Hey babes.. I'm back in Singapore.. I'm going back to blogger.. Blogwind getting too slow in Singapore.. 6 months has just flashed across and penned down here.. Kinda sad to stop blogging here but got to go with the flow..

Yours Truly,

-alina-

 Last Day of work.. Joseph, this guy who was from GIP 3 i think.. I'm now in GIP 5.. Joseph used to work in my office and he came over for a Chinese Orchestra performance so wanted to surprise xiaoyu at work..

we decided to go for dinner.. at Japane again..

Our appetizers 

 had pork egg 

 typical kimchi hot pot

 Gyoza.. not that nice though.. too squishy

 Japanese Ramen

 Cheese corn

 Cheese potato

 Xiaoyu & Joseph

 All of us at dinner.. Aijia. me. xiaoyu. joseph

 Dong's Last night in Beijing and we just had to meet up before he leaves for Singapore and then to Boston

 Dong's company gave him presents before he leaves 

 Aijia posing with Dong and his presents

 Dong's last time eating his gong bao ji ting at xiushui street

 his last moment with the dish

 we also had veges and mushroom (one of dong's fav)

 tomato and egg soup

 my last photo in beijing with the 2 Daniels

 Daniel serving us with the soup

 the coca cola girls joined us for dinner

 sweet potato in caramel (ba xi)

 songshu fish 松树鱼

 dong's turn to kiss some animal

 last group tomo! photo

daniel. dong. charmaine. luoren

me. cecii. aijia 

 personal shots -with charmaine

 dong with cecii

 Bye Dong!! We're still missing you...

hey sweetie.. i miss taking photos with u in fitting rooms..

saw ur previous entries on what u miss.. and wow.. it has been 5 months eh.. miss u real loads..

can't wait to go back!! dun worry about leaving..

u can just leave a comment at the end of the entry called 评论.. but i think ur com cannot read chinese right..

anyway i dun think i'd be blogging much here.. going back sg and using blogspot..

*hugs* miss u 

had dinner with dong and daneil at yoshinoya.. aijia and luoren came to join us awhile later

dong's dinner

 mine

 daniel's

 then we walked around thinking of getting stuff for our bosses and colleagues

and daniel suggested that i could get tea for Dr. Wang

the staff letting us to try the tea

simple art of tea 茶道

 she let us try the tea in real tiny cups

 daniel bought this type of cups for his boss.. its really cool.. look at the colour of the dragon..

 it changes to red when u pour hot water into it!!! very neat..

 while the staff went to get boxes, dong had a go with the tea pot.. i like this photo of him

hmm... very steady..

 the girl had real long hair.. she told us she kept her hair for 9years after daniel asked her..

 after getting bak kwa.. me. dong. luoren. aijia. daniel..

the last time the 5 of us in beijing..

daniel was really tired so the 4 of us went to meet elizabeth, shiyi and natalie at Poachers' Inn

had 10rmb=2SGD bottle of tsingtao each

 group photo!! shiyi. me. dong. aijia. luoren. elizabeth

 shiyi. dong. me

 1st: elizabeth's thumb in the way.. shiyi and me

 dong and shiyi

 with natalie.. she looks good here..

 now with nat in the pic

time for some portfolio pics by luoren..

~shiyi~

~me~

 ~luoren~

 ~dong~  love the finger shot

 ~aijia~ poor sweetie is sick (and chinese too luoren!) so no beer

 ~nat~

 ~eliz~

Had the real last GIP gathering at Da Dong Duck near 东四十条

the place was pretty nice.. had a classy feel somehow.. some said it looked as if a wedding dinner setting

so while waiting for the rest to arrive.. we got bored and started....

playing with our toys!!! Charmaine was so sweet to give us a small handphone chain pig each..

Superman with his Pigs.. How much more wrong-er can it not get??

and now Spiderman joins in..

and their top hats went off.. and they started spinning... real cute.. even black piggy was knocked off

and they decided to change their "hairstyle"

check out the menu.. when david was holding it, i thought it was a textbook

and serviettes came in a nice box.. for once we dun need to holler for the 服务员 waitress for serviettes

the table setting.. well quanjude duck 全聚德烤鸭 only had one small duck holder.. da dong has two

the chef comes out with our duck...

the seasoning and extra garnishing and stuff

the duck and skin

pumpkin cabbage and chestnut

the bun.. nice..

tofu with cai po and the prawn flakes thing..

duck soup.. not as nice as quanjude's though

persimmon ice kachang thing.. i like =) complementary from the restaurant

Fruits Platter.. even came with dry ice

dong with his watermelon beard and elizabeth

luoren. aijia. me

luoren. elizabeth. aijia. me...  i think we look pretty tanned here from tianjin

aijia. me. leechoon

our table..

luoren. aijia. leechoon.me

david. natalie. pk. dong. elizabeth. daniel

then we decided to pop over Latinos to check out

i miss dancing =(

and it was time to say goodbye =(

luoren. tri hieu. shufen's friend

jessica. charmaine. yeeting. shiyi. aijia. me. dong. daniel

minmin(from gip shanghai). cecii. shi ting. claire

on our way home...

erm.. we TRIED to look like the poster but sigh.. failed.. looked so unglam

aijia and i while waiting for a cab back home...

Tianjin Day 2

asking the hostel staff how to get to the village area 郊区

Hmm... Daniel finally decided to go to a 成人保健..

going up bus 153 to take us to the village area

walking towards the place to take cab to 三农

at some run down place.. here's daniel posing

then my turn

then using the timer mode

and luoren took the 3 flying heads. mine. aijia's. daniel's

the superheroes of the day

using the timer mode.. eliz. aijia. leechoon. me. daniel. luoren. chun meng

we cabbed down to the village area with luoren sitting in front

aijia wanted to sleep but dno why she held onto the car strap thing

e 3 being squashed at the back

here we are!!!

posing in front of the toilets.. ”茅厕”

Alina at the men's

agriculture

Advertising 王老吉 drink on a hot day.. luoren. aijia. daniel

the kids which called daniel's hair 爆炸 Explosive Rockethead

daniel and i along the ulu farm area

luoren with his HUGE pig word 猪

the superheroes using their superhero fan as chess pieces

The Showdown between Transformer and Superman

Luoren's dream of owning a piece of land in China

us walking around the farm

Portfolio shots with the pear

the boys modeling among the leaves and branches.. right...

me. luoren. daniel. love the forestry look

caught"fishing" in the act

leechoon really looked as if she was fishing with a rod but no bait

aijia used daniel's rubber band and in return he gets to use her scrunchie

elizabeth at the fishing area

the bait that the man used

us looking upon the real fishing thing

leechoon. daniel. luoren. me. aijia along the bay

just bumming around the fishing area..

aijia really knows how to just chill underneath the brolly

the guy caught lots of fishes!!!

leechoon posing with the fishes

hmm... time to clip his fringe

the 3 bummers...

the girls crossing the mini river

yup.. me walking out of the farm

luoren among the farm

 with aijia...

 the superheroes among the greens..

walking back to the bus interchange

chun meng with his seh fan

back to taking bus 153

lunch was at a small shop near the bus station

once again, the guys needed some beer to cool down

luoren looking at the map on how we could get to our next stop

and daniel started playing with the camera

and this is what u get.. 

aijia and i ordered the tomato and egg rice.. real small...

elizabeth and daniel had their usual - gongbaojiting.. chun meng decided to have that too

luoren and leechoon had egg fried rice and veges

chun meng. luoren. leechoon

aijia and eliz

leechoon. tri hieu. daniel

daniel and i

walking to the famous mosque

the room mates in brown

here we are at the famous tianjin mosque

BUT... we couldn't go in cos we were dressed in shorts and sleeveless

so these 3 are the only ones who could go in =( darn...

then its back to the map to find our next stop..

we landed ourself at the subway, Tianjin Metro

well at least they have a self-automated machine

buying the train ticket.. oh chip i mean

luoren's turn

and my turn...

luoren and aijia with their train chips

front the back chips

the gantry

walking to the platform

GIPeers in Tianjin.

Chunmeng. Luoren. Trihieu.

Eliz. Aijia. Me. Daniel.

Leechoon

waiting for the train.. all of us getting excited at a nice train station..

sigh.. we have been deprived for a long time...

ta dah! lee choon pleased with the tv screen which tells u the arrival of the train

we're going in....

ahhhh... nice seats. clean area. real air con.

me. aijia. leechoon

we're leaving the nice subway =(

the toilet at the train station was so clean!!! sorry.. its been a long time since i went to a nice toilet which doesn't smell

I saw ISETAN!!!

we went to see the biggest Catholic Church in Tianjin

the whole place totally didn't look like China but reminded me of canada

funky elephant means posing with it

yup yup.. we need to take photos with the pretty fountain..

chunmeng. me. daniel. leechoon. elizabeth. aijia. luoren

me. daniel. elizabeth. aijia

inside the church

then we walked around a little and cabbed down to the train station

and i totally fell asleep on the 11rmb = 2.20SGD train ride back..

trip to Tianjin... Kinda my first trip out of beijing after like almost 5 months.. hah!

waiting for the Beijing subway..

at beijing station 北京站 waiting for the rest.. we had tickets for the 8am train

here we go.. sitting our 43rmb = 8.60sgd train ride..

daniel. me. tri hieu

check out the comfy nice train with air con that we sat.. journey took about an hour 

yup yup here we are at Tianjin 天津

took bus 13 to our student hostel.. apparently we hopped onto the bus where we were not supposed to and the driver was scolded by the police.. what a start for us at tianjin

it took us awhile to find out hostel and check out the sign elizabeth saw on our way there

finally.. checked in to room 410 and 419

luoren inspecting the room first

then off we go for lunch.. walked like 15mins to the bus stop.. sigh!! took bus 658

me. elizabeth. leechoon at the back of the bus

here we are at the lunch place.. tri hieu. luoren. aijia. me. chun meng

the dolls were so pretty at one of those push carts

duno why but apparently i didn't take all of luoren's photos but this was one of the dish we had for lunch

daniel and elizabeth's hot favorite: Gong Bao Ji ting.. but sadly it wasn't very good

so off we go for a little shopping

and we saw a white limo parked at the road side.. and singaporean pumpkins us just have to pose with it

shopping street beside the mall

lee choon and chun meng came out of the mall with fans.. it was so hot that day.. we were all sticky and grumpy

the new residential area in Tianjin..

then its off to the cultural street 古文化街

luoren asked me to do a jumping shot.. Bleah!! bad jump.. but apparently i look the slimmest here

and then i jumped too close

yayy!! i did it.. with multiple chins!! =(

daniel wanted to jump in too but erm... we both look pretty cuckoo

sigh.. he does it better with his room mate... i like this..

the leechoon and eliz wanted to try too

paper cutting we saw along the street

i love the frog!!! looks so erm...

aijia and i doing the looka looka

the culture street selling all the paint brushes, painting, tea leaves, tea sets and so on

daniel and luoren noticed leechoon's feet turning dirty.. sigh.. that's how dusty China is...

everywhere starting closing at 6pm so the guys started to play some chapteh

time to leave the place

aijia and luoren doing an impromptu pose

then oh dear... then we saw the police talking to luoren ... hmmm....

OHhhh... they were asking for directions...

then almost all the boys went to ask on places to go for the next day

it was pretty cute cos we kinda created a commotion and like ppl started crowding around us wondering what did we do to get involved with the police

while the boys do their thing.. girls pose!! lee choon. aijia. me. elizabeth

the we went for some  马兰面 Malan Noodles place

the boys and elizabeth has Harbin beer

elizabeth, chun meng, aijia and luoren had the malan 马兰 noodles

i had fried rice

daniel had some beef and potato rice

luoren as usual saw lamb satays and went to get them

back at our hostel room.. luoren posing with his chop that he did at the culture street

us lying around while waiting each other to shower before the hot water stops at 12pm

us all fresh after showering

and it was time to have the Superheros Parade!!!

we bought the fans at the mall that afternoon.. dun they look stubbly cute..

and daniel bought his bearbricks collectables from 5rmb = 1sgd each

us getting ready for bed

while luoren was in the shower... me. aijia. daniel.

I'm coming back on 30th june =) haha i know!!! i just wanted to make u look dumb cos u were teasing me!! =p

cos i helped u bring back ur luggage to singapore rem??? i passed to ur daddy and i said ur daddy is so like u.. then the customs guy asked me not to carry luggage for ppl?? 

 jiehui.. it's not called english breakfast tea to drink during breakfast!!! hahaha.. yup.. u would love the bagel.. u kept talking about the macs bagel breakfast at ubc village there... rem the automated dustbin and the baby bibs we saw at the macs?

haha yarh.. rem in the morning when the rockies ppl group left for their trip?? yarh.. when can we meet?? meet for dinner on the weekdays??? after ur work..