junie meanie

... and so i realised

2010-02-19T23:16:00.003+08:00

somehow......

and so i realised... my love for you is that deep. That after so long... i still cant forget.

and today, i realised that my love for you is deeper than i can imagine. I never knew that. Only when you have lost it, then you begin to realise how much you want to hold on to it. and how impt it is to you. I gotta admit, I wasn't a good lover and I only have myself to blame. but still.. what you did was truly upsetting to.

but well, its all too late. nv cherished them before. Now, i don't have the chance to.

wrote a very long appreciation, thank you list to YOU. very long indeed...

but i guess. i don't have the courage to send it out at all. it will probably be just another stupid move. Did alot of stupid things... and will probably be doing more. but i just cant help it, even though I know, the outcome is still the same.

took alot of courage to send that sms to you. mp3 was on shuffle mode. told myself if OUR SONG is being played within the next half hour, i will take the courage to send the message. and "suay" enough.. or lucky enough (only god knows), it played within minutes.

while listening, past images of you singing that song to me just keep flashing in my mind...

haiz... when will i be able to move on? like seriously move on???

it's really hard to be just friends and tears flow again at the thot of it. *slaps*

PS: the plant is growing well. although it was really "dead" previously.

曾经爱过你

2009-12-26T00:29:00.003+08:00

我的心声。。。

I did it again. I revisited our conversations again today. and i broke my promise to myself again.
Realised how immature I was with all the brainless conversations. That's how a person react when she is just plain helpless. everything goes. Everytime i revisited all that, I learnt sth new from it.. picked up all the bits and pieces...

One day... waiting for that day to come when I will smile at all that and tell myself. I'm glad you did not cry again. you smiled.

I thank you for all that you have done for me. For all that we have went through. I must say, I found perfection in all that imperfection. I'm serious..

my dear comp must have read my mind.. the first song i heard when i played my itunes today. din even realise i have this song.. so close to my heart...

will you wait for me..

2009-12-06T00:06:00.002+08:00

Will You Wait for Me - Kavana

I need to talk with you again, why did you go away?
All our time together just feels like yesterday
I never thought I'd see a single day without you
The things we take for granted, we can sometimes lose

And if I promise not to feel this pain
Will I see you again?
Will I see you again?

'Cos time will pass me by, maybe I'll never learn to smile
But I know I'll make it through if you wait for me
And all the tears I cry, no matter how I try
They'll never bring you home to me
Won't you wait for me in heaven?

Do you remember how it was when we never seemed to care?
The days went by so quickly 'cos I thought you'd always be there
And it's hard to let you go, though I know that I must try
I feel like I've been cheated 'cos we never said goodbye

And if I promise not to feel this pain
Will I see you again?
Will I see you again?

'Cos time will pass me by, maybe I'll never learn to smile
But I know I'll make it through if you wait for me
And all the tears I cry, no matter how I try
They'll never bring you home to me
Won't you wait for me in heaven?

'Cos I miss you so
And I need to know
Will you wait for me?

'Cos time will pass me by, maybe I'll never learn to smile
But I know I'll make it through if you wait for me
And all the tears I cry, no matter how I try
They'll never bring you home to me
Won't you wait for me in heaven?

And time will pass me by, maybe I'll never learn to smile
But I know I'll make it through if you wait for me
_______________________________________________

many things i wanna say.. many things i wanna do.. i can no longer say or do..
up till today. there isn't one day. i never think of you.

When will that day come when i can totally let go and be myself again.

i broke my own promise. i teared for you again.

太傻

2009-10-11T22:29:00.004+08:00

太傻-巫启贤

痴痴地想了多少夜
我还是不了解
是什么让我们今天会分别
反正梦都是太匆匆
反正爱只能那么浓
心与感情让它粉碎飘散在风中
只是为何当初你是
不听所有纷纷扰扰流言之中漫天风雨你会选择了我
只是为何如今我们
不顾一切追求真爱坚持底下苦尽甘来你会放弃了我
再说你也不会懂
心再痛你能做什么
不再将自己深锁错了又错
守住你的承诺太傻只怪自己被爱迷惑
说过的话已不重要可是我从不曾忘掉
守住你的承诺太傻只怪自己被爱迷惑
醉过的心那里去找对著满满空虚回忆怎么逃

痴痴地想了多少夜
我还是不了解
是什么让我们今天会分别
反正梦都是太匆匆
反正爱只能那么浓
心与感情让它粉碎飘散在风中
只是为何当初你是
不听所有纷纷扰扰流言之中漫天风雨你会选择了我
只是为何如今我们
不顾一切追求真爱坚持底下苦尽甘来你会放弃了我
再说你也不会懂
心再痛你能做什么
不再将自己深锁错了又错
守住你的承诺太傻只怪自己被爱迷惑
说过的话已不重要可是我从不曾忘掉
守住你的承诺太傻只怪自己被爱迷惑
醉过的心那里去找对著满满空虚回忆怎么逃
守住你的承诺太傻我从不曾忘掉
守住你的承诺太傻只怪自己被爱迷惑
醉过的心那里去找对著满满空虚回忆怎么逃

Missing Star

2009-10-04T23:08:00.000+08:00

我真的。。好想你。。

记得

2009-07-16T00:12:00.002+08:00

歌名：记得歌手：张惠妹

词:易家扬曲:林俊杰

谁还记得
是谁先说永远的爱我
以前的一句话
是我们以后的伤口
过了太久
没人记得当初那些温柔
我和你手牵手
说要一起走到最后
我们都忘了
这条路走了多久
心中是清楚的
有一天有一天都会停的
让时间说真话
虽然我也害怕
在天黑了以后
我们都不知道会不会有遗憾
谁还记得
是谁先说永远的爱我
以前的一句
是我们以后的伤口
过了太久
没人记得当初那些温柔
我和你手牵手
说要一起走到最后
我们都累了
却没办法往回走
两颗心都迷惑
怎么说怎么说都没有救
亲爱的为什么
也许你也不懂
两个相爱的人
等对方先说找分开的理由
谁还记得爱情开始变化的时候
我和你的眼中
看见了不同的天空
走的太远
终于走到分岔路的路口
是不是你和我
要有两个相反的梦
谁还记得
是谁先说永远的爱我
以前的一句话
是我们以后的伤口
过了太久
没人记得当初那些温柔
我和你手牵手
说要一起走到最后
我和你手牵手
说要一起走到最后

LOST...

2009-07-06T00:20:00.002+08:00

Its been a long time since I last logged in here.. While checking my mail, i realised there is actually still someone who bothered to check out my blog after more than a year of inactive-ness. I wonder who's that..

Anyway, as the title suggest, I'm lost and I lost. I have never felt so miserable before in my entire life.. Many things I thought I should do... I did not do. Why? Because fear over-ruled. I'm afraid of rejection and putting up a strong front seems to be the only way out (as usual).

But as I think through over and over again.. I realised, probably nothing would have changed your decision. Up till today, I am still searching for the reason why things have to turn out this way.

Time and again, images of you and all that we had experienced and walked through together flashes through my mind. And the more I think, the more tears I drop. But I just can't help but think and think. Everything seems to be related to you one way or another. A friend just dropped me a msn message "Did you get the commencement bear last time?" I'm sorry friend, I don't wish to reply.. because it was YOU who gave me that commencement bear. It just reminded me of you yet again... and tears ****.......

Every night before I go to bed, I tell myself - Enough of all that silly thoughts girl, have a good slp and tomorrow will be a brand new start. But without fail, I still have all that silly thoughts and deep down I still hoped you did you not make that decision and we could go back to the past. Everyday, I still tear for you.. on the bus ride to work, sitting at my office desk (every corner there is sth that will make me think of you... I should just chuck all of them into a box) and even while shopping online. What happened to shopping is the best remedy? I hate who I am now seriously.

On that very wed of your deadline, the very first song I heard on my mp3 was this:

"You Are Loved (Don't Give Up)"

Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
When your heart's heavy
I...I will lift it for you

Don't give up
Because you want to be heard
If silence keeps you
I...I will break it for you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

Don't give up
It's just the hurt that you hide
When you're lost inside
I...I will be there to find you

Don't give up
Because you want to burn bright
If darkness blinds you
I...I will shine to guide you

Everybody wants to be understood
Well I can hear you
Everybody wants to be loved
Don't give up
Because you are loved

You are loved
Don't give up
It's just the weight of the world
Don't give up
Every one needs to be heard
You are loved

It gave me so much hope that day that I was so looking forward to 12 noon. did you know that?Only to experience disappointment when it struck 12. shattered once again. To me, that was an answer. An answer that I refused to accept. and even till today... I can't seem to accept it......

Im still the lost kid... finding my way out of the maze.

Girl... don't give up! you will soon find the strength to walk out of it and be the happy and cheerful girl once again. with or without you. either way you want it to be.

去年的今天，人在上海。

2008-02-22T12:29:00.004+08:00

As the title suggest, I was in Shanghai on this day exactly 1 year ago. I really miss my days in Shanghai and wish I am there right now.

One year ago, I chose to go to Shanghai for exchange albeit many pple question my choice of destination. Many asked, why not US? why not Europe? Till today, I still can't give a concrete answer to it. Suddenly remembered that I once told a friend, what ever decision you make will be the right decision. Deep down inside you know what you want. Maybe.. maybe I knew what I wanted then..

Uncertainties and worries before departing from Singapore. Would I be able to adapt? What would it be like to be away from home for half a year in a foreign land? These were just pure evidence that i simply think too much.. haha.. In the cab from the airport to sch, I knew, my next 5 months will be an enjoyable one. and indeed, it was truly an experience never to be forgotten.

I remembered very clearly for that close to 1 hour cab ride from the airport to sch, the 师傅 (taxi driver) spat more than 10 times out of the window that I lost count. I really wonder, does he really have that much phlegm? or it is just purely habitual. That aside, I spent the whole ride looking out of the window, trying to read the chinese road signs, looking at the buildings and wondering, why can't the expressways in Singapore be like those in Shanghai, where there are like 2 or 3 roads running above each other. Wouldn't that help to ease congestion?

Just some random thoughts.. Comparing 22.02.07 and 22.02.08, I'm much happier on 22.02.07. obviously, who would be happier being stuck with dissertation and knowing that you are so going to die from it? haha... those days, I look forward to whats ahead of me, now? I don't even dare think.

Contradictingly (is there such a word), these days, I tend to think even more. It just seems like there are thousand and one things out there for me to go figure out and solve. Most importantly, to figure out.. what do I want? this time round, deep down inside, I seriously have no clue. Im just a confused kid man.

Pessimistic thoughts aside, I went to 'revisit' Shanghai. Although most of the photos are not professionally taken, they are very fond memories and simply lovely to me. They bring me back to 1 year ago.

I will never forget on the first day of my exchange program, I walked alot. Starting point was Nanjing Lu and after lunch, we walked to Yuyuan, walked the whole Yuyuan, including the garden, followed by walking to the bund. Basically i walked the whole day. Truly unforgettable. Haven't walked for that long a distance for a very long time. maybe when I free, shall map out the distance that i walked that day. But it was really enjoyable although its kind of tiring considering the fact that I took a night flight, reached Shanghai around 6 am, settled accommodation and out I went, exploring. Gotta really thank ruiz and zy for bringing us around. If its just derrick and i, we will most probably just hang around xujiahui.. hahaha..

Picture(S) of the day!

Shanghai street, away from the cosmopolitan city.

Botak tree in Yuyuan Gardens.

Westin "Crown"!! This photo doesn't really show the Westin Hotel but seriously, magnificent and very lovely architecture. I love the crown. is that guy pointing at the Peace Hotel? hahaa.. no idea man..

Shanghai Pudong! the famous oriental pearl tower.

I miss 504, I miss the 演唱会s I used to watch on tv, I miss COMIC (my endless source of entertainment, the avenue that got me hooked on Heros), I miss the super duper crowded train ride to town, I miss the Korean food, the 东北饺子，the sgrean restaurant across the street. I miss the sakura tree. I miss the bund......

I'm so definitely going back there again!.. Can I get a job that sends me to Shanghai? Dubai also can.. haha

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2007-05-29T22:15:00.000+08:00

I'm back!.. to post.. hahaa.. I admit, i'm kind of lazy to blog.. but i will try.

Oh yeah, as the title suggest, I saw this advertisement for NUS. Take a look!

NUS advertises on MSN! Was pretty shocked when i see the familiar logo on MSN.. hahaa.. but well.. JOINUS.SG! haha..

Oh yes, on May 22nd, Weiming brought us to this Yunnan Restaurant near Fu Xing Xi Lu. Super nice place. Very nice ambience and definitely great food! The name of the restaurant is 花马天堂云南餐厅。

LOST HEAVEN Yunnan Folk Cuisine..

Yummy!

All of us with 2 of the staffs (extreme 2 on the right) from the restaurant.

May 25th
Yet another day of fun and good food. It's Derrick's bday! so we were out at ren ming guang chang for dinner. Wanted to eat at this restaurant that we had always wanted to try but din manage to because of the super looonnng queue. But as usual, we didn't get to eat there because its fully booked! In the end we settled for Papa Johns!

8 hungry souls waiting for the pizza to come!

There it is! Our 3 large pizzas!

May 25th is also the day fellow RE friends arrived in Shanghai for their Summer Program. Welcome to Shanghai!.. :)

Met up with Yaowei and Weijie for dinner on May 26th and brought them to 吴越人家 at 南京东路。 And the following day, met up with the rest at the urban planning centre at ren ming guang chang. Its great seeing all of them again after so long! Photos will be up when i get them from yaowei. :) Dinner was at 小南国 over at 浦东。all the good food! More good food to come when my family is here in 2 days time! So looking forward to Thursday.. haha.. Okae, I'm looking forward to their arrival but not exactly the arrival of the day itself. Because I have an essay due on thurs. argh..

In the meantime, I shall just get back to my dreaded assignments. sianed..

南京 4-6 May

2007-05-14T13:21:00.000+08:00

Nanjing trip- 3D2N Free and Easy. One very eventful trip indeed. We started off waking up very early, reaching 上海南站 (South Shanghai Railway station) at about 8.20am to catch our 9.15am train, all excited about the first class seats on board the bullet train. It was not long after that we realised we were at the wrong train station. We are supposed to be at the 上海火车站！Just as we were rushing to take a cab, the staff at the station advised us to take the MRT. We will definitely not be able to reach the station on time if we took a cab. So all 6 of us hurried our way to take the MRT, panicking and praying hard that we will be able to reach on time.

9.05am- There we are at the train station. Ruizhong, Anna, Zhiyong and Weixuan had their tickets cut and entered the waiting area, and we all thot we were just in time. Not until when the guy cut my ticket, then he realised that he should not have because they have stopped people from boarding the train. We were told to go to the ticketing booth to ask for exchange to another train or at least get a partial refund. At the ticketing booth, we met this lady and she started chatting with us. Telling us that it's impossible to refund/change our tickets since it has been cut and that even if they allow, there will be an admin charge or sth. And we thought she was a fellow tourist experiencing the same situation. But we were wrong! She's actually selling black tickets. I suppose, the tickets were fake and that you probably have the same seat number as someone else. Fortunately, we managed to change our tickets to the 10.15 am train. That lady totally sian diao and look so super disappointed. hahaha.. and Ruiz was like laughing away at the lady.. hahaa.. gloating over the fact that she can't sell us black tickets.. hhaha..

10.15am- Finally on our way to Nanjing! Our train was bound for Harbin and our seats were 卧座, meaning its a bed.

From a 2hr ride by bullet train, we took 5 hours to reach Nanjing on a normal train instead. Was chatting with the uncle in the train and he was like, from Shanghai to Nanjing, is there a need for a bed? hahaa.. well, we had no choice you see. If I'm not wrong, most of them are going to Harbin and the train will reach Harbin at 5pm the next day. Meaning, more than 30hours train ride..

3+ pm: Finally, we are at Nanjing!

First stop: 夫子庙
Met up with Ah Cheng and Ah Rong from Hongkong at 夫子庙. Spent the rest of our day 1 there. Bought a lot of things from the street market..

Day 2:

Signed up for a day tour of Nanjing for 175RMB at the train station when we first reached. Attractions include 朝天宮, 雨花台, 夫子庙, 瞻园, 中华门(passed by), 梅园, 中山陵。One thing bad about it is that we spent the day rushing from place to place that you don't even have sufficient time to look around..

孔子

at the museum

@雨花台

秦淮河@ 夫子庙

passed by the 总统府

This is at 梅园 the place where KMT and Commuist held talks and discussions. The crack signifies the falling apart of the talks between the two parties.

at 中山陵 (Dr Sun Yat-sen mausoleum)- a magnificant place

climbed 392 steps to get to this place- Tomb of 孙中山先

vacuum packed 南京特产-盐水鸭

盐水鸭- ready to eat

Day 3- All the places (except the 南京大屠杀纪念馆, which was closed) that we planned to visit were all covered in the tour. Hence in day 3, we visited Nanjing 1912 (recommended by Ah Cheng and Ah Rong), a place something like the 新天地 in Shanghai. Walked around, went for lunch and proceeded to 玄武湖. After which, walked along the lake to reach 南京站 to get back to 上海.

The great company I have for the trip made it really enjoyable. Here it is, a collage for the trip. Looking forward to more trips together!

Next trip!- Beijing from 17 to 21 may :)

五一黄金周

2007-05-10T22:05:00.000+08:00

五一黄金周 in China refers to the "Labour Day Golden Week" and it begins on May 1 and lasted for a week. The Chinese government first set 3 days of holiday for the pple, but in the year 2000, it was combined with 2 weekends such that the pple now have a 7 day vacation. The primarily aim for the week long holiday was to help expand the domestic tourism market, improve the national standard of living as week as allowing people to make long-distance family visits.

While most pple have 7 days of holiday, I had 11 days! because I have no lessons on mondays and fridays. hahaa.. so in actually fact, my holiday starts on 28th april. Went to 横店影视城 on the 28th of April for 2 days. Rested on the 30th of April back in Shanghai and set off to 雁荡山 for 3 days on 1st of May, and on the 4th of May, went to 南京. Besides the 7 hours bus ride to and fro for the 雁荡山 trip and missing the first class seats on board the bullet train to Nanjing, I really enjoyed myself during the week long trips. Been to the places many 明星 have step foot on, seen and climbed mountains, experienced the bustling city life of Nanjing etc. Awesome!

28-29 April: 横店影视城

横店 is located in Zhejiang province and is known to be “江南第一镇”. It is located 380km away from Shanghai. It is also one of the first AAAA traveling areas approved by National Tourism Bureau, and is awarded the “Chinese Hollywood” by the American magazine Hollywood Report.

A brief introduction of the place from the website www.hengdianworld.com:

影视城共有七大景区，分别是秦王宫景区、清明上河图景区、江南水乡景区、大智禅寺景区、广州街香港街景区以及明清宫苑、屏岩洞府景区。横店影视城作为国内拍摄场景最多、规模最大、设施最全的影视拍摄基地，每天都有剧组在这里演绎着上至帝王将相，下至黎民百姓的悲欢离合，酸甜苦辣。自《鸦片战争》开始，已有包括《荆柯刺秦王》、《雍正王朝》、《绝代双骄》、《杨门女将》、《汉武大帝》、《大宋提刑官》、《英雄》、《天下无双》、《天地英雄》、《天下粮仓》、《无极》、《黄金甲》等300多部电影和电视剧在中国横店影视城拍摄完成。

Day 1-

Set off from 襄阳公园 at about 7am.

First Stop: 沈丽峡

Next Stop: 屏岩洞府

屏岩洞府 is known to be “江南第一洞天”, and it is a 道家修行之福地。

Took the cable car up the moutain.

View from the cable car.

Derrick and Ruizhong in the cable car at the extreme right of the photo.

Finally, we are at 屏岩洞府。 Its time for some moutain climbing.

View of Hengdian up in the mountains.

屏岩洞府

Figurines of all the emperors of ancient China.

"small" cable cars...

Checked in at the hotel and had dinner at D.M.W, pirated version of KFC. haha..

Next up: 江南水乡

There are various performances at 江南水乡。 The must see performance is the 江南水乡“暴雨山洪”。 As it shows on the screen: 亚洲最大的影视惊险体验，集声、光、电于一体。

暴雨！

野舞火把节

The whole event feels like orientation camp! Tourists were invited to join in the dance and we were all running around the fire at the centre stage. just like a camp fire. haha...

Day 2-

Day 2 was spent at 秦王宫。It was built in 1997 for the historical film 《荆轲刺秦王》。It has a total of 27 宝殿 and the 主宫 is known as "四海归一殿"。Shall just post some photos of the place.. haha.. I'm too lazy to type.. :P

Time now is 2.30 am and I only managed to talk abt 1 out of the 3 tours during 五一。Blogger eats up my words you see.. it just disappeared. Shall talk abt my trip to 雁荡山 and 南京 another time then.

Nitez.

3 Is: Inspiring, Impressive, Interesting

2007-04-18T19:54:00.000+08:00

Today's Real Estate lecture was super interesting. Prof Hu invited a guest lecturer from the UK to give a lecture on value management. In his lecture, he talks about applying value management and function analysis into the management of real estate.

Value management is about creating wealth and usually applied at the design and planning stage. The application of value management helps elimination of unnecessary costs, providing clients with evidence of decision making process and providing more functions for less cost. His lecture today sets me thinking about the degree of functionality in buildings today. Are all the inbuilt functions necessary?

Think about this (quoting from the prof):

Lets say you bought a Sony DVD player for say $1000. It has multiply functions for example; an alarm clock function, a locking system whereby you can lock it and prevent people from using it etc. You are paying for these additional functions which you do not need or use. They are unnecessary cost. Fair enough, because these products are mass produced for the mass market. So if you want the DVD player, it comes together with it and you pay for it.

But if you apply this principle to Real Estate, are you going to provide additional unnecessary components into your building? This will cost a bomb. In the design of property, you cannot design for mass market. You have to design for one, and that is your client. Thus, there is a need for value management. Function analysis is important in helping to eliminate unnecessary cost, namely component cost, material cost, buildability cost etc.

Therefore, application of VM offers better business decisions by providing decision makers a sound basis for their choice, and helps improve quality of products and services by clearly udnerstanding and giving due priority to your client's real needs.

Academic aside, the prof provides a lot of insights as to how we view things. I totally agree that we tend to view things in a very straight way. In our minds, we already have an anchor point that we relied on when making decisions or during problem solving. This is call being heuristic i think. But in fact, we should think laterally and broaden up our thinking framework instead of thinking in a straight way.

Just a simple question that he asked:

Take for example, 140 pple participated in a Tennis Open Tournament. How many matches are there in this Tournament.

How would you approach this question to get the ans?

Method 1-
Round 1: 70 matches for 140 pple
Round 2: 35 matches for 70 pple
Round 3: 18 matches for 35 pple
.
.
.

So in the end, there are 139 matches altogether.

That is relatively easy. However, say there are 429 pple who participated instead. How many matches will that be?

The answer is 428.

One local student provided answers for both the questions in less than a minute each and got them correct. How?

Well, we all know that generally Chinese students are very good at maths. So it is reasonable for them to come up with the answer almost immediately. But what really impressed me is not the speed that he came up with the answer, but the approach he used to get the anwer.

His reasoning is that since there are 140 pple in the tournament, and there is 1 winner, so there should be 139 matches, because the other 139 participants played and lost a match.

I'm sure most pple will use method one to derive the answer. I used that.. haha..

I was really impressed with the answer given by the student. And its not just 1 student who got the right answer. There was 2. And i believe, there are others who knew but did not spoke up.

Very impressive indeed.

Interesting Signs

2007-04-06T16:30:00.000+08:00

Was looking at some of the photos I took, and thought I should share some of the interesting signs I saw in Shanghai. First up, one showing you how to differentiate between real and counterfeit notes, located just across the road from the school gate.

This is what it says:
1) 看钞票纸，人民币纸张坚挺有_性，揉搓起来哗哗作响。

2) 看水印，水印图案只有对着光亮才能看出来。
3) 观察印刷，人民币采用凹版印刷，油墨高干纸面触摸有手感。
4) 辨别颜色，人民币颜色清晰，图案鲜明，纹路清楚。

The next two photos provide reasons as to why one should not step on grass. First one was found in sch, and the second, in Hangzhou. Very cute signs!

小草在休息请勿打扰

小草在生长请勿打扰

Next up, Spot the similarity!

And to end off, how about "Decline with Food?"

Ciaoz!

Updates!

2007-03-19T15:58:00.000+08:00

alrite! i can finally access my blog again. so I'm back with my second post.. after so long.. haha.. This post shall be dedicated to some really outdated events.

01/03/2007

The official day when I moved out from Taoliyuan into Minhang campus. From a double room with common toilet, into a single room with a personal toilet. :) I like the current space I have, more privacy and I have nicer views when I looked out of the window. The only disadvantage of staying in Minhang is that it takes about an hour to get to the city area.

View of the school library from the pavilion. Its pretty near to my hostel and the view is lovely.

Needless to say, but definitely, love Singapore more!

22/03/2007
Spring is here! Today’s weather was exceptionally good! The very first night I can live without my thick black jacket… hahaa.. I simple love this weather! First time taking the public bus from xuhui to minhang because we missed the last sch bus at 930. Basically, after you board the bus, you don’t have to pay first because once the bus leaves de stop, the conductor will ask you where you are heading to, and at the same time collect ur bus fares. They have a 交通卡 which is similar to our ez link, just that you have to hand it over to the conductor and she will tap the card for you.. according to where you heading. I guess this basically helps by providing a lot more jobs for the people.

23/03/2007

Warm day, I guess the highest temperature today was like 20 degrees. very nice weather to be outdoors. And today I experienced an extremely crowded train for the very first time in shanghai or rather in my entire life. Took the train during the peak hour at abt 6pm. You don’t even have to move a step to get into the train because basically you will be pushed into the train. And the train ride was the very first time I perspired ever since I arrived in Shanghai. In fact, one of my lecturers pointed out that I should try to take the train during the peak hour to experience it. Well, I did.. haha.

The surprising thing is that the change of season occurred almost immediately. There was like no gradual increase in temperture. On 22/03, de weather is still like 10 degrees I think.
But on de 23rd, its already 20 degrees.

25/03/2007
Went bowling for the first time and my very first attempt was a strike! Hahaa.. I guess this is really the beginner’s luck. Because the subsequent attempts were money down the drain. Hahahaa. But I had great fun! I'm glad I joined them for dinner and bowling.

30/03/2007
An unplanned trip to Pudong! We followed the students here for a field trip to Shanghai Stock Exchange. But it was kind of disappointing because there was no trading and the time we spent in the building was shorter than the time taken to travel there. But the good thing is that we got a free trip to pudong!

This is what we saw..

This is the group of local students I played cards with during the trip to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Played 2 games. one of which is 明皇暗保 and I can't remember what's the name of the other one. They are the ones who made the trip there enjoyable!.. It reminds me of excursion trips back in Cresecent and JC. Those were the days.. hahaa

There we are at 世纪大道! From left, Derrick, Me, Weixuan, Ruizhong and Annabelle.

I think we were all taking a photo of 金茂大厦。中国第一高楼。

Views of 外滩 from pudong. I prefer the view of the bund from pudong than the view of pudong from the bund.

Dinner at 小南国。I think it was the best meal in Shanghai so far. Each of us spent less than S$10 which is considered cheap for the standard of the food and the environment.

I present to you... the food we had that night!

31/03/2007

Pudong is such a lovely place that we went back there again the next day.. haha.. this time, with lots more pple including Weixuan's neighbours, and Zhu Yuan, the president of the student exchange association of SJTU.

Fellow Singaporeans!

Me!

All the guys..

And to end of this post, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower!

My Very First Post

2007-03-13T20:55:00.000+08:00

Today marks the 20th day in Shanghai, away from hot and humid Singapore and its only my very first post!
Well, I guess Mervyn is right. Blogs and I have no link. haha.. He does not believe that I will set up a blog.

Anyway, thanks to all who tagged and all who asked abt how I'm doing in Shanghai. I'm enjoying myself right here in Shanghai with great friends, neighbours and yes, great campus! Its really nice and big. I should say, its a very peaceful environment and very suitable for retirement. hahaa.. to quote annabelle.

22/02/2007- Day 1

Arrived in Shanghai at abt 6am in the morning and walked around the airport before taking a cab to campus. Checked in at Taoliyuan in Xuhui campus and went to meet Ruizhong and Zhiyong (2 other Singapore exchange students). Oh yes, and my very first meal in Shanghai is Burger King and they give out ang baos! haha.. ok. not that there is any money inside but they give packets of ang baos.

We walked alot that day and went to Yuyuan Gardens followed by the Bund. It was a very nice experience catching glimpse of the environment in Shanghai.

This is a nice condo that I took while exploring the streets and the next photo shows what the residents face every day when they look out of their window.

and further down the road, this is wat you will see.

23/02/2007- Day 2

Welcome to Shanghai, Annabelle! and she was my room mate for i think 5 days? around there. It's really a small world as she's a fellow crescentian and we have so many common friends. haha..That's Annabelle in red.

26/02/2007 - Day 5

Derrick, Annabelle and I (those staying in Taoliyuan) had lunch in a Singaporean Cafe- Prima Taste at Metro in Xujiahui. Only 5 days in Shanghai and we begin to miss Singapore food. haha.. Had chicken rice for S$6, but its not as nice as the chicken rice back in Singapore thou..

and this is the poster inside Prima Taste, reminds me of home!

We also went to Minhang campus. Met up with Zhiyong and Ruizhong who's staying over at Minhang. The campus is really big and they have very grand entrances. Did I mention, Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni has 6 campuses altogether. Xuhui is located in the city while Minhang is in the outskirts. But most of the student population is in Minhang.

27/02/2007- Day 6

We went to Fahuazhen campus for some admin stuff and I came across this drawing along the street. Very well drawn rite? Happy new year to all!

And this is the school logo and the words 饮水思源。Its located everywhere on campus.
Direct translation would be "think of its source while drinking water".

That should sum up my very first post. More photos will be up when i manage to log in at multiply.

One last thing, thanks to Alec for the sumptuous lunch over at his place during CNY. and thanks to curl, drey, eugene, ganesh, vid and benji for the surprise!

and curl, i brought the letter along with me to shanghai!

Ciaoz! I'm so looking forward to shopping at 七浦路 again tml! :)