China Trip

Hey, all! It's been two days since I've returned from China. Missing it by the bucket-loads... wishing I could return; and hoping that I've treasured my time there as much as I should've. Here's a blow-by-blow, day-to-day account of my smashing time in one of the world's greatest places. Reminds me of how amazing and wonderful God has made the earth - and only in 6 days.

DAY 1

Touched down in Beijing Airport around 7.45am, I guess. Most people would be thrilled to arrive at a foreign country, kickstarting a would-be brilliant holiday. But mine began on the wrong foot. In the plane itself, I didn't get enough sleep, and while I was in dreamland for very little time, I accidentally albeit sub-consciously knocked my eyebrow against some part of the window ledge, and hurt my soft tissue. The pain was so excruciating, I could've cried. And the food they served was absolutely horrible, I felt like throwing up. Indeed, I had a bad first day.

Our first place to visit was Tian An Men Square, and thank God for Alken! He asked me about the plane food and as polite as I was, I answered his questions, hiding the fact that even talking about plane food could make me puke. Sure enough, I did regurgitate everything I ate during the flight. I felt so good after that. I was running, jumping, flying - you name it, I could do it.

Tian An Men Square was huge! The Mao Zedong Memorial Hall was located in the south, and up ahead was the Parliament. The place was flocking with visitors - foreigners and nationals alike. DID YOU KNOW THAT TIAN AN MEN SQUARE IS THE BIGGEST SQUARE IN THE WORLD? Yep, and Berjaya Times Square is totally out of the picture :D So, anyways, we walked across and me, Jo, Wei Shern, and Wei Lyn took a wacky picture of us jumping in mid-air before heading for the Palace Museum aka Forbidden City. We had to take that photo thrice, because I was always the only one jumping.

Than we arrived at the Forbidden City, home to nearly three dynasties of emperors. So, we went through the many gates that all led to the inside of the palace. There were many halls, and all were built for separate reasons. Quite a sight, really!

When we finished at the Forbidden City, we had lunch than adjourned to the Pearl Factory.