Back to a routine
By Three Crazy Dogs | July 14, 2009
OK, I had better get this blog back to life. I think my peeps might think I six feet underground or something. I’m back home, home with a routine especially I’m back at work since yesterday. I am eating my healthy version breakfast, lunch and dinner. No more of the curry noodles or Hakka mee for breakfast or lunch. I know I don’t need to get any ephedra diet pill coz there is not much to eat in the house. Good spicy and yummy food is not that easily available like in Ipoh or even in Spore.
I still have not completed downloading the pictures taken in China. I have taken thousands of pics. Actually a lot of them are of the same thing just to make sure I got it. There were a lot of blurry pics especially in crowded temples. The places we went to were really “People mountain, people sea”.
Here is one picture I really like. Of course, trying to get a nice picture without any humans around was impossible.
Temple of Heaven, Beijing (June 16, 2009)
Next, is the Great Wall, Badaling section. It was raining crazy but the people were all over the place by the bus loads. (June 16, 2009)
And my all time favorite in Beijing is still this place:
The Forbidden City, Beijing (June 15, 2009)
It was definitely a pain to get a decent picture at the Forbidden City. Moreover, there weren’t a perfect day in Beijing. All the five days we were in Beijing, it was hazy, smoggy, crappy, you name it. It was blah! Anyways, this picture reminds me of the old TVB kungfu dramas where the emperor’s soldiers were kneeling on this vast grounds kow-tow-ing whilst the emperor walking in to the Hall of Supreme Harmony (background). Very impressive site. I was mesmerized by it. My mom said she had the same feeling the first time she visited the Forbidden City. This trip was her second or third visit so it wasn’t that mesmerizing!
I will get the pics downloaded and put up a slide show later on. Do bear with me, k, dook? 
5 Comments
Che-Cheh on July 14, 2009 at 9:26 pm.
Haha Dull eh to start work after a vacation. Oh back to same old routine.
How much did you climb at the Badaling section? I went to the Ju Yong Pass section 4 years ago. The steps were so steep. Crazy! Had to turn back when I reach a much more steeper area. One man from my tour group did a whole round of the Ju Yong Pass. I don’t know how he did it.
The Forbidden City is so grand. Not enough time to see the whole thing. I want to visit Beijing again but the air pollution is one thing that’s been stopping me.
Did you book your tour from the local? How’s the rate like?
jam on July 15, 2009 at 11:35 pm.
So you had chosen Badaling at last. As I said, it is the most popular but the most convenient to visit. Do you take the cable car to the top? The view should be awesome, isn’t it?
.-= jam´s last blog ..Fuzhou Snacks: Kompia =-.
Two Crazy Dogs on July 16, 2009 at 6:31 am.
Che-Cheh, I have no idea what was the name of that section. All I remembered was there were a ton of ppl surrounding an old man, putting their names down on a piece of paper, and this old man was busy engraving words on to a medal sort thing. had to go back down as it was lightning and thundering. Btw, we did book any local tours. We just went on our own with a book in hand.
Two Crazy Dogs on July 16, 2009 at 6:33 am.
Jam, yes, we picked Badaling coz the driver said it’s the closest and easiest since our group has an elderly. We didn’t take the cable car, we just walked up in the rain. The view was clouded by mist, kinda disappointed though.
Rose on July 16, 2009 at 8:58 am.
must make it a must to visit China some day.
Look forward to seeing more pictures of China!