Amalienborg Palace

Amalienborg was the home of Danish royal family after Christianborg Palace was burnt down by fire. It's also the monarch's winter residence. Amalienborg Palace consists of four palaces and I was lucky to be able to witness the changing of the guards on Sunday morning. Christianborg Palace is opened to tourists but it's unfortunate no cameras are allowed to be carried into the royal palace. I also went to the ruins of the Christianborg Palace which lies beneath the palace. It's pretty interesting.

All right, enough said. Let the photos do the rest ;-)

Shots of the Amalienborg Palace(Total of four palaces. Each on different sides, which forms a square around you if you are standing amidst them)

The guards were marching and getting ready to perform the honourable ceremony : Changing of the guards.

The guard is very dutiful in guarding the palace. Though he allows you to take photos with him but be caution not to go too near. He'll tell you to keep a distance from him.

There are lots of such statues around Copenhagen and they are always in green. *Shrug*

Tivoli by Day & Night - Photos

As promised in my previous post, here are the photos. Didn't get to take much, though. Perhaps enough to lure you to visit this lovely garden! ;p


Tivoli is crowded with locals and tourists even before night falls. Pumpkins are everywhere!

Seems like pumpkins have reigned this place! And these are real pumpkins, mind you. So, you know where to get fresh pumpkins beside the market? LOL.

Whoa! Mr. Pumpkin is just beside me!! Trick or treat?

A symphony of pumpkin heads playing music before dusk. Cute, aren't they? LOL

A view of Tivoli before night falls. In front of the palace light building lies a beautiful fountain.

Does this remind you of Taj Mahal? Or a mosque? Do not be deceived. It's actually a building with hotel and restaurants in Tivoli, Copenhagen.

Strolling along a street of souvenir shops.

A view of Tivoli at night. My sis said it looks like some Chinese place. LOL. Sorry about the bad quality of photo. My colleague has better shots of Tivoli. Have yet to get all the photos taken with her camera. Shall upload them once I have them ;-)

Now, Tivoli anyone?

Back to the Warmth At Home

I have safely touched down at KLIA airport today. Thanks to all for the well wishes. Travelling alone does give you some time to reflect things. I bought 2 books from the bookstore at the Copenhagen airport considering the fact that I would be so bored waiting to board the plane alone. Since I have not bought myself a birthday gift and I need to submit my birthday gift claim by end of the month (Yes, we as employees are allowed to claim birthday gift with a limit of MYR160), I thought it's a brilliant idea ;p

My sister and I talked a lot the minute we met. Plenty of stories to share and it felt good as I had not spoken Cantonese to anyone for almost a month!

While typing entry of this post, I am listening to a new song by Jay Chou (给我一首歌的时间), which my sister downloaded recently and have been promoting it. Worth listening indeed. Talking about music, Copenhagen sells original DVDs, CDs, VCDs at a cheap rate. Only selective of albums or movies are sold at low prices, though but I think that's a good bargain because they are not as cheap in Malaysia. An original DVD costs about 60DKK! My colleague managed to find some old DVDs which she had been searching for some time. If you like pop songs, try googling Tina Dickow and listen to her songs (She writes her own songs). She's very popular in Copenhagen and her songs deserve some attention.

Autumn is indeed beautiful. The mixture hues of red, yellow, orange, brown and green is simply breath-taking. However, I noticed that some trees were turning "bald" (what a way to describe LOL. No offence inteded though) when I was walking to work on Thursday. Miserable winter is starting soon =( and I am somewhat glad I have left for good ;-)

I will upload the photos once I skim through them. Pardon me for my laziness. Till then, stay tuned and have a great weekend (a slightly long one too).

Counting down to go home

This is the fourth week I am in Copenhagen and I am looking forward to go home tomorrow! I suppose there will be a lot of catching up to do, especially on my friend's wedding. It's regretful I could not share that special moment with her. Nevertheless, she has my best wishes ;-)

Ah, today is a better day than yesterday. It was so gloomy and rainy the day before. I am now seated opposite the balcony door (Yes, it's cool that the office has a balcony and a room just in front of it! The balcony is large enough to hold a small BBQ party) and looking out to catch a glimpse of the sky and the scenery outside. The sun is hidden behind the tall buildings but the colour of the light it emits is great - a mixture of orange and golden colour.

I hope it's a good day ahead for me and for everyone =D

First Home-Cooked Meal in Copenhagen

Eating out is common if you are travelling and I am really grateful that a friend welcomed us to her house for a home-cooked dinner. She doesn't exactly appear to me as someone who can cook. I mean really can cook. Well, appearance can be deceptive. I like watching her moving around the kitchen, cutting up ingredients for her dishes and standing over the stove. She looks professional!

Her home is cozy and is just right for a single person. The kitchen is lovely. Everything essential is available. As the word home-cooked dinner suggests, it's nothing luxurious but we really enjoyed the dinner. The effort and sincerity she put in flavours the dishes. Not to mention she is really a good cook. Perfect! I love the pickled cucumbers! Yummy. Oh, how could I forget the stewed pork, stir-fried brinjals with blended dried shrimps and taucu sauce and the spinach soup ;-) Thanks Pat! =D

Halloween at Tivoli

Here I am again. It's nice to step into the blogsphere again after not doing so for 10 days. Had been doing a bit of travelling and left my laptop in the office =p

I have never celebrated Halloween and thought it would be good to have a feel of it. Tivoli is an amusement park which no one should miss when visiting Copenhagen. According to some sources, Tivoli inspired Walt Disney to develop Disneyland and it's one of the most popular amusement parks in the world. (Disclaimer : Not sure the reliability of the source.)

If you are a person who likes excitements, Tivoli is the place you should go. The rides are so freaking scary, or maybe I am timid. Well, I had a ride which brought me 360 degrees of turning at Sunway Lagoon but thinking back, I don't think I shall have the courage to do that again =X If you entering Tivoli with no interest of rides, it's DKK85 per person and if you are in to take the challenges of rides, it's DKK 285 per person. I could not recall the price for children though. You may check out at www.tivoli.dk if you are interested or just Google "Tivoli" and I believe you would be able to obtain loads of results ;)

The decorations are impressive. Real pumpkins are used. They must have bought all the pumpkins from the market.LOL.

I know I have been using lots of words to paint pictures in your head and photos would definitely be a better option. However, I am sorry that the photos are still in my camera. I didn't bring my data cable for transfer and my camera was out of memory while I was happily capturing photos! In the end, I recorded videos and snapped photos using my camera phone. The quality may not be as good but at least there are some memories salvaged. Ha, what a way to console myself, you must be thinking huh?

Anyway, photos shall be up once I am back. Have another 2 weeks before I reach Malaysia.

Apart from Tivoli, my colleague and I went to see the Rosenborg Castle and musuem. Wait till you see the jewelleries and treasures owned by the royal family, you would have no idea how my jaw dropped to my knees in awe. I didn't take photos of ALL the treasures but enough to make you fascinate a little ;-)

All right, got to go now.

Greetings from Copenhagen, Denmark

Excuse me for not updating the blog - am on business trip. Phew,..I finally arrived at Copenhagen, Denmark on Sunday. It was a long flight with about 2 hours of transit at Bangkok. The weather here is chilly and windy. Excellent for a good stroll or jog but things may not be that pleasant if the wind is too strong.

I forgotten the most important thing while packing - that's to check the compatibility of the power cable/plug here. My phone battery is almost running out and I constantly need to borrow other people's laptop charger. I felt bad and sorry =( My bad for overlooking that considering it's a business trip.

Well, everything is fine at the moment. The people here are rather nice and friendly, which makes things a whole lot better.

All right, I guess I shall stop here. More updates later =D

Signing off....