Things to do in Stockholm

Eat one of these (the meat's a bit on the pungent side for me, but B's a fan):

Hunt for the narrowest street in Gamla Stan:

Visit the world's largest spherical building (*guffaw*):

Enjoy a bewdiful romantic sunset with your non-romantic platonic flatmate (no Swedish Svens tried to pick us up :( ):

Just quickly

Paris for a day and night (which has more metal, Eiffel Tower, or Harbour Bridge?)

With Shuai and Stan :)

YUMMY snacks at Pierre Herme (that chocolate cake right infront costs EU$70!)

Pho for dinner before the Eurostar home :D

"We ALL have boyfriends!"

I won't point the finger at the gal who came up with that line on Saturday night, but it definitely did the trick of chasing away those Frenchmen who had innocently asked us, "Can we join your table?"

*lol*

Some of us even managed to get marriage proposals that night. Others managed to drunkenly drench themselves in wine (if you look closely at the pic, you'd be able to to tell who, oops). And only one of us managed not to throw up the next day *grin*

15 quid will get you in at the Roof Gardens Club in Kensington. For 500 quid (minimum spend), you can book yourself a table (which we just slyly stole anyway). The venue itself is great! You'd never believe that such a large garden area could be setup on the top floor of a building in Rondon. The only thing is, the club doesn't stay open for very long. At 3am, the music stopped (we drank enough to dance to RnB), the lights went on, and we all trundled home. Massive hangovers all around.

Thanks for the great night gals :)

Big. Mistake.

I downloaded an Uwe Boll movie. I'm a fan of horror movies, and "Alone in the Dark" sounded like a scary enough title. Oh, it's scary alright, but for completely all the wrong reasons. It's scary that someone can make a bad movie, that's not at the same time hilarious to watch (like Jean-Claude Van Damme movies. I love JCVD (the muscles from Brussels!). His movies are terribly terrible yet soo entertaining, but I'll review JCVD movies another day).

Uwe Boll. The producer who recently challenged all his critics to a boxing match. Yes, he has that many enemy critics. For good reason. UB is infamous for making movies out of video games. Only, the movie is never like the video game. You can almost hear the breaking hearts of Nerds around the world everytime UB announces he's making a movie :) The Nerds have even united to put forward an online petition to stop UB.

You can watch UB pounding a critic here. Funny how he never mentioned that he's an amateur boxer when he made the invite.

I'm not going to waste my time reviewing "Alone in the Dark". Others have done the job for me, read this.

*Swoooooon*

I'm sorry, but:

Mr Darcy! So swoon worthy...

It's all a lie though, I haven't met any rich English gentlemen like Mr Darcy here :P (It's kinda like how I didn't meet any hottie Ricky Martin lookalikes in Sth America)

I wanty!

Behold! Aluminium beauty!

I know I don't need it... I know it's going to annoy me without a screen and only having 1GB capacity... But... It's beautiful... I -must- have... However, be warned, Apple's great at aesthetics, but few people realise the hell Apple can put you through. If you're ever in Rondon, check out the long queue of disgruntled customers with broken Apple goods at the "Genius" bar, who get even more disgruntled when they're told appointments for technical support are all full up and they have to make an online appointment. My own experience, I had to try for two weeks solid to get an online appointment with the "Geniuses", just to get a key replaced.

HECS free...

My Mum did my tax today, and I've finally worked off my HECS debt. It's only taken me... 5 years to pay off my education! Holy fck. I should've worked as a prostitute instead of an IT consultant.

Tabooboo

... the sex toy vending machine! Found it outside the toilets at Turnmills. Now, who in their right mind is going try out a sex toy in a skanky little club toilet while dozens of girls are lining up right outside the door?

Pee-in-a-tube kit

My very own:

You didn't really believe me when I said things here worked differently, did you? :) So what's this for? Is it because I've applied for a highly classified secret agent job at a sooper dooper government agency and they're doing a drug test on me?

Nope.

It's because I'm trying to register at a GP clinic. You can't just walk into any old clinic to see a doctor here. You have to scout out the closest clinic to your place of residence, take proof of address documents and passport, fill in forms, make another appointment to see a nurse and collect your pee-in-a-tube kit. All this, just to register at a clinic O_o I'm not even sick and trying to see a doctor!

You're lucky I didn't pee in the tube before I blogged ;)

Tiger soup

Well, I showed my Dad the picture of Snake Vodka. Disturbingly he replied, "believe it or not, Mum has given all of you TIGER soup to drink". What the?!? My Mum's comment on the topic is, "Don't you remember you had Tiger soup, best for Asthma. Your Uncle went hunting and made Tiger soup." I guess Tiger soup is better than the "hairless baby rat soaked in brandy and gulped down with raw chicken egg" remedy my Dad was telling me about.

"Eat endangered animal" is now unintentionally on my list of achievements.

Snake vodka anyone?

I came across this at Selfridges the other day:

Yup, Snake Vodka for the upperclass English folk :) None of the dodgy looking stuff you can get from Asia. This Snake Vodka is prettily packaged and sells for around 25 quid! Also available from the same brand (Edible) is Civet Coffee. You know, the coffee bean that comes from the arse end of a Sumatran cat. I'm sure there's a reason why there's a market for it, and it might even be the tastiest coffee in the world, but... I don't even eat chicken butt, let alone cat droppings.

I earn my dinner in the Beenix household by making cocktails for the cook. Lately it's been raspberry caprioskas made from B's yummy Belvedere Vodka stash. I wonder if I should prank the cook with some Snake Vodka. Here's my mix for raspberry caprioska:
- Ice
- 1 shot Belvedere Vodka
- 2 shots sugar syrup
- 1/2 juicy lime squeezed
- Handful raspberries (at least the Brits grow tasty raspberries)
- Shake shake shake!