Life is pretty okay here. The new department head is more professional and not too bad in character. furthermore, he likes Singaporean. haha.. He likes to listen to Singaporean's english especially Singaporean women. I got no idea why. He thinks pretty highly of Singaporean, asking me for opinions on English when he's a certified English instructor and he has a University English lecturer as secretary.

Well, overall, the department people are pretty easy going and nice to work with. I'm glad i'm posted to this department.

I'm missing Singapore, the friends, the places and the food.

16 more weeks before going home......

The story of 2 silly foreigners in China, Changsha Part 1

Weather is getting cold over here, exceptionally cold for a Singaporean!

We are lucky that a Korean friend of my roommate gave us those mattress heater(dunno what its called) that warms up the bed during winter.



We tried to use it yesterday.. At first, it wasnt really warm so we turn the power to the highest degree. Feeling satisfied with the temperature, we turned off the light and sleep.

And guess what? hahaha...the 2 silly girls woke up in the middle of the night sweating. -_-"

Having three foreign trainees together can be quite an interesting thing. Talking in a few languages and exchanging comments on the local food we had tried before. We went to eat some of the local snacks. Allison, our New Zealand trainee, actually likes to eat this thing called "tian you ba ba" It is sticky rice wrapped in sugar and deep fried. *tat's alot of calories=( *

It was so crowded that we got pushed apart.

We din even dare to talk while waiting at the platform,

afraid of being recognise as foreigners..wahahha..

This is what a colleague told us to do, talk less and lookout more.

Never did i expect this to be our seat. Ours bed is the top ones.

Due to cultural shock, I sat at the seat below and

stared at the bed for quite some time. Plus figuring out how to get up there.

This is our Korean Monkey..ahhaha.. quite a pretty monkey isnt it?

This is the train card.

We got to exchange our ticket for these cards to board the train.

This is my bed for 10 hrs.

The space is just enough to sleep and nothing else.

I cant even sit upright. Sleeping Beauty~~~

We reached Shenzhen the following day at about 930am.

Our colleague picked us up and sent us to his home.

After resting and bathing, we waste no time and went out exploring.

The above is Shenzhen train station and train token.

It works like EZlink just that its shape is like a coin.

Quite cute though.

Below is the picture took at Shenzhen Airport. hahaha...

we din took a plane over but we went there

to pick our colleague's friend up.

The airport is really nice compared to the one in Changsha.

So huge and nice like Changi Airport. =)

Shopping in Shenzhen is definitely an adventure.

although things can be quite cheap

but we have to waste effort bargaining and keep looking out for robbers.

They can snatch your valuables even in broad daylight.

We saw it happening right in front of us....scary~

On the third day, we went to Shenzhen famous attraction- Da Mei Sha.

Below is the legendary stone where lots of couples will come.

Too bad, i went there without a partner..lol.

We took almost 2 hour to go there and back home due to traffic jam.

Went all the way there to BBQ corn and eggplant. wahhaa....-_-""

*Sam, wing n mi*