The time now is 22 27 in Vienna. This morning i woke up at ard 745. i went online and spoke to sis on the internet phone. I got to church by myself through asking. Quite surprisingly, the Germans are really helpful! I was at the train station(Schellbahn) This old man asked if i needed help! When I got out to ask another, he took out his map to help me check. Even the old lady smiled when I asked her. Hahaha. Sweet. Anyway, I was walking along the 'gasse' meaning small street when I saw a signboard with Eudora's name on it! Wow. ahahah and I thought her name was really unique and 'One and only'. It was the name of some bank or sth.

As I was still looking around for the street number, I wanted to ask someone inside a 'shop'. So I walked towards and was about to open my mouth when a Chinese man said "Hsing I, ni de peng you lai le" "Hsing-I, your friend is here". I was very surprised! That was actually the church itself! HAHAHA! And they thought I was really smart. I knew how to get there myself... ironic. HAhahaah!

The service started at 10 and ended at 1215. Everything was in Chinese. i got to learn some books of the bible in Chinese. haahah. There were no Germans and only one African who needed English translation. :) They were very warm and friendly. The best thing was that they loved the mooncakes and ba gua daddy bought. Great! I could follow the chinese worship songs quite easily even though only the first song was familiar. It was "I've got the joy". After the half an hour break from 1215 to 1245, we broke up into 2 groups. it happens like this every Sunday where the leader of each group focuses on different topics in the bible. Today's topic was on David and the great love of the King's son who gave all his armour and weapons to David.

After lunch, I had to wait for Le yi to finish washing the cups and stuff before we could leave. Therefore we were one of the last. Liu Feng was he last to get out. Le yi and I went to the nearby kebab stall. I bought "Almdudler", the Austrian drink I told you about that is only produced in Austria by the coca cola company. Cool huh. It was nice. Le yi wasn't hungry. Next, she went to the ATM machine to draw some cash for dessert at Oberlaa, a superrrrr nice dessert shop with lotsa cakes, chocolates, and coffee. I ate the Sacher Torte. Cheng Liang loves sweet stuff so he eats these very often. The cakes were very sweeet! I guess too sweet for my taste. I always wanted to try the Sacher Torte so I ordered that and a Melange(Viennese Cappucino). Le yi had the Maroni-Obers Torte(Chestnut cake) and Cheng Liang had the Oberlaa Kurbad Torte and a Macchiato. We were all full and ready to go.

Le yi went to Yi Ning's place to prepare dinner while Cheng Liang showed me around the Park where I saw Johann Strauss's house. that guy was FILTY RICH. and I mean it. His home looked like a palace! And the garden at the back was so big and it had such lovely bright-coloured flowers! There were statues of him as well. Took some pics. We ran into Hsing-I. She was sitting on a bench reading the bible while waiting for a call. We spoke for awhile before leaving to go inside Strauss's house to ask for the programme of concerts there. The tics were really expensive and we thought it was just because of the location. The music performed might not be the best.

We then went to the shopping district. I saw two huge Zaras almost next to each other, mango, sisley, rolex and Swarovski. The streets were wide and it was very happening. People were performing. There was a HUMUNGOUS HUMUNGOUS catholic church in the middle of the square. WOW! REALLY REALLY GRAND and OLD! I took quite a number of pics. The pipe organ on top was big and long.... The ceiling was really high... It really made me feel like I was in that era. The church was huge and the handwork was detailed. however there were few people in Vienna at that time. Therefore, this goes to show how important the look of the church was during that time.

It was time to go to Yi Ning's house for dinner. I was still full. When we got off the train, Cheng Liang and I lost our way because of some miscommunication between Cheng Liang and Le yi. Finally, we got there and fortunately all the dishes were vegetables, a few with meat shreds. Phew! Dinner was great. I finally ate some "Xiao bai cai" and broccoli and cauliflower, seaweed with three layer pork shreds(or vice versa) and mushrooms. I had pumpkin soup also. After dinner, we played the 'animal game'. We sat around the table. Each person was to have an 'animal symbol'. After showing his/her symbol, he/she would have to do another person's 'animal symbol'. This was to test the speed and reaction of the other player. It went really fast and the African man was really stressed out. He was kinda slow. hahahah! the next game we played was: All of us put both hands on the table crossing over the other player's hand. The first player will hit the table before the next hand that comes after that. It was really fun. Tough to explain. if I have a chance, I will show you.

After all that, some people went into the room to chat and some at the table and some in the kitchen washing up. Le yi and Hsing-I helped me look for German class at Deutsch Academy. it looks real proper. and it is 220(including textbooks) for a month, Mon to Thurs for 3 hours. That is reasonable and one of the cheapest in Vienna. Cheng Liang, Hsing I, Le Yi, Yuan Fen and the African man((sorry, I forgot his name)-'Thaya' i think) went out at the same time, Yuan fen and Thaya sat the same train while Le yi, Hsing I, Cheng Liang and I sat the same train. Hsing I, Cheng Liang and I got off to change train. On the way, we accompanied Cheng Liang to KFC to buy chicken wings... Gosh.. the man's not full! Cheng Liang dropped off at "Wien Mitte". Hsing I and I dropped at "Rennweg", one stop after. haha. i walked back and Hsing I had to take a bus.

I will be meeting Le yi tmr at "Wien Mitte" to take a train to Deutsch Academy. I gotta sleep earlier. I will upload the photos some other time. It's so troublesome!! I have so many. ARGH.