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too lazy to blog recently even though slacking at home rotting... ytd went to picnic wif dorin yt rs and sarah. went east coast park there to picnic, fly kite and play a weird frisbee that i bought lol... pictures at facebook..


today was summer cleaning for me. (too late for spring cleaning liao haha) cleared out all the pants and shorts wif waist 30" haiz... byebye 30" waist... hello 32-33" waist... haiz....


cleared out at least 80 tshirts and 20 pants & jeans. dam long nv clear liao sia. the hawaiian print shirt i still have loh, in S size lol. got all the flower prints and stuff haha... classic... got one period of time dam hip.


after clothes, i threw away all the poly notes and even some jc stuff tat i still kept lol... found some notes with doodles and took pictures of them haha.. got sentimental value, maybe someday will become valuable art :D

I know it might not seem like it has been cleaned, but trust me, for those who visited my room before. this is way cleaner.

Before clearing the stack of tees were almost blocking the tv and the scv was totally blocked.

doodle #1 dun ask me wats tat. i tink i drew a star cos it was impt. then it looks like a starfish. but the starfish looks like a ballerina. so.. tadaa.. lol

Doodle #2 behind some statistic notes

doodle #3 which is still inside statistic notes lol. shows how boring it is...

Doodle #4 wow... my drawing really sucks lol.. garfield not i draw de. i tink it was dorin or something.. forgot liao...

those were the days... army in 3 days time.. sigh..

-pjj-

journey to the west (kinda?)

finally back to civilisation two days ago. came back from tibet...

went on 10th of may. took an afternoon flight and arrived in Chengdu during the first day. Chengdu is in the Sichuan province and is quite a normal cityish city. after shopping in their main street, went back hotel and rest for the night.

the restaurant tat we ate in Chengdu

Their main shopping street

Hotel that we stayed in. notice the shower is exposed one loh. only the middle part of the glass is frosted. so i showered in the bathtub lol.

After the night in Chengdu, we took the morning flight to Lhasa, Tibet. Lhasa is one of the 6 cities of Tibet and the most populated i tink... the altitude there is 3650metres above sea level. Singapore's bukit timah hill only 165m above sea level nia... so this means Lhasa has low oxygen level (ard 40-60% of sea level's oxygen content).

Low oxygen= headache, nausea, nosebleed, insomnia... when i went there, it was horrible... at first nth much. but when we reach Potala Palace, the place where generations of Dalai Lama lived (not anymore, the 14th Dalai Lama ran to India liao). We were the last group to visit the palace, so the ppl there hurried us using a rude tone.. anyways, climb one flight of stairs alr wan my life liao... the lack of oxygen became real obvious there... heavy breathing... headache... fingernails turned 100% purple... wth... and all to see statues of dalai lamas, budhha etc... most of my dad's fren complaining why the stupid schedule make us climb before we even adapt to the sea level..

Dinner that night was horrible for me... as i ate some oily mushrooms in the afternoon, after we return from potala palace, i went back to the hotel with major headache and puked out lunch. and right before dinner, i puked out somemore... dinner i had one small slice of char siew and two bowls of porridge... felt like wan to die like tat... no appetite.. might as well kill me....

Lhasa Airport

Exit=Export?

Potala Palace. Imagine u hv to climb this after waking up 5+am in the morning and take plane. Climb to the top somemore with lack of oxygen...

hotel in Lhasa, supposedly 5*...

typical building in Lhasa. reminder: Lhasa is already the most advanced city in Tibet liao. and it looks like this.... Buildings in Lhasa cannot be taller than the Potala Palace as a sign of respect or something...

dam lazy to blog any further... i tink juz upload pics and describe them bah...

This temple is the aim for devotees to visit in Tibet. There is a Si Jia Mo Ni statue that was carved out hen he was 12 yrs old and was supposed to look like him. some tibetian from faraway village will send one representative to walk 3 steps then kneel followed by lie flat on the floor to the temple. they walk and pray at the same time. totally by foot. some of them take one year or more to reach the temple.

Mao Niu (hairy cow) they only live above 3500m altitude. tastes juz like normal cows

hairy lamb. lol loads of them

tibet dog

this is alr around a 4 star rating toilet liao. still got others open air.... some enclosed and full of shit everywhere... yucks....

lambs blocking the road. old woman trying to get them to one lane only hahah

mountains... lake... sianz...

more of mountains and river

snow in Ri Ke Tze

can anyone guess wats this? satellite for cable tv? nope! its a gadget they use to heat up their water. they point the thing towards sunlight and it all reflects to the kettle. quite smart right? no need electricity de. but dunno can boil water anot lol

temple... dunno which one liao...

mom n dad

windows and door frames are all outlined wth black paint to keep evil spirits from entering

gold plated roof. they use alooooot of gold to plate roof, coffins of dalai lamas etc. too rich

restaurant in the hotel. no heater. need to wear full gear and eat lol...

mini watermelon. its the size of a gypsy's predicting future crystal ball

3* hotel's toilet. its the best in the area alr.... reminds me of the hostel in rome.....

hard beds

hotel lobby

temple

temple entrance

pagoda of 100,000 budhha statue. as the name implies.. didnt climb up cos dam tiring. lol

snow

me n snow and mountains

toilet at 5000+ metres altitude. if u look down when peeing, will giddy lol. walk fast will headache... too high liao. heng pass by only

water and mountains... zzzz

ppl painting Tang Ka using minerals like gold etc.. they say colour wun fade away. they actually use their saliva to wet the brush.. disgusting...

huge painting takes more than 1 yr

Himalayas O2. Theater with oxgen supply. lol. acrobats n stuff

hanging bridge made out of wires and sticks and cow hair

thats the furthest i went. later cross liao still need go back dam sian. lol. scary

hot spring.

china's kfc

asked for chilli sauce and they gave chilli powder? haiz...

tats how they pray.

tibetian dog. quite adorable. i always tot tat tibetian dog will hv patches of hair missing or something lol

a poster in salon's toilet. went to wash hair

Good Luck? writing tat on car plate abit.... jinx?

pocky-fest :D

train cabin and big sis. 4 beds for 2 ppl cos we dun wan mix wif strangers lol

scenery in train

scenery in train....

Xi Ning. not tibet anymore. back to mainland china

automated mahjong table in xiang fang (restuarant room)

scenery on the way to Qing Hai Hu (Qing Hai Lake)

the white dots on the left side of mountain is actually sheeps... meh....

statue of Wen Cheng Gong Zhu. Wen Cheng princess who helped tibet to get to wat it is like today.

me n mom at qing hai hu before she had seasick

qing hai hu.. boat trip..

went to the Er Lang Shen island just to see this statue... zzz

big sis

me

qing hai hu

its hailing! got mini melts-sized snowball falling

dam big yang tui. lamb leg.

the people in tibet flattens their cow dung and stick onto their own wall to dry it. in winter, they use it as fossil fuel to cook their stuff... er.... ok.... no wonder tibet food tastes weird... and nauseating...

left bowl: Su You Cha. (combination of grinded barley, cow milk fat, tea and salt.. dam disgusting....) right bowl: hairy cow yogurt. (yummylicious? i didnt even try it)

well. this concludes my longest post ever. overall rating for tibet: 4/10 (cos i not budhhist)

most of my dad's fren say pay money go tibet suffer. lol.. rather true....

as for tibetian food: 2/10 (out of 10 dishes, only 2 is edible to me.... sigh...)

-pjj-