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BACK!!

got back from China last night..

Friday 8/6/07 (Shang-rila)

The weather here is pretty cold..it's abt 3degrees at night..in the day it was about 15degrees..along the bus ride we had a new tour guide..from 'Zhao' ethnic grp..she said the pple here age faster than pple at Kun Ming..she's 28 but she look like late 30s..due to the lack of oxygen up there..Shang-rila is 4000m above sea level!! She brought us to buy some medicine which we had to take and each person had to buy a can of oxygen just in case..we had to walk slowly coz if our heart pumped faster we would need more oxygen and we may feel dizzy..the tour guide also told us to try not to slp along the way coz we may not wake up..apparently there was a case of this japan guy..he flew in from japan to Shang-rila..so it was a big difference of altitude..he felt slpy on the bus and fell aslp and nvr waked up..gosh..

we had to eat this..suppose to help us adjust to the altitude..

the oxygen tank..lol..looks like insecticide huh..

however, we all felt slpy and we actually slept when we went to visit the forest of Shang-rila..the bus was so comfortable..our eyes were just so heavy..how can we not slp?? ever time the bus move we'll slp..den bus stop we'll get down and sighsee..haha.... my aunt couldnt take it though..she said she had a terrible headache..after awhile bro said he felt dizzy..so both of them had to take oxygen..felt better after that..

wait, walk..cheese!!

this is how they sell honey..ask how much u want den they chop!

we didnt bathe..too cold..juz give a fast wash and den hide in our blankets..i tried using the oxygen tank..to me..like no diff actually..haha..coz maybe i didnt feel anything.. =)

we fell aslp damn fast..like 11pm..juz couldnt keep our eyes open for long..prob coz of the thin oxygen too..
Saturday 9/6/07 (Kunming)
Woke up super early to catch a plane down to Kunming..so..we spent less than 24 hours in Shang-rila..sads..

so happy to see our original tour guide..seriously, i think she's the best tour guide we ever had..even better than the tour guide we had for Taiwan..

first stop..lunch..after lunch we went to see silk..have seen silk at so many parts of china..nvr buy coz it's so ex..although i LOVE the texture of silk!! =)

this is so artistic..many child beggars around..scary..

how often do u get to see such long cars in sg??

next stop was even more interesting..we spent the remaining of the afternoon plucking forget-me-nots and peaches!! so fun..hee..experience wat is is like choosing good flowers and plucking and choosing peaches..

my picked flowers.. =)

peaches peaches everwhere..lala..

mushrooms for dinner..supposed to be a speciality coz there were many types of mushroom..but seriously..i didnt find anything special..

mushrooms being cooked..

that night..we went to KTV..oohh..i so miss my K Box!! their KTV is also known as night club..but this was so much than the day b4..the night club was really night club with a dance floor.but also have rooms where u can be private..but will be much messier than this place..this is really all rooms only..but the rooms..are SO beautiful..compared to our K Box..this looks 100 times better..and their system is much better too..their songs were quite updated..managed to get the hua yang songs as well..so fun!! we sang from 8pm-nearly 2am..of coz i didnt sing non-stop..aunts and uncles sang too..oohh..emu..when are u coming back??? i wanna go k box with u!!!!

Sunday 10/6/07
We woke up late..could be later but coz the breakfast ends at 9am so we had to get up around 8am..if not i think we could slp until 10am..get up and rush to the airport..haha...

after breakfast went to do some last min shopping at their large supermart..got some tidbits back..it's actually tidbits that could be found in here..but juz at a much cheaper price..anyways, we did minimal shopping so our luggage still had much space for our stuff..hehe..with all the heavy cartons of peaches..our combined luggage weight did not exceed..we stil had about 40kg to spare..wow..

We had swensons at T2 for dinner..gosh..5.45pm and there was a long queue..we had to queue for abt 20mins..the food is good..but think they lack of staff..service was pretty slow..i hafta lose weight!! i put on 2kg in China!! all that fatty meat and full full meals to keep warm and not get hungry quick..gosh..i need exercise!! =(

staff party is tonight..should i go??

scribbled by =CaLiStA= at 9:43:00 AM