A little about Riječki Karneval..

For many who have never heard of this carnival which is one of the town's biggest event of the year. The centre of the town will have stages set up for international DJs and performers for the final day of the carnival.
The whole celebration starts sometime around now for the children. It is pretty similar to Halloween when the children dress up in costumes or wear masks and visit homes asking for candies. Well.. if you are in town now, you will see spiderman or batman asking for candies or small change. It can be pretty annoying when children will ring your doorbell for 5 times just to get your attention. Most of them usually get nothing after buzzing several flats.
Adults should educate their children not to visit homes to ask for candies as we never know who's behind those doors. The whole emphasis of this event should be on the party spirit. Have fun dressing up and not about asking adults for cash.
That's all for now. Will be back with more information once the big celebration gets closer. :)

Riječki Karneval is coming!

Stay tuned for the annual Carnival Event in Rijeka. Not to be missed! It's sort of like a Mardi Gras and only in Rijeka, Croatia. This year they promised the event will be bigger as it marks the 25th anniversary of Riječki Karneval.
I'm going out to get my costumes and makeup for this Carnival right now! See link for more details.

Skiing on a thin budget

We were discussing about the number of Croatians travelling to other countries to ski this season. 200,000 of them with all their bulky equipment waiting 3 hours at the customs to get to Slovenia. That's a long wait. Singaporeans spend a long time at the Singapore-Malaysia border (we call it the Causeway) whenever it's the holidays too. But not 3 hours!
What really struck me is that most of the Croatians took credit to go on their ski holidays each year. They love to spend on their holidays and according to research spend more than their neighbouring countries on their ski trips. When one goes on a holiday in Singapore, he spends whatever he has saved not what he has not.
I'm not into skiing. And I don't understand the need to queue 3 hours to get there. Let alone be in debt for the rest of the year so that I could wrap myself in 4 layers of clothing and fall on my bum.
Nah ... Not my type of holiday.

Snow is Snijeg here.

It's not my first winter or my first experience with snow. But the snow covered mountains and the crunching sound of snow under our feet are still great experiences. Now I can understand why everyone gets so excited with snow.

Of course, we don't get snow in Singapore. Not even anything closely resembling Winter. Christmas is definitely just another event for mercenary merchants to earn big bucks that will cushion their fat arses through the new year season.
Seeing friends booking flights to catch a glimpse of snow that we barely need an hour to reach, I count myself really lucky. Well.. I do not know how to ski. It was my first sleigh ride. I felt like a kid enjoying this Winter and the next. Frost covered trees and hot rum teas waiting in caffees. My contented heart is bursting into a song...Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...