上海之旅 ：第三站 - 无锡

10.05.2014

无锡

上海之旅 ：第二站 - 乌镇水乡，苏州

09.05.2014

乌镇水乡

水乡, 小河的两边都是农民的屋子, 没有高楼大厦, 没有吵闹声音。清新的空气, 悦耳的鸟叫声, 还有阵阵导游解说的声音。一踏进这优美的水乡就可以感受到当地浓厚的风俗。虽然这是旅游胜地, 但是,还有许多当地的居民居住在这里, 而且多数是上了年级的老人家。经过小河时, 偶尔可以看见几子小船。这里的船都是用手划的, 没有机器帮忙。导游说, 以前的农民都是用小船来载送物品, 现在, 乘踏小船已便成这里著明的活动之一。 许多旅客都喜欢从水乡的一端乘踏小船到出口, 游闲的享受这美丽的风景。这里也有几个博物馆, 如床博物馆, 帆布博物馆, 酒馆等等。

苏州

藕园, 当我看到这名字时, 我还以为是看莲藕的地方, 但是我错了, 藕园是以前有钱人的豪宅, 现在是个旅游胜地。

丝绸厂，一提到这就觉得气。导游一直说服我们买丝绸被，我们说不买，她就说我们这次的酒店都是丝绸厂所赞助的，还说居然出来旅游就该买点东西，大钱都花了，就在花点小钱吧。小姐我报名这旅行团的时候没人更说过有这回事，如果我知道的话，我当初一定不会报这团。说的我们象贪小便宜似的。眼见我开始不高兴，这导游就转向我爸妈，把自己说的很可怜。她说, "你们就好心帮忙买点吧，不要让我交0业绩，如果老版看到0业绩，下次就不让我带团了。" 我听了，理她才傻。 她又继续游说我父母，"Unlce, aunty, 你也不想你女儿出来工作，交0业绩，然后被老版骂，将心比心。" 我呸! 小姐不要拿我跟你比。我爸妈听了，都心软了，最后买了一副丝绸被。想到都生气，李小姐，你让我有一个决定，那就是， 下次如果我再去报团旅行的话，我一定会点名不要跟你的团！在这之前的导游，没有一个象你这样不专业。你也让觉得，导游就是推销员。好了，就这样我开始板着一张黑脸，相信你也感觉的出来。

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。

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 

New toy

Sony Nex 3N, finally,  I bought you home.  Have been thinking to get a new camera for myself long times ago, but after think twice, I keep you into my waiting list again. After survey and seek for advice from my colleagues,  whose are the part time photographer, finally I decided to get this mirrorless digital camera, Sony NEX 3N.

Actually there are few mirrorless digital cameras in my research,  samsung nx2000, canon eos m and sony nex 3n. At the very beginning,  samsung nx2000 is my first choice.  Due to the price is over my budget, then look to canon eos m. However,  after do the comparison between samsung and canon, my heart falling back to samsung again. Then I start to check the price in some online shopping website, and I found that some website give a cheaper price for samsung nx2000. Therefore,  I asked the opinions from my friend who are selling electronic devices.  Before I place my order, my heart still feel unsecured for my decision to buy samsung nx2000. Then I seek an advice from my colleague,  who are the part time photographer and have a lots of knowledge in this field. Here, I would like to thank to my colleague who really highlight the main point for me on choosing the suitable camera that suite my requirements.

After brought the camera home, really excited to test on it. But first thing to do is charging the battery. Haha. When the battery was fully charged at night, then I start to play with the camera, and I take my lovely mini giraffe as a model for the testing. The output look really good, and I found out that, there are a lots of thing I need to learn. Hope I can fully utilize this camera to take a nice picture during my vacation which coming very soon. This is one of the reason why I bought this camera too. Hehe.  Below are 2 picture taken using Sony NEX 3N camera. I like my giraffe very much!!

 My mini giraffe's portrait

Flower nearby my house

韩国之旅 - 第四天

第四天的行程

肉骨茶

好久没吃这美味的肉骨茶了。以前我是不吃肉骨茶的, 因为我觉得那股药材味很难闻, 而且它的汤很苦, 所以出外用餐时我都不会去点这道菜。托莫人的福, 自从他n次要求要带我去吃肉骨茶后, 看他这么有诚意, 我就答应他, 跟他一起去吃这道菜。因为我怕汤苦, 所以我就点了干的肉骨茶。哇, 这一吃, 我就吃上瘾了。从那之后, 我就很常去吃这美味的菜肴。有时后还可以吃上一碗半的饭, 也因为吃的多, 体重也增加了不少。所以最近都不敢很常吃这美味又可口的肉骨茶。