Well, since i was bored, i thought i might as well post that post about the china trip that i haven't posted.(okay, screwed up sentence..)

pictures @ the end of the post..

ok..
let's see what i remember..

[DAY 1]
(waaahh!! going to china!! exciting~!!!)

hmm.. i never slept the night before.. i skipped dinner and couldn't sleep on an empty stomach.
i reached the airport at about a quarter past 5 in the morning. We went to change the Singapore Dollars to Chinese Yuan. Then went to the departure place. The first familiar person I saw was Galen and Bernard and YongXun, i think.. my memory is a blurrrrrr... xD

anyway, i tried avoiding contact o(^-^)o.. cause i was with my mum and brother and lil sis..
We arrived in Shanghai Pudong International Airport @ about 35 minutes past noon..? maybe.. hmm.. whatever.. We then took a chartered bus(chartered for the whole 9 nine days of the trip) to Suzhou.
We stayed in the (i totally forgot the hotel's name~!! hahaha)... the 7 school immersion boys took their leave to their respective home stays.

Didn't do anything for the first day..
except have dinner at a muslim restaurant i think.. can't remember right..
[/DAY 1]


[DAY 2]
(reads Galen's Blog to help bring memories.. heeheee=PP)

We went to the Suzhou Industrial Park(SIP) today. it looked super nice.. not like an industrial park at all!! its soo surprising that companies rather choose cheaper prices than good quality industrial parks. that's the reason behind the SIP not making any money.. it was built by a Singapore Company btw...

Then we went to the Tiger Hill.
cool place man! a lot of history, (like many other parts of china..>.<), we did the activity as fast as we could, then.. lolzz we went to see what they were selling.. this lady saw us from her stall.. and she got up and said, "looker, looker!! 10 yuan!!"" repeatedly...ha ha.. we kept saying it.. we ran off onto a boat!! ahahah!! took a trip to the other side where we were supposed to meet up..
we reached there too early.. so we then took the horse carriage one round trip.. hahaa.. still too early after that.. we took the vehicle thingy.. lolzz all the way up to the pagoda.. then we walked down the steps and we reached the meeting point on time.. haha..

Then we went to the Silk factory... eew!! worms..!! haha..
we learned how silk was made.. awesome!! the 75%% silk merchandise was UBER soft!! it was amazing!!

haiz.. fun.. but i still wish Gen could've been with me~!!!
[/DAY 2]

[DAY 3]
(going to a school in china.. wow!)

Today, we went to a school in china~! Zhenhua Suzhou School.. (affiliated with Suzhou No.10 School, one of the elite schools of Suzhou..) wow! its such a CULTURE SHOCK!
they start of their mornings by exercising.. round the track.. EVERYONE!! they do it again in the afternoon!!

we weren't part of the school immersion thingy, so the rest of us were put into a room to learn the HISTORY of Suzhou.. bore! it was in CHINESE.. how d'ya expect some of us to understand you!
some of us slept.. ahaha...**coughs* Galen~! *coughs***

we left the place @ noon.. to Lion Forest..
it is such a maze in there!! awesome!! ahahazz... you are in the garden.. then suddenly in the building.. lolzz

Then we went to a museum apparently(according to galen's blog.. but he skipped it cause it was boring)..
i dont remember it.. must've been THAAT boring.. lols

We had dinner on our own...
i really can't remember why... but i joined
Galen, Bernard, YongXun, Jeryl, JinYu and Andre's group for dinner..
and i'm really glad i did. i came to china to enjoy it.. not for ""BUSINESS"" thingy..

we had McDonald's.. pricing wasn't bad.. but KFC is bigger than Mac's in China. WAYYY WAYYY bigger!!
and the macs had peach pie.?? err.. eew!

we walked around.. and found an arcade.. the tokens are like UBER cheap their!! really!!
everyone was like playing the basketball thingy..
galen and bernard tried the punching bag.. galen hit with a score of over 8k!! woah..

now.. need to prepare for the next day.. cause we are leaving for shanghai..
[/DAY 3]

[DAY 4]
(chinese are so good @ basketball.. >.<)

today. everyone was like waiting for me on the bus.. i was late cause i got the timing wrong..>.<..
anyway.. today was the basketball match with the Zhenhua students.. MAN!!! they are GOOOOODD!!!! lolzz.. they PWNED our @$$es...
i didn't play mind you.. lols, imagining, puny little me! playing basketball against another school..>.<

We set off to Shanghai afterwards.. quite a long ride..
We when for dinner first.. before heading over to the hotel..

Dinner was at this middle eastern?? restaurant... Galen didn't join us.. he went with his uncle for dinner..
i sat with Bernard, YongXun, JinYu, Alex, someone else..
we had this meat.. Yong Xun said was smelly. ahahaha.. he called it.., " B. O. Beef!!!"" ahaha..

we stayed in the DAYS hotel.. it was SWWWEEEEETTTT.. there was a FLAT SCREEENNN!!! LOLS
but now that we are in shanghai.. we have more serious activities to complete.. the whole point of the trip.. the enterprise shit..
[/DAY 4]

[DAY 5]
Business... equals.. BOREDOM!! lols

We had a business briefing straight after breakfast..
We then went to the Raffles City in Shanghai for lunch.. it was soooo singaporean made.. wow! felt like home..
i was late to meet back once again.. oh my god.. i think i've become infamous on the trip for being late..

we then went to the urban planning place.. had an activity there.. boring..
somehow our group completed it, but i played no part.. lols...
but EYEBROWS didnt complete and had to stay back to complete it, while the rest of us went off to buy our staionaries..

then we went to Nanjing Donglu..can't remember a thing.. ahaha..
when we went back i bought a calling card.. FINALLY CAN CALL GEN!!

when i called her.. i SCREAMED SOO LOUDLY!! i had a minor soar throat later on.. heehee..


[/DAY 5]


I really can't remember the rest.. but when i do have the energy and am not lazy, i will take out my journal to refresh my memory. ahaha.. then i'll post for the other days..
this is quite a long post already anyway...


here are the pictures....
some of them..


oh my.. what are they doing...??



look familiar..?? (hint** my blogskin..)
this was at the place with all the expensive stuff. forgot what it was called..


lovely orange leaves...


the pagoda.. at tiger hill..??


nice old man who rowed our boat..


cute little pony....


a lovely shot.. that's ms mara by the way.. hee hee.. :DD


nasty little silkworms!


students getting ready for morning exercise.. >.

macs.. im lovein' it.. lolzz..(apparently, i've learnt that it was the chinese that came up with the I'm Lovin' It tagline idea for mcdonald's.. from that justin timberlake song!!


slleping in class i see~!! lolzz


ok.. i dont want to spam pics.. lolzz see my facebook for more pictures.. :DD

signing off!!

xoxo
Rooke..

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