.Monday, September 03, 2007 ' 10:43 PM Y
I'M FINALLY BACK FROM BEIJING AND INNER MONGOLIA...THE 1ST NIGHT I LEFT, TAGBOARD TIO SPAM..LIKE HOW COOL IS THAT??ANYWAY, THANKS TO THOSE WHO HELP ME "FIGHT" THE SPAMMER..IF U ALL DIDN'T INFORM ME WHEN I WAS IN CHINA, I WOULD HAVE CRIED IF I SAW IT IN THIS STATE..ANYWAY, THE TRIP WAS MORE OF A FUN TRIP DEN A STUDY TRIP...MADE LOADS OF FRIENDS... =DDAY 1TOOK THE MIDNIGHT PLANE TO BEIJING...REACHED THERE LIKE @ 7PLUS IN THE MORNING...THE TOURGUIDE BROUGHT US TO THE FORBIDDEN CITY AND TIANANMEN SQUARE...THE 1ST DAY WAS THE MOST TIRING...THE WEATHER WAS DAMN HOT...AND WE WALKED AND WALKED AND WALKED UNDER THE HEAT...1ST DAY I WAS A BIT CHAO TA LIAOZ...AFTER WALKING THERE, IT WAS LUNCH...LUNCH WAS SUPER SALTY AND OILY...GROSS...AFTER LUNCH, WE WENT TO THE 77TH STREET SHOPPING CENTRE...THE PLACE WAS DAMN HUGE...WE DID SOME SHOPPING AND OUR LEGS WERE REALLY TIRED...AIR THERE WAS HORRIBLY POLLUTED...AFTER SOME SHOPPING WAS DINNER..WE HAD PEKING DUCK FOR DINNER...AND THE HOTEL THE 1ST NIGHT WAS TERRIBLE...THE OTHER GIRLS WERE COMPLAINING SO WE ASKED FOR A CHANGE IN HOTEL...DAY 2AFTER BREAKFAST IN THE HOTEL, WE WENT TO SUMMER PALACE AND TEMPLE OF HEAVEN...ACTUALLY CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER MUCH ABOUT IT... DEN WE WENT SHOPPING AT YUEXIU MARKET...GOOD BUYS... =XCAN BARGAIN TILL U GO CRAZY!!!AFTER DINNER, WE WENT TO WATCH BEIJING OPERA...COULDN'T UNDERSTAND A SINGLE WORD...CHANGED TO A 4* HOTEL @ NO CHARGE...THE ROOM WAS DAMN SPACIOUS AND THE TOILET WAS DAMN CLEAN...DAY3WOKE UP EARLY, COS THE JOURNEY TO THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA WAS LONG...WE CLIMBED THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA...WOOHOO~DAMN COOL...IT'S DAMN DIFFICULT TO CLIMB COS THE STAIRS WERE VERY STEEP AND EACH STEP IS DAMN THICK...TOOK MANY MANY PHOTOS...AFTER GREAT WALL, WE HAD LUNCH...AFTER LUNCH WE WENT TO MING TOMBS...IN THE NIGHT WE PAID 250RMB FOR THE SHAO LIN SHOW..WAS QUITE COOL...AFTER THAT WE RETURNED TO THE 4* HOTEL...DAY4WOKE UP IN THE MORNING AND HAD BREAKFAST..WENT TO THE ROYAL TEMPLE OF CONFUCIUS AND THE YONGHEGONG LAMASERY...WENT TO YUEXIU MARKET TO SHOP AGAIN...BOUGHT MORE THINGS THIS TIME... SPENT ALMOST 500RMB THERE, THE 2ND TIME WE WENT THERE...TOOK THE 1ST CLASS TRAIN TO INNER MONGOLIA, HOHHOT...IT WAS AN OVERNIGHT TRAIN... 4 PPLE TO A ROOM...AT 1ST, WE WERE ALL COMPLAINING BOUT HOW YUCKY THE TRAIN WAS...BUT AFTER THAT, IT WAS QUITE FUN THOUGH...WAS QUITE COLD IN THE NIGHT...IT WAS AN EXPERIENCE...DAY5REACHED HOHHOT @ 7.20AM...OUR TOUR GUIDE WAS THERE WAITING FOR US ALREADY...HIS NAME IS SO FUNNY...HAHA..BUTTER-ER, WHICH SOME HOW SOUNDS LIKE BUTTER...BATER-ER IS ACTUALLY MONGOLIAN, WHICH MEANS HERO...HE LOOKS CUTE, ROUND AND SHORT.. OOPS... =XFIRST HE BROUGHT US FOR BREAKFAST...DEN WE WENT TO THE GRASSLAND TO STAY IN THE MONGOLIAN YURT...WENT HORSE RIDING AND MANAGED TO SEE THE AO BAO...WHICH IS SOME SORT OF A COMPASS FOR THEM... IT ALLOWS THEM TO FIND THERE WAY WHEN THEY ARE LOST...AND THE TOUR GUIDE TOLD US THAT IF U WALK ROUND THE AO BAO 3 TIMES AND MAKE A WISH, THE WISH WILL COME TRUE...IF U WERE TO ASK ME WHAT U SEE @ THE GRASSLAND, I WOULD TELL U SHIT...EVERY FEW METERS U WALK, THERE WOULD BE ANIMAL'S POO EVERYWHERE...HAD FUN HORSE RIDING EVEN THOUGH MY HORSE WENT ANGRY AND WALKED AWAY BY ITSELF...WE HAD THE CHANCE TO CONTROL THE HORSES BY OURSELVES...BUTT HURT ALOT MAN...LUNCH AND DINNER SUCKED THAT DAY...COS WE WEREN'T USED TO THE FOOD THERE...IT WAS SOME SORT OF LIKE THE VILLAGE SO THE FOOD THERE WAS QUITE YUCKY TO US...YL AND I SHARED A CUP OF INSTANT NOODLES THAT NIGHT...WEATHER WAS COLD @ NIGHT AND THE TOUR GUIDE GAVE ME A MONGOLIAN NAME...HAHA...IN THE NIGHT, THERE WERE PERFORMANCES PUT UP BY THE VILLAGERS... WAS SUPER HIGH THAT NIGHT...WAS DANCING WITH DAWN THAT NIGHT...WOOHOO~I SLEPT ON THE CHAIR THAT NIGHT, COS THE BED LOOKED QUITE DIRTY TO ME..DAY6LEFT THE GRASSLAND AND WENT BACK TO HOHHOT...VISITED DAZHAO LAMASERY AND THE 5 PAGODA... DEN WENT FOR LUNCH...LUNCH IN THE CITY IS MUCH BETTER THAN IN THE VILLAGE...WENT MENGLIANG SHOPPING CENTRE..NOTHING MUCH THERE...HAD DINNER AND HEADED TO THE HOTEL...THE HOTEL WAS IN THE MIDST OF THE CITY...SO WE WENT SHOPPING AGAIN...DAY7WENT TO YILI MILK COMPANY...THE MILK THERE IS LIKE 100 TIMES NICER THAN SINGAPORE'S...GOT SO MANY FLAVOURS...THEY PRODUCE YOGHURT, MILK, MILK CNADY, MILK POWDER AND ICE CREAM...THEY ARE THE OFFICIAL SPONSORS OF THE BEIJING OLYMPICS...HAD LUNCH AFTER THAT...AFTER LUNCH WE WENT TO INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY...IT'S THE BEST UNI IN MONGOLIA...IT WAS THEIR HOLIDAYS SO THERE WEREN'T MUCH PPLE IN THE SKOOL...AFTER THE UNI VISIT, WE HEADED TO BAOTOU, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER CITY IN INNER MONGOLIA...DAY8LEFT THE HOTEL, DEN HEADED TO THE KUBUQI DESERT...DIDN'T RIDE ON THE CAMEL BACK COS YL DIDN'T WANT TO...SO IN THE END WE PLAYED SOMETHING ELSE...THE DESERT WAS HOT...THE TOUR GUIDE VERY FUNNY...HE WANTED TO "BURY" US IN THE SAND...AFTER THE DESERT, WE WENT FOR LUNCH...AFTER LUNCH, WE HEADED TO ERDOS...AND WE WENT TO VISIT THE GENGHIS KHAN'S MAUSOLEUM...PASSED THE YELLOW RIVER WHILE ON THE WAY THERE...THE PPLE THERE GROW SUNFLOWERS...ALL OF THEM IN FULL BLOOM...SO BEAUTIFUL...SOMEBODY, PLEASE BUY ME SOME SUNFLOWERS... =XSPENT THE NIGHT IN ERDOS...THE HOTEL WAS DAMN NICE LARS...NO1 WOULD BELIEVE IT IS A 3* STAR HOTEL...DAY9DROVE BACK FROM ERDOS TO HOHHOT...ON THE WAY, WE ALIGHTED TO SEE THE YELLOW RIVER AND I MANAGED TO PLUCK 1 SUNFLOWER...IT'S ALL WITHERED ANYWAY...BUT I'M STILL KEEPING IT...WENT FOR LUNCH...WE HAD THEIR STEAMBOAT FOR LUNCH...DAMN NICE LARS..THEN WE WENT TO WANG ZHAO JUN'S TOMB...AFTER THAT WE WENT TO THE MUSEUM...THEY HAVE THE WORLD'S LARGEST DINOSAUR BONES THERE...AFTER THAT WE RETURNED TO OUR HOTEL...DIDN'T GO FOR DINNER WITH THE REST OF THE PPLE COS YL AND I WANTED TO SHOP...SO WE BOUGHT KFC BACK TO THE HOTEL ROOM IN THE END...DAMN NICE...BUT WE MISSED THE FUN WITH THE TOUR GUIDE...HE IS SO NICE TO DISTURB LARZ...IN THE NIGHT, @ 12AM SHARP, WE CELEBRATED YL, GLEN N HUIPING'S BDAE...THE CAKE WAS SO HUGE LARS...LIKE FOR 40 PPLE TO EAT...BUT WE ONLY HAVE 16 PPLE...WE ATE HALF THE CAKE AND GAVE THE OTHER HALF TO THE DRIVER AND THE TOUR GUIDE...DAY10HAD BREAKFAST @ MAC...AFTER BREAKFAST, WE LEFT THE HOTEL FOR THE AIRPORT....TOOK A TRANSIT FLIGHT TO BEIJING INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HAD LUNCH THERE..DAMN EXP LARS...BOARDED THE PLANE @ 3.30...REACHED SINGAPORE @ 10PM...OVERALL THIS TRIP WAS FUN...MORE FUN THAN HK TRIP...HAHA... =XI MUST GO BACK TO INNER MONGOLIA A 2ND TIME...I SWEAR...HAHA..IT'S A NICE PLACE THERE..WILL POST THE PICTURES ANOTHER DAY COS SOME OF THE PICS ARE WITH YL... MUST WAIT FOR HER TO SEND THEM TO ME...SHIQI AND I WILL BE GOING FOR LUO ZHI XIANG'S CONCERT...ON THE 1ST DEC...WE BOUGHT THE MOST EXP TIX...BUT STILL @ ROW 14 NIA...HAHA..BETTER THAN NOTHING...SO NOW, I'M DEAD BROKE...MUST THANK HER FOR HELPING ME BOOK...MISS SO MANY PPLE WHEN I WAS THERE MAN...HAHA...SO GLAD TO BE BACK...THE AIR HERE IS SO MUCH CLEANER THAN IN CHINA...PROUD TO BE A SINGAPOREAN...WOOHOO~~ShErMeEnZ~MOOD: SAD+TIRED=INNER MONGOLIA ROCKS=
