Showing posts with label going places. Show all posts
Showing posts with label going places. Show all posts

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Real Snow

10 Feb 2011, 7.12am

I was woken up by some noise akin to workers shoveling sand in a construction site. Today's the eighth day of the lunar new year, and the sky was still dark, what could it be?

I drew the curtains and peeked out of the window...

Weee!!!! It's white, the whole city has turned white. It had finally snowed last night! We have waited all winter for snow, but none fell till today. I couldn't contain my excitement and SMS-ed Vincent who's in Singapore right away...


Snow on the windowsill..

Look and feel... hmm.... it's like ice kachang!! ^^

Looking out from the window, five men were working hard to clear the snow from the walking path before the residents start their day. I was impressed with the condo management's efforts to clear the snow from the pathway....

Someone has gotten up earlier than me to express her love for her idols, Wu Zun (吴尊 - cute guy from Farenheit) and Zhang Yi Shan (张一山- i've never heard of this guy). ;)

Following Yi's advice, "今天很美,赶快穿美美照相留念哟!" I charged my camera and dashed downstairs for some photos.

In the garden, kids would first collect snow in their arms, announce in
a loud voice "下雪了!" (translate: It's snowing!), and scatter them onto the floor.

The older girls were competing to see who could
throw snow higher in the "下雪了!" game...
The youngest child followed suit and squealed with delight 
when the older ones scattered snow onto her.

 The girl in pink theorized that the tree must be covered with snow,
so everyone helped to put snow onto the lower part of the tree.

A quiet moment - the girls found sticks and tried to draw in the snow.

Perfect snowflakes! (^___^) b
 
"今天很美,赶快穿美美照相留念哟!" ~ Yi

Yahoo Weather and BBC Weather were both right about today's snow. So, we shall be expecting snow in Beijing again on Sunday morning. ^^

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

SG embassy

Passed by our embassy at Xiushui North Street this afternoon.

These people are queuing to submit their SG visa application. Many 'helpers' standing outside the queue, volunteering to assist in filling the application form.

Out of all the embassies on that street, ours had the most number of people queuing outside. Could it be because the embassy is not providing any indoor space to receive the documents? Or is it our open policy to welcome foreign talent?

I'm kinda disturbed... (-__-)

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Lai Tai flower market
















I've always wanted to keep tiny orchids, they look so dainty and elegant. Many people say orchids are hard to keep, the Chinese florist gave me two simple tips to care for them:
1. Be a lazy gardener, give it half a cup of water every 10 days.
2. Keep it away from direct sunlight.

Cost of plant: RMB20
Cost of pot: RMB10



Vincent chose a jasmine plant for RMB25. We placed it next to the sofa. The flowers smelled so sweet at night, nicer than a cup of jasmine green tea.





























To get to the flower market, just ask the taxi driver to take you to Women Street (女人街). The flower market is in the building that has two giant white (coloured) elephant statues.

莱太花卉商城
Address: 9 West Maizidian Road, Chaoyang district
地址: 北京市朝阳区麦子店西路9号


Monday, May 10, 2010

BBQ on 2 May

















Bozi invited us for an outdoor BBQ on this dried up river bed. 4 cars, 14 people, 6-11pm. Lots of food & drinks. Plus free fireworks display from people playing fireworks at some faraway place.



















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