Yangzhou 扬州
once again, let the pictures do the talking for me. surprisingly... it's fun! met loads of new people. locals and thais. and let me tell you these, the BEST looking people, are, indeed... in Fudan's Journalism school. the girls... some of them are really, really hot.
and yes, cute china guys do exist!
瘦西湖
i need to mention a quote of gohshuiling. "khai, 那个瘦皮湖的皮是怎么写的？" faints... girl, its 瘦西湖~~~!!! =D
Let the scenery do the talking.... :) doubt u really wanna hear me talk about water and grass anyway. (im sure dearest linzy wants to hear gossip not about fishes) but. its really, really gorgeous.
one of the first scenes we saw. china really has these classic scenes made into perfection.
I like this shot of us! Lionel's another singaporean who we got to know on this trip! he's cool for a marist... which is pretty rare... haha! super tan. friendly. lame. our siblings go to the same school!
spot lionel acting demure by holding a bunch of little flowers.
bamboo grove.
the flowers are really blooming around me everyday... its beautiful =)
its quite fun being touristy and making silly poses. haha! especially with a bunch of friends =P
Toys heaven
it's this huge place filled with vendors selling soft toys that are horrible replicas of the originals. going at horrifyingly cheap prices. minitoons 19.90 cushions going at 2 bucks. IM NOT CARRYING ANY OF THESE HUGE SOFT TOYS BACK FOR ANYONE, ask for smaller souveniers, guys. haha.
come to think of it, guys, if u wanna propose to your girlfriends with huge teddy bears that cost $200 in singapore... come here and buy la.
i can consider doing courier services, for a small sum of course. =)
何园
Just another yuan in China, we stoned around this place for awhile... nice pictures though!
i risked my life to climb on this stone ledge!!
扬州 food and delicacies
“去扬州看什么？”
“扬州炒饭啦！”
god knows how many times i heard that reply from people before i went for the trip.
but seriously we spent quite some time LOOKING for the fried rice laaa.... and it tastes exactly like your $3 fried rice from the kopitiams. ah fang's fried rice is nicer.
oh! the picture above. (left to right) 1. THE fried rice. 2. Brown porridge with banana and milk. 3. 天下第一粥. you got to give the chinese credit for coming up with creative dishes that tastes awfully... normal.
the food in yangzhou is awfully oily. i soaked up 4 pieces of tissue at one particularly famous restaurant. shudders....
Western Dinner
After a long bus ride back. i. finally. had. WESTERN FOOD! ie, pasta and the-world's-biggest pizza. spot the glee on my fat face. haha!
Random Shots
Town area of yang zhou. it's just like any other chinese city. filled with people, noise, HORNS, and pollution. the dust was so thick we could hardly see through it.
shui took this picture from a trishaw. its cool! the trishaw riders were fighting over us. we sat in the carriage in fascination as our lady driver yelled against this chinese uncle at the top of her voice. the people here argue non stop, every where, anywhere. blah. im getting used to ignoring their argumenst anyway. BOO!
Anyone ever saw this cool advertising gimmick?!?!? This guy circulated the shou xihu area for quite some time. someone give me his/her job!!
Lionel pouting (under shui's rapid fire commands) with shui's granny sunglasses. CLASSIC!!!
and as revenge... lionel posing happily beside shui's sleeping position... haha!
my personal favourite of all the pictures taken... shui has taken command of her cam's manual function. changed the aperture such that she got the focused-on-fore-ground-blurred-background effect. =)
i risked my life to climb on this stone ledge!!
Go ahead, laugh.
Town area of yang zhou. it's just like any other chinese city. filled with people, noise, HORNS, and pollution. the dust was so thick we could hardly see through it.
Anyone ever saw this cool advertising gimmick?!?!? This guy circulated the shou xihu area for quite some time. someone give me his/her job!!
