Monday, January 23, 2006
Went to Malmo
Day started with some push-ups and crunches. I feel that my fitness has dropped much; not that I am very fit to begin with though. Sharmaine messaged that Janice, Jerald and Alec came back in the morning from the welcome party and they would be unable to join us. Quite wasted I think: to waste one morning recovering from the aftermath of the party.
The snow was terrible to my standard: ~8 cm. The walk from Dephi to Sparta to meet the rest was difficult: the road was icy slippery sometimes and sometimes it was shin-deep snow.
We took bus 171 and it was approximately a 20 min ride to Malmo. The first stop was a at square in which a couple of Asian mini-mart and restaurants congregated. I bought some sauces. Marina (my corridor neighbor), asked in the evening why I buy asian stuff in Sweden. I answered that I want to cook some asian dishes for my neighbors; and hopefully I don’t mess up their taste buds with my below-mediocre culinary skills.
It was freezing: I took off my gloves while operating my camera for 5 min and the cold bit me hard. It was painful. Sharmaine and I decided to seek refuge at a fashion store down the street while the others continued to take pictures. Even though I like to take pictures, the cold was definitely bitter enough to put down my enthusiasm.
We thought of eating at an Asian restaurant, but the price was a little too high: 70-90SEK ~17SGD. And we settled for our all time favourite: kebab. This time, the kebab and fries are too salty to my liking.
We made our way to the Malmo Museum after lunch. Got a bit lost and bumped around for directions. Cyrus, Chen Di and Wei Hao were walking so fast that the rest of us decided to gave up the trip to the museum. So while the trio were seeing around the museum, the rest of us took some pictures at the park en-route to the museum. The park was beautiful. A particular snowy path looked almost exactly like one of the scene from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The last 15 min of the museum opening is free and we took a quick walk around it after all the picture-snapping fun. Basically, the museum is a mixed museum. There is some natural history, some arts, and some history.
How could we not visit IKEA in Sweden?! And so, the last destination was to IKEA. Ok, there wasn’t much difference in the Singapore IKEA store and the Malmo, Sweden IKEA store. Just that the furniture and stuff in Malmo are the latest in design and that it will take some time for them to come to Singapore. Did I say the place was bigger? The duo floor shopping place is 1.5-2 times the size of Singapore’s store.
The snow was terrible to my standard: ~8 cm. The walk from Dephi to Sparta to meet the rest was difficult: the road was icy slippery sometimes and sometimes it was shin-deep snow.
We took bus 171 and it was approximately a 20 min ride to Malmo. The first stop was a at square in which a couple of Asian mini-mart and restaurants congregated. I bought some sauces. Marina (my corridor neighbor), asked in the evening why I buy asian stuff in Sweden. I answered that I want to cook some asian dishes for my neighbors; and hopefully I don’t mess up their taste buds with my below-mediocre culinary skills.
One of the few stores in Malmo that sells asian stuff
It was freezing: I took off my gloves while operating my camera for 5 min and the cold bit me hard. It was painful. Sharmaine and I decided to seek refuge at a fashion store down the street while the others continued to take pictures. Even though I like to take pictures, the cold was definitely bitter enough to put down my enthusiasm.
We thought of eating at an Asian restaurant, but the price was a little too high: 70-90SEK ~17SGD. And we settled for our all time favourite: kebab. This time, the kebab and fries are too salty to my liking.
We made our way to the Malmo Museum after lunch. Got a bit lost and bumped around for directions. Cyrus, Chen Di and Wei Hao were walking so fast that the rest of us decided to gave up the trip to the museum. So while the trio were seeing around the museum, the rest of us took some pictures at the park en-route to the museum. The park was beautiful. A particular snowy path looked almost exactly like one of the scene from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. The last 15 min of the museum opening is free and we took a quick walk around it after all the picture-snapping fun. Basically, the museum is a mixed museum. There is some natural history, some arts, and some history.
How could we not visit IKEA in Sweden?! And so, the last destination was to IKEA. Ok, there wasn’t much difference in the Singapore IKEA store and the Malmo, Sweden IKEA store. Just that the furniture and stuff in Malmo are the latest in design and that it will take some time for them to come to Singapore. Did I say the place was bigger? The duo floor shopping place is 1.5-2 times the size of Singapore’s store.
# posted by William : 1:56 PM
Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home
<< Home
