First day.
the plane is at 1.40 am and we went there at about 9.00 pm. thanks to the aunts. waited for about 3 hours before boarding :O the flight is about 5 hours. reached suzhou at 6 am. & the temperature is about 23. very chilly. me likey ;D i like the hotel we were staying here. very spacious and simple. i guess thats everyone's best choice out of the 3 hotels we were staying :D lunch at some famous suzhou's restaurant. super awesome food. very pretty interior design. here in china, beer is much more cheaper than carbonated drinks. so we all had beers and sprite / 7up almost everyday :D moreover, the beer here have very low level of alcohol so its okay for kids to drink em too :D most of us mix it with the carbonated drinks & it taste sorta good :D every restaurant serve different kind of beer. cool right? :D
shantang river is next. its like thailand or venice here since everything is on water. this river has about 1100 years of history and its the only river which is well preserved for tourism purpose. the architectures here represents the olden days & there's loads of tiny shops that sells all sorts of things. a nice place to walk especially along the streets.
the lion grove garden is a old house own by some super rich business man in suzhou. you know those houses you've seen in china / hong kong drama where the guys have long long braided hair and the they have lots of mistress. that kind of era. this house is hugeeeeee. the government took over this property now since this family migrated to elsewhere. london if im not mistaken. you can see lots of tourist here especially during the holidays. & its super crowded & noisy since all the tour guides used microphones to explain this and that. i asked my dad to sell the house over here and stay there hahaha. impossible because i think this house cost more 200 million :O very beautiful place! theres rocks and then you could walk in the rocks or pak taw there :D
ohohoh! guess whats pretty girl and handsome guys in suzhou? aiyoyou is for pretty girls and ahgou is handsome dude :D sounds like dog but if you said it ah gouu means you're picking up a fight :D
& uhh meet my tour guide, bruce lee! :DDD very nice dude. young and funny. his english slang is (Y). most of the people here who can speak english, the have this sort of american slang. awesome right? *envy*
airplane food. only the potatoes and the caramel pudding is nice hehe.
the pretty restaurant ;)
shantang river's bunny deco ;D
shantang street.
group photo ;)
ze' ho's :DD
lion garden.
bruce lee :D
Second day.
Hangzhou, which is about 2 hours drive from suzhou. went on a cruise right away but it was kinda cloudy. yeah wrong day to go on a cruise. couldnt see the scenery clearly but still beautifulll! hangzhou is one of the most beautiful place and nicest place to live since the air is super fresh here. there's trees and flowers everywhere :D here, one citizen owns at least 10 trees whereas in shanghai, 10 people own one tree. LOL.
watched the west lake impression show at night. first time in my life i watch a show under the rain. the show is fully booked & it already gain more than 15 mil viewers :O the producer of the show is Zhang Yimou, the guy who did the opening of the beijing olympic. the lightings were jaw dropping :O its about china's most famous love story. they danced on water with pretty costumes & musics that fits everything. daebak! :D
szechuan style food at night. another thumbs up restaurant though the food is super spicy :D
see that granny there wearing plastic on her head. hahaha she's not the only one though :P some of the chinese are quite rude here. they push you to move forward. grr! i remember on the night while waiting to board on the cruise, this man was shouting so loud to ask the lines to move fasters. he even push the woman's hand. OMG everybody was looking because he was too darn loud and rude. it was as if he's scolding like a mad cow :O
the west lake impression. see some heads with rain coats :D
this is one of the part where the glass under the water raised up as a ship. and then there's colourful lights on it. omg such a beauty.
Third day.
leifeng pagoda early in the morning. the top of the pagoda are made from real gold :DD according to the stories, the white snake lady was buried here. and then her husband, her sister, and her son pulled out the bricks one by one to save her. the story line of the show i watched the other night. but it was just a myth hehehe. the pagoda was too old so it collapse by itself. i guess. :D
Tea plantation and stuffs. didnt get to capture much photos here since we're running out of time because there's another show we gotta catch up. the show starts at 2 pm and we reached there exactly at 2 pm LOL. and the tickets were separated since it was a last minute. i sat alone ;( but its okay i found my way home :D brother and cousin got the vip seats. siao super lucky. all of us booked for vip seats but we change the timing last minute because of the west lake impression show. grr. vip seats are sort of 4D. the chairs move :D i think this is the best show out of the three i watched. the lightings were no joke. dont even know how they do it. its sort of 3D. thank god i sat in the middle row :D
left for shanghai right after the show. cruise again along the shanghai bund after dinner for shanghai's night scenery. its about 13 degree. and me and my cousins went to the top floor. froze when the wind blows. lol but its worth it because the sceneries are marvellous! one side is the shanghai city and the other is the white people's building. the shanghai today was built in only 17 years :O
the pagoda :D
the leftover of the collapsed pagoda. i threw 20 malaysian cents in :D
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these are gold babeh!
malaysia :D
wai po jia. the grandma's. very cute restaurant. there's cute drawings everywhere and pots with customer's writting. green walls. 3 floors and its jam packed. people start lining up since 11.30. the food is delicious. very artistic interior design. perfect :D
took this for chow & panda since they liked popcorns haha. its less sweeter than gsc's and nicer :P
see green walls! ;D
the show :D
my retarded brother with my fur ball hat -.-
shanghai bund at night. pretty isnt it? ;)
Fourth day.
the oriental pearl tv tower in the morning. went up to the middle ball like thingy. the best part was, the floor was transparent! woots! the old folks dont dare to step their foot on it hahaha. you can see lots of tourist laying down on the floor taking pictures :D
jade and bottle painting shops next. the place is owned by a malaysian ;O we were so fortunate because the boss' youngest son came out and talk to us. such a simple person. and he dresses very nicely. i remembered he had his ferrari's vest on :D he was so straight forward. he said he didnt like business but it was his father's wish. so he tried to make mistakes all the time so that his father would fire him. lol he said since we're from malaysia, he wanted to give us 90 % off for everything we bought but of cause we didnt want it. it wasnt right taking something from a stranger after all. all the jade's there are of fine quality. genting bought their jades from this shop ;D
acrobatic show at night. i've watched it on tv but it wasnt the same if you watch live. they barely made mistakes. thumbs up man! cousin and i noticed this dude who performed the romantic act with this pretty girl flying in the air on a rope. he had a earing on his left side on his hair. so noticeable xD the most ganjeong part is when 5 motorcycles go round and round in one tiny round enclosed place. siao @.@
the pearl oriental tv tower :D
this is funny xD
transparent floor! about 290 m above ground! :D
coca cola harley davidson
shanghai bund in the noon :D
Fifth day.
Shopping day! enuff said :D
the chinese are very fashionable! you could see people dressing up very beautifully on streets everywhere. and the guys with leather jackets! was so tempting to get one leather jacket but it was too thick. confirm couldnt wear it here in malaysia. lol their winter clothes are too die for :O every single shop i went in my eyes went blingbling :DDD but they're all winter clothes ;( i guess i just have to switch my air cond to 16 degree and wear them to sleep LOL. there's this fashion street. indeed, FASHION STREET. the clothes here are gorgeous. japanese-korean styles. ribbons and laces. i go mad when i see them :D but the price here is beautiful too. 300 - 800 bucks per piece. even a tiny pencil skirt costs 300 bucks. i guess they use gold threads. lol
the funniest thing is at this market. they bargained from 800 bucks to 150 bucks. LOL and because we're their first customer, they die also gotta sell it to us because it would mean bad luck if their first business failed :D & those sales girl know what is seratus -.- very streetwise :D
red lamborghini. so pretty. my present for ejet xD
so dark. wasted ;( this is xintianti. its like europe country here. so pretty.
just sit down and have a cup of coffee mmhmm ;)
nanjing road! just right opposite my hotel. one of the most happening shopping street in shanghai!
siu long pau. yumms. i alone can eat 10 of this tiny pau :D
bought rock chocolates along the streets as my snack :D
my chocolate supply for 6 months. LOL there's more but mum gave it to her friends ;( rawr!
i ♥ shanghai or you could see it as i ♥ shirley ho or i ♥ sh :D
okay thats it :D hopefully we'll have the chance to go back someday ;) i like this trip ;)
oh there's still a lot of pictures but they're with my cousin. i will definitely upload it here when i get em. so this post will be edited a few times :D
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dont know whats wrong with her for the whole day. she's been acting like this for the whole day :O i guess she had the Y(^.^)Y disease :D
