Friday, April 01, 2005

BRUSSELS, Belgium 28/3-30/3/2005

Got back from Brussels last night at around mid night. The full 3 -day Brussels trip was like a dream. It's hard to believe I am now back in the reality again. It was a nice break from work, though tiring.We ate little, drank little, visited places a little, got headache a little, and slept relatively little. However, we had BIG FUN! It's a piece of memory which I will treasure for the rest of my life.

I will always remember...
(1) How we had so little/no sleep on the night of 27/3/2005, catching a train replacement bus at 4.10am in the morning to go to Lonodon Waterloo. How we ate so many pears, bananas, apples, kiwi fruits...and we were still hungry, so heading to McD's at Waterloo.

(2) Kaikai helped me carrying my suitcase. (& The bit we were trying to scare Lyly and Samsam)

(3) The crying baby on EURO STAR.

(4) The underground/ tram rides (with minimal travel costs!!!)
The way we called the places....
Art-Loi Kunst-Wet = ArtLoi...
Parc Park = parkpark!
Jardin botanique Kruidtuin = Botanic garden (quite normal)
Rogier= Roger (haha...)
de Brouckere= Broccoli....(keke)
Ste. Catherine = St. Catz (normal translation again...)

(5) Our very first Belgian Waffle after sharing a 0.99 EURO McD's Cheeseburger. (y? becos it appeared that everything was closed on Easter Monday). It was exceptionally tasty...while later on we got sick of waffles after having had a few...

(6) How we searched for cheap food. Our sandwiches, Greek lunch...

(7) Our first dinner. 10 EURO for a 3 course meal. Despite my terrible headache. We then visited Grand Place at night.

(8) Second dinner at DRUG OPERA. We had loads of chicken dishes. How lydia and I did not go to the toliet because they required 0.30EURO tipping, whereas we paid 20p to go to toliet in London Train stations when we got back on 30th.

(9) Our museum visits. The Musical Instruments Museum was truly impressive! One gets a pair of headphones which enable one to listen to the sound of an instrument when stood at a certain spot close to the display region. When we were taking the lift, Kai said it's possible that the cable of the lift might break and the lift might fall with us still in it. The Museum of Brussels show a lot of costumes for Manneken Pis...

(10) Manneken Pis. Not about the statue itself...but the jokes we made out of it...

(11) Our late night chat on the 2nd night (29th). We chat for like 4 hours til almost 5am... (Bau Dai Wok)

(12) Samsam and Lyly went to get NEUROFAN for my terrible headache in the morning of 29th...all waited for me to feel better to get up and move about...I was .... TOUCHED.

(13) Our Big Two (Chor Dai D) games on the trains back to London and Cambridge

(14) The fact that we got up at 11.40am when we needed to check out by 12noon...hahahahahhahaha.

So far I could only think of these things... perhaps there are more things I should remember. Oh well, it's 3.11am in the morning. I am not very good at recalling stuff at this time of the night.

After getting back from Brussels to my depressing temporary room in the Old block, NH, the first thing I did was to check emails/ messages from friendster, turned on my phone (felt touched when receiving darling's SMS), then checked my brother's xanga... I was shocked to find out something...

I couldn't help asking to talk to my brother today... after the chat, I am glad that he's not sad, but is just angry. I think he has every right to be angry too. I would be if I were him. Bro, I support u! That gal is just so "flower-hearted" and immature. Such a typical HK teenage gal. Who does she think she is? She doesn't deserve my brother's love!

But through that and also the chat I had with my friends during the Brussels trip, I realised something-- it's not easy to find real love. There are people around who want to find love, but they are confused with what they really want. Do they want just FUN or really LOVE? On one hand they want to find love, on the otherhand, they don't want to give up the fun they have by being able to play around with multiple partners. They are afraid of responsibility and real commitments. Until one day they find out what love is really about, they will never grow to have proper loving relationships. I feel lucky. Really. I think I have found someone who does know how to love. I know the effort he's making, though my critical nature causes my unsatisfaction at times, it doesnt mean I do not appreciate the efforts he has made for me. I DO appreciate.

I was disappointed that I couldnt visit him in S'pore this month...I did not hide my disappointment. I thought that I did not have the motivation to go on with work and anything else. But then... what could I do? I am trying to cheer myself up. I really want to see him...

I am not too down after the trip, though it's a bit dull being back here, in a depressing room, where the kitchen is far away, shower is gross and not hot enough during late night, toliet is cold, and the drain in my room seems to be permanently blocked. Water in sink seems to be stagnant and the stuff I spat into the sink plus the water when I brushed my teeth remains there for over 14 hours. It's so unhygienic and so unpleasant to look at. And then I received some bad news about not being able to see my bf this hols. I can't be blamed for feeling down, can I?

Oh well. Will get back to work tomorrow.

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