Be grateful

The weather is turning cold... and there is no one to hug me to keep me warm. The school is making us impossible to graduate.I miss laksa, mee siam, Nasi lemak. I miss the sun that will keep me warm throughout the year, I miss running round NTU wif wood, I miss my HL milk, I miss my jasmine pearl milk tea, I miss SCV and all the hong kong dramas, I miss watching movies in the cinema, I miss home.

I guess, I am finally being forced to learn to grow up, to mature, be more sensible and to control my emotions.

I learn that to be a happier person, u need to stop making yrself feel like u r being victimised, stop focusing on what u don't have and be grateful for the things you have. I might not have my laksa, but I have a warm cup of milo beside me right now=)

迎接秋季

Sorry for the lack of updates! Have been busy bee these days! Practical lessons have started and it has been really tiring for her. Morning lessons, 2 hrs break( for us to take an afternoon nap) afternoon practical lessons whereby we will practise all the stuff that were taught in class.

Autumn is here and it is really coldddddd... brrrrr... The temperature dropped from 20 degrees to 10 degrees over night!

Our home!I will run around that "garden like" round about.Its only 7.10 and we are on our way to school/hospital.. braving the cold wind. A lot of dog shit along the way... so must keep our eyes wide wide open.

Our classroom. We sleep, stone, slack and sometimes, study here! hahaha

Went to Carefour, which is a small stone's throw away from the hospital

YEah! My favourite monmilk yogurt with the sticker dat shows dat it had been checked and approved! Besides being really yummy, it helps me to pang sai!
Durians! But the colour looks kinda weird...

Dong Fang Hospital! And an aspiring physician......who erm, needs to brush up on her anatomy

Oh.. wondering where is stitchy??The weather is so cold that all he wans to do is to hide in his hoodie and sleep all day!

He says "hi!" He will be back once he gets use to the weather!

Cheerios,

Amanda

Egg yolks and yogurts

Surfed CNA and realised that all of our favourite yogurt brands, the 3 brands dat we bought and have been drinking for the past 3 weeks( almost every day) have been found to contain melamine! We threw all the yogurts away.. in disappointment. We threw our milk away too.

During the evening, while wanjing was making her egg mayo in the kitchen, she suddenly screamed and ran into our room. " WAH! I have never seen such a small egg yolk before!"
And yes.. neither have we seen such a small egg yolk before....


We ran into the kitchen to check the other side of the egg and realise that our dearest flatmate has once again "bai wu long"! She din not cut the egg evenly and hence the yolk looks smaller den usual! wahhahaha!

School is tough... but its always nice to go back and have fun wif my flatmates=)

走进历史-The Summer Place

Hellooooo everybody! Amanda and I went to The Summer place today, also known as Yi He Yuan. Initially we thought that the place will be like chinese garden but its realli beautttiiiiifulllll

The Summer Palace covers an area of 290 hectares. It was built by emperor Qianlong in 1750 to celebrate his mother's birthday. It was later used as a pleasure garden for emperors and empresses. In 1860, it was brutally burned down by the Angelo-French Allied Forces. To seek pleasure, Empress Dowager Cixi diverted navy funds to rebulid it in 1886. The garden was seriously damaged again in 1900 by the Allied Forces of Eight Powers

Me on the bus! The bus is almost empty which is very rare!

This is the entrance to the Summer Palace!The Kunming lake with the Tower of the Frgrance of the Buddha on the Longevity HillArghhh!! Dun scare me laWillow trees!
The 17 arch bridge. ! 150 m long and was designed to look like a rainbow on the lake. And oh! there is the Dragon King temple across the bridge.

We had picnic! Look at the food we prepared! Sandwhiches and Sushi! Yum yum!

Hmmm.. Where shall we go next?
We love Yi He Yuan! Bought this YiHe yuan Starbucks bottle 2 weeks back
The emperor's quarters The paintings look really old! They r already cracking

The Emperor's "office" and Empress Dowager's sleeping chambers. All still very well preserved!

This is the amazing long corridor! It runs along the lake at the foot of the hills. It is 738mlong with 14,000 pictures painted on its ceilings. There is a story behind every single painting. It is known as the longest painted gallery in the world. Arghhh!! The camera batt ran low during the major attraction! The marble boat! Go to marietta's blog to see pictures of the boat! Some information bout the marble boat! Credits to Wikipedia=)

The Marble Boat also known as the Boat of Purity and Ease .It was first erected in 1755 during the reign of the Qianlong emperos from a base of large stone blocks which supported a wooden superstructure done in a traditional Chinese design.
In 1890, during the Second Opium War, the pavilion was destroyed by Anglo-French forces. It was restored in 1893 on order of the Empress Cixi. In this restoration, a new two-story superstructure was designed which incorporated elements of European architecture.

The Marble Boat is often seen as an ironic commentary on the fact that the money used to restore the Summer Palace largely came from funds originally earmarked for building up a new imperial navy. The controller of the Admiralty, the !st Prince Chun owed much of his social standing as well as his appointment to the Empress Dowager, who had adopted his oldest son to become the GuangXu Emperor. Because of this, he probably saw no other choice than to condone the embezzlement.

Near the Natural affinity of water and trees. When Empress Dowager came to the Summer Palace by water, her boat docked around here.

I have been to many places around the world.. but nothing touched my heart as much as the Summer Palace did. It feels as if I have stepped into history, a place built centuries ago, designed by some of the greatest architects of that time. Every single thing in the palace was carefully selected and designed, the chairs, beds, mirrors, paintings... There is a story behind everything you see here. It is like a small town on its having its own oprea theatre( The Great Stage), temple, dock, bridges, gardens... there is even an alley of 64shops known as SuZhou street! And its onli a gateway for the royal family to escape from the summer heat!
SuZhou street! Credits to http://www.beijingguide2008.com/ The Summer Palace is so big and we din not manage to cover all of it.. we will be back though! With our student passes which entitle us to 50% discount! Wohoo!!

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HeyLoooo people!

Welcome to Stitchy in Beijing! I started this blog to record the travelling experiences of Amanda and I in Beijing. The blog will also depict how we overcome the adversities we face in our everday life, and all the joy, love and fun we have most of the time! We sincerely hope that our stories will be inspiring all of you and will bring a wide smile across yr face after a tough day in sch or work=)

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Lots of love,

Stitchy