china adventures – day 3

for those that don’t know, im currently in china for a school program (called the international business study mission). i bet you’re thinking “wtf are you doing in china??”

well, i got that a lot. and well…i thought i’d give china a try! and make no mistake, china is a beautiful place! my perception of the country has changed a lot.

where possible, i’ll update about the past 2 days. but today, here’s my entry for day 3!

we visited the yanjing beer group and bird nest stadium!!!!

at the beer group place, we had a tour about how the company is being run and then walked around to see some of the production facilities. it’s kinda different there because space is in abundance! it’s like…the whole production facility is as big as ngee ann? if not bigger! we only managed to walk into two or three buildings. imagine the staff hostel, the generators etc etc

THAT PLACE IS HUGE!!!! i’ll upload photos when i can…which is when i get back to singapore

next, we visited the bird nest stadium! and gosh, first of all: pictures do deceive people. i thought the bird nest was relatively small…until i went there in person. gosh, the place is hugeeeeeeee

we climbed from the first storey to the tallest point in the stadium. and guess what, we were sweating! it’s a big deal because…the weather is cold here! we aren’t supposed to sweat at all! anyway, i took quite a number of photos and a few videos.

likewise, i’ll share them when i can. most probably, the photos would end up on facebook heh

anyway, to be honest: i prefer the lifestyle in singapore. though it’s much faster and hectic, people are more…how should i say this: civilised? i can walk across a zebra crossing with a peace of mind AND without having to fear that something bad would happen to me if i’m not careful.

yep.

with this, i end my entry for day 3 of my china adventures! (yep, day 3 and i’m still surviving!)

cheerious!

china adventures – day 4 »« we dance on

we dance on

it’s been a tough few days of recuperation, trying to comprehend what’s been happening. i’m wondering if it was worth the efforts; or was it not? are second chances really worth the pain?

there’s just too many things happening at once. too much pain. too much grief

friends are leaving for internship
people are suffering

the only consolation i have? telling myself that everything will be okay.

Cause I know everything’s gonna be alright
Now you’re standing here right by my side
And we dance on, dance on, we gonna dance on
Ain’t gonna work for life when we know we can dance on
Everything’s gonna be okay
The streets will lighten up my way
So we dance on, dance on, we gonna dance on
Ain’t gonna work for life when we know we can dance on

lyrics from we dnace on by N-Dubz ft. Bodyrox. It’s a meaningful song, with meaningful lyrics.

but telling myself that everything will be okay ain’t gonna work. i realise…i need You.

china adventures – day 3 »« Accomplishment.

Accomplishment.

you have no idea how busy i’ve been since the holidays started. okay fine, maybe i’m enjoying freedom! but! gawd. freedom officially ends…tmrw when ambs retreat start, i’ll be bombarded with work thereafter!

):

as much as i try to shake off my obligations. grr, new ones just keep popping up. well, what can i do? guess i’ll just sleep for as long and as much as I can

anyway, this blog deserves some justice! it deserves some blog posts and peektures! so i’ll start with the most recent happenings (cause you can’t and won’t be bothered with what happened 1239 days ago right?)

on sunday, i cycled 40km with richmond for the ocbc cycle singapore! while i’m not proud of the timing i got…it’s really something that i’ve been wanting to do.

the both of us.

well, there were supposed to be 4 of us cycling together. then…it became 3. then it became 2. shall not name names…but boy did they miss out on the experience

if given the chance, i’d go again next year! but it’s so troublesome! having the need to rent bicycles and bringing them down on event day. if i were the organiser, i’d do something about it

i quite like this photo! maybe because it looks like i’m some important person and everyone is interviewing me well, in that photo, we were sending qinyi off! and well, i kinda wanted to do something different for her! so…i spoke “korean”!

the video’s on my facebook profile, so go and have a look!

i had no idea what i was saying! i remember it went something like “good evening! the sky is blue. have you eaten your kimchi? ……..” totally FORGOT hahaha

kinda fail. but. the idea’s there i’ll think of better ideas next time!

anyway, i guess you’ve enough of reading crap! so i’ll end this post with a song!

i love this singer, i love this song. it’s so…assuring. enjoy!

we dance on »« to hong kong! (part 1)

to hong kong! (part 1)

i went my family, during my 2-week break, to hong kong and boy oh boy did i fall in love with the country in such a short time span.

(note: this post is long overdue, so i’ll try my very best to make sure that the anticipation was worth the wait )

i’ve been to hong kong before, with my friends. so i roughly knew what to expect. however, this trip was much different.

the view from the airplane seat

though it’s a beautiful sight, dad didn’t book a direct flight from Singapore to Hong Kong. our journey to the country was firstly by the KTM train at night to KL. From there, we’d take the transit train to the KL International Airport. Then from there, we’d take a flight to hong kong.

why didn’t we book a direct flight hk? that i cannot answer you. but if there’s one thing that i love about this arrangement: i took lots and lots of train rides

i’ve a love for trains :D i might even consider joining smrt as a train driver when i grow older!

“Transit to KLIA…12 Mins”

Oh yeah, the train comes every half-an-hour. imagine how long we had to wait for the stupid train!

i got so bored i started camwhoring. those are my brothers btw!

we were quite frustrated from waiting (cause we had to wait for sooooo many things) but when the train came…

i felt so happy we were one step closer to hong kong!

when we got to the airport…boy oh boy did we got even more frustrated. we, well…mostly for me, lived in a world where we thought that planes would arrive and depart on time as scheduled. to our disappointment, our flight got delayed by three freaking hours

THREE FREAKING HOURS

james’ expression says it all

we were definitely frustrated. but i’m over this frustration…since a month ago haha. so let me pick up from where the first picture of this post!

when we landed, dad wanted to save money by not taking a cab. instead, we took the airport transfer train (whee, another train!) to somewhere. there, we could hop onto a shuttle bus that’ll bring us straight to our hotel.

and i have to say, THE HOTEL IS SO AWESOME. i can’t find the photos of our hotel room, but to begin with, it’s damn bloody spacious! i kinda forgot the hotel name…but i know it’s near mongkok east mtr station!

anyhoo, the next day, we went out to travel around hong kong. one of the places we went to was the peak

the view from the peak.

from down below, the pace of life reminded us of how things were in singapore. but from up the peak…it didn’t feel like it. it felt like i was in a different world…

maybe it’s cause of the cooling weather! i was still shivering even though i had my hoodie on

it was so cold that we tried to keep james warm! (you know that’s not the right reason haha)

i’ve to stop here because i need to continue working on my projects! the very reason why i’m unable to keep this blog updated as often as i wish i could. but it’s all ending soon!

(btw, i didn’t manage to find time to edit this blog post. thus the spelling/grammar errors. sorry for them!)

be back soon!

Accomplishment. »« kasabian

kasabian

i’m still listening to the tune of “fire” by kasabian! they’re an awesome band!

their live performance is better than katy perry’s heh.

to hong kong! (part 1) »« disastrous start to 2011