When YOG ends, Lantern is up @ Fullerton Bay (26 Aug 2010)

My blogging schedule is lousy & getting crazy..
This week and last week was really busy. Yes, and tired too.
Day and night all packed..my body operates at least 17 hours per day awake hahaa..siong hor.

Below a light blog on Lantern @ the new Fullerton Bay Hotel.
It was a nice night to plan on as it conincide with end of YOG ceremony that makes the just another chill so beautiful & enjoyable :) It could be better if not for the heat!
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Beautiful isnt it?

(Extracted from their webby)

(This is the exact seat where we were seating!)
LANTERN is a stylish rooftop bar and pool with enthralling panoramic views of the Marina Bay waterfront and the world-famous Singapore skyline. Located on the rooftop, this urban oasis with breathtaking views of the Lion City, is the coveted destination for the sophisticated chic where one can relish delectable gourmet snacks and tantalising grilled meats, accompanied with fine champagnes, signature cocktails, wines and beverages.

“Lantern derives its name from Clifford Pier’s historical Chinese name - “Red Lantern Pier”. It was a landing point for Singapore’s first immigrants and red lanterns used to hang from the pier as a guide to seafarers.”







View is really good especially for the unplanned FIREWORKS!
Everyone is so engrossed catching the fireworks in time and chatting....nobody really remembered to take photo with human being in it :p

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(below my from cam)

We were greeted with this as soon as the lift door opened!!

It is better than the red carpet...





Comparing to the official photos, these canopies are newly set up.

Everyone rushed once we hear the signal!





Surprises are bonus when it is unplanned...

And mood became more beautiful too...

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I hope you get a chance to take a real look at this beautiful place too :)

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Catching up in Ivy League

Just random news that I came across on Biz Times today (26 Aug 2010).

The inside world of the elite business schools in the league... Harvard Biz sch is in the league too :)
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Glassy: The new Yale building is timed to open in 2013. Elite business schools are locked in an 'arms race' of building bigger and more elaborate business campuses to recruit the best students and faculty

Yale plays catch-up in Ivy League edifice race

It's planning a glittering US$180 million structure designed by Lord Norman Foster, who built London's 'Gherkin' tower

(NEW YORK) YALE University's School of Management, which aspires to be among the world's best business schools, crams its students and faculty into 19th century homes and former astronomy buildings linked by a rabbit-warren of basements.

That's a far cry from Harvard Business School's 33-building riverfront campus, which boasts a chapel, health club and its own art collection.

To help catch up, Yale is planning a glittering US$180 million structure designed by Lord Norman Foster, who built London's 'Gherkin' tower. The new building, scheduled to open in 2013, will help the school keep pace with its rivals, said dean Sharon Oster.
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New buildings mean more office space for faculty and more classrooms for profitable executive education programmes. Larger schools can also enrol more students, who pay as much as US$80,000 per year in tuition, room and board and other expenses.
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The high cost of attendance contributes to students' rising expectations - and the growing size and complexity of the new facilities, said Jonathan Levav, an associate professor at Columbia. Two years at Columbia Business School costs an estimated US$168,307 for tuition, room and board and other expenses.

'Graduates of business and law schools are often the wealthiest alumni. It is easy to raise the funds to build buildings from donors to those schools.'

- Cornell University professor Ronald Ehrenberg

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So what is Ivy League?

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

The term also has connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism

The use of the phrase is no longer limited to athletics, and now represents an educational philosophy inherent to the nation's oldest schools. In addition, Ivy League schools are often viewed by the public as some of the most prestigious universities worldwide and are often ranked amongst the best universities in the United States and worldwide.

Ivy League university financial endowments range from Brown's $2.01 billion to Harvard's $26 billion, the largest financial endowment of any academic institution in the world.
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haha.... yeah abit bo liao ya?
A peep to elite's schooling choices..

Tokyo is work & play! (May 27 - Jun 1, 2010)

FINALLY a bit of time to blog the overdues...FULL TOKYO TRIP where work & place take placeMay 27 - Jun 1, 2010

.WEATHER IS REALLY GOOD around 19-25 degreeMy first time to Japan in such month, May-June..Official come firstFIRST, started with a site visit at Tsuchiura after after we arrived at Narita airporterr yes very ulu about 1.5 hours on coach to reach here. tired!


Time was so tight that we have to eat Bento while work / meeting.

But I really dun mind if most bento can look like this :)Tempura is alittle cold and not crispy thou ...Rice is too much... :(

Factory visit & it is better not to display everything clearly online in case i leak out some trade secret :p

I looked funny with the helmet....was it too big for me? ahhaaa

.SECOND SITE - SAITAMA areaSo happy to see my my ex boss below :)

blurrer is better :)

3RD SITE finally - NISSAN TANAKA also at SAITAMA area.what a long official day......


FINALLY FINALLYMy happy hours come......We finally can have a real decent meal and drinks @ one Izakaya! Yippie!

People who make me happier are my lovely coordinator in Japan & of cos the ex boss i miss...
Who doesnt look happy during happy hours?? :)

This scene is definately hard to come by!

Dreams will be sweeter tonight :.*********************************************************THE NEXT DAY (29/5) More cheerful look compared to the previous day cos......

It is a sightseeing day!LONG TIME NO SEEASAKUSA....!

While I think i havent come to Asakusa for like 10 years!!

The rows of shops that seems endless is the first place to suck our Yens!

Lunch to let us walk further and faster :)

Kyushu Ramen at Shinjuku area which tasted not bad :)But i still miss that kyushu ramen store at harajuku!......of cos Kansai ones are not bad too yummy yummy....

Oh yes the new Abercrombie shop in Ginza area....featuring a mystery theme..Did u notice they close the main doors & cover the windows?It is filled with darkness when you make your entrance.There are cutey Japanese hunks that goes topless and assist you around and search stuff that you are looking for with aid of torchlights and cute Japlish accent hahaaa...Its true!

Shopping at Ginza will take sometime. shops all big in area size is the trademark of Ginza.Happy hours swing pass so fast.....its bbq dinner for this night.so so.... :(

********************************************************THE NEXT DAY (30/5)Disneyland

Ok I think it should be also about 10 years since I last came here....

To me, Tokyo Disneyland always feel like a kiddo place OR a romantic place where the bf must bring the gf here haha. At least thats what japanese are thinking..So I tot I could get quite bored after a while in this kiddo place since no bf here too.Surprisingly I enjoyed! hahaaHeart of kiddy is in ME ... :) heee


See our excited face? We are all big kids hahaa...



The thing about Tokyo Disneyland...everything seems so well done (fm big to the smallest detail), so perfect here, even the assistants around are so cheerful, so eagar to help & so polite!

capable of finding fun in every little thing woooo.......

Age decrease in here....

Did mention about the frightening experience???.I was too happy and engrossed in shopping in disneyland, the careless me left my wallet in one of the cashier counter unknowingly! And I got this very bad habit of leaving my sling pouch bag open for my convenience..So when i realised the wallet is gone! It probably had been like 15-30mins since it was gone.I dropped my shopping basket with the squeeze of my heart....I almost cried cos it was only like the 2nd day of sightseeing...means i shld still have majority of travel fund in there :( Imagine all cards gone too ?? I will be penniless on the 3rd day!!.I went back to try my luck at the cashier counter where i last paid unless i dropped it somewhere :(.OMG!! The assistant seemed to response with an idea of my pink wallet! My Japanese came out in funny pieces when panic ahaha.. And she finally brought out MY WALLET after some search in their lost and found! I just need to fill up some forms & ans some of her questions to claim it! .This is one thing I like about Japan, most of them are honest and not greedy for such cases.....But i cant take for granted, i have to be really careful no matter where I am.++++++++++++++++++.After all the scares, i bought more things from Disneyland in case i really lost my wallet ahaa

Then its shabu shabu dinner....The beef was really fresh.... yum

.The guys were not hungry but they cant resist when they spotted this push cart ramen right at our hotel area, Ikebukuro... hahaa

So i joined in and tried....not so nice actually....but its like a must to try if you spot such old mobile store ya.

.We shared the big room at Sunshine Prince Ikebukuro. Its really big for a hotel in Tokyo..


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++.THE NEXT DAYWent to my headquarter as an unplanned schedule :)The new building is really big and so much like those in Japanese drama office :p

GINZA again! Our group must be rich! But i bought a Paul Smith keypouch here which is worth and cool!



Its lunch time.Traditional Japanese food for the day.






Leave Ginza for Shibuya :)

Shibuya is always so young & crowded...

The dinner was hosted by a Japanese partner atEsquire Club, a pte club.Feel likes Izakaya type of food where there are many small dishes of snacks.Not so full to get you ready for endless drinks ;p

.*******************************************************************.THE NEXT DAY - BACK TO SIN
we are supposed to display a sad face but how come not synchronised at all ahhaa

.Oh ya our 2pit SQ flight got problem with their motherboard and got us stuck in the stationery plane for 2 hours!.Napss and movies to kill time........


.Finally flying, otherwise we have to stuck in Japan for 1 more night...I long to be back to have proper sleeps for at least a good week.


Bye Tokyo...Glad to be back home to my sunny island :).