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It’s still Day One and we were at Beijing’s Beijing National StadiumBird Nest and Beijing National Aquatics Center – Water Cube.

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The structure of Bird Nest is rather amazing! The “porous” characteristics allowed wind to pass through at its side yet protecting the audience from the rain with its roof.

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Picture Time!

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You can tell we’ve got a SMU dude in our midst! HAH. Our first jump shot!

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We saw many miniature Bird Nest along the way!

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Pretty yellow flowers!

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We bought some paper kites and JW flew them for 3 minutes before the guard stopped us!

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I can imagine how dazzling the Water Cube will get at night, shining like a jewel box!

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Their breakfast is good! I’m sorry I can’t provide you with the restaurant’s address cause half the time I have no idea where I were during the trip! I need to rant about “Why I hate going on tour groups!” soon!

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Pretty Chinese Lanterns.

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Awesome Pork Porridge with Century Eggs.

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I prefer our You Tiao though!

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Did I mention we were having breakfast?!

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We found the most hilarious sign here! “Wish you a higher promotion, be careful of the door of the lift close at any time.” HAHA

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Outside the restaurant people went crazy about flowers!

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Gorgeous.

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I can imagine how lovely these buds will be after they bloom.

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Stephanie, my traveling buddy, loves flowers as well!

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HAH. Herd mentality. Very Singaporean.

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The four representatives from the crazy and fun-loving Eighth Batch (We need a more decent name!) all ready to conquer Beijing!

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It’s April but the trees are still bare! Spring oh spring, where art thou?

… Up next, the best meal we had was the first meal we had.

I am back! I’ve a whole lot of travel pictures to share but I will first need to get them from Stephanie! Meanwhile I will share with you some of my favourite wedding blogs in my new “I love Wedding Blogs” series (The name is creative huh. HAH) ! One at a time! Wedding-marriage-phobic friends, please skip all the post when you see the word WEDDING. HAH.

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See ya! Be back in a jiffy!

Beijing: 14 to 18 April 2010

It’s official. My company is flying me to Beijing on 14 April till 18 April 2010! It’s pure R&R!

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My company did well this year so they are bringing us to Beijing in April/May! I love incentive trips! I love holidays!

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(1) F21 in Tokyo was having winter wear sales and I bought this jacket for SGD17! Can you believe it?

(2) Random Lingerie Set. Too cute to resist. After I bought this, I realized my huge ass can’t fit into the bottom. GRR.

(3) Bathroom iPod Speaker! This is the coolest thing I bought (from The Loft)! I love taking shower! Now my showering experience is enhanced with music! This shower-proof (Not water proof! If you soak this speaker in water, it will stop singing, but treating it to light showers is fine!) speaker keeps your iPod/iPhone safe in the container while it’s plugged into this battery-free speaker! Even though it’s running on the iPod’s battery, it’s loud enough for me to sing and dance in the shower. HAH.

(4) Majolica Mascara. This brand is available in Singapore but it’s slightly cheaper in Tokyo! HEE.

(5) Unidentified Pink Gifts for the SSSS girls. HAHAHA. You girls will love me for this!

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I realized the F21 plastic carrier in Japan has this. John 3:16. I didn’t notice if the ones in Singapore has this. But I was awed when I saw it.

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

John 3:16 (KJV)

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(1) Burberry Blue Label. My first. It’s black. It’s understated. It’s structured. I love it.

(2) A bunch of snacks for my friends and family.

(3) A random knick knack of a Japanese couple.

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(1) Froggie. My friend. His relative. HAHA.

(2) Silhouette of us from Tokyo Disneyland. I love this! Thank you Baby for buying this for our future home.

(3) Shirt from Uniqlo. I know I know. Why on earth did I buy Uniqlo when it can be found in Singapore?! I ran out of time to hunt for a gift for my baby brother so I got him a decent shirt instead. HAH.

(4) Minnie Keychain from Tokyo Disneyland. A little gift for my kind friend Steph who lent me her jacket.

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(1) Polar Bear from Franc Franc. Welcome to our family!

(2) Mickey and Minnie Pillow for my friend whose wedding I missed. Will post some pictures from their wedding the next time!

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(1) More snacks for my family!

(2) Green Tea Kit Kat for my sister. I didn’t managed to buy my sister’s Cleansing oil from Fancl because they don’t sell it at the airport and when I saw it in Ginza it’s all Japanese I wasn’t sure. BOO. Sister, I realized your chocolate expires in October 2010. You think you can finish 10 packets of Green Tea Kit Kat in 3 months? HAH. Japanese products have very short shelf life because they use very little preservatives!

(3) Random Phone Dangle for my granny. It’s a bell-like doll dangle which is great for my granny who may forget where she places her phone. With the “long long” sound, she’ll know the phone is with her or around her. HEH.

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I know. The shopping log is extremely pathetic. I was in Tokyo and not Zimbabwe where shopping opportunities are scarce. BOO.

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Gotemba Premium Outlet offers international brands at discounted price and you will be glad to know that it is actually owned by U.S Chelsea Premium Outlet! But having said that, nothing beats Chelsea’s Woodsburry Premium Outlet! SIGH. I miss New York.

There are a couple of stores worth visiting – GAP, Banana Republic, Disney Store (for some cheap Tokyo Disneyland souvenirs!), Nike and Gucci just to name a few. If you are visiting Gotemba Premium Outlet, you have to visit my favourite store in the entire outlet – Franc Franc! Haha.

Franc Franc sells quirky and pretty household and decorative items! HAH. The store is so colorful and pretty if I can cart home all their stuffs I would! In the end only we only brought home a polar bear from the outlet. DUH right? HAH.

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Look how colorful the store is!

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I wanted one of these for my dressing room but he thinks it’s not practical. HMPH. The downside of dating an engineer. HAH. I love you baby!

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Look at these pretty wall clocks! It doesn’t fit our intended Scandinavian-New Yorker loft theme, otherwise I’ll surely hug one of these home!

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Random Knick Knacks! Have you spotted our polar bear?! HAH.

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This polar bear looks, feels and smells Scandinavian! I just had to get one! I had to convince him to lug this heavy brick back! He wanted the blue one but with my huge and blinking eyes, I told him I prefer the white one. HAH. The white one it is! Welcome to our family Polar Bear!

While braving the rain, we found a quaint little COFFEE.CURRY place just next to Gotemba Station! The decor of this little store is so adoring that I forgot how mediocre their curry rice was. Pretty!

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Super cute! This antique phone!

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It’s COFFEE.CURRY after all.

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P.S. Will post about my shopping loots and Gotemba Premium Outlet the next time! See ya!

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