Currently Reading:

Sputnik Sweetheart, by Haruki Murakami.

Not too bad a story, almost finishing, just need a bit more time in Starbucks.

Last week was fiery with many things to do, WY's & KN's birthdays were

celebrated in our apartment. Well, too bad for having the biggest house in GIP.

But anyway, it was fun! John's wonderful idea of ordering M'sian food, and we

bought a lot of BBQ food from downstairs. It has been a long time since

I had Asam fish, pineapple rice, curry chicken (with baguette!) and even

sambal kangkong.

Went to explore a bit of Shanghai a couple of weeks ago.

Jun Long took me to Thames Town, a very British-like residential-

cum-park place. In fact, the whole place is a miniature UK.

There's a (active) Catholic church and that's the main spotlight for

wedding photo shoots. Haha, next time, I'll post a photo showing the whole lot of

wedding couples 'queuing' for a shot with the cathedral as backdrop.

It was hilarious, because there were a lot of funny wedding gowns, and a lot

of out-of-this-world (in terms of fashion sense) tuxedoes.

I'm pretty much drained because I've planned so much for my year-end trip,

and because of various reasons, I've dropped the idea.

Well, not that I'm unhappy, but I should have expected that.

So! (KYP if you're reading this...)

Was thinking, I'll just spend Christmas with Amelia and then the rest of the

time packing up stuff before my flight back. I don't think I'll head out to

Harbin (a trip too long) or Moganshan (I'm not too interested in this after

what WY said, LOL). Korea? Nah, they've already booked their tickets.

Maybe I should go and climb Huang Shang's Lotus Peak since I missed it.

Nah, I'll prolly slip and roll down the steep slope. North Korea!

Impossible, even if the guys are planning to head there from Shen Yang,

because there will be so many objections back at home.

Xi'an! Shaan'xi! Xinjiang (dangerous)! Tibet! Far north, and winter there

will be not much fun other than wrapping up like a dumpling.

Xiamen! Good food there, and according to the GIP-peeps who went

there during Golden Week, they can speak Fujian without problems

with locals understanding them. Haha, China is sure big.

Any suggestions anyone?

Actually, Shanghai is big enough and I've never explored much since

I'm here... apart from the touristy areas and more uniquely known ones.

I've got to go off to prepare for work now. NEED TO IRON MY SHIRT.

BYE! OH CRAP. I'M SUDDENLY REMINDED ABOUT THE ESSAY AND

REPORT THAT I'VE GOT TO SUBMIT IN THE COMING WEEKS! BAH.