Dear Diary, Tag Zwei.. Part One...

Thirteen September, Two Thousand Seven.

Guang Zhou
Time : Morning

Location : Guang Zhou
Attending : Attractions

Dear Diary...

We woke up late..with the window curtain closed, we actually thought it was about 7am in the morning, when it was actually 9am..

you know the feeling when you see day light the first thing in the morning?
after hiding in a darkcold room..

think that, but after sleeping on a hard bed.. instant flashbang to our eyes..
We were forced to wake up.. :P

We checked out of the hotel in order to bunk in with the rest in their apartment, save us 300 yuan..

Headed down to the apartment, where we met Jo.. when we arrived, she just got out of the bathroom!.. guess we ain't the only one who woke up late =P

After which, we decided on the first attraction to head to, since we already wasted most of the morning..

We decided to head down to one of Guangzhou's Park.. Yue Xia Park, with an amusement park, swimming pool, flower gardens... attractions.. and it isn't too far from our apartment, hence we won't waste too much time on locating it.

_{did i forget to mention? it's 5RMB to enter the park}

It might look small, but the park is rather pretty much huge.. i can say, we clocked about 4-5 kilometeres, and we didn't complete the whole park..

First thing, the three of us notice in the park.. most of the population there was mostly old folks.. it's like some type of hang out area for them..
so, say you're one of them.. and you have to pay 5 RMB everytime you enter..
and you go there everyday.. in a year.. you'll probably pay quite alot..

365 * 5 = 1825 Rmb
1825 Rmb / 4.9 = 372 SGD.

we're actually guessing that they have this membership thing.. you know.. free day passes for 500 rmb a year or something.. but we never did ask..

We passed some areas and sights along the way..
here are some..





I'm not sure what the first one is.. but i'm pretty much such the second one says..
amusement park..

We didn't go to the amusement park.. so we decided to amuse ourselves.. with photos..
here.. we have mark..and jo.. erm.. i'm not sure what we did.. amusing ourselves..

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Along the way, we spotted.. this group of old folks hanging out!.. literally hanging in between trees on their hammocks!.. man that is the life!.. when i'm old and pruned.. i'm going to botanic gardens to do just that.. hang out..

Our first stop is an exhibition on the history of GuangZhou.. during the dynasty periods...

Welcome!




What GuangZhou looks like from a bird's eye view...

Shoulder Pads of a once great king..
Honestly.. it's just bells..

Apparently, we chinese.. are not very good in handling..
bowl-wares..



what they used during the time where steam engine wasn't introduced.

A Bell inscribed with chinese characters, legends have it, that when a kid in that particular village refuses to learn the mother language, the kid will be place in the bell, and the teachers will strike the bell rapidly until the kid agrees to learn the language.

will you actually believe that? ;)
i won't.. :P

What the brit's left behind, after leaving China, Guangzhou, along with many others..(no images to show, sorry)

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Outside the building, there are other exhibits, such as this one..

Now, who won't love cannons..
Even Mark can't resist to stick his head into one!



Let alone riding one...

We found an old tram bus on the other side of the main building...
when i said old.. i really meant it.. it looks like it could turn into sawdust
any minute.. but we decided to take a shot inside it...all three of us..
one emo photo..

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End Of Part1

next part, another museum?, lunch and home?

till then guys..
cheers..

Dear Diary, Tag Eins...

Twelve Of September, Two Thousand And Seven

Singapore
Time : 0600hrs

Location : Budget Terminal
Attending : Singapore To Guang Zhou

Dear Diary...

It's 6am in the morning, and in the budget terminal, thankfully, the adrenaline in my system was keeping me awake, going to china wasn't my expection of a "holiday", but hey, you gotta try things at least once, at least, i think my mandarin should be able to hold up down there.

Today's tour members, Mark, Jo (Friend's of a friend who residing in China) and myself.
The three of us will be travelling down to Guangzhou to surpise Mark's beloved.

Or.. rather, just mark, the two of us will be there just to have fun!



All aboard the disco train...



That's our flight, tiger airlines.. apparently, the only airline working in the budget terminal.. we actually had to walked up to the planes, pretty cool concept.. like some big time celebrity on their personal private jet..ha..

Half an hour, we're airborne, onwards to China, Guangzhou.

As expected during a budget air flight, the leg space between each seats sucks!..
but, that doesn't prevent us from having a friendly psp match.. and sleeping..

it's just...very uncomfortable..

Time : Close To 12pm(Local Time)
Location : GuangZhou Internation Airport

Attending : Macdonalds

After a gruelling 3 hours ride, a long check out..and baggage claim, we finally set foot on China's Soil(not that i want to kiss it..but hey), we all agreed on one thing though.. okay.. not mark..Just Jo and Me...

Mcdonalds!

Ironically, one was just around the corner, so we settle down.. and beginning discussing about our main source of transport..
The local cabs.. actually, honestly looks shady,
and sadly, amongst the three of us, Mark speaks the best mandarin, Jo reads the best, and myself.. well, i'm just the bodyguard with a pocketknife in my pocket(yes, we agreed on being lethal). Sadly, i didn;t take a photo of the mac's menu..
All i do know, is that there have this new type of pie.. Green Pea Pie..mmm sounds.. ever so.. disgusting..while, the rest of the menu looks identical to our local menu, except, there isn't a mcspicy or grilled foldover..

That done.

Our next experience, was pretty much quite scary in a-way, a taxi driver almost deceived the three of us, saying that he knew the district we were intending to travel to, instead, he lead us about 500 metres away from the airport to another cab.
We decided not to heed his cab, and turn around, he even gave us his namecard. Freaky.. So we had no choice but to travel the safe way.. through the airport transport. The reception corrected us on the location we were heading to. We were glad, as that would mean getting misleaded by the previous taxi driver.

And with that, we all headed to his mini van.
And boy, was that mini van a messiah to my eyes

6 Seater, Air Con blowing into my face, and a bloody friendly driver.

I managed to snap some photos on the way.. but don't expect any thing nice..
he was driving rather fast.. and.. all i see is greenery for the first 20 minutes..

<sub>Foggy City


Our friendly Driver</sub>

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I Guess everywhere in the world, there's bound to be a traffic jam, we encountered one during our journey to the hotel. Hence, delaying the trip duration to an hour plus.

We arrived at the hotel. With Shirley and friends waiting.. where Mark's beloved was not really expecting this.. (it was a set up after all), sorry folks.. no images here.. kinda shag from the ride..

So, after checking in the hotel, We had lunch at a nearby shopping complex, Japanese sushi lunch. Which after, our hosts ditch us, as their lunch time was over.
Leaving Jo, Mark and myself to roam in Guangzhou, un-supervised! Woot!!

Though, we should have explored the more interesting places, we started off by exploring the nearest shopping complex. Tee Mall

Tee mall is just like another ordinary mall, there are eatries, toy shops, electronics shops, female clothing(tons of it!), an arcade, a cinema. It's like all of the malls back home combined into 7 stories of pure shopping.

There are many shops that interest us, but i only managed to captured this shop that should be familar to us. I got lazy the other times. :P



After, exploring 5 levels of Tee Mall, we got bored, and decided to head back to the hotel to "recuperate" before "intending" to head out again.. you know the usual, wash up, refresh and go type of thingy?

Yea.. didn't turn out well.. we on the Telly, to discover only all mandarin/cantonese shows playing.. 24..7..

and we ended up doing random stuff..
From learning different languages to just..slacking around







After, slacking for awhile..
i guessed.. i fell asleep.. for when i woke up..
Mark was asking me to pack up, as we're heading to their apartment..

Dinner time i heard.. :P

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Imagine

our shock when we saw how messy was the apartment(the images are after we cleared some stuff up) clothes were everywhere, food stuff littered! empty bottles, wrappers, plastic bags.. more clothes! magazines! pieces of random papers!



The sleeping quarters wasn't very tidy too.. (notice background), it's like a typhoon came into the apartment and messed it up.. well, partly the reason for the house being so messy is that they are rushing to pack up their luggage..
but.. so how.. i felt that it was that messy to begin with... :P

An interesting factor that every Singaporean doesn't fail to do..

Ah.. piracy.. never leave home without it

We had dinner at a very isolated vegetarian restaurant...
Okay, we had a late dinner, only two tables were occupied when we arrived..
We had quite a feast..
the veggie fried rice was good..It's good

and..sadly, once again.. i don't have photos..
still overcoming jet lag.. even though we're in the same timezone..

After dinner, we strolled down the street for alittle..before deciding to head back to the apartment, where we helped clean up..

All was good on the first day.. we came back to the hotel late.. say, 11pm, 12am?
Where we just kick our sneakers off.. and lay down on our hard spring beds..
_{did i fail to mention that? hard spring beds..}



Mark had a artistic idea before we retire..
negatives didn't really came out the way he wanted.. :P

And thats the end of day one..

I leave you with one last photo.. something, we didn't see during the day, but can see it so clearly at night....

if i recalled..
it stands for... "Trading Industry Of Tradeworth" or something along that line..
Ha..

Cheers..

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Tag Zwei : GuangZhou's Attractions

Hey L339 Hunk And Babe #5

Another couple entry Today
featuring the lab's own signature couple

Hanif & Kexin

so let's begin ...

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HUNKs!

Han!f

Hunk Factor

MultiTalented.ArtistOfSorts.PrettyBoyLooks.Diligent(inaway).KnackSenseOfHumor.MusicallyInspired.Bilingual(not including english).SportEntreat.HasARatherAttractiveFemaleCharmMagnet

Disgust Factor

WearsACapEverywhere.UsesTheSchoolTShirt.ATadShort.HeavyEyeBags.SleepyEyes.PrettyMuchIt

Final Verdict

8 / 10

Sometimes, it isn't just about muscles and broad shoulders that makes a hunk, shown here within Hanif is a different type of hunk, one with talent, potential and aspiration all packed into one good looking fellow. 8 points for him, Bravao!

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BABEs!

Ke Xin!

Babe Factoro

Bloody Cheerful!.Zealous.GoodLooking(cute,pretty,whatnots).Petite.FunToBeAround.Bilingual(again, not including english).QuiteTheGamerChick.Upbeat emotions!.Has Long Silky(??)Hair.Carefree Attitude

Scream Factoro

Bloody Emo!.Panics too much.OverZealousSometimes.WatchesTooMuchVideos.WatchesTooMuchEmoVideos.UnderZealousAtTimes.HasThisDarkSideNoOneKnows(HAR!)

Final Verdict

8 / 10

8 huge points for this petite lady, who never seizes to amuse us with her humorous ethics or rather, actions.. while at the same time retaining her grace in coming to lab late every single day.. A very fun person to hang around with and aside from that, she's cute. What's not to ask? Enough Said!Oh.. guess who's arm is she clinging on to? :P

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And there you go folks, the signature couple.. husband and wife.. i meant.. couple.. 8 points for both of them! Stay tuned for the final couple of the lab. Hope you guys are enjoying your holidays!!

peace!

^{Will you be my psp valentine?}

Hey L339 Hunk And Babe #4

Another long while since an entry was made

ha..

today's entry, featuring cherlyn And myself..(yes myself!)
_{gotta be fair i suppose}

first off..

Cherlyn

Babe Factor

Cheerful.AnotherGamerChick.QuiteTall(160ish).HasAKnickForInterestingStuff.Hardworking(ithink).truehearted.prettymuchcute =P

Scream Factor

PrettyEmo.Hooky Player(truant).Bit Slow.erm..thats about what i can tell about her..ha

Final Verdict

7.3/10

Okay, 7.3 for this lady, who always plays hooky in school, diets for the wrong reasons(so i think), play games all the time :P. Slow reaction in some sense. Overally, she's a funny person to be around with.With a nice radiant smile.

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Wilfred

Hunk Factor

Pretty Much Above Average Height

Disgust Factor

TooFat.TooUgly.TooEmo.TooWeird.TooBoring.TooUnsociable.TooTall.TooAntiClimax.TooNaggy.TooWhiny.TooFickle(according to sue).TooWeirdTasteInMusic.TooOverConcerned.TooUnderPassion.TooMuchToMention

Final Verdict

3.3/10

With only one hunk factor and so many bad factors, i think 3.3 is a rather fair grade. So without farther ado, hence layeth thy judgement.

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and, thus ends today's entries.

the beast and the beauty.

i'll let you guys figured which is which.

;)