It's the last day of June and am back in action, am determined to at least have an entry once a month despite the fact that i am up to my neck with work... or should i say burried..There are days when i feel that i can't breathe and don't even know where to start from!!! My table is getting messy again... yes.. despite the fact that Daph, Hau Yee and Val cleared it up for me just before the hols!!!
Ok for a summary of Beijing and Bangkok.. One word, everything was just GREAT!!! I scaled the GREAT WALL and yes!! I made it to the top of Badaling with the aid of 2 puffs of my inhaler(yes,, for those of you who do not know.. i am asthmatic..) The view was indeed breath-taking.. took my breath away coz i needed my inhaler and of course the beauty and the tranquility that you see and feel up there is definitely NOT something that you can obtain in Singapore.. not even from Bukit Timah Hill or Mount Fabar!
Anyone who intends to visit Beijing should do so only after 2008.. Saw several silk screens as they are doing lots of restoration work for the 2008 Olympics. Intend to do so in 2008!! Scale the other section of the great wall!!!Heard that the view is even more exhilarating from Si Ma Tai!So we are going to make it there right lao da!:)
Anyway, I have never felt sooo chinese and my chopsticks skills has improved tremendously! Why? All for the simple fact that i am Chinese and it is a majoy embaressment to ask my fork and spoon right hehe :)
The food there was fantastic except for the nong jia fan that we got "cheated".. Paid like 130 RMB for a plate of mushrooom which equates to about 25 SGD... Think they should be called magic mushrooms instead!!! It made me wonder what magical powers i would possess after eating it.. afterall, it did cost a bomb! I had superb steamboat, and the fresh fish for the steamboat cost like 1 SGD.... What shocked me most was that they actually requested that i inspected my $1 purchase!!!!! In Singapore, that will NEVER happen!!!! Had tons of xiao long baos(small caged buns.. yah shoot me.. am being corny!!) and that explains my pao face lah!!! haha Taiwanese porridge there is fantastic too!!Love the pear juice! Ok ok, think there is just too much to say and i know i would never be done... better put a fullstop to it!
It was also during this trip that i realised that i am lacking in so many areas. My history and Geog is horrid compared to my travel kakis! Yah, would like to take this opportunity to thank ALL of them for making my debut trip to China a memorable one!!!! Hey guys, thanks for always looking after me! Lao Da, thanks for arranging the trip and I know that you really made a lot of sacrifices this time round and i really think you for that.. Not forgetting annyd, hilli, dwind and orrisme for tolerating my nonsense and teaching me tons.. Guess i learnt more than just the history of China *blink,blink* only you people will know what i am talking about haha!!! :)Will up load some pixs when i have the time to do so.... hehe :)
After Beijing was relaxing bkk and for the first time i ate road side food in bkk!!haha! Wanton mee!!!!!! Did not do much and did not buy much..i am quite shocked by it myself too! Expected myself to spend a bomb but i didn't... All i did was eat and of course sleep in my gorgeous and comfy room.. guess beijing did really drain me quite a bit!!!!! All the walking did really hurt my poor arched feet... Yah, my hotel had a reallll famous french bakery that serves simply the best pastry and cake in bkk (even my mum who hates chocolate cake fell in love with the chocolate cake that i bought!! that's how good it is!) and yummy jap buffet!!!!
So much to do with SYF just round the corner......... we are all burnt from the hot scorching sun!!!!! But somehow i really hope everyone is enjoying themselves! Coz i am!! Everyone is commenting that i look more and more like a Malay more so than a chinese haha!
Honestly, so much has happened and blogged so much less... am definitely sure that several things go unreccorded.. am perpetually on a roller coaster ride these days....kind of hard to explain but guess i should post this first before i continue with more right haha!
GLAMOUR SHOP
Quotes For Thoughts
#1 Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
#2 To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give, that takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.
#3 Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.
#4 Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
#5 Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory!
THE GLAMOUR GIRL
Yanting
15th Jan
age is a secret; for me to know, for you to find out
Institutions that contributed to the present me:
#1 Tung Ling Kindergarten
#2 Haig Girls Pri
#3 Tanjong Katong Girls School
#4 NUS
#5 NTU
HER LIKES
- SHOPPING
- Enjoys being with her friends who brighten up her life and heartens her soul
- Loves food but picky about what she eats and who she eats with
- Reading is a definite mus
- Music ranging from Chinese Pop to Classical (PS/ simply adores Jay Chou
-Plays, movies and basically anything artsy intrigues her
- Karaoke!
- The sun, sand & sea
WISHES
- All my lovable darlings to pass their exams with flying colours and may they realise all their dreams and wishes
-For all around me to be happy and live life to the fullest!!! :)
-The reunification of the puffs real soon... miss the times we spend together and the tons of silly things we do... :(