Ok - maybe just one more picture for the hell of it. Managed to capture this shot from my room at Guangzhou Hotel.
Kinda like the contrast between the ol-skool & the nu-skool buildings. What you see at the old buildings looks very much like the aprtments from Shaolin Soccer, the movie.
China is rising up the economic ladder REALLY fast.
Wednesday, September 28
Zooming Ahead Chinese Styleee
It's going to be a short post today because got to wake up early tomorrow. Promise will have Clubbing in GZ Part 2 by tomorrow k?
Anyway, this is one of my favourite photos. Had the chance to take a train from Shenzhen from Guangzhou, and really - it was a good and clean experience. Nothing like the sorts you see in movies. It's air-conditioned, nice seats and has proper toilets. Maybe I was lukcy.
Anyway, this is one of my favourite photos. Had the chance to take a train from Shenzhen from Guangzhou, and really - it was a good and clean experience. Nothing like the sorts you see in movies. It's air-conditioned, nice seats and has proper toilets. Maybe I was lukcy.
Monday, September 26
Clubbing in Guangzhou! Part 1
Finally managed to locate the new pictures from DJ Kai after 2 months: going to post them up for viewing pleasure.
I was booked to stay in Guangzhou Hotel - with a name like that, I was pretty excited to check it since it sounded quite grand to be associated with the city's name leh. But the rooms were kinda disappointing. Alas, the TV menu has also some real good Ching-lish going on too - providing Kai, Raji & me about ten mins of laughter. We were flipping through the hotel menus as well , trying to spot English mistakes.
"The Best, the hot movie is insides"
"Five star means the movie is given the topest attvaitive points"
What in the world is "attvaitive"??
"Complex of fear (say chinese)"
I think they really mean to say the movie is dubbed in Mandarin. Hilarious!
We were already right smack in the city, so we took a walk downstairs. I grew up watching TV programs that China had lots of bikes, so I die die had to take this picture - typical China, right??
But respects to the Chinese people in China, they're all very hardworking and always seem to be striving for the best. There were hundreds of these 'labourers'/ workers riding their goods all over the bridges and roads.
Night fell, it was time for Raji & Kai's gig at top club FEELNET. In Guangzhou, there are 2 main clubs who regularly host international DJs - Feelnet & Babyface. Babyface is kinda like the most successful chain of clubs in the WHOLE of China. They have about 8 branches in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing and god knows where.
But Feelnet is massive. It's 3 storeys high, decked out in the latest light gadgetry (everyone say they copy Class Club in Shenzhen).
BTW, the Chinese people love to drink Chivas Green Tea at the clubs - it's the IN drink to be seen with now.
There's Raji in action behing the decks - delighting the chicks! Check out the LED lights behind him, it's 100% interactive, light changes colour in a different pattern. Nothing like that elsewhere in Asia!
She's actually one of the dancers for the night. No sleazy kinda dancing, but very sleek. Really dunno where they learn their moves from; and employing dancers in the norm in Chinese clubs.
Anyway, I've got more pictures but I've got to shrink them first. Flickr imposing a limit for uploading pictures la. That's why this is only Part 1 and you have to wait for Part 2.
I was booked to stay in Guangzhou Hotel - with a name like that, I was pretty excited to check it since it sounded quite grand to be associated with the city's name leh. But the rooms were kinda disappointing. Alas, the TV menu has also some real good Ching-lish going on too - providing Kai, Raji & me about ten mins of laughter. We were flipping through the hotel menus as well , trying to spot English mistakes.
"The Best, the hot movie is insides"
"Five star means the movie is given the topest attvaitive points"
What in the world is "attvaitive"??
"Complex of fear (say chinese)"
I think they really mean to say the movie is dubbed in Mandarin. Hilarious!
We were already right smack in the city, so we took a walk downstairs. I grew up watching TV programs that China had lots of bikes, so I die die had to take this picture - typical China, right??
But respects to the Chinese people in China, they're all very hardworking and always seem to be striving for the best. There were hundreds of these 'labourers'/ workers riding their goods all over the bridges and roads.
Night fell, it was time for Raji & Kai's gig at top club FEELNET. In Guangzhou, there are 2 main clubs who regularly host international DJs - Feelnet & Babyface. Babyface is kinda like the most successful chain of clubs in the WHOLE of China. They have about 8 branches in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing and god knows where.
But Feelnet is massive. It's 3 storeys high, decked out in the latest light gadgetry (everyone say they copy Class Club in Shenzhen).
BTW, the Chinese people love to drink Chivas Green Tea at the clubs - it's the IN drink to be seen with now.
There's Raji in action behing the decks - delighting the chicks! Check out the LED lights behind him, it's 100% interactive, light changes colour in a different pattern. Nothing like that elsewhere in Asia!
She's actually one of the dancers for the night. No sleazy kinda dancing, but very sleek. Really dunno where they learn their moves from; and employing dancers in the norm in Chinese clubs.
Anyway, I've got more pictures but I've got to shrink them first. Flickr imposing a limit for uploading pictures la. That's why this is only Part 1 and you have to wait for Part 2.
Eats
This past weekend seemed to be filled with eats and eats.
Friday evening (after work) - a bunch of colleagues& me headed to Crystal Jade at Plaza Singapura for dinner; after which we ended up at Coffee Club at Rendevous Hotel (hope I'm spelling it right). 8 of us ended up sharing 3 sets of sinful fruity chocolatey fondue.
Khim Guan's cough didn't help much, so I avoided his dip. Yucks!
You can't imagine the mess Jeremy made.
So Saturday was kinda uneventful except towards night time when Joshua came over with Teck Lee. I was feeling the after effects of the fondue at my throat, hence I suggested porridge. Where else did we end up but the one at the corner of Chinatown market
It was kinda sucky though. We headed off to have a game of pool at Pool Junction (the one with progressive house), but decided to go to the sister 'lola' joint. This one Cafe Del Mar style. More high class, more expensive. Total for 2 hours came up to about $31.
There was even more lazing around the whole of today, till I got my ass to the city to get my hair cut. Feel quite cheated because it cost $33 bucks and it didn't even feel or look cut. The stylist merely styled my hair with more effort. Avoid Hair Profile (Basement, Far East Plaza), people. Think next time sure go back to JB to cut. Wondering what to eat and ended up having my favourite Ya Kun toast set.
I seriously think Milo and soft boiled eggs DO NOT work well for my stomach. = (
Anyway, I know it's kinda of a boring post, but heck - I think I'm getting to become a boring person, so be it la.
Ok ok , next time, try to avoid food posts ok??
Friday evening (after work) - a bunch of colleagues& me headed to Crystal Jade at Plaza Singapura for dinner; after which we ended up at Coffee Club at Rendevous Hotel (hope I'm spelling it right). 8 of us ended up sharing 3 sets of sinful fruity chocolatey fondue.
Khim Guan's cough didn't help much, so I avoided his dip. Yucks!
You can't imagine the mess Jeremy made.
So Saturday was kinda uneventful except towards night time when Joshua came over with Teck Lee. I was feeling the after effects of the fondue at my throat, hence I suggested porridge. Where else did we end up but the one at the corner of Chinatown market
It was kinda sucky though. We headed off to have a game of pool at Pool Junction (the one with progressive house), but decided to go to the sister 'lola' joint. This one Cafe Del Mar style. More high class, more expensive. Total for 2 hours came up to about $31.
There was even more lazing around the whole of today, till I got my ass to the city to get my hair cut. Feel quite cheated because it cost $33 bucks and it didn't even feel or look cut. The stylist merely styled my hair with more effort. Avoid Hair Profile (Basement, Far East Plaza), people. Think next time sure go back to JB to cut. Wondering what to eat and ended up having my favourite Ya Kun toast set.
I seriously think Milo and soft boiled eggs DO NOT work well for my stomach. = (
Anyway, I know it's kinda of a boring post, but heck - I think I'm getting to become a boring person, so be it la.
Ok ok , next time, try to avoid food posts ok??
Broadband Speed Test
Found a pretty interesting online tool to test out your current internet speed for downloading and uploading. Now you'll really know which is faster > Starhub's shared cable access vs SingNet dedicated ADSL access.
Click on the link and let it load for about a min.
http://www.internetfrog.com/mypc/speedtest/
Click on the link and let it load for about a min.
http://www.internetfrog.com/mypc/speedtest/
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