Monday, December 20, 2004
abysmal at the beginning when i went for my tour briefing, but a great sense of delight when i was touring and now i regret not getting closer to them at the start of the tour. all of us were sad to part. there was good rapport among the teens of my tour group to switzerland and paris. we played cards and gossiped through the nights by holding slumber parties. although earfuls from disapproving parents were expected, we held on tight to our plan for late night hang-outs in comfortable european hotel rooms. a tribute to the people:
1. michelle tan (my fellow 'twin')
2. edwin (the young boy-boy who got inspiration for the number game from whatever books he could land his hand on)
3.dennis (the big brother of our group who, along with cousin kenneth, tried to scare daniel with ns horror stories)
4. daniel (the smart ri-rjc boy who claimed that i could borrow him as a boyfriend for 2000 camels a month after sarah told us about her friend being offered 175 camels to marry some middle-eastern man)
5. gwendoline (the outgoing girl who got drunk on 3 glasses of wine at moulin rouge)
6. joash (the petite cousin of eugene who always told me to eat the oranges)
7. shawn (the big bully who never failed to throw snowballs at me)
8. parents of daniel and gwen (my darling sugar daddy and mummy who bought me alcoholic chocolates at zermatt)
9. sarah (our knowledgeable tour guide who told us so much about the history of switzerland and france)
10. ben (our belgian driver who claimed his pictures will help us make a lot of money)
i definitely recommend all to visit switzerland, especially cozy interlaken and lovely snowball fight venue zermatt. these two towns are my personal favourites. i remembered the two friendly store owners (one who told me that my german name is michaela) and mad boss of a fondue restaurant in interlaken (where i danced with the boss). of course, zermatt was the place where we had 'battle of the sexes' in a snowball fight. i was the usual target of 3 bullies - shawn, joash and daniel. my dear kamikaze brother helped me! i felt that snowball fights were good times to build rapport. at least for us, we got closer after playing on the snow field. i learnt that snowballs are not so easy to make, unlike in cartoons. after saying 'au revoir' to switzerland, we went to paris. paris is indeed a lovely and romantic place. i love arc de triumph, more than the eiffel tower. nonetheless, this city doesn't beat geneva, where lots of important people go for forums and meetings, in terms of international respect. that's all i can remember for now. i shall blabber more next time. for now, a shout out to my dear friends of the tour group. i miss them! (:
back row: dennis, brandon, gwen, mandy, mich ng, mich tan, edwin, daniel
center row: sarah, nique, shawn, marvin
front: joash (whom we gave a pizza in paris for his birthday)
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