Saturday, October 27, 2007

北 京 Day 1...sleepy day..

We took 12am flight to beijing on 9 Oct..reached around 6am..i din really sleep well in the plane..kinda uncomfortable sleeping..missing my bed badly indeed..

We took our buffet breakfast @ the airport..there's quite a no. of variety..oni @ S$3 per pax..wow!

Thereafter we proceed to our 1st destination..the Beijing Oylmpic 2008 countdown clock..


天 安 门 广 场 was so crowded early in the morning. Our tour guide said it was worse during their national day Oct 1-7 as they were given 7 days public holidays & many China ppl seems to gather in Beijing places of interest..walao..


This is what i'm doing most of the time, busy videotaking (other than posing as my dear's model).. and my dear FOREVER busy taking photos lo...


Welcome to 故 宫 ! Let's take a look at the Emperor's place...


Very big hor...


Our tour guide started talking about history again..v interesting..my mummy v smart..sit down & listen..haha..


Emperor's Chair..wow..looks antique indeed..


Now we are going to enjoy 宫 廷 御 膳 !


After our emperor's lunch, we proceed 卢 沟 桥. a very long jounery..really worth going coz 意大利旅行家马可·波罗在他的游记中称赞“它是世界上最好的、独一无二的桥”。桥东为宛平县城,明崇祯十一年(1638年)建。1937年7月7日,日本帝国主义在此发动全面侵华战争。宛平城的中国驻军奋起抵抗,史称“卢沟桥事变”(亦称“七七事变”)。


桥身两侧石雕护栏各有望柱140根,柱头上均雕有卧伏的大小石狮共501个,神态各异,栩栩如生。


This photo seems very...err...what r u thinking? ;p


Toilet time..i'm going to queue up..oh..wonder what's the condition inside??


Is this the olden 客 栈 ?



We took a long & slow journey back to have dinner..beijing's traffic is very terrible..we don't really mind coz all of us were v sleepy, jz sleep till we reached lo..who cares..haha..

Will update day 2 soon...

Happy Birthday Lingyu!

On 7 Oct, my dear Lingyu set her eyes on this Japanese Restaurant after searching around for a nice place for dinner @ vivo city. The decor like jap traditional restaurant. It serves japanese cuisine..


Oh..we missed out taking the pix of our 1st dish coz we are too overwhelmed with what we saw....an egg in a wine glass..a special kinda egg imported direct from jap & mixed with mini mushrooms..u can sip it down your throat smoothly..till now is still unforgetable..This is our 2nd dish, v crispy on the outside..the crab meat inside really taste great!


This is the set meal of our birthday gal..


She seems v engrossed in eating wor..


Yay...this set belong to me...


I'm v v full...trying to drink green tea to digest...but dun seems to help..


Chill out @ Dragonfly & hv fun..


Happy Birthday to u, my dear Lingyu! Cheers!!

Friday, October 26, 2007

What's Your Number?

Thousands of people @ Expo wearing red polo tee "What's Your Number" on 1st October..well is Prudential Final Sprint...Pru is promoting it aggressively..

Yay! OUR 'break time' @ hongkong cafe! v sleepy ahh..all of us ordered a cuppa coffee..see our droopy eyes..esp my xiao di, Raymond who jz woke up from the seminar..eer...opps! ;p


After a sip of coffee...do we look much better? keke!!


Daphne & i intended to share a burger together..


Here came our burger..so small how to share?! wahaha...

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Lunar 2nd Anniversary - Mid Autumn Celebration Day 5

Finally 中 秋 节 arrived! Well..it is also our lunar 2nd Wedding Anniversary..now you all understand y we love this day so muchie!! Haha...

We went to Chinatown, a typical place where many people celebrate 中 秋 节..


After walking for quite a distance, i stopped by this shop coz i find it v antique..


Finally we went to beijing restaurant to celebrate our BIG day..we chose this restaurant coz we wanna try their beijing style of cooking. During that time, we haven go Beijing yet..hee..

This fish is the main attraction that makes us came in to give it a try..


Many actors seems to visit this place before too..


My dear boy is waiting for dinner...this fish seems v difficult to prepare..we waited for more than 30mins liao..v hungry!!


Our fish finally came before we fainted! Yummy yummy!!


The chinatown street was v crowded. I enjoyed such atmosphere & shopped happily along the street with my dear boy..


Monkey is my 生 肖..do i look like one?! hee!


There's stage performance at night too..


We passed by this area where many famous places of interest make of lanterns..but dun plan to go in..we hv better plans later on..


We went to our gardern rooftop of the carpark to play with paper lanterns & candles..


This love of fire is made by my dear boy...




See two love of fire? i make a bigger one..haha...


Here's a close up of my love...


What a romantic way to end the night of this mid autumn festival..

Friday, October 19, 2007

裕 华 园 - Mid Autumn Celebration Day 4

U must be wondering y we keep celebrating this mid autumn thingy..haha..coz is a meaningful day for us...

We went to Chinese Garden on 24 Sept'07..this is our 6th year coming to this place..this is a place where our love blossoms..so every year we will come here to celebrate & hv fun!


My dear's art work in 2006..


His art work in 2007...romantic hor..


These were the wishing trees where you can write your wish on the red ribbon & throw on the tree that can fulfil your wish..different trees hv different kind of wishes, eg. happiness, health, wealth, etc..


Yay...i'm writing wishes on the red ribbon..intend to throw on a wishing tree! Really having a hard time writing coz i attempted to write in Chinese...seems like i have forgotten lotz of chinese words..oh no..lucky my handphone's chinese dictionary saved my day!


The theme for Chinese Garden is underwater world this year..u'll get to see different underworld world animals make of lanterns. haha!


This performance caught our attention & stopped by to watch awhile..


End up we watched till show ended & i took pix with the performers!


Wow..this is the 八 仙 过 海 on the lake..is enticing..


Trying to act like penguins..wahaha..they are sooo...cute!!


Playing lanterns with my mummy..she v excited lo...coz it has been 30yrs or more since she last played lanterns..


Here are the mandarin ducks..they are well known as lovers duck..so must we behave like them to be lovers??!


Are we as cute as the bear couple? Okok..we shall stop acting cute!! keke!


Look! My mum wanna feed this creature with her can drink..my gosh! She dun bother to take pix with me, think she's having a great time entertaining herself lo..


Goodbye beautiful dolphins & underwaterworld animals...we'll be back again in 2008!

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