.::. Absolutely Fantastic Evening .::.

This might be the best evening I've had so far.

We gathered at Anny's and Emma's place to cook. It's pot luck and each of us were supposed to cook a dish.

Here's Kristy from Scotland, Emma the great french chef and Hsiao Feng from Taiwan.

Anny, the wonderful host who took really good care of us and did most of the dishes.

Emma, whose parents run a culinary school and is a really great chef!! She promised me to facebook me the name of the dish she cooked. It was awesome!

I cooked curry chicken and we had a really really great dinner. The best dinner I've had so far!

Anny's place has everything, so even the tables and stuff were set really nicely. Emma even got a bottle of wine for tonight's dinner.

Toast!


After Kristy left 4 of us had ice-cream with the brownie Emma baked. It was really good! We had tea after dinner and it was great.

Now, that's my idea of a perfect evening. Good food, nice company, interesting conversations.

We should do it again soon! =D

.::. Nation Hopping .::.

Lund is a very small university town and shops are obviously closed early. There are many 'nations' in Lund though, they are actually student sororities which are run by students and organizes many activities. They serve cheap beers and meals and they are also where all the pubs and clubs are. It's where you find ALL the students at night.



Outdoor seating of one of the nations.

I had an italian dish, moussaka yesterday and had a burger today. The food in nations are quite reasonably priced, at about $6-$8 and a beer costs about $5.

With Anny, a taiwanese and Emma, a french girl. I'm trying to learn some french from her but I'm really bad at it. After the dinner and beers at one of the nation, we went to the other nation which has a club open tonight. All nations have clubs and pubs open at different nights. This means that there will always be a club or pub open every single night since there are 13 nations.

This is the freaking long queue at 9plus before the club is even open. As the clock inches, the crowd grew and so many people tried to cut the queue or have friends to join them. It got so squeezy that we decided to leave before we even stepped into the club.

We conclude that most of the students here simply drink and club everynight. Mostly, it's visiting nations to drink, then club and more drinking. I really dislike clubbing, I'm not a clubbing kinda girl and I don't see why I'd spend time to go inside and squeeze! *sigh. Maybe I'm too old for these. Not my idea of fun at all.

It's really cold to cycle home at night! The temperature drops and it's so windy. Not to mention that after it gets dark my sense of direction is really bad. Luckily a mentor lives near me and I found my way home. =)

I got to know a group of taiwanese, who lives with a french girl. We're going over to their place to cook together and have dinner tomorrow!

.::. Domkyrkan .::.



I finally walked into the beautiful cathedral today, while waiting for my general meeting to start.

It's really pretty. Holy places give you a deep sense of peace and calm.

Places for prayers I assume...



And a small minature of it. But what I really love is the unique stone exterior.

Perhaps I've found a place to find peace while I'm down.

.::. Introduction Day .::.

It's the first school-related thing. We're supposed to register and get our welcome pack and other information. Those who got school housing will also collect their keys and get sent to their rooms.



All of us didn't manage to get school housing, so we're just queuing up to register and get our welcome packs.

And we queued for 4 freaking hours before we got ourselves registered and got the information pack. Look at the amount of people, the queue is right behind through the door on the top corner of the picture, then through a corridoor and even longer. It's crazily long.

We were walking towards the train station and the girls had wraps for a late lunch. I refused to eat out since I cooked before I left home.

My breakfast. I wake up at 7am and cook, so I've a heavy breakfast before going out. I had curry with bread for dinner.

We can communicate by email, pls always send to both of us frequently for update.
We visit your blog, it’s quite interesting and different from Singapore, take the opportunities to enjoy European life while study.

Papa sent me an email, and it means alot, especially coming from him.

.::. Malmo on a Sunday .::.



The streets in Lund are pretty much empty, shops are closed and it's pretty much a dead town. Finally meeting up with my coursemates who live 3 stations away. Transport is freaking expensive, about $6 one way! But their friend drove us to Ikea and Malmo though.

Ikea here looks exactly the same as back home, though cheaper. I finally got my pillow, face towel (in case I can't bathe if I'm home after 9pm) and a pack of 3 containers for about $15.

As both their friends are muslims and are fasting, they dropped us at this Arab area for lunch.

Finally met my 2 course mates - Sopin and Fai.

The first time I ate out since I came. This costs about $12. It's from an Arab store selling kebab and stuff. But I ordered half-chicken with fries and salad.

Finally met one of my coursemates whom I've been interacting with online - Fai.

The turning torso. Sweden's tallest building at 190m, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. It consists of 9 cubes with a total of 54 storeys, with a 90 degrees turn from top to bottom.

=)

We went to walk around, to the houses facing the sea behind.

Can see Denmark and the beach that connects Sweden to Denmark from here - Oresund Bridge.

My 2 coursemates. Finally got some company. =)

The houses are just right behind the turning torso AND facing the sea. How pretty.

The 'beach' with alot of people sunbathing on the rocks or jumping in to swim.

People are sunbathing everywhere!

Look at those people! The dived straight into the water though there's a no diving sign nearby. It looks fun though...

So sweet. The houses facing the sea is really damn shiok!

.::. Malmo .::.



Malmo Festivalen!

Look at the number of bicycles!

It was very windy. Look at how the whole bunch of balloons behave! My map kept flying away.

They've all sort of food stalls along the festival.

Stortorget. The equestrian statue of King Karl X Gustav, who took Skane from the Danes stands in the centre of Malmo's biggest square. The square was built in 1536 at the initiative of Jorgen Kock, Malmo's powerful mayor.

The big concert stage at City Hall.

The old couple is so sweet!

The many stores selling food from all the different European country. I wished someone went with me, so I could try more of the food! The cheesecake I bought for $8 wasn't nice at all.

Malmo Central Station.

On one Sodra Forstadsg, leading to the City Hall.

City Hall. The building was built in 1546, but has undergone major changes down the centuries. In 1860 Helgo Zettervall redefined the facade in the Dutch Renaissance style.

Lilia Torg. Malmo's most charming square and a popular meeting place. The square is surrounded by several interesting buildings from the 16th century and plenty of restoration and outdoor cafes.

It was so scorching hot that day, yet everyone sat and ate in the sun happily! Guess sun is precious since it's not often that they have so much sunshine. Not like Singapore.

.::. Lund .::.

.::. Lund .::.

Been walking around Lund the first 2 days I came. It takes about an hour or two to slowly walk to town, probably about 4km? It's so darn tiring!



Here's the famous Cathederal. I like it!

This is the route to school and towards town.

Enroute.

One of the university buildings.

Lund is really small. There's just that many shops in town and that's it. But it's a pretty little university town and the weather is great here now, cooling but sunny. I can't imagine winter really.

I think I might just join the gym here for about $25 a month. I heard people here either go to the gyms or cinemas or have parties.