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Friday, October 31, 2008

China - Part 8: Phone Calls



With the power (minutes) of a phone card Kingman gave me, I made a couple of calls last night:

1. Dad - I wanted to check if he had booked our hotels and airplane tickets yet. He hasn't, but was planning on doing it later that day. Prices for hotel and airfare goes down another 20-30% within a week. I also asked him about traveling and stuff. He's going to have his friend pick us up at the airport and help us plan out the trip, etc. Regarding ShenZhen, he's going to meet up with me there. I always thought it was pretty far from Shunde but it's only about an hour to an hour and a half. I told him sure, why not, if he has time.

2. Jenkins - He's one of my best friends growing up. He moved back to Hong Kong around the end of high school. He came back once for the summer a year after that. I met him in Hong Kong the last time I was there. I think he's just chilling / working at his dad's restaurant - bored out of his mind. I got his cell number and will give him a call when I'm around. I had the whole conversation with him in Cantonese.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

China - Part 7: Email from Robin

Robin is Ray's little brother:

"Beijing:

Places that u must go: Great Wall of China(长城), The Imperial Palace/The Forbidden City(故宫),The Summer Palace(颐和园),The Ming Tombs(明十三陵),Tian'anmen (the Gate of Heavenly Peace)-->the place that u watch the "flag-raising ceremony", and the Olympics sport fields.
These sceneries should all have tour guide in English, but u'd better study the history of them first before you go.

Shopping and entertainment places: Wangfujing Street(王府井大街), International Trade Centre(国贸), Sohu(建外SOHU), eat roasted duck at 全聚德. You should go to local restaurant instead of eating fast food like KFC as well.
I went to 2 clubs in Beijing but i only rmb one of them is called "8号公馆唐会". Both of them r good, nice music and HOT GIRLS..no kidding lolz..yea i think clubbing in Beijing and Shanghai and Hongkong are all good, only depends on whether u like northern girl or southern girl =P...

ShangHai:
Im not so familiar with Shanghai but here r the places that i recommand:The Bund(外滩)(go there at night time); The other side of The Bund is called PuDong District(浦东区)(people usually come to see the New Shanghai Area), there you can go The Oriental Pearl Tower(东方明珠) and The international trade centre(国贸).
Small towns outside ShangHai are good places to go 2, you can see the "water villages" (Venice of the East).
Go try the Magnetically Levitated Train--It goes to the PuDong Airport.

Shopping: Nanjing Road(南京路), Xujiahui District(徐家汇), eat local food at Temple of ShangHai(城隍庙).
There r lots of clubs and bars in Shanghai as well. Theres a place just like Lan Kwai Fong in Hongkong but i forgot cuz i went there with my frds. Just ask the locals or taxi drivers.

HongKong:
Take the cable car to The Victoria Peak(太平山頂), you may wanna go there in the afternoon so that u can go to the Madame Tussauds and take pics at the peak at night.
Go to the Victoria Harbour(維多利亞港) at Kowloon during night time, Avenue of Stars(星光大道) is beside there
Hong Kong Space Museum(香港太空舘)
Entertainment Parks: Disney's World, Hongkong Ocean Park
Shopping: HongKong is one of the best places for shopping in the world, just like NY.
Names as the subway stations: Mong Kok, Tsim Sha Tsui, area around the Harbour City, Causeway Bay.
Club: there r many clubs but most famous ones are on the bar street Lan Kwai Fong(蘭桂坊)"

Monday, October 27, 2008

My 9:23 minutes commute in 1:30 minutes

mounted the canon sd750 with the gorilla pod on the bike to the office today...