Shop & Spend!

i finally went out to shop!...got some stuff for my trip..but not all of it..i feel so laid bac abt packing! haha...

grrr...

act daoz!











cheeeese!

mm..mm!

stole my shades!

her & her







she loves it!

i...love it tooo....
jus..in a diff way...haha..

Meet @ Swedish Ambassador's Home

The Swedish Ambassador invited us to his place for a warm reception last wed and we were really grateful for e opportunity.

Although it was a little ulu, located at Andrew Road (near media corp), the mansion (which belonged to e embassy of sweden) was huge and beautiful!

Gardens...private pool...

Entering the walkway, we were greeted by e male house servants (which were locals!). I'm not sure if i hav met a local servant b4 (let alone male)...but they are all young, educated and really polite!

e place was filled with beautiful candles and swedish designed furnitures...
even e toilet was posh!..which resembled those u hav in hotels...with face towels provided etc..

There were a variety of ppl dat was invited to the event so dat we can hav a good round of interactions...from head of science research..to venture capitalists focusing on swedish brands..to even swedish undergrads interning in e embassy in Singapore.

We were treated to danish and swedish delights at the mansion...open sandwiches etc...prepared by a danish chef who was jus flown into Singapore to prepare meals for e ambassador..(wad great living!)..n e food was needless to say..fantastic!...we were treated to unlimited Lakerol too...they are of cos...swedish..lol..

i didn't take pics when we were in there..since it was an official SMU event with external parties..wouldnt hav reflected well.

we realli learnt a great deal at these exchanges and though e course is expensive..it is definitely worth it!
In e interaction with e undergrads frm sweden..i learnt something incredible! I was aware that their tax rates were abt 50% (n u thot spore tax was high!)...but wad i did not know was dat when we stay in a hostel/hotel in the city..we pay e hotel fees, service charges..And....CITY TAX! I was.."wad's city tax?" n they explained..u have to pay..for entering the city...

n i was amazed!..i felt like i was a car!..with a inbuilt cashcard unit..n i'm being charged ERP..*di-di*(buzz from IU)*

but of cos..dat wasnt e gist of wad we learnt. there was alot alot of differences in e ppl n biz environment dat even after projects n research...we werent able to discover till u speak to ppl there. Cant wait to experience it first hand when i'm there!

Prior to this session, we also met up with the danish ambassador previously and courtesy of some research by naresh...we found out dat e ministry did a brief write up abt us!

Write up & photos on SMU students (us!) visiting denmark for our BSM was posted in their official govt website (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark)!

To read abt us Click Here!

Young Scandinavian Executive Meet @ Indochine (Forbidden City)

Part of my Business Study Mission (BSM) to Scandinavia..was to go chill and meet some young scandinavians workin in spore...

how cool is dat?class @ indochine...

it was made possible courtesy of... .... ... *ta-dah* none other than clarence n me!...haha..jk...but..yeah to some extend its true..cos we brought to e prof's attention abt Johan..a 33 yr old swedish guy who is doin a full time course in SMU. I admire his determination n courage..comin half way ard e world...to sch here. i'm amazed dat ppl in Sweden knows abt SMU!

Anywayz...many thanx to Johan for bridging the gap and bringing us to the mthly meeting between e scandinavian executives..

Overall...i wouldnt say that all of them welcomed talkin to us...but there were still a handful dat were extremely friendly and helpful! (n they were all ladies. hm...dao guys!)

A lady in her late 20's demonstrated with me...to many ard us...as to wad kind of eye contacts to make n how u toast in sweden..which was so cool!

Later in e nite..Johan offered to get us into a private event for a magazine's opening party. we were skeptical as to whether we could get in cos..we werent realli invited...n quoting Johan..he jus said "i dunno if we can get in..but they prob want some white guys ard..its a launch party".
n how rite he was!

he went up to e bouncer..spoke to him abt him being scandinavians..n they let him in!..n he jus told them we are 'with him'...n we got let in too! gosh..they realli favour caucasians here...

but hey..i'm grateful to johan..he nv ever says no to us! n we've got freeflow of housepours at e private event...with lots of beautiful models. for e first time in spore..i felt outnumbered! the place was filled with foreign counterparts...chinese were minority!

n with all e beautiful ppl frm all over e world...i reacted...byyyyyy....

leaving e party early. lol. yes. dats cos ver was flying over to HK for a shopping trip over e weekend..n to visit disneyland..n we thot we'd catch glimpse of each other b4 she flies e next morn..

Clubbing @ Dbl O

although i am no longer a clubber in any sense..i headed to dbl o...since..i was free..jio-ed..n ver was out of town..

vain pot!!! cant stop making up in e car!

lame coasters!

stop spyin on me!







camwhore!!

the music dat day was pretty turn off...retro...
sigh..man...i am tooo young for retro! i am a young boi! no retro! haha...didnt take long for me to leave dat nite..
esp when i werent realli drinking..(no longer hardcore drinker + i drove)...

faith n i left earlier..n had a longggg chat..a long overdue one..we haven been meetin for sooo long..
it was gd to catch up!

Supper & Overnite Chilling

addy came n stayed over e followin nite!...cookie....

Poser~..

dao face!

erm....

wad r u starin at?!?!