I had to post this when I perused the Straits Times today after lunch:
*Make time to go out and meet new friends
*Join a dating agency, be it the Government’s Social Development Unit/Social Development Service or a private agency.
*Have realistic expectations. You have to make an effort for the relationship to work.
*Bring your social graces up to scratch. For instance, do not wear slippers when taking your date out for a romantic dinner at a nice restaurant.
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Guess what’s inside the paper bag….
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I woke up grumpy this morning because I couldn’t sleep last night. Racing thoughts and an evening jog were reasons for my insomnia.
But, my Monday blues turned into a small win: we just launched our Discover Supplements Amazon Webstore. After a couple of hiccups, we are officially opened. This is my first E-Commerce-related endeavour and hopefully we will expand our Get Divorce Advice site in the same vein.
I’m not sure how successful this will be but it is one more way to add value to my blogs. Let’s say you are looking for a solution to a health problem, wouldn’t you want to fix it? Or if you are keen to dive deep into a topic, you might consider getting a book related to it.
The kangaroo and I are excited that it has come to fruition as we have been toying around with this idea for quite awhile now. It’s still new and needs more fine-tuning but will be focusing on that this week.
Come visit my webstore and poke around.
In a bid to counteract the lethargy that comes with extremely hot weather, I am blogging about fun summer activities like the music festival, Summer Sonic, I went to last Sunday. Although the aircon in the office has been lowered to decent levels, the afternoon sun shines directly on my desk — this means I feel like I’m being baked alive.
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Summertime in Tokyo is playful and festive — it’s like a bug that bites you no matter how run down you may feel from the brutal heat and humidity.
Last Thursday, the kangaroo and I were invited to a friend’s apartment that overlooked the Jingu baseball stadium where the Gaien fireworks were held.
It’s rare that we head out on a weekday night because of work but I was glad we made the effort. It felt like a Friday.
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The conbini (convenient store) is a ubiquitous concept on every street corner in Tokyo. They have a bit of everything and you can find any “emergency” product here.
From cup noodles to paper undies, the conbini makes life much easier. You can even find Fancl beauty products, nail polish, staplers, gas cans, paper clips, light bulbs, ice packs…. Goodness, whatever you could dream up of getting at 3am in the morning, go to the cobini and they would sort you out.
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Last week, the kangaroo was unwell with exhaustion, flu, and two hangovers. I have never really thought about what he would like to eat when he gets sick until his last bout of flu which happened last month (he tends to get ill after his hardcore business trips).
Usually he hoovers anything on his plate, but that evening, he asked me what I was going to cook and I chirped, “Teriyaki salmon!”
“Oh babe, nooooooo. No salmon. That’s not sick food.”
I was so puzzled, “Honey, why not?”
“It’s just not sick food. Remember I grew up on a farm and never had any seafood until I was 20.”
I was tickled but dismayed: What do I cook?
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Okay the pictures below are of the housewarming card our friends gave us with an aromatherapy gift. This is just too cute and it represents the cosiness of our little pad.
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I found it amusing our pristine party-ready apartment looked so different after our decadent housewarming.
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I’m embarrassed to admit I don’t have any pictures of people who came to my housewarming party. But, that means I had too much fun to take out my camera to snap away. I did have a couple of blurry ones but they look too dark to post.
From 11am to 630pm on Saturday, I chopped, marinated, skewered, grilled, stir-fried my guts out. I looked forward to having a big cookout and even jumped out of bed at 9am just to make the apartment party-ready. Cooking for 14 people is no small feat so I decided on easy dishes like fried rice and noodles and since it is summer, grilled chicken wings and kebabs seemed the perfect, easy choice.
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