It's funny how i get so lazy to blog abt my holidays till i get almost ready for the next one...

Boy & i were deciding between Berlin or London for his birthday and i settled for Berlin... & then i went to London alone for shopping and catching up with some friends.. Best of both worlds i'll say. ;)

So ladies & gentlemen.. after almost 2 months of procrastinating, here's my pics to the awesome trip!!

We got there friday night..chkin in almost past midnite.. zzz..

The almost-birthday-boy had to do the job of checking in :p

Dinner for the hungry!! :D

We took a plunge and decided to join this free walking tour for the trip.. NOT something we usually would have done as we usually prefer to just take things own time own pace for our holidays.. But i'm not kidding when i say this free berlin walking tour thingy really made this trip a blast! I've probably heard (not learnt - coz i cant remember as much now) more german history in that 3-4hrs than i can possibly hear in my entire life. :p Anyway they run in quite a few European cities & i was so planning to go for it in Madrid (yes, next up is Madrid in 10 days!!!) till i realised from their website that they suspended the Madrid free tour coz of some lousy protest from their competitors. sucks :(

Anyway, the story with this free tour thing is that u tip as much as u tink they are worth or as much as u can afford.. which sounded damn gd to me in Europe especially. Cool rite?? Our free berlin tour originated from Brandenburg gate...

They're essentially Nazis..so dun be fooled ;)

The holocaust memorial. The huge slabs of stones were made of a different height on purpose and the ground was meant to slope downwards towards the middle and the stones kinda just grow taller, making one feel more and more "helpless" i guess? Totally cold and hard when u're walking ard it like a huge maze. I felt small. Not that i was very big to start with..

This Canadian... was my guide for the new free berlin tours. & he was FREAKING AWESOME... nevermind that trucker cap, tattoos and massive ear piercings.. Boy & i were just soooo pleasantly surprised we tipped 20 euros which was seriously way more worth it than the 50euros we paid for that lousy 2 hours on the overpacked open top bus tour we took in Paris. Big mistake there.. long bus rides make ppl tired... Big mistake.

I really thought the baby trolley is totally cute & innovative....The vest and fugly white bare skin on a man>>> a death sentence. Lets not even go to the hair and unkempt beard..

At the bunkers where Hilter ended his life & saved the rest of the world. Boo to u & kudos to us. haha..

Thats my tour group by the way. U cant see me coz i was blocked by that fat big arse in a black top & jeans on the left of the green sweater girl.... watever.. i'm short & i know it... BLEAH.

See those tattooes.. Why would anyone want faces tattooed on him/herself?

the honest truth is the wall is not as tall yet so formidable that countless have lost their lives undermining its prowess.. likewise for that little person standing in front of it :p

Checkpoint CHARLIE. meaning checkpoint C.. yes, that means there's A and B tooo...

Plenty of empty bookshelves.. too much to read = misery.. no books to read & it made history.. geez.

Neue Wache - A German memorial to the victims of war and tyranny featuring the sculpture by Käthe Kollwitz. Another depressing place.. where they have remains of an unknown soldier and a concentration camp victim underneathe it. Think that's a trend coz the Arc de triomphe had an unknown soldier tomb beneath too!

I really dun remember whr i took this.. it's been 2 mths.. so do gimme a break yeah.. still  nice no?

On museumsinsel (Museum Island) which is a Unesco World Heritage site..

Taken by my guide who obviously lack some basics on photography. But hey..there's me this time! Who cares who got cut out of the picture this time.. maybe it was that same fat arse that covered me earlier! Ha.. KARMA!

Sitting by the canal enjoyin the sun & view of museum island...awesome

The tv tower.. the famous Ulbricht's last erection. (Walter Ulbricht is the German communist politician who ordered the building of it in Alexanderplatz).. :D It was built on East Germany side to show off to the West but ironically, the disco ball like glory was created with the help of the Swedes..

so basically the Nazi had help from the Swedes for his massive 365m erection.. nice..

Some shopping before we headed for our BIG dinner to celebrate the birthday. But Boy & i got alittle hungry so we combed the bistro floor in KaDeWe first for some soup.. & Boy that is definitely the BEST cream based soup i've ever had in my entire freaking life. White asparagus soup.. YUMMM...

I got free wine.. compliments from the chef!

I was almost flirting with the generous & cute chef.. and the boy caught it on memory card.. oops..at least i got him a glass of free wine..

The wonderful ground level of the legendary Kadewe.. its like the Harrods of London.. maybe just not with as beautiful toilets.

Boy lookin great for his 25th! :D

And i so have to complain about this freaking restaurant..which i chose from some raving reviews online.. speaking of which i've yet to leave a totally crap feedback thr.. i shld so do it man.. we paid 200+ euros for this meal tinking its gona be PERFECT... 6 courses, awesome sounding menu.. and i'm so wrong. They did SO MANY things wrong!

1. Serve the boy first ALL the fucking time. Hello its fine dinning... and no matter wat.. THE LADY IS ALWAYS FIRST!!!
2. the (apparently) new (+maybe dumb)waitress didnt stop to explain whats on our plate after she's served. Hello... what the hell are we eating .. dun u tink we wanna noe? ...doh
3. Boy had wine pairing & this same lousy crap of a waitress recommended a pinot for his last main course... and she said its from Austria...hmmm. turns out its fucking German. HOW FUCKING CRAP is that?! (See i told u she's probably so intellectually challenged she cant even tell a lie without getting caught!)
4. They served my freaking 2nd main course when i was in the toilet... er helo? wtf?!
5. I told the same lousy bitch that its the boy's birthday at the start of the meal and was asking if she had a small cake or something.. she said.. "oh no worries..will be taken care of.." we didn't see ANYTHING even after we called for the bill, paid no tips and just walked out without saying anything to get our cab they called for us.

I skipped the pics of rest of the dishes coz its just way too troublesome.. it's a FREAKING 6 course meal for god's sake.. and by the time my 2nd main course was served.. i was almost falling asleep & just wished we can just go back to the hotel instead... Anyway, heres a pic of my lychee sobert... & yes, they called it Li-Chi too.. DOH. why dun they just ask me the Asian?

Some cheaper real GERMAN food for once. Say hi to Porkie knuckles..

& say hi to Er-mei & Wudang sect members who probably qing gong-ed their way to Berlin from some cheena moutains.

So cool rite? Excpt for that middle guy w the bottle.. the rest had HOT HOT bods.. ;)

last day at Brandenburg gate... :p

@ the Reichstag dome. Pretty cool eh?

It's totally gorgeous inside too. does make me alittle giddy walking up tho... & the coolest thing..the up & down spirals arent the same! Awesome rite?!

Currywurst. I hate curry powder did i say.. dun ask me why i bought this.. boy hates sausages! But i tot hey! we're in freaking Berlin.. so 1 mouth & eeek... off to the bin.

Holocaust museum underground.. it told the depressing story of 5 individuals... sobz..

Yes... such a brilliant msg conveyed in the simplest of words... 

Alritey.. so here ends my trip.. Love everything about it excpt that damn meal.. but oh well, shit does happens once in a while. I'll make sure i NEVER take a  >5 course meal EVER again.. unless its asian (all served at once) or some wedding dinner.. :p

And oh yes.. i did actually post about another trip to Rotterdam earlier and that trip took place after Berlin. Geez.. what a totally complicated timeline.. but nvm.. u wont know if i dont say anyway..

geez.. why am i so jumpy today? Must be the lack of sleep.. been ages since i partied til 4 and hear ppl scream "Encore" at zouk..