BUsY WeeKends

Yo ppl .. this blog shall be a long long one as i had a busy weekends this week.

Okay .. i shall start on depicting my friday life....

Friday, as usual, went to SHJTU earli in the mrng to attend the courses . Went to the sch canteen and bought nice breakfasts @ 5th Ave Cafe - the cafe sells western breakfast such as sandwiches with coffee/milk tea . One set costs abt 3rmb-8rmb, depending on the types of sandwiches. I find the sandwich quite nice and the milk tea is uniquely smooth .... attended the course on culture exchange , was a boring one , everyodi in the class all fell aslp halfway thru the lessons other than me n mel,think we are the most awoke ones .... poor Prof Lu, he muz have felt depressing to see students sleeping.... as for the han yu class , the situation was worse as most of the students were either chatting among themselves or fell aslp . Until after the break, the prof decided to have discussions over our cultures and theirs. This was more interesting ~~~~ COmpared to juz listening to her "teaching", we had a chance to interact with her ... the topics discussed were on THEFTS , Shanghainese Cultures (like pushing/kiasu-ing) etc. Was quite entertaining ....

After the long day at the uni, we (the 1601s + yingsi + jiaxin) went to 曹杨路, as our dear Marg wanted to get her comics after she knew tt Yuan Shan has gotten hers ther . At tt place , we shopped happily. Firstly, i brought the gals to the Shoe Store where the shoes are selling @ Lowest price compared to other shops like 7 Pu's. I bought a pair of heels that costs 39rmb(other places selling @ 55rmb). Everyone's got their own heels except for Marg , she din buy coz the pattern she wanted did not have her size ... *** Disappointment

Anyway, along the street of the comic shop, i saw this "huge" dog which looks like lion, it's cute , isn't it .. he was attracted to a shop where the owner was having a Big Meat Bun on her hand .... and the dog went in,in the end , it fininshed the whole bun ... then at the pavement, this dog became the center of attraction - people was snapping photos and patting it ... ***Anyway, first time i wasnt afraid of dog....

(The "lion dog - think it is the most expensive breed here in Shanghai ~~ )

After shopping ard the comic shop area, then we went in to this mini flea market ... was like Sing's pasar malam .. n nuttin much to buy ... we spilted up into small grps and shopped ard... me n mel after shopping @ the flea market , we went out and shopped at its vicinity .. Bought some ankle socks. Then we came into this shop which sells mani bags .. Mel took fancy of a few but in the end she bought one of them .... Muz control !!! Haha .. i bought one diesel wan.. loooked unique ... hehe Can say that mani of us had some "harvest" !!!! We ate at KFC coz at that place , mostly for shopping , food restaurants very few ... in the end reached home @ 10.30pm , slept earli as Sat gng Nanhui , meeting the prof at loyang stat @ 8am.

Saturday morning woke up half an hr later than usual as loyang stop is only a 10mins walk from our hse .. ** pity the Puxi ppl, they have to take a 90mins journey to here ba.... haha ... Prof Lu was earli, think he was the first to arrive ... We took this 龙大线 bus at loyang's interchange. The bus is those mini buses , our 29 ppl v fast filled up the whole bus seats .... the other passengers had to stand....*muhahaha

The journey took us abt 2 hrs to reached this "Flower orchid" park .... Along the way , when we reached this village (not rural kind), plains of Tao Hua and sights of colourful flowers caught my attention .. it was a beautiful sight - a sight which i could not have seen it back home... if possible, will want to stay a day out at those native's home and immersed myself in the "flowery" scent and relax myself .... not long, we reached the park and Wenjie (our leader) went to get the tics (costs abt 54rmb) pax.

Generally , the park is humogous ... filled with flowers (mainly tulips). After taking a grp pic at the entrance of the park , everybodi spilted up and walked in small grps on their own. My grp consisted of Me, Mel , shann mr. whye heng. We toured ard the place, mostly varieties of tulips !!!! Think my fav flowers now shall be tulips ???? haha .. took alot of pics (esp lying beside beds of TUlips !!!! The feeling is so SHIOK ! ... think the pics can descibe what i have seen (i do not think i could express the heavenly sights in words ) ...
here are some of the pics :


See the pics above ... nice rite. ..haha u can see more when i update them on my MSN SPACE ... here's the website : http://bluri3chng.spaces.live.com .

We spent quite some hrs ther , like from 2 hrs ... to walk finished the whole cicumference. After touring this area, the prof arranged for the 28 of us to board a mini shuttle bus to go to "世外桃源" , a place where tao hua blooms ... OMG ... the place is full of Tao Huas (pink & white) .. it's like Tao HUa plantation ... paid 36 rmb to enter ... actually nuttin much to see in ther ... juz admired the tao huas ... then this mischievious JUN QIN went to be 採花thief . He plucked a few stalks of Tao Hua ... *** best !!!! Then as me n mel were feeling hungry, we went to hunt for food . Luckily, there's a shop selling chicken mee hoon .. tasted nice ... btw ,here are some pics we took there :

(***The one wearing Red is JUN QIN & the other guys is PETER .... )

(***TT's me in front of Tao Hua plantation !!! )

Well ... after the "flowery" trip ... we set off for home ... another 2 hours back home. Wanted to sleep on the bus wan ..but as i was sitting at the back of the bus , kept on knocking my head on the seats when the bus rocked violently. OMG .. think had 4 bumps on my head .. Could not sleep at all ... so sad =( The prof went off halfway along the journey back home .. our whole class wanted to treat him to dinner, but guessed gotta wait for another time .. Prof Lu is a nice prof ,he is v enthu to bring us look ard ... whr to find such a prof ???

Anyway .... when we arrived at Loyang stat , the grp of us went for dinner at a Hongkong Restaurant . I ate this sausage chicken claypot rice - tasted nice ... but the portion is big ... this is the pic :

(The rice is white coz i haben add any sauce to it , but the sauce is not black sauce , it's like soy sauce but not tt salty ) => this costs me 22 rmb.

Well after this hearty dinner, whye heng n shan jio me n mel to go play mahjong nearby our hse .. of course i am fine with it .. missed mahjong since i reached here .. but juz when we were settting off to the place , it started to drizzle .. so we went back to my room and played DAIDEE instead ... had a fun time playing ... Coz MEl kept on playing the wrong cards .. lolx... muz teach her more .. though i know she isnt into this kinda games ... after 11.30pm then me n mel went to bathe ... think we slept ard 2am coz after bathing..decided to do our stuffs ....


OKay .. after a long day on Friday and Sat , today (Sun) , i decided to rot at home ... i woke up ard 10am , then ordered wai mai with mel ... the other 4 hse mates now alrdy went out , only me n mel stayed at home ... i decided to watch heroes and watched tv ba..mayb taking a nap later on ...

Watch out for more updates soon .... =P

Been drizzling n windy nwadays !!!

yeah..it's THURs .. Weekends coming !

Had a peaceful morning today in the train .. so nice, will pray hard for these sorts of moments to come day by day for the remaining 3 mths stay in shanghai. Wahaha ...

Juz an update on yesterday :

after work , i went 大宁广场with roomie since after dinner in sch we had nuttin to do ... go home is too earli liaoz ...Well , had the intention to shop for clothes so we went in shops by shops but pretty disappointed with the variety of shops there ... There are shops like VERO MODA, BALENO , EBASE , ASTRO BOY, ES , ETAM, ONLY etc. All branded stuffs .. but juz nuttin caught both our eyes ~~~ SAD !!!!

In the end , went to the supermarket in the mall ..stock up my tidbits once again , think my cupboard food can lasts me for the whole week .... too bad , as Mel said, i'm a glutton and i admit that ... Yesterday , fell alsp while watching GUESS (x3) the episode on 17th March, was v boring when the show was showing the 美女 part , n i fell alslp till 10.45pm , roomie woke me up n i went to bed ... Had a long long long sleep ... tonite also gotta slp earli as tmr lessons start ... ard 6.15am gotta woke up . *sigh*

Anyway, when i was transferring train at people's square underground passage , saw a sad case ... there was this old man(ard 60yrs old)with his two legs amputated, lying on the floor with his back facing up begging in the centre of the passage . Rather pity him but was told by my friends not to be soft-hearted .... but the main point here is that , people was busy looking and buying paintings from a 地摊 right beside the begger. OMG .. can u imagine this irony ??? People rather spend their money on some unnecessary ornaments rather than to spare some to the needy .... ***Sigh*** what kind of environment is this ??? Or perhaps the people here are used to seeing people begging that there are immune to all these beggers ... i dunno ....

Today :

On my way walking to the sch campus for work , i saw the trees and flowers along the road has blossomed and i could not resist to take a few shots of them .. here are the pics :

**** OMG .. nice rite , where to see such blooms back home ???? *****

Anyway , this weekend the sch prof is planning to bring us to see the TAO HUA blooms . Hope it wun rain so that we can proceeds with the trip. But the prof mentioned that can see tao hua but cat eat TAO ZI. SO sad ... if got choice, i would have chose the Tao Zi instead ... muhahaha see i'm just a GLUTTON. =P

Okay folks ... i am going to slack again ... cant wait for the day to end .... *haiz***

GirL's NIte OuT

(***this pic is taken at RAFFLES CITY shopping's TOILET ******* Hee the design not bad .. n it's clean .... )

okay .. ytd nite, after a boring day at work , i met pauline, yuan shan tgt with my family members (excluding shimin) at people square , Raffles City . This shopping mall is Singapore's style , sell mostly stuffs like those in SIngapore , got tt kind of home feeling when i was there ... went shopping ad with M & M while waiting for the rest to gather . The 3 of us reached the mall earliest @ 5.40pm when we r meeting the rest @ 6.45pm.

It was drizzling ... bad weather but the weather was stil not cold as compared to the last few weeks ... but hate bringing umbrella ard. At first, pauline wanted to bring us over to the FOOD STREET @ yunnan rd , but due to the raining factor , we changed to a nearby location - STEAK KING . I have eaten ther before and i think i wrote tt in my blog too ...

Basically this shop sells both western n chinese food .. but of course i prefer having westen food coz everyday having chinese food , time for a change ... So i ordered a set name "Pan Fried Chicken Breast" set and shared a big cup of bubbled red tea with Mel. Total cost me 23 rmb. Not so bad ... Enjoyed the dinner and the food ..

Here's the pic :

*** LOOKs appealing ma???? Haha ... still smoking ~~~

Well after the satisfying meal , the 7 girls jus sat at the comfortable big sofas and chatted . HAd a reali long chat .. but guessed everybodi enjoyed ourselves ba .. coz seldom got the chance to meet pauline n shan for dinner ... Ard 9pm , we set off for home ~~~~ tired !

As for today ... Nuttin special happen ~~~ Juz tt roomie n me went to explore some places ard our sch ... after dinner at the sch canteen , din realli feel to go home tt earli , so we walked ard .. take it as exercising lo =P Anyway , saw nice clothes ... Contemplating to buy ......HOW ????

LookIng AheAd ..

**** All the GIP girls .. say cheese !!!

*** The pic taken on Miss Pauline's 22nd birthday .. finally got a whole grp of GIP ppl pic liaoz ....anyway pauline is the gal with the light brown jacket wearing red polo inside,sitting in the middle.

It is Monday morning again ... No MOnday Blues todae , juz hope that the week will go past faster . cant wait for weekends to come ! So sian of coming to work and rot . . felt like a waste of time ...

Well here are some of the updates :

1. Gng to Nan Jing in 14-15th April with the SHJTU bunch,profs bringin us to visit historical places FOC . lolx

2. Planning to go Zhou Zhuang / Su Zhou .

Cant wait to go on a trip out of Shanghai , the life is so boring here , as in nuttin much to see lo, juz shopping shopping shopping ... which i think most of the shopping can be done in Singapore , most imptly is to look ard and explore other countries cultures. Of course , shopping is a MUST la .

Well.. last week , only the day out at the arcade was the happiest moment i had. Wonder what would be this week's fav moment . Well tonite gng dinner with roomie , yuan shan & pauline . Hopefully can have something nice ... and have a nice chat !

Okay nuttin to say liao ... shall update on the dinner tonite tmr ba ...

Yeah .. finally can weat jacket out without those winter wear liaoz ... weather turning hotter !

Dead Beat TiRed

Today's chinese history lesson without any spice ... still sounded so dead and dry. The topic was on "Sun Zhong Sun" & "Yuan Shi Kai".. how they set up china's government in the past ... OMG...i almost fell aslp till the last half an hour , i suddenly was v awoke, mayb my body alry have an auto-alarm to the lesson ends !

After the lessons, the 5 of us (1601) without Shimin , decided to go to 轻纺市场 which was recommended by one of the prof . U noe what .. we actually took like 2 hrs to reach tt place ??? Coz when we reached the ZHONG SHAN station , we could not find the bus number 947 (the prof have given us instructions on wat bus to take). SO we walked and asked ard for directions. AFter some distance , we ended at a bus stop , and asked every bus driver when the bus reached the stop . Now then i realised that the bus drivers here are also rude and unhelpful , they juz said DON"T HAVE and juz shut the door straight at ur face lo. CMI ~~~ In the end , we met a friendly and kind driver who told us to board her bus and changed to the bus 947 @ another venue.

Finally , we reached the place . But to ur upmost disappointment, it was a place full of textiles and shoes . But the shoes (boots & heels) are not appealing . They are most suited for "older" woman . Not walking long, we walked out of the plaza. So sianz .. spent so much time and efforts ad yet did not enjoy the shopping. Ard 5 plus , we took a bus 837 to Shanghai Railway station , thinking to change train to SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM station . The journey was rather short or mayb coz i slept on the bus ?

after having dinner at a disgusting restaurant .... i was v v v disgusted to breathe in the ciagarette smoke that came from the lady smoking at the next table. I showed some attitude behaviors there .. trying to make the person know that i could not stand the smoke !!!! Then we went shopping at a shopping mall. Wanted to buy a bra wan , but too bad , not tt fitting . And the clothes there are pricely. Wait till i budget my shopping expenses then shall consider ~~~

Along the way home , walking to the Metro staion at the underground passgae , there are mani shops - nice fashion shops. So we juz walked ard ... thinking of to get some new clothes .. but din saw any one piece that i fancy .. too bad !~~

Now i am back home , damn tired with swollen feet top ~~~ hope to have a gd rest tmr ....

***HUrray ... weather turning Hotter !!!!

CrazI3St Day Out

Wow ... todae after the long and boring lessons at Jiao Tong University , me n roomie set out to 曹扬路 with whye heng . We met yuan shan at the station as she was coming to meet us from her office. Was so excited .. coz me n roomie first time on the LINE 4 train. Also , we were gng to a brand new place ... unlike people square , 7 pu , nan jing tong lu etc .

OKay , when we arrived at the long awaited destination , we saw a rather big branch selling shoes at CHEAP price ! So of course , the girls' instinct were to go in have a look ... but too bad nuttin caught my eyes . Then we continued walking ... luckily whye heng was there to bring us ard , if not me n roomie realli would not get to know such place. We went to this small alley where there are mani small shops selling stationary , gifts & souvenirs , bags & clothes etc . While whye heng n yuan shan were looking at their comics , me n mel walked ard the place to explore , and in one of the shops, mel bought a MICKEY MOUSE umbrella which cost 30rmb, looks nice and special ! haha ....

After which , along the way, whye heng brought us to this building that has the colonial feel , but u know what it has a small acades upstairs. This was the place where i had my craziest moments with roomie ....

While whye heng was busy indulging in his Time Crisis 4, me n mel decided to enjoy ourselves in the arcade . We went to change 4 rmb of tokens . Guess what ... a token cost 0.50rmb nia !!!! Damn cheap , the game ther max cost is 2 tokens . Then i went to this sega machine there and was planning to play virtual fighters with mel . U know what .. roomie actually played tt sort of game wan .. i could hardly believe it ... she ended up playing alone cos 2nd player was spoiled ! Haha .. Mel realli enjoyed herself though she din play realli well ... Muhahaha

Then we went to check out this TIME CRISIS 3 . I think that the guns have some probs wan .. coz muz aim rather long and after pulling the trigger , gota shoot mani times b4 the targets died !!!!! OMG .... so we were killed v fast .. GAME OVER . Then seeing that whye heng is still playing his game , me n mel went ahead to exchange another 6 rmb of tokens. We walked ard the arcade (though small) to look for other games to entertain us . We saw the percussion set machine. SO the two of us thinking that we got some musical talents , we juz sat down and played. Waa..it was so shiok man ... nice game ~~~ got me quite addicted ! coz it was easy (coz we played the beginner level)...

Then came this stupid suggestion from MEL - she actually wanna try out the DDR machine with the hand movements type . OMG .. at first i was reluctant to join her, but after observing that there was not much ppl ard so i juz joined in her crazy moves. So funny .. coz that was my first time using tt machine. the 2 of us were like dancing robots lo, so stiff and all the unprofessional movements ~~~ luckily there was no PROs ard ... But somehow enjoyed myself , seldom got the chance to do crazy things ...

Seeing Shan was standing ther alone, we pulled Shan to join us in playing a game of MARIO KART car game with whye heng . Was quite fun too ~~~ AFter which , mr whye heng went ahead to play his OUTRUN2SP while leaving us - the 3 girls behind him , so thinking of spending all the tokens , we went to the percussion set machine again, this time pulled shan to join us. Hehe .. nice game ~~~

We settled our dinner at some restaurant having 3 dishes with rice. Had the big fried egg with xia ren , potato with beans and Tang Chu Pai tiao .... nice dinner ~~~~ which cost 37rmb for 4 persons. Then we walked ard the place , lookin at clothes , boots and bags !!! At the end of the day , we reached this "pasar malam" types of stores ... too bad, most shops were closed for the day liaoz ... so we browsed thru the remaining shops to see what we could buy ... NUTTIN ~~~ we left the place ard 9.05pm coz we scared that we might missed the last train home .

Had a long tiring day ... so sianz ,, but overall , it was a fun experience .... enjoyed myself alot ... Hope the 3 of them too `~~~~

FOggY MornIng

(****LOOK at the foggy situation .. this pic is taken this mrng when i

was walking to the Metro Station )

=> OMG .. hope roomie and me would be safe and sound coz we are asthmatic patients !

This mrng when i woke up was so shocked when i looked at the windows in my room ... at first i tot was the cold weather outside making the windows looked misty. But after careful look outside the window , saw the FOGGY situation ... the air pollution is getting worse . And i could also smell some odors , like burnt smell. Juz hope me n roomie would be fine ...

In the train , todae the crowd not tt packed , at least i did not get sandwiched. Though the rude behaviors like pushing is still present. Juz hope todae after work wun get sandwiched ~~~

Well .. in my office again .. doing nuttin much .. trying to dig things to keep myself occupied. Realli muz salut rommie .. she like always got things to keep her occupied wan .. duno how she did that , muz learn from her someday or i shall die of boredom soon ... juz now chatted with Shan , Alvin and my sis on Msn . Better than nothing .. at least got people to talk to .. Roomie when she feels like it, she will msn me wan .. but the chances are like 0.0000000000001 % . Haha ...

Have been noticing that everyday at work , my colleagues sitting behind me would peep at what i am doing .. so irritating lo, coz sometimes i am playing games or watching show ... but i dun mind letting them know that i am v v v Free , juz dun like the feeling of being WATCHED ! ***Dun like peeping toms ...

Anyway , todae after work got program le --- gotta go to NTU shanghai office ard 6.30pm , coz todae Prof Er Meng Hua and the GIP staffs are coming to visit us. So we are having dinner gt at the shanghai office which is located @ 张江高科 stop, 2 stops after my hse. Then after the dinner , the prof and the staffs would be visiting the flats too ~~~ juz hope that we have some time after dinner to quickly go home and pack !!!! Our hse is in a total mess though still presentable ... but ~~~~ juz make it MORE presentable would be better ....

*** GOD BLESS nuttin would happen at the GIP grp dinner ~~~~

A freAkinG MorNing -

****sigh****
Okay ... Juz to emphasize that the date on the blog would be wrong ! Coz i keyed in the blog too earli in the mrng le.....

LookIng At my life now realli spoil my day ... juz like this mrng onthe train to work, traffic condition in the metro station was like HELL lo. People was pushing and i was sandwiched. Anyway , i got my right arm "distorted" by some auntie who was kenna pushed by other aunties ! Buai tahan .. become handicapped again. * sianz . What made my day worse was the whiser sound made by the MRT staffs at the platform. Realli sux ... was damn frustrated . Basically, there was no use to whiser , they were juz trying to make NOISE ! Had a bad morning .... Hope the later day would be much better ....

Besides , yesterday , on the way back , i also accidentally pulled my ankle tendon. Now right ankle abit swollen. Haiz..juz can comment that i am ACCIDENT PRONE.

Okay talking abt yesterday evening (Monday) ,after work i went home with roomie as usual. Then on the way , we went to 农公商超市 to get a bag of toilet papers as we alrdy ran out of the paper at home. 20 rolls for 24rmb. Cheap or ex ? I dunno ....

Then we went home and had some cakes and bananas while we were waiting for Yuan shan to join us for dinner. Well, though now everyday roomie and i would have our dinner in school, yesterday we decided to accompany Shan for dinner , suddenly have the craving to have "兰州" food. Both of us bathed during th waiting period. Then Mel ordered the wai mai while i was bathing.

Ard 7 pm, Shan arrived with her VCD, a old drama named <上错花轿,嫁对郎>. After savouring the meal in our room , we watched an episode of the drama tgt . Not bad .. was rather addicted on the show ... mayb can borrow from Shan after she finished watching. Hehe ...

Nowadays, after work , damn tired, but juz dun feel like gng home . Coz there's nutin better to do at home besides slacking and rotting .. juz feel so sianz , but if go out shopping , will burn my pocket hole. *sigh* difficult to make choices.

Okay la .. gng to do some research on the website thingy ... and of course slacking ...

tHe CrAzi3St DaY ...

Well , yesterday (monday) , We left our office @ ard 4.15pm after i emailed the prof the corrected manuscript. Luckily we got stuffs to do after our lunch yesterday - which was to correct some report thingy. Then i also surfed the internet for some nice places to go in Shanghai ... found quite a few .. and some comments that i saw online sounded real cheeky lo ...

One example would be a american expat said :
"In shanghai, there's always some mucus-challenged man/woman who would use their full lung power to cough out those muscus and i would use matrix stunts to avoid getting spitted on !" - edited by me ...

haha i was laughing all the way lo. and mani more comments ther too ... In the end , after much careful selection, i jotted down a few places which interest me. Gng to visit these places soon .... gotta plan first.

Okay, yesterday i mentioned in my blog that i was gng 大宁（大润发）after work with roomie rite? We left work at ard 4.15pm after i succeeded in emailing the prof the manuscript he wanted us to correct. We ate in the school canteen before setting off to the supermarket. Had quite a satisfying meal in the cold weather. As soon as we walked in the entrance of the supermart , we hunted down a trolley and started the spree ~~

First station was the bread section , and we took one green tea bread/cake each. Then we walked ard and saw BANANAs . Been wanted to buy a bunch long ago but gave up because of the price. However, in the end at the offer section , we still bought a bunch which costs like 4.64rmb. Think the craving for bananas surpassed the cost aspect. Then we went to the 2nd level to shop for tidbits/drinks/miscelleneous. overall spent like 86 rmb of which 50 bucks belong to my food. Lolx.. no choice , i love food ... by the way , yesterday was Mel couldn't resist most of the items , she kept asking : "没有了啊?" like she couldn't get enuff of what we bought ... scary =P anyway, throughout the shopping spree , we joked/laughed/bickered alot... seemed like old friends shopping tgt, juz love that interaction , so natural and true... missed all my friends ...

On our way to the metro station (Mrt) , we walked past the grand Shanghai Circus stadium. Then Mel caught the eye of the big poster advertising on the latest performance "Space". She was contemplating whether to go or not , din know she is interested in such performance wan coz i was considering the circus performance long ago.. anyway, if she's gng, at least i found a company liaoz .. if not i wun go alone wan .. so sianz, dun like watching the whole performance alone. I shall pray she would make the decision soon ~~~

Well here's come the main craziest part (though last nite have some conflicts with dear) :

Dunno whether isit because of the weather or any miraculous pill that made roomie Mel so "high"yesterday . Throughout the Mrt journey, we were like joking/teasing/laughing frantically all way .. can still remembered vividly a scene when we were walking to change train at people sqaure tt long passage, we were talking abt something when a man 偷听, then Mel blurted out : "鸡公"(鸡婆的男人) . Think the man heard what she said ... at the moment i was shocked but laughed quite crazy till i made those "pig's groaning" sound. The 2 of us were like sniggering frantically like 2 crazy women . So funny lo ... furthermore , Mel kept saying something which made me continued laughing till my stomache cramps lo ... buai tahan, guessed yesterday was the happiest day since i arrived in shanghai ... felt so carefree , enjoying life without any 烦恼, dun have to bother abt anything too~~ wondered when would the next such day would come ... *sigh*

Anyway , gotta thank god for letting me meet roomie Mel . Mayb i am fated to have a gd friend for company in my stay in Shanghai. Lolx.. still remembered a friend who told me tat : "the best time to know a friend well is by living with him/her" and he started dislike his 10 yrs friend after staying with him .... Life's so strange ! Anway, guess roomie already know me inside out after these 2 mths of living. like what she mentioned "her blood flowing in mine and mine flowing in her" ... haha ... can safely say that we are still getting along well with each other though we more or less know each other bad habits .. think 'comprising' and 'understanding' is the words to get along with ... though sometimes we want to vomit blood =P

*** "Life's like a stage , full of actors/actresses with masks ... !"

Curry Chicken ...

(Tt pic is taken at Papa Johns .. me n roomie mel in the pic)

Yo anyway i shall start from blog from Sat night onwards ...



Well , tt nite(SAT) since me n mel decided to enjoy ourselves at home , we invited Yuan shan n Whye Heng to our room and watched Hannibal Rising tgt since they did not go clubbing too ~~~. While our hse people - Marg , Shimin tgt with Yushan(suzhou friend),Ying Si and Jiaxin went to KTV overnite. Me n mel din go was that we were too tired as well as to be at home is better than to be entertain outside. Well , no representative from our unit went to Mathew's birthday at the club . Continue to be the "outcasted" grp . Qiaoli was having headache after her nap so she did not join them too ~~~ in the end she joined us watching the movie. Tt Whye Heng took his own sweet time in coming to my room , he reached when we watched finish the movie. ANyway , talking abt the movie, nuttin special ... juz depicting how Hannibal seeked revenge ... at least watching movie in my cosy room beats gng out in the nite.



After Whye Heng came , Qiaoli left the room and went to bed . The remaining 4 of us played "Daidee". Melissa was reluctant to join us in the first place but was later persuaded by us to join in . (***Too bad Mel ) hehe . Mel was smart, she learnt the game pretty fast and won several rounds. **Applause please. We played cards in the company of music from Yuan Shan's lappie. A nice small gathering in the nite, like the feel in some chalet =P Of course , now n then, we chatted and gossiped. lolx... Till 4.30pm , we stopped the game and went to bed . Whye heng went back to his flat too ~~~ At first , WH suggested to play till 6am, but of course we did not go with his idea la,u want my life mehz ?


The next mrng (Sunday), i woke up at ard 10.45am when Yuan Shan was leaving. But din got up until 11.30am. Hee .. had some biscuits and milk , then watched TV with Mel. The rest was sleeping in their rooms. Until 2pm , we could not take it and went to take a nap. Tink the 2 of us very tired after the long nite playing cards , i woke up ard 5.15pm and did the mopping of the house while Mel woke up ard 6pm. Hehe ... then we went up to Yuan Shan's place.


I was delighted tt finally got the chance to taste SINGAPORE's curry since i arrived in Shanghai 2 mths ago. Yuan shan - the big chef , invited me n Mel to her hse to taste her first time cooking experience. So we have to give our hse dinner a miss and went up to support Yuan Shan . Hee ... waa .. the curry powder was brought from Singapore, tt's why it's v diff from the curry cooked in Shanghai . Got the SIngapore taste. Nice job Yuan Shan .. next time try something new k ? We had the dinner with Yuan Shan's flatmates plus Yi Xian . Nice fulfilling dinner. lolx. i am a glutton , pardon me please but My dream is to try mani mani mani new dishes each day .. so MEL , b prepared k .. we shall gain weight tgt in shanghai =) lolx.


Well , planning to go Da Ning (shopping estate) near Shanghai Uni after work to stock up food in my room . Think pocket gng to get burnt again . Nvm , food can make me Happy ~~ Okay .waitin for lunch time to come in 30 minutes. Well .. what to have for lunch ... (***scratching hard for ideas) haha ... Oh ya, Mel , dun scratch ur head too hard k ... *snigger*

My future activities with roomie MEL :
1. to go to acarde with WH & Yuan Shan
2. To start visit Shanghai Urban Planning Centre / Museums/ Zoos etc
3. To visit more places with cultures
4. To shop for bags, shoes , heels & clothes etc. (Please control me, Melissa).

Hahah .. tt's all for the day folks ...

SJTU tour ...

Today was like yesterday .. had a boring day in university studying history. Boring .. but i love SATs coz on half day then like 11.50am can leave sch. Todae was special as after the lessons , we went to the SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNI (SJTU) MINHANG CAMPUS , the newer one to have a small tour. Though the attendance wasn't gd , but at least 15/28 out of total people turned up. Anyway , the school arranged a big comfortable coach for us . It took us abt 1 hr to reach the venue lo, almost fell aslpon the rocky journey.


Once we reached the campus, i had a big shock lo. The campus is v v v v (x100 size of NTU) big. Think if the students wanna travel from blocks to blocks , gotta take the shuttle bus or cycle ba. Ah bor can walk until die. Hehe .. when we alighted from the coach , everybodi was rubbing their tired eyes . Think after the history lessons in the mrng,the mood all dampered . Firstly , we were brought to this audi where they were abt 4 students waiting . Shortly after , they introduced themselve and gave us a brief idea of SJTU history and Shanghai's . After which, all of us had to self-introduced oursellves. Then those SJTU students tried to make us enthu abit more by "forcing" us to say something abt shanghai. Bua tahan lo .. din know NTU students not spotaneous wan , in the end let the 2 NUS exchange students talk ! ..... Oh well ... no comments. Then we were brought ard the campus in coach. We came to this entrance gate where big words of "Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni" in chinese in front of the gate and we took pics ther. U know omething, some gates actually costs 5 millions RMB to be builT ? Wondered how much does the whole campus costs >> shld be billions ! Then we walked long distance to this EE (electrical engr) block to see the history of SJTU. There were exhibitions on the past history of the uni . Not bad, have increased my knowlledge . Also got the chance to interact with the SJTU students, they were a bunch of nice people. Anyway , also got irritated by some childish acts during the tour but din spoil my mood eventually. Was enjoying the trip with Roomie.


The trip ended like 3 hrs. And the coach took us to CAO BAO rd and let us alighted. We were hunting for some dinner places where the restaurant "小肥羊" caught our eyes and we juz went in . todae was special as we had 3 people joinin us , they are Ying Si, JIa xin and Zhi ZHong. Anyway,Ying Si and Jia xin are newly added members of our "gang" ... .The restaurant serves steamboat and of course with Lamb meat ... actualy most dishes were LAMB meat la , but it's nice !!! Total we spent like 415 rmb for 9 persons ba. Then we went home after a hearty meal ~~~


ANyway , todae not go clubbing ...to celebrate Mathew's birthday, staying home with Mel later insteadto watch a movie "Hannibal Rising" . The rest gng Ktv the whole nite . Juz dun feel like gng out .... love my room and roomie !!!!

Papa Johns

Our thumb-licking meal at Papa Johns . Savouring ~~~~

Yeah finally have the chance to taste the pizza done in Shanghai yesterday. We went eat at Papa Johns. Heard tt name b4 ? Coz think in Singapore also has this store. Yesterday after work , me n mel went to meet up with Marg n Ql at 东昌路 ，me and the M&Ms reached the station at 5.10pm , since we were earli so we decided to go look for the restaurant first. Yesterday was a rainy day , whole day was raining. And we gotta walked in the battering rain with the strong howling wind in search for the restaurant. Of course we got the umbrella on hand. We walked out from exit 2 to try our chance. After seeking help from a traffic control personnel - a lady , we walked in the direction in search of 820 世纪大道路, but after walking some distance, we found tt we were drifting further from the numbers. SO at a junction , we asked another traffic control personnel, and he asked us to walk in the direction which was to literally walk back to the MRT station. Diaoz...wasted our time lo. But not bad la, coz on the way back ,we came across this small fruit shop selling the mini mangoes t $3.80 per jin. This price is so much cheaper than the one selling at the supermarket near my flat which is at $8.80 per jin. What a Difference rite ... tO FULFIL my mango craving , i bought some. Sinful sia ~~~


We met Ql at the mrt station and we juz walked to exit 3 and saw the restaurant when we juz came out from the exit. OMG .. walked so much for nothing . Nvm .. treat the walking as exercise before meal ... actually opened up my big appetite =P Hehe ... okay , here's what we ordered :
1. 9"inch pizza named SHANGHAI TREASURE
2. 9"inch pizza named Alfredo Deluxe
3. Papa's sampler platter (with chicken wings, onion rings and wedges)
4. Chicken with mushroom calzone
5. Apple pie with ice cream

Total costs : 194 rmb = $<9/pax


The pizza was much nicer that what i ate back home. The shanghai treasure abit bland but after added some cheese , tasted not bad. The bbq chicken wings were the BEST .. so juicy lo ... Hmmm... Muz try out the Pizza Hut here. Though my pocket will burn a hole sia...now already start burning liaoz. lolx... MEL please control me =P haha .... Cant wait to try out the Brazalian BBQ restaurant in April. Hehe every mth , we got the chance to eat nice food as we will be celebrating our housemates birthday , though Mel and Qiaoli's birthdays are in Nov and Dec respectively. Muz have some good food to satisfy our mouth craving what .. Sinful sinful ...


Talking abt today (THUR) another rainy day ... So sianz , made my jeans wet and dirty. Muz wash the jean soon liaoz. Todae nuttin special in the office too ~~ juz chatted with Yuan Shan n Mel on msn . Then after lunch , went to the Environmental lab ther to take some pics which will come in handy when we do the website thingy . Guess what , the lab was in a corner of the level , then looked v old with all the stained equipments. But the lab was filled with students doing their masters' research. After which ,we were brought to the 3rd floor to take pics of other labs. This time round , these labs are more professionally looking , at least the equipments look new and sophiscated ! Looks more like a Uni's lab. Lolx... anyway , felt stupid to take those pics as i dunno what to write up on . Hehehe ...


Now back in the office ... finishing up my attachment report .. gng to go home soon .. well settling the dinner thingy with Mel ... =P

Monday Blues ~~~

Earli~~~~in the morning gotta wake up to go to work .. it's monday once again !!! Yt nite slept v v v earli , think like 10.15pm ba, super tired nwdays, muz b at nite could not sleep well ba, dunno well my mind juz couldn't shut down properly in the nite. Haha .. muz bb the stupid bed and pillow , so different from home wan...miss my Singapore Bed liaoz =)


Oh well .. the same routine everyday - went to work with Mel , sometimes she will talk with me , sometimes we juz walk like zombies lo... but everyday the train is packed with people , esp at People Square where we transfer to line 1 train, gotta squeeze with people carrying luggages as they are alighting @ Shanghai Railway Station. Buai tahan .. kinda used to this kind of pushin & squeezing life ba, juz hope that i will adapt back when i am in Singapore. Haha .. In the office also nuttin to do, lacked once again .. but at least this time round, got YUWEI <> entertained by sending emails ... OMG , they like MSN chatting lidat , short emails each time and my mailbox actually hit 40 over emails lo... Buai tahan .. Haha but v entertaining, esp mx's IQ qns .. still could not figure our the ans !!!!


After work , juz went makan in school b4 gng home. I discovered school food is getting nicer with each passing day ... hehe after reaching at our home station , we went shopping for stuffs @ NONG GONG supermarket . I bought quite alot of tidbits and drinks , mel also . Coz i love to see my cupboard filled with food ... makes me happi lo ... at least when i am hungry or feel like bitting something , i can eat !!!! Haa .. though it will make me FAT .. i dun care ... lolx. Anyway , ytd yuan shan came to my room and we talked . It's a good thing to have someone coming down to talk , abt everything under the sun.. juz chat lo ... ah bor at nite dunno what can b done ... mayb someday , me n mel can go up her flat n slack ... hahah ... (okay ? )


This mrning came to work , the usual stuff la .. OH ya , i remembered something ... A few weeks ago , me n mel saw a mother breast-feeding her baby right in the train packed with people. Her breast were like all shown liaoz ... my god , think because she and her husband like from those village kind, so they dun mind such things ba .. though alot of peope were like staring at her lo ... My god.... then there's this day when the 6 of us were on our way on the train , i saw a mother with a son begging for money in the train itself. Cant believe what i saw sia ~~~ The son was like abt 6 yrs old nia, then his eyes got small cut lines on his eye lids and he do not have any eyebrows .. like being slashed b4 .. i mean those purposely slashed marks coz it's v evenly cut ... wonder whether it's the mother's doing .... felt so pity for the child lo... After alighting from the same train, i saw another child with his family , this child is more fortunate as he was wearing skate shoes and being pampered by his parents. Totally 2 EXTREME cases in a day .... haiz ... dunno what to comment also . Juz feel that after this trip , i hope to make a difference somewhere ...


look out for more pics update ba !!!!

Yummy yummy ~~~

Well this pic shows the delicious food that me n MEL ate on Sat in the Shanghai Old street .. Appearance wise is already making me drool ... hee ... there's crab, fried bread, beancurd , bamboo rice , jiao zi and desert (peach with nata de coco) ... these food are actaully delicacies from diff countries. If got chance , can try again .. =P


Imagine e 2 of us enjoying the food ... bet alot of people are envious liaoz .... hahaha

Another SUNDAY has passed !

Todae v v v v v sleepy sia .. ytd din had a gd slp cos i kept waking up in 2 hrs interval , also dunno why , insonmia !!! Haiz .. nwdays still slept ard 11pm but everyday is the same, sure feels tired wan ... die la, muz b the age is catching up liao. Anyway, todae woke up at 10.30am , after brushing teeth and having my "fei lun hai" biscuits , i channel surfed a while b4 getting ready to go out with my dearest roomie , Mel . Yesterday , ard our sch area , she bought a book on WENTWORTH MILLER but found tt the pages in the mag are sticked tgt so had to return to the store to exchange .


We took the DA CIAO 6 XIAN and alighted @ XU JIA HUI stop, the journey took us ard 50 mins, but luckily we got seats along the way ther. V sianz ... this bus is always crowded no matter what day of the week. After alighting at XU JIA HUI , we walked some distance to the newspaper stand near the school, luckily the uncle was willing t o exhange the book and mel bought another copy for marg. Then we juz shopped ard tt area (right mel ? ) =P. Waa .. the wind was cold todae and it was strong. Luckily i wore thick enuff to withstand the coldness.


Follow which,We went to the computer mall that we went on Sat to look for mel's chinese-english electronic dict. Waa.. there's so mani designs and brands to choose from ... but think Mel's more interested in the BESTAS V5000 which costs ard 600rmb. The price in diff malls differ alot lehz.. for the same model , can range fro 500-898 rmb. Muz b careful in shopping ard .... In the end , we did not get anything as mel could not find the type she wanted - those with thesarus . By the way, after shopping for the dict , then i realised i still had not have my lunch and it was aldy 3.30pm liaoz ... No wonder i felt weak and soft ! Haha .. So we went to the nearest mall to have KFC . Finally got the chance to have KFC though i din try the chicken. I had the zinger meal , not bad , juz tt the serving is small . The meal set comes with a corn salad and fruit punch.


After the semi-full lunch, we decided to set off for home. Guess the 2 of us were tired liaoz after the walking and asking ard . At first, i wanted to take the bus home. But too bad, i could not find the bus stop , so paiseh to make Mel walked the wasted steps in hunting for the bus stop. In the end, we took the train home. SAfe and Fast . Hehe but the bad thing was tt the train was packed too ~~~ Pushing ard is not avoidable.


Talking abt todae's dinner .. our big chef TAN SHIMIN has cooked us delicious and healthy home-cooked food , Thank You very much ! Think after more practice , the of us can be a good cook liaoz, so guys , take ur pick soon =) Lolx. Now the time is 10.10pm and i am feeling sleepy , i was dozing off as i was typing this blog ... so Gd nite Guys ... tmr gotta work liaoz ... sianz

ENJOY enjoy enjoy !!!!! Yeah =P

Well todae woke up @ 6.20am and got ready to leave the hse with my flat mates @ 7am. QL, Mel and i left the home first to meet Ying si at the bus stop while marg, mx and sm were still preparing to leave the home for school. As we knew tt 7.15am , there would be a bus so we tot better b earli than late ! Of course we got on the bus on time but missed Yuan shan n pauline as they were a minute late ... heard tt they managed to catch another bus 2 minutes after ours.

Todae , we were punctual for the class, in fact we reached the sh bus stop @ 8am nia becos todae the bus-driver drove damn fast lo. Then we went to YUNG HO DOU JIANG to buy breakfast (only yingsi,jiaxin, ql,sm and marg marg). After which, we proceeded to our classroom but it was locked as we were stil earli. So we went to another classroom to slack first. Todae only had history lesson. As todae school was half-day nia, like from 8.30am to 11.50am with a 20 minutes break in between. But having history lesson whole day was shitty ... the prof Gu was like talking abt the Opium War , it was actually a nice subject but the way he taught is boring ba, made me wana sleep lo. Luckily got the 20 minutes break tt can rest my brain while lo. Hee =) and very soon the lesson ended @ 11. 55am , finally was relieved of the ancient times ! Waahahah ....

As planned, after school should have gone to "7 pu"street wan but as me n mel had juz went on THUR , we decided to set off to OLD SHANGHAI STREET instead. Actually very long ago, during one time, when we were on a bus which went past the place, we alredy decided to tour ther one day and we finally had the chance. Hehehe was excited la ... after having lunch tgt at a small shop near the Uni, we took the MRT to EAST NAN JING LU . Then from the "BU XING JIE" , we spilted into 2 grps. So me n mel walked like 15 mins to FU YOU road. We went to the FU YOU WHOLESALE CENTRE juz next to Shanghai old street. Waa .. the whole mall was filled with shops selling little stuffs like handphone accessories , soft toys , beanies , notebooks , models , handicrafts etc. Mel and i was damn delighted lo .. though we knew tt we gona spend a bomb liaoz..haha in the end , i bought some designed pens, notebooks and a PIGGie Radio speaker . Total spent like 50rmb. Not bad liaoz ... luckily Mel was ther to control me ! Hahah thanks MEL ... okay to prevent us from spending more in the mall , we set off to shanghai old st fast . Hehe ...

Okay when we juz stepped into the boundary of the street , we saw mani shops selling those traditional stuffs like chinese handicrafts , souvenirs etc. But we first went to buy some drinks to quench our thirsty throat. Actually , Mel wanted to buy the "XUAN YUE GUI LING GAO MI LU" but it was out of stock liaoz so the two of us had "YUAN YANG MILLK TEA" instead , it was a medium serving (5rmb). Not bad taste too ~~~ So we continued to explore the place. **** SAW mani ang mohs there yo .... Marg marg , dun be jealous k !!! We went to mani shops to look ard , though we din realli enter the shop ... we were juz looking ard to see if anything catched our eyes . but in the end ,we were blinded by the food in the food street !!!!!!! SIN SIN SIN SIN SIN SIN ........... But we only shared one "Fried Cai Bing", nice leh, though the outer skin tasted like fried doufu skin and the inner has the juciest vegs !!!! Yummy ~~~

Holding on our milk tea and the cai bing , we continued exploring the place. The whole place was damn spacious , got alot of shops selling traditional stuffs , of course some are expensive sia ~~ We could only LOOK & cant' BUY ! But not sad la, coz nothing catches our eyes except FOOD !!! Wahahahah ... Then we saw this food centre that has a great whole variety of food lo, FASCINATED was the word to describe us at tt point of time. hahaha ... and we decided to settle our dinner ther . Ard tt place , there were mani other food shops selling unique snacks like smelly toufu (***waa the smell was v v v v v v nice) hahah . Saw mani other snacks like "mei hua gao" , diff. unique beans , sticks of meats , soothies , deserts etc. But before tt, we wanted to explore finish the place first. So we walked and shopped ard till 5.35pm when our foot juz took us juz into the food paradise !!! Hehe .. first, we took a tray each then went in this gate to mani diff counters selling diff types of food. The food costs from 8rmb-28rmb per serving. As mel n i have decided the food budget tobe 100rmb, so we juz took watever took our liking lo. In the end , we took 5 dishes ,as for the names , i forgot la .. here is the pic .... ( next time then post ba coz cant post the pic up lehz, think the internet connection is faulty). Hehe anyway, the meal costs us 67rmb but we enjoyed very much la .. the whole shopping trip was enjoyable and fresh , at least saw what we loves to see, saw ang mohs , ate what was unique & diff etc. When it was like 7.30pm, we decided to leave for home as we already combed the whole place liaoz. We walked out from the food centre, looking for the direction to take the bus home.

After walking for quite some time, we discovered we were walking further away from the bus stop , so we decided to walk to the nearest MRT stat which was EAST NAN JING ROAD. OMG, u know what ~~~~ we walked in the BIG BIG WIND for an hr , gd exercise huh =P Lolz .. waa dunno why the wind seemed so strong tonite , we were feeling tt we were almost being blown away by the wind !!!! Thank god tt after some struggles , we managed to get to the station safely. Lolx ... and reached our home safely .

Okay, time to talk to my dear liaoz ... have a nice weekend people .. esp MARG who will be setting off to a trip to zhe jiang !!!! Take care ...

Started Electives in Jiao Tong University (shanghai)

Note : This is the blog for Friday (9.3.2007)



=( sad ... sch in jiao tong uni started on Friday , v sianz to realise tt , coz 8.30am gotta reach sch liaoz , and the whole journey took us like an hr ... Ytd , the whole family got out of the flat@ 7.10am and reached the bus stop @ 7.15am, and we were juz in time to catch the bus. We also saw Yuan shan and Pauline on the bus with us. we reached the sch @ 8.15am , but we still had to walk to the east entrance as the bus we alighted were at the west entrance. When we reached the where all international school students were gathered , we were welcomed by the sight of "ang mohs" & u noe what , someone was damn excited lo *** (dun wanna sabo tt person). Anyway, we realised tt we were the only one who reached , the other bunch of people were late . Then our in-charge actually told us tt the 5 teachers waited for us since 8.10am for a photo session . Damn paiseh lo , coz noone remembered tt we had to be ther by 8.10am. Wats worse was tt there were so mani late-comers.


Anyway , we were led to the classroom number 323 at the 3rd floor . WELL , the room's furniture looked new and stylish, better than Ntu lo. There were already one teacher in the room waiting for us when we entered. He is prof ZHUANG , has the same surename as me .. hehe but his full name is ZHUANG LAI LAI (***eh uhm ... ) He is gng to teach us on "culture exchange" . We were told tt we will be having 5 different modules , mainly 1.Culture exchange 2. Chinese Lit 3.Han yu 4.Chinese history 5.Chinese economy. OMG ... One period is like 45minutes , starting from 8.30am. Then 10am ,there will be a 20 mins break . 11.50am is our lunch time till 1.10pm. We are dismissed @ 4.30pm. Ytd only had two diff modules, the second one washaving han yu lesson by prof LU YING. She is a nice teacher but her lessons are fated to be not tt interesting ... at least she tried telling some jokes and playing some han yu games. Had a long day in the sch lo. The lunch we had with the 2nd level guys and with yuan shan n pauline at a restaurant near the sch. BUT the serving dishes timing were damn long lo , it took like 15 mins interval to serve one dish. We were damn pek chey ther , coz we knew we were late for the lessons. But no choice la ... IN the end we were late for the lesson as we reached the classroom at 1.20pm . (eh we went to buy milk tea too ~~~ )


Think time passes v fast , v soon the sch ended. We went with the same bunch of friends with the guys to go to the technological building at XU JIA HUI. Me n marg wanted to checkout the portable hard disks price. Think go with the guys better as they can give us advice on it . Most hard disks are ranged from 499-1399 depends on the memory size and the brands. Haben decided on any , gotta consider carefully lo. In the end , only JUN QIN bought a logitech wirelessmouse & keyboard for 260rmb , think it's worth it ba . After which we walked v far to have our dinner as we could not find any nice restaurants round tt area. The dinner was nice. I had "fried beef hor fun" which tasted good and Mel's ramen also not bad. After the filling dinner , the girls decided to go shopping while the guys had to return to the computer shop to replace the keyboard as JQ realised the usb cable was missing. So we separated along the way. the 6 of us went to to shop . Actually nothing much , the shops ther are still mainly selling computer products. Haiz .. but the girls managed to find a shop selling herbal facial/skin products and got what they needed. We left XU JIA HUI @ around 9pm.


By the time we reached home, it was like 10pm liaoz , the same routine again . Took a bathe turn by turn. By 11.15pm, me & mel went to bed liaoz ... as there were lesson today.

Happi "SAN BA" day !

Yo yo to all girls out ther : HAPPI SAN BA FU NU DAY !!


Heee .. ytd nite , mel fell aslp on the bed , in order not to disturb her , i went over to Marg's room t o orr orr , not bad lehz , i could still fall slp on her hard bed . Actually her room warmer than mine lo. At least, in the nite, i kicked my blanket away due to the strong heat coming from the heater that is beside me. Mafan marg marg for the nite, felt so paiseh .. anyway ,THANK YOU MARG for not letting me sleep in the living room .... =P


K .. as for me and MEl, todae we got the day off from the office, tt's why i woke at ard 10am , you know the reason why i woke up ma , Coz TAN MEIXIAN woke me up wita phone call asking me whr to have dinner tonite. OMG la...Wrong timing ! Made me lost my precious "lai chuan" sleep. Anyway , when i was awaken by Marg and Qiaoli nthe mrng ard 7am , i fell down from the bed . COz i am used to turning on my left when i slept with mel , but i forgot i was sleeping on Marg's bed and i should have turn on my right !!!!!!!! Luckily , i did not hurt myself , if not i gonna have injuries all over my body as i am already having bruises on my right arm and hip from the fall in the toilet.


K well , when i stepped out from the room with my blanket and pillow , i discovered te room was locked ! Din noe Qiaoli and Marg actually locked me inside , but of course i can unlock it from inside la .... Think the 2 of them are kinda used to locking the dog when they are out ! Anyway , mel was sweeping and mpping the floor .... Ehhh... guilty to say tt i din help her coz i was having my breakfast. sorry Mel . K , we slacked on the living room watching some tv drama until 12pm then mel started to do her usual stuff like washing her hair wearing contacts etc while i still slack until 12.20pm then i started to get changed, getting ready to leave the home. We went to "7 pu".


B4 gng to the bus sto, i went to the post ofice first to post my letter then to the KODAK photo shop to check whether we can get Qiaoli's pics . But we went on a futile trip laas the pics were not ready yet. Then we walked all the way to the 929 bus stop. The journey took us ard 45 mins , but fortunately , we got seats ! We reached the destination at 2.10pm sharp. Then we started shopping. We thought of gng to the shopping block juz right in front of the bus stop where wealighted to look for Mel's targetted shoe . But din manage to see any s fancy . So we juz went to the next block , to the shop where she saw the NIKE shoe last time. The selling price was 180rmb , but Mel budget was 100rmb . After much neg , she got it at 110rmb , but she looked happi la, at least got what she wanted . Then , we shopped ard , esp saw mani heels and boots but sad to say , Mel could not find heels of her size. And i was prepared to get it today . So we left the mall ard 3.30pm. We decided to walk to "old shanghai street" to have a look. Waa ... think we walked damn long !!!!!!! Almot 40 minutes on foot. Then we reached FU YOU LU. There's this mall selling all kinds of acessories , watches , silk , paintings etc and are those shops that can bargin wan . so next shoppin area shld be there le ba ! Not long , we discovered it's like 4.30pm liaoz , so mel was like saying to take bus to go home meet the rest for dinner liaoz and we left the place. We walked for like 5 mins and reached the bus stop . We reached our home bus stop at ard 5.05pm. we walked over to the pic shop and collected QL's pics as well as meeting marg ther. Then we went to the bakery shop to get our breakfast b4 walking home to wait for MEixian.


At ard .20pm , we left home walking to have dinner at a store near our house. the 4 of us had GAI JIAO FAN costs abt 6rmb each. Not nice wan . never visit tt store again ! Haha .. . then went home slack lo ... watched tv and type this blog . SO SIANZ ... tmr gonna start sch liaoz , gotta wake up earli at ard 6am as we gtta spent an hr to reach the sch. Gotta end here =) Gd nITEZ

Pics

Theispic on top is taken in hangzhou , WEST LAKE . My face looked so cute rite , coz i was squating until my leg starts shiver liaoz... heheh

(On the rite) From left , marg , shimin,me & mel at the forbidden city , this pic was actually take by Meixian.

Hungry monsters !!!

Hi people ,

v v v sad to realise that recently my appetite has grown bigger , i think most of the GIP students in Shanghai felt the same too ba =P . this mayb due to the cold weather , coz in order to keep warm , gotta eat ! and of course store more fats rite ~~~ Aiya , juz hope when summer comes , can do some running liaoz. Guys, time to get track shoes liaoz .... hahaha


Now i am in the office doing the same routine , waiting for the lunch hour to come ba. think in anther 30 mins, when the clock strikes 11.30am. Shall wait patiently lo. No choice also. Eh can start thinking of what to eat later though it will be "mixed rice" . Juz hope the dishes available today would be nice . Oh ya , forgot to update that the people here eats salty stuffs wan. Every dish is salted to a degree tt sometimes i could not take it . Jialet , wonder when i return to Singapore will my tastebud be still working properly ma , lolx .


Ytd dinner , we ordered "wai mai" , 3 dishes and a soup with 5 rice. Ytd had dinner at home with Mel, Marg , Whyeheng and Meixian. QIaoli & SHimin wanna take something plain so they cooked poridge instead . Anyway , Ql is down with diarrheao lo, hope she recovers fast ! By the way , forgot to write in my blog tt on my birthday , Whye heng actually gave me a "fei lun hai" biscuit , realli kind of him la , i appreciated tt ! Ytd meal was nice and fulfilling . Oh ya had a secret to tell . Coz me,mel n marg was at home when the delivery man sent the food , n when we saw the rice quantiy , we decided to scope our share to whye heng's and meixian's. V funny lo , when the 2 of them came home , they tot that the shop realli gave alot of rice wan and commented that next time we could share the rice liaoz....hahahhaha i'm so sorry Xian and Heng ! wahahah.


Well well , after dinner routine was to watch show from my labtop. Ytd was watching , quite an old show , but it was realli nice lo. I love those fire-fighting show , they're realli heroes to me ! Hehe .. though watched halfway, chatted with dear on webcam . Then felt like sleeping at ard 10pm so ended the conversation. I went out to brush my teeth and went to QL and Marg's room to KPO abit. When i returned to my room , saw Mel was alrdy alsp under her blanket. So i helped to cleared her labtop away. Too bad , woke her up again . Ytd wanted to slp in Marg's room wan , but tot of the hard bed , made me considered twice. I was abt to go and ask mel to leave me some space to slp on her bed when she woke up and walked out of the room, i even got a scare lo. I can say , since i came here , my sense of fear is v great lo. So after a while , i juz went to bed with Mel at ard 10.20pm. Realli nice to sleep earli la , i can see tt my lifestyle changed liaoz.I gonna be a earli sleeper coz i cherish my life ! Hahah ... k la... gng for lunch liaoz ... update again tmr .

Take care all my frends ....
7.3.07
11.15am

Yo yo this is the pic taken in the jap restaurant where i celebrated my bdae. From left (Marg , me , mel and yuan shan). the other 3 are at the other table. Hehe .. will upload the rest of pics again .

Bored but yet Nice feeling =P

Hello to all ....
today weather : 2-6 degrees with big cold wind


Nowadays , went to the office realli is to SLACK. Nuttin to do sia , still waitin for a student "zhan bo" to pass me n mel the infos needed to set up a website, gng to rot till decompose in the office liaoz. Everyday , my daily routine will be :

1. set up my labtop
2. login to msn
3.go to www.yahoo.com.sg
4. Play games / read news
5. Go to CNA website and read interesting news worldwide
6. Watch movies (current one is )
7. Check email and update blog.


OMG ... see isn't bored , imagine from 9am-5pm , i gotta drag the time slowly. The most anticipated moment will be the 20mins lunch break cos i can get outta the office , and also to talk to Mel. At least can open my mouth ! Buai tahan to sit down ther like a buddha , nuttin to do .. tt's not my type ! Haiz ~~~ sian sian sian ...


Well , talking abt ytd , after work , i set off home with mel to have dinner at home. At first , Marg told me Meixian would be cooking so i tot can juz go home and slack , wait for dinner to be served. But who knows, end up , me n marg gotta be the chef as meixian was home late. I reached home ard 5.30pm, then meixian would be home like6.30pm , by the time she came back and cook , we would be dead meat lo. So me n marg started to defrost the meats , washed the vegs , cooked the rice. Oh ya , finally we bought a small rice cooker , costs 60rmb. Not bad la , at least can have decent meal. Okay toking abt the dishes , we cooked 3 dishes and a soup. The soup was cooked by marg (named "si chuan soup"). Then i in charge of cooking meat and egg . The egg i mixed with crabmeat and onion and fried . At least i thinking of cooking omelette wan , but ended up , i dunno wat i was thinking, it became scrambled egg . Haha ... as long as it's edibl , shldn't be a pro ! Then the pieces of meat , i cooked with spinach and hua diao jiu. Not bad lo , my fav dish of all. Then marg in charge of cooking the veg . Of course , Mel was the cutter of the day , coz me n marg did not know how to cut garlic , onion and spinach . By the way , i tried cutting the onion until tears were flowing lo. CMI sia. Haha lolx. Overall , had a nice meal with Mel , Marg , Qiao li and Meixian . Shimin wasn't at home . Anyway ,the food was all grabbed up . No pieces left on the plates .SHiok .. everyone's appetite became bigger with each passing day .. juz hope wun grow fatter each day can liaoz ..... wahahahahhahahaha


Oh well , ytd i v jialet lo. Went to bathe and had a fall in the toilet. I wasnt wearing the toilet slipper as i wanted the whole bathing session to get it over fast. Ytd was very cold lo, i was like shivering in the toilet . Buai tahan ... then once i finished getting dressed and was abt to reach for the door , i slipped and fell. A loud THUMP lo .. but think my flat mates tot i was washing the clothes , coz i hit the pails. My whole right ass was on the floor and the pant was wet again . Haiz .. blamed myself for being tt DENSE lo. hee ... After getting into my room , i saw a whole large patch of blue black on my hip liaoz. OMG.. buai tahan. Bo bian lehz .. dunno what to do with the blue black. Hope it will disappear by itself.


After tokin to dear on the webcam , i fell alsp on my bed. Was lazy to get up to brush my teeth and switched off my com. but ard 11.10pm , i was awaken by my stupid dream la . I saw mel sleeping soundly on her bed liaoz. I went to the toilet and brushed my teeth b4 coming into the room to checkon mel again. I tried to pull out her com but she woke up. din mean to wake her up wan ... hee . In the end ,she woke up and cleared her things then both of us went to bed . Oh ya .. since a mth ago , i started sharing the bed with mel as sth scary happened and i had this fear of darkness . Gotta sleep with someone , if not i dun think i can sleep soundly. V paiseh to bring trouble to mel also . No choice lehz ... but i will try to overcome the fear asap.

Tata =)

22nd birthday

Yo yo ...

Happi 22nd birthday to me !!!!

Well, received the most romantic gift thruout the 22years of life , a bouquet of flowers frm dear , special delivery from US shop. Not bad sia ... the flower was named "you're my sunshine" ,tt's why dear bought for me =) thank you dearie ! though the delivery man called me in advance , luckily sia, i was abt to leave home liaoz. THe poor delivery man still got to send the flowers in the big rain, poor thing ! haha ...

K la, the whole celebration is still k . we set off from hse ard 2.30pm , went directly to JING AN SI station . then we went shopping lo. the shopping ther damn posh lo, like singapore's taka. Got alot of imported brands , also not to mention the price la . i din get anything except bought a piece of beard papa's pie , the green tea wan , damn nice lo, singapore dun have wan.and it costs like 7rmb, may ard 1.40 sing. Can bua few more next time. hee ... except tt i will grow fat ba. After walking ard till 5pm , we decided to hunt for restaurant. The 6 of us were looking at either jap or chinese cuisine ba. and since yuan shan was meeting us at 6pm , we went in the jap restaurant first. Dunno why the rest chose jap food , though i dun realli mind the food type , i juz wana FILL my stomache nia. The restaurant name wsa " teko tori" or smething lidat. Not bad la .. the ramen costs like 20-25rmb and the atmosphere still okay. We juz ordered ramen and some small dishes like fried shrimp and chicken wings. Talking abt the chicken wings , damn nice lo. The outside was so cripsy and the sauce so unique, got chance can eat again. *drooling******
After the meal , we decided to chill out at coffee bean , we were damn excited to see the cafe lo. Coz everywhere there's STARBUCKS but no coffee bean in sight , finally we saw coffeebean. SO happy lo. Eh i ordered a regular ICE BLENDED "THE ULTIMATE". Not bad sia .. taste the same as singapore's. It costs like 31rmb = $6.20 . More ex ? i dun mind. as my whole day expenses were shared by the 6 people . Lolz.. dun have to spend a singl cent , first time so SHUANG lo. lols . Oh ya , they bought a piece of new york cheesecake for me as the birthday cake too. Quite sweet of them . Though no candles, they used toothpick and make "22" symbol . Hee ... theni were made to wear a pocked dot handband to take a pic. Diaoz ... Mel still sae later she had nightmare at nite sia. Haahhahah .......... damn funny lo. Want to see the pic , muz ask me sia.
The chilling session ended ard 9 plus ba. Since tmr's monday and all gotta work , we went home straight. It was a chily and cold night . we were like walking damn fast to the mrt station . V cold ... well , overall think each person spent almost like 70rmb ba. NOt bad liaoz la. Every birthday celebration spent almost the same price. See how big spenders we are ! haha .. enjoying each day with food !
***** WHO WISHED ME HAPPI BIRTHDAY :

1. Dear (3.3.07 11.50pm)

2. MARG (4.3.07 12mid)

3. Qiao li (4.3.07 10am)

4. Meixian (4.3.07 10.10am)

5. whye heng (4.3.07 11am)

6.Huijing (4.3.07 1.15pm)

7. shimin (4.3.07 5pm)

8. Yuan shan (4.3.07 5.50pm)

9.Yifeng (4.3.07 10.15pm)

10. Pauline (4.3.07 11pm)

11. MELISSA NG HUILIN (5.3.07 12mid)
Thank you all for the wonderful wishes !