Saturday, December 23, 2006
Due to the huge amount of time that I have on my hands, I am able to blog about Day 5 of the Fuzhou trip! (: Heh, poor Siachnpy is still stuck on Day 3 x] Alright, back to Day 5! (:
Day 5 is Shopping Day, as well as Steph's bday, woots. Travelled down to an expensive shopping mall for lunch, and to celebrate Steph's bday! We got to walk around the mall for a period of time, and so me and Charissa split from Jie's group due to some differences. Along the way we met Uncle SB and YY, along with Siach and Pek Yong. So Uncle SB and YY wandered off and the 4 of us became 1 group. Trooped down to the rather old arcade to play, and barely made it in time for lunch, argh. (:
Although we weren't late for lunch, we were the last to arrive. (: I had no appetite for lunch, and hence, I ate almost nothing. Oh well, the birthday cake with its super thin candles was presented to Pho when we were about to finish, and she was really surprised x] Aha, then we took a cab down to the place where we were supposed to shop! This time, me, Jie, Chin Hian, Pek Yong and Vanessa went as a group. We went to this place opposite the shopping mall, where you could really
bargain alot.
Took really little photos since it was only shopping. On an interesting note, I found that shopping isn't that bad when you aren't with people who are ALL shopaholics, but I still dislike it. YAGH. Uh... Me and Lao Di bought something for lao ma, as well as all the people we taught English during the Program at night. (: It was so difficult finding something for them, I thought I probably wouldn't find stuff for all the people I wanted to give. However, luckily, I managed, and I got my personalised sneakers as well! (:
By the time we finished shopping, it was about 1745. We all gathered at Macdonalds, but the bus was late, and we had to walk some distance to this meeting place b4 the bus picked us up. & boy, to say the temperature is cold is an understatement. Ah, I thought it was seriously freezing. (: So the whole team just plopped themselves onto the grass, but it was so cold, I rather be pacing around than sit. The bus finally arrived, accompanied with a very very pissed off bus driver.
I slept for a short while on the bus b4 I was rudely awakened by the bus driver's voice, which I really believed was rising every second. Being me, I couldn't sleep once I woke up, and I could only watch people sleeping. Erk, and what was worse was that the bus driver kept up the ruckus throughout. (: He must have a REALLY strong voice. and a horrible temper as well. (: Debrief, and then it was sleeping time. Bunked in Jie's room again, ahaha.
3:49 PM
