Munich, BMW Welt

Yet more pictures from my 2012 winter holidays to Europe! Gosh… wonder when I'll be done with these :x And move on to my 2013 summer holidays to Europe… #samethingdifferentyear

So we headed to another big market in Munich! Similarly to the Christmas market… there was nothing to buy. It's the usual touristy or artisanal stuff, so the main thing to go for is the food!

Lots of cool lights at the entrance.

I love this! You can get it in France too (but normal pizza-shaped) & it's basically sort of like a normal pizza except with cream sauce! In French it's called Tarte Flambée, in German Flamkuche.

The crust is very thin & the toppings are onions & little bits of ham.

German sausage in a bun

Warm wine is a pretty popular drink in Germany (Zurich as well); I tried it once I think but I just somehow find the idea of a warm wine really unappealing! It's like… having a flat Coke. Or a lukewarm hot chocolate. Or a melted ice-cream. Basically an antithesis.

But well, I don't particularly appreciate wine itself either (yet).

Hat choice for the day :3

Got up late the next day & headed to a nearby park/lake, followed by the BMW Welt!

I must have woken up really quite late………

'twas already getting dark!

Lying on the grass for selflies… #IKR

Water of the lake froze over! Of course I didn't really dare to put my weight on it though.

Last one :x

Walked over to the BMW Welt after that, which was…

… not very interesting.

I guess guys would be more interested? 

It's basically just a nice architectural building with lots of nice cars.

Pretty cool layout though! Totally reminded me of the movie Cars 2, where the cars drive round & round the showroom/race building as well.

Munich's metro! There's actually no gantry or barrier to just hopping onboard for free, but they do have occasional ticket inspectors. And the fine is 40 Euros if I remember correctly. Depends on your luck!

Hehe another hat choice of the day :3

I think I brought 3 beanies & 1 hat for this trip :3

Christmas market in Munich

Continuation of more dinosaur-old backdated entries… This time of Munich in December 2012!

Lots of pretty Christmas decor.

Headed to the Christmas market at Marienplatz in Munich, which is also famous for this clock tower:

With Sarah:

Ending off with one of my favourite treats in Europe - Nutella crepe!

Back then...

Happened to reminisce with a friend about our younger days…

"Please lor, talking about dorky."

"Can't beat me using my mom's card to buy Farmville money"

"I had the most awesome farm"

"And during seasons I would redecorate"

"That's why I needed money"

"For a Christmas reindeer sled"

I loved games like that… Farmville, Cityville, Sims… In fact "younger days" refers to me like, 2 years ago. And in fact in fact, I would still love to play those games if I had people to play them with! I was so sad whenever my virtual neighbours lost interest (which they always did) & stopped playing…

I wish I could play these games again but there's always a million & one things to do & I'm afraid that once I start I'll be even less productive than I already am (which judging by my blog updates, is EXTREMELY unproductive). Oh woe thee growing up…

Nowadays blogs all seem to be a competition of seeing who is more "lifestyle" - who travels more, who goes to the best brunch places, who has the nicest clothes, who can recommend the best desserts…

I'm as guilty of that mindless picture-spam (though I suck at that lifestyle thing because it generally involves being awake before 3pm & night-time OOTDs just don't cut it) & maybe that's why I slowly lost interest in blogging… because I feel like I have nothing worthwhile to say anymore? Or maybe I still do, but I just don't know how to anymore, or I forgot how.

I'll read my archives & be like, "Where did that girl go? She used to be so interesting" 

(YES I WAS VAIR INTERESTING END OF DISCUSSION)

Now my reflex is that like… if I blog too many words people will lose interest (like now). Attention spans are getting shorter & shorter. Everything is bite-sized, instant & straight to the chase.

I remember this line I saw - "It's not an adventure if it's not on Instagram"

And it's so true. I look at some couples & I see the ridiculous amount of effort they put into making their relationship look amazing on social media. Who are you trying to prove your love to?

Or how even I myself said earlier on today that I would want my proposal to be done in the company of my friends because somehow recounting the event to them instead just seems less… nice.

It's like… your experience isn't worth anything anymore if other people can't witness it.

Telling a story has become so much less consumable than clicking a "like" on Instagram.

Well I'm rambling. 

Goodnight.