162 days in Shanghai (8/02/08)
Woke up at 6.30am to get ready to leave the house at 9am but in the end, we slacked till 9.30am before heading off to the Forbidden City,故宫.
Reached there and thought that since it was the 2nd day of Chinese New Year, there shouldn’t be many people there but who knows, there were more people then usual I guess; at least more people compared to the last time I was there.
Spend the whole morning exploring around and took lots of photo. Everyone there told us that when you are in the Forbidden City, 70% of the time should be listening to the history and 30% seeing the palace.
But we were there 100% viewing the palace and taking photos =)
After Forbidden City, we walked all the way to 王府井 for lunch at Macdonald’s. Wanted to go to the Beijing Zoo to see Panda after lunch but since it was 3pm by then and the Zoo closes at 5pm, we decided to go to the Olympic Stadium to look at the ‘鸟朝’ and Swimming Pool，水地方.
And unknowingly, we took a 黑车there which cost us RMB90 (when I think it should cost us less then RMB30 -_-)
The Olympic Stadium was near one of the expressway and since it is still not open to the public, there were a lot of people along the expressway taking photos of the stadium.
The whole stadium was fenced up and no one is supposed to enter. And from what Yu Hong knows, the swimming pool is actually opened to the public already.
So being not satisfied of being cheated by the driver and not able to enter the stadium, Yu Hong finds all ways and means to enter it
He tried to unwire the fence but they were too tight then Jia Wei found this fence with just one truck tyre blocking it (remove the tyre and there will be a hole to get into the stadium).
They pushed the tyre away then all of us went in. A lot of passengers saw us and followed us into the stadium.
Walked down towards the swimming pool and realized that there is actually another fence that restricts people from entering. And this time, the fences are connected (like those fence that surround schools) and Yu Hong wanted to use a ladder to climb into the swimming pool.
Walked around and after figuring, we decided to lift up the bottom part of the fence upwards so that there will be a small space for us to crawl in. After hesitating and looking out for security guards, all of us entered the swimming pool boundary.. yea, after much climbing and crawling….
Wanted to enter the swimming pool and was stopped by this part time security guard. The whole conversation was like this
‘你们不可以进去里面’
‘为什么？我们看了新闻，他们说这里以经开放了。’
‘是吗？没有啊。他们骗你们的啦。’(with at smirk on the face)
‘骗我们？哪里可能啊？是新闻啊。 那里可能会骗人？’
‘可是你们真的不可以进去。新闻真的骗你们啦。’
‘我不管啦。外面好冷 我先进去了。’
‘真的不可以啦。你们是怎样进来的？’
‘走进来的啦。用脚走的 要不然爬进来的吗？’
‘是吗？可是你们不可以进啊。今天只有搞卫生的员工才可以进来。’
‘不管了。进去咯。外面好冷！’
Then we went into the swimming pool and we only managed to see one of the Olympic pools there. The part time security guard went in with us trying to stop us.
‘让我们拍一张照片就好了啦。’
‘不可以啦。快点走 你看那里还有很多报案。走啦走啦。’
‘好好好。我们就拍一张好了。你跟我们一起拍吧。’
‘不好不好。上面有摄影头。。。快拍就走吧。’
‘好的。一二三。Okie! Let’s go’
So in the end, the part time security guard had no choice but to take the photo with us too =) and we managed to see the pool too, although I think that is not the main swimming pool used.
Went out and we started to take a lot of photos. Even when the other security guards saw us, they didn’t bother about us. Maybe it’s because we are inside already and they thought that we are some staffs or media (coz of Yu Hong’s SLR camera).
Yu Hong said that we might be the fist Singaporean that took photos with the Olympic stadium =) cool huh!?!
Took plenty of photos then headed to 王府井 to try out this dumpling store that Denis recommended.
It was beside this church and the night scenery of that church is just damn. Look around the area and found a few dumpling stores there so we just went to one of it and yea.. the dumplings are good and cheap.
Sister called me and the entire family is at home eating steamboat, having their Chinese New Year gathering…
After dinner was back to the apartment and rest.
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