April 30th, 2008

So I’m throwing out my Sydney plans after DH had strong objections about it. We have finally agreed on a trip to Japan this autumn and that is certainly something I am looking forward to. For the last two days, I’ve been reading travel forum and finding out more about the land of the rising sun. My first trip to Tokyo was dated 1998 and at that time, I didn’t even have time to visit Mount Fuji.
The healing benefits of onsen in Japan have been widely known by locals, tourists and holiday makers. An onsen(??,onsen?) is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language though the term is often used describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. A volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth. Onsen were traditionally used as public bathing places and today play a central role in directing Japanese domestic tourism.
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April 20th, 2008
Girls can get fussy when it comes to storing her beauty toiletries and makeup. We prefer to store these personal stuff in a nice toiletries pouch and not just any ordinary bag. Even so, we would also find a nice pouch or case to keep our digital wires and cables, not just any black padded ones you see in computer shops.

When I first saw this hand sewn giraffe pouch, I can tell it has an oriental influence. The form and design of the pouch is simple yet very girly and feminine. Made by a’sewing-holic girl’ who live in countryside of northern Japan, she and mother spend most of their time sewing at home. All her products at dawanda.com are carefully cut and structured one by one by herself. Won’t it be nice to use the pouch to store those wires, CAT6 cables and anything small? Other fabric designs available. Get them at dawanda.com at 12 EUR each. Those kimono print ones are simply gorgeous!
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September 30th, 2007

This layered look among urban young girls and teenagers is catching up in cities like Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea and probably Malaysia. While they would make me look like someone who is pretending like a cute and carefree teenage girl, this style of dressing may be hot and trendy among the girls of urban cities. I’ve definitely outgrown this sort of hip and unconventional styles but can imagine how I’ll be crazy over them if these were available during my days.
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