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Happy Halloween

* picture courtesy of my housemate who carved this out in 2007

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my first washing experience

She decided She had enough of piling stinky laundry

Diligently She decided to wash her clothes
Meticulously She separated the Light from the Dark
Easily She packed them into nets
Mind Boogling She connected the pipes to the machine
Quickly She loaded the machine
Cautiously She pressed the start button
Frustratedly She wondered why no water was coming out
Impatiently She sought her housemate's help instead of figuring out herself
Happily She heard the gushing of water
Automatically She shut the lid and the machine started rumbling
Routinely She took out the load to dry
Gleefully she *THOUGHT had fresh smelling laundry
But Alas two days later she realised that absentmindedly She forgot to add WASHING POWDER!

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S : for Saturday, Sunday, friend from Singapore and Summer Palace

I finally caught sight of the bird's nest! We got lost trying to walk to Li Qun Roast Duck Restaurant and so we decided to take a "trishaw." The driver took us through a dark alley of a Hutong, which freaked the both of us out! V's room at the crowne plaza which got raided and messed up by me!
The olympic slogan - the chinese words are super meaningful! Reverse Bungee!

A periodic wedding in a modern setting, held on the driveway at Crowne Plaza!

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F for Friday and for Fragrance Hill 香山


Every year around mid Oct, there will be an announcement in the papers to say when the leaves will be turning bright red. During that period many will head to 香山 to catch the fiery red leaves!

In Singapore, we have the "Monkey God Tree" at Jurong! At 香山 there is tree which according to the locals resembles a "tiger"! Rubbing the "face of the tiger" is suppose to bring good luck!

The newspaper news was a little inaccurate as we hardly saw red leaves!


non law abiding citizens!

Lucy said this shot made her look like a fish blowing bubbles! But I found it uber cute!

After a 1 1/2 hours hike we finally reached the submit and we were greeted by hundreds of human beings! The submit was packed to the max and filled with people having picnics!

Paid 50 Rmb, to get down within 18 minutes and to reward my tired body! Instead of climbing down and taking another 1 1/2 hours!

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I have hit the double 2 （我又老一岁...）

朝鲜打糕 as My Birthday Cake

my birthday was a quiet affair. There was school in the morning, I had no candles, no birthday song, but I spent the day having two meals outside with my housemate.

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My housemate makes highly amusing statements!

A couple of Nights ago, I went into her room and she said that my clothings reek of Smoke!
I smelt my jacket and I made a random comment that I smelt like I just stepped out of a disco!
After a couple of second, she said "yup you just came out of the Kitchen Disco"!

Yesterday we went into a chinese snack shop and she came out with a scone. She made a comment that she was snacking again and that she was bound to grow fat. After a while she added, "I don't care as I am already fat!" Then after keeping quiet for a while she said this, " If anyone calls me fat, I will tell them I am stocking up fats for the winter so I will be warm!"

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I have been in BJ for close to a month and I decided that it was time to venture out on my own. Partly because my Housemate was busy with her Thesis but also as I am more familar with the transportation system, so less likely I will be lost. ）On a Sunny Saturday, with her instructions on how to get to the Drum Tower 鼓楼 in my notebook, I decided to visit that spot. My main motive of going to 鼓楼 was to buy Mooncake Molds from a baking shop in the vacinity but the indecisive me decided to put that purchase on hold despite spending 30 mins in the shop staring at the molds! I could not decided whether their cut was deep enough! I decided to use the remaining time before sun down to explore the area.

五颜六色的狗

可爱还是丑

让你决定

Bridal Couples = Mini Celebrity of the Day

caught sight of tourists taking pictures of them and with them

人山人海，多么热闹！

Dare Devils on Bikes



Not a Law Abiding Citizen!

If you are interested in Bars do visit 后海 at night. It is known as a Bar Street.

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I saw this slogan on a random girl's shirt this Morning -

I love Naked

【我不喜欢穿衣服】

(My translation is rotten but it kinds of sums up what it means)

GOSH

It totally does not make any sense!

Looks like both the Designer and Wearer are both clueless about the Meaning!

If the t-shirt read - I love Naked Men then at least it will make more sense :P

Golden Week has ended! Lazy Me has to go back to school

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welcoming Late Autumn with open arms

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Friday - My A-Z Day

Capital Museum

*If you are interested to enter the Museum for free, you need to log onto their website three days in advance to reserve your tickets. It is on a first come first serve basis as there are limited free tickets available. Not all the exhibitions can be viewed with the free ticket. If you have a student pass the tickets are 15 Yuan each! Regular tickets are 30 Yuan each.

Sunlitun

merlion

A - A Couple of Drinks

B - Bar At Sunlitun

C - Capital Museum

D - Daiquiri (strawberry)

E - Exhibitions

F - Food (Beef Burger and Chips)

G - Grasshopper

I - Icy Cold Weather

J - Jugs of Ice

K - Killed time at Starbucks

L - Lovely Company

M - Macdonald's Coffee

N - Nancy

O - Overly Full

P - lǜ dòu bǐng (Pastry)

Q - Queued at Museum (30mins)

R - Rushed for the Last Train

S - Smoke Dungeon

T - Took a Cab to Guomao Station

U - Unusual Group of people

V - Vast Variety of Items

W - Wholesale Centre

X - 'X'pensive Meals

Y - Young at Heart

Z - Zhang Xiang