Shanghai Trip

The train ride wasn't as bad as i expect
in actual fact, it's rocking cool
it looks new, and the bed is somewhat comfy, SOMEWHAT
haha, it's an experience tho
the train took 10 hours before arriving in Shanghai
my uncle was there to pick me up
and that's where i am staying for 3 nights

we went around Shanghai
quite fun tho
and i met up with jill from swim team
we (sam, jill and I) went snowboarding then, erm C.L.U.B>ing
haha

it was fun in shanghai, it's more develop
and the MRT looks somewhat like S'pore
lots of picture are to be uploaded

Kenn

one hundred and one, two and three days

it's not like it's fun here
today i worked from 8.30am till 10.30pm

ya, i'm a slave, haha
what to do, my marks are in his hands
i'm still considering if i wanna go to shanghai or not
it's like too many things are clouding my mind
i do not like things cramming up in my week
the only attractive stuff in shanghai, is to snowboard
at one of their indoor resort
that's what attracting me

if i'm going to shanghai
i might most probably be staying in my shanghai uncle house
he's a local there
i saw him a few times when he came over to S'pore to visit
so to me, it's still a stranger-stranger affair, but with the word uncle

oh and the transport to shanghai, is to take train
not MRT,
it's that kinda train, that i dun wanna stay long in it
so it depends for now, it depends

it's ending soon
yeah!

that's all for now

KENN

99th and 100th day

99 and 1oo are quite unique numbers
i dunno how to explain it, but it's just the way it is to me

this attachment is finally going to end soon
will i miss tianjin?
i'm not sure about this question
but i really can't wait to go back to S'pore
Tianjin is fun and relaxing
but still, who doesn't miss home

on the 99th, sunday, we went around shopping again, as usual
what's cool was our lunch on that day
we went into a classy restaurant
and i ordered pork chop, or something around there with a classy name
and we our orders sum up to 100 plus RMB
and they gave us all some, just a little bit, of red wine
haha

on the 100th, it rained so very heavily in the morning thus, i need not go to the lab
so i went in the afternoon, and did a little of precipitation expt
and that's all


if the coming shanghai trip is cancelled
then i think i'll be returning earlier

see ya then

Kenn

96th, 97th and 98th day

i was super lazy
thus i waited for 3 days before updating

everyday i just do the same stuff, as in experiment
just two weeks before i can return to S'pore
so i just have to enjoy the remaining days in Tianjin

so for tonight
we're ordering pizza for dinner
can't wait to eat
i order a regular potato pizza,
don't know if it'll be nice or not
haha
it cost 55RMB

that's all for now

Kenn

94th and 95th day

Okay, i've been doing the same expt for weeks
and i'm getting more and more buay tahan
the expt is simple i admit but it's just that the willinhness of doing it is not there
but two weeks left

it's very soon
i still am able to hang in there
and i know i should
rather than going mad in my lab

anyway, i got some rest this morning
as i had some stomach discomfort
*hahaha

so hopeful i get the next week off as i will try to start on the final report
and the the week after, if everything goes well and planning is up
i may, MAY go to shanghai
it depends.
that's all
goodluck for all the coming exams

Kenn

93rd day

Today, i went to settle my VISA
without fail, again, the school made us take two trips
they printed my copy of registration to this Uni
but didn't print my friend's and claimed that it's okay, as my friend needn't need one
but after getting to the embassy, they say it differently
so we have to go back to take my friend's copy
then make a trip back
Good lord!

okay, i talk about some happier stuff,
i just recevied my external hard disk that i got in China
it's 500GB
it's super big
and i also got 2 earpiece
as my current is spolit

my senior told me that my attachment would roughly end on 15 or 16th this month
and after that, most probably i would go to shanghai

Kenn


P.S. i do not have coco's email address.

92nd day

We went SUSHI Buffet today
it costed 58RMB person anout 12.20SGD as recently the exchange rated is 4.7
i thought at first that it will taste bad,
but in fact the food taste quite nice and there were lots of choices
i like the apple sushi and peach rolls
these are items that i had never tried before
everything till now is great
and tomorrow i need to take another trip to settle the VISA problem
just by submitting a few forms
and it'll be fine!

and recently i made a new specs in Tianjin
looks good i think
cost 398RMB
and after collecting it, i realised that the frame was from S'pore B.U.M equipment
-_- lol

Kenn

90th and 91st day

i'm getting more and more lazy to post.
haha
there's a 3 days holiday in tianjin, for celebrating Dragon Boat Festival
where you will eat dumplings (btw my grandma's dumpling's damn nice, i'm gonna missed it)
but instead i was doing experiment during the holidays
maybe my senior got some plans for me
but anyway, attachment's gonna end soon
so... hahaha

went shopping today
and i got quite a bit of stuff, i spent 300RMB today, haha
bagging a volcom shorts and 2 shirts
and other misc. stuff
it was fun walking around and shopping with sam

that's all for now

Kenn

86th, 87th, 88th and 89th day

SOON ILL BE BACK!!!

okay, i have been doing experiment and thinking of home everyday

oh i nearly became an illeagl immigrant in china.
How?
The Visa that i applied from S'pore China embassy was only limited for 90 days (~3months) and worst it was a tourist Visa.
My attachment was for 4 months, i fine with the extension but i can't believe they gave me a tourist Visa when i told them i'm going to China to study.
So for few days , i went here and there to find out what i need to change my tourist Visa into a "study" Visa and then extend it.
Nice one to the embassy in s'pore.

Kenn

84th and 85th day (Conquering TaiShan)

DAY 84
It was a freaking tiring experience for me

We left Tianjin at 7am in the morning
And reached ShanDong after 5 hours of train ride

[about the train, erm, i have no comments, haha
it was a good experience i would say,
it's unlike the bullet train i sat to beijing on my last trip
Photos of the train will be upload on my facebook]


Conmen are a plenty nowadays, thus our senior, who's a citizen of China was very careful of that
We had to buy tickets for the train ride home for the second day
The normal ticketing counter was packed with a lot of people
At first, our senior wanted us to use the excuse as foreigner, to ask some person at the Front of the queue to buy tickets for us
In the end we saw some 'helpful man' (maybe he's a taxi driver- but he uses his own car)
He brought us to another place which sells ticket at an extra of 5RMB
Hence saving us time, he then asked if we were hungry, and brought us to some restaurant, and he took a cab fee of 5RMB
We looked at the restaurant meun and it doesn't interest us, so we left
And had lunch at some other place

We decided to start climbing the 泰山 at evening
thus we went to a park to slack around and wait for the time to pass
Before that we went to get some snacks and lots of cucumber and tomatoes and 甜瓜 (taste like honeydew but has a size of an apple)
we walk around in the park, not like parks in s'pore, this park was BIG

At around 5pm, we went to 泰山
The entrance fee costed us 120RMB and another 2RMB was for insurance
Climbing 泰山 is all about climbing stairs (as in staircases that u climb in ur HDB)
There are steeps step, narrow ones too
Starting was fine and there was only little steps, it just gets worst as we advance
At about 6 to 7pm, the sky turns dark, there were no lamps by the side of all the stairs of 泰山
We either rely on the star lights (cos' there was no moon) or our torchlights
When advancing there are a lot of temples
Many believers come to this mountain to pray too
There was one temple which they give free joss stick to pray
lol, there's no such thing as free stuff, so we were careful about it

There's a section of 泰山 which is considered as the difficult part
It's called the 十八盘 (18 i dunno-what-to-call-it )
Anyway, there was the '18 slow pace' and '18 fast pace' from what i understand
The embarrassing moment was when i got cramps in my calves
I was walking like a duck
Out of the 5 of us, only i got cramps
It's like WTH
So the 18 i dunno-what-to-call-it was a torture to me

This mountain climbing, was fun, but it wasn't fun in the sense that we climb all to the top, without stopping for a long break, mostly were short breaks
What i think that would be fun, is maybe have a card game in between or something like telling a ghost story or whatever
By rushing all the way to top, will cause serious leg pain on the day after, hahaha

We reached the top at about 12am
We didn't want to rent motels, as it was expensive
Thus we rent 'thick winter China Army' coats
And using the table mats we bought
We slept on the ground
The wind was unbearable thru out the night
What's worst was, everytime i turn my legs, they cramp
The were cramps on my calves and thighs, almost thru out the night

DAY 85
We woke up at around 3.30am
there were many people walking pass us
seems like they are rushing for a good spot to view the sunrise

OH the reason or aim for climbing 泰山 was to look at the beautiful sunrise

so, we need good spots too, and we woke up and start advancing
the whole time it was cold, and our legs are tired
mood wasn't very good too

We got quite a good spot to view but it was a waste when the sun didn't showed up at 4.30am
that's the reported time
as it was summer, the sun rises much earlier
i was about to give up when a glow of intense orangey-red light appeared at the horizon
everyone was like wooooooow (said in a very CHINESE way)
it lighten up the mood
so we started what we're suppose to do, take lotsa lotsa pictures

After that, we prepared to decent
It's wasn't very easy, as you to be careful or else, it's a fall to your grave
But we took a lesser time to descent then to ascent
The scenery was better when u can see it
It was around 12pm when we reached the bottom of 泰山
I was so damn happy, as it was torturing
Our train ride home, was at 3.56pm
Thus we found some shade area,
Took the table mat out and slept on the ground
I felt that it was cool and interesting as i would definitely not do it in s'pore

This train ride back was longer than the pervious
as the previous was a fast speed train
this was a normal speed
haha i think the difference was that one stops more and the other stops lesser
we played cards on the train and even play with stranger
haha
but seriously, i would never take a train again, unless it's MRT

Kenn

Back from TaiShan

it's has been a very very tiring trip,
so i'll type about it tml
it's had been fun and
i'm safe and have safely returned back to my hostel

Kenn

83rd day

What i will miss
1. i'll miss my grandma's birthday- which means the super delicious food
2. Dragon Boat festival- means i will not be able to eat my ah ma dumplings
3. and many more, which i too cramp up to think now

cos' i'm going to climb a mountain in China tml
it's called 泰山, not tarzan
it have a great historical value,
in the past only great emperor are allowed to climb it
great meaning, they have contribute in many ways to the country or they are very respected

so tml i'm going to climb this mountain
i'll be departing from tianjin tml @ 6.30am
and will be taking a train to near shandong, where that mountain is
so i'll be updating soon

take care, and see ya soon

Kenn

83rd day

What i will miss
1. i'll miss my grandma's birthday- which means the super delicious food
2. Dragon Boat festival- means i will not be able to eat my ah ma dumplings
3. and many more, which i too cramp up to think now

cos' i'm going to climb a mountain in China tml
it's called 泰山, not tarzan
it have a great historical value,
in the past only great emperor are allowed to climb it
great meaning, they have contribute in many ways to the country or they are very respected

so tml i'm going to climb this mountain
i'll be departing from tianjin tml @ 6.30am
and will be taking a train to near shandong, where that mountain is
so i'll be updating soon

take care, and see ya soon

Kenn

82nd day

working late again, tonight was till 10pm
after that, i still need to deliver the substance to another place
and it rained
we were stranded
i had no choice but to run back to hostel
after settling down, it was eleven pm
crappy timing
if it's still raining in the morning, i wouldn't need to go to the lab
how i wish it would rain, i wanna stay in the hostel and have a good sleep very badly
i'm looking forward to this coming weekend

Kenn

81st day

For now, i'm unable to post photos and can't even add colours to my words
cause something's wrong with the blog devices
so, don't expect anything new today
now's cherry season, so i bought 7RMB worth of cherries with CC
they're more tiny then those u see in singapore
envy all you want, haha
but sadly, the cherries are kinda sour
so that's all for now
take care everybody.

Kenn

Oh ya, i'll be posting photos on my facebook account
if you're keen, you can find it thru kenneth_kanato@hotmail.com, i think, lol

76th, 77th, 78th, 79th and 80th day

first of all, it's not that i went lazy and decided not to blog
it's due to the china web provider, they blocked blogspot
my cousin tried changing the IP add but still unable to bypass
after, one of my swim mate, yuxian, who was in hangzhou, China, she gave me a website and presto, now, i'm able to blog again.

these few days has een the same
experiments, experiments
worst of all, same experiment everyday
dun even think of going out for some shopping
it's fine here, can't wait to go home, there are lots of things to be done.

Kenn

75th day

Woots! i finally went swimming today by myself
To swim in China, is quite ex i suppose, it costed me 12RMB ( >2.5SGD)
More ex than Jurong West Swimming Complex, where it cost 1SGD,
and i can even get in for free
also i got a pair of goggles for about 15SGD, their best goggles in the shop
it's red, it's nice
and a crappy swim cap, it's in their regulations to wear swim cap when swimming
which cost 2.10SGD
it felt really great after swimming
and i found out that not only my stamina decreased but my strokes are crappy
i'm dead meat, need to train more in china liao
oh and there's a time limit where you can stay in the pool, it's about 1.5 hours
i total swam 400m free, 400m breast, 100m side and 100m back
and after that, i'm freaking tired
that's all for today

Kenn

71st, 72nd, 73rd and 74th day

It has been the same for these few days
experiments were being repeated

and there were breaks between the experiments, so it's not too stressful.

Sometimes in the night, we would go for badminton just below our hostel

what fun could badminton bring?

we could play for 2 hours straight, and i'm still puzzle why it is a fun game

or we would play cards in the room

thus after playing, i was so tired to blog

and go straight to bed, haha.

Kenn

69th and 70th day

i have been making lots and lots of alginate in this week
it's getting boring
but that's research i guess
trying to reach to the point where everything's fun while doing experiment on a repeat routine
guess that can be equivalent to attaining immortality
but still the life here is quite okay
i get breaks in between my experiment to play games, surf the net.
so i guess, i just have to live with it
that's what most people do.

Kenn

68th day

wow so many days have passed
can't wait to get back to my homeland
no place's better than home, that's really truly make sense to me now

it was ten pm and we're still in lab
usually we (singaporeans) would wait for each other before going back
we just naturally depend on one another, at least that's what i think
haha
there's nothing much forward to
except the weekend
where we'll find time to have fun or slack
two days more!

Kenn

researching seems like a job that fits me

66th and 67th day

research, research, research
these two days were fun
there's a lot of spare time in between my experiment
so i get the chance to play CS and WC3 on my laptop
it's quite carefree this few weeks
and in the night i either go to the gym
or play badminton below our hostel
the weather's good, so there's many things to be done

Kenn

65th day

i got half day off today, cool, can catch some sleep

recently, due to some reasons, i sleep after 11 or 12

thus really lack of sleep

so fortunate to have half a holiday

so it goes with experiment in the morning

and slack in the afternoon

cool life!

but tomorrow will go back to the same old routine

mundane life

fun may had been hidden some where

Brings back memories, that are way damn cool

Kenn

64th day

the last day of mayday holiday
sad...
guess how i spent it?

i did experiment for the whole afternoon till night (to ~10pm)
still bearable
the weather's getting good
in noon the temp will rise to about 30 plus degrees
in the night it will drop to about about 15 degrees
quite comfortable weather

Kenn

63rd day - Zoo(il)logical Experience

I spent two days to upload these photos, tough job

this mayday holiday has been quite good i would say

finally i went to the zoo

and the day was as warm or rather hot, very much like s'pore

woohoot, i miss the weather over at s'pore

anyway, presenting Tianjin Zoo

These are homosapians, freaking lots of them, can't blame it, it's public holiday

a lot a lot of china people going to zoo

the tiger looks gloomy

So does the lion too, not quite like the lion king i was educated with

OH ya, the cubs are really cute i think

these are salamanders, my first time seeing it, but the water's too cloudy

feeding is sure allowed here, all sort of food are being fed

out of everything in this zoo, i like this the most

Raccoon, damn cool, first time seeing it too

this thousand year old tortoise is freaking rich

this enclosed place where you'll feel global warming at it's fullest, it's where they keep the crocs, it's very stuffy and hot

they are always looking so cute

this is how you beg for food

this is how you eat it

The geeky dinosaur

the geeky homosapians and dinosaur

The pictures from here onwards, are helpful tips on ways to tame dinosaurs

1. ACT CUTE *(dinosuar may 'dao' you)

2. USE FORCE, just poke it

3. BE THEIR ONE AND ONLY BEST FRIEND

4. BACKSTAB THEM *(only when they're are not looking)

-END-

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Photos --- 62nd day

Today's Mayday so, the fountains are on for celebrations

Water spray

Nice picture destroyed

Slipper

The Damn cool jacket

The red cargo pants, 1st red pants


Kenn

62nd day

today, we went shopping again
it was raining when we left our hostel
but heck, we still went to flag a cap and got to bing jiang dao
we went for lunch at pizza hut, hahah
i ordered pasta, but the portion was small -_-
the pizza came, and it look a little bigger than a personal pan pizza in s'pore
double =_=
we saw many people stacking up their salad bowl, lol

we shopped till 7plus in the evening
i got a jacket for 130RMB (~29SGD)
and a cargo long pants from S&K for 159RMB (~35SGD)

if it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll be going to Tianjin ZOO

Kenn

61st day

three days of holiday will commence tomorrow, it's mayday
i'm looking forward to waking up late and slacking

today's expt (experiment) was easy
i was making the alginate again

in the night, i went to Vitas Concert
he's a russian singer
and the song is good, although i do not know what he's singing
CC, my senior (One of the shijie from our lab) and i went together
we got the tickets a month ago
we went in at about 7pm and my shijie suggested something
our seat are the $180 ones and she wanna have a closer view of Vitas
so we went to the $380 section, and randomly sat down
i was quite uneasy, but she comfort me by saying, china is like that de
haha, quite comforting tho
but at about 7.20pm, the seat owners came, so we were chased back to our seats
the main attraction i think about this singer, is his high pitching singing
i admit that it's good and i suppose i got addicted too

about 30mins before the end of the concert, shijie went to the washroom
and she didn't came back, but she sent a message to us saying that she's at the A-seatings there
which is the section right infront of the stage
i suppose she used some tricks of her's to get all the way in front
and she must be screaming her lungs out
after the concert, she even venture to the back of the stage, hoping to get a glimpse of Vitas

everything seems normal after we got out of the concert hall
until we saw a car and people crowding it
we told her that it may be Vitas inside
she ran lightspeed to the car's side window
and i started asking for CC's camera
i can't possibly miss taking a picture of her going mad
it was indeed Vitas inside
she was trailing the car for about 7sec
before the car increase speed
she was so excited and kept on saying that she was at most 1metre away from Vitas
it was freaking funny
sadly i didn't capture a good picture of her chasing the car

Kenn

Photos of what i did in lab

it's called alginate (from sodium alginate), it's precipitating in absolute volka(ethanol, haha)

the precipitated product damn cool eh?

no it does not look anything like shit

Kenn

60th day

woots!~
it's already two months (60days is about 2 months)
closer to home
but put that aside
since amelia thinks that it's really fun here
actually it's not bad, in the sense that it's a whole NEW world
the food's good and the seniors too

okay
things to look forward to
is VITAS concert which i'm going tomorrow!!!
he's a russian singer
who packs a punch
anyway it's my first time to concert

and today my lab nearly turn into a salon -_-
what do i mean?
i'll post the pictures later

Kenn

Ps i do not have the pictures, i get it and upload soon
meanwhile i show u what i did in lab

59th day

thought about it
and guess where i'm going?
Nowhere
haha, maybe i should take a rest from going out
China's fun, but still i should take it easy
to not to be scam again
haha

everything seems better this week
4 more weeks till final report
then it will be nearer to home
and to meet all of you guys!

Kenn

58th day

we were think on where to go this coming china public holiday
May the first (it's on friday, saturday and sunday)
at first we planned to go to Shanghai
we went too late, train tickets have been fully booked since last week
so we left two choice,
either Beijing again or Dalian
if it's beijing, i would want to go their zoo, theme park, and real greatwall
if Dalian, i totally do not know that place, but i heard it's kinda like singapore, i think it's cool
but it will be more expensive cos' we'll be taking plane
few more days to ponder about it.

Kenn

57th day

SUNDAY
we didn't go zoo again
cause one of us was kinda sick
instead we went to have lunch at a cool place
the main dish was fish, it's super duper delicious

we then stumble to an IT mall
and i got myself a psp memory card (8G) it's fake of course
and a UMD game for about 45 SDG
the real memory card of 8G cos about 48 SDG
and i got some games for the person

due to the heavy lunch, dinner was at 9.30pm
we ordered korean delivery
it's still edible
we installed some china hamachi, and played some warcraft minigames
it was fun tho

and finally my report was submitted
burden gone!

Kenn

56th day

boring day
don't even feel like blogging
but still
spent my whole day watching anime, english/jap drama
got my report check in the night
there are a few more changes to be made
then final check
and i'll be submitting tml
haha, it's a burden
till then.

Kenn

55th day

rush rush
needa submit report on sunday
spent almost the half of today busy rearranging the information for the report
hopefully i can slack on this weekend
report's nearly done
the weather now, is like crazy
it went very cold again for today
maybe it's due to the rain
but still, i hope for a warm weather.

Kenn

54th day

i went for a meeting with prof. jiang today
he's going to the states very soon
but he wanted to have this meeting because there were some issue of late-ness
project students are not reporting to the lab on time
which is about 8.30am
so he kinda lectured for about 1hour
he wants to make sure that everyone will go to labs on time
he's quite a nice guy i would say

my senior, LiJian
treat me to steamboat today
it's the second time going out for dinner with him
this time there's only him, my 师姐 (another senior) and me
so it was weird to me at first but when the food came,
who cares.


Kenn

53rd day

the menu of some eatery

the great wall, one ulu part

The walnuts have a hard shell to crack!!!

Our Korean friends

53rd day

got the morning off

as senior had something else to do

there's this report 2 which need to be completed by this sunday

everything is just the very same

Kenn

51st and 52nd day

51st day
the weather has been cold lately
and i'm sure it's going to get better
i got stranded in the lift of my lab
lucky me, i wasn't alone
i was with the other three of my seniors
why the heck did i got myself stuck?
we went to collect high purity water from the ground floor
4 huge bottles
the lift door closed
press the button with the number 4
rummble...
the lights went off
dim orange light from a corner lighted up
we can see light entering from the slit of the doors
all 4 of us were first timers
so we called some person
and they reported the trouble
we were saved within mintues
it was real funny
and became the joke of the day
it was cool.

52nd day
received the mail from my mum
5 more days left for writing our 2nd report
and i yet to start
damn!
i made some korean friends
they taught us a little bit of korean
they are fun people but sadly they're going back to korea like tomorrow morning
so, goodbye to them


Kenn

50th day

trip to zoo was cancelled as the weather was bad
it's rained after raining last night
so we went to the so called orchard road in tianjin to do some shopping
i got a belt (i think it's kinda cool) and a quicksilver slipper (most probably it's a fake)
haha
and after dinner we went to starbucks

photos will be uploaded soon i guess
seeya

Kenn

49th day

i fell asleep in the meeting today
i didn't slept all the way through
but i doze off for like a second or two

it was a meeting for our lab seniors
they have it almost every saturday
the professors will be there
and our seniors would share their progress of the research with everyone present
we were told to attend this very meeting
as it will be the last chance to see the professor who made this attachment happen
cause the professor will be going to the states for a long time

today's lunch was superb
when i entered the restaurant
i thought i smelled satay and chicken curry
i was happy at first
but after, disappointment
the menu was similar to any other restaurant in tianjin
but they have some unique dishes
that's still lingering in my mind

hopefully tomorrow would be fun
cause i'm going to tianjin ZOO
woooo~

Kenn

48th day

i was in the lab the whole of today
and watching ghost whisperer
as my senior got something to do
and i was left untouched
'cept for arranging some blue and yellow tips

cc and i ran an errand for our shijie
we ride their bicycles and went somewhere outside tianjin uni
it was not very far away
but the road was way damn scary
trust me, it was dangerous everywhere
the bikers on the road were a threat rather than the cars
there are many people who prefer to ride bicycles in China
so they have special bike lanes on the road for bicycles
which i think that is an awesome idea
but still i'm not used to it
to me, it was like a road race
but it was fun
but if given a chance to try again
i would never, unless neccessary

and i obtain a 'jing' of walnut from cc
he owned me
it's kinda cool to see walnut in China
the kinda with the shell on

Kenn

47th day

brrrr...
the weather turned cold again
jeans, jacket and covered shoes are must wear items today
it's a real trouble to wear jackets
and i really really miss gearing up in shorts and T-shirt and out i go

finally, after two days of doing nothing
my experiment started again
it's research, meaning that you search then re-search and re-search
so i did similar things again

i didn't feel like going to the gym today
cos the weather is freaking cold
till now, i'm getting use of getting fat in my room
oh and tomorrow's friday
friday always gives me the drive to do anything
till tomorrow then.

Kenn

letthemdothetalkin'

I was there

Will taught me this

Pear like fruit which taste like honeydew

cold cold night- palm print @ 3am

Kenn

45th and 46th day

as the dry freezing machine has not been repaired yet
i have the free time to write my report and relax
i'm lucky!
but i just have the feeling that when the machine is functional
there'll be hell lot of work for me
for now i shall enjoy till i get sick of it

the temperature in tianjin have been fluctuating recently
it can be almost 25 degrees in the mid afternoon and 8 degrees in the night
i definitely hate the cold weather
and last night it rained, it was around 3pm
there were lightning but i think i didn't really hear any loud thunder
the thunder's is muffled in tianjin
and when it was raining, i was really super cold outside
there was water vapour on my window

Kenn

44th day

today indeed have been a slacking day for me
no labs
as one of the dry freezing machine is still out of order
i went to the lab at about 3pm
and play my psp
there's nothing interesting anymore

tomorrow will be another slack day
but maybe i'll try to make it better

Kenn

43rd day

we went to KTV last night at about 12am
the KTV place was huge and high class
seven of us booked the room from 12.30 to 5.30am
and each of us only need to pay 14RMB
totally sang till we drop
i reached back to my hostel at around 6am
and 'thub!', i fell into a deep slumber

after about 5 to 6 hours of sleep
i woke up at around 12pm
and we got ready to go for shopping
half of us were zombies, lacking of sleep
i bought a yellow shirt which was being bargain from 45RMB to 30RMB by Richong

today's a tiring day
that's all

all the best to you ivan
have 3 weeks worth of fun
see ya soon

Kenn

40th, 41st and 42nd day

40th Day
Grace left for beijing today
she was the one who helped us to the max
i am very greatful for what she did
the very most we can do was to treat her a bullet train ride
and before she left i gave her a necklace
god knows when we'll be meeting again
thanks a lot to you Grace!




41th Day
okay, dun expect too much from me living in china
haha
same old doing-experiment-thingy
i like doing it, better off then getting scammed by people
so today i was doing some protein expt
actually it's only the preparation
we need about 9 beakers or so
and these beakers need to be extra-duper clean
so it need to wash these beakers 50 times with tap water then 10 times with deionise water for each beaker
cool eh?
fill up beaker-pour out water-fill up beaker-pour out water-fill up beaker-pour out water
and the reward was that i 'm able to go back after doing this task


42nd day
11 April '09 Saturday
SLACK DAY!!!
i woke up at 10am today
the weather was suppose to turn warmer
but instead, cool wind (cool, not cold) was on today
with my brown knee length pants (i think it's bermudas) and red nike real run dry fit T-shirt the wind was chilly
but it was still not killing me
i tapao lunch to lab
and ate in lab
haha
and spent the whole afternoon in lab, slacking with my PSP
and now, 11.09pm
i'm getting ready to have a taste of china KTV with my seniors
so no worrys, no more scamming situation for me

BTW the story of me being scamming, need time to be written, so just gimme more days

info: bedsheet auntie don't work on saturdays, so i couldn't change my bedsheet

Kenn

39th day

for day 36-38, i will not be updating my blog
cos i was not in Tianjin
i was in Beijing

i'll roughly type out the happenings in Beijing
we went to Beijing by bullet train
this is my first time on the bullet train, i was very excited of course
we reached tianjin bullet train station at around 12plus
and the only tickets for the very next train we can get is the high class seat
(there are 2nd class, 1st class and high class seats)
we were quite rushing for time so we just took the high class seat
it cost 99RMB
the train is sleek and high tech looking
cool eh.
about high class seat, you will have your own personal space and they give you chocopie
that's all

we made our way to 天安门 and 故宫 (forbidden city)
this forbidden city is the real deal, not the one which we saw during sec sch
it's a whole lota big huge place
the ticket of forbidden city was 20RMB
it was the student price
cos we borrowed our senior's student pass,hehe
we started walking at 1pm
and about 5plus it closes
we didn't even tour the whole of it
oh the amazing thing is we saw andrew in forbidden city
the andrew from BLSS
it was shocking to stumble into someone i know in china
after we got out of forbidden city, our legs are tired, we went for food~
we went to 王府井街 to have some 小吃
they have fried starfish, scorpion and lotsa lotsa bugs
and i had
mutton

the next day, we went to 颐和园 which is the summer palace
this is where i learnt the cixi was someone who likes ang moh stuff
she even had a olden day Benz
and in the olden days, she's suppose to be pretty
in modern days, she's not another ordinary person (i shouldn't comment on that)
haha
i think that summer palace is better than forbidden city
in scenery wise
in the night
we had the famous beijing roasted duck
weee~
it's so-so only, i like roast pig better

the third day
we decide to go to 长城 --八达岭长城 (Great Wall of China)
we knew that it was difficult and troublesome to make our way to GreatWall (GW)
so we decided to go with a tour
wow
the tour package was damn cheap
it's 100RMB and they bring you to five different places
GW, 十三陵 and a few more
it's like damn good
so we took the package
and what more special is that
they even have a driver to pick us up
from where we're staying
we got up the tour bus and we had an uneasy feeling
but it's too late to do anything
before the tour guide is collects the fees on bus she said
that there's a additional place that we are going and we need to pay extra 40RMB to go
she explain why it's expensive- she said because the tour agency is not earning money so this 40RMB will allow them to earn some money
so we tot it was reasonable and paid 140RMB
we just sat on the bus till we reached GW
for 十三陵, it's the place where emperors of china are being buried
so after GW, on the bus, the tour guide told us that we will not be going to the tomb
cause there are kids on board and some people might see things
so we went to some coocoo museum
it's like aren't we suppose to view tomb?
but now we came some dumb place which tells story about all emperors of china
nevermind after the last place, we were about to go back to the pick up point
then the tour guide say we are suppose to stop for a bus check
they we were bought to a nice place with a VIP room to sit and rest
and this is where the scamming happens
(i'll have it on the next post-and ya i got scammed,darn it!)

we were staying at a korean person house
the whole time in beijing
for 3 days and 3 nights
it's 560RMB for 2 person
it's not bad
and on the 2nd day, we had korean food for breakfast
they have the habit of eating rice in the morning
there's kimchi too.

this is all for now

Kenn

35th day-late night

Yes i'm going to beijing tomorrow

and my kind senior allow me to take two days of leave

so i'll might be in beijing till this wednesday

only CC and me are going

and we have been planning till now

damn tired

we will be taking the bullet train to beijing

weee~

i will not be updating, unless there's internet at the place we're staying

i will take good care of myself and so do you all.

Kenn

33rd, 34th and 35th day

these two days have been boring
experiment after experiment
i worked till about 9.30pm on the 33rd day
-hardworker
haha
but on the 34th, the senior gave us easier less tiring experiment to do

in the night we had steamboat
at a place where it shall not be revealed
HAHA
so we have decided
that we are going to beijing during the QingMingFestival holiday in china (5 april to 6april)
but if our senior give us advance leave, hehe, then we might stay there for another 2 days more

menglan called this morning from beijing, she's already there
she said that it's not really freeze cold
and she's staying in a hotel
and from her voice, it seems that the hotel is maybe 4 or 5 stars
we might book a place at the hotel, but we haven't really decide yet

and yesterday night, an annoying thing happened
i was using my com and it's about 2am
then suddenly the power in my room got cut off
it turn out that my electricity bill have reach the limit
so i have no choice but to sleep cos' the counter auntie must have gone home
then i woke up this morning to buy electricity
it's i think 1watt for 5.50RMB, if i heard it right
i paid 110RMB
then got electricity BACK
i was told by the auntie that i bought 200watt when i came on 1march
so i finished everything on 4april, in one month and 4days

Kenn

yoz, this is my birthday meal, the mee suan is damn good, and the fried egg is

the food is not bad

Nice Yummy food

Several Views of Birthday Cake, Made in china

It's nice, like pandan cake with cream on it, a lot and it's real nice, the seniors are the best

This is the bottle that the senior gave me, real sweet eh, jealous?

Kenn