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It's been great here in ShiJiaZhuang.... the people have been great... the food alright... you can't exactly ask for the same stuff you get in Singapore, can you...

Daily highlights here...



Day One 12th Sept

Arrived in Beijing at 7plus am then got on the bus for a rough six hour ride to Shi Jia Zhuang in Hebei... Lunch at a eatery (can't really say if its a restaurant) but didn't eat much because i was still tired from the trip... Second last group to be dropped off at our school (IT and Management)... hostel was great, had TV and sofa and air conditioning... then went for welcome dinner at Hui Yuan with the rest and the education officials... still not much appetite yet though the food was great... The leftovers looked enough to feed a poor village.... felt quite bad...



Day Two

Woke up at 6plus and breakfast was at 7.30am... not too used to the food cuz they served veggies and rice for breakfast, and soup! the kind you get at the mixed rice stalls in Singapore... and in gigantic portions too... went to observe a few classes and then went to apply for a sim card... dinner was in gigantic portions again... Slept super early too... 8plus 9plus ok...



Day Three

Same early morning, went to observe a few more classes and met my year 2 classes too... Oh and the first years came back from their military training with the troops and performed blanket folding... cool.... the blankets were super straight and neat... Mrs Lim came to see our living conditions and stuff then we went out for dinner again at some restaurant called Shi Shen Lou or something... Food was great although still not accustomed to it yet... Had red wine, chinese white wine (tasted like vodka) and soy bean milk.... weird combination... now i truly understand why you need to eat before you drink alcohol...



Day Four

Girls day! Shopping at the town centre where there were loads of malls... Bought black patent heels and gold sneakers (bling ok... now i have one item of my bling get up...hehe... ) audrey and huiyu bought the gold sneakers too... bought an electronic dictionary too... finally another wish fulfilled... Bought stuff for people back home too... shopped for the whole day man... 9am to 8pm... Hahaha...



Day Five
Went hiking on Cang Yan Shan... The place where they filmed Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon... Route was perilous some parts cuz the soil was loose but the locals were super... they just went up without having to hold on to anything... got carved stones for some people back home too... Took the cable car down and the view would have been abfab if not for the haze... Overly excited i was... and was giggling all the way and screaming... hahaha... was with huiyu and she didn't bother about me and was taking photos...

Day Six
Woke up earlier and went to participate in the school's flag raising... It's been ages since i last participated in any flag raising... anyway... had my first few classes which was mostly boys... interesting reaction when i told them i was their age... haha... guess their mindset is different... found nothing much to do here actually and the internet connection here is really bad...

Day Seven
Same just that i met a new class of first year early childhood students...

Day Eight
Met another new class and went to buy books... forgot to buy Harry Potter 7... $28+here i calculated... but i bought the little princess, cha hua nv (forgot the english title), a chinese book (forgot the title too...), super junior book and corner with love book for my sister...

Today!
Nothing yet... Only one period of lesson today... then going somewhere to slack or something... maybe go for melinda's class... need to do the picc blog and powerpoint presentation for the school... they want more info about Singapore...

PS. Please email me if you need to get me... i can't read tags here... china banned blogspot or something...