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.

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

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

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

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

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