the one when badrul visits china... (part 1 ~ Beijing)

mula-mula tu ingat nak buat ikut turutan... but takpalah, carca-marba sikit... so i start dengan china dulu... but, even china pun i have to separate into 3 parts, since i plan to put as much pictures as i can (or allowed to)... china nih actually nya company trip... best kan our company, semua dapat pergi trip to china... every year we went out of the country... mula-mula dulu bangkok, then phuket, last year was beijing and this year bali... anyway, i want to write about china because it was kinda of special... part 1 will be about beijing, part 2 for xi'an and 3 is for shanghai...

the plan...

when we found out that we were going to beijing, china, for the company trip, shonny and i mula lah plan kat mana lagi boleh pergi... mula-mula tu kita rancang nak extend to go to hongkong but my friend hoe was against it... dia kata takda apa kat hongkong except for shopping... tu pun a bit expensive.. so, rancang punya rancang, we decided to go to xi'an instead to visit terrecota worriors (the eighth wonder of the world), then from xi'an we fly to shanghai for a few days, then balik to kl from shanghai... another friend, willie, decided to follow us... so, we went to our travel agency and tukar apa yang patut, book apa yang perlu and we were good to go...

beijing...

it was supposed to be end of winter / early spring in beijing, but the weather was cold... very cold! i love it! banyak benda yang i rancang nak buat kat beijing... of course mestilah nak pergi the great wall of china, nak pergi tianamen square, and nak makan peking duck... dan semestinya nak shopping! ramai yang cakap 'barangan tiruan' kat china murah-murah! so-called branded items lah... tu lah sebabnya pergi china nih i bawak sampai dua bag besar... hahahaha...


depan hotel.. it's snowing! from left; hoe, edmund, me, ham, shonn and willie...

everything is big in china! the road, the building... everything! masa pergi the great wall memang sejuk... some of them (including shonny, but not me!) panjat great wall sampai nun di atas... i duduk kat bawah, smoking, and makan twisties and drink coke! hahahahaha... i'm so happy that at last, the great wall of china dapat i sentuh dan tengok dengan mata sendiri... it was an amazing experience! the only man-made thing that boleh nampak from the moon... on the other hand, i can't help it but to feel sad... imagine, berapa ramai hamba abdi yang mati, berapa ramai yang menderita, just to satisfy one emperor! hhhmmm... anyway, another wonder of the world masuk dalam poket...


the great wall of china...


great wall of china... shonn went all the way up there...

makan di beijing kira oklah... slightly on the tasteless side... but i think the best meal ever was the peking duck... itulah kali pertama i makan peking duck original from peking (before nama tukar jadi beijing)...


the chef tengah preparing the peking duck for us... yummmmyyy...

we shared one duck empat orang... i, shonny, joyce and ramona... licin! even the plum saurce pun habis jugak... hahhahhaa... it was amazing! tapi jangan ingat macam itik gantung yang kat kl tuh... hahahaha...


tianamen square, beijing...

on the day kita pergi tianamen square, snow turun... wahhhhh!!! happy nya! in a short time, snow was everywhere... tapi that day, we were not allowed to enter tianamen square sebab party communist china tengah ada persidangan besar-besaran (well, since semua besar kan!) best sungguh dapat berjalan dalam suasana yang sejuk! walaupun menggigil jugaklah kepala lutut, but i enjoy it better than walking under the hot sun! kalau panas tuh, i rather walk on the beach jer... so, since tianamen square tutup, we moved on to forbidden city...


me, hoe and shonn... before melawat forbidden city, beijing...

forbidden city memang besar giler... but again, it doesn't represent its name anymore.. sebab kat dalam forbidden city pun westerners dah tawan! just imagine, jalan punya jalan punya jalan dalam that huge place, you will see starbucks! yup, american coffee, starbucks! sedih kan!

tapi on the whole, that place is well preserved! baguslah orang kat china nih... atleast dia orang pandai jugak jaga sejarah negara sendiri... too bad our country does not have that kind of history... kalau ada pun, semuanya diangkut pergi museum, so macam mana orang nak melawat tempat-tempat bersejarah di negara kita kan? ask yourself, berapa ramai yang tahu tempat asal usul batu bersurat ditemui? hhhmmm...


the first black emperor in china... forbidden city, beijing

memang kelakar habis! gatal nak cuba jugak pakai costume emperor! akhirnya kita jadi tumpuan ramai... ya lah kan, mana ada black emperor kat china, tup tup muncul di forbidden city... hahahaha... ramai jugaklah local tourist yang ambil gambar i... hahahah... rasa macam famous kejap!


emperor of china dengan gundik-gundik dan pengawal... joyce, me, ida, ramona and shonn...