So it's China~

alright... so my dad and 2 mums came back from the family friend/travel agents house and they gave us the verdict. they decided to take the lady's advice about hong kong not having as much tourist attractions and have decided to just go to china alone [because taiwan is too expensive] =(... awww the lady did not manage to convince them to go to both china andddddd taiwan.... but its okay =D i've been wanting to go china as well as taiwan and hong kong so at least i can cross going china off my list...

i just went to look at our travel guide and its all in chinese and i unfortunately can not read all the words =.=.... the taiwan travel guide she gave was in english...

Taiwan;
if we were going taiwan then we would have gone to the Sun Moon Lake and stayed overnight!!! which i wanted to see because they mention it quite a lot in the dramas i watched... and what with the moon being my favourite aspect of the universe it would have been a nice site to see... the west side apparently looks like the crescent moon and the east side looks like the round sun... don't know how that works but i would have loved to see what they meant... here we were also going to see the Wenwu Temple dedicated to Confucius and Kuan Ti master of sword, Peacock Garden, Holy Monk Shrine and Tse-En Pagoda.
we were then going to go to see the Love River, Kenting National Park, go to spas and hot springs, East Coast National Scenic tour which is a tour of taiwan's last unspoiled land, Taroko National Park with the Taroko Gorge and a whole bunch of other neat stuff...

but since we're not going taiwan... this is what i could pick up from the chinese travel guide for going China;
oh i just found an english section in a seperate book which i'm hoping is the same as the pieces of paper in chinese...
this is what our tour covers:
we'll be going to bei jing;
- The Forbidden City
- Tiananmen Square
- Temple of Heaven
- The Great Wall of Badaling
- Silk Market
- see a 'Legends of Kung Fu' performance
- Lama Temple [most renowned Tibetan Buddhist Temple]
- Hutongs [local residential area to see how beijingers live]
- Peking Duck dinner [originated from beijing after all]
we will then go by train to Xi'an;
- Big Goose Pagoda [o.O thought it was food... but no its a tower LOL]
- ancient City Wall
- Terracotta Warriors Museum
- have a go at making chinese dumplings
- Tand Dynasty Cultural Show
then fly to Guilin;
- Cruise along Li River
the cruise will lead us to Yangshuo;
- wander the many market stalls and shops that are open 24/7
return to Guilin;
- Elephant Trunk Hill
fly to Shanghai;
- acrobatics show
- Yu Gardens
- Old Chinatown
- The Bund [can't wait to see the interesting architecture in Shanghai]
- Jin Mao Tower
- Huangpu River
though this is for the 12 day trip... there's also a 17 day trip which has the above and more... not sure which one we're attending =S hopefully the 17 day trip... we will be leaving on the 10th or 11th =D... gives me an extra week to save money!

sadly we are not going anhui so that doesn't allow me to go see the Piano House =(... also it's winter there and so the travel agent said it wouldn't be appropriate to go to Jiuzhaigou Valley since it will be iced or whatever =(...

oh well... it should be interesting putting the chinese vocab i learnt from chinese school and learn from my dramas to use... it's also very convenient going with my mum as she is a good bargainer =D... but i'm gonna try my best to bargain at least one thing for myself... once i get a hang of speaking mando... can't wait to shoppp

anyway after that talk about our trip... julie was hungry so we went with her to buy some food in danny's new car... yum yum yum yum yum

other than that i've been trying to find for a job... =.= but am still left unwanted.. pooey

so jealous much, jealoussica?