Because this is going to be a somewhat condensed version after spamming alot of photos on photobucket, some pictures from the Beijing trip! 14th-23rd November, at Tsinghua High School (okay so being the top few schools in Beijing is seriously no joke). CULTURE SHOCK: They run 1.6km every school day (that's not including PE where they run about another 6-8 rounds round the track) in preparation for their PE test. All of them are psycho fit, seriously. But yes.



Streets of Beijing, funkaye malls and all!



Joce Stella and I <3 Roomies and pretty much the only 3 girls that went to Tsinghua (:



On the immersion trip, so a random picture of Jiangshan (my buddy) and I in the classroom. w00t.



The high school where we stayed (in the amazingly clean hotel like rooms). We didn't have to go to the hostels but instead stayed in the foreign exchange place (yes, they even have a building for that) which was kindof like a hotel with the aircons, nice beds, carpetted floors and people making our rooms xP



FACEBOOK. :D



The crazy amount of fruits we brought back from the homestay because our buddies' parents insist that fruits are the way to go in the dry weather. So we pretty much ended up with enough fruits to start a stall or something. Had massive giveaways because we attempted stuffing ourselves and it didn't really work. Heh.



AND THE AMAZING ICE CREAM. Moving on to the other amazing food at Beijing...



(If I'm not wrong) Woodlice and Beetles



Seahorses and Scorpions! Stella and I had these and truthfully the scorpions tasted really good (: Crunchy and soft in the middle. The seahorse was (I quote Stella) "rather dry". So now you know. :D



And of course the other pretty places we visited. This's like part of Beijing University. Its so huge and the atmosphere there's pretty much amazing. Quote Joce/ Stella the 1.6km daily runs are preparing for their future in the University without bikes. Campus is crazy huge but yeah pretty much worth it for the scenery if you'd ask me.



Great Wall Of China (: Climbing it was killer with the wind and all, but again, the experience! Felt pretty good up there. Ah well.



So yes because I should not spam any more photos, Beijing Trip '07 was pretty memorable, the price slashing at shopping malls, playing cards till 10 and all, thank you Stella Joce Matthew Hong En (who wonderfully taught me the 4x4x4 cube) Sean David Joel for making the trip such an enjoyable one. And so its on with enjoying the holidays (:

Labels: Holidays, Trips