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Location: Beijing, Beijing, China

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Dec 31, 2006

The year in review

The year is almost over… Thank God!!! Who would've known that the year 2006, would be a crazy year.

There were good times , there were bad times .. Either way, I feel that I have been blessed for my family & the friends that I have, who have helped me through these tough times....

and today ,the last day of 2006

march - I found out this guy from my friend , he was from Indonesia too , died by car accident .. its just made me realize how short our lives can be and sometimes we need to realize that we must seize the day.

April - Bus and subway riders sighed with relief at the new swipe card system preventing commuter bottlenecks at the ticketing window.

April saw the ultra-conservative German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger take control of the Vatican after the death of Pope John Paul II.

my birthday - a quarter of a century old :) I got a surprise party from my classmate

for my friends.... Congratulations!!Well done guys, what a fantastic achievement ...
Wish you guys all the best, and maybe I'll see you in Beijing some day!!

May - Bye bye bye… all 1.2yuan taxis taken off the streets.. ugh.. no more cheap taxis in Beijing..

June - overnight at great wall . To stay overnight on the Great Wall is a relatively new thing. This experience is not generally for most tourist, but its more exciting and unique experience.

world cup 2006... yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

July - The railway line from lasha to Beijing began service on july 1… yippy…

Met Hilton family from Oslo , Norway. Kita ga perna ketemu sebelumnya.. ceritanya waktu di kompas ada bagian namanya koki .. minta informasi tentang sekolah di Australia , terus ada mail dari oslo kalo mereka mau ke Beijing dan aku ada waktu jadi guidenya mereka.

and with lala , ge went to qing dao ...

Sept - New semester ..... The new semester and new class began ,and the new hope will be achieved. In the first week , i'm occupied with moving dormitory

Oct -The 2008 olympic mascots are renamed fuwa. Initially they were called friendlies but with the alternate pronunciations , it was deemed inauspicious.

Traveled to Sichuan – southwest china – trip was awesome.

Nov - The china – Africa cooperation forum … and no traffic for a week…can open wikipedia hehehehe…..after that they blocked it again :(

Dec - new blog ... after registered on 2003.

Good riddance 2006.. and here's to a safe, happy and eventful 2007.

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Dec 30, 2006

met joseph

I just got my hands on a computer.
so I can write a few lines.

Today was a very pleasant day.
I woke up about 7a.m.
Today i went to airport to meet joseph.
He's a very bright guy, and extremely friendly to boot.
we ended up going out for a walk around the city for about 5 hours.

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Dec 29, 2006

First Snow in Beijing

ITS A SNOW DAY!! :) First Snow Day !!

this morning , when i got up , i was so hapy to find it's snowing outside.
the first snow in beijing in the winter of 2006.
even though its all ice....and after that melt but.....isnow days.

scene from my roomthese are the picture i took few minute ago from my window.


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kaca

baru inget... di depan gedung mpr dpr itu kan banyak yang jualan cermin gt ya ? waktu dari atma ke taman anggrek lewatin jalan itu suka ada abang abang lumayan banyak juga yang jualan kaca.

masih ada ga seh??

mustinya bapak bapak and ibu ibu yang kerja jadi wakil rakyat itu ngaca ya
... jgn bikin malu ...
... jgn kerjaannya syuting video mulu...
trus perna baca juga...
biarpun udah bikin surat pengunduran diri ..tp gajinya teteupppp di bayar... kalo ga ada surat pemberhentian dari presiden.

waks.. asik dong gaji buta lagi.

dah ah...lagi sebel

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Dec 28, 2006

Bare naked Ladies


If you’ve been to the ching pavilion - near jingshan park

There , in the restaurant’s bathroom, sinks. The piece positions bent-over, life-sized , near naked female posteriors – and their supporting legs – in front ot each basin.

Anyone wishing to wash his hand must bump up against a backside to reach the basin.



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Foreign Student New Year Party


Just back home from foreign student new year's party 2007.

On the evening of Dec.28th, 2007 The foreign student affairs office and office of overseas human resources held the New Year's celebration Party for foreign students and teachers. Foreign students and teachers party was held at Dalitang of Tsinghua University. Teacher , officials joined some 300 - 400 foreigners in celebrating the coming new year.

Tsinghua University Executive Vice President delivered a speech on the ceremony. He said The coming new year is a new year full of hope. New achievements will be made in the new year with the joint efforts of the people. He extended his appreciation to the hard-working Tsinghua Univ people as well as the foreigners and overseas Chinese who have joined the university.

begin with dinner at our canteen...its free...Yippy...just bring your foreign student card... eat as much as u want.
and then see the performanced by our friends.
from indonesia ... they sing apuse , surabaya and yamko rambe yambe
from france ...sing a song title "sanriano" and 700 millions de chinois
from malaysia ...accapella ..women de gushi
from korea .....traditional dancing , singing
from dutch , colombia , swiss - dancing "kimbara"
from japan ....singing "xin yu"
from russia , ukraina dancing rumba

The participants enjoyed the performances of the Chinese and foreign actors.
and i got a cute pig..



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another farewell

it's time to farewell with gregory.he will moving to shanghai tomorrow.
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i hate farewell !!!!
what i dislike is.....really.............. yessssssssssssssssssssss.. i hate farewell but we will keep in touch
l miss him a lot......no more lunch at lush together with our friends , dinner or watching dvd
i wish him a great future ahead.




Dec 27, 2006

xiong jia

today we dinner at xiong jia korean restaurant. this korean restaurant doesnt have the best looks at first , but it certainly has the best reputation in my area.with korean tv running 24/7 and an area where u can have your food sitting on mats on the floor.
its located at wudaokou wang zhuang lu - right next the wudaokou metro station , its easy to get.

...Tea...

China is the hometown of tea.

In traditional Chinese lifestyle , tea was regarded as one of the seven condiments in family life , namely fire , rice , oil , salt , soy , wine and tea. Moreover tea is among the seven treasures of literary men.

Status of tea is very unique. There are two reasons.
1.
its special healthcare function. In ancient China , tea was important drink of disease cure and prevention
2.
Another important reason is that tea , with the increase of communication requirement and attachment of society etiquette in the development and evolvemen of the Chinese society , rises as a living necessity with distinct culture flavor.

Tea has brought the harmonious between Han nationality and Tibet through the hard working by both WenCheng princess and Srong Btsan Sgam Po.
Tea is also indispensable for the harmonious between countries. The friendship among China , Japan and Korea can be measured completely by the spreading of tea.
Tea can contruct harmony and annihilate war. In Song dynasty , the trades for tea and horse were the way to avoid wars between Song , Liao and Jin.

In the world history , the North America required independence , so the conflict between it and British finally upgraded to the war. And the fuse of the war is the famous event, The Boston Tea Party on March 5 1770.

Tea with coffee and cocoa is regarded as the three kinds of famous drinks. The function of tea upgraded from daily life to politics , economy , military , culcute , religion and other society systems.

China is the hometown of tea that no other nationalities can match. It is said “with a cup of tea , Chinese people feel happy wherever he is”

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Dec 26, 2006

telp

Weleh…kaget juga dapet telp dari cliff bilang merry xmas … dia bilang lagi uda di Vietnam. Cliff ini orang swiss. Waktu jalan jalan ke cheng du – Sichuan bulan okt kemaren ketemu pas bareng bareng tinggal di 1 hotel trus bantuin dia nerjemahin waktu dia nanya nanya ke resepsionis. Terus bareng bareng backpack keliling chengdu. Abis jalan jalan seminggu itu dia jalan jalan sendiri lagi trus aku pulang deh ke Beijing. Dia bilang bakalan ke Beijing soalnya mau urus visa ke Vietnam. Ya udah..kita tukeran mail sama aku kasih no telp.

Nov pertengahan kemaren dia telp kalo aku ada waktu ga sekitar seminggu buat jd guide dia keliling Beijing. Aku bilang Ok…. Trus dia kasih tau kapan nyampe pake kereta api , minta di booking kamar. Selama seminggu itu.. jd guidenya dia.

dia tuh demen sama jalan kaki..seharian kita bisa jalan kaki 5 – 6 jam ..itu masih mending..dia tuh jalannya cepet bangetttttt…di antara keluarga sama temen temen aku udah yang termasuk cepet…kalo jalan paling depan mulu…tapi sama dia ketinggalan mulu… kayanya seminggu itu kurus deh..ahhahaha gimana ga kurus pergi jam 8 an trus breakfast , jalan jalan sampe malem sekitar jam 10 an. Ada break juga seh..banyakan break nya malah soalnya dia demen sama kopi ..karna di Beijing ga terlalu banyak jualan kopi ..jd setiap ada tulisan café …kasih tau dia pasti dia bilang ayo kita minum kopi.lumayan bisa ngaso.

Trus kemana mana mau nya tempatnya yang unik unik… misalnya pengen liat stadium Olympic 2008, udah di bilangin kalo belom jadi and ga bisa masuk …kecuali jadi jauh liat atapnya doang..ga percaya.trus pengen nyobain makanan yang dipinggir jalan ..takutnya sakit perut dll kan berabe..dia bilang ada obatnya…hahahaha trus ada cerita lucu waktu itu kita rada rada nyasar.. trus ada segerombolan orang lagi nunggu bus di halte, kita samperin deh…aku Tanya pake mandarin kalo ke daerah wudaokou naek apa? Bisa langsung apa musti ganti bus? Eh itu Chinese bilang…may I help u? ya udah dong…karena aku pikir ini orang bisa bahasa inggris ya aku langsung Tanya balik pake inggris…gaaaa tauuuuuuuuu nya dia Cuma bisa may I help u doang…arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh pengen di tonjok deh tuh orang… udah tau pertama kali nanya pake mandarin…di sahutin pake inggris…di Tanya balik pake inggris ..di jawab pake mandarin yang arti nya…kamu ngomong apa seh? Aku Cuma bisanya may I help u….

Cliff malah ngakak ngakak waktu aku ngedumel dumel.

Balik lagi ke telp tadi….ternyata dia itu rekomen in aku ke temen nya…katanya ada temennya dari luzern mau new year di Beijing. Dia kasih tau mail aku ke temennya dia…trus aku bilang gpp kok sekalian kasih no telp …hahahhaha sapa yang nolak rejeki…kalo ada yang mau minta aku jadi guide.

Trus…dia malah kasih tambahan info dia bilang….temennya ini banyak duitnya ..trus dia bilang ke aku kalo fee yang bakalan aku terima itu 2x lipat dari yang dia kasih waktu aku jadi guidenya dia.. wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh suer….aku jadi ga enak gt…dia bilang malah gpp lagi..kan ga setiap hari dapet kerjaan.

Trus satu lagi temennya itu mau live in sama orang Chinese kalo bisa di dusun gt….petani gt deh..sekarang bingung deh nyari nya dimana… banyak seh tapi susah cari yang bersedia rumahnya buat live in gt.

Dec 25, 2006

did u know?

Did you know that the sun rises at 7.30 in the morning here??

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Xmas & bday dinner

Just got back from dinner with my friends and teachers. My friends b-day was a week ago, so my classmate wanted to take them to dinner to celebrate. chinese food is the best. I'm stuffed.



its 1.12 am

bed time.

-sleepy..

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Dec 24, 2006

Merry Xmas...

so this is christmas..

i woke up it was seven..

Merry christmas everyone...

time to open presents :-D
from me to me...ahhahaha

but i'm gonna go take a shower first
now my hairs disgusting :yuck:

and the best thing ever just happened.

My friend dini come to beijing and i havent seen him for almost 3 years.

and she just called me and she's home for a few days and we're gonna hang out and i am just so excited that words cant even describe how happy i am :-D


Merry Christmas everyone !!!

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snowboarding


today i went to snowboarding and ski

The ticket for this trip is RMB 400. Includes:
  • Party bus to and from the ski village
  • Breakfast - Browns Pub Restaurant - located off of Sanlitun Nanlu between the Bookworm and Pacific Century Plaza and behind Comfort Inn off of Gontibeilu . Winner of "Best Bar/Club of the Year " in the 2006 .
  • Lunch
  • Dinner!
  • All you need to ski: equipment rental, outerwear rental, full day lift pass & locker
  • All day access to tbj's private ski deck with coffee, hot chocolate, snacks and more!
  • Gut warming, soul satisfying hot pot dinner party!
  • FREE Beginners ski or snowboard lessons - advanced signup required
  • that's Beijing hat
  • Goodie bag full of surprises!
Goodie bag... full of surprises and survival pack :
a scarf ...green scarf
santa hat... :)
ski hat ... black ski hat
hand cream by shiseido ... from united family hospitals and clinics
napkins
1 bottled water
playing cards ...
a whistle... just in case u got a trouble
and..... my fav
Snickers Bar...

bring 400 kuai as a deposit for your equipment. this money will be returned to you at the end of the day.
bring snow gloves... as they are not provided in the package and you'll freeze without em.

and...
wear enough... it's horrible if you're too cold to ski.

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Dec 22, 2006

my christmas tree....

My Christmas tree fell yesterday, the second we finished decorating it and my friends left the room. *sigh*
Our angel's arm broke off, and now the tree looks kind of squished, but that was the only damage.
I screamed when I saw it falling, though, 'cause I had no idea what else to do.

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u

I know I shouldn't get jealous of other girls.
It's not because I think you like them or want anything more to do with them than you want with me. It's just I hate that any girl is closer to you right now than I am. You are 3000 miles away from me.

i wish i could drive =(

i wish i could drive =(

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Dec 20, 2006

morning class...

ughhhhhhhhh
I hate going to class in the morning........
Although it is way better than going in the evenings!

This morning i was so stressed out/panicky-

It was awful. I really can't handle this stress

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Dec 16, 2006

India Food....yummy


Ganges ( the 2006 reader restaurant awards – That’s Beijing - ) in haidian district is a warm and friendly haven for those looking for something a little exotic to awaken the senses. :)

Lively Indian movie and music tunes waft playfully in the background. Clean and bright décor comes to life with a red and yellow in the rear and colorful fabrics and laterns hanging from the rafters.

Ranging from 8 – 99 rmb , an extensive menu covers all the favorites, such as the popular chicken or vegetables samosas , rice , biryanis and breads come in mouth is highly recommended.

A decent drinks list includes bottled Indian kingfisher beer and the classic Indian yoghurt lassi ( mango , rose , etc) in pleasingly different flavors.

today dinner we ordered.. - farewell dinner with eveline from philipine . arggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh i hate farewell

Tandoori chicken - An all time favourite !!! - Tender chicken traditional marinated in yogurt and spices and cooked in tandoor…

Paneer pakora - Mildly spiced fresh cottage cheese fritters

Lamb masala - Tender pieces of lamb cooked in mild spices with half pieces of boiled egg

Tandoori roti - Whole wheat breat baked in oven , excellent with all our curries

Saffron rice - The famous Indian basmati rice delicate spice called saffron adds a very subtle flavor

Mango lassi - mango juice with yoghurt

Kheer - Rice cooked in milk till it forms a creamy sauce , flavored with a touch of saffron , topped with dried fruits and nuts

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