Day 13! We all woke up in the morning and gathered at about 8:20 to head down to Hankou. It is a pretty big park with many people, and most of them usually go there to fly kites as it is pretty windy over there. Also, along the way, we saw a lot of interesting shop names :) Below are the pictures. Enjoy!
Some random shop we came across
Some random shop we came across
Entrance of Hankou Park. Looks more like a stadium!
Chongsian, Me, Roy, Mingyu(bottom to top) at the entrance
After we entered, we had some free time to walk around and explore the park. I came across some random chunk of chinese words on the floor! My chinese sucks though. So i don't know what is it saying :P HAHA. Me, yokemay, edy (left to right) in the picture
Group photo! Edy, me, Daniel, Yoke May(left to right)
As we walked on, we saw many people flying kites all over the park. However, 1 special kite caught everybody's attention. His kite was so long and so high up in the air that it amazed and caught the attention of everyone. The man below is an old man who was flying the kite. Real pro!
His super duper long string of flying lantern looking kites
After the visit to the park, we gathered back at the entrance and we were brought to the nearby shopping street. We walked for about 15minutes before we reached. It was really cool as there were so many interesting and funny shops around. Also, it was very big. There were practically shopping centres all over the place, side by side. Any direction you look at, you'll find a shopping centre :)
Saw the China flag along the way to the shopping street. So Patriotic!
The streets and building conditions
At last we're at the shopping street! There were many interesting statues around as well! This is one of them, and we took a group picture, along with a small girl who wanted to be in the picture. hahaha
As we walked further down the street, we saw even more shops which were pretty funny. Well at least to me :)
Nike? :D
How are you! hahaha. Xanier thought it was how-ru
Opposite of Impossible is nothing=Anything is Possible! HAHA
In China without a Yan. HAHA. Unionpay card on the go!
Group picture before we split up for shopping!
Along the way, we felt hungry so we bought some food from the side stalls! Pretty delicious!
Eggtarts! yummy. It had a lot of filling, unlike those eggtarts where it is mostly pastry and very little filling on top.
China's Octopus Balls! Pretty nice, except that you can hardly find the octopus inside as it is too small!
After buying food from the side stalls, we decided that it was not enough to make us full! So we went to walk by the restaurants. The competition was so great that staffs from every stall would advertise their stalls by shouting the special dishes that they have to offer if we ate there. Also, a lot of them kept asking us to sit down and eat at their restaurant. After much thinking, we sat down at a Teppanyaki restaurant.
Roy and Me in the restaurant.
Our chef that cooked for us! Pretty skillfull :)
Teppanyaki Fish! Thats what i ate.
Teppanyaki Chicken! Ordered by roy and a few others
After drinking 2 bottles of coke i got bored and stacked it up. The restaurant gave all their customers 1 free drink each. But somehow i ended up getting 2 for free :)
After eating, we started walking around to find stalls to shop at. However, when we came across the arcade, most of them could not resist and ran on to the arcade to play the games. I must admit its pretty addictive as they made a lot of gambling-like machines. Only thing is that you are using arcade chips instead of real money. Pretty good idea for making people spend. However most of us played the stuff toy machine and tried to grab out some stuff toys. But the hook did not have enough power to lift up most of the stuff toys and some machines ate our money without showing any credits. So after awhile, Edy, Chong Sian and me went to walk around to shop instead. I bought a shirt for myself and a present for my friend who's in Singapore. After that, it was almost time for us to return to the bus, so we met up with some others and walked back to the bus.
Me, Roy, Edy, Chong Sian, Mingyu(left to right) infront of some random cool looking statue.
On the way back, Edy saw this Water Chestnut-like tasting fruit and wanted to try it. We told him to get it as it was pretty nice as we have already tried it the day before. So in the end, Edy bought and tried and he liked it quite a lot.
An old lady selling some cool fruit that taste like Water Chestnut
Close up shot of the fruit!
Just as we almost reached the bus, Polim saw this candy and he wanted to try it. So he bought it. Its actually the San-Cha fruit, covered in a layer of sugar coating. It was quite nice.
Thats all the pictures for today!
REFLECTION time!
Group photo! Edy, me, Daniel, Yoke May(left to right)
As we walked on, we saw many people flying kites all over the park. However, 1 special kite caught everybody's attention. His kite was so long and so high up in the air that it amazed and caught the attention of everyone. The man below is an old man who was flying the kite. Real pro!
His super duper long string of flying lantern looking kites
After the visit to the park, we gathered back at the entrance and we were brought to the nearby shopping street. We walked for about 15minutes before we reached. It was really cool as there were so many interesting and funny shops around. Also, it was very big. There were practically shopping centres all over the place, side by side. Any direction you look at, you'll find a shopping centre :)Saw the China flag along the way to the shopping street. So Patriotic!
The streets and building conditions
At last we're at the shopping street! There were many interesting statues around as well! This is one of them, and we took a group picture, along with a small girl who wanted to be in the picture. hahaha
As we walked further down the street, we saw even more shops which were pretty funny. Well at least to me :)Nike? :D
How are you! hahaha. Xanier thought it was how-ru
Opposite of Impossible is nothing=Anything is Possible! HAHA
In China without a Yan. HAHA. Unionpay card on the go!
Group picture before we split up for shopping!
Along the way, we felt hungry so we bought some food from the side stalls! Pretty delicious!Eggtarts! yummy. It had a lot of filling, unlike those eggtarts where it is mostly pastry and very little filling on top.
China's Octopus Balls! Pretty nice, except that you can hardly find the octopus inside as it is too small!
After buying food from the side stalls, we decided that it was not enough to make us full! So we went to walk by the restaurants. The competition was so great that staffs from every stall would advertise their stalls by shouting the special dishes that they have to offer if we ate there. Also, a lot of them kept asking us to sit down and eat at their restaurant. After much thinking, we sat down at a Teppanyaki restaurant.Roy and Me in the restaurant.
Our chef that cooked for us! Pretty skillfull :)
Teppanyaki Fish! Thats what i ate.
Teppanyaki Chicken! Ordered by roy and a few others
After drinking 2 bottles of coke i got bored and stacked it up. The restaurant gave all their customers 1 free drink each. But somehow i ended up getting 2 for free :)
After eating, we started walking around to find stalls to shop at. However, when we came across the arcade, most of them could not resist and ran on to the arcade to play the games. I must admit its pretty addictive as they made a lot of gambling-like machines. Only thing is that you are using arcade chips instead of real money. Pretty good idea for making people spend. However most of us played the stuff toy machine and tried to grab out some stuff toys. But the hook did not have enough power to lift up most of the stuff toys and some machines ate our money without showing any credits. So after awhile, Edy, Chong Sian and me went to walk around to shop instead. I bought a shirt for myself and a present for my friend who's in Singapore. After that, it was almost time for us to return to the bus, so we met up with some others and walked back to the bus.Me, Roy, Edy, Chong Sian, Mingyu(left to right) infront of some random cool looking statue.
On the way back, Edy saw this Water Chestnut-like tasting fruit and wanted to try it. We told him to get it as it was pretty nice as we have already tried it the day before. So in the end, Edy bought and tried and he liked it quite a lot.
An old lady selling some cool fruit that taste like Water Chestnut
Close up shot of the fruit!
Just as we almost reached the bus, Polim saw this candy and he wanted to try it. So he bought it. Its actually the San-Cha fruit, covered in a layer of sugar coating. It was quite nice.
Thats all the pictures for today!REFLECTION time!
For today, after seeing how the old man flew his long kite, it has really taught me the meaning of "You Reap What you Sow". He has put in a lot of effort in making the kite 1 by 1, and tying it securely on an extremely long piece of string. By doing so, he was able to enjoy by flying his entire kite up in the air. This really gave him a sense of satisfaction as he looked quite happy after letting all the kites up into the air. Without the hard work that was put into making the kite, he would not have such a long kite to fly. Also, by doing so, he was able to catch a lot of people's attention and quite a few people bought kites from his stall instead of other stalls just beside his. Thus his hard work gave him more business and a great sense of satisfaction. So thus i must work hard from now on! :) So thats all for today!
