Tag: china
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Chinese Nationals; Too Rich Too Soon
Recently I saw this viral video on the Internet about a Chinese consumer displaying less-than-pleasant behaviour toward a sales assistant in a store. Here’s the video: If that doesn’t work for you, here’s the URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXppBMjSBu4 For the benefit of those non-Mandarin speaking, the woman was basically shouting: “You think I have no money?” Throws cash.…
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#GeraTravels to 四川 (Si Chuan)：Posh Hotel, Jades & Kisses Goodbye
12-13 December 2014 This is officially my last entry for my trip to China last year. Yes, it’s already the middle of the following year… Each day was just filled with so much uniqueness, they earned their own standalone blog entries! So anyway, here goes! Before I jet off for my next holiday… The last lap…
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#GeraTravels to 四川 (Si Chuan)：Winter Wonderland Exists in Hai Luo Gou Glacier!
10-11 December 2014 All you snow-lovers will absolutely adore this post! During this part of my trip, we went to a glacier which was downright AMAZING.
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#GeraTravels to 四川 (Si Chuan)：Witnessing Chinese Ingenuity
9 December 2014 As much as people these days complain about the public mannerisms of the Chinese from mainland China, you cannot deny their rich history of brilliant ingenuity that has made practically everyone else in the world gawk in awe. And till now, my badass ancestors are still doing this whole ‘make others scratch…
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#GeraTravels To 四川 (Si Chuan)：My Journey To The Heavenly Temple
8 December 2014 It was one hell of a looooong journey. I climbed painfully for about 2 hours – it was so challenging that my grandparents weren’t allowed to join us on the climb. And at so many points during the climb, I felt I should’ve just joined their club. But then I saw sights like this… Imagine…
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#GeraTravels To 四川：3 Generations to Subdue a Sea Monster
7 December 2014 It was yet another early morning… But I was quite hyped up to see the Buddha carved out of a mountain! We were up even before the Sun. And the hotel was closed… Before operating hours. I was a little shocked when I walked into a dark lobby, with absolutely no personnel.…
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#GeraTravels To 成都：Going Rural
6 December 2014 It was going to a long bus ride, we were warned- but well-worth it! So this means… FULL STOMACHES, EMPTY BLADDERS AND ATTEMPTS TO SLEEP WHILE ENJOYING THE VIEWS! Boo-yeah.
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#GeraTravels To 四川：Let Me Bring You To 九寨沟, The Playground Of Fairies!
5 December 2014 Out of all the things to see on the trip, THIS was my most anticipated one. Probably because prior to the trip, my dear uncle spammed me with some breathtakingly gorgeous pictures of the place. I simply couldn’t wait to see it in real life!
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#GeraTravels to 四川: Smitten By Pandas
4 December 2014 My travel post to Chengdu is eons late… Mainly because my dearest cousin took forever to filter the photos from her camera. *glares* But they were worth the wait! I felt soooo happy just looking back at the photos! But next time, I’ll make sure to have my own camera handy. It was a…
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