BACK FROM BEIJING! i'm gonna post that happened during those 11 days in Beijing so i guess it'll be quite a long one ^.^Day 1**woke up early cos need to reach airport at 6.45 but when we reached there the 'VIP' was like 15mins late =.= then we gathered, check in our luggage and took group photos. once we entered the departure hall, i dunno why i started crying.... hmm after a while i stopped den we continue walking walking den filled up some forms and entered the plane =D in the plane i watched HSM2, Stardust and Criminal Minds and played SuperMario :) den we reached Beijing! we got our luggage, met the teachers den we went to 54 Middle sch... the sch was quite nice lah although a bit old... den met my buddy, gathered, talk talk talk den go home. We took d MRT to her aunty's house and soo many pple lah! in d train i kena squashed like pancake loh... den we had dinner, i bathe den i go to sleep liao ^^Day 2Woke up, ate NOODLES for breakfast, and got ready to go to Tian Tan or Temple of Heaven. the place was ok lah quite big and quite nice. the old pple there like to play chapteh and some weird tai ji 'badminton/tennis'... den went to eat Macdonald and went to the book fair and a shopping mall called 'he shang' [not monk that he shang..]. then bought some things and played some games den went home liao....Day 3Went to Yi He Yuan, Summer Palace, with vanessa and weiqi den there quite boring lah.. cos we only sit, talk and take photo. after lunch at Big Pizza, we went to the Z00!!! MY FAV!! there we went to see THE PANDA!!! S000000000 CUTEEEE!!! fat fat de!!! i feel like bringing it home loh!! anyways... it was very cute lah and i bought quite a lot of panda merchandise... since singapore dun have =) den we went to see other animals and i saw another cute animal!!! THE ARTIC FOX!!! some were damn white lah like snow butsome grey grey de BUT they are still very cute! will post pics later ^^ den weiqi had to go home so siyun and i also went home....Day 4we went to their school andhad lessons with them AND their lessons are all in chinese.... but i can understand lah ^^ their PE lesson also very fun loh... i learned how to play the kongzhu =D we also had special lessons on beijing opera? and some history thingy i guess... after that we went home and came out again to watch the acrobatic show. VERY NICE LOH! got kongzhu and some gymnastic performances :) den after that went to siyun's grandparents's house to stay =)Day 5We went to the Mu Tian Yu Great Wall of China :) we gathered at the gate den went there. someone ssaid that it would be super cold and we have to bring hat, gloves and scarf. BUT when we reached there, Chen xiao zhang said if we feel hot while climbing den we have to take off our jacket or else we will get sick. THEN, while we were climbing the super steep slope to get to the great wall, we already started to feel hot and we basically took off everything except our clothes =.= den FINALLY reached the tower le!!! we continued to climb, take pics ^^ and wait for the 'VIP' to arrive.... when she arrived, took grp photo and we walked back down... den went somewhr for lunch and went back to the school to join in the sports day. we played the kong zhu again and this time, i can do stunt loh =) can throw the thing and catch it back ^^... then at nighte siyun's grandparents made Chang Shou Mian for me to eat and her grandmother kept refilling my bowl and i ate 5 bowls =.=Day 6went to climb the Xiang Shan... was quite tiring lah, all steps and some quite steep. hmm... technically te whole morning was climb climb climb and climb... while climbing samuel told me stories lah, some were funny :) then went back to school and siyun's parents brought me to eat Pizza Buffet. cool rite? pizza also have buffet.Day 7woke up at 430am cos we gonna watch the flag raising ceremony at TianAnMen Square. took a taxi there cos all the other transport not in operation.. 4 smth leh... who will drive/take the bus or train... den I was the first to reached there and it was only 5:20.... den peisi came and followed by merlin den gao lao shi reached and siyun's parents went home... den d flag raising was like can say ok lah... lols... kena squeezed and stuff but after staying in beijing for like 6 days le that is quite normal... ^^... after that we visited Gu Gong. inside there super a lot of relics... but see toomany will sian diao one.... after lunch we were allowed to go shopping but that place,WAngFuJing, was like so ex lah actually that place is like our orchard road... so we went to He Shang instead. I bought a few things den we have to go back to sch to get ready for the farewell dinner. the farewell dinner can say quite interesting lah, some of the performances were funny... previously is sing peng you then cry, now is no song no nth, just started to cry... so mainly everything after that was cry, hug, take pics.... den we had to check in into the hotel.
Day 8
went to gong wang fu to look see look see and touched the dunno wat 'fu'... den bought quite a lot of things frm the 'fu' shop then went to 2 other museums, urnban planning centre and chi modern lit.
Day 9
went to the marco polo bridge. then some resistance musuem and the most exciting part is the nanjing massacre :) and the temple of heaven, which i already went :) den we watched some okok gongfu show and went back to hotel
Day 10
last day le. we went to only 1 musuem, the national museum of beijing. after that is SHOPPING! first we went to some bookfair or smth and i bought 1 cd and 2 dvds and 5 chinese books =D and went to some yue xiu clothes market there got a lot of things ^^ went to the airport after dinner at some weird and scary place. after the meeting den toook the flight home le.
Day 11 [in the plane cos its midnite flight]
watched CSI played a while super mario den sleep le....woke up 4 to eat breakfast but after a few mouthfuls i slept back ^^ den sleep all the way back to singapore.... i'll post pictures later. XD