train ride to helll

haha! i'm Back from beijing! lolols! i wouldnt consider it much of a trip but its definitely a fun-filled experience and i loved the time i spent there =D lolols! loads of fun hanging out with you guys! Thanks Aik & Hong yi! hahaha =D


well the trip to beijing has really shown and taught me some important things and lessons in my life lolols!!! DON'T MISS YOUR TRAIN! hahahah lolols!!! well yea, i missed my return Train Ride from Beijing to Shanghai last night lolols! well Pretty Scary though.. it was like 7.20 when i reached the station and i heard the last call so yea, i thought not too bad? hahah! well yea who knows when i went there they stopped cutting the tickets.... n i was like O.O! OMGOSH!! hahah =P


well yea, Aik went "give me your ticket" and WOOSH! hahah =P he ran to help me change a ticket lolols! thanks Bro! hahah =P So yea anyways, i had ta get back by today lolols. I told myself, BY HOOK OR BY CROOK im gonna get back to shanghai! n well the rest is OK PLAIN AGONY =P


so here it comes: NICK's SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR STANDING TICKETS TO SHANGHAI FROM BEIJING


Man, when the dude at the counter told me, OK, i've changed your ticket to a standing ticket from bejing to shanghai at 8.15. and NO dont ask me anymore, There aint anymore seats or beds. LOLOLS! well in a way I feel God has really taught me a valuable lesson through this.

n that is to GRAB the OPPORTUNITY when YOU See IT! and BE ON TIME!!!!!


well in case ur wondering why? here comes the story hahah!


so what i'm left with at this point in time is
- Inital plans of sleeping through the journey ---> SCRAPPED
- Standing ticket for 13 HOURS!
- being potentially robbed? hahaha! lolols! of course that didnt happen but yea it went thru my mind u know? lolols! ur with ooolala ppl now =D
- NO MONEY IN MY PHONE!
- potentially hopeless case senario in short!

well i believe God works in mysterious ways and i guess this is God's way of showing me when life throws at you lemons, make lemonade. well I definitely feel hardened by this experience.


at first in the initial 5 hours of the trip i was standing, n man u can guess how hard it was... imagine this narrow space for walking cluttered with people. i tried to sit but yea, oh well scrap that cuz u get people walking back and forth for like EVERY SINGLE TIME I JUST SIT DOWN! ROARRR!!! lolools!! n yea i couldnt call james to tell him that my train has changed timing... which me uber anxious!!


so yea this was when God took me out of my comfort zone as in REALLY OUT of it. if things couldnt get any worse, it did. the police came in checking identification lolols! which they didnt do when i came to beijing. so yea i was like O.O! thank God i brought my Passport!!!! i was expecting some trouble to it being olypmics season and all but to my surprise the Officer glanced at my passport and looked at me: " ok its done =D" lolols! n im like WOW! ahha...


AND JUST AFTER THAT! God answered one of my prayers for getting through the train ride lolols! =D cuz i wanted to sleep SO SO SO bad hahah =P i'd practically rush at anything i could get haha... THE DINING CABIN =D my"Haven" lolols!!


the train attendant came asking if anyone wanted to buy dining cabin tickets and of course, if i'd still stick in my comfort zone i'd most probably have to really stand for the whole journey. but yea something just gave me that push and like Go! i've prepared it for you already. n thats the answer to my prayer. really. the dining cabin had everything, seats, food, water and you know normally if you wear ur contacts for more than 24 hours it probably be dry? I managed to sleep with it till the morning up till now. of course i took it out alrdy n its still MOIST! im like thank GOD =D


man.... n thats nt the end of the story yet. its morning and the cabin closes and 3 more hours to go... so what do u do? walk all the way back to cabin 3..... with a heavy bag and plastic bag. oh yea, the dining cabin is in 9. imagine the walk... UGH! i wouldnt go through that again! really survival instincts when ur at ur bare minimum.


worse part comes now. HIGH TIDE and NO TOILET! so yea the time painfully goes SO SO SO SLOW.... and im off the train and lookin around for a toilet like maddddddd. well yea the rest is history.


Met up with james. My china bro waited for me for 1.5 hours at the station, ran to my house, waited for another 1 hour, went back home which is about 1 hour away and when i called... RUSHED back down. man, I'm so thankful to have a bro like him in china haha =D

we then went to have a REAL GOOD meal after that... i definitely owed him one there. MAN can so many things really happen in one day?


well anyway met kelvin not too long after that and went with him and his colleague, amanda to eat xiao long baos =D different different types! Ma LA xiaolong! bet u havent tried that one yet! hahah! Pretty good and Cheap! hahah =P


then we were off to the Shanghai specialties store to shop for his souveniers =D lolols!! we saw this AMAZING PRO BUTCHER! we told him we wanted 250g of the Meat and Lop... EXACTLY 250g... if we took a picture at that moment.... u would probably laugh at our shellshocked faces! hahah =P dont underestimate butchers! their good with their maths and fractions! hahahah! =P


well im tired... i guess thats enough drama for a day? LOLOLOLS! Thank you so much Lord for bringing me through this and teaching me so many valuable lessons.


Apologies for this SUPER LENGTHY POST =P hahah!