End of Lessons

Today is the last day of our lessons for the 3rd quarter. We will now have more time to focus on the exams. 5 papers to go!

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Weesp & Muiden Day Trip (16 Feb, Sat) (Part 4)

We took bus 110 to Muiden and the bus trip lasts about 7 mins.

On the bus

Saw several sheep along the way

At Muiden

Walking along the quiet streets

Crossing a bridge with dykes

On the bridge

A yatch crossing the bridge

Bridge turning back to position

The fortified low wall

Saw some patches of greenery and decided to head towards it

Scenic landscape

Tranquil river

Near the entrance to Muiderslot (Muider Castle)

At Muiderslot!

and me

Taken from the top of an elevated area

The historic quayside

Growing trees

Nice view of the mouth of the Vecht

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Why

Sometimes i wonder why i am studying aerospace engineering. Why?

I thought that it will be better studying overseas but it is apparently not the case for aerospace engineering. It just gets harder and harder to muster enough effort to study for something which i had lost interest in.

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Weesp & Muiden Day Trip (16 Feb, Sat) (Part 3)

Continuing the tour of Weesp old town center....

Inside the church (they were selling books to raise funds)

At the Old Town Hall

If only all the bank buildings are this nice

Flag

I took this photo at Laurenskerk

This shot Kian Shing took doesn't work as well though, ha....

Interesting building

Me in the middle of the road

In front of a nice church

This row of shops looks like a huge train

I wonder what is this used for

River with many ducks

We took some time to find an affordable cafe.

Lunch

and the rest of them

I had tosti hawai (ham with pineapple) for 2.40 euros

People selling colourful balloons

We went back to the train station to catch the 12.48 pm bus to Muiden. Each of us bought a strippenkaart at the train kiosk for the use of trams and buses.

Clock tower at the train station

Taking bus 110 to Muiden

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1 more trip booked

Going Prague from 26 May to 28 May. Booked a SkyEurope flight from Amsterdam to Prague which costs 49.5 euros. Rather cheap, coz we are going during the weekdays.

I originally planned for a 4 day Prague trip that includes Cesky Krumlov and Kutna Hora but weekend flights are twice as expensive as weekday flights, and we can only afford to go for 2 days during the weekdays. Never mind, i'll make sure we will make the most out of the 2 days there.

Looks like it will be a traveling extravaganza from April to June.

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I am too slack

I need to focus on studying!

I keep thinking about the traveling plans and options for more traveling (like nearby locations: Gent, Lubeck, Antwerp, Bruges, Hamburg, Cologne, etc)

I get distracted easily when the computer is in front of me.

By the way, our next quarter of studies is converted from a 4 day study week to a 2 day study week! The total number of lecture hours next quarter is less than half the amount we are taking in this quarter.

I must work first and enjoy later!

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Plans

The exams are drawing nearer and nearer. 12 days more to our first paper.

Time is running out against us and we can only try our best to understand the 'chim' concepts within the short span of time available.

Still, we are discussing about how to celebrate after our last paper which is the Flight Dynamics exams on 7 Apr. Can't hardly wait.

I've bought coach tickets to Berlin for just 36 euros! I'll be heading to find Daryl for a 3 day weekend trip in May. Accommodation free!

My traveling schedule from April to June is as follows: Krakow, Brussels, Milan, Venice, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Paris, Berlin, Basel, Zürich, Lucerne, Interlaken, Berne.

That's excluding my 1 month backpacking trip after sch ends! Hope that i won't spend too much money. :P

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Euro

"Gone are the days when we used to run after dollars, holding onto them for rainy days," said Vijay Narain, a tour operator in the city of Agra where the Taj Mahal is located. "Now we prefer the euro. It gives us more riches."

In Bolivia, billboards feature George Washington's image on a $1 bill alongside a bright pink 500 euro note, encouraging savers to turn to the euro to tuck away money earned abroad or sent home in remittances.

"If the dollar's going down ... save it in Euros!!!" say the signs popping up around La Paz for Bolivia's Banco Bisa.

In Manhattan's Bowery district, Billy LeRoy, the owner of Billy's Antiques & Props, prefers payment in euros so he can stockpile the currency for his annual antique buying trip to Paris.

While low dollar cycles have come and gone for decades, experts caution that it's now much more difficult to predict when this one will end because the euro didn't exist as competition for the dollar before.

Extracted from Yahoo! News

Probably a chance for us to earn some bucks as the euro keep appreciating. The exchange rate with sgd is now higher by 0.02 compared to the time we did the telegraphic transfer over. Had we transfered more money over in the past, we would have a higher nett asset value. Volatile times indeed, with the high oil prices and the looming US recession.

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