Schones Wochenende

The best thing about being in Europe is how amazing the public transport is. Time will always be the issue in hand. On the 43rd week of the year, i traveled alone across the states of Germany .. alone. I'm fond of doing things that is different and not forgetting spontaneous. I traveled to Hessen alone after less than 2 hours of decision-thinking and processing and lastly making. So that was my weekend. Wait.. i have to thank those whom i made worried. Thanks for being worried. I'm safe in Landshut now.

*Mr Nutcracker Prince in Frankfurt*

*wooden sculptures like in those Christmas Cartoons*

I never knew that these things really existed.
Christmas comes early in the West

I spent most of my weekend in the train but i still had a great time with the girls up north. we catch up on stories, gossips and girl stuff which i don't get here. We attended 2 open houses on Friday and Saturday. mind you that Frankfurt has a lot of Malaysians. So being students, we will surely have the opportunity to have great meals from kind heart ed families here. Well taken care of i can say, but still not enough for the winter warming period. I got to meet people who made it possible for Malaysian students to be in Germany, Mara director, those in charge of foreign students and those from the embassy. Compared to Bayern, those in the north mix more with the adults as there are very few students there.

*Fr Anak Geoffrey and Fr Sim*

*them Friedbergers*

*me and the girls*

We ate, sang and danced... adults with high enthusiasm and fond of their younger days karaoke-ed and the dancing started. we were just sitting by the side as we do not know any of the songs (80's you see.. i was born in the late 80's). In the end, we got pulled by the crowd. It was Malaysian Chef Ismail that started the havoc actually. He pulled us to dance, where i almost fell for avoiding.

going on a trip alone made me observe things that i never realized. It isn't that scary to venture alone. A good guide is God and your heart. have faith that God is always looking after you. to my friends who never go out alone. one day if its an emergency, you'll get lost if you don't practice being independent. Back home, people are always afraid of being alone. you'll know how it feels if you're in a strange land with language that you don't quite understand. during the trip, an incident occur where there was a Korean girl traveling alone. Mind you that she is on a holiday. Alone and she barely speaks English what more to say Deutsch. This girl travels alone guided with a Korean tour book and her camera. She sat on the same row as i was in the train and i overheard her conversation with a German man. with little english that she knew, she told the man about her trip and showed him pictures on her camera. Amazingly she went and visited the whole of Bavaria and Switzerland. hats off to this young lady! Now i can say why Korean is so much forward in comparison to my country. They go all out with no fear of communication whatsoever. Great determination.

On Sunday was the end of the daylight saving for the whole world. well countries with 4 seasons i guess. So Germany went 1 hour back while places like Australia went 1 hour ahead. It was alien to me at first but i guess people here are used to it. I woke up an hour earlier to catch a bus to the train station but found out that i had an hour extra. We can never turn back time but now i know that there is such thing as extra time. nearing winter, the days are shorter now. Its dark and cold by 5pm. Snow expected in a few days. Something I'm not looking forward to. God please keep me warm~