happy new year!

Day 1. made our way to the ice world, where everything's entirely made out of ice. i felt my fingers turn to frozen stumps cos i intelligently left my gloves in the hotel.


our horse carriage driver and the 3 ladies, wenjie, charlene and me! the smile's a little frozen cos the whole face is stiff already. ahahDay 2. had to wake at 6 for the 3.5 hours ride to Ya Pu Li, the ski resort in harbin. my first attempt at skiing!! looked cool but the legs ached like nobody's business.top: my coach, teaching me new poses to look good.
bottom: with charlene, haojie and charlene. me and the little hill to ski down

next up, we took the ride to the top to play some metal slide thing. it was super cool.
the metal slide had 48 turns and bends and you could control the speed you wanna drive at. ahah the girls got thrown out of the seat because they refused to brake.day 3: city tour and park excursions
russian used to occupy harbin hence many of their architecture reflects russian style. this is sofitel church, which got burnt before.
sun island where every sculpture is made from natural snow.
bottom: naked lady and the 3 of us squashed in a pumpkin house.


and thats the end of our snowy tour in harbin!