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| My boarding pass - stop over at HK then Guangzhou. |
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| I brought some snacks with me! (Try spot my Hello Kitty in some of the other photos!) |
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| Writing on the plane - as you do :) |
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| WOOYOUNG! <3 |
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| This was a Christmas display at HK Airport. |
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| 广州，人和. |
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| Day 1 |
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| 北京路，逛街. |
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| There's just something about the bike I like... |
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| My cousin knows where to get the best breakfast grub EVER. |
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| So this is what parks look like in 佛山. |
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| My sister took this of me and she captured it spectacularly. |
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| It felt like watching a movie scene in some martial art film. |
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| I wanted to take him home! |
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| Is what everyone needs :) |
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| Spending my first Christmas in China! A small token given by a lovely flight attendant to my brother when he flew over to join us. |
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| My uncle lived about 15min away from the local airport. You get use to the air crafts flying by eventually. |
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| My brother :) |
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| At the local park near where I was staying. I haven't ridden a bike in forever! |
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| SHINee was on my China playlist :) |
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| Flying to 北京! |
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| Beijing weather was mostly smoggy skies and minus 13 degrees cold! :( |
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| We got a mini tour sitting in one of these. Very fun :) |
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| Ice sleighing/ ice skating on a Lake for the very first time! I had a splendid time :D |
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| Good Morning 北京! |
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| The view was so breath-taking. |
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| She might have been the 2nd youngest, but was definitly the cutest :) |
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| The Forbidden City (故宫). |
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| This place brought back memories from 2010... |
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| The streets of 北京at night. |
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| My first experience seeing and being covered in snow! I loved it. It was soooo freakin' pretty. I miss it :( |
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| On the flight back to 广州. |
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| My aunty makes the meanest pork and chive dumplings (after my mum ofc hehe), I waited ten years to try these, it was worth the wait! |
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| HAPPY NEW YEAR! |
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| This was like 20-30 metres above the ground. Daebak. |
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| Sarah and Me :) |
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| At my Dad's friends apartment. She not only leads a luxurious life from the top floor of her building, but she's also got a beautiful view from her living room :) |
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| Dad's shouting us dinner tonight :P |
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| Road trip scenery. |
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| 我来到深圳! |
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| My mum's friend who was our chauffeur for our 2hr+ drive to 台山. |
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| Awh somebody was getting married today :) I spy some Hello Kitties :P |
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| My beautiful Mum. She's so cute here. |
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| Inside my Dad's childhood house. |
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| Ending the day in 台山 with a gorgeous sunset. This was taken in my Dad's village :) |
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| Hot pot is essential in Winter :D |
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| Night shopping on the busiest street, 台山. |
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| Polishing shoes like a BOSS. The lady we met was so nice! |
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| "I'm still here, bitches. And I know everything. – A" |
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| Yumcha, 台山 Style! |
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| My favorite XMAS leggings :) |
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| Eating lunch before heading out to join all the crazy crowd of shoppers below :/ |
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| These were good! |
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| No car plate... so it must be SUPER NEW. DAMN, I wish I had one hehe. |
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| HI....I'm just chillin'. With my S3 + Northface puffy vest :") |
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| S3, S2 and iPod Touch 4G. |
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| 宝墨园 holds a special place in my heart, the memories I made here are forever always irreplaceable. |
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| Selcas ^o^ |
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| Stunning perspective! |
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| Failed on my behalf :/ |
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| Delicious street food back in Guangzhou. |
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| He's the cutest lil' second cousin I have ever met. Camera shy too awhh. |
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| Creative and interesting Architectural design. |
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| Tourist photo :D |
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| 海心沙亚运公园 is so much more beautiful in real life. Blessed to have enjoyed this day with my family :) |
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| Bye bye China. I'm going home! |
I'll try to keep this short since this post is super long already! (Apologies for the long scrolling!) There maybe a lot of photos, but this is my photo diary after all :P
Saying "I've had the time of my life" on this trip is an understatement. I'm blessed to have such caring and loving relatives who welcomed me like the last 10 years apart didn't even happen. I did so many things that I thought I would never get a chance to do, seeing snow for the first time was a BIG highlight for me :)
The time definitely went more slower than I expected (in my case I was grateful haha). I may have eaten a lot of yummy food, walked several kilometers each day and became an unhealthy shopaholic while I was away. But the best part was experiencing China life like a local and exploring the different scenery it offered.
I will be back one day. Hopefully sooner than later.
- V
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