a blog about Beijing...3-6apr

Firstly...let me introduce you this nice hotel...the room is big...with a king size double bed...working table...big bathroom with big bath tub...TV which can be use to serve net....full facilities....

and then...of course is time to go out...to where??..the Great wall....and this is the restaurant we had lunch before we 'climb up'-->>

a sign board in front of the great wall ticket office....and stall that selling cute stuff....

look at the old and scary cable car....tell you what??..we were shouting in the cable car on the way up to the entrance of the great wall...but we are still professional so manage to capture the view from the cable car....

finally we are here...the entrance of the great wall

OMG!!you see the crowd...you don't even need to walk..they will push you by the way....

i think this is scary...i'm not sure how many stairs we have to climb....

thanks god...i'm half way there...and i'm already so tired...and thirsty....thats why people brought foods and drinks along and picnic on the way.....and blocking my way...:p

go great wall must touch the wall lah!!.....if not what else you wanna do??....im just kidding anyway....

some captures on top of the great wall...and this few local guys thinking that they hardly saw alien in china so ask for permission to take a picture with us....is true...we are alien there...where people keep looking at us like one kind....and in an obvious way.....

and there's the end of great wall tour.....

yeah!!dinner time...let's see this five star restaurant in Beijing.....

they have a very big menu cards and none of us can understand whatever written.....so we anyhow pick anything which sounds familiar wo us....scroll down and see what we had order...

after made an order...the golden equipment served....we all like the copstick holder which is in a duck shape..... don't you think it is cute??

and then....these are the side dishes specially for the roast duck.....

the appetizer.....cold chicken wing??...duck wing??...sorry...i can't even remember what we had order....

Cabbage??....

okay...must introduce this dish....is egg plant...maybe it doesn't looks nice but it taste good....they cut it into slices....fried it bake it or whatever with the special cooked sauce.....yummy!!

sorry again...we have no idea what soup it is...but is a very yummy soup....with 3 crispy sticks....

yippy!!the main dish is here...the roast duck....."crispy skin soft meat"







this lady is teaching us the proper way of eating roast duck...first..take a popiah wrap put roast duck meat some side dish and sauce......

fried rice for 1 person.....don't be frighten when you get to see how "big" portion it is......

Next trip to the Forbidden City.....

The entrance...and the sign board...let's see where we heading to.....

Imperial Garden "Yu Hua Yuan"

we gonna have a look at some sourvenior.....the chopstick---->>>

<<--keychain??

cabbage??-->>

or some buddhist statues.........

Thousand-year Pavillion "Qian Qiu Ting"

a very tall gate to enter another residence.....

Palace of Gathered Elegance 'Chu Xiu Gong'

-build in 1420 and rebuilt in 1655 which is during the ming and qing dynasties, it was the residenceof empress and imperial concubines...

have a beep inside.....

captured at the corridor in front of the Chu Xiu Gong....

The Royal Telephone

let's move on to another residence.....

Hall of Union and Peace 'Jiao Tai Dian'

-build with gold-plated roof top...yearly grand ceremony was held here during the Qing dynasty...

big stone carving.....

on the way to "Wu Men"

the Museum of painting....

Meridian Gate 'Wu Men'

-the formal entrance to the Forbidden City, popular know as Five Phoenix Turrets 'Wu Feng Lou'. Combined fortress, palace, and gateway, also know as the largest gates of Forbidden City

time to say GoodBye!!

Wu Men from the outside....

again...is end of the tour....and went back to hotel had our buffet lunch...sorry...no picture to share for the buffet...but it contains of the oriental style, western style, japanese style, indian style, thai style.....with a lot of choices...desert with ice cream, cakes, chocolate, fruits.....you can eat whatever you want to....and as much as you want.....it worth the price you pay...besides....they are giving a good service.....so why not give it a try??....

Lastly, want to say thanks to Karina and Sook Chen for asking me out for the tour....really having a lot of funs with both of you....and nice to meet you guys....hope to fly again soon.....:p

hold the hand of the person who loves you

Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.

The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter,

'Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the river.'

The little girl said, 'No, Dad. You hold my hand.' '

What's the difference?' asked the puzzled father.

'There's a big difference,' replied the little girl.

'If I hold your hand and something happens to me, chances are that I may let your hand go.

But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what happens, you will never let my hand go.'

In any relationship, the essence of trust is not in its bind, but in its bond.

So hold the hand of the person who loves you rather than expecting them to hold yours...

happiest trip-AMS

the restaurant (Castell) we had dinner on the day we touch down....even is still sunny but it was 5pm in Amsterdam...by the time we walk there and read tru the menu....okay...so don't think that is too early for dinner...haha

the view in front of the restaurant....on the right side is the river...and trees along the road....nice and comfortable view....love it.....
that's the spare ribs i ordered....come with a very big portion...and i only manage to finish a quarter of them....but believe me it is really nice....but just too big for me.....don't be greedy share with your partner unless you want to challenge yourself.....


this is a sign of Amsterdam....u get to see this along the way to wherever u heading to...for sure with boats, bikes, river and trees......


saw this big size shoe hanging outside the sourvenier shop....must take picture right??...cause this is one of the product to represent Holland....


even though you get to see a lot of rivers in Amsterdam along the road...but this is the best view i discovered....


the fun park on the way to our targeted destination.....and we spent at least 1 to 2 hours here....can you see the yellow thingy behind the wheel??...that's the ride we took....is freaky cold up there....experiencing being throw 360 degrees in the sky.....


there are few waffle stalls at the fun park....must try one....yummy crispy waffle with chocolate and rasberry jam......yum-yum!!


the first day journey ended with a break before a long walk back to the hotel....had some alcoholic drinks to warm up our body because is really cold outdoor.....

the second day begin with the flower market.....lets see what i have.....

seeds for tulips....




wow...a beautiful lady with all these christmas thingy hanging around her...but i really have no idea why i get to see these in april....lol....whatever....just want to capture down this beautiful scene....and tell you what....there is a 50% discount jacket from H&M in the bag i carried.....


last but not least.....manage to get some nice stuff from Zara too....of course this is one of them....ans lastly we bought the famous Amsterdam fries on the way back to the hotel to be my dinner and my favourite croissant for my next day breakfast....wow!!...yum-yum!!..

and that's the end of my journey in Amsterdam....really had a lot of fun with the rest 10 of them...you guys really made my Amsterdam journey looks more colourful and more fun along the way....thanks for the accompanied to my fellow.......FRIENDS..