Raining again. Man I miss the snow.

I miss it already.

Surprisingly on both six-hour flights i didn't get air sick at all yay :) and ooh i watched GI JOE again and half of UP. Then then then we arrived in Beijing and it was super super cold, and I don't know why but i seem to get cold the easiest. Sniff.

Wow there's so much to talk about i don't even know where to start. Okay i'm not gonna go in any particular order i'm just gonna smush everything together.

1. Snow :D

IT SNOWED ON THE SECOND AND LAST DAY IT WAS AWESOME :D Snow makes the most polluted places pretty :) Snow just makes everything nice. Even when i felt sick and was all cold i was still all happy.

2. Getting to go around Beijing by ourselves

Ooh the scavenger hunt was really cool. Like they gave us this paper with clues/drawings on it, and we have to figure out our stops and where to go. We should make an "I survived the beijing subway" shirt :)

3. BARGAINING

Haha this is possibly one of the most satisfying things ever. Like when you just keep arguing and arguing until you save whoknowshowmuchmoney and feel all happy and satisfied :) Especially anmol. I don't know how she does it! And it's also really funny to see people's expressions when they realise how good her chinese actually is haha.

Carolyn's such a softie. All the store people can make so much money out of her heehee :D

4. Seeing all the beijing stuff we always hear about but never see

Like toboganning down the Great Wall of China! Yeah that was so cool. And we got to climb GWOC and wander around in our groups for a while :D We also discovered that when you're on top of a really tall and long wall, echoes are really really clear.

And seeing the Olympic Village (barely though) and the olympic torch. and all the super tall buildings which all light up at night. and the Forbidden City and Summer Palace, where we had to find stuff and look for the exit ourselves.

HAHA and we asked this tour guide for an answer to one of our questions, so we had to say it in chinese. So this ang mo came up behind us and looked at our worksheet, called her friends over, and was like, "WOW! They read in english, and speak in chinese!" haha that was fun.

5. We actually managed to get work done

YAY SNACK ATTACK. Even though we got really distracted, with carolyn talking about her shit cycle and all, we still managed to get everything done on time :D Of course there were bad stuff about the trip too, like the stomach ache day and the scaryish thing which was actually really nothing, but all the other good stuff made up for that :)

6. THE FOOD.

Especially the dumplings broccoli and the duck and even the late-night instant noodles :) And we went to KFC once, but after that, we didn't want fast food so we ate at other chinesey but not really places too :D Like Yoshinoya and another chinese place. And WAHAHA HOTEL! I really liked the japanese-chinese beefy thing we had one night :) and surprisingly the vegetables were actually nice. Especially the long beans! Oh and this cafe we went to, Sculpting In Time, sells the best cookies ever. Maybe it was just because we hadn't eaten cookies in so long, or because it was so cold, but these cookies were really really good :D even though they were really small.

7. ONEGEE AND ONETEE <3

I think what made this trip really really awesome were the people :D like seriously, even though it was SO MUCH more educational than perth, we still had so much fun. And our facilitators (Claudine and Kathleen) were super nice too :) i found claudine on facebook btw heheh. And this trip could not have been as fun without you guys.

This trip was so different from perth, and we had to do so much more work but still. It was really really fun :) So thanks to everyone who was there and made this trip so awesome :D

And tennisers- i've missed you guys :D