Bye Bye 2024 拜拜

Thailand - Pattaya

泰国 — 芭提雅

I cannot remember when the last time I was in Pattaya was.

我不记得上次去芭堤雅是什么时候了。

I specially arranged a New Year's Eve trip to Pattaya at the end of the year.

特意安排了芭堤雅年底跨年旅行。

Many foreigners flew south to tropical regions to seek warmth and escape their countries' cold winters.

许多外国人飞往南方的热带地区寻求温暖，逃避本国寒冷的冬天。

Everybody comes to the beach to countdown to a new year.

大家都来到海滩倒计时迎接新的一年。

With everyone's positive energy, we say bye-bye to 2024 loudly.

借着大家的正能量，我们大声地跟2024说拜拜。

Daylight Robbery 明抢

China - Xiamen (Gaoqi International Airport)

中国 — 厦门（高崎国际机场）

Rebirth 重生

China - Wuxi (KFC)

中国 — 无锡（肯德基）

Anyone watching the mini-dramas should know this: when the main character dies due to some injustice, what comes next is that he/she will be reborn!

有刷短剧的人都应该知道，只要主角受屈而亡的接下来就是他/她“重生”啦！

Never expect such rebirth fashion to burn to fast food restaurants.

没想到这股重生风竟然烧到快餐店。

If those chickens that had been eaten know it, will they also want to have a chance of rebirth?

不知道那些被吃掉的鸡知道后可否也想有重生的机会？

Will this reborn chicken take revenge on the person who ate it? Wathehaha!

不知重生后的鸡会否对我们这些吃它的人展开报复？哇的哈哈！

Unboxing 开箱

China - Putian

中国 — 莆田

The hotel distributes a mini Christmas gift box to each room on Christmas Day.

圣诞节当天，酒店向每个客房派发迷你圣诞礼盒。

There is an apple in the Christmas gift box.

圣诞礼盒里放了一个苹果。

It is said that apples cost RMB10 each during Christmas and were even out of stock.

据说圣诞节期间，苹果要10人民币一个，甚至缺货。

Do you know what the connection is between apples and Christmas?

你可知道苹果跟圣诞节有啥关联？

Before glass balls came along, apples were commonly used to decorate Christmas trees in the 17th century.

在玻璃球出现之前，17 世纪人们经常使用苹果来装饰圣诞树。

Legend has it that in 1850, due to a drought that caused a shortage of apples,

传说 1850 年，由于干旱导致苹果短缺，

Some artisans came up with the idea of ​​using blown glass to create an alternative to the apple, thus making the Christmas decorations we still use today.

一些工匠想到用吹制玻璃来制作苹果的替代品，从而创造出了我们至今仍在使用的圣诞装饰品。

Tropical Christmas 热带圣诞节

Singapore - Orchard Road (Ngee Ann City)

新加坡 — 乌节路 (义安城)

What is Christmas like in the tropics?

热带地区的圣诞节是什么样的？

The first Christmas lights at Singapore's Orchard Road debuted in December 1984.

新加坡乌节路的第一批圣诞彩灯于 1984 年 12 月首次亮相。

Every December, Orchard Road is filled with an intense Christmas atmosphere.

每年12月，乌节路都洋溢着浓浓的圣诞气氛。

All major shopping malls display their own Christmas decorations.

各大商场都会展示自家的圣诞装饰品。

Although there is no snow in tropical countries, rain is definitely inevitable.

热带国家虽然没有下雪，但下雨肯定是不可避免的。

December is the rainy season in Singapore, and foreign friends interested in coming must remember to bring an umbrella.

12月是新加坡的雨季，有兴趣来的外国朋友一定要记得带伞。

If you do not want to get wet, you can go to the mall and feel the Christmas atmosphere.

如果不想被淋湿，可以去商场感受一下圣诞的氛围。

Street performances outside Ngee Ann City will run from November 10 to January 1.

义安城外的街头表演将从11月10日一直到1月1日。

Open Or Close 开或关

China - Wuxi

中国 — 无锡

Frequent flyers should know that before a plane takes off or lands, the flight attendants will ensure all passengers open the window shades.

经常搭飞机的人应该知道，每次在飞机起飞和降落前，空服人员都会确保乘客把窗打开。

But it was a totally new experience in Wuxi, China.

但在中国无锡却是完全新体验。

Before the plane takes off or landing, passengers must close the window shades and not take any outside-the-plane photographs.

在飞机起飞或降落时，乘客会被要求把窗关闭也不能拍机舱外的照片。

How To Go 怎么去？

Thailand - Nakhon Sawan

泰国 — 那空沙旺府

Previously, I mentioned that I went to seek guidance from the Golden Dragon King, and someone asked how to get there?

之前我提到去找金龙王指点迷津，有人问要怎么去？

Nakhon Sawan is located in a remote location between Bangkok and Chiang Mai.

那空沙旺的断层偏远，位于曼谷与清迈之间。

The Nakharat Shrine is about 150 kilometres away from Bangkok.

庄盛龙王宫距离曼谷约150公里。