17.12.08
Location: Beijing
Next stop: Tian Jin
not much to report, except we've reached Beijing and seen the Bird Nest and Cube on the way to the university hotel.
Beijing is really refreshing.
It's surprisingly clean and neat, really high-tech and comfortabe.
To be able to see the city skyline is really amazing. In some other cities, the air is so polluted you can't see the horizon.
Looking forward to exploring this pleasant city.
Joyce has been adopted by our hosts in Wuhan as god-daughter.
the woman is mum's childhood friend and they grew up together and has been to school together since primary school all the way till end of high school.
the marriage between Joyce's godparents was match-made by mum many yrs ago so they are forever grateful to mum so to speak.
in any case, on our last night at their hse, they officially adopted Joyce as god-daughter.
jamie and i were like,
"Ohhh! Boohooo!! it's just the two of us now...xiang1 yi1 wei2 ming4...we have to find godparents too!!"
haha.
but i do realise that this godparenting thing is really abt having another child to pamper and spoil.
usually the youngest child of another family gets adopted, the older ones are usually too old to be pampered, not "cute" enough.
anyway, Joyce is enjoying being a god-daughter. She has received 2000 Yuan from her godparents.
cool eh.
so i was asking mum at the Wuhan airport if joyce can take jamie and i shopping when we get to Beijing. haha.
i want godparents for my children in future too!
ok jamie wants comp now.
ciao!
tranquility ; 12/17/2008 09:31:00 pm.