Day 7: This city is forbidden

Maintaining a blog is hard work. And I've learnt that writing a good post takes quite a bit of effort and tons of creativity to have you scroll down what I have to say.

Enough of reflection.

Moving on to what happened the last few days....

So, I've finally purchased a damm-cheapo-creaking-new-bicycle for RMB 160 (RM 80). But after 2 hours 15 mins and 10 seconds, the damm breaks were loose, back light fell off, my seat broke and my bell stopped ringing (got free basket and bell thrown in). But there was a bicycle doctor on campus to help out and guess Hu! DR. HU! WHO? DR. HU!

left: Sonia, Malaysian, soon to be KPMG Advisory London
right: Jessie, Australian, CPA holder with EY Sydney

Forbidden City (Zijin Cheng 紫禁城) was the chinese imperial palace (like the Kremlin to the Russians) and it served the Chinese for 5 centuries as the ceremonial and political centre. It also where lots of concubines hang out and the eunuchs (male servents who had their genitals removed to serve the imperial palace grounds), served the Emperor to satisfy his sexual need.

Eunuchs: He who serves the Emperor shall have his balls chopped off.

Now, I know you're more interested in the concubines so this is what I learnt according to the legend. In the Dynasty days, it is believed that the more sex the emperor had, the greater his longevity would be (be it his shlong or his life). The emporer had A LOT of concubines and it was hard to keep track of who he had slept with, so a table of jades representing each concubine was created. When the jade tablet is turned faced down, the eunoch would then run off to fetch the concubine, strip her naked, wrap her in yellow silk and piggy back her to the emporer's bedroom.

This service is made possible by the American Express Company

Of course there is more to the forbidden city than just sex! Find out more from wikipedia here.

Adult admission - RMB 60
Student - RMB 20
Audio Guide - RMB 80
Chinese spit - Free