Assalamualaikum...
Hi everybody!..hehe...Ok, for this entry I will tell the story in english..(chewah!). Just to improve my english, if there's a mistake please tell and correct me! =)
Ok, for day 3 at Beijing, in the morning we went to visit Pearl Factory. As usual we are assist by their salesgirl and will be place into 1 room..In this room we are being told about the pearl. She told us that there are 2 types of pearls, which are lake pearl and ocean pearl. In Beijing they are promoting lake pearl. According from their history, the queen or the princess (I can't remember) use the pearls as their powder. She also told us, if we open shell from lake there are to many of pearl inside the shell. After that, she bring us to show the pearl cream which are good for skin. Some of my friend, bought it they bargain to get cheap price. After that we went to see the pearls that made into jeweleries.
After we visited the pearl factory, we are going to Summer Palace. This is the place when the emperor and queen stay during the summer. It is because, this place are surrounding with the lake.
This lake is human lake (tasik buatan), and this lake was the biggest lake in Beijing.
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| This is my group tour.. The best group ever! |
According from the tour guide story, the mother of emperor was prison their son, the emperor in this place about 11 years. It was because the emperor were planning to do the revolution, but his mother not agree and afraid her position and her financial getting down. This is what that I've been told, if I'm wrong please correct me..
After we when to Summer Palace, we went for eating!.. Eating is as usual. The meal was quite same, that's why we were boring and queasy. My friend, Zaharah cannot eat anymore. She only eat a little of meal.
After that, we going to silk factory.At this silk factory, we were briefed about the silk. Silk is come from cocoon of silkworm. The life expectancy of this worm are short. To make the silk, they moved the worm out from cocoon, then take the cocoon and combined to produce the silk. This cocoon was harder, so it was suitable to make clothes.
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| This is the cocoon, picture on the left is when the cocoon was stretch |
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| The silk was so soft and calm..BUT the price was sooo expensive..=( |
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After we went to silk factory, then we went to eat again.. Ughh..cannot accept the food, but force to eat. Actually after we visit silk factory, we were going to place that sell diamond, pearl and jade but I don not take picture there. I forgot what the named of that place. In that place we were briefed about all the things Jade and
Pearls but we already know. Then there were one guy confess that him is the son of that factory owner. His name is Kevin, he bring us into one room that full of the jeweleries but the price is sooo expensive. But then, he said "because today, I just come from Vietnam to here to see my father business, so I'll give you the special price." Then he take one jade bracelet which the price is 2000yuen (if i'm not mistake), then he said "i'll give you all special price, I give you 200yuen only". So, we all being shock!, and excited to buy there. But actually after that, after we when back to Malaysia, we think that there were only some of marketing strategy, because the price that Kevin says (the cheaper price) is actually the real price because it is more logic. But, because I don't have enough money, I do not spend so much there. Lucky me!
Then we go to see the Beijing Olympic 2008 stadium, also known as bird nest stadium and also water cube outlook. We only saw the stadium from far, because the stadium is not open for public. What unique there, there are people selling kites which the kite are connected with other kite, so the kites become longer. Here some photo that I've have taken. Enjoy the picture!.. =)
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| Can you see the bottom picture, on my left is bird nest stadium, on the right is water cube |
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| see the kites! very unique... |
After that we going to shopping at Yashow(forget the spelling) market. It is like Pasar Rabu here. at the basement, they sell bag, ground floor and 1st floor selling shirt, 3rd floor selling sourvenir. But we do not get enough time shopping there. They closed on 9.00 o'clock.
Actually that night is the last night we shopping together with our tour group, because they were going back that night because they came in Beijing one day earlier than us. So then we were going to separate and tomorrow only the 4 of us going for tour. After we greeting each other, the tour guide ask someone to send us back to hotel because he need to send other to airport and he promised us to bring us to the night market again.
We arrived at hotel and take enough rest. ZZzzzz~~~
Beijing day 4 will be continue in another entry....
