came across something interesting…
will try to figure out more when i am freer…
April 2008
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April 28, 2008
April 26, 2008
i think i really have a thing for lean and long people…guys…
from the past till now, it has been proven each and every time…
a natural tendency for me to be drawn more to…
瘦瘦长长的…why is that so har?
April 8, 2008
2008年 3月 21日
took an overnight flight on air china…
but before that, went over to the new T3 to take a look…
hmm…flooring also different leh…the carpet felt very soft…it was as if i was floating when i walked on it…haha…
reached beijing airport at around 7am, by the time we collected luggage, took breakfast, and then took the airport shuttle bus at around 8.30am to 东直门外大街, walked a long way to 东直门内大街 where our hotel was located, checked into our room, it was about 10am…
the sky looked so dull and colourless…hopefully it is not gonna be like that for the rest of the trip…
view from the hotel room…
anyway tired, so we decided to take a nap first before setting out…
南锣鼓巷
“现时北京已有近八成的胡同被拆，要找寻京韵之味已不易。始建于七百多年前元朝的南锣鼓巷，是少有被保留的老街。苍灰青瓦胡同，跟故宫的红墙金瓦相比又别有一种风情。这儿集结了低调地经营着自我个性独特的小店，cafe 和手作工艺均文化味浓，渐渐成为四合院保护区里另一道风景。”
– 《下一站北京-奥运新增特别版》
(i specially bought this guidebook from popular bookstore…it was indeed very useful throughout the whole trip…i will call it MY GUIDE when i mention it in my entries…)
when i was in beijing 12 years ago, i could have the chance to visit and see how these hutongs look like…but aiyo…that was my very first trip in my whole life, and i only went to wherever the tour guide brought us to…what a pity…i believed back then, there should still be many hutongs around…
当我后来从吴韦材的游记中读到胡同时，我就一直很好奇并很想亲眼看一看。
终于现在有机会了，但我想也不是原来的风貌了…
that was me trying to take my favourite foto below…
it was very cold…it’s time for dinner…i had actually wanted to look for this “老伍“ cafe introduced in MY GUIDE, but we walked a few rounds, couldn’t find it at all…finally we realised the shop has already turned into a spanish cafe! no wonder we couldn’t locate the name at all…the problem is MY GUIDE was published in january 2008 leh…within 2 months, the shop disappeared liao wor…
in the end, we decided to walk into this korean restaurant called 韩香馆, which is also featured in MY GUIDE…
也许是因为在胡同内的关系吧，这里的店面都不是很大，好像这间韩香馆顶多也只容纳八至九张餐桌…还好我们进来得早，不然真的已经找不到地方可以吃东西了…
我们的酒店其实就位于整条“鬼街”的中央…
“鬼街”是一条非常出名的美食街，整条街都是餐馆，而且几乎全都卖麻辣火锅，是因为天气冷吗？haha…
如果晚上找不到东西吃，来这里就是最佳的选择了。
P/S: goodness…took ages to finish just this entry, cos wordpress changed its interface, i had to spend time to figure out how to insert the fotos properly…well…i dunno how long i will take to finish my other beijing entries loh…
April 1, 2008
came back from my beijing trip last night…21st march til 31st march…
was an interesting and “mind-blowing” trip…cos even though i know beijing has developed a lot throughout these years, but it is really a totally different city view from the one i had seen around 13 years ago…
8 years ago, when i was in japan, having foot massage in the roppongi district (done by chinese from china) and heard about the news that beijing will be hosting the 2008 olympics games, i told myself that i will go visit beijing in that year…
and so i fulfilled my wish…
