Breathtaking view

Hmmm...... can you imagine the cool, crisp air first thing in the morning?

I absolutely LOVE this place! And it's only an hour awayyyy...

Longing for a getaway

I miss this place.....

Shanghai - SIGHTSEEING

All excited cuz finally arrived at Yu Garden

Top : Michelle and i - so bloody crowded!

Bottom : Wai Fang and i
in Dino Beach Themepark
We were laughing cuz this looks more like an ad for

the Green Tea drink i'm holding. Damn hot! Damn thirsty!

Shanghai - FOOD!

Came back last Sunday night.....
MY PEOPLE (back 'home') cheated me and tried to poison me. Sniff. Besides that, it was a real good trip.
We had superb dinners - usually took about 3 hours every night- with fab wine as company.
On our first night, we went to Xin Tian Di (translates for you non-Mandarin speaking people : Heaven on earth) a real nice Western-ish place with rows of restaurants, pubs, cafes, etc. Had dinner at Lawry's - had a big sign ' Best prime rib steak in the world' - well leave it to the Chinese to claim such a thing eh? Drama.
But yeah, it was darn tasty and they have this interesting spinning salad bowl. The waitresses would perform some kind of salad preparation infront of you. It was superb, crispy salad tho! And my darn prime ribs costs RMB460 (about RM228). Of course not having to pay for it makes it all just lovely! :D
We stayed at Shanghai Marriott Hotel Hongqiao - got upgraded to Executive Suites upon checking in. Supposedly the summer promotion! We KNOW it is because occupancy was real low. It was very hot and the usual smog.
Anyways, the second night we went to this lovely Shanghainese restaurant. It's actually one of the ex-premier's home. 3-storey house - beautiful, simple beautiful! Since our host is some bigtime businessman there, we got the VIP room on the top floor. Food was perfect, err the wine too! *hiccup* We had a 40-course dinner. Nearly died there.... and it seems it is normal for them to end the meal with sio long pau and rice to make sure ur stomach's full. Arghh.... Am not even gonna talk about how much it could possibly cost.

The dining room - ex-premier's home. Beautiful, no?

Yes, this pic was taken in the toilet of the ex-premier's home. So what? It's a lovely toilet. *blush*

For the third night, we went to this absolutely fabulous Jap restaurant - Shintoro. Serving Jap fusion cuisine, it was formerly a factory of some sort. So it's amazingly spacious - the moment we walked in, we were like 'WOW!' - such a big place and its not the usual Jap places we see here. Expensive, as well. Small portions and expensive. Once again, not paying for the meal so.... YESS la! All is lovely. Ha ha.

Shintoro Restaurant

您能否讲普通话？

Ha ha.... i tried searching for "English to Chinese free online translator" and i found Yahoo! Babel Fish.

So the title supposed to mean ' Can you speak Mandarin?', or at least that is what i asked to be translated la. :)

Well, i am off to Shanghai on Thursday, on a VERY early morning flight. It'll be my first time 'balik kampung'. Am excited about it! Yeayy!!

:)

In pursuit of happiness (Part 1)

Ok ok....so i was trigger happy on my way to Penang during the weekend.

I loved watching the mountains (or hills?) - had this sense of peace and had this big smile throughout. Well, it was also a nice change from driving most of the time.

Perfect.