see him online.
Jon when ur online can u just call my dads skype -.-
my bro wants to use the com. fine. heh.(cutting back on saying bb. I find it very irritating.)
I'm going for op now.. whoohoo.. i'm going under an italian knife.. ahahahahajon is cutting on his com time or wat.. i don't see him online.
Jon when ur online can u just call my dads skype -.-
my bro wants to use the com. fine. heh.(cutting back on saying bb. I find it very irritating.)
ok bb i am going now.. ... the op is on vernerdi(fri.. not sure abt spelling)
and i have piano and the italian teacher is coming on tt day.
dad might bring the laptop to florence to fix it. And italians do things very slowly.. oh boy..
tt means like no com for 1-2 weeks. jialat. sigh so sian.. i just came out frm the bath. i hate bath tubs. irritating. so hard to bathe, esp when you have to worry whether the water will burn u ur freeze you -.-" horrible. just horrible.
its stopped snowing.. And the vent cover upstairs dropped off. its freezing up there now. And the wind outside is JUST great. Its 17.8degs in the house downstairs.. Upstairs its like 6-8degs. Cos of the 2 horrible vents. It snowed all day and its not snowing at night. horrible weather sia.. It shld snow at night and not day. Cos daytime it hits the road and melts. Night time the temp plunges. So it would not melt.
I'm too lazy to upload the vids now. tmr i will.
I found this in readers digest.. super funny hahaha:
In the beginning God created heaven and earth.
And Earth was without form and void.
And God made a circular light in the heavens, and he called it the Sun.
And God saw that the light was good.
And the Devil made a smaller light, rectangular in shape,
and he called it TV. And the Devil saw that
the light was bad.
And God made springs which came out of the ground,
oozing fountains of pure, fresh water.
And God saw that the water was good.
And the Devil invented fizzy drink.
And saw that the fizzy drinks were bad.
And God said, Let the Earth bring forth vegetables,
and the herb of the field, that the children
may grow up healthy. And it was so.
And the Devil said, Let there be deep-fried potatoes.
And God said, Let the waters bring forth 10,000 varieties
of fish, that they may provide sustenance for the children.
And the Devil arranged that the fish be smothered
in batter, deep fried, and served with deep-fried potatoes.
And God created the cattle of the field, and said,
Behold, I have given you every living creature that moveth;
to you it shall be for meat.
And the Devil showed how the meat could be minced
and turned into burgers, and suggesteth that it be always
served with deep-fried potatoes.
And on the seventh day, God rested and asked that
his children rest too, and use the day to contemplate
the wonders of creation.
And the Devil created the all-day brunch, cartoon TV channels,
and Sunday newspapers filled with articles about
celebrities, that the minds of the children be filled with rubbish
and their bodies filled with yet more
deep-fried potatoes.
And God said to they boy, Take the girl and go forth
and multiply. And of your seed I shall make a great nation,
as numberless as the stars of the heavens.
And the Devil invented the computer and recruited 10,000
demons to fill it with online battles and images of top-heavy women.
And the boy did part with the girl and
did instead cleave to the computer.
And God pointed out to the girl that he had made her
with many attractive blandishments which she could use
whenever the boy was away from the computer.
And the Devil invented the Nintendo DS Lite so that the boy
will be able to take computer games with him wherever he goes.
Now the serpent was more subtle than any
of the animals that God had created. And the Devil did
enter into the serpent and cause him to say to the girl and the boy,
The tree in the middle of the garden the Lord hath told you not to touch.
But I say unto you, if you eat of the fruit of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil, your eyes will be opened
and you shall be as gods.
And the boy and the girl looked at the serpent
and said unto him: No thanks. We liketh not fruit.
But hast thou any deep-fried potatoes?
note:the devil was not creating alongside god -.- the whole thing does not make any sense
its a JOKE. Don't memorize it. it'll mess up ur head big time.
its srsly funny hahahaha...
ok i need to go hang the clothes.. sian bb
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