trip to rome

graduated and killing time before i go off for holiday in an exotic place non other than...
ROME.
yo ITALY~~
hehe.

so here i am, trying not to "waste my online time" (as my dad calls facebook and blogs) by doing some research on rome.
cuz if i dont, my dad'll probably get us lost...
no sense to ask for directions and all=p

ok, let's look at d top list o "must see"s:

1. the Roman Colosseum-- gladiators and wild beasts! at least in d old days. seats 50,000. one o d world's NEW 7 wonders.
2. Palatine and the Roman Forum-- remember SEJARAH form4, ppl? this is d place where DEMOCRACY was born!
3. Vatican and the Sistine Chapel-- vatican->pope->smallest country in d world->centre o catholic church. hmm ya, and d sistine chapel contains Michaelangelo's work, only one o which is signed by him. (check out d story by following d last link listed bellow)
   
4. Trevi Fountain-- besides being an architectual marvel, it is also, in short, a WISHING WELL. haha. same "throw coin in granted return visit" story. then again, dad says that a fountain cannot differentiate between an euro coin and a m'sian coin so could we pls bring some 20 sen coins to throw.
5. the Catacombs-- used by d early christians in d days o prosecution by romans... they are close to 2000 YRS old. seriously cool.

besides this top5, there's also attractions like
the Pantheon, Park of the Monsters, Baths of Caracalla, Vatican Museums, Museum of Sanitary Arts (this is positively weird), Aqua store (yes it sells ntg but water), poste vaticane (vatican post office) etc.

recommended websites: strange (but true, i hope), serious, interesting, only if you'r into ancient churches.
follow d links if you like a description.

then there's also d FOOD.
*going wide-eyed and starts to drip over d keyboard*
my aunt specifically asked us to try italian ICE-CREAM.
not pasta, it's d ice-creams tht's worth d plane tickets.
according to her, it comes in a few stacked scoops and tastes like heaven.
probably costs like hell though><.
haha~

k gtg for now.
will update w real photos when i get back.
hope i wont get too fat.

ciao~~

NS

stup stup stup khidmat negara...
of all times to send me a letter...
it has to come a few days before i leave d country,
and at a time when its official site crashed.
urgh.

anyone else got a letter?

still debating whether or not to extend it... again.
on one hand, it'd b quite a cool experience.
on d other hand, wht if coincided w my studies? would i b able to extend it then?
again, let me ponder d stupidity o having d official "khidmet negara" site crashed...
and a "for further enquiries, pls call" number THT IS FOREVER BUSY!!!

FINISHED EXAMS

I'VE FINISHED MY SUEC

wow.

im still in a state o shock actually.

am i really and truly done w it?

still feel d urge to pick up my txtbks to revise.




but still...

d hours spent walking arnd sg wang

and d hours spent surfing d net

and d hours going to be spent doing cross-stitch...


feels real enough.

guess im really done w UEC.





HOORAY!!