unglamsheep: Eventful week

It has been a week plus i guess since i last blogged. Time seems to pass pretty slowly here. Its only the second week but i feel like i have been here for eons. Adapting well and enjoying myself.

I shall start with today and backtrack.

Went to XI JIE 西街 to post something to someone staying at blk 547. =p 西街 nv failed to amaze me with fresh and interesting stalls springing out everytime i go. Today's finding is well, exotic.

We chanced upon this stall that sells fishballs-on-stick-lookalike.

I even told Geok that they were baked sweetpotatoes. I was wondering why they even bothered to shape them into round balls. Silly me, of course they werent sweetpotatoes, the stall owner told us they were 毛蛋。wth.

The next thing i know, Geok started shrieking and her face twisted in chagrin. Then i saw what she was seeing.

This is a close up view. I bought one just to take photos of it.

This is another one! Have you figured out what it is?! Geok said i was brave, i actually took a bite of it. I mean, you gotta try these kinda exotic food that you cant get in singapore am i not right. =X ...... and then

BAH! Figured out le huh! Its hatching chicks! They call it 毛蛋 because the hair is aready developed! It tasted like a eggnchicken combo kinda thing. But i couldnt really take it... bleh, the thought of it still gives me nausea. AND geok refused to even take a single bite. That saint. I chose the one that didnt looked that developed. The one below was even worse, like this.

The beak, the head the eyes. Everything.

Enough of that. I am munching on chips ahoy to fight the nausea now.

Its really very interesting to explore outside the school. Theres a wide array of shops and stalls that range from posh italian and Korean BBQ restaurant to rundown LAMIAN DIAN to boutiques to pubs! PUBS! We found this LALA pub that is like in the middle of nowhere. Went in to take a look and the drinks are real cheap. Like Bloody Mary at 20 rmb. ( HEE ) Didnt take any pictures. You guys can view it over at Geok's blog .

Went to 北门 street to get some stationery yesterday. And there were hell alot of places to explore again. These are some photos that i captured.

Uncle selling some kinda tidbits ( CHEAP)

closed-up

Sugar cane stall. The lil boy in red was very cute. He said he wanna the smallest one in a very cute voice.

We shared one too. This is geok's happy face.

The last discovery of the day was this.. heehee cheap thrill....

-----------

Back to Tuesday. What did we do? Didnt have lessons so headed down to XIDAN again.. =x
That day, I spent 9/10 of my weekly allowance. Had a hair cut at some supposedly high-end salon. The person managed to psycho me into dying my hair full black.

From the front.

From the back.

Was kinda broke, but had to get a cake for Chrongmeng to celebate his bday. We settled for Orange Julius's ice cream cake. It was cheap if you compare it with Singapore's. Not to mention that its darn delicious.