Monday, December 04, 2006
...CONTINUEDDAY FIVE 20/11all of us went to the sch in the north-same sch but different location. the site has more students. they have cafes and bookshops run by the students! :) attended lessons with the china students and their teachers also gave us lessons. they were professional, but listening to a 2hr lesson without break really bored me and i had to struggle to stay awake. not only me, but so are the rest. guess we're more active than them. the most interesting lesson of the day was learning how to tie CHINESE KNOTS. woots, that really needs good techniques. heh.
DAY SIX 21/11last day staying in beijing. awww. everyone was rather happy to leave the hostel cos the rules are very strict. LOL. i love
cherry tomatoes alot cos it's the best food in beijing. HAHA. attended lessons again in the north sch then to some literature museum. after that we only had 1HOUR TO SHOP THE WHOLESALE MARKET! urgh! there are so much to see and buy and we only get an hour?! we totally had not enough time cos tht shopping centre was smth like far east, and the things are cheap. the chinese shop owners are very hip. but it's difficult to haggle the prices. shucks. the whole of basement 1 sells shoes! OMG! and there were many many boots. i didnt buy any shoes, and i feel sorry for myself! ):
anyw, we had to rush back cos the students from the south sch planned farewell party for us. hee, it turned out that all the nanhuarians become super high. LOL. we danced and laughed like lunatics and they just stared at us. HAA
DAY SEVEN 22/11woke up early in the morning so as to catch the plane to XIAN. luckily the food this time on the plane is better. in fact,
XIAN'S FOOD IS SO MUCH BETTER, just that it's more salty. we went to see lots of tombs of different dynasty. LOL.
i LOVE DA TANG FU RONG YUAN! it looks like some garden from the han dynasty and the scenery is WOW! we watch the dance item. O.O all the costumes were so brightly and beautifully coloured and everything including the dance was fantastic. and i love the night scene; the buildings are lighted! then we watched the water fountain and fireworks! loooovvvee it.
ohyes, i duno why they put us in that hotel. it's like very "dirty". the first channel on TV was pron and there were condoms in the drawers. yucks yucks. and the toilet lights were super dim! =x
DAY EIGHT 23/11we went to visit the terrocotta soldiers site. as to protect the ancient stuff, they didnt dig deeper into the pits. the guide showed us some of the weapons. chinese in the past had real great minds. they actually used modern technology to prevent their weapons from rusting! mdm zhong said we must be proud of our ancestors! HEH, mayb i was the one who discovered the technology in my previous life! yes, and of course we visited qin shi huang's tomb. it's super big but due to the complicated traps, his tomb has not been exposed. it was super windy and i was almost freezing, so i didnt take much pics there.
we went to the hua qing ci where the royal families bathe in hot springs. super funny. ancient chinese(duno which dynasty) thinks fat women are pretty women. so you think there's such thing as 'DEFINATION'? :D
fangyu said her father(mr foo) called to tell her it snowed in beijing! WTH?! ):
WE DONT GET TO SEE SNOW! just our luck. haiz. nobody wanted to sleep and so most of us party in jingjing and eckerene's room.
DAY NINE 24/11after party everyone fell asleep and were late for the morning call. LOL. luckily we were not late for our flight to beijing. went back to the airport to have KFC. it was the healthy version of wad we have in singapore. haha. then after a few more hours wandering in the airport, we left beijing. all of us felt quite sad. according to the tourguide, it wld snow again at 6pm tht day. but our flight was 3pm. TOO BAD :(
True friends
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