The last week of March

This has been a hectic week. However, it is nothing compared to last week which was full of meetings and running here and there.


I would say, I have experienced a mixed feelings both in work and personal cycle. A closure was brought to a family I have known at the beginning of the week with the father of the family being laid to rest. At work, it was not all smooth running. Actually, I do faced a a lot of problems at work. I was advised way back that I would faced a lot of mountainous problems if I chose to work here. Yup.. I didn't listen and here I am. It was kind of sad to be told that I am overly concerned about my work by my boss. Oooiii.. having been in the situation twice before, I know what I am doing. That's the price to pay for being a nice person (employee) ...YUCKS... It sucks.


As for my personal life, it has been fun talking and going out with 2 old friends.. It really helps to ease the tension...

Death

Around 630pm this evening went out for a dinner. Where? Out of impulse = Seoul Garden. Hahaha... Spent about RM 125 for a dinner for two. That was the first time. Came back and whoala... cars blocking the road leading to my house. Reason, my neighbour just passed away. It didn't surprise me at because I haven't seen him for quite some time. Normally, around the CNY, I would see him a lot but he seemed to dissapear this year

At the time of this writing, he must be putting on the last clothes he will wear and be laid down in the coffin. Down the road, there was loud disco music playing. It made me realise that at every minute there would be someone dying and the others would be going on with their business.

Death is very personal. When a person dies, he leaves behind a body and a whole bunch of people either grieving or be happy to see him go. At least he is remembered of. However there are some other who is not so lucky to have no one to send him off. I wonder when I died, would there be many people who will send me off?

Come to think of it, my parents are nearly 70 years of age. There wouldn't be much time left to company them. I better try to spend more time with them. Some of us maybe at the end of the journey and not knowing it. I maybe one of time. Yup.. it's time for me to do more good deeds and spend more time with family and friends.

Time

A lot of things has happened since my last post. I wanted to write down all the things that had happened to me but it seemed that I don't possess the necessary time to do so.

Since my last post, I had a few gatherings with a few old friends. It's funny that I used to talk a lot about my old friends that I never mention about my new friends... yes ... my new friends which up to now... yes... none. Why?? I don't know why.. Acquaintance - yes but friends - NOPE.
It's fun to hang out with old friends which u have not met in ages... yes.. ages. U don't know what they have done, where they have been, have they changed since the last time u saw them. It's like rediscovering the friends which you have lost. Some you will enjoy knowing, some you will ...err.... have to behave ... hahaha.....Others.. well.. if they use me as a stepping mat, then it's SAYONARA to them.

The last few days, I had the opportunities to witness the sunrise and sunset all in a day. I was quite lucky to witness this. They bring back a lot of memories of past years. I do miss the opportunities to travel elsewhere. The last trip I took was a business trip to Penang, which was extremely short. I wanted to go back to my beloved Langkawi... hopefully it is still peaceful and serene. I really miss the spot where I would spent time to watch the sunset and a hidden spot somewhere deep in Langkawi to the padi field.

I had underwent a lot of tensions lately but thankfully still able to manage... hehehe with slight bursting here and there.... Mostly work related.

Wonder what will happen tomorrow???

Chinese New Year Eve

Well, today is Chinese New Year Eve and for the first time it is raining hard.... Is it a good sign???

What does Jennifer mean?

A fellow Facebook friend, Nancy suggested to check out the meaning of my name in Urbandictionary.com and I did...


Here is what Jennifer means...


fun, outgoing person. generally smart but can be a total blonde at times. someone who likes meeting new people, and smiles a lot. a person who never would just turn on people. a very good friend. someone you can trust. when she's mad, stand clear she might blow her top. but a person who doesn't get mad easily so you dont have to worry about that.

A funny girl. Really smart, and usually doen't act her age.(wether it be acting older or younger)Jennifer's have amazing eys, and love to laugh and smile. They generaly enjoy the finer things in life. They have trouble showing their feelings, and take sometime to warm up to new poeple. They don't trust easily, but that shouldn't stop you from trusting them, they are very trustworthy. They need someone who will listen to them and give their honest opinion. Jennifers are very blunt, and speak their minds often. They are caring and usually very sexy. They know how to flirt in a very suddle way that drives men crazy. They know how to get what they want. Jennifers are very good friends.


AND I DIDN'T KNOW MY NAME MEANS THAT ................................hahahhaa

1st trip of the year.

Yesterday, I took a trip to Melaka... yes... Melaka again. This time I went on a night river cruise.. Interesting trip.. Here are some of the photos from the trip

Anybody lost a ship... There's one here....








I bet if Alfonso D Alburquere (sorry if I've misspelt) is to arrive in this century, he would be shock to see all this...







Night time at Medan Samudera








This is my second time I taste the coconut jelly.....Cool...








The calling of the oyster....








What is left of them...








The 3s who won't open for us...








A night view of a Malay kampung... quite a romantic ride under the moonlight.... too bad i don't have a good camera, otherwise the moon would appear very beautifully in the photo.






A nice photo to end it all. This photo was taken by my friend Erna... She was testing her camera phone. What r the 2 orbs which appeared in the photo??







Interesting trip....

Monday blues

Feel very tired with all the never ending works. It seems I can't finish one work without another work interrupting. It has been like this for the past 2 weeks. I am trying my best to finish up all my tasks but they never stop coming. It seems the new place where I am based now is full of problems and each need urgent attention.. Well.... I guess I have to take one step at a time. I am very tired and exhausted.

The weather today is extremely hot. I am beginning turn quite dark due to the exposure from the sun....which I don't like at all.

The first post of 2010

It's now 21th Jan 2010. I am into 3rd week of the new year and this is my new post.

I have been extremely busy with my work of setting up a standard operation procedure for a friend of mine and I didn't realise how time flies.

Let me recap what has happened during this past 3 weeks..


1. A friend in Penang finally landed a job in the hotel

2. A lady friend finally realise her dream of having a hybrid car...yes...toyota prius

3. A person who used to be my friend said he befriended me only because of money.... %*#&$

4. I cannot trust a person completely coz I might get hurt or stab in the back

5. I cannot trust politicians because they can never be honest, truthful and reliable

6. Some people think that they are the king of the world and never respect the rest of us

7. A smile can go a long way

8. People will betray each another for the sake of money

9. My 3 kittens have become young adult cats...

10. I MISS MY TIMES IN LANGKAWI...

Last post of 2009

By now many people has posted about their being the last post of 2009. I am of no difference.

2009 is not a good year for me. This is my year of changes.

These are the changes in my life....

I am no longer working in the students motivation activities


I broke off with a very dear friend of mine


A close friend of mine has finally shown his true colors


I was called a dog


I was accused that my credentials are bogus


I learn first handed that who ever claimed to be your friends are actually not your friends


I learn what is racist in its true terms


I learn that it's very hard to do a good deed.


I have my first FACEBOOK account.


I enjoyed playing Mafia Wars.


I visited China after 10 years has lapse from the first visit.


I reconnect with my old schoolmates (about 45 of them)


I like to read Malaysia Today and Malaysiakini


I gave up reading Utusan Malaysia and News Straits Times


I have stopped from working full time


I started my first blog this year


I have made a lot of new international friends and the latest being Frank from China


erm......and ........ shhhhhsssssssssssssss!!!!!!

Finally, we have 1MALAYSIA or have we??

Sabah & Sarawak to be relocated

December 14, 2009

UALA LUMPUR — In an effort to strengthen national unity and in line with the 1Malaysia concept, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak announced today that the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak would be moved to the peninsula.

BEFORE: Sabah and Sarawak in their current location

Speaking at a Press conference after a Cabinet meeting, Najib said that the relocation was necessary to ensure that the nation’s different peoples would not have any more physical boundaries to mix around.

“We’ve had the vast South China Sea separating the two Malaysias for the longest time now,” said the Prime Minister excitedly. “It’s time to close the gap, and allow our different races, tribes and cultures to naturally immerse with one another.”

The relocation plan is scheduled to start next year, with reclamation works commencing in May.

AFTER: The new, unified '1Malaysia' Malaysia

“It’s a big project, costing well over RM850 trillion,” said Najib. “The project would take 10 years to complete, since we’d need to move all the soil, water sources, flora, fauna, man-made structures and of course, the people. But it’ll be worth it, since we’ll truly be 1Malaysia.” RM850 trillion for this project. Can't the government spend this PEOPLE'S MONEY on PEOPLE in this trying times??

The two huge states, spanning nearly 200,000 square kilometres, are now part of the greater Borneo island together with Brunei Darussalam and the part of Indonesia called Kalimantan, but would be joined with the eastern side of Peninsular Malaysia.

“The states would be reconstructed almost exactly identical to how they are now,” said Najib. “This would ensure that the natives would not feel ‘out of place’ when they move back to their relocated homes.

“Of course, we might ‘improve’ some things when we rebuild the states. We’re thinking, maybe Mount Kinabalu could be higher than Everest. I mean, why not? It’s not every day that you get to change what nature has given us. Taking over one of the role of God.....

“And if we take the soil from inside Gua Niah and use it to add on Mount Kinabalu’s height, we’d get both a bigger cave and taller mountain, effectively rewriting two Guinness World Records. Now that’s what I call value for money!” Correct me if I am wrong, isn't Gua Niah a world heritage and is under protection.....If Mount Kinabalu is 'moved', would it be called Mount Kinabalu?

Asked what the neighbouring Brunei and Indonesia had to say about the move, Najib said that he had discussed the issues with the leaders of both nations.

“His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei did ask me why we were taking Sabah and Sarawak away, leaving his kingdom just a group of tiny islands in the middle of the South China Sea. The Indonesian president also voiced his concern,” said the PM.

“However, I told them that we all need to ‘hijrah’ to better ourselves, and that neighbours move away all the time. And I also reassured them that although we may be physically further after this, we would always be close in our hearts. They were very understanding.

“Besides, after this, there’d be no more issue of illegal smuggling across the borders and such.”

On protests by the Kelantan state government, citing the ‘loss of a coastline’ and ‘off-shore petroleum’, Najib said that this is of national interest, and the opposition-held state administration should not be so selfish. Let me see, Sarawak can retain its off-shore petroleum but not Kelantan..... GOOD???

“These people simply refuse to understand the importance of 1Malaysia. They keep on looking a the small things like the death of their fishing industry or the loss of billions of ringgit of income." Then the needs of this people (MALAYSIAN) are not important??

LUCKILY THIS ARTICLE IS ONLY FICTIONAL. If it's truth then it would be VERY VERY VERY BAD

How much does a life cost?

This morning, there was a heavy rain. It's like the heaven is crying for something. For several days, the dogs are also crying at night. If this was a horror story, it would be scary. Anyway, as I was browsing the Facebook, I chance upon a posting posted by a Filipino friend. She posted a series of photos on Maguindanao Massacre. I won't be posting her photos here because they were quite graphic. Definitely not for those who have weak heart and stomach.


Here's the snippet of that story.


The morning of November 3, 2009 spells one of the most tragic and bloody conflict in Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. Basing on the reports, 13 women, 8 men and counting 34 journalists were ambushed and murdered while on their way to submit their candidacy for Esmael Mangudadatu to the local Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the office of Maguindanao. Mr. Mangudadatu is challenging mayor Andal Ampatuan, Jr. for gubernatorial seat.


Come on, the men and women were killed for a simple election. It they were killed by gunshots, it's kind of humane way to die but to be hacked by chainshaw and bashed to death... well...the murderers are not human at all. Everybody is born the same way through the conception in the mother's womb, then the period of carrying the fertilised eggs for 9 months and finally, through the not fun process of laboring, bring forth a human being. Everybody has a mother and a father and NOBODY deserve to die this way.


The purpose of this massacre is because that group was on the way to submit a candicacy. Just to think, to maintain or to obtain powers and moneys, just resort to killing another human life. Is there all there is about life? Power and Money. When did human become so low life? U know if we are not careful, this could happen in Malaysia, my home. I have seen corruptions everywhere to maintain power and money. It won't be long, this massacre would happen here. Remember, the infamous Mona Fandey who beheaded Mazlan Idris in 1993, all for the money.


Sometimes, when people wants more money and power, they don't go for murder, they just use 'black magic'. Before this, I haven't seen one in action. Recently, I did a lot research on why some men are so attentive to the opposite sex that they would leave their normal life to lead a new unknown life. Hahaha basically, I am talking about the janda I knew. I just heard that she and my 'friend' are back together although both of them denied it. One day, I was browsing through internet looking and I chance upon this...


Nasi KangKang, literally means Squatting Rice. It's some sort of love potion made for men. It was believed that after eating the rice, the man was bound to abide entirely by the woman's wishes. His mind will be reset and zombified. Any of the woman's wishes such as, "buy me a diamond" would be fulfilled immediately. How to make it? Simple...search for the answer through Internet.


I suspect that this janda has given him this specially made rice. If you know how it is made, it would want to make you puke and he's happilly eating away....YUCKS!!!!!


Well... this is the world I am living in.

Travel

Boy, am I addicted to traveling. I think I'm infected by the travel bugs. I just came back from Penang and now I am itching to set foot on my way to another place far away...maybe Shanghai...
Yup, Shanghai....wish I could go but alas... it's only a dream for time being.


My Tai Kor and his friend have been planning on a business trip to Shanghai.... secretly I wish to follow, but knowing Tai Kor, he would say "NO GIRLS / WOMAN ARE ALLOWED"


Well, I just have to dream on.


Remember the janda, here's the latest news... she has found herself a new victim... her ex boyfriend...


Why I AM SO DISLIKE HER??? Simple, she disgraced all widows out there... What kind of woman who would find men, entertain them then squeeze out any tiny drops of money from the men's pockets until they are totally dried out. She has the nerve to boast and to announce her intention is to find men who are rich and 'strong' to support her... YUCKS....


I wish I can put her photo here but then I don't want her to start running to bomoh to curse a spell on me. Rumour has it that she loves to use the bomoh's service to put spells on her men so they would do her biddings days and nights....


Well, if anyone wants to get to know her her better, just email me... and I'll will give you her number but YOU have been warned. Know her at your own risk.

Incredible Tales

I love to watch this series. This is about the tales on supernaturals. The series are created by a team from Hong Kong, which is headed by Master Szeto.


This time around they made a movie based on the tales. I managed to get an uncensored version of it.


For those who are faint hearted, this is not for you. In the first part, the team followed the members of a society which collect dead bodies of people who has died unnatural death. Well, they managed to shoot a film of a man who has killed himself by hanging from the windows and from slicing his wrist. They showed clearly the feature of that man. This is the first time I saw a person dead from hanging. The thing that struck me me was that he has wet himself while in the process of dying and also that he has seen himself dying from the mirror which was in front of him. Kind of scary......


The other parts of the stories are the feeding of 'toyol' using the blood from a live chicken and fish, the process of making a blood curse which is reputed to have the power to change the luck of one's person, the process of healing a lady suffering from the worm curse (I hate this part because it clearly showed the woman spitting out tons and tons of wriggling worms...yucks).


There is a part on the trying to ascertain the myth that a yin's breath can bring back the soul of the dead person from the other side. They asked the hostess to open the coffin and to give the dead person a yin's breath.... very scary and I believe that the smell of the decayed body can be terrible.


Another part which I find fascinating is that the team has visited Papan, Ipoh yes our Ipoh. It seemed that there's a village there which is deserted to the the myth that the villages have dug up their ancestors' bodies and let them bathe in the sunlight. It was said that they changed the luck of that village to become worst and thus most of the villagers left or have died early.
The team has asked a girl name Ka Ka, who can seen ghosts to talk to them and one of them managed to possess her body. She immediately talk and behave like a man.

The final part of the story was that the team visited Kellie's Castle. They set up cameras all over the place. One of them fell down and when they recover the tape, it clearly show up close a ghost pushing down the camera....
How about that????


Namoamitofu

Penang.....again!!!

Yes, I went to Penang again. I made the trip on last Tuesday. I had thoughts of not going after the last time I went to Penang. What did happen during the last trip? Let me recap....oh yes... the punctured tire near Jawi which made my trip back to KL about 14 hours which caused me to loose the chance of seeing a fren off to Japan AND also to loose an old friend after that trip to Penang.

That's why I have second thoughts of going to Penang. Furthermore, early that morning I can't seem to find my book of prayers as it seems to dissapear into thin air.....some sign of bad omen BUT it manage to resurface in another bag of mine and so off I went to Penang.

This time around I stayed at the same place. I was thinking of checking into one of the hotels there but there were fully booked by one convention of Amway. The room which I can find would cost me RM 400++ per night... huh... too much for me. So, I had to stay at the same place which holds a lot of unpleasant memories.

This time around, I had some 'companies'... yeap these fellas would be out playing around at night... u know those things which go bumps at night. There were a lot in this area... anyway, I won't name that place. I have stayed in that area 3 times in a row and it never fails to 'entertain' me.

The reasons I went to Penang because I had to send an old 'friend' out to the sea, to buy DVDs, I wanted to see my friends who are based in Penang (sadly to say I didn't see them) and also to meet a friend of mine who is based in Kulim. It was so nice of him to come down to Penang to see me (hehehe got business with him).

I only spent one night in Penang then I came back home. I felt kind of funny staying in that place. Another thing that strucked me is that along that stretch of road, there's no place to have breakfast, so, I had to go all the way to Air Itam to get my brunch. Another reason I went to Penang is because I wanted to go to Kek Lok Si. I just felt like going there, to get something from there. At first, it seemed that I won't be getting what I wanted but at the end, I managed to get one.

This time around, nothing bad happen and I had conquer my phobia ..... yipppie

Feel like sleeping

The weather has been acting very strange lately. Today, it shows it is going to rain. Yesterday, it didn't rain, the previous day, it was raining... so, I presume, there will be no rain tomorrow.


I am feeling very sleepy right now. I didn't get much sleep. I had to make a police report around midnight because someone told me that the Klang police station won't be congested.. so I believe him and I went around midnight. Yup... he was right. It was my first time in the newly renovated police station. Well, after making a statement, I had to go up to the 3rd floor to meet on Sarjan Az..


I thought ok 3rd floor, no problem.. peace of cake... stairs only ma... Phew... nobody told me that I have to climb the stairs up to the 3rd floor and the stairs are not inside the building. I can practically see the building below me getting smaller and smaller.... It was still ok to climb up but to climb down,, that's the big problem. Suddenly, I felt I can't move my legs and I had to hold on to the handle just to climb down. It was a scary feeling climbing down from the 3rd floor. When I reached the ground floor, I was full of relief. Erm.. now I know I am scare of heights hehehe


A friend of mine whom I have not met for more than 10 years found me in FB... yup thanks to FB again. Her name is Vivien. We were quite close back then. Well, she is hanging on to my words of be my friends and I will tell you my stories. Well, I have to keep my promise. I tried to tell her one today but I am too sleepy to think... What would I say, where would I start...hehehe.. she's online now in FB. Vivien, here's yr story.

New Words

I had a lot of laugh on last Friday and Saturday. My friends, E and L, they love to talk a lot... When they talk, sometimes they would stumble on words... such as

Muzium Samudera -> Muzium Samutu
Kereta kabel -> Kereta kebal
jambatan -> jambatu
Honda Civic -> Honda V6 (created by K)
surau -> rasau (created by Je)

We would have fun time creating sentences using those mispronounced words....What a fun day

1 Malaysia

Every now and then, our leaders would come out with a statement to promote 1 Malaysia. I don't know it would work or not...we all know what is really going on in Malaysia.

Well the leaders are busy promoting this but do they really go down to the grass roots.

For the past few days, a friend of mine, E would tell stories of teachers being not promoting the concept of 1 Malaysia. She told me that some of the teachers accompanying the school's field trip would not go to certain places just because that places belong to Chinese company. You tell me, does a mushroom farm and a chips' factory would do any harm to the school children just because they belong to Chinese? Then there is this particular teacher from a KL school who requested that they want to go to places which only belong to the Malays...... huh???

Then there is another parent who told me that her child's teacher told her to go back to the Mainland China because she does not belong her as her BM is poor.

My question is that what's the point of having our leaders promoting the concept of 1 Malaysia and the Education Ministry running the Rancangan Integrasi Murid Untuk Perpaduan for the school children when some of the teachers are not keen to integrate??? Waste of money, don't you think???

Another example... http://niamah.blogspot.com/2009/11/fix-it-and-make-it-better-or-worse.html

My money is mine, his money his mine too

Nope, this is not about me. It's about a malay woman, nearly 40 yrs old,who is twice divorcee, who has 3 kids and is now looking for a new prey, I mean a man especially a young man.

I knew her from a friend of mine. She proclaimed to be a true Islam and a true lady. She is my friend girlfriend until she found out that he is poor with no job and has a lot of debts in hand.

Although she is nearly 40s, she proclaimed herself to be cute just like the teens. She told me in her own words..'Laki aku dua sebab aku bosan asyik laki yang sama jer, aku nie comel. Aku nak duit jantan aje. Aku saja cita laki aku suka pukul agar dia kesian'.

What kind of a woman is that? Not only did she bring disgrace to all woman out there but also disgrace herself in her own words. She would preach the rules of Islam but I think she has broken each one of them.

Based on her words, there might be other guys who would be foolishly fall in love with her. She's not cute at all.. she's a short fat lady who still live in a dream. Pity my friend who has fallen for her, lost his job over her and now he has nothing at all.

I I could, I would post her photo so as to give warning to the other guys but I don't want to be sued hahaha... I think she is now on prowl and I believe her next victim would be the assistant to a Datuk. I wonder how many men she had?

6th day in China

Yes, today we are going to visit qufu. It took us half a day to reach Qufu, the birthplace of Confusius. This has become my routine everyday... woke up early, check out and on the road again going to a new unknown place. So far, the journey is through highways but once in a while, I would be travelling through the countryside. I managed to get a glimpse of villagers washing their clothe along the streams. I had never seen one live before.. well that was the first time. Another scene which I can't forget is that men would wear jackets, the one we use to wear to office to work in farms. I remembered my guide Wei, told me that many years back, when the Chinese go out from the country, the government would sponsor them RMB 300 to buy jackets/coats to wear overseas so as to enhance their image. No wonder, back in Malaysia, I would see Chinese men wearing jacket/coat.

Back to Qufu, I reached the small town around noon. It's a busy town. I was very excited to see Confusius birthplace. I was told that it's a town within a town. In the middle of the town, there would be a fortress and his house, temple and mouseleum lie within the fortress. There are no personal cars inside the fortress, only those authorised vehicles are allowed within. So, wherever you go in the town, u would get the glimpse of the fortress. Best still, the famous Emperor Qing Long of the Ch'ng dynasty always stepped foot here so as to pay homage to the great teachers. He would always dined at his home and his favourite dish was........ fried taugeh with dried shrimps. The story was that he was fed up with the usual lavish dishes that he always had that he asked the family cook what other dish which has not been served. The cook got angry and so he took a bunch of beansprouts (taugeh) and fried them with dried shrimps, which is the food for the workers. The Emperor loved this dish so much and thus every time he came to Qufu, he would request this dish to be served.

Even the town is old, but one can see a lot of modern facilities here. Hahaha I even found a machine which polish shoes. The first place, I went is to pay homage to the great teacher Confusius at his temple. Since cars are not allowed inside, I have to take the local trams.

The first stop is the temple for Confusius. There are 3 walking paths leading to his temple. In the photo on the left, I was sitting at the path meant for the Emperors hahaha... cool right. Imagine, sitting on the path where the Emperors of China set foot.

The temple house a lot of pillars which would have dragons carved on them. It was considered wrong to have pillars carved with dragons as they were meant only for the Emperors palace. So, whoever did this would face death. However, the Emperors of China considered him to be a superior teacher, thus, his family was allowed to have these pillars. It was said that the family's first son is considered to be the first grade officer, second to the Emperor, thus his words were the words of the Emperor.

Next stop, was his family's first son house. which was very near to the temple. Only the first son of the family can stay here. I was told this descendents still live on today, which is his 76th descendents. One is a professor teaching in a university in Beijing and another is in Taiwan. The last place was his mouseleum. It housed 3600 of his offsprings. Our guide didn't bring us there as that place was vast and there were some old members in our groups.

We checked into our hotel which is a 4 star hotel. Surprisingly, it is a double storey building. The lobby is huge but the room is small. I never like it here as it looked so depress. What to expect as the surrounding buildings are built from ancient times. Many anguishes, tensions can still be felt here.







This is also the first place I found my first gold coin and the first glimpse of the the original graphic paper cutting.


Anyway, I stayed only a day in Qufu, woke up around 4 and by 6 am on my way to Jinan International Airport which was a 4 hours drive from Qufu to catch a flight to Beijing, my last stop.

5th day in China

This morning, we went to see my cousin who own a pig farm in Qingdao. Anyway, I saw many interesting things there like the cotton trees (on the left) and the lettuce. I can't believe how huge it was.

Besides that the farm is also huge............

After visiting my cousin in Qingdao, we continued our way to Zibo, which the journey took about 3 hours.


Zibo is in the center of Shandong Province, neighboring Mt Taishan in the south and backing the Yellow River in the north. It is also bordered by hot coastal tourist cities, Qingdao, Yantai, and Weihai in the east, and the capital city of the province, Jinan in the west. History: Zibo was the capital city of Qi Kingdom, one of the five powers in the Spring and Autumn Period (770BC-476BC). The city of Zibo was the birthplace of Cuju, a game regarded as the origin of ancient football (the FIFA recognizes Zibo as football's place of origin).

Although there are many attractions here, we didn't get to go. It was not part of the plan. We only stay here because tomorrow we are going to visit Qufu, the birthplace of Confusius....