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I really should study for that exam tomorrow…
  • I’ve caught a cold.
  • There was no cold water in the building until 5pm and the fuyuans didn’t think it was that important to tell us this. Cold water also means no flushing toilet water!!
  • Catching a cold means lots of fluids and bed rest, and having no flush on the toilet isn’t really helping any.
  • One of my fish died… and it’s the one that I actually wanted to stay alive!
  • We had a great indoor picnic with some classmates. Real pasta by an Italian, real tomyum by a Thai and random stir-fry by two alcoholics.
    Indoor Picnic
  • The Tree should still be called Hidden Tree!!!
  • Red leaves at Xiangshan cannot be found from the top.
    Top of Fragrant Hills in Beijing
  • My classmates are so nice and sympathetic.
  • My roommate cooks lots of yummy food for me.
  • Exams are almost over!
  • Kai has cheap drinks and good music 25RMB for absinth?!
    Kai in Bar Street

Halloween in Beijing!


I don’t usually celebrate Halloween and I don’t dress up to themes or as characters.

So when Halloween came around the corner during our BLCU mid semesters in Beijing, we decided we had to definitely dress up and celebrate! The celebrating was nice and easy, just drinking and dancing (as per usual). The costumes were a lot harder than I thought!

Dinner
When we went for dinner at a Yunnan Restaurant near Club 13, we were taken to the back of the restaurant. Where they hiding us from their other patrons or giving us VIP treatment? It doesn’t matter, the food tasted really good! =) The waiters and patrons just couldn’t take their eyes off the group of us. Not only were we foreigners (and speaking quite loudly in plain English), but we were completely dressed up in strange costumes.

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Club 13
Just like the asians back home, a large majority of the people (who happened to be : Korean, Japanese, Chinese) did NOT wear a costume! Ah, what is it about costumes that scares people off?

The Bands
The club had live Japanese and Korean bands performing on stage. One of the groups sang a few English songs in terrible English… But we couldn’t help but join in the chorus either way =P

Club 13
Club 13
Club 13 was pretty packed at one point, they had some pretty good acts and atmosphere but we were a bit disappointed when the party ended at 24:00hrs. We also missed out on the costume competition because we were eating dinner =(

One of the funniest moments I recall from that day was when our Japanese classmate, who told us about the party, dressed up as a mummy! It was so fun and exciting having everyone helping each other prepare and get ready for the event. I was a bit disappointed when the bandages we stitched were taken off though, it took AGES to sew and we had to redo it a few times because of… difficult areas *coff*crotch*coff*

We were expecting to party late into the night so when the party at Club13 ended, we finished off the night at the local Wudaokou club, Propaganda (must blog about this place later!). We might have looked a little odd in costumes but Propaganda alcohol has some nasty side effects, the other patrons probably thought they were hallucinating!

Studying for that exam…

All this cramming makes me think of anything but study! Here’s some random things to note:

  • Adam’s finally here in Beijing!!! =D But I have a few exams so I can’t just skip classes to hangout with him =(
  • The weather is FREEZING and they still haven’t turned on the heating. We were told that we have to wait until the 1st Nov or 15th Nov … And since I’m still freezing my ass, I’m guessing I’ll have to wait til the 15th =(
  • Hei and Jing keep head butting each other and they gobble up all the food I feed them so I’m sure one of them will die soon …
  • I accidentally bought a Japanese fighting fish…it refuses to eat because I can’t find any freaking bloodworms =(
  • We’re going to a Jap/Korean Halloween party Friday night to make up for the Halloween parties we missed on Wednesday night.
  • Roughly have plans to go Sunlitun to party with Adam
  • I’m still looking into going to see Groove Coverage in Beijing this Dec!! Turns out my classmate’s bf is a huge fan ^_- I also found out that Linkin Park will be in Shanghai!!! But I’ll probably just stay in Bj
  • I haven’t seen my language partner for a week and I don’t plan on contacting her soon because she’ll make me feel guilty for being a bad student.
  • Tanya plans to get her language partner drunk, I think all our language partners should get drunk together for their ‘fist time’ =D
  • I bought the first 4 Harry Potter books. And I’m halfway through already!
  • My roommate has started to wake up at 6am everyday to study and I snooze a bit longer because it’s so freaking cold!
  • I’m really hating this dodgy China internet that keeps disconnecting me every 5mins!!!