Monday, December 27, 2004 @10:12 AM
haha. i am back! i miss the internet!! haha.
SHANGHAI TRIP (21st December to 26th December)
Day 1. 21st Dec.
took the 10.15am flight to shanghai. woke up at 7am. left for the airport at 8am. reached the airport. checked in. stupid gate was
FAR FAR AWAY. haha. SQ 806. haha. or izzit 805? can't rmb. haha. took the plane. din finish a movie. sigh. coz i was damn tired.. that i slept. onli played games. arrived at shanghai at 3 plus.. shanghai immigration is so SLOW. and the luggage was like TURTLE. by the time we went out of the airport.. it was 3.45pm? haha. yeah. needed to get a special taxi.. for 5 people. me. my bro. my cousin, daphne. mum and dad. haha. reach
NEW HARBOUR SERVICE APARTMENT at like 4.30pm? checked in le.. unpack stuff.. was 5 plus.. and was damn dark le. then we thot dinner time le. walked to nan jing lu.. haha. 'explore' the place.. for a suitable place to eat. ended up in some chinese restaurant. food was not too bad. walk around nan jing lu.. walk into 3 candy stores.. their local candy.. bought some samples. see which one nicest. haha. then my bro got cranky.. coz he could not get his gameboy cartridge.. so he was bugging us to return to the apartment. haha. so my dad brought him to the apartment back first. then bought some maggi mee from the convenience store. then walked to
RAFFLES CITY. haha. surprise got raffles city? me too. when i heard abt it.. i was like HUH? got meh? haha. was next to capital building. went to there to meet philicia. coz the next day she leaving le mah. then was like super
SHY. yes. i am a
SHY person. haha. her parents there wad.. not scary meh. haha. then after that.. went back.. bought some CDs.. then went back. watch HBO. then slept.
Day 2. 22nd Dec.
woke up abt 8 plus. went to eat breakfast at the hotel. SUCKS. parents went for business appointment.. yeah.. so wathc HBO. haha.
the onli SANE channel. the rest were CNN, ESPN and chinese channels. SUCKS. bathe. then they came back. then we walk along the streets. was raining can.. so COLD when the wind blow into my face.. haha. went into this decent restaurant. sichuan food. was damn good. compared to the dinner the previous night. went to another supermarket. bought chopsticks and sausages. father brought brother back.. we went to buy fruits, bread and umbrella. then went back to the hotel. watch HBO again. coz parents went for ANOTHER appointment. haha. then watch and watch. then they came back around 4 plus. we did some tasting of the candies.. then we decided to eat in. haha. since it was STILL raining. ate abt 6 plus.
CUP NOODLES. with some teeny weeny sausages. after dinner.. went to walk.. although it was raining. wore the hood. father carried umbrella. bought CDs and DVDs at this CD store we went yesterday. then went to walk to nan jing lu. since it was not too far from the CD store.. bought the local candy.. bought supper.
KFC. haha. grilled chicken wings and whipped potato. by the time walk back to the hotel.. was
ICY COLD. not to worry.
MICROWAVE to the rescue. haha. microwave the food. ate the yummy chicken wings.. it is damn good lah. whipped potato was ok. ate and watch HBO. haha. then slept.
Day 3. 23rd Dec.
woke up late. me and my bro decided to forgo the YUCKY breakfast. ate bread instead. watch HBO again! haha. bathe. then went to xiang yang. took cab there. reach there.. got these
WHOLE BUNCH of people crowding my mum. wan her to buy those fake bags.. yah.. but my mum din wan to buy them. but they kept
BUGGING and BUGGING us. my mum finally chose this guy to follow. unless u wan these people to follow u WHEREVER u go. then we saw this gameboy shop. the catridge was 65 RMB? madness. refuse to go lower than 45 RMB. my dad said 35 RMB. kept bargaining and bargining. finally my dad said ok to the guy's offer of 3 for 110 RMB. haha. yeah. then went to that guy's bag shop. outside is a clothes shop. but got a hidden door. went in.. inside a staircase.. we climb up and up. into the bag place. look at it.. in the end.. daphne wanted to buy a set of matching watches for her parents. opening price was 1600 RMB? not per watch. but still ex for fakes. while my parents bargain.. i went to look at the DVDs. 10 RMB? mad right. suppose to be 7 or 8 RMB (heard from philicia and cher. plus bought at that CD store). in the end.. bargain until dunnoe wad price.. i tink like 650 RMB for both watches plus 8 RMB for each DVD. my dad is superb in bargaining. although the process was LONG. then went to another gameboy shop. coz my bro wanted more. damn greedy lah. the price was super duper ex. then went to another one. bought my bro this cartridge. for his christmas. 35 RMB. haha. S$7.. haha. save me some cash. hehe. then went to yoshinoya to eat. haha. eat until super duper full. then went back. coz mum and dad got appointment. haha.
oso my father's tactic to stop my mum from buying lots of stuff. hehe. then went back to the hotel. and SLEEP. woke up. went to RAFFLES CITY. haha. ate at the food court. quite ex. compared to the previous meals we ate. but was nice. ate pineapple rice. haha. then went to buy breadtalk. then went back. slept abt 10 plus. coz next day we going hangzhou.
Day 4. 24th Dec. Christmas' eve
anything that could haf went wrong. went wrong today.
woke up at 6.15am. ate buffet breakfast. sat next to some jap
smokers. the
smoke killed me. transport came at 7am. the driver
smokes. YAY. my nose was killing me. it took 2 1/2 hrs to go to hangzhou. but stopped at a place for a toilet break. got stoopid people there smoking AGAIN! yippee. by the time i reach hangzhou.. my nose was running. went to this temple.
the bloody joss stick OFFICIALLY sentence my nose to death.
i caught a cold.
then went for lunch. chicken was good. then ate medicine. hopefully to cure my nose. but din help. coz weather was so bloody freaking cold. colder than shanghai. then went to take a boat thingy at the lake. is famous. i forgot its name. took the boat to the islands in the lake there.. was so cold lah. got mist lor. wad the. was seriously DYING. coz of my nose. was in damn bad mood. in the end.. after the boat thingy.. decided to head back.. abt 4.45pm.. was getting colder and dark. slept for around 15mins.. woke up.. thot damn fast will reach.. coz thot it was 7 plus.. but act was 7pm.. then went to this stop.. toilet stop. then went. as we were approaching.. got this
ENDLESS jam. note that my nose was killing me. i wanted to get back QUICK. ok.. we got out of the jam.. as we were super near shanghai.. like 9.4km more..
another bloody traffic jam.. alr 8pm. in the end.. we were stuck in the jam for an hour. wah lao. was dying can. went back. ate bread. drank smtg. ate medicine. slept.
Day 5. 25th Dec. Christmas Day!
woke up late. ate muffins. sucks. ate medicine. watch HBO. bathe. then parents had smtg lunch appointment.. so ordered room service. haha. yeah. then later went to walk in some place. got alot alot of shops. haha. bought some stuff there. discovered a damn nice snack. haha. super nice. then head back. was abt 5pm. then stayed in the hotel for awhile. did some packing. then went to the same restaurant (the one that had superb lunch on Day 2). ate.. then went back.. packed. watch HBO. scrooged. daddy's day care. then went to sleep.
Day 6, 26th Dec. Boxing Day!
woke up. ate breakfast at the hotel. sucks. bathe. left for the airport. checked in. went thru immigration. which is SLOW. ate lunch. damn ex lah. abit of food. 366 RMB. most ex thing we ate there. then went to the plane. took the flight back. SQ 825. watch movies and play nintendo! haha. then
arrive back.
came home. bathe. unpack clothes. ate macs. watch six weeks. and law and order. slept.
⥠lost for words and i drift.