After the Ceremony, we went to a pub next to the lake and the London House which played live music. Monish wanted to show Chinese people how we dance in London ! Whiles dancing to Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" the singer passed the microphone to Monish. Monish managed to sing the whole song with the live band much to the enjoyment of the Chinese people! They all stood up and applauded for the wonderfully professional type of singing! Anna, Agata, Faith and I danced with the song (video to be downloaded soon).
We went to a super Chinese restaurant. Anna, Agata enjoyed the Sweet and Sour Pork dish very much, then I ordered the biggest dish for them to enjoy it further. Fresh pineapples were most appreciated.
We went back the hotel by taxi taking only 10 minutes at 3.30am, plenty taxis were available at that time, but, we heard the story from the two Changping Chinese teachers that they took 3 hours to go back as they left straight after the ceremony. After the ceremony from the London House, no taxis could be hired. Miss Ye Ning accompanied Natalie, Jenine and Cerise back to the hotel by bus. They arrived around 2.45am ( It would have been better if they had danced with us and been more relaxed). Miss Wang had to walk back to the hotel for more than 1 hour after 1.30am!! I believe that Beijing taxi services should be improved as soon as possible as they hire many people outside from Beijing and they are not familiar with the roads. I reported this to the Chinese survey and feedback group and hope that they can action on it asap!
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