Tuesday, August 29, 2006

30 minutes anxiety

Saturday ago, just another normal day to me. Looking hub went out for work at the doorstep and found that the door knob button "crazy" again, it not pop out when it turn to open. Therefore, hub told me to bring along the key when go out.

So, this time really get into trouble, while I mop the doorstep area (place where put the shoes with shoes racks), I bend with my back so to hold n block the door from closed. While I'm cleaning, I was totally not in mind that the door knob is spoilt. Suddently a strong wind blow and that time I was a bit out from the door (not blocking the door) as to clean the outter part. A loud sound... "PONGG"... the door closed.

Aiyoh, this time 'bei gah foh' the door only can open from inside and not from outside (coz the door knob button not pop out when it turns to open). Ahhh...this time 'sei la' I lock myself outside the door and inside the gate!!! I dun have a door key (who will bring a key together if u not going out, but just to clean the doorstep area?)

Again, another shock. So how la...no key, no phone, no ppl outside the gate, neighbour all door closed, lock outside the door inside the gate area. Stand at the 6"x3½" doorstep holding the mop. I was like an ant in the hot pan. Baby was having nap in the bedroom and boiling soup in the kitchen. Brain totally blank for a few second, coz too nervous. What to do lehh.....faster I put my hand cross over to the next house grill door and shake it very hard and called out 'hello' a few times. May b no body at home, or may b the iron pat lock not hitting the grill door strong enough and ppl inside can't hear with door closed. This time I got to shout already. I saw 2 doors away an aunty was in n out the kitchen. I shout rather in high tone (in cantonese),


"阿嫂, 麻烦你出来一下!" shout a few times - no response.
So, I go for another shout "麻烦你出来一下, 我的门反琐了!!!" also shout a few times...but not the aunty few doors away came out, but my opposite neighbour.

C: Neighbour J:Me

(coversation in cantonese)

C: What's wrong?

J: My door is lock from inside and I dun have a key now.
C: How did u wan me to help u? If u not said u lock urself outside I won't come out and check.

(While she open her gate)
C: Pls borrow me ur phone, I need to make calls for help.
(C went into her house and pass me her mobile)

After she hand me her mobile I called my mum. She hav a set of my front door keys. Aft call her, she also can't reached me immediatedly as her car hav send for repair for a few days. She then called my dad, luckily he was near by Puchong that time, but not sure need to take how long to reached me. After finish the call I giv C back her mobile.


J: Thanks for helping.
C: If u hav anything pls let me know, my name is Canny
(Not sure is Canny or Candy, what I heard is Canny. She go in to her house and close her door.)

This time, I heard baby Terry crying from nap.Crying very loud, coz no ppl inside approaching him. What to do... sorry boy, ur mummy is locked outside. No choice, hav to wait until popo came and save mama. He cry and stop a while then cry and cry...my heart also pain already...but can't help..so wait lorr...

After 10 min,
C: How are u there?
J: My mum is coming to open the door.
C: Need any magazine to read while waiting? wan to pass u a chair but can't help. (as I lock inside the gate)
J: Thanks, I can sit on the floor, nevermind and is ok, anyway I was not in mood to read magazine now. My baby is crying inside, I wan to hear him. Anyway, can u borrow me again ur phone. I need to call and check how long my mum will come.
C: OK.
(she pass me her mobile again)

After some casual chat she went into her house with her door ¼ open. 20+ minutes later, my mum run from the lift and passed me the key. Without open the gate for my mum first, I open the "crazy" door and faster run into the bedroom n comfort my baby.

Hai...I will go crazy if keep on taking shock..hopefully there won't b another shock comes short *Peace, peace, peace*

Friday, August 25, 2006

Baby-licious

In this week, have received 2 newborn news. One from my elder cousin sis Sharon Chow on 20/8 and another one this morning from my bestmate Bee Moon. Congratulation to sis Sharon and Bee Moon on your new arrival. Very happy to hav new born around. Just love to see these baby soon. But, my sis one don't think so soon, she based in UK, and one after few years they will back, normally they back for occasions.

Pic shown my sis with her new born baby boy-Joel and her eldest son, Jeremy. Met him twice only, others time only watch the VCD in my uncle's house, which air-mailed back from his dad. Now he so big+handsome boy. Time flies. By now, Chow-Leong (my dad and mum, both side) and extended family, included Terry boy, we already got 6 doggie year babies. ho-ho...

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Home accident

Tuesday ago, baby Terry fall from the sarung while he going take his nap during lunch time. I was by his side swinging him and thought that after put him to sleep I can take my lunch. I watched him falling down to the floor. The sarung spring was crack at the top and the safety belt fail to pull back the sarung and it just fall down together. The minute I saw him on the floor I was totally shock and frighten. My whole body was like numb for second and my heart like jut out. Faster I bring him up to my arm and of coz he cry so loud and being frighten too....I was so scared at the moment and I cry too....He fall from like 65cm height.

I was too careless that not take my cousin sis word in mind to put a small bed underneath the sarung n now accident happen. My heart was so pain and I almost no appetite to eat. I keep on watching him and check him after fall and make sure that he is not vomit, swollen or having any unusual reaction and I also worried that whether it knock his bone or brain at the back. After having some advise from the paed nurse if in the next 24 hours no bad sign like vomitting or non-stop crying than the baby should b fine. So, till today think baby Terry should b ok, he still eat and sleep like normal, no bad sign. Till now the falling moment still play in my mind when I put him in the sarung.

So spring broken cannot swing. That night we went to bought a new pair at Carrefour. Previously is single spring, now double one in pair. Thought wat, the quality is worst than the broken one. OMG! wat the hell nowdays the quality of product is so paliah! and guess what this new pair of spring only cost RM3.90! it is out of my expectation 'wah, so cheap one ahh, must b no good thing'...there is only the proper spring for sarung used, no other better choice. Anyway for the time being I bought it also. Brandon suggested should buy those spring used in gym for pulling one. Aft replace the broken one I dare not to swing him even it is double now and things are too fragile now, the iron steel looks soft the the top and rear holder is tiny too. I'm too worried.

The next day my mum brought over the old spring which she kept for 30 yrs. Old thing means old thing looks tuff and long lasting. This old single spring is equivalent to the double spring which is more thick and the iron steel is harder...now using the old one with 2 safety string tied from the top and put a small bed under it. The safety belt used previously dun wan now. Dare not to swing hard now, and I only let him sleep in daytime. Night time try to swing him in bouncing net to put him sleep and not depend too much on sarung now.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Sick

This week we both got sick one after another. Luckily Terry strong enough and not being influence. Tuesday ago I got cold n soar throat, it was a very very tiring day and got to wear mask while handling Terry. Luckily my mum came over to help for a few hours. Later in the afternoon went to see doctor. Aft took some medicine, condition get into control. The next day was supposed my Bella Skin Care appointment, but Brandon's turn to get sick. He caught fever n cold. So, the free skin facial got to cancel.

Lately our weather day hot, night cold + hazy causing a lot of ppl sick...remember pls drink more water. Take care everyone!

Monday, August 07, 2006

New development

Terry is growing fast day by day, he is going to reach 3 months old in 12 more days later. Now he knows how to stuff his four fingers into his mouth till the saliva wet outside of the lips...also he likes to raise up his hand and look at it. Sometime looking at him doing that action, it simply makes me happy too...I don't want to miss out every moment of his growth n change.

Fingers licking good..

Many hav been asking me why I'm not go out to work instead of stay at home looking aft baby, just waste of time since I'm still young and energetic. Main reason is Brandon not allowed me to work and my FIL instruction to take care of baby (this decision actually hav giv me a shock during confinement and some unhappy moment had happen as they dun even open up to discuss with me what my plan is aft having baby). So force to accept it, 1 thing the office do not need many manpower to run, they think might as well I concerntrate on the son growth. So wat else can I do...at that time in my mind I still hope that I can go out to work and dun wan to be a typical housewife like now.

Aft many finding on the good n bad of work, at the end stay at home is still the better choice for now. Some may envy me that I no need to work aft having baby and husband must be good enough to afford it, while those working mum who so wan to be a fulltime mum but they can't put it down to earn more to survive for the family. I hav a thinking to earn more n save for future, thats my reason to work. But to tell the truth, single income family is a bit hard to gain extra saving.


If I back to work, I do not plan to work on those job which need to spend on OT hours, stressful and need to travel often, as now family hav come to priority. My background is IT and hav 2 years+ experience exec level, stressfully working on data analysis in a market research company and 1 year+ experience in running inventory (in my FIL warehouse). To go back to computer line I dun think so la...coz I dun wan stressful job anymore, I know I can't stand for it. So no computer, think still can go for Admin staff, supervisor or even kindergarden teacher. With these position in my mind, the salary now - how much I can ask for without an experience? plus a woman wit a child, employer will think further on how long can I stay, when will hav next born and for those small company, dun think they will like it if work for not long need to giv long maternity leaves (if 84 days is comfirm) and lack of manpower during my leaves..etc... Looks like chances of getting a job is not easy too.

Comes to the salary distribution, lets say average can get RM1,200 or a lil bit more. Half goes to baby-sitter, left half of the salary spend for household a bit, own used..etc..left not much/ no more...so still cannot hav any sufficient saving. At the end of the day, just make myself more tiring to juggle between job n baby. Conclusion: why work as he afford me to stay at home?

Somehow that is good n bad lorr..but anyway I believe own care baby is better than let baby sitter or maid to take care. Full attention to ur child and his growing moment sure won't left out. Learn to b a housewife the experience somehow can't learn from book, also not a bad thing ya.. :}

Hav attended the Post Natal Programme at Marie France Bodyline. Went to KLCC 4th floor in the evening. Marie France known to b top expensive among other slimming centre. Though that is expensive expecting their service should b good. Overall, from front desk to the service is acceptable n professional.

What they did on me? On my turn, a consultant there giv me a brief explaination on my post natal programme (listed many treatment, but all did at once, I thought is different treatment done one by one) and some information about their latest product and package. Aft she found out that I'm not interested to sign up, she might as well like save her energy, not even keen to further explain, pursuade and do more recommendation (u see, this is just so realistic) she directly ask her massage gal to start the treatment.

Went in to the small partition room fitted with a massage bed and a cabinet there. Ask to change in kimono. The whole process goes like this: 3 mins welcome neck massage with essential oil to relax, 15 mins massage and tap tap on tummy area with their slimming essential oil and cream. Rub soothing gel on my upper arm, tummy and thigh. Change room later, went to do the machine. Those part with soothing gel is now wrap wit their hot blanket part by part and steam there for another 15 mins. Thats the end of the programme. Fast and simple.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

Something good...

Since after get in touch with pregnancy mag. came across to know about AVENT baby's product from England which is a high quality product but a bit pricy. Avent is manufacturing baby feeding kit and breast feeding kit, can found it in major baby department. No one further elaborting to me on how good is this product. Until I used it and now I can tell u Avent is a good things...All thanks to my cousin sis-in-law who bought this 'Newborn Starter Set' as a present for baby Terry.

This Newborn Starter set is simply enough for a new born baby needs. It consists of 2x 4oz bottles with teats, 2x 9oz bottles with teats, 2 extra teats, 1 bottle brush and 1 pacifier. The flow from the teat is just nice for Terry and I hav no negative comment to tell. I tried using other brand of teat, he choked when he drinks and milk flow out of his mouth. Avent teat anti-vacuum skirt prevent air swallowing, reducing the risk of colic. Its wide neck bottle - easy to clean and fill. Cap seals teat for leakproof mixing and travel. Another good is you only need to replace the silicone teats as he grows, no need to change the whole bottle. (oopss..I just realised that I need to change his teats to 1m+/3m). Teats designed to help mother who combine breast and bottle feed with ease. When going out to shop I try to notice, exactly good thing means lots of ppl used. Many baby's parents also choose to use Avent products. I highly recommend to you in future if u wan to buy baby bottles, pls consider Avent, it is good. (Avent not pay me saying n introducing this)

Since preg, I have joined EnfaMama Club. On and off they posted me some preg info, free stuff n booklet. Aft born, they posted me 3 vouchers which I love it very much and I'm going to enjoy it before the due date. Due to my baby birth date is 1 month different with my brithday, thats why I have 3.

There are,
Marie France Bodyline - Post Natal Programme (FREE)
1x Fat Elimination Programme
1x Post Natal Calming Massage
1x Revitalising Massage
1x Soothing Mask Treatment
1x Recontouring Treatment

Marie France Bodyline (Birthday voucher)
- Pay RM188 get product & servise worth RM1000
1x Mineral Remodeling Treatment
1x Advance Body Lifting Treatment
1x Beautiful Hand Treatment
1x RM200 product voucher

Bella Skin Care (Birthday voucher - FREE)
Radiant White Facial (worth RM180)
1x Pampering Hand Treatment
Skin Analysis

On top of that, if enroll to their service they are giving more free things. Not thinking of signing up with that. 1) Expensive, 2) Not neccessary yet. So just enjoy all once since it is free. I will tell you later how is this free things work on me.

Karen recommend MalaysiaMums website to me this afternoon. Found there is a photo contest. No longer I wait I submitted one baby photo to the title "Cutest Baby of the Month". Photo winning is based on votes. So, dear friend pls cast Terry a vote here. Thank you :)

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Beijing Honeymoon trip

(This blog I have draft it since aft the trip and it should b post last year, but due to many pic need to upload here, so delay till today… )

Beijing trip was simply sweet n unforgettable. So share with you here more about every places we have visited, and what are the little things happen along the trip, so that next time u go u can have an outline as reference :)

8 days 7 nights - Beijing/ Tianjin/ Chengde (28-May-05 to 5-Jul-05)
27/6 – Assemble at 10.30pm – counter C15, boarding time 23:45, flight MH370 time 00:30

DAY 1 – 28/6/05

Touch down at the Beijing Capital International Airport at 06:35. We were stay in Hotel JingMinShi. Due to early reach, Beijing local tour guide let us check in hotel and take rest before we go for our program of the day.


Summer Palace – visit for the whole day. This is the biggest royal garden in China. It forms by Longevity hill and Kun Ming lake.


LiuLiChang Street – this is a cultural street, where u can find many Chinese paint art, brushes, stone craving name stamp and other cultural item.

DAY 2 – 29/6/05
In these 8 days, every morning 6.30am morning call, 7am break fast, and 7.30am go out.


Pearl factory - they show us the complete shell with pearl inside and explain to us how to get a good pearl. Proceed to show us their showroom which they sells pearl necklace, bracelets, and other accessories. Pearl face cream and also pearl powder for consume also available there. Here can bargain for low price.



Temple of Heaven – The garden outside was occupied by plenty of retired old folk/ housewives, because there was many tree and breeze. They gather there to sing, play taichi, cha-cha, jazz dance and also playing a kind of ball game called LiuLiQiu (pic top left). Temple of Heaven is the place where the Ming & Qing Emperors went to worship Heaven and pray for good harvest.


After lunch, we continue to visit ShenShaHai and its new Bar Street. We have an extraordinary travel style, with trishaw ride along the old Beijing Street. This place full of those old residence, which was stay by Emperor of Qing & Ming. All were covered by brick wall. Not being renovated, those wall and doors, still stay the same since last decade. We not going in to look at it just pass by. End of that, was the Bar Street, pubs only active at night, here can find lots of Mat Salleh.


JingShan Hill – went on top of a small temple can see the whole view of Forbidden City. Cross over the underground subway, there we reach the entrance of Forbidden City or Palace Museum.




Forbidden City or Palace Museum – This is the place where the emperor stays, attended affair of the state and also gather his officer. Exit from the Forbidden City was to TianAnMen Square. Very very big, size like a few of football field. We walked cross the square; there was the Republics Memorial and China Millennium Memorial.


At night after dinner in JingDu Hotel, we went to WangFuJing night market and a shopping complex there. Tour guide advised not to buy those hawkers stall food, as it was not clean. Tong-An shopping complex, there hav a departmental store and some shop lots, this place buy things no need to bargain, all fix price. Out of the shopping complex there are also some shop fashion stall and accessories stall.

DAY 3 – 30/6/05


Jade Palace – This is also another tourist oriented place. A person in charge there lead us tour around the jade and agaté showroom and show us the jade craving work. End of the visit, was the place where u can buy jade. No bargaining here, all jade are fix price.



Great Wall – This was the main point of going to China. Great Wall, reputed as wonder in the world architectural history. There always a saying, “Visit Great Wall be a True Man”. The part of Great Wall we going was called Badaling. Step on the world wonders, the feel was very2 great and very impress to see the Great Wall. Many ppl in the morning, many uneven steps and steep stairs, you need go slow and help by pull the holder all the way up, try not to look up further when u go up or dun stay and look down when u go down, coz u will fear of height. When u climb always remember dun block the way. Took many pics there, and also buying from those photos taking salesperson. Those were nicely laminated which done like a certificate. We only have 1 ½ hours there, so we can’t go really far, how far u go then that’s how you come down using the same way, there was no way coming down from another end.

Lunch was at the restaurant next to the jade just now. Aft lunch we went to the Crystal showroom next to it. These 3 places all are next to each other (Jade, restaurant, crystal), I called it tourist oriented.


Crystal Palace – another kind of nature stone, as usual a person frm there explain to us and bring us around, a performance demonstrate to us on how to differentiate a true crystal, clarity of a crystal and what are the power of crystal - pink for love, yellow for money..etc.. end of it, he bring us to their sales showroom. Many shining and fine work of crystal accessories, some really done like a piece of diamond. Price quite ok. No bargain also.


Ming Tomb – here was the 13 imperial tombs of Ming Dynasty. Very big garden also. Stone made big joystick pot and candle stand, tall and bigger than a human. Here believe that the died body was not there anymore; it was being dig off during war time from underground. What we saw now was the mock-up, which exactly the same like last time. Upon going down to underground tomb, we need scan to make sure we are not bring in any harmful equipment. Walked about fifth floor downward. Feel cold ~~~ phew! High humidity. Wall and floor are wet. The brick, which build the roof of this underground, are like marble stone. I was think that if were only few ppl there walking, the feel u will like ….you know la..hahah…since now this is a tourist spot so there was many ppl too. Inside store those imperial things they used when they are living. Some way are block and wet, too wet not allow ppl to walk in. Of coz since it was block, it was very dark and hav some kind of smell coming out. In China, even the ground heat is high during daytime but the soil temperature was cold and humidity is very high. Everything inside was made with stone, many stone doors framed up. Walking up to go out of the underground was the tomb block located. Very tall stone block.

BouShuTang – is a Chinese herbal medicine cream manafacturer, we reached their showroom. A doctor there introduced us this wonder cream and some other products. This cream named “Bao Fu Ling” was good at burn injured and it was been used in hospital now. Can’t deny that this cream was very good, coz I used it before. Since he wan to prove that the cream works, he show us by burning a steel stick and he hold on it..ouch…look at it also pain.., then he spread the cream over his hand . It was real hand flesh show, his hand not wearing another things to protect. Per bottle RMB 230 for small one, big one I forgot how much. Of coz here fix price stall. Upon end of the show he recommend us to visit their doctor if got any health problem, as they have some other kind of herbal food for body. End of the day no one visiting them, aft the show we go off.


Kung Fu show at Red Theater – This was international rated. Show title “Chun Yi The Legend of Kungfu”. It was a stage performance, which brings out a story line. Very great show again. All botak-botak guy/ monk.


Chang-An Street – we passed by this well-known street..and look at the night view of this street with all the building lighted up. You can find all the country major financial institutes, big companies and some 5 star hotel all located here. Also, we passed by the TianAnMen.

DAY 4 – 1/7/05

Bell Museum – the temple got its name from the huge bell, cast in the reign Ming emperor Yongle. Many many bells, the biggest bell was as height as the temple and the bell body got many small small word craves on it. It only knock 1 time throughout the year. It knock a day before CNY by follow Chinese calendar. Once it knock, it knock knock 108 times, the bell echo was travel few miles away. Knocking bell meaning to cast away things not good and bring wealth…etc..Again show time. A Sifu there in the temple continue explain to us what bell echo good to us. Aft that he used his extra ordinary power by covering his eye by asking the audience to write some number on the board and he can read out the number we write correctly. Aft that was selling time, who wants to bring back the good bell, he will mumble to the bell like gaining power on it then sell it to u. Aft that a person in charge there show us their water art gallery, here u can buy Chinese paint art.


Beijing Zoo – we came here to see the country precious animal – Panda. We saw 4 of them, very cute. We bought Panda shirt and 20K gold panda coin for remembrance.


ChaoWaiMen – A shopping centre, here u buy things u need to bargain up to 70%. If u wan to buy then only u ask the price, they won’t stick their price there. A few times I asked the price, just to know what their rate roughly, then they’ll keep on asking u many question, which was very disturbing. So once u dun wan immediately u have to leave the shop fast to avoid they haunt u. First round visit not bought anythings. Here sells a lot of imitation product which is 80% real and good quality, far better than out Petaling St. one. Each floor are separated which have fashion floor, shoes, accessories and others.


YaXiu Street Shopping Area – this is a trade fashion mall. Like our Sg. Wang here, but their shop lots is much more smaller. Buying things here need to bargain too. For clothes selling at China everywhere they don’t hav fitting room unlike if u go departmental store or shopping complex. Saw many bargain scene, how foreigner fight for good price. Well, aft all it was tired to talk so much bargaining with them, that’s why I not buy many. One item can have many price level, depends on how low u can go, and how low they can giv u, also u need to waste many effort and time to talk and talk. Even their local ppl buying things there also need to bargain, but I think local and local they won’t open high price for u to bargain. Brandon bought a racing shirt there, first price given was RMB380, we directly tell them what is our price, we ask for RMB80, they not allow, so I let her to go low her price, she giv 250 then 200 we shake our head and plus talk and talk. Aft that she go low again 180, 150, 120 and finally she said the lowest can giv was RMB100. So at last we deal it. We bought it at RMB100, which we think that’s still reasonable. The best u can bargain when the sale person chase aft u go then u even can get lower. So u said tiring or not for buying 1 thing.


Confucious Temple – This great ppl was being praise by Yuan, Ming and Qing emperor.



Ice light craving – whereby those ice-craft they put light inside. Need to wear thick jacket to go in. Very big ice craving model and some have color on it. The ice craving model we found was TianAnMen, 12 Zodiacs, Castle, Snow White and 7 Dwarfs, dragon, Buddha statue..etc…


Acrobatics Show – at a Theater hall. Show by young kids and some teens. That night the crowd is less only our group trip ppl. Even ppl less watching it, but they did it very seriously. Great show too, this theater hall was newly open.

DAY 5 – 2/7/05

ZhengYangMen – in FengShui here is the place of dragon head which been say is a good fengshui place for leading the Beijing city. Now this place have been set as a place of introduce and selling “PiXiu”. This is a creature, which China ppl very believe it. It is a creature with Dragon head, cow horn, lion body, horse feet. It only takes all in but not out. That’s why it treat as a Fengshui item, it can correct fengshui and bring wealth. Everywhere in Beijing, especially the financial building entrance, government dept entrance, Emperor place all u can see this. Huge one, one at left and one at right. The person incharge explain this “PiXiu” thing said our Genting Highland have one. All in no out…The person also explain to us not whoever also can own a big one and put for fengshui, it depends that whether ur wealth match with it. If not u’ll bring trouble. For small one can giv u peace…of coz this thing is sell there, from big to tiny. He also let us touch on the small “PiXiu”, when u touch also got technique, not simply touch. He said touch from the ear down to beard then go to body and back then grab it and out it in ur pocket. I dunno how much this thing can help, I didn’t touch it. Simply because I dun believe at all.


Underground City – was dig by the people who used to hide themselves. Inside it was cold, wet and again humidity is very high, it is higher than Underground at Ming Tomb. This was being build under MaoTzeTong rules. This is a very big underground city which contain of hospital, library, cinema, food and weapon storeroom..etc…since it is so big inside the person in-charge who lead us in, keep on remind us that him closely, coz it is very easy to get lost inside and he will not able to find u. Beside having all those facilities, underground there also build way to go Tianjin City, Great Wall, Forbidden City…etc, but all need to walk there, not travel by any transport. Some need to walk up to few days and nights to reach. Upon exit the underground city, there was a silk showroom which sells silk blanket, cheong sam clothes and accessories. They show us how the silk produce from the worm (Chan Choong)..last time when ppl stay underground they used those silk produce blanket to get warm when it is cold and get chill when that is hot. They not allow to take photo inside, so only taken at the entrance.


Women Street – it is actually a shopping complex sell all kind of ladies stuff, manicure, pedicure, fashion, accessories from head to toes…95% was ladies stuff…here u need to bargain when u buy things…again as I said no trying when buying…out if this complex there was a street also selling fashion and food court…Women Street – ladies paradise..Guys u went there sure bored u down.

After lunch we traveled for 5 hours to go ChengDe. By the time we reach there already 8pm.


Check-in hotel (pic above) and have dinner there. After dinner we just went to the town for foot and body massage. RMB100 for 1 ½ hours. We’ve been arrange to have a suite that night which cost RMB1600 per night. Anyway I dun feel comfortable enough, as the whole hotel feel cold, very quiet, too big, many Roman art pic and design, less ppl, room corridor lights was dim dark, no lift, staircase was a bit dark also, some stairway door was open widely but very dark, not switching on light. When I step in my suite, very big again, with sofa set and TV, mahjong table, and bedroom area with TV also…things are like a bit dusty...may b long time no ppl stay in. I was hoping the morning come faste...very scaryyy ahh...

DAY 6 – 3/7/05


LiZheng Gate Summer Villa Mountain Resort – This is largest existing Royal garden, was built in 1703 with an area of 5.64 million m², It blend the charms of both South & North China. The Qing emperors used to handle state affairs and spend holidays here. Nowadays it has become a famous tourist resort in China. In 1994, it was inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO. Bi Shu Shan Zhuang many lakes and garden. There got a few Mongolian Yurts. One of that only allows to enter but it has been set up like a shop to sell local souvenir.


Potala Palace – One of the eight outer temples. Also known as Lamma Temple. From far can see The QingChuiFeng.


GuanDi Temple – Buddhist praying GuanDi idol here. Big GuanDi statue here.

After lunch we traveled 5 hours again back to Beijing city.

ChaoWaiMen – Since we still got time the local tour guide let us go there again for shopping. This time we successfully bought 2 bags and 2 watches, with good price, after bargain and bargain.

DAY 7 – 4/7/05

Morning after breakfast, traveled 2 hours to Tianjin town.



TianJin – is one of the import and export hub of China. Many manufacturer set up their factory here. We visited the Cultural Street, Fashion Street (lowest pic) and Food Street. The local special meal here was GouBuLi dumpling, the taste was not so tasty, is something like our “sang yook bou” but just smaller, ours one taste better.


"Jing Fa" brand Cloisonne – also called enamel, made in Beijing. This is a handicraft enterprise. They produce vase and other display item. The manufacture of Cloisonne Ware requires for rather elaborate and complicated processes in nature. The main working processes are base-hammering, copper-wire curving, soldering, enamel-filling, enamel-firing, polishing, gliding etc.


Tea house – a tea drinking showroom, they treat us drink 4 types of tea and also teach us how to play with the Chinese tea-set and style of drinking each type of tea.

DAY 8 – 5/7/05
6am morning call, 6.30am breakfast. 7am we left the hotel to airport. Along the highway as usual traffic start congested. Carefully look at the faces of the city. Reach airport at 8am. 8.30am our luggage check-in. 8.45am check-in wait at departure hall, so unlucky that, during custom scan of belonging my 3 can bottle of almond drink being open to check. L so no choice since he opened it we hav to finish it up else have to throw away..too bad thought to brought back for my family to taste it. Just shopping awhile at the duty free and bought 2 magazines back.

Boarding time 09:10, flight MH371 time 09:40. Bye-Bye Beijing…

What are the things need to take care when you are in China?
Since we are tourist, those roadside seller will wait u at the exit of those tourist spot to sell u things..they will come to ask u 1 by 1 even u dun tend to buy they will still ask u, wan or not…tell u the price…if u r walking they will follow u walk together…once u buy from seller, other seller saw they will come n haunt u and ask u to buy from them sell u the same thing by giv u more cheaper price. When u sit in the bus waiting for others they will knock u at the window to show u their product and giv u hand sign…those things they sell normally are souvenir, they sell it at very low price. Some really worth buying. This seller appear everywhere, even u came out from restaurant aft lunch or dinner they are there to sell u things.

Fake RMB 50 note in green color are flow in the market. So, becareful when u get RMB50. It was green color, fake note also same color but the paper quality is different. To make sure u get the right note the “50” next to MouTzeTong head will have 2 colors when u look at it in straight way and turn to slide way. Dun think u can used away to RMB 50 easily, once the cashier know it is fake they will giv u back the note and ask for another one, they are smart enough to differentiate it. Also, becareful when they return change to u, make sure those note they giv are RMB. Normally those roadside seller or those haunt u buy thing they’ll do that. Tips: prepared more small note to buy things try not to pay them in big note, since things in China are cheap, big note are hardly used, unless if u buy expensive things.

Here are some entry ticket prices per pax: -
The Palace Museum (Forbidden City) – RMB 60
Temple of Heaven – RMB 35
Summer Palace – RMB 30
Beijing Zoo – RMB 20
Beijing Confucius Temple – RMB 6
JingShan Park – RMB 2
Kungfu Show – RMB 120, with group RMB 80
Ice-craft light – RMB 60

Summary of the trip and Full photo album.