china. i will never forget.

currently listening to: Ageha [w-inds.]

back from china!!

only to find that my blog has been down for almost 2 weeks. i must really find out who's wenyen one day. deleting all the templates without notifying anybody... *clenches fist*

this template was the best among all that i can find. i found a Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle skin but it was too small for me to put all my infomation in it. maybe i will use it if i'm really left with no choice. meanwhile, let me just stick to this. *haiz*

anyway, i have tons and tons to say about the china trip but somehow i just can't put them into words. but i have to write it all down!! i know i'll forget all the details once time lengthens. sobx. the problem with short-term memories.

china- fun? exhilarating? unforgettable? it's wayy more than all these.

i thought it wasn't gonna work well for me at all. going overseas with a bunch of people i barely know? it was a risky attempt on my part to try and make something out of my JC life. i didn't feel comfortable at all all the way to the china airport (maybe it's because i had one of the largest luggage in the group *blushes* ). it was just this.. fear of not being able to blend in.



our first stop was suzhou. i had to squirm and wriggle in my seat to make sure my spine's still all right and my butt's not flat. it was pure bliss when i finally got off the bus at suzhou. BUT! the restaurant.... ARGH. it was my worst nightmare.

half a bowl of soup was still in the bowl and the chopsticks look like they had been imported all the way from judy's house to china. we didn't even dare to touch the ice cubes for fear of food poisoning. and the food... this is the only thing that filled my stomach that fateful day:



then it was the famous Han Shan Temple (Han Shan Si) and the Suzhou Silk Factory. things were already starting to get better. only that we still wipe our cutlery very carefully before using them. some of us even vowed to buy our own cutlery if we had a chance.



next stop- Wuzhen , the Water Village! beautiful sight, really. but why did we have to look at so many ancient beds? and why did we walk around the village instead of rowing a boat? someone enlighten us.



Hangzhou was definitely one of the best places we'd been to. we were all so very excited when we visited one of their top schools, 浙江大学附属中学. the students there were... whoa. we finally understood why some countries excel more than others. the students there were VERY spontaneous, and they didn't divert away from the lesson at all. none of them looked confused after the lesson (like we did. maybe it's because they used chinese as the teaching medium) and their vibrance was astounding.



we even went for a morning workout with them! it was super fun, although we were struggling to keep up with them. it's a sort of an exercise that resembles the one we perform during Ace's Day, except that it was less 'obiang' and VERY enjoyable. someone should seriously consider it as a PW topic.

then it was the West Lake, Yue Fei Temple and the Lei Feng Pagoda. i have to admit it was really BORING, considering the fact that we were practically MELTING under the hot hot sun and getting BITTEN to death by an army of mosquitoes. ok i know i know. youngsters today don't know how to appreciate.



one of the climax of the whole trip was a visit to a super posh school for the rich, 宋城华美学校 (can't remember the name but it's something like that). we were SHOCKED when we saw the school. i felt as if i was watching a taiwan drama series...



it's like the school F4 and Shan Cai went to in Liu Xing Hua Yuan! no, it much more much more posh than that! the White House? Disneyland? a huge pond for a swimming pool? a church for a teaching department? the nursery, primary, secondary and tetiary departments are all in the same school and they all live in hostels. furtheremore, the students do look as if they are from a Japanese manga. you have no idea how the girls went dots over the guys we met in the class.

it was a pleasant experience for me too. =)

BUT! i have to comment on the toilets. one long stretch of drain for you to do your business. you have to see it to believe it. i never thought a school that posh can have such... lousy toilets.

Shaoxing was perhaps the worst stop we'd been to. dirty hotel toilets and huge army of mosquitoes. we visited the Lu Xun memorial house (after seating for a 2-hour lesson on his works) and the East Lake (Dong Hu). let's just say that we were glad that we left that place.





oh! we visited the Shaoxing Wine Factory too. it was sheer torture to watch the adults drinking something that we weren't allowed to. but some of the guys went ahead to drink the wine anyway. and they claimed that the tour guide drank it. -___-



SHANGHAI!!! the best stop!! shopping and eating and shopping and eating. it was the whole point of our trip. *wahhaha* it was also in shanghai that deep bonds were formed. =)



we visited the renowned Fudan University and bought lots of lots of stuff there. i was making my last ditch attempt to grab some souvenirs for you guys after i made the stupid mistake of not getting anything when i was at Cheng Huang Miao (shopper's PARADISE!).



i must really mention the price of the CDs in China. O.O how can a music lover like me give up such fantastic bargains??? the only (and biggest) regret was that i couldn't find Ageha there. *sobx*

of course, how can we skip the Oriental Pearl Tower in Shanghai! i swear it was the most breath-taking scenery i've ever seen. maybe it was because it was the last night that we're gonna be in china so i was much more sensitive to every detail that happened that day.



the airport. awww.... we all really didn't feel like leaving. we wanted to abduct the tour guide back home with us. but all good things must come to an end. we left china with a tank full of laughter, friendships and beatiful memories.



it was the bond that was built during the journey. i didn't feel as if i was travelling with TPJCians at all. it was as if i was in the company of very good friends and enjoying every minute that we were together. no distancing, no fake pretences, it's the best field trip i've ever been to.



my greatest reward from the trip? to answer "memories" or "friendship" would be too mushy and cliche. my greatest material gain was a chinese flute and a Go chess set!! WOOHOO~!!!


=) i love china!!! it's hao wan daaaaaooo.... *wahahahahah*

ok, i'm happy as long as i get to keep the memories. let me move one to w-inds.!! *wahhaha* what's new?

i finally mustered enough courage the phone HMV to ask about w-inds.' Ageha album and she told me : it will be out at the end of the month. -____-

WHAT!!! end of the month and it's my exams already!!! what do you mean 'end of the month'!?!?!!? KILL!!!!!

i shall walk the whole of orchard road this saturday. i will find the album somehow!!! *punches fist into the air*

to everyone: seriously.... BLOG MORE!!!

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