Helsinki

I AM SO HAPPY TODAY. Pinja and her bf yousuke brought me to their cottage. We did Finnish sauna naked (without the bf of course), then jump into the lake (the bf not around), and then go back to sauna and jump in again and go back to sauna and then a nice bbq with beer. Fucking cool. There's so many things to update. I have a boyfriend in Helsinki now. I will upload the photos soon. lol. It's really funny. I need to show you guys.

Yesterday was the start of the Gay Pride week. The gays in finland are having celebration for a week and saturday will be the day. But too bad I won't be in helsinki... I will be at tampere, my next stop and paris. Pinja brought me to the gay bars and watch the gay choirs etc... It was really eye opening. I have never seen such a scene. I guess everyone deserve an equal rights to be in love with the opposite sex or the same sex. But I feel happy for the gays and lesbians :) They are human too u know.

But there's something I need to take care of... I think I bought this stupid tourist card extra 1 day. My planning wasn't good enough so I spent extra 12 euros for nothing. Damn. I suck at planning trips. :((

Tomorrow I will go shopping with mutsumi san.. She's from Hokkaido and I met her here. I tried to speak japanese with her and I realised that I keep mixing russian with japanese lol. This is sooooo difficult now :(

Well I will not shop anymore because the stuff in Helsinki or Finland in general is really expensive... (one meal costs about 8 euro) and i am not going to add anymore weight to my luggage. In fact I am throwing things along the way. I hope I will not be too noisy for my neighbors in the morning. :(

TBC...

Moscow

See you Moscow. I will miss you. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to meet all kinds of people. I want to come back. I want to come back to open a business. I will miss all my friends here. I will miss my life here. I really can't bear to leave this place.

The culture is so seductive. Angry people who will be nice to you once they know you. Gentlemen who will help open the door, carry things for you or give their seats to you. Bold and always looking for ways to break the rules/laws without getting caught. Now I learn how to think out of the box more. Trust me, they are also like singaporeans in a way... Kiasu. Girls who are really kind, hospitable, fun loving and sweet. T

hey are so different from how some people view Russians as... rapists, robbers, racists, aliens and just plain weird (which is still true to a certain point but that is because they have a different culture from the rest of europe and they have some asian culture too). They are far from that. Maybe racists, but more population means that they have more probability to have more of such incidents. For example there may be 100 rapist cases in Singapore a year and 200 rapist cases in Moscow... but there's like 5 mil people in singapore and 17 mil people in Moscow.

Of course there is also some assholes, but they don't represent the population and there are assholes everywhere in the world.

Meeting the international students is another experience... It was so fun getting to know them. People are mostly very outgoing, open minded and hospitable... except a few assholes again. But it was so nice to stay with them. Staying with them for just 1 month and I could observe their culture and differences between these european culture. Before that, I thought ang mohs... are just ang mohs. But now, I know that although they can be neighbouring countries, but their culture is so different. The best part of this entire experience was that I met some really nice people whom I hang out with. I am really grateful because if it weren't for them, I probably will be playin my nintendo DS alone in my room.

I will miss you, my room in the dorm. All those laughter we have in the room, on my bed by the window... Making lame jokes, shouting out of the window, playing drinking games, girl talks, popcorn party, pyjamas party, acting retards etc...

I will miss my room mate.... she is sleeping now and just in case I forgot to tell her this... I will type a mini speech like thing here now. We always do lame stuffs together.. Sorry for making a nuisance sometimes in the room in the middle of the night when I was tipsy *Eh hem*. But you always show care and concern and that is so sweet. And I also entertain you with my lame actions and some lame "about love" speech. But that's the part I will miss... my action, your reaction, your action, my reaction. Ya tebya lublu. Some times I may be a little too critical, but that is because that's my way of showing care and concern. I just hope that you will not have weird impression with Singaporean girls because of me. I am generally different from them... at least most of them. LONG LIVE KIM LONG! We will meet again... hopefully next next time I see you, you will have little kim longs.

I will miss Sashka... It was only towards the end of the trip that I got to know her, but she is really nice. I don't understand why some people can dislike her. They are jealous of her or what? I will be staying with her in slovakia... Thanks for all the recommendation and strong speech about why you are against Euros etc. It was really a good point of view and so on. I like chatting with her. We are happy-go-lucky people! I will stay with her family and that will be so exciting!

I will miss Karola... We really connect! Karola is such s fun loving girl. She really knows how to make a depress situation like a miracle. Her enthusiasm and optimistic never fails to brighten the situation. I will go visit you in the netherlands when you are back. We will plant trees together and eat space cakes!

And there is so many people I will miss which I want to type it down, but I don't have the time to anymore because I haven't finish packing!!! :S Okay... I will pack now.



TBC..

Last day in Moscow

Hi... it's my last day in Moscow and the heat is killing me. 36 degrees.Woooo =.= No Hot water, no fan, no air con. Woke up in sweat these few days and sleep only for 4 hours each because the sun always burns me through the curtain.

We had a long chat from 12mn to 5am. Cool huh? Really long chat.... Me like it. BUt i still have many things to pack. Wooo :/

Tonight I will be taking a train to spb then i will take a bus to helsinki. :)

Btw.... since summer is here, there have been a lot of nipple staring incidents. there's so many girls who wear white shirts and not wear a bra. Wooooo... how unsightly. I was in the metro with emmi and sashka, then there was this girl who walk by us, HER NIPPLES WERE STARING AT ME. And then she sat down infront of us, it was difficult to avoid looking at the nipples! Then more people came in... imagine alot of people standing in between us... but just nice, there is a small hole between these people and THAT ONE NIPPLE WAS STARING AT ME!!! That is so scary!



TBC...

ASSHOLE

I wonder how many assholes must I meet in my life. And there was this asshole who really pissed me off yesterday. Apparently, it seems like my curiosity has pissed him off or something. Here was the conversation:

A: ...Yeah we call it "Bird milk" in slovakian
V: Yeah same as Russian
Me: But birds don't have milk so why is it call the "bird milk"?
A: I don't know why... but it is "bird milk"..
V: Why is Singapore, Singapore?
Me: You want to know why? I know why. Because it means Lion City in Malay, Singapura. And I can tell you why it is Lion City.
V: O.K. Maybe this is a chinese thing that you have to find meaning in anything, but we russians don't. Not everything has a meaning to it.

So this guy is trying to be a racist or what? Firstly, I am the only chinese here that doesn't mean that I represent the entire population. Besides I am a Singaporean Chinese and that is a different thing. Secondly, I bother to ask "Why?" That's why I have better general knowledge. ASSHOLE. I will talk to him 1 to 1. ASSHOLE.


TBC..

My feet stinks

Recent update:

1. I went to Vladimirrr :) Lucky I didn't stay there for a day. Because there's nothing much to see after 4 hours of walking around that city. But they have really beautiful pictures.
   
2. Went to Marina's beautiful town for a visit. I LOVeee her!
   
3. I will be back in SG on the 20th of July 9pm.
4. My travel plan for europe: Go to Finland: Helsinki, Finland: Tampare, France: Paris, Hungary: Budapest, Slovakia: Everywhere, Poland: South, Austria: Vienna and then come back.
   
5. Met Markus yesterday... thinking of joining him on his backpack tour in asia... specifically vietnam. I will think about it.
   

My feet stink.


TBC...

FYP

I am angry with some asshole in my project team. I can't stand the way he talks and conveys message. All he knows is to arrow here and there responsibilities and make it look like u have nothing to do and claims all the credits AND GIVES SLOPPY BULLSHIT WORK FUCK!!!#$@#$. Who does he think he is. Argh. >:(!! Wait till I get back to Singapore. I will beat the shit out of him!

Anyway yesterday's N.korea vs Brazil's match was kinda boring. N. Korea was defending all the time... but brazil scored 2 anyway. It's surprising that n. korea actually scored 1. I heard from the dutch that there is some kind of air pressure in the stadium that make players unable to kick the ball straight or something. Speaking of straight ball, the first ball brazil kicked in was B-E-A-utiful. I don't know if it was luck or skill. But at that angle, the guy shoots a curvey ball and the goal keeper missed it.

I thought it was weird when the goal keeper from N.Korea keeps kicking the ball to the other side when there is only 1 N.Korean player at the other side. I guess he was really nervous or something... or is it some kind of tactic? Anyway... spain vs switzerland at 6pm moscow time but I don't think I will be able to watch it because of stupid FYP. Grr. I am so angry now.


TBC...

World Cup

Sashka, Emmi and I sneak into the state university of Moscow with the help of Markus's friends pass. My fake ID is Suzuki Minami. haha I will post it up soon. But the guards didn't catch us despite we look so different from the photo id. Omg... the view of Moscow from the top of the state university was really astonishing. But you have to jump down from 2 high down. And I was so scared of it! I sit by the window and thinking if I should jump. But I was so so so scared. It took me 1 hour to go down. lol so pai seh. Markus, his friend Kelvin and sashka were watching at me, waiting for me to come down. Yeah I know I dare to sit on roller coasters, do sky diving but jumping down from 2 is crazy! @_@

Any way, after that I went to Krushka thinking that I will get to watch the match between Japan and Cameroon. But it turns out that I was 4 hours late. It was the match between Italy and Paraguay. People who knows me will know that I dun watch soccer... except WORLD CUPPPPPP. Okay sooo tomorrow people are going to krushka again.. If I go krushka to watch the match between Brazil and N.Korea... will anyone think that I'm a N.Korean? Hmmm....



TBC...

Interesting.. or not?

Okay... this article is quite interesting >>
http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/389574/8_warning_signs_married_couples_have_become_more_like_siblings.html

iPhone 4 is coming out on July in Singapore! Just nice when I come back, I can re-sign up my plan and buy it! :)

Today I went to lokomotiv Stadium to watch a charity football match. The national team vs some politician + singers + actors team. Of course the national team won, but it was super hilarious. Will update my facebook photos soon. Although the 2nd team are random people, they can play pretty well I think. It's a very funny match. You can see the national team people faking to pass the ball wrongly to the random team or see the goal keeper "kelong" etc. Damn funny. And then there is this singer, he scored a goal and he danced infront of the camera.

But the weather was freaking hot. 30 degrees celcius. Damn.. How am I gonna get use to the weather in Singapore? The weather past few days were like 15 degrees to 24 degrees celcius and suddenly the weather was 30. Fuck. Argh. Lucky the wind here is big. If not I would have just stayed in my room.

Anyway, Mr. inspector and I are just friends. So people don't think too much cos I don't wanna think too much. He is my 3rd Russian friend. Other Russians are more like acquaintances.


TBC...

First visit to one of the golden ring cities: Sergey Posad

Finally! I visited one of the golden ring cities. It was a pity that I won't be able to take the trans-siberian... and I don't want to because you won't be able to take a shower. Besides, it would probably be more of "you see one, you see all" thingy. I would love to fly to lake baikal, but the air tickets costs 400 euros one way. Crazy fuck. So I have decided to visit all the Golden Ring cities instead:

• Sergiyev Posad
• Pereslavl-Zalesskiy
• Rostov Velikiy
• Yaroslavl
• Kostroma
• Ivanovo
• Gus-Khrustalny
• Suzdal
• Vladimir
• Rybinsk
• Uglich
• Alexandrov

First, I have to explain what is Golden Ring... According to wiki, it is a ring of cities north east of Moscow. These ancient towns, which also played a significant role in the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church, preserve the memory of the most important and significant events in Russian history. The towns have been called "open air museums" and feature unique monuments of Russian architecture of the 12th–18th centuries, including kremlins, monasteries, cathedrals, and churches. These towns are among the most picturesque in Russia and prominently feature Russia's famous onion domes.

Yeah actually i was thinking maybe I will not visit all of them because it seems like if you visit one of them, you visit all of them. Plus I am not an orthodox, this might not really interest me. But I have to visit at least vladimir and suzdal. Maybe I will do some community services here. I will ask if Grigory can introduce me some community service stuffs.

Anyway, Yesterday we had a farewell drinking party for Maxime. I think I am getting sick of vodka now. Just the thought of drinking vodka makes me wanna puke. But anyway, I drank 2 shots for show and then I decided to go back to my room but was pulled in by sashka to go drink with the slovakian peeps. This time I didn't drink, but I stayed till 2:30am. By the time I was in my room, it was already 3am. I lay on my bed and I could feel the alcohol within me. D: I couldn't sleep until 4:30am I think. Then I woke up at 6:30am to make breakfast, take a shower etc.

I was like a zombie this morning. I went to meet Karola and her parents and we head to the station. Her parents are really funny and cool. It was not difficult to have any conversations with them because they are really open minded people who dare to try new things and are not offended easily because of a joke.

Finally we arrived at the city... 1 hour ride. It was a pretty small city. We went to see the lavra, where the churches are, shop a bit, eat lunch and then head back to moscow at 2:39pm. The ride back was fking funny. I would say 2/3 of the passengers of the train doesn't buy train tickets at all. Everytime the security guard comes to check the tickets, you will see a bunch of people shifting from the tail of the train to the head of the train and then alight at the next station, run to the wagon which the security check is over. They run really hard and fast... you can imagine their facial expression. Some of them were grandma level, but they can run really fast lol. but that is not the funny part. The funny part was karola and her parents reaction. LOL. You have to be there to see how funny their reaction was. People on the train are really funny in weird ways. I really love taking the trains in Russia. You really meet all kinds of people.


TBC...

Inspector

I went out with the inspector guy yesterday. This will be a complicated and long story. It might be boring to you too cos it might sound like I am guy hogging this post to u.

Remember last last Thursday I met him at papa's place? Then he took my number. Then last Thursday, we met again at papa's place. This time we argued some stuffs. He doesn't speak good English and I don't speak good Russian. So we argued about how some men doesn't take life seriously. You know stupid tipsy arguments lol. It's weird that we were actually able to communicate despite of the language barriers. But you know, once you are drunk, there will be no language barriers. How true.

For some reason, when I am tipsy, I can speak Russian really fast and better. Even if I don't know some words, I will still be able to articulate it using really simple terms. I think it could be that when I am not tipsy, I am very self-conscious when I speak Russian which makes me speak really slow.

Okay so that night, he asked me to go home with him. I told him no, but if he want, he can ask me out for a walk during Sunday cos Emmi will be gone and I will be bored again. And so we set a Sunday night 8pm for a dinner.

So comes Sunday. He texted me to meet him at Kurskaya metro station. I don't know what is there at that area. He called me and said that if it is possible, I should meet him at 3pm or 4pm. So I said okay because just meeting for a dinner sounds kinda boring.

Then I took a shower and went to the station. I was lost at that metro station and we were trying to find each other for like 30 minutes. Then he told me that he will bring me to this new feminist female magazine meeting because he is from some community organization and hope that I will participate/voice out my opinions. I was like wtf. This is so sudden. I am so not prepared. But I agreed to it anyway cos I know I will definitely not voice out my opinions.

So we were in Andrei Sakharov Museum and I was sitting there listening to people speaking/debating in Russian. I felt kind of relieved because that will mean that I don't have to even participate. But Mr. Inspector or Grigory really wanted me to be part of the meeting. So he asked this young boy sitting beside me to be my translator and the translator was really passionate about translating.

Well, I must say that it was a really long meeting.. like 2 hours and we were late.. so the meeting was probably 4 hours or so. But it was interesting because I get to see how Russians conduct meetings and what are their views on their social problems. Like the husband doesn't take care of the children at all... why divorced couples should not be treated equally etc. I also meet a few company/campaign leaders from Ukraine, Russia and England who are really passionate about collaborating with this magazine.

After that long meeting, we went to the museum upstairs and took some photos (U can check my fb). We walked ALOT. After that museum, we went to the vodka factory. We were suppose to paste this "BOYCOTT VODKA" sticker around the factory. But there were only 2 stickers left. So he paste it on himself and we went for a walk at the art galleries around the factory. These art galleries are really good. Well I don't really like abstract art, but modern photography art I like it. There was this gallery full of fat old women and medium size old men naked, doing weird sexual poses, photographies of beautiful scenes around Russia, etc. There's also also fashion photography galleries around that area. Really cool. And any russian history gallery we went into, he will try his best to explain to me what happened during this time etc.

So we went from Andrei's museum to the vodka factory area to chisti prodi to kitai gorad to red square. It was a nice walk... I didn't know that all these places are in walkable distance. They seem so far from the metro map. Initially, I thought that language is really a big problem between us. But during the walk, somehow, we were able to communicate better. It was pretty cold yesterday and he gave me his jacket although I insisted that I don't feel cold. *Touched*

I think the funniest conversation we had while walking was that I had him believed that I eat dog meat because I am a chinese and it is normal to eat dog meat. I also told him that there's so many puppies and dogs in Moscow, I feel like trying dog meat here. He went quiet for quite sometime. But we continued to chat after that. And then after 1 - 2 hours later we went for dinner (he paid for it). While eating, he looked at me with this really serious face and asked with his deepest (and sexy) and solemn voice,"Gina, do you really eat dog meat?". I Burst out laughing.



It was really a long and tiring but interesting day. I was deflated when I reached home.


TBC...

Am I emotional or what?

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left....

This is a quote shown in my friend's vkontacte account. VKontacte is like the russian facebook. It's cool because you can find ANY SONGS from there.

So this friend... is a girl I met in SPB (St. PetersBurg). Well... I do not really know her. But I know that she is not a girl who is serious about love. But for some reason, I saw this quote and I feel really emotional about it.

These few days I keep going out because school is over. But fyp is starting already. Sigh... I wanna visit more golden ring cities. When I feel really bored, I will do this:


Haha... Emmi has got a version of her. I really love photoshop! It's so fun!



TBC...

Hush Hush

Officially, tuesday is beer night and thursday is ladies night. So last night was thursday night... ladies night. I went with slovakian girls and we drank really fast to get tipsy fast. Well it worked pretty well. Free drinks + drink fast. Woo! Hmmm this is bad because I have sort of promised myself not to get drunk. But it is difficult because I can't dance without drinking. And if you don't dance, What is the point of not going to clubs when you are in moscow? So... I did it anyway. No more drinking too much when I am back in Singapore.

I sort of can't remember what had happened in the club... memories are a little bit blurry. But fast forward what happened in the club, we went back to the dormitory and had a pajamas party. When you are drunk, you do stupid things and you laugh at yourself. But people who are not drunk, will either laugh at your stupidness, or get annoyed by your stupidness. I think someone was annoyed by us. But that person is an asshole so I don't care lol.

I will roll back the date to last thursday... The best papa's place night ever. Well... I was suppose to not drink last thurs... suppose to observe the human zoo. Seeing how some people with boyfriends and girlfriends grinding each other and are pretty good friends, seeing girls who wear more revealing clothes than others but with flatter boobs pulling up some girl's top just because she has bigger boobs. Seeing people dancing like it was some kind of orgy party. It was truly a human zoo.

I mean come on... if you have to choose, which one is better (please note that, that doesn't mean that I am in any of the situation)? A) You have a girlfriend/boyfriend, you went to grind with your good friend who also have a girlfriend/boyfriend. And you're wearing a super revealing top which is low lol. or B) You are single, a stranger grinds with you and you're wearing decently. I think you guys would know that I will choose B. I will tell you why I will never grind with my good guy friend. BECAUSE IT IS INCEST.

If you are my good guy friend, it means that I treat you like my family. If I grind with you or let you eat my tofu, wouldn't that make me INCEST? *UGHHHHH the thought of it makes me puke. PLus if I have a boyfriend and I do that, wouldn't my boyfriend hate my good guy friend?

But anyway, instead of just observing the human zoo, I went to join in too. Damn. I was suppose to just have a drink but somehow I drank like a few *Ahem* and then one of the girls pulled me to dance with her. Then some russian guy just pulled me and dance with me. I shy lah. But damn, he had the deepest, sexiest voice I have ever heard. Before him was this convenience shop guy, he had the deepest and sexiest voice. After meeting this guy, he is now 2nd. lol.

But it was so funny. I think the third sentence I told him was,"I AM NOT A PROSTITUTE". LOL. Don't ask me why I say that. I think he said that I am beautiful and he was really holding me in an awkward way. Then after that he say he is inspector. I say, "DON'T CATCH ME. I AM JUST A STUDENT". *Note that you have to shout in the club. So these are all caps.* Then he said that he repeat his sentence again. He was saying that he used to be an inspector but now he is a law teacher. lol. Scare me. I thought he was an inspector/undercover trying to test if I am a prostitute because I am an asian or what.

And then we chatted more, he said that he used to learn tae kwon do and is learning muay thai now and then I told him i used to learn judo, kendo and tae kwon do. Then on the dance floor.... HE TRIED TO USE JUDO MOVES ON ME LOL. WTF. IT Was HILARIOUS. I was like," wtf?@?? what are you doing?" he said,"I know this judo move." lol i laughed like crazy.

Anyway recently emmi keeps playing this song... It's not a new song. But I love it!
Oooooh ooooh
I never needed you to be strong
I never needed you for pointin' out my wrongs
i never needed pain,i never needed strenght
My love for you was strong enough you should've known.
I never needed you for judgement
I never needed you to question what i spent
I never ask for help, I take care of myself, I don't know why you think you got a hold on me.
And it's a little late for conversations
There isn't anything that you can do.
And my eyes hurt, hands shiver, so look at me , listen to me because,

I don't want to
Stay another minute
I don't want you
To say a single word
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
There is no other way
I get the final say
Because
I don't want to
Do this any longer
I don't want you
There's nothing left to say
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
I've already spoken
Our love is broken
Baby Hush Hush

I never needed your corrections
On everything from how i act to what i say
i never needed words, i never needed hurt, i never needed you to be there everyday
I'm sorry for the way i let go
Of everything i wanted when you came along
But i am never beaten, broken, not defeated
I know next to you is not where i belong
And it's a little late for explanations
There isn't anything that you can do
And my eyes hurt, hands shiver, so you will listen when i say baby

I don't want to
Stay another minute
I don't want you
To say a single word
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
There is no other way
I get the final say
Because
I don't want to
Do this any longer
I don't want you
There's nothing left to say
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
I've already spoken
Our love is broken
Baby Hush Hush

No more words
No more lies
No more crying ooh ooh
No more pain
No more hurt
No more tryin' Oh Oh Yeah
Because

I don't want to
Stay another minute
I don't want you
To say a single word
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
There is no other way
I get the final say
Because
I don't want to
Do this any longer
I don't want you
There's nothing left to say
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
I've already spoken
Our love is broken
Baby Hush Hush

Yeah Oh
Hush Hush, Hush Hush
I've already spoken
Our love is broken
Baby


TBC...