Singapore more expensive than HK?

So says the UBS study: http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_419549.html

Weekly Food

My new favorites!

KL airport has wifi everywhere!

KL Airport is huge, has a fancy train that shuttles between nodes (A to H, I think) and though the toilet still is far from Tokyo standards, the toilet cubicle fits the small handcarry-baggage cart they provide all over the airport for free.

There is Harrod's too but it seems to only sell a lot of those shopping bags.

Announcements are in perfect mandarin chinese!

Another reason to shop online

After Gilt.com (and it's in Japan, too!), there's more!

Free international shipping! From shopbop.com

Well... until June 30.

Unit A

Here's an idea of what's inside mansion (really, it's called マンション) here.


This is the toilet exhaust fan and light


and this is where one plugs in the lamp for the bedroom light.

The genkan light :)

In the kitchen...

More Paula Lima

Oren Lavie's Her Morning Elegance

Sun been down for days
A pretty flower in a vase
A slipper by the fireplace
A cello lying in its case

Soon she's down the stairs
Her morning elegance she wears
The sound of water makes her dream
Awoken by a cloud of steam
She pours a daydream in a cup
A spoon of sugar sweetens up

And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
With a thought she has caught
By a thread
She pays for the bread
And She goes...
Nobody knows

Sun been down for days
A winter melody she plays
The thunder makes her contemplate
She hears a noise behind the gate
Perhaps a letter with a dove
Perhaps a stranger she could love

And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
As she goes in a store
With a thought she has caught
By a thread
She pays for the bread
And She goes...
Nobody knows

And She fights for her life
As she puts on her coat
And she fights for her life on the train
She looks at the rain
As it pours
And she fights for her life
Where people are pleasantly strange
And counting the change
And She goes...
Nobody knows

**********

I think it's me!

Thursday night concert

Paula Lima in Shibuya!

Meu Guarda Chuva

Paula Lima

Composição: Jorge Ben

MEU GUARDA CHUVA

Mas quando eu comecei a gostar de você
Você me abandonou
Agora chorar que é bom
Chorar que eu quero ver
Vai começar a chover
Só eu tenho o guarda chuva
Adivinha quem vai se molhar
Quem vai se molhar é você
Também pode chorar que eu não volto atrás
Pois no meu guarda chuva não te levo mais

Ninguém mais do que eu
Chorou, brigou por você
Ninguém mais do que eu
Sofreu, amou só você

She sang Vou Deixar.



Vou deixar
Paula Lima

Composição: Indisponível

Ele falou, chegou, suave no ouvido
Oh Preta seu gingado me alucina oh!
Eu olhei, pensei
Esse charme me fascina eu vou saber de onde ele vem
O que ele pensa, de que forma vai tratar sua rainha
Ter certeza que não eu vou me arrepender

Esse sorriso (sorriso)
Malicia (malicia)
A minha pele arrepia oh

Vou deixar você chegar
Vou deixar você chegar


All other in Sinceramente.

Inspired by Susan Boyle (and Paul Potts)

From H:

After reading Penelope say that your day job does not destroy you, I felt more confident about focusing on the practical. There are so many variables in life. So many what if's.

Part of me wants to surrender to que sera, sera.
Part of me shares The White Tiger's (by Aravind Adiga) view. No to predestination.

So I'm at peace with predestination, even as I am fighting it. Because hey, who knows? Maybe my predestination is wayyyyyyy better than what I have in mind.

Lessons from Other people

How to Introduce Yourself http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/get_a_life_blog/2006/05/how_do_you_intr.html

How to recover from Job Loss http://www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/get_a_life_blog/2007/03/how_to_recover_.html

Salary Surveys

Logistics Executives get around JPY4,000,000 per month. True or False?

I'm looking through this list in Glassdoor but can't find it...

How to Heal after a Heartbreak

Life can be good again.

Go to bed early says fromheartbreaktowholeness.blogspot.com

Dr Phil's advice:

Sometimes the relationship you need to rescue is the one with yourself. Moving past a breakup is about you, not your ex.

Don't start thinking about being friends right away — if ever. You have to be your own friend first.

The relationship gym's advice: 7 Steps

My two cents:
Cry for a bit. Then stop.
Think of the days when you weren't together yet and you were so, so, so very happy.

Love, Life, BREAK UPS

Remember, if you break up with someone, it is only because there is someone else waiting for you. - From SoundOfLife

The rest of the quotes I found on SoundOfLife's page:


Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. - Anonymous

“Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.”

“The hottest love has the coldest end.” - Rocrates


“The pain of having a broken heart is not so much as to kill you, yet not so little as to let you live.”

“I don’t miss him, I miss who I thought he was.”

“If you’re going thru hell, keep going.”

You don’t die from a broken heart, you only wish you did.

“I guess we all make mistakes sometimes But you were my biggest. ”

“I don’t make mistakes.. I just date them.”

5minutes is all you need to get ready in the morning!

Look at him go!

What I like about RH

I find Roppongi Hills comforting --the way the cinemas are there, Coldstone, and even the open spaces!



Look, they even have massage chairs for your to try them out! These were on the level where you have to enter the Hibiya line station.




I have heard about the strange and spooky stories about the building and the area and hope they aren't for real.

Lamb Lunch Set

This was my lunch! Very very late lunch! That's lamb and it was really good! The picture is bad... (Is it my Sony Cybershot that's to blame?) but the rice is a genmai mix.

Special because it's better for you than a burger

This is lunch when I feel like lazing around. Did you see that price? It was unbelievable! Original "Lunch Time Special" price was 390JPY and after lunch time, it's sold at 50% off!

Chiyoda Sushi
usually located near your neighborhood train station

Green Apple salad

Today's breakfast!

The crunchiest, sweetest green apples ever! Strawberries are sooooooo cheap these days! What happened? 200 a pack!

5 things I hardly spend on

1- During winter, there's no need for the airconditioner. And if you're under really warm blankets, there's no need for the heater, either :) In that case, call the electric company and say you don't need all those Amperes allocated to you (and paid for my you!). You'll actually see the fixed portion of your electricity bill go down. It goes down in the same proportion as you decrease your Ampere allocation.

2- Long distance calls. Skype is a friend. As a treat, your first call to a phone is free!

3- Maps. Use google maps or take photos of the street maps and then find your way using the map on your phone. Why do I do this? It's just a lot more convenient rather than having all those unwieldy maps.

4- Water. I'm glad I live in a place were tap water is still ok to drink. (To prove it, there's even a bottled tap water version sold!)

5- Milk cocoa, Milk tea drinks. I think I overdosed on these while working since these were my favorites from the lineup at the vendo machine at work.

Not satisfied with saving? There are 0ther ways to earn extra bucks.