Meeting my Tandem Partner

Don't feel like waking up these days. The weather is just too nice to be sleeping, with the fluffy snow falling outside the window, had to pull myself away from the bed 3 times, before i finally made it to the toilet. Cooked up my usual breakfast, and since it was so cheap, i ate 6 pieces of toasted bread (with cheese and ham of course) and 2 cups of milk. Woo! Running out of breakfast supplies again.So it has been snowing for the past 2 days. Kinda problematic to be out running around and taking photos. Want no snow in my camera man, no matter how rare it is. Plus the snow hits and melt in your face. The feeling? Try throwing some ice kachang on your face. Yeah, thats how it feels.

Finally got my Visa extended at the horrible KVR, which they happily sucked another 50 eur from me on top of what they sucked out from me in Singapore. About the procedures, firstly i had to go to this counter, where i submit a form and check if i have all the required document. So thats the first round of rejection. Got rejected onc because i was not registered in Munich yet. So this time round i went prepared. With everything in hand, i spoke to the Lady in German. And she understood! Wasn't much actually, merely stated what i needed and handed all my document to her. Second stage was in a room, where they register all my data and prepare the sticker for printing. It was all in german until she asked something really quickly, so i gave up. Rest of the conversation went back to english.Sigh. At least i tried!

For the past 2 days weather has been bad, so been home experimenting with food instead. hahah, cooked up some pretty decent meals, although simple, but tasty. For lunch, its my Baguette with Mashpotato and broccoli. Topped with my Apple juice. Dinner, as usual mash potato onions Bratwurst and more Broccoli. Wonder why the ingredients are so similiar? Well i have to finish them before i can get more stuff. The fridge and the cupboards are kinda full. So 1 big forest of broccoli will last me at least 2 weeks. Thats if i eat twice a day. And can't really keep meat for long, thus must eat them all up.

Ok, i shall go meet my tandem partner now. Shes a native german who wants to learn english, and i am a foreigner who wants to learn german. So we will be helping each other out and this is going to be the first time i meet her. So wish me luck!

5 hours later...
Sorry that i was in a rush so did not have time to explain myself. so how does this Tandem Partner ship works? My school, Tandem International has earlier asked if i would like to participate in this partnership learning activity when i first signed up, so i thought why not? I can learn more on top of what i am taught in school. So i had to state my native language and what i want to learn, and the school will pair me up with this partner, who wishes to pick up my native language, and can offer what i wanted to learn. Pretty good concept, except that both has to know abit of what he/she wants to learn because if not, it will be like putting a chicken and a duck together. So i was paired with this german girl, Maria Reidl. She is in one word, Super! hahah. She is 19 years old and very pretty! =x lives outside of Munich in a little village (Lindach) of 40 inhabitants! She can speak a little english, like how i can speak a little german. So we could communicate, though limited. It was yet another awesome experience to be able to interact with a native german. I can't remember how many times i have used the word "Awesome", perhaps i should start using the Thesauraus, but i think there is no other better word to describe my journey here thus far. For those who think that germans are cold people, come here and live for 2 weeks and your mindset will change forever! Sure there are those cold looks on the trams, but you can't be smiling to every single person can you? In fact i was so excited throughout the meeting that i forgot to take a photo with her! So those of you interested, you got to wait till next friday! =D