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The child Age: 18 School: ACJC Birthday: 11/02/1991 About you: I'm just a guy, looking for answers. previous posts HEY GUYSI'LL BE IN CHINA FROM THE 30TH OF MAY TILL... i wish i hadnt been so bonded with you guys, when ... CO camp is finally over!!! I think that the 4 of u... Just ate botak jones at clementi just now, the qua... Okay, recently i've been hearing something about t... Okay, so now i shall blog about this week! Okay, i... Okay, i shall blog now since i have the time to do... Sick boy...Had fever today, high of 38.7. Thanks t... past April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 April 2010 links Adeline Adin Amanda Amiel Cassandra Daniel Duncan Edwin Huilun IanHo I-Ming James Jeanette Jonathan Joy Kelvin Ken KinCheng Meiqi Michael Chee Michelle LiuMei Lynette Minhui Paul QiaoHui ShunQi Stella Teresa Vivian Weijie Wenhui Yawen Zhong Xiao Zixin
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Sunday, June 08, 2008 ( @ 3:09 PM ) Day 1- Friday woke up at 5.15 am in singapore, got ready to leave for the airport. Had prata at T1 for breakfast! And abit of dads porridge haha. Boarded cathay pacific flight somthing something. During the flight i watched Rambo 4 which is btw, stupid. I conclude that Rambo is a series of mindless killing shows. Got off at HKIA for transit and i LURVE the HK people's accent. Current time 12.35 pm, next flight scheduled at 1.35pm, so 1 hour for lunch. Had cheese nachos for lunch cos yeah, there was nothing else to eat or rather, everything was so exorbitantly priced we couldn;t bear to part with the money. anyways, boarded Air China flight something something again, a much smaller plane, 3 by 3 seating. Had some noodle stuffs for "lunch" at 3pm. Landed at BCIA at around 5.15pm and at T3. Haha, the place was spanking new larhs, first thing that caught my was this sign that said "immigration checkpoint 10 minutes away" WTPONG, 10 minutes??? Do they intend to kill off their opponents even before they reach the olympic stadium? Anyway, so we made our long looooooooong trip to the checkpoint, got stamped and went to baggage claim, which was i think at T3-C, so yeah, this T3 is sooooooooooo darn big that there's also T3-A,B,C,D,E! Pwns sg man. Met up with chloe, checked in at this hotel called qingshansomethingbingguan, which was damn small btw... went to eat korean BBQ for dinner! Mmm... then went to chloes crib and went back and took a 20degree bath... nice one... Day 2-Saturday Woke up at around 7? Haha, can't remember. Chloe came over to the hotel and we had breakfast together, which was porridge and cold tofu strips at a porridge shop just next to our hotel. went to summer palace which a HUGOMUNGO park with random buildings littered around, it was very nice, tranquil and quiet, there were musicians around so it added to the atmosphere, very nice place. Bummed around there for abit till about 2? then headed back to xueyuanlu (where we stay) for lunch at a VERY quaint korean/japanese shop. thenw e went back to our hotel and napped till about 6 odd, cabbed to the National Chinese Orchestra! And met the zhingruan maker Zhang Xin Hua shifu! He drives a sexy lexus with GPS. Talked to him a little as he drove us to his "warehouse" (which is actually a apartment), okay his place is AMAZING, nothing bt instruments which he makes himself, I tell you, zhang shifu is an amazing guy, he smoked 2 sticks in that 1 meeting and I also bought some coolio stuffs from him! OHYA, he asked me one question that really had me going, he asked "why do you play music? why did you choose to learn the ruan?" What a question, i think some of us need to ask ourself that, he asked me this cos i was nervous in front of him and i couldnt play anything, but after he asked me this, i thought to myself and a wave of confidence came over me and i played some songs, even though i was nervous i still played, it was a night to remember.. OH and, i met Song Guan Ying shifu as well! Had dinner at bellagio, freak expensive... Day 3-Sunday woke up at 5.. AGAIN, it seems i cant help but wake up at that time.. ok, went to zhong guan cun for church, in CHINESE, can you believe it? A sermon in CHINESE? i'm pro ok??? After church went to some coolio beef noodle place called master chef kang beef noodles for brunch, it was reaaaaaaaaaaaally gooooooooooood. If you see an outlet (its a chain) go and try! Okay, while mum and clo went to carrefour me and dad went computer shopping! And we almost got scammed 50 yuan! stupid stall owner claimed that just because there's an apple logo on it its original, yeah right.. in the end we bought 2 ipod cables, 1 micro sd to ms pro duo 2 adapter, 1 4gb micro sd card, 1 2gb micro sd card and to micro sd to SD adapters, ALL cheaper then singapore and REAL surprisingly... After that, when somewhere, then somewhere then to the Beijing Central Conservatory of music!!! but we only went to the book store there, but bought loads of stuff, score, cds, dvds, books, great place... Ate dinner at some chinese place with damn salty food... Day 4-Monday Stayed in hotel most of the day, dad sprained his knee while trying to be an olympic athlete while vaulting over a fence... Studied physics GP and chem. then went out for lunch, ate street fare, like fired pastry with beef and spring onions, and this pizza thingy that was LOADED with MSG. Went back, napped, mum and clo went out shopping and ate dinner at another korean BBQ place! to make up for the lousy lunch of course... uneventful day... Day 5-Tuesday Went to forbidden city! Ok but at first went to tiananmen square which btw, i feel is a great place for ACJC to hold morning assembly. It was rather chilly that day, with slight rain and winds blowing all over. Had KFC for brunch. OKAY, forbidden city is a huge place! Really huge, and somehow i feel more "into" this than Angkor Wat, maybe because it's chinese? Anyway yeah, i will upload pics about this place. Spent the entire day walking around the forbidden city, until about 4, then we decided to go to this road called xinjiekou, which has boutiques annnnnnd music shops! so we went into a few, but all of them didnt sell what i wanted :(. SO anyway, ate lamb kebabs! Mediterranean style! Mmm. Bussed to wudaokou for dinner at isshin! A very good japanese restaurant i must say, but their location could be better cos it was located at some ulu carpark surrounded by housing estates. The food was excellent! the sushi platter, grilled pike, curry katsu, tempura, grilled chicken and potato salad! All vvvvv nice! Bussed back to our crib and snoozed off... Day 6-Wednesday Woke up at 3.15 am due to mums complaining about a mosquito in the room. went back to sleep and woke up at about 7? Met sis at around 8 and made our way to Tianjin, by the time we reached it was already around 2? apparently there was this shop which sold goubuli, which is ultimately a bao... not that good... Tianjin is also known for their architectural designs littered all over the place! French, German, Japanese etc etc. but most of em' were under renovation so we didnt get to see much. Had malan beef noodles for dinner at 645, we rushed the meal so that we could catch the 7pm bus back to Beijing, and the portions were huge i tell you, and good also! and we managed to wallop the whole lot up! haha, amazing... reached beijing at 9+, cabbed back to hotel and slept. Day 7-Thursday (written on the day itself) Okay, today is gonna be a great day! I can just feel it! woke up at about 7am or so, prepared to go to badaling, which is where a part of chang cheng(great wall), sorry, a HUGE part at that. anyways, had ianbing for breakfast, which is some chinese version of thosai. anyway it was alot to eat so we ended up throwing some away. bussed to changcheng , at the bus stop however, there were these touters who tried to trick us into getting into their cars to get to changcheng, claiming that by bus its 12 yuan and by express bus its 32yuan, and it takes 3 1/2 hours to get there.. BUT, the fact is, it is 9yuan for bus and 12yuan for express, and it takes 2 hours by bus and 1 hour by express! So if any of you decide to go to visit badaling, do not be fooled. anyways, reached badaling WAH, the wall is looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong man, what crazy nutter would have built this??? The wall was definitely great man, it was built on mountainous terrain, there were alot of ups and downs, and very steep slopes that we had to climb, it was super tiring luhh. Overall chang cheng is a must see when visiting beijing, the scenery is fantastic ! the air is fresh and cool, away from all the dust and pollution. Took a sled like thingy down the mountain. Walked to find the bus station, met more touters who claimed that we were going the wrong way, and they were really persistent! Damn annoying.. anyway in the end we did make a right decision! serve you right touters! and somemore the outcome was even better! meaning that we wanted to take the bus, but in the end we had to take the express bus! which is btw, faster, more comfortable and has aircon! The way God works is definitely something else... By the time we got back to beijing it was already 3pm, had arranged a meeting with zhang shifu again at 3! shizzles! so we called him, arranged a meeting at the chinese national orchestra place again and CHIONG-ED there, just me and dad though, mum and sis went shopping at dunno where.. anyway, it was 4pm by the time we met him, got more zr stuff from him, and picked up a thing or two about beijing roadside stalls! Had late lunch at a place he recommended, ate chongyoumian, it was v nice and cheap too! Dad wanted to go tiantan, which is some park highly recommended by LP, at first i didnt want to go, but in the end i'm glad that i went. it really is the best park in beijing! very nice, peaceful, big, tranquil... and to top it of, there were chinese musicians playing around the park as well... soooo ncie, the atmosphere was perfect.... met mums and clo at the korean place we went to at the first night and went back and slept. So sad, its our last night in beijing, and i was just getting used to it too... Day 8-Friday (written on the day itself) okays, woke up at 8, went to chaoshifa to grab some breakfast, had niuroubing and jianbing, ohman.. niuroubing!!! its the best fast food ever la! too bad they dont sell in singapore, but for sure when i go back there, i'll eat niuroubing... Mum and clo had a small quarrel this morning over clothes and shopping, though it seems to have cleared up, clo still didnt wanna go to the airport to see us off, but nvm.. Reached the airport at 11 odd, checked in, put my ruan in a special place. ate korean food for lunch. anyway, boarded the plane at 250 and took off at 6...no, it is not a typo.. the blooming flight was delayed for that long, and while the passengers were on the plane somemore. damn inconsiderate these jokers. it was a damn long delay la, over 10 flights were delayed for more than 1 hour, the excuse was bad weather, but we think its something to do with the airport control, we think they screwed up... anyway, uneventful flight had some noodle crap for the meal. Reached hk, missed our transit flight, so we had to stay in hk until further notice... so we complain complain.. fight fight... fight until... Day 9- Saturday (written on the day itself) Until today! omg, 12 am still fighting! seow man, and there were other groups of people as well, all the delayed flights, all the people going to auckland and singapore kena to worst, stay till next day... The worst part is, they freaking didnt give us compensation! wtpongzzzz. in the end, slept at the airport, on the seats that were at the transit section, uncomfortable like shit, but i managed to catch some shut eye... Woke up at around 6? walked around, took a dump at the toilet, then went to the departure side, which we could have done 6 hours ago where there were better seats and food!!! had bk for lunch (breakfast was noted in previous post), boarded the plane after a 2 hour delay, and got delayed further on the plane... seresly man... was worried that couldnt make it for sy concert, but eventually did.... 0 comments |