China Xi'An trip was pretty fantabulous. Trained with the Shaanxi wushu team and they were really friendly. Training ground was at least twice the wuzhong area. Met alot alot alot alot of very superb personalities really.

They were above us in every aspect, they were more hardworking, more disciplined, yet alot alot alot more humble. They were really humble; you dont see anyone putting on airs over there. Our first meeting was pretty awkward I guess, everyone was quiet and training started slowly. They were pretty awkward with us around as much as we were foreign to their environment. Did nanquan with zixiang and qiuyan, we were under Xiao Yu and Guo Tao, and randomly comes Li Yue. Li Yue walks around with two dumbells in her hands, doesnt really show off much, but we all surmise she must be one of the strongest members in the Shaanxi team; she wears her China Team jersey. So she's pretty top-notch of the top-notch in China. Zhou Bin was in the other area but his aerial movements were totally scary, at least my headlevel, all without any running support. Imagine ha. And today, we were watching a video, in which China's 1st placing members all did their routines. Zhou Bin was there(ZhenZhou traditional competition, ended two months ago); he got the highest score of 9.79, even higher than Zhao Qing Jian. Turned out that Zhou Bin's a world champion in not just taiji. And we got to meet him and train beside him! Hahah. A couple of days passed and we moved on to our own individual routines, was under Zhou Long. Really handsome dude ahah. Brillant fellow also, was pretty patient with us I guess. Sorta noticed something around their walls. One was about inspiring them to push Wushu into Olympics. And there was this "Lian Xi Shi Duo Luo Han, Sai Shi Sao Yi Han." A direct translation would be "sweat more during practice, regrets come less in competitions". Pretty loose translation but you get my point.

Got to know a few other nice girls Heh heh heh over the past few days. Xiao Qing, Ling Wen, and the rest. They were really friendly. And we all kinda regret we were so 'paisei' the first couple of days. Had we not wasted them, we could have got to know each other better now already. They were all about our age, the range being 16-20. The only first teamer there being younger that that range is JiangYang I think, she's 12. They say 18-21 is about the peak time for wushu exponents they believe, so when they reach 21 they all have to leave the team. Kinda harsh but thats how the way it is. Wushu, to them is like to us our studies. Studies to them, CCAs to us. They were all about the same age, but they were definitely much more mature than us, independent and not as childish ahah. All those butterfly spins and aerial backflips. Astonishing. Had a fantastic sendoff dinner, took the hotel and we all started singing dancing taking photographs and chatted pretty well. Also received our certificates. That piece of paper didnt bother a weeny bit near to what we felt about this friendship gained. So it was pretty special. Sunday would be our 'last' day since we would be all taking flights on monday, and Sunday is also their only rest day every week, time when they can go back to their homes and everything(they live in a hostel there). Zhen Feng, Xiao Yu, Zhang Man, Xiao Qing and Yuen Min, were all pretty nice enough to bring us around the streets at Dong Da Jie. Had loads of fun with them. Treated us to little foods and accessories. Pretty much about the time we had them around us. Really really miss them, all of you come back eh? Love you guys and girls. Heh..

The stuffs there are really really cheap, 20cents can buy alot of foodies and Singapore always looked expensive comparing to them. Visited the mauselom of Qin Shi Huang, Hua Shan and alot of nice places. Hua Shan outing day was supposed to be an enjoyable day. Dont get me wrong of course it was enjoyable! Just Hua Shan alone, was bigger than the entire of Singapore. And we climbed to 2082 metres high, the highest peak was somewhere at 2162 metres high, but we were rushing outa time already, and our thighs were collapsing pretty like dominos. Haha.

Really dont know how to put the trip into words. Cause we met absolute world class atheletes, world champions, super humble and friendly people, pretty girls and handsome fellas. Undescribable. Definitely. I really wanna go back ShaanXi, and make all use of every precious moment, to sociate with them. Miss you guys alot, get ready to receive my letters alrightey. I love all of you. =D

Somehow I cant upload pictures I ll get it done soon alright.. Miss you all...