Amsterdam Trip

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und?)Next , we visited the National Monument, New CHurch, Royal Palace and the Sex Museum. ChECK OUT THE pics..Oh.. i was helping out with a street performer too! Haha..that was fun! 10 mins of fame with all the eyes on both of us !


~Sex museum on Damrak- Look how happy they were!!~
yeahh...IT was TEATIME- back to our PANCAKE HOUSE! YUMMY...we had 4 large delicious pancakes and it was EXPENSIVE...sobss..however they were finger licking good! ...
After a hearty meal at the pancake bakery, we made our way to Leisenpleind( "le- ser - plonk")- apparently it is like Bangsar - filled with restaurants and there is where Hard Rock Cafe located. This was where i lost my Tram ticket too..sobss.. how careless...and Ray called me "MONT BLANG" (equivalent to careless/silly/clumsy) - a new dutch word he created !
~Here, we were lepaking at this beautiful park opposite Van Gogh Museum with our Hard Rock Cafe bags..~
Well, the signs and symptoms of being fatigue, lack of sleep are kicking in- PLUS WE WERE HUNGRY! aND what a sad day, we were rejected by this tiny indonesian restaurant because we didn't have reservation! I think they can only cater 10 people one night judging of their super small dining area. ARGHH...we were hungry and tired..Cmingo was frustrated too and he picked the next Indonesian restaurant on the street..and it turned out to be a reallyyy posh one...we wondered we had enough to pay...
Haha...obviously we ordered the cheapest set menu and it was not too bad!..check out the ambience...=)

~cMingo fell asleep after a hearty meal!~
Next stop~...hard core stuffs...ahha....we were heading to a coffeeshop...not exactly to drink any cappucino or latte...coffeeshop here means WEED shop where u can eat space cake, hash brownies, hash milkshake and roll your own weed rollies...LEGALLY! Caution: u are not supposed to smoke , eat and drink altogether the same time... ! well, being the noobies..we did all 3 altogether despite the warning and i ended up with serious tachycardia,palpation, generalised tingling sensation and the need to keep myself conscious by voluntarily keeping my eyes opened! I wasn't even high but it was a terrifying experience ..felt like angina... tot gonna end up in A&E.. this is the flaw of being a medical student...we tend to think too much... I supposed i kinda overdosed myself with the brownies.. IT WAS DELICIOUS..haha.. i ate and ate like there was no tomorrow...Chia Ming was the first one to go down.....he practically sat there quietly and he had the same effects like mine...jaycen didn't take enuf dose to get the effect..ray's effects were delayed despite taking multiple puffs, eating the half hash muffin and drinking one glass of hash milkshake!! High tolerance huh? He was complaining all night that the coffeeshop cheated him since he didn't even feel the slightest effect at all...haha well, the effects kicked in while we were back at the hotel and he described that he was floating on a leaf!! Hahaa...
We slept for 12 hours and wasted half of the day ...despite the long rest, i still felt a bit dreamy... ..everyone was pretty stoned and dehydrated too. We finally got out of our room at 1 pm and had brunch at this cosy cafe at Leisepleind. It was a sunny day! yeah!! Mission of the was to cover 3 museums 1. Heineken 2. Rembrandt and Vermeer museum 3. Van Gogh museum

~Brunch at Leisenpleind~
Heineken EXPerience - totally worth it...10 EURO for admission and u get 3 beers and a free Heineken Glass.. They have motion ride too as a Heineken bottle and some funny karaoke sessions where u can record it like a music video. Ray and Cmingo did it and it was HILARIOUS!

Next stop was Rijkmuseum. housing the paintings of Rembrandts and Vermeer. We were seriously trying very hard to appreciate the art..but guesssed all of us were still in a daze. I was literally staring blanking at Rembrandts' portrait for a few minutes and the guy next to me snapped me back to reality by asking me " Don't u think he looked bored there?" I was still half blur and answered him " I think they are supposed to look like that? " Haha..blur to the max. I was eventually spaced out ..and he thought i was deep in thoughts...
Van Gogh was another famous artist and he was known for his modern art. But Chia Ming think he could paint better. Haha... I have to admit Van Gogh's paintings are a bit abstract and sometimes too simple. The famous "Sunflower" was there too! =)
We finished visiting all the museums at 6 pm ! Woohoo.. actually that was the time they close. Haha...and i suggested to eat Japanese food. I know , why on earth should we eat jap in amsterdam?..but trust me this Jap. restaurant was really good! AND LUCKY Lucky, THEY were doing this promotion where we can eat all we want but the catch was, we only could order 20 items each time and must finish everything before we could place the next order. Well, being with 3 kiasu hungry boys, within 30 mins, we already on our 3 rounds! Hahah..the food was REALLY GOOD AND FRESH!! we were so glad we went there... in total we ate 120 items (6 rounds) the boys were really stuffing themselves with sushi...ray was trying to make it to 8th round but he gave up....yummy...and we only paid 18 euros..cheap cheap!

Highlight of the day..or rather the whole trip...we were heading to the RLD- the infamous red light district. We paid 20 euros to watch a live sex show and strip tease. The funny part was, the couple that performed the intercourse looked so bored! Haha.. i supposed they were tired having to do it over and over again that night. Besides that, there were other gals performing other tricks too (dun ask me what =) ,with the clothes off of course and with some male volunteers from the crowds.. well, as usual, Ray and Cmingo regretted not sitting on the front row!! ...and for the last show called "Banana", there was this really HUGE african lady made her appearance and she was looking for some volunteers to help her out on stage. I supposed u could guess what the male had to do with the banana huh? hehehe...
I can tell u that, everyone was so shocked when she came out , for most guys i think it was a turn off! haha..plus she was looking for a volunteer....ooo... not even the most sporting guy volunteered himself...When i looked at the boys, Ray and Cmingo were busy shielding their faces and muttering " dun come here..dun pick me" ..I saw fear in their faces! Hahaha... rAY was complaining he was terrified and wanted his money back! haha... Cmingo said " if she ever come near me, i will run out as fast as possible" Haha.. i enjoyed myself there..not for the sex show but the expressions of the two boys...- PRICELESS! They were HORRIFIED, MORTIFIED AND PETRIFIED BY THAT WOMAN!
Red Light District of Amsterdam- where gals display themselves in small glass cubicles, beckoning you to go inside. Ranging from all races, from standard price 50 euros to 70 euros...depending how "hot" they are!
Day 3- Woke up at 9 am so that we could join the excursion at 10am. WE were going to see the windmills, clogs factory, cheese farm and fishing villages (Marken and Volendam). To our surprise, this excursion was filled with people >50 in age wise and we were the youngest brats there..a bit lost..=) especially raymond laughed so loud sometimes...kinda attract a lot of attention to our group...even our tour guide was an elderly lady..but she was speaking in english and french...so cool ya?... chiaming was trying hard to pick up some french words..haha..failed like anything....
~On the bus to see windmills...
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Next destination - cheese farm where u can try different types of cheese. The 3 boys ate so much of the samples!! so embarassing..and never buy anything from there...
~Volendam - fishing village~
~We tried raw herring (a type of fish where the Dutch eat it raw)- hence the name. Pretty good though...~
Next was the cruise to Marken- another fishing village...took this opportunity to try all sorts of local food here and it was expensive! well, this also led to Cmingo and Jaycen arguing about how much they ate each other's food...aii.boyz...
Finally we reached Marken after a 20 min cruise ride... hmm nothing special actually. ..just another small village...with mini houses. Well,the boys spent more on food there... After that, we headed back to the city to catch a train to Keukenhof Gardens- the famous flower garden in Holland! A must-see tourist spot. What a tiring day...

Keukenhof Gardens- located 19miles away from Amsterdam which required us to board a train to Leiden and then another direct bus to Keukenhof. Well, the garden was HUGE!! they seriously should put some mini trains there for tourists because it is impossible to walk the whole area without getting lost. The tulips were gorgeous and so were many other flowers....check out our photography skills... looks like Microsoft wallpapers...=)
~Cherry blossoms!! looked like we were in Japan huh? hehe... it was so beautiful..~


~Something Cmingo tot was romantic to do...check out who he did it with...~
Well, after our 3 hours aimless tour at Keukenhof, we were back in da city. Well, how could we leave out the Magic Mushroom especially Ray kept on talking about it since DAY 1. So, when the boys went to buy a box while i went shopping. When i met them back at the hotel, they were just getting ready to try the magical mushroom which sent them to "La la Land". Haha... after much persuasion, i gave in to the 3 musketeers and tried a tiny mushroom. Well, i felt hot flushes on my face within 20 minutes! But nothing further..thank god... Guess what happened to Ray and Cmingo who ate like they never eaten mushroom before ? They were DEFINITELY NOT THEMSELVES! tHey kept on grinning all the time...and i am serious...like some maniacs....so creepy... Chia Ming said he couldn't think of anything sad and he felt very enlightened...On the other hand, Ray said he felt very light as if he could fly...~shake head~..so, can u imagine how creepy was that ? Ray and Cmingo would just laugh hysterically when they looked at each other....and i meant continuous laughter like a chain reaction...one started laughing and the other would follow...even they managed to stop, they would still be grinning....Aii..it was embarassing.... being the loudest again in the restaurant... sigh...



~Pay close attention to their expressions, especially to Cmingo...weird... their pupils were dilated all night..no light reflex at all..haha..~
Anyway to summarise, we had a good trip and Amsterdam is definitely a great place for buddies to go! Though it was short but it was memorable. My very first trip with friends to overseas- a place where u need to take aeroplane to go..
"I am so excited! my first trip with friends that requires my passport to be stamped" --Cmingo
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