Fifi's Journal

November has been a crazy busy month for me. After I came back from vacation, E and I were staying up late at night trying to book all the vendors we were supposed to book during the weeks of our vacation.

The weekend before, I bought the dress!! I need a moment to document all I've done so far for the wedding. But for the time being, although I never had a chance to post about my Japan trip last year in October and before I can even get into the details of my wedding planning so far, there are tidbits of my Asia tour that I'd love to memorialize first.

During October 13th to the 31st, I was on a whirlwind China tour for 10 days and then I was off to Hong Kong and Taipei to find all sorts of items to prepare for my wedding next year. Throughout the 2.5 weeks, we flew an exhausting 7 times.

1. SF to Beijing
2. Beijing to Xian
3. Xian to Shanghai
4. Shanghai to Hong Kong
5. Hong Kong to Taipei
6. Taipei to Hong Kong
7. Hong Kong to SF.

The tour we joined itself was pretty horrible because the tour was poorly organized and the food made me lose me appetite. But the breath-taking experience to be standing on the Great Wall of China, an over 2000 year old structure spanning approximately 4000 miles long, was priceless. It's hard to fathom how Chinese people managed to carry all the stones to erect this wall. And there I was, trampling all over this historical wonder.






( A glimpse of the Qing Dynasty )