Day 1
Much to our disappointment, we weren't taking Singapore Airlines! We took Air China, the seats were pretty cramped, there weren't much leg space and there was no personal television! But oh well, we settled for it (there wasn't much of a choice, was there?)
the Xiamen gang (:
I nearly died of hunger during the 4 hour flight, but, thankfully, the breakfast on the plane was delish. (: I loved how the cheese when melted with the scrambled egg made the the meal a lot tastier [:
my first breakfast on the airplane!!
(doesn't look appetizing, but it really was)
the hungry girl ready to devour her meal [:
With the super mini television that was shared by 9 passengers, I managed to squint my eyes to watch Hua Mulan while the rest of my friends were dozing off on the plane (: Surprisingly, it was a nice show as it was one of those shows that I refused to watch while it was previewing in Singapore. The show speaks of sacrifice and selfless love. Hua Mulan's lover had to forgo his love with Hua Mulan so that he could get married with the other rival country's princess.
Anyways, moving on! We finally reached Xiamen Airport! Boy oh boy, the whole tour group was pleasantly surprised by the cooling temperature. Initially, we were expecting bone-chilling temperature, but it was just right.
Xiamen Gang on the coach!
My Xiamen Partner, Limin!
We got pretty excited, taking photos of everything (seriously, everything) we saw on the coach. But it's pretty normal, I guess, a foreigner in a country she has never been to.
check out the Xiamen advertisement (:
We went for lunch at the seafood restaurant. Ha, every single meal we had, we were always presented with a huge huge huge (huge!) bowl of rice. There was not a single meal that the tour group could finish. I mean, even the guys could not finish the food given to them.
Our first meal at Xiamen Seafood Restaurant
the vast amount of food
the girls eating their meals
the satisfied gang after eating their first meal in Xiamen
In the toilet at the restaurant, you could hear all the girls squealing, "where is the colourful button? where where?" In fact, there was no colourful button, unless all the girls were colour-blind.
the sign on the toilet bowl (just for laughs)
We finally reached our destination! We were about to go to the Hakka Round Houses. By the time we reached the place, it was about 7pm. Usually, the tour buses don't fetch people up there to the place that late. (it was a half an hour ride to the mountains) It was a bumpy ride and the bus driver would honk every single time he made a turn. This was to warn the vehicles in front that there was another vehicle turning. Since the turns were very abrupt, it was impossible to tell if there was a vehicle turning, hence the honk would be alert others up ahead.
The gang waiting for the tour bus to bring us to the Hakka Round Houses
Check out the ancient toilets :D
It was amazing to know how these beautiful structured buildings were purely made out of mud. These houses have lasted for hundreds and hundreds of years. Imagine that these round houses managed to outlast the tall skyscrapers during an earthquake!
the photo is pretty creepy
the bird eye view of Hakka Round Houses
Crossing over to visit the Hakka Round Houses
check out Kang Yi's face! Ha!
the little knick knacks
Hakka Round Houses at 7pm
After we returned back to the hotel, it was about 10pm, I decided to make a daring move, which is to DYE MY HAIR!! Ha, it was amusing because my friends were like, "dye your hair in Xiamen?"
Yupps yupps, initially I was disappointed as the colour did not show up during the first day. But now, the colour (which is Strawberry Pink) is pretty obvious! I really love how easy the Liese 3 step hair colour process was so easy! Although, I did make a boo-boo by not wearing gloves while I put the hair dye solution on my hands. Ugh, it stung so bad! But, other than that, everything went well!
Have to go off now! God bless!
Cheezelmomeezel,
Cereal
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