I was reading a friend's blog and in it, she wrote about her trip to Beijing. Surprisingly, the shots that she took were rather similar to mine when I went Beijing last year (17 - 24 Nov 2006).

I wasn't very sure if I updated my blog on the trip so I looked thru my previous posts and realized that I've only written about:

• Beijing: Shopping - that talks about my shopping experiences there and
• Cheng De: Public Toilets - about the woman who peed standing up and
• Surviving Winter - on how I survived winter looking like a dumpling

I didn't write about the trip in general!!! As in places that I went to, photos that I took!!! How could I even forget things like that??? I used to have a blog that functions as my travel diaries (but it eventually evolved it a "chapalang" blog i.e. I write just about anything and everything under the sun... hehehe). So ya... since I will not be going anywhere in the near future, might as well post about my trip to Beijing. Lucky thing all the photos were nicely labeled else I wouldn't even know where to start... hehe.

You know the Chinese saying that goes: "Man mountain man sea" (ren san ren hai)? Well, that was the 1st impression I got when I touched down at the Beijing airport. Check out the super packed immigration hall:

After that, we were greeted by our Chinese tour guide called "Siao Liu". The funny thing bout China is that everyone is called "Siao"... I only realized on my 3rd day that the tour guide's surname was "Liu" and that the "Siao" in front of his surname meant "young". Apparently it is the custom there for the elders to greet the younger ones as "Siao" sth sth... and since nearly everyone in the bus were older than he is... (I'm obviously NOT), it was only appropriate to call himself "Siao Liu". If you ask me hor, that's stupid. Chinese surnames are pretty common... Imagine calling "Siao Wang" out loud in KL... you'll have at least a dozen of people staring at you!

From the airport, we were driven to our first stop. Some hall to watch a Chinese Acrobat show where semi-naked men and women were seen dangling from ropes (not using their hands but using their mouths)! Here's a picture of them swinging from the ceiling:

Then we were off for our first authentic Chinese dinner. We were taken to this "Gauzi" restaurant. "Gauzi" means Chinese dumpling; a kind of must have (in China) on festive occasions like CNY etc to replace rice. Our dinner comprises of local dishes and a whopping 10 different types of dumpling with different "hum" or fillings! But to me, they all looked the same and tasted the same. Give me plain rice and vege anytime man! But the restaurant has got a nice exterior... very authentic:

After dinner, we were then driven back to a hotel called: Ai Hua Hotel (loosely translated as 'love flower' hotel). When "Siao Liu" mentioned the hotel name, all the kids on the bus laughed out loud and said this to their parents: Yer... the name so CINA one??? Anyway, the weather was between 11 and 4 degree and "Siao Liu" warned us not to leave the window open while we sleep in case we freeze to death. But all of us did anyway cos' "biasa" already la... with the heater on, the entire room was rather warm. A bit too warm for our liking lor...

That pretty much sums up day 1 of my trip. More to come...

Oh well, remember the earlier post bout me and my colleague wearing the same black and white floral dress? Click here to view the dress.

On Friday... I wore the same dress and it did strike my mind if she'd wear the same dress again. Then I thought... where got so "ngam" one la right... besides, the last time I wore the dress was on April 13... it's been nearly a month! So I wore it to work...

Then as I was busy typing away... my other colleague said this:

Colleague: Wei, so and so wore the same dress again...
Me: You're kidding me...
Colleague: Hehehe... really one la... you go and see...
Me: WTF???!!! Not again???!!! I waited one whole month before wearing it again you know!
Colleague: Wahahahahaha...

Pui... The next time I wear the fucking dress again, I'd make sure I call her first!!!

I was extremely upset today and was totally affected by something that someone said to me. Although the person did try to make up for it later by being nice, friendly and supportive, it was too late. I was terribly upset and not to mention HURT with his remarks. In the end, I realized that it was the final push that I needed for me to do something that I've always wanted to do and yet was too comfortable to do anything about.

After that incident, the entire day went on fuzzily and I felt miserable.

For one... my dear colleague asked if I wanna "tapau" a quick lunch at DeliFrance so I said OK cos it was 2-ish and I was hungry. Since I was located at a different level, somehow I reached ground floor first. As I was still upset from the earlier conversation that affected me so damn much, I called my colleague:
Me: Hi, where are you?
Colleague: I'm still waiting for the lift wor...
Me: Then it's OK la... I'm downstairs already, I go first...
Colleague: Wei, wait for me la... we go together-gether...
Me: (I can't remember exactly what I said but it was mean) I cannot stand around waiting. I got things to do!
Colleague: Oh ok ok...

So dear colleague (if you're reading this)... I'm so sorry if I've offended you k. I wasn't in the right frame of mind at that time and was agitated. Tried waiting for you but my feet wouldn't stand still... so I made a move first. I'm terribly sorry k... don't be angry wor...

Secondly, I spent the entire day scrambling from one meeting to the other and worst still I missed 2 meetings today. The latter was an important meeting and everybody waited for me (although I did sent an SMS to mention that I'd be late and that the meeting should start first). I was summoned to my boss' room (10 minutes prior to the meeting that I was supposed to attend) for a discussion and conference call with one of our partners and I accidentally left my phone on my desk. By the time I finished the conference call, the earlier meeting has already ended. And so, a sub meeting had to be created to discuss certain items that required my views and inputs. And becos of the unplanned meeting, I found myself late for yet another meeting.

Lastly, I've got tonnes of work to be done still and it's already past midnight! I've been sleeping at 3am everyday (if not later) since Sunday and honestly, I'm so damn tired and exhausted. Every damn day, I have the urge to break down and cry but everyday I swallow the tears back. Nobody knows what I'm feeling as I try to keep it to myself so that people around me doesn't worry about me unnecessarily. But I sometimes wonder if it's the right move cos deep down, I feel lonely at times when I reflect upon my own life and the obstacles I face. Growing up is such a pain... nobody said it was gonna be easy and yet nobody said anything bout it being so damn tough either... SIGH...

I was talking to someone from my office today and the topic on SHIT cropped up. Well, ever since my parents commented bout my piece of shit (the one that refused to be flushed down the loo), I've been having this nagging feeling that there IS indeed something wrong with me. So I asked a lot of questions to confirm my suspicions:

Me: I don't "pang sai" everyday day one and if I do "pang sai" I will "lau sai"
Colleague A: Ya, ya I'm like that too... I don't go everyday one... it's normal la... but I don't "lau" each time I go la...
Colleague B: I always "lau sai" one... all the time... but I "pang sai" everyday one...
Me: Eh if you always "lau sai" hor... what colour is your "sai" leh? (don't laugh k, I was genuinely interested to know)
Colleague B: Chocolate in colour lor...
Me: I know la... but is it very dark in colour?
Colleague B: Ya, quite dark one...
Me: Mine hor... is closed to black in colour...
Colleague A: OHHH, that means got poison!
Me & Colleague B: POISON???!!! O_o
Colleague A: That means hor, it's a mild food poisoning and your body is excreting it out without you having to go thru the vomiting phase...
Me: Ohhhh... is it ar... but mine is "chi chi lap lap" one wor...
Colleague A & B: Means what ar?
Me: Means hor... it gets stuck to the toilet bowl one lor...
Colleague A & B: Ohhh liddat issit...
Me: Why? Yours also liddat ar?
Colleague A: If I got food poisoning then yes lor...
Colleague B: Mine is like water lor when I "lau sai"

Anyway, the conversation went on a while more and eventually we felt too grossed out to continue. Did I manage to find out what I wanted to know? Let's see...

• Super dark brown shit (close to black): Minor food poisoning
• "Lau sai" few times a week: Since 2 out of 3 of us "lau-ed", think normal la
• "Chi chi lap lap" shit: Since only I have that issue, I think I'm abnormal

So anyway, I wanna go and see a doctor but was hesitant cos like so embarrassing like that. What should my opening line be?
"Lokter, my sai ohh ohh and chi chi niam niam... so how???"
O_o

Hmmm... my mother was nagging me to eat more just now...
And I went: But meeeee... I AM already eating like a pig...!
To which she responded by saying: Where got???!!! You're still so skinny now...!
And then proceeded to go into her M16 mode of lecturing...
The conclusion? I look better when I'm fatter...!

So I thought... OK... let's not go too far back... past few years would be sufficient...
You be the judge:

You see...
I was born beautiful (chewah damn 'perasan'!!!)...
I mean, look at this baby picture of mine:

But like all other mortal beings, I cannot resist temptations (food especially)...
And thereon started eating like a pig...
I used to eat 2 bowls of rice when I was in secondary school and yet, I wasn't fat...
But as I grew older... my metabolism rate dropped and by eating the same amount of food...
My face was the size of a moon from close distance... (sibeh wide lor)...

I can't really remember what prompted me to watch my food intake but as you can see...
It happened in 2005... and I've tried maintaining my weight ever since...

Am I happy?
Of cos I am...
I used to wear size M...
Now... S can sometimes be loose still...

The only setback to this is that... when my face looks ok (as in not too wide)...
Everything else reduces in size i.e. my ass, my boobs, everything...
And therefore the lecture from my mom...

So how...?
I also dunno how la...
Sigh...

Nama saya K800i...
Saya berasal dari golongan Sony Ericsson...
Walaupun nama saya seakan nama "ang moh", saya dilahirkan di sini...
Buatan Malaysia 100%... :)

Pada Ogos tahun lalu, saya diperkenalkan kepada maemee; tuan saya sekarang...
Pada mulanya, tuan amat sayang pada saya...
Tuan sering memandang saya dengan pandangan yang penuh kasih sayang...
Dan saban hari, badan saya yang licin dilap dengan kertas tisu...

Saya juga amat menyayangi tuan saya...
Justeru itu, saya cuba sedaya upaya untuk memuaskan kehendaknya...
Bila punat saya ditekan, saya memastikan apa yang ditekan, dipaparkan...

Walaupun tuan ter-campak saya beberapa kali...
Saya masih menyayanginya...
Walaupun kad memori saya turut tercampak keluar...
Saya masih menyayanginya...
Mungkin tuan tidak sengaja...
Walaupun tuan tidak lagi melap badan saya...
Saya masih menyayanginya...
Walaupun muka saya mulai kelihatan keputih-putihan...
Saya masih menyayanginya...
Mungkin tuan tengah sibuk...

Walau bagaimanapun, sejak kebelakangan ini... punat-punat saya sering kesakitan...
Dengan setiap sentuhan, saya mengaduh dalam kesakitan...
Kadangkala bila tuan menyentuh batang gembira ku...
Saya lambat mengeluarkan apa yang sepatutnya...
Setiap kali ini berlaku, tuan memaksa saya tidur...
Tetapi... sebalik sahaja saya melelapkan mataku, tuan mengejutkan saya pula...
Aihhh... agak susah juga untuk tidur dan bangun beberapa kali sehari...

Kebelakangan ini, saya mendapati tuan jarang bermain dengan saya...
Mungkinkah tuan telah bosan dengan kerenah saya?
Mungkinkah tuan ingin mangabaikan saya untuk model yang lebih baru?
Aihhh... perit hati saya memikirkan perkara ini...

Saya sudahpun mejejah umur setahun...
Dan tuan sememangnya kaki pemain jantan...
Saban hari menukar telefon...
Tapi apalah yang boleh saya lakukan?
Terpaksalah saya mengakur pada nasib saya yang malang ini...
Doot... dooot... :(

Sibeh bor song... but cannot write about it.
MACIPET I tell you.
"Kin choi far shui"... Pui!

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