I was on leave today and i accomplished so many things, i just had to put it down.
Woke at 8am to go change my white headlights to the regular orange ones at AMK for VICOM check.
Went AMK for VICOM check.
Then Smith Street to put screen protector for my ipad and BB. On the way a client called me and talked for 30 mins
Then lunch at Smith St market.
Then to Bt Merah to re-grip my clubs.
Then to Adelphi for facial. Even managed to squeeze some time to go Funan. (My Mac can play Starcraft II. YAY!)
Then to the dentist at Katong.
Then to the range at Marina Bay.
Phew im bushed...
Golf tmr at 8:30am!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Longjing Tea - Hangzhou
Hangzhou is where longjing tea is from.
Another client decided that they wanted to give us an authentic experience so brought us to this place which supposedly is the origins of longjing tea. I wasnt too convinced nor excited cos the place was quite high up a winding hill.
The waitress pointed us to some bushes (tea presumably) and said that the 18 were planted by Emperor Qianlong when he came to Hangzhou. The leaves are harvested only a few times (or was it once) a year and they cost a bomb! I was a little skeptical cos Qianlong died long ago and how can the bushes still be here???
Further up a flight of stairs, she introduced this well as the Longjing.. THE well where the water is drawn to make the Dragon Well tea. It was a little dark..
i came back and wiki-ed it and it turns out that Qianlong really planted 18 bushes and they're still living! Gosh. I visited a piece of history!
Another client decided that they wanted to give us an authentic experience so brought us to this place which supposedly is the origins of longjing tea. I wasnt too convinced nor excited cos the place was quite high up a winding hill.
The waitress pointed us to some bushes (tea presumably) and said that the 18 were planted by Emperor Qianlong when he came to Hangzhou. The leaves are harvested only a few times (or was it once) a year and they cost a bomb! I was a little skeptical cos Qianlong died long ago and how can the bushes still be here???
Further up a flight of stairs, she introduced this well as the Longjing.. THE well where the water is drawn to make the Dragon Well tea. It was a little dark..
i came back and wiki-ed it and it turns out that Qianlong really planted 18 bushes and they're still living! Gosh. I visited a piece of history!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Thousand Islet Lake
Thousand Islet Lake is a little more than 2 hours from Hangzhou.
I hate long car rides and 2 hours is 2 hours too long. Ass was hurting after.
It's basically a lake made up of many islets (duh!). The islets are actually the tops of mountains and they became islets after the damming of the river upstream.
It's actually quite pretty.
The client brought us to this quaint little place for lunch. I had wanted to go to a hotel to eat but they decided that local food is the way to go :(
Have to catch your own fish too.
They has asked me to order but after staring at all the food they had in the freezer and not recognising 90% of them and getting sick of asking what's this and what's that (found out that one of the meat was rabbit), i asked the client to order.
They ordered alot.. more than 13 dishes in fact.. but only 1 meat and 1 fish and the rest were veggies. I should have ordered.
I hate long car rides and 2 hours is 2 hours too long. Ass was hurting after.
It's basically a lake made up of many islets (duh!). The islets are actually the tops of mountains and they became islets after the damming of the river upstream.
It's actually quite pretty.
The client brought us to this quaint little place for lunch. I had wanted to go to a hotel to eat but they decided that local food is the way to go :(
Have to catch your own fish too.
They has asked me to order but after staring at all the food they had in the freezer and not recognising 90% of them and getting sick of asking what's this and what's that (found out that one of the meat was rabbit), i asked the client to order.
They ordered alot.. more than 13 dishes in fact.. but only 1 meat and 1 fish and the rest were veggies. I should have ordered.
Shanghai Tarts
I spent the weekend in Shanghai and was walking around.
Saw a queue. No idea what they're queuing for but hey, if there's a queue, then it must be good.
Turned out to be egg tarts and there was a discount. RMB3.80 to RMB3.50! w00t! What a steal!
I bought 6, which turned out to be my dinner that night.
After buying, i walked pass the shop and saw its sign board. "Shanghai's Best Egg Tart"
I subsequently confirmed this at dinner. Yummy.
Saw a queue. No idea what they're queuing for but hey, if there's a queue, then it must be good.
Turned out to be egg tarts and there was a discount. RMB3.80 to RMB3.50! w00t! What a steal!
I bought 6, which turned out to be my dinner that night.
After buying, i walked pass the shop and saw its sign board. "Shanghai's Best Egg Tart"
I subsequently confirmed this at dinner. Yummy.
Monday, July 05, 2010
8 Cities in 12 days
I was so busy these days that i didnt have time to blog about my previous China trip before i had to go on the next China trip.
If the previous trip (5 cities in 6 days was siong), this trip was even more siong - 8 cities in 12 days.
Shanghai - Hangzhou - Thousand Islet - Hangzhou - Shanghai - Wuxi - Suzhou - Sanya - Beijing - Xiamen
I had a sinking feeling it wasnt going to be a smooth trip when the first text i received when i reached Shanghai on Monday night was that the client's driver who was bringing us to Hangzhou was late. Then i got another text that the person receiving us with here but the driver would take some time. I thought it was a little odd that the receiver would come separately with the driver. The receiver received us and apologised then said we could have dinner first at the airport while waiting for the driver. I got into some small talk with the receiver and i realised that my receiver doesnt actually work for my client. She was just a friend of the client who came to receive us cos the driver was late. Needless to say, we didnt have much to talk about over dinner.
Not the best way to start a two-week China trip.
At the end, i stayed in 6 hotels in the last 12 days... will blog each city as soon as i have the time.
If the previous trip (5 cities in 6 days was siong), this trip was even more siong - 8 cities in 12 days.
Shanghai - Hangzhou - Thousand Islet - Hangzhou - Shanghai - Wuxi - Suzhou - Sanya - Beijing - Xiamen
I had a sinking feeling it wasnt going to be a smooth trip when the first text i received when i reached Shanghai on Monday night was that the client's driver who was bringing us to Hangzhou was late. Then i got another text that the person receiving us with here but the driver would take some time. I thought it was a little odd that the receiver would come separately with the driver. The receiver received us and apologised then said we could have dinner first at the airport while waiting for the driver. I got into some small talk with the receiver and i realised that my receiver doesnt actually work for my client. She was just a friend of the client who came to receive us cos the driver was late. Needless to say, we didnt have much to talk about over dinner.
Not the best way to start a two-week China trip.
At the end, i stayed in 6 hotels in the last 12 days... will blog each city as soon as i have the time.
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