2nd Nov 08

Location: Hostel, Imatra
Time: 1700 Finland
Weather: 3°C
Thinking: When does Swee Ting not need to pee?

IT SNOWED YESTERDAY!!!! But I didn’t see it…ARGH!!! Nevermind, it was the small kind so by the time it touched the ground, it melted away.

29th Oct 08 : Went to the vocational school with Zhang Xiang to make paper. First attempt of our paper making turned out well, so we decided to go for more fun. Mixing different kinds of pulp. Ku Shi Ya succeeded in making wooden paper and whatever mixture she had managed to come out with. But poor Yap Swee Ting got nothing but a mere tissue paper. Torn.




We were so engrossed in our paper making before we realized that it was already 2 o’clock – we did not eat. Our stomachs complained loudly and so we decided to award ourselves with a good Lu-di. (Lunch cum dinner). Went to a Chinese restaurant.

On the first order, we ordered 3 dishes and a big bowl of rice. But because our stomachs are still not satisfied, we had a second serving of rice. No more ingredients but a lot of sauce, so another half bowl of rice. We ordered one more dish and another big bowl. Zhang Xiang and the ‘Lao Ban’ were so amazed that two skinny girls can consume so much. Even Zhang Xiang died halfway. As usual we ate from ‘got-people’ to ‘no people’ to ‘got people’ and to ‘no people’.

We counted - In total, 2 of us ate 5 rice bowls each. Minimum.
not this bowl...the smaller ones
The ‘Lao Ban’ very nice, gave us BIG discount. Total bill was supposed to be ~€45 but the bill came up to, €25.
But we are also very nice, because if it was a buffet, I think the shop can just close for the day.

Purely Ku Shi Ya:
30th Nov 08: Handmade pizza at host family. In the end, the pizzas had this dome shape because of the unbelievable amount of ingredients hidden under the tonnes of cheese. There were at least 3 kinds of cheese for each pizza- mozzarella, blue cheese, um…some other cheese. No pizza in the world could match to the pizza we made. The amount of cheese alone is ‘knock yourself out’. At least one bag of cheese for 1 pizza and there were 3.
I love my host mother. This was what she said, “it’s unhealthy but who cares.” Exact words. Her favorite phrase is “Where the hell…” because they just moved to their new house and she can never remember where she put her stuff.

1st Nov 08: Attended a Halloween party that was held in a cave. It was so cold that the smoke that came out from our mouths was like the “mushroom” formation when the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima. It is also the reason for the blurry pictures.



kind of ironic


There were 3 life rock bands. It was good that we are not yet deaf.

2nd Nov 08:
Made Shepherd’s pie for dinner.
Shi ya got 3 burns on one hand
Swee Ting got a forehead bruise:: What a nice day =)


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