Beijing The City of Chinese Origins

On December 2011, I spent my Christmas visiting the capital city of China, Beijing. Originally, I have visited China many years ago when I was still in junior high together with my family. However, for this trip I went there together with my friends Adam and Saravana. We had just completed our internship in Mission Hills Haikou, Hainan and decided to take a long one week vacation to explore the culture and heritage of Beijing. 

During our trip here, we had our own personal tour guide and a private van that took us to various places around Beijing for example The Forbidden City, Great Wall, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace and etc. Although, my friends find history boring but to myself it is like a bedtime story that helps me sleep at night. 

The hotel that we stayed in was in the heart of the Beijing City. It was close to the shopping district and many fantastic places to eat. Unfortunately, one of my friends was Muslim so we mainly had to dine in Halal approved restaurant. Nonetheless, the food served was good and we really enjoyed a warm meal after several hours of walking in the cold. 

The pictures above were taken with my Digital Camera Nikon because my DSLR was undergoing a major service back home in Malaysia because of water damage a few weeks ago. Thankfully, I had a spare camera that was able to take excellent photos like this as well. 

Well, I've managed to visit several provinces in China at least. I would return soon to other provinces for my photography work if I ever had the chance again. 

Desa Park-City Water Front

During the previous weekend, I made a dessert trip for Durian Ice Kacang in Desa Park City Mall. I was with my family when we decided to pay a visit to try this amazing dessert. I agree that the trip was worth because the dessert was amazing but it was really filling. Moreover, it was slightly expensive.

After a long satisfying dessert, we decided to walk around the Desa Park City Mall. My aunt took us over to the Waterfront area. It was a really beautiful park surrounding a wide lake. Unfortunately, it was during the night time when we started walking around the park. We couldn't see much of natural stuff but mainly couples. The quietness of the area, with the moon shining brightly created the perfect romantic atmosphere.

If I had the chance to ever bring my girlfriend there for a walk, definitely I would want to miss such a chance.

Internship Experience in Haikou, Hainan

During a 3 months period from September to December 2011, I traveled to the Southern part of China known Hainan for my hotel internship. The hotel that I worked in was called Mission Hills Haikou. It was a 5-star golf resort that has countless events every year.

I had faced an important during my stay at the resort as a trainee. It was known as the Omega Cup where top players from around the world gather for a competition. As I remembered, I did sleep well for at least 10 days because I always got to work at least 3 hours early and left at around 12 in the night. By the end of the event, I was really tired and had accumulated at least 36 hours of overtime, which I claimed them all during my final week working at the resort. 

After the end of the internship, I was awarded the title of "Best Intern 2012" out 24 others who followed me. It felt good, because I knew that the hard work that I gave paid off with a job offer as in higher position in the future and also some other gifts from the management. But all that matters was that I was able to improve my Chinese and also to gain an abroad hotel experience from an Asian region of the world.

My Dear Possession

This is the car that I used to drive in Perth. This was my 2nd car after the Mazda RX8. Well, it took me quite a few months to wait for this car to arrive after ordering. Both my sister and myself drive this car as she still does not have her own car yet. However, I'm pretty sure that she will get her first car soon. 

I'll be back in Perth soon, after traveling the Asian region. Car! I'm coming home, wait just a little while more.

Kiss the Rain (Sungha Jung) (Yiruma)

Two of the greatest musicians that I've heard in my lifetime. From my research, if a Korean the person would be broadcasted in the whole country allowing those with access to television to witness how much talent their country is keeping. 

Earlier I watched a talent time show from South Korea and was amazed by a autistic boy that could play any songs on the piano. He only learned in 2 years, and practices for at least 5 to 6 hours a day. If I ever the chance to watch him play, I would definitely grab it before anyone does. The boy was tested by Yiruma on the pitch of various notes and to my amazement the boy didn't miss a single pitch. It was all perfect.

Later, he was asked to play a complicated piece from a different composer and the boy managed to complete it perfectly without any errors in tempo, beats, pitch and notes. The boy's name is Min-Soon. A comment from his piano teacher, who was presence at the show mentioned that this boy takes at least 1 week to learn any song. God bless him!

Perth The Western City of Australia

Perth, Australia was one of the places that I visited with my family during my high school years during 2003. The first time I visited this place, I was amazed by the beautiful sights especially the ocean areas although the weather was pretty hot during the day. The reason we travelled here was for a golf invitation from a family friend who knows the area of Perth very well.

Currently, my family has migrated here and we've become  permanent residents here in Perth. Thankfully, I was given the chance to be exposed to a European culture earlier, before going abroad and studying in the Swiss Hotel Management School. Now only, my parents remain in Perth because my sister and myself have gone to explore the world, for photography and studies but in time we'll return back home to see our family.