i'm moving

I'm blogging somewhere else now. The new address is www.geocities.com/tu_fa_qi_xiang/

格外热闹的元宵

The weather's been so cold I have resorted to wearing 4 layers of clothes most of the time now. Long johns, shirt, sweater, and then sweater again. Cycling at night must be the worst, esp when there's strong winds, which somehow is quite the norm. And then the locals will tell me '现在的天气比较好，不需要穿那么多'. Right.

Been visiting a few places during the weekdays after school, like 雍和宫.















圆明园. This place is like right beside the university, but apparently it's not that popular among the tsinghua people. Like how I have nv gone to Haw Par Villa despite 2 years at nus. haha.













The Swedish giant have invaded Beijing, and opened the second largest Ikea in the world right here after their one in Sweden. People talk alot about Ikea in class, and the lecturer uses an Ikea cup.










Anw a few days after arrival was 元宵. I was having dinner at 五道口 when I was hearing all these booming sounds in the background. On the taxi back to school, I finally realised they were fireworks released by the locals. Apparently, it was only legal to release fireworks within the 15 days of CNY, and everyone in Beijing seems eager to end the CNY with a bang. The 师傅 happily obliged to bring us to buy some fireworks from some street-side fireworks stalls, which I had only realised had popped up everywhere. And so I released my first, and probably the last, firework in hostel carpark. It was very loud, but not that spectacular. Some Malaysians in the block bought this humongous firework, which when released, exploded into beautiful flowers, one after another. The video below shows just that. The camera's shaking not because the explosions were that powerful, but that my hands were shivering from the biting cold.

一切安好

经过另一番机票风波后，我终于很意外地乘搭了新航的班机飞往北京。旅途还算舒服，还有机会看了本想在出国前看的Dreamgirls。也算是为机票风波所带来的恐慌和惊愕作了小补偿。




一踏进校门，便是一连两天的奔波，满脑子想的只是怎么在礼拜六之前搞好一切上课和生活的手续和琐碎事。因为美术学院离宿舍是大概15分钟的路程，而自己又还没搞懂自行车的情况，所以前前后后走了好几个小时的路。

庆幸的是前两天天气还算ok。只是今天下起了毛雨，所以到处都是灰灰湿湿的。

因为得到热心友人们的帮助，所以很快就把电话卡，网络户头，手机号码等给搞定了。因为琐碎事所以还没有真正地享受一下北京面貌。相信将来一定能。在那之前，这里一切安好，所以家人无需担心:)