It's been 3months and 10days since i went away. I miss singapore so much that i dunno what to say. Well...it's not that bad. I kinda miss sg food. China food is soooo salty and oily. But luckily i haven't totally gotten used to it. If not i'd have totally ah tiongnised. Hope my liver and kidneys are still working fine.
Weather is finally totally warm already. First time actually experiencing the season change. Spring was absolutely windy. Luckily there wasn't sandstorm so air wasn't that horrible. Forgotten how sg's weather feels like for the past two months. But now summer is here so memories of sg's weather is returning.
Okay, let's talk about food this time. China's food tend to be saltier and oilier than sg food. So if you actually buy sg food from stalls owned by china ppl, dun complain cos it's their style. Meat here is also quite little. For a 10RMB meal, which is abt SGD2.5, dun put too much hope in the amount of meat they'll give. But be prepared for a great carbo diet. Probably you'll get abt 2 to 3 bowls worth of rice. Veggies that come with it will probably be green capsican. It will be quite nice if not for the extra salt and oil that they always use.
Now, let's talk about public transportation. Buses during peak hours are always very squeezy too. If you ever think sg buses are squeezy, think again. Imagine 360º around you with people touching you. I've been experiencing it for the past 3 months here when i go to work every monday to thursday. Dun really feel terrible about it though. But my friends seem to hate it greatly. Bus conductors also shout every time to get people to squeeze more or to get people to get down the bus quickly. As there is no ticketing machine on the bus like in sg, bus tickets have to be bought from the conductors. And the conductors are normally trapped in between the crowd of passengers so just getting to her (usually) requires total squeezing through the pile of people. Luckily beijing public buses also use EZ-link cards which gives a 60% discount compared to buying of tickets so such horrendous feelings can be avoided. These three months of bus experience has kinda made me feel accustomed to pushing people on the bus. Hope i dun do this back in sg. Another funny thing is if you're standing near the door, blocking another passenger's path to get out of the bus, he or she will ask you "Are you getting off? 下车吗？" It's a good way to getting through the packed crowd of people on the bus. No one in sg does that. If i ever do that back in sg, stares will confirm come to me.
Oh taxis are cheap in beijing too. The flag-down price is 10RMB which is abt SGD2.30. Normally fares won't go above 30RMB unless you travel the distance of like pasir ris to boon lay like what we did on valentine's day. Damn cheap man. But we also never take it often since we're not tourists here. If we keep taking it, the amount of money spent won't be small either.
Finally, it's time to talk about the subway. It's literally subway for beijing's trains. Most of the stations are underground. It costs 2RMB to travel from one stop to any other stop (other than the airport express line which costs 25RMB), no matter how far or near the stop is. This is really a good thing as we can save a lot on transportation. The trains are similar to sg ones, except food is allowed on it. So i always bring food up to eat. Such good feelings can never be experienced in sg.
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