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Mid autumn festival in China
September 30th, 2007 | 
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China has this special festival they celebrate called Mid autumn festival (ä¸ç§‹èŠ‚). Traditionally, there is a folklore about a beautiful lady Chang-O, who stole from her husband the elixir of life. She flew away to the moon thus when the moon is the fullest, they say you can see her there. Another story relates to Chinese history where they use mooncakes to pass messages during a revolution.
Usually, it is when mooncakes are prevalent.
Mooncakes are “cakes were made with melon seeds, lotus seeds, almonds, minced meats, bean paste, orange peels and lard. A golden yolk from a salted duck egg was placed at the center of each cake, and the golden brown crust was decorated with symbols of the festival.“
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Walmart Beijing
I often seen, read, heard of the big supermarket in the United States called Walmart. The only counterpart I encountered in the Philippines was Waltermart. I was pretty excited going there for the first time. Well, honestly, I have a thing with supermarkets, I love scanning around and spotting new products.
My first time was in 2005, in Beijing, where I shopped for chocolates to give as gifts for my family and relatives. It was pretty neat inside and quite huge. I went back again in 2006, I was still impressed but I think they lack personnel to help you out. In my marketing class, we had a case study about Walmart and I believe they are esteemed for their great customer service but I didn’t notice that. During weekends, it was pretty jammed packed but you’ll love freebies around this time. Read the rest of this entry »
The Tree Belgian Beer Bar
Famous for their Wood Fired Pizzas and Belgian Beers, the Tree is one of the sought out pizza bar in Beijing. Located at the heart of Beijing’s specialty area in Chaoyang, SANLITUN.
The place is pretty packed especially with expats mostly drinking the famous Belgian Beers they offer. Their pizzas are freshly baked thus has this crispy crust on the bottom. You can actually download their menu on their website. Read the rest of this entry »
Paintball mania
Want some guerrilla type action?
Well, you got to try the Paintball strike range in Beijing. The range is located within the city but the area looks like you’re in some kind of battlefield.
The range is about 10,000 square meters. YY80/person for 30 bullets (includes clothes and equipment).
Thirty bullets aren’t enough! It’s a good way to exercise strategy building for teams. No hard feelings for losers!
Hooters experience (Shanghai)
Well, guys will love to go here. It’s the famous “I will clearly see your assets” kind of restaurant, very popular in the United States. Out of sheer curiosity, my friends and I went to the realm of testosterone-filled restaurant, Hooters in Shanghai.
We already saw an advertisement inside our taxi. We weren’t actually planning to visit the place (But our guy friends already planned way before going to Shanghai, what an eye candy for them!). Well, it was sort of a sign because of our indecisiveness where to eat that night. The place was what I imagined except their servers. It was actually weird going in as a girl and being served by fellow ladies. Not really what I expected since the girls I saw in TV were given priority in their frontal assets but in Shanghai, I didn’t saw really gifted waitresses. They were honestly very slim for men’s standard–(Well, I”m not a guy to judge so one can very much disagree).
