First days in Lyngby - Denmark

Hey people, haven't had the time to blog since I departed from Singapore. Finally found some time to blog tonight. I don't know why but the first day I was in Denmark, I was not excited at all and feeling a bit depressed, but I guess this feeling will pass soon (hopefully). A couple of screw ups at Changi Airport before I departed, like being forced to unpack and my luggage exceeding the weight limit, and my scissors being confiscated definitely did add to my depression I guess. Also, the bare trees in Denmark and overcast skies on my first there there made it worst. But I think the main reason is probably that I know that I will miss everyone back home in Singapore.

Really appreciate those of you guys who came down to the airport to send me off - Tian, Roy, Jess, Michelle, Mark, Jason, Weilun, Moses, Yaowen, Zer, Xinling, Maggie & Yianling. Really great to see you all there! And thanks to Zer and Xinling for the Ba Kwa, although I didn't manage to bring it over to Denmark due to my excessive luggage, the fencing gang for the interesting T-shirt and to Nicholas and Yianling for buying it. Also thanks to Roy for the farewell dinner the day before I flew off and to Jason too for the farewell treat =). Will miss all of you guys.

More about what I have doing the past few days. Basically, my university - Technical University of Denmark is located in Lyngby, a district in the Lyngby-Taarbaek municipality. Quite a small district with nothing much to do. The skies here get dark after 5pm and most shops close really early (around 6pm) so nothing much to do at night.

I finally realised what is the meaning of EXPENSIVE after I arrived in Denmark. Everything here is freaking expensive, clothes, food, etc .. at least 3 times of the price in Singapore. A meal here (which consists only of a hot dog bun) easily cost up to $10 SGD, compared to maybe like $2 in Singapore. And there is a lot of bakeries in Denmark, most of my meals are bread .. haha. The only cheap thing in Denmark is perhaps its beers haha - costs only like about 60 cents for a bottle of Dansk beer. So I realised that everytime before I buy food I gotta think for a long time before deciding on the cheapest. Even when we are shopping for groceries for cooking meals, we gotta compare prices (and seriously, cooking is the cheapest, although it is quite troublesome). Even the groceries cost a lot, for example, a whole raw chicken in the supermarket costs about $20+ SGD, compared to Singapore markets where you can get it easily for $5-$6. I guess you get the idea =(

Of course, the Danish girls are also damn 'chio' (pretty). But they are not very friendly though. Some of the Danes ignore you when you ask them for help for directions or translation on the streets, but there are some really nice and helpful ones.

Well I guess thats all for now .. very sleepy already .. long day. Will blog more about my container dormitory, our attempts at cooking meals, and trip to Copenhagen soon and upload photos.