Beijing Trip

It is beyond my expectation that i would enjoy the trip this much. I took leave on 30th, slept in till 12 plus and then start packing my luggage. Meeting time at the airport was 3pm... hee, that's me. I always do last min packing.

30 May (Wednesday)- Flight to Beijing

• Managed to get window seats although we did a group check-in
• Entertainment on board- game challenges with Teddy =)
• Nice food as usual
• Arrival in Beijing
• A little accident between our coach and a van... witnessed how inefficient the China police is.. hahaha. Grabbed opp to take photos while they were trying to resolve the conflict
• Grand hotel lobby

31 May (Thursday) - Day 1

• Tiananmen Square
• Forbidden City. We were all deceived by TV programmes featuring big rooms of emperor. All 9,999 were pretty tiny
• Toilets are stars-rated but their 4 star can't make it still =P
• 9 course lunch and dinner everday... One word to summarise their preference- SALTY *faint* They can't do without san1 chen2 rou4 everyday. They have limited variety of veg and fish
• Huton by Trishaws and Dumpling wrapping
• Tea presentation (Dr Tea) where we understand more about tea
• Night entertainment: The Legend of Kung Fu
• Received my surprised gift from Teddy- a pearl necklace i have been eyeing on =) *happy belle bcos of Teddy's effort*

(Friday) - Day 2

• Jade boutique
• Badaling Great Wall... Some steps are of knee cap height. We got our certification for climbing the great wall. Magnificant!
• Ming Tomb
• Night entertainment: Beijing Night Show

02 Jun (Saturday) - Day 3

• Tong2 ren2 tang2... Here we got to know more about our health
• Ice Palace
• Summer Palace- Where Cixi Tai4 Huo4 used to had her holidays... haha. Nice scenary
• Shopping... where u can find all kind of mao4 pai2 huo4... although i am a shopping lover, i din buy a single ting... it concludes all. haha
• Night entertainment: Laoshe Tea House (Nice tea, magic and kou3 ji4 performance)
• Went out in group to have rou4 chuan4 along the street... My first time to see "Hair Wash" services and "Cheng2 ren2 bao3 jian4" shops... aye, u shld know wad they do... services operating at nite

03 Jun (Sunday) - Day 4

• Zheng4 Yang2 Men2... our group met the feng1 shui3 da4 shi1, Yang Chen Yi who designed the suntec fountain. He was accurate in his comments
• Finally we tried Peking roast duck
• Temple of Heaven
• Coffee session with just Teddy =) Nice conversation
• Wangfujing Street, China's version of Orchard road
• Night Market. The vendors are selling exotic food like scopion, centipede, starfish *creepy*
• Another surprise from my sweetest man =)

04 Jun (Mon)- Departure

• Underground city... you will be amazed by how well designed this shelter from war is, given past technology
• Pearl boutique
• Departure... I fell sick on this very day (Felt nausea, had fever and muscle ache). I am fortunate to have Teddy to take excellant care of me. While i was near "sub-conscious" state in the plane, he was there by my side. Whenever i opened my eyes, i saw Teddy looking at me. *loved* Only until i popped medicine and felt better was he more relieved =)

On the whole, i learnt alot more about Chinese history. I witnessed the magnificant creations of the Chinese and i had fun with Teddy's colleaks. Most imptly, this is a very reassuring trip as i discovered that our three year relationship still continue to grow. =)