Friday, February 9, 2007

A Long Overdued Post

Time flies and February's here. Actually one third of February is gone. Somehow I feel that I am not making full use of my time here. Only been out of town once and that's really pathetic. I haven't really explored Stockholm. I am ashamed to say this, but I only go to school for lessons, T-centralen for the bank and shopping, and the various supermarkets to buy groceries. There's so much said about the partying here, but I have only been to the school party at Nymble. I really ought to go out more, really walk around Stockholm and do some photography. Heck, I haven't gone to take pictures of Gamla Stan yet. That reminds me of somthing really funny -- JM haven't been to Gamla Stan before the time we went a few weeks back. But he sure has a more interesting life here than me, he learnt to bake a mean carrot cake and has skated on the frozen lake... I better stop procrastinating and start shooting. Want to go n take some sunrise and sunset shots. N also night shots - need to take that dusty tripod out.

Kaunas - It's the 2nd city in Lithuania. Used to be the capital but the capital has shifted to Vilnius. It's a nice quiet city, even in the middle of the day it's rather empty and relaxed. The buildings are old, worn out, with paint peeling. There's quite a bit of construction/restoration going on in the streets. At night the streets are almost deserted. The only night activities are probably the slot machines in the casino, dinner and clubbing. Of course, we spend the 2 nights there clubbing/drinking. The crowd was surprisingly good and the drinks were damn cheap. It really felt like it was almost free sometimes when u compare it with prices in Sweden and Sinagpore. For once, I felt quite rich in Europe.

Kaunas, Lithuania 2-4 Feb