Chinese New Year in Suzhou

Well, came back from China a few days back. What an experience it was.. whilst this time my trip was confined to Shanghai and Suzhou, nonetheless, got to take a deeper glance at these two locations. (Shanghai province is a mindboggling 60 times the size of Singapore man. China is big!)

Suzhou has changed a lot since the last time I went there - especially in the Industrial park zone. Many of the buildings that were half constructed the last time I was there was fully operational and bustling with people. Got to see how the people who live nearby live their lives. And it's really beautiful man - if I could describe it, it would be Singapore, if we had huge amounts of land.

Everybody was geared up for the festive season, man the fireworks were amazing. Mom said that Suzhou people are known for being able to balance between work and play, and man, do they play hard. The night time sky was positively erupting with numerous fireworks.. people here are willing to buy the kind of fireworks they set off during NDP..

Really regret not bringing a camera -_-

Got to use the swimming pool at long last.. really thanks to ellson for getting me swimming goggles.. Need to lose weight very badly haha.. But even though I swam like everyday, I think I still gained weight in my trip there.

Also managed to see more Shanghai too... Went walking with my mom and my cousin around the Shanghai area.. Fuzhou avenue was like a gargantuan orchard road.. Got to see Shanghai Tan too (or as the locals call it, 外滩). Ate an amazingly lousy KFC too lol

That's 上海滩. Stole it from another website lol. And no, it's not a glamour shot, the whole stretch really looks that beautiful at night.

Also got to meet up with my cousin (on my mother's side) Wen Jun, who's a doctor.. Glad to have met her; haven't seen the relatives on my mother's side for a very long time - 10 years maybe even.. A very friendly person ^^

The next time I go to Suzhou, the thing I want to see is the suburbs.. From what I heard from Sally, it is a stark contrast to how people live their lives in the SIP..

It's really makes me bemused, that in China, like 99.999% of the people are living in totally abject poverty (by Singaporean standards) , but the remaining handful, lives a life that is really eye opening to many Singaporeans..

Got time, must go there and see see ok.. Can be very inexpensive, if you don't go with package tour ^^

中国へ行きます。。

Heading off to China later.. having reunion dinner with my family over there (sans sister).

Sigh, China, the land of piracy, lousy food, cold weather and no blogspot. Stupid internet censorship. Here we're scared of being deprived of our rights, over there, people are being deprived for real..

Since it's CNY so I'm expecting most of the shops to be closed.. So probably will be studying and exercising.. Got the JS term paper to do too, which is so GAH. Hopefully not going to tour China this time.. China has very beautiful scenic views indeed, but I'm definitely not a winter person...

Hope I don't get food poisoning this time..

Ate dinner with CY and Van. CY offered to send me to the airport. I have awesome friends indeed, including the chicken and watermelon loving Chew (Ya, rly)

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