China Immersion Trip! (2)

We reached the school pretty late, like around 6.30? That's almost 12 hours of travelling, and the sky was really dark by then too. Well since its winter... the sun doesn't linger around for long.

We went to Tianjin Yi zhong, supposedly the best high school in tianjing (and also where Zheyu came from) and the first high school built in Tianjin. So the name and the status match yeah. We gathered at the main lobby, which looks awfully like an office building just that its LARGER and HIGHER and GREYER. The whole scene is like soldiers' on the deathrow; Singaporeans on one side and Chinese on the other. Our fate lies in one single piece of paper!

But my suspense wasn't for long, since I was the second person to be called. My buddy's name is Yiwen! And for some reason I had a feeling she was RICH, cos her surname is 钱 (which is money in chinese), and she DOES LOOK LIKE A 有钱人! Some rich kid lar. I don't know just that, gut feeling?? I didn't tell her that though ^__^

Angeline's buddy is good friends with mine, so that's really great, at least I've got someone to speak English to. During the first night we ate Mcdonalds! And also during the first night I realised that my buddy has a BOYFRIEND! Not bad, meeting the boyfriend on the first day, and I kinda deduced it judging from the way both of them speak to each other. Tralalala... He was quite a nice chap, since he helped Angeline and I bring both our luggages (both 15kg) up a flight of stairs. I was like “可以吗？？可以吗？？” cos he really looked IN PAIN, but he was like "可以！可以!" In a very erm, strained voice. Nevermind. :-"

China's EVM in Mcdonalds is CHEAPER than Singapore! The price is about a student meal here. And the Filet O' Fish tastes nicer too! At least softer, I feel that Singapore's one is too fake >_> But the McSpicy is not as spicy, and its smaller too. AND I LOVE THEIR PEACH PIES AWWWW, I should bring that suggestion up to Singapore Mcdonalds one day.

Okay NOW ABOUT THE HOUSE! My buddy brought me to a new house, which is further away from the school lar, but its a condo and looks pretty swanky. There isn't much furniture laid out yet, but everything is neat and tidy and looks very presentable (:

 
I put my luggage here. AND NO I DO NOT SLEEP HERE.

 
The dining room. With yiwen's blue jacket right there.
 
their pretty living room. in which their tv has CHANNEL NEWS ASIA o.O

Apparently i forgot to take a picture of the room which has a bed. I slept with yiwen on a queen-sized bed which is pretty comfy. The thing that I didn't like was the piercing silence. Like PIERCING silence. I told her about it, and she suggested to her mom about MAKING SOME NOISE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. HAHA! But no lar she wasn't serious about that. Her mom is a really nice woman; looks motherly. I don't think yiwen stays with her mom much? Because her mom is a pretty busy woman, but I can see that they get along quite well (:

During the first official outing, her mom brought me to eat Beijing Roast Duck! From Quanjude, in which i'm going to eat from again later on in Beijing. Sadly I didn't take a picture of the restaurant! Because it looks really grand. The Chinese DO eat a lot too; we only ordered three sets of dishes (Duck, Beans and Soup) and it covered the entire table already O_O Ahhhh, but the duck was delicious :D

AND I WATCHED A MOVIE IN TIANJIN! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! :D:D Okay I sound retarded. Initially we were playing with the idea of either going for KARAOKE or a movie, but it's erm, quite embarrassing to sing along with them, so I reckoned a movie is better. 

A movie ticket in Tianjin is also cheaper than Singapore! costs 5 bucks! And the quality for the cinema is pretty good too, nice seats at least XD I have to compare quality with Princess in Bedok first because a movie ticket there is also 5 sing bucks. Anyway, 5 bucks is the price for a normal movie ticker lar; initially wanted to watch Journey to the Centre of the Earth in 3D, but the ticket price is like 16 sing bucks O.o So it was HELLBOY2 it is! :D Man, if this movie was in 3D I would have DIED. HAHA yiwen's mom was so afraid that she was covering her eyes throughout most of the movie (:

WHATEVER LAR NO PICTURES AGAIN :(

The next day, we went like shopping around... In this shopping centre near the school got Howhy, and i got some cool keychains XD Okay kinda inappropriate material for a shopping centre, since Angeline bought a nice skirt. Next we went to Starbucks and we met the boyfriend again, before hitting some bookshop, AND THEN THE MAIN THING,

I WENT TO A CONCERT! YAY! Like a 演唱会 concert okay! Sadly the singers were some oldies, 羽泉 according to her mom, but HECK, at least I've got the FEEL of a proper concert :D
where i was sitting. :D There were quite a lotta people!
The stage from where i was sitting.

I forgot if this was the yu or the quan lar one of them. He looks like a superstar!

 
yiwen was sick, so she was lying against her mom, and her mom was rubbing her leg for her. AwWW so sweettttt.

Okay that is all that I remember?? For the whole stay with my buddy that is. this is not including class times, another blogpost for it coming up! :D