Roar!: December 2008

Just came back from China . Phew , this trip is by far meaningful and fun !
It made me realise how lucky i am , and the importance of my family. not that i didnt realise all this before, it's just that this trip reinforced this ideals la.
This is the 2nd time i went China to visit my China relatives.

ok so this was how it went.

1st few days , we went to Xiamen to visit my 2nd Grandaunty's family. Man , i would like to say that the hospitality that my China relatives extended to us was simply heart warming. Everytime my family Singapore relatives went out , the China side would ALWAYS send someone to tag along with us. we went shopping , they brought us around. we went Spa , they waited outside. we went to eat western food , they followed us too.

My China relatives sleep damn bloody early , like 9 pm they start to konk out already. yet despite that , they followed us to shopping till like 12 am? even when my China uncle had a headache he followed us and made sure that we were safe throughout the journey . We went to eat western food , they willingly brought us there too. they have never ate western food either . they told us despite living in the area for years they have never step into a western food restaurant before. yet , they brought us there and had to endure eating aweful food themselves.

Shame on me , Shame on me. Before the trip, my mum was urging me to go for the trip cuz my 2nd Grand Aunty was sick to the core and she said that who knows this might be the last chance i get to see her. i didn't want to go , because the i felt that i wasn't even the slightest tiniest close to her . but how i realised that being a family , sharing the same blood , brings us all together . my China relatives weren't obliged to extend such warm hospitality to us, but they sure blew me away with the friendly warm hospitality.

By the way . i want to make you guys fugging jealous . on the 2nd day of our trip , we all went to Spa. fug. the Spa cost only $25 sing dollars like that. FULL BODY WATER MASSAGE FASCILITIES . WTF . THE SPA WAS FUGGING GOOD. GOT MILK , GINSENG , CHAMPAGNE ETC ETC FLAVOUR. SUN TAN ROOM. STEAM ROOM. SUANA ROOM. ROCK SLEEPING ROOM. too many le la . the $25 package consist of FUGGING GOOD FOOD TOO. and when ur done with the spa , they would dress you up in a robe , you go have your meal , then come back and soak yourself in spa again. we were treated like kings and queens! ccb , that was the most relaxing day of my life !

At Xiamen National Park

At xiamen , we also went to my aunt's sister place. this is a part that makes me think. this sister of her's own a HOTEL and is building another HOTEL. her son is the Chief police inspector of the town or something. it makes me wonder how capable the Chinese can be . seriously , in their world there , it's the survival of the fittest.

OK so after Xiamen visting my 1st grandaunt side , we went on a 7 day tour at Zhang Jia Jie
That place was beautiful la. lot's of mountains and stuff. The mountain is the only mountain in the world that has a ELEVATOR. cool eh? but i hated the weather. it was so cold to the extend when i unzipped my pants to pee, my bird totally freeze to death. when i wanted to answer nature's call , i had to cover the toilet seat with 2 layers of tissue before i dare to sit on it cuz the seat was freezing cold. i didn't really dare to bathe too, lol.

Me at the hill tops

Me and a native girl at Chang Sha. i think she's really cute in her xi pao like attire! lol. she was really really good at singing mountain songs (SHAN GE)

Me at the hotel

Yes , this particular hotel we stayed in had a TRANSPARENT GLASS WALL of the toilet. totally seductive and suggestive what kindda services they provide at this hotel.lol. the tourguide told us at another hotel that the massage centre was actaully catered to "male services" .lol.

My brother and i were bored in the hotel , so this porn video was made.lol.

So after Zhang Jia Jie , we went to An xi to visit my 1st grand aunt's side.

Damn , my 1st grandaunt's side was even more warm to us. they were really really good host .

So we went to a temple on the hilltop to pray and lighted off fire crackers.....

Putting small firecrackers...

Then , the MEGA BIG 1!

It was hell fun man. haha.

Afterwhich we went to villages to visit other relatives and climbed another hill to pay respects to my great grandparents.

Vintage act cool shot.lol.

Helping with farmer's work...

Things we uncovered in my grandfather's previous house

This coin was used a hundred years ago

Khong Guan biscuit tin. My grandfather last time when he was in Singapore already , shipped this back to my China relatives.

Something funny happened to my cousins and i at the hilltop after we pray to our grandparents. the way down was damn bloody steep , so geniuses us figured a way to bring down the oranges....

LOL. all the oranges fell out of the plastic bag and rolled down the hill ! haha.

So after all this visiting, went back to Anxi for more activities with my 1st grand aunt family.

At this point , i would like to say that i had alot of fun with my cousins. we played like mad , and it really brings me back to the old old days with them. There are 13 of us from the Singapore side who went, age vary from 5 -19. this means i still have cousins who did not tag along. i am really fortunate to have them as my family. For the previous 1 year , or more , i really really feel that i neglected my relatives. cause of o levels...JC life..... another cause would be cause i am the 2nd oldest among all, maybe i felt that they being secondary school and primary school kids are immature. but in this trip we interacted , and i realised everyone has grown up . their mature opinions shock me at times. but this trip has given us the opportunity to come back together. it's really nostalgic to play with them , cause this brings me back to the days of me being 7years old again , when all of us were "immature" regardless of our age then. we had fun to the core then . i remebered that my best cousin , Seet Teng, who is 2 years older than me . we were so close and naughty and also inseparable. i used to go his house and play his playstation...we were so naughty together we used to climbed out of his house window together when our aunty punished us by locking us in the room! WWE cards , Pokemon cards...swimming going east coast park, playing candles during mooncake festivals and also making ROCKETS with sparklers.....etc..... those days came and went and it can never be repeated again. we are all grown up now. but we are still a family.

Wei ren I Seet teng

My brothers

My Mother and her sisters are constantly arguing over $$$ during this trip. who should for this , who should pay for that, whether they should spilt the cost ofthe ang pao money for the village relatives..........

But when i spoke to them individually , they all told me that they still love each other. Money is the root of all evil , but my mother's family side love for each other is simply amazing. if it was other family , it would probably cause alot of turmoil.

My mum and dad are simply amazing. they fully paid for my uncle's family trip to China , as he could not afford for it. Think about it , it could easily amount up to $4000+++. i was unhappy at 1st , as i felt their money could be spent on their children , my brothers and i , instead of giving it away.

My mum said "it's a blessing to be able to give, to afford and financially surpport others , and that she wants to see her brother and his kids in China to visit our relatives"

this totally shuts me up , and provokes me to think alot. how to heck are you able to give $4000 away !? even when i asked them to buy me a PSP , it's already so hard!

but i realise this , is the power of family. eventually i was satifisfied , and i realised that i love to see my relatives happy too. My uncle is so poor , he cant afford a TV at home. i t brings me to a next level of emotions to see them physically there , as he wanted so badly to join us to see our China relatives.

My China relatives were amazing too. they earn like....1000 + RMB only per month. that is equals to our $200 plus like that. even my monthly pocket $ is triple their pay...yet they had no qualms of bringing us to eat in a restaurtant which cost 700 + RMB. Simply , Simply amazing. When my aunty wanted to give her cuz , my aunt la, S$50 , which is like $250 RMB , she VIOLENTLY objected man . i swear i never seen anyone object to $ as violent as her. she mega overreacted and even began to hug my aunt and mum. My China Uncle , purposely took 3 days of leave to bring us around. i wonder , if we are able to do the same if they came over the Singappore. My grandmother's side family , BROUGHT like3-4 cars and vans to come fetch us JUST TO BRING US AROUND CHINA.

Another person which i would like the highlight is my China cousin , Huang Shan . i don't have my photo with her now cuz it's in my cuz digital cam. But i have one that shows my mum and cousins with her.

She's the one in white.

I have learnt quite abit about China with her. talking to her i must say has been wonderful. She's a year younger then me according to the calendar , but the same age as me according to the lunar calendar. over there in China , they count by the Lunar Calendar.

She told me that in China , the students there crammed like mad , and that includes her. from morning , till night , no joke about it , even during the weekends she has to go back to school at times. on the day of sending us off to the airport , she had to rush back to An Xi for her night classes in school ! she told me that alot of students in China do not have a childhood. they do not go for movies , they do not use the internet , they don't know what is MSN messenger, she dosen't know what is Scouts! they have to read 60 CHINESE BOOKS PER TERM!

WTF, u ask me to read a chinese magazine i already have difficulty already.

Due to the one child policy over there in China , she dosent really have cousins. she has la , like 2 only , but all grow up already. On the aspect they have no life there , she dosent't play almost at all , she has only 2 close friends , which she shared with me that they might even backstab her at times...no siblings not much cousin mother at times don't understand her. She was totally happy and looking forward to seeing my mother side family visit her family.

Shame on me , shame on me for even pondering on whether anot to go.

Somehow, maybe cause we are family , cuz she's kindda like my cuz, she was willing to share her problems with me. maybe cuz we are only a year apart, and that she's in China JC also. maybe it's cuz we are both in mugger environments ( i am in AJC).i felt close to her even though we hardly spent time together. we even had problems communicating , cuz well , we Singaporean Chinese seriously no fight with them. at times , i used hokkien communicate with her . it was fun , finding out that singapore Hokkien Slang and their side is so different.lol.

She made me realise the importance of family. asking if she was happy with her life , she had not complaints. She also made me realise i should appreaciate my school, my friends and my life. looking at her , i dare say that i am really lucky la. I almost every weekend, sometimes even weekdays , get to meet my friends. If she can live life so happy go lucky , so can I!

Seriously this are things we Singaporean teenagers can learn from the Chinese. They never give up , are hardworking people and patriotic to their country. I asked her if she loves China despite the education ,she say she loves hey country cuz it's an ancient civilisation which took thousands of years to build. whoah. i am sure with her kind of mentality , she would be a very capabled person in the future.

This is the book she gave me i felt so ashamed la i didnt have anything prepared for her so i gave her the Scout badge in my wallet. When i gave it to her , she like never see before a badge man. She told me she would really treasure it. The way she say it ar...wah lao...really...dunno how to say man. Sincere..Can someone help me interpret the words in the page i dun understand sia.LOL. i really hope she emails me ASAP and that we can keep in contact. i am gonna bloody use this book next year to take notes, then can motivate me to study more.

Alot of things happened in China which provoked me to think alot. I see the people , just to surivive , tagging along us all the way from start to end to sell us Mao Zedong figurines. At that point of time , we already bought 1 already and it was so obvious we weren't going to buy another but nevertheless for surivival she she pestered us all the way. there was this guy , he was operating this Sedan to carry people up the hill. even as we told him NO NO NO already,he carried all the way up , keep pestering us to ride it.

To round it up, This trip really brought about the family bonds , and highlights to me how lucky lucky i am. I miss my China relatives really, and want to go back again if i have the opportunity.

BTW , PLEASE READ THIS PART.

THIS IS TOTALLY THE COOLEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN DIVINE INTERVENTION?

one of the days , we went to a Guan Yin temple to pray. now , all my China Aunt told us that this paricular temple was bloody zhun. Once , her father was jailed innocently. she appealed like siao , even to the highest court in China , but to no avail. she went to this temple to pray on the 26 day , asking for help . she shake that..fortune telling thing la. they told her that on the 27th day , her father would be release , and that she didnt even need to appeal la. they were all bizzared , as that day was the 26th day already. true enough , they next day the dad was released.

IT HAPPENED TO ME TOO.

We went to the temple , my cousins....aunts....all shake that thing too to have their fortune told.

I must admit , i wasn't too sincere about asking . i shaked because well , just shake lor..anyway all my cousins were shaking too. i shaked 4 times , whereas others just shake 1 or twice,before i got Lot 32.

i had my fortuned told . it was a XiaXia Qian.it says that my studies are not doing well this year and that only next year would i do well. It says that i am not performing up to standard.

I felt weird , and unsatisfied about getting such a lousy lot. i did quite well this year wad for studies.

So , i shaked again , this time i asked Guan Yin Ma if she was sure my fate was like that anot.

out came the LAST lot. this lot dosent tell your future. it says i have to make a donation to the temple as i wasn't sincere about my question.

so i made a donation...and asked again if she was sure.

OUT CAME LOT NO. 32 AGAIN. OMFG EVEN AS I TYPED THIS MY HAIR STAND.

it's as if....with all due respect...this was Guan Yin Ma's way of saying "You better don't doubt me"...it was her middle finger to me for being such a undevoted person to taoism.

So i shaked again...asking when i will do well . she said after CNY , i would turn from a snake to a dragon.lol.

Even if it was pure coincidence, do you know Permutation and Combination would led to a 1 in dunno how many chances to get the same lot again! also , after i shaked my 1st time , other people also shaked it. it cant't be because i did not put Lot 32 . back properly.

My uncle and cousins had their fortune told as it was damn zhun. got 1 say my cousin hot temper, which is so damn true. got another say my uncle is earning double income , which is also true.

sometimes , we really have to believe all this things. i do , now.

Random Videos and pics.

got alot of pics to upload but i lazy la.lol.

When my cousing and i are bored...we videod the steven gerrard advertisement.

Lol. Amanda and i were dancing around like retards la.haha.

Me the warrior.lol.