Beijing 2004

I went to Beijing in 2004 (I think..) and it was a truly unforgettable experience. I really enjoyed myself there!

I was very excited that time when my friend suggested that we can go to Beijing. I have been hoping to go there because I was so crazy over opera at that time. I can finally see the home of chinese opera. Unfortunately, there wasn't any major performance going on when I was there so I watched a 'for tourist' performance which consisted of 3 excerpts, Qiu Jiang, Ling Bo Xian zi and another one, I cannot remember. This performance was catered for tourists but still their performance was good. The ticket was ex. I remember it was $30(SGD). That is considered expensive in China.

Of course I did not miss out going to the Forbidden City when I was there.
Taken at Tian An Men. I was there at 9am and there was already a huge crowd. We inched our way into Tian An Men to purchase tickets. I forgot how much the ticket was already but I remembered that we finished touring it at 4pm! That was like 7 hours spent in the Forbidden City. Of course some people can finish touring the whole place in maybe 1-2 hours but since I was there and I don't know when I will be there again, I took my time to visit all the mini exhibitions, look at all the artifacts and visit all the chambers. Unfortunately, parts of the palace was closed for renovation at that time. I think they are renovating for Olympics.

There are always people who said that the palace was renovated, it is no longer original.. blah blah blah... but hey, if they didn't do any maintanence work on it, the whole palace would have collapsed by now and we wouldn't be able to see a single thing. I'd rather have this maintained palace than nothing at all. Anyway, the palace was burnt down a few times in Qing dynasty and was rebuilt quite a few times so it doesn't make such a diff.

Conclusion, I think adequate maintainence renovation is needed for such historical sites to prevent it from corroding.

That said, let's move on to the next photo.

The imperial court, Tai He Dian. That was where the emperor sits. Yes, the one you see in Huan Zhu Ge Ge. May is crazy for Huan Zhu Ge Ge lor... What's the big deal? May, you can imagine yourself to be emperor and sit at that gold dragon chair.

Digression: I went to this opera equipment shop in Beijing and saw that they sell those huan zhu ge ge shoes. I wanted to buy at that time because they looked so cute! But eventually I didn't buy cuz I don't have much use to it. Now I regretted because they are so cute. I think I will get a pair when I go to GZ.

Zhen Fei Well. The story goes that Zhen fei was the emperor's favourite concubine but Ci Xi didn't like Zhen Fei. So she threw her into this well when the emperor was not around. The well look so small. That is because later on people changed it to be like this.

There was a photo of Zhen Fei in the palace mini exhibition hall. She is a little plump but sweet looking lor.

Cixi's summer palace. We went there on another day and it was big~ Very big.. I thought that we can maybe visit this palace for half a day then move on for shopping or what. In the end we spent another whole day there.

View from the top of Cixi's resort. There is this big resort thingy on top of a hill overlooking the lake below. We went boating on this lake, it was fun! I got a chance to manouveur the boat, it was the first time I did something like that and I liked it.

Me overlooking at another side of the summer palace. There was this small suzhou town inside which they built copying a street in Suzhou. I also made my first stone stamp here too. I think it was SGD28 only for 2. 1 with my surname and the other with my name engraved. It was nice. I started stamping all my letters to my penpals with this stamp. :)

Shopping day! Never forget to go Wang Fu Jing if you are in Beijing. It is like what orchard means to Singapore. There isn't much to buy there but I went there for lunch sometimes. The food are nice and cheap even in the restaurants. The clothes there however are expensive. They are of the same price as SG. I don't know why but anyway I didn't buy any clothes.

There was an alley in Wang fu Jing where there are various small food stalls and accessories stalls. I bought some accessories there and they are very cheap. The food was nice too. It is something like the food street in chinatown. And in this Wang Fu Jing food street, there is a 'shophouse' with a wide balcony. We took a seat in front of this balcony because there will be opera peformance. It is a very local sort of thing to eat and watch the performance. The wide balcony was very old and the actors did not put on anything glamourous. Just a simple costume and they just sing most of the time. Can't afford to do those fancy martial arts on this old balcony can you?

BTW, when we were there, the locals started chatting with me and my friend. Maybe because my friend is a caucasian so they are interested to talk, I don't know. They keep guessing that I am from some other parts of china and were very surprised when I told them I am Singaporean. To them, Singaporeans cannot speak chinese. Weird. Most of the time, my friend just sit there bewildered, couldn't understand a word we said.
我站在柳絮扎眼寂寞胡同... Heard of this song before? By Tank and Selina.. You might wander what is a 胡同. That is in the photo above, a small alley among those old traditional chinese houses.

There are lots and lots of hu tongs in Beijing but unfortunately they are disappearing fast because of development. The opera shops that I mentioned were in on of these hutongs. There was a row of hutong selling opera stuff. Anything about opera you want to buy, they have it and they are of GOOD quality. A bit ex tho for those prime qualtiy ones.
Last but not least, the GREAT WALL OF CHINA! Tell me about it man.. Tell me that it's not original blah blah blah..

Like I said, it is absolutely neccessary to reconstruct the great wall else it will be reduced to nothing in another 10 years. I went to the Mu Tian Yu great wall instead of the famous Ba Da Ling because there are few tourists in Mu Tian Yu. However, Mu Tian Yu is a little further than Ba Da Ling. You can imagine our taxi fares. RMB300 to take us there and back. That is SGD60. The great wall is an hour's drive away from the city of Beijing. Quite far away and you cant get there unless you find some agency with a tourist bus. My white friend is very 'gu mo' and the idea of taking a bus with other peopl around doesn't appeal. So yea, we paid for the cab to take us there and back.

The great wall was indeed very spectacular~ We decided to climb our way up instead of taking the cable car. It was super tiring but worth it as you can slowly see great wall appearing in front of you. I was very excited when I caught a glimpse of it. Magnificent.

The air was fresher here. Beijing is a VERY VERY VERY polluted city and the air at Mu Tian Yu was so so much fresher and sweeter. The wind was very cooling too as we were on top of a hill. After visiting Mu Tian Yu, we took a go-cart to glide down the hill.

Overall, I enjoyed my trip there very very much.. I hope to go there again.. any takers? anyone interested?

Pek Cek

I am in a pretty bad mood recently. So bad mood that I wish I am dead! So ultimately sian.

ULTIMATE SIAN is what?

1) Pimples are again harvesting themselves on my face. Again.. and again.. and again... and again... When the hell is it going to stop? One appeared on my left cheek, on on my right cheek and one on my forehead! To hell with these pimples! Everytime a pimple appear on my face, it is bound to leave footprints behind and that is what I hate most because it takes an ENORMOUS amount of time for them to fade. If the pimples condition is not going anywhere better, I am going to see a skin doctor. Pek cek.

2) My hair got cut shorter than what I wanted. Well, I actually wanted to cut of the part where I dyed before and shorten my fringe. As all of you guys know my butt length hair is so super long so I can't really see the hairdresser cutting it. She did held up to show me how much she gonna cut and I thought it looks fine. After the haircut then I realised that my butt-length hair is now waist length hair. To normal people like my colleagues and friends, they felt that my hair length looked the same. My father told me I look as if I didn't went to the hair dresser at all. But.. but it DOES makes a difference. Anyway, I have got waist length hair now instead of butt length.

Also, the person who cut my hair didn't layer it the way I wanted so I went to another hairdresser yesterday to layer it. Fortunately, this hairdresser is not ex. She exclaimed,"Your hair is soooo long." I replied,"I consider this as short hair already." -_-"

Then I repeatedly and repeatedly and repeatedly tell her not to shorten my hair any further. Just layer it. Don't do anything else. Think she very stress so she cut bit by bit and showed me the progress.

I think it will take about 5 months to get back the length I think is good. Sian and pekcek like hell. Fortunately now don't have performance.

Looking on the bright side, I do think I look much more chic and modern now. Butt-length hair looks a bit too heavy and auntie-ish and many people commented my hair looks good.

3) There has been some bastards making noise at my void deck for the past 2 nights. GOD DAMN THOSE BASTARDS AND BITCHES! They are sec school kids and I guess that they are having holidays now and they are creating such a din at my void deck at night!!! I wish they will fail their exams badly and then they will go commit suicide. Or they fall on the MRT tracks while waiting for MRT. Or the lift suddenly move upwards when they are halfway into it.

I am good at cursing right? Hah.

They created a din at our void deck until 3am! I was so pissed off because they woke me up. Not only that. They played catching on our corridor!! Who the hell play catching at 3am??? At around 1am, they were playing ping pong at the void deck and I went to complain at the security to make him chase them away. They kept quiet for awhile and I managed to fall asleep then they started playing catching on the corridors at 3am which woke me up again. Dammit. They should die a horrible death.

This morning, I went to the guard house to make another complain and ask for their phone numbers. There was another man there making the same complain. The guards told us there were 6 boys and a few girls. I took the guard's number so I can call him the next time the kids make noise.

These kids apparently has got no discipline. I don't know how their parents teach them or how the school educate them. Doesn't they know it's a weekday and people need to sleep? They don't own this whole goddamn condo ok. Their parents are such failures and if they can't teach their kids, then don't have them! Their parents should be condemned also.

All of them should just go and die. Hope they will get into a car accident or something. Maybe they should all go JB and kana robbed and murdered. Singapore don't need these kind of inconsiderate useless scums.

This just increase my HATRED for kids. I just hate kids. I just can't stand them making noise. If I have a child, I will probably beat him or her up very often and stuck a bun in his/her mouth to prevent them from crying. Kids.. there shouldn't be kids in this world because they are such a NUISANCE! Hate them!

Please don't leave comments and say that I was a kid once because I don't run around void decks at 3am at that age. I was not so inconsiderate and brainless.

I am starting to hate this world more and more. I just wish that I am dead.

Stacko

When my father laid down on the mattress TV, he will somtimes put a pillow on his head to shield the lights from his eyes. One day my mother decided to stack up more pillows on top his original pillows. It was a challenge to find out how many pillows can be stacked on top of each other without falling.

The results was quite an amazing number of 4~!



Just another boliao episode that happened at home.

Pyjamas Party

On 27 Oct, Saturday, I have got nothing else to do so Lock asked me to join his pyjamas party at AMK Hub organised by his gym. The condition of bringing me there is that I have to lend him a set of pyjamas. I don't have guy's pj lor. So I lent him my sister's one! hahaha.. It was red colour and he looked like a big red angbao.

Surprisingly, there were quite alot of people at the party. Most people wear normal clothes like t-shirts and shorts but there are some particpants wearing cute pjs. There were some mini games in the party like throw darts and mini golf but I suck at all those. I have never thrown darts or played golf before so heck lah.

Later on someone approach us to take part in the most well-dressed participant. Lock wanted to participate so I joined too. I thought it was nothing but later on we, the participants, were asked to go on stage to do catwalk in our own way. I dunno how to do catwalk lor, I only know how to do the Huadan yuan chang. So stupid la. hahaha.. So I was thinking how to walk while the host was talking. Some of the shy participants just walk normally. One did a stupid dance and Lock did a super funny boliao dance. When it was my turn I just walk like a 38 lor. I think I am rather 38 in real life mah, so I just do my usual 38 pattern.

Of cuz I didn't win la, I didn't wear any peculiar pyjamas. Lock didn't win too although he is bald. Instead, 2 aunties wear hair curlers on their heads win and another girl wearing pink dress win a consolation prize. Anyway I got a gym bag for participating. At least something la.

At the end of the party, we were expecting to win some lucky draw prizes but we didn't. What the hell. I never seems to win lucky draws.

Oh yah, I must mention the food provided was quite good but we were too full to eat anything.



Us in our pj~

The League of Siao Kias

Once upon a time, there was a league of siao kias graduated from NYP (except for 1, he was a prince, lol). They graduated from NYP Diploma in Digital Media Design and because of the nature of this course, they were brainwashed to be siao kias.

Some names in the league: Henry, Lock, Vincent, David, Sumi etc.

After we graduated from NYP, somtimes we will hang out at Marina Square. Even though I don't drink at that time, I will join them for their drinking session. They often buy beers and drink at Millenia Walk. Kind of miss those days. I think I was happier at those times.

Unfortunately, the league is now broken. Henry is now missing in Sabah. Lock is still around. Vincent don't know what happen, never reply sms and has got a gf already. David is now in some games company think he is too busy to come out. Sumi was missing for a few years but he came back recently.

I kind of missed Henry also, that crazy KTV freak. Maybe I will jio Lock to go Sabah visit him.

Vincent was Henry's friend, I always remember him saying that he is actually a prince in disguise. One day he will go do treatment for his hair, adjust his teeth or something and he will become a prince. Hahaha..

I went to dig out some old photos of the league. Those happier days.

It was David's bday and we went Marche at Suntec for dinner. Beer as usual was their favourite beverage. The one on the right side is Lock. Lock looked slimmer and MUCH younger. So sad right.

After dinner at Marche, Vincent went for his regular smoke. From the left, vincent, John, David and Lock. David pretending to beat up Lock.

A friendlier photo. Lock realised that he is so short in this photo. Actually Vincent, David and Henry were quite tall. Henry is the tallest. He is about 183cm I think.

Baron Strong Brew was one of their favourite beer.

David and Vincent.



I think this photo is very funny, vincent and David admiring fireworks!


Notice that me on the leftiest side! I don't know who took this photo. I was listening to Henry talking rubbish.

This HP showing off time. Hahaha... I didn't remember David using the N-Gage before leh.


The bottles of alcohol they used to drink.


David on the floor.


The left one is Sumi and the right one is Henry.

David and Henry.

Henry was my closest friend in school. He taught me how to play PS and introduced the wonderful Final Fantasy to me. I used to get stuck with FF7 and I will ask him for help. In the end, he bought me a Gameshark for one of my birthdays! Gameshark is a cheating device for PS. I can enter codes to become invincible.

I used to be a quiet and nice girl hor, but ever since I mix around with this league of siao kias, I got influenced! I often say stupid things and do stupid things. .even until now~

So 'huai nian' those days. I showed the photos to Lock. He also very huai nian those days.

Stampede of Pimples

I hate my face because I have pimples and my face is round.

A stampede of pimples just stormed across my face like nobody's business and I am so pissed off over it.

Not only did they stampede across my face, they are leaving behind footprints which takes about a zillion years to heal. These red footprints imprinted themselves deeply onto my face decorating it like my face is a christmas tree. I wish I can just cut a piece of skin from my butt and replace it on my face....

Why!!

Dammit.

Boring Life and Boring Post

I realised that my life is so super boring. Nothing seems to excite me or make me feel specially happy. Sometimes I wonder. I am doing the same things as what other people do but they are not bored. They feel that it's very fulfilling and they are satisfied with it.

I am just so unsatisfied with everything and I don't know why.

For example, sometimes Lock will come to my place to play PS2 and we will spend pratically the whole day playing PS2 and eating. After the day, he will feel that it was very fulfilling and satisfying to do all that but I still feel kind of sian. I still feel so moody.

I know people said that we shouldn't expect too much in life and we will be happy with everything little things. I am not expecting alot in life but life is a boring phase to achieving nirvana.

Sianz!

Being such a boring person with such a boring life, I don't think I can write anything interesting anymore. I think my blog will die and become boring like me!

Comments?

I realised a phenomenon recently.

Everybody stopped putting comments on my blog!! It's strange and.. ghastly... maybe .. maybe all my friends are DEAD!! oh no.....

So sad.

Ok, seriously, I realised everyone starts to sms me their comments directly rather than leaving them in my blog. Maybe, they want a fast response from me? woot~

People like May, she will email or sms me when she read something in my blog. Is it some kind of trend or what? Weird

So only people like FR will leave comments because he don't have my hp number. hahaha.. oops. And maybe MD.

BTW, I have been itching to go KTV cuz I learnt alot of new songs and I want to try out singing~ Shit man.. and that silly May and YH bought so many costumes in TW that they are too broke to go KTV. What the hell lor. Really. Seriously. What the hell?

May is SO SO SO broke that she will be living by drinking water for the next 2 months.

They cannot tahan the temptation of costumes in GX. Mad. Luckily I didn't go. If not... I can't imagine. I am happy that I still have my beloved money with me. :D

Money money money.. the most important thing in the world.

So conclusion is: There are less comments in my blog now cuz everyone prefer to sms and.. no ktv sessions for me cuz my kakis are BROKE. -_-"

Green flower Ceramics

Heh, what is Green Flower Ceramics??

Wondering what it is?

It is Jay Chou's latest song!

青花瓷

I was CAPTIVATED the first time I listened to it. The album is not out yet but you can hear the song online. The song is so gentle and sweet and romantic! Though I dunno what the hell the lyrics is about but the soft and simple melody just made me listen to it again and again for the whole day!

Wonderful song. It is better than Ju Hua Tai or Dong Feng Po. It is the best China style song that Jay ever wrote!

Beautiful.

I will dig out this song the next time I go KTV. I want to sing this song~

Go listen to it!

http://www.haoting.com/htmusic/185498ht.htm

Exploding Bun

The amazing case of the exploding bun.

This morning my mum gave me a lian rong bao which I never eat. So I brought it to the office.

I put the bun on a plate then put in the microwave for 1 minute.

AFter 1 minute, I took out the plate and saw that the bun has EXPLODED!

My god, the lian rong fillings has spilled onto the plate and the bun became hard. Shucks man. The pantry aunty said that I heated it too much and too hot. Oh well, what's done cannot be undone.

So anyway I ate the exploded bun.