Monday, January 01, 2007

Ok. Now my NINE day trip to CHINA
The first thing when I reached Shanghai- Pu Dong International airport, the only thing I remembered, we needed to take a bus in the airport, from the plane to the airportr itself. At that time of around 6am+ in the morning, the temperature was only 2 degrees C. I was only wearing ONE warmer and ONE thin jacket.
That time point of time, I felt like singing 5566 "Leng Feng Guo Jing" and JJ "Dong Jie" [these two songs are the most dedicated songs in my mind during the China trip, otherwise, it's Ma Pi by Jones]

We then took this transport to somewhere where our tour bus was waiting. MY first attempt on the bullet train. Initially, I thought it was some normal MRT train we got, but I only realised when its speed zoomed to 200km/h, it's not a normal MRT train. It's A BULLET TRAIN.
This is the proof

SEE! It's so shaky even my picture went blurred. HAHA
The train even went slanted . My brother, cousin and me were like three mountain tortises that went "IT IS SLANTING!! OMG!!". I think the local people there thinks we are 3 crazy kids.
The trip is cool. But the price of the ticket of this train, is uncool. =.-

We went to different areas of China [in order]; Hangzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, Wuxi and lastly of course Shanghai
Going with tour groups, we went to those old sites like old houses/villages in the past few hundred years. Those we also saw on ancient TV dramas. The wooden furnitures are in perfect condition after 600 years. Strong wood man!
The first one we went was


One thing I love such places was the scenery. OMG. It was spectacular! It was something we can't see in Singapore. SO loving. I could immediately get my director chair, and sit at there and start some filming. Something like Winter Sonata. [It's fits! Since it was winter at there!]


That was part of the TREES scenery in Wu Zhen. Very 'Winter Sonata' hor?

The other part of the scenery in Wu Zhen was the houses. It was like some ancient wuxia drama that had happened in there. Quite cool.




Imagine I jump from roof to roof WUHA!


I was here!


Next stop... HangZhou
As the tour guide said, Xi Hu is a lake wheere many love stories from the past had taken place. Bai SuZhen and many, which I forget. There is also the pagoda that captured Bai SuZhen. Hm... And of course, the scenery was BEAUTIFUL. We toured around the lake in an enclosed boat.

I never failed to miss a photoshoot. HAHA [inside the boat]

A roughly tour of the lake. Don't ask me about the history and stuff. Seriously, I forget everything. I only remember that one of the island on the lake, QianLong if I'm not wrong, always visit there to drink tea. Ai ya, people enjoying the scenery what. Haha




The hills around the lake make the whole atmosphere at the lake beautiful. Like what the tour guide said, the peak of the hills look gentle, because they aren't too high up or low. Just perfect.


Now the garden near the lake. As it was winter, most of the trees and flowers had wither. OH WELL.
Not much flowers except for the strong ones that survived in winter =D




Yue Fei Temple--where Yue Fei was being buried
I didn't take much, only the entrance, since it's his grave. I feel that we should respect. Don't take better. But my cousin got and take. =.- So when I was browsing his photos, 3 droplets fall from my head.


[Above picture: credits goes to my cousin]


Mei Tea Plantation
It is actually a so-called village where most of the Mei people lived in here. Their lving are to grow and cultivate tea.
Due to time constraint, I only took one photo of one part of the scenery.

And there, we are introduced the different types of tea leaves, plucked from different season and time. The best will be 'Gu Liang Cha'. Next shall be 'Xi Fur Char'. Lastly, 'Po Po Cha'. And they don't say 'drink tea', instead it is 'eat' tea (Chi Cha). Because based on what the staff says, eating the tea leaves after you drink the tea, you will absorb more nutrition in your body. So, as the person explain, I just take the tea leaves from my cup and place it in my mouth. Haha

[Above picture: Credit goes to my cousin]


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WARNING: YOU MIGHT FEEL UNEASY. HENCE AVOID EATING BEFORE YOU SCOLL DOWN.
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Ah. Hangzhou has this well-known dish called 'Dong Bo Rou' [Dong Bo Meat]. It's a dish to remember this person called Su Dong Bo.

Eat the skin first. Then the fat. And lastly, the meat. Everyone has their individual portion. And when I got mine, I nearly faint and yell for help! LOOK AT THE GRAVY! IT HAS ONE LAYER OF OIL! Oh my gosh!
But to respect their traditions, I forced myself to eat but separating the fat, and placed it in my mouth with some rice. And I bite once and swallow the whole thing down my throat, then eat the meat. After that, I immediately drink half a cup of tea. SINFUL!



To be continued...