..the rose and the amaranth..

Tonight I felt like eating something sweet. But I'm lazy to got out so this is what I did. I fried the frozen roti canai, mashed it a little, puts a dash of peanut butter and chocolate on it, plus some ice cream.

Hmm it doesnt really capture the essence.

 

 

In the end I couldnt finish it because it was too sweet.

..Merci!..

 I'm treating myself.  :)

..Cheesecake...

 Unboxing.

 Too close for comfort.

 Here we go.

And with the price at just 50rubles, this little cake is a steal! :D

..the first of the Seven Sisters..

I woke up sort of early today. And suddenly I had the urge to go take pictures. I just wanted to take a walk really. So what are these Seven Sisters? They are Stalinist style skyscrapers with almost the same characteristics and specs, commissioned to be build by Joseph Stalin of course, who wanted the West to know that the Soviet Union means business, and have character.



So today I only went to one of it, the main building of the Moscow State University, the most prestigious university of Russia. When my parents came here last summer, me and my sister brought them here as it is one of Moscow's main attraction. I wanted to finish visiting all Seven Sisters today, but then realized that they were too far apart and it was kind of hard to finish them all in a day. It is possible, but today was not the day for me. It was a fun experience though. I walked all the way from behind the Red Square until I actually reached Metro Oktyabrskaya. I never knew it was that near! Anyway, enjoy the pictures taken by my modest little digicam :)

The library of the Moscow State University.

The underpass from the library to the main building of MSU.

The first of the Seven Sisters, the main building of the Moscow State University.

First stop of the day was Metro Universitet.

Exit of the underpass from the library.

The statue of the founder, Lomonosov.

Neo gothic and Stalinist style skyscraper.

Having a bit of a break at Beard Papa, with its awesome creampuffs.

Students roaming the compound.

High end restaurant with unusual exterior.

Low end snack and fast food ;)

A statue and its pet lion.

A couple was having their marriage pictured with what seem like a professional photographer.

Храм Христа Спасителя. Quite a marvelous architectural achievement.

Somehow I like this picture the most amongst others.

Taken from the bridge.

The Red October Chocolate Factory and the controversial and unpopular monument to Peter the Great.

Trying a Venice shot :p

Very nice weather for today.

Funky ass lamp.

What kind of movie is this? Only in Russia.

Lomo.

For those Disney enthusiasts.

From here, I started walking into the unknown, with pleasant surprises :)

Weird building. Of course a picture is a must!

Pancho David Villa.

Actually my main mission was to find a new table lamp, to cool down my laptop.

I like Ashan Gagarin a lot. Its clean, large and there's not too much people.

So I found Viet Cafe! :)

..Berlin again..

Train corridor. Very nice and comfy.

Turkish delight! :D

Some advertisement hhehe :)

Brandenburger Tor.

Inside the train compartment. Its a standard 6 seater.

Trying to look bad ass.

RSMU contingent heheh.

As you can see, I'm really really cold.

With the ladies :)

Well somebody is fond of me =p

Inside the train terminal. Quite cold!

Berlin Hauptbahnhof, train terminal. Very nice and modern.

Just arrived in Berlin Tegel International Airport.

The gang :)

The Parliament.

Sooo...last winter holiday I went on a Eurotrip again, this time with Hazirah (Ajee), Irfan (Ipe), Diana (Yana) and Sharifah. It will be my first time traveling by train around Europe, so I was looking forward to it, the experience and all. The weather was of course, unforgiving, but you have to expect that, since it was winter. It still is winter here in Moscow, what with blizzard and all. Truth is, traveling during winter is much much cheaper for us students. But just a few hours before boarding Air Berlin at the Moscow Domodedovo Airport, there were news about suicide bombing at that exact airport. Not wanting to worry my parents, I called my dad and told him about it. He just told me take extra care and don't walk alone. You'll never walk alone =p Ipe quickly called Air Berlin and asked them about our flight, and it seems that ours was good to go. Due to the commotion, the taxi asked us to go to the airport an extra 2 or 1 hour early because he don't want us to run into trouble in regards to the tragedy. When we arrived there, it seems like its normal and really, the only thing was that there more Militsiya (police) personnel and police dogs. Other than that, you wouldn't know that a bomb exploded just hours ago. Russia just has her ways of covering up eh.

We arrived in Berlin in the morning, the flight was excellent, good job Air Berlin. I think this would be my second time in Berlin Tegel International Airport. Didnt really had breakfast much, because Berlin would just be our transit before taking the train to Prague in the afternoon, so we kinda have to rush. Sharifah and Ajee havent been to Berlin before, so they were extra excited. But Ajee and Ipe were rushing us so much so it gets me kinda annoyed. The weather was pathetic. It was raining, windy and cold. As it was, the train terminal was not that far away from the famed Brandenburg Gate, so we took a walk. And it was a hell of a walk, what with the rain and all. Funny thing, we bumped into our batchmates, Kumen, Hari, Yan and their girlfriends. Out of all places, heheh.

We didnt really went anywhere far, just around those places, the Berlin Memorial, buying souvenirs and stuffs, then went back to the train terminal to have a rest and a good decent lunch. The lunch was a Turkish meal, and it was delightful. Expensive? Yes, but this is Europe, and something's gotta give.

After a very delicious lunch, we boarded the train, and we were off to Prague, Republic Czech :)