Day 48 in Beijing

2010~~!!!

Today is the first day in 2010~ 1st January 2010~! Pinch and a punch, for the first day of the month!

By the time I got up this morning it was already like mid-day. So tiring. Mum has been waiting for me for sometime at home, just so I can go with her to the Chengxiang shopping centre and help her out with shopping. Anson was still quite deep asleep but we had to go home together and he's going to make a visit to his grandparents' place.

The first day of 2010 is really not that much different from any other days. Still lots of people and cars on the street, more discounts going on in all shopping centres and shops, and still the very much: COLD!

Tonight Anson and I are going to leave the mums at home again, but for a special reason. Ying is in Beijing!!!!!! Ying is a very very experienced AIESECer started in Auckland, New Zealand years ago. If I remember correctly, Ying was the LCP even before DavidB? I remember meeting her at the alumni dinner that I organised and she was the owner fo Veronica's Cafe. I really got to know Ying better when she was chairing for our July Conference in 2009 and she was one of the best chairs! The amount of effort she puts in to make the conference (that's lacking a lot of basic resources) as safe and as fun as possible. I really love her enthusiasm! She's now in Shanghai for an AIESEC internship after selling her cafe, she's working in iLemon, a gaming company, with AIESEC FDU. Recently she's doing some travelling with her friends and tonight she's going back to Shanghai. We are all meeting her for dinner tonight and send her on the train.

Ying is still as talkative as normal! She's so Ying!!!! We finally met her in front of the Wangfujin Book Shop. The 6 of us (Jordan, Gerard, Anson, Josi, Anna and me) saw this little girl walking towards us with all these luggages behind her, then she yells out cheerfully and came towards us. It's so Ying!! We took her to the APN food court so each of us can select our own preferenes, I can tell Ying really likes it! I really like APN food court as well, a wide variety of choices and at a very reasonable price range.

We talked a lot during the dinner. About our experiences in China, the funny things, the weird things, the strange things, the sad things, the exciting things, the unforgettable things. Ying is really a natural talker, it's just so fun to even just listen to her the whole time. Pity she's only here for the night and she needs to catch the train at 10pm back to Shanghai. She really enjoys her trip so far in China. Everything at work fits very well to her lifestyle, easy going, efficiency is rather more important, and also friendly workmates. Anson and I are responsible in taking her to the train station and making sure she gets onto the right train. For so many times, little hiccups make all of us near nerve-breaking point. One of her bag went missing after she put it through the security check belt, and we just figure out what could've happened to it while we were all standing on the exit side waiting for it to come out. Eventually with the help of the staffs at the security check, we realised that her bag was stuck inside the machine. It's so nerve breaking!

Finally, she's on the train. A very heart-touching text from Ying ends the night. She's all tucked in bed, falling asleep and be ready to wake up to the Shanghai morning again. Anson and I are going home, to pack and be ready for our big trip tomorrow too. This weekend, we are going to Chengdu, Sichuan, for an awesome family trip!!! woohoo~~!!