The very first day when we arrived at Sims, I liked the place immediately because of the relaxing environment as well as the international crowd. Not forgetting the forever polite and friendly staffs. We had always wanted to eat the 22rmb breakfast at Sims, the most expensive food they served. So far, I had seen only 老外 eating that. In the end, it turned out to be very disappointing. The 22rmb breakfast was just bacon sandwich and salad.
Since our flight back to Singapore was in the evening, we still had time to shop around for 土产. We went to the Carrefour nearest to our lodgings and started to comb the shelves for food like 牛肉干, 豆腐干, 鸭肉干, biscuits, etc. By this time I had roughly 100rmb left and decided to spend everything.
After we had done shopping, we went to a small tea section just outside Carrefour because CCG wanted to buy some back home. The 2 shop assistants who served us were cute young Sichuan 妹妹, who upon hearing that we are from Singapore, chat with us even more. One of them asked me what do I think about Sichuan girls and I said 不错，都蛮美的, and she giggled shyly. But then when she added 四川出美女, I couldn’t help but laughed. Come on, I thought it is 苏州出美女? Anyway, I really like the girls there (never mind if Ken they all beg to differ) so it doesn’t matter if she’s right or wrong.
We went back to Sims and frantically packing our stuffs because we need to vacate the room by 12 noon. But we had too much barang barangs to pack! So I went downstairs and asked my favourite female staff if we could delay till 1pm. She said ok. All of us had with us now much more luggage than we first came. For me, the biggest problem was my tons of books.
Finally, we finished packing and had to wait for another 2 hrs before leaving for the airport. As usual, we had asked Sims to arrange a bread bus for us. The last 2 hrs of our stay was spent relaxing at the benches in Sims. I am so glad that I brought a DV because this sort of once-in-a-lifetime long vacation needs to be permanently recorded. Memories would fade over time. However, even though I might forget what exactly happened during the trip many years down the road, the feeling that I was had for this place would last for a much longer time.
Although we did nothing during that 2 hrs, just lazing around, it passed real fast and finally it was time to go. We bid goodbye to the staffs and headed to the airport. I wasn’t sure about the other guys, but I certainly had some attached feeling for this place and its people. Even 川话 seemed so intimate to me now. The same feeling I have whenever I hear people speaking French. This place is so 亲切, it is like a home away from home.
1 month in Tibet and Sichuan seemed to be a short time but for me, it isn’t because I had experienced a lot of things here, which I can never experience again elsewhere. I don’t when I will be back but I certainly will miss this place. 扎西德勒.
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