It's gonna be national day again. But i'm always not one of the randomly selected portion of the population who won tickets. It's as impossible as lottery. Hmpf can someone bring me along?
Monday, July 20, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Xi'an, China
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Going to Xi'an and loyang is like taking a live history lesson. Every place that you go to has some historical value and a story behind. Used to known as 長安, ancient capital of many dynasties in Chinese history. That explain all the stuff that they found underground. And there ain't selling A grade bags, the people there have more scholarly pursuits. Quite an interesting place.
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They have tuktuks too! Just not as fanciful as the thais ones. And this modified tuktuk.
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This is a place that really have LOTS and LOTS of stuff dug up from the ground. The terracotta army, chariots, tableware, figurines, people that accompany him in his death and every other thing that he uses. I wonder what was the Qin emperor thinking.
Chinese poem
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This is one of the very 1st chinese poem I've learn when i was small. Trying to make me finish all the food in my bowl. If kids don't care bout the rice, kids wun be bothered by a poem either. Haha
Cameras
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I need a compact camera!!
On average, I bring at least 2 cameras on a trip. (3, if you consider my iphone camera as a camera) Its getting heavy. Extra lens, filters, or underwater camera etc etc. Its like never going back, you can bring more but nothing less ;D
Shaolin!
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Who cares bout the great wall. One hasn't been to china if they've never visited shaolin! All the monks wear sports shoes here. =D So I'm left with 华山, 峨嵋山, 武当山 and whichever place that are mention in the chinese swordplay novels.
Mount song
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Kids, foreigners and locals travel all the way there to learn the 72 arts of shaolin. All are rather aggressive, if they have something like 易筋经 i don't mind learning. Its super cool to learn some kinda martial arts in shaolin!! If they are going to whack my head with a metal rod after i've gather my qi then i rather learn pilates back home. Hahaa maybe need some kinda martial arts background or experience.
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The guide say many many years ago the shaolin monks were practicing the diamond finger (一指金剛法) when they left all these marks on the tree trunk.
Rose mirror cake
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China is a completely porkified nation, pork dumplings, pork noodle soup, and even lays potato chips has a finger licking braise pork flavor. The muslim quarters is the only place that goes porkless. They eat more of mutton. Not that it's any better for me. Maybe we are just not used to their flavors. Its either too salty, oily and in really big portions. And maybe its really near sichuan that the only chili they have is the ma la chilli. Numbing and tingly. Even their mac have a ma la burger. I miss my sambal.
This is their famous rose mirror cake, its rice cake with some jam and nuts on top. Not exactly very nice either.
The Longmen Grottoes
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The weather was so hot at this time of the year that even going to the museum seems like a really good idea.
Old popsicle.
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You simply need a popsicle at a time like this. Old popsicle. I had 3 in the entire trip but i still couldn't tell what flavor was it. It taste like some chinese new year candy that i couldn't remember.
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