Sunday, June 17, 2007

Lisbon?

This is not a photo from Lisbon. This church stands in the east banks of the Guadalupe River and west of Highway 101 in San Jose, California. The neighborhood around here used to be occupied by immigrants from Portugal (mainly from the Azore Islands). You can meet lots of different ethnic groups here in Silicon Valley and that is really exciting! You can also eat lots of different food from all over the world. It is surely one of the motivations for me to go on an overseas trip. Thanks to meeting lots of interesting people and encountering different cultures here in Silicon Valley.

Saturday, June 16, 2007

Girls' Favorite-Flying


Girl's favorite hobby is flying. For example, Angelina Jolie does fly! Actually in the US, A flying lesson is cheaper. I heard that cheaper than India, Japan and etc. For flying lesson, Piper Seneca, Cessna-152, Cessna-172 are usually used. My friend paid about $12000 to get a license.You should research the cost and your health condition. Sometimes, you just can't qualified as a pilot because of blood pressure and so on.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Skincare navi--Nintendo DS

The Japanese game machine company, Nintendo and the game software company, Konami try to attract ladies for game market with Nintendo DS, a small game machine. The DS will give a woman advice to take more fruits or drink water etc for her skincare according to her skin condition and also says about womanly manners. The machine goes on sale in Japan in October with a price tag of about $37.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Gift for Dad

Love my dad and want to make him very happy. So I bought a 12-language Speaking Global Translator with the price tag of $229.99. Ouch! He travels a lot, so I think he will like it! It's tough not to talk about this.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Where is my friend?

Met Sam, who is the CEO of Loopt, several times at Where 2.0 and Dow Jone's Venture one event. Loopt offers social mapping service. In short, you can see your friends' location on your cell phone screen. You can meet or avoid them efficiently. Loopt has more than 100,000 users, thanks to its unique and fun idea. Check out Loopt at http://www.loopt.com/

Monday, June 11, 2007

Travel Deals on Web




For economize travel expenses,
listed here are some of travel web sites.

For airfare references
Last 59 minutes deal

For Japanese trip (mainly in Japanese)

For US global or domestic travelers
www.orbitz.com
www.hotwire.com
www.expedia.com

You can bet your travel according to your budget
www.priceline.com
Von Voyage!