Biz Trip to HK & Singapore

First time going to HK. I was very excited to see the city, imagining how modern the city is. But my impression was, " it's stilll China". I thought it would be more westernized but people were Chinese (I mean mentally not physically).

I was amazed to see all those tall buildings though. I wonder how people can live in that tall building? That is not the height were people should live.


*Second pic below is a pic from the roof pool in my hotel. Isn't it wonderful to swim with this view?


Singapore was very nice. I think Singapore is the only place I can live in Asia other than Japan. Good service, nice people, clean, good shopping, diverse, English ok etc. I heard that 1 out of 4 people is a foreigner. Can you believe this? And the government has so much power, good and bad aspects but so far I guess they are managing well. Even with the high income tax and car tax, people are not doing strikes and following what they were told to do. People pay but know it will come back to them. In Japan, people pay and don't know where they go, how they are used...

*Below is again a pic of the pool in my hotel. It was a very very nice hotel. I loved it.

Just a reminder that I was not on a vacation, I was working! All these pics seem like I'm having fun but actually, I didn't have much time to go to pool and enjoy shopping...

Again, I met a lot of people. I want to say thank you for those who treated me nice. Thanks!

Weekend in Guam!!

It was a very tough weekend.

Worked Friday morning until 3 pm, went home to get my suitcase and off to the airport.

Arrived in Guam at midnight, couldn't sleep that day so went to the beach early in the morning.

It was only girls trip so we had lots of fun. Good food in nice hotels, had fun at the beach and pools, sunset and BBQ with polinesian dancer. Because we were too tired at night, we didn't go out to party but I think that was good. There were only Japanese and American navy!! When we were inHilton Hotel's pool, all we saw were American armies. I guess they were on their way to the next destination, stopped over in Guam to have fun.

Hilton's sunday brunch buffet was fantastic! We had champaign from 11 in the morning, I was kinda drunk all day...

One thing I was upset was that it rained at least once a day. It is sunny and hot but it also rains especially in the afternoon. So sometimes we had to wait 1 or 2 hours until the rain stop.

On the way back, pick up at the hotel was 3:45 am, flight at 6:45 am. Arrived in Tokyo at 10 am, went back to my house at 11:30, and went to work at 1 pm... I was gonna take a day off on Monday but I urgently had an appointment that I had to go.

Plus, the next day after work, I flew to Kagawa prefecture, which is in the 4th largest island in Japan and famous for Udon noodle. Stayed there for one night and went back to Tokyo. I didn't wanna go to Kagawa, but this trip made me refreshing. It is very country side that you have to drive 10 min to the closest convenience store but this made me feel relaxed. I guess I needed to get out from the city.

Anyway, this week was incredibally busy, tiring.

Leaving to HK/Singapore on Sunday for business. Usually I am excited to go abroad but not this time... I need to rest, take holidays...