beijing, june 2009
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greetings from manila. i just came back from cafe breton, i had to catch up with lester. we talked for a really long time, maybe 2 hours, we had to update each other with whatever has been happening in our lives. we seldom talk, but he remains to be one of the few people updated with whatever is happening to me. HAHAHA!

i came back from my china trip last saturday night, i cant believe i have been in a plane every 3 days with this kind of itinerary - i really wish i could have stayed here longer.

i spent the whole sunday afternoon with mom - we went to trinoma and i accompanied her shopping, she went on to buy a dress, zara top, etc. i did buy something but not for me. i didn't even want to look at stores anymore since i had my fair share of shopping in china - that left my credit card in a lot of pain, and that also means i need to find a job right away. i shopped for my family as well, i got mom like 4 dresses, i got dad 4 polo shirts, i got cho 3 shirts and 2 necklaces, aggie got like 2 tops and pearl earrings, and a lot of pasalubong for some friends that i owe. HAHA! so there.

beijing was fun, tita bot liked it so much, it has so much history that i cannot even comprehend. we had a driver, car and a tour guide just for the both of us - so i kinda felt like a VIP, and we were so efficient since we did not need to wait for other tourists. i said what i want and where i want to go, and it happened.


great wall of china, a must see. i was telling mom and dad over dinner that i know they love HK bec it is a shopping heaven + good food and yam cha, but they have to go to beijing just to see so much chinese history. i have to say that i didn't like the food in china, it was super oily.


this was by the river outside forbidden city or summer palace - am not really sure anymore since our itinerary was so packed, it left me breathless.


forbidden city photo taken by tita bot. we walked the whole 700+ hectares of it.


i love taking photos of flowers, it started when we went to HK disneyland back in 2006. now, i have a lot and beijing has a lot of flowers, may i say? this is just one of the photos i liked - i have them in every color. this is in wangfujie street, its their shopping district, obviously we went there to shop.


i saw a church and was supposed to enter, but it was closed. its a beautiful structure, i fell in love with it.


don't you just love it?


i went to uniqlo to shop, although there is uniqlo in singapore, it didn't have much designer collaboration as what was in the beijing store. i loved every minute of it, and i really went bonkers. they featured model AGYNESS DEYN in their latest campaign - i guess it was for their basic wears.


this is the 2nd uniqlo store i went to (wangfujie), the first one was in sanlitun where i also met up with jeanette, she accompanied me in H&M in qianmen and sanlitun. we shopped together, and had dinner - it was really nice to see her again. as you can see, i shopped, total worth of RMB 872 for these pieces. H&M was a different story and i spent around RMB 1,650 there. :(


i got cho this really nice necklace that tita bot first saw, i wasn't even aware of the brand - skull candy, anyway i took a photo of it.


being the dessert person that i really am, i went to buy this natural beauty muffin/cupcake at 6RMB each. i got the peanut butter with whipped cream and nuts on top, they have like 10 flavors, but everyone knows i love nuts and chocolates together (like reese's peanut butter cups) that i enjoy tremendously.

more of my beijing photos in multiply, i have yet to post. tomorrow, i will do a post for my shanghai trip. i need to sleep, since i have to wake up early in the morning, and do errands, (1) go to the bank and settle some things, (2) go to makati and meet trace for coffee @ 11am, (3) meet with pat for lunch @ GB, (4) dinner with mom's side of the family @ choi's garden in greenhills. HAY, bitin.