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Stockholm Randomness
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Since the weather was so good, I suggested to a friend to take a walk out in the forest area near where we are staying. It just felt so relaxing and comfortable. Of course, I couldn't resist taking photos of the gorgeous surroundings during the stroll.










--Mary HAD a little lamb--
6:27 am

30th April Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night! Although it was supposed to be a traditional religious holiday celebrated by Christians, it also marks the celebrations for the arrival for spring!!! Yeah! Finally, the dark gloomy winter is over!!! The Swedish ways of rejoicing on this happy occasion is:

1. Crowd around a bonfire and sing spring songs on the night of 29th April
2. Party (get drunk) after the bonfire and sleep till ... (god knows when) on the 30th

So technically, 30th April was a public holiday since it's hard-core partying the night before!

Haha, but me being the non-clubber... What can I do? Taking half-day off (not that it mattered since my boss and supervisor were long gone), I went to Skansen (largest open-air museum in Stockholm) to witness the largest and most magnificent bonfire in the city! Free admission on that day!





Taken at Barns Zoo (Children's Zoo)




Performances before the lighting of the bonfire



It was so chilling that night that we were simply trying our best to get as near to the bonfire as possible!!! We need the warmth!



Burn! Burn! Burn! Spring!!!




--Mary HAD a little lamb--
5:58 am

One Emo Entry cum Photos
It's been a while since I last posted photos on Facebook or typed any entry on the blog. April had been a hectic month, filled with continuous work, assignments and trips out of Stockholm. This month is 'slightly' more relaxed, but nonetheless busy.

Along with more work came greater responsibility and also uncertainty. After working in a chemical company for close to 5 months, I realised that R&D stimulates patience and most certainly, creativity. There were so many times that I had wanted to give up (the feeling is still lingering) and had to bear reading through countless number of scientific papers (which never seem to have the right answers). However, I considered myself very fortunate that I have a very amicable supervisor who may not always be around but will provide me assistance in his best possible way. I guess, it's all about luck and the passion for scientific research. It's the driving motivation after every (and many) failed trial(s).

To the next (exciting!) section: Past Holidays Trips!!!

March 20th - 22nd (Warsaw and Cracow)

Capital of Poland : Warsaw

Pictures taken in Auschwitz (largest concentration camp ever during WW2)... Though the weather looked rather fine, the mood was down as the tour guide illustrated the horrors that occurred in this very location during the war...


Polish city : Cracow


April 9th - 13th ( Road trip to Vienna, Salzburg and Budapest)

1st city to stop by: Capital of Austria (City of the Arts), Vienna



2nd stop: Salzburg (where Music of Sound was filmed!!!)

Salzburg is located at the base of the Alps, so the scenery of the mountains through the car ride was nothing but spectacular!


3rd and final stop before heading back to Stockholm : Capital of Hungary, Budapest



April 21st - Riga

Capital of Latvia, Riga

--Mary HAD a little lamb--
3:44 am

Me!

Cindy (Short: Cinz)
*Leo*

loves!

*Loves manga and anime*
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taggit!




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ErGe
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