In Love with Beijing: Olympiad + Qianmen Street + Great Wall

Going to Beijing has been one of my dream since young, of course going to the Great Wall is definitely the biggest dream out of this. Total 4 of us departing on 28/8 1:10am with Air Asia X; but our flight was delayed because the plane was used to do some savious in Egypt or watsoever~

 

The flight was fucking delay for 3 hours which was very annoying... It was not really a big deal actually coz no matter its on time or delay, we will reach Beijing in the middle of night! But if this delay is 3 hours, we would have not need to booka hotel for our midnight sleep near the Beijing airport~ Its a waste of our money!!!

 

When the plane departed, for almost 2 hours we were tied in our seat because the weather is worst and the plane is shaking tremendously. I sat beside an Indonesian lady who all of my friends said she looks like 谢雪心!!! She was praying, closing her eyes and look so worry... And i was freaked out as well because of this, but luckily everything is ok and we reach Beijing safely.

 

29/8 we reached Wangfujing 王府井 where we will stationed throughout our journey in Beijing. Our hotel is "Super 8 Beijing Wangfujing" which is so convenient, very near to the train station, 7eleven nearby and a fruit shop just next to our hotel :) And i am so happy that i got to buy fruits and eat on a daily basis, good for digesting

 

First stop is to the Olympiad, Beijing National Stadium... Even though the Olympic in Beijing was 5 years ago (2008), but people is everywhere at there...

The Bird's Nest

 Beijing National Aquatics Center

 

 Look yummy? Not really~

After a few hours of hanging around the Olympiad, we went to shop/walk at the Qianmen Street. We thought there are a lot of thingy to buy but nope~ its kinda expensive... but the view is pretty enough for us to spend our night at~

 This is the Qianmen Street

 

 Starbucks :)

 

 Uniqlo, but its kinda expensive

 

Nice huh? in the middle of the street

We won't see this is KL

 Beijing roasted duck as dinner :P

 

 Oh this nice salted steam fish is so nice

 

 We saw the Tian An Men at night when we passed by

 

30/8 is the most important day of this whole trip~ BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO THE GREAT WALL!!!!!!!!!!! lol

 

It is suppose to be hot, all of us were on singlets and short pants and tons of sun protection lotion/oil of course lol~ Suprisingly it is not as that hot as it get, or maybe KL is hotter than here? hmmm...

 

The entrance Ba Da Ling

Sounds like Petaling, hehe

 

 Have this yummy beef noodle before we start

Oh finally, i'm so exciting 

 Look at the view, so nice and the weather is just good

 

 See how far we have go :)

 

 No fear on the stairs

KK mountain has trained me well ;)

 

 Going down is a bit scary coz its kinda steep

note: i'm inside this pic lol

 

 Bears!!!

They have these big bears at the entrance/exit of Ba Da Ling

 

After the Great Wall, there's still time for us to hang out in the city. We took the train and went to the Beijing city for some shopping :) We just full of energy lol

Beijing is just as jam as KL

 Enjoying aircon and some shopping

in this Beijing Jun Tai Mall

 

Dinner: McD

黑白双煞 is new during that time

white is just normal bread + chicken 

black is charcoal bread + pork

Is it delicious?

Just normal~



ANTM Series 6: Free to Fly Kayla Ferrel

 Kayla Ferrel

20th October 1990

 

3rd/4th place in Cycle 15 with Jane Randall

8th/9th place in Cycle 17 with Bianca Golden

 

She was timid and grew stronger in cycle 15

I love her and found that she's quite potential

 

But she loss her fame in cycle 17

Feel that most of her shoot become quite amateur

 

 

 Kayla Ferrel was signed with Donna Model Management in Japan.

She also presented the Grammy award to Miranda Lambert

at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.

 

 

Journey to Kota Kinabalu

Hi all, sorry i have been dragging such a long time to blog about my kk trip. It all happened on 12th - 16th July 2013.  I have used so many months to train my stamina and slim down so much, all these hardworks are just for the preparation to hike the kk mountain.

 

During the flight, there's a girl sleep like a corpse lol

 

4 of us took the 9:30am Air Asia flight on the 12/7 and reach Kota Kinabalu International Airport on 12:05pm. We checked in at the Great Western Kinabalu Daya Hotel which located at Jalan Pantai of the KK city. Its only RM119.00 for a room with 2 single beds per night, the hotel is kinda nice and clean, but the wifi is not that strong.

 

We walk around the city and went into this super boring shopping mall, Suria Sabah shopping mall, oh man~ its even boring than the Malacca's Pahlawan mall!!!! And you know what? The whole place around this city is so fucking boring, and we decided to take an early dinner around 5pm on Gaya Street... Seafood Fiesta~ Yummy

 



My favorite fish

 

Main dish for the day - Crabby

 

Some spicy squid would be nice too

 

Who can resist the tiger prawn?
Even though i'm allergy towards prawn, FUCK IT

 

So many sinful seafood, some vege is good for the health

 

Of coz i won't miss these yummy ABC for sure

 

The next day (13/7), we departed from Jesselton Point Ferry Terminal to Manukan Island for some sun tan and ocean. But damn! I bruised my left knee while climbing on the board, silly me. I thought its nothing, but later on it does affect my performance on the hiking part.

 

I love beach, but too bad not much good looking ppl around

Except 4 of us lol



Look how blue is the ocean

Fishies swimming aroung happily :)

 

Some nice scene while we are otw back to Jesselton Terminal

After a morning of relaxing moment at Manukan Island, we met our kk travel agent around 3pm & went all our way to Kundasang. Half way we stop by to buy the local adidas shoe and walking stick. The weather started to get colder as we went higher up, and u guys know la, i slim down jor, the chilling weather really makes me shivering. We stay overnight and have steamboat dinner at Kundasang, Fairy Garden Resort.

Half way to Kundasang, we spotted this beautiful view

Early morning of 14/7, we went to Kinabalu National Park to start our journey. We took the Summit Trail; and i personnally prepared 3 energy bars, 2 (1.5litre) bottles of water, few chocolate candies and ready to go. But i'm so stupid, the 2 big bottles of water actually drag me down. And my hurtful knee has gone worst when i half way on the 1st part hiking.

Summit Trail Track

 

Look! How big the squirel is

Nice view, a lot of tree around

Oh God, damn tired and my knee is getting more pain. The stupid walking stick didn't really help at all... i feel my shoulder getting tired and the bottle of water really seems heavy, so i drank most of it while munching my energy bars. I started to be left behind by my gangs, but its alright, there's still many people around and i'm not the last yet.

 

The big steep steps

Save me !!!

My stupid knee is really dragging me and the sky become darker. Rain pours but luckily i brought along the rain coat. After 2 hours of my gang reach the Gunting Lagadan Hut (Hotel at the mid mountain), finally i drag my old ass to there. I don't remember how's the food taste like, all i remember is how freazing cold i am~

Gosh, its gonna rain :(

The local is carrying the stock up the hill

using big garbage bag as rain coat

They move fast! Love their legs' muscles

I'm so cold, the bed is cold, the floor is cold~ i slept very early that day, around 6pm if not mistaken. None of us speaks a word in the small room (the room have 2 double-decker-beds which fit 4 of us in, just nice)... i remember before i doze off to sleep, i told my gang i'm gonna give up the 2nd part of the hiking.

 

Fuck, i woke up by myself at 12am!!! Exactly 00:00am of 15/7~ Everyone is on and off waking up to get ready for the 2nd part of hiking. Since my mental and body is ready again, i took the challenge. But not more than half hour we start our jouney in the total dark, heavy rain came again. 2 of us left behind this time, while my knee is still making the big chaos, my friend started to feel dizzy and vomit. Unable to breath well in this high sea-level area, we do not speak but body language become so helpful. Our brotherhood relationship strengthen as we help each another during the climb. The most exciting part of coz is pulling the rope and climb up the 80 degree rocks during the rain, its so slippery!!!

 

Mount Kinabalu Low's Peak, i make it!!! I almost cry, but i missed the sunrise. The sun already came out and shine on my ass when i'm half way to the peak. But who cares? As long as i make it to the peak :) Finally my destination reach~

 

So so beautiful at the peak

 

 Me smiling happily, cheese!

 

 So many people reach the peak

 

Awesome right?

 

Dragging our ass down hill, i saw this beautiful Carson Fall

 

Going downhill is much more faster than climbing up, but my knee is really hurt and i'm the one who is left behind again. Luckily my camwhoring attitude helps my lonely journey lol... But this time, not much people is at the track and some area really kinda spooky, if you know what i mean... After all of us gathered and met our agent, we went back to Great Western Hotel again... Feeling exhausted for the day, we slept and left at KK on the next day (16/7) 3:45pm flight and reach KL at 6:15pm.

 

After the hike, massage seems nice :)

 

We ate the local Bak Kut Teh @ Kam Kee
But so so only

 Finally, one of my dream (To hike KK) is finally achieve, HIP HIP HOORAY