Mardziah: February 2012

Monday, February 6, 2012

Surprised 'belated' birthday cake

stop kejap citer pasal Beijing.

so, my birthday was actually on the 25th January but my colleagues didn't know.
tak blame diorang pun, kat my FB I 'switched off' the birthday alert.

anyway, dah nak balik dah 12.30pm Jumaat tu, when Ema asked me to follow her to Aiza's room. Katanye Aiza nye laptop wat hal and she needed my help with it.

Aku dah rasa pelik masa tu... apa-ke-hal lak cikgu komputer soh cikgu BI check laptop dia??? tapi aku ikut je laa... and the rest is history.

thanks for the Indulgence cake my friends ;-D

Beijing 2011: to be continued

ada hal sket nak kene buat la

Beijing 2011: Food

Tak banyak photos on the food.
sebab dok pikir nak makan terus... sejuk2 ni, lapau wooo!
But most of their lauks: pasti 'digaul' dengan celery.
and stir fry cabbage, wajib ada... even masa breakfast.
so sesapa yang kureng or tak makan sayur, memang kena kuak sayur2 tu la.

one of the Muslim restaurants we went
(had our first meal in Beijing here)

our 'first' breakfast in Beijing:

bread, jam, fried rice, stir-fry cabbage, char koay leper

lelaki ni jual 'kuih bepang' kat luar one of the masjid yang kami pegi

kuih bepang diorang lembut & chewy, unlike Malaysia punye yg keras.
ianya juga dicampur dgn buah apricot serta kismis.
aku bawak balik Malaysia 1/2 kg and shared with my colleagues.
yang tak brape suke kuih bepang pun leh jadik suke dgn China nye version.
sebab lembut kot...
(ni kat luar one of the Muslim restaurants we went)

keledek diorang montel-montel belaka
(ni tengok aje, tak beli pun)

restauran ni 3 tingkat.
tingkat 1: leh shopping porcelain
tingkat 2: banquet hall
tingkat 3: ada surau

nasi diorang: pendek, bulat & sticky.
menu kat sini, the best!

another Muslim restaurant that we went to

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Beijing 2011: "Kung Fu Panda"

nak pegi tempat tengok panda ;-p

Red Panda
('Sifu' dalam Kung Fu Panda)

tulang temulang sang Panda

tak senonoh nye panda...

temenung awek lari....

don't worry
be happy
awek cun suda mari...
(hehe)

Beijing 2011: Great Wall of China

kitorang visit melalui Juyongguan pass.
panjang GWC ni about 8,800++km gak tapi cuma 10% je yang sesuai untuk dilawati.

papepun, it was -5C masa kitorang sampai situ.
botox lagi pipi aku...

anyway, anak tangga GWC ni tak sekata... ada yg lebar, ada yg kecil, ada yg tinggi, ada yg berlekuk. kira nye sambil panjat, mata kene tengok anak tangga skali la. sebab silap pijak, leh tersungkur cam nangka busuk.

ada bahagian yg agak landai, tapi most of it... mengah wooo...
and serius gayat!

(most of the GWC 'towers' were taken using my zoom 85-300mm lens)

Beijing 2011: The Summer Palace

Terletak di atas bukit 'Longevity Hill' dan dikelilingi oleh 'Kunming Lake'.
The Chinese call it 'Yihe Yuan' or Garden of Restful Peace.
kebetulan aritu berangin je... rasa sungguh botox kulit muke ku

sayang nye tak pegi ke palace yg atas bukit tu, hanya sekitar tasik.
no idea why....

one of the entrances

gerbang lepas pintu masuk

in the background: Kuoru Ting & Shiqi Kong Qiao

Yihe Yuan

in front of "Kuoru Ting" (Spacious Pavilion)
-also known as "Pavilion of Eight Dimensions"-

mencari jalan pulang di "Shiqi Kong Qiao" or Seventeen-Arch Bridge

aummmm...

gerbang to one of the temples yg ada di sini

ni la temple nye:

Guangrun Lingyu Ci

(Temple of Timely Rains and Extensive Moisture)

termenung teringat awek ke? hehe

Beijing 2011: The Forbidden City

walaupun cuaca sejuk bangat, redah aje.
tour guide kami, Tony, kata cuaca on that day will be between -2C to 4C aje.
Yg 4C tu pun, if nasib baik la. if tak... 2C je paling tinggi.

Anyway, bila masuk Forbidden City tu, memang.... words failed me.
the size, the designs, the history... all very colourful & beautiful.
suggested time to spend there: minimum 2 hours.
dari pintu depan ke pintu belakang, almost 1 kilometer.
so you may think, 1 kilometer 2 hours?
ha le... campur nak membelek building, nak amek gambau...
tu pun kitorang tak visit bangunan sampingan.
if visit, Tony kata... 4 jam Tuan-tuan dan Puan-puan
(Tony memang orang Beijing tapi dia tau cakap Indonesia)