little than expected...

change of blog add.

2009-07-18T16:38:00.002+08:00

oh yes. sorry.
i still love lj the most.!
so im shifting to:

http://miss-cola-86.livejournal.com/

bye~~

Olympics Centre

2009-06-11T19:33:00.010+08:00

alrights.
Olympics centre.
finally.
xiaoqi wanna visit them right from the start.
but things just dont go according to plan.

she's been twice there at night,
and she couldnt only wonder outside (they're closed at night).
now, she's finally there in the day.
but seriously, night-time is nicer leh!
(sorry guys, xiaoqi didnt manage to retrieve those night-time pics)

The Bird-Nest.
entrance fee:
student price - 20rmb

Water Cube
entrance fee:
student price - 15rmb

the cube can change colourSss at night.
definitely nicer than in day.

where michael phelps dipped in.

boo. exams coming again.
p/s: thinking of changing my blog add back to livejournal. hmmm

missing.

2009-06-03T20:55:00.007+08:00

xiaoqi misses her brothers.
alot.
esp recently.
probably because many of her classmates had their friends and family over in beijing.
got reminded of her own family.

anyway some weeks back,
xiaoqi finally went to 韩庚妈妈饺子店.

FYI: 韩庚 is this chinese member (only) in Superjunior.
and Superjunior is this 13 boy group in korea.

and and if you are xiaoqi's friend,
u should know that she had a thing with SuJu.
if u dont know,
u better start talking to her more!!

anyway it's 韩庚妈妈饺子店,
so apparently he opened this 饺子店 for his mother in beijing. (:

evidences everywhere in the store.

4 "SuJu fans"

dont know which one is his mother lah.

xiaoqi was really contemplating whether or not to leave her trace on this piece of wall.
joining the crowd but embarrassing behavior at this age.

she still did in the end. LOL

and here are some pics of 后海.
which is something like clarke quay in sg.
but of cos being china, got more chin-na feel, much bigger as well.
heard it's more beautiful at night too.

next up: bird nest, water cube visit~

never again.

2009-05-19T22:57:00.004+08:00

alot of things had happend for the past month.

ALOT.

1st: preparation for exams.
emo: frustrating.

because xiaoqi needa go to a camp in the midst of her exams.

which linked her to the..

2nd part of the month: Labour Day camp.
(by the church)
emo: over the rainbow

蒙了很多恩典. seriously yesh.
although alot of drama unfolded.
but xiaoqi came back beijing with a overwhelmed heart.

3rd: cat fight.
emo: mixed

which is also the highlight of the month. hahaha

it's ALL xiaoqi's fault.
and through this she really LEARNT alot.

it's been awhile since xiaoqi last threw her temper.
(ya she knows,
those that knew her long would be thinking "you gotta be kidding!".
but it's a fact! haha)

anyway, something got into her that week.
she felt so irritated with everything in her life!
every single thing.
from food, friends, studies, life, even God. ):
so the only thing she can do was to avoid everything
and threw herself into the sea of youku.com.
and this,
draw the curtains of the upcoming
"Drama".

misunderstanding. zero-communication.
avoidance. faults. shouting. tears.
broken hearts. worrying hearts.
etc.
.
.
yes, this was what happened to the 3 of them.
.
.
in other people's point of views,
this must be really BAD. UNNECESSARY. CHILDISH. DRAMATIC. etc
but u know what, xiaoqi is really glad it happened.

God is watching over them when they were having all the disputes.
He had allowed things to head this way,
since it's His work, then it must have been the best solution.
it was, indeed.
.
.
God had made xiaoqi realised how blessed they are in the family of Chirst.
.
Because they are in God,
they have love for one another,
they shared common standard,
they overcomed the fear of confrontation,
they see the need to collide their hearts.
.
because they can always have God to fall onto,
and love for each other,
they were able to scream and shout and bare their hearts.
they have no fears,
the fears that many will have,
the fear that a broken mirror,
will never be the same again.
.
.
they reconciled.
not because they had no choice,
not because they had to continue living with one another,
not because for the sake of friendship,
etc etc

.
.
it's because,
family always reconcile no matter what happens.
especially in the family-of-christ.
(:

p/s: from now on, i will really quit this habit of sudden temper.
pls pray for me.

pp/s: to the other 2, i realised i really treasured both of u!
*hugs*

ppp/s: i miss my family. ):
*love*

next up: hangeng's mom's 饺子 store pics! (:

北京植物园 - 180409

2009-04-27T20:34:00.006+08:00

exams exams exams.
2 papers: 皮科，外科 next week.
life of a 留学生.
haha.

anyway, had a wonderful time with IYF last saturday.
a break from usual activities, they headed Beijing Botanic Garden.
it's way BIGGER than Sg Botanic Garden.
and seriously much nicer.
too bad they were busying having food and fun.
not much pictures taken!

nevertheless, here u go!
.
.
.

entrance. amanda xiaoqi

a TINY portion of the tulip bed.

one of the MANY waterfalls.

xiaoqi haixia

another waterfall.

many thanks to these beautiful Ah Yi for perparing all the food.
and also bringing along their ever so cute children! (:

awwww!! ^-^

Group Photos:

p/s: xiaoqi is going for a camp during labor day!!
super excited. heeee

couture shots!

2009-04-12T20:07:00.004+08:00

and now guys..
COUTURE SHOTS!
.
.
.
.
it's commercial time!~
.

hmm.. there should be more...
but MIA.
that's all folks. (:

山西

2009-04-08T21:36:00.015+08:00

3 day holiday for QingMingJie.

9 of them, 8 cameras, 1000s of photos.
there is so much to tell about 山西.
xiaoqi dont even know where to start.

first day: 常家大院
- an ancient civilization that housed all with the surname 常.

the entrance

this was how big it used to be.

one of the house. the trees by the side are like hundredsSs years old??

their house is freaking big!

princess + maids that dye their hair, wear watches etc.

this wall contains many famous ppl's calligraphy.
this is is by 武则天- the empress
.
.

and xiaoqi found this! 传说中的toliet. that worked by drain. ewwww

1st day night + 2nd day part I: 平遥古城
-birth of the 1st bank
-birth of 镖局 (those bodyguards that guard ur stuff from one venue to another)

their streets in day

at night

staying over at 客栈！

this aunite cut everything by herself! *amazing*

2nd biggest bank at that time

@ entrance

housemates

dont rob them!

2rd day part II: 绵山
-a HUGE place full of mountains with lots of temple

it is higher than this!

lucky they dont have to climb this! phew~

couples are supposed to padlock this.

the street

3rd day: 晋祠

entrance

桃花



she just love walls.!

alrights. a very summarized stories of 山西.!
so much things to say.
pictures speak more!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115370&id=750690873&op=6
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115379&id=750690873

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115383&id=750690873
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115385&id=750690873

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115387&id=750690873
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115390&id=750690873

http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=750690873#/album.php?aid=115394&id=750690873

spring is here.

2009-04-07T19:45:00.009+08:00

春天到了

oh yes and now they know how cool it is to live through 4 seasons.
those botak trees, now got all the beautiful flowers on it.
．
．
．

玉渊潭公园

everyone is trying to catch the glimpse of SAKURA,

so are the 2 of them.

here are the flowers:

.
did u catch the falling petals?? *as if it's snowing*

the park
．
．

jap costume on rent. these aunties really know how to pose!

crazy uncles that tried swimming in a "no swimming" lake.
.
.
.

xiaoqi. (:

she needs the shades!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=115370&id=750690873#/album.php?aid=115364&id=750690873

next update: xiaoqi's trip to 山西！
p/s: she misses her family.

changes are constant

2009-03-07T23:53:00.000+08:00

it's been some time since she came back from singapore.
xiaoqi is grateful to be able to go back sg to spend the new year.
having a differenet heart,
she was able to see things in a different view.
she was able to appreciate things now.

really thank to her friends and family
for making her trip such a fruitful one.
many thanks to them for always making time for her.

6 months ago,
she had left changi airport with a heart all so ready to leave sg
and all so excited to embark her journey in beijing.
tears were unnecessary.

6 months later,
she had left changi airpot again,
this time with a heart of mixed feelings-
wanting to be there for her family,
wanting to spend time with her friends,
but however she wants to go back beijing as well for only there can she grows spiritually.
tears were uncontrollable.

1.5 years.
too long? too short?
it depends.
but she do really wanna see them again. soon.

.

a heartfelt thank you to her brothers.
for trusting her enough to let her "poke".

russel

weiwei

(:

.
.

due to many reasons, xiaoqi had to shift house.

they had to find a new house and shifted in by 28th feb.
they had less than 5days to accomplish that.
moving out is a really really tiring chore.
history shall NOT repeat itself.
.
.

her previous house: 紫芳园
layout: 3-rooms, 2 toilets , 2 living rooms
size: 178m sq
rental : 8500rmb
no. of people living: 6

xiaoqi shared the master bedroom with aman,
not only it comes with a huge toilet but also a walk-in wardrobe.

kitchen + a balcony

dining room + living room + balcony

dining room

living room + balcony

storeroom

her current house: 芳星园
layout: 3-rooms, 1 toilets , 1 living rooms
size: 83m sq
rental : 3000rmb
no. of people living: 3

living room + balcony

living room

xiaoqi's and aman's study room

xiaoqi's study table

xiaoqi's and aman's bedroom

it is a fact that 芳星园 is of no match with 紫芳园
芳星园 is half the size of 紫芳园 and costed only 1/3 of 紫芳园.

quoting what others said,
紫芳园 = 皇宫
芳星园 = 平民区

xiaoqi totally agreed.

it was a hasty decision when they took 芳星园.
time is just not on their side.
they need a roof over their head urgently.

in less then 5min of house viewing,
with only xiaoqi finding the house ok-ok
+ a call from pastor giving them a green light,
3 of them paid the deposit.
they had a house now, but weren't happy at all.

on a closer look the next day,
the house had so many flaws that made their heart sank further.
they had no confidence to make the house works.

but as days past, she finally understand this:

pastor says that in life we should not only live by our standards and
for once we should try throwing away our standards and live.
this way, we'll gain even more.

and this:

but just as it is written,
“Things which eye has not seen
and ear has not heard,
and which have not entered the heart of man,
all that God has prepared for those who love him."

-1 Corinthians 2:9

in their eyes,
芳星园 in ALL aspects were NOT their standards at all.
with the given circumstances,
they were encouraged or maybe forced to throw away their standards.
and accept the new standards.
but they never understand why they were given this house.

but now they do.
they had now gained what 紫芳园 couldn't give them.

芳星园 give xiaoqi a sense of belonging.
it give her coziness.
it give her happiness.
it give her bonding.
it give her convenience. (ALOT)
and also an unexplained feeling towards the house.
.
.
many more...
.
.
.

really thank you.
she is blissfully happy with the house now.

.
.
.

p/s: temperature is finally going up.
pp/s: to bro, happy 21st birthday!
hope u got that chi-na looking card~

tianjing

2009-02-22T15:25:00.010+08:00

since they had some time to spare.
wanjing, yuchii, amanda and xiaoqi decided to make a trip to tianjing.

and a big thanks to xiaoqi's friend, Angela, who is a 天津人 planned out a itinerary for them.

yuchii, wanjing, amanda, xiaoqi, angela

nextday.
.
.

a express train that took only 30min to reach tianjin.

at 南市食品街



at xiaoqi's favorite place, 鼓楼

at 马场道, with buildings filled of European touch.

a very friendly cab driver.

at 金街

a green labeled adidas. nice.

leaving the city feeling extremely tired.

p/s: there are so many beautiful churches in tianjing~~

well tianjing is really a very nice place.
all of them agreed.
not only they were filled with nice buildings,
the people there are really friendly too!.
totally different from beijing. hai.

@ sg!

2009-02-10T23:40:00.000+08:00

the first week upon reaching sg, were really busy.
busy shopping, spending time with family, going out with friends.

it was soon followed by a week of CNY,
where xiaoqi basically just - rot at home.
hahaha

then another busy week with the church.
and saying goodbye to her besties - jinyoung & suji. :(
she will see them in korea for global camp! (*hopefully*)

and guess what. this will be her last week in sg.
saying goodbye to all her love ones again,
before borading onto the 18th feb 1:35am flight.
*mixed feelings*

thanks gal for the treat! ^^

seriously, of many grps xiaoqi had sang with.
she still loved this grp the most. :)
missing - mel, mx, ms, mund

hokuen, yufei, xiaoqi

*yeah*

xiaoqi in stocking. thus she cant join them for the dip. :(

失望，难过，后悔，不解。。

我只怨他人为何让我有如此感受。
从来没意识到，换个角色，我未尝不是别人的“他人”。

所以我由衷的感谢没有因此而放弃我的人，
真心的感谢无条件带给我快乐的人，
还有，对那些我伤害过的人-- really, I'm sorry。

p/s: still waiting for pics!
she should really get her own camera~

home after 4 months.

2009-01-21T22:41:00.004+08:00

it's great to be home.
as expected, it was rather a numb feeling.
perhaps it's because she wasn't gone for too long.
or perhaps cos' her life in Beijing is just staring to pick up.
.
.
she don't know
.
.
there wasn't any emotional uproar.
just plain happy.
it just doesn't feel real to be home!
.
and amusingly, images of Beijing street had already faded out from her mind.
it was as if the last 4 months didn't exist.
.
it was only at times, when she stopped and think about it.
times like..
having kimex sleeps beside her..
sharing stories with her family..
eating dinner with juliet..
visit Su Ji at lakeside's church..
being in the same lift with kev and jun..
ordering food in ENGLISH..
.
.
.
that make her realized, indeed she was away and out of their life for 4 months..
and "oh yes, it's great to be surrounded by them again."
^^
감사합니다!

pics @ next post

blog is dead again

2009-01-02T17:38:00.002+08:00

sorry to declare this again.

"The blog will be dead - till further notice。"

though xiaoqi promised to update her blog, but too many things caught up to her.
1. 3 exams
2. gifts and food she promised her family
3. ..
4. ..
5. .. just many more

anyways.. she will be back in singapore on 19th jan.
probably have all the time she wants to update this blog.

till then, take care and she will see ya soon (back in sg)!

Commune by The Great Wall

2008-12-16T11:00:00.017+08:00

first of all,
xiaoqi must really thanked jasmine for making such a cool arrangement for them.
the place is awesome.
the pictures aren't even enough to justify that.
visit their website,
at least those photos were taken by the professional.

http://www.communebythegreatwall.com/en/

a little history of the place will make u appreciate its beauty:

Commune by the Great Wall is a private collection of contemporary architecture designed by 12 Asian architects. It was exhibited at the 2002 la Biennale di Venezia and bestowed a special prize. In 2005, Commune by the Great Wall was hailed by Business Week as a “New Architectural Wonder of China”.

Commune by the Great Wall-Managed by Kempinski is currently comprised of forty-two villas with 190 suites and eleven Presidential Suites, four restaurants, Anantara Spa, Kid’s Club and an outdoor pool. There is a private path accessing the Great Wall at Commune by the Great Wall.

our lodging.

bedroom1

bedroom2

the living room

the kitchen/dining area

@ the balcony

houseview

exploring the hotel and the surroundings.

playing like kids

^^

xiaoqi meeting mr. snowman for the 1st time

trying to get a halo above her head

tada!. an angel. signed off with "XQ". haha

who says they are in beijing?

in the toilet

dinner at the restaurant

yum yum YUM!

a short rest after dinner.

xiaoqi's- extreme left

chiaos and xiaoqi

from left to right: xiaoqi, jas, chiaos, aman and marie

their art gallery

KTV time!

the room is huge!
this is xiaoqi's 2nd ktv session in beijing.
she will post her 1st ktv session soon. hopefully.
feel great to be able to sing after so so long!!

*having heard xiaoqi's singing,
she was "invited" to 献唱 for the class's christmas party..
all she can say is, her friends in singapore taught her well~
LOL.*

conquering the great wall.

"不到长城，非好汉。”
- 毛泽东

next day's morning. rays of sunlight + the moon

all ready to climb

getting ready to climb down the steep slope

when xiaoqi says the slope is steep. she MEAN it.
they had to butt down the slope.

don't look steep at all?
look again:

pushing xiaoqi's limit of fear again

this is why they called it 野长城

freezing! brrrr

marie!

conquered!

the scarf tells alot abt the wind

time to leave :(

wonderful and unforgettable memories were created over there.
been a while since everyone is so happy, and forget about the books and stress..
they really had forgetten that they are in beijing and not switzerland.
hahaha..

*next update - 01-08th dec 08 pics*

busy weeks!

2008-12-16T10:13:00.013+08:00

okay first of all, xiaoqi apologised for the lack of update.
she had been really busy since exam ended on 1st dec 08.
out every single day.
she cant really recalled how things happen.
but here are some photos captured of those moment..
*in random order* - order restored

8th dec 08

marietta's aunt was on a business trip in beijing .
a retreat to the hotel her aunt is working and staying was really great.
the decision to go was proved to be a smart choice.

nice tubby

this will definitely cured her insomnia

room view

9th dec 08

and so xiaoqi went back to the hotel for a swim the very next day.
together with marie, aman and chiaos.

rejuvenated with swimming, steaming and sauna!
and of course the V.I.P treatment. ^^

10th dec 08

xiaoqi went for IYF gathering at 仙英's house.
her 1st bible study session.

11th dec 08

and then dear jasmine came to beijing!!

*removed as requested by jas! sorry jas! hahaha*

very sweet of her. bringing a suitcase of stuff(love) for us... :)

dinner @ 王府井's 全聚德

12th dec 08

and the very next day, xiaoqi had roast duck again..
but this time at 大董 (a treat from marie's aunt- thank you!)
which is so much nicer than 全聚德!
everyone agreed.

marie and her aunt

jasmine and xiaoqi

a visit to bird nest right their dinner.
xiaoqi's 2nd visit.

last but not least, the highlight of the entire 2 wk!!
a hotel stay (13-14th Dec 08) at Commune by Great Wall!!
*will be updated in the next post*

taking a rest

2008-11-17T11:42:00.003+08:00

okay guys. xiaoqi just wanna tell u guys that this blog will be dead for AT LEAST 2weeks.

Because:

she got exams AGAIN.
she haven't gather all the pictures from her friends yet.
most importantly. . she is kinda lazy to blog.

so yep. bye for now.

2008-11-12T12:25:00.006+08:00

lying on her bed and let time slips away quietly.. listening to her mp4..
thinking when dinner will be ready..

a very moody day for xiaoqi... but luckily.. she still has her friends with her...

started off with a surprise visit when xiaoqi just woke up from her beauty sleep
*she is eating -mini 寿桃

surprise guest: karen, jinju + wanhui
*xiaoqi didnt know they were here!

splendid feast: kimchi fried rice, squid, tom yam soup, steam egg, veg, lemon chicken and salad!!
*very very very full

happy birthday.

this is how u cut a cake. hahaha

thank you very much! all of u cleared the dark clouds hovering inside her~

last but not least..
thanks all for the pressies （she loves them all)..
and cards and sms..
messages and calls from home..

thank you!

happy birthday xiaoqi

2008-11-05T17:19:00.006+08:00

yes, happy 22nd.

on a day like this, she decided to welcome the moment with her favorite activity - sleep.
sleep has always been the most important thing in her life. she loves to sleep. her family knows this.

sleep- which she is deprived of since she reached beijing but had a luxury of when she is in singapore.

but she guessed it was a wrong choice made.
as time ticked, frustration overwhelmed her when she hid herself under the comforter.
a sudden outburst of anger and she so wanna stormed out of the room, throws her things around, show black face to everyone. (a common sight when she is home)

back in singapore, her friends always knew she had a bad temper.
but only her family know how bad it can goes.
her family had always absorbed all her nonsensical behavoir without any complaints.
her family has always been understanding towards her temper, especially her mom and 2nd bro.
and she had taken all that for granted.
but over here in beijing, there was no one and no where to vent all this frustration.

thinking of this. made her misses home. misses her family. misses her brothers.
the only output is to cry. cry herself to sleep.
she cant even cry out loud, fearing that her housemates will hear her.

a day that she don't wanna be alone.

but she is alone.

why such emotions.
she don't know.
maybe she is just tired.
tired of doing things for herself and others.
tired of considering how others will feels.
tired of controlling her emotions.
tired of going sch everyday.
tired of everything that is going on here in beijing.
things that she wont face in singapore.
she dont even have to lay a finger at home.
but things are so different over here.

such feelings are not frequent. luckily.

she knows she had to grow out of this.
learn to handle and face it.
give her some time.
allow her to unleash all this feelings on a day like this.
she needs it.
for now, at least.

she will be fine. she will lock up all these when the clock struck 12am tonight.
don't worry.
locking up is her forte.

memorable 22nd.

p/s: the sch had requested the class to do a home video.
and they chose “家” as one of the songs.
the lyrics that she never once paid attention to. now struck her(so is everyone else) hard.

每一次我感到旁徨
不自禁就会回头望
我知道心中有个地方
一定会有一盏灯
照亮每一颗黑暗的心房
指引未来方向
沿着生命河流向前航
就能登陆理想
我的家收藏
我的欢喜悲伤
只要点燃希望
梦就会自由飞翔
我的家给我
一双坚定翅膀
我的梦不论在何方
一生的爱唯有家(世世代代温暖的家)
再也不会感到旁徨
不会再失意回头望
我要用心中一点烛光
燃放千万户辉煌
要让繁华的城市更灿烂
世界和平共享
全凭生命河流来导航
一起登陆理想
飞叶在线

香山红叶

2008-11-01T11:37:00.017+08:00

红枫叶是秋天到来的象征。。
北京早已入秋。。
我当然不可错过这一年一次的满山红叶的景观。。
观赏红叶的最佳地点莫过于-

香山公园(Fragrant Hills)

http://www.xiangshanpark.com.cn/newEbiz1/EbizPortalFG/portal/html/index.html

因早已料到人会很多（我班上就有一半的人要去了）。。
大家都想在5am之前打出家门。。
但事与愿违。。
5am才起床呢。。oops

愉快和期待的心情。。

我经常享用的早餐-山东蛋煎饼。。

前往公园北门的路上。。

已成为我生活一部分的----北京小吃。。

最近才爱上的----冰糖葫芦。。

刚入门。。

嚷着最大声说道来香山最大的乐趣是爬山的就是我啦。。
但听说爬上山得花2小时耶！
所以。。
最后问大家想不想搭缆车也是我。。
哈哈哈。。

缆车的入口。。

缆车上。。
是开放式的缆车。。把我的胆量推至极限啦~！ ):

轻松的到达山顶。。

可能因为没有努力过。。
所以并没有觉得山顶的景观特别的美丽。。
虽然有这样的感觉。。
但当然还是在山顶拍了很多照片。。
也吃了很多食物。。^^

过了一儿，是时候下山啦。。
下山时果然碰上许多正在努力，留着大汗的同学。。
我们也只能说些风凉话-“加油！要到啦！”

haizz..
说我们懒惰是一点也没错的。。
下山的途中，我们就休息了3-4次。。
每次休息时，嘴巴也没停过。。
一直把食物往嘴里塞。。。。。。。。

休息站一


休息站二

难得一见的红叶。。

哇塞！

最后的景点。。身后的唯一一棵红叶树。。

看到着。。
想必大家也有些大发现了吧。。
观察敏锐的您们，是不是看出其实所谓的“满山红叶”是虚有其名呢？
我也有被骗的感觉哪。。
听说是因为前几天下大雨，刮大风。。
把整山的红叶都刮走了。。
haiiii... 大失望！！！
如果有机会，可能明年再去吧!

marietta's and joanne's birthday

2008-10-30T20:11:00.012+08:00

marietta's birthday
- a home sweet home celebration

it all started with days of planning.. and asking everyone to pretend that they had forgetten about her birthday..
and of course brain-storming recipes for her birthday dinner...

chefs of the day...
busy cooking before marie is back.....

xiaoqi's "homework"
- a must eat dish in korean's bitthday-seaweed soup.

a war in the kitchen..

a very tasty mee suan prepared by meixiu..

finally... dinner is ready... ^^

xiaoqi's seaweed soup- which looked very wrong?? hmmm...

cappuccino cake which amanda and xiaoqi got from "Holiland Barkey"..
and Banana Split by Wanjing.....

eating eating and still eating... yum!!~

the family..

the gem.

p/s: very sad that marietta actually thought that they would forget about her birthday...
they are not that heartless!!..

joanne's birthday
-a crazy and fun dinner!

"三只耳".. a very posh restaurant..

booked a room..

getting ready..

a rack for their coats...

tv in the room...

a personal restroom which had such rich oriental touch...

what should they order??

their personal waiter.. and their favorite line throughout the meal
“服务员！”

and the food....

with the automated revolving table.. it became a challenge to scoop the food out... but it was definitely fun!.. and therefore also not all dishes were captured..

the birthday girl...

last but not least dessert at “一品粥”... yum!!

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next update: 香山

a short break finally.

2008-10-22T22:18:00.004+08:00

xiaoqi had refused to blog any thing about school life in beijing.. for there were really nothing great about it at all.. life over here IS tough because of school.. and less than 2 months over here.. xiaoqi had taken 4 papers already.. yes.. last paper was today.. (next one is in one month time though)..

school = attending classroom lesson 830am-5pm daily.. or intern:
seeing all the X-ray slides, doing ECG on one another, standing around in front of the ultra-scan, standing in the lab trying to understand the chinese terms shooting out from lecturers' mouth, doing physical examinations on each other.. etc

to make everything worse... COMPULSORY attendance.. how can this be happening???????!

in this short period of time, she had to force the textbook(thick) into her brain.. all the western med stuff in chinese~ .. stress.. worries.. xiaoqi is not alone with this... so many of her classmates had fell sick... had ........ hai.. ):

p/s: xiaoqi really wanna thank a patient who was really accommodating and agreed to let them do physical examinations on him, despite knowing that all of them were still not very skillful at that... *thankyou*

this is just the beginning.. the worse is yet to come...
next modules: accuputure, 内科 and 推拿..

enough said about school.

next: distractions are necessary in the midst of exam periods! - pics and details will be updated at a later date~

event 1: marietta birtthday

event 2: jo's birthday

p/s: 香山outing this sat to see the maple leaves.. pic will be up soon.

happy birthday

2008-10-12T23:37:00.001+08:00

xiaoqi wanna wish her mommy happy birthday..

p/s: day like this make her misses home again. :(

new hobby acquired - dvd

2008-10-11T00:03:00.008+08:00

just outside xiaoqi's apartment is this stall that sells dvd at 5rmb each..
with its amazingly cheap price + ever friendly stall keepers..
xiaoqi and her housemates visit the stall almost every night.. u can say it's their happiest time of the day...

the usual buys range from..
US series:
Gossip girls, Desparate Housewives, Grey's anatomy, Sex and the City etc..

to Korea drama:
梦幻情侣(불량커플), 黄金新娘（황금신부）etc..

to Taiwanese drama:
命中注定，恶作剧之吻 etc..

to Hongkong drama:
花好月圆，法政先锋 etc..

to movies:
Batman, Wanted, 10 000 B.C etc..

and even cartoon: Doraemon..
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xiaoqi even found her Beijing Olympics Opening ceremony dvd there! isn't it amazing???

if they dont have ur shows?
fret not! just tell them the titles and they will bring it in for u asap! and even more fantastic is the fact that the stall had recently "upgraded"..
in the sense that they are able to find old shows for you.. just give them the name and some time..
and ta da.. you got what you want!..

and guess what they managed to find for xiaoqi which really really make her a happy person today..

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Rainbow Romance (레인보우 로망스)

this 245episodes sit-com which featured 2 superjunior members: kim heechul and kim kibum was aired during 2005-2006 in korea.
and xiaoqi had painstakingly digged them out and loaded on v.youku.com and tudou.com when she was in singapore!
this show which was SO funny and light hearted, had helped pulled her through her FYP period...
she thought it was impossible that they can find the dvds!
but she was proven wrong! hahahaha.. .. ..

need any orders??
xiaoqi can bring them back in january!!

alrights..
she's gonna finished her Golden Bride show now.. tata~

p/s: her order: Single Papa in Love (싱글파파는 열애중) - acted by Superjunior's Shindong arrived today too!
yeah!!

mongolia.

2008-10-02T19:05:00.021+08:00

warning: long post ahead.

alright xiaoqi is finally back from her trip! she definitely had a great time over there~ here are some run downs of what she had done for the past few days!

day1

all excited and ready for the trip.

北京西站

a really crowded station

it's must have been due to the fact that xiaoqi and marietta conversed in english all the time that the other travel mates didnt initiated conversation with them. luckily, all of them managed to break the ice just before they reached their destination: 呼和浩特

day2

a long bus ride into the 希拉穆仁大草原.
feeling excited along the way, due to the welcoming sights of mountains and rivers, friendly travel mates and most importantly accompanied by many koreans.. she cant wait to strike a conversation with the koreans!

our 蒙古包 (yurt)

walking around the plains

after a hearty lunch (which consist of 内蒙第一绝：手扒肉 and 第二绝：土豆）is the 1st highlight of the day: Horse riding!

a choice of 200rmb, 300rmb and 400rmb. since they need to work on their finance and having feared that she might be thrown off from the back of the horse, xiaoqi and marietta took up the 200rmb route.

the horse took them on a slow pace which allowed them to appreciate the huge area of green plains, little hiils, bluey sky before they stopped a at residential area where they were treated to some tasty milk tea and milk snacks..

a walk around the house

riding back was the exciting one! when at the command of the horse owner “湫湫” the horses picked up their speed, galloping across the plains. the route that previously took almost 2hrs now only took 1hr for the return. just imagine the speed!

sadly, since they had to grip on to the horses at all time + camera flash might scared the horse.. no photos were taken throughout the journey on the horse..

next up: a rather 재미 업서요 horse riding competition and westling

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before dinner

next: a nice dinner that consist of the famous 内蒙第三绝：烤羊腿肉. which cost 380rmb. definitely worth the money! xiaoqi is still thinking about it... yum yum.....

last event: a campfire

xiaoqi cant believe that her first "clubbing" actually took place in 内蒙. although the music wasnt as good, the crowd wasnt as many.. but being spontaneous and fun loving.. she and marietta had their body shaking as well.. though they soon felt embarrassed with their unsynchronised dancing.. hahaha.. but efforts made!

2nd highlight of the day: a scene that no camera can captured, a memory that will stay with them forever.

the starry starry night.

both of them awe at how pretty the night sky can be.

laying down on their sleeping bag with cold air blowing into their face, looking up at the milky way like starry sky, with xiaoqi being the live jukebox and marietta humming with her, wishing upon the shooting stars.. just enjoying the moment and let the time slips away... … …

day3

waking up to the gorgeous sun rise.. it's time for them to leave the green plains.. xiaoqi was feeling kinda sad actually.. it was so relaxing out there in the plains~

it was a long journey out of the plain.. and this time the tour guide decided to fill in the time with some entertainment: SINGING

the mic was passed around where tour mates were to introduce themselves and sing a song… everyone was doing such a good job.. including the Koreans..! and xiaoqi’s greatest fear finally confronted her.. it’s the singaporeans’ turn to made the stage.. gladly Marietta was beside xiaoqi to ease her fear while she do her description about Singapore… but she was left alone when she sang “twinkle twinkle little star” to the 30+ crowd on the bus.. she did such a lousy job (both in introduction and singing!) and was very affected by that.. even right now as she recalled.. ):

it was only then that both of them realized that other than the 5 French on board, the rest of them are going to the desert instead and not the city. .a rush exit leave them no time to bid goodbye to their newly made friends, which really depressed xiaoqi and Marietta for the rest of the day..

joined in by new group of tour mates: 2 family of threes + 4 koreans

1^st visit: National Museum of Inner Mongolia

magnificent and modernized

2^nd visit: some factory

3^rd visit: 大昭寺

4^th visit: highlight of the day王昭君墓

a very nice dinner at 筱面大王

one of my fav: 血肠

sweet couple who looked out for xiaoqi and marietta all the time

a short walk to the train station after dinner.. and xiaoqi had the most unexpected meeting in her life.. her tour mates from the 1^st group!! What can she say?? It’s fate! Having to meet them on the street of Mongolia.. cell phone number was exchanged immediately and they were invited to visit them at 天津one day.. (:

at least one contact was obtained.. though xiaoqi still regretted greatly for not taking the contact of the Korean couple… and was wondering if she will meet them on the train later… hmmm….

And to her greatest pleasure!!

Tata~!

xiaoqi's newly made korean friends who constantly prasied her korean efficiency (:

All the tour mates from the 1^st group were in the same cabin! Happy moments where xiaoqi immediately bunked in with the Korean couples and chatted with them, the rest of the people etc etc… no more regrets!!

a kind gesture of marietta to exchange bed with the grandson.

ending up having a nice chat with the mother and both xiaoqi and marietta are invited to their friends' hotel in the green plains next year (jul/aug)

day 4

Back to Beijing. Back to reality. Back to study.

At least she enjoyed herself to the fullest and brought back wonderful memories with her. She’s a happy person.! at least for the time being....

Art Museum (Beijing)

2008-09-23T18:21:00.011+08:00

xiaoqi's last sat outing venue was the artist street and the national art museum..
the artist street turned out to be a street that are filled with many "Art Friend" (but selling at a much lower rate)...
and of course they picked up some of their favorite pen colors..

next..

北京美术馆

calligraphy painting

oil painting

photography

a trip around the museum.. and occasional eavesdropping of other visitors' conversation.. really made xiaoqi realized how uncultured she is.. and little she knows about art. a.r.t

later..

a very posh hotel

p/s: next update should be picture of xiaoqi's Mongolia trip!

pp/s: she felt utterly disgusted.

heading to mongolia~

2008-09-20T21:22:00.009+08:00

xiaoqi and her friend, marietta are going to Mongolia in their upcoming 1 week holiday!
although exams are really near.. 17 and 22 oct.. but they reckoned that a holiday is a must!
and guess how much it cost??

rmb790!

you will never be able to use around sgd200 to travel to Mongolia if you're in singapore! no wonder both of them is so excited right now! a shopping list for the trip is in making-in-the-process...

p/s: xiaoqi procrastinated for very long before dropping the card into the letterbox..

3 weeks into Beijing...

2008-09-19T12:22:00.066+08:00

xiaoqi apologies for such a late update about her 3 weeks' life in Beijing..
so please bear with her as this post may get a little bit too long….

Touching down in Beijing.. 6am airport is not crowded at all.. nice cooling weather as if it’s air conditioned.. breathing in Beijing air for the 1^st time…

Home new home.. xiaoqi and her housemates headed to their new apartment while the rest of the class made their way to the school hostel…

She is not disappointed at all… expensive it may be…. It’s worth it..

Much time was spent to do up the house.. trips to ikea, carefour, 方庄市场.. etc.

Food is always her love.. and the first meal in Beijing really scared her..
for it’s utterly disgusting… luckily.. it got so much better subsequently..

virgin try @ 路边摊..

random dining..

and of course.. the must try when you're in beijing...

全聚德北京烤鸭..

xiaoqi's most satisfying meal by far...

Shopping.. oh yes shopping.. her second love.. and enjoyed every bits of it.. the victorious price slashing sessions and befriending with the shop keepers..

don’t belittle them for many can speak more languages than u.. well equipped for this kind of tourists driven business..

and xiaoqi had spent so so much in her 3 weeks in Beijing.. new bags, shoes, clothes, handphone, camera... ..... food.. etc etc.. she is really broke now.. hahahaha

visiting.. she had only gone to one place- summer palace to spend her mid autumn festival.. beautiful scenery.. perfect weather.. relaxing picnic.. the place was too huge to be covered in a day… xiaoqi and her friends only managed 1/8 of the place?? Hahaha…

xiaoqi sweared that the corridors was filled with people SECONDS after the shot was taken..

a very fun boat ride:

the day she misses her family..

side note:

xiaoqi and her friends alighted at a wrong bus stop one day.. and had to walk some distance to the nearest MRT station.. and look what she found unexpectedly!!

kbox had a branch in Beijing! it sure makes alot of money~

and oh! guess what xiao qi found while shopping… something that made her day… hahahaha..

superjunior's hangeng!! xiaoqi was too paiseh to take it herself.. had to ask amanda to help her.. she also saw another one that day.. superjunior-M version.. she's waiting for the photo to be developed!~ ^^

it's 2am now. tata everyone. (: