Italy trip 2013 (8 Jun -- 21 Jun)

Italy trip 2013 (8 Jun -- 21 Jun)

8 Jun --

11:00 pm Changi Airport

9 Jun --

9:30 am Milan Linate Airport

Milan Linate airport - Milano Centrale

by shuttle bus -- 30 mins

(Air Bus Linate - Centrale),

€5 x 4 =€20

Milan - Venice : Trenitalia 1:05pm

(2 hr 35mins)

€131.30

From Venezia Santa Lucia to San Marco -- by Vaporetto no. 1

€7x 4=€28

Hotel San Moise

San Marco, 2058

Piscina San Moise

Venice 30124

Tel: (39) 041-5203755

-- Piazza St Marco

10 Jun --

walking around Venice and taking the water taxi

11 Jun --

St Marco, Murano, Burano

12 Jun --

Venice-Florence: €135, 12:25 train

(2 hr 5mins)

5 mins walk

Via Piazza delia Stazione, 60m

Turn right to stay on Piazza Della Stazione, 60m

At round about take 1st exit to stay on Piazza Della Stazione, 20m

Turn right onto Largo Fratelli Alinari, 90m

Continue onto Via Nazionale, 180m

Hotel Corona D'Italia

Via Nazionale, 14

Florence 50123

Tel: (39) 055-261501

-- Duomo, city walk about

13 Jun --

Tuscany day tour (Sienna, Winery, San Gi, Pisa)

14 Jun --

Ufizzi, Ponte Veche, shopping,

15 Jun --

Cinque Terre hiking tour

16 Jun --

-- Strolling the leather goods shopping street

Florence-Rome: €156, 12:04pm

(1 hr 26 mins)

Train station to hotel -- 1.3km, 14 mins walk

Turn left onto Via Cavour, 50m

Via Cavour, 1.2km (right)

Hotel Solis

Via Cavour 311

Rome 00184

Tel: (39) 06-69923395

-- roman forum,  Trevi fountain, Spanish steps, colosseum@night

17 Jun --

-- Vatican City, San Pietro, Vatican museum (Sistine capel)

18 Jun --

-- Campogliani, wedding cake, Pantheon, piazza

19 Jun --

Rome-Milan: €300, 12:00 (2hr 55 mins)

200m from Central Station, 4 mins

90m, Duca D'Aosta

Turn right to stay on Piazza Duca D'Aosta, 80m

Turn left onto Via Fabio Filzi, 170m

UNA Hotel Century

Via Fabio Filzi 25

Milan 20124

Tel: (39) 02-675041

-- Duomo, Via Corso Venezia, Via Corso Bueno Aires

20 Jun --

Milan Central station -- Milan Linate Airport

(30 mins), €20

6:30pm -- 7:00pm

Depart Milan Linate -- 8:40pm AF1313 to Paris CDG, arrive 10:10pm, Term 2F

11:20pm AF256 from Paris CDG to Singapore, arrive 6:15pm

21 Jun -- arrive Changi 6:15pm

Hokkaido trip 9-22 Dec 2018

Hokkaido trip 9-22 Dec 2018

9 Dec, Sun

19:00

Leave for Changi Airport Term 1

21:00-23:20

✈️Changi to BBK - TG 410

ref # TCVOCQ

10 Dec, Mon

00:55-08:00

✈️BBK to Sapporo - TG 670

Airport to Sapporo (train, 35 mins, )

🚂10:00 Shin-Chitose — 10:35 Sapporo

check into hotel

city roaming

Lunch@Esta 10F, Okonomiyaki

Sapporo clock tower

Sapporo Odori park — light up @4:30pm

strolled back to hotel via underground link

packed back dinner to eat in hotel

🏠stay@Hotel Monterey Sapporo

060-0034, Sapporo, Chuo-ku, Kita 4-jo Higashi 1-3

+81 112327111

11 Dec, Tue

late start out

lunch at Seafood place @ Central Wholesale market

— uni, kaisen don, wagyu beef, grilled fish, hotatei,

Sapporo Central Wholesale Market

Address: Hokkaido, Sapporo, Chuo, Kita 11 Jo-Nishi 21-2-3

Hours: 6:00 - 17:00

Closed: Varies by shop

Nearest Station: Nijuyonken Station (Tozai Subway Line)

Access: Seven minutes from Nijuyonken Station on foot

Phone: 011-621-7044

Homepage:Sapporo Central Wholesale Market

shopping shopping shopping

packed simple dinner back

🏠stay@Hotel Monterey Sapporo

060-0034, Sapporo, Chuo-ku, Kita 4-jo Higashi 1-3

+81 112327111

12 Dec, Wed

Sapporo to Tomamu (JR limited express, 100 mins, )

🚂10:24 Sapporo— 12:11 Tomamu (Super Tokachi 3)

🚌shuttle bus from JR Tomamu to Hoshino resort

rental ski

walk around the resort via tunnel and covered walkways

soup curry nice

🏠stay Hoshino Resort @ Tomamu

13 Dec, Thurs

super early rise

breakfast at 32F restaurant

nice view

ski day

09:00-11:00 private ski lessons for Ash and Am

(ref no. 28930)

ski till about 2:00pm

hamburger lunch was nice

visit Terrace of the frost tree (4:30-6:00pm)

🏠stay Hoshino Resort @ Tomamu

14 Dec, Fri

visit Terrace of the frost tree in the morning — nice view but no clouds so can't experience walking in the cloud

ski day for Ash and daddy

am and mom to minamina beach

late lunch at Afuri ramen — yuzu shio ramen is nice

lazy evening and chapalang for dinner

🏠stay Hoshino Resort @ Tomamu

15 Dec, Sat

7:00am — breakfast at Sora

yummy breakfast

check out

8:30 — dog sledding — back to hotel @ 11:30

this was really fun fun fun

shuttle @ 13:00

🚂13:29 Tomamu — 15:56 Kushiro (Super Ozora 5)

🏠stay@Kushiro Prince Hotel

085-8581, Kushiro, Sawaicho 7-1

+81 154311216

16 Dec, Sun

10:00 — 14:00 Marshland 4hr car tour

— Marshland observatories, Kushiro river view, deers, cranes, eagle and owl

— Red crown crane (Tancho) @Tsurui village

Kushiro washo market for lunch — Katte Don (yummy)

🏠stay@Kushiro Prince Hotel

085-8581, Kushiro, Sawaicho 7-1

+81 154311216

17 Dec, Mon

Kushiro to Asahikawa (JR 6 hr)

check out at 7:55 am

🚂🚂08:23 Kushiro — 12:26 Sapporo;

lunch at Sapporo station

🚂🚂15:00 Sapporo — 16:25 Asahikawa

🚌shuttle from JR Asahikawa @ 16:45 (40 mins)

dinner @ Mori no yu

nice and so many bottles of sake

soak in the public bath

good bath with nice open air bath

🏠stay@Mori no yu hotel Hanakagura (森のゆ花神楽)

25-go Higashikagura-cho, kamikawa-gun

0166-83-3800

18 Dec, Tue

breakfast @ 8:00

10:15 depart by shuttle to

Asahikawa Zoo

14:20 shuttle from Zoo back to hotel

soaking

dinner @ hotel

soaking again

🏠stay@Mori no yu hotel Hanakagura (森のゆ花神楽)

25-go Higashikagura-cho, kamikawa-gun

0166-83-3800

19 Dec, Wed

🚌Shuttle to JR Asahikawa (9:45)

Asahikawa to Sapporo (JR Lilac,1hr 40mins)

🚂11:00 Asahikawa— 12:25 Sapporo

check in to hotel

lunch — beef steak @ JR tower

shopping at LOFT

🏠stay@ Hotel Mystays Sapporo Station

060-0808, Sapporo, kita-ku, kita 8-jo, Nishi 4-15

+81 11-729-4055

20 Dec, Thur

visit Otaru

🚂¥640, 57 mins

by JR Hakodate Line

arrive around 11:00

Kamaei fish cake shop/factory

yummy

Toppii kaitensushi place

cheap and very good

walk and shopping and eating along the main shopping street at Otaru

watch light up of canal

🚌¥600, bus, 35 Mins to Shiroikoibito factory

Shiroikoibito light up was very nice

🚌¥210, bus, 35 Mins to Sapporo station

bought back Cocoichibanya curry back for diner

🏠stay@Hotel Mystays Sapporo Station

060-0808, Sapporo, kita-ku, kita 8-jo, Nishi 4-15

+81 11-729-4055

21 Dec, Fri

City roaming

JR Tower observatory

Daiso

lunch @ Toshi Handmade hamburger restaurant

super nice salad and hamburger

shopping shopping

curry buns (天馬）and bread （Donq) for dinner

yummy

🏠stay@Hotel Mystays Sapporo Station

060-0808, Sapporo, kita-ku, kita 8-jo, Nishi 4-15

+81 11-729-4055

22 Dec, Sat

Early early check out by 7:00am

Sapporo to Airport (35 mins)

🚂7:33 Sapporo — 8:12 Chitose

10:00-15:50

✈️Sapporo to BBK - TG 671

ref # TCVOCQ

19:25-22-45

✈️BBK to Changi - TG 401

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Expenditure: ($15,317.59)

Air tickets — $3295.60✅

Hoshino resort plus ski passes —$2662.01✅

4-day Hokkaido flexi pass — $1048✅

Cash — $1730✅

Youtrip topup — $6581.98✅

Hotels and activities:

Ski lesson — ¥20,000✅

Kushiro 4hr tour — ¥25,720✅

Hotel Monterey Hokkaido — ¥38,800✅

Ski rental — ¥29,400✅

Kushiro Prince Hotel — ¥38,800✅

Morinoyu — ¥84,144✅

Hotel Mystays Sapporo Station —¥71,200✅

Dog sledding— ¥60,000✅

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🏠Accommodations:

Hotel Monterey Sapporo

060-0034, Sapporo, Chuo-ku, Kita 4-jo Higashi 1-3

+81 112327111

10 Dec (14:00) - 12 Dec (11:00)

¥38,880

1 room

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Hoshino Resort

0167-58-1122

12 Dec (15:00) - 15 Dec (11:00)

¥210,000 (3 breakfasts, 4-day Ski Pass), paid

1 room

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Kushiro Prince Hotel

085-8581, Kushiro, Sawaicho 7-1

+81 154311216

15 Dec (14:00) - 17 Dec (11:00)

¥38,800 (2 rooms)

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Mori no yu hotel Hanakagura (森のゆ花神楽)

25-go Higashikagura-cho, kamikawa-gun

0166-83-3800

17 Dec (15:00) - 19 Dec (10:00)

¥82,944 (1 room, breakfasts and dinners)

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Hotel Mystays Sapporo Station

060-0808, Sapporo, kita-ku, kita 8-jo, Nishi 4-15

+81 11-729-4055

19 Dec (15:00) - 22 Dec (11:00)

¥71,200 (2 rooms)

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Courage to be disliked by Ichiro Kishimi

Courage to be disliked by Ichiro Kishimi

• we all live in a world we subjectively created
• Adlerian psychology->do not think about past causes, but about present goals
• anger is a tool we use to get what we want, not an uncontrollable reaction
• the question is not "what happened" but "how was it resolved "?
• you can't chose your birth, race, family, etc that can influence you, but you can chose how to live and your lifestyle-> you just need the courage to get out of the "comfort" zone you are in and make the change
• Adele's teleology-> no matter what has occured in your life up to this point, it should have no bearing at all on how you live from now. You, decide right now how you want to live your life going forward
• all problems are interpersonal relationship problems
• subjective value is the problem as yours is different from others and you depend on others to affirm yours
• feeling of inferiority is good as it pushes us to improve ourselves; inferiority complex is bad as it inhibits us from trying to do things (giving up as we resigned to failure even before trying)
• inferiority complex can lead to superiority complex -> living in past glories, attaches oneself to powerful figure/branded goods
• another form of inferiority complex is bragging of misfortunes-> to get people around them to treat them with special care or see them in the "special light"
• if there is competition at the core of a person's interpersonal relationships, he will not be able to escape interpersonal relationship problems
• competition means others are your enemies; no competition and you can treat them as comrades and you can genuinely celebrate their successes
• personal grudges vs righteous indignation
• anger is a form of communication—> not the best way to communicate as there are many other more effective ways
• getting angry with something is different from using anger as a communication tool
• do not demonstrate that you are right during a discussion as establishing that immediately give you the sense of superiority and that you need to win the discussion as you are right
• if you think you are right, then that should be the end of it for you —> no need to convince others and make others submit to your "rightness"
• Adlerian psychology—> 2 objectives for behaviour: self-reliant and to live in harmony with society
• 2 psychology to support these are: i have the ability and people are my comrades
• Adlerian psychology is a psychology to chance oneself; not to change others
• life-tasks: work relationships; friendships; love relationships (couple love, parental-child love) we are to work on the life tasks with courage
• life lies —> the other parties are the problem and there are nothing we can do —> that's escaping from life-tasks
• courage is needed to overcome life lies and work on life tasks
• one must not seek recognition from others as you do not want others to live your life
• separation of tasks -> everyone does his own task and parent especially should avoid trying to do your children tasks as that is the root of conflicts
• not doing other's task does not mean not caring what is happening to the person — it is just not intruding. let the person know you are there to help if required and it is up to the person to do his task in his own way and pace
• separation of tasks allow for individual freedom
• freedom is being disliked by other people, unconcerned with what others think, never be recognised by others —> freedom is not being afraid of all the above —> it is not that you want to be disliked, it is that you do not mind it
• you are the one who hold the interpersonal relationship card -> as long as you understand this, you have the ability to do something about the relationship-> your task is to repair the relationship and whether or not the other party picks up the offer is up to him and it is his task, not yours
• smallest unit of community is between 2 person and each person to make a switch from attachment to self (self interest) to concern for the other, and the other is your comrade
• a way of living in which one is constantly troubled by how one is seen by others is a self-centred lifestyle
• you belong to the community by actively committed to it, and simply by being there —> you are committed to separation of tasks, you think of what you can do for your comrades in the community (but not doing their tasks)
• living in fear of one's relationships falling apart is an unfree way to live, in which one is living for other people
• parent-child relationship—> sticks and carrots are the same thing as both are vertical relationship (superior to inferior)
• child who are being praised when he was growing up will continue to seek recognition from others and thus become unfree as he lives his life for others
• a healthy relationship will be a horizontal one (after separation of tasks, accept each other's differences and then build equal horizontal relationships, encouragement and gratitude is given and not praise or rebuke)
• it is only when the person is able to feel that he has worth that he can possess courage
• only when one is able to feel "I am beneficial to the community" (subjective view) that one can have a true sense of one's worth
• look at the other person not at the level of his acts but his mere existence
• switch from self interest to social interest —> self acceptance, confidence in others and contribution to others
• not self affirmation but self acceptance
• basis of interpersonal relationships is not founded on trust but in confidence—> trust has set conditions while confidence does not
• unconditional confidence is a mean for making your interpersonal relationship better and allow for horizontal relationships
• the courage to be normal
• if life is a line leading from point A to point B (glorious finishing), then what happen if we don't get to B? the whole life will be a lost case of en route?
• if we see life as many dots of NOW, then we are always in the NOWs, like dancing (no target end point) and life will be a enjoyable long dance
• it's only because we cast a dim light on our life that we are able to see our past and think we can see our future; if we live our NOW under bright spotlight, we will not be able to see the past or future as we are absorbed in the current
• see someone's life as many moments rather than a line
• dance along with bright moments and live earnestly (not too seriously)
• living life earnestly and life is always complete, whenever it ends
• life in general has no meaning, it is up to each individual to assign his own meaning
• you change the world by changing yourself —> change your perspective and the world will look differently

Six Frames by Edward De Bono

Six Frames by Edward De Bono

Six Frames by Edward de Bono

Six Frames for thinking about information -- by Edward de Bono

-- Attention is key to thinking

-- Weakness is that attention is pulled (eg. you pay attention to someone rolling on the floor)

-- Perception we have dictates our thinking and so if we do not pay attention to our perception we might end up with wrong conclusions

---> We need to direct attention, using a framework

The 6 frames are:

Triangle frame

-- purpose (why the info? what info? where to seek the info?)

Circle frame

-- accuracy (attention to accuracy of info; checking on the accuracy; use with care if doubtful)

Square frame

-- point of view (attention on the degree of bias of info)

Heart frame

-- interest (attention to the matters of interest; how interesting is the info to us?)

Diamond frame

-- value (attention to the value of the info; use the 6 value medals*)

Slap frame

-- outcome (attention to the outcome of analyzing the info; agree or disagree? next step?)

* summary of Six Medals by Edward de Bono

Gold medal -- human value

Silver medal -- organization value (eg. company, family)

Steel medal -- quality value

Glass medal -- innovation value

Wood medal -- value to the World (eg. environment)

Brass -- perception value