imagine if 4 years ago,
i had chosen to go to ntu accountancy.
today i'd have graduated with a much better cap (at least i knew what i wanted out of it), commenced, worn the graduation gown and probably started working.

but then again,
i wouldn't have met this many awesome people.

finally back after close to three weeks of holidaying =)
been to nanjing, suzhou, hangzhou, shanghai and phuket

nanjing was awesome with shinan bringing us around and introducing us to good food and places to visit and play at. there, we also found the best bubble tea ever till date at dokodo =) it's the best! =D and omg there i tried the duck's tongue and webbed feet as well =s haha scary! but gotta try something new each day yeah =p and shinan's mum even made us awesome small lobsters for breakfast on our last day! =D awesome stuff! =) sl and i had our first arcade games together too! haha shooting hoops and playing drums wahaha =p oh random. but the transport only costs 2 yuan no matter where you wanna go! how you wish singapore was like that too right? lol =p but of course, most importantly it felt so great having the best company i could ask for those 3 days in nanjing =) thanks orange! =p

suzhou was scary at first when we couldn't get cabs at the railway station... and while waiting for a cab at the taxi stand we were also approached by this scary begging girl who grabs pple and spits on people when they don't donate to her =s we had a lousy tour to zhuo zhen yuan and all as well. too desperate to sell us commercial stuff and all instead =s but ah well zhouzhuang was good =) with zhongsheng, jianhao and dearie =p managed to explore the entire water town and get our own boat for a boat ride around the area =) awesome. and another awesome part about suzhou? sl and i managed to meet liyuan for dinner! =D missed her! =)yuanyuan also brought us to this pretty shopping area in suzhou, as well as an even prettier place that looks like a zhouzhuang lighted up at night =) so pretty we couldn't help but to return back to explore that area again the following night =p ooh and she introduced us to the bakery 85 degrees which got all four of us addicted to for the entire china trip wahaha =p and of course, also to the pudding naicha and the coffee jelly naicha which we kept looking for thereafter cos its awesome! =p thanks yuanyuan! ooh and suzhou has good, though atas, food. hoho most addictive fried fish and silver fishies ever =p

hangzhou was pretty awesome =) half of it was spent together the four of us, followed by the other half which was spent with my dearie alone (partially cos we decided to skip the tour we had initially booked so that we could focus on visiting the things we wanted to visit)... and i love our hotel! =D best thing ever! xihu's right at our doorstep! loves it =D oh and i completely love xihu! prettiest lake ever! so awesome! and walking down sudi with dearie made me feel like i was in some haha china love story movie! =D and ooh the awesome beggers chicken and prawwwnsss! =D watched impressions of the west lake as well. pretty awesome stuff =)and omg i got this oh-so-pretty embroidery umbrella! so soooo pretty! zomg =) tian tang yushan as recommended by yuanyuan =) hehe and xihu is so romantic =) just me and you! =)

shanghai was not too bad. lots of people everywhere =s kinda scares me =s especially the world expo =s you won't imagine how... horrible an experience it was. the china people themselves, though the hosts, pushing you, jumping over and under fences and breaking through chains etc to cut queues... the poking screaming shouting and unruly behaviour... kind of left me quite disgusted at the sight of all this shit over the 3 days. so so ridiculous. though some pavilions were pretty well done and insightful, it was sadly pretty much overshadowed by the before mentioned behaviour.and you thought singapore was bad. think again. disgusting. and it wasn't very well operated either. no wet weather plans either. left dearie and me (and i think jianhao and zhongsheng also) huddling each other trying to stay warm and dry under the umbrella while queueing (and undergoing all the shit behaviour) in the rain. ah well but it was an experience. and its something we both went through together. hopefully this experience will keep us going stronger than ever =) the skylines, the bund and the jingmaodasha was pretty awesome too. shld try the can opener someday =p ah well managed to meet yanling for supper at this italian place after our last day at the expo as well =) ooh gotta mail her the free duck from quanjude soon too! ooh and the shopping aroud the area where dearie and i stayed. it's crazyyy! haha =p shop till you drop hehe and the nanxiang xiaolongbaos! omggg haha i can't get enough of them. still craving for them. its awesomeee! =) i'll fly back just for it! =D

hehe ah well... 14 days of travelling and experiences with the best companion i could ask for. the one who always looks out for me, makes sure i get fed with the best possible food at each state, and taking care of me when i was unwell and enduring the haha occasional snores as a result of the blocked nose at night... thank you and i couldn't have been any luckier to have you by my side all the time =)i wanna travel the world with you =)

hehe then it was off to phuket for another 4 days with jianhao and zhongsheng. eh and elaine and lim shen for a part of the time as well. jh, zs and i covered a lot of stuff within our 4 days... from our explorations by foot, to the phiphi island, snorkling, bamboo rafting, waterfall-ing, elephant trekking, rubber tapping, turtle farming, the royal ship all the way to patong beach for shopping and chilling out... haha good company with the good random food hunts, our banana pancake craze, the drinks, the surfing (though the 3 of us looked like idiots with surfboards trying to ride the crazily enormous waves) hahaha and the crazy bargaining for everything haha thanks bros =)

it's been an awesome holiday since ia ended =) still awaiting my fyp allocation... and bidding's starting soon. back to being a student again! =s