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Studying for that exam…

November

Selina Lai

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!!!

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Family Reunion

October

Selina Lai

Beihai

My parents left to join in my grandfathers 80th birthday celebrations in KL already. In the short time they were in 北京 Beijing, we had the chance to go to 北海 Beihai, 西单 Xidan, 秀水街Xiushuijie, walk through 景山公园 Jingshan Park, drive around 故宫 Gugong,天安门 Tiananmen, 后海 Houhai, some 胡同 Hutongs, eat some yummy 北京烤鸭 Beijing Duck and saw my cutie nephew!!!!!

Beihai

Baby Arthur
Beijing Duck

It’s hard when one person wants to do the cultural site seeing thing and the other wants to just go shopping….
Forbidden City

Either way, that hotel bed was lovely to sleep on and the showerhead was to die for! I wasn’t too fond with the slow drainage and windowless curtains though. I stupidly walked from the new train station to their hotel on the first day thinking it wouldn’t be that far. Yes well, it wasn’t that far on the map…

The new subway Line 5 was pretty spiffy, their trains were upgraded (lights to show the progress, extra bars for people to hold on to, AC etc) and they also put in glass doors on the platforms which I thought was stupid because the train doesn’t actually line it’s doors with the platform doors when it stops. Anyways, they still have a long way to go before it can even be compared to HK.

So I gave my family a quick call on Saturday to say “Hi!” and “Happy Birthday” to my Grandfather. But it was so noisy I doubt they even heard me… I wish I had been there to see everyone and eat the wonderful banquet I’m sure they had =( Now I’ll just have to make do with the photos and videos…

Yesterday was apparently the Vietnamese Women’s Day! It’s the day where the guys will treat the girls like a queen by buying them flowers or a gift and doing the chores for them. We ended up having a yummy steamboat on the kitchen floor in dorm building 4 with a bunch of Vietnamese people. You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if I’ve met more Vietnamese people than local Chinese!

PS. I bought myself a couple of fishies (黑黑 and 金金)! I decided it was just too cruel to kill a turtle.

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Twitter Updates for 2007-10-13

October

Selina Lai

I just found out that I can access Pitas from Beijing!! go to [linny.pitas.com] for blog with photo updates #

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动物 & 海洋馆

October

Selina Lai

Beijing Zoo

Tanya, Rina (one of our Japanese classmate’s) and I went to the zoo and aquarium on the weekend. It was a bit disturbing to see all the animals caged in these tiny prisons. It wasn’t so much the fish and birds, but it’s just cruel to see an adult elephant, hippo, tiger, lion etc in a tiny cement prison with barely any space to move around in. Even the outdoor ‘enclosures’ were tiny although on the plus side, they have plants/grass!

Beijing Zoo

Starved for food and rushing to get into the 3pm sealion-dolphin show at the aquarium, we opted to watch the show and munch on random snacks. The show was really great, too bad my camera ran out of memory though (I took too many videos of monkeys earlier). I wished the show went for a bit longer though, it finished much too quickly!

Beijing Zoo

The aquarium was pretty fun even though we were rushing through the whole place because we only had about an hour before everything closed. It beats AQWA any day just by the size of it! But I can’t compare too much because I can’t even remember the last time I went to the zoo or aquarium!

Beijing Zoo

I bought a couple of souvenirs but for some reason the aquarium had an extremely disappointing range. So much so I was on the verge of buying a Japanese Fighting fish!! soooo very cute… I’m seriously thinking of getting one and my roommate can have it when I leave… =P

Beijing Zoo

Anyhow, I’ve been borderline sick the past few days but thankfully nothing worst than a runny nose and a cough. Tanya on the other hand is not so lucky, she seems to keep getting sick! We’re going to go shopping for some winter stuff after class tomorrow and I’m planning to buy a heap so I can give it to my parents when I see them Wednesday =P

PS. Pikachu is much appreciated by me and my roommate =)

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What’s there to buy?

October

Selina Lai

National week finished with me needing to transfer more $ into my account.

And then it was back to classes and catching up/hearing about what everyone else did in their week off. The week off definitely makes me wish for another week off! I don’t think there will be another one until New years!? O_o; I’ll have to create my own! But first I’ll see how many classes I can skip when it comes around to Christmas time…

After restocking my cash, I went out and bought myself a humidifier! And it’s name is Pikachu =) We’ll see if there’s any difference between life with and without dear Pikachu after a week. I’m just hoping Pikachu will help soothe my dry nose/throat because it’s been killing me lately =( Damn the Beijing weather! *fist in air*

Pikachu

Another thing I bought was a blanket! I didn’t buy it because it’s getting colder but to add more layers between the solid wood they call a bed and my body. It’s helped a bit because I’m actually falling asleep much easier, but at the same time it’s still not comparable to a NORMAL mattress bed.

I can’t wait until my parents come! I’ll get to sleep in a hotel bed~! Anything has to be better than the one’s in the dorm. Especially when everyone else is saying the sleepers on the trains are better than them! >_<

Oh, and I also bought a pillow just because I’m used to having more than one around. Next, maybe some cups?
More cutlery?
Laundry bag?
More clothes?
One of those wicked massage machines??

^__^

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Twitter Updates for 2007-10-05

October

Selina Lai