Monday, April 16, 2007
shanghai trip day 2 to day 8 (:
day 2 : suzhou - went to visit the silk factory.. saw how they "extract" the silk from the whole cocoon.. silk blankets, clothings where available there.. and my mum bought some silk blankets and covers.. they wasn't very cheap laa.. 1 whole set and 2 covers cost up to few hundred SG dollars laa..there was a 'fashion show' also.. the models really.. omg.. no make up and super ugly.. if no make up and pretty got nothing to say right.. but all so ugly some more nv put make up.. low class models.. hahaha.. den went to wu zhen.. this place is some sort of tourist attraction and actually there's still residents living there.. some how oso for tourists to see how is the lifestyle of ppl staying there.. and also the ppl living there make their own cloth and dye like.. batik and i claimed its the chinese style of batik.. lols.. and wine making and stuffs.. haha.. next, took the bus for about 2 hours if i never remember wrongly to hangzhou.. firstly, visited the wan song academy.. this place is some how related to kong zi.. lol.. i cannot really remember.. and all the aunties in my grp were like.. who still studying must pray for good results all those.. my mom also said so.. so just did wad they said.. lol.. den next, went to west lake museum.. was kinda crap.. not much things to see.. next, went to xi hu(west lake).. where liang shan bo and zhu ying tai (known as chinese romeo and juliet) dated before.. den went for dinner near to xi hu and went for a show.. the show was very interesting.. one part was like the "qian shou guan ying".. the show was worth while.. hehs.. and went to the hotel to zZz.. hehs..
wan song academy.
at west lake aka xi hu~ :)
another view of xi hu..
mu dan flower.. its REDD~~ :D
some where.. haha..
white peacock.. nice right? urmms? albino?
tea leaf plantation - entrance.
scenery : mei hua.. (:
some performance at san guo cheng
inside the wax museum.. pepsi adv.. 3 handsomes.. :D
view from the boat ride.. nice?
view from dong fang ming zhu ta.. shanghai city (:
entrance of dong fang ming zhu.. (:
zoomed view from the hotel..
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shopping paradise.. wheee~
day 8: last day already.. went to do the so called last minute shopping.. went to the market to buy some stuffs back to SG.. then checked out of the hotel and went to cheng huang miao to shop.. yea.. we went there again.. there's many yummy food there.. not forgetting the xiao long bao.. is super nice.. and cheap too.. 16 pieces for RMB 10.. which is SGD $2 only.. cheap and good food.. also tried the tang bao there.. the bao so hard, think cannot be eaten.. lols.. walk and walk, walk till the dong fang ming zhu ta.. took some pics and left.. after dat, went back to the hotel lobby at 4+, alot of them were there alrd cos they donno where to go and slacked there yea.. haha.. tried to have some sleep there.. and when some others gathered, some went to eat.. i decided to go with one of my tour mate to eat mac.. but unfortunately, cannot find any.. so we went to eat KFC.. and the ppl there, really cute.. haha.. when we asked for chilli sauce, they gave and said, "you yi dian la" - translated "its a little spicy" haha.. when we ate, was totally sweet chilli.. lol.. i took away food to the hotel lobby for my mum too (: went up the bus, proceeded to the airport.. and home sweet home :D.jpg)
in the super long queu for the xiao long bao! .jpg)
this was wad i queued for.. yummy xiao long bao! :x
at wu zhen with this "thing" which looks like batik..
wan song academy.at west lake aka xi hu~ :)day 3 : went to take the lake cruise and see west lake.. super peaceful journey.. lol.. after the 'cruise' ride, we walk to some where near to the jetty.. its like a garden, lots of mu dan flower and maple leaves! i love maple leaves! looks super good! reminds me of my america trip in P1 :x after dat, we went to this tea leaf plantation.. mainly long jing tea.. and the so called most wonderful thing is dat the tea leaves actually could be eaten.. and it tastes like seaweed.. haha.. ask juan.. he oso got eat.. (dats wad he told me when he was back) lol.. and of cos bought tea leaves.. its not cheap la.. bought the better quality ones.. and juan rich enough to buy cha wang (tea king - direct translation :x) yep, the bus journey to nan jing was super long.. haha.. and at night, we went to the nan jing night market.. some how like pasar malam.. the things there can bargain like donno wad.. the ppl there noe u're not local den they'll try to "kok" your $$.. so evil right?? its so obvious la.. and 1 shop keeper so bloody F****R~~ omgg.. ask me personally if u wanna noe! hahas! yep.. after dat, back to hotel.. ha~ zZz~~
another view of xi hu..mu dan flower.. its REDD~~ :Dsome where.. haha..white peacock.. nice right? urmms? albino?tea leaf plantation - entrance.day 4 : firstly, the day started at this place which changjiang bridge could be seen.. the bridge was super long and also both sides of the bridge is the well known - chang jiang.. yupps.. after dat, went into the tower and went to see this artist.. heard that he's very famous.. haha.. he paints into artificial crystal balls with the middle hollowed and there's a hole for the special paint brush to go in and paint.. which means the master must paint opposite way so dat it will be reflected on the outside of the 'crystal'.. yeps.. next went to this place called mo chou hu (sorrow-free lake) the scenery there was awesome and air cleaner den shanghai city.. heh.. went to some sight seeing places forgotten the name :x
along the chang jiang bridge.
very fine art.. the paintings are made on the hollowed man-made crystal..
scenery : mei hua.. (:
i am standing in the middle of the bridge.. damn tiny.. haha..
this dog was outside the restaurant.. i thought it looks cute.. haha..
day 5: went to this place, very cool, called "san guo cheng.. this is where some tv shows are taken yea.. got to watch a show there.. like some very olden scenes.. got horses and ppl wearing those armour kind of clothes.. haha.. i don't know how to describe it.. yep, after dat, went to this place sell tea pots.. known to have good tea pots, but my mum didnt buy though was kinda tempted to buy.. looks very nice.. and there's some collectors' tea pot set.. was super ex.. but its kinda worth it.. den i told my mum wanna buy den buy the collectors' but we didn't intend to buy laa.. very troublesome sia.. yupp.. after dat,
outside of "san guo cheng"
some performance at san guo chengmadame tussaunds' wax museum.. haha.. cool ehs??
wax figure - prince william.. he's mine! :x
hahaha.. look at his cane.. its on my hang :x i stole it from him :x
inside the wax museum.. pepsi adv.. 3 handsomes.. :D
view from dong fang ming zhu ta.. shanghai city (:
entrance of dong fang ming zhu.. (:day 6: not much pics taken.. and cannot really recall abt day 6 :x
day 7: free & easy day.. went on a mission to get my sister's pipa string.. haha.. had to ask around where to get it.. yup, and got some useful info from the hotel's info. counter.. me and my mum tried some thing other tour mates dun get to.. haha.. we took "mrt".. haha.. was quite similar to SG's.. went shopping again.. haha.. shopped for the whole day ah.. TIRED is the word.. lols.. settled at mac for dinner.. was cheap and good.. i liked it.. haha.. but the sad thing, no chilli sauce.. lol! yea.. back to hotel after SHOPPINGGG~
day 7: free & easy day.. went on a mission to get my sister's pipa string.. haha.. had to ask around where to get it.. yup, and got some useful info from the hotel's info. counter.. me and my mum tried some thing other tour mates dun get to.. haha.. we took "mrt".. haha.. was quite similar to SG's.. went shopping again.. haha.. shopped for the whole day ah.. TIRED is the word.. lols.. settled at mac for dinner.. was cheap and good.. i liked it.. haha.. but the sad thing, no chilli sauce.. lol! yea.. back to hotel after SHOPPINGGG~
from the hotel view(in the day).. can see dong fang ming zhu. (:
zoomed view from the hotel.."mrt" station.. lin ping road.. where i stayed :x
shopping paradise.. wheee~day 8: last day already.. went to do the so called last minute shopping.. went to the market to buy some stuffs back to SG.. then checked out of the hotel and went to cheng huang miao to shop.. yea.. we went there again.. there's many yummy food there.. not forgetting the xiao long bao.. is super nice.. and cheap too.. 16 pieces for RMB 10.. which is SGD $2 only.. cheap and good food.. also tried the tang bao there.. the bao so hard, think cannot be eaten.. lols.. walk and walk, walk till the dong fang ming zhu ta.. took some pics and left.. after dat, went back to the hotel lobby at 4+, alot of them were there alrd cos they donno where to go and slacked there yea.. haha.. tried to have some sleep there.. and when some others gathered, some went to eat.. i decided to go with one of my tour mate to eat mac.. but unfortunately, cannot find any.. so we went to eat KFC.. and the ppl there, really cute.. haha.. when we asked for chilli sauce, they gave and said, "you yi dian la" - translated "its a little spicy" haha.. when we ate, was totally sweet chilli.. lol.. i took away food to the hotel lobby for my mum too (: went up the bus, proceeded to the airport.. and home sweet home :D
in the super long queu for the xiao long bao! this was wad i queued for.. yummy xiao long bao! :x
tang bao.. haha.. the bao cannot be eaten sia.. lol..
view of dong fang ming zhu. nice yea?
i look dumb.. haha.. the SUN is shining into my eyes.. hahaha.. and i can live without jacket then.
COMMENTS: sorry all for the late updates! was busy recently! and SICK!
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Friday, April 13, 2007
RE: shanghai trip. (:
1st day : arrived at shanghai at around 6+.. was really bright already.. infact 5 am its as bright as SG's 7.30 am.. serious.. actually becos of the season.. yupp.. met up with our tour guide, xiao lou.. firstly, we went for the maglev train ride.. was pretty cool.. and the speed is super fast and the train itself does not have any rail ways.. some how moved by electromagnetic waves or something.. lol.. the speed can go up to 430km/h.. fast right? went to cheng huang miao.. this place.. some how more for tourists.. haha.. but the place is pretty beautiful.. many 'xiao chi' oso.. heh.. after that, we went up the bus and proceeded to suzhou.. went to visit the singapore industrial park.. there's a merlion there oso.. haha.. a malnutrition merlion! muahahaha.. funny right.. :x after dat, went to qi li san tang cultural and historical street.. after dat, went to quan qian street, shop and shop :D dats where i saw the shops dat jay dai yan.. heh xD
the view outside ; maglev train ride
the train and me.. (:
snap shots around cheng huang miao
suzhou - singapore industrial park (skinny merlion - LOL!)
at the singapore industrial park
at qi li san tang cukture abd historical street. (try to spot me ok!)
will continue maybe some days later.. so busy tml.. need to go down to moe and need to reach by 9 am! then go down to sjab bbq at bukit batok civil service club till 3+ and meet sinne, iming and aneesa after dat! (: liwhey misses everyone!! :D
STAY TUNED MAN! :D
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Thursday, April 05, 2007
my 1st day in shanghai!
wheee.. i am now at the hotel's lobby using comp.. supposed to use my mum's PDA fone but i coundnt connect to the internet and i can understand that the ppl there dun understand wad i was trying to tell them den they just oppened the office.. where i am in now.. haha.. got 2 comp.. free access to anyone.. but actually closed alrd.. den the lady nice enough to unlock the room and let me use.. so nice ehs??
hahas xD btw, i visited many places today and wad i can say.. my shou huo bu shao.. haha.. i going every where to take jay's pics.. haha.. i first spotted his pic at metersbonwe.. hahha.. tried to capture the pics secretly.. haha.. cos abit weird if i keep trying to take his pic lor.. den ltr kenna shoo off by the shopkeepeer will be funnier.. lols!
den i stepped into another unknown sports shop.. den they got ah lun to dai yan their product.. den i actually saw the shop's plastic is jay's face la! den i told my mum i wanna buy sth to get the plastic.. lol.. even the tags were printed jay's face.. cool right?? hahaa.. ltr will take some pics of it post it when i am back in SG.. lol..
after going here and there, eat dinner and all.. we went to this hotel : green tree inn hotel.. haha.. service and all was ok.. too bad no bath tub and fridge! wasted! when we got all our luggage packed into the room and we went to the nearest mart.. abt 5 mins walk from here.. den bought some cool stuffs.. lol.. like.. jay's pic on the packaging of potato chip, fei lun hai's pic printed on the packaging of biscuits.. lol lor! haha.. i bought it! muahaha! the food is cheap cheap.. haha.. super cool.. i going to take pics and post when i am back yea! :D
ok.. will blog till here! :D:D will blog again if i can yup! and all, pls keep my blog alive.. lol!
CURRENTLY : my hand is freezing.. lols! 9 degrees!! BRRRR.. :D
hahas xD btw, i visited many places today and wad i can say.. my shou huo bu shao.. haha.. i going every where to take jay's pics.. haha.. i first spotted his pic at metersbonwe.. hahha.. tried to capture the pics secretly.. haha.. cos abit weird if i keep trying to take his pic lor.. den ltr kenna shoo off by the shopkeepeer will be funnier.. lols!
den i stepped into another unknown sports shop.. den they got ah lun to dai yan their product.. den i actually saw the shop's plastic is jay's face la! den i told my mum i wanna buy sth to get the plastic.. lol.. even the tags were printed jay's face.. cool right?? hahaa.. ltr will take some pics of it post it when i am back in SG.. lol..
after going here and there, eat dinner and all.. we went to this hotel : green tree inn hotel.. haha.. service and all was ok.. too bad no bath tub and fridge! wasted! when we got all our luggage packed into the room and we went to the nearest mart.. abt 5 mins walk from here.. den bought some cool stuffs.. lol.. like.. jay's pic on the packaging of potato chip, fei lun hai's pic printed on the packaging of biscuits.. lol lor! haha.. i bought it! muahaha! the food is cheap cheap.. haha.. super cool.. i going to take pics and post when i am back yea! :D
ok.. will blog till here! :D:D will blog again if i can yup! and all, pls keep my blog alive.. lol!
CURRENTLY : my hand is freezing.. lols! 9 degrees!! BRRRR.. :D
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007
sniffs :(
aiyooo.. i am sick now.. wth.. going overseas soon den fall sick.. now feeling super uncomfortable lahs.. in about 24 hours i will be going onto the plane liaos.. hope i get well super soon :(
hmms.. today i went out rather early.. met up with leonard and bp and they accompanied me to tp.. thanks guys.. so nice rights? :D den after dat met up with ying and peilin at lucky chinatown K BOX.. we sang for like so long lahs.. from 3pm to 8pm.. this partly explains why i am sick now.. and.. i am down with flu and some sore throat.. (probably dats wad bp is experiencing now - oh no!)
hmms.. i signed up k box member.. not very ex.. 5 bucks only and besides dat i got 2 "nada sou sou" movie tix at gv.. good right.. i wanted to watch the show la.. den now it costs onli 5 bucks for 2 tix.. think will be catching the show tml before the show dun play anymore.. which i donno is when.. after kboxing at chinatown, we headed to vivo as planned..walked around.. and tml shd be going down to vc again.. i wanna see if they got sell the water bottle at harbour front ctr.. and need to change $$ again.. i think i need more clothes man.. if not i will be frozen in shanghai! :( shall i buy gloves? i donno yet.. this 1 can find peilin if i need.. lols! she'll give me the best recommendation and price.. right?!
aiyahs.. today not my day.. i think my hp spoil again.. damn it spoil at the wrong time lors.. i need a camera fone.. dumb laa.. my mind is in a whirl now.. SAD!
end here.. might be blogging tml or when i come back from shanghai!
CURRENTLY : sick plus tired.. SOB SOBS T-T~
hmms.. today i went out rather early.. met up with leonard and bp and they accompanied me to tp.. thanks guys.. so nice rights? :D den after dat met up with ying and peilin at lucky chinatown K BOX.. we sang for like so long lahs.. from 3pm to 8pm.. this partly explains why i am sick now.. and.. i am down with flu and some sore throat.. (probably dats wad bp is experiencing now - oh no!)
hmms.. i signed up k box member.. not very ex.. 5 bucks only and besides dat i got 2 "nada sou sou" movie tix at gv.. good right.. i wanted to watch the show la.. den now it costs onli 5 bucks for 2 tix.. think will be catching the show tml before the show dun play anymore.. which i donno is when.. after kboxing at chinatown, we headed to vivo as planned..walked around.. and tml shd be going down to vc again.. i wanna see if they got sell the water bottle at harbour front ctr.. and need to change $$ again.. i think i need more clothes man.. if not i will be frozen in shanghai! :( shall i buy gloves? i donno yet.. this 1 can find peilin if i need.. lols! she'll give me the best recommendation and price.. right?!
aiyahs.. today not my day.. i think my hp spoil again.. damn it spoil at the wrong time lors.. i need a camera fone.. dumb laa.. my mind is in a whirl now.. SAD!
end here.. might be blogging tml or when i come back from shanghai!
CURRENTLY : sick plus tired.. SOB SOBS T-T~
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