Heezzz….had a hard time coming up w the money n convincing my parents to let me go but as u can see it is done. Well, my mother was worried abt the cost of it while my dad abt the safety issue. But yet again, I haven’t left the country in the past 6 years n it’s the first time I m goin so far a place all by myself. Well, I am a little worried n scared myself but I think I am a big gal n know which are the official signage to follow.
Well, in change airport everything went smoothly. The air china plane that I took was pretty noisy, I hardly slept much on the plane even though I have both the window seats to myself. I will fall asleep for a while n then awaken by the noise again. I wasn’t scared of the take off or landing but found it rather interesting. There was nothing to do on the plane. No magazines, tv or anything at all. When the plane arrive at the Beijing airport, as all the other passenger “ports” are full, it stopped near the airport n we had to take a shuttle bus to the terminal. It was pretty cold as I was hardly wearing anything suitable for winter as my bf would bring it to the airport when he fetch me.
The 1st day:
His 2 cousins accompany him to fetch me from the airport n the feeling of being in Beijing was quite interesting. From a place that has everything in English to a place where everything is in Chinese; the trees shed their leaves n bare themselves in the winter cold. we had lunch at his house, then I watch him play pool with his friend, had dinner with his 2nd aunt n uncle then went to the public bath. The more memorable thing was the eating part. Their vege selection was diff from ours and I just had to eat it. His mother kept asking my bf to take food for me during lunch and his aunt did the same during dinner. I thought it was just polite n right that I finish anything that has been added to my plate. During dinner esp, I was having a hard time picking out the bones of the fish and when I was almost done with the fish, my bf would add more fish to my plate!!! Luckily his aunt recalled that western idea of eating out links courtesy and not being wasteful with eating your plate clean but over here in china, the people dun care about finishing the food, in fact we ordered abt 10 dishes when there was 5 of us only n at most each plate was half eaten, we did packet a thing or 2 home tho. It was then that I was saved and had a taste of the more authentic Beijing roasted duck.. the sauna was also interesting. There is a male and female section to it where u can bath, have message etc but only the guys have a giant pool inside to soak themselves in. well, the weird part about it was that all the pple who go there to bath will just bare themselves all the time until they change into clothes to leave the place or go upstairs to the entertainment cum rest lounge to wait for your hair to dry. Beside average entertainment on stage, they also have foot massage service which I had too….hehehehe….slept in the sister’s room
Day 2:
Hehehe….first time and it was a nice feeling to have my bf show me n help me mix the water in the kitchen for me to use to wash up in the kitchen, squatting above a plastic basin. Well, the main highlight of the day was to go to 1 of the town, xi dan, where u can find more of the small little stuff here and there in the shopping centre. On the side line, I also realized that it was pretty troublesome going to the toilet in public caz there are many layers that u need to take off. The jacket, the jeans, the cotton pants n the tights n nearly 99% of the time the toilets outside are the squat type w no toilet paper. There was nothing to see w regards to the clothes caz it was all winter wear and the part where u can bargain we didn’t patronize the area but just to walk pass it caz we are both not good at bargaining. Bought a mickey bag tho, schl side carry bag. Well, as for net prie places, the international brands things are priced the same or slightly more then in Singapore but I bought the mickey bag as it was a diff distributor and had a lot of things to choose from, much better than just clothes in Singapore. Had dinner at kfc that also had some egg tarts n other burger selection before we went to another place to buy quite a no. of pirated dvd to watch during the evenings for the next few days.
Day 3:
Watched dvd for the first half of the day. Btw, I forgot to mention that the sun sets at 5 and it is dark after 5pm here in winter n the sun rises the usual time of about 8 or 9 in the morning. After that we went have Korean bbq for dinner n the nice part abt it was that u can get the person to bbq it for you which was just perfect for both of us who dun really know how to bbq n is quite lazy abt it. Well, we ordered quite a lot for just the 2 of us and we were really bloated full that we had to tok for abt 1 hr to ease the feeling a little. We finished about 60% of the food only. After that we went to the sauna again n this time I was starting to get used to be naked around other gals in the gals section of the room.. well, caz my bf says that in winter clothes dun get dirty much caz we wear several layers n they are under the big jacket so its ok to just bath once in 2 days and wear the clothes for a few days before washing. All the while I was hoping for the snow as it was really cold.
Day 4:
Finally we went to the imperial palace to walk walk and we woke earlier to leave promptly after lunch. My bf has never been to the imperial palace himself either. Well, it was a day of photo taking and video of the imperial palace and tian an men. My bf kept saying that I only take the place without me in the pic but I argued that at least we are the photographers of the pic n video. We went into a lot of the small palaces but missed the bigger ones. Quite a no. of the small ones had a lot of artifacts displayed and the weather was really cold that day n my bf was complaining of being hungry as we were in there for a few hours n we were quite deep in already. The sad part was that there was quite a no. of buildings that was closed to outsiders n a few others were close for renovation. We finally decided to make do w instant noodles n whatever a small tore in wan qing yuan section had to offer to eat and boy must I say Chinese instant noodle is way better than the ones we find in Singapore caz they use real sauce n meat in it. But it was rather expensive according to my bf as this type of store is more of a trying to rip off the foreigners or visitors to the place. During winter the place closes early, at abt 430 and we left the palace just in time. But I must say that the common road or tiles from a palace to another can get quite rough at certain places. When we were leaving place, we pass by the part at that side, btn the imperial palace and tian an men, there was this place where u can change into the royals clothes n take photos. The winter was cold and after taking we waited a long time for the photos of which 1 out of 2 came out right. The one that came out right had me only. On our way home, I could swear that my toes were so frozen they were numb n the nail of the small toe was cutting the side of the other toe but there was nothing I could do about it caz it was too frozen to move much. My hands were also so cold that they were red n felt like millions of needles was poking them. We walked a log dist to try to get a cab but there wasn’t any luck, the one opposite direction had plentiful but on our side there was none. In the end we took bus back to a kfc to buy some kfc n change to a cab there. Nothing much happened after we reached home tho I must say we had a little argument btn the 2 of us here n there but it was fine.
to be continued....................
will add the pic when i get back to Singapore
Well, in change airport everything went smoothly. The air china plane that I took was pretty noisy, I hardly slept much on the plane even though I have both the window seats to myself. I will fall asleep for a while n then awaken by the noise again. I wasn’t scared of the take off or landing but found it rather interesting. There was nothing to do on the plane. No magazines, tv or anything at all. When the plane arrive at the Beijing airport, as all the other passenger “ports” are full, it stopped near the airport n we had to take a shuttle bus to the terminal. It was pretty cold as I was hardly wearing anything suitable for winter as my bf would bring it to the airport when he fetch me.
The 1st day:
His 2 cousins accompany him to fetch me from the airport n the feeling of being in Beijing was quite interesting. From a place that has everything in English to a place where everything is in Chinese; the trees shed their leaves n bare themselves in the winter cold. we had lunch at his house, then I watch him play pool with his friend, had dinner with his 2nd aunt n uncle then went to the public bath. The more memorable thing was the eating part. Their vege selection was diff from ours and I just had to eat it. His mother kept asking my bf to take food for me during lunch and his aunt did the same during dinner. I thought it was just polite n right that I finish anything that has been added to my plate. During dinner esp, I was having a hard time picking out the bones of the fish and when I was almost done with the fish, my bf would add more fish to my plate!!! Luckily his aunt recalled that western idea of eating out links courtesy and not being wasteful with eating your plate clean but over here in china, the people dun care about finishing the food, in fact we ordered abt 10 dishes when there was 5 of us only n at most each plate was half eaten, we did packet a thing or 2 home tho. It was then that I was saved and had a taste of the more authentic Beijing roasted duck.. the sauna was also interesting. There is a male and female section to it where u can bath, have message etc but only the guys have a giant pool inside to soak themselves in. well, the weird part about it was that all the pple who go there to bath will just bare themselves all the time until they change into clothes to leave the place or go upstairs to the entertainment cum rest lounge to wait for your hair to dry. Beside average entertainment on stage, they also have foot massage service which I had too….hehehehe….slept in the sister’s room
Day 2:
Hehehe….first time and it was a nice feeling to have my bf show me n help me mix the water in the kitchen for me to use to wash up in the kitchen, squatting above a plastic basin. Well, the main highlight of the day was to go to 1 of the town, xi dan, where u can find more of the small little stuff here and there in the shopping centre. On the side line, I also realized that it was pretty troublesome going to the toilet in public caz there are many layers that u need to take off. The jacket, the jeans, the cotton pants n the tights n nearly 99% of the time the toilets outside are the squat type w no toilet paper. There was nothing to see w regards to the clothes caz it was all winter wear and the part where u can bargain we didn’t patronize the area but just to walk pass it caz we are both not good at bargaining. Bought a mickey bag tho, schl side carry bag. Well, as for net prie places, the international brands things are priced the same or slightly more then in Singapore but I bought the mickey bag as it was a diff distributor and had a lot of things to choose from, much better than just clothes in Singapore. Had dinner at kfc that also had some egg tarts n other burger selection before we went to another place to buy quite a no. of pirated dvd to watch during the evenings for the next few days.
Day 3:
Watched dvd for the first half of the day. Btw, I forgot to mention that the sun sets at 5 and it is dark after 5pm here in winter n the sun rises the usual time of about 8 or 9 in the morning. After that we went have Korean bbq for dinner n the nice part abt it was that u can get the person to bbq it for you which was just perfect for both of us who dun really know how to bbq n is quite lazy abt it. Well, we ordered quite a lot for just the 2 of us and we were really bloated full that we had to tok for abt 1 hr to ease the feeling a little. We finished about 60% of the food only. After that we went to the sauna again n this time I was starting to get used to be naked around other gals in the gals section of the room.. well, caz my bf says that in winter clothes dun get dirty much caz we wear several layers n they are under the big jacket so its ok to just bath once in 2 days and wear the clothes for a few days before washing. All the while I was hoping for the snow as it was really cold.
Day 4:
Finally we went to the imperial palace to walk walk and we woke earlier to leave promptly after lunch. My bf has never been to the imperial palace himself either. Well, it was a day of photo taking and video of the imperial palace and tian an men. My bf kept saying that I only take the place without me in the pic but I argued that at least we are the photographers of the pic n video. We went into a lot of the small palaces but missed the bigger ones. Quite a no. of the small ones had a lot of artifacts displayed and the weather was really cold that day n my bf was complaining of being hungry as we were in there for a few hours n we were quite deep in already. The sad part was that there was quite a no. of buildings that was closed to outsiders n a few others were close for renovation. We finally decided to make do w instant noodles n whatever a small tore in wan qing yuan section had to offer to eat and boy must I say Chinese instant noodle is way better than the ones we find in Singapore caz they use real sauce n meat in it. But it was rather expensive according to my bf as this type of store is more of a trying to rip off the foreigners or visitors to the place. During winter the place closes early, at abt 430 and we left the palace just in time. But I must say that the common road or tiles from a palace to another can get quite rough at certain places. When we were leaving place, we pass by the part at that side, btn the imperial palace and tian an men, there was this place where u can change into the royals clothes n take photos. The winter was cold and after taking we waited a long time for the photos of which 1 out of 2 came out right. The one that came out right had me only. On our way home, I could swear that my toes were so frozen they were numb n the nail of the small toe was cutting the side of the other toe but there was nothing I could do about it caz it was too frozen to move much. My hands were also so cold that they were red n felt like millions of needles was poking them. We walked a log dist to try to get a cab but there wasn’t any luck, the one opposite direction had plentiful but on our side there was none. In the end we took bus back to a kfc to buy some kfc n change to a cab there. Nothing much happened after we reached home tho I must say we had a little argument btn the 2 of us here n there but it was fine.
to be continued....................
will add the pic when i get back to Singapore
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