ok i am so sorry.. i know i haven't written in like for ever!!!
i have finally no computer problems, that is because i bought a new one in Sweden. and it has cool letters and symbols added to the keyboard.. for ex. öööö ååå ääää etc... lol...
so what has happened since nov.19th....
-my bday was on the 25th of nov. it was an unexpected bday because i didn't think i was going to do anything due to the amount of school work i had. It went great, i went out to ktv with some Chinese friends and two other non Chinese friends the day before my bday :)... and then the 25th i was going to go for dinner to the cafeteria with a couple of girls, and *¨surprise* there were more than a couple of people who joined me for dinner... i also got 2 cakes, not counting the one the day before my bday.. so it went pretty well...
-early december i went to Sweden, and stayed there for about 2/3 weeks, i then came back and had chinese exams, which i was not ready for.. lol... really not ready...
-we finished school/exams on jan 14th. Catherine and i went to travel for our one month spring break, we first went to shanghai we then took a flight to manila (Philippines) and traveled through the north of the Philippines for about a month, we went to beaches, rice terraces and malls lol. We stayed in the Philippines for about a week. After our trip to the Philippines we took a plane to Saigon/Ho Chi Min cCity (Vietnam) and went around the city. From Saigon we took a bus to Cambodia, we travelled through Phnom Penh, and Siam Reap (where Angkor Wat is). After seeing these amazing cities we went back to Vietnam (Saigon) and took a bus to Nha Trang, which by the way is one of my favourite places. The beach in Nha trang was beautiful, the water the sand.. everything was so relaxing and pretty. After leaving Nha Trang we went to Hoi An, where we got some clothes tailored. From Hoi An we took a sleeper bus to Hue, we spent the day in Hue (as there isnt really anything there, other than the Ancient Citadel) and continued our trip to Hanoi. After spending several days in Hanoi we went to HaLong Bay, where we took a boat around halong bay and some caves for 2days and one night. This was my other favourite city in vietnam\our trip, it was sooo beautiful!!! there are thousands of limestones coming out of the water, the view is just great!... we then went back to hanoi and took the train to Laocai, which is a city near on the border of china and vietnam, we walked through the border... and took a bus to kunming, where we stayed a couple of days and took a flight back to beijing. This was basically my trip for a month, in a very non detail description.
-now i am back in school and tomorrow classes start.. not looking forward for that, although this semester i decided not to take any business courses and actually have more time to travel around beijing and join clubs and sports.
Some highlights of my trip:'
-Shanghai:
*We went to a Chinese dance show, which was so traditional and so beautiful!
*We took the maglev train (a magnetic levitation train) to the airport
-Philippines:
*by far the cheapest country.. i love shopping there is amazing!!!!
*people are very nice
*i was shocked at how undeveloped the country was
*the heat was just right, not too hot not too cold.. not too humid
*Batangas (a city) was really pretty, although we only went to a resort. Snorkeling was also fun, and the view of course very beautiful!
*Banaue (another city), the rice terraces were so amazingly pretty, i havent seen so many mountains since i moved out of colombia.
*we got to see an old man's grandfather's bones..lol... who afterwards wanted a donation... and i though a donation was optional haha
*i have never seen so many gay (gay as in homosexual men) people in my life
-Cambodia:
*Angkor wat was phisically super tiering
*i got a really cool painting
*just like vietnam, it has a lot of french architecture influence
*the Royal palace and te Silver Pagoda were really pretty
-Vietnam:
*there are too many electricity cables going to pole to pole in Saigon.
*i never seen so many motorbikes in my life
*my first experiences driving a motorbike on my own (i am now an expert!)
*the meat is non Chinese flavored... finally...
*i have now had a mud bath, which also included a bath in mineral water with herbs and foot massage by professionals.
*i can now get my expertice certificate for snorkeling haha and i have now gone para-sailing
*i have gotten clothes tailored for the 1st time in my life (by someone other than family members haha)
*i never gone to so many Spas! in my whole life! not that i had been to any before that... lol
*after catherine and i went to vietnam we found a very rude side to us, which we had not found in china. This is because you have to yell\get angry at people so that they dont offer you a ride in motorbikes, taxis etc... this is because every time we were nice they kept asking, though if we answered rudely they would just stop immediately.
i have finally no computer problems, that is because i bought a new one in Sweden. and it has cool letters and symbols added to the keyboard.. for ex. öööö ååå ääää etc... lol...
so what has happened since nov.19th....
-my bday was on the 25th of nov. it was an unexpected bday because i didn't think i was going to do anything due to the amount of school work i had. It went great, i went out to ktv with some Chinese friends and two other non Chinese friends the day before my bday :)... and then the 25th i was going to go for dinner to the cafeteria with a couple of girls, and *¨surprise* there were more than a couple of people who joined me for dinner... i also got 2 cakes, not counting the one the day before my bday.. so it went pretty well...
-early december i went to Sweden, and stayed there for about 2/3 weeks, i then came back and had chinese exams, which i was not ready for.. lol... really not ready...
-we finished school/exams on jan 14th. Catherine and i went to travel for our one month spring break, we first went to shanghai we then took a flight to manila (Philippines) and traveled through the north of the Philippines for about a month, we went to beaches, rice terraces and malls lol. We stayed in the Philippines for about a week. After our trip to the Philippines we took a plane to Saigon/Ho Chi Min cCity (Vietnam) and went around the city. From Saigon we took a bus to Cambodia, we travelled through Phnom Penh, and Siam Reap (where Angkor Wat is). After seeing these amazing cities we went back to Vietnam (Saigon) and took a bus to Nha Trang, which by the way is one of my favourite places. The beach in Nha trang was beautiful, the water the sand.. everything was so relaxing and pretty. After leaving Nha Trang we went to Hoi An, where we got some clothes tailored. From Hoi An we took a sleeper bus to Hue, we spent the day in Hue (as there isnt really anything there, other than the Ancient Citadel) and continued our trip to Hanoi. After spending several days in Hanoi we went to HaLong Bay, where we took a boat around halong bay and some caves for 2days and one night. This was my other favourite city in vietnam\our trip, it was sooo beautiful!!! there are thousands of limestones coming out of the water, the view is just great!... we then went back to hanoi and took the train to Laocai, which is a city near on the border of china and vietnam, we walked through the border... and took a bus to kunming, where we stayed a couple of days and took a flight back to beijing. This was basically my trip for a month, in a very non detail description.
-now i am back in school and tomorrow classes start.. not looking forward for that, although this semester i decided not to take any business courses and actually have more time to travel around beijing and join clubs and sports.
Some highlights of my trip:'
-Shanghai:
*We went to a Chinese dance show, which was so traditional and so beautiful!
*We took the maglev train (a magnetic levitation train) to the airport
-Philippines:
*by far the cheapest country.. i love shopping there is amazing!!!!
*people are very nice
*i was shocked at how undeveloped the country was
*the heat was just right, not too hot not too cold.. not too humid
*Batangas (a city) was really pretty, although we only went to a resort. Snorkeling was also fun, and the view of course very beautiful!
*Banaue (another city), the rice terraces were so amazingly pretty, i havent seen so many mountains since i moved out of colombia.
*we got to see an old man's grandfather's bones..lol... who afterwards wanted a donation... and i though a donation was optional haha
*i have never seen so many gay (gay as in homosexual men) people in my life
-Cambodia:
*Angkor wat was phisically super tiering
*i got a really cool painting
*just like vietnam, it has a lot of french architecture influence
*the Royal palace and te Silver Pagoda were really pretty
-Vietnam:
*there are too many electricity cables going to pole to pole in Saigon.
*i never seen so many motorbikes in my life
*my first experiences driving a motorbike on my own (i am now an expert!)
*the meat is non Chinese flavored... finally...
*i have now had a mud bath, which also included a bath in mineral water with herbs and foot massage by professionals.
*i can now get my expertice certificate for snorkeling haha and i have now gone para-sailing
*i have gotten clothes tailored for the 1st time in my life (by someone other than family members haha)
*i never gone to so many Spas! in my whole life! not that i had been to any before that... lol
*after catherine and i went to vietnam we found a very rude side to us, which we had not found in china. This is because you have to yell\get angry at people so that they dont offer you a ride in motorbikes, taxis etc... this is because every time we were nice they kept asking, though if we answered rudely they would just stop immediately.
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