6 weeks later...

This is how it looks like after 6 weeks... growing very slowly... I still have to wait longer to wear my lovely clips and use my colourful headbands. I think I should be able to go for a hair cut after 6 more weeks to make it look neater. ^=^

Jiangnan's 1st stop: Hangzhou

Wow... time flies... 2 month plus have past and I have not blogged about my latest trip to China and Tapir have been diligently blogging about her EURO trip. I didn't even managed to post up any of my pictures in FB. ^=^ Shame on me....

My trip to Shanghai was from 5th June till 14th June 2010. Oops... I should say I have visited JiangNan instead of Shanghai. I have visited places like Shanghai, Hangzhou, Dongyang, Yiwu, Hengdian, Suzhou, Nanjing and Wuxi during the China tour with my parents and aunty. The places I visited is called ‘JiangNan’ because it is situated south of the YangTze river. The trip was 8D7N and we extended another 2 days to visit the ‘Shanghai Expo 2010’.

We spent about 2 days 2 nights in Hangzhou visiting places like Long Bridge Garden, Leifeng Pagoda, Dragon Well Tea Farm, Xixi National Wetland Park, Cheng Huang Pavillion and went to watch an indoor show on ‘Night of Hangzhou’.

The famous ‘Long Bridge Garden’ Is one of the lover bridge in HangZhou , according to the folk story, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai was send each other back for 18 times at this bridge.

This brige is a famous spot for couple taking their wedding shots.

You can actually view the ‘Leifeng Pagoda’ from the Long Bridge Garden.

We stopped by at this place called the ‘Dragon Well Tea Farm’ which is famous for its ‘LongJing’ Tea. I’m not a person who appreciates drinking tea except for my favourite ‘teh-c-peng’ which is an unhealthy tea drinking habit. Hahaha...

Tea plantation up on the hillside....

Little Teapot at the garden....

Different types of tea leaves....

Didn’t spent much time there but it is a compulsory itinerary where there are people explaining on different types of tea and what’s the benefit of drinking each types of tea. We left shortly after some people make some purchases on the tea leaves and some goodies made from tea leaves.

Next, we went to ‘Xixi National Wetland Park’... Nothing much to do there but just enjoying the scenery and snapping some nice shots.

We also went to this place called ‘Cheng Huang Pavillion’ to have a bird’s eye view of Hangzhou city and to taste the local snack ‘Lotus Roots Starch’ while listening to the traditional music instrument playing there.

Lotus Starch Dessert... Tasteless, gluey and sticky... but suppose to be good for health...

Lastly, we went to watch an indoor show called ‘Night of Hangzhou’. It was a pretty interesting show.

1st time Kayaking ^=^

Had a GREAT time today at Macritchie Park doing my 1st kayakking with Piggy, gym kakis and friends. There were altogether 10 of us... all gals. Our kayak instructor, Eddie was a pretty nice and funny guy. We went for the 'Kayaking Orientation Programme' (KOP) and it was a 3 hours programme from 9am till 12pm for the price of $35. We learn the basics of kayaking, how to handle the kayak, how to paddle and some safety tips before we go do practical in the lake.

The weather this morning was very good... though it was drizzling and raining towards halfway kayaking in the lake, we still have lots of fun. The funny thing is that we still get darker after the kayaking though there's no sun and we used sunscreen lotion.

It was amazing that we were able to kayak for about 2km++ from the starting platform towards the end and back. Initially it was pretty scary as I was sitting in a one-seater kayak while some were using the 2-seaters kayak. When I start to paddle, the kayak was rocking side to side and I thought I would fall in the water. Luckily, I managed to balance myself and it was very fun once I got the hang of it.

'Ms. Mo' aka MCC almost killed me this morning coz she keep purposely use her kayak to bump into mine. I was so angry that I scolded her coz trying to drown me as I dunno how to swim. This is kayaking and not 'bumper kayaks'... plus she swims like a mermaid so of coz she dares to bump here and there... hmmph!! =p

Overall, we like it very much and will go for another session next time. ^=^

* Hope arms will not ache tomorrow... I miss my step class... no steps 4 me today. = (

Shut Up if Nothing Nice 2 Say...

I wish some people would not just simply make remarks like they know what's really happening when they dunno a thing... especially when the remarks prick ppl's heart...

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Today I discover a new song from the new step class that I go to... When I asked the instructor what's the name of the song, he reluctantly want to tell me... saying that the song is kinda bad. Then when I insisted, he spell out the name of the song for me... F.. U.. C.. K.. U... hahahah...

But the song really didn't sound vulgar... how can a song scolding people sound so nice and soothing... Check it out! -> F.U.C.K. U.

Hmm... maybe I should dedicate this song to the ones who likes to simply make remarks to hurt other people's feelings.

Gift 4 the Sick

The most common gifts people bring to visit the sick at the hospital would be....
... Flowers
... Fruits
... Food
... Magazines/Books

Have you seen people giving 'PSP' as a gift? A gift from your fella colleagues when you're sick in the hospital. Real cool ya...

Shape Run 2010

Just had my Shape Run 2010 this morning. Weather forecasted was a storm but the weather turned out to be good. Thank GOD for it. ^=^

Had a good run with Piggy and a couple of gym mates despite my aunty visit. This time we are on time before they start the run but my goodness... the toilet Q was damn long. I end up running the 10km with a full bladder. It's really not a good idea after all. Timing this time not better than previous but still not that bad after all.

Felt so good after emptying my bladder at the finishing line.... in the toilet of course. hahaha...

Here's the goody bag this year. Don't really like the bag and Piggy swears not to join the Shape Run next year anymore coz of the bad organisation on the goody bag collection. Haha...

So far so good...

So far so good... my hair is growing well, though not as fast as I wanted it to... Piggy was betting with me that I need 2 years to grow to the length before the cut but I give it 6 months to 1 year.

Sometimes I still forget that I am now bald... I got a habit of combing my hair when I wake up in the morning. Hahaha... by the time I reach the comb and look into the mirror, I would just stop and laugh myself.

I still get a lot of starring from people as expected especially in the MRT and in the gym but I just ignore them. There are some friendly people out there who would just give me a smile when they see me. Even those who never talk to me in the gym come talk to me.

Anyway, the happiest thing is cutie pie is not afraid to see my baldie head. Initially she was shocked... but after that she finds it funny and start playing with my hair. Hahaha... The 1st time my mommy show her my bald pix, she look at it calling 'ku-ku' and touch her own head. She's so adorable... ^=^