This author is currently on hiatus for the ignoble cause of mugging. The public is advised to remain calm, as this routine protocol has been shown to have no effect on one's violent tendencies in 96% of cases.
| Wednesday, May 07, 2008 |
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Moar lyk ACES Day lolol. Imagine more than a hundred China students standing on a fake field (i.e. green mat thingy passing off as grass) wearing blue track suits with white sleeves and doing weird dances (there's even a section devoted to eye exercise), and all perfectly synchronised. And there's a group of rowdy students at the back, wearing the same uniform but still sticking out like a sore thumb, trying their best to keep up with the crazed moves. Looking down from the lift lobby on the 11th storey, its kinda funny watching every single one down there jumping around swinging their arms. Somewhat impressive too, considering how synchro they are - Though its not too surprising since they've do it weekly for probably years now. But things change drastically when you're down there as one of them. D: Anyway, we just had our first taste of the Beijing subway the other day, due to the teachers insisting that we take public transport for field trips to be livvin' up dat Cheena lyf. The older subways are really...old. They're rundown and the plaster boards of the fake ceiling is broken in most places. But the newer lines, built just in time for the Olympics, are really really nice. They actually remind me of MRT at home, heh. In fact, their trains actually have TV (not the fake "Tunnel TV" stuff SMRT has) and this blinking board thingy lined with bulbs to tell you which stop you're at. Though the TV's not much use when them Chinese go plonk themselves in front of it, effectively blocking it from everyone else. <_< And I broke my camera at the Temple of Heaven (for Good Harvest and Great Success)...Damn smooth steps. Maybe it was to atone for those who were playing cards in a corner there too. :( |
'Twas teh winnar at 8:43 pm.
