Experiences

I went to Beijing in June 2006 with a group of friends. The Jade Carving factory was very interesting. The brief introduction The art of jade carving and polishing was already well developed some 3,000 years ago in the Zhou and Shang dynasties. The factory was founded in 1958. With its bright and pure luster, jade has always been considered by the Chinese to be a treasure of tremendous value. It has great economical value. for appreciation for decoration Because of its toughness, jade is extremely difficult to carve: as the ancients said, it was “ worked with its own dust ”. Green is the traditional color, and the most expensive. Jades also come in varieties of colours. Jade is the collective term for two substances: Nephrite (a silicate of magnesium) and Jadeite (a silicate of aluminum). One must appraise a piece according to how “pleasing” one finds it: how fine the color, clarity, carving style and texture. souvenir n rememberance Well..I just got a few simple items as they wer...

I went to China with a group of Malay friends in June 2006. It was a halal trip which was meant for the malays. They wanted me to go with them in the hope that I could help them to communicate with the Chinese in China. So off we went. It was fun visiting places and even shopping. Those Chinese wouldn't call me but would call my friends to buy their stuff. I had to help to negotiate with the shopkeepers even though I only spoke few words of Mandarin. Once, we were taken to a massage place. All of them had a foot massage except me. One of the Chinese asked me in Mandarin: Are you the tour guide? I had to pretend that I was one. Next, when we grouped together and talked, a pair of couples asked me: Who are they? Why do you talk to them? I replied, Oh, we a re from Malaysia. We even climbed the Great Wall of China. We had a real fun time in Beijing.