goodbye my lover
goodbye my friends

after getting O lvl results
the reality of separation is even more true
people ive spent lots of time with, im not gonna see them that often anymore

post secondary school life, the thing alot of teens look forward to
it quite sucks big time

work? boring
study? wth then i cant work for money
go out? if i work then not alot time, if study then alot homework

procrastination is another thing ive been practising alot lately
i guess thats life
i really hope i can die faster and go to the place FATHER has prepared for me
being down here really is a boring journey

these past few months have been very much enjoyable to me
since the day my O lvls ended

this coming thursday
it will be the release of my O lvl results
ive been ready and waiting for it since the day the papers started

everybody would very kanchiong now(mostly)
for what? the results are already settled during december
no point worrying

what now is for what im gonna do AFTER my results
crap man i hate to think bout what course i want for poly
think till head burst and still no answer

oh well
happy-go-lucky attitude is the best
just give a shit to it

oh man fuck it..
no more updates on the china trip
had a tiff with my parents bout it
my mum has lots of objections against the uploading of the photos and other stuffs
wth?

i'll just post the dumb pics of the trip some other time
want to know more, call my number

work is pretty much slack after i came back
i can even do this while working

BUT still its boring arnd here
530pm is the only thing i look forward to here lol

going to marina seoul garden later to celebrate 'lump of fats' aka lewis' birthday
happy 17th
1 more yr to lots of restrictions REMOVED!

Day 2: 28/12/2007

woke up at 6am to prepare to leave by 830

total crap..

all the days that ive been here, ive been eating the same,exact stuff

guess they have those few dishes to offer in the mountain and country areas.

this is our tour group's bus

kinda old looking both on the outside and inside

actually its only 6 months old...

todays journey was to travel to '海螺沟-heiluogou'

the journey is expected to be from 830am TO 830pm

woots and there u have it

today's trip...lol

Day 4: 29/12/2007

reached 海螺沟, '长征大酒店-The Long March Hotel'

inside the main lobby is a big potrait of MAO ZE DONG and a picture showing the red army crossing luding brigde, which is damn cool

again, we've to wake up very early at 530

ate breakfast in 20 mins and off we are to the foot of the mountain

theres this big temple thats so magnificent where our bus parked

inside the temple is a hotel called the temple hotel, rofl

the waiting time for the bus up the mountain was really long

the mean time, took alot of pictures with stupid translations which i will show at the last post, all of it
the bus up the mountain was also VERY long

the total travelling time up half the mountain was 2 hours...

finally there was some signs of snow, real ones

it was snowing flakes, beautiful

it tasted sweet, really sweet

after that short toilet break

the journey up continued

ok forget it

the whole trip was practically the same as the 2 pictures above
there were 4 bases along the way up the mountain

just now the place where the toilet break was is the 2nd base

when we reached the 3rd base

AHH COLD! - 12 deg C

crazy lah, making worst is the strong wind

if your there i tell you your face is gone

took a cable car up to the 4th base

this is where the real thing is

a signboard telling you what im seeing

from the cable car

from an outpost at the cable car station of the 4th base

it was REALLY beautiful, so beautiful

read the signboard above the know about the glacier

after a mere 10 mins

i ran off to the cablecar station, cmi the cold

bought a glass of wulong and chysantamum tea, and some oil fried bread

the old man managing the tea shop was kind

he let me in the counter and share the fire with me(its at my feet)

but it was of effect at all, still freezing

at bout 230pm, we went down to the 2nd base to enjoy our lunch(same food again..)

theres a hot spring beside the hotel where we were having our lunch

the day ended on yet another bus trip down the mountain and back to the hotel

rest of the night was tv

HELLOOO PEOPLE!

im back from my china trip, and im glad i did

man hectic trip this is, its fun too

as said, here are the summary updates of the trip...

DAY 1, 26/12/07

woke up at 4am to prepare for the flight at 7am

had breakfast at changi terminal 1 my dad, typical singaporean, was kiasu

SO, we reached the airport 1hr earlier

you know the word 'sian'?

slept at the waiting area for very long before the boarding time finally arrived

i've always been fascinated by the view of the outside when the plane is flying

leaving singapore is always somewhat a torture for me, i miss her

the clouds are so beautiful, like cotten candy

reached China at bout 12pm
once we stepped outside the airport
WOOTS! winter hit us like needles

the air we breathe out was condensed immediately, cool

we were late by a day, our tour group had left for china the day before
so we went over to the restaurant to meet them and have lunch

our tour guide, forgotten what his name was

but his alias is xiao wang

after lunch, we boarded the bus to head towards '花水湾-hua shui wan' where we'll be staying for the night

this is Gwen, shes three and she sits beside me on the bus

cute little girl :)

there were many kids on this group, all below the age of 12

on the way to the hotel, they played with the condensation that had formed on the INSIDE of the bus guess what i wrote?

at bout 3pm we reached the hotel

and this is the name of the hotel...

the hotel is known in the area for its hot springs that are built inside

oops, not supposed to take pictures of the interior

the difference between mineral water and the hotspring water

after getting the room keys

we went up to check out our rooms

even indoors, the place is cold! 5 degrees baby!

most of the people from the group went to the hotsprings for a bath

my family went out to the nearby shops for a stroll

take a good look at the guy in red, he tried to cheat the woman from my tour group

hah so sad my dad job consisted of testing scales and etc.

caught him red-handed

thats one of the few things why i HATE CHINA PEOPLE(except for most of the girls), they arent honest

we went on with our walk

passed by a local market

the shops were mostly the same, either its a provision shop, or its a eatery

And they all sell the same thing... wth

proceeded back to the hotel for our dinner

including the restaurant where we had our lunch,

the waitresses were all PRETTY young girls, mostly older than me by bout 1, 2 or 3 years

lol child labour

after dinner, the kids went downstairs to play with firecrackers

ALOT of firecrackers, cheap cheap too

my bro bought a few big rockets earlier on our walk and he set them off

i went back to my room as im so damn tired

watched an encore NBA match between New Orleans Hornets and Houston Rockets

BORING!

DAY 2, 27/12/07

set off at 830am towards Xiling Snow Mountain

its much colder there, since the altitude was higher

even at the foot of the mountain

haha

mum and dad rented snow shoes that are much warmer and slip-resistant

yeah read what they say..

took the cable car up the mountain

along the way, we couldnt see anything, foggy

at the top,

as you can see, ice shards formed on the tree branches

its damn cold i tell you, a negative temperature

headed towards the main entertainment area where we were gonna have our activities

this is snow-rafting

it was kinda fun, except that the ride was very short

the air was so cold, my face was almost frozen on the way down

normally, cold means nothing to me

but this..is...WTF!

i couldnt take it anymore

so i went back to the central area of the place

bought some food, onion-oil fried bread and small-fried fishcake

the rest of the day was travelling down the moutain,

went back to the hotel,

have dinner

SLEEP

eveything in China are very cheap

from your daily neccessities to food, clothing, transport etc.

just uploading 2 days took so long and so much energy

i'll update the rest of the trip 2 days by 2 days from tomorrow onwards.