Showing posts with label Suzhou. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Suzhou. Show all posts

2/12/2014

The Adventure to The Ancestor's Homeland #3 : Suzhou

winter series #2 : western in the east
 Also taken at the university compound where I used to go. 

The buildings are quite pretty, isn't it? Looks like the European, except for the last 2 photos. But, I'll spill you a secret. Don't be deceived by the European architecture feel, it does look very pretty from the outside but you don't want to experience having classes in those buildings. The major reasons are, first, the bathroom part is horrifying, it is the kind of bathroom you could never imagine. It is only in China you have the 'sewer and half separator'. Don't try imagining and I hope you will never have to experience it. Second, those buildings do not have heating system. It's freezing when it comes to winter while you have to sit in the class listening to your lecturer. My friends and I would bring our heating pillows to keep us warm during classes. We survived China with some amusing lifesaver stuffs you may not find anywhere else. 'This is China' experience!












2/07/2014

The Adventure to The Ancestors' Homeland #2 : Suzhou

I feel like posting some photos I took in winter. Everything looks pretty in the snow but I don't miss the cold temperature.

Here's the winter series #1 : snowy alleys & trees of Suzhou!
Taken in my university compound, loving the tree branches covered with slight snow.







till the next post!


-meLLe-

2/06/2014

The Adventure to The Ancestors' Homeland #1 : Suzhou

The post under the title will be about my journey and 我的生活 in my ancestors' homeland that inspire the name of this blog.

I don’t remember anymore when exactly I flew to China but it was around September in 2007. I’ve just graduated from high school by then. I’ve always wanted to study abroad since I was a kid, (ideally) in the States or Canada, but going to those countries requires the presence of a lot of stacks of Ben F. Thank God that I finally made it even though I only ended up studying in my ancestors’ homeland.


Here is a glimpse of the city where I used to live, a little bit of everywhere in Suzhou!

a snowy pathway by the canal across my dormitory in Suzhou old town




I'd say I don't regret the whole experience.



-meLLe-