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