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03S78. HCJC.

27 of us make up the lovely class of 03S78 :)

it was a year and 6 mths ago that we graduated from hwachong, nothing much has
changed since then - we still have the good old class outings when we spend most
of the time walking around (+ extended one in europe recently), we still play
mahjong, watch movies, go æçå¦! together (at nwxiang's request of course)..

to many more years of friendship!

teddy! :)

our beloved school :)

our lovely flag.

outside canteen.

chalet in ubin.

'A' lvls results '05

Chao recruits!! '05

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Yijin + girls! '05

Xiz, Ms Wang + guys! '04

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Backpacking 06: Prague 2 & 3

28th - 29th May
Prague & Kutna Hora

The cultural capital of Bohemia since the 10th century, Prague is definitely one picturesque city. Unlike many other European cities, Prague didn’t suffer great destruction during World War II with the last major disaster being a devastating fire that ravaged much of the city in the 17th century. Also the center of the Velvet revolution that brought the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia in 1989 (velvet divorce splitting Czechoslovakia was in 1993), Prague is, today, one of the most stable and prosperous of the post-Communist cities.

Tourism contributes a great deal to Prague’s economy and its observable. The great numbers of tourists swarming the streets has sullied a little of its Bohemian charm. We must have seen the greatest deal of Asian tourists in Prague. And nowhere is this more so than the main sight of the city: Hradcany Castle (Prague Castle).

Built in the 9th century, the history of this magnificent Gothic structure overlooking Prague has been long and rich. From its very origin to present day it has been the seat of administration of the country. Prague castle was also where the term “defenestration” originated: the act of throwing someone or something out the window. Sound familiar?

In any case, 2 significant defenestrations (of people) were documented, with the 2nd defenestration erupting in the Thirty years’ war between the Protestants and Catholics across much of Europe in the early 17th century. Interestingly, the Catholic version of the story claims that angels appeared and carried them to safety. The Protestant version says that they landed in a pile of manure after falling 15m which spared their lives.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defenestrations_of_Prague

1) Front view of St.Vitus Cathedral and its rose window, the seat of the archbishop, which is found inside the castle.
2) Cathedral from the side.
3) View of Prague city being divided by the Vltava River from one of the towers of the Cathedral. We climbed the dizzying 287 of the spiral staircase =)
4) The late sunset view of the castle and its surroundings from Charles’ Bridge, the famous historical bridge in Prague lined with statues erected in the 17th century of Prague’s saints. Its really busy in the day with Russian painters, owners of the kiosks, black sailors but has a nice serenity at night =) Its famous because it used to be the only bridge crossing the river, also because famous people fell (or, not unexpectedly, were thrown) from the bridge too. Scenes from Mission: Impossible were filmed here too with Tom Cruise watching one car blow up under the square of the bridge in one scene.

The next day in was spent visiting a former mining town outside Prague called Kutna Hora. It’s a welcome change with less tourists and we finally saw what their neighbourhoods looked like. The highlight here was probably visiting Sedlec Ossuary, a small Christian chapel located beneath a cemetery. It contains about 40,000 human bones artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel, the reason being the cemetery could no longer meet with demand.

5) A chandelier of bones with at least one of every bone from the human body.
6) Coasters in a cheap chinese eatery we found (owned by a mainland chinese lady who migrated there, playing邓丽君 music too!) with the theme: retribution. At least we think so.
7) Taking the night train to bratislava that night. Basically a 6-bedded compartment all the guys squeezed into with our backpacks =)

Shall skip Bratislava since it was only half a day and I don’t have any pictures of our cheap 1xgd meal+dessert =P

ryaniq lived on 11:54 PM

- 03S78 forever -

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