el_M: In the moonlight...

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Now its Day X ever since I returned from Italy... really regretful of not having any chance to pen mi chronicles in Italy and that beautiful city of Stockholm... but cant blame wad, aft Day 6 in Italy, thr was so much touring n performances tt I cant find miself resting in my room or hostel for more than 30 mins a shot, other than for sleeping... n also, after de trip I just became plain lazy, yar so blame me la... haz...

Ok so let's look at more highlights of my Italian escapade...

Como and Bellagio

Como is a BEAUTIFUL TOWN...

and has a BEAUTIFUL CHURCH...

and we took a BEAUTIFUL FERRY RIDE...

towards BEAUTIFUL BELLAGIO...

I really gotta say tt de day in Como and Bellagio was de BEST DAY i had in Italy... such scenery... n it aint so crowded like de major cities of Venice, Florence, Milan and Rome... would really really love to go back to Como one day... haz

Venice

Fascinating city, wif all de interlocking canals which added to its beauty... Specially known for its Venetian-styled masquerade masks and Murano glassware... Well wad more can I ask for? But too bad, just too bad tt it had become all too touristy, wif such HUGE CROWD of tourists all ard... took away some of de charm...

Florence

Florence was at first kinda lost on me as I didn really appreciate its architecture tt much, mebe cos of de overload of churches and cathedrals... some more most of them nid to pay n cant take pics... SIANZ!!! But well, I came to realise tt Florence had a real bustling art scene, so much so tt even de buskers r professional musicians! Goodness!!! Also, we found some real nice places (Piazza Michaelangelo and Fiesole) from which we can see Florence at a bird's eye view! One word: UNFORGETTABLE!!! Also, I tried de BEST STEAK i've ever eaten in Florence! BISTECCA ALLA FIORENTINE!!! BURP!!!

Rome

Well, here we are! THE LARGEST OPEN-AIR MUSEUM U CAN EVER WALK INTO!!! Serious! Every alley you turn in Rome will behold u yet another monument, church, statue, or obelisk! Thrs so blardy many things to see and take pics wif... I was NUTHING SHORT OF AWED... And some places worth visiting in Rome are de Vatican Museum (especially the Sistine Chapel) and St. Peter's Basilica!!! I can only say tt St. Peter's Basilica can make the Milan Duomo look damn small!!!

Stockholm

Really man! I can't believe that such a city exist! I dunno whether it shd be regarded as a city even, cos while it's densely populated, thr didn seem to be crowds ard, and de whole place is so peaceful! De views across its many bridges are so nice, it's like u're completely taken to another world! I visited the royal palace, and while grand as it may be like de many cathedrals in Italy, it also has de warm feeling of home! Stockholm is another city I will wanna visit again man!!!

So in short, I really had a SWELL TIME there!!! It was so darn hard to just leave man... Darn missed Italy and Stockholm...

Well so after tt LOOOOONG trip I returned to SG just for a few days b4 flying yet again to Taiwan! Will be touching on Taiwan in de nxt entry, so stay tuned!!!

Dennis ~ 1:19 am

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Day 6 in Italy...

Well, just gotta say sorry to all my extremely-anticipatory readers (well, AS IF i have any) cos i had been too busy playing to blog... hell i dun even have time to go on MSN on a daily basis like how i was in Sg!!! (read: SG everyday go online, no fun; IT no time for online, super fun!!!)

Since my last entry, so much has happened!!! It had been tour tour tour concert concert concert in Italy, from cities to towns to villages to towns to cities to... ... ... ... ... wah i can just go on n on n on... buay tahan siaz!!!

Some highlights:

The Milan Duomo

Ok so that pic has said everything i wanna say... need i say more??? Alrite, now for some pics on de inside of the Duomo...

Ok nuff said... next, San Siro!!!

Ok for a soccer buff like me, thr aint no excuse to miss San Siro after i have travelled to Milan... to the uninformed, San Siro happens to be de home of the European Champions AC Milan!!! I was like blardy excited when i got thr la!!! Just too bad I didn have enuff time, or Id get into de stadium for all de pics I can take! So I culd onie take pics frm outside...

Well, not de best... but I guess having de chance to go San Siro is gd enuff liao haz... ended up gg to de San Siro store n got miself a jersey and lanyard... got de jersey at onie 49 euros!!! SHIOKZ!!!

Wahz... at dis rate, i dun ever wanna go back to SG liao la!!! Hahahaha...

Ok anywae, I shared de happy news, now to break one sad news... will be "decommissioning" my blue shades after using it for 2 years, as it has become old and scratchy liao... sigh...

Ode to my shades

Bro, I think ure worthy of tt word after all u've done for me, keeping all those harmful UV rays frm mi delicate eyes while I go abt doing things under de unforgiving sun... Thanks for all these months of adding a delicate bluish hue to my surroundings, mesmerising me wif all de beauty of de world which i culdnt have enjoyed otherwise... Also I gotta apologise for treating u like trash whilst ure still ard, and taking u for granted, never having bothered to clean u up, and exposing u to all those harmful moisture, which resulted in u having developed a host of "pock marks" which cannot be removed at all... So as of todae, before I keep u into a box till god-noes-when, its time for me to say a final goodbye to u...

To my shades, my fren and bro... BUONA NOTTE...

Dennis ~ 1:57 am

Monday, July 02, 2007

Day 4 of Not-in-Singapore

Oh well, my plans of keeping a daily digest of my trip didn exactly materialise, cos it had been return-home-dead-in-de-nite, and I had been too shagged to think of wad to write... So all i did was to dump my fotos in my com and Facebook, and get to bed quickly...

De past 4 days have been good, at least for me... found tt its not that difficult for me to get myself accustomed to life in Italy since I had been eating pasta n pizza since young... n mi hostess is a great cook! really like de food she whip up siaz!

Travelling wise, not exactly fantastic yet... yup i MUZ empahsise on de YET, cos i havent visited de big cities like Milan, Florence, Venice or Rome... but obviously thr r some places tt r worth mentioning...

First is de place whr our Band Festival is held: BESANA IN BRIANNZA... actually thr aint nuthing special abt dis small town... but it houses de most impressive chapel i had seen so far... de town centre building (guess its ok to call it that way) is also quite a looker!

Another place: LECCO, a town beside a lake... really love de scenery thr, thou i can be sure of finding better places... will be gg to Como which, as they said, has better views...

So far, I had played in 2 concerts, in Medolago and Besana... they had been resounding successes n we were given standing ovations by de audiences!!! man, its de 1st 2 times in my life to actually have tt haz... shiokz man!!!

alrite, so tt sums up mi past few days... still got a lot more but im too lazy to pen it... ok nxt, will be in milan for 2 days!!! looking fwd to it siaz!!!

Dennis ~ 8:18 am