It has been 2 days since the 7.8 magnitute quake happened in Sichuan province. We were in Shanghai when we heard about the earthquake. My sister was working as an Expat in Chengdu, Sichuan, when it took place. We were extremely worried about her safety as we could not contact her after the quake occurred. [...]
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Ok, we are off to Kuala Lumpur today for the Chinese New Year holiday in China. Although our flight to Kuala Lumpur was at 12 midnight the next day, we left Shanghai at about 2pm. Normally it only takes 2 hours to drive from Shanghai to Hangzhou. However, the recent heavy snow meant that the [...]
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Hong Kong Disneyland has been causing a buzz since the opening last year, so I decided to check it out myself! Although it’s small, compare to Tokyo Disneyland , Hong Kong has most of the typical Disneyland theme and features such as The Disney Main Street, the Main raiway Station including the typical manicured Mickey [...]
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Bought a ferry ticket to Macau at HK-Macau ferry terminal. Get out from Sheung Wan MTR and follow the signs It’s just upstairs. There are some other ferry companies staff shouting everywhere for their cheap fares but I ended up buying a ticket from Turbojet. First, I don’t like people that approached me out of [...]
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Again… I flew to HK. I love HK !! (An excuse to leave China?? @.@) When flying to Hong Kong, don’t forget to look for the Giant bronze Buddha. A world LARGEST Buddha statue (WOW~~~ ) sits cross-legged atop a green peak on Lantau Island with access via a very looooooong staircase. It was build [...]
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I found that mainlanders like to write on the floor in public!
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When you steps onto the ancient street of Wangfujing in Beijing, you will notice a sugar blower went from street to street with his shoulder poles, carrying stools and cupboards on each side. The cupboard held charcoal, charcoal stove with a cuprum spoon full of maltose in the center. On top of it were models [...]
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No. 1 Water Town Of China – Zhou Zhuang , offer a glimpse of life in ancient China It lies at the middle between Shanghai and Suzhou, is an ancient town of Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province, where abounds with rivers and lakes. So it is thought by many to be the best waterside town in [...]
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My name is Bibi Liew and I'm a third-generation oversea Chinese. I'm born on the 3rd of November and that makes me a typical Scorpio. I stayed in several countries and ended up in Shanghai for reasons that are still not entirely clear to myself... I came to China and work as an Expatriate in 2004. I am an Interior Architect and design Hotels and Club Houses in many Cities in China. Ron and I will relocate to Nanchang in March 2010 and I'll be a WAHM!