zenn bites...

- sikh in china -
falling ill before a flight is not a good sign
neither is throwing up onboard even when you've got nothing in your tummy
except for water the color of your lozenges.
plane food makes me wana puke.

a 2-hour catnap after touchdown,
i felt a tad better and decided that nourishment was necessary,
so wendy's boyfriend came to meet us
and we went for peking duck at the famous da dong restaurant
(recommended by the straits times' correspondant in china).

it's warm and stuffy in beijing,
but i was abnormal, so needed to keep my sweater on.
the peking duck was delicious -
freshly roasted and expertly cut up;
crispy skin and flavorful meat.
it wasn't really tender enough though,
but yummy anyway even though i didn't have much of an appetite.

i went back to the hotel to get more rest after
since the fever returned and the throat's terribly sore,
and left the two lovebirds to spend some alone time
before they swung back to the hotel to pick me up around dinner time.

we headed over to xiu shui jie,
which was a street but is now a building
with floors of rows and rows of fake goods.
shoes, clothes, bags...
nike, adidas, ralph lauren, louis vuitton, coach...
spoilt for choice, but didn't buy anything
other than a mao mao jacket
that wendy's bf help me get a good bargain for
muahaha

we took a cab to hou hai (it's a little like boat quay)
for dinner by the lake.
the food wasn't too bad
and i was amazed when my hot chrysanthemum tea came in a tall glass
with the flowers floating in it.

hocky - i bet you don't know what heineken is in mandarin!
(hint: top right corner of the collage above)

it's also wendy's birthday!
i got a cake from the hotel lobby
and formed a sneaky plan to get the staff to send it to our room
when we got back for the night.
it got delayed though -i don't know why-
and when it finally arrived,
i had to wake wendy up to blow out the candles and cut it up haha

the birthday girl, cake, and the one candle that managed to stay on it.
happy 20th my dear!!!

slept for nearly 24 hours after i got back to singa land
and i'm feeling much better now that the fever's nearly totally gone
and i'm actually feeling hungry again.
hopefully the sickbugs will magically disappear
in time for my flight tomorrow!
*goes off to hide in bed again*