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Sunday, March 29, 2009 @ 7:18 PM Hey people, I am back again. So continue on with my trip in China. Finally, I am able to go shopping last Wednesday. Our teacher who is in charge of playing host to us gave us a map to show us the exact way of going to the shopping malls. She even showed us which bus to take. But us not being very sure of the direction and the wrong perception that cabbing in China is amazingly cheap, we cabbed down. We decided to head off to this shopping centre, 新天地. It is supposed to be a relatively new shopping centre with a lot of shops catering to teenagers. We went and it was not open yet. Well duh, we reached around 8:45 am in the morning and the mall opened at 10 am. Very very dumb indeed. It was around 10 degrees Celsius and we were freezing. Then we decided to head to McDonald’s to get some hot drinks and warm breakfast for some of us. I got a cup of hot tea and slack with Dawn till about 10 am. Oh and 1 more thing, the toilet in McDonald’s was surprisingly clean. Yes, it was super clean and I was a happy user. =)) LOL! I felt like it had been very long since I should a proper, clean toilet which did not stink or show me what the previous user left behind, if you know what I mean. To take full advantage of it, I used the toilet twice. Now I know where I can get clean toilets. We left for the shopping centre at around 10:20 am and I was very proud that I can cross the roads without any screaming. I can cross the roads like the locals here and survive! Yes, I survive! So ya, that was my momentary sense of achievement. Ok back to the main topic, the shopping centre was like Bugis street or Far East. There was a variety of things here and the price was somewhat reasonable? I just felt that at the price they were charging, I can get a better deal in Singapore and better quality too. Then when I am having fun shopping, we were called back to school because the lecturers were going to visit our school and we had to be there. Very spoil mood lor. Nothing much after I got what I want before heading off to Pizza Hut for lunch with Dawn, Vanessa and Jinnie. Finally! Pizza Hut gave a taste of home. The pizzas here were actually more expensive than Singapore's. Take the New Orleans Wings for example. It's RMB24 so it's about SGD$6. I heard that it's cheaper in Singapore. So ya, if it wasnt for the “taste of home”, I will never consider eating there. My spending power is quite tight here people! Not that I am stingy or what. When we reached back our school, we headed off to the calligraphy room to wait for our teachers’ arrival. The teacher allowed us to play around with the ink and brush there. I tried writing my name with the brush but sucks terribly at it becoz I had no idea how to control the brush. Then the foreign students whom I mentioned earlier came into our classroom as it was their free time. So we chatted a bit and laughed. They were very nice to talk. We crapped with each other until the lecturers came and they went off. After that was heading to Jinnie's homestay for dinner. Apparently her family owned a restaurant so we could head there for dinner. Coincidentally, my kid (as in the kid in my homestay) was there for dinner too. Met up with the guys and we had dinner together. There were 8 dishes and very nice. The best part was we did not have to pay for the meal. But the guys had to pay for their beers becoz they had 13 bottles. Heard that they knocked out after getting back to their hostel.So I got home, tidied some stuffs and got online to chat with boyfriend. I miss him so much! So yesterday, we had to go for an excursion trip around Shijiazhuang. Met up with Vanessa before heading to school. As it was very cold, we went into the auditorium to fool around, singing songs. And it was very long before the bus came. Well duh, the guys were knocked out yesterday and it would be very hard to get them up. We visited like a temple and the place where 红楼梦 was being filmed. I wasnt really paying attention to the guide as I am busy trying to keep myself awake and warm. Neither did most of us, I think. But while we werent listening, there would be this group of locals trying to get into our group. That was becoz they wanted to listen what the guide had to say and explain to them about the things in the place. We gave them the term “free-loaders” and the guys decided to get all of us in front, leaving these free-loaders at the back. We paid like RMB140 after the tour lah. They did not pay anything and want to listen too. Very smart lor. Plus they still had the cheek to elbow us to get front. What the hell! No shame at all. The whole excursion ended around 3 pm plus and then one of the lecturers would be visiting my home. So Ms Lim visited my homestay family and we stayed there to talk. Vanessa was with us too. Went out for shopping at 新天地 again and to meet up with the guys and girls from 18中. Dinner was at Pizza Hut again and Vanessa and I ordered a lot of food. Headed home after that and cab fare was not cheap at all! Today was another day out with our kids and us (Dawn, Vanessa, Jinne and me). But before, my kid and I headed over to Vanessa's homestay for breakfast. I GOT TO EAT SINGAPORE FOOD! Thanks to Vanessa who brought maggi mee over. I miss Singapore food even though it was just instant noodles and milo. Next, we went to this wholesale place which sold books and stationery. Vanessa's kid had to get a book and so we went there. I got myself gift for people, cute stationeries and a pink Hello Kitty pouch. Very happy! =)) Next we cabbed down to this place which was freakingly crowded. So we didnt buy anything but had McDonald's for lunch. Yay! "Taste of home" again. =)) Oh, and I took their 公车 for the first time and it shall be the last. The people just elbowed their way through the crowded bus and hit Vanessa quite hard. Dont know what to say leh. Met up with ah yi and her family for a tour at the lake. It had a nice view there. I had my first try at flying the kite too. =)) I realized that I only ate dinner twice at home and this isnt acceptable to me at all. So I think when attachment starts next week, I will be heading home for dinner everyday. It’s to save money too! I had been cabbing everywhere and it's not cheap already. So I should cut down on going out so often. Plus, we still had an impending trip to Beijing too. I need to save money. Ok I got to go now. Bye. =) |