Thursday, March 5, 2009

Beijing Trip -- work + fun

Okla.. I didn't get the chance to update at all in Beijing.. Mana taknya, asal ada free time either pegi shopping or was invited for dinner or sembang menyembang dengan K. Hanizah. Actually this trip was organised by K. Hanizah and CCTV. My contribution in this is fairly small --- just a bit of presentation to promote my prizes -- ABU Prizes on Climate Change and HIV/AIDS Reporting to the CCTV producers. Besides that ada buat other meetings for future projects..

It was a succesful trip. Totally satisfied. Biarla semua gambar-gambar yang ada ni bercerita…
Ni gambar amik masa workshop first day – with Asako Kume, a NHK producer and Dr Nawiyah, the moderator from IPTAR.

My first presentation ever -- nasib baik ada translator -- while he's translating what I said, I took the time to calm down..

Ni jakun sikit-- first time tengok real snow - perakgh teruih!! Nasib baik kotor kalau tidak siap dah melompat-lompat kot hehehe. This is actually a frozen lake.. tak nampak macam frozen kan ?? This is near one of the entrance to the Great Wall... Another shot near the entrance -- while waiting for K. Hanizah to finish her business in the washroom.. OOoiii.. air macam ais batu punye sejuk.. Dekat-dekat situ la jugak.. Ni konon-kononnya nak mencari entrance to the cable car -- tapi sempat bergambar dulu.. Both ladies in distress.. cari the counter for cable car entrance, tapi tak dak orang.. really like ghost town.. confius..
Rupanya tempat lain.. akhirnya naik la jugak cable car menuju ke great wall tu (tujuan naik cable car -- tak larat nak panjat naik great wall tu.. lenguh uih..) The view from inside the cable car -- beautiful eh... The sights of the Great Wall from different angle... look at the mountains..ishk.. ishk..ishk.. Ni kononnya trying to be artistic in photography la ni..berangan ^~^ Mula-mula gambar innocent je.. this is with Dr Nawiyah..

Another artistic attempt.. (I think you can see the enlarge version -- just click on the picture)
Mula dah start 'weng' sikit..
Ala-ala Cinderella Asian gitu ..

K. Hanizah pun dah start posing maut..

Another beauty shot..

Against the wall -- the walkway are pretty steep -- senget2 berdiri..

Ni dah habis destress la ni - in front of Ming's Tombs

Pas tu amik la satu gambar bersopan..

Introducing the monument..

By this time, K. Hanizah dah tak kuasa nak posing ayu..experimenting abih la ni..

Met a mother with her two kids -- look la at the cheeks -- ishk geram.. the sister lagi geram tapi very shy, tak dapat nak tangkap gambar dia..
Cantik kan the view ??
This is breathtakingly beautiful -- I think because the weather is too cold, not that many people visited the Ming's tombs tu yg dapat this cool picture..
Amik la gambar to prove that's it's real and we are in it..

This is Dr Nawiyah's passion -- she is so in love with pokok 'botak' -- abih semua orang disuruhnya tangkap gambaq kat pokok2 botak ni..
This is another shot of the beautiful garden -- kali ni of course with all the creatures behind..

Tangkap la satu gambar kat gajah ni.. the end of the jalan2 episod..
This was taken after dinner on the last night we were in Beijing.. Besides us 3, the tall lady is Ivy who was the host for that dinner. The lady at the right end, next to Dr Nawiyah is Wang Yan -- the nicest person I've ever met, took us around to the shops, belanja us dinner, make sure we have our own driver that can drive us around to the Great Wall and the Ming's Tombs and bought fruits for us to bawak balik.. totally one generous lady..

4 comments:

Mior Azhar said...

Anom,

That Ming's Tomb punya gambor... totally awesome. Glad you had a great time there... tapi gila sejuk kan? I remembered my first time jumpa snow, pun jakun semacam... but only for a couple of minutes jer after that boring sebab terover lah pulak sejuknya..and bila pegang door knob ker apa, asyik kena current jer lega dok kat Msia.

anom said...

Abg A..

kan....cantik kan..I'm glad to have a break too.. letih la. But the sejuk memang dasyat -- bukan takat kena current ja, kulit semua jadi kering ya amat.. dah lumuq lotion pun tak makan saman. The static was really strong -- tersentuh each other pun ke zzzaapp, tekan butang lif pun kena zzzappp..jenuh..betul u said -- lega dok kat Msia..

Dalam Dakapan Ibu said...

Anom!
TQ for the beautiful pictures! Beautiful shots! I love the pokok botak as well. So very unique.

I've never been to China. I don't know it was that cold. Patutla pipi2 babies sana semua pink2 gitu..

You sure had fun. Lumoq lotion lagi tau.. kalau biar nanti naik gatal lah pulak :)

anom said...

Kak ja.. that was fast.. I baru came from your blog and you are already here..

Ramai jugak orang yg suka pokok botak ni na.. Tak sangka..

Heran jugak masa tengok the kids faces, awat depa punya pipi jadi pink sampai macam tu, kita tak jadi pun.. my colleague kata kita naik keta.. depa kot2 naik basikal ka, motor ka, jalan ka..mana tak jadi pink.. (dalam hati, betoi jugak)..

Gatai Kak Ja.. sampai la ni, dok tergaruk lagi tak habis..kulit tangan and lips habis la mengelupas, sib baik kaki not so bad..