Come and Visit Malaysia - Cuti-cuti Malaysia

Helo One World and One Malaysia,
Come and see for yourselve how beautiful our country Malaysia is growing.
You will find it is very fascinating and full of green scenery and tall buildings.

Here is some photo taken in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur.
The landmark of Petronas Twin Tower.
Other than that there are many shopping outlets scattered
around the city such as KL Sentral, Mega Mall, Sogo, shoplots
along TAR Road, Chow Kit Road, One Utama, IKEA and
much more.

Should you bring along your kids, there are many
places like Lake Garden, Titiwangsa Lake, Butterfly Garden, Sunway Lagoon, etc.

There are endless hot spots for you to go to during night time
activities at Bukit Bintang Walk, Night Bazaar, Bangsar Area,
and Petaling Streets.

Wish you a Happy Holidays.
Cuti-cuti Malaysia begins here in Kuala Lumpur.

Traditional Tea Sets in Foshan City

Foshan is one of the growing city in China.
This city is situated in Guangdong Province.
To come here, I took a ferry from Hong Kong
at 8.05am. There was a three hour journey
up through the river.

















Reached Foshan at nearly noon and having lunch
at one of the finest restaurant in Foshan.
During the city tour, I was attracted by Tea Sets
at one of old man shop.

This old man creatively produce Tea Sets made from
high quality wood. It looked very antique and eye catching.
He also have a lots of design and many collection of
very old sets with big price tag.

Below is some history background on Foshan.

"Foshan City is located in the mid-south of Guangdong Province, the inland of Pearl River Delta. It is adjacent to Guangzhou at the east, to Hong kong and Macao at the south, enjoying superior geographic location. The longitude of Chancheng is 113.3 degrees east, and its latitude is 23.2 degrees north."


" Foshan has a long history dating back to approximately 5,000 years. It gained its name from the three Buddha statues unearthed in this area in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Having a temperate climate with abundant rainfall, it has been a land of fish and rice. Besides fishing and farming, the local craftsmen were also known for their skills in making ceramics. Thriving handicraft industries, commerce, and the arts made Foshan one of the four most famous towns in Tang and Song (960-1279) dynasties. Foshan has a reputation as the home of Chinese ceramic arts, Cantonese operas and martial arts.
Foshan is a modern city. It was one of the earliest ports to engage in foreign trade since China's open door policy. Foshan has become the third largest city in Guangdong Province, combining its manufacturing industries with tourism. In recent years, Foshan has committed its resources to further expand its vibrant tourism industry."


On last day, I grabbed few sets of Tea Sets and also bunches of tea with few different flavour.
I could not remember as it was so many types of tea and leaves and places of origin and different
climate as per explain in details by that old man.
I really admire Chinese traditions and history. 
It was a memorable journey.

Fashion Show in China

Here is some photo taken during Fashion Show Parade.
It is very interesting to see latest fashion trend in China.
The modern design and outlook is matching the international
standard.


There are many accessories available with a lots of branded
items. Most of branded products from Europe normally
manufactured by China companies.
I was in Shanghai in recent month and happen to shop around
with tour guides to their fashion gallery. You will able to get
almost all branded items with cheaper price. And do not feel
surprise as it look exactly as per original.

 

You will be great to have spent a whole day here.

But do not worry as China is having this event on yearly basis.

Do follow their Fashion News and Event calendar then book the date so that you will have

a chance to see their latest products and design of the year.

From KL to Beautiful City of Qingdao

My flight was from Kuala Lumpur to Pudong Airport Shanghai.
Then to Qingdao Airport situated in north of Qingdao.


I was there to visit one of the metal stamping factory
"Pentair Enclosures" in Airport Industrial Zone.
After a visit, I spent my evening touring Qingdao
town and also have a dinner a one of very famous
seafood in town.
The food was marvelous.
HaiMengYuan Seafood Restaurant
Telephone: +86 (532) 8592-8488
Address: No. 3 Yan Er Dao Road.
ShiNan District, Fushan Bay Area
(Central Qingdao)
Qingdao, Shandong Province.  P.R. China


Qingdao City is situated at slightly south west of Beijing,
facing toward south Korea. People pronouce it as "Tsingtao"
and it is very famous with "Tsingtao Beer".

It is located at the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula.
An important coastal city in east China and characterized
by a unique blend of sea, mountains and a pleasant climate.
Qingdao is a key economic center and port city in China,
also famous for its cultural heritage and picturesque scenery.
It’s also one of China’s major seaports for foreign trade.

 Here are some photos in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.

Photo in Rennes, France

Here are some phote taken in Rennes, France.

Rennes is a city which located in south-west of Paris.
It is an old capital city of Brittany.
Among the famous place is a historical site which
show many grand architectural designs of last few
hundred years ago and some people say it is an old stone
wall building.

There are many students here which study at Rennes
University. You can meet many foreign students here
and most of people are very friendly.

Food is not a problem as there are many Asian
and Western restaurant available. but for me,
I did my own cooking.

Those familiar among local citizen bazaar, you
will find the day market which sell used items
such as clothes, kid toys, old coins, old furniture,
photo albums, table lamp, etc.
This day market is called "braderie".
One of the grand and famous at below link:-

http://www.mairie-lille.fr/fr

Lille's Grande Braderie dates back to medieval times. Any resident
can grab a corner of pavement and play hawker for the weekend
at one of Europe's biggest flea markets. Bargains galore are
guaranteed and haggling is mandatory.

 

Braderie market 

Factory visit to Sumitomo Metal Industries, Osaka

Sumitomo (Light) Metal Ind. was one of a few big vendors

to my former company in Japan. They supplied metal sheet that

we used to produce sleeving for automobile power steering. 

The sleeves act as a coupler to join metal fitting and high pressure

hose. I was attached to Nichirin Rubber Company during our 
technical training as part of my course.

Inside the Sumitomo plant, there was a huge oven facility 
to process raw metal to produce steel. End products would 
be steel plate and steel rod after extrusion.

The melting chamber was so big which we have to 
climb the stairs up to 3 storey building to enable us 
to see the operation and each process steps done to 
produce steel bar. 

All the visitors have to wear a fire proof uniform for safety reason.

It was a very challenging and interesting experience. The inside

room temperature was very hot and I could not image how the

worker was able to stand there on daily basis.

For Nichirin Rubber Industrial Co, it was established in 1914.

I was there in 1986 during a joint venture with Malaysian company

as I was one of the pioneer group. It was a good move by our

government to promote technical know how and to gain the

industrial expertise through " Look East Policy".

We spent six months over there doing the technical training 
and learning various machine control and operation. 
They have advance facilities and a very high tech

equipment to produce a zero defect components for

auto industries.

It's really an amazing experience.

Karaoke in Japan

Karaoke is a culture among the Japanese people.
Among family members, young, old people and all
walk of life in Japan are fond to have karaoke session.
Not only in their house, but it is common to find
the karaoke "heya" everywhere even in a remote
area.

As for me, i did join some occasion especially when
many of my Japanese friends invited me to their house
for dinner. I enjoyed very much when mixed and chatting
with them.
Normally, to welcome a foreigner during dinner, the host
traditionally will do the opening speech followed by self
introduction of every single guest with short history and
background. After dinner start, every one will sing alternately
in karaoke session. Most of Japanese house has a complete
karaoke set.

Here are some photos and karaoke taken with Mr. President
and guest of honour.

Visit Tokyo Japan

Ohayo-gozaimasu. Yoroshiku onegai-shimasu.

I visited Tokyo city few times during my stay
at Fukusaki village in Hyogo Prefecture. (Honshu Island).

To go to Tokyo from Fukusaki, you need to take train
to Himeiji which take less than 20 minutes.
Then from here you can go by Shinkansen (Bullet Train)
which cost you approx 15,000 Yen.
Time taken to reach Tokyo is about 3 to 3.5 hours.

I advise you to stay overnight in Tokyo to enjoy
sightseeing during day time and join the night life
activities such as karaoke, pachinko, window shopping
and etc. You can booked a travel agent to show you around
and visit the Imperial Palace plus other historic places.
.
And for me, sometime I took early train from my place
and were able to reach Tokyo by noon. Then I spent
one whole day in the city before coming back by night
Bullet Train. This way I could save on the hotel expenses
as a student, I did not have much money to spent.

But to be honest, even many of my Japanese friends
around this area were never been to Tokyo in their
lifetime.

Tokyo as any other big city, is a very much alive
especially in the night. Day time, you can go to
Ueno park in the morning for jogging then at noon
shopping at Akihabara. For young people, they prefer
to spent their time at fashion city of Shinjuku.
Some people say you will find many future gadgets
here which is 10 years more advance than other part
the world.
Remember to understand and  to bring along your
subway map with you so not to loose track and lost
in the congested subway station. Japanese culture
is always sharp on time system.

Arigato-gozaimashita, Mata ai-masu yo.

My days at Himeiji Castle, Japan

My days in Himeiji City was sometime 20 years back once
I was an industrial student at Hyogo, Japan.



This is my flash back of my days in one of historic castle,
which is very famous in Japan as well as in the world.
Based on history, this castle was built in 1346 by Akamatsu
Sadanori. You are able to learn about this castle from the web
all over the net.



The most great day to visit is during Sakura Cherry Blossom
around May-June season and Golden May Festival.
At this time period you will be able to encounter many events
such as listening to Koto Music Instrument, you can
see Yatai & Matsuri celebrations and many more.

I will show you more places which I have visited in next posts.
Places such as Kobe, Nagoya, Nagasaki, Mt. Aso etc.
Stay tuned.