Sandwiches bar =P

Yo peeps....

i am v v v v in love with sandwiches now...cos i am sick of chinese food ... as in the food stalls near my hse, nuttin new to try, so steering towards healthy eating styles - Sandwiches! Hehe .. been seeking for sandwiches bar with roomie, my best companion for FOOD ! Wahahah... yeasterday, we went to the underground shops at People Square, then went in this vietnamese Sandwich bar, the decor abit like french style, but guess the owners are vietnamese ??? I also not sure... anyway, the boss gave us this VIP card, so guess we gonna b the regulars ther ? Who noes ....

I tried the chicken sandwich (8 RMB) and the banana crepe chantilly (15 RMB) yesterday. The serving is big and filling. Roomie tried out the tuna salad, the tuna serves in big lots, for like 8 RMB , worth the money ! But of course, the food ther are nice ~~~ We r currently seeking out other sandwiches bar, hope can try out as mani as possible before i leave in 16 days !

Then after our hearty and satisfying dinner, we came by this shop selling exquistic gifts. Gosh ?! Roomie and I are like small kids in a toy shop, grabbing all the cute little stuffs made of wood, like clicks, beanies etc. Luckily, i grabbed hold of roomie, or i guess she will get alot of stuffs again - for HERSELF ! haha .. well i got some for my friends .. and some for me too la ... it din costs much also, guess will b great gifts for friends ! Anyway, i might be gng back todae, to get a gift which i saw yesterday for my beloved boss .. gotta see how lo...

Hurray another 8 hrs to shopping spree.. the only time which i feels relaxed and happy ! Feel so rich todae =P Muahahahahahaha .... ***Evil***

FreedoM frOm MenTaL TorTUe !!!!

Yipee...

last week was the most tortuous week in GIP. Spent like 3-4 days piaing the IA report. Made alot of changes and lost my focus nw n then, but finally finished on SAt, spend the whole overnite on Fri to rush through the last few parts !!! Hurray .. juz dun wanna touch tt report again ...

Oh well... this weeek is back to report week and of course to do the chinese Presentation slides which i would have to present a topic infront of the class, i chosen the CHina Culture wan, juz hope wun stagger tt day ! haha .. since more assignments are completed, it's turn to get back to the enjoyable days and spend the remaining 17 days in shanghai meaningfully ! Shopping, eating and Exploring are the main tasks !

About the Huangshan trip, suppossed to be on the 9th , but i got this bad institution tt this time round wun b able to make it for the trip, either because the organiser cant make it in time or i might wanna go to suzhou instead ! Gotta see how lo... juz take a step at a time.... this sunday planning to go 7 pu shop again , gotta help my Dear Bro to get his shoe and watches etc. And of course do my final shopping showdown =P

Sianz .. been feeling down nowadays , matters of the heart . Dunno how to say also .. juz hiding to myself, and trying to suppress the feelings down inside. Cant wait to find a person to talk to ... but ..... *sigh*

Okay la...gng to do my ppt slides now liaoz..and waitin for my colleague ask me go do labwork ! Tata ... Take care all my friends , esp Birdie !

GettIng My HandS FuLL of LAbwork...

Yeah...Finally got the chance to have hands-on experience in Lab. Been pinning for it since i arrived in this new company. Finally, can exercise my hands and brainjuice ...

Started my lab journey yesterday...though the labwork is rather similar to tt over at NTU , the main difference is tt i got the chance to try out from the scratch , not spoon-feeding ... Can realli operate those machinese with my own hands and concoct those solutions too ~~~ great feeling sia, realli unlike in Singapore where everything is being done nicely and placed in front of u, juz need a little more easy steps and it's already considered u have done the lab experiment. Well.. it's a new experience.

Been trying to analysis the COD content in various water samples and of course , TP,TN,DO,TSS etc . Cool rite ... haha but the "professorR" who is teaching us how to do the stuffs always screw things up ... and there is this realli CMI situation in lab - the chemicals , equipments are all not prepared in front of u, as in u gotta move ard looking for chemicals , moving to other room to do analysis cos the equipments are all spread out in diff levels of the building. Sianz ~~~ tt's the only thing i dislike.

Well... lately been busy draining brainjuice in doing IA report and 2 3000 cheena essays which are due in 2 weeks time. Hope to complete them asap ... perharps by next weeeeek ?? so tt i can enjoy the rest of the weeks in shanghai in my own world. haha ...

lately, discovered nice songs from chris daughtry (what i want, over you) , john mayer (gravity) and five for fighting (world) ... well..recommended ! Should dl and try listen to them ... they make my day =)

Hurray ... officially countdown - another 1 month (ie. 30 days) before i can return to my paradise !!!

gr3At and Yet misEraBle WeeKeNd...

Todae is sunday - which means that it spells the week has again past by without me noticing much.
As usual, Fri and Sat is the study days .. but this week spelled miserable for SHJTU students cos both days are full day lesson cos of the make-up lessons. Imagine from 8.30am - 4.30pm of lectures ??? Almost dropped dead in class .. but dun have the habit to sleep in class , so perserved till the end. On sat, Pauline suddenly suggested in gng KTV from 12mid-6am. Since both me n roomie had no objections , we agreed to join in. The attendace din turned out to be great - only 5 ppl went , Pauline , Yekai , Zhizhong and us ! But the overall singing experience was enjoyable.

We went to Hao Le Di at Big Thumb Plaza near our house . It's the usual spot for NTU students. As most small rooms are occupied, we took the middle room at the rate of 210 rmb from 12 mid - 6am. Still cheaper than Singapore's. Hehe ... The environment is much better and much "grovier" .

Sang alot of songs .. took turns to sing. Mainly individual performance. A bunch of great singing company .

Sang till 6am , set off for home. Then both me n roomie went for breakfast. Think it's the earliest breakfast i had over here . Imagine 6.30am walked ard the street, people are already jogging , going for breakfasts over here ? Makes me feel ashamed sia ~~~

Had fried dough (ie. You Tiao) , fried dumpling ("Shen Jian") , Soy Bean and an egg. Should have go for breakfast often .. Then set off home to pack things -wanted to send some winter clothes , gifts and food back home. Me with roomie , both holding on to big bags , on a small scaled Tu Tu , drove off to the post office which opens at 8am. Spent an hour ther, packing things into the boxes provided and sealed off ourselves. My parcel weigh 9334 g and costs me 434rmb to send back Singapore.

My mum n sis coming next week to visit me. Gng to bring them ard shanghai and of course SHOPPING ... haha

shall update again ...

Excreting brain juice for REPORT , essays and WORK ! wanna die of exhaustion soon .....

SpiDey is Great !

Woohoo.. Finally can watch Spiderman 3.

After work on Tue, set off to People Square station with roomie. Went to buy the movie tics @ Peace Cinema juz beside Raffles City. Tic costs 50rmb (every Tue and Wed half price). Went to the MegaBites at the top storey of Raffles city to have our dinner.

I had this chicken curry rice. Not bad-tasting but still feel that Singapore's curry is the best！Missed the yummy curry back home ~~~

Then we walked ard seeking for sweet stuffs to pamper our mouths ... Saw this ice-cream stall at the basement named "Coldstone creamery". This stall was voted one of the recommended stall in raffles city. So we tried out. One classic ice-cream cost 27rmb and with this waffle biskuit basket , addition 1rmb. The staff after taking the ice-cream flavours , he put in brownies, hazelnuts and "stirred-fried" on the spot. i was asked to witness the process. Juz by looking at the appearance of the ice-cream, i could tell it's gng to taste heavenly. Haha ...

We went straight to the comfortable sofa seats and sunk down on our ice-creams. ~~~~Shiok was the word ! Nvr tasted such nice ice-cream before. The ice-cream was so different , got tt elastic feel but melts in the mouth . The waffle biskuit embracing the ice-cream was so crispy and crunchy. Great combination ... Waa.. could not resist myself to try tt out again ! haha..

Well, about the cinema we went to , we chose the Imax theatre. Seated at the 3rd row, but the whole experience wasnt bad. As the screen was big-sized screen and with extended curvature. The sound system was great and the seat quite comfortable. Din waste the money. But of course , it was the movie tat was NICE ! Loved the show ... cheers for Spidey !

lol... well lately been rather busy with work and lots of reports to be handed in soon ~~~ stress level raising. Ytd went to this meeting @ this Environmental Assessment centre with roomie. Wore formal attire for the first time here. At first, i tot i only have to sit down ther and listen to the presentations but was shocked when the prof there asked me to sit in the centre so that i can help them translate when the caucasians asked questions. The most challenging experience i ever had. The worst came in the afternoon session when i totally had to sit right besides the caucasians and did full translation job (ie. when the director said something, i have to translate straight into Eng and transmit the info the caucasians.) OMg..think i did a bad job. I shall brush up my english skills .... ***DETERMINED !

Okay .. gng to do my translation job again...see u

p/s: Dunno what to write for my 3000 words cheena chinese essay (2 essays somemore) .. HELP

eXplOrinG Spree

Yoohoo...

After resting over the weekends after the May holiday trips , roomie n i set off on monday to tour Shanghai Urban Planning Museum situated along People Square Avenue. The tics costed 40rmb but with student card entitled to 50% discount , but i was forgetful enuff to forgot to bring my card out and ended paying the full price.

There are a total of 5 levels in the building. The overall outer appearance of this building has the british colony feel. On the ground level entrance , once i entered, i was greeted with this "egypt" style gold building model structure spinning slowly in front of me. Juz besides it, was this mini shanghai building structure models.

Next, i went up to this sub-level of first level , and was introduced to Shanghai historic story and watched a short video on the transformation of Shanghai from a small fishing village to this metropolitian city. On the 2nd level , was this oil painting enhibitions, both roomie n i skipped that part. Went up straight to the 3rd level, where the bigger scale Shanghai building structure is located. It stands in the middle of the level , occupying a humogous space. I was trying to look out for my flat , but could not find as the whole model was too big enuff , it's like looking for a needle in the hay. At the sides , there are enhibits on the history of Shanghai. On the 4th level, there are more exhibits on eco-shanghai , transport lines , Pudong airport , water/waste distribution system, future plans etc. We skipped the 5th level as it is a cafe.

After a day tour, i was more educated on Shanghai and its history. Was quite amazed at its transformation. When we were juz abt to leave the building, i saw this sign "1930 Shanghai" and decided to try our luck in exploring the basement. Walked down this "metal" stairs , and was lucky enuff to find this stretch of old shanghai street-like place. The decor was similar to Shanghai in 1930s. This street is lined with cafes along its sides.

Planned to watch spiderman 3 with roomie after the urban planning trip, but blurie me forgot to bring the student card and so we decided to give up this idea and went to have lunch @Raffles City. We chose SUKiYaki sushi as we got the cravings for the ramen. Ate a variety of sushis, shared a bowl of char siew ramen and ordered pumpkin tempuras. Spent like 103 rmb. But enjoyed the meal.

After this hearty meal, we decided to walk to Jing An Si, where our housemates said they found this shopping street behind the Jiu Guang shopping centre. Along the way, we walked past this 石门一路and there was this food street where i got my ice blended mango drink. At least the stall uses real mango flesh. Continued walking and saw this Grand Cathedrale @ West Nanjing Road. Roomie wanted to take a pic but we could not find a nice spot to shoot the image so gave up the idea. After 40 mins, we reached the shopping street.

The shoppping street is cladded with small stalls selling fashion. The price is much neg and almost like those in 7 pu. Shopped ard eagerly till ard 7pm, when most stalls were packing u, then we left the place.

Had a tiring day ... but was looking forward to watch Spiderman 3 tmr...

May Holiday Trips (29th Apr-4th May) - Part 2: Jiang Nan - Lin An tour

ON the 3rd of May, me n roomie set off to our first trip by tour in Shanghai to Jiang Nan - Lin An. At first we thought that the place we gng to is within Hang Zhou area but we were wrong. It's juz near Hang Zhou but actually it's in Zhe Jiang province - Jiang Nan.

Thruout the 2 days tour , we went to 4 main attractions - of course , most are waterfalls and bamboo forests as these are the main reasons why we chose this package.

Except for the tourguide who always screwed up , enjoyed the 2 days tour thoroughly.
Had alot of local food : mostly 野味 like chicken , bamboo shoots etc.

Here are the itineary (include安吉&临安 province):

1. 竹林 & 大竹海

- Saw all sorts of Bamboo species
-The different things made by bamboo
- was overwhlemed by the whole forests of bamboos... sense of nearness to nature . Love the big green sight

2. 藏龙百瀑

- climbed at least an hr
- different names of waterfall of waterfall could be seen within 1m of sight, could even feel the clear,fresh water. Saw people washing their legs in the water .... OMG !
- 落差为60多米的“长龙飞瀑” - tt's the main waterfall.

(***this is the main waterfall - made me n roomie climbed all the way up)

- Sweat alot, like sauna-ing.

3. 双溪流-江南第一漂
- At entrance , took the bull carridge . Saw how the bulls are being "tortued" by the driver.


-Tried my first time bamboo rafting , sitting on the bamboo bench on the bamboo raft, had the refreshing and thrilling feel. Water seeping thru the bamboos.


- went thru 2 small "slides" down mini waterfalls
- drifted thru the whole stream for 40mins
- Tried Horse-riding here
-Ate the bamboo rice


4. 山沟沟 (茅唐&汤坑)

－another waterfall attractions (though nicer than the previous attraction)
- Climbed for at least 3hrs
- various waterfalls
- Swings made between bamboos trees

(Doesn't this look like a APE ??? It is one of the main attraction .... )

(This is taken at a old army house during the war periods)

Hotel : 临安大剧院宾馆

Overall , had a tiring but enjoyable trip. Legs gng to wobble soon. Planning to have a gd rest before work starts on Tue.


FOr more pics , go take a look at my MSN space ba .... lots of pics updated !

May Holiday Trips (29th Apr-4th May) - Part I: Suzhou and Shanghai tour

My May holiday started from the Last Sunday of April (29th) when i set off to Suzhou with roomie - was quite last minute decision , cos on Sat we went to the Coach terminal to buy the coach tics thinking if there are still seats, we would go. Best thing is that Yanni in suzhou had managed to help us got return tics on Tue by coach.

Sunday , we took the 6.40am coach . The bus was quite vacant . Whole journey took about 1.5 hrs. After we reached , took a cab to Yanni's hostel at Suzhou University (costed abt 16rmb). Saw nice scenery along the way. Discovered that in Suzhou, most houses are built in low levels ie. only short storey with those ancient designs.The first attraction we went to was 拙政园 - a well-known tourist attraction.The tic costed 70rmb (but we bought our tics @ 60rmb as we shared the numbers with another grp). The disappointing thing was that it rained. And we got to take pics with umbreallas. Overall the place was awesome. Saw alot of historical trails - nice gardens , bridges etc and bonsai etc. Moreover , caught a half hr opera show. *** The pics shall depict better. We toured the place in 3.5 hrs.


After which, Yanni brought us walk to 观前街- a street famous for shopping. Have all brands and major shopping branches. Entertainments like arcades and KTV can also be found here. Ended the day early. Slept in Shuqing's bunk bed - those double decker bed (juz a single size bed) but managed to squeeze two bodies.

The next day went to have breakfast at a wanton stall outside the campus. This stall sells all sorts of dumpling with various fillings. I had the蘑菇鲜肉饺子 (10 big sized dumplings for 7rmb) , ate until my stomache bloated. Then met Allan, Yanni's friend, he joined us to tour Suzhou. along the way to 观前街 ,Allan introduced us to have this bubble tea named COCO - a taiwan brand. We walked past 十全街 which is also a shopping street. At 观前街, we walked ard and toured this temple street with local handicrafts.

(***Tis uncle is v enthu in introducing us his handicraft ... )

Then we settled for KTV session. The KTV place have better decor than SIngapore's and it's cheap. Like 38 rmb for 3 hrs with a medium room. Enjoyed the singing session. After which, Allan brought us to this chinese restaurant which is famous in Suzhou named 洋洋. The sweet sour pork rib tasted heavenly and i loved the Crispy Tou fu too.



The very next day (tue), Set off to the coach station and boarded the 6.30am coach while Yanni took the railway train to Shanghai. Met Yanni and her 2 friends-xiuhui & jing yuan at East Nanjing road station at ard 8am. Brought her first destination to 七铺 road - a shopping paradise for us ! Haha ... can you imagine that we spent 6.5 hrs ther???? haa... yanni had the most catch amongst us. After the shopping spree, took a bus and set off to Old Shanghai street. Din walked long here as everybodi was carrying alot of stuffs and were tired. Brought them to people square to have STEAK KING . then we walked off to THE BUND. as it was the 1st May(Labor day), thewhole street to the bund was flooded with people, even cars had to give way to pedestrians. We managed to squeezed thru the crowd and arrived at the 外滩 ther to enjoy the breeze and the magnificient view of the oriental pearl tower.



Ard 9 plus, we set off for home. the very next day, me n roomie brought them to a sports warehouse named "the decalthon" located at Long Yang road. Bought quite some sportswear.
set off from home to have lunch at Coco Curryhouse @Jing An Si station. the meal cost abt 40rmb, missed the curry in Singapore.


Sent them off at 3.40pm. roomie n i went home to have a short rest before the next trip.

Meng Qing Yuan Pics

Here are some pics taken in Meng Qing Yuan, Airport Town and Harbour port...

Most works are focus on the bank of the streams ... The plants are planted initially horizontally, then let the roots grow deep into the soil so that the plants can trap the impurities in the water , thus "clean-up" the water to some extent . Algaes are also put into the bank at first, then let them grow naturally, which will eat up P and N in the water.

Some much of the scientific terms ... take a look ba ...

In The ProCess Of Learning

Yo yo .. a little updates for last week...

On friday , i ponned school to go on a company excursion to see what my new company - Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences (SAES) have done on the ecoloical engineering aspect.

Went to school earli in the mrng and set off with a batch of 18 students to the first destination - MENG QING YUAN at CAO BAO road. The "tour guide" is my current supervisor : Prof Lee Xiao Ping. He is also the Vice-director of the company. First impression of Meng Qing Yuan was that it was a tourist ground but i was very wrong.

The garden was actually a neighbourhood park where old people , kids come to take walks and relax. The whole pond was built in a such way that water from the Su Zhou river was partially "clean-up" through the water system before being return back to the river. Was amazed to actually see the whole set-up and understand the mechanisms involved from the prof. This garden was actually done up using Prof Lee's concepts.

The next destination was to go visit some streams at the airport town. The sides of these streams were planted with "bamboo" type plants to intercept small particles and also to beautify the environment.

We had lunch at this seafood restaurant near a harbour. Had a fulfilling lunch .

The last destination , we were brought to see a live example of wetlands. Overall , had an idea of what ecological engr is about . Actually , before i entered NTU, had wanted to take this field but NTU did not have the course. Sad =( haiz....

Then on sunday , went to this Brazil Steak House at Jing An Si road to have brazilian bbq lunch buffet . It's like 55 rmb/pax. This luxurious lunch was to "celebrate" Qiaoli's birthday in advance. Well juz an excuse for us to have good meals =P Went with Peter , Alvin , Yuan Shan , Whye heng and 1601 family (except Meixian cos she was sick) . Well ... the restaurant provides beef with different cooking tastes. Besides, also had pork , lamb meats , sausages , fries , salads , cakes , desserts , pastas etc. Had a super heavy lunch .

As for Monday and Todae, i attended a seminar held by my company on soil contamination and remediation . Heard several presentations by different speakers from diff countries and fields. ONe of the guest speaker is from UK university , Prof David Lerner. He gave pretty interesting presentations on land contamination& risk assessments . Learnt pretty much knowledge on the different contamination situations in UK and China. Well.. besides, can write something in my GIP report . Hehehe ...

K , shall end here ... wil post up some pics soon ... Longing for the Hangzhou trip next week during the May holiday.

Take care ...

Nanjing Trip on 14th-15th April

Yo people..beena long time since i last blogged .. was busy the whole week since i came back from Nanjing . Anyway .. here are some places i went to ...

Earli in the mrng, took the first train n travelled to the sch campus ; gotta be ther by 7am ,on the way bought Mac Donald for breakfast. Boarded the coach bus provided by the school and set off happily.

The journey took like 4 hrs in total to reach our first destination - 中山陵 , a place where Sun Zhong Shan's tomb was built. The place was rather big , full of tour grps . It is surrounded with tall trees , stairs , ancient statues etc. Overall , a nice place to tour. Get to know more abt how mr. SUN's tomb was moved to Nanjing , and also get to see his tomb.

(*** This is the ZHONG SHAN LIN first grand gate *****)

(****The family of 1601 at the top of a tower ***)

Then settled down in the hotel arranged by the school in a popular district named 夫子庙街, waa was so happi to see my room . The hotel lobby does not look grand or posh but once me n mel get to our room at the 2nd flr (2213) , we were surprised to see a nice, grand with ancient decor room. Took quite a few pics in the room ... haha the Tv still provide "scv" programs ..... Along this street, small stalls were set-up sellin mainly handicrafts and FOOD ! Tt's why at the dinner , i did not eat much as i kept my stomach to try out those street delicacies ! Had Smelly toufu (first time tried,not bad) , Ice Kachang , Tepan-Octupus . ATe until my stomach started to feel uneasy ... walked to mani places around the street .. explored some nice lighted streets . Bought alot of local snacks back , gng to bring back SIngapore. U can see most pics at my MSN space.

(*** The hotel ... look at the DECOR ~~~ )

(****This is the FU ZI MIao ... ) => Splendid rite ? Luckily me n mel found this place.

The next mrng , after a heavy breakfast , we set off to the final destination prior to leaving Nanjing. We were brought to 总统府 to look at the history of Nanjing , and also get to tour ard the residence place of Sun Zhong Shan when he took charge as the president of Nanjing.

(***One pic taken in the garden of the presidential place .... )

The lunch was arranged at a posh hotel . Had the nicest food since i arrived in Shanghai. Think our school spent alot on this trip. At least they are not stingy lo. Haha ...

Anyway , since this week , i had been gng to a new company (stil without the pay) This company is a env. research centre . Think will get to experience more on Env. stuffs. The lunch is provided by the centre - everyday get to eat at a hotel restaurant . Sounds good rite .. the food is nice lo ... ANyway, i hope to get to learn more things in this centre , trying to compensate for the lost time .. me n mel are helping to translate some scientific journals these few days ... todae went to HUA TONG UNI to attend a prof's lecture on ecological engr. Made me feel so int in tt area.

trip to 朱家角

A sudden decision led me n roomie to set off to 朱家角 on Friday after the Han yu Quiz...

In fact, we have decided to set off on Sat after the sch but heard tt Jun qin n Alvin is gng straight after sch , so we joined in the grp. But as we have not packed yet , immed during the Han yu break , we set off straight home to pack up. Met the grp at HUANG PI NAN stat and walked to the bus stop.

This travelling grp included : Jun Qin , Alvin , MAthew , me , mel , Shuying & Huiying .

The bus - 沪朱线 , 9rmb fare fee , that we took at Yan An Xi road took us almost 2 hrs to reach our destination. We reached at ard 8pm , walked ard in search of a motel . Along the way , also took glance at some local snacks and shops...Heard from the previous batch of PPL who came here praised abt the Pig's trotter and the meat dumplings here , so i also could not take my eyes away from the array of food in stores ... when we walked to the motel.

(***Pic showing Pig' trotter , dumpling ... )

A nice lady in a restaurant led us to this motel which the charges could be bargained. We settled for 2 rooms at the rate of 90 rmb per room. the girls one room and the guys one room . Two girls to a bed. The motel looked deserted but at least the gd thing was that the motel is situated in the old town, so we alrdy saved on the entrance fee into the town. The regulations is that after 8pm, no entrance fee is needed to enter the old town.

After putting our backpacks in the motel , we set off to take a tour ard the town. Felt that in the night where not much tourists ard , we could have a better view of the town n also can enjoyed the serenity of the night ~~~ though most attractions we could not enter and some alleys were not lit. Toook a few pics and of course ... bought some food along the way ... mainly dumplings n pig's trotter. The food we shared among ourselves ... *** enjoyed feeding each other like pigs ! lol ... went back to motel to rest and bathe.

Next mrng , woke up ard 5am , hopin to catch the sunrise . BUt disappointing enuff, when i woke up, the sun was alrdy up in the sky halfway .. sad !!! luckily Mel managed to take some pics as she woke up earlier ...

Though no sunrise to see , we walked thru the town ... as there wasn't much crowd in the mrng , we took the chance to take as mani pics as possible.

(***Me on 放生桥 ...)

With breakfast - dumplings & Jian Bao , we encountered this boat man who psychoed us to take his boat ard the town. Since we alrdy planned this boat ride ,we went ahead with it ~ of course was after barginning . 90rmb for 7 ppl for an hr tour.

(***Me sitting at the front of the boat ... touring round the watertown)

Ard 8.30am , Tourists kept coming in ... Nevertheless, we went shopping ard for local snacks and buying some souvenirs . Bought some local snacks and bought some dumplings back for hsemates to savour. The dumpling costs 2rmb each and the pig's trotter is sold by weight like 5 rmb/jin. After a hearty shopping trip , me , jun qin and mel had this craving for mrng coffee so we went to ILLY - a coffee cafe to have some nice , fragrance coffee . Slacked at the cafe for some time , had small chats, got to know abt each other.


By 12 noon , we checked out the motel and went out of the old town. As our stomaches were full of dumplings and snacks , we skipped proper meals. With a suggestion to go to OUTLETs , we set off immed. It's 30 mins ride .




Outlet is a big big plaza which branded fashions are sold at prices lower than market price , it's like a wholesale market. we spilted off to shop . After some time , as roomie n i were rather tired , we set off for home first . Took a bus and reached home safely.