Our many first times

Our 5 first times in the Finland cum Norway trip.

First time #1: We were at the Santa Claus' Village in Rovaniemi, Finland. I would like to emphazise that this is the REAL santa claus village! If you want to send a postcard to the santa claus, you just have to address the postcard to Finland (something like
"To Santa Claus in Finland") and the postcard will be sent to this village directly. So, isn't it real?

First time #2: We saw herds of wild reindeers on the road. Sorry to say that we tasted the yummy reindeer kebab too!

First time #3: The Northern Light! My buddy said this is something must see before he dies.

First time #4: We reached the northernmost point of Europe, the North Cape. The sea is the Arctic Sea!!!

First time #5: We drove 2964km in 4 days from Tampere, the southern part of Finland, to the northernmost part of Norway. First experience with the left-hand drive and the GPS ( the small screen above the air-conditioner. GPS is so cooool! kekekeke.
Driver #1, Swee Ching and our sole navigator, Javier. Driver #2 is ME!

A very different way to enjoy it

There are 3 different ways to enjoy the Trinity Mall Ball.

(i) Purchase the May Ball ticket.

Pros:

- can show off to friends. "Hey I got the ticket to the famous Trinity May Ball ohhh!"
- can walk on the Trinity lawn. This is the only time in the year when we are allowed to step on the grass.

Cons:

- spend £££ on the ticket, £££ on the dress, £££ on a new hairdo etc.
- may not get the ticket even you are willing to pay £££.
- min. 2 hours of queue up outside the college waiting for the entrance to the May Ball.
- obligned to stay up for the whole night making sure that you get back what you have paid!

(ii) Work in the May Ball.

Pros:

- earn £££ instead of spend £££
- can see beautiful girls in beautiful dress ;p

Cons:

- work 12 hours from 6pm to 6am the next morning!! And no sleep for the entire night!

(iii) Punting to watch the fireworks show

Pros:

- it's FREE for us.
- I could still go to bed that night
- no dress up, no make up! yeah yeah yeah!
- it's fun! very very fun indeed!
- extra entertainment from other punters.

Cons:- None, from my point of view.

No doubt, I went for the last option.

Waiting for the fireworks of Trinity Mayball in the boats at the River Cam in front of Trinity.

At 23.15pm the fireworks began. 2 groups of spectators: (i) those sitting comfortably in the boats who watched it free, and (ii) those standing at the river side (do you spot them?) who paid a great amount of £££ to watch it.

Lucky of us. Our boat were right in front of the fireworks.

Members of our boat: Hon Tou, the main punter and Yunie, the main organiser of this outing. Another 3 members were not in the photo.

This was a hired boat, the punter was a professional punter contrast to our freeee boat and free punter.