Embracing Civilization

Term has started proper in the EBS. In the Schloss campus, we see the german students strutting around in their branded trenchcoat and LV bags, air-kissing and welcoming each other back to school.
The reality of school hasn't really kicked in for us though. We don't have classes till Thurs, and the next lesson a week later! It's weird, isn't it? We are so used to having a certain class say every Monday 12 to 3.15, then another every Wed 8.30 to 11.45, and so forth. Here at the EBS, a module can be finished after one week! Our Intro to Asset Mgmt class starts in mid-Feb, from Monday to Friday, morning till evening, and it's done! Profs can set classes anytime within the term, and there can be no regularity. One week it can be Mon morning, another week it can be Thurs evening. It looks to me as if the Prof just took out his organizer and slotted in classes when he could took leave from his day job. Heh.


And so, since we have no classes and couldn't bear to idle in our little village of Hattenheim, we jio-ed our 3 Asian pals: Kit, Nicole and Alice to go Wiesbaden for a day of shopping, more shopping and Asian food. We set off at noon, taking the Bahn and arrived 20min later. Hey, that's faster than the trip from Woodlands to Orchard okay. Basically, we shopped fullstop. Only stopped to grab a cheapo Pizza Bread for 'lunch'. Jemmy and my combined expediture for the day was about 100Euros (S$200), including our very filling Asian buffet as dinner. The buffet was incredible. We girls devoured almost a full platter of sushi. It wasn't that fantastic tastewise, but it just seemed ages the last time we had sushi. Jemmy gobbled down 5 Goreng Pisangs. And yes, they have Goreng Pisangs! How the hell did they get that? There was also fried beehoon, fried mee, curry veg, stir-fried beef etc. :)
We were sooooo pleased carrying our new jacket, tops, earrings, snowhats and groceries, plus a full stomach home.