.....times of refreshing.....

Readily cooked but cold mutton ribs

Besides  the ribs, there are also ham, mushrooms, vegetables, 'spare parts' and etc.

The boiling herbal soup...

This was my first time having such mutton ribs steamboat, though I have had mutton before. And, I can say, it was very delicious. Chuan Yang Ji Mutton Soup Steamboat is located at 432 Balestier Rd, Singapore 329813.

Have a good week!

I was at McDonald's two weeks ago as I was at a loss on what's for dinner after doing my run. Well, I seldom ate at McD for diet reasons but since most of the eateries are closed, I have no choice but to go for a McChicken set with Ice Milo and fries. Ok, I actually love McD especially the fries and I always had it in my 20s.However, after seeing my tummy bulging out gradually, I decided to cut down on fast food. OK, back to the story, I noticed this time round, they offered a special kind of toy which they called the nanoblocks, at an extra $4 , if you purchase the value set meals. Well, it was 'french fries' when I got it and I thought my little princess will like it since she love to play 'masak masak'. I got another one for them the following week, which is a 'drink'. They love it! And, that also means I had two McD meals in two weeks!  And, more to come......just because of the toy! hahahah... I tried to buy the full set but it's sold out!

That two nanoblocks I got! Too bad it cannot be dismantle or built from the blocks.

And, I find their crispy Chicken sandwich quite nice , not sure if it's sold in Malaysia. I love the bun!



OK, will look out for the next nano-block this week, I guess it's an 'apple pie'. Have a good week and eat healthily!

The running and cycling path

Panoramic view of the sea , facing Indonesia

Another running path , it was quiet then.

Almost sunset ... nice to run with a beautiful view

Weekend is around the corner, have a good rest! :)

1. An old street in Nanjing, with old houses and  an old barren tree in between. I wonder why they like to paint the bottom of the tree white.

2. Entrance leading to one of an ancient palace in Nanjing, which has became some commercial centres. (That's what I remember from the tour guide)

3. One of the bustling shopping areas in Nanjing. And I love the clean streets.

4. Looking down below a street in Shanghai from the top of an highway. The traffic is kinda congested there.

5. A view of Shanghai in the moving coach. Financial centres seems everywhere there, since it is the financial hub of China.

6. An early drizzling morning in Shanghai. And, yes, it was cold! Check out the landed residential houses in the background, I am sure it cost a fortune!

7. This was taken nearby our hotel in Shanghai . It was raining whole day.

8. Our faithful coach which ferries us miles and miles away during our trip

9. The quiet Hangzhou International Airport at 10pm. Our schedule flight back is 12am.

10. After checking-in, seems like only our gang waiting to board. It was quiet there.

11. I decided to take pictures around the small airport, of course with my phone. This is the entrance.

12. The information counter which seems close.

13. Another view of the airport

14. After checking-in and security clearance, here's how it looks like inside. All the cafes are closed and we gotta order from in-flight menu again.

15. It's really quiet by midnight and last pix before we depart.

16. Back to Singapore sound and safe at 5am and little princess posed for me. LOL

Have a good week!! :)

1. A side view of the West Lake in Hangzhou. Till now, I am still fascinated by the beautiful scenery there.

2. Spotted a red leaves tree near West Lake. How I wished I could see more colorful tree leaves. (Next trip...)

3. A clean empty street around Hangzhou. I spotted a row of yellow/brown beautiful trees and they are dropping leaves too. I find this picture gave me a very relax feeling.

4. One of a villages in Hangzhou. I guess this is an old village.

4. Another view of a village that I passed by. I somehow like to see others' peoples lives in other countries. Just like us, when we are back home, struggling to meet ends needs.

5. The bustling but clean city of Hangzhou. I am impressed with the developments and nice cars over there. The buildings are huge !

6. Finally witnessing a young girl on bikes ... I used to think there are a lot of bicycles there, maybe in the past.

7. A path in between two shopping malls in Yiwu. It was so clean and somehow I like the walking pavement. It looks ancient.

8. A bustling evening in Suzhou, where there was a mixed of old and new buildings,

 

9. Nice scenery of the Venice of the east which is Suzhou. Canals are everywhere here!!

10. Another night scenery of the lovely Suzhou.

11. You may be wondering what is this ... or was it a shopping mall ? No, it's actually a R&R at the highway, where the coach stop by for us to relieve ourselves as well as get some snacks. It was a massive R&R and there are a few of them at the long highways.  It was cold....getting down there!

12. I can't forget the memorable Dong Po meat in Bamboo casing ... yummy ...

I realised I have taken lots of photos using my phone, besides those you guys saw in my blog which were taken using my camera. Thus, I was contemplating whether should I blog out these pictures which, shows 'the other' side of the trip. OK la.. since I don't have much to write lately, I thought let's create a pictorial blog this week. Hahahaha... Let's call this an encore of my recent trip...muahahahaha...

 Although our flight was schedule to depart at 6pm, we have to assemble at the tour agency's HQ in JB by 8am. Luckily it was just a 15 mins drive from our place compared to those who came miles away from Segamat, Kluang and etc.  The check-in time is around 2.30pm.  We took their coach to Changi Airport.

My little princess posing for me in the coach

While I selfie with my kid

Another one with my kid

Family portrait

 Finally, the wait was over and after an extremely stringent check at the airport, which I really appreciated it for safety purpose, we were on board the JetstarAsia, which is a budget airline. It was drizzling then while we experienced a few turbulence after taking off shortly.

Waiting to depart to Hangzhou At Changi Airport

 My kid was interested in those in-flight shopping catalogue and he eyed a model-scale of the plane we are taking. I told I get it for him on the return trip, which I did. He then check out the menu and got himself a teriyaki chicken rice. I got some sandwiches where I shared with my little princess, as well as nasi lemak for my wifey and a cup of Bon-Cafe kopi.

His pack of Teriyaki chicken which he said it's delicious...LOL

I bet he was hungry ...though dinner taken.

 Since we can't really sleep in the early evening , I luckily downloaded some movies and we watched ant-man , played some games on our phone as well as took some short naps. And, before we knew it, though my kid complaint of the 'long' journey, we finally reached Hangzhou International Airport at around 11pm. It was also raining too and it was so cold.

Reaching the quiet airport , at the flyway

Due to the rain, the pixs are kinda blur

Spotted a scoot here clearly next to us.

 We quickly got our sweater and jackets up in the airport before going out of the airport in a climate from 3-5 celsius that night. Then, it was about a 45 minutes ride to the 4-star hotel in Hangzhou. The hotel was not that impressive as well as slow wi-fi but we were already tired. We also needed to unpack and remind ourselves to get some sleep as we needed to wake up early at 7am for breakfast and start our itinerary. Most of us probably slept 5 hours and we did nap a lot in the coach the next day.

The hotel room which I shared with my kid.

Checking out the toilet ...

I had a refreshing Apple Cider

And some corn beef set

OK, Part 2 in the next post... mostly pictures and different from I have blogged before.

 Have a good week!