Showing posts with label work trip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label work trip. Show all posts

Monday, 13 January 2014

Travels - Guangzhou Part 2

Sorry for the hiatus! I'm back to continue with the Guangzhou trip!

Many have asked me how to keep fit and not go too overboard with the diet when I travel. Well, it really depends on your priorities. When I travel with Jason, we always look for a gym to go to, after the flights have been confirmed. So we either look for a local gym to go to (which we would always prefer) or we settle for a hotel that comes with a gym. This is one of the many reasons why I love traveling with Jason, because we have the same priorities and we know it.

Day 3 started with breakfast, followed by a quick gym session before we started walking down the streets again. Ashley joined us too!

Washed up and left the hotel for some street near Guangzhou Municipal Government Hospital, recommended by the staff at the hotel. Apparently she mentioned that we will be able to find some cheap sportswear there.
OOTD in Love, Bonito's dress, coat and shoes!
When we found that there isn't much sportswear to purchase, we started roaming around the residential and very local areas around the area. Such an eye-opener to see how these people are able to survive in such living conditions in the cold weather. They live on the streets, carrying their blankets around with them when they go about their daily businesses, and sleep on the stone-cold streets at night.
Chanced upon this local cafe where they sell their famous local 'Chang fen'.
Had some porridge. But we did not really fancy the 油條, Singapore seems to sell better ones!
Walked around so much that day I clocked 15,000 steps on my Nikefuelband! Us at Fashion Street just outside our hotel
This was SOOOOO good we went back on the last night but couldn't get to eat it for the last time. 花生糊!!
We will definitely have this again the next time we go over!
 Day 4 started with another quick workout session before we headed back to the town for a last meal.
The awesome Szechuan cuisine home cooked by Songjie! SUPER YUMMY!
We decided to have our portraits drawn on the last night!
I DONT KNOW WHY my head is drawn so much bigger than Jason's. zzzz
I have no idea what this is but we tasted yogurt and fruits. Substitute for the 花生糊 we couldn't get! Doesn't taste too bad.

So basically, this sums up our Guangzhou trip! I'll make sure I have my DSLR with me on my next trip! :X

Do check out www.hapa-fitness.com for tips and articles on health, fitness and beauty! I'll be covering on our website on the next post! Till then!

Have a great week ahead everyone! 

Monday, 23 December 2013

Travels - Guangzhou Part 1

Apologies for the hiatus! I'm back from my work trip to Guangzhou!

We were there for 5 days 5 nights, arriving at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport at about 2am and traveled 2 hours to Yuanzhou, where we settled at Crystal Hotel for a quick rest and the following night. It was a small town in Yuanzhou and we enjoyed home cooked food for every single meal we had while we were there, lovingly cooked by the housekeeper. I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking!

Day 1:
We went around the town on the after having lunch. Got work done and went back earlier to rest. The people there are so wonderful and kind, thank God! We had expected the worst, honestly. This was way better than anything we could have asked for!
Homecooked Szechuan dishes! 
Xiao Q!
Naughty Coffee that I so miss!

Day 2:
They brought us to have local dim sum because the breakfast at the hotel was too horrible and we loved how they have so many different varieties of buns.
Visited coffee again before we were driven to Guangzhou city
Stopped by at a strawberry stall just outside a strawberry farm and boy these strawberries looked perfect and so yummy!
Anywhere else but Singapore has such nice fluffy clouds

Checked in to Fraser Suites before we headed out to Beijing Road for some shopping!
Saw a crowd and decided to join in the fun!
Unfortunately they don't taste as good as they look, or maybe it's too much for us to take. LOL
Walked around the area and found XU LIU SHAN!
No caption needed LOL
This was superb! Nicest we ever tried I swear!
It was so cold we were looking for something hot we settled on Gong Cha and we were not disappointed!
We had this after that sumptuous dinner
Okay, I din wanna try at first, but it din smell as bad as I thought so I tried and it actually tasted quite yummy!

Ended the night clocking more 13,000 steps on my fuel band, and no that was not the highest I had clocked during the trip. Will blog about part 2 soon! Sorry for the bad photo quality (I forgot my DSLR at the very last minute so everything was taken using my phone)!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone! :)