Nothing beats seeing it with your eyes...Part 2

27.03.08
AM – Explored the shopping area around our hotel. Went to check out Isaac’s stuff, they have Mummy poko and Pampers over there. Cheaper if you are a member of the supermarket. As for milk powder, they do not carry Gain IQ but Abbott Lab had given us the number to call at their Beijing office, so that is settled.
PM – Went back to hotel. Very tired cos I did not sleep well the past few days. I slept the whole PM away.
Evening - It’s back to business dinners and lunches for Desmond. His colleague gave us a welcome dinner, together with his wife. I have a love and hate relation with these entertainments. Love it cos I can go and explore nice places which I normally will not go; Love it cos I get to see new pple and things; Hate it cos I have to put on a smiley face and network (I am an introvert and all these tax me out! Hahha)

Waitresses setting up the table for us in the restaurant.

Nothing beats seeing it with your eyes...Part 1

Exciting, stressful, lots of adjustments, enriching are just some of the adjectives I can use to describe March. Desmond accepted the offer to relocate to Beijing. We had to rent our house, pack and get them ready for our new tenants. We finally finished packing on Tuesday, one day before he was due to fly off. It was tough, having to unearth five years of things in the house and packing them into boxes. Our flight was in the morning, we had to be in the airport by 6.30am. We could not bring Isaac along as this trip was a recee trip for me. For me to find out how Beijing is like, living conditions over there as well as the schools and medical services over there. Isaac seemed to know that his daddy and mummy were leaving sg. He woke up at 5am, say goodbye to daddy and then went to sleep again at 6 plus.
26.3.08
Walking to the departure gate in Changi.


Transit in Bangkok, Thailand new terminal

Desmond taking a stretch in the plane. Check out his messy hair. He has been sleeping since take off.

Finally touch down at Beijing International Capital Airport at about 1630hrs. 小黄，The driver from his office came to pick us up and send us to our hotel. The moment we stepped into the car park, a bout of chilly wind came gushing onto our face…both Desmond and I looked at each other and for a second , we thought that they air conditioned the car park as well!!!




Hairless trees….

Our dinner on the first night in Beijing. We ate at a food court （北城购物中心）near our hotel. Very big portion and salty. 刀削面 – not bad, just like ban mian in Singapore.

So many things to pack

Our nightmare!!

Pulling some of the things out to the living room first

Filled to the brim

One of Desmond's treasures....tuck in an obscure corner of the storeroom