Nanjing!

Its already the 8th week of OIAP. Time flies! Decided to called home yesterday night to talk to my mum and brothers. I was looking at photos in lab when i suddenly miss them. My brothers really have full of craps! Haha.. he told me that the prawns died, then he remind me to buy things for him, then he say he miss my cheeky face! -.-" And he say my little boyfriend miss me too but he isnt there to listen to the phone. =) My mum asked if everything was alright cuz the news in s'pore said the wind is super strong and there is storm... everywhere is flooding... Hmmm... i dont know. Calling home is not cheap at all.. Calling 1 time usually cost 20 to 30 plus rmb. I called my brother to download skype so we can talk everyday!


Lesley went Shanghai to look for her father on friday evening. Her father was here for a business trip and has set aside weekend for her daughter. So sweet! So i was with the 3 gals since Friday night. We had dinner together at Baoli shopping mall before lesley board the train. She nearly missed her train! Stay in starbucks and start taking photos! Saw fireworks while going to rush for the last bus! Haha!! Went to Shi Tang Jie to eat supper and then watch movie in LF's room. I am happy! =)

Took a train to Nanjing. The train tickets is super expensive! Total cost for to and fro is 98rmb!
The below pictures are taken in Nanjing. We went to 4 to 5 places in 2 days. I have to say Sh is very good at researching all this places. I didnt even know what to help her in... or maybe she dont even need my help at all.. i might just make matter worse. Anyway i enjoyed myself during the Nanjing trip! Thanks!! =)

Very lazy to write much.... HaHa...

The da men that is nearest to our hostel. Still under construction

Below pics were taken in Nanjing. :)

Suzhou!

Went to Suzhou on Saturday. Took a train around 10 plus and was deciding Sh and wt was wondering how to go when suddenly there this 2 foreigners with their China friend was talking to each other of where to go in Suzhou too. Then suddenly dont know from where... there was this so called tour guide who said she can bring them around. In the end we end up joining them so we can visit the places of interest in Suzhou. From foreign student to tourists!! So hilarious~~~ Haha.... Have to pay 15rmb for tour group fee. Then followed the so called tour guide who guide us to take a mini bus. Then she hand us to a another tour guide who took us around to all these places. Then we became friends with the 2 foreign people and the lady from China too!

Our first place we went is 古城河水上游览. Sat a boat where there is one uncle explaining about the various places that we will see. Saw Suzhou University and a prison side by side in which dont know which historical person stay in sia... forgot already! He speak so fast in chinese that the words almost sound foreign to me! Anyway its a nice boat ride! Althought not really very cheap for one boat ride like this! Bought 2 sets of poker cards which have scenery of the surrounding places. It cost 10 bucks which i find that it's acceptable.

古城河水上游览.

Went to the silk factory after that. Was hoping to buy something make of silk back. Heard from the tour guide that there is silk handkerchief which cost only 10 rmb but i never see any of that! The cheapest silk thing costs 100+ rmb! Oh my god... It was a silk factory, mass producing silk products... shouldnt it be cheaper instead? Thats weird! Anyway still it wasnt as bad since i manage to see how silk was being separated from the cocoon, the manufacturing of silk products and even touch silk to feel the softness. So sad that i dont have the money to buy silk things.

Silk Factory

This bed look so cosy~~~ Silk banket etc...

I dont know which one is for male or female..

This one is for male to wear. If i did not remember wrongly! Lol

Production of silk from cocoon.

Have lunch after the visit to silk factory. Before that i was trying silk Qipao. Awww.... cannot fit in so no photos taken. Worse still make 5 people wait for us to board the bus to go eat lunch... so embarassing! The lunch cost 15 rmb and its super not worth it. The food was not nice at all and therefore its considered as expensive!!

3rd place that we visit is the feng bridge in chinese is 枫桥风景名胜区. There's many different types of bridges and there is some of the scenery in which actor and actress act in but i was not paying much attention to the tour guide as i was busy taking photos! Not much to describe this place. Can only say that its a place with many bridges and river. (forgot to upload photos for this place!)

The last place we visited is a temple called 北塔报恩寺. Photos taking are restricted except the big buddha outside. It's a very nice temple with many contributions made by the people. Then Lesley, Wt and I went in where a monk start chanting and say that we can pray for our families and thanks our parents for their upbringing etc... after chanting, he give us joss sticks to burn it so as to fullfill our wishes but at the same time he want us to make a donation. Its not that we are stingy and dont want to donate... but it feels weird when the monk keep repeating the same thing over and over again and we were not told that we need to pay. Then when we return the joss sticks and walk off, he say you are being infillial to your parents stuff like this!! Oh my god... it's a super bad experience....

北塔报恩寺

Went to shop around the city area after that. Bought a dress and 2 pairs of jeans. Became broke after that. Didnt want to buy anything one but was tempted to do so. Feel super bored so went to find sh and wt. They thought of going back to wuxi as their friend Lf couldnt come over to Su zhou as her experiment ended quite late and she will be alone in hostel at night. At that moment, i feel that they are so sweet!! I start wondering if lesley would do the same for me... Lesley and I followed back too cuz it was inconvinient for her to sleep in other places while i go along since i still prefer my bed in hostel. Bought the 11 plus train tickets as there was no other available timing. Sat at KFC to eat and slack awhile waiting for the time to pass. Reach hostel near 1 am... LOL!! Cant find my room key somemore.. even worse.. and since the hostel entry door was locked, i have to call the uncle to pass me the master key to open my door! Feel so shagged after the running up and down! Hope the new lift is ready soon or it will be tiring to climb up and down 5th floor every time. There will be higher chance that i drop it in Suzhou. Feel so sad losing my keys!

Su zhou City

I will upload more photos next time .....

Before attachment

Crazily taking photos before i came to China to do my attachment.

We went to eat sushi at sushi village. The sushi is 99 cents per plate. I shall only said that its the per plate that is cheap. The rest are so expensive. The above waffle is not bad but expensive too.

Shopping with the gals before i came too and they help me see if there is anything i need to buy. They accompany me to buy winter coat which in the end i did not buy at all. R have lent me her winter coat so i can save my money! But i only wore it 2 times. Haix.. waste my lauguage space since i never wear it often. I just feel very lazy and uncomfortable to wear it.

This box of chocolate is given by my classmates to thank me for helping them to photocopy notes! So sweet!! Thanks so much Yea. Haix but i left it in the fridge in s'pore.. go back s'pore it wld be gone~~~~ Lol.

Updated! Pictures of Jiangnan university

Pictures finally upload! Haha!! I am feeling kind of lazy these few days... slacking and watching online videos in hostel. Got any nice online shows to recommend? U are welcome to do so! Below are some of the photos taken in Jiangnan university... and some in wuxi city..

This photo is taken at one of the gate in Jiangnan University which is the place im having attachment. Super big stone crave with the name of the school.

The secenery which is at the side of the school of Biotechnology.

Above 2 photos are the room that im staying. There's a double decker bed and below the bed is a study table being attach. Then there is this attached to the wall TV (which is the height of the bed ) - Can watch Tv while sleeping! We are also very fortunate since we have air-con in our rooms as we are staying in a new hostel.

The flowers are blooming! So 5 of us took photo of this beautiful tree. It's early spring now! People say that in spring, the weather will turn warmer but still sometimes its still freaking cold due to the wind!

The above are 5 of us that are here for attachment. Lesley and i are closer to each other cuz we are classmates while the other 3 gals know each other through CCA and in class. They are all very nice ppls and i should say they know much much more stuff than i do. After coming to this attachment.. i become emotionally unstable. I am not really close with the other 3 gals.. and so i dont dare to talk to much with them. Am afraid of saying the wrong things and stuff... I dont know if this would make them feel that i am attitude.. i hope not.

I have 2 presentation last week. 1 is one introduction on s'pore while the other is about the experiment that i am doing. I was the first one to present and thus feel extremely nervous! When i was presenting about the history of s'pore i stopped talking for 1 min. =( For the experiment part, i dont know how to answer my senior qns. Gosh~~~ I feel like dying after the presentation. Everyone who listened to my presentation know that i am super nevous! lol! I will upload more pictures next time. =)