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It has been ridiculously cold since January and my new apartment is 3-4 degrees colder than my previous dorm room. Interior temperatures hovered around 10-14 degree Celsius and turning on the heater means blowing up the electricity bills. Well, not to fear! Japanese always have clever ways to deal with such circumstances, such as this microwavable heat pack to warm up my cold feet while sleeping. Unfortunately, this failed to work at my new apartment so I was forced to buy something even more powerful... 自從一月開始，天氣就一直冷到現在！新房子比之前的爛宿舍冷了3－4度。室內溫度一直在10－14度之間，真是冷到沒話說。又不想一直開暖氣耗電。所以想繼續用之前買的保暖包。可是...還是冷到爆!!! 整晚無法入睡，結果敗給了寒冷，又開了暖氣睡覺了。 Yes, like this electric blanket is helping me to tide over these cold nights without blowing up my electricity bill! Made in Japan and bought at Rakuten for less than 1900yen. Now I can sleep in my warm blankets without blasting the heater. Feels good to save money again, good night everybody! 還好有網絡購物樂天！在上面買了一個便宜又不超過1900yen的電毛布，而且日本製喔！現在我都能舒舒服服在被窩裡一覺到天明，不用開暖氣

After 22 months of perseverance and savings, I finally moved out of my dorm on 2nd Feb to stay in a studio apartment near my university! Here is the last photo and sequel to my crappy dorm series and a few photos on my new place :") 經過22個月的忍耐，我終於在2月2日搬離爛宿舍，到大學附近的一間小型公寓去了！呼～終於，我的 爛宿舍歷險記 得到了一個圓滿的結局。好不容易存到老本搬家，當然要住好一點！

Great success comes one step at a time with great perseverance. 中文版請點（更多）→

Evacomics wishes all readers a wonderful and prosperous Dragon year ahead! 祝大家龍年行大運，萬事如意，龍馬精神，身體健康，富貴榮華！

Hope you all like my special edition for the Chinese New Year! Too bad I'd have a financial accounting exam on that day but the thought of moving out soon from my crappy dorm cheers me up! 中文版請點（更多）→

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On sale only at Sunkus convenient stores in Japan! 150yen. 現在在日本的Sunkus便利店才有賣喔!

My friend from Singapore wanted to see falling snow but we had limited budget and don't ski. So the uncle from my university's tour agency recommended Kusatsu Onsen (Kusatsu hot spring) because it's a ski destination with other activities available and closest to Tokyo. Located in Gunma prefecture, there was high chances of snow because the place is located on a mountain. Coach ride (round trip 5000yen) takes around 3.5-4 hours depending on traffic conditions from Shinjuku. 來自新加坡的好友堅持要看正在下雪的雪景，但是我們的預算不高，也不滑雪。所以大學旅行社建議我們去 草津溫泉 。那裡除了能滑雪以外，還有其它活動或可以觀光的地方。而且距離新宿約3.5-4個小時的巴士車程（來回5000yen）。草津溫泉位於群馬縣。因為在半山腰，所以下雪的機率高。 With great luck, we were able to see snow on 30th Dec 2011 and beautiful snow flakes fell onto my coat! 不知道哪兒來的好運，竟然在12月30日看到下雪的美景。而且是一到那裡就開始下了！美麗的冰雹就掉在我的外套上。

We have a lot of time wasted on things that we had studied and memorized, but end up forgetting them. The frustrating thing is "remembering" and "forgetting" always comes as a pair. 中文版請點（更多）→