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Sep 6, 2006

There are actually many different ideas as to how I am going to start this entry.

I need ideas before I can update...haha.

I am going to start with the one I think is the best.

As you read through different blogs, you will realize that different pple blog about diff things and you will also notice the things that interest you. If you are a photo person, you will nvr read a blog with chunks and chunks of words. Similarly, if you are not a photo person, you will not post lots and lots of photos. For me, I think I am balanced, but think I can get long winded, like now...haha

Anw, I forgot when, but me, Missy Ong and Jaya took the bus to RIMI (one of the supermarkets in Oslo) to buy a carton of Coke. Missy was really craving for Coke, and a carton was going for 79NOK. That's about 0.88SGD per can, well, I insisted that Singapore is selling a can at a cheaper price,but this is the cheapest we can find here, considering that a 500ml bottle costs about 3SGD.
Little did we know that we have to pay 24NOK for PANT. This is an additional charge for bottled drinks(think cans and bottles). You pay it first and you can bring it to some machines in some supermarkets to recycle them and get back the money. Very effective way to make Singaporeans bring these cans to recycle. Think Singapore should implement this. Anw, we did not know about this till 2days before and we were happily throwing our empty cans away. MONEY MONEY!!!! WE just threw away money. OMG. What a precious commodity here.

Went hill climbing last Friday and we went to pluck wild blue berries at the top of the mountain. It was quite fun, but it was tiring. I think the hill that we climbed has the same altitude as Bt Timah Hill, but it was more tiring coz there are no proper pathways like the ones we have in Bt Timah.

The before(Top) and after(Bottom) photo. So shagged after the climb.

I am putting this photo up for the sake of MinMin...can you see it????
And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to MinMin, so sorry I din know about it. Will give you a BIG BIG present sometime!! But I will give!!!

The lake where we ate our lunch.The group of little kids were there when we reached and I supposed they were here for the same reason - to take a rest and have lunch.

The view from the summit.

And this is me and Missy plucking berries.

I love this photo. Looks like some enchanted forest.

To add on, before this trip, we actually had practices near our hostel. We decided to go for a walk in the neighbourhood one night and TA DAH!
Before we know it, we lost our way. Lucky Jaya is good. Managed to walk through the dark roads and finally reached our beautiful hostel. It's good to be in a bad home than in no home at all. HAHAHA.

This was taken before we decided to take a different route back. We were trying to be smart. Come to think of it, I initiated it..OOOPS

We had another practice near school, BI (Bay-ee). It was supposed to be a river, but the portion near our school turned out to be rather manmade and we decided to walk down further to see if we could see something more natural and TADAH! We found it!

Remember the bus trip that I mentioned in the previous post? Got the photos from Missy and this is a photo that me and Desiree took at Snaroya - the terminal. It was very cold, and we decided to wear our hoods and take a "dodo" photo.

Come to think of it, life don't seem as boring as I described to my parents. Haha, I told them to send me SATC, Friends and also other mpgs in order to kill time in the night. But I think I am getting busier as days go by. Got some dramas from Kevin and Huiwen and they should be enough to last me 1month. And the best part, Missy finished Marley and Me already! To think I am still stuck at where I left off on the plane.

Went for this bus trip on Monday and the guide was really good. It was a fruitful trip as we got to see and hear the story behind the things that we see around Central Station.(Jernbanetorget) and National Theatre. Usually, we will just pass by these buildings,thinking that they are just some buildings without any history.
And we went to this road where you can see the entire port. Very beautiful place.

Doesn't this photo look as if the Mummy is bringing her kids out? The more I look at it, the more I think it looks like it. Just that the Mummy seems to love one child more than the other. HUMMPH!

And this is a picture of one part of the Oslo fjord. Wonder what are fjords really. Was talking to Desiree about it and she mentioned something about drowned glacier...hmmm, it will be nice if there's a glacier here. Then we continued to talk about our NZ trip. Then, we discovered that, we were at NZ at the same time!!! OMG, what a coincidence! She was with the Chan Brothers tour,while I was with the SA Tours. Haha, but we were there at the same time. And both of us do remember Fox Glacier...hehe

After about a month here, we finally saw the moon in Norway. This is the best photo of the moon and the houses, which Missy took. Although it is not as nice as the one I saw in Australia last time, I think most of you will agree that it is definitely more beautiful than the one we see in Singapore.

The one I saw in Australia was really beautiful. The orange moon just above the sea. OMG, it's magnificent! Too bad, I got no photo to show. Come on, there wasn't any digital cameras back then.

OHHHH, it's my official one month anniversary away from Singapore!!! Never have I left my beloved country for such a long time and needless to say, my lovely parents and my cute Elmo. He's just getting cuter and Daddy and Mummy's really loving him more as days goes by.

Guess what, they fed him dried baby abalone. Even I don't get this!!!
And his new brand of wet food costs 9.90 per can.OMG!!!
Maybe I shouldn't scrimp and save so much here.
Honestly speaking, I think I am adjusting to the prices here. Missy agrees too.( Don't ya?)

10NOK used to be expensive, but now, 10NOK is CHEAP!!!!
Snickers used to be expensive to me, coz it costs 11NOK in school, but I went to RIMI and saw them selling at 7.50NOK and I am like CHEAP!!!! But it is about $2.

I think I will think that everything is so cheap in Singapore when I return. Please, my dear friends, appreciate Singapore while you can. Seriously, the bus fare is really cheap in Singapore compared to here.

Alright, I should stop here, coz I think I am supposed to go to ICA MAXI with Missy todae. Now, where's our WINGS and SLIM?

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