It has been a while since I've written something substantial and not just mobile blog it. Quite a few things have happened since last time I blogged.

Injured Ankle
Auuugh golly! the bane of my existence, my right ankle. It always plays up when I am down. But on the bright side, it is a blessing in disguise as it has allowed me to... well, do nothing. Which is something that I've not done since probably around November last year. Life just keeps on speeding up with work and sporting commitments almost every week night that being:

Monday - Mixed Soccer with the Bananaroos
Tuesday - Mixed Netball with Team Rowdy
Wednesday - Indoor beach volleyball with Sons and Daughters of Pineapple
Thursdays - Sometimes blading/running around the river
Fridays - Indoor beach volleyball with Sons of Pineapple
Saturday - Sometimes run to burns beach

... and then staying out late on Fridays and Saturday nights.

I was pretty much burning the candle at both ends. Actually... looking at my schedule listed neatly there makes me wonder if that was/is even possible? How the hell do I do that and not die? Well yea, I guess that is what happened. Something had to give eventually. I will admit though, I have to be forced home... I wasn't going to stop. Its like a wave... you pick up momentum and it the swell just keeps on going. Partly is that, sport is the only thing that clears my head these days and plus I am scared of losing fitness/getting faaaaat.


My New Car
Hoorah for my new car! I have had it for about 1 month now! It is the new Honda Jazz GLi (safety pack). I got it in Helios Yellow and his name is Hugo! LOL this is why I love him (I wrote this to a few of my friends on email):

"Awwwww I love love love love Hugo! Its love at first sight girrrrrls!!!

He is sexy (nice body),
He is smooth (very charming),
He is intelligent (tells me when I need to get gas, how long ive been driving),
He is safe (has the safety pack option),
He is sensitive to my needs (when I drive faster he turns up the music, and when I drive slower, he turns it lower for more intimacy)
He will come with me where ever I want to go! My ideal travelling partner... my... ideal guy."

The actual buying process was stressful as. I knew what car I wanted. After considering Mazda 2 and the Ford Fiesta the Jazz was actually quite a shoe in. I loved the shape of it, and I've always wanted a Honda ever since seeing Asimo in Amsterdam at the AutoRai. (Asimo is soooo cooool) Anywho. Getting the right price was the issue. You would think with the GFC and the decease in sales of cars that they would be more accommodating to the consumer. HA! You guessed wrong! Some dealerships were still playing the game. No movement in prices etc. But after some shopping around I found him! The experience was scary. There is this game to be played. It stressed me out big time.

When it came to signing the papers... I was so over it. I was so over the whole game. So I wasn't as excited as I thought I would be. When the salesman walked over to the manager asking for the price I wanted I just sat there exhausted. Exhausted from work, from ATP, from sports from this whole thing. He returned cold faced. "ehh" I thought. They didn't accept my first offer, I doubt they would accept this one because I didn't budge that much. But he offered his hand and said

"congratulations."

I starred at his open hand, waiting for me to accept it.

"what did I just do?"

I asked myself. I took his hand, shook it, and shook myself into reality.

"damn. I just bought a car."

3 weeks later... and I finally picked up Hugo. When I arrived at the dealership, I saw him waiting for me... I squirmed like a kid... I was bursting with excitement... but I felt foolish feeling so, so... I told the kid in me to keep quiet. The first drive was nerve wrecking more than anything, but as we got nearer to home, I was able to appreciate it. *sigh* He's a hot car. I love him. I'm going to use this opportunity to thank Big John, Farhan and Will for giving me extensive car/bargaining advice. Thanks to them for being so patient with me, and pretty much nurture me as I grew some balls.


Bits and Pieces
Hrmm... what else has happened. Well from my blog I guess you can see that lovely whacked and quirky things have happened. I've gone to quite a few shows lately which back in the day when I had time I would have blogged my reviews on them. Instead I shall list them here:

Midsummer's Night Dream - Love this play. Would watch it a 3rd time.

Phantom of the Opera - It was sooo good. My heart swooned at the music, though the phantom was a little but too emo/pansy for my liking. The tone was quite different to that in the movie with Gerard Butler.

War of the Roses - Despite the strength in acting, I wouldn't want to see it again. Quite a challenging play to watch.

Cirque du Soleil - Got awesome seats for this, Julie and I had a ball. I forgot how much I loved this!

French Film Festival - Paris 36 - Good movie, great food and drinks afterwards!

Spanish Film Festival - Chef's Special - This is hilarious! Definitely recommend you watching it... the food was so-so, drinks were alright too.

Various Comedy Acts - Dylan Moran, Tim Minchin and Danny Boy - all where good and highly entertaining. Though I would rate Moran as the most entertaining because I was mighty exhausted after laughing so hard.

Pussycat Dolls/Lady Gaga - Awesome Concert!!!! Both acts could sing and dance... initially I was kinda meh about it, but once the lights dimmed, and the music cranked, I got excited.

Yea. that is a lot of stuff to have gone to... O wells! Here's to living life to the fullest!

Labels: Opinion, Shopping, Sport

你好！你最近还好吗？好久不见！

It has been a long time since I've blogged. Reasons?... Maybe because the past few months have been extremely challenging personally and that no one likes to hear bad news, and I for one do not like to write material on the sadder side of life especially if it is close to my heart.

So lets extrapolate the good from the bad.

1. Work
Work has been one of the many personal challenges. Settling in has been easy yet tough at the same time. The change in lifestyle has led me to realise that there is barely enough hours in one day to get everything that you want done. You are working from 9-5 (or for me, the last 6 weeks working was like 8-8) and when you come home, you really only have 3 or so hours to eat, do exercise, some reading etc. It is frustrating coming from uni life, and unfortunately that is the life that most people lead. I guess in a way, it forces you to be more organised. Time management is of the essence and being strong enough to enforce the "Work, Life, Balance" way of life. I tired, and I think I was successful enough. Working, and then usually having some social sport at night, allowing me to meet up with my friends who I no longer get to see at uni, as well as exercise.

I found that as work got harder, the only thing that kept me going was the sport after work, or going out for dinner or any activity with friends after work. Though I don't mind staying at home, I'd prefer to be out because it is a change of scene and people. I guess I am cool at home if I got me a book to read.

A plus side to work is that I was offered articles at Sparke Helmore which suits me perfectly! I love the people there, and I don't think there is a more perfect firm for me at the moment than Sparke Helmore. The size of the firm is not too big or too small, and being a national firm, allows various work opportunities to pop up. That was one of my fears of applying to small firms, that the work would stultify and be the same thing over and over again. I must admit I get bored easily, I like seeing the bigger picture... the small details I would bang my head against the wall after a long time. I guess that is kind of bad, since Law is all about the small details.

My boss is super lovely, she has allowed me to take 2 months off before I start articles, and I cannot imagine how I would be without it. I already feel heaps better and I feel like I have been given a chance to sort my stuff out.


2. Social
I've been chilling out with a great bunch of people, mainly the v-ball crew, but also the netball peeps. China peeps have been very busy with uni and their part-time work, same goes to the old uni crew. Everyone from the uni crew have now pretty much left uni and have started full-time work. A lot have been busy with life and are moving on. It is not a sad thing, it is just a... HrmMmm how can I describe it? Another phase of life. I am melancholy for the days of uni that will not return. I did feel the same way a few years ago when uni started and high school ended. But hey, that is life.

It is funny how I felt and most of the time still see myself as being at the peak of my life. I felt like I knew myself completely and that since I have experienced so much in the 23 years of my life there is nothing new to expect, except meeting new people, making more money, moving jobs, getting house, car etc. But this year has proved to me that, that is complete horse shit and an illusion. I must say I have been humbled, and I know that this will be the case for the rest of my life.


3. Sports
Tied into my social circle is my sports. I have continued with the mixed soccer on Mondays with the Bananaroos, (which even though we played better, we have had an unlucky semi and finals in both seasons). I have quit the mixed basketball on Tuesday nights with Captain Seng's to try out mixed netball with Team ROWDY. It has been an awesome season, each game is super fun, and I really really want to improve. Then there is Volleyball on Friday nights, which has taken a more serious turn. We have joined the league and by doing so, the committed ones come and have heaps of fun. I must say, the competitiveness side of me has started to show it's head, as there are times in all these sports where I have felt frustration. Frustration in no improvement. Initially when I start, I don't really care, it is all for fun. But after a season, or a decent amount of games, I begin to expect SOME improvement in skill. Overall it has been ok. Volleyball could use some speeding up though.

I have also started running. O_O Yea... that's right you read correctly, running. I would have never ever thought that I'd be one for this type of exercise. I hated running when I was younger. But after this year's City to Surf, I had heaps of fun. It could be because I had cool running buddies (Thanks to Kev for being nice and holding back to stay with me, and thanks to Adrian for randomly bumping into us and taking the last 4km home with me). Something about running along the pathway at my beach really shuts out the mental chatter I have in my head. If I want my head to stop thinking and to just shut up after a day at work, the run is the best thing.

OOOOOH and what else... I've bladed a few times too! hEHHEe... OK.. twice so far. Thanks to Adaliee for giving me a pair of blades saving me heaps of money! The first time blading was with Adaliee, Kev and Doris around the river starting at the Hyatt and making one loop around through South Perth back to the city. The second time was with Kev, and though it was easier because I wasn't so shaky in the legs and rusty at the blading thing, the wind was killer, and the first half was a mission. Great exercise though. Everything gets a work out, 10km you would hope to get something out of it.

There as been a lil bit of Baddy on the side too... which I am determined to get better at again.


4. Events, Past times etc.
This year has definitely been the year of festivals, concerts, sport and just having fun enjoying the freedom and the money. Godskitchen was awesomeness in a box. First night rave, very eye-opening and enjoyable. Global Gathering was just as awesome, it being my first day festival. The weather was cool, and we were rained on but that didn't stop the fun! Stereosonic was also awesome! Warmer weather, beautiful sunset. All of these have been so much fun, and the music! AH the music is sooo good. After China I have been more open to the idea of Trance music, because Trance was very popular in the clubs, and now, I can happily say that I can add Trance to my long list of enjoyable music.

Chris Brown and Rihanna was a pretty good concert. We were in standing and I had so much fun with team ASS (Anna, Shaz, Sarah)+ Kev and Jesi. Overall I think the Justin Timberlake concert was better, and possibly Gwen Stefani. But that could be because I am more of a fan of the latter two. Chris Brown and Rihanna are still awesome, it is just I didn't know all their songs by heart in order to say...be totally engaged with the show.

Besides the loud/party side of life that has emerged, there has been the quiet side of life too. I have started to read again, and I am desperately trying to catch up to those who have surpassed me. I barely read anything besides textbooks and statutes and lecture notes during uni, up until last year when I decided to take on the Harry Potter series. Ben, Sarah and Kev are all well read. It's frustrating that I am so behind on...I guess you can consider it as useless knowledge. Reading adds colour to the way you see the world, and because it has been a good couple of years since I had read a decent number of books non uni related, I have become a little grey. But... that is changing now. ^_^ My sense of humor is slowly returning, and my personal interests are reemerging to the surface for myself to see. It is strange to realise that things like, work, uni, commitments etc had taken over life so that I couldn't even identify things I enjoyed.

Let me just say randomly that the Beach is awesomeness in a box, and I can't believe how much I missed the sand and water.


5. Memorable Moments
2008 has been no joke, a jammed packed year. I will list the most memorable moments of 2008, in no particular order:

1. New Years Eve in Hangzhou, China. Went to Carrefour with Quentin and James and bought French Champagne which we chilled outside on the Balcony, we then went to "In Club" which opened especially for NYE where it was cheap as chips drinks. I remember I had an awesome time, all our Hangzhou crew were there. Danced the night away with Frenchies, but then felt sad, because I missed the people at home. Had the best phone call to Will and then everyone else who were partying it up at Clem's place. The countdown was non-existent. Was dancing, then next thing I knew it, there were streamers and sticky spray string things going on and people around me hugging. Anti-climax.

2. Lunch at Myth Cafe the day that Megan and I were leaving Hangzhou for Beijing. This was very... surreal. All our Hangzhou crew was there. The day was rushed because everyone wakes up so late, so we had a late lunch and had to rush it so that we wouldn't miss our train. It was sad. I had formed such intense and strong relationships with these people... I loved them... and I was to never see them again. It was sad, but I was detached in a way. They were friends of the moment, and will be forever living in my memory. (Except James of course because he's the other UWA-ian that was there)

3.Australia Day in Beijing. That was awesomeness, the gang plus other Tour Group people just bar hopped and we were screaming out Aussie Songs being proud Australians. Ended up at Vix/Mix, was an awesome night.

4. The Morning it snowed in Beijing. I knew it was going to snow that day. I had a dream, woke up with the feeling and saw the sky. The colour was weird, and I knew it. It was the best day for all of us. We were all innocently, blissfully excited all day, the Guy and the Girls. :)

5. Visit to Hakea Prison. Being so close to criminals was such a shock to my senses and an eye-opening experience.

6. Metamucil Night and the Epic Rain. This is by far one of the most beautiful, fun filled memory that I'll have. Hahaha. Just remembering the moment how we had this false sense of security that we would make it to our cars all fine. And out of no where this random epic rain just hit us. My small Oroton umbrella did very little to shield Kev and I. Jon and Shaz had Farhan's golf umbrella, Jesi and Shaz's friend seemed just as wet as the rest of us. We were all fighting the crazy horizontal rain and wind except for Karl and Viv who had the right idea. They had no umbrellas, they just walked through it... and we were just as wet as them. The experience was fresh, and just one of those moments that would never happen again.

7. Godskitchen - It was the first Rave I went to. Though I found Global Gathering and Stereosonic just as fun or maybe even more fun, Godskitchen was the first. Big thanks to Jesi who stayed with me most of the night and kept an eye on me, Anne and Khang who also kept a close eye on me.

8. Friday night drinks at Hula Bula Bar. This was an unexpected night. Got thoroughly tipsy at work. Met up with Kev who took me to the Korean place in NB near Singapore and met up with Ben and Sarah. It was the first time I met Sarah and we had an awesome night together!!! Getting smashed on that crazy Korean alcohol. Chinny came and we were soo awesome that the people in the restaurant couldn't deal with such awesomeness, and we had to leave. LOL. It wasn't my fault I swear. Such random goodness. We then went to Hula Bula Bar where we met up with Jesi, Wilbur, Mark and others. I couldn't remember this part of the night, but there were heaps of photos the next day. LOL.

9. Yallingyup. This trip was exactly what I needed. Chilling and relaxing with Will and just having quiet time during a time of such turbulence. Listening to cruisy music, cooking and enjoying nature. Was definitely one of the most peaceful times this year. The last breakfast was awesome. :)

10. And last but not least, Graduation. Thanks to Will for making such a special event, that much more special.

Most of these memories are in my blog. Just back track to find them ^___^

6. 2009?
So the year is coming to an end. I must say I can't wait for the year 2009 to come around. This is the first time that I have felt this way. Part of me has this glimmer of hope that the next year won't be so hard as this. The other part of me feels like I should not be so hopeful because it is the year when the REAL work starts. Things that I am looking forward to:

1. Melbourne Trip from December 26 2008 - January 4th ish 2009 with Team ASS, Kev and Jesi. Sensation White for new years eve, and a whole lot of shopping and eating!

2. Summadayze with the vball crew, with a line up that I can say that I recognise a few names now. (unlike the past where I've just been like "meh, just go and see what happens")

3. Thailand Trip from 20ish of January 2009 - till 31 January 2009. With part of the v-ball crew: Sarah, Ben, Thien, Chinny and myself. Will be awesome!! Cheap, relaxing and fun fun fun! The last hoorah before work.

4. Phantom of the Opera - I really can't wait for this. I will fall in love again.

5. More sports, hanging out with friends and sorting life out ... this can never go wrong!

Labels: Friendship, Fun, Music, Party, Sport, Work

Oh what a feeling!
I had a restless night last night. I had played indoor soccer at uwa with a whole bunch of guys... I was working it, I tried my best, so I was pooped. I was battered and bruised. I hurt my ankle again (self inflicted by kicking someone) and then shed blood from getting a cut upper and lower lip from attempting to header a ball... but ended up hitting something... (It might have been Jesi, but to tell you the truth, I think my face just hit the ball instead of my head). So with all that drama, playing from 7 till about 9.30 and my stomach content from having one of the best kababs ever in northbridge (YAY for the sour cream and chilli combo!Thanx Jesi!)... you would assume that I would be buggered as and ready to sleep as soon as I "smelt" my pillow (as my mom would say).

But no. I kept on waking up. I didn't know why... it occurred to me that its probably because results were coming out the next day... and its do or die. I have never failed a unit before, but it was never too late to do so. Failing one unit would cut me SO bad. My last semester ever... extended till the end of this year for 1 unit... I would die.

So being an eager beaver and always doing the facebook/email check before work, this morning I went to student connect to see if the grades were up. They come out today... but NO they were not up at 7.15am... and they were not up at 8.30am. I was not going to check them at work... because if the worse does happen, it will ruin my day especially working at a law firm. So I was not going to find out till... well.. late at night because straight after work I had netball. Luckily Will rang me, and asked if I had checked. I said no, and then got him to check for me...

WOOOOO!!!! I passed everything! I am graduating! The feeling... well. Huge relief... I will never have to listen to a lecture again. I will never have to go to tutes, or get stressed out about going to tutes... I will never have to cram for exams or assignments... 5.5 years at uni... finally over. Parts of me doesn't feel like I am finsihed... I still feel like a student in a way. Maybe once I attend the ceremony and all, then I'll feel like a law graduate.

I really really hope... some random chance... that my graduation ceremony is the same as the engineering one... because then so many people will be at the ceremony! It will be an eventful night, and not a boring one... coz there will be quite a few people that I can see graduate too! *fingers crossed* heres to hoping!

Labels: Sport, University

Man... working really makes you appreciate your weekends. Work has just become stressful, and yea really needed to de-stress. Loved v-ball, though its got a bit tiring as a lot of people had piked *sigh* We even played with someone's dad... that was kinda strange, but he was quite good! The night ended with Kim hurting his finger... eww.. it didn't look too happy.

After v-ball we all went to hang at El's place. We decided to go for KFC and take one car, so Chia Hui and I went in one car to El's and Kim and El in the other. We arrived.. and then.. we realised "wheres Farhan?" LOL We had left him at the indoor beach volleyball centre, as he was having a shower! hAHhA... but its cool he had his own car, and soon enough, perfect timing, he arrived. LOL we all jumped into his cool lexus and then drive to KFC.

... after a few wrong and missed turns, we arrived at the drive in at KFC. "No air" by Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown came on the radio, and since I loved it, started belting it out! Chia Hui, El and I in the back singing while the boys tried to order.. was funny! The people at KFC were like looking at us smiling... I thought... "whyyy not!" I was on this mega high, I looked down, found the window button, and rolled it down and started singing... LOL. The KFC ppl were cool though.

At El's place, we just smashed that KFC... spicy chicken... yum. I don't usually have KFC, actually never (was raised as a non KFCer) but yea looking at all the guys eating... it looked so good, and I already had hoped on board the unhealthy train, so i decided... "yeaaaaaa... why not," so I jumped on the express to unhealthiness... 3 of Chia Hui's cookies, 2 pieces of chicken and chips later... I was one stuffed monkey. I was soo full that when I should up I was unbalanced. But yea it was really good. Great conversation, all of us sucking on our fingers...We then had El's cupcakes which ROCKED!!!!!!! Loved the sprinkles... tasted soo good!!! It was really cool.

We then went for guitar hero which was fun! and I just loved El's bean bag. Sooo comfortable. We played for a while... then after a bit I was like... "i feel ktv!" Ever since singing in the car to "No Air" I just wanted to! So I was like pushing it... "cmon cmon cmon! we gotta live it up! Live life in the now! Be sporadic, random!!! I got my second wiiiind!" Everyone was like "WHAT? serious? its soo late?" and I am sure there was a mention of being "crazy." LOL I thought it was about 12.30 but no... it was like 2am! But after amping it up saying its going to be awesome, both Clem and Farhan was up for it!!! = D El decided to have a early night in... so she said home... so we all made our way to Northbridge.

Northbridge was surprisingly still packed at 2am on a Saturday morning! People were still trying to get into clubs and stuff. I was very surprised... and happy about it... Because if ktv didn't work out, we could do something else. The main thing in contention was what time ktv closed. I thought utopia closed at 4... but the boys thought 3am. So we decided to go to Hit Studio. But then we were like why dont we crash Farhan's friend's party... So he made a call to Jesi, and yea... it was a go. Walking there... Clem said "but but but... nothing good ever happens after 2am!?!?!?" (referring to what Ted said on How I Met Your Mother) I was like naaah... its going to be AWESOME!! Farhan explained that this was his "other crew" and Clem and I were like "awww...cool." Only when we were walking up the stairs of uptopia, did Farhan explain that.. this was his "old" crew who he hardly hangs out with anymore. Clem and I just looked at each other.. and were like "shiiit! that changes everything! we are no longer friend of a friend... we are randoms!" LOL

When we entered to room. It was... awkward. so many faces I didn't recognise. I saw Voon, Jesi and Kev. Thats about it. It was one of those big rooms too. Farhan then introduced us to the birthday girl, and yea we took our place. I sung 1 or 2 songs awkwardly... feeling like such a tool... and then soon enough utopia closed. So we then decided to go back to Hit Studio for one last hoorah. (Jesi and Kev piking!) Arriving there at 3, the guy at the counter said "look you'll only get about 45 mins." We were like... "yeaaa lets do it... we came here for a reason!" So we paid the guy 30 bucks for 45 mins of pure fun!

We DID it... we destroyed our voices! We sung Bon Jovi, Mariah (NB do not start off ktv with Mariah, she kills your voice range prematurely) Backstreet Boys, Westlife, Michael Jackson... we did all the bare essentials... and pushed our time in there by 15 mins after the dooude told us to leave! It was sick! We ended up getting that full hour!

We left feeling accomplished. It was exciting. It was... soo very on the fly and last minute... to tell you the truth, thats the cool parts of life. the unexpected things! All 3 of us, went out... in good faith, out to have a good time and being open... and it was sick! Arrived home at 5am... buggered but still had energy... was woken up at 7.50 by a sms from Dean whose in Geraldton...and then walked out the house at 8.15 for walkies with Julie. Now... I am here. on my laptop...blogging. What a morning!

Labels: Friendship, Fun, KTV, Sport

Heya all,

Yea... I have started working full time as a paralegal at a law firm called "Sparke Helmore" within their litigation and dispute resolution area. So far its been pretty good. The people who work there are really nice people and yea so far it has been a good experience.

I must admit, I still need to get used to the working day. It is still pretty hard on me. I am seriously tired during the day, and once I get home, I am pretty lively. I dont know how to change it, so that it is the other way around. It would be preferable if I was more lively at work. LOL

Last weekend was pretty good. Probably because now since I work during the week I really appriciate it when I don't work. Friday night at volleyball was siiiiick! I was on a high I think... and then afterwards at el's place... it was sooo fun! people on ps3, others playing boardgames, kfc, homemade fairyfloss (thanks el, shaz and charlene). It was just fun! Then on sat... sat night was awesome! Dinner with the gang at Vultures and then Metros... (after being denied from Library because I forgot my ID).

We all walked briskly to Metros in the rain! Eddie being manly and gave me and hanif his jacket to shield ourselves from the rain... (protecting our hair) LOL at Hanif. Thanks to Galilee I was able to get into Metros easy. Damn... I am like 22 and still have ID issues? The night overall was pretty good. Definitely a good night. Would love to to it again... and hopefully when Will is all fine and dandy!

Labels: Birthday, Clubbing, Dinner, Fun, Sport, Work

Wagyu Beef Tataki.

Rack of Amelia Lamb, caramelized tomato tart, roasted garlic, Persian feta.

Avon Valley Beef Fillet, grilled marron with soft herbs, creamed woodland mushroom.

Hot Valrhona Chocolate fondant, sorbet, soft caramel.

My mouth is drooling again from looking at the photos and the desciptions of the dishes... omg... *drool.*

Other than that, I have been busy stressing and procrastinating with assignments galore! I have completed and submitted my criminology and first advanced torts assignment on Friday the 9 May which was like... the best feeling ever. But now... I have to complete my next 2 assignments coming up. Employment law and advanced torts assignment 2. I also have an employment law tute to get done GRRRRRR.... Not only that I have found out that my employment law exam is the first Saturday of the exam period. Meaning the first Saturday after study week. *Stresss*

Luckily for me, I have had sports this semester to keep me balanced. What started off with mixed soccer with the 3rd season of the Bananaroos, I have taken up basketball on tuesdays, netball sometimes on thursdays and then volleyball when I can get to it on Fridays! Unfortunately this Monday I injured my ankle... yes... the same ankle as always... so I've been out of action for this week. *sigh* But... I'm going to get back on that horse next week! = D its getting better now... just a bit tender in some places. I've also been invited to play soccer on Fridays in an all girls team organised by Mich, and a mixed netball team on tuesday nights organised by Julie. *Rolls eyes* I wanna play for all but I caaaaaan't!

So thats about it for now... until next time... say hi to your mom for me!

Labels: Dinner, Food, Love, Sport, Studying, University, Will

Mega Catch Up

Ok… mega catch up blog entry. Ok… well what I might do I might attempt to re-cap from last Sunday the 20^th of January 2008.

Xingqitian (Sunday) 20^th January 2008

Today despite feeling exhausted as hell I got my butt up at 6.30am to meet everyone else at 7am to go to the slopes for skiing/snowboarding! So… I got ready. Went to Michelle’s and Fern’s room… knocked on their door, and yes… you guessed it, they were still a sleep. Everyone was still a sleep. So… our day actually started at about 8am. We took a bus to the mountain… forgot its name, which took about 2 hours. It was pretty close!

The cost… crazy cheap!!! We had to put down 200 RMB for the day pass, and equipment. At the end of the day we were given 50 RMB back which means we paid about 25 AUD. The bus ride there 12 kuai, meaning it cost us only 2 AUD to get there. CHEAP!

Anywho…I decided that I was going to work on snowboarding, since my experience in Shanghai was not really “proper” snowboarding. I didn’t know how to carve or board down the slope properly. I just went straight down, which is pretty dangerous. So Lincoln was my Laoshi for the day. He taught me and Michelle how to do “falling leaf” which is just boarding down the slope horizontally across the slope, and not just vertically straight down the slope… which would have led us to the end of our short lives.

Falling over is pretty tiring. I did not fall this much when I had skied in Switzerland! So my wrists, lower back and butt was getting pretty sore. By lunch time… I was dying for something decent to eat. The sandwiches at the lodge there was awesome! Club sandwich… YUM!!! Afterwards, Lincoln took me to the middle part of the slope… to bring my game up a bit.

I was still shitting myself. Ok…I had the general gist of what to do, but not down pack. I packed it even more when I saw that I was not going to be alone at this part of the slope, but about 30 instructors were just standing in the middle of the slope for some filming. Lincoln snowboarded to the other side of the slope so that we could go down around them… but I… well… I didn’t know how to go across the slope. It was mega steep and… I could just imagine me bowling them over…. But… I amped myself up and did it. The biggest hurdle was my fear. After that… it was easy street.

What really got me to turn my fear around was Kenny. Kenny was like me, never snowboarded in his life. For lunch the girls told him accidently that the lodge is at the very top of the mountain… yea… not cool. So he had to snowboard down himself… BUT he did it, and learned how to go down falling leaf all by himself. My inspiration!

After going down from the mid point and hearing that Kenny made it to the bottom alive… I “man-ed” up and took the plunge. Went to the very top of the slope… and I never looked back! It was scary, invigorating and a great way to learn to snowboard! The slope is long, and since I was only going down one way my legs burned like hell!!! I ended up having to try to forget the pain of lactic acid in my thighs by singing while I snowboarded down… ahahahah… but by the end of the day, I would just make myself fall over to let my legs rest!

The day would have been perfect if the next part didn’t happen. I was super cold and tired, so I changed and returned my clothes and gear. When I walked out to see everyone again and I went to buy some Nai Cha (Milk Tea) I realised I had no money in my wallet. I had taken all my money out and put it in the pocket of the snow jacket I had borrowed! I ran to everyone and told them and we made our way to the hiring desk. I had only JUST returned it, and I wore a green jumpsuit in size small which was not that popular. We told the people there, and they let us look in all of the pockets of the size small green. But… all the pockets had been opened and my money was no longer there. The people there were asking whether I had kept my pocket open and perhaps I had dropped it. But I knew this was not the case. I saw that every time they received the snow gear back they checked the pockets then and there. Someone… blatantly lied to me and someone got themselves an extra 400 kuai. *sigh*

Lincoln, Michelle and I eating some Lunch on the slope

Xingqiyi (Monday) 21 January – Xingqisi (Thursday) 24 Janurary

We pretty much continued having classes in the morning. But instead of going to the afternoon activities that were available to us, we went out shopping this week! We realised we only had 1 more week left. So we took the ditie (underground train) to the Silk Market and Xi dan. They are awesome places to go shopping! This holiday I did not buy a lot of clothes, but I bought a lot of “Zhongguo dongxi” (Chinese Stuff) Such as my name in a chop/seal/stamp. I had them put Xia An Na in the traditional script. I also bought some cool water paintings of the Great Wall, Huang Shan and some Pandas. I was looking for a painting of Xi Hu (West Lake) in Hangzhou… but no such luck.

To tell you the truth, the night market in Hangzhou is a lot better than in Beijing. I mean Beijing had a lot of stuff, don’t get me wrong but I think I preferred the stuff that they had in Hangzhou.

One of the coolest buys was… I bought a Zhongguo MP3 player!! Because what happened was the day after snowboarding, my ipod died on me!!! I plugged poddie into megan’s computer and it just froze… I didn’t know why. I waited for ages but nothing happened so I unplugged poddie from the laptop. Since then, I cannot access my music… itunes will not pick up poddie, but the laptop will detect a mass storage space connected. *sigh*

I was hell depressed. I pretty much have lost 3 years of music! It had everything on it! Mandarin, French, Japanese Lessons… My European trip OST, my China trip OST, my Il Divo, Maroon 5… everthingggg!!! So when I had a look at the mp3s in Carre Four with Lincoln, we saw this hot little thing. Chinese branded though, but it is no bigger than a credit card man!!! It has touch pad, big screen with great resolution!!! I bought it for 799 kuai… which is about 130 AUD. And It has been the coolest buy so far!!! I have put all my Chinese music on, I have downloaded all my favourite Chinese ktv vid clips and have put it on there so I can practice reading the Hanzi, and I have put lyrics onto it, so I can learn the songs!! AHH!!! Sooo cool!!!

My new Zhongguo pod

I also put got my Sony Ericsson w660i flashed!!! Its soo cool!! I got them to put Chinese characters onto it! I love it! It also has Bahasa Indonesia dictionary on it, so now I can write and receive sms’s in like 3 languages that I can understand!!! Writing hanzi is pretty fun, and really helpful for learning it.

We also went to Vix/Mix. These are 2 clubs in Beijing which are next to each other. They both are pretty sick! Hahaha… we went on the Thursday, and then we went again on the Friday.

Xingqiwu (Friday) 25 January

We had a free day, but as usual it was taken up by an excursion. Today we went to the Tian’namen Square and the Forbidden City. It was really really really cold!!! You could not believe!!! There was no sign of snow, but I think it was really cold because of the wind! The wind cuts right through you. Especially at Tian’namen square as it is just one big open square with no buildings.

There is nothing really much I can say about Tian’namen Square of the Forbidden City really. It was just cold. I was a bit disappointed with the Forbidden City as some parts were closed down for renovation for the Olympics. But it was ok. All of us were just ready to hui sushe (return to the dorms) as we were all suffering hahaha.

The cool stuff I bought from the Forbidden City was 2 books. One of them showed you how to write characters and the history behind them, and the other was a calendar where you learn a phrase a day!

Later on we hit Vix/Mix again!

Our Crew at Tian'namen

Xingqiliu (Saturday) 26 January

I was tired… exhausted to the max from clubbing and the lack of sleep from the past 2 nights. But… I still woke up at 8.30am to go to our next excursion. We went to visit the new Olympic Stadium! Unfortunately it was not open for the public, so all we did was take a bus to it, to see it, we took some happy snaps and then we headed back home, which was fine for all of us. The Olympic stadium is pretty awesome! Has some pretty sick architecture… why couldn’t our silly Convention Centre look anything like this. The stadium looks like a birds nest, which is supposed to mean something… but yea.

Duncan and I at the New Olympic Stadium

That night we hit Propaganda… BIG night. It was probably the best night I had in Beijing! Lincoln and I earlier one were like… “ok.. we will make a pact… this is THE night… because next week all of us will be studying...” The cocktails are really cheap for us! Mojitos are like 25 Kuai (4 AUD) and other “stronger” drinks are 35 Kuai. I think this night was my best night because I practiced my Chinese. Other nights in Beijing, as just been about our group and that is about it.

This night I ordered drinks, talked to the bar tender (who was a newbie but still really cool). Like for example, I ordered a round of drinks… and Lincoln was like… “Anna get him to put more vodka in.” So I did! I asked him and he just kept the vodka going! Another cool example was when we were at the bar, I accidently bumped into this guy. I said dui bu qi (excuse me/sorry). And he was like mei guan xi (no worries). I then thought… eh… what the heck, lets practice my chinese… “Ni jiao shenme mingzi?” (what is your name?) He answered with his Chinese name which I cannot possibly repeat or remember. I then explained to him that I couldn’t speak Chinese very well. He then said his name was Sean… (I think). Anyways… I spent a good few minutes conversing with him…explaining I was in China to study Chinese, and I had studied in Hangzhou for a month and was in Beijing for another month. He told me he studied marketing (I think) and I told him I had studied law… after a while I ask him “Ni de pengyou zai nar li?” (Where are your friends)… guess what he said in reply??

He said he came alone! Hahahahaha oh well at least he was a nice guy..nice enough guy to humor me and my bad Chinese.

The night ended… well… yea.. it ended good… lets just say… not as bad as Shanghai… but close hahha.

Xinqitian (Sunday) 27 January – Xingqisi (Thursday) 31 January

On Sunday I kept a low profile. Lincoln and I went to eat at a place called “Lush” which had the sweetest burgers there! Aw… I miss the western food! Monday through to Thursday we were all busy studying for our exams with a bit of shopping on the side.

This week I got really frustrated with my Chinese. Things were just not sinking in. I was SO thick! I didn’t understand. I felt like my Chinese had gone backwards. I was sooo augh!!! It was horrible especially since I had my exam!

James in Hangzhou sent me photo of Zhejiang Daxue snowed in! They got a lot of snow, like most of the other cities and provinces in China. Apparently there has been mega snow… which has made it difficult for those who are trying to return home to their town for Chinese New Year. Train tracks are blocked etc. But… being typical Anna luck… no such snow is visiable in Beijing. Clear blue skies… Zai Beijing de tianqi hen leng, ke shi meiyou xue. (In Beijing, the weather is cold, but no snow) *sigh*

Zhejiang Daxue Snowed in!

Xingqiwu (Friday) 1 February

Today… well we had our graduation ceremony! It has only really just hit me that.. hey we are leaving tomorrow morning. We are leaving China for good. It is not just a 1 or 2 week holiday to another place where we will return later on for more study. This is it. No more Chinese classes!!! = (

The ceremony was pretty cool, they gave us a DVD presentation which was a movie of photos and video clips of us while out at excursions or in class throughout this month! It was soo cool! They gave us a CD of the movie as well as the photos they took!! They presented us with our certificates and along with a shirt with the School’s name on it, and a class photo.

All the classes had to give a performance. Our class just did a role play with some dialogue. But the other classes did some crazy stuff like… a “who dunnit” “Murder in the dark” role play, whereas another group did a presentation on experiences in China.

They also presented awards for the classes. For our class A1, Ke Li Si and I were awarded some prize… I didn’t quite catch what it was for, but I think it was for being good students. It was cool I got a Chinese mask thing which you can hang on a wall or door. There were also awards for the best acting in the class performances. For our class the award went to Megan. = )

I wanted to get photos with both of my Laoshi. But I was only able to get a photo with one. = ( Yea… the Laoshi here were a lot better than the ones in Zhejiang. It was an intense learning experience. Lu Laoshi was the first teacher we had. He was really good. Like he kept you talking, and I think I liked his teaching style, like I benefited the most from it. Wang Laoshi was really good too. She was patient, and had a completely different approach. She was more about the writing and the pace was slower.

The staff here are really nice as well. Like they actually care. They took care of you!!! Really! Like… ok… I was getting frustrated with my Chinese and on Thursday in class.. well I kinda randomly fell a part. I do not know why. Nothing was sinking in, things I knew I forgot. I was really flustered. Wang Laoshi was teaching that day, and she could sense I was bu gaoxing (Not happy). She asked whether I was uncomfortable… but I couldn’t answer her because… well yea… Anywho… I didn’t return after the break. I asked Megan to explain to Wang Laoshi that I was just concerned about the exam and that it was not her. I kinda had a feeling she thought I was angry with her. >.<

Anyways… this Monday I missed class because I was feeling down. But I had a “one on one” class and instead of getting a random teacher to talk about random things to, I was directed to Wang Laoshi, who went through the lesson that I had missed. It was really good. She asked me about the Thursday and whether I was ok. And I said to her… “dui bu qi… mei guan xi, wo shi mafan.” (sorry, don’t worry, I was being difficult) I thought it was the best way to say it especially since “mafan” (troublesome) was a new word which she had taught me just then!

Anyways… after the graduation ceremony we all went to a farewell lunch. But Both of my Laoshi did not turn up. I was quite… well cut. HAHAHA. I wanted to talk to them and say thank you and all that jazz. So afterwards I asked the other Laoshi for their emails, but they didn’t know. Instead they gave me their mobile numbers… siiiick = ) I got my Chinese hanzi on, and messaged them = ). It was cool! Really really cool… but I was mega exhausted trying to figure out, the grammar, the words and then what characters to use hahhaa… reading them was pretty alright.

Anyways… I better go… been writing this thing for ages and Its already 6.48… need to finish packing…need to rest before tonight…

Wo aiiiiiii Zhongguooooo!!!!

Labels: Beijing, China, China Gang, Chinese, Clubbing, Food, Friendship, Shopping, Sport, Technology, Travel

Beijing hen leng

Ok… Zuotian he Jintian Beijing was minus zero degrees! Tomorrow it is supposed to be minus 8 degrees!!! We are getting pretty used to the cold now… I think we are getting used to it because it has been gradually getting colder. Not like we were in Aussie summer then BAM crazy cold weather.

We have had various activities in the afternoons! which are good! it keeps us busy and it helps us learn and experience various aspects of Chinese culture. We have done paper cutting which is a very popular thing in Beijing, we have done singing.. which is a bit... difficult... and yesterday we did tai chi! We are learning how to do stuff with a spear too!!! its awesome!!!!

Me tai chi-ing it up!

Last night we all went out for the first time in Beijing. We went to a club called “Propaganda” which was pretty cool, it had a neat underground feel to it. A lot of ex-pats there too. RnB music all the way with some whacked left field music too! The trip there was not so cool though. All of us required 3 taxis, we got into the second taxi and showed the taxi driver the address, he said he knew where it was. But as it turned out, we did not get there. We thought he was taking us for a joy ride but it turns out that he went in the correct direction, just he didn’t know exactly where it was. The meter was like at 40 kuai which is STUPID! The others got there fine, paying only 25 kuai. We got the taxi driver to drop us at a main street and so we could walk and find our own way. We didn’t wanna pay the fare as he did not take us to our destination. So all of us ran across the road. Mark didn’t so our attempted “runner” failed as he had to pay the fare.

“Propaganda” was having a ladies night, so we did not pay entry and we were given 3 free drinks! I had 2 mojitos which were really really nice, and I had a “propaganda” which is this cocktail with a mixture of different alcohols in a martini glass which the bartender then lights up with a lighter. I also randomly bumped into Michelle Wong!!! We did not decide to head out to propaganda until the last minute, so I had not rung anyone… but it was soo cool to bump into her!!! It was like.. omg.. I actually know someone here????

We left around 3ish and one of the other girls on the tour had “picked” up this Chinese guy, who with his friend took us to this restaurant for supper. It was pretty random and ok. But yea… I don’t know. The clubbing is not the same as it was in Hangzhou. Its good… but it is missing something… or… maybe I am just all clubbed out and I am over it. Nevertheless it was still a good night out.

Today we had our excursion which turned out to be like “An Amazing Race.” We were given instructions to get to a certain destination which was “Chi Bei Hai” which had a huge lake which had frozen over!!! We were to find our own way there, which meant finding the correct bus, and then we were to find certain buildings and to take photos of us there. We were also to find a random person and to ask them 5 questions.

It was pretty cool, I must admit I was quite tired so I lacked the zest and energy that I usually had. But yea. It was really cold today, and seeing the frozen lake made it even colder! OMG it was psycho… there were men who were jumping into the frozen lake to swim!!! They would come out and their bodies all red from the cold! CRAZY!!! I think they do it as it is good for their health or something. After we had finished our tasks and had lunch, we went iceskating on the lake!! Cost us 20 kuai to hire the skates and yea… it was pretty mad aye!! Just iceskating outdoors instead of indoors in an artificial environment, and to see the lake just completely frozen.. you could see leaves and stuff in the ice! I skated around the lake, and went around a building which was really nice!

HrMM... I dont think these boats are going anywhere

After that, we went for starbucks for a nice warm drink. Biggest disappointment and waste of money. I had the “famous” hot chocolate which was pretty ordinary. After that the group split up. The girls went shopping and I went home with the boys to chill out and rest. I tried to get my internet working. I talked to the man in the admin office… attempted my chinese… and yea Got him to come to my room to look at my internet. He couldn’t get the connection, in the end Duncan came and knocked on my door and yea… he hoo

ked up our net!!! After that Lincoln and Joel popped in, and we decided to go for dinner.

We walked down the street and ate at one of the small restaurants there (which we have been doing lately which is great for the wallet!) We ordered this wicked Beijing dish called Ka pow tofu. (I cant be sure if that’s correct spelling) but it was really really nice!!!

Labels: Beijing, China, China Gang, Clubbing, Culture, Food, Sightseeing, Sport

Heya all!!!

The last few days have been busy busy busy...

Xingqiwu
Friday we went to Shanghai for the weekend! It was pretty cool!!! The crew that went included:
Me
Megan
James
Quentin
Qiao
Melissa
Deddy
Amy
Jose
Gabrielle and Guillaumes (who we met up with later on)

The train ride there was pretty alright, though I slept most of the time. When we arrived we took the subway to get to the city centre... and WOAH Shanghai is huge!!! Busy busy busy... hussle and bussle all the way! We all carried our stuff around with us (Megan and I being the noobs and bringing a suitcase whereas everyone else had brought backpacks) while we were finding accomodation. This actually took longer than we thought as the place that we had intended to stay at was closed down. So... Megan and I took everyone's stuff and went to starbucks while the group split up to find accomodation.

Eventually... we found a place which was near by to Starbucks... and we checked in. The weird thing about it was that they only really preferred people with Chinese passports. I was like what the hell? But it ended up being ok. Quentin, Megan and I had to stay outside the hotel while the others arranged the rooms just in case... yea...

It was already late... about 5ish or 6ish when we decided that we were to get ready to go out to Bonbon Club but to go have dinner before hand. Megan's friend Sam came to our hotel to hang with us that night. Hes a pretty cool fella... he really made me miss Australia... the humour and everything.

Anywho... dinner ended up being quite troublesome. We couldnt find a place where we wanted to eat in this food court... so I ended up eating from "BreadTalk" (they have it in Singapore). It was still quite early when most of us had finished so I went back to the hotel with Melissa, Qiao and Jose. At about 10.30pm we get a call from the others saying they had already arrived at Bonbon, so off we went. Deddy and Amy arrived at the hotel and went to the club with us. The club is pretty awesome from what I can remember. Open Bar once again... and Yea... I felt like I really needed to catch up with the rest... so I went hard... I danced for a little while, and then went to get a few more drinks. I remember trying to speak some mandarin with the barman... saying "Wo yao ni he dongxi!" eventually he drank with me. hahaha. after that Jose took my drinks for me... and the night pretty much ended for me at 1am.

The rest stayed out till about 3am... I was awoken by Sam who jumped into the bed next to mine and we talked for a bit.

Xingqiliu
The next morning... I was really really really tired! Stories of what happened at Bonbon made me so jealous and annoyed how I K.O so early!! C'Mon!!!! I never K.O and the night I do... THINGS HAPPEN!! Like Megan had this voice recording of James being an Indian Telemarketer...

We all ended up going out for brunch at the foodcourt where we attempted to eat the night before. Afterwards we explored this department store with all these brands like Roxy, Evisu at a semi cheaper price. I didn't end up getting anything. We then went to this Market which is in a trainstation where I bought these cute dog toys... (sad I know) and then I bought this black clutch. This clutch is pretty nice... though I didn't really want it. The lady at the store said the price was 280 Kuai... I was like... hell no... tried to walk away but she clutched to my arm... Better price she said... I was like... eh what the hell.. 50 kuai... she was on be for ages saying that 50 was nothing and blah blah blah... eventually though she said 60... and I was like hao de.

After that... we all had dinner at beloved KFC and then headed to Indoor Skiing!!!! It was soo fun man!!! We all went snowboarding... except for Gabrielle who skied (which was smart because he did'nt end up having a wet butt), but yeaaa snowboarding rocks!!! I find that it is hard getting used to going down side on... and you need to be able to shift ur weight to turn... that was the hardest part. Oh the interesting thing... is that if we are talking skateboarding terms... I am not regular. I am... weird. In that I prefer to snowboard with my right foot in front instead of the left. So yea... I am weird.

I made my first attempt down from the middle of the ski slope which was ok.. cause I did not fall over. Afterwards for my second attempt I went to the very top. It was awesome!!! but frekking scary shit! I was like... Yea baby lets go! I shuffled my board and off I went. I started picking up speed and I was like heeeeeelll yeaaaaa... Anna... pro!!! but then I realised that I started getting too fast AND I could not stear properly. So it then hit me that shiiiiit... I am going to crash into people so I started screaming and swearing my lungs out... I was going down sooo fast... people where turning around and like jumping out of the way... eventually when I reached the bottom I didnt know how to stop, so I made myself fall over. I was pretty proud that I did not fall over... but thats not skill.

The rest of the time there we attempted jumps! That was awesome fun! Quentin started it first because he is really good.. (damn him.. he makes snowboarding look easy and effortless) He did a jump which I thought was crazy... but then after that Deddy who was like... first timer as well, attempted the jump too... after that everyone was doing it... and then eventually Megan and I decided to try too. It was really scary... like whether I could aim my board to the jump was my main concern... but yea... that was no problem... the problem was after the jump... landing... hahaha... that I never figured out... but I did leave with videos of crazy stacks... unfortunately I didn't get the stack where I flipped over... it looked and felt pretty serious... Willy and Deddy were like shiiiitttt....

Our night ended when James made a pretty nasty fall from the jump. I was already winding down when I saw this crazy jump... and yea... the dooude did not get up... I then saw Quentin and all our friends drop thier gear and run to the guy... thats when I realised... shit... man... something has happened. It was James and he was not moving! When I got there, he was conscious but in pain. His back was messed up... but after a few mins he was ok... but it gave us the biggest scare!!! His back today is still a little sore. But ok...

The rest of the night we all just chilled at the hotel as we were all pretty buggered. Sunday was mainly just all of us returning back to Hangzhou... but in the morning Megan and I got up early to have a morning walk to the river and to see the Shanghai city skyline which is sooo cool! It made me realise how much more of Shanghai I would like to see.

Pics will be up soon... i dont have my usb!!!!

Labels: China, Chinese, Clubbing, Friendship, Shanghai, Shopping, Sport, Travel

Heya all,

yea it has been a while since I have blogged. It has been so busy and there has not been any real chance to get on the net long enough to blog.

Last week a lot of the free time I had was spent playing badminton and table-tennis... Yea..believe it or not I have played more sport here than in Australia. Geez...and they say Australia's culture IS sports. The bad thing about playing badminton or table tennis, well... after all that good work... we always...and I mean ALWAYS go to maccas after it! I kid you not, we have been to maccas so often I swear the people there know us. They probably know me and megan as the idiots who cannot speak mandarin. LOL but hey... maccas is good for take when your hungry.


Last Friday we went to see the 6 harmonies pagoda and the Linyin temple. It was a good day out as it was relatively quick ( 8am and then home by 1pm). The 6 Harmonies pagoda was pretty neat, as there is a cool legend behind it. I personally preferred the Linyin temple. It was quite beautiful. It was a place with many buddhist temples. The architecture and the natural surroundings was really really something.

Afterwards we just chilled out for a bit. That night we all went out to a a friend's place for drinks and then club called Coco's. It was pretty alright. quite small compared to SOS but yea. fun. We also bumped into some of our classmates there. They were given VIP treatment! It is because they are caucasian, they said that they were approached on the uni campus by the club managers and djs who then gave them VIP membership and stuff.

There is a downside though. At coco's our classmates were being friendly to the Djs in order to get more free stuff. But, then the Djs started talking to these guys... and apparently the Dj had "sold" them to the guys. Our classmates saw them shake hands and heard them say something like "I'll calm them down." So they left the club straight away after that. Scary stuff aye. I guess they were not careful. I say they were pretty lucky. But yea, they went clubbing by themselves and not in a group.

The next day, we went to a student talent show where our friends Willy and Andrew were performing. It was pretty cool, though I was pretty buggered so I napped in some parts of the show. We had a weird night that night. Jemes, Quentin, Megan and I had some pre drinks at the dorms. We wanted to go to a club that Jemes really likes but it was not open yet. So someome suggested to G- plus (another club). We were like "eh why not." We didnt stay there too long, but it seemed ok. It was a weird night because it was pretty random. Just the 4 of us out, Quentin got his mobile stolen... people were lost momentarily. Auuuugh... *CHINNNAA!*

Last night megan and I got our haircut...errrr.... yeaaaa.....good treatment...like it felt good...but yea...errrr....i prob wont do it again. lol

Anywho...thats what has gone down up to date. Photos...well ill try and upload them as soon as possible. =)

Labels: China, Clubbing, Culture, Hangzhou, Sightseeing, Sport