First up, nudi branches... Beautiful creatures, with so many varieties and more yet to be discovered.
Next, some of the common sightings.
Last but no least, unique sea creatures camouflaging. Try spotting them!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Redang Retreat
Headed down to Redang right after the Olympics trip. Really missed the big blue sea, fishes, breeze and the sand. I would consider this dive trip to be the most fruitful trip so far... Visibility here is good, many unique creatures and one of the most exciting and "memorable" trip. Fill you guys in a while.
Road to Beijing
A wonderful experience in Beijing, China by VISA International was indeed an enjoyable and memorable one. The whole itinerary was well planned and I must say, they have left me with a good impression of China.
Flew on SQ to Beijing. Can't remember when was the last time I took SQ to travel overseas. LOL... We arrived at Beijing Terminal 3 - The Dragon.
This is one remarkable structure. It's aerial view is shaped like a dragon, which symbolised the Chinese. As mentioned by National Geographic, this terminal is HUGE and spacious. To prove it's point, it took us a whopping 15mins to walk from the plane to the customs!
Headed straight down to the hotel (Jiuhua Spa and Resort, Beijing) upon arrival and the hotel is simply magnificent! It is literally a VISA hotel, as VISA booked the entire 15th block for the Beijing Olympics. All VISA winners around the globe stayed in this unit. Lobby view was Olympics themed and we took some poster shots with the Chinese stars like Yao Ming and Liu Xiang.
Following which, with some free time on hand, we attempted to tour the whole hotel area. Alas, the area is too big as there are a total of 21 spa pools and 17 units of accomodation. Only managed to tour 3 blocks and we had to leave for lunch.
In the evening, we caught our 1st Olympics event - Women's soccer semi-finals. USA vs Japan. It was quite enjoyable as most of the spectators there were rooting for USA. They did not let the crowd down by thrashing the Japanese with a score 4 : 1.
Next day was the most fruitful trip of all. In the morning, we toured the Forbidden City. The "Forbidden City" formation and tune formed during the SYF suddenly came into my head. Haa...
After all the historical sites, the Olympics Green was next.
The Bird's Nest Stadium and Water Cube really captures everyone's heart. We stood there in awe of the 2 modern and very unique archeitecture.
Belgium showed China who's boss by giving us a spectacular display of skill, strength, determination and stamina. With a 2 point lead after the final whistle, it silence the whole chinese supporters, leaving them packing up quietly and going back home.
Flew on SQ to Beijing. Can't remember when was the last time I took SQ to travel overseas. LOL... We arrived at Beijing Terminal 3 - The Dragon.
This is one remarkable structure. It's aerial view is shaped like a dragon, which symbolised the Chinese. As mentioned by National Geographic, this terminal is HUGE and spacious. To prove it's point, it took us a whopping 15mins to walk from the plane to the customs!
Headed straight down to the hotel (Jiuhua Spa and Resort, Beijing) upon arrival and the hotel is simply magnificent! It is literally a VISA hotel, as VISA booked the entire 15th block for the Beijing Olympics. All VISA winners around the globe stayed in this unit. Lobby view was Olympics themed and we took some poster shots with the Chinese stars like Yao Ming and Liu Xiang.
Following which, with some free time on hand, we attempted to tour the whole hotel area. Alas, the area is too big as there are a total of 21 spa pools and 17 units of accomodation. Only managed to tour 3 blocks and we had to leave for lunch.
In the evening, we caught our 1st Olympics event - Women's soccer semi-finals. USA vs Japan. It was quite enjoyable as most of the spectators there were rooting for USA. They did not let the crowd down by thrashing the Japanese with a score 4 : 1.
Next day was the most fruitful trip of all. In the morning, we toured the Forbidden City. The "Forbidden City" formation and tune formed during the SYF suddenly came into my head. Haa...
After all the historical sites, the Olympics Green was next.
The Bird's Nest Stadium and Water Cube really captures everyone's heart. We stood there in awe of the 2 modern and very unique archeitecture.
Belgium showed China who's boss by giving us a spectacular display of skill, strength, determination and stamina. With a 2 point lead after the final whistle, it silence the whole chinese supporters, leaving them packing up quietly and going back home.
Finally, on the last day, we visited one of the Ancient 7 Wonders of the World - Great Wall of China. Pretty chilly up there and took a couple of shots. After that, we headed to the airport and returned back to Singapore.
Thank you VISA!
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Friday, August 1, 2008
Back from HK
5 days in HK was just nice for us to shop and view the various tourism spots. Took many many photos.. At first, we could not even believe that we took nearly 800 worth of picts!! After a hard time filtering the photos, these are the selected ones for your view pleasure.
http://picasaweb.google.com/ziqrob/HongKong2008
http://picasaweb.google.com/ziqrob/HongKong2008
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