me and daddy and 毛主席!!!
and they brought what i wanted over. things you CANT get in shanghai. but too bad my stupid brother ate up half the box of my pandan cake. BISH.
they went to some other parts of china le... haha... but they'll be back on monday-wednesday! yeah yeah! time to show them around... happy! =D
oh and i finally finished buying presents for everyone... picture below! happy guessing which present is yours... hahahha...!!
and i was very sad about spending money on everyone and not myself. so on the spur of the moment i splurged on a stupid manicure (inspired by ms goh shui ling). probably my first and last manicure. (S$10) with nail art... i dont like it. i want to wash it off but thats wasting money. growls....
两周后见！！！！ =D
a few days ago, baisheng fried fries for us. whats so special about it, you ask?
on a last min decision... mexican club, zapatas.
hahahaha the place was filled with angmohs. the only asians were girls that were trying to pick up angmohs. i saw this poor girl who spent a really long time dancing alone, trying her best to siddle up to any guy... >.<>
these people REALLY know how to have fun. the guys are nuts. they spend an awful lot of time shaking their butts at you. haha.
they actually have waiters carrying huge slabs of meat around. if you want, just signal and they will slice of huge slabs of meat for u. beef, lamb, chicken, kebabs, german sausages, u name it, they have it!
includes stuff like roasted bananas. and of course, salad bars, main courses, desert corner.... pure heaven..... (S$16)
Vegetarian Buffet
okay, 2nd time i went for this vegetarian buffet but still as wonderful. did i mention i love salad? (S$12)
Japanese Ala-carte Buffet
its ala carte!!! you can order ANYTHING on the menu. includes sashimi, steamboat, shao1 kao3, udon ramen sushi whatever.... and drinks of course... i ate until i shitted and i continued eating. faints. pure pigging out on jap food. (S$20)
Texas Steak Buffet
Hehe... this is like a buffet with free flow salad and desert (YUMMY!!!) plus one main dish and alot alot alot of free appetizers and stuff... look below....
been there twice too... hahhahaha (S$12)
Singaporean Food
And finally, FINALLY, i got a taste of Singaporean food in a Singaporean style food court!!!
looks familiar? its in the basement of a shopping centre in shanghai... its supposedly a branch oppened by singaporeans... sells hokkien mee, char kui tiao, and oyster omelette!!! has 8 days articles and zao bao stuff pasted all over... its funny hearing those china ppl talking about singaporean food like its some delicacy >.<
me with my hokkien mee.... i DREAMED of this moment for MONTHS!!! my beloved hokkien mee... ok la it wasnt that great but it was acceptable!
AND ICE MILO DINOSAUR!!! ok fine it sucked, but its the best u can do in shanghai. prob the most expensive ice milo dino too. at S$3, you can eat a few meals in shanghai. and thats just for one drink!!! thanks lio for paying... hahaha....
Eeyore biscuits
to end off my food post... a cute little eeyore biscuit that is left over from Tokyo Disneyland. it ended up in my tummy... and into my toilet bowl. oh well it was nice while it lasted.
i miss everyone more and more recently. love you all loads =)
PS: mommy, i didnt spend THAT much money!! i promise!!!
on a sadder note... one of my hamsters got stolen =( hope he's fine wherever he is....
okok i KNOW i havent been blogging, its just that the japan entry is SO DAUNTING i dont even want to get started!!! 1000 pictures, what do you think? it scares me so much i retreat into the comfort of watching my shows... hahaha.... I WILL GET STARTED. SOON!
新年拍的照片... 快到上海来哦！
THIS will be my breakfast, lunch, and dinner, for the next few days. hehe... and you ask me, "khaiyaaan!! i thought china food so cheap, why you eating these crap man???".
lionel with his plate of veggie!
the variety was astonishing... plenty of jap food. jap sushi, jap udon, and their pastries and deserts were solid man... drool... lionel lousy. he ate so little!
Shui and the Singing Competition!
shuiling entered shi2 da4!!! it's like Fudan's version of impressario. thats her performance outfit, with lionel's bear tai4 jian4. The story of the bear will come later.
Shui is so ZAI!!!! she is really one of the best girl singers i have ever heard. lets all hope she gets into the finals!!! yeah!!!
The Story of the Bear Who Lost his Man-li-hood
It was once a poor and forgotten bear, a clone of the famous Mr Bean bear, travelling all the way from the shores of Singapore to be Lionel's companion when he feels lonely.
Yet it discovered that its sole function in Shanghai was to be a toyboy, providing free hugs for wondering girls that happened to spy it lying around Lionel's room.
And so it continued its (shameful) function for 3 long semesters.
As fate would have it, 2 nice girls took pity on the bear when they saw it one fine day. The evil-er of the two decided to spare the bear the agony (and shame) of being a toyboy. and she castrated the poor bear.
Lionel was devastated. He couldn't sleep for the whole night, desperate for an answer as to why his companion was castrated. he wanted answers. he knew that only the castrator could undo the grevious error.
In a twist of fate, he found out that the evil girl was due to take part in a singing competition the following day. he emplored the nicer girl to help him, and entusted her with the castrated bear to be passed on to the evil girl, in hopes that its presence will rouse her guilt.
the evil girl breezed through the competition, as the poor castrated bear dealt with its increasingly confused mind as to where his sexual orientation lay. he cheered her on, as he considered his future. all he knew was to be a toyboy. now he was lost...
the evil girl returned home, all but forgetting about the poor castrated, (now, sexually confused) bear, but the nicer girl helpfully reminds her about the bear's plight. all the evil girl did was to mutter in delight,
"from henceforth, this bear shall be known as tai4 jian4!!! WAHAHAHAH"
to be continued...
our home for one night... there's still construction going on around it. apparently thats why there was NO HOT WATER and NO HEATER. i froze every time i used the water to wash face / brush teeth... it was the first time my knees trembled and buckled under me for the 5 mins i was in the toilet.
me looking forlornly at our very sad looking accomodation.
*gasp* the grandeur of the sheer HEIGHT of these mountains! it was amusing to see the guys cower when standing along the hand rail... and throw pieces of rocks down just to see how long it takes to reach rock bottom. why frighten yourself? GUYS. -_-"
spot the little blue area in the picture... water =) makes everything more picturesque, doesn't it?
taken some where mid- mountain... after a while, the mountains tend to all look the same. think you also can't tell the difference from looking at the pictures ya? too bad, you gotta be there to see for yourself.
stairs... never ending stairs... just an exmaple of how horrific the flights of stairs can be. we climbed from 1pm-7pm on the first day, 9am-1pm on the second. all stairs. ALL STAIRS!! i think i even dreamt of stairs in between.
some of the rock formations are really quite interesting. see the figure on the bottom right hand corner? thats supposed to be zhu1 ba1 jie4. you know, the pig from journey to the west. can u see it?
wenshan and shawn duelling on the mountain top... lol... i have so many of their silly action poses! next time when they become rich and famous lawers... i'm gonna splash their pictures all over the station / papers / where ever im gonna work. haha.
i hear dead people! lionel obviously cant hear them though. haha =P
ok this is not really a funny shot but i like it! taken by shui... we're just sitting and admiring the sprawling beauty laid out before us =)
The Posed Shots - Of precarious shots and endless smiles
with wensen... he's the KING of zi4 pai1 and making himself look good! yeap yeap i sense that chris is gonna say something about the guy on the right... cause she has no cute guys and no dar dar. wah laoz... qian and vanny dont so gross about your dar dars leh. its already quite cold in shanghai... haha...
anyway wensen's another singaporean here at fudan! future chinese teacher of your kids... haha... there's hope in singapore after all.
this is one dangerous shot man... we are in fact sitting behind the chains... so. one little mis step. and me and shui will die ugly in the mountains and be eaten by wild geese.
with grace (our korean friend!) isnt the background gorgeous!! =D
we started the climb fresh, happy, exhilarated, and awed by our surroundings... and.. a few hours later...
we qualify for a corpse photoshoot. look at our exhausted faces... someone shoot us and be done with it!!!
Encounters along the Way - Of very expensive cup noodles
halfway down the mountain. we went to an extremely expensive restaurant. lionel bought a 15 RMB cupnoodles and like, 6 or 7 of us shared. back in shanghai... its 3RMB. THEY INFLATED THE PRICE 5 TIMES!!! and soon we found out why it was so expensive...
they use human labour to transport the food up the mountain! as the cable cars dont reach ALL the places on the mountain, human labour is most often the cheapest way to being food and supplies up. we heard its 20 RMB (4 sing) for one trip up the mountain. one trip can possibly take up to one day you know... gawds....
of course, there are people who were hired to carry people up the stairs. the price they charged was crazy.
The Classic Shots - Of Talent by yours truly
in all, a satisfying trip with some quiet time alone too... thanks FUSSA for organizing this trip! =)