9 Jan 08

Here I am in NL again!!! It was so surprise that Imron, Fon and Pui came picking me up at Schiphol. I was so touching. I arrived at 6.30 am and went back directly to Rotterdam. I quickly packed things and went to class … I was 1 hour late though.

Another thing was that I just noticed that the room, especially the Kitchen area was so dirtyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!! The Chinese roommate didn’t clean and keep tidy at all. On my God!!!

10 Jan 08

I had to come to new room today for checking and paying for the first payment. Erik, the room owner, would go exchange for 6 months. He kept the room clean.

11 Jan 08

I packed most of the stuff in the big luggage and bring to new room today. Since all things were in one luggage, it was not so hard to move. For the rest, I would formally move on 12 Jan 08. Since it was Sat., there was fair market at Blaak, so I bought some fresh vegetable and fruit to the new room.

12 Jan 08

Oh God!!! I packed the rest of my stuff. They were unbelievable that there were this much …. 6 big bags … very much more than I expected!!! Fortunately, I already asked Imron and Nut for help. Firstly, Nut seemed not to come. After a series of influencing [ha ha ha], he [said] felt guilty then came. Fon also came to help clean up the old room before we left.

Finally, we [I, Imron and Nut] arrived the new room around 6 pm. No shops opened, we supposed. As nothing ready to eat, so we ate from the restaurant in the front building. This was the first time I had some kind of Turkish food … a fried potato with some meat and cheese … VERY UNHEALTHY!!!!

15 Jan 08

I, Amanda and Chi had to go the Compass Group in AMS area A … something … for IPD project. The weather was so bad!!! Cloudy, Windy and Rainy … All in one!!! Moreover, since we had to get there at 9 am, I had to get up before 6 am and meet Amanda and Chi before 7.30 am in order to get on the right train. Otherwise, we would be late. However, the guy at Compass was so friendly and helpful. Finally, we got the assignment. It was not that hard and that tough like someone trying to convince us that it would be a real hard task!!!

28 Jan 08

I went back to the old room [Robert Baelde Hall] in order to clean up toilet and shower room as I and the Chinese roommate agree upon [I clean the 2 rooms and he clean the kitchen area]. It was still so dirty!!! I was quite upset that he still didn’t do anything. Only 3 day left before the next inspection!!!

Anyway, I did my job. The toilet’s floor is so dirty so I had to wash it … so stinky!!! L .  The shower room is even worse. Although the floor was OK, the problem was the drain. It was stuck, the water is flow so slow … EEEEEEEEEEh!!!! The problem was hair!!! It blocked the drain and I supposed it was cumulated for years!!! I tried so hard to get them out … so loathed!!!! L

It took too much time than I expected … I didn’t study for the exam as much as I planned … Oh!!! And the room was so nice so I felt lazy … Oh!!! What could I do???

Christmas Break in Thailand

Home sweet home!!! Finally, the day has come. I took the flight on 18 Dec 07 from Schiphol, AMS and arrived Suvarnabhumi, BKK on 19 Dec 07. Although it was a long flight, I hardly slept because I was very excited. Departing from home for a period really can make one so missing the home.

Anyway, when I arrived Suvarnabhumi airport, there were my nany[s] and my youngest brother picking me up. I was so exited.

On 19 Dec 07, I suddenly had lunch with my family and, of cause, I have Thai meal!!! I was missing “Kang Som” and other Thai curry with real Thai favor. For dinner, P’Jai cooked “Nam Prik Ga Pi” …. Oh God!!! It’s so good. This was too good to be true … ha ha ha!!!

One reason I wanted to come back quite early because I would like to attend Christmas Mass at my church with my friends. And I was!!! Although the Mass songs, as well as Christmas songs this year is not so fun [very slow and boring], being with friends and family [I had to force my brothers to go to church … ha ha ha] was really good.

On 28 Dec 07, my first brother set the party at house. It could not be more extreme than this. Having organizer, plenty of flower decoration, hiring photographers, ordering 4 tanks [about 80 liters] of Beer and inviting around 100 guests, Could you believe that!?!?!? All in all, the party was fun and lot of drunk. We [I and my AC friends] drank 3 bottles of wine I bought from NL. Wine in NL is so cheap; about 3 times cheaper than in Thailand. The Bastard Government, taking our taxes and produce nothing!!!

On 31 Dec 07, I invited my BE friends to have New Year party at my house. They came after 9 pm!!! I wanted to have dinner with them too actually but their excuse is family!!! How could I complain??? T_T

Anyway, we had “Kao Toom Pla” that P’Morn made for us, drank 2 bottles of wine and some whiskey. Mostly we played card; Taxes Porker!!! This year I might be good luck since I won the tournament for 1,400 Baht. Last year I lost 6,000 Baht though.

On 5 Jan 08, we had Family Party at my house, with almost 30 persons. It was fun too. I got some gift since this day was my birthday. All of them are clothes!!!

In general, I didn’t come back Thailand just for fun; I brought all assignment with me too. In fact I planned to finish them by 80% during the break, However, I couldn’t … it was only 50% completed, I supposed. The problem was it was hard to concentrate on school stuff when the climate was so relax … ha ha ha!!!  However, I also travel a lot in order to interview many CEO for me thesis topic. It is so sad that I cannot narrow it down to the manageable scope. Anyway, it was a good experience.

Oh God!!! It was 8 Jan 08 I have to go back NL …. I didn’t want to T_T. Another bad thing is that I cannot book for EVA Deluxe I have to take Singapore Economy in stead …. The price is not that cheap but the class and facility is so much different … Oh Poor OAK!!!