4th December 2005 - Day 62

Sunday is here again.

Nothing much happened today. It's a usual Sunday spent lazing around. It's exceptionally warm today at 10 degrees Celcius, despite the light rain for the whole day. The heaviest rainfall here would probably look like a drizzle by South East Asia Monsoon standards anyway.

I was stuck at this particular paragraph in my lecture notes. I still cannot figure it out after two hours. It's time to seek help from the lecturer tomorrow.

There's a Flurparty here tonight. We started off making (and eating) Pizzabrötchen. Then Stefan proceeded to concoct his Glühwein. They heated up the mixture of red wine, orange and apple juice and rum ad placed a Zückerhut directly on the pot. After which, they poured more rum on the Zückerhut and set it on fire.

Pouring rum over the Zückerhut

The blue flame normally means it's not that hot, says Simon

Yup. He's not drunk.

It was not too bad. The warm alcoholic drink would taste better if one was standing out in the cold. I don't really like it though. I would puke if I drank anymore of it.

Since this is a Flurparty, the rest of the people invited their friends along. Once again, with my limited vocabulary, I attempted to give a Geography lesson to the misinformed (but interested). Though it might not have cleared up their erroneous perception completely, it certainly helped improve their understanding on the other part of the World.

I would have gone away with the impression that Germans are genuinely excited about their course of study, hearing one of the guys speak about his technical subject with such fervour unseen (yet) in any Singaporean student. Until his girlfriend (who is in the same course) came over and begged him to talk about other things.

It was quite an enjoyable evening, though my effort of trying to soak up some German failed miserably.

So, back to more guesswork with the lecture stuffs.