funness

China was really fun! Got to know so many of the CSE people much better. To think that we actually spent one entire year just sitting quietly in class, keeping to our own tables, never really mixing around. Went to the usual places in Beijing and Tianjin, like Tiananmen, Forbidden, Summer Palace, Great Wall, etc. But because it was educational (and gladly so), we visited Chinese industrial factories and got to know about their gargatuan growth in the last three decades thanks to the opening Chinese administration, the Urban Planning Museum which is just about one of the most contemporary and modern places in Beijing (yes Beijing, which already looks like, or even better than, Singapore in some places), and Singaporean organisations there like Raffles and Capitaland. Must say it was really interesting, and I took plenty of NICE pictures of which I will not upload.

But I fell sick for a few days after I came back from the trip, though I should after all thank God that I did not fall sick or feel unwell during the trip itself, as I usually do especially in cold climates. And in China, it was really cold, but not wintry. Sadly. Food was oily and salty, but I guess I ate around three times as much as I do in Singapore for each meal, partly because I was burning a lot of energy to keep warm, I think that's how it works. Tianjin was absolutely polluted, the air was horribly putrid. But Beijing's much cleaner, and thankfully breathable; we spent most part of the trip there. Must be because of the upcoming Beijing 2008.

To sidetrack, LYX is captain!!!!! *Popping of champagne* Another boost to our Cause. Heh.

Now coming back. Have been inspired by the trip to actually do stuff for the CSE IS.











Ok, so now the funness ends.

Oh yes, Christmas is coming!!! Somehow for me, the season gets less commercial and more meaningful as the years go by. Hopefully it does too for all of you out there! Because that's the way it should be.