food and sky

new food.. shepherds' pie..
donn and meihua passed my pie... but hueyying failed it..
today trying again! haha..


As the day of homecoming draws closer, i m starting to take more photos of my beloved neighbourhood (novate milanese) and my school.
All these were taken in one night when i went down to eat gelato with hueyying.
The colours of the sky changed so many colours in one single night.




Wanna show sixiu and cindy how their plant is doing at our house!
The holey leaves but the flowers are growing strong!

2 new dishes

Breaded fish, baked potatoes and honey mustard salad.
yummmmmm....


Apple pie!
Amazingly, they are made using the same recipe.
One Norwegian version and one Italian version.. wahahahaha


I insist that mine is not a potato meat pie!

COMO lago

Lago di Como (lake of Como) was rumored to be Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's wedding took place. I don't know if it really happened there though.

Trip to Varenna. One of the towns around the lake in the arm of Lecco.
Arriving at the train station of Varenna-Esino.



The first scenery which greeted us... any place with water is nice. ha


Found this see-saw and realise my heart is too old for a see-saw thrill.
Our butts practically lifted from the seat each time we are dropped down by Donn..
ARgggggggghhhhhhhhh....


Any trip will be incomplete without gelato.
Visited a nice villa facing the lake too...


Entertaining myself when they are taking photos of each other.. wahaha..


FIUME LATTE (Milk River... the name already got Donn excited..hearing that there is a waterfall there due to the rainfall, Meihua got excited as well).
Really refreshing in the warm weather as we were sprayed lightly by the water flowing down the waterfall. Amazing.


After the splash from the waterfall, we went on a hike to Castle di Vezio.
Up on top of the hill. ha... then.. we began to perspire like waterfalls.. haha



A castle and a crazy man..




and destructive Singaporeans..


Unsuccessful jumping shots.


Going down the hill once again..


We took a boat to another nearby town called Bellagio.
We don't find anything stunning abt it cos most of the things are closed.
I think one casino in LasVegas is named Bellagio because of this town!




A manicured garden at Bellagio


What did we go Bellagio for?
haha.. for Meihua to buy a bag ...


Goodbye Como....


one more month to goodbye italy... haiz...

Random photos

The day when Renzo Piano comes to our school.
He is a famous Italian architect who graduated from Polimi!
We were late for school that morning. Walking as fast as possible, we entered the school building to see our 2 lecturers waving at us while sitting on the railing beside this crowd of people. They told us that they will start lesson only after this interview and talk by Renzo Piano. ha.. Practically all the lessons in school stopped because of him!!!


New plastic sculptures in school!
We still haven't figure out what these gigantic animals are for.
Everyday students who walk past these animals will laugh at them for a while, disturb the animals by shifting them into weird arrangments and taking photos of them like me! haha... a very interactive installation with unknown purpose...


Food once again...
First time we tried the pizza near our home. :) for a lazy-to-cook-dinner night.


Our attempt at nasi lemak! yeah...
i want the fried fish! and IKAN BILLIS!


The old community in Milano.
I went walking around Porta Venezia the other day and found a senior citizen's corner! they enjoy playing longball and chess. No difference from ours back home! :)
And met this very sweet old couple (very very wrinkled skin), hooking arms, walking up and down the street very very slowly.. I also want to be like this when i grow old! the last time shows the old couple strolling with a young couple making out beside them! ha!

Cimitero Monumentale

Never heard abt this place in Milano before..
It just happened one fine day when Yanling suggests to go out and walk.
Some short research online, I saw a small picture of a nice sculpture and we decided to just go and see it.

Unexpectedly, we found a cemetery.
Not a normal cemetery. A cemetery for the filthy rich families.
Their tombs are huge! around 2 to 3 stories high.
We were seriously overwhelmed.......



Stunning main building ..



Amazing tombs..





This is the main monument in the whole Cimitero.
The one I saw online...
The view when u enter the monument... Beautiful!


The smaller tombs in the building.


Their casket van!... eeeeek...


A cemetery becoming a tourist spot. Not a bad idea at all...

desperate

Desperate cravings call for desperate measures..

Meihua made us mee hoon kuey! ha
we even try to cut the dought to get ban mian...

oh my god... BAN mIAN...........................



ha.. ta da! mee hoon kuey tom yam... heavenly...

siao siao weather

the crazy Milano weather.
for 3 or 4 days, the temperature can be super super hot like 34 Deg..
Nothing we have experienced in Singapore. Scorching warm hot..

And the next day, it can rain and rain granular ice and becomes really cold..
like around 11 Deg C. We are becoming quite confused abt the weather and take the
risk every morning of either wearing too little or too much...

First time seeing ice cubes rain..
haha



To us, it sounds fun.. but to the italians, it's dangerous.
The ice cubes can damage cars, buildings if it last for long...