1. wait for my parcel to arrive (coz my landlord did not want to help me to receive the parcel)
2. get my tax card (don't get this done and sch will not give me 56% of my salary)
Anyway thank goodness, my parcel arrived in late morning! so this means that I can rush to the tax office to get my tax card. while waiting for my parcel to come, i was reading journals and checking on available apartments to rent. I must say, its rally really difficult to find and rent a decent apartment here in Denmark! and the best thing is i always see flats on sale! Urgh! apparently i'm not the only one who has difficulties finding good and cheap apartments.... many have told me they face the same problem. hmmm... this housing issue, i can only chant hard to have the good fortune to get a good one.
Back to my parcel, yup it came in late morning. I'm really happy! Many thanks to my parents for helping me to pack some of my stuffs that i left behind in s'pore. Anyway, once it came, i unpacked and did a very important thing! That is to put up my Gohonzon! Really happy about it!
My Butsudan in my bed'room'
Once i settled the unpacking, i quickly took a shower and head to the tax center which is at the south of Copenhagen. took me about 35min from my place to get there. it is really not easy to find that place. when i got there, i had to wait quite a bit for my turn. i was surprised that it was very quick to get my tax card. it was like i waited for 40min for my turn, and it took the tax personnel only 5min to get it done! i really have no idea how come i needed to wait so damn long. anyway i got him to explain to me how much taxes must i pay and after taxes how much do i have remained. The tax system here is a little complicated. Let's just round up the percentage of taxes i need to pay as 36%!!!! Yeah unbelievable isn't it?? The taxes here are really really high! No joke about it. But its true, the remained amount allows me to survive i mean sufficient for me to pay my rental, food, transportation and still have savings! But i think the people here... may not have huge savings as compared to the people in s'pore. Coz if i were to spend more, most probable, each month i will not have savings! Anyway, this is how it is in Denmark.After getting my tax card (in fact it was just a bloody paper. but the govt wants each resident who is working to declare yourself, otherwise you will not be paid or have to pay more taxes), i saw that i still had a bit of time. So i decided to head down to Øesterbro (its pronounced as Aster-bho), where the little mermaid is. But i'm not visiting her today. In fact I'll be strolling down Norde Toldbod, which is the waterfront of Copenhagen area. Walking along here, you'll get to see the Danish Navy, the Danish Opera House, Amalienborg and Frederiks church. I missed all these when i was there to see the little mermaid 2 wks ago.
Walking from Øesterbro station to Nordre Toldbod
Typical Danish building seen in the city
Anyway i stroll along Nordre Toldbod, I saw this church, Saints Alban Church. Think when i went to see the little mermaid, i saw the other side of the church. Today i saw the frontal view. Right in front of the church is a petty interesting fountain, called 'Gefion Fountain'. To me its a little similar to some of the majestic fountains in Italy.
St Alban Church
Gefion Fountain
River behind St Alban's church (storm clouds coming in)
I saw a very interesting man sitting, pondering. He was pondering seriously.
Machinery man
Hahaha... yeah, he is made up of different machinery parts. I mean its a brilliant design. hahaha... i guess only mech. engineers can appreciate him. =P
Dahlerup's Port Authority Building
Denmark's Opera House
walking down the waterfront, i came across a pretty old and brown building. I did not know what it was. When i looked at the windows, i saw sculptures made from plaster... and they are not ordinary sculptures, but sculptures that carry designs of ancient greece. hahaha... yeah i've always been fascinated with ancient greece, ancient egypt etc. so took a couple of pictures. then I realised that it was in fact a sculpture art museum! It was free, so i went in and took a look. I must say, i was awed by the sculptures. They were really fantastic!
The sculpture art museum
The fake Michelangelo's David
Sculptures on display
Next, i continued walking down and saw Amalienisplayborg and Frederik's church. Amalienborg is the winter house of the Danish Royal Family. It consist of 4 palace buildings surrounding an octagonal courtyard. I even managed to catch a glimpse of the guards patrolling the entrance of each building.
Amalienborg portion 1
Amalienborg portion 2. that the statue of Frederick V
Amalienborg portion 3
Royal guards at the castle grounds
Behind the palace is the Frederik's church. It is also known as the Marble church. Apparently it has the largest church dome in Scandinavia. After my stroll, its back to Lyngby and tomorrow i head to school again. =D
Frederik's church
Interior of church
Ceiling of the church's dome
Dutch inspired architectural design of a building. Pretty typical sight in CPH city
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