Material Happiness?

Every weekend i find myself in only one place and that is in Low Yatt Plaza in KL. The reason is to shop for tech stuff...anything from the latest LCD, PDA, Gaming Mouse, Wireless HEadphones....you name it my list goes on and on. It does give some joy...the idea of going there to get something....but i guess im expecting all the material items to give me more joy and contentment.

Sadly I aint gettin it! I find myself trying to justify spending so much money with the fact that i work hard all work and somehow deserve the things i wish to get. Slowly i see myself losing the value for money i once had as a student. Back then RM100 was a big deal it meant survivng for a WEEK. Nowadays its slowly becoming chump change....pondering about this makes me realise that im going down the path that i swore myself never to. Im becoming an obsessed shopaholic...a kiasu...and an absolute SHOW OFF! Not good not good at all....today i took my first step instead of dumping rm700 plus on a new printer i went for a cheap and yet practical alternative of getting a HP printer for only RM139.

Why is it that men esp need to prove themselves...their worth...their capabilities ...their potential....i find myself falling into this at times. Is it social pressure and expectations or is it that it is self inflicted? I need time to ponder.

I need rest and a quiet place....:)

Vincent (The Cuban Bar Tender) mixing me a MOJHITO
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Aye Caramba!
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The Pampered One

The Pampered One
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I always wanted a younger brother, my friends who have brothers esp younger ones seem to have a nice time with their brothers ofcourse there will always be fighting and all but on the whole brothers tend to stick by each other. Well im the youngest in my family only have a sis...but recently my mum decided to add another member to our family. His name is JOJO. And he has now taken over my home. He sleep where he wants, gets the best seat in the house, get the constant caring of my mum and heck he even gets better food than me.

Jojo is none other than my pesky pet as u can see in the picture. Now dont let his innocent look fool you. This guy is a menace to say the least. Always busy creeping around the house at wee hours of the morning. Ive caught him so many times in my room snooping around talk about invading privacy.

Well my mum just adores him, why i dont know? He wakes up at 5.30 a.m for my mum to pet him and cuddle him and then feed him. I dont even get a biscuit in the morning.

Dont get me wrong i like dogs and pets. But this dude is taking over my home what should i do...ive been ordered by mum not to scold him, beat him or even frighten him!

Nagoya

Nagoya,was beautiful to say the least, during the day its filled with high fashion streets where you find ladies dressed from top to toe in Louie Vutton, Gucci and Escada. At night the city comes alive with all the flashy neon lights that Japan is famous the world over for. I couldnt but help feeling a sense of excitement in nagoya..the city welcomes you with open arms and if u aint too carefull you could find yourself broke within a couple of days cause its extremely expensive in Nagoya.

I was in Nagoya for the World Expo, arrived a day earlier to check out the city and also to make sure that i reach the Expo early so that i can make it to see the famous pavillions like Toyota, Hitachi and Mitsui Toshiba. The reasons is because these companies have promised to display all their state of the art technology equipment to create a totally futuristic enviroment when u enter their pavillion.

After arriving at Nagoya the first thing we did was check into out hotel and go for lunch. We did a bit of window shopping at TAKASHIMAYA and headed off to the Toyota Museum and Nagoya Castle.

Hotel Entrance
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At night we took full opportunity to check out the night life in the city. We started off first by hitting HArd ROCK CAFE Nagoya. Sadly nothing much was rocking there...it had turned into a Chillis like outlet. After havin a couple of JDs i asked a lady at the bar where i could go to see some cool night life..and she directed me towards a street called SAKAE.

SAKAE...was PACHINKO, KARAOKE, CABBARET and other vices HEAVEN! We however were not in the mood for all that. All we wanted was a good danceclub. Sadly we couldnt find one...prehaps due to our poor Japanese or the possibility there are none...im not sure.

Got back around midnight and decided to end the evening in my hotel hot tub. Ahhh relaxation after a long hard day.



Nagoya City
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Nagoya Lights
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My Hotel
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Toyota Museum in Nagoya

Toyota is apparently Japan's most loved company. The car manufacturer actually started as a cotton weaving industry. I cant remember the full name of the founder but his name was TOYODA. The cotton weaving industry started with rather crude old wooden contraptions that would slowly weave a ball of cotton into strong cotton thread. The industry then grew from there to more advance machinery to weave cottons. Toyota biggest breakthrough i guess was when they started using water mills to power their weaving machines. Suddenly they found themselves actively involved with developing new machinery.

Well i wont bore u any more...here are some pictures i took when i was in the museum.

Toyota Cotton Weaver
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Hydraulic Engine powered Cotton Weaver
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First Toyota Car
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Its ..aaahhh Something?
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First Toyota Crown
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Future Car
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