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| Sunday, 4-Nov-2007 15:52 |
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China - Huang Shan
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a 200 years old bridge - huang shan city
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my morning greeted by this magnificent hill behind the hotel
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views from the cable car
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Literally means Yellow mountain, coincidentally, its the same chinese character as my surname. somewhat i felt very connected to this place ... no not really, i was just pretending to be pyschic  But i do like this place... each rock structure fired up my imagination, to climb it of course. it would have been a really exciting place to climb.
there is also a city at the basin of this place ... called huang shan city. yea ... not much imagination there with its name. Its old street is rustic but it offers some pretty tasty delicacies. no idea what i downed but it was good and i survived. The other famous item in the city is the chinese brush and ink. they were of the best quality, but of no use to me. i could not appreciate it.
nonetheless, i think huang shan national park is the highlight of my tour de china. though it was a short visit, and some misadventure getting lost, i thoroughly enjoy the scenery. The air crisp and mountains breathtaking.
weather was gorgeous, which makes me shutter happy.
unfortunately, famous national parks has its downside. just like every part of the world it attracts bad ass .. monkeys. now that i m in a less developed nation, i am amongst the most impertinent people of the planet.
remember my rants about monkeys of the yosemite? yea ... this is like a time warp back to that day.
they smoke right below the no smoking sign, oblivious to the fact that i am holding my breath pinching my nose with utter disgust. they seemed to enjoy torturing me.
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| Saturday, 3-Nov-2007 18:14 |
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China - Qian Dao
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boat quay entrance
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wilkomen!
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traditional boat ... somewhat picturesque
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hungry fish
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fishes ... yawn ...
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captured yellow eyed eagle
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A thousand islands on a man made lake. Nothing really exciting, lunch on a boat, fresh fish and some foggy view up the highest peak. Overall the weather is rather cooling and air fresh.
of course fresh air is always punctuated with smell of cheap chinese cigarrette. almost 9 1/2 men out 10 smokes. it creates alot of phelgm and they spit it all over the place. I find it disgusting and repulsive. i cannot overstress this fact enough. never mind about that ... this place did not quite worth my time.
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| Saturday, 3-Nov-2007 11:42 |
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China - Suzhou
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Venice of China is what this place is called, famous for its human dugged out canal for the emperor of China. Some 200 thousand toms dick and harry died digging earth so that the emperor may have a less bumpy ride around. Now doesn't tht tell you abit about being a chinese?
so back to suzhou, after many wars, Chinese love to go to war at one time and still is, many of its gardens are destroyed. However a few remained and was restored to its original glory. having said that, former glory would mean they are ancient. anything that looks rusted, chipped, dusty and downright rotting is considered ancient. so say Unesco which proclaimed these Suzhou gardens and canal as World Heritage site in 2000.
so here it is, crusing venicely Suzhou without having to dig a hole in my pocket like some poor chinese chap from ancient china.
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| Monday, 29-Oct-2007 11:42 |
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China - Shanghai
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This has got to be the most photographed landmark of shanghai
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even the boat is lighted up like a christmas advertisement
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Panaromic shot of the Pudong side of lights
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Shanghai is definately as metropolis as it can be. Buildings that stretches as far into the sky as my eyes could see, bridges with huge span, multiple stories highway, ridiculous big cars, adequately polluted air and fast paced people. I like the city at night, electricity is as if free, they light up just about everything. No wonder they consume most of the oil nowdays. They look pretty though at the expense of the environment. then again, money talk, bs walks. China could afford it, they can burn it all they want. Shanghai is just a classic example.
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| Wednesday, 10-Oct-2007 15:40 |
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An Honest Good Bye
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In times of need is what i call now. going through each and every picture of something that ceased to exist.
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| Thursday, 26-Jul-2007 15:21 |
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Victoria - Summer 2007
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Victoria brought many memories back, for one, the last time i was there, my mum was with us still. we were a complete family. i remember vividly the photos we took at the steps of the parliament house. its a rather nostalgic journey for me. i miss mum and i miss those times i spent it wth her in vancouver. i feel sorry i choose pizza instead of her curry. Now i would gave up anything for her curry, i wish she is still here today.
The future is something we all could pray about; nothing is quite certain.
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| Monday, 2-Apr-2007 05:47 |
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Chinese New Year 2007 - Vancouver B.C.
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Martin and Patsy, preparing the full feast
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Science Center Vancouver BC
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Lion Dance - chinatown cny parade
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Spending CNY in North America ain't that bad after all. Thanks to Davis and Audrey who graciously hosted our 3 days stay at their home. We had a feast on CNY eve at Martin's, meeting up with Jimmy, his wife and 2 children. It was a blast!!!
The first day of CNY was full of festivities at Chinatown, we get to see Davis performing double sword routine in the annual parade. it was alot of fun and excitement! The chinese culture is a celebrated one, one that i see can be preserved even in a foreign land like Canada. You hardly feel you are in Canada.
Lotsa malaysian food ... the popularity has grown over the years. At the very least, i have curry laksa in North America!
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| Monday, 4-Dec-2006 10:05 |
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Californiacation
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Hearst Castle Neptune Pool
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My room for the day ... if i m Don Trump
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The main castle . ridiculously huge
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Summer Road Trip 2006 - we packed our sleeping bags into our mazda 5, made a full sleeper on the back and took turn to drive the excruciating 15 hours to San Francisco and another 8 more to Los Angeles. My arse will never look the same again! Thanks Yen ... i hope i made your trip to US worthwhile.
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| Monday, 14-Aug-2006 06:00 |
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Seafair 06 - Blue Angels
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Seafair - Seattle's very own summer fair. parades, boat shows, hydroplanes and air show are the highlights. as for me, the blue angels is my very own special highlights.
We took the pain to get up early on sat morning, and find ourself a nice spot at the Lake Washington beach. we waited for like 2 hours to watch this 30 mins FA-18 acrobatic show ... well worth it having the jets scream pass you performing death defying stunts. Truly amazing!
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| Thursday, 6-Jul-2006 23:54 |
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Yosemite
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the all time favourite NP did not fail to spellbound me. the high sierra nevada is simply breathtaking. the very reason why thousands throngs this park everyday. Its grand collection of waterfalls and granite dome is just amazing. the giant sequoias that dwarfs us all and green meadows that is such a perfect picture of tranquility just make us all feel all contented. there is just no other place (i have not been to many yet) like this.
however, being so popular, it attracts many bad monkeys. monkeys that cut lines to get in front, monkeys that just stand in front of you when you take photos, monkeys that doesnt want to give up a parking spot, monkey that is stinky, monkey that think they are back in their third world countries, monkey that have never seen a tree before.... monkeys that acts just like monkeys.
The campground is also full of Big Bad Monkeys. and these monkeys have loads of Big ass equipment on their big ass RV tht sucks up a whole bunch of big ass gas.yea....they are big ass monkeys.
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Complete!!! And thanks for the birthday greetings. 
