Sunday, May 18, 2014

上海之旅 :第一站 - 杭州

08.05.2014

杭州
从上海到杭州,行程大概是两个小时半,到达杭州后,我们先去吃午餐。我们只有五个人,但是我们的午餐一共有七道菜肴和一碗汤,真的把我们吓了一跳。最终还是没吃完。


接着,我们便到明清河坊街,据说这条街以前是皇上吃饱后散步的地方,现在已成了旅游景点。这里有许多的当口,摆卖着许多小手饰和当地的饰品。需然是个炎热的下午,但是街上还是挤满了人,当然大多数都是旅客。手拿着相机,一边游街一边拍照,或者是一边撑伞一边吃着当地的小吃。我们逛了一个小时后,便回去和导游集合了。



之后,我们便到闻名四方的西湖。无可否认,这里是个环境优美,鸟语花香的地方。导游告诉我们,著名诗人苏轼对西湖治理做出了极大贡献。从五代至北宋后期,西湖长年不治,葑草湮塞占据了湖面的一半。有人说:“杭州之有西湖,如人之有眉目,盖不可废也”。因此,苏轼就用手把湖底的葑草和淤泥挖起来,堆筑起湖面2.8公里的长堤,在堤上建六座石拱桥,自此西湖水面分东西两部。后人为纪念他,将这条长堤称为“苏堤”。相传杭州名菜“东坡肉”,就是苏东坡犒赏疏浚民工的美食。

当我们来到西湖时,已是人山人海,导游说,这人潮还不算多,如果是假日,整个苏提是人挤人,寸步难行。西湖需然是著名的旅游景点,但是,当地的政府并没有向到此的游客收费,西湖是免费开放给旅客和当地的人民游玩。因此,许多旅客,不论是国外或国内的旅客都很喜欢到此一游。当然,如果旅客想要程搭小船游西湖,那是要自己付钱的。在我们的行程里,游船是包括在内的。 一趟游湖大概是三十分钟。西湖的湖边,都种满了柳树,当风一吹,柳树的叶子就像在哪儿起舞。有些当地的旅客会包个小游船,然后让船夫把小船游到西湖的中央,停在哪儿,一边欣赏美丽的风景,一边喝茶,享受那悠闲的午后。在西湖游船时,我们看到三个石塔,导游说,那三个石塔是真个西湖最深的地方,也是当年苏轼亲手放进湖里的。



游湖完毕后,我们便到西湖旁边的公园走走,它的名字就叫做花港观鱼。这里是个美丽的花园,花园里有几个鱼塘,鱼塘里饲养了许多鱼。许多旅客都会买些饲料来喂养这些鱼。



下一站,导游带我们到杭州的农村龙井问茶,之后便吃晚餐。我们发觉,当地人民都较早用晚场,正所谓,入乡随俗,我们也子好更着导游的安排。今晚的主角就是,东坡肉,一人一块。那一层厚厚的油,最后还是留在碗里,只把瘦肉吃了。哈哈。


入住酒店后,时间还很早,我们便步行到离酒店附近走走。走着走着,我们便走到杭州的钱塘江,很多当地的居民都在哪儿跑步,遛狗,钓鱼,看夜景等等。待了一会儿,我们也回酒店休息了。

Friday, May 2, 2014

Rat Race Run 2014

Rat Race Run 2014, last minute registered to join the run. The day before the run, I'm thinking what to wear, this run not allowed us to wear sport attire. After filter my woredoor,  decided to wear my red dress and legging to suit my red sport shoes. 

The run start at 7pm, we gathered in front of mbks around 6.40pm. There are a lot people with their office wear, company uniform, society uniform and etc. Well, I think mostly are straight come over after working hour, same thing to me. There is a special group of uncle, wearing skirt with colorful wig. From the crowd, there are people wearing primary school uniform with school bag, engineer wearing the yellow helmet, doctor wearing white coat, chef with their apron and etc. From the attire, we can know that what are the occupation for that particular person, but we do not know that is their real life or just for this race run. People really give their commitment to make the event look interesting and successful, however there still some people come with sport wear.

Before the run start, the sky was full with dark clouds, as what we expected, raining really happened half way of the run. Gosh, this is my first experience to run under the heavy rain. The rain started when we reached Bukit Permata. It's really tough for me to run in heavy rain, as my vision became blur because of my spec, the road became slippy and side of the road full with catchment area. Really thanks to those committees who help us to control the traffic along the way from starting point to the finish line.

We reached the finished line around 7.50pm, 1 tin of beer and 1 small bottle of orange juice were given to us. Quickly we queue up to get the t-shirt and changed the wet clothes. 

Run in tbe rain not fun at all!

Before and after the run 

A walk in the rain