Thursday, November 27, 2008
mountain climbing for the first time in my life yesterday morning, woke up at 6.30am specially for that. it was a class outing and their purpose of suggesting mountain climbing is to avoid paying the entrance ticket to the botanic garden because there's a route that can lead us there from our school. the process is really tedious to the extent that it can make me sweat during winter, and the route was steep and scary that you will feel you're falling downhill anytime. i should say, it's a very special experience to climb a mountain in China, and i will definitely remember it for life.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Weather's been changing drastically like nobody's business these few days and those frequent strong wind is ridiculously cold (btw, my school is just next to the sea), and I'm down with fever plus sore throat plus flu. :( It is really awful to fall sick over here because I can't find strepsils or some other kind of medicine that's familiar to me at those pharmacies, and even my classmates told me if it isn't a serious illness, don't go to the hospital because doctors there aren't well-trained. I kind of expected it but I didn't expect to hear it from locals. Hope I'll get well over the weekend, cos the semester is coming to an end real soon, it's time to start preparing for those essays. After doing some calculation, I've got 5 essays, 1 script and 2 written examinations waiting for me six weeks from now!
Well, good luck to me!
Well, good luck to me!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Shall blog about my 4D3N Shanghai trip. ((:
(This post is gonna be freaking lonnnngggg!)
I think the most daring act we ever did was to choose Spring Airlines, a domestic flight specially catered to fly to places within China. It's a really horrifying experience, and my senior is right, the taking off and landing process were the scariest of all. Not to mention the turbulence part because i supposed most planes will experience that especially in cold and windy weather like now, what shocked us the most is, the minute before the plane was about to take off, we heard two passengers' phone ringing and they still answered the call! At that instant, both of us just rolled our eyes and we were laughing non-stop cos we find this kind of situation quite ridiculous and rarely seen. Another funny thing was, we thought food are prohibited on the plane, but you know what, we saw locals peeling oranges, eating macs when on board the plane. I wonder how they manage to pass the security checks. And on the flight back to Xiamen, the plane suddenly descended very fast till our hearts almost came out. But, I observed those locals beside us, they didn't find anything unusual at all, guess they've already get used to it. now I realised, SQ ROCKS!
okay, anyway we managed to reach Shanghai HongQiao Airport safely on 14nov afternoon. Checked into Broadway Mansions Hotel and settled down. On the first day, we spent our day shopping at XuJiaHui (徐家汇) then to Nanjing Road.
On our second day, we signed up for a guided tour organised by out hotel, to Suzhou and Zhouzhuang Water Village. We visited the Lingering Garden and the Silk factory at Suzhou. It really amazed me how silkworms can produce so much silk, and it's a long process before silk products can be finally made. On our way to Zhouzhuang, we passed by the Great Canal and the tour guide also showed us the watergate, though i think it doesn't look like a watergate at all. Took another 45 mins bus ride before we reached Zhouzhuang. I love the environment there because there's rivers everywhere, and the air is rather clean and refreshing. We took a 45 mins boat ride on the river to explore this crowded water town, perhaps it's a weekend so there are alot of tourists too.
On our third day, we also signed up for another tour to admire the night of Shanghai, especially their famous Oriental Pearl and the beautiful night view by the river. We took a ship and sailed across the Huangpu River that divides Shanghai into half, that's what the tour guide told us. The tour guide also brought us around XinTianDi (新天地), a Clarke Quay look-alike place where many foreigners, especially Caucasians, will gather there at night. We request the driver to let us alight at Raffles City. (yes, it has the same name as the one in S'pore and it's built by Capitaland too.) This is the shopping mall where i get to eat my favourite SUBWAY! I've been missing their sandwich since the day I came Xiamen. Basically, this Shanghai trip helps us to end all our cravings to some food that will never be found at Xiamen. During these four days, we ate dimsum at bifengtang (避风塘), ate our lunch at Bakerzin, and lastly, meat dumplings! The only disappointing thing is, there's no bak chor mee at Shanghai too. LOL!
And on our last day, we visited the Shanghai Museum as recommended by those hotel staffs and also the tour guide. The museum is unbelivably huge and it has 4 levels, with 3-4 galleries on each floor. We didn't finish all galleries cos those artworks are making us sleepy.
Shanghai's Hong Qiao Airport
Great Canal
Zhouzhuang Water Town
Oriental Pearl Tower
Shanghai Museum
(This post is gonna be freaking lonnnngggg!)
I think the most daring act we ever did was to choose Spring Airlines, a domestic flight specially catered to fly to places within China. It's a really horrifying experience, and my senior is right, the taking off and landing process were the scariest of all. Not to mention the turbulence part because i supposed most planes will experience that especially in cold and windy weather like now, what shocked us the most is, the minute before the plane was about to take off, we heard two passengers' phone ringing and they still answered the call! At that instant, both of us just rolled our eyes and we were laughing non-stop cos we find this kind of situation quite ridiculous and rarely seen. Another funny thing was, we thought food are prohibited on the plane, but you know what, we saw locals peeling oranges, eating macs when on board the plane. I wonder how they manage to pass the security checks. And on the flight back to Xiamen, the plane suddenly descended very fast till our hearts almost came out. But, I observed those locals beside us, they didn't find anything unusual at all, guess they've already get used to it. now I realised, SQ ROCKS!
okay, anyway we managed to reach Shanghai HongQiao Airport safely on 14nov afternoon. Checked into Broadway Mansions Hotel and settled down. On the first day, we spent our day shopping at XuJiaHui (徐家汇) then to Nanjing Road.
On our second day, we signed up for a guided tour organised by out hotel, to Suzhou and Zhouzhuang Water Village. We visited the Lingering Garden and the Silk factory at Suzhou. It really amazed me how silkworms can produce so much silk, and it's a long process before silk products can be finally made. On our way to Zhouzhuang, we passed by the Great Canal and the tour guide also showed us the watergate, though i think it doesn't look like a watergate at all. Took another 45 mins bus ride before we reached Zhouzhuang. I love the environment there because there's rivers everywhere, and the air is rather clean and refreshing. We took a 45 mins boat ride on the river to explore this crowded water town, perhaps it's a weekend so there are alot of tourists too.
On our third day, we also signed up for another tour to admire the night of Shanghai, especially their famous Oriental Pearl and the beautiful night view by the river. We took a ship and sailed across the Huangpu River that divides Shanghai into half, that's what the tour guide told us. The tour guide also brought us around XinTianDi (新天地), a Clarke Quay look-alike place where many foreigners, especially Caucasians, will gather there at night. We request the driver to let us alight at Raffles City. (yes, it has the same name as the one in S'pore and it's built by Capitaland too.) This is the shopping mall where i get to eat my favourite SUBWAY! I've been missing their sandwich since the day I came Xiamen. Basically, this Shanghai trip helps us to end all our cravings to some food that will never be found at Xiamen. During these four days, we ate dimsum at bifengtang (避风塘), ate our lunch at Bakerzin, and lastly, meat dumplings! The only disappointing thing is, there's no bak chor mee at Shanghai too. LOL!
And on our last day, we visited the Shanghai Museum as recommended by those hotel staffs and also the tour guide. The museum is unbelivably huge and it has 4 levels, with 3-4 galleries on each floor. We didn't finish all galleries cos those artworks are making us sleepy.
Shanghai's Hong Qiao Airport
the Lingering Garden at Suzhou
Great Canal
Zhouzhuang Water Town
Oriental Pearl Tower
Shanghai Museum
Monday, November 17, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
no school on wednesdays, it's been long time since i last resumed my identity of a tourist. we came across a cabby uncle the other day and he told us there's another tourist attraction at Jimei, and it's a waste if we came Xiamen and didn't visit the place, so after asking around for directions beforehand, we set off for Xiamen's Horticulture Expo Garden! (:
Jimei is a town outside of Xiamen, but only needs about an hour bus ride to reach there. today's weather isn't as cold as last few days, it's very sunny but windy at the same time, so basically it's rather cooling! but, i still got tanned from all those long hours of walking under the sun. The whole place is real HUGE (10.82-square-kilometres), and it's divided into several themes. i love International Gardens the most! it's special because they built 24 gardens representing 24 different countries, so it's like "building gardens in a garden" kind of thing. and of course, they used Merlion to represent S'pore, like DUH. Apart from International Gardens, there's Landscaping Architects Garden, and others that showcased other parts of China, like the Lingshan Gardens, South Yangtze River Gardens, and blah, blah, blah...too many to be mentioned.
spent almost the whole afternoon there, but we still couldn't finish the entire area, too tired to continue already. left the garden and thinking of visiting Jimei University too, cos' there were many positive feedbacks about how magnificent the school is. anyway, we were lazy to go in after that though we've already reached the school gate. some other time, perhaps. hehee. :B
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
i am DOOOOMED!
there was this all-of-a-sudden mid-term test for one of my modules just now, and it really caught me by surprise, or maybe some of the classmates as well. we're supposed to write a review on any books that are related to this module. now the problem comes, i have just bought some books a few days ago, and i'm still reading on it. the teacher didn't give us any prior notice, he only said during last lesson that we should read more books. who the hell knows that's a hint, because teachers always say that isn't it! our classmates started writing non-stop, because they knew there'll be a test during mid-term. i think it's a trend here, and they seems well prepared for it. what make it worse is, they're year 4 students!
i'm feeling so fustrated now cos i've put in the most effort in this module, trying to understand each and every word in the textbook.
okay, i just wanna complain only.
Sunday, November 09, 2008
it's freezing cold today at xiamen! omgg, can the wind just stop blowing so strongly, i can't even walk properly. there isn't any signs during the past few days that it's gonna turn winter so soon, hmm...or is this spring? i don't even know anyway, and maybe tomorrow it will be super hot when i wake up, such a crazy weather! okay, guess it's time to shop for THICK LONG SLEEVED clothings and turn myself into an eskimo! XD
wind, wind, go away.
come again another day.
(and may it be the day i'm going back home.)
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
k-ed for 5 whole hours today and you know what, the staff told us it's absolutely freeee! :D yes, we have the VIP card but it can't be no charges at all, then what they gonna earn? anyway, had fun today, sang like almost all those songs i knew.
think i spent all my energy at singing today, so dead tired now and i'm like in coma condition for the last few days too. wonder what's happening to me, perhaps i've adapt too well to the lifestyle here.
okay that's all, goodbye!
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
omgg, i saw this when having lunch this afternoon at a coffeehouse. the stall opposite us sells DOG MEAT. though it's not surprised to find that here, but still...it's so gross can! and my friend still tell me, by right there should be several dogs being "showcased" in the stall to let customers choose which kind of species they want. EWWWW! ://
Sunday, November 02, 2008
说好的幸福呢
你的回话凌乱着 在这个时刻
我想起喷泉旁的白鸽 甜蜜散落了
情绪莫名的拉扯 我还爱你呢
而你断断续续唱着歌 假装没事了
时间过了 走了 爱情面临选择
你冷了 倦了 我哭了
离开时的不快乐 你用卡片手写着
有些爱只给到这 真的痛了
怎么了 你累了
说好的 幸福呢
我懂了 不说了 爱淡了 梦远了
开心与不开心一一细数着 你再不舍
那些爱过的感觉都太深刻
我都还记得 你不等了
说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢 你的回话凌乱着
在这个时刻 我想起喷泉旁的白鸽
甜蜜散落了 情绪莫名的拉扯
我还爱你呢 而你断断续续唱着歌
假装没事了 时间过了 走了
爱情面临选择 你冷了 倦了 我哭了
离开时的不快乐
你用卡片手写着
有些爱只给到这
真的痛了 怎么了 你累了
说好的 幸福呢
我懂了 不说了 爱淡了 梦远了
开心与不开心一一细数着
你再不舍 那些爱过的感觉都太深刻
我都还记得 你不等了
说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢 怎么了 你累了
说好的 幸福呢
我懂了 不说了 爱淡了 梦远了
我都还记得 你不等了
说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
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