Zhou's Kitchen

Went to Ikea alexandra to have meat balls, but it was under construction. So we walked arnd to look for another place to dine. then we chance upon..... Zhou's kitchen directly opp ikea

Hun wanted to eat peking duck....

so here it is.... peking duck

this is another of Hun's fav... red bean pancake

on the whole, Zhou's kitchen has great ambience. staff is very friendly and patient.
would recommend this place to those who want to eat nice chinese food.

Rate: 7.5/ 10

would be leaving tomorrow, but dont know what time. off to outskirts of china.
stay tuned....

Thoughts....

now my colleague conducting orientation, it is for the benefit of the user.
but some of the users, knn... duwan to listen, walk away... typical 'foreign talent'

well... dunno if its gd news or not, i will b leaving this wkend again.
this would be the fifth trip, to mainland China. dunno which part.
the ship will be going to afew ports in China, but i can onli sign off at the 3rd port.
so hope i can get to walk arnd, at least get something out of it.

mood is dampened by the things happening arnd.... sian...

1st trip to Holland

Flew in to amsterdam, schphol airport. its my first time on european ground

cafe inside the airport

after hrs of waiting, decided to grab something to bite

walked around the airport, there was juz no response from the company or the agent

was hungry again, found a small mini mart

found this halk bagette with chesse n meant

fruit drink & bread was next

walked afew rounds before coming bac the same location to wait for the agent

saw many pple eating this. couldnt resist anymore, so i got one for myself

meeting point

it was before christmas, so quite abit of deco

agents, but non of them is looking for me

wondered why i ate so many times? coz i was there waiting for
14hrs before the agent came for me

this is my room, the interior

the view outside the cabin

the other side

bad weather

choppy seas

engine room

look at that tool

engine

the engine control room

willl upload more pics in awhile....

Gym orientation

SIM got a new gym, just came back from the orientation. not alot of equipment, but enough.

but its only for their full time students now, so i cant use it. sian....

2nd trip to Taiwan

took a small boat to reach the ship, an hr bum boat ride

this is taken from the bridge where they control the ship. weather was turning rough

this is the gym that they have. n yes, they hav the same standard equipments.

having the theory lessons

thats the captain working out during his free time

the guys kept asking me what to do for their abs, so...

n more....

we even went to the engine room to do pull ups.

this is at Tai wan port, Mai liao

this is at the immigration office. they r super affraid that some one would fall off the stairs

when i first saw this, i was like.... 'huh...' alien.... how did they know??

yes, the 'Bing Lang Mei' is still around, but they are rare. many of the cabin hav been emptied

carrefour is also there

it was a 16 hr ride up to Tai pei to meet up with aunt jenny who has resided there for the past dunno how many yrs with her husband. went to this place to eat.

chinese steamboat, conveyer belt style

after some chinese food, then we went nearby to walk around.

one of the night places where pple will shop

thats me...

it wasnt enough, we took another 30mins ride to Shi lin ye shi

n it was busy with pple. so many stalls, legal n illegal

this is the original shi lin chicken

that piece of meat is huge

lots of stalls

need i elaborate?

they hav this cute bank atm lobby

piggy bank

hotel room to rest for the nite b4 goin to the airport

my aunt n uncle slept over

at the airport early in the morning, catching the first flight home

Taiwan airport

still their ariport

view from the plane on the way back

thats it for now, will post again soon..