Date: 01 Oct 09
Location: Geneve, Switzerland
Buddy: Shuyi
Woke up at 0430 in the morning to get ready for the eggciting journey! =) took the 1st Tram no.03 to Haufbahnhof hoping to catch the 0604 train 508 to Geneve. Ticket one way cost us 80swiss frank = 101 sin.
The ride is estimated 2hrs42mins. not as bad as i expected. din had breakfast b4 we left the room. so grabbed some sandwiches at the kiosk. KNS.. the bread is as hard as rock lah! kaoz.
wanted to knit in the train there. but aft 1hour of rocking in the train, ZZzz monster attacked me n i fell aslp. haha! shuyi said i SNORED lor! nabei nv wake me up. but lucky the train was quite empty lah. if not xia suay ah. haha!
its 0846 when we finali arrived at GENEVE!!! muhahaha! i almost fainted when i got out of the train! everythin single word is in french! WTF! i noe nuts abt french lah.
1st we went to the tourism information centre to get maps n check out what to do n where to go. but the lady there damn fucked up attitude.. typical french attitude. tt kind u will wanne slap them right @ their face attitude..
anyway, shuyi has dis habit of sending post card back to herself at the place she's at to collect the post card, the stamp & the chop. so i oso try to collect lor. spent ard an hour at the post juz to select post cards lor. lol typical gals.. haha!
then, took Bus no.08 to the direction of OMS drop at Stop :Appia to Palais Nations Unies aka United Nations Headquaters. we tot can juz any how any how walk ard. but its NOT! we haf to get a pass. pay for the compulsory tour if we wanne get in the premises.
this farnie security guard keep tryin to speak mandrain with us lah! we were tryin so hard to understand him lor.. -_-" anyway, the tour guide is a swiss man speaking English with very strong french accent. the information he deliver is very dry n very not interestin liao. plus the powderful ang mo.. i almost zzz... haha! BUT I DID LEARN SOMETHING!!!!! there are 192 countries tt joined UN. there are 5 peaces USA, Russia, China, ** & ** fuck! i forgot the 2! USA, Russia & China refuse to sign the treatie of NOT using mines. Tokin abt mines. there's a monument outside the premise represent the pain of using mines or something.. (shuyi!! correct me if i'm wrong hor) tts y the chair has a leg missing.
oso at the main gate there's 192 flags! =) we took soooooooo long to find singapore lah.. coze no wind. cannot see the whole thing.oh we had lotsa fun at the bookshop inside UN! =) there a special mailbox to post all letters n post cards from the premise itself. n all postage comes with special UN sticker lah!
so i wrote a little love postcard for mama n chibi! so love lah! basically, the whole tour is visiting the different conference halls. there are themes n difference usage for different halls. the most A SAi hall is this:
other than the abv hall, the gold ball n farnie long titanium long long thingy is their muz see momuments. the gold ball used turn.. but dunno y spoil liao they oso dun bother to repair. so until today STILL CANNOT TURN.. haha!
anyway, as the park is closed for reno, we can onli take pic of them thru windows inside the building...
aft touring UN, we both were VERY VERY hungry. but dunno wat to eat. so VERY clever ms wong pei en open the guide book n ramdomly chose dis place for lunch:
they serve Genevan - Swiss + French style. Its located @
1st Course:
its a very simple marinated prawns with macaroni. yet its very tasty full of flavour n definately not like any of the hor'dourves we serve on board lah. ✌✌✌✌
2nd Course:
Cheesy soupy with cheese stick n Duck marinated in red wine sauce with mushroom. the soupy is reali good very gao gao wan. the cheese stick very 鬆脆 n cheesy lor. i dun reali fancy the duck tho.. coze i dun like red wine.. ✌✌✌✌
3rd Course:
Grilled Fish with Ratatouille! the fish okok onli. tho its grill but still juicy. its quite tasteless but i think is to 襯托 Ratatouille's strong and dominearing taste lor. The ratatouille is excellent lah!! i love it! but shuyi say it taste like parprika sauce.. -_-" ✌✌✌✌
4th Course:
the BEST dish lah!! its Beef in Stroganoff sauce with Rosti potatoes. the sauce is so nice n rich! the beef is juicy n tender! YUMMY! ✌✌✌✌✌
Last Course:
Shuyi's fav! its raspberry cake with passionfruit n raspberry sauce. i dunno how to comment dessert. coze i got a SUPER soft spot for sweet stuff! i love them all. hee! onli thing is the sauce super sour lah! ✌✌✌✌✌
the whole ambience is very cosy. n we were very lucky to have the Chief to wait us.. mayb coze he's the onli person in the shop tt can speech English lah.. wahaha
Saw dis water fountain as we walk towards Geneve's Lakefront. hum.... i noe the lower part is for us to drink or bottle water... but the top part..... i try n try to reach the water but cannot leh.. izzit my tongue short or its for other purpose.. my guess is for birds! Hee
Anyway, our next sight seeing stop is to see the Jet d'eau. It is one of the largest fountains in the world. Situated at the point where Lake Geneve empties into the Rhone River, it is visible throughout the city and from the air, even when flying over Geneve at an altitude of 10 km (33,000 ft). Five-hundred litres (132 gallons) of water per second are jetted to an altitude of 140 metres (459 feet) by two 500 kW pumps, operating at 2,400 V,consuming over one megawatt of electricity. The water leaves the nozzle at a speed of 200 km/h (124 mph). When it is in operation, at any given moment there are about 7,000 litres (1849 gallons) of water in the air.
Now here comes the highlight of the trip!: While Shuyi n i were crossin the bridge to the other side of the lake, go a man behind us say to me " you have a beautiful body!" WTF!! we both juz cant take it lah.. super farnie! nabei auntie here so damn fat, backside big like DINO say i haf a beautiful body!! look now at the pic.... my back view sibei beautiful meh!!?? then the next thing he say was " u noe swisss man loves to marry asian gals. the baby all mix until very nice... oh i din mean i wanne make baby with u... HEE! *big smile*" WTF..
dis is gonna be joke of Year 2009. wahaha!
anyway, we were crossin the bridge to see the "L'Horloge Fleurie aka flower ClOCK!" is a beautiful clock that was created in 1955. Located in English Garden, the clock is said to have been created in spite of many technical problems. L'Horloge Fleurie of Geneva is 15.7 meters in circumference. The diameter of the clock is 5 meters. The clock features a second hand, which is 2.5 meters long. The second hand of L'Horloge Fleurie in Geneva holds the reputation of the being the longest in this planet. L'Horloge Fleurie at Geneva stands over an area covering 6,500 plants. It is situated at close proximity to Jardin Anglais. It is remarkable to know that every season a new design is created with different plants and shrubs.
haha! we'r doing the flower "cock" with the clock ah.. dunno y dis trip the flower like not very colourful lor.. sianz..
after the flower clock, we walked towards Cathédrale Saint-Pierre we saw PATEK PHILIPPE!!!! there is the factory open to public for visiting but we lazy to go.. so muz at least take a pic of the shop lah. =)
The Cathedral of St. Peter in Geneve is best known as the church where John Calvin gave his inspiring sermons during the mid-16th century, but it has other attractions as well. The imposing Romanesque-Gothic church with a Neoclassical facade still dominates the center of the international Swiss city.
The first Romanesque cathedral on the site was built in 1000. Construction on the present building began in 1160 and lasted 150 years, by which time the Romanesque architecture had acquired Gothic touches. The Chapelle des Macchabees was added in 1397.
there is a spectacular panoramic view of Geneva available from the north tower of the cathedral, which is reached by climbing 157 narrow, winding steps. look at me face! *WTF!! are we reali to kill ourselves with these steps!!!*
the climb was actuali very worth it.. it has a very nice panoramic view of the Jet d'eau! but hor we both dunno how to use the panoramic mode on our cameras lah! dumb!
while walkin to the next stop, we pass by dis very nice playground! =) its was the laffter of the kids playin tat caught my attention. then i realised the stuff there is damn old school lah! i juz hop on the horsey n started riding it!! muhahahaha! the feelin the horsey is juz like riding I-Gallop! wahahah! i think i shd juz bring one. Hee! can help lost weight ard the waist n haf losta fun too! =)
Finali 2nd last stop!! Murs des Réformateurs!
The construction of the Reformation Wall in the Bastions Park began in 1909, the year which marked the 400th anniversary of the birth of Jean Calvin and the 350th of the foundation of the Academy of Geneva.
The monument is backed against part of the ancient defensive walls that surrounded the city until the middle of the 19th century.
beside the Murs des Réformateurs, is this area with GIANGATIC CHESS SETS!! many ah bei sittin there playing. like those typical sight of old man eat finish nutin to do sit there play chess with stranger but a super hugh version. =)
Finali, last stop - Place Neuve.
We went to migros to buy more califlower & brocolli n chix thigh to cook stir fry vege n boil 藥柴雞湯! as we haf another hour b4 our train arrives, we went SHOPPIN at h&m! bought 2 dress n 3 rings. haha!
we took a 2014 train no.545 n finali got back to Zurich @ 2256.. we were damn tired lah.. both of us knocked out in the train.. haha
The ride is estimated 2hrs42mins. not as bad as i expected. din had breakfast b4 we left the room. so grabbed some sandwiches at the kiosk. KNS.. the bread is as hard as rock lah! kaoz.
wanted to knit in the train there. but aft 1hour of rocking in the train, ZZzz monster attacked me n i fell aslp. haha! shuyi said i SNORED lor! nabei nv wake me up. but lucky the train was quite empty lah. if not xia suay ah. haha!
its 0846 when we finali arrived at GENEVE!!! muhahaha! i almost fainted when i got out of the train! everythin single word is in french! WTF! i noe nuts abt french lah.
1st we went to the tourism information centre to get maps n check out what to do n where to go. but the lady there damn fucked up attitude.. typical french attitude. tt kind u will wanne slap them right @ their face attitude..
anyway, shuyi has dis habit of sending post card back to herself at the place she's at to collect the post card, the stamp & the chop. so i oso try to collect lor. spent ard an hour at the post juz to select post cards lor. lol typical gals.. haha!
then, took Bus no.08 to the direction of OMS drop at Stop :Appia to Palais Nations Unies aka United Nations Headquaters. we tot can juz any how any how walk ard. but its NOT! we haf to get a pass. pay for the compulsory tour if we wanne get in the premises.
this farnie security guard keep tryin to speak mandrain with us lah! we were tryin so hard to understand him lor.. -_-" anyway, the tour guide is a swiss man speaking English with very strong french accent. the information he deliver is very dry n very not interestin liao. plus the powderful ang mo.. i almost zzz... haha! BUT I DID LEARN SOMETHING!!!!! there are 192 countries tt joined UN. there are 5 peaces USA, Russia, China, ** & ** fuck! i forgot the 2! USA, Russia & China refuse to sign the treatie of NOT using mines. Tokin abt mines. there's a monument outside the premise represent the pain of using mines or something.. (shuyi!! correct me if i'm wrong hor) tts y the chair has a leg missing.
oso at the main gate there's 192 flags! =) we took soooooooo long to find singapore lah.. coze no wind. cannot see the whole thing.oh we had lotsa fun at the bookshop inside UN! =) there a special mailbox to post all letters n post cards from the premise itself. n all postage comes with special UN sticker lah!
so i wrote a little love postcard for mama n chibi! so love lah! basically, the whole tour is visiting the different conference halls. there are themes n difference usage for different halls. the most A SAi hall is this:
other than the abv hall, the gold ball n farnie long titanium long long thingy is their muz see momuments. the gold ball used turn.. but dunno y spoil liao they oso dun bother to repair. so until today STILL CANNOT TURN.. haha!
anyway, as the park is closed for reno, we can onli take pic of them thru windows inside the building...
aft touring UN, we both were VERY VERY hungry. but dunno wat to eat. so VERY clever ms wong pei en open the guide book n ramdomly chose dis place for lunch:
they serve Genevan - Swiss + French style. Its located @
5, rue des Pâquis - 1201 Genève
the food damn best lah! it was a lucky try. we juz anyhow hamtam a restaurant on the guide turn out the food was EXCELLENT! but the price is quite ... haha! we spent a total of $134 swiss frank on the meal. 60 each for the 5 course set meal n 2 bottles of water + TIP lor.. tips were including but extra tipping is encourage... wahahaha! very duh right.1st Course:
its a very simple marinated prawns with macaroni. yet its very tasty full of flavour n definately not like any of the hor'dourves we serve on board lah. ✌✌✌✌
2nd Course:
Cheesy soupy with cheese stick n Duck marinated in red wine sauce with mushroom. the soupy is reali good very gao gao wan. the cheese stick very 鬆脆 n cheesy lor. i dun reali fancy the duck tho.. coze i dun like red wine.. ✌✌✌✌
3rd Course:
Grilled Fish with Ratatouille! the fish okok onli. tho its grill but still juicy. its quite tasteless but i think is to 襯托 Ratatouille's strong and dominearing taste lor. The ratatouille is excellent lah!! i love it! but shuyi say it taste like parprika sauce.. -_-" ✌✌✌✌
4th Course:
the BEST dish lah!! its Beef in Stroganoff sauce with Rosti potatoes. the sauce is so nice n rich! the beef is juicy n tender! YUMMY! ✌✌✌✌✌
Last Course:
Shuyi's fav! its raspberry cake with passionfruit n raspberry sauce. i dunno how to comment dessert. coze i got a SUPER soft spot for sweet stuff! i love them all. hee! onli thing is the sauce super sour lah! ✌✌✌✌✌
the whole ambience is very cosy. n we were very lucky to have the Chief to wait us.. mayb coze he's the onli person in the shop tt can speech English lah.. wahaha
Saw dis water fountain as we walk towards Geneve's Lakefront. hum.... i noe the lower part is for us to drink or bottle water... but the top part..... i try n try to reach the water but cannot leh.. izzit my tongue short or its for other purpose.. my guess is for birds! Hee
Anyway, our next sight seeing stop is to see the Jet d'eau. It is one of the largest fountains in the world. Situated at the point where Lake Geneve empties into the Rhone River, it is visible throughout the city and from the air, even when flying over Geneve at an altitude of 10 km (33,000 ft). Five-hundred litres (132 gallons) of water per second are jetted to an altitude of 140 metres (459 feet) by two 500 kW pumps, operating at 2,400 V,consuming over one megawatt of electricity. The water leaves the nozzle at a speed of 200 km/h (124 mph). When it is in operation, at any given moment there are about 7,000 litres (1849 gallons) of water in the air.
Now here comes the highlight of the trip!: While Shuyi n i were crossin the bridge to the other side of the lake, go a man behind us say to me " you have a beautiful body!" WTF!! we both juz cant take it lah.. super farnie! nabei auntie here so damn fat, backside big like DINO say i haf a beautiful body!! look now at the pic.... my back view sibei beautiful meh!!?? then the next thing he say was " u noe swisss man loves to marry asian gals. the baby all mix until very nice... oh i din mean i wanne make baby with u... HEE! *big smile*" WTF..dis is gonna be joke of Year 2009. wahaha!
anyway, we were crossin the bridge to see the "L'Horloge Fleurie aka flower ClOCK!" is a beautiful clock that was created in 1955. Located in English Garden, the clock is said to have been created in spite of many technical problems. L'Horloge Fleurie of Geneva is 15.7 meters in circumference. The diameter of the clock is 5 meters. The clock features a second hand, which is 2.5 meters long. The second hand of L'Horloge Fleurie in Geneva holds the reputation of the being the longest in this planet. L'Horloge Fleurie at Geneva stands over an area covering 6,500 plants. It is situated at close proximity to Jardin Anglais. It is remarkable to know that every season a new design is created with different plants and shrubs.
haha! we'r doing the flower "cock" with the clock ah.. dunno y dis trip the flower like not very colourful lor.. sianz..
after the flower clock, we walked towards Cathédrale Saint-Pierre we saw PATEK PHILIPPE!!!! there is the factory open to public for visiting but we lazy to go.. so muz at least take a pic of the shop lah. =)
The Cathedral of St. Peter in Geneve is best known as the church where John Calvin gave his inspiring sermons during the mid-16th century, but it has other attractions as well. The imposing Romanesque-Gothic church with a Neoclassical facade still dominates the center of the international Swiss city. 
The first Romanesque cathedral on the site was built in 1000. Construction on the present building began in 1160 and lasted 150 years, by which time the Romanesque architecture had acquired Gothic touches. The Chapelle des Macchabees was added in 1397. The Catholic cathedral of St. Peter became a Protestant church in 1536. John Calvin preached here from 1536 to 1564, and the cathedral became the guiding center of Protestantism. Like reformers all over Europe, Calvin's followers stripped Geneva's cathedral of its altars, statues, paintings and furniture. Only the stained glass windows remained.
there is a spectacular panoramic view of Geneva available from the north tower of the cathedral, which is reached by climbing 157 narrow, winding steps. look at me face! *WTF!! are we reali to kill ourselves with these steps!!!*
the climb was actuali very worth it.. it has a very nice panoramic view of the Jet d'eau! but hor we both dunno how to use the panoramic mode on our cameras lah! dumb!
while walkin to the next stop, we pass by dis very nice playground! =) its was the laffter of the kids playin tat caught my attention. then i realised the stuff there is damn old school lah! i juz hop on the horsey n started riding it!! muhahahaha! the feelin the horsey is juz like riding I-Gallop! wahahah! i think i shd juz bring one. Hee! can help lost weight ard the waist n haf losta fun too! =)Finali 2nd last stop!! Murs des Réformateurs!
The construction of the Reformation Wall in the Bastions Park began in 1909, the year which marked the 400th anniversary of the birth of Jean Calvin and the 350th of the foundation of the Academy of Geneva.
The monument is backed against part of the ancient defensive walls that surrounded the city until the middle of the 19th century.At the centre of the wall, five meters high, are the four great figures of the movement: Guillaume Farel (1489-1565), one of the first to preach the Reformation in Geneva, Jean Calvin (1509-1564) the
"pope" of the reformers, Théodore de Bèze (1513-1605), first rector of the Academy and John Knox (1513-1572), founder of Presbyterianism in Scotland.
"pope" of the reformers, Théodore de Bèze (1513-1605), first rector of the Academy and John Knox (1513-1572), founder of Presbyterianism in Scotland.
Behind these statues stands the motto of the Reformation and of Geneva: "Post Tenebras Lux.
On either side, statues and bas-reliefs represent the great Protestant figures of the different Calvinist countries and the crucial moments in the development of the movement.
Stroll along 100 meters of wall and cover 450 years in the history of Protestantism.
While resting our legs at the park where the monument is, shuyi starts writing her postcard.. omigod. i laff so hard lah! her chinese writing looks like primary school kid lah! look @ mine then her! wahaha
beside the Murs des Réformateurs, is this area with GIANGATIC CHESS SETS!! many ah bei sittin there playing. like those typical sight of old man eat finish nutin to do sit there play chess with stranger but a super hugh version. =)
Finali, last stop - Place Neuve.
Built outside the former ramparts, the Place Neuve has become the focal point of Genevan culture.
It comprises the Grand-Théâtre (opera), the reputed Conservatory of Music and the Rath Museum, internationally renowned for its temporary exhibitions.
In the centre of the square, a statue depicts the Genevan general Henri Dufour, national hero and first to establish a map of Switzerland.
We went to migros to buy more califlower & brocolli n chix thigh to cook stir fry vege n boil 藥柴雞湯! as we haf another hour b4 our train arrives, we went SHOPPIN at h&m! bought 2 dress n 3 rings. haha!
we took a 2014 train no.545 n finali got back to Zurich @ 2256.. we were damn tired lah.. both of us knocked out in the train.. hahaYeah! i finali my 1st entry! super long lah! my god..... "sweat ah"
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