Saturday
Today
was the first time that we are going to the city at Chengdu. To be honest, I was
really excited about this trip since I had one thing on my mind; SHOPPING!! But
then, on during the journey to the city, I was a little cranky as I only had
about 2-3 hours of sleep. One reason why was because I stayed up all night with
some of the girls, playing games and chatting with one another. For us to reach
the city, we had to assemble at the West Gate of the campus and took a shuttle
bus to the old University campus which is about an hour trip. I managed to get
a short nap while on the way there. When already reached the old campus, we had
to walk about half an hour to the bus station to board a bus to the city. While
walking, we passed through this ‘wet market’ which reminds me like the ‘wet
market’ back in Singapore.
Once
we boarded the bus to the city, it reminds me like the peak period when taking
the bus in Singapore. All of us were squeezed packed like sardines in the bus.
But one thing different about China and Singapore is that the people here can
literally push! Not only that, honking is like a norm here in China as compared
to Singapore. As we reach the city, it seems like downtown Malaysia to me. The
streets are laid with a couple of street beggars and a few unauthorized handphone
sellers trying to sell handphones at cheap prices. Each one of them would approach
you and ask you to buy a product from them no matter how many times you tried
to decline.
A
group of us got separated from our teachers and depend on ourselves to wonder
around the town. We the girls went around with the guys as safety precautions
while shopping. I realize that the shopping district here is so much similar to
‘Bugis Street’ in Singapore. There are also some familiar shops with popular
brands being established. But comparing the cost here with those in Singapore,
it is actually pretty much the same. While crossing the roads here in China, I realize
that the drivers don’t really care if you were crossing at the zebra crossings.
We would usually be honked by them as they drive passed through and we need to
somehow find our way across the streets.
Since
we were behind time for the last shuttle bus back to the new campus, we decided
to take the taxi back to campus. As we were in a large group, we divided
ourselves into 4 taxis with the guys and girls being mixed. As my taxi was
using a GPS we went through the village route and reach the campus in
approximately 30 minutes. After that, we went into one of the girls’ room to
play games until 5am the next morning but I ended up being the first one to
fall asleep while they played games as I ate panadol due to the slight headache
I was hiving.POSTED BY ♥th-SHARINAH{: ON Saturday, September 8, 2012 @ 4:23 AM
