Today is the coldest day I've experienced so far in Beijing. This is insane! The wind today was so strong and chilly that it can cut through winter jackets. Due to the chilly weather and the peak hours on a Friday afternoon, we experienced for the first time, that transport was such a hassle. I never thought or even imagined the possibility of not being able to find a cab in a city like Beijing. The four of us (Jordan, Money, Bi and I) were walking around my office blocks and just couldn't find a cab. Cabs are either all occupied by passengers, or that the drivers are not willing to take us (because they're going home for dinner, what the hell?!!!!), or that we lost to the the push-ins by other passengers. For the first time I felt the uneasiness and unfriendliness of people in Beijing, and the amount of egos in the Beijing taxi drivers. Sigh.
Our plan tonight is to go sing karaoke at Cashbox Partyworld, located at Chaowai. Cashbox and Melody are the two most popular and biggest karaoke destinations. There are quite a few Cashbox brances within Beijing, as well as other cities in China. I love singing, hoho, so looking forward to karaoke!!
This is the best karaoke place I've ever been to. Ok, imagine this: a five-star hotel lobby, five-star services, all the staff will say 'welcome to cashbox' to you, one staff responsible of taking care of the room that we booked, buffet (altough buffet was not like 5-star, but at least 3-star) etc. The lobby was so beautiful! It was seriously just like a 5-star hotel. I was very amazed and definitely recommend this to anyone. We picked a particular rate at booking and it works like this: as long as we get in by 7pm, then we can pay for 1 hour (small room for max 6 people, 180RMB per room per hour) and get 2 hours for free! There's buffet everynight until 9pm, and it's 25RMB per person. Therefore, if we can have 6 people to fill up the room, then we pay 55RMB per person for 3 hours including buffet dinner. This is so cheap! Hoho. In Auckland, I usually go to K-Box by the Viaduct, it's usually 15-20NZD per person including one meal for 3 hours (which is actually really cheap coz it's happy hour). We ended the night by meeting up with Gerard and Josi nearby and walked around the area. We saw Melody (another karaoke place) as well, it's another massive karaoke. Tomorrow Jordan, Money, Bi and I will be going on a tour (one-day tour) to visit the Great Wall, Ming Tombs, and other little places. The price is 100RMB per person including petrol, transport, food, and necessary ticket prices. Looking forward to this trip!!! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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