Flight Origin - HongKong

Carrier - CathayPacific

Flight Number - CX735

Belt - Unknown

ETA - 1800hrs

Terminal 1

Singapore, I'll be back soon.

Beijing, I'll be back soon.

=((

足球。

The Singapore Lions
I'mmm... the extreme bottom right. Hamsome siol.

And i play right back. Wes Brown? G.Neville? Ern? heh
Look pro right?

Yeah.. pro but we let in 4, the little Lions scored -0-(zero).

Me being treated for war wounds. It was really painful when Joson applied some antiseptic wipe burning thingy. It hurts.. bad. I covers my face in pain.

Followed by a mega -Tao Pok-. GG.

t-2

Now it's time for all the goodbye formalities.. Shake-hands, exchange gifts and hugs, last minute photo transferrrrs and goodbye videos.

Again i say.. it's time to pack up.
1 lugguage, 2 soft big bags, Total weight= 45kg+-

China Mourns

Photo: XinHua News Agency

Half masted at Tian'anmen.

a view from the lab window at 1428hrs.

We had a solemn 3minute silence. The students paused whatever they were doing, basketball stopped, everything stopped. The air was weird still , only loud sirens and horn blasted through the air.
In a way, it was eerie.


Only God knows best.
God bless.

The Art District

A decommisioned Military Factory transformed itself into an Art District. This place is called the 798 Art Zone. The place was littered with huge industrial factories, lined with railroads to whisk away ready-tanks and ammunition. Now, the factories have become galleries, trains have become works of art but the history remains.

I like this place. It's another one of those "ern's must-visit places"

In the factories are galleries displaying visual art, paintings, sculptures and shops. It's quite a wonder how the Chinese conserved the factories.



A shop that sells paintings. The desk there is his office, i presume.


Another gallery displaying photographs. Children roam the "war torn" environment. Dont worry.. There are no AK-47s, RPGs, grenades, mines or snipers.



Old rusty pipes act has Billboards.


A typical entrance to a gallery. Hmm.. Bricks, cement, dirt.. eugh.
But really cool artefacts, respect art. Dont take photos of art. I dont show art here.. heh.


I think this is bomb shelter.. But it's now a huge museum and shops.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/798_Art_Zone

Skype shots. heh.

Weird skype moments. Ming K.O. sprawled on the bed.


Uncle and aunt.


My coolest classmates peering into the screen.. Post-presentation debrief..



Post-presentation. Hi Regina... . hhe.. i'm comin home soon. =)



Hi moommma ..



Mike showing me the Threadless that arrived late. THat's Kev's 'Stat City'. har har!!!



LiPing dunno how to use the snapshot function.. LOSER! hahhaha! kk.. kidding k.. laxing.



And not forgetting the rowdy sunday mornings with my cousins and uncle! See.. child abuse!! hahaha.. awesome fun!



The power of Skypeee....

Beijing 城市。

After a Friday's rain, it calls for a bright, clear, sunny, windy Saturday! A day of outings and visitation once again! This time i went to 2 Museums! The Military Museum and a World Museum, showcasing artifacts donated by various countries.

Yes. As expected, communist style! Huge flags calls for patriotism!


In the main hall, Tanks, planes, rockets, missles of World War 2. The hall was huge, considering it could accomodate planes and tanks.


Walking around, the air was fresh, it just reminded me of AussieLand. It was clean! Where's the pollution?

Up we went, up to the CCTV tower, 6th highest free standing tower in the world.

And that's the view of Beijing. It looks likes NY from here, NY's Central Park. And where's the pollution the pussy atheletes were talking about?

In that direction lies Singapore.. 4534km aways. argh!



What a great day in the city.

I'm okay

Photo of messy downtown Beijing,
ChannelNewsAsia.

Beijing is Okay after the massive quake that rocked and killed 10,000 in the Sichuan Province, far south of Beijing.

And I'm okay. thank God.

highlight

Glory ManUtd!
10th title win.

After all sorts of difficulties, the Olympic flame has reached Mt. Qomolangma (Everest) this morning at 0918hrs for the first time in history.

The torches are designed by rocket scientists!
"The torches can burn in temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius and 0.3 atmospheric pressure, and can also withstand hurricanes,"

Friends of BJ

After a great evening of Frisbee and a game of Guess-the-number-and-die, the group of us, Jarett & Yude, Johnson roomie, grace and another 2 other China friends(which names i have forgot) went for dinner behind the supermarket. It's dark and secluded.

Noodles, rice, sausages, meatballs, vegs and bottle of YanJing beer.

But it got too windy outside, we decided to move inside to finish up. We talked about chopsticks, Singaporean's bargaining skills and others. This is cultural exchange! haha.

The 2, Johnson and (the girl's name who i'm gonna find out tml), challenging each other at darts.

These are my friends in Beijing(the 3 on left). The coolest!

A cause for concern: Myanmar

Images from Wikipedia
Cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal.

It's path. And it makes a deadly landfall in Burma.

Devastation throughout the underdeveloped country.
A dead bull lies next to a corpse.

Countries like Singapore, America, Italy and China has pledged help and sent troops, doctors, food, medicine and clothes to the land.


As of 1600hrs, 08/05/08:

Confirm 80,000 - dead.
40,000 - missing
Some non-governmental organizations estimating that the final toll will be over 100,000.

Price of Rice, is set to rise.

Ms. Yarny

Ms Yarny's some IT lecturer from NYP and she came here to take care of all 39 of us. It is a real feat to do that. It is really not easy when there's so many wild animals roaming.

I think she really did a great job. Too bad, she's left the baton with Mr. Chai. I'm sure he'll be doing a great job too. He is!

Ms Yarny with Miss Norti.

She's extremely sporting too! Taking up challenges. Here, taking a spin in a teapot with Johnson at the Happy Valley amusment park. hahah! It left her with severe head trauma.

See.. sporting! The guy's our cultural exchange meeting IC.

Ms. Yarny and her body guards.

Sometimes, she's the root of evil! She wasted the Turk's ice cream. The big blotch of wasted Ice Cream on the floor. Sad!

All in all, she's a great "muumy". =))

see you soon!

there's a symmmmetry

National Grand Theatre
their Esplande..

Some Pagoda atop of mountain

the colourful interior ceiling.
Look at the details. Paintings, carvings, and shapes.

Tian'anmen
Guarding 毛爷爷。

reverse angle of the photo above.
We are not facing the People's Monument and the 毛爷爷's memorial hall.

The Forbidden Kingdom under restoration.

Tiles of the HuTongs.

At the edge of some.. building.
oh. this is a place called 十三陵. It's like Egypt's Valley of the Kings.

We, flying kites at Tian'anmen square. The building behind is the Great of Hall of The People.
Where Communist Party meetings are held.

天坛。
This is where the Emperor comes to pray to the gods.

Just look at the details.. awshh!! Darn cool!

Hmmm..

quiet night bus rides.

And the airport.