Wow, 7 days was fast, in an blink of an eye, it's over~ Well, this trip is a very relaxing one, no vigorous routine, just going to temples and various tourist attractions. Plenty of rest time and the schedule was not tight. To put in another light, it is freaking boring!!! Haha, but it's always an enjoyment to be able to spend time with your family=) Though the trip was boring, we made it fun=)
Day 1 - Well, it started off pretty badly for me, cose I was having running nose! Darn~ Woke up at 5.30am, reached the airport at 6.15am. Checked in luggage and went for breakfast at Burger King. Took the plane at 8 plus. Arrived at Xiamen at noon. Nothing much about the flight cose I was half-awake/half-asleep throughout the flight @.@
So we met up with the local tour guide(male) and the other 2 people that is with us for this trip. In total, there is only 6 of us for this trip. My family of 4 + the 2. Well, those 2 person are in their 50+, 60? Really nice people, only to be known as auntie uncle=). The tour guide was a nice guy too. So off we went to our 1st stop, a temple.
Okay, I didn't listen to the tour guide when he was explaining the history of the temple nor did I bother to remember the name of that temple. So, let's just skip this part okay=)?
But when we were about to leave, something epic happened. Our tour guide's phone rang, and his ringtone was GEE! I was like OMG~ Didn't have the courage to ask him then whether he was an SNSD fan. I was sure I when have my chance soon=)
Went to the hotel. Took a tube bath and slept. I had around 2 hours so I got plenty of time to bathe=) Spent around an hour in the bath. Shiok to the max...
We were suppose to gather at 6 at the hotel lobby but me and my sis went down early. So as we were chit-chatting with the tour guide, he mentioned that he is a very old-fashioned person. HERE CAME MY CHANCE. So I asked him why his ringtone was such a new song, somemore, a korean song, GEE~
HIS ANSWER - Cose it is loud enough.
I was like ... Actually, a lot of things in life is very simple. It is us that try to make it complicated. Why did I think that he was an SNSD fan in the 1st place? He only used GEE as his ringtone cose it is loud enough to be heard. Simple.
"Many things in life is very simple but we tend to make things complicated." Relationship for once, is complicated=)
Dinner and went to watch a performance before returning to the hotel to sleep. The performance was the traditional kind so~ boring~
Night time was nice. Me and my sister were sharing secrets. Her's were pretty normal. But when she heard mine, she was like OMG. Haha, shall not tell you the details=)
Day 2- Breakfast ( They only like have porridge with side dishes?!? Where's my bacon ham and omlette!!!). There was an egg station but the guy was only cooking fried egg while I wanted scrambled egg... So how do you say scrambled egg in chinese??? So I said in chinese, " I want the egg where you crack and anyhow cook." And tada!!! That was how I got my scrambled egg=)
Went to an island to tour. Once again, it was quite boring. Lunch came shortly cose we spent like 2.5 hours on that island that had nothing that is interesting! Cool thing is that island does not allow cars!
After lunch was... I can't remember...@.@
Day 3 - Hmmn, breakfast again. No scrambled egg this time. Spent 3 hours on the van to go to our next destination, ( ) yea, I don't know what's the name of the place >.<
Had lunch and went to visit the place where we are suppose to visit. It's like ancient houses. The interesting thing about this place was that it was a few hundred years old and still standing=) Plus, the whole structure of the house did not have a single nail. Only wood and rock/clay.
Day 4 - Another 3 hour journey on the van. Stopped for lunch at a resturant selling tea products. FYI, every single meal they serve you tea in China! Tea everywhere, people drink tea like they drink water. I'm serious. Even the rice, is GREEN TEA RICE!
Reached our destination, Guanzhou. Took a trishaw ride around the place.
Stopped at a shop to try some snacks.
Next, went to a temple, again... Had some time so went to a shop and played chinese chess with the tour guide. Won the 1st round and sorta win the 2nd round cose we needed to go and I ate one of his impt piece then he sorta give up. Actually, I was not really bothered about winning or losing, just have fun.
" Life is not always about winning."
Had dinner and went to a 'water spraying' garden. It's like the one you see in Sentosa, they spray water then got animation on top. Nothing much.
Day 5- A historic house in the morning. Bought some crystal pigs there =) 2 bucks only=) Things in China is really cheap.
Went to a mini amusement park. me and sister went for the bumper ride. Freaking retarded since we are the only 2 that are driving... with 5,6 little kids looking at us...
Lunch.
Shopping in the afternoon.
Shopping again at night.
Shopping day~
Bought a school bag, school shoe and a vest! The vest where people wear on the outside during important events! Mine was 16 bucks! Haha, don't need to worry that much on what to wear for grad night =) Got the vest le~
Erm the picture is not the vest, just me on the streets=)
Day 6- 4 hours on the van, again. Came back to Xiamen. Had lunch and went to the hot spring.
Hot spring was quite fun. Seem like bathing in hot water everyday paid off. I was able to get into the super scorching hot spring! There is the less hot and the hotter one. The hotter one is really hot. Went around to try all the different kind of hot spring, peppermint, herbs and alot more that I can't remember. Didn't really like it cose it makes you sweat. Stuffy. Prefer cooling sensations=)
Enquiries- Was the hot spring seperate into male and female? Ans : No.
Enquiries- So what was everybody wearing? Ans: We all had towels.
Dinner.
Sat a boat/cruise that went around for 2 hours.
Went to a mountain peak to enjoy the night scenery. Was nice, and COLD~
Day 7 - Went to a cannon historic site. Once again, boring~
Shopping, bought nothing... Had steamboat for lunch. It was kinda nice BUT Super Oily. ! ! ! Then I thought of a person...
Went to the airport and BAOM! Here I am in Singapore=)
It was a nice break from my busy and hectic schedule. It also allowed me to look at the people in China and it allowed me to realise how fortunate I was. It gave me a new surge of determination to work harder and cherish my life=)
Sore throat>>> Fever soon. !!! NOOO~