Tuesday, December 19, 2006
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8:08 pm
(okay, here's a copy of an email i jst sent...)
It's already my fourth day in Beijing, can you believe it? So fast. Anyway, we're only allowed to use the computer for half an hour everyday in this school. Everytime i come into this room, i feel like peeing BUT i have to try and hold till 4pm cos the toilets here have no doors and you could probably smell it from Singapore.
So far so good, i got myself the best partner & roommate ever. Shahidah, her birthday's 22 Nov too. Jessica's an ABC, so you can guess how GOOD her mandarin is. HAHA. But i guess because we're the only pair that's half-bishan, half-clementi...it kinda put us in a spot.
Apart from that, Beijing is BEAUTIFUL! I wish you guys were here with me. I find myself in awe everytime we leave our resthouse. Our resthouse is this very low profile kinda place where they usually house students and at this small alley WHICH is situated RIGHT AT the shopping street and a WALKING DISTANCE to WANGFUJING. That is, of course, the Orchard Road of Beijing. There are quite a few muslim restaurants here. Even a muslim foodcourt. haha. coolness. it's nice to be here not as tourist but living with the locals. elii, i saw a girl who looked like you!! haha.
For the past 2 days though, since dinner was on our own, we decided to eat at this muslim diner that's right at our alley. It's looks like Cahaya, but smaller than half the size. The satay is DELICIOUS. I had egg fried frice...and yesterday i had erm...some pasta-like thingy. forget bout losing weight k? kat sini makanan die sedap2. HAHA. even the veggies!!
i've already tried out my bargaining skills....unintentionally. A guy was selling me gloves for 35 yuan but when i walked away because i don't need it he went (in mandarin), 'Okay okay! 10 yuan!!.......how bout 2?? 2 yuan!!" jess and i could NOT STOP LAUGHING it was hilarious....
Dogs wander around without their leashes. The Chinese spit like nobody's business. The Great Wall of China was MAGNIFICENT. The roads have a lane & traffic light especially for bicycles....so apart from the usual, red green yellow and arrow, they have picture of bicycles. we found BUBBLE TEA. heheh.
oh, and they weren't kidding bout how the cold would dry up our skin. kakak, i used to make fun of how ur dry skin was like snake skin....well, now my skin is worse than that. my skin is SO DRY that when i apply moisturizer PEDIH GILER!!! especially my face...which is really itchy right now.
and school. *sigh* hari-hari kena rush. ingat kat Singapore jer rush. jst this morning we kena scold by the driver because we were too slow. imagine....34 of us had to be squeezed into two small vans! fun giler kan?
it is seriously freezing here. Put your hands in the freezer for 10 minutes. That's what our whole body is like for 2 weeks. And mind you, its still cold even though i have like 5 layers on. so jgn harap nak tengok gambar and saying, "hey, you look slim in here!". the good thing is that...everyone else is just as big! AAAAHHAAHAHAHAHA.
ok dah lah cukup eh....i cant feel my hands anymore. gotta put on my gloves. LOVE YA'ALL!!!
FIZA DARI BEIJING.....
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