Nelson Mandela at Apple

I just dropped by at Apple website to check with the iPad Air is in stock and what did I see. Nelson Mandela!

Apple lives the iconic but only if it is also universal.

Shopping in Japan

This was my big breakfast in Kansai Airport on the shopping level (3rd) of their terminal building on Monday morning.

And this is what we paid. Mine was 750 yen or about $9 here. No way you can get such prices back home.

Daiso sells every item at 105 yen or about $1.30 compared to $2 in Singapore. As I was taking this picture they were boasting about their outlets here.

Uniqlo prices are also lower. We had to replace somethings since Malaysia Airlines and KLIA lost our luggage.

The new generation Kindle Paperwhite goes for 9,980 or about $120 here. Note that unlike elsewhere the Japanese version comes with 4GB of storage instead of 2GB.

You pay US$119 buying off Amazon.

Japan in general is a shopping paradise for Singaporeans traveling there!

We couldn't finish the yen we brought with us. Prices were just so good.

Remembering Nelson Mandela

I am not going to do a where were you when they shot John F. Kennedy. We know Nelson Mandela was gravely ill but who would be thinking about such matters whilst on holiday?

Got the news at Kansai airport while waiting for our check-in row to open. Not prepared for such news. 

Read this by George Yeo while in transit at KLIA. People like him were often on the stage which history was being made. The rest of us we go no much farther than what were you doing and where were you when it happened. Many years later, you might try to remember how old you were then. 

I will do this again for Lee Kuan Yew. 

Missing Luggage Arrived

The lost bag arrived last night instead of today in Japanese style. Just lucky we didn't have such an experience in the USA.

Three or four families also had lost luggage on the same flight. This is really sloppy work by the Malaysians. I'm going to research this topic when we return home.

Friends until we are enemies

What am I doing blogging early in the morning using a mobile phone in a small hotel room?

The South Koreans, Japanese and especially the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Kiwis would be friends with the Americans through a lot. They are cousins and other relatives. The Chinese on the othet hand you have to think in friendly and enemy scenarios. Singapore's work and prayer is that we do  not see a world lurching into those bad scenarios.

Enjoy and benefit from your friendly enemies till eternity hopefully sooner they become true friends. Meanwhile may we always have common interests to bind us. The wise go beyond living off shared interests.

The best shit hole

I have read about them many times, seen it in pictures but today I got to use it. Boy it was excellent. Even the seat was heated etc and with such technology you come out feeling refreshed. LOL.

No wonder they are so often written up.

We are enjoying ourselves in Japan despite the loss of one luggage. In a separate story perhaps but I would explain it pays to be defensive flying with Malaysia Air and transfering at KL.

Uniqlo was a life saver and at better prices than back home.

Who to say good bye to?

Nobody. Didn't hit me until now. I used to call my parents before I flew off but they are no longer around. How can you call? Indeed time causes us to remember differently and perhaps more powerfully.