Ahh.. settled right beside the window, I happily snapped away, marveling at the beautiful sight of the sunrise, only to discover after a while that my camera battery was beepin low. -_-“ Still, the sight was so breath-taking that i denied my camera a chance to rest. Seeing is believing so take a look for urselves:

Unfortunately, the downside was the horribly pathetic seats which tested our back and numbed my butt for most of the journey. Also, the starting of the flight was kinda turbulent, reminiscent of a rollercoaster ride. Couldn’t really sleep and kept shifting in pathetic (and vain) attempts to find the comfortable position. Ears were pretty uncomfortable too.

Disembarked from the flight feelin a tad old and achy. Grabbed a bite to eat at the Guangzhou Airport after checkin our bags in at China Southern Airlines’ counter. Ordered “Wanton Mee” only to receive a bowl of oily soupy 粗米粉 thing which looked totally unappetizing. -_-" unfortunately I din manage to take a pic of it.

While queuing to check in for our 2nd flight, we witnessed the ineffectiveness of the airport staff, as well as the kiasu-ness of the locals which definitely beats us Singaporeans. Hmm. The domestic flight was so much better than Tiger Airways. The seats were more comfortable; drinks and even lunch was provided. Knocked out comfortably and awoke just as we were reaching Beijing.

The KPK driver who picked us up really cracked me up with his funny antics. 陈师夫 was gan cheong and sheepishly apologetic for being late as he helped us load our bags into the car (losing sight of his remote control in the process). Plain comical!

Stepping out of the airport, we were greeted by weather not dissimilar from that of Genting, although the mistiness was more of due to polluted air than the romantic clouds (of Genting). Nice, cooling weather. I thought, hey, I might just like it here. ah well. The traffic was HORRENDOUS I tell u. In fact, horrendous is a serious understatement. Cars were weaving in between lanes and horns were blaring like nobody’s business.

While in the car, I heard over the radio that (horror of horrors!) the China ppl were actually lookin for ppl to voice over the characters in Shrek 3. It was like.. wat the hell la. Run actually hit the nail on the head. -_-" Damn. Dashed my hopes of watching it in China.

Anyway, we managed to reach the apartment without any mishaps, although totally aghast at the hazardous driving in Beijing. The 21st storey studio apartment was pretty neat – a queen-sized bed, tv, table, cupboard, fridge, cookin area, toilet and a small washin machine. The 2 of us were like tired out from the traveling and ready to crash onto the bed, only to jump up and fish out our lappies to check if there was the all important internet connection.

THERE WASN’T.

Dammit.

So disconnected from the world. oh well. Spent a bit of time unpacking then knocked out while waiting for our dear boss to take us out to dinner.

Mr. Edward, Caroline and Yan Mei took us out for dinner at this posh lookin chinese restaurant. Food was pretty good, especially the fish. Damn fresh. Damn fresh. Ate my fill while being a tad bit stressed out by ‘work talk’ between the big boss, 2nd boss and team leader. Walked back to the apartment after dinner. Tried to connect to the internet a couple of times but gave up in the end. YJ and I beached ourselves on the lime green sofa and came up with a shopping list of things to buy. Showered then went to bed.

End of Day 1.

josh, signing off.

22:01;
- vagabond -

howdy folks.

finally i have a blog outside friendster. i know i know.. it's abt time yea? esp since dear adel has been buggin me for ages. hmm. since this is the first post of this blog, thot i'd put down smth tt i wrote in my friendster blog. other updates comin real soon, so stay tune, ppl.

josh, signin off.

i wonder how long i will take to pull through this
whether the pain and confusion will ever cease
i thought i've stopped hurtin, only to find
that 'we' was never far gone from my mind
now there is 'you' and then there's 'me'
separate entities, best friends, we make believe
leadin separate lives with separate friends
between us both, a previously non-existent fence
a sharp contrast, from the way we used to be
things won't ever be the same again, between u and me
i thought i was mendin, tried to make myself whole
then came one afternoon and one night that made me lose my hold
"what did your words imply?", i wondered. how was i to react?
tell you the truth when i can hardly distinguish my lies from my facts?

"I need someone I can call my own,
a special someone to make me whole.
Hold on to me when things go wrong,
and make sure that my spirit stays strong.
Look into her eyes and see that everythings' fine,
be with me when life ain't kind.
Enfold me tight when sadness comes,
a guardian angel to me, she'll become."

this angel was you, until 'we' became no more
now i don't know what my heart is for
i don't know me, i don't know you
choose not to think, cuz i don't know wat to believe is true
what lies ahead? what lies behind?
only time would tell, i've concluded, nothing's ever defined
still tryin to find that balance, tryin to keep my promise to you
i hope at least you know, my heart is true
maybe one fine day, or one fine night
we'll wake up and find that everything's now alright
but until then, this is my promise to you:

"i'll be right beside you, supporting you in all that you do."

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16:44;
- vagabond -