Haerbin was ok. Snow and ice sculptures were overrated (just like everything else in China) but I enjoyed the tiger sanctuary. Worst part of the cold was on the face, but indoors the heaters were unbeatable. They could maintain 20+ degrees indoors and we were melting on the train. Even the hot water in the hostel beat mine in Singapore. Overstocked on heatpacks and worried for nothing. Haha. But I slipped and fell in 冰雪大世界 and hit my patella hard on the icy ground, lucky not shattering it. Now that I'm back, no more red painful nose, cheeks and fingers! :) No more frozen mucus and crystallized water vapour! Point to note is that people, or at least taxi drivers in Haerbin are really nice and soft-spoken!


I'm currently feeling really depressed because I just destroyed my only woolen scarf by washing it in the washing machine upon coming back last night. Couldn't I just have beared with 3 days worth of frozen mucus and water vapour on my scarf? Oh man. It's now shrunken and felted. 面目全非. I'm considering dumping it so I wouldn't be reminded of my stupidity.