Written on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Immersion Week | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】
this week marked the start of our immersion with the Beijing students in another school a few minutes walk away, we were lead by hosts and mine was a girl! Sat at the back during lessons, falling asleep every now and then, ate their oily food, talked to the host, this routine continued on for the rest of the week......Tuesday
Another few trip day, this time to the Lu Gou Qiao and the remnants of the first Beijing Man (WOW), this was another quality field trip brought to us by the school and we fortunately had a coach to pick us up, the bridge was 'interesting', counting the lions and admiring the magnificent view it entail
With another long bus ride to the remnants site, we plugged our headphones and drifted off to dreamland again.....
However, with an unexpected twist of events, we had to walk a distance due the to closure of a bridge, dam!
Looked through holes and saw the skulls of the first Beijing man....thats it
Pictures
Written on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 5:11 PM
The Forbidden City | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】
Woots, finally the time have came for us to visit the forbidden city, the place of 5000 years of preserved chinese culture and history. Everyone is excited to get a taste of historical grandeur soak up in the atmosphere of the old historical relic.Took our favourite line, 22, front-engined, articulated bus from our dorms in the early morning to 前门, before walking to the grand Tiananmen Square. Pictures aside, everyone is stopping here and there to admire the sheer size of the square, prompting responses from the teachers who shouted at us to move quickly.
As usual a guide was provided for us......walked around the premises with much of the structures being blocked and under refurbishment until 16 years later when it would FINALLY be completed. The whole tour took about 2 hours before we exited the city and visited Tiananmen, possible one of the most symbolic structure of Beijing and China.
Lunch was an expensive affair at 面爱面
老舍茶馆was next as we sat on stools, drank tea and watched some interesting performance before YU HUI ACCIDENTALLY spilled tea all over my pants..... Luckily it was dry and before the whole show was over, my pants were oven dry : )
Went to 金五星 again, looking for a mouse but came back with nothing again...talk about window shopping
Written on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Week 2 | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】
After a week of fun and shopping, its time that we get into full steam and mug for our math tests. Books were flung everywhere, as people started their last minute revisions for the upcoming 'killer' math test on Friday.Field trip on Tuesday to the Temple of Heaven were fraught with Mathematics Argument on which Trig formulas to be used for different questions. Bought myself a Temple of Heaven guide and tourist map for RMB$20.
Had Peking duck again for lunch before heading to the Song Qi Lin residence for another boring and meaningless tour of an old relic. Our feet were sore from the long distances we have to walk, our minds confused by the maze like 胡同 of the area
Finally, it was time to rest of weary body, headed out to 金五星to get some computer games and a replacement for my long spoilt sony ericsson earphones...
Written on at 1:19 PM
الجزء السادس | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】
one week has since passed and we are just getting used to the slack, i mean enjoyable lifestyle of Beijing,Subtleties of the day
1) Went down to Xi Dan for a movie. ended up watching Ironman in ENGLISH with 3 other people
2) Had some beef teppanyaki in some restaurant in 大悦城, the biggest shopping center in Xi Dan Area, a total of 11 floors!
3) Took one of the longest escalator ever built, stretching from the first floor to the six
Took a Hyundai Sonata Cab back to Dorm, slept and went to some random place for dinner
A week have just passed, how time flies................................
3 more weeks to go
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Written on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 8:28 PM
ПЕТА ЧАСТ | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】
Its the weekends again, toured the Beijing zoo, saw the pandas, nothing much really, just a bunch of animals whose only daily tasks was to eat and sleep, eat and sleep.... you get the ideaSHOPPING! at Zoo Plaza
Bought a shoe for RMB$85 (I can here the people shouting "kena scammed")
Subtleties
1) Had "Mian Ai Mian" today, expensive and delicious
2) Visited the China "Sim Lim Square" Zhong Guan Chun, tried to buy something but ended up buying nothing
2) Forgot what I had for dinner, but it was RMB$40
Another day in Beijing has passed...
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Written on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 5:07 PM
dio četiri | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】
city planning museum, got to know just a little more about Beijing and her journey to what she is now, incited some nationalistic feelings in me, otherwise, it is one big chunk of propaganda that would lead you into thinking that China is some heavenly cityLabour day = RELATIVE VISITING TIME
Subtleties of the day
1) rushed to Silk Street to get my clothes and 'supplies' (Again)
2) went to Tsinghua University to visit my aunt, head stretched out of the Hyundai Elantra cab, searching for someone that I have never met in my life before perhaps it was the blood,or it was some dumbass luck, we saw each other
3) For the first time in my stay in Beijing, I tasted real delicacy and for the first time, I have seen such a gastronomical spread for three misery souls
4) Toured around Tsinghua university, pwns NUS hands down ;)
5) Had Korean for dinner, ordered three dishes and finished 0
went back to the down, exhausted, saddened
slept through the night
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Written on at 4:49 PM
第三部分 | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】
a week of school and basically nothing else...had our first ever field trip ever to the Mu Tian Yu Great Wall, it wasnt that great, really.....went the wrong way and got lost, in the end took the cable car back down instead of the tobaggan :(.
Subtleties of the day
1) Bought keychains for 15 yuan, consider that a bargain until u discover that u can olympic keychains for 5 yuan
2) Tranversed through the 'supposedly' tomb of the Ming Kings, saw a great deal of red (Figurative and Literal) and stone ruins. WoW
3)Had our first taste of the world renowned Peking duck, sucking on the skin seems to be such a heavenly experience
"a day of experience, squeeze it"
another glass of fresh orange juice, specially brought to you by XCJuices Beijing
Written on Friday, May 02, 2008 at 7:34 AM
Segunda Parte | Written by 【 Uniquely XC™ 】
Its been a day since we last checked into our dorms and we are already out exploring the different sights and cities around the area, a group of us went to 西单 while another group went to 秀水街 Bargains were everywhere as we searched from shop to shop, hunting for the best deals and prices for our itemsBought a Timberland wallet for 60 Yuan, 2 t-shirts for 120 yuan (It obvious that is a scam) and a 2GB memory card for 110 Yuan (What a nice buy, iy works unlike some 8GB thumbdrive which broke down upon plugging into the laptop)
Took my first China Cab, a Citroen Elysee pre-facelift old cab.....