Saturday, June 30, 2007

Re-U

This seems to be the most active groups of friends in terms of meeting.




Very nice to meet after a while. Glad to see Pen all lively, didn't seem like someone who had operation a few months ago. Same with P Tuk, tall, pretty and slim as before...didn't look like a new mommy of 3-months baby.

Will be a lot nicer if they didn't let us wait for food forever. :D

Monday, June 25, 2007

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Rama IX bridge at 7pm

There's traffic jam again by Rama IX bridge so I took a few shorts.




Trick for taking night picture:
Take picture when the sky is dark blue, not when completely dark (when the sky is black, picture will look flat)

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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Hola!

Hola! I'm back from Leadership Journey with my colleagues in Spain. Many of them I've been working with in the past 7 months without meeting them in person. So this is very exciting to me. and they are all niiiiiice people!

The weather during the time was very nice - sunny in 25-29C. Sun up before 6am (not sure exactly when becuz I wasn't able to catch the sunrise in the morning :P) and sunset around 9:30 PM. I've been outside (mainly) walking the entire time that the sun was up...imagine how tanned I would get right now :).

Madrid and Barcelona are so different. Each is charming in its own way. Madrid is an older city...not as well plotted as Barcelona. Things are a bit more expensive in BCN, for example Metro ticket 1 ride is 1Euro in Madrid but 1.24Euro in BCN. Anyway, Metro in BCN seemed to be more well planned...more convenient in terms of the location of stations.

Enough said... here are a few of pictures from this trip...I was out of memory card space so I only got around 800 pictures...hmm have to plan better next time!

The closest metro (subway) station to my hotel

Plaza Mayor
Gran Via
Real Madrid stadium
Kio Towers
Side entrance to Retiro Park (opposite to Museo de Prado)

Avila historic town


Segovia
Casa Milla & Casa Battlo, Barcelona

Sagrada Familia - yes it's still under construction. Expect to complete in the next 25 years. The guide told us to come visit again.
Parc Guell

Barcelona Colon
Port Vell
Street performer behind the Cathedral. There were several of street performers but this is my favorite.




Museo De Picasso

La Ramblas - walking street
Palau de Musica - Unesco heritage site
One of the outdoor cafe on Sunday afternoon
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