Soccer Match

Last evening just Zhou Wei(china colleague) was able to book a soccer court last min as another team decided not to play. So we went looking for players couldnt get much players as most of them going out with their GF. Anyway there 3 couple out of 13 ppl here le hahaa. So we got 5 players (Vernon, Henry, Hwa Swee, Edmund and Me) and Mr ling (our Boss, his Singaporean too) said he would join our team. And so 5 of us rush home first ate dinner and went searching for the place by foot. Zhou Wei say its 10 min walk from our home but i took the wrong turn n have to walk another 10min and was 20 min late.

The Street soccer Court was quite big covered with grass, some sort of plastic grass. There was penalty box, court lines look like a mini soccer field, 200rmb for 2 hrs. As Mr Ling isnt here yet Mr Li (company project manager) joined us. It a 6 v 6 match against our colleagues.

The rules of the match are no corners, no goal keeper , cant shoot behind half line.

And wahala we started and Vernon scored the first goal in 3 sec shooting the ball just inside the half court. I was the last man (Defender/Keeper who cant use hand). The formation was 114, 1 defender, 1 midfield and 4 striker hahaha. Half way Mr Li go injured and we were handicap, it was a 5v6 match, no more midfield. But anyway we still thrash them lol.

2nd match mr ling came and join us and Mr Li Joined the other team it was a Singaporean Vs China Match. And i the keeper scored a goal. We won this match too.

3rd match was a draw. The game ended when Vernon had leg cramp. By then It was 10.30 pm already. we played for 2.5hrs, Time to go home.

On the way home everyone was complaining bout their painful legs. So we took a cab home.
Overall it was fun and tiring haven played sport in quite awhile amaze i still have so much stamina to play for 2.5hr hahaha. It was a refreshing game.

2 months more

Saturday went to a Floraland theme park again with the rest of the 7 pals.
I took 3 ride the most horrible 1 was the 360 degree spin machine it was worst that the 1 at escape theme park but i never regret sitting or waiting 2 hours for it hahhaa. Its horrible as the chiars can spin 360 too but its a ride that is a must to sit hahaha. There isnt any photo as i didnt bring my camera, didnt charge my cam Batt. but still look into my friends albums. They are good at sneaky shots.

Its 1 month 2 weeks since i came here. As usual i was the sweeper. Walking as the last person with henry. Counting making sure that no1 is missing from the group. This Job is seriously interesting, i get to see 'live' drama everyday, how the story evolve and predict how the story will carry on. And sometime i cant stop laughing at it, cant believe live could be so dramatic.
But Hopefully all end with a happy ending.

And 1 think to clarify i sleep late at night not because i like the peace of 1 person ^^

Wee its 2 month more before my birthday.
Wish time could fast forward till my Bday. Its my going be my first bday oversea. Also be celebrating with my pals and my twins. Cant wait to know what surprise they would install for us hahaha.

Today shadow(deputy GM) came back to office, she previously went back to SG for due to work and gave all the colleagues chocolate.

p.s i want a big chocolate cake

After 41 day in china.

Time Flies it already 41 days i have been in china, But there is still 84 days more before i am back in China, Thats So Long. Many people think that i am having lots of fun here in china and is envy. But Seriously it enjoyable to some extend. There are still many other things to be considered.

Leaving aside the money matters that we have to pay for the air ticket, utilities and have no income.

Life is rather boring here, especially for weekdays, it repeats over and over again. Even the food 6rmb 2 meat 2 vegetables and rice, i have tried all the various combination of food they have although they cook diff thing everyday. Dinner would be eating from the few restaurant near our house. Now eating is just for the sake of eating, The food is either super salty, oily, spicy or all three above. Reaching home would be around 9 where we wait for time to bath. At the meant time it would be playing games or doing chores like ironing and hand washing cloth. I am always the last to bath as i would not need to worry there someone rushing to bath behind me, and also i could wait for the heater to heat up the water before i bath. I also would slp quite late as it is very peaceful as most friends would be sound asleep. i could freely do and concentrate on anything i do.

Also 13 ppl living under the same house there ought to be some minor conflicts unlike in sch u see a friend for half a day. And also many hidden rules that 1 should take note of. Also habits likings and disliking of each person. It could be quite irritating at time with some restrains but it good social training when i go out to the working world.

Friday 18/5..
After Work we decided to find a restaurant mention by our seniors, It was said to served Hong Kong Dim Sum Buffet after 9. Luckily edmund had to do some OT, so we spend our time playing ping pong and chatting till 8.30 and took a cab to Chun Xi Road. This the first time we actually walk the place. It said to be the Orchard Road of Chengdu. True enough there tons of shop and people. We went window shopping while hunting for the place at the same time. Soon enought it was 10 but we still couldnt find the place and sadly every1 is tired carring their laptop walking around so we settled dinner at MAC. The MAC here sell many different stuff, like terriyaki chicken burger and more. But of cause it dosnt taste as good as SG MAC and the price is same as SG!!!!.

Saturday 19/5...
Saturday is the best day for me as we could wake up in the afternoon. This Saturday A friend went to buy a new laptop at ChengDu renounce SU MA GUAN CHANG (Digital Square) a place where IT goods is concentrated at. And his reason for buying a new 1 is because his laptop adapter burned. It hilarious as his lappy is 2 -3 years old and working fine but what can i say some people are rich hahaha. I didn't went along as nth for me to buy, and waste money for extra taxi fare so 5 of us stay behind. We cleaned and tidy the apartment and mopped the floor. actually i only clean the sofa and wash/hang my cloths. JH amazingly helped to tidy up the basin and many tables though she know it will be messy in less than a day. It was a miracle she tidy the place. So we decided to go to subway to eat to reward her for the hard work but sadly the other 8 came back and there was a change in plan.

Sunday 20/5...
Went to Panda Adventure yesterday. Woke up at 6am (!!!) and took a cab there. Each ride cost about RMB$44 (around SGD$8+). Had lots of fun there. It’s actually nothing much to be honest. But well, got to see real life pandas. Chengdu is the home of pandas I think. So yeah it’s quite nice to be able to see Pandas. And we went to subway for dinner. Order a 12 inch bread and was bloated.

I wont be uploading photos so soon, meantime u could view photos from my friends photobucket.

P.S the weather here is hot is 34 degree today...

Back in ChengDu

Finally i am back in Chengdu.
Been on a trip 4 day trip to chengdu famous attraction jiu zhai gou 九寨沟.

The 9hrs trip there
We traveled wit a group of 49 ppl a tour guide and 2 bus deiver. First we Past by du jiang yan city. The city is very clean and neat, nearly as clean as SG, with many rivers The river was blue not like in ChengDu where the river was brown. After the City was a huge dam and mountain and mountains. There was also beautiful clear lakes in between the mountain valley. In 1 lake there was an island that look like a tortoise. The tour guide said that its the biggest island that look like a tortoise and by seeing/spotting it u will 长命百岁。We also took a photo riding a white yak. The tour guide said tat 1 white yak can change for 10 black yak. yak = mountain cow。 The tour guide shared valuable information about the people living in the mountains. We gained a lot of insight about their religion, their culture and their life, like the meaning of the flags they hang at the back of their houses and villages. Placing the flags at different places mean different things. For example, the group of flags at the back of their village shows that it’s a burial ground. Each flag represents a member of the family that has passed away.

We got a new insight on the old-fashioned type of toilets in China. It was just a drain with partitions, no doors and no flushing system. It was very weird using these toilets at first as everyone would be able to see you while waiting for their turn outside, but we got used to it after that.

Upon reaching Jiu Zhai Gou, we took a bus to the top of Jiu Zhai Gou and saw many breathtaking lakes, waterfalls and mountains. We were told that a lake was the filming location for the movie “Hero” 英雄 (starring Jet Li) and the waterfall where they shot “Journey to the west” 西游记.

While waiting for a bus to another location, we experienced light snow. It was an enjoyable experience for us.

The only thing we didn’t enjoy was that we had to wait for the rest of the tour group and tour guide before we could continue to the next location at Jiu Zhai Gou. A lot of time was spent waiting for the other people. However, we had fun taking pictures of the scenery.

At night, we went to the home of a Zang race family. On the way there, our tour guide warned us that if we were to drink the wine provided, we would have to finish the whole cup or it would offend them.

There, we were ushered to a big room which was able to fit the whole tour group. One of the family members taught us how they called single men and woman (“se lan” and “se mou”). They also sang us their tribal songs. They barbequed goat for us to eat and also food like potatoes, and a type of barley which tastes like popcorn. We were also given a cup of wine and milk each. Luckily for us, this family doesn’t drink and we were told that it was alright if we did not finish the cup of wine.For me the wine was tasty and light in alcohol probably less than 5%.drank bout 5 cup :X

Believe it or not i am married at a age of 18 cool? It all happen like this.

I was unluckily chosen to compete with a single girl in 3 love song as u know me i dun listen to song moreover sing them. if i lose i will have to join the family and never go home and i win i can bring the gal home. So i sang a few lines of tong hua, lao shu ai da mi and forgot wat last song i sang. and had jiao bei jiu.

After the dinner, we joined the group of people outside around a fire to dance. It was enjoyable and a new experience for all of us. And after that i ran away back to hotel. guess it was all for fun

We stayed at another hotel for the night. This hotel provided hot water on time and the weather was less cold. We prefered this hotel as compared to the hotel we had to stay at the first night.

Day 3: Our main highlight of Day 3 is to visit 黄龙 Huang Long (“Yellow Dragon”) The tour guide brought us to the source of a river located at the top of a snow mountain for us to take pictures. It was the first time experiencing wintry weather for most of us.

Then, we were brought to this huge area that sells yak meat, products made from yak skin, yak horn and some food products made from sesame seed and barley.

We then went to another exhibition hall that sells herbs. It was an interesting insight to the type of herbs and their medicinal value. Next stop was an exhibition hall of crystals. The tour guide assured us that if we found out that the crystals were fake, we could get a double refund for the product and the tour agency would get a complain lodge against them.

Huang Long was the next stop. The tour guide gave us 4 hours to tour the place. It was a tiring climb for us as the oxygen level was low and it was a 3.5km hike up and another 3.5km down the mountain. Unfortunately, many of the streams, rivers, waterfalls and fountains were dried due to the dry season.

At night, we were again allocated to stay at the hotel which we went to on the first night. The wait for hot water was again long, and in the middle of the night.

Day 4: After breakfast, the tour guide brought us to a tea appreciation centre at where the minority Qiang race (羌族) lives. The lady who shared with us about the proper way of drinking tea has a humourous personality. She shared with us the difference between the Han race (汉族) and her race. In the Qiang race, the women is the head of the house and they work to earn money for the family. Then men stay at home to take care of the children and do housework. The women all marry early at the age of 18 and as they are a minority race, the Chinese government allow them to have a maximum of 3 children each per family (as compared to the one-child policy for the majority of the Han race).

We were given 4 types of tea to taste, and learnt the proper way of drinking them. One tea’s, 生态茶, health properties was actually discovered by a Singaporean many years ago when he visited the area. We were amazed about this relevation.

When one of the women there realised that we were Singaporeans, they were quite happy and said that they have never been to Chengdu, much less Singapore so they have only seen Singapore on television.

The next stop was a factory and hall selling products made from yak’s horn. The products available were combs, walking sticks, cigars, nail clippers, beads and some decors. The women working there were all Qiang race and we realised that even though some of them were of our age, they were already married.

After lunch, we took a 4 hour bus ride back to Chengdu and our apartment.

Currently we are back to work today.
tml the 7 other friends would be coming. Cant stand to meet them.When they come we could really turn the house in to a lan shop.Hope they get use to it soon. Sadly they missed the cold weather now its like SG warm.

Now all 6 of us are down
fy and Edmund having cough
Swee having soar throat hving blood in cough
henry down with soar throat and crack lips
jh vommit and fever
me stomach pain,constipation and fever

i feeling much better now le.

most content is taken from my twins..