my month long trip was long over (can't say break. cos i'm still having my break. haha.) but i can't stop wondering,

what's in a holiday, when you're on your own?

you either

explore and go for an adventure

or slaaaaaack till you can't slack no more.

but i had the whole beijing to myself for a weekend. can't waste that chance no?

i never was much of an adventurer. (i just like to do random stuff that's all)

but there's no point slacking in the hotel - might as well slack at home.

so i went out. and here's what i got.

that's an aerial view of the forbidden city. cool ain't it. i'd love to say i took a helicopter to take that pic. but i'm not so rich. that's just a model in a museum. they had the whole beijing as a model.

and the other is the prestigious tsinghua university. where only 1 out of 1 million applicants get in. hahah i just like that little boy walking away from it. btw do you wonder why in the world of alll places i could go i visit the univerisity? beats me.

walked passed a park. imagine west coast park. but look what i saw: table tennis tables! as if that's not amusing enough, they used cements bricks as their nets. AND they're being used! unlike certain *ahhem* facilities *ahhem* you see around *ahhem* *ahhem*

on the right is the two most famous olympic structures: the birds nest and the water cube. aka the stadium and the swimming pool. i find it interesting how they're widely known and called by their nicknames. you don't often hear people saying "ever been to the durian lately?" around here do you.

this is the greatest amusement. do you see a cctv camera in that sentry house? yep. i tell you. that's how china won their wars against mongolia and other countries during the han dynasty. CCTV.

so what's in a holiday when you're on your own?

you think abt what you can blog abt.

or you open your eyes and wait for God to talk to you about anything under the sun. through anything that your eyes happen to chance upon. this i learned from mr lau hanyang.