A Friday evening in the city centre

Posted on May 19, 2012 by kewl

During the day I met my old class mate Luc and toured him and his wife around the city. It was great! When it was done, I met by accident an old work mate whose daughter is twice as tall each time I see her . But this time we stopped for a drink/snack and spent some more time together than just saying “Hi, how are you? See you next time!”

In the evening, I followed Egle and her boyfriend to the city centre. There were many groups playing drum in different places in the city; that was awesome! Stopped for a drink at Konrad Cafe, watched some drums, walked around the city corniche, did some window shopping and had another drink at Banana’s. And once again, I meet some friend I haven’t seen for while, except at the supermarket when I was in a hurry; so we had another drink

Video and pictures:

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Hiking on Thursday

Posted on May 17, 2012 by kewl

Thanks to Stefanie for organizing this hiking trip. Everyone in the group was lively and joyful – once again it proved that nice people attract nice people

Meetup was at the train station in Luxembourg City.

The train was so busy – I never saw so many people in a train in this country. We left the train in Colmar-Berg to follow the CFL 29 and we miserably failed right at the beginning. So we walked an extra hour because we didn’t decide to cross the Alzette river. Also, we’ve been very lucky with the weather, yay!

Pictures

Map

According to the GPS, we walked 14.72 km.

Here’s the cfl29 GPX track file.

After

The return train was so busy, we had to stay on the steps (the normal fine is three thousand Euros for blocking the way). Arrived in Luxembourg City, I rented a Veloh bike to go back home and suddenly I heard someone shouting my name. It was a old mate from high school who was visiting Luxembourg and we didn’t see each other for at least 15 years. We decided to meet on the next day. Small world

Haw Par Villa is worth a visit

Posted on April 16, 2012 by kewl

Also known as Tiger Balm Gardens, Haw Par Villa is a garden in South-West Singapore built by the owners of Tiger Balm in 1937 and represents with its statues the Chinese mythology and legends.

It is located along Pasir Panjang Road and can be reached at Haw Par Villa MRT Station (CC25) on the Circle Line.

If it wasn’t recommended by some friends in Singapore, I wouldn’t have spent a couple of hours (which is definitely not enough) there; so I decided to share this quick and dirty post. This place is really weird and attractive: I recommend a visit to anyone curious about what the others believe in; you don’t have to believe in reincarnation yourself. And the admission is free of charge.

Since the Wikipedia page about Haw Par Villa provides more information here are the pictures!

View the entire album on my gallery (111 photos) or visit the Best of on flickr if that’s too much for you. Below is a sample.

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Strasbourg time lapse video

Posted on January 31, 2012 by kewl

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Time lapse video in Place Kleber, Strasbourg. Direct link to the video file (720p)

Visit Luxembourg

Posted on January 25, 2012 by kewl

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Summary of a winter day in Luxembourg. Direct link to the video file.

Soundtrack: Mr. Hyde – Village Of The Damned

Orchard, Little India and Chinatown

Posted on December 17, 2011 by kewl

Christmas decoration on Orchard Road

Illuminated tree

Plaza Singapura

Little India

Chinatown MRT Station

Chinatown

Another day in Malacca

Posted on December 16, 2011 by kewl

Red and green plant

Sculpted animals

Parking irony

God of Luck?

Rabbist

Heavy rain, shaped tree

Tree/plants

St Francis Xavier

Lantern

Chinese graves

Malacca City

Posted on December 15, 2011 by kewl

Flower

Solar cells mural

Dragon house, by Pakey, 2011

Huge flower

Green (mural) house

Modern white, black & red paint

Statues at Cheng Hoon Teng temple,

the oldest functioning temple in Malaysia.

Datuk Wira Dr. Gan Boon Leong

Malacca Straits Mosque

Country, Land, Nation

Jasmine flower

House of Faith

Plant

Sail (painted)

Bamboo and mural grid

Xiang Lin Si Temple

Dragon ball statue

Elephant statue

Malacca Straits Mosque

In Memory of the unfortunate Chinese victims…

In Memory of the unfortunate Chinese victims during the Japanese occupation in Malacca.
When the Japanese invaded China, the Overseas Chinese everywhere formed anti-Japanese movements. Their resistance included remittance to China and also taking up arms along-side the Allies in defense of their countries of residence.
Malacca fell into the hands of the Japanese on the 15th day of January, 1942.
Thousands of Chinese lost their lives. The methods of execution were barbaric and inhuman. Burying a few hundred people alive in a well and throwing babies and children into the air and catching them with fixed bayonets are but two of the many awesome methods adopted.
After the surrender of the Japanese, the remains of these victims were collected from various known places by the Chinese residents and collectively buried at the foot of this Bukit China Hill.
This monument erected in memory of these unfortunate and heroin dead was unveiled officially by His Excellency Sir Edward Gent then High Commissioner of The Federation of Malaya, on the 5th day of April 1948.

Arrived in Melaka

Posted on December 14, 2011 by kewl

Green-enlightened plant

Enlightened tree

Menara Taming Sari

A tower with panoramic view of Melaka

Plane

Plane in park

Saint Paul’s Church at night

St. Paul’s Church is a historic church building in Malacca, Malaysia that was originally built in 1521. It is located at the summit of St. Paul’s Hill and is today part of the Malacca Museum Complex comprising the A Famosa ruins, the Stadthuys and other historical buildings.