Thursday, August 16, 2007

Alluring Amsterdam..

Haha. Finally I'm going to write about the second country.. Bear with me yar.. Work has been keeping me real busy this week.. *yawnz*

NETHERLANDS! The country with the milkmaids and windmills. Who would have tot I will make a trip here at the age of 24. Well, I didn't at all! But I'm so happy I did. Esp it was time well spent with junwei and his daddy mummy. Yesh, we were all there, together. =) For 3 days! Hee.

Firstly, we ate bah cangs! Woohoo. Bah cangs in holland. Of cos, the bah cangs are made by daddy mummy. Guess wad? Their luggage was 35KG when they flew over. Because they carried stuff like mushrooms, glutinuous rice, dried schrimps, bah cang leaves etc.. and they made like over 50 bah cangs!! Woohoo.. everyone in sweden and amsterdam luvvv the bah cangs.. keke..

Like us in the dutch costumes? We took this in volendam. Hehe. Uncle william and auntie julia (dad mum's childhood frenz) brought us dere. They are really nice and friendly people, and are one-of-a-kind couple. Never stop bickering, never stop nagging at each other, never stop complaining, but yet you can see how deeply they are in love. It was really amusing when Uncle Will accidentally reversed his car and ran over Auntie Julia's foot. They never stopped harping on the matter, each trying to prove the other wrong. Just so farnie. =) Back to the pic, well, don't need to tell me. Yes i look so ROUND! Haha. Round-faced shuang. The hat, the costume, the hair juz makes me look so farnie. Wahaha. But hey I LOVE the pic. (ehhh, i guess it's one of the few pics i have left rite???) It's very precious to me u noe. Hehe. We look happie and contented with life. I think we really are. =)

Yes, Anne Frank! Finally got to see her house. We queued for like an hour. Haha. There were many animal portraits outside her house, guess it was sort of an exhibition, and we took tens of pictures wif us in the animal poses. Too bad can't post any here yar. It was quite an experience reading and listening more about Anne Frank, her family, the war and visiting her bedroom, living room, 'hidden rooms' etc. Hope jw was not too bored by this cos i was the one who wanted to come.

Regarding accommodation, we stayed in Nijmegen at Uncle William and Aunt Julia's house. It was a simple and nice two-storey house. The stairs were really steep and narrow and it always felt like we will tumble and fall when we walk up or down. & hey, guess wad? becos dad mum took up the guestroom, me and jw ended up staying in the storeroom. Hee. It was quite an experience too. Narrow, squeezy, with just enough room to place a mattress on the floor. Hehe. but we like it. =) Quite an unique experience anyway. I have so many unique experiences on this trip. Aunt Julia insisted that we took their master bedroom, but how can we. So pai sey. Storeroom works just fine, as long as we are together. This pic is a statue we saw at the Market Square, it's actuallie a famous statue of Mariken (of coz we din noe at dat time). Funny thing was Mum, jw and me took turns to do the exact same pose and took pic. Mum was really spontaneous and funny! Hehe. 4 of us had a nice walk at the market square when uncle and auntie were at work. We ate super yummy lychee ice cream, had coffee, took nice pics, and basically just enjoyed every moment of the afternoon. Wow. It just feels so good.

4 of us also visited Madurodam! Aka Xiao Ren Guo. Hehe. It's like a Mini Holland and you see miniatures of almost everything. They pay such close attention to even stuff like the people, the trees, the roads, and had mini moving trains/trucks/cars/planes. It was my first visit to anything of this sort and quite an eye opener for me.

We took so many pics here too! Hee. It was so pretty. & I also wanted to capture as many memories as I can for jw's daddy mummy. Dunno when's the next time they'll come Holland. What's more, dunno if my parents will ever come Holland and I also wanted to show them whatever that I saw. But nvm. Things in life are fated. Luckily jw's mum also took some pics here wif her own camera and I guess I'll grab them from her someday. Hehe. Point of story: Never think that less mega pixels cameras are useless or not as good because it turns out someday you really need them. =)

We also travelled to Den Haag and visited the Scheveningen beach. Oh did I mention we spent many many hours travelling in the car? Uncle Will drove. Me, jw, mum and aunt julia squeezed at the back and I would always sit in btw jw's legs. Quite comfy cos can lean back and feel him ard me, but not comfy cos half my butt was off the seat most of the time and my back really ached. But well, it's okie. How many times can I do this in my life.. =) Hee.. love watching the scenery as the car zooms past every different place..

There were so many beautiful seagulls flying around at the beach. I actually managed to take a few nice shots of them in the clear blue sky (eh, this one not by me lar of cos). It's really a nice sight. They will also fly down if someone feeds them. When we were there, Uncle Will asked us to try eating this raw fish which he said it's reallie nice!! Like a delicacy. Well. Errrmmm. We tried, but both of us dun really noe how to appreciate. Jw actuallie took a piece and fed the seagulls. Kaoz. Sorry uncle! Hehe.

Wooo. We also took nice pics at this famous windmill that Uncle Will drove us to. It was raining but we still braved the rain to take the pics. Me and jw, then Dad and Mum. Two loving couples. & yar, we also visited the Casino here. wahaha. As usual, jw played the Carribean Stub. Luck was down for him, and it got better when mum or I sat down. haha. I got three of a kind! Hehe. But, we still lost over $180 despite winning quite abit back at the Blackjack table (we seldom and never play or win Blackjack!)

Well. I guess this sorts of sums up what we did in Netherlands. =) sorry to mum for losing all her fotos. Like she says, maybe it's fated they have to visit Amsterdam again, and we have to visit the other places too in future. Or rather, i choose to believe that if memories remain in our hearts, that's enough isn't it? The feeling will always stay. All in all, it was a good 3-day stay in Amsterdam and I love Uncle Will and Aunt Julia. We even sang KTV at their house one morning. Haha.

Time to sleep.. need to collect my passport at 8am later and it's past 2 now.. woohoo.. hope you liked this post.. be back for the next country soon.. nitezzz!!

Happy 'Dutch' family...