finally too lazy to write the captions for the last set of photos i put up. but ya, have been in thailand for the past 10 days, went for the Thai national youth camp, then chilled in bangkok for 2 days before heading up to Yasothon, my 'hometown' - sortof. hehe.. it's been great!! i was just thinking to myself about all the travelling and moving around, was hoping to stay put in one place for a bit and just enjoy the slow-paced life, meeting people and making new friends, visiting, and eating local yummie food. ahah..
meeting the local youth was the best, been seeing them for the past few years and only now i start to remember their names! (terrible...) but that's also because the turnover of people were so fast, every year were different kids hangin' out but now i could tell who have been around, running the workshops, doing ruhi, junior youth program, very inspiring! was sharing with them what Ablaze did about putting a production together. i sure hope they were somewhat inspired to do the same. they already have a set of dances they know like drug dance, abuse, step dance, etc.. u know, the maxwell-stuffs. :P
saw a book in a bookstore in bangkok's kinokuniya, called 'faces' i think, basically are up-close photographs of individuals. they are portraits of famous or unknown people. and i was all hyped, thinking probably i could take photos of the youth who're in the workshop n do a little exhibition thingy when i come back to malaysia. like a "Yasothon Night" kinda thing. it's also 'coz i wanna do a personal project for this trip, which i havnt really started on. *sigh* words with no action, empty. will see what i can do. -tryin to encourage myself here- =)
-- the cd-rom hangs at this point --
great,looks like i cant post photos.
aight, yasothon halloween party tonight! woohoo!! heading to laos, vietnam then cambodia. broke. broke. broke.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Thursday, October 20, 2005
Beijing memories...
Beijing wasn't all too bad in the end. I like the place, probably because the people were nice. the bus conductors, the waitresses, the cab drivers... being a capital, it didn't feel the rush and the hustle n bustle of a buzzy city, probably because of the place i stayed was away from city centre, or probably just the places i go were out of town, but i must say i'm glad i speak the language and managed to put it into good use during this trip. i can't imagine travelling in this country without knowing this language, so much i would missed!
these are just some of the snippets of the places i'd been and people i met: :)
we decided that we don't want to do the crowded badaling great wall, so after consulting with mr.lonelyplanet, we thought we'll b adventurous like some matsalleh and go to simatai great wall which was about 4 hrs away in miyun province. no regrets!
eating walnuts we bought on the way back with prassy and shabby
dinner with peking duck
it's my favourite sichuan huoguo! it's so spicy ur nose keeps leaking. but no worries, they have this syrup thingy that when u drink, it'll 'cure' the spice
this is 'Hou Hai', means 'behind the sea'. it's a lake surrounded with restaurants, shopping outlets, and livebands. nice place to just walk around
music was played in the background, and whoever feels like joining in can hop in, usually the oldies
bargaining for lanterns
The Forbidden City - a must see
Tiananmen Square in the evening
the new actress friend we made and her dog. that's her in the background
visiting the art factory. first, u have to walk across a pool of sponge
me. posing.
these are just some of the snippets of the places i'd been and people i met: :)
we decided that we don't want to do the crowded badaling great wall, so after consulting with mr.lonelyplanet, we thought we'll b adventurous like some matsalleh and go to simatai great wall which was about 4 hrs away in miyun province. no regrets!
eating walnuts we bought on the way back with prassy and shabby
dinner with peking duck
it's my favourite sichuan huoguo! it's so spicy ur nose keeps leaking. but no worries, they have this syrup thingy that when u drink, it'll 'cure' the spice
this is 'Hou Hai', means 'behind the sea'. it's a lake surrounded with restaurants, shopping outlets, and livebands. nice place to just walk around
music was played in the background, and whoever feels like joining in can hop in, usually the oldies
bargaining for lanterns
The Forbidden City - a must see
Tiananmen Square in the evening
the new actress friend we made and her dog. that's her in the background
visiting the art factory. first, u have to walk across a pool of sponge
me. posing.
Sunday, October 09, 2005
world's ancient soldiers here i come~!
left beijing n now in china's oldest capital. cant see my own blog, cant read others. nice fast internet access. cant wait for outskirt getaway, beautiful sceneries and connection with nature..
getting my name carved onto a stone
u see this everywhere, the muslim hui minority (wearing the white hats) selling bbq beef,pork,mutton..
FEAST! yummy...
Finally... the terracota soldiers...
getting my name carved onto a stone
u see this everywhere, the muslim hui minority (wearing the white hats) selling bbq beef,pork,mutton..
FEAST! yummy...
Finally... the terracota soldiers...
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Beijing 2008
Yupp, the craze is apparent here. every 'yellow people' must b real proud of the upcoming Olympic games that will b held in this capital.
today's the 4th day i'm here, been to the Great wall, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.photos will be uploaded when i hav longer access to the internet, and i figured this country might hav banned blogspot.com/ coz i cant seem to access and read any blogs including my own!
anywayz, a good-standing B lady from my old community aka sibu, has just recently met a fatal accident, leaving lots of people grieving and saddened by the sudden news. i know i must hav met her.. there's a picture in my head, but i can't seem to confirm if that's the lady i've met. warm, sweet, person. mum is especially shocked by it as she has just met her, her husband and some friends the day before the incident, and then they got into the same car n met the unfortunate accident... Who would know what's God's plan for us, mum said. as i was reading some of the emails circulating around, one man commented that it is worth the death during a B trip. i must agree. that leaves me to think of the purpose of my trip. why, what, how..and why.
ps. last night i finally met the landlady of the place i was staying. my fren who hosted me rented it from her, and they both used to be neighbours and are close frens. she's a newly declared believer. ah mei, the hostess, wanted us to share how we became Bs. the landlady, who's a young, beautiful actress in China, also opened up n disclosed her feelings regarding her beliefs. it's a nice little chat i must say.. n in a mysterious way i regarded it as an answer He gave me for the morning prayer i said on the day. thank You.
today's the 4th day i'm here, been to the Great wall, Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square.photos will be uploaded when i hav longer access to the internet, and i figured this country might hav banned blogspot.com/ coz i cant seem to access and read any blogs including my own!
anywayz, a good-standing B lady from my old community aka sibu, has just recently met a fatal accident, leaving lots of people grieving and saddened by the sudden news. i know i must hav met her.. there's a picture in my head, but i can't seem to confirm if that's the lady i've met. warm, sweet, person. mum is especially shocked by it as she has just met her, her husband and some friends the day before the incident, and then they got into the same car n met the unfortunate accident... Who would know what's God's plan for us, mum said. as i was reading some of the emails circulating around, one man commented that it is worth the death during a B trip. i must agree. that leaves me to think of the purpose of my trip. why, what, how..and why.
ps. last night i finally met the landlady of the place i was staying. my fren who hosted me rented it from her, and they both used to be neighbours and are close frens. she's a newly declared believer. ah mei, the hostess, wanted us to share how we became Bs. the landlady, who's a young, beautiful actress in China, also opened up n disclosed her feelings regarding her beliefs. it's a nice little chat i must say.. n in a mysterious way i regarded it as an answer He gave me for the morning prayer i said on the day. thank You.
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