The First Day

The atmosphere was filled with excitment and the lust for adventure. We bidded our parents farewell as we walked towards the departure hall. We then headed for the aeroplane which would bring us to Beijing.

Six hours later, we arrived at the China airport. Nothing eventful happened, but we noted that the airport was huge as we had to take a shuttle bus from the aeroplane exit to the immigration checkpoint.

We were greeted with great scenary. The excitement in the air was palpable.

Here our jolly tour guide, Slash comes in and introduce himself.

Our first meal, dinner, was at the 'Beijing Duck' restaurant. Conspicuously absent was the much anticipated dish of Beijing Duck, we could only savour it on the last day of the trip.

After dinner, we made our way to China's shopping centre and everyone given half an hour to explore. My group explored a five-storeys bookstore that sell stuff ranging from the chinese books, olympics sovienirs, chinese computers andd musical instruments.

Finally, we made our way to the hotel. We were relieved to finally get some rest but we were forced to write our diaries in our mother tongue. Of course there were way too many distractions for us to be academically productive. AXN! ESPN! "Skull Rider" on HBO! We were itching for a good game of cards. Sadly, we could only play after the teacher completed surveillance.

The day was far from perfect. The itinerary had to be altered due to the flight being delayed. We were exhausted. But despite everything, we felt that it was a good day and the trip would be a definite success!