3D2N in KL 2009

Took Jetstars to KL for 55 mins journey for 100bucks. weather seems bad in there? as v v cloudy. and scare tat the next 2 days will hv thunderstorm. pray hard.

wah, feel tat can be lost in KL airport..even hv to tk aerotrain to check out..den tk express train to KL Sentral station


in order to reach our hotel ParkRoyal Hotel by Monorail to Bukit Bintang.. finding monorail location is a big challenge.. nt gd direction is shown.. haiz..and really finding our way there..and yeah, we r proud tat we mk it! haha.. anyhw one. hee..


as stil early for check-in, we went for lunch 1st.. so hungry..and went nearby and had Bak Kut Teh.. one bowl for 14RM.. ex?


den came pass one stall selling Hiong Piah, cool~ noe where to buy food for my dad liao. back to hotel, tot can go in room le.. who noes we were directed to have a free fruit punch while stil waitg for our room.. so phototaking again.. room seems small..den realise twin bedroom even bigger than queen one.. nm, at least gt a nice view of outside..



went shopping ard Sungei Wang, BB Plaza..den blur blur go out of the building and decided to go find wheres Jalan Alor, so tat at nite wun get lost! haha.. Jalan Alor, a street for Makan at nite! Bk hotel for free shuttle bus service to KLCC (KL City Centre) for twin tower and Suria KLCC for shopping.. so crowded on sun + sch holidays.


so today took day and nite scene of Twin tower.. nite scene of twin tower indeed v nice.. the brightness of it..



FOr dinner at Jalan Alor.. u will find many Zi Char stalls, pple shouting for u to come eat at their stall.. tink almost selling the same food, juz see which stall u like.. for our 1st dinner, we ordered stingray, Kangkong, and frens-recommended hokkien mee.. stingray realy hot! even i requested bit chilli pls.. terrible..haha.. but eat until shiok, i can say.. den gt one standalone stall, displaying many raw food, and service is - pls cook by urself.. diff sauces are provided - sweet sauce (those for zhu chang fen), chilli sauce in hot and spicy type.. price ard 3-4RM.. well, when walking, juz tk care of ur belongings, and look ard the pple near u.. bit scary.. haha.. =X





2nd Day
715am for shuttle bus for Skybridge free visit! who noes, every monday is their maintenance day~ so PLS! dun go on MON~ SKybridge visit is closed on MONs.. haiz.. waste our sleeping time~ =( so tired.. haha.. but at least the clouds today is nice! and thus phototaking again!~ hoho..


as stil early, planned to have our brkfast at Suria KLCC foodcourt for Roti Canai (Roti Prata),


den go visit KL Tower, den bk to KLCC for Little Penang, then to chinatown.. walking to KL Tower from KLCC, was tiring.. is a long way along Jalan Ramlee.. and will hv a free shuttle service to tower at the basement in 15mins interval. din go for observation deck (38RM for adult). so juz walk ard..


and bk to KLCC again..hee.. we waited for Little Penang for its Nasi Lemak and Assam Laksa for 9.80 RM each..


after tat, bought one Rotiboy bun.. wah.. tats really gd food.. crispy and nice taste.. din noe tat sg has it previously, but has been closed down. took RapidKL line from KLCC to Pasar Seni.. heng quite near to Petaling street. is KL's chinatown, in a form of '+' shape.


den walk to Maharajalela station bk to Bukit Bintang. Bk hotel rest awhile, den go Times Square..and to their Theme park inside.. yeah. is indoors.. from decent shopping area to far-east-plaza shopping area to theme park~ within one shopping mall.. really big.. y all the shopping mall so big one? can get lost again.. haha..


after tat bk to Jalan Alor for dinner.. ordered Fried oyster, La La, salted egg with Sotong, hokkien mee again.. end of 2nd day




3rd day
as usual, bk to queue for Skybridge free visit.. so many pple already start to queue liao, b4 8am, thou tic only issue after 830am.. took tic for 945am one.. quickly had Nasi Lemak at foodcourt den go for visit le..


Starting, we were brought to one room for video watching which is in 3D form. after tat, were brought to level 41 and allowed only 10 mins on the skybridge for photo taking~.. so little time..haha.. queue up early morn for 10mins.. hee.. ya, can see the KL landscape..but maybe too early liao, sun was too bright..anyway, free one mah.. no complaints..


last phototaking with twin tower again~ den go for A&Ws Rootbeer float! and RotiBoy~ and bk to hotel for checkout.. went Jalan Alor for lunch.. 龍記 for its wanton mee, roasted duck mee, fried wanton. the mee nt bad wor.. v nice..


den had last shopping and off to airport liao.. had a slurp at Starbucks Coffee


and bye KL, hi SG~

updated slide

hoho.. uploaded some pics for my slides 2009~.. heee

Bloated....

woah.. its been a long time since my last post.. heee

today finally get rid of my irritating fringe.. and underestimated the time taken also..and was 1 hr late~ oops..
meeting joey and joanna and richie~ scare that they will get hungry cos is like.. already 230pm when i was out of salon.. heng they went to hv a drink opp Ma Maison.. hee. .hungry sia..

Ma Maison for second time.. ordered escargot, squid ink pasta, hamburger steak, gratin.. squid ink pasta nt bad..but nt black enuff~ haha.. duno leh.. or izzit suppose to mk the teeth black? nt sure..but is tasty enuff~ and the sotong ring v crunchy.. can try nxt tm.. hamburger steak..the patty nice, with egg on top and fries.. gratin..cheesy macaroni that mk real full..




went orchard for baby fair.. and wah.. really need to prepare a lot of things for baby arrival.. but shld be fun shopping for baby stuffs ba? haa.. hmm~ after dinner walked ard ION.. hv i finish walking the WHOLE ION? nt sure also..maybe only small part of ION..too many pple liao.. and can be lost..found out whole day was like walking inside building..hv nt step out of building at all.. weather shld b gd outside?

i feel real bloated today..with only one plate of pasta, small portion of gratin, 2 fried wantons, 1 yuen yang.. xin ku sia..haiz.. mk me burppppp....~


tot today will feel richie's boxing..but tink he's too shy to meet us..haaa.. nxt tm ba.. heee =D

7days 6 nites 西安之旅 - 7th Day

2nd Jul Thurs

Last day in 西安 liao.and manage to catch the sunrise at the last day~ woo~..


9am set off.but 7plus already ready le.went outside the 西安车站 walk walk..scary, really crowded~! bought plums,small green apples.today only ard 4plus bucks.

first stop today gng to 大雁塔.this tower survives even during earthquake.with many god statues inside. 玄奘 (唐僧) status is outside also.


after tat stopped by one pearl shop 福玉润 and gt one pearl ring as gift if guessed to e nearly num of pearls in e pearl shell..haa..went for lunch after tat.den to 陕西历史博物馆..


spent ard 3hrs there to see historical statues,pottery.see wat old generations use in their period.from B.C. to A.D. So many of them until need 3 storey.plus nw is free admission for e residents.quite crowded.at least they limit e num of visitors per day.


stayed ard 430pm,set off to Airport le..spent 1hr journey to airport.and its time to say bye to hot dry Xi An~


hello SG! Bk to humid weather.

7days 6 nites 西安之旅 - 6th Day

1st Jul Wed

8 meet up for table brkfast.no buffet.really no appetite.too early for me,but also need to eat abit first.today journey will be bk to 西安.7 hrs journey.took 3hrs to go bk to 延安 for lunch.den another 4hrs to 西安.really a long journey.but maybe e driver drives really fast.reached 西安 ard 4plus.went to see Jade Factory? bought jade pillow at 180rmb,ard 36sgd.haa.nxt eat dinner liao.. their 秦皇禦膳 ate wat emperor usually had for his meal.hmm.some nice,some weird taste.

last earliest dinner.bk to our 1st hotel le.which is real early ard 7plus.decided to take cab to 鼓楼


and walked one more round at 回民一条街 walk..tat time din really walk all..buy big honey red dates.dried kiwi,dragon beard..


took some pics den tk cab bk hotel again..taking cab in 城内 only need 10rmb..bought some maggi packets hm.hee.packing for last nite and flying bk sg soon...

7days 6 nites 西安之旅 - 5th Day

30th Jun Tues

had early brkfast den went out to the street to see see look look..


Today will be gng see Yellow River.again,830 set off.on way here,went visit 王家坪革命旧址..毛泽东 former residence too.hear history on how Mao survives 延安 and see their 防空洞 Air Raid Shelter...


Nxt go to buy Red dates..v sweet and big~..nxt to view 宝塔山 at 延安 city..


nxt visit 延安革命 history museum..on how e soldiers suffered last time.those government..


go for lunch and leaving to 壶口..ard 4hrs journey? finally can see mountains,farms.but dry and no rain at all.yeah,reached 壶口, mouth of yellow river at ard 330pm..took ard 2hrs of photography at there.haa.Yellow River is China's Mother River.Chang Jiang River is China's Father River.very nice,and really Yellow.haa.and saw 2 rainbows! Nice! But nt outstanding enuf.sandy there maybe cos of the river residue.and another thing is to be dad's models muz really fast.else kana scolded.haiz.sometimes really irritating.haa.haiz.wat to do?






went dinner den bk hotel le.staying at 宜川电力大厦.

7days 6 nites 西安之旅 - 4th Day

29th Jun Mon
830 set off to 延安.heading to North..on way there,first stop go to see 黄帝陵，轩辕庙..


went to the temple first den took one shuttle bus to e top to see his tomb.reached the top and have to climb again.leg v suan from yest climbing..haiz.gt one stairway,climb up to e top.well,nth over there also.haa.juz say went up to be god.hee.there's a book seller at e top..and he saw us taking photos,he suddenly juz give us some angle to tk.hmm.requested to pass cam to him.ask me bai pose-haa.ok la.stil nt bad.maybe is e colour of my shirt?haa..nth much today.cos bit long journey.took ard 3-4hrs drive to Yan An.stayed in 延安旅游大厦..


wash up bit for dinner liao.at nite went shopping again.bought some videos too.hee.many ppl outside,like having some festival like tat..

7days 6 nites 西安之旅 - 3rd Day

28th Jun Sun

7am set off to climb 华山 liao.took one shuttle bus to e 华山 cable station there,take cable car up to top.wah.bit scare at e beginning as e cable stil bit shaking.but after tat manage to look down.haa.this cable car stil nt e most scary i ever sat..so stil okie..


need to prepare raincoat cos yest no rain.too cloudy and will rain at anytime.start climbing to NORTH PEAK.. to see 华山论剑 with gold bar shape mountainbehind.quite nice plus no one was there except own ppl.hee.


nxt is challenging part liao.based on hw our stamina can reach up to.took some nice pics at diff angles.and one part wah,hard to climb.is like 10 to 20 deg up.but stil manage to climb wif help of chains.and one part gona go thru small area.too big du du one,think hard to go thru liao.




nxt more challenging - 苍龙岭 to 五云峰 one long way straight up.haa.really long.see scary.when on top,stil feeling fine.haa.started to rain liao.heng ah,reach e top where gt 'shelter' den start to hv strong wind,rain.cant even tk umbrella lo-else hands full liao.so strong wind.cont wif journey,to e top and rest liao.thou actually stil gt long way to peak.but nth much.no 云海.rest awhile go down le.


haiz reached to tat dangerous part again.this time is 160 to 170 deg DOWN. Ya,is e small route as juz nw.and down even more scary.and those china ppl.so anxious and cant even wait for us to go down first.and they juz went up from another side.pengx.maybe they climb too many times liao.but also muz tink of others's safety ma.cos another side,if really lose balance,can bye bye one.


haiz.duno them.nvr give way.tink of own safety first.reached base ard 1230 liao.4 hrs.hee.stil raining.long tm no walk in rain wif raincoat le-haa.took shuttle bus bk.time set off bk to Xi'An.journey ard 2hrs plus.went to silk factory.and gt experience to pull e silk.haa.damm hard n strong texture.but after their tok on silk,all disperse.haa.cos dun buy and useless in sg.thou really gd feel.went shopping at 回民一条街..


a street of muslim sellers. so is halal street..tried 芝麻镜糕，one of their famous 小吃..


went eat dinner le..will be having 饺子宴..some nt nice one-haa.. gt 10 of them..and i waited and collected all juz to hv a pic.but tink i wun do tat again.cos no appetite after tat and feel stress.cant eat fast.haa.and my cousin already finished! Sobs.haa.lalaa.took pic at 钟楼..many ppl outside flying kite.so high up in e sky.i will feel scary if i'm e one holding it.scare wind will lift me up.haa.bk to hotel finally.den walk walk outside.is so diff from first day when went walk.weather real cool.glad tat it rained.

7days 6 nites 西安之旅 - 2nd Day

27th Jun Sat

630am wakie.7am go brkfast at Hotel.took some pics outside the hotel.. terrible, so crowded~


830 set off to 临潼 to see 世界第八奇迹 - 秦始皇兵马俑 Terra-Cotta Warriors and Horses Museum..need to sit their Electric-car for 5rmb..we gona visit total of 3 pits of 兵马俑. 1st we visited the introduction area 1st. Welcome us are the 2 giant marionettes which performed in 2008 Olympic Games before..


Next will be the real thing~ the biggest pit currently.. it has more than 6000 pottery warriors and horses in tat big pit. is really impressive~ din expect is tat big also..thou did seen on tv.


nice.some are headless, some with no hands.from tour guide information, when these warriors are discovered,nt all are completed..nvr hv a completed statue.. and every warrior has their personal information craved under the sole there.. waa.. which means really hv the person..hmmm~ sound scary..next go to 3rd pit,is small one..2nd one is not completed yet..stil digging in process..


at the same place, reached jade selling place..saleger told us hw to buy.1st is to rub against 2 jades.the friction sound will be diff,softer..after rubbing,no smell and no leftover dirt..went see short movie on 兵马俑..

end of 兵马俑 le.. lunch time, tried their famous 裤带面 (which tasted like ban mian with shape of a belt) and 羊肉泡馍 (tasted like handmade cubes, bit hard).. Went 秦皇陵 to see his tomb, thou is covered..need to climb ard 200plus stairs..phew..went up is a big place.but tomb is juz below e place.so erm,din really see things there..


next gng to 华清池..a place where we can see how the imperial pools looked like..eg, 杨贵妃's Emperor 玄宗 of Tang Dynasty,etc.. and a visit of 蒋介石 Chiang Kaishek's Five-Room House and Field Headquarters.. and even showed the bullet hole on the building..even hv a free springs wash~.. haa..


spent ard 2 hrs journey to 华山..will be staying at 华山景苑酒店..waa, toilet is open concept.but stil ok. can only bathe with hot water from 6 to 12..start resting at ard 4plus.630 dinner.nth outside.after dinner, went outside breathe some fresh air..and bk to room le..early rest for today.oh ya.today is cloudy day.hope can last til tml.lalaa.