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Wednesday, January 09, 2008

2:13 AM

the new year 2008 has arrived. !
it doesnt feel any extra special crossing over to this new year as the clock struck 12 on NYE but i sure know that there are more exciting things that are in store for me in this year of 2008. God is good :)
another new year. another year older. another year wiser (i hope)
looking back at year 2007. the year has been a smooth and pretty good one for me.
learnt quite a bit as i journey-ed on thru life w Him and school has been good thruout the year. i really thank God for His faithfulness and for watching over me all this while :)
so yet another year has passed and i've grown and matured more too. hopefully am a better me as a result. x)

so anyways. marking the end of 2007 for me was spending holidays in Beijing and Hk w mum.
the trip was great as a whole cept' for me losing my camera and the lil things that i didnt like abt China. otherwise, all's good.!

In summary....

we went to visit Tian An Men Square and Forbidden City. a must in a visit to China.
not forgetting we scaled the Great Wall of China too- one of the 7 wonders of the world.
it was pretty tiring but sure felt a good sense of achievement after. :)
we tried the various cuisines available in Beijing.
well..i've come to conclude that i like all other types of food available but the traditional beijing food. the stuff are all too oily and i dont like the ma la taste that most dishes include. i would just comment that their food arent appetising to me other than their world renowned Peking duck.
it was sold super cheap there and it's just well done ^^
other touristy sites we went were the Imperial Vault of Heaven, Summer Palace, Liu Li Chang (a place where they sold antiques) and the Arts Centre that pretty much resembled our very own Esplanade.
we went to check out the Olympic village too. architecture of the building i would say is pretty creative. the main stadium was referred to by the Beijingers as Bird's nest. =) it sure looked like one.
did most of our shopping at the place that was their version of 'Orchard Road'. nothing much to buy too. cuz the authenticity and stuff were questionable to me. haha.
amidst the dusty environment and spitting everywhere as well as the usual cheena culture and behaviour.. i still enjoyed the trip much :) LOL.
my quote that sums it all: U can bring a person outta China, but u sure cant bring 'China' out of the person'.

Hongkong...

was heaven compared to Beijing. LOL.
ok. not really to that exaggerated extent but i felt more at home upon touching down in HKIA.
back on familiar ground.
in HK for 5 days and it was mostly yumcha every morning w the grandaunts.
went shopping at the various malls now n then. didnt buy much anyhows.
one day was spent in Macau.
checked out what the hype was about.. of the grand-ness of the casinos and the resort-like hotels. :)
dinners w the relatives were great. :)
fresh seafood dinner and river view. what could be better?
one afternon, we went up to Victoria Peak.
had high tea and looked across the whole of HK frm there :)
i met up Kenneth for breakfast on the 2nd last day.
been great catching up :)
met Hilda, Candice n Tommy after and we went for lunch n shopping :)
MongKok and Tsim Sha Tsui for saturday afternoon.
steamboat dinner at Uncle Chung's.
Aunt Jessica's bday :)
last day major sendoff at the airport x)
all in all.. i enjoyed the time spent in HK. meeting up the relatives and cousins.

that's about it for the 2007 year end trip.! =P

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it's Fel's 21st today~!!!

Happy 21st Girlie !!!! we're gonna have a blast of a time in Bintan tmr =D. yay!!

ps. photos in next entry....

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