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27th December 2007 – HangZhou 杭州

Posted in China, Food, Temples, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The first place we visited in Hangzhou after Lunch was LingYing Temple, 灵隐寺, where there is a Flew in Mountain飞来峰。Ling Ying Temple (sounds like Lim Yeen’s temple) is one of the oldest temple in China, which used to be even bigger than Shaolin. There is a Mountain in this area named Flew in Mountain. According [...]

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Nanking Massacre Museum Vs Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Museum

Posted in China, Japan, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I’ve visited the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Museum on the 4th of July 2007 and Nanking Massacre Museum on the 26th of December 2007. This Post is a comparison between these 2 museums. Why? because if there was no Nanking Massacre, there won’t be Atomic Bomb launched at Hiroshima. This post is not about who is right, who to responsible for the [...]

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26 Dec 07 Nanking or Nanjing 南京

Posted in China, Travel, tagged , , , , on January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Dr Sun Yat Sen’s memorial park – any idea who Dr Sun Yat Sen is? The first question popped up in my mind was, how come Dr Sun was buried in Nanjing and not Taiwan? He is a Chinese revolutionary and political leader often referred to as the ” father of modern China” and “Father [...]

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25 Dec 07 Wu Xi and Yang Zhou

Posted in China, Travel, tagged , , on January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Overnight in Wuxi, First place we went was a Pearl Factory. The place is just like any other jewellery shop, except someone open a clam infront of u and show you how many pearls inside it.
Later we head to Hui San Shi  惠山寺. It is a very old temple and this place used to be the favorite hangout [...]

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24 Dec 07 SuZhou and WuXi

Posted in China, Travel, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »

过了苏州没艇搭- this proverb is from this river, as this river was used to go Beijing from SuZhou. Beside this river, its Han Shan Temple – 寒山寺, which was built in the 500AD.

After HanShan Temple, We proceed to Tiger Hill 虎丘。Wu’s King  -Helu was buried on the hill, called then “the Hill Emerging from the Sea”. The [...]

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23 Dec 07 Shanghai & SuZhou

Posted in China, Shanghai, Travel, tagged , , , , on January 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »

We started our tour early in the morning, first started at 2. Nanjing Road (南京路). The weather was about 9degree celcious, it was so nice… we suppose to shop there but we didnt buy anything as I thought we can shop elsewhere. We then proceed to take a cruise along the river to see the [...]

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要了一年。。。

Posted in China, Toys, Travel on December 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »

还记得去年八月尾，我看到了这个装饰品，非常喜欢，站在那，看了好久好久。B$50-B$60, 不便宜哦。。 想了想，我买下来了。买给我老板当做结婚礼物。
这一年来，我都有回去看看其他不同款式的，我好喜欢，好希望有人会送给我。等等等。。。都没有。。 当然我也有点傻傻的，从来没告诉任何人我要这个。。。
前天，我看到了在上海的城隍庙街上。想了想，看了看，我买了三个。小的给我表妹们，大的已吊满了手饰，安然的在我房里。:)

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莫名其妙的旅行 A Blur Blur Trip

Posted in China, Travel on December 30, 2007 | 3 Comments »

22-30 December 2007, My family joined a Tour Group to China. We visited Shanghai, SuZhou, Hang Zhou, WuXi, YangZhou and WuZen.
The last time i joined a tour group was 19 years ago, and i don’t wanna join any tour group again. We spent very little time in every spots, and its so hard to take a [...]

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Chinese who never been to China

Posted in China, Travel on December 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Few years ago, I overheard this conversation. J- a Malaysian Indian, V – a Malaysian Chinese.
J: I am very excited to visit India Next week
V: You mean you never been to India?
J: Yes, this is my first time.
V: Huh?? How come you never been to India?
J: Have you been to China?
V: !!! no…
I am one [...]

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