Sunday, November 19, 2006
Back in S'pore
2:46 AM /
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Hi ppl! Bck 4 a week le. Landed @ Changi Airport @ 7.30pm last Fri. Anw, e trip was gr8! @ Shanghai, we visited places lyk e museum (kinda freaky wif those statues) n oriental pearl tower (magnificent engineering feat! Cld c omost e whole Shanghai!) etc. Enjoyed e maglev ride frm Pudong Airport too. The top speed was lyk 431km/h larhhs! Woah!!! Faster than Japan's Shinkansen n France's TGV (I think :P) Temperature was lyk 14 degrees C? Lyk in aircon room sia! Lolx. Hotel was stuffy n horrible!!! E lyts abit spoil de. No aircon de. open e window gt haze. haix! Lucky only 1 nyt. Anw, Shanghai, is indeed a modern place developing @ a fast pace, striving 4 international standards. @ Suzhou, visited various historical venues n Lida High Sch. Haax. Same class s Shereen. We were lyk superstars when we entered e classrm. They clapped n cheered n asked 4 autographs n fotos etc. Nice treatment bt kinda freaky wif ppl looking @ u all e tym. Anw, all lessons were inCL!!! OMG!!! I was lyk blur blur de cuz in S'pore all taught in EL de. Esp their Chinese is lyk our Language Arts (<33)> @ Nanjing, visited some places eg e Sun Yet Sun Mausoleum wif abt 392 steps?? Woah!!! Climbed or rather ran up e steps wif Bing Le lyk doing PT liddat. Hehe. E place was lyk humongous n v grand sia. N he was xtremely respected by e ppl there 2 hve such a grand mausoleum. Anw, @ nite, went shopping bt somehow rather felt depressed. Nt sure y. then l8er when 2 Macs. E food was lyk damn cheap larh. S$0.40 for a pkt of small fries n small coke. Woah!!! We were lyk v noisy n hence, ppl kept looking @ us. Then there was dis person hu wanted 1 yuan frm us 2 buy food. Then we pretended nt 2 understand Chinese 2 get rid of him. Bt he understood English. So I tried Japanese while Ning Qian tried French. D guy then gave up n tried another table. So some1 finally gave him e $. Bt he then went 2 another table 2 ask 4 more!!! Con-man in e open sia!!! Anw, I rly recommend all 2 go visit China - A city wif 2 faces (historical n modernity). There de ppl v hospitable n v gd 4 bargaining. Btr than Malaysia sia. Can bargain till 50% off. So bought lotsa stuff :)) Well dat is if u dun mind their ppl spitting on e floor n e horning of vehicles & drivers who jus chiong n dun care abt pedestrians (esp Shanghai).