The few moments before leaving home, I was frantically stuffing chargers into my huge luggage and feeling like I don’t want to leave home no more. Childish I know… My parents have been so tremendously paranoid and naggy and caring as I prepare for this trip, they asked me to start packing a few weeks ago. -_-“ I did appreciate how Dad helped throughout. :D

The people who came and wave byebye to us helped a lot.
Thank you dear Nuo and Mandark and the Polaroid, which is now stuck onto our wall. Thanks Philo, Yiyou, Gwen, KaiXiang and HuaXiang for hanging around after caregroup before coming now with wonderful brownie nibblers, kisses (the chocs, I won’t let any of them kiss me, haha) and this wonderful book.



I was reading and smiling all the way as the plane was slanting and going upwards.
The 19 chinese verses you guys put in the book are really a bit challenging, but I will meditate on one daily!

I suspect I have mild OCD because I love how airplane food is served in rectangular and square plates, soooo neat and pretty ^^”



God knows His girl very well and I got window seats for both the plane rides!
When I woke up at a weird timing and gaze out, I saw the cresent and such a bright star (I insist it is one though it might be a satellite)
Oh bright morning starrrr~



and also my fav rainbow skies.




This made me feel as thought a pair of huge hands took time to mould and carve every piece carefully, look at the amazing texture.

And you know how we always draw clouds floating random in regular intervals when we were young? Apparently they really do..
*watches clouds roll by HAHA.










we stopped by Beijing airport for breakfast and for the transfer flight to Changchun.



The standard photos we have no choice but to take.

Had sandwich, which was good because China Airline served some pau thing that I didn’t like, HAHA.





Happen to sit next to YT and a German man.
We wrote him a little note since he looked so glum and his face brightened up and all.
Writing notes to random strangers is becoming a weird happy thing I like to do once in a while.

After the painful eardrum-bursting landings, we were told that it’s negative three degrees. We went crazy over blowing out at the cold air and seeing the “smoke” come out of it.

These are the first sights of Changchun that we manage to capture with shaking fingers.











We were brought to our hostel, which is like a little motel room, with bed, tv, a little kitchen, bathroom and a tiny living room, :D
Kind of like our little home, now a little messy :X

Hurriedly ushered out for a lunch treat on the school.



It’s really not like the Chinese food we have back home, but well, interesting experience. Haha.
That jelly thingy is actually frozen pork lard. ._. it is apparently very good for the complexion. Out of curiosity I took one, it tastes just like…. Salty jelly.

The tour around the school made many whine, and like oh-man-why-do-they-have-so-much. Each course has a studio, pretty much like TDS, just that their studios are really nicely designed, each is a self-contained clear “box” like thing, with a first floor with huge tables and specialized tools (VSC has different kinds of paper, Macs and printer) and the second floor computer work stations. It’s kind of like those rich people’s room you see in shows. Was too stunned to take photos till the pottery studio. Made 3D seem so much more relevant.









the ten lost sheep then went out for some shopping and dinner.
This is Mr Lee’s beef noodles, apparently this is like a fast food chain here, it’s everywhere.



And day one pretty much ended like this.





It's kinda nice staying with friends, having supper over the table together before going to bed :)
I do miss home though...