Monday, May 19, 2008
1 week; 7 days and six nights in beijing and shandong.
We've came back from Beijing and Shandong yesterday morning. What i've to post now is about all of our activities and things that we do in china.
Day o1
Date: 11 May 2008
Time: 8.30pm
I met Kelly at her house, then Qiutong's father sent me, Kelly and Brendon Ong to school in his car. Thanks a billion. (: But unfortunately, Qiutong hurt her leg, and it seems that it is badly injured too. After awhile, she was fine already. After all of us assembled in the canteen, with our parents waiting patiently aside. The bus reached, and Miss Phua prayed for us before we board the bus. (: And so, we bid farewell to our parents, put our luggage into the bus, and off we go.
Though all of us can't bear to leave our family and friends, but later we cheer each other up, and soon we've reached Changi Airport.
We check-in our luggage, then went to ate our last dinner there, chat for awhile then went inside to shop. Our flight was delayed until 1.50 am, but it didn't affect our excitement. We waited for some time, then finally, we board the Airplane. Which was about a 6 hours flight? Our first destination was Beijing, after we've taken all of our luggages at Beijing Airport, the tour-guide was already waiting for us outside.
She told us to call her Miss Liu, and so we went off to have our breakfast at MacDonald's. After our breakfast, we took the tour bus to Forbidden City, Miss Liu explained to us the history of the palace, and told us about the Emperor's story and so on. We visited the whole palace, and took alot of photos too. Then Miss Liu took us to our second destination which was the shopping mall. It was called 'Xiu Shui Jie'. Which we can bargain the price. Evening, we went to Beijing Olympic Venue which is the National Stadium and National Aquatics to take some photos. But unfortunately, we can't go in, so we could only stand at the bridge outside the stadium and took photos from far apart. After that, we went for dinner, and off to check-in the Hotel. And my roommate is joanne. :D
Day o2
Date: 13 May 2008
Time: In the morning (Forgot what time.)
We woke up about 7 something in the morning? Then had our breakfast in the Hotel, Miss Liu took us to Great Wall of china. We took the so called 'Cable car' to the half of Great Wall. And we climbed only 1/3 of the Great Wall, because it will be a long tough journey if we had continue walking. The road was tough, the stairs were steep, and the slopes were scary too. After all of us reached the submit, everyone took a photo of the scenery, and we took a class photo too! Later, we went to Yi He Garden, to see the trees and all those sceneries there. Evening, we went for our dinner, and after that we went to check-in our hotel.
Day o3
Date: 14 May 2008
Time: In the morning
After we had our breakfast, we went to Beijing airport to take our second flight to Jinan. The flight was about 45 minutes. When we departed at Jinan airport, the tour guides were waiting for us. As we settled down, they welcome us heart-warming. Which i felt pleasant, as we still need their guidance, and patients towards us. First stop we went to Bao Tu Spring, the springs there were clean and beautiful. There's many tourists over there too. Next we went to shopped at a bookshop, which is three storey tall. There's lots of books, different categorise in different shelves. I bought one chinese book which is really interesting. There's a mix of comics and personal life inside. After that, we checked in the hotel at Taian, which is at Mount Taishan.
Day o4
Date: 15 May 2008
Time: Unkown
Finally the day to climb mount tai, we did some stretchings and off we go. We climb the mountain with full speed. Every stop rest for about 10 minutes, then continue. Surprisingly, we made it to the top within 4/5 hours. And whats more, our starting point is at the bottom of the mountain. All of us were tired, but all so happy that we reached the top. Night, we had our dinner in our own rooms, preparing ourselves for next day sunrise seeing.
Day 05
Date: 16 May 2008
Time: Morning
Early in the morning, we wear our thick coats and ready to set off to the top of the mountain and look at the sunrise. When we reached, there's haze and we couldn't see a thing. 5am, but there's still no signs of the gleam of sunlight. We were all disappointed though. But we were glad that we all made it to the top of the mountain together. Then we went to visit Qufu, where confucius live in the older days. The place was great, the houses were beautiful with wooden patterns. The weather was cooling and the environment there was refreshing. The tour-guide told us confucius story, and some history about him in china. Which made me respect confucius more. Next, we went to confucius hometown, visit his house, and all those statues that were given by the emperor. After that, we went to have our lunch at the nearest retaurant. Night, we checked in the hotel at Qufu, we had a good night sleep.
Day 06
Date: 17 May 2008
Time: Morning
We traveled to Jinan Range Shooting Gallery. Had our shooting lessons, and tried out some of those guns, real guns. It is uber cool, fun, scary, and also exciting. We have 100RMB to use for three stations. The second station is terrific! The gun is heavy, loud, but super exciting!
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Pre-Trip
I want to change my attitude and character during the trip. I hope to control my temper, emotions and have more patients on people around me. And i hope i can learn to be more independent, and more mature. As i felt that i need some changes in my way of life. I hope to be a better girl, and a better friend by the time i come back to singapore. (:
Three things i want to know more about china is how china people live, what kind of food they eat, and which places they will go to. And learn more about chinese cultural, history etc. I feel happy and excited to go on this trip because it's my first trip with my friends and teachers. However, i also feel sad to go on this trip because i will miss my family and classmates.
-2 ways i can cooperate with my schoolmates and teachers to make this trip successful are: Learn to work and communicate well with them. And help one another to their questions or enquiries.
-1 way i am preparing myself to face difficulties on the trip is to be vigilant on things and people around me. Always be alert on the go. [:
I'm looking forward to take the air plane with peeps, as it's my very first time going overseas with them. So i'll really gonna enjoy myself there. Yeap. :D
Hey hey
Hey everyone, this is my blog about the china trip. We're going to shandong and beijing on the 11 May! Wee~! :D
I want to change my attitude and character during the trip. I hope to control my temper, emotions and have more patients on people around me. And i hope i can learn to be more independent, and more mature. As i felt that i need some changes in my way of life. I hope to be a better girl, and a better friend by the time i come back to singapore. (:
Hey everyone, this is my blog about the china trip. We're going to shandong and beijing on the 11 May! Wee~! :D