blogging from a High Speed Rail
heading towards Fuzhou
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the trip has been smooth, so far
except for a small hiccup today
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stranded at the railway station
for almost four hours
at the best time of the day
12 PM – 4 PM
since the earlier tickets
were all already sold out
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and the station is
in the middle of nowhere
30 km away from the city
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lesson learnt
should have checked out earlier
like 9 AM instead of 11 AM
we went to the market nearby
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and spent like 300 CNY
i.e. our budget for train tickets
happily shopping away
buying fruits
preserved fruits and
ROASTED GOOSE
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and busy eating brunch
like roasted goose at 10 in the morning
followed by fruits like
persimmon, papaya, mandarin orange
to get rid of the oil
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i know right…
i don’t do this often
and the parts on the left
i don’t even know what’s that
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and more importantly
should have gotten the tickets
at the ticket window in the city
at least we can kill some time
going around after check-out
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the ticket window is right next to the
ticket counter for railway station bus
well…
obviously for a reason
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and that’s not all
it will take us another 3 hour
to reach Fuzhou
i.e. after night fall
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i should so totally
buy my ticket for Fuzhou – Xiamen
in advance to avoid the same mistake
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also to make sure that
i can secure tickets
for Fuzhou – Xiamen
instead of Fuzhou South – Xiamen North
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or either one
i.e. Fuzhou – Xiamen North or
Fuzhou South - Xiamen
which are both further away from city
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so i got the idea to
buy my tickets here at Chaozhou instead
the queue wasn’t long luckily
yet I was told me that
they are only selling tickets for
today and tomorrow
okay fine….
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my laptop wasn’t fully charged last night
like seriously
i purposely charged laptop
instead of phone
since i do have a power bank
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but woke up to find that
it wasn’t plugged in
both were not
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by the way
our train is bound for Fuzhou South
instead of Fuzhou
12 stations away via Metro
from where we stay
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enquired about the ticket for Fuzhou
the earliest would be past five
longer wait, like 5+ hours
but shorter traveling to the city
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so i just went for Fuzhou South
shorter wait, like 4 hour
but longer travel to do
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anyway
simply hoping that
i will able to check in by
9 PM tonight
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gosh there are two pieces of work
due tomorrow morning / afternoon
maybe i should head back to work now
to avoid more time wasting moment
i.e. can’t seem to be ready to go
since i am rushing with work
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or i can catch a nap now
to prepare myself to stay up late
or get myself really exhausted
so that i sleep early tonight
and get up real early in the morning
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that’s how travelling
helps me in better planning
when it comes to work
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i think the fellow passengers around me
must be assuming that
i am typing something serious
until they see the photos i got
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by the way
now i kinda dislike the idea of
spending a night somewhere
as a transit or whatsoever
because you spend the same
amount of time (un)packing
as compared to spending more nights
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