didn't regret bringing my dslr (although it's friggin old already) to amsterdam! heehee

spent the first day pretty much ZZZZ-ing. met the rest of the crew for super delicious dinner at cafe de glos. we had escargots (my first time), french onion soup with melted cheese, medium-done ribeye and t-bone steak, and really good bread and herb butter. just thinking about all these food generates juices in my tummy...:P o and my colleague had something called orgasm coffee. we were all speculating what it was but it's actually just coffee + ALOT of kahlua and baileys ---> girls' favourite drink.

we trudged through the holland rain to H&M, the coffeeshop for some coffee (for real), and then to the red light district. hahha it's really interesting how people are objectified in showrooms, and how they try or do not even bother to attract the window-shoppers. in the end we wound up at a this place below after some pretty good salesmanship from the locals. most of the goods were extra large there. :P

ok and so after a rough night (!!!) we ventured out again to explore the city. planned to go for the cruise, windmill and heineken experience. we asked  for directions from the concierge for a good breakfast joint, and i chanced upon my name. hahaha.

 after breakfast it was a really draggy 75-min boat ride. really bad service from the ticket counter and the boat was too crowded. not worth the 18euros. but we took some of the rare outdoor seats which offered really good views of the amsterdam.

we had a quick lunch in the city centre (some fries, wings, waffles and hotdog buns) and then took a 15-min tram ride to the windmill. happy enough to see one and not take the 2-hour train ride to the outskirts to see a few.

it soon started to pour but the shower was short-lived. we wound up at the heineken brewery and so begun a crazy booze-filled afternoon.

 me horsing around

 most of it was a blur but i remembered we got to learn about the beer-making process (which involved hops (for flavour) and heineken's prized 'A' yeast), understood how to taste beer the right way, and also tried draughting the heineken beer witht he layer of foam just touching the red star.

 "hmmmm...."

 and i got my name on the bottle for 6 euros (abit of a ripoff but who cares! my name's on it. HAHA)

 and so we had a few drinks and got a little high in the middle of the day. but i guess that's what travelling's about and what makes it so fun.

 to end off the night we had dinner at cafe de glos AGAIN, but this time with a really decent lamb shoulder. wah liao damn shiok the food there.