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Monday, December 15, 2014

Christmas Lantern Made from Recycled Materials Contest

January Zelene 8:34 AM Blue Monday , Christmas , Christmas Lanterns , Monday Mellow Yellows , Recycling , Ruby Tuesday 2 5 comments

Our department’s Christmas committee this year came up with a "Lantern Contest" to be participated by the six divisions under the Operation’s department, the office of the head, janitorial and security. Each group was tasked to plot their wild and creative ideas and turn it into a Christmas lantern made of recycled materials.

After more than a week of planning, researching and trial and errors, each of the groups had finally submitted their work of art, and are now hanging along the staircase of our office building. Here they are, the most creative lanterns made of combined ideas coming from the engineers, technicians, office staffs, janitors and the security guards;

Entry # 1 (Janitorial Services)

Christmas lantern made from empty bottles of hand wash and hand sanitizer, plastic spoons and rugs.

The City Temple of Shanghai

January Zelene 6:00 AM China , Ruby Tuesday 2 , Shanghai , Temple of Shanghai , Travel , Travel Destination 5 comments

I thought I’ll be spending the remaining hours I had in Shanghai down and sick. Fortunately, after 2 hours of rest and sleep in the van my back to my old self and at the same time hungry, because I wasn’t able to eat my lunch.

When Mr. Chen aka Logan came back from where he dropped off the rest of the group, I asked him if he can take me to the nearest fast food particularly KFC. That time I needed something to eat that is not Chinese cuisine. Logan took me to KFC near the Old Temple of Shanghai, which surprisingly just walking distance from where we had our lunch. I thank him for taking me there and that he can leave me alone, since I already know where the meeting place will be. But Logan insisted to take me to KFC and that he’ll be the one to order for me, I gave in, after all it will be easier for me because I can talk in English then he will translate it to the crew. After, that I told him he can go back to the van, and I’ll take care of the rest.

The burger + soft drink satisfied my hunger, and I’m now ready to explore the area. The wind was chilling and I wasn’t able to grab a much thicker coat. I went to the Old Temple of Shanghai, peeking through the open spaces from outside, then decided to pay the ¥10 entrance fee and see for myself what’s inside a Chinese Temple.

I already have the ticket in my hand, and ready to explore the Temple for the first time.

A Tour at the Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower in Shanghai China

January Zelene 7:15 AM Blue Monday , China , Oriental Pearl Tower , Ruby Tuesday 2 , Shanghai , Travel , Travel Destination 17 comments

April 5, 2014 was one special day for me, because as a first timer in China, particularly in Shanghai, seeing the iconic Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower that I got to see on the television is already a dream come true. Especially when the travel was an all expenses paid by the company and the sponsor.

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The tour guide’s target was for us to be at the Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower before the 8AM opening time. We arrive there at 7:00AM and the entrance was already jam-packed with foreign as well as local tourists. Using our passports, our guide got us tickets for the tower tour and the River-Cruise. I forgot to borrow one of the tickets for photographic purposes. I think the admission fee was around ¥120-220 depending on the area you want to visit. In our case I think we got the combo ticket, because we explored the upper sphere + the river cruise.

The Dinner + Few Shopping Finds in Nanjing

January Zelene 11:00 PM China , Food , Food and Travel , Li-ning , Local Chinese Food , Nanjing China , Ruby Tuesday 2 , Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Sample Photos , Samsung Smart Camera WB250F Photos , Starbucks , Starbucks City Mugs 8 comments

We’re done with breakfast and lunch, now let’s hurry back to the hotel for the dinner…

Because we were so curious with the kind of food that the hotel will serve for dinner, we stayed until it’s over on the first day before heading out to explore the malls and stores nearby. These are the dishes served, still no exotic foods in sight;

Like before I did not bother asking the name of the dishes, nor read the menu because I’m quite sure there were no English translation.

Some smelled different, some tasted different, and some were also delicious… Overall the food experience was quite extraordinary,

Few Hours in Fuzimiao, Nanjing China

January Zelene 1:06 AM Blue Monday , China , Confucius Temple , Fuzimiao Nanjing , Monday Mellow Yellows , Nanjing China , Ruby Tuesday 2 , Travel , Travel Destination 16 comments

Per info from other colleagues who have been in Nanjing for training also, the training venue is about 1 hour ride by bus from the hotel we lived in. That means we don’t have time to explore the city and we do not know yet if there will be a day tour allocated for us before heading back home.

Might as well make use of our free hours and see the Confucius Temple at Fuzimiao, with Sir Nards as our guide, because it was his second time in Nanjing. Our plan was to take the subway from Xinmifanmalu to Sanshanjie station, then by foot going to the temple.

Following the downloaded map, we took another walk of the day to the nearby Nanjing Metro Subway Station the Xinmofanmalu, which was about 20 to 30 minute medium to fast paces from the hotel.

Luckily, the ticket counter at the subway station has an English translation. A little click here and there viola, we already have our tickets in the form of plastic coins.

The printed English translations within the Metro subway made it a tourist friendly transport option.

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From Shanghai on our way to Nanjing

January Zelene 8:24 PM China , Ruby Tuesday 2 , Structure and Architecture , Travel 18 comments

A representative from the company/supplier in-charge of the project came to fetch us at Shanghai International Airport, and took us to Nanjing, Jiangsu where the training venue was.

As a first timer in a foreign land sightseeing, picture taking are always present. I positioned myself at the window side of the van for that purpose.

Sadly, I chose not to bring my DSLR with me because I felt that it will be too heavy for me to carry around, which honestly I regretted. Nothing beats the quality of the pictures taken from a DSLR especially from a moving vehicle.

Anyway, since I only have with me my Samsung Smart Camera WB250F + my Samsung Smartphone (sorry for emphasizing the brand, I'm a Samsung avid user, I guess) so let's just enjoy the pictures taken from these gadgets.

To start.. these are photos of Pudong Shanghai International Airport taken from a distance. A wide angle lens is badly needed to be able to take a better view of the one of the sophisticated airport in the world.