Views of the area in Västerås, near my campus.
A clock tower Names of Tsunami Victims from Västerås. Graveyard.
View of centrum(central) in västerås. 5 or 10 mins from school. Below are photos of the market in central selling veges and lots of berriesalso and a public toilet thats self cleaning. The toilet cleans itself after use. I didnt try though.
Home cooked foods mostly by me. except the apple crumble.
Assam Pedas, Apple Crumble eat with vanilla sauce, mee siam, my 1st ramadan meal, chicken rice. the dessert was apple crumble... yummmm
A sat out with friends. We had rice dinner . View from sky bar. Friends from left: Juan(Panama), Max (Germany), Inta(indonesia), Gaston & Victoria (Argentina). I drank non alcoholic wine and it sucks. Shd just stick to coffee.
Its been about a Month in Ikealand aka Sverige aka Sweden. I am honestly still settling down. School is already getting serious and projects and assignments already loading up. Stress and panicky attacks begin too. Its manageable. What I have achieved?
- I got used to walking alot and walking to school from train station is a walk in the park(literally walking through a park or i can choose shopping area). I am begining to time my speed in walking.
- I manage to cycle to and fro home to train station with bike that has no hand brakes. i got used to pedal brakes(just cycle backwards) its a common thing here. So far has not fallen down yet but many times wobbling when theres pple standing around the paths.
- At times i get over fear of dogs at other times still jump at sight of one well at least not at all times i jump
- learn to be patient when trains were delayed...but then it does not happen many time so its ok
- Improve in reading superfast
- Start to undertand some swedish true listening... cos kinda have to esp at train stations they announced delays and stuff in swedish and if i dun understand... that wont be convenient
- I can cook!!!!! and not a bad cook afterall... must be genes from my mom hehehe
- Hainanese Chicken Rice
- Sardin my mom's style
- Mee Siam
- Tom Yum Noodles
- Assam Pedas
Two weeks ago a day spent in Västerås with my friends were really great.
We went shopping in hälla, "lepak" in Vicky's room while Gas was preparing a caramel by boiling a sealed can of condensed milk (tried it back home and its yummy), tried argentian tea, Mate and then dinner to bid farewell to Gaston, Vicky's bf who will be studying in Ronneby, south sweden (apparently there's 8 singaporeans studying there). We went to a club then just for fun and its really not happening) and i thot the word 'happening' is quite normal to use, it isn't Juan and the gang had fun with the word 'happening' which was introduced by Inta) and awkward. Theres nobody haha. Then we went to Skybar, probably the highest point in västerås or at least one of the highest. Its beautiful view from up there but its already late at night so cnanot see anything much. On way down, we encountered a couple of teenage girls giggling looking out through the see through elevator. I was with Gaston and Stef and they spoke english to each other when one of the girls turned and asked, " Are you from England?". we reacted quite slowly. but we realised, they are teenage girls and i understand, they are not used to tall buidings and people speaking English. so its an exciting experience for them... quite cute actually...
Anyhow I do miss home. and a bit sad that my little princess refused to talk to me now. I'm glad her her pink shoes have arrived in sg and I'm finding creative ideas to make things better for her . I hope she will be better at dealing wiht me being away soon and for her to understand and know that i will be back to be with her soon again.
It's Ramadan, I miss the sound of Azan so I actually turn on to live radio Warna when its almost maghrib in Singapore to listen to it and the song after the azan which is so Ramadan... So far, fasting has been going quite well for me here. The cool weather helps actually...thou sometimes challenging.
I wish I could share what i see , what i smell and what i encounter with my friends and family. For now, I'm still enjoying the view i get on the trains to and fro school. its still is spectacular with lots of moo cows and horses and sometimes deers....
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