2.5-3 days is too much for a small place so it’s quite a breather for us – too much walking in Barcelona, and much to come in London.

Caught fireworks – July 14 bluewhitered national day, cool cathedral with translucent door, ginormous market, and much cooking of pasta.

WordPress doesn’t seem to like our photos too much, so till then.. you have words here.. and some photos on fb.

i love how:

the elongated windows frame the passing landscape always almost perfectly.
i can stare out and think, forever.

peace.

TWO sets of underwear is all you need. Okay, make it three in case one tears. =D

Madrid updates coming soon, Caixa Forum, Puerta America Hotel, Mirador, Reina Sofia.. etc are some of the architecture we visited. We had more fun with some than the others (like sneaking into Puerta America Hotel today, avoiding the sercuity guard, waiting in the elevator for people to press for the lift so that we can access that particular level, walking on glass 13storeys high OR shun away by residents of Mirador). Oh ya, I just remembered something. Madrid is a VERY DANGEROUS place, cause even Macs and KFC got sercuity guards. So someone please enlighten me. Picnic tomorrow! Peace.

Us la. DUH.

just before takeoff. sg-beijing.

ABC train to dong si!

Wedding at the cathedral…

super garlic-ty oysters! a night market near forbidden city. we had fried dumplings too.. SOAKED IN MEDICATED OIL. it really smells and tastes like medicated oil la! grosssssss. (zj is gross)

Shopping for shoes as usual. even at a grocery store. We spent like all we wanted cause we know that we will be poor chaps once we reach europe. I had THREE ice-cream la! =DDD

Look what we chanced upon!

Super cosy hostel! If only we had one night in beijing.. (Dawn hums along…)
We ate an apple here.

the pretty garden after the reception, before the room

Zhong Shan Gong Yuan.

Entrance!

and zj conquers zhong shan gong yuan thinking his chinese damn powerful
ohhh and this is the place of our first use of our SITC card!!

what’s tian an men without a tourist shot? =D

people many people

Nice atmospheric boulevards.

Heading back to the airport to catch our private plane!

Wah lau. This was the only chinese food we could find in the airport. And it was Jap infused.

Woohoo! Nice floats from Macs. 50% off on 2nd purchase! peach and blueberry flavored.

WARNING: There is like SUPER alot of mosquitoes in the airport. (Understatement)

Goshhhh.. Our flight was delayed for like 2hrs.. we played chopsticks, thumb wrestling, dawn-jump-over-me game, reversi, tic-tack-toe, roller carting, connect four.. BUTTT.. we got free Ritz biscuits and mineral water! Woohooo! we are cheap, so easily bought over. =D (the biscuits later became important snacks in Marid!)

]]> http://auhigh.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/rich-kids-adventure/feed/ 7 auhigh fisheye ABC wedding at the cathedral oysters with lots of garlic DSC_0014 hosteling international jade hostel the garden zhong shan gong yuan zsgy entrance zj conquers zsgy Tian An Men in the crowd Boulevards back to the airport! mymill noodles vanilla float! http://auhigh.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/2-16am/ http://auhigh.wordpress.com/2009/06/26/2-16am/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:11:53 +0000 auhigh http://auhigh.wordpress.com/?p=46 ]]> It is a routine, a social act, a parting shot. The well-wishes, parting wave and the last goodbye are part of the motion.

or so I thought.

I am wrong. What a pleasant mistake. It means so much more. It is a genuine concern and blessing to one’s journey. My extended family members just met over the last weekend and had a durian feast (as they know that I will be leaving soon). However, greedy as usual, I asked for one particular aunt to invite me if there is more durian feast to come during the weekdays. As I was busy during the week, the call didnt come, but the durians did! She passed it to my dad. I was like a kid in the candy shop, stuffing all the chilled durians into my mouth =D.  Yet, what touched me was a call from her for supper tonight. It wasn’t about the food that I will be missing, nor the routine weekly meetups. It was concern. The supper was simple, impromtu, or even short. But it was huge to me. Thanks.

-Emotional detachment from the soil that I’m brought up on.

Everything seems more foreign. Or have I turned sensitive? The playground that I am used to morphed into a tourist attraction!

-People around are weighed on the Significance Scale.

It happens in the mind, with no direct relation to those I-am-going-to-fly-soon-meet-ups. Everyone that my pea brain can remember weighs in. Some heavier than others. In one way or another, I’ve tried to show my appreciation for being part of my life. Even if its just in the mind, you have not been forgotten.

-Inability to plan the future beyond 3days.

Its like waking up every morning, “maximizing” the day by doing everything. Knowing this kind of days are not going to last. Its like knowing your death date. Doing everything without the ability to plan beyond. This is kind of exhausting.

Eh. Please. Its not half as bad as it sounds. Its is definitely interesting to go through this phase. Living out of comfort zone makes the rabbit growl. =D

there you go.
to be completed in 66 days.

THE LETTERS HAVE SPED THEIR WAYS TO OUR MAILBOXES!

Magical, all the same (:

2 days later, we booked accomodation for our first week at Budapest, and another 2 days after, tickets to the land of bullfights and flamenco dancers.

Hello europe!

complicated!

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