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I guess this late na yung post ko…anyway, just to share with you my Shenzen-Shanghai-Beijing trip last April..hehehe it’s really way to late…but worth sharing J

The trip was I think about 8 days…hmm..I really can’t remember..oh well, the trip was really really tiring…educational and a lot of plane rides and a lot of fun.

Day 1…

Manila

to

Macau

to Shenzen

The trip was delayed…four hours delayed grabe..but we were given a VIP treatment naman by NAIA…buti naman noh…ayun andun kami sa VIP lounge..may food sila duon then lounge…ayun dun kami naghintay… naghintay…at finally we boarded Air Macau.  Yahoooo…here we go….and

sana

makababa kami sa

Macau

..I so love the place!

Upon arrival…we boarded the bus then off to Shenzen…too bad… we cannot go down…ayun sight-seing lang saw Taipa, Macau Tower…hayyy I really miss Macau…

it was a long ride to Shenzen and twas already really late…I think we arrived there around 2:00am…then off to doze off and rest….

…Shenzen…

In the morning, we ate some Chinese breakfast it was noodles, noodles, and noodles…lahat ng klaseng noodles…ai nakakapraning kase walang kape…so ayun magtiis sa Chinese dish…

Oh well the restaurant was packed with Filipino travelers…para kaming nasa Pinas J

We met our group, 4 families…and kami friends hehehehe…one family kina Kathleen and her Mom, then the Go Family (Mr Wlifred Go and his wife and the cute kid), Ventura Family (….sila Tita, Tito, Yshi, Monique and Alexis), then Marvin and his Tita.

P.S. Hi to you all of you! J

Anyway, they were a good company…at first they were asking if we were family, sympre hindi..then friends…next question was…how did we become friends..officemate bad daw or churchmate..err huwat?? Hehehe

Moving on…we went to the Wonders of the World…but we decided not to go in but rather go shopping…we just had some pictures then ayun may pinggan ako na picture hahaha!…ai naku…napakamahal na pinggan!

Then after had dinner then went to

Shanghai

via China Eastern Airlines….hmm…tama ba?

….Shanghai….

As far as I remember I think it was also late when we arrived

Shanghai

but not as late when we arrived Shenzen…so ayun sympre tulog…we did not unpack coz the next day we have to go to

Beijing

..o diba…jetsetter…

In the morning….at least medyo ok naman ung food sa hotel, but then there was a coffee, a ready made one with milk…as in nakatimpla na….pero hindi ko pa din like..pano napaka oily ng pagkain sa

China

!

Oh well anyway, ayun we went to the

Paris

of

Asia

..then Oriental Pearl, ung TV Tower at yung susunod daw na tallest building in the world…saka mga factories..

Then left

Shanghai

and off to

Beijing

again via China Eastern Airlines…

…

Beijing

…

The weather in

Beijing

was 11 degrees…acckkk!! I just so hate a very cold weather..ayun sympre sinipon ako…ano pa nga ba maasahan ko diba? we thought it was only 18 degrees…as if eh ganun pa din yun…

But

Beijing

was the highlight of this trip..the best! Kahit sinisipon ako go! Hahahaha…we went to Forbidden Palace, Tiananmen Square, Summer Palace, and the Great Wall of China (minus one na….six wonders of the world na lang dapat ko makita…lol) and well a lot of factories…lahat at ng factory ng China napuntahan naming..Silk Factory, Jade Factory, Jewelry factory at napakadaming factory pa hahaha…also we went where the Beijing 2008 will be held..may countdown na nga duon eh…grabe preparation nila for the Olympics…

So ayun..to top it all..sympre may shopping…ayun shopping galore…eto ung funny…nakabili kami ng 32GB na thumbrive at 30yuan! Meaning pag kinonvert mo yun sa peso it would be around 200 pesos plus lang..we had a doubt pero sympre buy pa din..hmm..32GB! as in GB ha! Pero ayun pagdating ng

Manila

sira hahaha..

China

talaga imitation lahat! Kaloka!

We spend 2 days sa

Beijing

…maganda duon, well I really enjoyed

Beijing

…kahit pa nagkasakit ako go pa din!

We went up to the Great Wall of China…wow as in bakit ba ginawa yun…dapat Gret Stairs of China yun eh…I never went up nakakapagod…sobrang taas…it was really amazing…as the story goes sabi it was man-made..wow talaga…

Yung

Forbidden

Palace

naman..sobrang laki…napakalaki….imagine may Palace na may

Summer

Palace

pa…I just remembered Princess Hours and the Palace…oh well…hmmm…sarap maging Princess…hehehehe…

….Beijing to

Shanghai

….

So ayun…we went off to

Shanghai

again visited a

Chinese

Medical

Hospital

wherein the Doctor would just look you in the eye and then kakapa kapain lang yng balat mo..then malalaman nila yung sakit mo…then from

Beijing

we flew back to

Shanghai

…

….Shanghai to Shenzen…to Macau back to

Manila

Then again from

Shanghai

we flew back to Shenzen then rode a long bus ride again back to Macau then flew to

Manila

…

Phew! A lot of plane rides and factories! Hehehe…but the trip was worth it…but I’d suggest you really have to go there with a tour guide or you will really be lost!

We were just lucky to be with wonderful people during the trip…

To Aira and Sil….Cheers guys! Looking forward in our next overseas trip…to those who were with us…thanks for a great company! It was a blast!  Xiexie for the great time!

P.S.  I just wished I remembered those Mandarin words na pinag aralan ko…oh well, ayun nakalimutan na….parang

sana

may subtitle na lang yung sinasabi nila diba! Eto nakakatawa since we forgot our Mandarin lessons, ayun sign language kami parati! and it was kinda effective in a way…hehehe…

P.S.  Belated Happy Birthday Monique!

Have you ever encountered a person who uses his status to get what he wants? Well I did…Just last week I got to talk to this writer..oh well mind you, kilala sya na writer…he also does events as well…so he had this proposal…and having done events myself I find it way toooooo expensive…I was able to talk to him and I asked him if he can lower down the price…but I never said yes that we would join…I just told him that I will see if ever he can lower the budget…

Then after a few days I received an email…an MOU…so I was surprised coz why he sent this MOU when in fact I have not agreed yet….He should have called me to tell me that they already agreed on the price I was asking…and ask if we are still willing to join…after all he’s the event organizer and he should know that…

Hindi dahil writer sya at mag aassume sya na mag joi-join ang lahat or else what..a negative publicity? Wow is this how you define professionalism? 

Then when I told him that we already could not join because of an upcoming event…aba! this writer sent an email to my boss saying I was unprofessional…DUH!…kahit naman magsend sya ng kung ano anong email sa boss ko eh..HELLO!…as if..scary…??

Anyway, to go on…according to his email they already had printed collaterals with our logo..eh hello! In any commitment, you should have a WRITTEN contract kundi ba naman sya ****** diba! Oh well at hindi lang yun..this writer has this website and meron syang portion duon na blind item..and surprisingly this writer does a lot of blind items to those  people he transact with or he even knows of…is this his description of being a professional?

…Is this how you do business Mister?  All I can say is… He’s a DIRT in the industry..

Just beware of this person…hmm..some clues…he’s got the English name and the true Chinese name of Bao Long…errr..excuse me kahit kapangalan nia si Bao Long malayo hitsura niya duon….kahit kuko nde pede..bwahahaha!

Just last week we were off to the South…It was supposedly to the island of Malapascua but since there was a lot of changes that came along the way we settled for Bantayan Island.

Thanks to the Piso fare of Cebu Pacific…we were supposed to be around 20 plus or something but since it was booked last May, change happens…well, I almost did not make it to this trip coz we had a meeting at Thailand on the same day…but since sabi nga nila pasaway ako I said I will not join..hehehe…I’d choose to have some fun rather than be with my boss…hehehe..

Anyway, off to

Cebu

…our flight was 645am…damn! it was really early, I have to wake up before 5am…had met up with Sil who lives in the same area as I am…we arrived just in time at the airport..had a quick breakfast..everyone was I guess sleepy..including myself…I was hoping that the weather was ok in Cebu since it was really raining the past week in

Manila

.

Upon arrival, the weather was perfect…we hired a van so it would take us to the ferry station.  The driver said it was only an hour from the airport..oh well one hour seems to be…ehem three hours…wow..it was really far! Nakakaloka ang one hour!  We arrived at Hagnaya by around 11am and the ferry was already about to leave so we hurriedly bought the tickets…we got the first class…but unluckily for the first class it was not so nice ..hehehe…we were all very hungry and tired…the ride was not so good…nakakahilo and nakakasuffocate…well probably coz we were really starving and tired…

We finally arrived at Bantayan by 130pm…had only crackers..we had to ride a jeep to the resort.  Buti na lang maganda yung location ng resot…it was relaxing.  Our cottage was located in the beacfront..so we unpacked, took a quick rest oh well not really siguro, I guess we just surveyed the area…at least the place was great.

Now, we have to get ourselved food..as in, we went to the restaurant and was shocked with the price..argh! presyong

Makati

ano ba! Imagine a one meal for a person P195.00 anyway we decided to get some food outside the resort…then we settled with the the restaurant DJungle…we ordered chopsuey, sinigang (na may replyo..duh! naconfused yata yung nagluto…) adobo…and rice..we paid almost 300 bucks each..nyak ganun din…eto ang catch the sinigang was P950, the chopsuey was I thin around P700 and I’m not sure about the other meals we ordered but the cost was the same…nakakaloka..and mind you ganun pa pala lahat ng prices nila duon…OMG! tama ba naman yun..buti pa sa Bora you can have a hearty meal for a 100 bucks diba! Anyways, so at least we were ok..pagbalik namin sa resort we just relaxed…ayun natulog, kwentuhan…ala ka na iba magagawa kase walang TV hahahaha..we just stayed there the whole afternoon.

Then the next day, we went off to Virgin Island coz napakalakas ng wave sa Bantayan plus sobra ding daming weeds…So ayun we went off to Virgin Island twas 30 mins away from the place we are..

The place was cool, kami lang nanduon and we had seafoods for lunch and ayun naligo the whole day…we enjoyed the place..and went back around 4pm. We then had our dinner at D’Jungle again, but now it was a buffet dinner.

We left Bantayan at around 900am the next day and off to

Cebu

.  Now we paid for the third class sa ferry…hehehe…learned our lesson the first time. 

Anyway, when we arrived in

Cebu

we went to Ayala and ate lunch at around 200pm, had lechon, and my favorite Chinese rice toppings..

sana

magkaroon nito sa

Manila

, authentic Chinese rice toppings from Dimsum Break…and a whole lot of balat ng lechon hahaha…

We had Starbucks in the afternoon, then we went to Magellan’s cross..again….tour guide ulit..tour guide na d cgurado hahaha…then off to Tabuan to buy some danggit and posit..yum yum…and off to airport..

It was well, relaxing, fun and cool. Hope to have this trip with you again guys…Thanks Kaye, Sil, Jel, Bubbles, Tin, Glady, Ponky, Coney and Mariliza…muah!