Amsterdam - Warning!! For 18 years and above only / Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Hmm... Amsterdam... Drugs and the infamous redlight district?? Lol... Actually, Amsterdam is more famous for some other then that, trust me.. But no harm taking a look at those since you are here right.. Lets name some special stuff here... Hmm, a Sex museum, 'coffee shops' that sells hash and marijuana, a hash and marijuana museum (you can actually buy seeds from there), a whole area of 'windows' (erm, for those who dunno wat are those, dun ask.. ha!) Lol.. shall not post pictures regarding those here, if you want to see them can ask me... =)
Just for you all to wonder.. Y is the symbol of Amsterdam represented by the 3 Xs??.. XXX...
Yeah, it was decided some time ago.. Wonder if the people in the past had a vision for Amsterdam 'this' famous?
Anyway while you all ponder, let me tell you some things that you probably wont know about Amsterdam..
See the map of Amsterdam, what does it remind you of... Like an onion right... The different canals lining up around the main city centre.. Just like an onion..
See the houses.. All of them are slanted... Y? Blame it on the poor construction and ground conditions.. But dun worry, it wont fall.. Eh, at least thats what the tour guide told us.. And the beams on top of the buildings, it is actually used to lift stuff like furnitures up and down cos the stairs within the building are way too narrow.. o.0
Oh, and the key and castle symbol you see on top, they are actually how postman recognizes houses as they dun have formal address.. Woah, imagine a day of the postman.. When he reach the wrong house... "****!! Its the 4 keys with a castle and not the 3 keys with the castle house again!!"
Guess what is on the top right.. No, its not for you to put your shoes on, nor is it for flower pots.. They are pee deflectors!! Yea, not those that reflects back at you when you pee, they just make it so that your pee drips back at you when you do it.. Apparently it solves their public peeing problem.. =) The top right is a monument for WW2, ahem.. guess what does it look like (hint: its Amsterdam!! Ok, dun say out the answer)
The coffee shop at the bottom left is supposed to be famous, a part of the movie was filmed there but I forgot what is it.. ha... Oh, and the bottom right is a picture of our tour guide.. Dun be fooled by his huge earlobes and multiple tatoos and piercings, he is one superb knowledgeable tour guide!! Yes, if you visit Amsterdam, be sure to go on the free tour that starts near the central station... A must!!!
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