#161 : ✈ Beijing Trip day4, 12th April

continue with my another BeiJing trip post again

this is about the day4 (12th April 2013)

well, I dislike the day the most in the entire trip coz it was damn boring 

seriouslyy..

the whole day's itinerary was just imperfect

as what I mentioned before in previous Beijing trip day3 post about the travel group is a must to go five compulsory visit places in China

which are Jade (government), Jade (private company), Tea, Pearl, and Silk shop

done visited tea and jade shop in previous days, and the day4 we visited to another silk and pearl shop in day

spot me carrying a warm bottle in the hand? the day4 I only started to bring it out lol

the weather of the day was okay, like Genting's weather

have no idea why I suddenly felt like to bring it out the day instead pervious freezing days =_=

the most funny moment was when my boss saw it at my bus seat, he was so stupid asking himself why missed to bring his own

**you may not laugh with my words but it's seriously very funny when he asking himself in the bus lol :)

early in the morning after gathered, we went straight to the silk shop

when we were inside the silk shop we can't stop complaining the aircond

I have no idea why our tour guide told us their government banned everyone of them to switch on aircond but seem like it has eaten it's words lol

or isnt its because of the shop is belong to government so that they can switch on without obeying the rule they set? imaoo

(the entrance)

in the silk shop, as usual there was a lecturer taught us how a certain insect larvae to form cocoons and the process of making silk 

after the lecture, how they won't miss this chance to suggest us to purchase their products?

and guess what? just a single small silk product like handkerchief or scarf also not so cheap

but the highlight is their main products are silk blanket, bed cover, curtain and so forth

those are like at least in around thousand ringgit and above

thus I was one of guys who standing there to see the bosses bargaining with the sale girl over the price of silk blanket lol

but seriously the silk products are really very good la, whats why they had interest to bargain the price

again guess what? me and the guys who not buying the products waited for the bosses until impatient until mad =__= (Damn boringgg)

we've stayed at the shop damn long, like around 3hours?

had our lunch after the bosses done their purchasing

as usual, the food was again not our cup of tea (China food is seriously bad for me, hby?)

pearl shop was the next stop

pearl shop was the one shop where we spent the least time

we dont even layan themwho recommended us to buy their pearl accessories and their main pearl skin products after had a lecture about the pearl hahha

(YaXiu Street Market, 雅秀市场, pic from google)

kayy, next we went to YaXiu Street Market, 雅秀市场

this is not really the street market. it's like sungai wang shopping complex

but the different is this street market is more complicated

due to my bosses requested, we had chance to go this shopping mall as it was not in our list of the whole itinerary

guess what? me and the gang didn't walk for half and hour then came out

what is that inside there? this shopping mall is dedicated to sell fake brands products (clothes, shoes, bags, etc..)

dont misunderstand, this is not the point why we left there early.

the reason is every saler inside there is damn scaryyy!!

why said so? it's because they can even pull you inside their shop to sale you their every thing

the price they opened at first was kinda high and then they'll 'kindly' give you big discount

eg : 300 bucks at first then slowly became 30 bucks something o_o

 if we rejected to buy once after asking the price, they'll scold you like no one else omgg? -.-

so cheap the way they sale their stuffs yerr -___-

maybe someone of you may ask then why my bosses still requested to go there as they surely dislike the market?

their main idea was there are many real brands outlets gathered beside the YaXiu Street Market

what did we do after left the YaXiu market? 

we shopped around the brands area. google search the area is called Sanlitun Subdistrict (三里屯街道)

as usual, every brands outlet is in at least few levels. 

some like Mac center, Addidas, Puma, Uniqlo and so on are like in an own dedicated building. **faint?

while the bosses were mad shopping the brands, the youngs went to a book shop to enjoy the books

Elicia and Pauline are novel lovers, they can even stay there until night lol

I bought some books too! bought mom a travel reference which is as thick as dictionary in the price 20 ringgit something only!

and the book can be found also in malaysia which cost is RM30/40 like that (if no mistake)

(the whole view of The Place, 世贸天阶, pic from google)

The Place 世贸天阶 was the last place we visited the day before had dinner and back to hotel

i was so excited to go there actually as i know there's a very long sky screen playing gorgeous chinese arts or advertisements sometimes
but after knew that we went there in the evening, it kinda ruined my mood urghhh.

(we should go there at night actually but since there's no itinerary at night in our entire trip so we were to be forced to go in the evening)

parents went there before as well! 

kept describing how beautiful is the sky screen when broadcasting something. **envy envy!!!

why why why my travel group so poor one, never went out at night in whole trip :'((((

that's the sky screen I said! one of the super long big sky screen in the world!!

tour guide told us this sky screen is Beijing's unique treasures, its carrying "all Beijing to watch" concept

tour guide also told that mostly the sky screen plays the advertisements at 8pm 

The Place is also in the Beijing CBD unique artistic taste and Austrian brand characteristics of high-end integrated Fashion Square, is insight called "dream place to start." **google search

I also google search the pic of the screen playing something at night

(pic from google)

(pic from google)

oh fantastic man! T_T

as the day was the last night we had in Beijing hence we've stated to discuss where to go at night (without tour guide guiding) when on the way heading to have dinner, 

boss's decision was WangFuJing night market 王府井夜

WangFuJing night market is in our list of itinerary of day5 actually, but since we scared there's also insuffiecent time for us like the previous days to shop, so we just went there twice :B

after asking tour guide about how can we reach there, we went back hotel to get ready at 8.30pm

we arrived hotel was actually almost 8pm

why dont we straight to the night market instead? coz we knew that the night market will be closed at 10pm punctually. 

(Beijing people are unlike malaysians night owls, they have very healthy life o_o)

big reason was due to the severe jam at that time

-four people share a cab-

reached at 9pm plus

**messy hair when the strong wind blew hmmm :p

we spent the whole time at here! WangFuJing food street!

my bosses are eat lovers. they just cant resist to hunt food inside

very crowd there! and the atmosphere there was like chinese new year ambience!! **thumbs up :DD

a lot these insect snacks. they're full of protein seriouslyy!!

this drink's name is called bubble tea lol. name is so cute but dont know whether its good taste :o

didnt try as stomach full :/

Pauline's epic look hahaha

yummmmmsss

10pm something, they really closed in a lightning speed :O **no joke

then we walked around outside there

the street is just so wide! I wanna bring bicycle to there next time!! LOL LOL

damn comfortable walking there under not so cold weather  ♥♥♥

the sweet couple (boss and his wife) and me taking pic outside the adorable little Coca Cola stall Teheee.

11pm, we settled again our stomach at McDonald

boss treated ;DD

we totally have 15 people. Luckily that there was a super super big table that can accommodate many of us

Awww :D

we stayed there until midnight.

bosses ordered cabs again but guess what? their service were just so poor

we waited for so long and they still not appeared  **thumbs down

we ended up find other taxi to send us back hotel ourselves on the road lol

a big gang loitered, talked and laughed together beside the road to look for taxi. this felt so good seriously!!

I also saw some teenagers road skating, cycling together with their friends full of laugh sound beside the road at this hour

omggg this is what I want badly in my teenage period but why does malaysia dont have this such comfortable wide road to let my dream comes true lol TT

hahahha you may ignore my self talking :pp

omggggoshhh I've written kinda many words in this post

well, I hope you guys can finish reading it all even I know most of you wont read until the end or just scrolling to see the pics thats all

thankyou very much for viewing or reading and goodnight :)))

#159 : ✈ Beijing Trip day3, 11th April

realized that I've back from Beijing for about two months

recalling this trip so so much!

decided to update the day3 of the trip before ass off the chair to have my dinner

so here you go! enjoyyy ;)

first and foremost, as usual would be my coordinate random snapshotted

the tour guide told us the weather of our day3 which was 11th April 2013 was warmer than first and second day

hence I wore lesser, my preparation of boyish style outfit has been chosen on the day

parents told me I look damn short with this jeans T__T

Our day 3 itinerary was very comfortable

no need to rush for next destination since the day we only visited some streets which like 'mini shopping mall'

the day was definitely like shopping day *girls love :D

after breakfast we headed to Qianmen Ancient Street 前门仿古商业街

on the way before reached the street jammed again  *bored :/

walking is the better way to arrive the street faster

this ancient street is as spick and span street, you can hardly to find a little rubbish on the floor (Y) 

the street is damn gorgeous!!

I've visited a lot streets on that day and this is the only street I love the most

a lot food, traditional or fashionable cloths, shoes, souvenirs in the alleys of the street there

You know what? I saw a lot very nice flats, shoes and heels there

I did a big mistake which was i didn't purchase anyone of them at all 

Feel damn regret man!! the price is not bad plus it is hard to find in Malaysia 

(i mean some of the types of shoes that I hardly find in Malaysia)

I just can't stop blaming myself lol :'((

(pics from google)

you will also find a lot foreign clothes outlets there! this was what I surprised lol :B

such as H&M, UNIQLO, Zara, Clio Coddle Lacoste, Swatch and so forth

those are in at least two and more floors in a building! Woooo

my boss and his gang aimed to go there to have Beijing's dim sum as breakfast

thus they didn't full their empty stomach before gathered in hotel

group pic outside the dim sum restaurant

so weird their dim sum I've eaten :s

still prefer Malaysia's lol

guess what? our tour guide just gave us one hour and half to shop there

but we spent this an hour and half just to enjoy our breakfast lol

of course we were not satisfied thus my boss went to find the tour guide to request we want to leave at noon before have our lunch

12pm something when we left, the tour guide told us this was his first time he waited for tourists who were us to shop Qianmen Street so long

we totally stayed there about 3hours and more AHAHHAHHA :p

the day sky was so blue. so love Awww

you know what, we blamed the tour guide when we left since the morning weather was not exactly like what he told

still very cold due to the strong wind when we were shopping at the main street lol

therefore we loitered the alleys to avoid the strong wind blow

we saw a lot ancient buildings in the alleys. 古色古香 (Y)(Y)(Y)!!

the whole building behind me was Tong Ren Tang (同仁堂)

It is a Chinese pharmaceutical company which is now the largest producer of traditional Chinese medicine

This company is headquartered in Beijing, so this is the biggest shop that we visited. (totally 3 floors)

my boss is the owner of herbal shop, as such it is a must for him to go in for a look

I followed him too

It is fantastic inside! damn big and many securities were there on duty!

each floor has a lot professional traditional Chinese physicians provided the knowledge of herbal

it deserves to be called the largest producer of traditional Chinese medicine in the world (Y)

besides the Tong Ren Tang still have some else herbal shop

this was my so called 'souvenir alley'

with the giant :O

saw the line on the floor?

that is the tram's track (噹噹車)

that is Bell Tower (钟楼)

found a cute 'A PANDA' shop there

Amazing jellyfish lights found in another shop *.*

I'm actually carried my bro's souvenir Plants Vs Zombies Castle Puzzle Hehee

quite cheap, just around RM10 and I never found in Malaysia so I bought for him :3

and yeaaa the happy girl taking pic with randomly saw the tram :DD

I didn't hear dang dang sound when it passed by me :o

asked my parents, they told me we can only hear the sound when sitting inside the tram

How they know? since they sat this tram here before when they travelling Beijing

they said their itinerary has included the fee of sitting tram

why I dont have DD;

After three hours, we should be to have lamb steamboat as lunch after this Qianmen Street actually

but due to the restaurant was full of tourists so our plan changed at last minute

We went to a next street that nearby the restaurant for a walk first then

(Pics took in the bus when passed by)

Awww damn beautiful pink and white cherry trees!!

Our next street to shop is called Nan Luo Gu Xiang 南锣鼓巷

Drum Tower (鼓楼) towards Nanluoguxiang, which is a long historical street lined with lots of shops 

this street is not bad, a lot food to eat (but too bad, we having steamboat later, so didn't eat too much :/)

What I love this street the most? 

There was a lady selling liu lian gao 榴莲糕 (durian snack) on the way there

omggg I cant expect that I could find durian snack in China lol hahhaa

how can durian lovers resist the attractant of  beloved durian!!!!? :p

Taddaaaaa! This was the liu lian gao!

This is the best durian dessert I ever ate in Beijing! ♥♥♥

I can bet with all of you surely will in mad love with it once you try!

and I also surprised that all my Beijing trip group members are durian lovers too!! hahahaa

It had some durian pieces inside, some cake, and was really rich, creamy and scrumptious!

**typing this part I miss a lot this such awesome dessert :'((

can you see the workers were working there?

they were repairing the historical type of residence called Siheyuan 四合院

I asked myself what is that when I heard Siheyuan in my heart

coz I think that if I asked others maybe they will reply like 

''harr? Si He Yuan is so famous in China, how come you dont know'' lol

then I looked carefully realized Siheyuan is actually the residence where always show in Chinese Gong Fu drama lol :o

Siheyuan is damn valuable in China

China is the country which I can see the combination of historical ancient buildings and modern tall buildings 

like in above pic showed that in front is traditional design wooden bridge and Siheyuan and the back is modern tall buildings

(Y)

the restaurant we had lamb steamboat

we got private room ^^v

lamb steamboat lamb steamboat, sound like very nice but NO, it was extremely bad!!

the main dishes of course was the lamb

when the lamb in the soup, the soup cant even drink at all and the other dishes cant intake also

since it had very big bad smell. omggg **vomit

guess what, the tour guide told us even their China people also cant adapt their lamb steamboat taste

sure that we left a lot lol

again we walked to the next street that we going to visit

the red tower behind me was Drum Tower (鼓楼)

Tadaaa, few minutes after that we reached YanDai XieJie 烟袋斜街  :D

every street we visited the day was similar, a lot shops and foods inside the streets

the difference between them just the building design, the length of the street and how old the history of the street

The only dessert I tried in this street

Pauline (Elicia's sis) bought and we tried. it tasted so so good!

it was like the hot fried rolled dough ate with cool vanilla ice cream Awww :999

pic with Drum Tower again lol

after this street, we went to LingDang Hutong 铃铛胡同 by bus (** no more walking lol)

Hutongs are the of narrow streets or alleys that most commonly associated with Beijing

this street was absolutely different with other streets that I had visited 

no shop no food, this alley was formed by the lines of their citizens' residence which was Siheyuan

means that we went there just only can hang around outside of the Siheyuan

I thought we still can go in to see the Siheyuan but who will be so good to let us visit their house lol :X

there were two ways that we can visit this Hutong which was either walking or loitering the whole area by pedicab

our tour guide already arranged for us, two persons in a pedicab

this was the Bell Tower that I've mentioned many times in this post ;p

and the red one was Drum Tower (I've mention before too)

the pedicab driver told us the history of Hutong when we were on his pedicab

he explained a lot but I only can understand some since his voice was too low as his body was facing back to us lol

some entrance doors of Siheyuan

guess what, ''三轮车跑得快 上面坐着老太太 要五毛 给一块 你说奇怪不奇怪''

this our childhood song was really be used at here lol

we needed to give some tips to the pedicab driver since their incomes were low *tour guide said this

Dr. Tea 茶博士家 was our last itinerary of the day

before arrived this tea shop, the tour guide told us this company has a lot outlets in any provinces in China

can be said as the biggest tea company in China

Yunnan is the province that produces the best tea in China and this Dr. Tea's tea is came from there too

he asked then why we still need to come Beijing to try their tea which is came from Yunnan

why dont we just go Yunnan to have a try?

well, Beijing is the capital of China, so their tea from Yunnan is the toppest grade

perhaps we are unable to have a try of greatest tea in Yunnan since their greatest tea has sent to Beijing :O

we had no this tea shop to visit in our itinerary actually, but guess what

their government has set a rule for every tourist who comes to China for a trip with travel group

we must to visit 5 places when travelling China which are tea, silk, pearl and two jade factories (it is complusory)

are you curious to know why we have to visit two jade factories? arent they different? yesss

one of the jade factories I've blogged about, dont you still remember? (here you are, for those who havent read)

that jade factory is belong to the government and another one (I havent blog) is belong to the private company

I'll tell more when I blog the part, so stay tuned? ;)

come back to the topic!

we were sent to a private room to have a little talk about their tea introduction 

this girl was not our lecturer but she was the one who made tea to us for whole lecture

she is so petite and adorable :3

-I just have four pics in the private room since we were banned to take pic when the lecture started-

Pauline was the only one buyer in our travel group lol hahha

when the bosses were smoking outside, I had a chance to capture outside view of the tea shop

I cant believe that just only the bridge outside there can already attract me to take 'thousand' pics lol

but I only posted some :)

the opposite me was Chinatown (Tong Yan Gai)

Dr. Tea is nearby bird's nest of Beijing

we had our dinner in National Jade Hotel after that

the main dishes of the night was dumplings

there were 9 types of dumplings we had. omgg?

soup, fried, vegetarian and etc

as usual we cant finish at all sighh 

Awww I love this wonderful evening shot so much! (no filter, no edit)

thats's all of the day. hope everyone of you has a great Saturday. BYE