Ale's Stones (Ales Stenars in swedish)

Ale's Stones (Ales stenar in Swedish) is a megalithic monument in Scania in southern Sweden , probably from circa 500 AD, that is, the end of the Nordic Iron Age. Ale's Stones consist of a 67 metre long stone ship formed by 59 large boulders of , weighing up to 1.8 tons each

Tom's dad refer to it as the Viking graves, which he claimed many vikings are buried under the stones!
*Gaspz*

It was bright and sunny when we left the cottage!
Honestly, i don't miss the high rise buildings, the sound of traffic, the air pollution etc..

Here, everything seems so peaceful. Think clear blue sky, endless stretch of meadows, summer breezewe stopped over along the coast where Tom threaten to throw moi over the bridge. He said that the temperature of the water is like below 10degrees!
Brrrr, I hate cold water!!

Tom with the two most important women in his life!
Clutzy moi happily slided my hand over the wood railing only to get a splinter stuck into my palm. *sniff sniff*

Tom love to take photos of moi in distress. Moi refuse to be a crybaby.
Its only a splinter!
*ouch*Finally, we reached the foot of the hill where the Ales Stenars is located!
The beautiful scenary as background and the steep climb up to Ales Stenars.One thing for sure! Tom's parents have better stamina than moi!
I was panting like mad when i reached the top...A sighboard at the midpoint climb to Ales Stenar. Something about star constellations at Ales Stenar. Im not into astronomy and stuff, so i skip it..

The view that greet moi when i finally reached the top.

YAAY!!

Closer look. They do resemble the UK's Stonehenge. Old stones, i mean.
And nobody knows what the real reason behind these stone formations.

For all you know, the ancients probably goes like "Hmm, we need to build something for no reason at all so that in thousands years time, our decendants are gonna crack their heads to think of answers". Then the ancients will *sniggle sniggle* to themselves.

ALRIGHT, it's just one theory. Jasmine's theory! And the best part? People all over the world is gonna pay good money just to visit all these "Historical" places. Good for tourism, if you know what i mean...
Hmmm, wonder how come no one thought of building a stone formation in lil Singapore?
Enough of my silly theories...

It's so funny, moi was kinda hesitate to step into the Ales Stenars because of what Tom's dad said about it being the Viking's graves.
(Hey! moi dun want to anger the Viking ghosts and have them haunting me in my sleep).
But then i saw these hordes of people just trampling into the inner circle, with some families having picnics and i was like "WTF?!!?"

I'm not wussy.. Hmmph, walked straight in and started snapping photos. You can't really tell from the photos but the cliff is really high and steep!
And so bloody windy! i was so afraid that moi gonna get blown over the cliff.We almost had a heart attack when Tom attempt to jump off the cliff.
It's SO NOT FUNNY, TOM!!! My heart was literally in my mouth
We headed downhill to the smoked fish shop where Tom's dad said i have to try the smoked eel there. It's a family tradition!

Beautiful cactus on our way down. Almost got myself pricked in the face when i lean too close to it
The smoked house!
The arrays of smoked fishes available
Smoked eel....Ewwww, they look so disgusting!
I can't believe i love the Japanese Unagi so much
*faint*Tom's dad bought so much of the smoked fishes cos he wanted moi to try the vast varieties available. And it doesn't come cheap! Amost 600SEK (S$120) of smoked fishes!

Back to the summer cottage.Moi with my smoked meal lunch! It was super duper delicious..
and the smoked eel...Well, it didnt taste half as bad as i though.
In fact, i thought it was good!Tom and his momAlrighty....that brings to an end the whole of my Sweden trip!
From Malmo to Copenhangen to Stockholm to Ales Stenars.
I really have a blast and Tom's family are ultra ultra nice!
Stay tuned for my next Sweden trip!

Sweden trip!

It's been almost 2months since i came back from my Sweden trip and Tom been like "You suppose to write about your time in Sweden"
(Tom edit: %$&$#@!!! HELLO!! GRR!!! Lazy ass Pei Ling!)...
So here goes...

That's me and Tom in the Airport lounge waiting for boarding time. Yesh, moi looked darn sleepy cos it's like 12midnight!
The flight time was around 12hours. Tom spent most of the time sleeping while moi was watching a movie marathon.
Finally, 10 minutes till we landed in Copenhagen! Tom's parents were so sweet to come and picked us up from the Malmo Train station. We slept for a couple of hours at the house before heading up to the summer house which is located about an hour drive from Malmo.

Tom mentioned that his family spent many countless summers and winters at this place, away from the city life. And i can understand that. The whole area is situated right in the middle of a forest and everything just feel so peaceful and surreal.

Breakfast time!

Tom loved caviar on his toast (the black stuff) and tons of ketchup and mustard on his sausages.Tom's dad planted some potatoes last fall which means we are gonna have new potatoes for dinner tonight! yaay~ Pork chops and wonderful new potatoes for dinner!
scrumptiousWe spent almost our whole Sweden trip at the summer house, going for long walks in the forest.
Totally relaxing
the lake near to the summer houseDuring one of our walks, we came across a porcupine!
It scrambled into the bushes when it notice our presences... We also came across a sheep farm and i swear i saw the cutest lil baa baa here...
Tell me, isnt her cute? *heart melt*
and it was chasing after us when we walked away....

QUESTION: Why do stocks stand with just one leg?I beat Tom at Othello!!
*smug look*

Maybe that explain why he wanna use an axe on me...
Sore loser *kidding*

Playing Frisbee~

Tom's mom made a birthday cake for us.
There's three candles because it represent Tom's mom, Tom and moi!!
We are all born in July....hee~

Tom blew out all the candles...GRRRR~ we're suppose to blow it togetherThe home made birthday cake was super delicious too! Thanks, Tom's mommy!!

The night before we left, we head down to Malmo central for some shopping.

Hope to be back next summer~
Thanks Tom's family for their hospitality. We had such a wonderful time!!

There's something strange in the neightbourhood...

And of all places...it had to be so near to my new place in Punggol!! -_-

Moi and my colleagues were swapping ghost stories on our flight back from Maldives
(Hey, overnight flight mah and all the passengers were sleeping!) when someone mentioned about the haunted house near Punggol MRT.
My antenna immediately went on high alert!!

"PUNGGOL?!?! NEAR THE MRT?!!???" @@
Fyi, Tom and moi just bought a place near Punggol MRT and we'll be moving in DEC.

"The Matilda House. Didnt you hear about it?"
Moi shook my head vigorously....

Once back home....Moi quickly did a Google search on it. I'm so amazed that so many pple knew about it...except MOI
Kuakuakua

In short, this house used to belong to the Cashin family. It is called Matilda House, named for his paternal grandmother and built in 1902 by his father, Mr Alexander Cashin, as a present for his wife. It has been left abandoned for many years and in it's rundown state, many people claimed that it's supposedly "haunted". Looking at the photos, i could easily tell why. Strangely, it's the only building smacked right in the middle of an empty field. Rumours had it that they wanted to tear it down for development but the machines would just break down at the last minute. Dare-devils who ventured to the house in the middle of the night claimed to see/feel shadows inside.
On 21 February 2000 the URA has given conservation status to the Matilda house saying that it's a heritage landmark.

Check out the Singapore Paranormal Investigators' webbie
http://www.spi.com.sg/spi_files/punggol_kampong_house/main03.htm

Whether its really haunted or not? Nobody know.
So anyone know the number for Ghostbusters?

Maldives trip!

Just came back from one of my all time favourite station, Maldives!!
The only station where we could run around in shorts, bikinis, flip flops without the senior crew frowning on our clothing.

Much as i love too, moi didn't manage to enjoy my short stay this time round..
All thanks to the "spoilt ham" in Tom's fridge!! Yesh, the 2weeks old ham that Tom was too lazy to throw out
(btw, issit just me or does anyone else didn't know that ham can just last a couple of days before it turn bad?)
-_-
Obviously Tom blame moi for being a glutton in the middle of the night.
(HEY, i cant sleep if I'm hungry)

So the day before my Maldives flight..moi was like really sick all over, even barfing into the drain after brekkie. I finally understood what people means by seeing stars! It's TRUE!
Damn freaking scary as well... I almost thought i was gonna die (Yes, everyone...i'm a wuss)

Back to my Maldives stay... i really love this place...
can just imagine spending my honeymoon in Maldives
*dreamy look*

Check out the many colours of the sea! The nature in its glory!
Even the restaurants resemble cute lil huts!
My colleagues heading out for snorkeling! Except moi who unfortunately still haven quite recovered from my bout of food poisoning -_-
Sighzzzzz.....How i wish i could join them!! Yesh, they're definitely enjoying themselves...
DON'T GLOAT! *angry*With one of my colleagues who exclaimed "omigosh, your pink Ipod mini is so antique"
Duh~~ *rolled eyes*Only the tons of hermit crabbies to keep me company while my colleagues are exploring the wonders of the sea.
Poor Hermit the crabbie must be starving!
*Throw a bread roll for him*Adorable little boy took a bread roll from moi and start feeding the fishes in the sea.
Took a video of the
"Great hermit crabbie's Escapade"
They are really a shy lot....