Another night in Beijing

Haven't been updating my blog for exactly 12 days. No internet access in Beijing mah. Actually, got free internet access in my hotel room, but me 'laptop-less' ><

So, am now back to real (harsh) life :( It's time to work like a dog and cow again to 'recoup' the $$$ spent. Sad sad sad.... How i wish my holiday was longer! or better, UNLIMITED! I'm now in 'post-holiday depression'. Think it will take me a while to recover. That's the side effect of having too much fun & food (& cold wind) in Beijing!

I had so much fun in Beijing that I don't even know where to begin to tell you about it! Will definitely take days to bring you thru my holiday :) So, do keep following my blog k ^^

OOOoo.. I bet you guys can wait to view my holiday photos too. Hehe, u gotta be patient because they are everywhere. I need a few days to sort them out n.n Am not exaggerating. I really need that much time (or even longer)! :P

Like every other holiday makers, one of the most-made wishes is to hope that there is no end to their trip/holiday. I'm DEFINITELY one of those ppl :) I remembered telling J on the day of our departure that I hoped our flight from BJ to SG would delay so we could stay in BJ for another night! That, ALMOST happened.

After our Peking Duck meal, we headed to BJ airport. We arrived 4 hours before our flight. FYI, we weren't being kiasu or anything. That's because Beijing aiport is famous for its human congestions. We were the 1st to arrive and even ordered the officer to arrange the best seats for us.

5 mins, 10 mins, 15 mins had gone by, still there were no sign of our boarding passes. One officer after another checking the system & with each other, still we hadn't checked-in. Finally, the supervisor in-charge came to us and said "You guys are 24 hours late to the airport" *Eyes wide OPEN!!!* 24 hours late?!?!?! He got to be kidding!! That's very late!!! @@" [<-- not my real reaction. In fact, I was really happy abt it, hehe. My real reaction --> Y(^0^)Y YEAAAAHHH...] We were told that the flight was quite full & he would do everything he could to get us on board. I said "No worries buddy. Don't have to try very hard" in my heart ;p

Apparently, our travel agent has made a mistake. Our tickets said "23 Nov 2007 12.05am BJ-SG" but our itinerary stated "24 Nov 2007, 12.05am BJ-SG". YoooHoooo! My wish materialised! Couldn't believe that we could stay in Beijing for another night & the best part is, we could punish our travel agent by having them pay for all our expenses in Beijing!! How wonderful is that!?! ^^

Sadly, a very helpful officer [damn him!!] managed to get us all on board *Disappointed* I mean, how often do u get a chance like this? The travel agency is in luck or else, they would incur a big loss on this project because we would definitely choose to stay at the best hotel in Beijing!! Oh well, I shouldn't be so mean to the officer lah. Should thank him instead. If I don't come back, I will sure end up becoming a super duper king kong-sized fatso hippo for I couldn't stop eating in Beijing!!

A few of my MANY favourite pictures:-

Snowing in ChengDe!

Breathtaking picture ;)

Me & marching soldiers at Tiananmen Square

Passport photo. Took it myself because I was the only one to the furthest point at Great Wall of China.

Stopping to buy persimmons (only RMB 0.40 each!), pears, apples, fresh chestnuts, macadamia nuts, walnuts (All kind of nuts [wui, except for that kind of nuts. u r so dirty-minded!] for only RMB10 per 500kg!), etc!

Do you see why I don't wanna come back?