i'm back. yay
woots!
ok, i'm back from CHINA! and surprisingly, i didn't get sick or get diarrhoea. hee! it's quite unbelievable right right? my mum, sis and dad are all sick now except me me me! =)
yes, so china was cold ( maybe not as cold as Hokkaido but almost there.) and this is the first time me feeling my toes and hands get so cold that i thought it would just drop off. i couldn't even feel my toes despite my wearing 2 very thick woolen socks plus my plastic-y shoes! But i was comforted by the fact that our tour guide (the china one) told us that she couldn't feel her toes too! hee! Oh and we saw snow there! we were lucky as it snowed on the 2nd day there and so for the rest of the days spent there, we could see snow everywhere! oh oh oh and at chengde right, the whole river froze up and the locals made it into a huge ice skating ring there. for a moment, i wished that i knew how to ice skate. anyway, i am really amazed at china. i mean, some parts of it are so run down and under developed but in Beijing, it's quite quite developed and commercialized. yes, i think it's because of the Olympics too. oh, i have yet to speak about the toilet. it's quited clean generally but there was one somewhere in the mountains, haha, there was only a drain going through the cubicles. that's it. and what doors! it practically didn't cover anything. when you stand up, you an look over the door and partition and when you squat, you can see the other side of the door. hur hur. what door is that. and there was no flush. no water for you to even splash into the drain. the locals there would do it at the END of the day. omg! i almost fainted when i heard that. !@#^*$%#~ whatever.
There is actually alot of things that happened in china. But the best thing that occurred was me being in this tour group. The driver, china tour guide, singapore tour guide and the families that when on the same trip really made the trip very enjoyable. =) for the first time, the driver had to sing for his passengers. ( everyone on the bus had to sing at least a song before the end of the day.) hee. i really think it's this type of trips that make you yearn for more. Oh yes, i think that my Chinese have just improved by leaps and bounds since i had been speaking in Mandarin for the past 2 weeks? (including me preparing for the trip! haha) yep yep!
You know what? Ever since i've been back, i've been sleeping alot. it's like i'm hibernating! haha. that's why i must find things to do if not i'll really just sleep. Can you imagine it, i spent my whole afternoon trying all my clothes today. hur hur. i took a whole afternoon. haha. but it was fun! mix and match.
Just yesterday, i went out to have dinner with the girls! =) ok and shaun. hah! i miss them and i'm a lil jealous of the juniors but it's ok now. i've got my fair share of fun in this batch =) [rem mr goh? haha. how we always gave him names. from don't know what to the eventual superman!] haha. lurve you girls. =)=)=)
yea. now it's 5 more days to Christmas, 4 days to play freedom, 3 days to the big day, 2 days to BBQ, 1 day (erm no, it's 3 minutes now) to chalet! woots. =)
And ... ..... ...... ..... .... ...... ...... .... i have REGISTERED for driving lessons!in one year's time, i'll be sitting on the driver's seat, gliding my hands over the steering wheel, honking at people who blocks my way on the road. muahaha. yea. so exciting! let's hope that i can make it on my first attempt! (including all the theory tests!) yea yea yea.
k. i'll be back to post again some days later. i guess it'll be weeks later which means maybe it'll be next year! *gasp* so fast!
we'll all have to look for jobs soon....and canoeing girls, we're planning to go on a short trip in April or may next year so keep yourself free k! =)
PS, sop if you're reading this, date me out! i know you're back. and i won't be going for the class gathering. sorry! i'll be at chalet unless you want to look for me there, i don't mind!