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I have so many many things to write about my trip to Beijing, where shall i begin?

mmm, i think i will start by introducing abit of Beijing…

Did You Know that

1. Beijing does not have motorbikes? It’s ILLEGAL. According to my aunty, this is to prevent snatch thefts! i think this is great, and it should be implemented in Msia too. Not only will it reduce the number of snatch thefts it will also curb mat rempit’s activities (in msia), plus, dont you think many of the accidents on the road are due to motorists zig-zagging/criss-crossing?

2. Cost of taking public transport is VERY CHEAP! for taxi it’s RMB 2.00 per KM; bus, RMB 0.40 (if you have a card similar to our touch n go, if not it would be RMB 1.00) to anywhere in Beijing! and their taxis’ and buses’ drivers have uniforms! They look really professional, another thing is that their vehicles look clean and new!

3. The structure (don’t know what other words to use) of beijing is very organize, (pola terancang, if i remember my form 1 geography correctly) mmm… i was thinking hard for the past few days on how i should explain this, then i suddenly thought of onion… well, communication students would know about the “onion” theory (LOL. the real name is penetration theory). What I am trying to say here is that Beijing has 6 (i think) rings, something like an onion, a circle surrounded by another circle, you get what I mean? this was planned and executed centuries ago by don’t know which dynasty. Right in the center is where the Palace is (thus, where the emperor was), to conquer the heart of beijing (the emperor) the enemy must first break down all the walls/barriers surrounding it. Understand? Nvm, i will move on from here…

4. Beijing is slightly bigger than Singapore, but it has more than 10 millions of ppl! my aunty said even a town has 1 million penduduk, i cant imagine kajang has 1 million penduduk. Btw, what’s penduduk in english? -.-lll well, you would think that beijing would be so cramped with ppl, instead of traffic jam there would be ppl jam, but i didnt feel it all. in fact, i dont see that MANY ppl… emm… maybe it’s like that many ppl walking around sungai wang, lot 10 that area??? don’t know lah… and it takes sooooo loong to reach a place from another in Beijing, but it only takes about 45 – 50 minutes to drive through singapore!

5. Drivers in Beijing are ganas, you dont have to wait for the traffic light, just go if there is no car! but i think they are not that strict with traffic rules at the outskirt of beijing, which is the 4th layer and above. And they like to swirve in and out, and surprisingly no one is honked for that reckless behaviour! FYI, their is LHD (left-hand drive) and do not simply honk ppl, cos you cannot be sure of the status of the driver you honk, he or she might be someone in the society! (by that i mean DAI LOU or DAI LOU’s girls, get what i mean?)

6. Every car owner has to sacrifice 1 day of driving during the weekdays, depending on his car number plate. This is to reduce polution and also to ease traffic congestion. number plates ending with 1 or 6 cannot drive on Monday; 2 or 7 on Tuesday; 3 or 8 on Wednesday… well, you get the picture! i feel msia should do the same too! We should not wait for the polution to worsen then only take action, prevention is better than cure wert! further more, the traffic jam is terrible in msia! the traffic in beijing is sooo smooth, their traffic jam is so not stressful at all, although there were many many cars on the road but they were moving… slowly (maybe around 30/40 km per hour?) but steadily…  @.@
yeala, let’s practice this trend among ourselves la, ok? let’s see, 1st thing 1st, what’s my car’s number plate ah?

7. they too have BIG important exam, it’s like our PMR, but theirs is very important, they must really score (as in FULL As because of its HUGE population) in order for them to get a place in prestigious high school. the thing is, once you got into any of these prestigious high school, scholarship is given to u automatically, if you are not chosen, then mostly likely, that is the end of ur education, because no commoner can afford for that kinda of education… oh oh oh, the craziest thing i have heard is that, they study SEVEN DAYS A WEEK!!!!! Tujuh hari seminggu! from norning till night!! goodness me!

8. Typical Beijing ppl are thin thin tall tall, if you are not from the bei fang then they qiao bu qi ni!

well, yea, that’s about it… that is all i can remember about the interesting facts i learnt about Beijing… at least for now. rest assured that this is certainly not the end of my post on Beijing trip. Well, at least it’s a good start.