Graduation trip 2007

Part II (Kunming)
The flight from Bangkok to Kunming took around 4 hrs as the plane stopped over at Chiang Mai for awhile. Ernest told me that we were in Cambodia and naive me actually believed him. Lolx.
The weather at Kunming was absolutely perfect! Not too cold, not too hot.


Departure at the new thailand airport terminal.


Our gate was all the way towards the end of the walkway.



We had a very friendly driver who drove us from the airport to our accommodation - The Hump



The location of our accommodation is superb. It's exactly in the city centre and has the coolest roof garden, which overlook the town!



I felt really excited when I arrived at Kunming. Couldn't wait to explore the town because it just seems so busy and lively.



This is one of the two 1,100 year-old pagodas situated in southern part of downtown Kunming.


In the vicinity of the pagodas is an area known as Old Kunming. We got to see many ancient style buildings and scupltures.



Wenshun giving Ernest a kick and sinyee at the back enjoying the show.. Haha..



David and Wanjun day-dreaming away...



Jinma Biji Archway. This place is the symbol of Kunming.



The archway at night..



The guys were wonderful during the trip! Always looking at maps and travel guide to check out the nicest place to see, shop and eat. A BIG BIG BIG thank you to them for making the grid trip so awesome! =)



Yummy dumplings for dinner...



City of Kunming at night...



KTV at midnight. Only S$8 for 6 hrs! Unfortunately, we were too tired to sing for 6 hrs, only managed to sing for around 4hrs. I lost my voice that night. And it was only towards the end of the trip that i started to get back my voice.



I think it was around 4am when this picture was taken. We were on our way back to our accommodation and it was very cold! Saw a guy selling "yang2 rou4 chuan4" and we decided to buy some from him..



We had quite a good rest the previous night, and didn't wake up until 11am in the morning. Breakfast was on the guesthouse - bread, jam, pear and coffee/tea. We didn't bother to change up and went straight for the breakfast.



Our room. All of us in one room. During the trip, we spent on average around S$4 each for our accommodation per night. Cheap cheap cheap right!! And the rooms were all not too bad.



The guys slept downstairs and the ladies upstairs.



The bathroom has no rooftop!! Hence, no one can go upstairs when someone was bathing. Lolx



Green Lake (Cuihu) Park



Shopping near our accommodation.. A lot of cheap cheap stuff...



Good place to buy souveniers.


Lunch time! We went to eat the very very very famous "guo4 qiao2 mee2 xian4". A must try food in Kunming. You have to pour the ingredients into the bowl of soup yourself.
Super huge portion and super cheap, only 7 yuan = less than S$2!!






After lunch, we took bus 73 to Dianchi Lake. There weren't many seats on the bus and the journey took around 40mins.



There wasn't much to see at Dianchi, but it turned out to be very fun because we played and cracked jokes non-stop.



Ernest ar, you're too heavy for the swing, should come down and let wanjun play with it..




Hang on guys! David was trying his best to take out his camera as fast as possible..



See who can run the fastest. Ernest probably stand a better chance because he has longer face and can use it to his advantage to cross the finishing line first. Lolx



This is not easy! You have to be really good at balancing..



Back at Kunming city. We tried the hot dogs and it was super super hot!! I teared after eating it, and it further worsened my throat causing me to lost my voice completely. Wanjun got a red and swollen lips after eating because she asked the person to add extra chilly powder for her..



We took a night bus from Kunming to Lijiang. The journey took around 10hrs and the ride was truely an eye-opening for me! There were no seats and what replaced them were double-decked beds.
It was very cramp. You can't move yourself much on the bed and for tall people like David, I don't think there was much leg space for him.
And that's not all, you must also bear with the smelly feet and the cigarette smoke. I felt like my life was shortened by half after inhaling all those secondhand smoke.



There were small TVs on the bus for us to watch movies. The movies shown during the journey were very lame and they became the topic for our next day..

Sunday, July 15, 2007

This evening, twin and i had a mini performance at the School of Music, the place where we have our piano lessons.
Our piano teacher has specially arranged for the two of us to play a duet.
The piece that we played was Canon in C.
As compared to the popular Canon in D, Canon in C is less complicated and easier for beginners like the two of us.
Mummy was there to see. So were Adrian and Louis.
Playing together with twin was truely a pleasure.


We only have keyboard at home. The keyboard is not long enough for the two of us to play together. So we've been going over to Robin's place for the past few weekends to practise. Thanks for bearing with our poor skill buddy! Haha..

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Graduation Trip 2007

Part I (Bangkok, Thailand)
We took Thai airways from s'pore to kunming. But it was not a direct flight. We transited in Bangkok for one day, so we got to shop, eat around and spent the night there.
We felt kind of "cheated" by the ride from the airport to our accommodation, felt that we could have gotten a cheaper deal.
After putting our stuff at the hostel, we took the skytrain to Mo Chit station and spent our afternoon at Chatuchak Weekend Market. It was super hot there!!!


6 people, 3 guys, 3 ladies and 18 days of adventure.
From left to right - David (the food king, aka "da4 wei4 wang2"), Ernest (the money king, aka BOE-Bank of Ernest), Wenshun (the entertainer king, always making us laugh), Sinyee (the conversational queen, always enlightening us), Wanjun (the funny queen, aka Humour Tan) and myself!



Eating at chatuchak weekend market...


We continued our shopping at night at MBK...






Our accommodation at Thailand. It's called the Hostel Thailand.
All six of 6 squeezed into a room. It was the smallest hostel room that i've ever seen.

Monday, July 02, 2007

After all the fun, the travelling, and the endless gatherings with friends, its time to work hard....

Today's my first day at work in Deloitte.
I enjoyed it.
Enjoy the feeling of seeing familiar faces,
Enjoy the company of the new friends i made,
Enjoy the way the seniors treat us just like friends, and also
Enjoy the free buffet lunch catered for us! Lolx

From now on, no more study... It shall be all about my life as an auditor!