it’s official.

I’ve finally decided to take the leap and go to China!!

 

It might not seem like a big deal to some, but this is a huge decision for me – being alone in a huge country with absolutely zero grasp of the language is craptastically daunting! (well ok, I won’t be alone, technically, me and Terri are going together – and my brother is coming too – so it’s going to be so much fun!) But it’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and I’ll take this year’s recession as a sign that it’s now or never. So I’ll be off in Beijing for two months learning Chinese, making new friends and traipsing around China starting June 25!

 

Right now, I’m going through the application process, which is tricky because the application form is all in badly-worded English and they don’t do online payments (or cheque, or credit card for that matter – dodgy!) which means I have to get my booty over to the bank to ask for a TT – and the addresses provided were so dodge that initially my bank refused to do it for me! Cue panicked phone calls to my dad in KL, messages to Terri in London, and a long distance phone call to Lyn in Beijing (lol I am so international, no?). It should be all resolved now – I just hope the bloody money went through (0.0)

 

Thunderbird, Gtalk and Skype are now my new best friends because I have to liaise with Terri about application, accommodation, logistics, and all that good stuff. Thankfully we’ll be back in KL at around the same time, so amidst painting the town red we’ll be able to shop for whatever we need – although I’m pretty sure I’ll be indulging in LOTS of shopping in Beijing :D I’m already under orders from Suvs to bring her back the fakest-looking LV goods I can find (because, that’s what China is most famous for, innit? :P)

 

I’m sooo excited about this! I can’t wait to get there and start meeting new people and exploring new places together! Oh, and of course, learning Chinese, which is DEFINITELY at the top of the list, heh :P

 

Oooh, by the way, if you follow me on Twitter you’ll know I went to Cirque du Soleil – it was AMAZING. Just simply brilliant – they take the concept of a circus to a whole new level. Not to mention the feeling of sitting in a big top – it made me feel like a little kid all over again! :D Everyone should go see Cirque du Soleil at least once in their lives! My dad went to see it in Vegas – lucky poof! I would’ve totally forgotten to blog about it if not for Facebook picture tagging, haha!

 

Me and May. I couldn’t resist and indulged in buying the Cirque du Soleil notebook as a souvenir! Which proved to be a mistake as I had to tote it around with me later at clubbing!