1st Advent Weekend

its been a while since i blogged about anything. its hard to find time nowadays with more work and headache which is also equivalent to much body pain and heartache. a lot have been going on in this little town of Landshut. about a week ago we have officially entered the winter season with much anticipation. and yes I've experienced snow which im not so fond of. snow came late here compared to the other parts of Bayern and well, it did not stay for long too.

*my studentenwohnheim in winter*

Starting this week, the whole of Germany is entering the Advent festive season. It marks the 4 weeks before the Christmas Celebration. Every Sunday of Advent, a candle will be lit on the Advent ring. its one of those things you see on TV that people put on the door during Christmas. funny that they have so much to prepare for when Christmas actually has no huge meaning for them. Its just a celebration weather you believe in the son of God or not. *sadness* the whole place is lit and Christmas markets are up all around Bavaria. These Christmas Markets are gladly exciting and fun. they sell all sorts of stuff from Christmas trees and ornaments to dipped chocolate fruits and traditional warmed wein they call gluehwein. Gluehwein works well in this really cold climate where i walk and could not feel my fingers!



this weekend, the girls came down from friedberg to attend the Mara's Girls day Out programme. we met at Muenchen on Friday and had our time together. Experienced the opening of muenchens Weihnachtsmarkt, strolled down the brightly lit and decorated streets and of course took photos. we then timed-out at Muenchens Hard Rock cafe for bites and also those thirst quenching drinks. so when andrina and I sat for drinks, i get my usual margarita and she will always get what is recomended. at least she got out fine.. not the lil' miss spinny head-salt eating girl in mid-valley which i will never forget. after a meal, they went to shop st the merchandise store while i spend my time looking at those signed guitars. That night, we went back to LAndshut still hungry and made Lasagna for supper. we crammed in my little room for lights out and as usual, me and Belle will still be talking in the dark.

*Recommended*

*we were here, Hard rock Muenchen*

*Muenchen Christkindmarkt*

Saturday came.. one of those tiring dates that i will keep in my heart. Those train waiting moments that hurts you so much that you will also hate the punctuality of Germans. the moment we stepped on the platform, only a second too late. we found ourselves waving goodbye to mr train heading for Nurnberg. so well, thats why we are here. waited another hour. got the whole schedule messed up, lost our way in Nurnberg.

we finally put the pieces together, found our destination and had our first official Girls day out with other Malaysian Scholar Students here.
And our activities were..

1. Futsal
2. Tali Getah or zero Point
3. Batu seremban
4. Galah Panjang

owh well, i do expect those laughters from the male species. yes thats what we call sports. unless you think playing zero point is so easy when you're 20. things we so much easier 10 years back. at least i did not have my veins streched making my leg hurt so much while playing. the guys as usual will have their game of futsal. and the gilrs will say, boys with their ball-kicking. we went over to meet up with the rest at their futsal game. well only some of them. got a few with us and had our fun at the Nurnberg town.

*Nurnberg weihnachtsmarkt*

*the huge pony ride*

Nurnberg is a really beautiful place i can say. not forgetting with so many people that it seems like a stempede. got saperated a few times with the group but theres always ways to get hold of each other.we saw horses, had fun looking at stuff, testing things that could be tested, watching children goin on rides and wishing we could too. we bought all kinds of food from the cutely decorated stalls that had toy decorations and shared together.. sweet stuff, cinnamon flavoured, vanilla cream, chocolate and apple sauce.. picking on each others food.



things of course had to end. and it did. we got on the train.. it was filled with malaysian students and we were so endulged with ourselves that we were not aware of the announcement. what we knew was that the train was delayed. NOT changing its route. so there we were, on a train heading to ingolstadt-Muenchen instead of Landshut-Regens-Muenchen. Spent time on the train with much chaos finally transitted in Muenchen then headed back home...

It may be one of my most tiring experience but because of friends, it went great as they are always there to share your laughters and bad train moments.