like how I like to do it, blog according to the picture heee.

contains food. to hungry people : go fill your tummy first! =D

still not sick of posting about food but this will be my last okay! xD

you see I am so nice that I didn’t put a food picture on top to save hungry people hahahahha! taken that temple which is quite near to my house. I think they change their flower daily or once in a few days. such expensive flowers!

and how each and every one of these old temples are built without using nails or whatsoever is really cool. admirable. can you imagine, people from last time are actually even brainier than most of us today! and I am really curious about how did they get those gold paint from last time. hmm. or is it new? @@.

SO I START! this is the best popiah alike thing ever. popiah skin, sugar+nuts, some crunchy hairlike thing, vege, and MORE VEGES! (I don’t like those vege’s on the small bowls =/)

the correct traditional way of eating this thing. I don’t remember what is it called. so just call it popiah okay. it is only found in Fujian =D.

can you just look at the interior of the room?! it is so so so so so nice. Malaysians should do this too. or maybe because us living here are too stingy to renovate, we only care about the FOOD wahahaha!

3kg. as in eat this and gain 3kg. look at the amount of oil =D=D. but it is damn delicious haha.

not only the rooms are nice, the way the serve things are special too! but this thing kind of reminds me of what those ancient people in those chinese movies use as a toilet bowl. =X.

it is mushrooms. very delicious mushrooms. can you believe it?! mushrooms at this shape! marmite mushrooms =D=D.

chicken internal organs. as in ALL of its internal organs. through bio, it is said to be very poisonous, but through chinese, it is said to be very delicious and it is! just don’t eat it so often lah. =D.

niu zai ku (cow’s ribs) go to any restaurant in Fujian (or is it just Quan Zhou/Xia Men) order this, and you’ll love it. I went to over 5 restaurants and had this, all deliciously served, and all cooked in a different style. =D.

HOHOHO! need me to explain more?

is that a shark in my soup? =O. /gg.

okay lah those two are my most exclusive dinners. I don’t have it often at all (once in a blue moon. no, once in a blue blue moon! I don’t think food like these are NOT worth it, not super delicious yet so expensive. and it don’t fill the stomach!) don’t simply think. =D.

China’s Christmas =O.

that eeky worm-like thing is yam. it look so disgusting that I don’t want to eat it. and that thing behind wrapped with seaweed is actually quite good. it is served in a small restaurant (not that bright =/ but damn packed) in Zhong Shan Lu in Xia Men. said that they sell the best peanut dessert. I don’t like peanuts but it really tasted quite good =D.

remember a few post ago I posted a picture of my dad feeding me something black and it is damn delicious? well, it is this. I don’t know what this is. but it tastes like Machi coated with black “chi ma” ( I don’t know la what’s the big deal! T_T) and sugar. damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn nice. MY IDEA TO BUY IT! aahahahhaa.

I just love winter. you can wear as chio as you want. all those scarfs, stockings, boots… unlike in Malaysia. you wear singlet and shorts and you’ll still feel heaty. actually if you walk around naked you’ll still feel heaty and sweaty =/. the weather is extra hot nowadays. I cannot imagine how people live in places like Egypt. sure die lah right?

I remember once when I was watching this apple advertisement, there was this professional or should I say famous photographer from somewhere saying something like “photography and photoshop is a perfect combination”. can’t remember well but it gives that meaning. I am NOT good in photoshop. I repeat, I AM NOT.

so what I did was I digged out some pictures I like which I took in China and– edited it.

this is just a quater of the tang longs displayed okay! there is MANY MANY MANY A LOT OF TANG LONGS! and of course, this picture is taken in some temple near my house hahaha. ( you must be wth-ing because I live near a temple. well it isn’t walking distance, to reach the other end of that town takes around maybe 15minutes drive? Hmm. )

FLOUR DOLLS! (I don’t exactly know what it is called. it is made up of flour and some other stuff so there, flour dolls!)

in Xia Men. this picture was actually taken by my mother. I really like the dolls (and I don’t want to buy it because I am TOO OLD for these =/.) and the uncle sitting there didn’t look like he’s friendly; afraid that he will shoo me or something T_T. so instead, my MOM went to take pictures of it. =D. ain’t it cute?!

the cross road of this row of bars/cafe’s, something like asian heritage row in Malaysia other than the clubs are less noisier and much more comfortable. <3. it actually feels like Korea there! =D. (watched too much of Korean drama’s. and the cafe’s there are similar to the one in the drama : Coffee Prince too!) will get the name sometime later heee.

having open-book test next week. what is the use of it when we can OPEN the book. even worst than assasments and they call it a TEST? hahaha. and whats even funnier is that we can DISCUSS with our friends. Mm Hmm. I bet the questions must be so difficult that we can barely answer it even with the book. the funniest part is that we will sit for the exact same paper the next week. Mmm Hmm.

tuition time. boo hoo. =(.

I just have to repeat, if you are dining in a not-bad restaurant the food is seriously tonnes better than what you can find in Malaysia. =D. (except CWZJ because basically they travel to China a lot to erm, learn. see cousin I’m promoting you!) and it is very very VERY CLEAN. all the plates, chopsticks, spoons are usually sterile! (maybe it is only in Xia Men and places around it). so well, today’s mission is to get you to drool. especially if you’re reading this with an empty stomach. =D.

rooms are normal in China. besides, almost everybody have their own room (not places that are super crowded lah of course!). so no peeking at what other people is eating boo hoo. =(. but usually they have wonderful rooms =D. this one is a little pricey and the view is spectacular but too bad when I am there it’s night time (it’s facing the sea) so I shot nothing.

and in such a unique restaurant how do you order?

well, this is a seafood restaurant. and they have a quite huge menu(points at that bright board, there.). and other than that, usually you just have to point at whatever you want from the tank. whichever that attracts you heee.

scallops there are really HUGE and JUICY. not too pricy too! forgotten the price but it’s much cheaper than Malaysia lah despite that it is in such a nice restaurant.

or you can have the very luxurious ABALONE. I shall dream on about eating such huge ones.

and if you think that you are “special” you don’t want to eat “normal” seafood, you can always have “special special” ones. and the one that I find most “SPECIAL” would be this.

what are they? no they are not sea asparagus nor is it some meat rolled like that. it is.. sea worms. when it moved I had goosebumps. =/. and mind you it is not cheap, at all!

so here and now I present you the 13(or more I don’t remember, at least 13) course meal that stuffed me mad. (not posting every dish though @@, like prawns etc.)

starters! China has the best starter ever. jelly fish heads are one of the most exclusive starter and it usually costs a bomb. as in a bomb for just a starter. but it is worth every penny believe me =D. it is not on the picture. I am just telling you because once I had it and I didn’t bring my camera. =/.

anyway this one is octopus and, some other version of sea worms served with some cold jelly. not the dessert kind of jelly. (ugh =/. before knowing it was worms I thought that it was quite yummyand after knowing it I didn’t even want to take another one. T_T) but the octopus was the biggest treat! it is so damn nice especially when it goes with the sauce (chilli, peanut, wasabi). never had such fresh octopus before, right from the tank! whoo!

I don’t know what is this called.

BABY ABALONES! sold for RM10 each in KL, but a lot cheaper in China, as my mom had mentioned. garlic for the win! =P. and in certain Japanese Buffet restaurants, this is included too! but limited maybe 2 each. the food in those Jap buffets are equally as nice nicer than those in Jogoya! just a not-so high class but still nice place, don’t you think it’s worth it? oh right, it is actually around rm50 only. hehe.

NEXT! muslims don’t see this if not you will be considered sinned!

fuah the very crunchy pork Mmm yumm. there’s some dipping sauce for it too, forgotten to take a picture of it opps. in every place the dipping sauce for pork are usually different in it’s own unique way so it is okay if I forgotten about it. hahaha. something every person (except muslims!) should really try hehe.

TADA! the oversized scallop! bigger than my palm =O.

one of the hugest LALA’s ever. I remember only eating huge (half of that, but huger than most malaysian lala’s) lala’s once in Malaysia. and it is around 3 times more expensive than the same but nicer ones in China. =D. so remember to whack a lot of it when you are there. xD. well, it is like you can’t get Nasi Lemak for only 5 bucks in a Malaysian restaurant in China. (even roti canai “telur” *or any cheao material* costs RMB20 there!)

the outside of the restaurant! ain’t it pretty? xD.

it just reminds me of Cameron Highlands I don’t know why.

more of China to come!

everybody should at least know the existence of this place. although not as “prideful” as the great wall of China, but it is already now under the world heritage record. MANY MANY many years ago.. the hakka people from.. somewhere near Guang Zhou? was being chased due to some racial thingy. so, they ran and ran and ran, and set foot in Yong Ding. and mind you, even by car it takes more than 8 hours. so how far you think they ran?

there are around 20,000 tulous around but mostly abandoned or ripped off already. it is a very very very big “house” for a huge family. sometimes the tulou is so big that some people don’t know each other in the house. most big tulous have approximately 80 families, a family a room, and on the ground floor, it’s usually for the kitchen, cages and so on. you don’t want to know about the toilet.

okay so lets begin with my pictures.

Jamie Liew overnighted in a place filled with dried up grass, road of sands and soil, and everywhere stray dogs, cows, ducks, goats and SANDFLIES. it was the worst place I’ve ever stayed at, and the bathroom is DOWNSTAIRS. imagine you have to wear your pjs early in the morning to the bathroom downstairs at around 6degrees? AND, there is no mirror. but Jamie managed to survive. thank goodness.

houses there are 80% like these. they are called, the earth houses. they say it’s built with earth. aka MUD. hardened mud mixed with some sort of stuff. and the floor on the upper floors really makes you feel like you make a hole on the wooden floor. seriously.

the larger view of the half moderned tulou, half built with cement. I think.

with no mirror, I managed to look like this lah. and NEVER wear boots my god. I thought the road wouldn’t be all rock. had a hard time, even climbing up there.  I got up step by step, holding on to my sisters jacket. I actually went to Yong Ding 3 years ago(now 4) and I was so cheated. that tulou I went to is a SINGLE tulou, totally meant for tourist as they have bitumen layed on the roads and all. and trust me, it isn’t so pretty after all. I forgetten the name of that village but just don’t go to any single tulou. especially if you see loads of tourists with buggys around. go to…

Chuxi Tulou! they are the most beautiful ones as I have heard. and see that white tulou there? it’s a hotel, better than the one I stayed in, much better to be precise. and, they have really cute door gifts! if only we didn’t arrive so late, we could’ve went in to explore and find this hotel.

the view from a lower place. they are built in such a unique way; big “house” and small windows is because they want to prevent the.. er.. mountain thieves? from attacking them. I just cannot imagine, in such a kampung sankala place (remote area =D), there are thieves.

and you’d maybe once in a while find uncles drawing up there, and they draw really well too. I just can’t stand the sun there, and he’s sitting right under it for hour-r-r-r-r-rs.!

I know you are getting bored of seeing me/the almost same view, so let’s move on to the inside of the tulou’s alright?

really beautiful, it always reminds me of Chinese New Year. and a great spot for photographers. really really nice. and yeah, the dark side on the left, is the toilet, toilet without tissue papers or a sink. just a bucket. yes, you do your business in that bucket, and the next person who goes in will see the business you did. imagine when the bucket’s dealt with 10 big business. ewwwww.

there is around two roads, one’s the main road, and the “shortcut” which is still kind of far for me is this, where I am really scared. you know, those are rocks, and mines heels!

okay, so to let you know, this picture is not edited, other than that watermark. the exposure and all are natural! taking pictures there is just so great especially to camwhorers. when the sun’s great, your 5k lightings is still no match to it. =3.

but inside, maybe a 2k lighting will help a little ><. I am so so damn jealous. everybody’s got flashlight pfft. nevermind, sun’s the best T___T.

see! sun’s good! (I should look up a little)

well, there are actually many kinds of tulou, square, hexagonal, round, rectangle, u-shaped… for the ones I saw, they are mostly circular. and I really like this one. <3. and oh yeah, this one is actually not considered as VERY BIG. It’s actually a museum. better than the cheat money one, all shops, and you cannot go upstairs to take pictures. it looks incredible especially with fish eyes. =D.

toodles! tuition again.. sigh.

you just got to love it <3.

if you are wondering why do I ALWAYS go to China, especially on year ends, the answer will be, because I LIVE here. =D. I’ve got two homes, and I love it here more than Malaysia other than I don’t have friends over here =(.

firstly, everything is much cheaper, lower cost of living.
second, you can go anywhere you like, shop hopping! because taxi’s are very very VERY cheap.
third, sale? is EVERYWHERE!
forth, there’s winter
fifth, means you can wear like a peacock and nobody’s gonna look =D.

I just hate it that people here spit a little too excessively. and beggars are everywhere.

everything will be a little messy, but hope you’ll gain something =).

Jung Shan Lu! and no, I am NOT in Shanghai. I am in Xia Men. there are Jung Shan Lu’s all over China, and usually it’s a street for shopaholics. =D. there’s a Nan Jing Siang (means street. Lu means road.) where it’s the mini shopaholic heaven. a little more tan than before. although it’s totally dark by 6, but the heater lights in the bathroom makes you as dark as you can be. =(.

what does it look like?

bus station!

canteen!

nothing pretty.

but it’s international. THIS, is the international tea wholesale market. also the largest. tea outside sold for 500 RMB can be got for a much much much more lower price. I don’t know how much, but maybe 100? wondering how good the 5000 RMB tea taste like? you can try it here. there are testingsss. =DD.

proof that I’m here!

so, more temples aight?

wondering where the CHIN SWEE Temple of Genting Highlands originated from? the honoured Tan Sri Dato Seri Lim Goh Thong (very long title. @@. ) came from this place. and it is said that when he was young, before he got to Malaysia, he prayed for his business thingy here. this one in An Xi, is called Ching Sui (wondering how it became Chin Swee) Yuan. where people lights up firecraker to bring luck. (now you know where those smoke came from). which simply lighting up firecracker is illegal in Malaysia. conclusion, the Chin Swee Temple in Genting is a clone of this Ching Shui Yuan Temple. =D.

the very attractive brick walls outside the temple.

and steps on the way to the temple.

and my favourite, the wood carvings coated in gold directly under the roof of the temple. taken from the second floor =D. China is just very detailed. and details rock. <3. this carving is actually quite small, and I don’t know how is it there for so many years. it’s just too perfect.

and a dragon well in ANOTHER temple. this one’s on the Fairy Mountain =D.

I don’t really remember where I took this picture from, but certainly in Fujian. Anthena’s like this reminds me of Japan for some weird reason. =P. too much anime *shakes head*. and drama *shakes more*.

WHO says that China isn’t clean. it really depends on where you go to, but in most places, their table wear are usually packed in this sterile package. VERY clean ok?!

coconut shell vendor in Quan Zhou’s Nan Jing Xiang. ain’t it cute? =P.

and who knows, Jamie never been to the Kampung in Malaysia, but she’s been to the Kampung in China. MANY MANY TIMES! they are not really far away from the city, maybe just 20 minute’s from the city, and old villages you will see =D.

so this time, I am back into Yong Chon for mandarin oranges, the third time here. haha.

there, long hair and braids are still very “in” for the old folks. and in the villages, you won’t find people aged like.. me or my sister. even my father or mother. people living here are usually just babies and grandparents.

I just wonder what are these for..

ever eaten mandarin oranges freshly plucked from the tree? =D. it took me long enough to get up this little hill just to pick these oranges. and they are really cold! and sweet. I will never make it up there alone. even with sport shoes. it’s just too steep! and yeah, for your information, oranges that are delivered to Malaysia are usually dipped in some sort of very stinky chemical so it will last. so NEVER use it’s skin for any dessert. =/.

my favourite dish in China so far. it’s fish head topped by FRESH GREEN CHILLI’S! and cooked with loads of oil. (very fattening it seems, but it is worth every second.) the soup with rice? phenomenal.

and did I mention? not only that food are cheap and delicious here, their restaurant’s interior are usually superior and unique. =P. REALLY DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU GO. >=D.

so back to Xia Men. this is the end of Jung Shan Lu. and just a normal piece in Laiya is hundreds of RMB and a jacket? thousands. but they do have SALE. up to 80% off. shopping for summer in winter is the smartest choice. =D.

only RMB 2oo anyone? SO CUTEEEEE. these dogs can be found stray everywhere. how can that be when it is so cute righttttttt…….. T_T.

my new stick silky straight hair, and the so called grey contact lens, made in china. =P.

something from yesterday. don’t laugh. ><”.

As many might know, I live in China sometimes during the holiday as my dad’s there. Many of my caring friends who did not have a good impression or never went to China before always tells me “be careful, the food there very dirty”. Heck no man, of course there are places that’s clean and dirty right? if you’re on a tour there, the food MIGHT suck. And at certain places, yes I admit the toilet scares. But not like Malaysia don’t have disgusting toilets too right? FYI, at some places like in Li Jiang, the toilets even have TV in it. and is also absolutely clean. =D. and their food, gosh, especially their ethnic Chinese food. It’s heavenly. I totally love their SiChuan food. Believe me, although there isn’t any nasi lemak or char kuey teow. You’ll love the food there. Besides, super fresh Japanese buffet at only around RM60? totally worth it. THEN, there’s people who say that their plates etc are dirty. DO YOU SEE HOW they store the plates? for the roadside ones, don’t say la.. But for small restaurants even, they put their plates into a refrigerator like germs-killing machine. Super clean ok?

Some people always say ” huh? this thing is made from china ar? sure very lau ya “. RIGHT.. very VERY NOT true. Most good stuff is made there too. Most of the stuff we have here IS from China. For example, you and your very lau ya friends each open a cake shop. Your cake is high-quality, very fine. THEIRS? makes people go to the toilet 3 days 3 night after having it. THEN, your area’s cake is to be told dirty. DO YOU LIKE IT? no. =). It’s the same. But of course, cheap trips there are not advisable. You might even end up eating some lau ya food and going to the nice places for a short while when you spend most of your time at some random factories buying stuff so that the tour can earn back their money. You want quality? PAY for it.

So far I’ve only been to a few places, spends most of my time in Quan Zhou, a small town in the Fujian Province. But I can tell you, it don’t suck at all, besides, it rocks too! Imagine all the shopping in a quite ancient-style kinda road during winter. Their fashion, certain isn’t nice, but some, really really fashionable. and you can really get stuff that you can’t find in Malaysia. I bought a chio skirt there which costs me around RM20+ and in Malaysia, I saw something very very alike, not as nice in some ‘branded’ shop selling for RM80. Can you believe it? it’s so much more cheaper! (and nicer) and winter around coastal areas are only around 10-20 degrees. Natural air cond, so nice! and there is this very very delicious food called “Niu Pai” means er.. Mutton Ribs? Well it is only sold in Quan Zhou, it’s so delicious seriously I don’t know why is it only sold there, and there is a few type of choices too. Ordering almost everything on the menu for 3 person, a meal that makes you feel incredibly full only costs RMB 42. which means, RM 20+! Cheap,delicious, wonderful. Talking about it makes my mouth watery. But only one thing I hate about being there for too long, especially when I can’t really speak mandarin. super lonely.

And to you bananas out there! who say banana then can don’t like China?! you like Japan or not? love it right? =D

and here’s some (many) pix of China from two years ago <3

Tea wholesale market! An Xi

Ching Sui Yuen, An Xi
wonder why it sounds so familiar? well, I heard that the Malaysia’s Chin Swee Temple is a temple which represents THIS. It is said that Uncle Lim of Genting Highlands prayed for him to be successful in future in this temple, and he did!

Guilin

Western Street, Guilin

Guilin, in the caves

Guilin also

SiChuan Food!

some temple in Quan Zhou

Japanese buffet restaurant <3

AUTOMATIC MAHJONG TABLE! damn canggih zomg.

A 1000 year ++ carving

The oldest Mosque in China~

the 1000++ years old temple

Gu Lang Yu, Xia Men.

A temple with 40+ spots in Xia Men

Kun Ming Stone Forest, Yunnan

Li Jiang, Yunnan

Li Jiang Ancient City

Look familiar huh? Yes! Rain was JOGGING here in the drama FullHouse, Shanghai Harbor