Tibet Trip 2011 - Day 5 (布达拉宫-大昭寺-八廓街)

Day 5 - 31 Aug - Wed

slp stil ok yest.. at least in the morn, heartbeat nt fast le.. but stil slow motion.. but when squat dwn,heart will still feel pain.. brkfast only have one slice of bread with jam, one v small bowl of cereal and one glass of orange juice..no appetite and feel dizzy.. but heng when go out, feel much better.. maybe air circulation ba?


went to our first visit.. 布达拉宫 Grand Potala Palace.. there were many pple walking and think gt festival ba, cos saw many pple walkng at same direction with hand holding either the wheel thing or one string of beans.. heard from tour guide that in Lhasa, all buildings must not be built higher than 布达拉宫 of 13 storeys.. so most of the buildings are below 13 storeys..






after tt lunch..nt bad.den go for understand the history of Tibet medicine.. bk to hotel for 30mins rest..


nxt to another temple 大昭寺 at 八廓街..tibet has too many Dalai Lama.. pei fu those tour guides, can memorise so gd..lol..




den one shopping street 八角街..and must walk in clockwise direction..den realised those Lama tomb were inside and covered with either gold or silver or bronze and must have 天珠 engraved on it..


nxt went to see 天珠 shop.. dinner time and zoom bk to hotel liao..


tml gng 林芝 which look like 江南.. duno hw true..shall seee.. oh ya, bought the 高原 med also.. really helps alot~.. effective med

Tibet Trip 2011 - Day 4 (火车-西宁－拉萨)

Day 4 - 30 Aug - Tues

din really zz well.. manage to see sunrise at ard 730am..


wakie with headache which is normal symptom.. 1st stop ard 8am.. so tk this chance to go out and tk pic.. and train pics b4 i collapsed.. haa






saw snow mountain~ so awesome!~



well, beginning of the journey is still ok until halfway, almost all ladies gt prob.. headache, heartbeat fast.. one of the uncles even vomit.. and cant keep zz, else will feel even worse.. haix..hate this feelg.. esp after my lunch, feeling v bad..cos tat time, the train has almost gona reach the highest altitude of ard 5000m? of cos the scenery during the journey was very nice.. but~ 没心情!~ sadded.. some can only stored in my mind.. hee..



den our cabin toilet all spoilt due to shit been stuck in bowl..sian.. has to travel far to have a cleaner toilet.. nw can only jux pray faster rch hotel..cant bear with the symptoms.. my body is burning.. glad that the train reached Lhasa early~ ard 940pm..24hrs..


heng the hotel nt bad..but tonite im old woman.. haa.. no choice! everything muz b very very slow slow slow.. cos heartbeat damn fast..like gona pop out~ plus heavy head.. cant even squat down, else my heart will v ache.. unsure y? Hope tonite can zz lo.. can only tried to settle dwn my heartbeat.. but seem no help? :( hope tml all be ok..den can enjoy rest of the days..

Tibet Trip 2011 - Day 3 (西宁-坎布拉-互助土族风情园-火车)

Day 3 - 29 Aug - Mon

Same time for brkfast as yest..7am makan.. today was a hot hot day~ and bus journey was long. think too ard 1.5hrs to reach our first destination.. 坎布拉.. this place is to visit 黄河 in green n blue instead of yellow..

v nice place with clear blue sky..but weather is too sunny.dare nt remove jKt as scare kana sunburnt..as we need to change to the visiting Area shuttle bus.lesser time for photoshot..


den worse is once we rch the place,the rest who are waitg to sit the bus,rushed towards us!! pls~ we haven even get out of the bus den they camped at the exit area..damn irritating..dun understand.and the quarrel of other ppl tk over our seats..juz unreasonable as we r a tour team and gng split cos of them.



Travelled few hrs bk to visit one tribe.. 互助族.. see the way they dress. hw they get marry, singg performance b4 go makan..


den way to sit train (西宁 to 拉萨) liao.. wah in a mess~ we stay in one cubicle with 6 beds.. 3 at each side.. bottom centre top..me n sis bottom, dad n fren top..but of cos we prepare 6 cup noodles for our 26hrs of train.. the corridor is so cramp, can only have one way.. charging of batt will be provided outside along the corridor.. the cubicle only has bed, and each bed area will hv one oxygen outlet.. luggages can be put under the bottom bed.. price range, most ex is the bottom, followed by top, then centre.. well, this is the start of the REAL journey..tibet with high altitude.. hope all ok after drinkg the 红景天.. 11pm off lights liao.. we will be using common toilet.. so wun be any bathing and be wearing bk our clothes n went to bed.. hope can zzz.

Tibet Trip 2011 - Day 2 (西宁-古城-日月山-青海湖-东关清真大寺)

Day 2 - 28 Aug - Sat

Ard 7am went for brkfast.. zz for only ard 4 hrs.. insufficient zz.. having muslim brkfast.. anyway china brkfast normally dun suit me.. hee..


first destination is to go 古城.. nth much.. juz showing us old place that pple live.. morn was cold and ended up headache.unsure is cos of the sunny sun and high altitude?



haix..after tt travelled to 日月山..it will be at the highest altitude for the day (3200m)..i started to walk slowly liao, in order to adapt the high altitude.. but suddenly feel gona hv black scene..faster find a place to sit dwn n rest..haiz..hate this feelg.. shld be due to insufficient zz and lack of oxygen?




青海湖~ wah.is a v nice place..but this place caused me feel dizzy..again~~.. sux.. already feel weak..think happened 3-6 times? haix. juz waitg to go bk hotel and zz.. but at least manage to zz in bus as i have slight motion sickness..



Back to Xining city..went visit Muslim mosque for first time..see the process of the prayg..see the place where they study islamic..and once again,stomach feel bit upset..glad feel ok after sitting dwn..


We feedback our headache to our tour guide..and she lead us to go buy 红景天..this is to help body to adjust to high altitude environment.. thou actually, shld start to drink/eat b4 we come over.. we stil gt tibet to go. and our first day in Qing Hai already like tt.. pray~ tml gona stay in train le.. wish us luck~~ anyway, tat 红景天 tastes nt bad.. hee..

Tibet Trip 2011 - Day 1 (机场-新加坡-上海-西安-西宁)

Day 1 - 27 Aug - Sat
today will be the wasted day cos we hv been travelling for the whole day frm SG to XiNing.. took 3 China Airlines flights to go there. haiz..and sian due to the stopover at domestic part..


SG to Shanghai PuDong airport..den have ard 2-3hrs break..glad tt we found foodcourt inside the train metro station.yums..



Was surprised to see Mayday posters at Airport.. haha.. so the Siao me go tk pics of them.. =P


oh ya..today i had 5 meals..out of 3 gt rice..lol..


finally reached Xi Ning Airport at 12am..rch hotel at 120am? zzz.. den also realise 穆斯林大厦 actually is muslim.. ya pple here are muslim ba? end of flyg day..

You R Missed..

She has been coughing on and off for 3 yrs?
She had admitted to hosp after cny 2011..
She was discharged and staying at my hse for better environment for recovery on Mar 22..
But actual 1 mth later, she was admitted to hosp again on tat Sat..
Her condition was getting worsen.. and anytime...
On tat Mon, went visit her..everything still going on.. was hurt when she said she was in pain and did not want to live anymore.. Does pple get to be stubborn when its time? nt sure..
Went bk hm at 11pm+.. Within less than 1 hr, called bk to hosp, urgent.. heartbeat fast.. any fone call at this moment sound v scary..
Her look, same expression when i saw grandma at her last moment.. hate tat feeling..
But she survived for the nite.. But was a tough day for all of us..
Cried at the moment when i saw the pic which i need to edit for the real day.. She smiled so nicely in tat pic..
Rushed bk hm for editing, But asked to rush hosp when reach my bustop..
Took cab down, pray in cab tat she let me see her for the last moment..
She did.. and left us peacefully forever... on the next day..


Things changed too fast within tat day, I was still tokg to her b4 i left hm..haiz..
Treasure everyone beside u..


U are missed...

My last 20's bday

Been a very long time since upload my blog..and pple r 'complaining' abt it also.. u noe who u r~ =P

As from him...
For my last 20's bday celebration.. well, i kinda have a surprise from him.. always gt surprise during bday makan.. he's gd in finding makan places.. =)

He juz ask me to wear nicer..and said we will go eat dim sum at ion orchard.. cos 'very' high class there.. yes, i urged to hv dim sum buffet for my bday meal.. den he brought me to level 5 of ION Orchard..and i really tot he was gng to bring me to the Canto restaurant tat also selling dim sum or one of the Paradise Group? den suddenly he stopped at one counter.. den realise is a high level dining place.. wah.. din even noe gt this place.. Salt Grill & Sky Bar.. hv to go up to level 55~ b4 tking the lift up, will walk past one pathway where many photos are displayed on the way.. Maggi Cheung, Edison, Sun Yan Zi, Ceclia Zhang Po Z, etc..



took the lift to level 55..and have a table beside the window..where we r able to see scenery.. nt bad..but cant figure wheres the place..haa..

ordered 'glass' Sydney crab omelette, miso mustard broth, Pan roasted Hokkaido sea scallops, caultiflower cream, citrus salad, basil oil.. main course as Ribeye 250g 120 days grain fed.. dessert as Chocolate 3 ways and Strawberry souffle, coconut and pandan gelato..







as expected, these type of food do not mk us feel full at all.. =X but wun come again ba? haa.. so ex.. Thanks to him for the meal also~ =D

Oh ya, the nxt day lunch went for Sims Ave 126 Dim sum~ yums..





As from her..
was planning to meet jo and richie one..but too bad jo sick..den in the end only meet joey.. she brought me to one pl tat i nvr went b4.. WestEnd.. this name only remind me of Aust~.. yr2005~ 6yrs ago.. so fast.. WestEnd at 216, 218, 220 Potong Pasir Rd S(118581) www.westend.sg... is a nice place for family / frens gathering.. and reservation is recommended..

ordered wild mushroom soup, calamari, mussels in white wine~, steak for both of us.. i still MISSED the mussels! it was SO GD~ esp when bread is dipped with white wine.. is really~ awesome!~ u need to try personally.. else u cant feel hw i already felt.. haa.. :P






As from them..
combined with AT and BQ bday~ suggested to go Mad for Garlic @ Suntec.. ordered Garlic Snowing Pizza and Seafood pasta.. to be shared with ZN.. but think ordering of seafood pasta is a wrong choice ba.. cos he dun eat sotong and mussels.. wat a waste! =P but nt really nice also..haha.. but the pizza is gd.. think most of their pizza do nt hv much meat..and all thin crispy..