kunwei2005

Singapore ladies are among the most beautiful women in the world. The facial structure is mixed with southern Chinese characters and some native SEA native characters. The cosmetic makeup is just right, not too much, not too little. The body is beautiful and slim. Because of the weather, the clothes shows the body curve very well, some ladies are really bold and proud to show. No matter which professional the Singapore woman is, slipper is the official shoe. Oh, I guess except for Policewomen.

For lazy people, massage chair is a good mean for exercise. We used to have an iJoy chair. It was the most economy model, priced at USD 699+tax. It did its job fine until was sold at USD 80 after several months when we moved to Singapore. In Singapore, the tropical weather and all-day air-con can easily make you feel tired. Massage chair is a nice thing to have. There are quite a few brands - Osim, OTTO, and some Japanese brands. For a fine massage chair, the middle range price is around SGD 3000-4500. A Osim low end model similar as iJoy clone costs around SGD 1500. Last weekend we saw a promotion Panasonic model at Harvey Norman for SGD 2299 (was SGD 2499). Pretty good. Just before we were going to pay, we saw and tried another brand REVO. Even better. A fine model was on sale at SGD 1599 (was SGD 2299). Hmmm....Relaxation.

Singapore has two large IT shopping mall. Sim Lim Square and Funan IT Mall . Sim Lim Square has longer history than Funan. There are many IT accessory stores within. It is a better place to shop for small computer items, such as memory, video cards, sound cards, cables and so on. The price is competitive and fair. Best deal in Singapore. Before Dell rules the PC market with cheap price and sound quality, it was a good place to start your own DIY PC project. The first two floors are mainly stores of digital cameras and camcorders. Somehow, some stores are getting fame of bossy, cheating and discrimination. Some online BBS and words of street stories are not pleasant. I think most of them are still honest and good businessmen. Otherwise these stores were closed long before. I think their business is getting harder, since there are more and more chain store (Harvey Norman), online store (Dell) and brand showroom (Sony, Creative). Usually the service quality is better, price is competitive

OK, now I have a mirror blog site at MSN Space. http://spaces.msn.com/oncerest/ It is the same as this blog. All these troubles are simply because some countries block this blogspot.com, including China. I love the usablity and simplicity of blogspot.com, but MSN Space is more widely accessible.

Jewel in the Palace is good. It is almost a phenomena acrossing the global Asian community. I watched it one year ago on Los Angel KTLA 18. The story is just too attractive to quit. Once you watched, you are hooked to the finale. Since it was shown during the lunch time, I almost late every weekday afternoon. Luckily it was in Campus. In the last couple of years Jewel in the Palace was broadcasted in Taiwan, HK, China, and now Singapore public channel U. Everywhere the show goes, the viwer rate reached record high. Everyone was talking about it. The theme song was even performed on the CCTV's biggest New Year Party. The culture of Korea is really tightly related to China. This is for sure.

Same place as just finished IT Show 2006. Some people said Singaporeans are keen on all kinds of show and gather up. It is trure. I went there during the lunch time. Because many stalls are cooking, the whole expo hall is hot. Lots of people, most of them are granny and aunty. They patiently line up to get some free samples of coffee, snack. Very ordered people, it is better than Chinese. Some people bought promotion items. I didn't buy anything. Maybe it is slightly cheaper, but for sure not as fresh as in supermarkets. The exhibit hall is just too hot.

Air quality in China was really bad. The saddest thing is that the situation seems getting even worse in some northern cities. I seldom heard any people around had allergy in China . But cold and flu are very common, especially during winter and spring there. The virus and bacteria are much stronger and more effective than their American pals. The most obvious first impression for Chinese visitor to US is air quality. Such blue sky, so many trees, flowers and greenness. The air is so crispy clean that it even hurts a little for inhaling. The flu/cold virus and bacteria are just weak. Normally, Chinese are immune from flu/cold for the first couple of years. When Americans line up to get flu shots, new Chinese immigrants are safe and sound. Even later hit by flu, we feel much less messy in US than in China . However, an annoying uncomfortableness catches up. Suddenly from nowhere, I began to sneeze, feel pressure on eyes and forehead, with running nose and stuffing nose. I thoug