Beijing Biz Trip May 2011 Day 1 P2

Will be staying at Hong Kong Jockey Club, Beijing Clubhouse for this trip. The Beijing Clubhouse is situated in the prestigious Wangfujing area, in the heart of Beijing City. This was a members' exclusive clubhouse & I was fortunate to stay here, thanks to Owen.

My "home" for the next 5 days.

The room occupied a spacious 53 sqm! Gosh, that's like half of my entire house - this is what happens when you live in land-abundance countries.

Even the toilet is bigger than my bedroom, with walk-in closet (yippee!) and equipped with rain shower.

Cheongsam top to blend in with the locals, haha!

They even prepared a bag of essentials for female occupants, which contained lip balm, sanitary napkins, stockings, body lotion etc.

Best of all, they are using L'Occitane, one of my fave!

Stumbled upon this on the study table ..... initially, I thought it was some chinese martial arts book for bedtime reading.

Such an exquisite box just to contain stationary.

Postcards for the loved ones back home.

Since Owen had yet to arrive from HK, I took a walk around the clubhouse, to familiarize with the surroundings.

Ma Zhanchun, an artist who creates art works for the clubhouse, has created over 1,000 art works for the Beijing clubhouse; the 'Hundred Horses' picture hanging in the hall is one of them.

The architects of the Beijing Clubhouse have chosen to blend the traditional courtyards of the Ming and Qing Dynasties with contemporary architectural concepts to create a masterpiece of modern aesthetics.

The four garden courtyards are themed according to the four seasons, mirroring the harmonious union of the earth, humans and the celestial. More coming up!

Beijing Biz Trip May 2011 Day 1 P1

Was supposed to blog about BKK trip with Leecher, but I couldn't find my pictures! Gosh, I hope the pictures are somewhere in one of the many thumb-drives that I have and not missing :( Guess I have to be more organized in saving my pictures into the dedicated external HDD. Anyway, went to Beijing for business in mid-May. Virgin trip to China and all I could think of was ......... beijing duck!

Departure from T3 this time round. I have a bad habit of not checking my flight details, apart from the timing. Thanks to iChangi, I get to check my flight details on the lift down to the lobby while waiting for the taxi to send me to the airport :)

Light breakfast as I wasn't feeling very hungry.

Departure gate with a snack bar! Should have ate my breakfast here instead.

Can't help but always sneak a pic of our national carrier. Speaking of which, I have yet to try the A380! Boohoo......

Companion for the journey.

Hungry ~ where's my lunch? Travelling alone this time, but meeting up with another colleague in Beijing.

Stewed chicken, vegetables and rice. Call me weird, but I do have a special liking for airline food.

The long journey from SG, almost 6-7 hours flight.

Yeah, finally landed!

Beijing Airport is similar to KL Airport, where you will have to take the Airport Express to the main terminal for immigration clearance.

Airport transfer provided by the clubhouse

It was a 45 mins journey from the airport to the clubhouse, where I will be staying for 4 nights. My "friendly" driver of the day wasn't in a chatty mood, which worked for me as well, cuz I was feeling tired from the long flight. So we pretty much traveled in silence.

Beijing Biz Trip May 2011

Stay tuned ~

Sneak Preview P5

2 more months ~ gosh! I'm feeling the stress now!

Housewarming Party!

Housewarming party this wkend! Those who have gotten the invite, please rem to RSVP :)
Time to take out the mops and cleaning cloths, haha!

Smurfs came visiting!

La, la, la, la, la, la, sing a happy song
La, la, la, la, la, la, Smurf the whole day long

(whistle) - Smurf along with me
(whistle) - simple as can be

Next time you're feeling blue just let a smile begin
Happy things will come to you so Smurf yourself a grin

(spoken) "Ooh, I hate Smurfs! I'll get you, I'll get all of you, If it's the last thing I'll ever do!"

La, la, la, la, la, la, now you know the tune
La, la, la, la, la, la, you'll be Smurfing soon.

With the launch of Smurf's movie in 3D, the little blue creatures began to capture our hearts all over again, esp so for those born in the 80s. Smurfs kept me company during my childhood amongst many others - like Carebears, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ghostbusters etc. So, imagine my delight when these creatures came visiting @ Raffles Place!

Aint they adorable?

All adults wanting to snap pictures of the lovely creatures :)

I remembered when I was still mugging for my exams during secondary school days, I'll always listen to Perfect 10 late at night, with Glenn Ong & his misfits! They never fail to amuse me with their jokes and conversations. However, at 1.59am, I'll automatically tune in to YES933, as Desmond's parting song will always be

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Try to sleep now, close your eyes

Soon the birds would stop singing

Twinkling stars, are shining bright

They'll be watching you all night

All the things, you enjoy
On this beautiful day
All your friends, all your toys
will be waiting for you to play

Mr. Moonlight will come bring you dreams
As soon as the lights are out
And tomorrow you must tell me
what those dreams were all about"

Try to sleep now, close your eyes
Try to think of tomorrow
All of us wish you good night
So I'm switching off the lights

One more hug, one more smile
Kiss you once, kiss you twice
I'll be here for a while
Try to sleep now and close your eyes

GOOD NIGHT!