Free Salonpas Samples

Do you ever had Stiff Neck, Sore Shoulder, Backache or Joint Pain? Or, do you feel muscle ache after hardcore exercise in the gym or sport?

Do you know that Salonpas can relief all the pain? Salonpas is a product made in Japan. Salonpas Patch contains the active ingredient Mehyl Salicylate which penetrates quickly and targets all your pain for fast acting and long lasting relief for your aches and sores.

Salonpas pain relief patch is thin, stretchable and flexible. It's measuring at 7cm X 10 cm. It's also skin colored, if you scare people can see you pasting it. The patch sticks on firmly and easy to peel off. It is not sticky and leave no greasy.

Salonpas pain relief is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of America. So, you do not need to worry that Salonpas is not safe for human!

Do you know that not even in Singapore, Salonpas can be found in Taiwan? The packing is almost the same but it is slightly smaller by 0.5cm! After long traveling, you need Salonpas patch to paste on your stiff neck to relief the pain!

Do you know that in Singapore sport events like SAFRA Singapore Bay Run and Army Half Marathon (AHM) 2010, most of the runners are using Salonpas to relief their pain while they goes for run?

Now, you have the chance to get Free 5 Salonpas Samples simply by commenting on the official website at http://bit.ly/9QtyVs. You also can read other bloggers have to say about Salonpas and how great it is!

Singapore packing on the Left,

Taiwan packing on the Right.

Singapore packing on the Left,

Taiwan packing on the Right.

中秋節

祝愿大家中秋節快樂!
Happy Mid- Autumn Festival!

All You Want To Know About Taiwan

Have you thought of traveling to Taiwan and you are not sure of Taiwan culture, food and where to visit? You come to the right channel as I will write down most of the information, which may interest you to visit to Taiwan!

Languages

Majority of Taiwanese speak Chinese ethnic languages like Mandarin 普通話/華語, Tai Yu 台話 (Min Nan Yu 閩南語or also known as Hokieen福建語) and Hakka 客家語. English is not commonly used in Taiwan as most of them could not understand or could not speak fluently. Although English is taught once the students enter elementary school.

Most of the signboard and menu are written in Traditional Chinese Character but English are written in Public Transport, Restaurants, most shopping mall and places of interest.

Cultural in Taiwan

When you reach Taiwan, you will be cultural shock! You are not allowed to throw tissue paper, toilet paper or anything into the toilet bowl. You need to throw it into the waste paper basket or thrash bin.

Most of the Taiwanese are courtesy and friendly. They queue for train at the platform and letting passengers to alight first before boarding the train. They stand at the right side of the escalator so that passengers who are rushing can walk on the left side.

When you are boarding the train at night, please note that you are not allowed to step into Women night zone cabin area as there are protection zone for women. You might be charge or sue for sexual disturbing from the local law.

Taiwanese are environment free. When you visited most of the shop in Taiwan, the shop keeper (7-Eleven, Shopping mall and others) will not issue you plastic bag. You cannot find thrash bin within 100m away. You need to carry your rubbish till you can find one thrash bin, which is perhaps 500m- 1000m away.

If you are throwing your rubbish into thrash bin, please note that you need to throw it to the correct bin. As their thrash bin will catalogue into difference types of rubbish.

Please note that certain hand sign are offences to the local and you might be charge from the local law. For example showing middle finger.

Touting

Most of the popular places or crowded areas in Taiwan, you are often been approached from aggressive touting services (This is bad). I advice you that not to offer their services as it will cost much compare to the government public transport. Or maybe you can ignore them or tell them you do not need the services. (They will keep on pressuring and following you)

Food

For Muslim friends, please note that most of the Taiwan Provinces food here are not Halah Certified. Even the fast food chain like McDonald's, KFC and many others fast food outlets are not Halah Certified.

If you see this sign written in Chinese Character (清真), which mean this food chain are selling Halah Food. You can visit to this website to see all the food chains which is 清真 (Halah Certified).

http://www.cmainroc.org.tw/cetacean/front/bin/ptlist.phtml?Category=140873 or through this website,

http://www.taipeimosque.org.tw/index.php?categoryid=10

Praying

Majority of Taiwanese are Buddhist and Taoist. You can find temples everywhere. But, there are people who are Catholic, Christian and Islam as well.

For Catholic friends, please visit to this website (which is written in Chinese) to find out the locational of the churches in Taiwan. http://www.catholic.org.tw/catholic/index.php

For Christian friends, please visit to this website (which is written in Chinese and English) to find out the locational of the churches in Taiwan. http://across.co.nz/TawainChurch.html and,

http://www.ccea.org.tw/missionworld//functioncode/publish/articleshow.asp?sn=799&type=0#W_Taiwan%27s%20Expatriat%20Ministries

For Muslim friends, please note that not all the Taiwan Provinces have mosque. Please check this website to see if there is a mosque which you intend to visit/travel.

http://www.taipeimosque.org.tw/index.php?categoryid=12

Health


Before traveling to Taiwan, please consult with your doctor if you are suitable to travel if you are unwell. Please consult your doctor for flu injection before traveling as you might not want to get sick while you are in Taiwan! (Strongly recommend you to have flu jab!! For your own good!)

Travel

To travel to Taiwan from Singapore in budget and yet Free and Easy, JETSTAR Asia and TIGER AIRWAYS (Coming soon) are offering their flights to Taipei directly. About 4 hours and 40 minutes flight. The cost for 2 ways flight from SIN-TPE is about SGD$520 for 2 ways (As of September 2010) includes taxes and fuel.

Or, you can choose Airasia where you need to get flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and transit to Taipei. The cost for 1 way flight from SIN-KUL is about SGD$59 (As of September 2010) includes taxes and fuel.

When you reach Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. You need to transit the flight to Taipei. The cost for 2 ways flight from KUL-TPE is about MYR914 (SGD$406) for 2 ways (As of September 2010) includes taxes and fuel.

After you departing back to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, you need to transit the flight back to Singapore. The cost for 1 way flight from KUL-SIN is about MYR85 (SGD$38) (As of September 2010) includes taxes and fuel.

Total cost would be SGD$59 + SGD$406 + SGD$38 = SGD$503.

Before you are reaching Taiwan, please fill out the arrival card (consists 2 pages) and pass it to the custom officer and remember to get it back the other page as you need it when you are departure from Taiwan!

Exchange Rate

As of September, the currency exchange rate is SGD$1= NTD$23 and for Malaysian, the currency exchange rate is MYR1 = NTD$10.20

Dining at Trattoria Italian Kitchen, 313 Somerset

I visited to Trattoria Italian Kitchen (Trattoria Cucina Italian) which is located at 313 Somerset, Singapore. The decoration of the restaurant is very well- designed. Well Italian style and yet classic. The ambience is relaxing!

The Restaurant was not crowded at the point of visiting. The waitress at Trattoria Italian Kitchen are not friendly when you are browsing the menu. I cannot recalled if they are wearing name tag as I could not manage to see their name on it.

The service standard at Trattoria Cucina Italian are extremely terrible and horrified! The female waitress are really rude and it seem like they are unwilling to serve you and they used monotone to serve you.

One of the Chinese waitress says, "Where do you want to sit? In or Out?" I was like thinking, what is this? And I could not really understand what she mean. After some thought, I finally understand. She mean inside or outside of the restaurant premise.

I decided to sit outside of the restaurant as I could snap more photos. She passed me the menu and walked away. After decided what to eat, I ordered Classic Carbonara (Pasta) SGD$15.90 and Cotoletta Di Pesce (Fish & Chip) SGD$14.90. But, it took me quite awhile before someone could noticed me. It seem like they do not even bothered to serve me.

After awhile, another waitress served me complimentary Tomato Bruchetta. And a Chinese waiter put with a smile served me ice water and very friendly. I loved Tomato Bruchetta! The bread was crispy and yummy!

After some time of waiting, the food was served. Firstly, Cotoletta Di Pesce seem to be okay. But after eating it, I can tasted the fish and the fries are oily and not fresh, the vegetable are not fresh and overall, it's tasteless! I need to drink ice- water as it was oily!! I could not able to finish the food as it really oily!!

For the price of Cotoletta Di Pesce, I could visit to Fish & Co to have fish & Chip. The taste are better and the serving is just right and importantly it is not oily!

Secondly, Classic Carbonara looked very simple and plain. It's very cheesy and blended. It tastes like watery and the Bacon filling was Pathetic.

Rating for Trattoria Italian Kitchen (Trattoria Cucina Italian)

Locational: 5/5 (Above Somerset MRT station)

Ambience: 5/5 (Very well designed and relaxing)

Customer Service: 2/5 (Waitress are rude and unwilling to serve)

Waiting Time: 3/5 (Waited quite awhile to be ordered and food served can be improved)

Food Serving: 2/5 (Food tasted oily and tasteless)

Pricing: 4/5 (Pricing are reasonable)

Overall: I would likely not recommend my friend to visit it!

You can visit to Trattoria Italian Kitchen (Trattoria Cucina Italian) official website at: http://www.trattoriaasia.com/

You also can visit to Food Review on how consumers feedback on Trattoria Italian Kitchen (Trattoria Cucina Italian) at this website:

http://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/trattoria_cucina_italiana_313_somerset/reviews/

Visit Trattoria Italian Kitchen (Trattoria Cucina Italian) outlet at:

313 Orchard Road, 313 @ Somerset

#01-16/17/18,

Singapore 238895

Tel: +65 6834 4833

Fax: +65 6834 4822

Prices are included 7% of Government Tax (GST) and 10% Service Charge.

Photo Shoot at Ann Siang Road, Singapore

During the night time, I head down to Ann Siang Road, Singapore for photo shoots. Ann Siang Road is located beside MaxWell Hawker Center and near China Town.

Ann Siang Road one whole stretch of building is preserved and still maintained it well. It is actually pre-war building. The whole stretch of building is actually known as Mount Erskine.

At Mount Erskine, you can able to find local designer or local company (Fashion, Spa, Weeding etc) setting up their business here. At the last stretch of Ann Siang Road is well-known hotel, The Scarlet Hotel. The hotel was features in Korean popular drama, 케세라, 세라 (Que Sera Sera).

While you are walking along the stretch of Mount Erskine and Ann Siang Hill, you can find many interesting things to see. You will love it when you are there and see it for yourself!

Update

Dear everyone,

I am sorry not to update my blog on time as I am not in Singapore for the past few days. I was in Taiwan for my vacation trip and blogging material.

I really do enjoyed myself in Taiwan despite I am not feeling well during the second days of the entire trip. I will be updating my Taiwan trip soon. So watch up for this space to find out more on Taiwan culture, food, sight seeing and shopping. =)

Sky in the Park.

My Malaysian friend came down to Singapore for holiday. So today, I decided to bring him to Marina Bay Sands and see the great scenery at the SKY PARK. We pay the entrance fees of SGD$20 at the ticketing counter and we took the lift to 56F.

When we step into the Sky Park, we are impressed! The scenery is brilliant! Especially the sunset! Every visitors was impressed and happy to see the great view. Although SGD$20 is expensive but it is worth it!

I had no regret to bring my friend to Sky Park!

Cheers.

Bid Good Bye to Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games

Yesterday, 26 August 2010 was the last day for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games which is held in Singapore! It was a sad moment that everyone will be bid good bye to Youth Olympic Games. For the past 2 weeks, everyone was watching and catching the sport and support and cheer their own country athletes.

Everyone was impressed and beyond expectations for Inaugural Youth Olympic Games. Some of the IOC members regret not to bring their best athletes to compete in Youth Olympic Games. All the hard work from the SYOG members, volunteers and the sponsors are pay off! Everyone is grateful to the volunteers. Without the volunteers, the inaugural Youth Olympic Games will not be success!

As for me, I am proud to be the volunteer for the Youth Olympic Games. Yesterday we had a great party. We are lucky as our venue is close to the Marina Float Platform (Stadium) for the closing ceremony.

We watched LIVE telecast through our iPhone app from SingTel and StarHub. At the same time we could catch the fireworks in full view!! The scenery was so beautiful!! Everyone took photographs for the last moment.

President Jacques Rogge, the International Olympic Committee told 3600 athletes, “Years from now, when you reflect on your sports career, you will be able to say ‘I was in Singapore, where it all began’. You will keep this Singapore spirit alive in your countries as true role models. Let's the Singapore spirit to be live on!"

At 2101, the Youth Olympic Games fire flame was put out. Everyone was silents and it marks the end of the festival. Everyone bid farewell to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. This is not the end of the journey but it is a brand new beginning for Youth Olympic Games.

In Year 2014, Nanjing, China will take over Singapore and host the 2nd Youth Olympic Games in summer. I'm sure that Nanjing host a great success for the Youth Olympic Games.

See you there in Nanjing, China in Year 2014!

Movie Review: Step Up 3D

Dear readers, do you love have passion for dancing? If you do, You will love watching Step Up 3. Step up 3 is a movie regarding to Dance and their passion. It also add on to multiracial and difference culture have one common interest is dancing.

In the movie, Luke want to change people life by dancing but lack of finance. He need people to win the Dance jam. But somehow things not right according to his plan.

Luke decided to give up his dream as he lost his hope. Luke fall in love with girl but he is disappointed that he thought the girl he loves is betraying on him.

Although there are no subtitles but you will understanding by seeing and hearing. The best part is that STEP UP 3 is now in 3D version where you can catch the special effect!!

I really love STEP UP 3 as the show motivate us never give up our dream and whatever we do, we should fulfill it and try our best!

STEP UP 3D is now available in Singapore.

"Dancing can change people life, One move can bring people together, one move can set whole generation free."