Monday, September 17, 2007
.in Morocco.
Howdy all! Haven't been blogging ever since I left for Europe. How fast time really flies and it has already been 5 days man. Was touring London before coming to Morocco and the experience has been wonderful so far. As usual, I had suffered a few stupid(& expensive) cock-ups [I lost my 8.0 megapixels camera loaned from my dad! ] and I really hated myself on hindsight. Could have been more careful and alert and wouldn't have needed to pay for such a expensive experience.
Alright, back to all the experiences I had so far..
Firstly, thank you all for coming to send me off from the airport! You guys are really nice and I feel so loved man. I am using my friend's lappie right now so i dont have these photos with me! Anywayss, according to arrival time on the 12th, thanks to.......
1) PCG Friends
Thank you for waiting for me throughout the whole time and praying for me. (Vincent, Colin, Chelsea, Kelwin, Shawn, Corrine, Debbie, Gilbert ) I really felt God's words and I have been really blessed to live through all these experiences so far - learning to be more independent and composed when it comes to handling cock-ups. I thank god for that. I can't wait to attend PCG and go back to church but yeah, in the meantime, do keep me updated and i love you guys!
2) Zhicheng
Thanks for settling the baggage stuff for me. Real brother there and I miss you man. Hope you are not too stressed back in Singapore and have a great time with Jason, Huiyi Linrong, Becks, Peggen, Kelly and whoever thats in school. :)
3) Peggen and Chan
Thanks Chan first for coming. Haha. Pegs, all the sweetish emails and all, omg, don't make me miss you more please! Krispykremes here are really really expensive, so I tell you straight up, NO krispykremes from Europe! Get Missy Donuts from BPP!! HAHAHAHAHAA.
4) Rest of Asoc Asoc!
Tim, Fiona, Ryan, Huiyi, Kelly, Danc, Jason & Serene : Thanks all for all your kind gestures there. Those who didn't come, thanks for calling and emailing. Those who came, I am sorry for having little time for you man (this applies to all grps. haha) I will miss all of you. I am still in Morocco and being photosluts, I will be posting more pictures when I settle down in my University (Bath) .. hahaha. Enjoy then.
5) My buddies: Jon, Lionel, Zongfu, Didi and Weehwa
I love you guys for the damn touching gifts man. That bon voyage gift was really nice and I can't express how thankful and blessed I am to have you guys sticking on with me since secondary school days. Jon, take great care and don't get too stressed over work. Stay cheery! Lionel, you stop being such a nice boyfriend who always make stuff for your girl la! Spoil market! Zongfu, go and eat shit. aha. Di, ORD already remember to make full use of yr time.. and Weehwa, damn it, Frisbee is NOT a dog sport. haha. Oh, I wore your vest the first day man. Damn useful
6) JC : Fabian, Deren, Chong , Qiaoshi, Peijun, Colin, Brenda
I thank those who came.. Will miss you man. No emo talks already. Please continue to have S21 gatherings w/o me. BETTER HAVE FUN. hahaa. Peijun, I enjoy the talk I had with you before I left!
7) Baoting
I think you came earlier than the JC but yeah, thanks for coming man. It was a surprise that you came actually and I am touched. Haha, hope your eye has been ok after lasik and happy working! Catch up with you again after I come back!
8) Xiaoying
You bi*ch. haha. why never come? Nevertheless you take care and make the RIGHT decision alright? Think of the future, and I trust you to make the RIGHT decision lah. haha.
And specifically I thank..
my family for all the help before the trip! omg, without all you pple, things wouldnt have been so easy. Mum, thanks for constantly worrying and repacking my bag over and over again. you are such a worrying mum but I really thank you man. Miss your cooking and please take care of yourself. go swimming more!! haha. Dad, thanks for settling so many things for me. TC, Credit Card, Camera(oops I lost it), and many other stuff. You are the naggiest dad around but still I love you, your botak hair and everything! Fatty bro, your sms after I left you guys at the aiport really touched me: " please call back more often. Please the old folks. Take great care bro. " Being BROTHERS, I dont think we always i love you, i care for you etc etc, but its great to know that I have this elder brother here who will alwyas look out for me as much as possible. Thanks for the love.
you, take great care and constantly find your source of motivation to juggle all your commitments. ( Pray more if you can! ) thank you for the nice pullover and everything man! take great care in singapore. anything just find my ka kia! haha ( aka frisbee people, asoc people and spies all over school hahaha )
Did I miss out anybody? Love all no matter what man!! C, I miss our car rides home man. Oh, Lock, thank for the message also. S, thanks for the oyster card, the advices that you shared with me and everything lah! take care man.
So London is my first touring point. There were so many points when I can't believe I am actually in London. haha. Visiting so many touring spots ( London Eye, Tower of London, Big Ben, London Bridge, Museums, St James Park, St Pauls Cathedral etc. ) has been a great experience. Thanks JJ for being my photographer. Was still suffering from jetlag and I finally recovered today in Morocco. I love London for the weather and food has been sucky man. Haha. I haven't been shopping as well and all I did was to tour around and explore London. Blessed to have Uncle Asoka & family to store my luggage at his place and to cook breakfast and lunch for me during my first day of stay in London. All the constant calls from him remind me of my dad back in Singapore. haha. What really interest me in London was the 3rd day visit to Covent Garden market. There were so many performances and they were really of high standards man. Its like watching a play that has been rehearsed for maybe 4-5 months haha. 
Met Jose on the 3rd day. Her hostel at Sumner Street is really quite spacious and thanks for the accomodation. So sorry for shutting down really early because I was really cold and tired. haha. Cockups like missing the coach thanks to the unreliable taxi service did spoil my day a little but we still manage to make it to Luton hotel. phew. Bye London as I head on to Morocco.
Luton Airport experience. OMG.
Worse in my life. Went to the airport feeling quite pissed over the coach incident. Then, I didn't check in my luggage because I thought it was quite light anyway and I totally neglected the " No bringing of liquids" rule. In the end, at the baggage checking station, I was told to remove all items from my luggage and they wanted to throw away $100+ worth of liquid items. At that time I was so stubborn and decided to attempt checking in my baggage. I went to the counter and it was already close. I panicked and started packing my bag there again. I left my passport there as I went up to the baggage checking counter... I realised I lost my passport and I ran back to the baggage checkin counter and was relieved to find it. Then, I was so tired and dying already. I went up and couldn't get through the scanner, then I had to go through full bodycheck and found out it was my camera. While flustered, I threw my camera to the conveyor belt ( and that was when I bid farewell to my camera ). 10 minutes to my flight and I was damn worried. Argh. I ran off towards my gate (whcih was damn farrrrrr arghh) with my haversack and halfway, I REALSE I FORGOT MY JACKET. I LEFT IT AT THE SCANNING COUNTER. ARGHHHHHHHHH. I ran back and that was the final. After which, running to catch my flight was the worse thing that happened man. Sweating profusely, legs weaken and all.. freak, I wished I had just checked in the baggage in the first place. Managed to catch the plane ... but I was really sweating and suffering.. argh. As the plane started to move off, I realised i left my camera in the airport. sigh.
Now at morocco, I checked into a very nice Riad ( www.riadkalila.com ) The place itself seems quite unsafe but I guess as long as you are careful, nothing will really happen. I will pray for our safety.. Was shopping around the town and it was like Chatuchak. At night, ate a feast.. ( Morocco Soup, Kebab, their famous rice with chicken, and the very famous orange juice! ) Will post photos soon! Alright, they are waiting for me for breakfast. Take care all.
Wait for the next post. :)
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