Guangzhou..
30/07/2007(Mon) - Day 3

Its the last night in GZ.. We passed by a round flat cake store and decided to try some since quite a lot of people are queueing for it.. Its pretty nice hen hot but when it turns cold, it is hard like stone.. better to eat it while its hot.. For breakfast, we had porridge, meat dumplings and zhu chang fen.. Seems that breakfast has always been a filling one for me.. We went shopping at zhuangyuan fang again as it is too crowded the other time we went there.. Managed to buy clothes and shoes..

Its another shopping session at shang xia jiu lu.. Prior to shopping, we had some drinks at rabbit.. The place is pretty nice except for the direct sunlight on us.. We shopped and ate along the way.. We had sotong balls, tako balls, cuttlefish cake & herbal tea.. The food is yummy & most importantly very cheap!! After much walking, yay, we went eating again... Haa.. We went in to the desert shop to eat shuang pi nia.. Hmm... It doesnt taste as nice as what we had the previous night.. Our conclusion is never try anything for the 2nd time coz the ratings for tt item will start to drop.. Haa...

Nearing to evening, we saw xiao shi area & we went eating again.. Cant imagine I had so many meals in one day & worst of all, I'm experiencing constipation!! There's only input & no output.. Sobz.. There, we had zhu chang fen, zhi ma hu and jiao zhi.. The zhi ma hu is my favourite.. Its grinded by hand and not the use of machine.. Its def hard work having to grind them from seeds to liquid form..

In the night, we went for KTV session and arcade after that.. Reached hotel around 11.30pm.. A tiring day but a nice one to round up our last night in GZ...

Guangzhou...
29/07/2007(Sun) - Day 2

We woke up at 7am in the morning for our dim sum feast at Da Tong.. We ordered a table full of delicious food.. I think we ordered 13-14 'basket' of dim sum.. My stomach bursting soon with all the food.. But its yummy!!! Each of us only paid S$8.. We even have a room to ourselves with a sea view... Thou I'm already full in the mid of serving food but the food is just so tempting.. This is the most satisfying breakfast I had..

After breakfast, we went Yuexiu Park..



There are many slopes there which made the climb up & down very tiring.. To top it up.. the sun is super scorching.. All I see at the park are trees & more trees.. didnt see any of the attractions as stated on the signboard.. There are many old folks there doing morning exercise.. Compared to them, my strength is far worst than them.. they climbed the slope effortlessly but I'm sweating like hell.. had a ice-cream treat when we finally see some1 selling it.. almost been having ice-cream since my 1st day there.. the heat is just so unbearable for me... luckily I didnt faint from the heat as the doctor had advised me from being under the heat for too long..

Jasen was commenting that we always see tv saying travelling is mai tong xi chi tong xi, mai tong xi chi tong xi... but we are always mai tong xi & walk a lot.. we rarely sit down to eat or drink something.. Haa... so we decided to sit down at starbucks.. thou the drink is what we can have in Singapore but the word is 'shiok' when we gulp down our drink..

Our next destination is the Nan Yue Tomb.. It is an enlightening journey.. Learnt about the story of the past and the come about of the artifacts.. The 'jie shuo yuan' are very nice & I learnt more when they tell us the story of all the artifacts.. It beats going ard reading the descriptions which tells little about it.. we took a train to the Chen Clan after that.. The train ticket is so cute, its like a token we have when we go arcade..



My first experience on the train is pretty nice..

Dinner is eaten at Kung Fu fastfood.. can see that this shop is very popular coz we can see it everywhere in GZ.. Ate meatball beehoon.. isnt really nice coz find it very oily..



We went shopping at Beijing Road after that.. We ate food along the way & also found my Hello Kitty stuffs too.. Later in the night, we ate redbean shuang pi nia.. Its yummy!! Thumbs up!!

The Beginning of My Trip...

Guangzhou...
28/07/2007(Sat) - Day 1

Woke up at 3.45am to catch the flight at 6.20am. Tossing here & there on the bed as I couldnt hid my excitement for the trip.. At one point, there was worries for the days ahead as I'm gg away with friends (xiumei, wanjun, ejun, jasen & simin) I have nv gone on a trip with.. wondering if I've made the right decision.. Met up with xiumei, wanjun & ejun to go to the airport together.. Its my first time taking the budget airline.. The experience wasnt so bad except that the plane was really small.. We landed on Baiyun Airport aound 10.15am. The airport is really big.. One thing that I found out is that PRCs are not at all friendly & helpful.. Whatever we asked, their ans are always a mumbling of words which has no help to us.. It took us some time to finally decide on our transportation to our hotel.. We didnt really plan on how are we gg to find our way there prior to our trip..

We decided on a coach which took us about 50 mins.. We dropped off at Haizhu Square Market.. Little did we expect, we are about to embark on a journey that left us so exhausted.. Thinking that the journey by foot to the hotel is pretty short, we decided to walk.. OMG!! The journey is like forever.. We had to carry our baggage all the way, carrying it up when we see a platform or when there is a puddle of dirty water.. It took a whole 45 mins.. We were all sweating like hell.. My hands nearly break & so is my leg having to pull my baggage all the way.. Its super hot & dry there.. Our hotel for the 3 days is Baigong Hotel..

Rested for a while before gg for our lunch.. I ate a fish meal accompained by rice, a soup & a plate of vegetables.. It cost only 3 bucks.. The soup is those that are brewed, not those like we have in hawker center.. After lunch, we went Zhuangyuan Fang to shop..



There are little streets of small little shops but it is overcrowded with people.. You cant stay in one position for even a sec coz you will be pushed out by the people there.. Not all the stall owners are friendly.. some have an attitute which you dont even want to buy a single thing from her.. The crowd is so big that we decided to come on a wkday instead.. We left to sit down for something cold.. Our so call desert is so small we wonder if its really 'ice kacang' as we call in Singapore.. Its a fruit cocktail but there's only 4 kinds of fruits inside.. The ice is only the height of my middle finger. so can guess how 'tall' it is?? Haa... After that, we went shao nian jie.. Its a small shopping center.. Not a lot of things to buy from there as the things are not really cheap..

Later in the night, we went to the Pearl River Night Course..



The night view is pretty nice & the whole touring took about 1.5hrs.. I guess it will only take about 30 mins to tour the Singapore River at slow speed but here the boat is much faster..

Went back to the hotel to rest after that.. Its been a tiring day.. The night life isnt really fantastic.. You usually see people sitting down together to chit chat and most of the shops are closed pretty early..

I'm back!! feeling exhausted & every part of my body is aching now.. feeling so tired, ended up sleeping the whole day but I'm still feeling sleepy.. Its been a fun, exciting, happening & a memorable trip.. the 8th night is def the one which the 6 of us will remz always.. Haa... I def need 'jin feng shan' to calm my nerves.. will update my days in GZ/HK soon...

Today isn't a great day to start off.. as what I have predicted, none of the econs mod are allocated to me.. SOBZ.. :'(.. with so poor on pts, how do I bid for 4 core mods? last sem was a terrible bidding period, now its even worst with none pre-allocated to me.. now I'll have to do the horrible bidding over in HK... think at most I'll be able to get only 2.. keeping my fingers crossed.. may god watched over me, blessed me with luck..

2 more days over at GES.. finally leaving soon.. now I'm loaded with so much work.. they still couldnt find a temp to help them out.. nearly wanted to blurt out tt I'll be able to help them out if they still cant find a temp by the time I'm back... but think I need a gd rest to prepare myself for the battle ahead.. next sem would be the last & I must work doubly hard to get my merit status.. I'm barely making it, wish I'll be able to do it.. Jia You!!! I'll def miss sch.. even thou I wanted to get out asap when I first came in but now I cant bear to part with sch life.. life in sch def much better than the working life.. the people are much simplier.. even if people are battling for the best but its a fair & sq game, not one which involves stepping on other people to achieve their goal.. life of skipping lect can nv apply to working.. Haa.. but I'll def will continue to pursue my new goal.. prob others might not understand but achieving these goals brings me satisfaction & most importantly, a smile on mummy's face.. as she always says, the best ever thing that happen to her is seeing her children gg to uni.. I fulfilled it & I wanna do my best to make her proud of her daughter.. at least we wont be looked down by 1 of the relative who always feel that having lots of riches can bring many & better things.. even thou we might not be able to afford personal tutor but both bro & I made it with mass tuition.. He's gg to uni too.. thou it might not be a local uni but mummy is happy too... hopefully when I grad, will be able to work in my dream place.. I know it might not be the type of environment for me but I'm looking forward to the challenges..

2 more days, I'll be flying soon.. been so bz these days buying stuffs.. too lazy to start packing.. will try to start after work today.. gonna go ZzzzZzz now...

3 more days to go!! I'll be leaving there soon.. Haa.. happy? 'she bu de'? i guess neither 1 of them seem to be within me.. heaving a sign of relief, i guess.. ah yong asked me smthg which left with tongue-tied.. who do I think is nice here? sld I say none.. tot everything is pretty gd but prob there are things which blinded me from seeing whats gonna happen later on.. but its gonna end soon.. ah yong is quite a nice person, always chatting with me after my move over to AP side... feeling more at ease over there even thou used to heard bad stuffs abt there.. its only when u tried b4 u determine if smthg is gd or bad & not thru words.. she's a great of korean & hk dramas.. she's always excited when smthg new is releasing... & she likes to matchmake too.. haa.. matchmaking Ben to the AP gals...

with the departure also means i'm gg to GZ & HK soon!! yeah... but mummy been so worried i'll be abducted or i'll go missing... guess she read too many newspaper on that kind of news.. losing sleep over my trip.. dont worry yay, i'll be just fine.. hope everything will go smoothly & have lots of fun.. been so tired these days, brooding over if this has been done or that have been done.. afraid i'll forget to bring smthg.. too lazy to start packing anything.. haa... will try my best to start packing smthg into the lagguage.. cant contain my excitement.. counting down!!!

Its a busy busy last week... beside rotting @ times & sometimes bz @ work, the rest is houseworks... went ichiban with xm last fri, both of us only ate 7 plates.. Haa.. guess we wasnt so hungry.. smthg diff last wkend.. last sat was at kayle's birthday which is held at changi fairy chalet 4.. she's 2 yrs old now while her ah yi who is me whose age is a 2 digit now.. Haa.. saw all my cousins & their children... times flies, all of them are so tall now & askye can walk on his own now.. he is so so adorable.. he loves to eat so much tt he would to strech his hand out to you at the sight of anyone haing food on their plates.. played with them all night & stuffing myself with all the goodies prepared by my cousin-in-law & his sister.. the food is yummy!! stayed overnight there where there are 7 bedrooms.. shared one with san yi & another relative of mine & also 2 cousins.. didnt manage to sleep well as it was quite squeezy to have 3 pple sharing the bed, plus its a new environment.. woke up ard 7am the next morning to take a stroll ard the area.. walked the path with my cousins, their children, san yi & mummy.. Its great despite tt i was the target of mosquitoes.. I sprayed so much repellent on me but no effect on me at all.. sobz.. wondering if there's another chance we'll walk like that together again..

this week been pretty alright.. happy with the new change, less stress & everyone is great to me.. at least I'm really happier here.. wanted to leave earlier as I'm exhausted being there but HR wouldnt approve my leave no matter the 'crap' I tried to come up with.. had to stay on till the end.. met bao 3 days in a wk.. haa.. ate dinner together & shop ard the area.. wasnt feeling well these few days, been vomitting after my dinner & LS-ing in the morning.. Haiz... am I sick? but I'm feeling alright except feeling the tiredness in me... hopefully next wk wud be great & I'll be feeling better by than.. 7 more days!!!! GZ & HK.. here I come!!!!

feeling tired these days.. starting to find everything ard me dreadful.. Its hard to determine who's true, who's fake, which words are true & which are made-up.. I always trust myself in the perception of pple but now starting to see people in a different angle.. used to feel everyone is their real self but when you are caught in the current environment, its the ignition to doubt everyone's motive.. am I being overly senstitive, making myself so unhappy? even thou it for long term but its a torture to stay there looking at them.. when you asked me why, I cant tell you the truth.. it isnt bcoz I wanna hide anything from you but its hard to explain what I meant to say out coz I would never be able to know who you really are.. I wish I didnt have to be always guessing but I cant stop myself now.. didnt even realise since when did I become a extreme grumpy person, I have loads of sorrows to pour out everyday & poor SD became my victim, hearing me complain everyday (I'm really sorry & I really apreciate you for 'reading' my long list of complaints on msn which is non-stop & lengthy)..

when everything starts to go wrong, I'm becoming disppointed in myself & sometimes doubt my worth, sld I say 'useless' or 'not cut out for it'?.. & to add on to the despair moment, the atitude being treated is only making me feel out of place.. the mood swing from you made me caught in btw, sld I be here or there or I shouldnt have been here in the first place.. ur reply has a hidden thorns, was it bcoz of the change? I didnt asked for the change & it became my fault? or was it smthg else? prob I have been thinking too much, probing over whats wrong, what wrong have I done or have I only caused you trouble.. Its only departure tt will make things right.. but I know I feel bad twd LP when not once but twice asking me to continue till the last.. but my last limit is over, long over sld I say.. Its not a decision made now but a mth ahead.. how do I tell you the truth? I wish I could.. I know this will be a typical situation in the future & you are always worried tt I'll be bullied by others or bullied by my friends.. but I'm already tried my best.. I can only try my best to hold on longer.. I'll try... will trying help?

I wonder if it has been a wrong decision.. everything has changed.. changed as a result of people, environment or a resultant caused by no one else but me.. I wonder what had happen & whats wrong.. It has been good initially but things took a change.. tired.. is there any worth left?? I guess what has happen all these while shown otherwise.. Its time to do what need to be done.. Its wrong right from the start but its impossible to start things over again, things can only go right by putting an end to all these.. What looks smooth sailing is the event prior to a thunderstorm..

Its another wkend spent in a routine way except for my upset tummy.. feeling sick but had to help out with the housework while mummy is still recovering.. sunday is here & here comes Mon bluez again.. 27 more days to go & I'll be leaving there.. it allowed me to learn new things there but it has also brought me stress.. & also, it allow me to see the diff faces & characters of people & most importantly decide my route for the future.. I just hope I didnt cause any trouble to anyone.. It will be another farewell soon.. to my surprise, I'm actually looking forward to gg back to sch.. Haa.. I love the life of being a student except for the stress over exams & assignments.. Hmmm... nothing much happen this wkend.. & its been 3 wks since I last went for MWH activities.. Haa.. guess my 'ai xin' is diminishing.. but looking forward to the CAN Proj which is 2 wks from now & also Kayle's b'day.. will be seeing my cousins, nephews & nieces soon..