Day 2 (18 August, 2009)
This is our second day in Kunming. The weather here is almost like Perak. The delegates do not face any problem with the weather. It is drizzling in the morning. The delegation left for Loisewan after breakfast. As Loisewan will open at 9.30 a.m., the delegation dropped by the Lake Park in Kunming City.
Old folks were practising varies 'tai chi'. Some were doing line dancing. These were seldom seen back in Malaysia. The younger folks jog around the lake. Some delegates managed to buy Chinese calligraphy drawing from a lady. The lady having tough time negotiate with the delegates; however, she managed to sold a few pieces.
The delegation reached Loisewan at about 10 a.m. Wooohhhh!!! It is a big warehouse type shopping area. It is not a shopping complex, just shops but the area is very very wide. We spent 3 hours here. The delegates went for the shopping spree!
I just went window shopping and brought a few glass souvenirs for the VIPs' back home. Ansor and I sat at a coffee shop for almost a hour as we were too tired to walk.
All delegates back to the bus at 1 pm sharp and we went for lunch. En. Zaman leads the way to a Muslim restaurant - Qingzhen Xiaojinniu Shifu.
Group photo in front of Qingzhen Xiaojinnu Shifu restaurantWe had a warmth welcome by the manager, Mr Chen Si Yu. He is a good friend of En. Zaman. En. Zaman introduced us to him. Mr Chen came from Quangdong Province. He married a Muslim lady from Xinjiang thus converted to Muslim. He spoke Cantonese with me and he said that he is very happy as I am the only one that can speak Cantonese. He hardly speak a word of Cantonese since moving to Kunming a few years ago.
He introduced many local cuisine for the delegates. We had a 12 dishes lunch! It is not expensive either, only RMB320! We have fish, prawn, mutton, beef, chicken and vegetables with a soup. After lunch, we have a photography session in front of the restaurant on Mr. Chen's request then we proceed to a mosque nearby.
Group photo in the Qingzhen Mosque 
Hassan was shocked when he found his beg missing after praying! He almost cry as all his belongings and important documents are in it - passport, i.c., money and ATM cards! He begged an old lady sitting near the place where he passed his beg to somebody! He said that he taught that it is one of the delegate. After all .... nothing happen! Hassan passed his beg to Perviaz Akhtar and Perviaz went to purchase some groceries in the nearby shops at that time ....... Everyone laughing after the excitement!
En. Zaman brought us to another shopping area said to have branded begs sold at lower price. We all went and we were joined by Pn. Kathijah, the wife of the Consulate General who is a Chinese from Tapah.
Another incident happened here! Part of the delegates went to the 27th floor where the shop located. Suddenly the lift stopped at 23rd floor for about an hour. A. Sabramani fainted as lack of ventilation. An ambulance was called by the building management, however, all ends well!
After the delegation spent about an hour here buying nothing, we decided to go back to hotel. As the coordinator, I have to stopped the taxi as the bus have already left since there is no parking space. I managed to stopped a few taxis to ferry the delegates back to hotel.
The time almost 5 pm, all taxis fulled. Hang Tuah Din suggested that we walked back as it was not very far....about 3 km? We walked..... and passed through Kunming Assembly Hall, Kunming City Hall, Yunnan Provincial Office, Yunnan Province Communist Party Headquarter and few shopping malls.
Along the way, we saw old folks playing cards and workers walking back after office. The roads were busy with buses, taxis, cars, motorcycles and bicycles.
No dinner today as most of the delegates had gone out shopping. Only 6 of us and I suggested that we have dinner in Marco Polo restaurant, the hotel's restaurant. Hang Tuah Din and others agreed. Since we are not hungry yet, we ordered fruits, creamed soup with buns. Later, 9 others came to joined us.
I was informed that there is a Thai restaurant at 18 floor earlier. Ansor and I went to see if the restaurant provide halal food and the answer is what we guessed .... NO!
I was told that some went to massage and karaoke that night. I just stay back in my room and enjoy my reading.....!
No comments:
Post a Comment