Summer Holiday in Beijing, May 2008

We haven't gone for a holiday for a year (other than those driving trips to Malaysia), and were all so excited for this Beijing trip.

This trip was a little different compared to our other holidays. This time with a mission... as a parent volunteer for Amanda's future primary school cum our long awaited holiday.....

The flight to Beijing was a mere 6 hours flight... yet, sad to say, Amanda vomitted again just 30 minutes before landing... creating havoc for the SQ crew.... She threw up so much that the blankets & pillows were all soaked... my poor babe.... the flight steward teased her and asked if she ate too much... NO, that's not true, she only nibbled on her sandwich and did not even take her main meal. BUT, I think it must be the apple juice and fresh milk which I made her take sips of them to prevent dehydration.... SIGH..... lesson learnt for me again... DO NOT FEED HER WITH ANY FOOD!!!

We arrived Beijing a few days ahead of the Singapore school team. This gave us time to move around on our own and enjoy some family time before "work begins"....

Our duty was to take care of a group of Primary 5 kids whilst we were out sight-seeing with them and also on their school exchange in Beijing.

We had lots of fun with the 6 kids who were attached to us and Amanda had such fun time interacting with them.

Soon it was time to part when we sent them off at Beijing Airport Terminal 3 for their connecting flight to Shandong. We did not join them as we had extended 2 days after them to "unwind" ourselves before flying back to Singapore. The kids got so attached to us that some of them looked so sad and 2 of the kids even shed tears saying they will miss us.... how sweeeeet..... we told them we are just so near i.e. we will meet them back in Singapore again... and the kids exchanged telephone numbers and email addresses with Amanda....

Our flight home was good. We've learnt our lesson and made Amanda sleep the moment she boarded the plane and she did not take in any food throughout the flight; not even a drop of water.....

This Beijing trip was very enjoyable on the whole except for the weather which we experienced on 2 of the days which hit a scorching high of 39 degree celcius.... OMG!!!