Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Rush Day

7th January 2008

It's the first time I take a flight. Well, actually my mum told me I took a plane when I was a baby, but how am I supposed to remember that, right?

Airport? Or not? *shrugs*

On the way to NTU office. Shanghai is bustling with many highways! They are like a massive spider web!

I was rather excited (and a little scared). First, I'm on the plane without my loved ones and close friends (thanks Piggiigod for new found friends). Second, I'm going to a faraway place with refreshing new experience. Third, it'll be my first taste of winter the moment I get off the plane. Lastly, I'll be away ALONE for A LONG TIME.

At Pudong Airport with the girls.

Fellow GIP peeps boarding the bus to NTU office! Big luggages! We're all migrating! :P

Super alot of firsts. First flight, first winter, first long trip alone.

My bus is almost empty... 'cos we live at ulu places! :x

My housemates and I! We're SUPER HAPPY there's FOOD at the office for us!

Touched down, hang around waiting for the buses, and off we go to the NTU office for some briefing! We met Detong, the SENs guy at Shanghai. And he gave us (well, me at least) a pleasant surprise by duplicating the keys for us! All nicely done (although some of the keys ended up faulty)! Nice first impression! ^^

Joanne and I! I'm super happy to see familiar faces! Hohoho... Love her loads!

The briefing is shorter than our waiting time! But too bad we didn't skip it. Detong brought us home separately in a van. We threw our luggage in the house and he brought us around the estate. Well, at least we need to know where is the metro station and supermarket!

After shopping at 农工商超市 for the necessities (pillows, bed sheets, quilt), we decided to just rest our feet and settle lunch/dinner (it's around 4 p.m.) at KFC!

The flags outside the hypermarket and the big giant golden rooster.

China Kentucky Fried Chicken! Spot the differences with Singapore KFC!

1. Smaller (okay, you can't see that in the picture)
2. Orange juice instead of Pepsi as default drink
3. No coleslaw, only corn salad

We returned home thinking we can rest in warmth (first day, so we're not adjusted to the cold at all). But it blacked-out.

Not once, not twice, but FIVE TIMES!

Yeerae and Chinweng fell asleep in the living room while waiting for the guard to unlock the main circuit...

Apparently, we over-loaded the power by switching all the heaters at once. There's only a few! Plus, we were freezing cold! In the end, they had someone fix it so we have a higher power load available.

Lesson learnt? We cannot live without the heaters and the laptops!

Well.. Here's a last stupid picture of myself to cheer everyone who's feeling down and to make those who're feeling good great! :D