Daddi's Trip to China : Suzhou Part 1

one of the ancient towns in suzhou

daddi went to china in october 2006 for two weeks, for the aliance for healthy cities meeting and conferences. the meeting is in suzhou, about three hours drive from shanghai. suzhou, with population of more than 5 million, is a city famous with canals and gardens. the canals were built many centuries back, where during that time boat is the major transportation for the chinese. that is why, canals are connecting the houses and its neghbouhoods and the towns. as suzhou is developing, the canals have been preserved by the government and become assets for tourism in suzhou.

in suzhou, there are many huge "ancient towns" from several dynasties, many centuries back, which have been converted into a living museum and attracts tourist from various parts of the world. stepping into these ancient towns, we can feel the ancients living environment where the ancestors lifestyle, culture and heritage are preserved and displayed.

Daddi's Trip to Overseas

daddi had been on several official trips to overseas...to australia, japan, china, vietnam, indonesia and philippines. the best thing is all the expenses paid by the government. through this blog, daddi will highlight some of the events took place during the trips...to recall the experience during the journey

what our famous cartoonist, datuk lat painted on this air asia plan..depicts that... now everyone can fly.....lat..used to be a "budak kampung" is now "flown" everywhere by airasia...as the malay word saying " jauh perjalanan luas pemandangan"...the overseas journey remind daddi where were we on this planet.

New BABY

nicole : last week daddi went back to kampung bungan and met our "new" cousin for the first time since she was born...myself have not met her... wow..she is a very cute baby girl...in fact my daddi is the one who given her name ..daryn fidelia.