the land of walking, beautiful sights and pushy people :D

i should blog abt beijing before i leaveeeee. (: so that i wun feel like im lagging.

so anyway... left on 24th and got back on 3rd!

day 1: 簋街
arrived too late to go see some nice lakes or sunset! :S but nvtheless. :D still nice!
but went out to gui jie for dinner to meet xingle, yawen, zhanghao (not hao2 but hao4 lol) and another girl. obviously not my friends but ok. hahaha. im a leech! (:
saw the raffles city in beijing! but forgot to take photo oops.
the food was AMAZING. can i say that i love ma la prawns. <3 yums!
and zhanghao treated :S oops. indeed a leech...
and gui jie was so nice and bright and happy and food galore! i like! tick tick! :D

day 2: 天安门,故宫, 长城 (八达岭), 积水潭
a xiong day of massive walking. i would post up photos... just tt im stilll tooo lazy now. so maybe.... nxt time. :D hahaha.
tian an men was... jzy.
gu gong was... YAY! i love the palace! omgosh. totally pretended im home (rmb princess debbie?) and semi regret not knowing more history cuz i can totally sense the history thing! :S but still amazingg!
chang cheng was changggggggggggggggg. and breathtaking. :D still massive ticks. aldoh the air was bad bad bad. and i tong ku max cuz visibility damn low. :S
went for dinner at ji shui tan. (with a massive bunch of ppl tt i cannot rmb name. eeps) supposed to have duck but we could find the shop. :S quan ju de was just elusive. HAHAHA! but dinner was still good. and oops chengkai paid for it. im still freeloading. oooppppps! :S yummy green paste (which i still have no clue is what) and i discovered brinjal can be prepared yummy-ly!!

day 3: 颐和园
yay met eunice. :DDDDDD (still bad air. angry)
summer palace was so pretty as well! but super commercialised i tong ku. :S
and HOT. omgosh. i kept wanting to jump into the water. :(
but amazingly pretty! can so imagine ci xi happily prancing around. but ouch feet ouch!
nua-ed mostly. (: but it was happyyy! (rmb dying legs from day before)
nice dinner (from which part of china again? oops) with GORGEOUS potato balls. omgosh. and nice mi jiu. OMGOSH. salivates.
and chionged to the train station liaoss!

day 4: 抵达上海 - 外滩, 南京步行街
when we got to shanghai... SUPER SHAG MAX!
breakfasted at yong he! HAHAHA. ok fine. so i had yong he in tw as well. jzy. -_- so... slept awhile first. nua-ed at starbucks! (grtl ftw!! and drink call in chinese. WOAH!!!!)
went to the bund (not amazing), saw the whole row of shops (super amazing)
but shanghai air was so much happier! which is i massive tick! :DDD
and not damn hot either (i think we lucky it was the rainy period)
shen jian bao. OMGOSH. hao chi dao!!!!! RUBS TUMMY!

day 5: 杭州:西湖 (爱死了!!)
OMGOSH. too pretty. describing in words wld be an insult. so... photos nxt time ok! haha.
but amazing zha pian ji tuan escapade! our train left like a few mins early (so missed train back to shanghai = DIE)
went with et, ck, charis and erm xu chen?
yummy dong po rou. OMG. fooooooood!!!
den some local brought us zou hou men (we obviously paid abit more) but managed to go back! I TELL U THIS IS DAMN EXCITING!! omgosh. money makes the world go round seriously!!! (and its not that much u know! its the equivalent of abt 3 sgd?!)
EXCITINGGG LA!!!!!!

day 6: 国贸
expo wld take too long to describe. suffices to say tt sg pavillion was ... ah.. erm.. ahh!
and yay! dprk pavillion! OMGOSH. paradise for people? hmm. ok. (and oooh after the dprk i saw the rok ... erm semi felt like crying. :( super different cans. bleah. :( its only abt 60 yrs? bleahhhh!!! :((( )
super wanna travel more now! but more abt this nxt time.
had dinner with shuying! shi guai de. after 10plus yrs? :S haha. but was nice! and got some tips on where to visit in shanghai. and OMGOSH. yummy spicy chicken. and yummy prawn balls. OMGOSH. ftw. FOOD LA! FOOOD!!!
and krispie kreme (which i din eat anw) but quite kind. when we spilled the drink they gave a brand new one!!!

day 7: 复旦,人民广场购物, 田字坊
xiao long baos, sheng jians, cakes and chicken rice. omg. HAHAHA! food!
dying to meet boonhwee now! (kitkats frm krygzatstan? (omg i cant even spell it) omgosh. DAMN KIND DAMN HAPPY!!! ((((((:
(once again i must thank everyone for contributions to my collection. esp xw, et, wy, bh! KINDDDDDDDDDD. (((: WHEEEEEEEEE)
shopped madly. heavyy! nails! ((:
and saw nice tian zi fang. i must conclude i like everyone in shanghai. more abt the kind people i met in just 1 night. ((:
ate nice pastries for dinner. (haha russian flavoured biscuits, french mains. haha. random!! yays)

day 8: 返回北京 - 天坛, 吃烤鸭 (开心!), 鼓楼大街, 南锣鼓巷
another madrush day! but tian tan was sooooo nice in the morning! alot of things to seeee. and it finally rained! (which means clear blue skies and less pollution for the nxt 2 days... which helped me like beijing abit more.. haha)
DUCK. OMGOSH. yummmmmms!!! ate so much tt i din talk. haha. just kept eating and eating. met ck, charis, changkai and tianyi. tianyi treated. (OMGOSH DAMN EX... but i leech again. :XXX)
nice na luo gu xiang! and saw hu tongs (aldoh first hostel was in one.. hahaha) and heard more abt smart things such as the doors and what not. (but i swear i cant rmb. can kui!) but ok la. sit trishaw. (: SLACK. happiness.
ate ma la xiang guo (this is damn different from huo guo but jiu zhe yang) spicy max.
and got tong ku-ed by the no door toilets. (bad bad bad. shi guai de. runs and find another toilet.. hahahaha)
(which reminds me im dying to talk abt not shaving.. -_- BLEAH)

day 9: 动物园 (继续狂购物!),海淀黄庄
shoppped.. (: and finished my money super fast. (bad bad bad) but happyy!!
spent every single cent and had barely enuff for dinner...
oops. BUT STILL ATE NICE FOOD. omg. lu rou fan and yummy green tea icecreamm!
was super tempted to change more money cuz saw ncie things to buy. BUT I RESISTEDDDD! nv burst budget this time yay debbie! ((:

day 10: 回返新加坡!
and its back home. haha. OMG. skype + fb + twitter. i hao xiang nian ni men.. (:
and smsing of course. hahhaha.
(and the air stewardess on this flight prettier! yay! HAHHAHAHAA)

hahaha. it takes too long to blog in chinese so jiu zhe yang... typing the names was kinda sloowww..