3rd Australian Joy (23/05/2007)

Oh my gosh :) Once again and after a very long time Tessa and I went out in the evening to meet some good friends and enjoy a nice evening with them ...First we went to our favourite Australian restaurant in Singapore to have some strawberry daiquiries and of course a lovely desert - mh. This time Maresa, Xiao Yu and Nora - an Austrian girl - joined us. As you can see, Tessa is really enjoying her strawberry :)And afterwards some really nice white wine ...Of course we did not take a normal taxi to get to the clubs - we instead took a nice Cabrio :)Afterwards in MOS - Xiao Yu will miss us :(
Fotoshooting with the girls before going home ...
... at Clarke Quay
Wow, what a night!

Working life in Singapore ...

So what have we been up to since we started work at Brotzeit - the German Bier Bar and Restaurant? Well, of course we haven't got so much time anymore as we used to while studying at SMU.

A couple of weeks ago Spiderman 3 started playing in the cinemas in Singapore and also in Brotzeit the film was celebrated and even Spiderman came ...

Kodi and me ... with HIM

The whole Brotzeit Crew ...

Tessa and I also moved to another apartment again and now we live with an Italian woman. Fortunately, there is also a pool - so Tessa and I can go swimming, sun bathing and just relaxing at the Pool ...

We also have breakfast at the pool ...

As the moving and the carrying of all our bags from one place to another was so exhausting, we decided to enjoy some Australian food :) What we love most is the desert!!!

Welcome back ... :)

... to keep healthy, we sometimes visit our new friend - the manager of a SPA restaurant in Vivo City and there we relax in the cosy chairs drinking coffee with soy milk and eating healthy cakes ...In Brotzeit we also meet a lot of new people and so we met Cornelia and Dhillon - a nice couple from Switzerland and the US. Last Friday it was Dhillon's 30th birthday and so we celebrated him in New Asia Bar ...

Late in the night- a final group picture before going home again ...

Saying goodbye to our apartment and moving to another one ... (01/05/07)

Time has passed so quickly and finally the time has come to move to another apartment. As SMU is over for us now and we already started work, we decided to move to another place - The Plaza in Singapore. We both have a room on the 3oth floor overlooking Singapore - an astonishing view when laying in bed. On our last evening in the flat, we had some drinks with Leo and Basti and then we went out. So dear friends these are the last pictures in front of our red wall - we will miss it!
Afterwards we went clubbing ...

The day after - after having slept long - we finished packing and Leo helped us to move from our apartment to the Plaza. Here you only see a few bags we had ... and Leo was really helpful carrying all the heavy bags for us ...

These are the bags which we took to the Plaza - the rest is still at Leo's place. We will have to see what we do with all our clothes, shoes ...
So that was some more news from Singapore ... take care!

Tessa's return and her Birthday Celebrations (21/04/07-22/04/07)

Tessa came back from her trip with Paul on Saturday and so we celebrated her birthday at the weekend. We went for a dinner to the Hard Rock Café: Jaqueline, Hannes, Paul and Tessa, Leo, Yen and her boyfriend and me. We had a nice meal there and enjoyed the music very much.

We also enjoyed our starter ...

... and I my burger :)

Afterwards we went clubbing and met some friends from Singapore ... ... and some friends from Mexico and France: Andrea and Marie.A cuddle with Xiao Yu and Tessa
On Sunday we went to Vivo City. This is on the roof of Vivo City - there is a wonderful view of Sentosa. In this shopping centre there is the restaurant where Tessa and I will work for the next two months: Brotzeit.Afterwards we went to Sentosa Beach ...... and relaxed in Café del MarFinally, we watched the sunset from the beach ...
In the evening we had our dinner at Brotzeit eating Käsespätzle, Kaiserschmarrn, Apfelstrudel ... :)

Tioman Island - family holiday (06/04/07 - 09/04/07)

All of us, also Thomas and Christian, came back to Singapore on Thursday night and so the six of us (my parents, the boys, Martin and me) left Friday early in the morning for the Tioman Island in Malaysia.

The six of us slept in little chalets just near the sea. The water was turquoise and the jungle had different tones of green - really beautiful. Thomas and Christian in the speed boat on the way there.

The view from our room ...The three boys ... My dad and me ...
During the day we took a boat to Coral Island where we went snorkelling and also diving. This was a great experience and I will definitely do it again ... We could see a lot of different fish and Thomas and Christian even saw a shark and a turtle ... mhh a lot going on in the waterCoral Island - white beaches View from the beach at the resort ...
In the boat on the way to the airport. Unfortunately Martin had to take the bus ...
All of us enjoyed the days in Tioman - even though it was very quiet and not a lot going on, we could make the best of it. Just after we arrived in Singapore again, my parents, Thomas and Christian flew back to Austria again. I enjoyed having them here in Asia the last 4 four weeks - we did a lot and I also had a great time!

Exploring Thailand with my parents (31/03/07 - 05/04/07)

After my parents had spent a few days in Borneo, they returned to Singapore to travel to Thailand with me. Early in the morning we took the plane to Chiang Mai. The plan was to go trekking in Chiang Rai and then go to visit Bangkok. 30 years ago my dad was in Asia and he lived with a monk in Wat U Mong for a week in Chiang Mai. So we went there to have a look if this kind monk was still there. Unfortunately he had left 7 years ago. We, however, chatted to a 20 year old young man from Canada who had decided to be a monk. I could not sit next to him as they are not allowed to touch women ...
Different sayings were hung up ...
After a bus ride, we arrived in Chiang Rai and looked for the hotel
The next morning brushing my teeth and getting ready for the trekking tour to the hill tribes ...
The first day we visited the Golden Triangle, then we continued to Lahu Village, Akha Village and then returned to Chiang Rai again after two nights.