Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Recycling

I was at my friend's place and I noticed that he has 2 kind of rubbish chute. One for the general waste and another for the recyclable wastes.



Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Property Trap

I was visiting a friend's baby's one-month celebration. Across his HDB block was a new upcoming condo being built. Its going to be a norm here to be staying in a condo instead of a HDB. The question is whether all the households can afford this kind of living.

First shot was taken through the safety grill at the rubbish point

Workers at the Rooftop

Overview of the construction

Men At Work


This must be the ledge for the air con. It can take the weight of 3 men.



Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Wang Fu Jin

I was here 20 years ago. It has changed very much. Still there are some old remnants of the place.

My Sony Xperia Z2 overheated while taking pictures and had to depend on the Samsung S4 for some of the shoots.



Creepy Crawlers on a stick


Interesting slogans on a money bag

Interesting playing cards


More interesting slogans

Chinese Opera
Souvenirs from the market

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Old Beijing

Got sometime in the afternoon after the corporate meeting to visit the Forbidden City.

The Road from Wang Fu Jing to the Forbidden City




The moat


This is a wind tunnel. It leads into the Forbidden City






New seats

I wonder if it is 3M tape


9 dragons around a central dragon

Multilingual sign

Clock


We have seen this in the movies


At the garden

Details on the roof

Ancient door and windows

Front view

Monday, July 21, 2014

Peking Duck

I had Peking Duck in the short span of 2 days. I can wait for a while to have the next Peking Duck.


The Business Duck at Mingzuyuan

Presentation

The eating

The rest of the duck in mala soup


The Leisure Duck near the Olympic Park

Variation in presentation

The rest of the duck that was deep fried

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Tree on a Drip

I was in Beijing for business and leisure and using the new Sony Xperia Z2's camera. This was a interesting sight at the Olympic Park.

Tree on a Drip

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Upgrade

I was returning to Petrajaya after 2 weeks to do a pitch to a Fortune 500 company for a British software that I am representing regionally. The hotel upgraded my booking to have club lounge access. I know my British counterpart would have been thrilled if he was here.

Even though it was just drinks and cookies, it was nice.

Simple Club Lounge that was nice and comfortable

View from the Club Lounge
I was in Beijing in late July and booked a room at the Grand Mecure with my Accor Hotels card. Guess what, I got upgraded again! Incredibly,  this time to a Executive Suite just because I added breakfast. I guess members has its privileges! Or, always travel in July, the low season?

Living Room

Living Room view from the door

Walkway into a bedroom with a walk-in wardobe

Happy Hour at the Executive Lounge

Breakfast