aye.. been kinda lazy to update, but anyway, heres some updates. I went to china during the one week break for 5 days. And nope, it wasnt for holidays cuz i definitely wont choose china for that, but for some project exchange thing. Been working on some project for the school which is actually an autonomous energy saving vehicle for the campus. Basically, its some sort of eco car where u wanna travel from a fac to another and u simply need to mount it and it will just take u there, avoiding all obstacles including humans along the way. But for now, we are just working on a small prototype for it, researching on the system, sensors n all. So yup, we are working with Beijing uni students on this project and we were basically going there to know our counterparts and bond and discuss with them.
Well, the trip is nth fantastic i guess, but i admit it was better than i tot. The uni itself is like a city itself with its own roadside stalls n hotels. Its also pretty much of a bicycle haven over there. And well, the first day when we were assigned electronic keys to our rm, it didnt wk and whats worse is, switching on my air con causes a short circuit. Fortunately, it was autumn and the weather there itself was very cooling! There was also no internet connection but thankfully, i was able to leech from someone's wireless.. lol! Thank goodness for it seriously or i will be dead bored over there at night.
Oh, most of the food there is actually quite shiok and it will be the thing i'll be missing most over there. Moreover, its damn freaking cheap! Had Peking duck at this restaurant where we ordered like 7 main dishes, 3 sides dishes and one big bowl of soup and it only costs us 20 sgd each. The steamboat there also quite shiok and the dim sum is also a definite must try! Shopping there was also pretty good since the price are already quite cheap and u can bargain and cut the price down to a third or quarter. Transport and everything is also dirt cheap over there. Seriously dunno how the china ppl are going to survive when its their turn to come down to Sg. LOL!
Anyway, recently been meeting up with the pretty leanne.. *happiez* and theres this place we visited that i wanna share. Its called the 2am dessert bar at Holland V. Like its name, its opened till 2am and whats so great about it is the service, ambience and e stuff they serve. We had a tough time deciding what drink we wanna get and the very friendly angmoh guy, possibly the owner, came up to us and recommended giving us a mini wine flight. He basically taught us the basics of appreciating wine, their history, and how to go about drinking it b4 letting us sample them. Real cool stuff! Sadly, im not a good drinker and i sort of turned red pretty quick.. tsk! A pity i was driving too, or i can appreciate it even more. Anyway, the owner in a way felt that he sort of forced it upon us and charged us cheaper for it. How nice is that luh!! Really, do check the place out if u guys can, its really goooooddddddd..
Oh, and it was leannes bday ytd! A VERY BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU PRETTY GER!! U looked great and im so glad for you that it was a success. lol! Anyway, went down earlier to help out and had fun making balloons within balloons. It was the first time i tried it n whoo hoo! SUCCESS! It was also pretty fun sucking in helium and talking like some cartoon duck after that. Hahz! And it turned out better than i thought cuz i went there alone but there were so many others who came to talk to me. Anyway, everything there just looks great, the place, the cake with e topper which she designed herself, the people and not forgetting, the bday girl herself! There was also some pretty fun and interesting moments like people forgetting to remove the price tag and faster disappearing to take away e tag when the bday girl was opening them. LOL! Oh well, all the best and hope it was a memorable 21st bday for u leanne~ Really glad to be part of it.. hehe!
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