Friday, May 8, 2009 @ 11:30 PM , day 18, 19/26 of Suzhou Trip!!
hello.. i'm quick today..! cos i hav alot to type..
Thursday.. day 18..
today we finished sch at 12.. becos today we are having a sports competition wif our sister class.. we had 3 sports.. badminton.. table tennis.. and basketball (guys).. captain's ball (girls).. anyway.. it was just really fun.. and my china partner and I won mixed doubles in badminton *claps*.. but cos badminton and table tennis started at the same time.. and they wanted to save time for basketball.. so it's like.. we played one game wif 11 pts.. and 4 matches were on-going at the same time.. i din even noe i was playing in the finals alr.. cos there isn't any offical mention.. and so it's like.. nobody really saw the match.. but i din really play well.. my partner really rocked..
anyway basketball was hot..!! cheers from both sides were loud.. and the game was really competitive..! in the end.. our basketball guys won!! wif a score i forgot.. but a picture of the score was taken.. so i just hav to make a reference.. anyway next the girls went up wif captain's ball.. the opposing side nv played b4.. so the girls hav to giv them a demo.. and the girls won in the end.. wif a score of 21 - 8.. (yes i rmb! :D) after tad was the prize presentation.. i won something like a silk handkerchief.. anyway we still had the sporting spirit going on.. so we went for a 4 * 100m relay..! the weather is much warmer now.. so it's also easier to run.. but sriously it's still tough to run in boxers..! anyway dinner at a new place.. and we had a 10 course meal.. for RMB$120.. the first few dishes were too spicy.. and nt tad nice.. but the last few were great food.. and really something to rmb by..
Friday.. day 19..
today is tour day!! woke up at 7.. coach leaves at 7.30.. travelled to HangZhou.. 2.5 hours of journey..!! omg.. tad's 5 hours back-and-forth..! anyway the local tour guide was really friendly.. wif really gd social skills.. and knows the places well.. probably the nicest tour guide i have ever met.. she knows her local HangZhou dialect.. Mandarin.. Cantonese.. bit of English.. and bit of Malay.. nt bad huh! first we went to 雷锋塔.. nice place.. history mentioned it was this particular tower that imprisoned 白蛇 but i dun like tall places.. afraid to look downwards..
anyway after tad.. we at lunch at a very nice place called 山外山.. i believe the restaurants were built in order to oppose to a particular emperor.. so there are other restaurants in HangZhou named 天外天.. 楼外楼.. anyway the dishes were all veggie-dominated.. but still yummy.. nice memorable lunch.. next we went to 西湖.. we went to take a boat ride.. i tried the local "delicacy" 藕粉.. which is actually lotus root powder.. just add water and it becomes glue-like.. wif the osmanthus flower (桂花) and sugar added in.. den it will taste better.. but apparently it will improve the condition of our skin..!
after tad we walked to 岳飞庙.. which is Yue Fei's temple.. basically we just went in to understand the history of 岳飞.. including how his mother carved 精忠报国 on his bak.. and how he was framed to death.. next we went to 龙井村.. with really beautiful scenaries of mountains.. we saw how tea is plucked and fry-ed.. den had a cup of 龙井茶 while hearing to the really lame and funny speaker tell us abt 龙井茶 and its uses.. apparently it really helps in "sucking" up the oil in ur stomach.. in the end i bought one tube for my mum.. cos she likes tea that "sucks" oil.. LOL.. anyway it was a fruitful trip.. and our tour guide is great.. her name is 王湘雨 btw.. her name apparently comes from a 成语 btw.. forgot wad 成语 le.. but at the moment i wondered.. y my parents cannot think up wif much better names for me & my sis..!
our tour guide told us abt how her tour guide in Msia came up wif funny chinese words to represent Malay..
terima kasih (thank you) - 带你妈看戏
nasi lemak - 辣死你妈
lima puluh lima (55) - 你妈不如你妈
lima ratus (500) - 你妈拉肚子
lima ribu (5000) - 你妈离谱
so like everything is used to say/scold ur mother.. LOL
anyway end of blog post.. tmr waking up at 7.15.. cos we're going to Shanghai!! left wif a thousand bucks.. and i still hav alot of things haven buy.. ;)
