Be the night owl!

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Whoever said this, must have been an ardent morning person, a lark. I am a lark too, well, to some extent I am, not a good one though. I would always want to sleep early, but I usually tend to stay awake till around 2 at least.

And for the first time I actually felt good for being a ‘bad’ lark. But being a bad lark will not help. I need to be a night owl to be smarter and richer. At least thats what Dr Christina Schimdt’s team at the University of Liege in Belgium says after their intensive research.

They studied a group of night owls and larks and their results were quite interesting. Everyone was able to respond equally well after having been awake for the first few hours. But it was after 10.5 hours that the larks started to get lazy and felt sleepier. On the other hand, this was when the night owls started to feel more energetic and shone much brighter than the larks in all activities.

Now the problem that most night owls face is that the normal working hours suit that of a lark which makes the owls be sluggish at work early in the morning. Thus, most night owls will only excel in a kind of work where they get to make their own rules, including their working hours.

Note: Btw, the term used for people like me is ‘hummingbird’…people who can very easily turn into an owl without much effort and can also become very good lark with some effort.

 

Around Tokyo 2

I dont even know if saying ‘sorry’ would suffice. By looking at my blog stats, I know many of you come back every now and then to check whether I have updated the blog or not. I cant do mch cept to say that I will upate the blog more frequently, but  cant promise.

Anyway, this post was long due, I should have done it at least a week back but its finally here!

Tokyo Disney Land

Oh I wish I was able to visit a place like this 12-15 years back. I am definitely not saying I didnt enjoy my trip, but obviously it would have been great wen I was growing up with all the Disney characters. It would have been simply amazing if I could, back then, see all my favorite Disney characters leaping out of the television. Anyway, here are a few videos which we made during our stay there.

Palaces and Shrines

Street Performance

I dont think need to say much about this cept that it was completely beautiful.

Note: Btw, I have updated my previous post with a few pictures.

 

Around Tokyo I

The first impression

Skyscrapers, subway map that resembles a spider web and multiple levels of overhead bridges….the city is huge, very populated and intimidating to say the least. People are well dressed, fashion conscious, quite good looking and I even noticed a lot of people looking at me. I was quite confused initially but then I found out that it was nothing to be offended because they dont mean any harm when many of them tried to tell me  that they find people with our ‘type’ of features very attractive. Obviously, there were some who noticed me because of my hijab…and then some who thought I was an Arab, married to an Indian guy making them even more curious.

Ginza

Staying 5 minutes away from this shopper’s paradise. Has all the brands and there are so many stores that it is here that I actually found out the meaning of ‘shop till you drop.’ As I said above, people most probably think of me as an Arab and I enjoy the attention by trying on everything that I find interesting. After all, all forms of shopping are great anti-depressants

Bic Camera

If there’s heaven on earth, this must be it. Its an 8-storey electronics shop!!! Just name an electronic item/gadget and you’l find it here and the best thing about it is that its a duty free shop. And if you havent had a workout in days, you can definitely ‘try out’ a few fitness gadgets, once you are tired, you can also try one of the various electronic massage chairs After all, you are one of the potential buyers! (Well, dont think I was doing that…but was definitely thinking about a free massage )

Roppongi

Shopping area mainly….again u’l find lots and lots of brands. I try not to buy to much as all the brands are there in Singapore and it seems quite insane to be taking stuff from abroad which I can find easily near home in Singapore. The building, Roppongi Hills, also houses cinemas, art museums and also an observatory on the 52nd floor, not too high but still good enough.

Mosques

Now this was quite a surprise for me that there are more than 20 mosques in Tokyo, a city where Islam is completely unnoticeable on the streets. I ended up going to the Tokyo Mosque which is part of an Islamic Center built and run by Turkish who have lived in Japan since the 1930s. Its a beautiful mosque to say the least inspired by the Ottoman architecture.

Obviously thats just about the first three days here in Tokyo. I’l be doing more posts on this trip, especially one with pictures; I have been taking quite a lot of pictures here.