EVACOMICS BLOG

After 1.5 months of lovely summer vacation back home, I'm now back in my crappy small Tokyo dorm that is slightly less than 9sqm, roughly the size of 3 super single beds. I tried to take a shot that shows everything, but it was too embarrassing to reveal all the ugly hooks and what not. What I can tell you is that besides those shown in the photo, there's a bookshelf, wardrobe, laundry basket, small TV, fridge, microwave oven and a shoe rack/shelf. I can't imagine that I'd managed to stay here for 18 months already! You can check out my old complains from the very moment I stepped in last year! 回家過了美麗的1個月半暑假後，又回到了爛東京宿舍。宿舍面積少過9平方米，大概有3張超級單人床那麼大吧？我試過把全部都拍下來，但是因為實在是太醜了，所以就透露一半就好了。除了照片中的物件以外，還有書櫃，衣櫃，洗衣籃，小電視，冰箱，微波爐和一個鞋櫃。真無法想像我已經在這簡陋小房間待了18個月了！要回顧我去年一搬進來就開始狂投訴的記錄， 請點這裡 XD   ...and great... while doing laundry I found these insect eggs sticking onto my net. ...正想晾乾衣服時，竟然發現有昆蟲蛋在我的網上！ Wonderful... guess which insect is this? 幹....到底是何方神聖？

I got the shock of my life after returning to Singapore for vacation. Houses were 30% more expensive than when I'd left less that 2 years ago! Looks like my dream of buying a small studio is popping into bubbles... Meanwhile, it looks like inflation in US and in China is not any better, only Japan is suffering from deflation. Oh heck, with Japan living costs getting cheaper and Singapore getting more expensive, I wonder if we'll end up the same eventually? Hmm... 中文版請點（更多）→  

What's with the new debt to pay old debt? 中文版請點（更多）→  

Can't help but feel sleepy all the time! 中文版請點（更多）→  

I had to attend many events that has interaction with Japanese. I found that pretty often after introducing my country and the languages I speak, the Japanese usually express their awe, followed by an awkward beat of silence. Yes, I had found the best way to end a conversation with a Japanese! 中文版請點（更多）→ 

I watched a Japanese health variety show some time ago and it was about the miracle benefits of chewing many times! If you chew more than 30 times per bite, it'll not just make you fuller, but also improves your memory and prevents cancer! Then the show presented this case study of a bedridden near-senile old man, who suddenly became alert and was walking around, after only undergoing a few months of "biting" therapy. Amazing!!! 中文版請點（更多）→ 

In 5 days time, we will be celebrating our Mid Autumn Festival, a much celebrated festival by the Chinese. It is the 8th month 15th day on the lunar calendar when the moon is at its roundest form. Thousands of years had passed, but our lunar calendar never fails to nail down the date for the roundest moon. On this day, families come together, much like Chinese New Year, to eat mooncakes and admire the bright moon. It is also a custom to give mooncakes between relatives or business associates to wish them have a happy reunion with their families. Mooncakes are traditionally baked with lotus paste filling and sometimes with yolk. These are usually favored by the older generation. However for younger people like me, snowskin mooncakes are appealing too, such as the ones shown above. 再過5天就慶中秋了！以前的天文學家真是厲害，千年後的農曆還是能準確算出月亮最圓的日子。

I liked Astronomy when I was a kid. Too bad NASA will not be getting money to fly anymore. Meanwhile, it's our Chinese Mid Autumn Festival! I'll talk about more in my next post! 中文版請點（更多）→ 

If you're pretty or handsome, you can get away with a lot of things. 中文版請點（更多）→

Just returned from the Borders Sale at Expo with 50% discount off all books. The original price tag was way too expensive, no wonder they're going out of business in Singapore. In fact, you might find some paperback version cheaper in Amazon than the 50% discounted hardcover versions found there. I arrived at 11am and spent 1.5 hours browsing and selecting my books. By the time I join the queue, it was already incredibly long and I had to drag my basket of books for 2.5 hours before reaching a cashier. When I was done, it was already 3pm, too tired and famished to "cheong" (battle) the John Little Sale at Hall 3. Here are some shopping strategies to share when you go to a "clearance" sale: Just grab the things that you're interested in, if you're having a hard decision, just grab and go. By the time you're done scavenging, the queue would have been really long. So if you're going with a friend or family member, a good strategy is to have