Friday, October 24, 2008
I am Famous!
Suddenly, my face is being spotted all over billboards in Europe. Not sure who used them without my permission. My friends took these pictures and sent them to me. Anyway... I think I'm famous now. Muahahahah!!!!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Project Team
Today, marks the first year anniversary of me being in this company. I can't believe it. Time flies. I don't remember much of what happened in the past 1 year. All I know is that there has been a lot of late nights working through Phase I of the project when I was alone in the 'Financial' team. Now, I have 2 more members in my team and I must say my work is getting more relaxed.
The irony is, it's not really good being so relaxed, especially in the current economic turmoil. I hate this same old feeling that I felt 6-7 years ago when business wasn't good back then in Malaysia. Everyone was 'on the beach'; which means, project-less; Sitting in office waiting to be laid off.
Since project Phase IIa is now live, I am kinda bored at work and decided to clean up my folders. Then I saw this and I think it's worth posting up on my blog for memory. This is the picture of the project team.
The irony is, it's not really good being so relaxed, especially in the current economic turmoil. I hate this same old feeling that I felt 6-7 years ago when business wasn't good back then in Malaysia. Everyone was 'on the beach'; which means, project-less; Sitting in office waiting to be laid off.
Since project Phase IIa is now live, I am kinda bored at work and decided to clean up my folders. Then I saw this and I think it's worth posting up on my blog for memory. This is the picture of the project team.
Can you spot me?
Monday, October 6, 2008
Oct 08 - Chengdu & Huang Long
Chengdu
October holidays started off with an early departure to Shanghai Pudong airport where we headed to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, China.
After we checked into our hotel, we went for a quick lunch and headed to the Chengdu Wuhou Shrine. This shrine was built in 223AD and it is the residence and temples of Zhuge Liang in Shuhan of the 3 kingdoms, known to many through the story ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’. Those who read this book will truly enjoy this historical place, but to me, it is just another palace during the Tang and Song dynasty in China.
Here are some of the pictures taken.
Day 2 started off with an even earlier wake up call to catch the 7am flight to Huang Long – Jiuzhaigou. It was freakin’ 5 degrees at Huang Long and the first thing we did after getting our luggage was to open them straight away, take out our sweaters and cardigans put on the layers of clothes. We then booked a tour cab to bring us to Huang Long before sending us back to our hotel in Jiuzhaigou.
We walked for more than 7km at Huang Long and was left with darn painful legs; but it sure was worth the pain and effort.
October holidays started off with an early departure to Shanghai Pudong airport where we headed to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, China.
After we checked into our hotel, we went for a quick lunch and headed to the Chengdu Wuhou Shrine. This shrine was built in 223AD and it is the residence and temples of Zhuge Liang in Shuhan of the 3 kingdoms, known to many through the story ‘Romance of the Three Kingdoms’. Those who read this book will truly enjoy this historical place, but to me, it is just another palace during the Tang and Song dynasty in China.
Here are some of the pictures taken.
We head back to our hotel and had a rest. Then, we headed for a Sichuan style hot pot for dinner and went to the Shu Feng Ya Yun Teahouse for a Sichuan opera performance.
This is a truly entertaining performance, which included the ever famous Sichuan ‘Changing Faces & Fire Spitting’.
This is a truly entertaining performance, which included the ever famous Sichuan ‘Changing Faces & Fire Spitting’.
Huang Long Valley (黄龙–Yellow Dragon)
Day 2 started off with an even earlier wake up call to catch the 7am flight to Huang Long – Jiuzhaigou. It was freakin’ 5 degrees at Huang Long and the first thing we did after getting our luggage was to open them straight away, take out our sweaters and cardigans put on the layers of clothes. We then booked a tour cab to bring us to Huang Long before sending us back to our hotel in Jiuzhaigou.
Here are some pictures taken from the plane.
I will describe our tour to Huang Long as follow:
Mesmerizing, breathtaking and surreal but at the same time, exhausting & torturing.
Huang Long is one of China’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site and is located at an altitude around 3500 meters above sea level. We have to hike up the mountain to view the Five Colored Pool (五彩湖) we were darn tired and breathless because of the lack of oxygen at high altitude.
Mesmerizing, breathtaking and surreal but at the same time, exhausting & torturing.
Huang Long is one of China’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site and is located at an altitude around 3500 meters above sea level. We have to hike up the mountain to view the Five Colored Pool (五彩湖) we were darn tired and breathless because of the lack of oxygen at high altitude.
The Five Colored Pool was truly amazing and worth the torturing hike up. Many have told me that if I have seen Jiuzhaigou, Huang Long will be meaningless because Jiuzhaigou is so much more beautiful. But looking back, I am glad we went to Huang Long because what we saw here was totally different from the scenery in Jiuzhaigou.
We walked for more than 7km at Huang Long and was left with darn painful legs; but it sure was worth the pain and effort.
Oct 08 - Jiuzhaigou
Jiuzhaigou (九寨沟)
Day 3 and 4 was spent in Jiuzhaigou. This is truly a place where I will refer to as Paradise and Heaven on Earth.
The scenery here is simply spectacular, awesome, stunning, out of this world, jaw-dropping, fantastic, wonderful, magnificent, astonishing, peaceful, surreal, breathtaking; and there can be so many more words to describe it.
I will just let the pictures do the talking…but even the pictures cannot truly tell the beauty of this place. You really have to see it for yourself. The scenery is really many times more beautiful than what I have captured with my camera.
Day 3 and 4 was spent in Jiuzhaigou. This is truly a place where I will refer to as Paradise and Heaven on Earth.
The scenery here is simply spectacular, awesome, stunning, out of this world, jaw-dropping, fantastic, wonderful, magnificent, astonishing, peaceful, surreal, breathtaking; and there can be so many more words to describe it.
I will just let the pictures do the talking…but even the pictures cannot truly tell the beauty of this place. You really have to see it for yourself. The scenery is really many times more beautiful than what I have captured with my camera.
Shuzheng Lake - 树正海
Shuzheng Fall - 树正瀑布
Tiger Lake - 老虎海
Long Lake - 长海
Five Colored Lake - 五彩池
Nuorilang Fall - 诺日朗瀑布
Swan Lake - 天鹅海
Arrow Bamboo Lake - 箭竹海
This is the place where Zhang Yimou directed the movie 'Hero', the scene where Maggie Cheung lies in the middle of the lake while Jet Li and Tony Leung were battling.
Panda Waterfall - 熊猫海瀑布
Panda Lake - 熊猫海
Five Flower Lake - 五花海
Pearl Shoals Beach - 珍珠滩
Pearl Shoals Waterfall - 珍珠滩瀑布
Mirror Lake - 镜海
Dragon Lake - 双龙海
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