(you had me at hello)

whee! i'm back frm a week of holidaes! hees. still missing de daes in china. my heart is left behind in china. l0ls. dis whole 1 week was real fun! xcept for sum things i shall leave it for ltr. umm. dis tyme, a total of 23 pple went for dis trip; 3 familes (relatives) + 1 xtra family and kasia sis. frankly speakingg, i dun mind kasia sis tagging alongg. bt dat xtra family, i'm sry, i jus hate u guys. it din turn out well for mii to noe dat u're goin.

our flight was in de morning. hadda wake up at4.30 to prepare alr. amazingly, we're done by 5.30. haha .. yeah, denn waited for uncle to cum fetch us to de airport. he came late larr! waited for almost close to 45 min! we were de last to arrive. lols. ting ting jie was alr checkingg in for everiione. dots. hees. flew off at ard 9.. touched down at kunming at abt.. 1 plus? met up wif our tour guide for kunming den off we go for lunch. wah seh ! kunming darn cold leh.. heard de air stewardess sae 5°C. hees. i was freezingg man! cos my jacket wasn dat thick of a material to hold de temp. granny n grandpa covered demselves until 'woah!'. lols. yepps. den we gt ourselves familiar wif our tour guide, knowingg dat she is called 真谊, bt we nicked hur 蒸鱼. haha.. ezier to rmb u c. =p de food in china verii salty n oily arh! guess i noe y.. cos de sea altitude in china is kinda hi to our fgh, so it xplains y it's so cold in china, so uh saltish food is required to kip our body warm. haha. aft lunch, we din check in to our hotel. instead, we wentirst destination of de dae - 石林. wah i tell u, de scenery is amazing!! de whole mountain is all rocks n rocks! bt dun tink is jus ordinary rocks, it's all natural formed rocks aft de disaster in de earlier daes where china was actually a big sea. de rocks formed are reallie special. sum rocks r formed naturally wif de shape of an eagle, buddha, women and etc! verii interestingg. also, in china, dere r 56 少数民族. bt alone in kunming, dere r alr 26 of dem. learnt dat in 石林, most of de pple dere r 白族; one of de 56 少数民族. for 白族, de gurls dere r nt called 小姐 lyke spore. dey r called 阿诗玛, while de guys r called 阿黑哥. In kunming, most of dem r 汉族. gurls dere r called 姑娘 while guys r called 小伙子. interestingg uh?! hehe. their dressing verii unique n meaningful wan lehh. also uh, dey're verii respectful n proud of their own customs which i think spore lacks of? =/ took l0tsa pics! hees! we walked ard of almost 3 hrs plus den went off for dinner ler. wah, de travelling tyme frm 1 place to another is so longg!! can take abt min. 1 hr to get to another place lehh. lols. imagine.. aft which we returned to our hotel - 石林大酒店 aka. stone forest hotel.

second dae. haha. morning call at 6 am. washed up n went for breakfast. oh yeah. in cold countries ryte, we arent allowed to bathe everiidae cos it'll wash off our moisture n end up having dry skinn which is nt gd larr. our 2nd destination was 九乡; another mountain. =p dis took us at least 4 hrs to rch dere lehh. so a few of us were plaeing 'bridge' at de back of de bus, if nt i'll slp arh. wahhh.. dat place is a real wonder! cos we went into 九乡溶洞, which is a cave formed by natural rocks. similarly lyke 石林, de place is nt man-made, de cave is formed naturally aft de disaster. wad makes it so special is de rock which resembles an old man n a tortoise n a tiger. de rock wasn carved bt man lehh, it was formed naturally. further inside de cave also gt rocks which resembles buddha. i mus reallie sae, it's totally alike!! hehe. aft dat, we went to take de cable car. omgosh, china's cable car ah, not safe wann, no door no nothing. onli 2 seats. dats it. =/ dun feel secured at all! i sat wif ting ting jie den behind us were kaii yang n kaii sheng kors. kai yang kor scared of heights! hahaha! so funny.. yeapps.. den we gt to de other side of de mountain. hiked down de mountain n off we set off f0r lunch. aft lunch, we went to a jade shop. whoa, i tell u uh.. duringg dis trip of 7 daes, we went at least a total of 7-8 jade shops leh.. n for everii shop we go, de jade jus get cheaper n beta.. o.O hw ironic.. lols. frankly speaking, my memory is fadingg alr.. aft de jade shop, we went to 古城. bt i din go thou, cos too tired ler.. slept in de bus along wif my bro n lil cuzzy. bt we ended up plaeing hide n seek. hees. no choice.. kiddos ma.. hadda plae along wif em. den aft dat we went for dinner n bunked in early in 新纪元大酒店 ( new era hotel ) cos next dae mus fly to dali early morn..

third dae in dali. precious onee dae onlii. due to de delay in flight, we cldn go for de 苍山洱海 ( sum sort of cruise ). so we ended up going for de land sights first. i din xpect dali to be so clean n double cold!! gosh. can see cold air coming out of our mouths when we tok wan lehh. hees. we went to de new city of dali for our 1st sight. we went to 蝴蝶泉. no butterflies, bt de scenery is fantastic! bt jus 1 ting, we kip wanting to 唱歌 ( de pple in china call goin to toilet as 唱歌 ) cos of de cold weather. shucks! toilet is needed so badly bt i jus hate goin to their toilets! it's so yuckky! can u imagine urself usingg a toilet wif toilet paper n DOOR!?! no door! dats de worse tingg.. each cubicle is open to everiione to admire.. *piangz* hees. aft 蝴蝶泉, we went to 三塔 ( the three pagoda ). a reallie beautiful garden wif a superb view of de 3 pagoda. in china, their water is sooo clear dat u cann see 6 pagodas man! 3 real pagodas, 3 reflections frm de water of de pagodas! hehe.. interesting uh.. aft dat we headed for lunch. den went to another jade shop n dali's 古城. wah.. real nice mann ! firs de jade shop. i din buy anyting thou. cos i'm nt interested in jades or watsoever. so jus walked ard n 五叔 treated us to ice cream! mommy did buy lots of jade.. papa aso.. 五婶五叔 aso.. ah pek ah um aso.. ting ting jie aso.. kai hock, kai sheng n kai yang kors all bought de same bracelet. kinda cool. other pple? nt interested to noe. =p fooled ard wif ah ting cuzzy , bro n kai yang. lols. 五婶 sae i'm their 大姐大, kai yang is their 大哥大. cos de both of us love plaeing wif lil kids.. haha.. xpecially ah ting! so cute! =p hehe. aft dat we brought dem back to de bus.. den i peii kai yang kor go back to de shop.. cos he wanna change smth.. so acc him go lor.. den so funny.. de shop attendents mistook us as boy-girl fren.. hhahahaha.. make us luff until peng! in de end den told hur we're cuzzies.. lols.. aft 古城, went for dinner. den went back to our 3rd hotel - 亚星大酒店 ( ya xing hotel ) . put my luggage down n rushed off wif ting ting jie, kai yang, kai sheng, kai hock kors, qiu mei jie, papa, 五婶 n ah um to de nite atmosphere of 古城. shiok neh! so diff! so nicie! =p rch back hotel at ard 11 plus.

forth dae. half dae in dali. went for de 苍山洱海. finally arh.. dis is de nicest of all man! can see de clouds dangling on de mountains.. seagulls looking for food in de water.. whee! bt it's veri veri cold! took lots of photos thou. hehes. we had our own rms in de cruise. so we were plaeing mahjongg n poker in de rm, waiting for our turn to attend de 大理三道茶 . verii nice worh! learnt hw to appreciate drinking tea in dat item. - 一苦, 二甜, 三回味. hehe. de cruise was abt 4 hrs long.. aft dat.. we went for lunch n headed straight for lijiang. 4 hrs plus of bus ride. lol.. bt we delayed of cus. in between, we went to another jade shop n toilet breaks. bought a crystal heart necklace n a shoe shape necklace. hehes. rched lijiang at abt 7.. met our tou
forth dae. half dae in dali. went for de 苍山洱海. finally arh.. dis is de nicest of all man! can see de clouds dangling on de mountains.. seagulls looking for food in de water.. whee! bt it's veri veri cold! took lots of photos thou. hehes. we had our own rms in de cruise. so we were plaeing mahjongg n poker in de rm, waiting for our turn to attend de 大理三道茶 . verii nice worh! learnt hw to appreciate drinking tea in dat item. - 一苦, 二甜, 三回味. hehe. de cruise was abt 4 hrs long.. aft dat.. we went for lunch n headed straight for lijiang. 4 hrs plus of bus ride. lol.. bt we delayed of cus. in between, we went to another jade shop n toilet breaks. bought a crystal heart necklace n a shoe shape necklace. hehes. rched lijiang at abt 7.. met our tour guide n went for dinner in our 4th hotel - 观光大酒店 ( sightseeing hotel ) . weird name uh. aft dinner we went to our rms ler. kai yang n kai sheng kor came over to my rm to plae.. hehe.. cos it's still kinda early.. yeapps.

alamak! de other 3 daes tmr den update nah.. if nt i'll gonna be a veri long post ah! hehes. tok abt todae bah. yesterdae slept at 3.. dat toopid kai yang la! ask mi watch dis watch dat.. lols.. ended up 3 den can slp.. grrr.. den todae 7.15 wake up le.. meeting darling to go church.. he gt confirmed or smth? hehe.. aft dat we went out bah.. watched national treasure.. nice show.. bt i was a lil tired.. wanted a few tymes to doze off.. bt din larr! =p had a nice dae todae! =) okie larr.. typed long enuff alr.. spent so long jus to type dis post.. lols.. gtg.. cheerios!