norway...

i receive this postcard from jong (pronounced as jon) from norway who recently traveled to denmark for a short vacation.  the card is from the thorvaldsens museum which is located in a island in central copenhagen.  the museum features works and collections by the sole artist resident, bertel thorvaldsen.

**bertel thorvaldsen with the bust of horace vernet

a small gift from italy...

my eldest niece just came back from her 8 days educational trip in europe. they went to paris, florence, milan, and then rome.  not really sure if i would call it educational trip since they did it during spring break....and only those who can afford.  sorry, but it's just the bitter me talking.

during my high school days in the philippines, the longest trip i've taken was a 3 days excursion to a rectory where you join the priest and nuns (yes, i went to a catholic school).  you were suppose to repent for your sins but we all know, for high school kids, it does not work.

**a very very red and gold leather owl key chain...

pretoria, south africa...

ok, what comes into your head when you hear pretoria??

give up???

oscar pistorius, the olympic blade runner convicted killer.  too bad that this lovely city is now synonymous to a murder.

**welcome to south africa :)

**fertility figure (l) and tobacco bad (r)