Saturday, September 23, 2006
Pictures speak a thousand words (Zhou Zhuang)
Zhou Zhuang is a water city situated at Su Zhou. It is a 2 hours bus ride from Shanghai. The admission ticket is 100 yuan so it is more economical to follow the tour that charge 130 yuan for the bus ride and the ticket. It is an ancient water city that is well preserved.It is the hometown of Shen Wan Shan (good buddy of Tang Tai Zong n was the richest guy during that era). It tells the story of him and how he got rich by making use of the ports to do trading. We were told that he contributed lots of money to help Emperor Tang to build his Great Wall. Though so, Emperor Tang showed his gratitude by putting him to jail and place him in exile.
This water city is a place worth going. The serenity and view is amazing (but avoid going during weekend and holiday). Sitting in the boat , going around the city, listening to people singing shang ge,drinking ah po tea,tasting the famous pig trotter (u might be disgusted by it, but it is the speciality)...............it is a wonderful place to spend an afternoon
Posted by agnesia at 6:12 AM
Sunday, September 10, 2006
Clubbing @ Zapatas
Yesterday went clubbing at Zapatas, a very nice place to chill out. We were really crazy last night, wore skirts and tank top when the temperature is only 20 degree celsius. The atmosphere at the dance floor was pretty high, so it kind of keep us warm. But because I wore a heels that is 2 size bigger, had a hard time moving. Ha, but not only me, a few of them had a hard time with their shoes too, because all of us got new heels here. Quite a cool place, so pp who are coming to Shanghai, you can visit that place.
Posted by agnesia at 12:45 AM
Friday, September 08, 2006
SubWay, Korean food and counting....
Humm, this week passed really quickly, guess because have been busy trying to take over my mentor's work. He will be leaving this sat and I am suppose to carry on the project that he is currently doing. Though tiring, it has been fufilling soo far.Oh, and need to generate reports after reports.......including one for NTU which I haven complete........
To reward myself for working soo hard, I decided to have good food every weekend. And for this week, it started on Thurs night. Together with Zhi Yu and An Qi, we went to hunt for SubWay and found it at Lu Jia Zuai. However, we had to walk quite a distance before reaching the place. But for the sake of Subway sandwiches, we decided to track it down by hook or by crook."No Pain,No Gain" haha, so at the end, had a satisfying meal before heading to the supermarket for grocery shopping.
Today, we went to Fudan for lesson as usual.AFter a match of basketball with the Fudan student (not quite, because ended up jogging in Fudan, only the guys played). The weather has been pretty good with temperature of about 25 degree celsius, thus jogging was enjoyable. AFter school, we decided to have Korean food for dinner (heard tt it is nice from our teacher). 9 of us went and ordered 14 dishes, which included bibimbab, kim chi pan cake, bbq stuff.......Quite a feast but all of us enjoyed it. Luckily the walk from the restaurant to the bus stop is quite a distance, it gave us an opportunity to digest our food. Ha, was really full after the dinner and needed a stroll....
Hope that the coming week will be a fruitful one. Guys back home, enjoy yourself too!!! Jia you!!
Posted by agnesia at 8:23 AM
Friday, September 01, 2006
Welcome ceremony of Fudan
Today, we went to school as usual for lesson on Meng Zi. It is pretty interesting and I am finally understanding what is going on. Anyway, in the morning, we went to have breakfast at the foodstreet, and I had jian bing. It is pretty good with a thin crispy wrap and some crunchy stuff on the inside. They put sweet sauce and chilli insdie too, well, still salivating just thinking of it. The rest of them had glutinous rice wrap with pork floss, pan cake and soy bean milk. Tried some of all of them, pretty decent stuff.
In the afternoon, we went for the Welcome Ceremony @Fudan's indoor hall. Wow, it is huge and grand. Looks something like a smaller Singapore Indooer Stadium. Anyway, the ceremony was about an hour long, with the singing of National Anthem, speech, prize presentation and closing with the school anthem.
haha, pp, realise that the gals are all in white tops. It was meant to be the identity of the day and I was forced to wear the short skirt that I bought from 7 pu. Hope that it looks nice, will upload the pic when it is ready. Hope you guys have a nice day today too. We will be having a gathering later with everyone to send one of our fren off. He contracted lung infection here and will not be completing this work stint and studies here. He came back today to collect his stuff and will be flying back to S'pore this sun.