Sunday 6/28

Today is the last day of freedom before classes start. Woke up at 5:30ish today but went back to sleep. After a while I got up and started watching TV dramas…Having a TV in the room that broadcast dramas is a bad idea, but it’s a great way of learning Chinese lol. I also went shopping for a bag because I forgot to bring one to China, but I got a great brown one that has a zipper so it’s a safer bag than the velcro bags. We have our orientation tonight w/ everyone and my roommate is still not here. I have yet to explore the campus but I’ll get to that eventually. Back to Chinese dramas until orientation and dinner time.

Add on:

~ I just came back from the meeting, and boy do I have to study… Basically the run down is a test everyday and a written exam along w/ oral presentation every Friday but we have the afternoon off after that. Saturdays we have cultural events such as Forbidden City or the Great Wall of China. Sundays are for resting and studying. Now off to write Chinese characters until I sleep so I have a head start on my studies.

Sim Out.

Jet Lag Day #1

(Hi, everyone, this is Shirley. Sim will be sending her blogs to me to post them onto this website, as it is blocked in China. Enjoy her blogs, everyone! :D )

Friday 26th
I’m now settled in my room at BLCU. It’s not much but it’ll do; shower, tables, closets plus a working A/C, Fridge and even a TV. I landed in Beijing around 9:30ish but due to the Avian Flu type A the plane was going through a check-up where they took our temperature through a scanner. There were a few people who didn’t pass and had to be re-checked. Later we were told that there was a girl who was checked three times and still didn’t pass it so she was quarantined. People around her was also ‘stamped’ with their health papers telling them don’t move around too much and that the government might call them to check up on their health after a week or so. Just my bloody luck, the first time being in China and I get stamped. …
I am now unpacked, everything is more or less in place and waiting for WenWen to take me to eat some grub and then head to the supermarket to pick up some stuff my mom forgot to pack like lotion and tooth paste!! ><’ Nancy and I are the first one here from MHC but another girl will be here tonight from Mongolia. People will start piling up starting tomorrow and finally Sunday we will have our orientation then it’s straight to work. I am still feeling a little light-headed so I’ll be taking it easy. I’m hoping to have internet soon.

S.Korea Airport stranded

Hi all,
I'm updating from S.Korea Airport Incheon where it's 5am. My head still feels like I'm on the plane---ewwww.. I have a two hour flight after my 4hr layover in the airport. I was sitting in an aisle sit next to a grandmother and a kid behind me, guess how fun that was!I also saw a sunset/sunrise I couldn't tell seeing how I had no idea what timezone I was in.... ><' There seems to be sun outside right now so yay! It's getting closer to when I can board the plane..My flight leaves at 8:30 and I should be reading Beijing at 9ish wooot! Until China and when I get internet acccess.

Sim Out.

NYC to S.Korea then finally Beijing,China!

So I'm about to head out of my house to go to JFK to sit there for about 3hrs until I have to fly out. I have 14hrs or so until I reach S.Korea at 4am and then I wait 4 hrs to fly out to Beijing, which is another 2hrs... All in all, most of the pictures I'll have is of the airplane, the sunrise/clouds and airport :P bear with me people lol

I'll try to update while in China, a friend told me blogspot was blocked while he was in China so I'll be crossing my fingers :)

Sim out.

24hrs and counting...

Monday 6/24
~ Monday was the last day I would see any of my friends. Shirley gathered the crew (who were in the city and able to come out on a monday) and we met at Ctown's Starbucks. Shirley was the first to arrive and followed by P.G. , Ashley T. , Lis , Sayeeda and finally Sharon S. We started talking and then Sharon and I realized that we were on the same flight together to Korea lol It was great.

Sharon- so when are you heading to China?
Me- I'm flying from JFK on Wed night. How about you? When you going to Korea?
Sharon- no way! I'm going to JFK on Wed night too. It's flying at midnight.
Me-No freaking way! Hahaha, we might be on the same flight!
Sharon- are you terminal 4? Last year was Ashley and now you?
Me- No idea, but I don't think there's a lot of midnight flights out of JFK lol

I ran into Annie H. from middle school since she just transferred to work in that branch. Once we were all there, we headed to Dim Sum! :D We ordered and started chowing down while chatting..After a while Lis had to leave and so there were 6. After we payed Ashley had to leave so there were 5. After that I went to Spring St. Park to relive some old memories and met up w/ D for a bit. After a while we decided to watch Star Trek :) it was awesome!!!! At the end, we had to say our goodbyes as we headed to our seperate trains.

Tuesday 6/25
~ Woke up to do little errands like calling BOA to notify them that I'll be heading to China. Now I'm updating my I-pod playlist and writing down addresses so I know where to send snail mail. Tonight will be my last meal with my family. Although I got word that some IYF people are in China so I hope to meet up w/ them. It's been 3 years since I last saw them so that'll be great :D
But truth be told, I'll miss everyone. <3 Until China

Sim Out.

Packing is a B*

I have 9 more days until I leave for China through a Korean Airline. I'll be waiting at the Korean International Airport for 4 hrs before embarking on another flight to Beijing,China. I've been packing slowly with little things left to stuff into my luggage like anti-bacterial hand sanitizers and hand wipes.. I'm getting anxious but should be okay.

Will update more when the days are closer to departure.