A Memorable Trip To Shanghai...

On the 8th April 2013, I went to Shanghai for a business trip... It was a 9 days trip... Training and supplier visits... Oh, sy x nk lagi g trip yg selama itu... i missed malaysia a lot!

That was not my 1st time in Shanghai, I have been there last December...

But this time, I had a great trip as I can spend my weekend there... So, we can go for jalan2 also...

This time, I stayed in Courtyard Marriot Pudong.. Even bangunannya adelah bangunan lama (according to the front desk officer, bangunan ni berusia 40thn!), tp pada sy still okey... xla terlalu mewah mcm Courtyard Marriot Jiading, tp sy lg suka cni sbb sng nk cr mkn... To all muslims, sy suggest korg tgl kat cni sbb ada 2 muslim restaurants within walking distance only... So, sngla nk cr mkn kan?

You may check out for this restaurant... i wrote some review of this restaurant dah!!! yeli xiali, dongfang road, pudong....

in front of the hotel....

toilet n bathroom yg sgt seksi... siyesly, transparent!!! auwww!!!

the room... smaller if compared to Courtyard Marriot Jiading...

view from my room...

another view from my room...

Me and my colleague spent our weekend in Shanghai... We are so lucky to have this opportunity... Aduh, gembira sungguh dpt g jln2... hahaha... 

Our hotel is located near to Central Avenue subway station (lebey krg 15min jalan kaki), we decided to take the subway only... Subway kat cni sgt murah... utk 1 trip just RMB3 (lebey krg RM1.50)... selagi korg x tukar train, selagi tula harga train tu RMB3... xkisah brp station yg korg berenti... Tp once dah naik train lain, korg kna la byr lagi RMB3... Me and Suffian decided utk amik one day pass yg membolehkan kitorg naik train utk semua Metro Line unlimited for 24 hrs... Just RMB18 (lebey krg RM9.00) per person... 

Subway kat sini sgt efficient, 3 minit one train... so, korg xyah la tgu lama2 kan? Kat sini ada lebey kurang 15 Metro Line... so pastikan korg amik line yg betul n korg tau kat mn nk tukar train... Kalau takut sesat, bawa peta sekali... Kat Shanghai ni, susah nk cr org yg boleh speak English tau! Kalau korg pandai cakap Mandarin, xpela...

keadaan dlm subway yg sgt convenient.. ni waktu malam... waktu siang, huh macam sardin!

Hmmm... tp dlm subway ni jugak, ada isu morality... aduh boleh pulak couple beromen dlm subway... aku yg dok sebelah ofismate laki tu, merah muka! huh, aku yg malu... dorg x malu pun... ok, kna tima sbb culture different kan? even kat msia pun, ade kapel yg berani beromen dpn KLCC pastu upload kat Utube kan?

Let c the places that we have been within that 2 days...

Shanghai Science And Technology Park

Jujurnya, kitorg x masuk kat dalam pun... hahaha... mahal sgt la tiket nk masuk... so, kitorg just amik gambar je... Actually, di sini ada mcm2 exhibition tentang perkembangan science dr zaman dulu smpla future science. hmmmm... menarik kan? 

Century Park

Dengan bayaran RMB10 (RM5), kita boleh melawat seluruh Century Park yg cantek nih... 

Tempat ni mcm taman bunga... sesuai utk bw family berkelah di hujung minggu... ada jugak theme park walaupun agak simple... tp that one, kna byr la... aku x berminat pun nk g theme park tu sbb biasa je... dh tua2 ni, lg berminat utk jalan2 menikmati keindahan alam... Utk dating pun, tpt ni sgt sesuai sbb tpt ni cantik... penuh dgn bunga2 yg santek!!! bg sesapa yg sukakan fotografi, Century Park adalah tempat yg wajib dilawati! n recommended jugak utk sape2 yg pergi honeymoon... hahahaha... mayb x seromantik HuangPu River, tp still memorable la... :-)

Tgkla jam bunga nih... sgt menarik kan? bila nampak je Jam Bunga nih, aku berlari mcm budak kecik... sibuk nk amik gbr smp member aku geleng kepala... terpaksa melayan! hahahaha...

Ni pulak gbr yg aku plg suka... cantek kan bunga2 tu?

aku teringin giler nk naik jambatan kt blkg tu, tp x kesampaian sbb dh x mampu nk berjalan... huhuhuhu...

HuangPu River Cruise

Hmmm... Sejak kecik, aku mmg suka mende2 yg colourful... sbb tu kalau tgk nota aku ms sekolah, mmg colourful abis... hmm.. so, bila smp je kat Huang Pu river ni, mmg aku terpaku terus... Ya Allah, cantiknya!!! lampu2 LED yg dipasang pada bangunan, mmg cantik sgt!!! 

tp perjalanan nk ke Huangpu River ni agak memenatkan... sakit jugak kaki ni nk berjalan... jauh jugak dr Metro Station...

kat sini ada perkhidmatan cruise dan ferry... cruise agak mahal (around RM70 camtu) tp ferry sgt murah (RMB2 je)... so, kitorg naik ferry je... ferry just go along Huang Pu river selama 15 minit camtu, memberi peluang utk kita tgk pemandangan bangunan yg dipenuhi kerlipan lampu LED yg sgt cantek!!!

utk sesapa yg bercadang nk honeymoon di Shanghai, Huang Pu River adalah tempat yg wajib anda kunjungi!!! sbb suasana kat sini sgtlah romantik!!! x heranlah kalau byk couple2 yg berdating kat sini... hmmm... suasana malam yg diterangi lampu2 LED, alahai... romantik sgt!!! sbb romantik sgtlah, ada air mata yg menitis di atas ferry sbb rindu kat org di Malaysia... hmmm... teringat janji org tu nk pusing2 Europe together... hmmm... janji tinggal janji!!!

mula2, igt dh sesat sbb x jmp pun HuangPu river... upa2nya, blkg garden ni je... hmmm...

lampu2 LED yg sgt menarik..

cruise yg sgt cantek!!!

riding the ferry...

Kalau Malaysia terkenal dgn PETRONAS Twin Tower, Shanghai ade Oriental Pearl Tower... 

The Bund.. Can u c the Oriental Pearl Tower???

Fake Market

Ni adalah tempat yang kami lawat berkali2!!! If Im not mistaken, 3 kali kot... Barang2 kat sini, mmg murah2 kalau kita pandai bargain! okla jugak! tp quality mmg hmm... paham2 jelah... brg fake kan?

dlm ni ada beratus kedai... smp lenguh la kaki berjalan... mcm2 brg yg kita boleh dapat... dr baju, jeans, kain pasang, selendang, belt, purse, wallet n mcm2 lagik... huh, mmg penat berjalan la... harga kat sini mostly lebey kurang je... tp better survey dlu b4 beli sbb kdg2 ada kedai yg lbey murah... hmmm...

most peniaga kat cni, can speak broken English.. jgn x tau, ade jugak yg faham bahasa melayu! so, jgn la korg igt dorg ni xpaham bahasa melayu! me n my colleague almost kantoi! tp nasib baik x sempat nk ckp, mamat peniaga tu dh ckp melayu... so, kitorg terus x jd ckp melayu sesama sendiri... hahahaha...

Antara tips yg berguna ketika bargain kat sini :

1) kt sini boleh bargain smp 1/6 dr harga asal... hmmm... agak betul... coz I bought the 'talking tom' dgn RMB40 while actually harga asal adalah RMB240! huh, mmg kejam peniaga2 kat sni!!!! Tips ni dr Tina, one of my supplier rep kat Shanghai...

2) Kalau peniaga tu xnk turunkan harga mcm yg korg nk, korg pura2 blah! konfem dorg akan menjerit2 panggil korang masuk balik! hahaha.... klu dia buat bodoh tu, maksudnya mmg harga yg korg nk tu mmg not reasonable... xpe, korang g je kedai lain... n bargain lagi skali!! hahaha... 

3) If korg g in group, better beli dr kedai yg sma (if korg nk beli brg yg sma la)... sbb harga akan diturunkan mengikut kuantiti yg korg beli!!

Nanjing Road

Hahaha... Actually, aku nk g South Bound Fabric Market... konon nk beli kain buat baju raya... tp smp ke sudah, kitorg x jmp mall tu... last2 sesat g nanjing road...

bunga yg sgt cantek... kagum!

ade art exhibition kat cni...

bunga kat blkg tu sgt cantek!!!

kami saja yg tau kenapa kami amik gbr kat sni... hahahaha...

menara jam Shanghai yg femes....

muzium Shanghai...

Yuyuan Garden...

Ni 1 lg syurga utk perempuan bershopping!!! aduh... mmg rambang mata... 

Mulanya aku just nk tgk bangunan yg melambangkan tradition org China... tp end up with memborong mcm2 mende terutamnya shawls..  shawls kat cni murah2... 1/4 price from Malaysia ok??? so, dh kompem2 la aku borong sakan!!!

Mcm2 yg kita boleh dpt kat sini terutamanya pakaian!!! my colleague asked me utk pilih barang2 for his family... hahaha... aku pun sibuk la try shawl yg cantek2 tu... last2, dia x beli pun... aku yg beli sbb semuanya cantek2!!! hahahaha...

kat cni, aku terjumpa dengan org dr Kedutaan Malaysia... time tu aku tgh belek2 keychain chumil2 yg dijual kat tepi jalan tu while my colleague g toilet... Aku terdengar dorg bercakap dalam B.Malaysia, so aku pun senyum jelah... 

Abang Kedutaan : awak orang Malaysia ke? 

Aku : Dalam hati, "aku ni nampak mcm muka Indon ke?" tp sbg rakyat Malaysia yang kaya dengan budi bahasa, aku senyum mengangguk jelah... lgpun, rindu dgn orang Malaysia kan?

Abg Kedutaan : sorang je ke? buat ape kat sni?

Aku : eh, tak! dengan kawan. *kebetulan time tu my colleague dh datang semula* ni ofismate saya... kitorg dr Penang...

Abg Kedutaan : ok, jg diri baik2 tau...

Aku : *senyum tak perlu kata apa2*

hasil tangkapan di hari kedua!!!gilos!!!!

memandangkan aku dh borong sakan, luggage aku mmg dh tak muat nk isi semua... hahahaha... nasib baik my colleague tolong bawa balik Malaysia barang2 yg aku beli... hahaha...

hmmm... Kenangan yg menarik bila me n my colleague berjumpa dgn Chinese Malaysia kat subway station.. Mulanya, aku igt dia adalah kawan lama kpd my colleague... Upa2nya, dia pun xkenal... lelaki tu tegur dia sbb terdengar kitorg bertekak dlm bahasa Malaysia n mungkin juga sbb tudung yg aku pakai yg kompem2 melambangkan aku gadis malaysia!

Seronok dia dapat berborak dengan kitorg walaupun sekejap... bercerita yg dia sudah 5 thn menetap di Shanghai malah sudah pun berkahwin dengan wanita Shanghai sekaligus membina keluarganya di sini... sempat dia bercerita tentang politik sbb time tu tgh demam PRU13 kat Malaysia... Dr cara dia berbual dengan kami, aku dpt rs yg dia sebenarnya rindukan Malaysia... rindu nk bertutur dalam bahasa melayu... nampak wajahnya gembira sgt bertemu dengan orang Malaysia di tengah2 bandar Shanghai! 

ya, aku faham perasaan tu... br 9 hari kat Shanghai, aku dh rindu sambal belacan... ari2 pun bisng nk makan sambal belacan... smp colleague aku ckp, "sy ada bw cili padi kalau awak nk!" sbb dh x thn aku asik ngomel nk mkn sambal belacan! hahaha... sushi, sashimi, kambing panggang, sliced salmon semua pun aku dh xpandang!! aku mahu sambal belacan, laksam, sambal tumis, roti canai, nasi lemak!!! smpkan turun ja dr flight, aku terus singgah makan nasi dgn sambal belacan dgn ikan bawal goreng!

kata orang, hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu di negeri sendiri... tapi lebih baik negeri sendiri...

Because You Are My Everything....

Salam to all,

Kata org, kalau kita suka sesuatu atau cintakan sesuatu, kita akan berusaha sedaya upaya utk mencapai apa yg kita inginkan... hmmm... kata Dato' Siti pulak, "bila cinta telah membutakan mata dan membuat tuli telinga"... Itulah yg jd kat my super duper BFF, Cik Uny Azmi and I... 

Hahaha... We went tru an adventurous journey just because we wanna see Lee Min Ho on his Global Tour!!! hahaha...

km yg perasan muda... =>muke excited nk tgk Lee Min Ho!!!

Kelakar kan?? Time Member2 yg sebaya kitorg sibuk prepare utk wedding or pergi honeymoon or sibuk jg anak, kitorg sibuk g tgk konsert!!! hahahaha... cam bengong kan?? ade kitorg kisah??? kitorg rs mude bila kitorg berlagak cam budak2 college... hahaha... 

Now, lets talk about the journey... Yeay!!!

Disebabkan malas nk drive, I choose to fly with Air Asia... ok, tiket pun murah... so, better naik flight je kan??? this is my first time fly with Air Asia... I ve flew with few local n oversea airlines but this is my first time of flying with low cost airline (berlagak!!!)... kecik2, naik flight, abah byr (or mayb ms tu kena naik flight mahal sbb air asia lom wujud?)... bila besar, company bayar, so xpela nk naik airline mahal... ni sendiri byr, opkos la nk murah je kn?? N i think, servis Air Asia ok!!! FA pun sgt warm... n sgt helpful jugak... just passenger flight yg x ok... haih... time pergi balik pun experience org duduk xikut seat number, a thing that I never encountered with other airlines before... hmm... selalu encounter bila naik bas je... Malaysians, tlg la ubah perangai... u pay for the seat, u duduk je... xpayah la nk tukar2 sbb nk dok dkt dgn family, kawan... independent sket ble x??? i can consider kalau kids... tp klu dh tua bangka, tlg la... gimme a break!!! 

my boarding pass...

Aku terpaksa tgu Uny dkt 2 jam sbb flight dia arrive kol 11.30am... aku pun pusing2 LCCT, window soping, had bekfes kat Old Town kat situ while waiting for her... Then kitorg terus amik bas ke KL Central, amik cap g hotel... kitorg dok kat hotel area time square... hmmm... hotel tu teruk... sudahla kna check in kol 3! iron pun xde... condition bilik pun teruk!!! sumpah x nk duduk situ dh... 

Sementara tgu hotel yg pukul 3 br ble check in tu, kitorg g times square makan2 dlu... sbb kitorg tgh mood korea, kitorg mkn korean food!!! Kitorg makan kat Dubu2 Restaurant... Hmm... Ramai org yg mkn kat sini... Kata member Uny, food kat Dubu2 tu sedap... tp unfortunately, xsesuai dgn tekak aku n Uny... kitorg lg prefer Japanese food... hmmm... Korean food ni mcm muak, n byk sayur (aku dgn Uny mmg alergic dgn sayur!!!)

my meal : nasi tu x sedap... sup tu so-so je... 

Uny's meal : rempah ayam tu, rs mcm rempah kambing bakar yg aku makan dkt Shanghai...

ape mende tah nama mende nih... rsnya agak chewy... yg ni je ble masuk tekak...

muka makan x rela...

Selesai makan, kitorg pergi hotel... then only kitorg realise, hotel tu xde iron!!! aku turun utk cr iron kat TS tp x jmp... hmm... nasib baik aku bw semua bj yg x perlu iron... tp kesian uny la... 

xpe, demi lee minho, km rela!!! km amik cap utk ke KWC mall... kitorg redeem tiket (uny beli tiket online groupon)...

tiket konsert... dkt 300 kot harga dia... thanks uny for the treat!!!

Ada byk merchandise yg dijual kat situ... Aku just beli folder and notepad (ni sgt budak2!!!) tp Uny membeli dgn melampau... semua pun dia nk borong... last2 poster LMH dia yg besar tu terpaksa aku bw balik Penang sbb beg dia x muat! later aku kasi balik kat dia... haish minah nih...

at the merchandise booth...

bergambar dgn poster itu wajib...

poster again... 

Setelah meredah kesesakan manusia, kami pun ke 15th floor utk konsert... konsert ni start pas maghrib... Km dok kat zone A, (3rd zone from the front)... Memandangkan km redeem tiket agak lbt, km dpt seat yg agak jauh walaupun kat zone A... hmmm...

Aku sgt distracted dgn minah 3 ekor yg dok dpn aku... taula korg minat giler dgn LMH, tp xyahla gedik sgt!!! org lain pun tgk konsert jugak... org lain pun menjerit jugak, tp xdela gedik cam korg... smp berdiri2 bagai... xigt ke org blkg pun BAYAR TIKET jugak!!!! hah, klu korg terbaca post nih, meh aku nk ckp psl korg... xyahla gedik smp mcm tu skali... terutama skali kamu yg free hair tu... kamu igt LMH tu nk ke kawen dgn kamu??? cermin muka sket la weh!!! sy tau kamu ni kaki clubbing tp klu kamu nk meghela (ayat org utara utk pompuan gedik) sgt pun, meghela dgn jantan2 kat club sudah!!!! 

pastu dorg dgn selamba g duduk kat seat yg lg depan... x smp 10 minit, kena halau dgn security... hahahaha... buat malu jer!!! 

lets see few photos yg km amik ms konsert tu...

during opening...

gedik camni dimaafkan sbb x menyusahkan org lain...

muka hepi pas tgk konsert...

the most adventurous part adelah nk dptkan taxi kat KWC mall... konsert tu abis kol 9, xdela lewat pun... tp   xde taxi yg nk amik kitorg... puas kitorg call taxi service, tp semua pun ckp, xde taxi!!! kitorg try thn taxi smp lebey sejam... bkn xde taxi kosong, tp bila kitorg ckp nk g times square, terus dorg x nk! bodoh!!!

tetiba aku terfkir, aku x pnah ade problem mcm ni ms kat Shanghai... sng je nk dpt taxi... tgu je kat taxi stand, xlama pastu mesti dpt taxi... pnah skali, aku stranded kat area nanjing kot (if im not mistaken, nama tpt tu la), tp bkn sbb xde taxi, tp taxi penuh dgn org!!!! tp x smp stgh jam pun tgu taxi...taxi drivers kat Shanghai xkisah pun even dorg kna anto kat tpt yg amik ms 2 jam utk sampai!!! tp Malaysia, hmm, "jauh sgtla, dik.." argh so Malaysians!!!

aku pelik dgn sikap taxi driver kita... dorg xde rs kesian ke tgk 2 pompuan yg tgu kat tepi jln nih??? xrisau ke if anyhting happen kat budak 2 org nih??? bkn jauh pun KWC mall dgn times square tu... 10 minit je!!! konon rakyat msia ni mesra dan baik hati??? BULLSHIT!!!! lelaki Malaysia byk yg mmg hampeh pun... sbb tu korg end up kat pusat serenti je!!! (pastu mesti korg ckp aku ni pompuan Msia yg x sedar diri kan??? kutuk2 org Msia... bkn kutuk, tp im telling the truth!!!)

last skali, aku n Uny decided utk jalan kaki jer... kitorg berjln dgn 2 lg bdk pompuan yg stranded jugak... Actually ramai lg yg stranded xde taxi... tp dorg jln smp ke train station jer... aku dgn Uny, jln smp balik hotel...

tp kan, aku rs mcm insecure bila jalan kaki kat KL walaupun kat Shanghai aku jln sensorg jer... xtakut pun! ni berteman, tp still rs insecure... sbb kat shanghai, xde kutu2 rayau or laki2 jalanan yg dok kaco org!!! hmmm...

smp bilik, kaki dh melecet... maunyer x, kitorg pakai heels kot g konsert n terpaksa jln balik dgn heels la jugak!!!! sakit kaki!!!

esok pgnyer... kitorg terus amik taxi (nasib baik taxi nk anto kitorg g LCCT jugak).. aku dgn Uny brunch kat Old Town... then masing2 amik flight balik ke tpt keje masing2... bkn tpt asal, tp tpt keje... hahahaha...

brunch together....

tp sebab Lee min Ho punya pasal... kitorg sanggup redah this adventurous journey... LMH, because you are my everything... kan?

Yeli Xiali Restaurant... Muslim Restaurant In Shanghai...

During my trip to Shanghai, I went to Yexiali restaurant several times... rupanya2 dia ade byk branch... yg kat dongfang road tu yg plg dkt dgn hotel sy stayed... I went there with my colleague and we also once, had our dinner with Richard...

you may print this address if you like...

restaurant ni serves mcm2 jenis food... ade chinese n makanan arab jugak... mlm2, kdg2 ade dance show... hmmm bukan main lg bergelek minah2 kat situ... sy rs cam masuk disco dh... food dia pun boleh tahan la... just too oily... (tp kat shanghai ni, mmg semua food pun oily smp susah nak telan... muak!)... harga kat sini pun not so bad la... tp org mmg mcm sardin la kat sini... sometimes u have to queue utk dpt table... however, the problem here is the language barrier... dorg x ble ckp english ok!!

but everytime sy g restaurant ni, mesti sy akan jmp org msia... dr cr dorg pakai tudung, sy ble tau dorg tu org msia... yelah, kalau tudung bawal tu mmg org msia je yg pakai kan...1st nite (when I went there alone), I met few ladies from Malaysia... they were on their vacation... oh so nice bila u can speak Malay!!! dorg dtg tegur sy n tnya apa sy bt sorg2... sy ckp, sy on bisnes trip n sy mmg dh biase travel sorg... terbeliak mata dorg bila dgr sy travel sorg... that is the life of an engineer okeh?? lets review some of the dishes...

Shanghai Milk Tea

Ini mmg faveret sy everytime sy dtg Shanghai... Shanghai tea mmg lain dr teh2 biasa... Shanghai tea mmg sgt sedap tp pahit sedikit... sy x suka manis2... siyesly, i prefer drinks with less sugar or sometimes without sugar at all... tp kalau korg mmg org msia yg suka minum teh tarik manis2, korg boleh order yg 'sweet' flavour... 

Hot Shanghai Milk Tea

Mushrooms with Beef
Ni sedap! rs mcm mkn kat msia... maybe sbb mushroom tu faveret sy... hehehhe... tp, shanghai food mmg oily... n ni pun oily jugak!

Noodle Yang Sy Tak Tau Nama
My colleague, Suffian wanted to have this... so we shared this together... this one, mmg sgt2 oily... x abis pun kitorg makan!

Lamb With Sauce

This one is recommended...  mmg sedap... We had this when we had a dinner together with Richard... Richard yg order ni... 

Mushroom With Beef
Yg ni mmg sedap!!! walaupun sedikit oily, tp yg ni still boleh telan... even Richard pun suka...

Lamb Grill

Richard yg order ni... N yg ni mmg sedap rasanya... tp memandangkan aku mmg kureng dgn kambing, aku makan secucuk je... the rest, semua Richard dgn Suffian yg mkn... hahahaha... Richard had 5 pcs kot! Tp rasa rempah dia mmg sedap... 

Beef Goreng With Carrot
Ni tak sedap! mayb sebab we had too much meat already...

Lidah Lembu With Soy Sauce

This one mmg my fav... so yummy! lidah tu lembut je.. sgt sedap bila dicicah dgn sos... Argh!!! nk lagik!!!!

Sy mmg recommend restaurant ni utk Muslim... Walaupun agak mahal, tp makanannya ok... Because, the other muslim restaurant yg dkt situ, lgsg xsedap!!!