Hopefully we are not too late in wishing all of you a Blessed, Healthy and Prosperous New Year! I know we have been lazy and have not been updating the blog thus many of our friends are asking "what have you been up to and where are you guys now". So I hope the next couple of post we will be able update those interested what we have been up to! Highlights would be the China Tour and Family Christmas Party back in Singapore!
November 25, 2006 to December 17, 2006
We were in Shanghai for 2 weeks and Beijing for 1 week. Serena had classes to attend in Shanghai while Beijing was a holiday for us both. However Serena did manage to squeeze in time for some sightseeing and feasting in Shanghai as well. We did enjoy ourselves however by the second week we were missing pizza, spaghetti, salad, cereals ... We got really sick of Chinese food and eating out! We were missing "organic" food i.e. food without MSG and too much oil. I've got to admit this trip to China really made me home sick in a way!
Serena attended lectures from Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT) and Fudan University. Pictures shows how massive the campuses are and they indeed have splendid facilities.
 SIFT Songjiang Campus |
 SIFT Canteen. |
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 RMIT won the basketball match against SIFT |
 Top Uni in China-Fudan University |
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 Lecturer & Classmates |
Sightseeing and feasting around Shanghai.
 The Bund |
 Oriental Pearl Tower |
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 Nanjing Lu |
 Yuyuan Gardens |
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 Yuyuan Gardens @ Night |
 Famous Xiao Long Bao @ Yuyan Gardens |
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 TangBao (Soup Bao) |
 Black Sesame Tang Yuan with a tinge of orange peel taste. Yum! |
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 Mince meat tang yuan. Unique but not to our liking. |
 Offerings @ Jade Buddha Temple |
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 Lady selling fishes @ Qi Bao Gu Zhen |
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Look out for Part II - Nanjing, Hangzhou and Suzhou and Part III - Beijing in the next couple of days.