Where to find FREE WI-FI in Central London :)

(Source:http://www.timeout.com/london/features/6187/Where_to_find_free_wi-fi_in_London.html)

The Social
The Social, spawn of the legendary Heavenly Social club night held at Turnmills in the 1990s, has been a haven from the horrors of Oxford Street for a decade. Free wi-fi is available in the top bar where you can nestle in the diner-style booths and indulge in such homely comforts as pie and mash or fish finger sandwiches. Beers include Hoegaarden and Kronenbourg; the cocktail list features exotic creations such as a cucumber martini. In evening live music is a regular fixture, so it’s probably not the place to hold your business meeting.

The Social, 5 Little Portland St, W1W 7JD (7636 4992/www.thesocial.com).


Bedford & Strand

You’ll encounter lawyers tapping furiously on their laptops at lunchtimes at this elegant wine bar-cum-bistro in a basement off the Strand. Choose from the wine categories of ‘Honest’, ‘Decent’, ‘Good’, and ‘Staff Picks’. For eats, order from the respectable, if slightly unimaginative, à la carte menu.

Bedford & Strand, 1a Bedford St, WC2E 9HH (7836 3033/www.bedford-strand.com).


Brasserie de Malmaison

You can get free wi-fi in the bar, lobby and dining room of this luxurious boutique hotel. Ask for a card from reception and you’ll be able to take advantage of the internet to your heart’s content for up to eight hours. The low lighting and soft upholstery will provide an intimate setting for you and your Mac. The ‘Home Grown and Local’ menu serves oysters, among other delicacies.

Malmaison, 18-21 Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6AH (7012 3700/www.malmaison-london.com).
 
 
Christopher’s

Open-access wi-fi is available in the buzzy Martini bar at this Covent Garden venue. Open until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays. Christopher’s, 18 Wellington St, WC2E 7DD (7240 4222/www.christophersgrill.com).

The Diner
This is the place to come for the open access wi-fi washed down with American fast food. The all-day breakfast of pancakes, omelettes and Mexican treats is more than enough to power you through a three-hour Facebook-athon.

The Diner, 16-18 Ganton St, W1F 7BU (7287 8962/www.thedinersoho.com).


Eagle Bar Diner
It’s probably best to avoid this place during lunchtimes if you’re planning on stretching a Budweiser out over an afternoon’s worth of email catch-up – it gets quite busy. Otherwise it’s a perfect place for a big burger and fries washed down with a mammoth milkshake.

Eagle Bar Diner, 3-5 Rathbone Place, W1T 1HJ (7637 1418/www.eaglebardiner.com).

Hawksmoor
Given there can often be a dirth of pews to pull up in this debonair steakhouse and cocktail bar, you might prefer a branch of Coffee Republic for setting up your mobile office for the day, but if you are happy perching on a barstool, have a penchant for saucy cocktails and highly acclaimed slices of beef, then this is the wi-fi place for you.

Hawksmoor, 157 Commercial St, E1 6BJ (7247 7392/www.thehawksmoor.com).

Joe Allen

This restaurant opened in 1977 and has been a popular haunt of the theatre crowd and tourists alike. The menu changes daily and might include such dishes as slow-cooked pork or corn-fed chicken breasts.

Joe Allen, 13 Exeter St, WC2E 7DT (7836 0651/www.joeallen.co.uk).


Shampers

Shampers is a lively, no-nonsense place that serves British food and wallet-friendly wine and Champagne. It gets very busy at lunch and dinner times, and it’s hard to imagine a lone internet surfer hogging a table. Nevertheless, the manager is very happy to hand out the wi-fi code to anyone who asks.

Shampers, Kingly St, W1B 5PE (7437 1692/www.shampers.net).

Zetter

In the heart of Clerkenwell, Zetter (a boutique hotel), is the place to head if you’re in search of comfort and style. Your fellow surfers will probably be monied sophisticates from the neighbourhood who are there for the weekend brunches and elegant setting.

Zetter, 86-88 Clerkenwell Rd, EC1M 5RJ (7324 4455/www.thezetter.com).


Café at Foyles
Fresh juices, healthy salads, top-notch sandwiches, Monmouth coffee, plenty of seating, jazz on the soundsystem… the café in Foyles provides a buzzy environment in which to wile away the afternoon surfing the web. If you tire of digital reading, pop downstairs to buy an old-fashioned book.

Café at Foyles, 113-119 Charing Cross Rd, WC2H 0EB (7440 3207/www.foyles.co.uk).


Scandinavian Kitchen

Quirky café and deli serving delicious Swedish open sandwiches, gravadlax, herrings, meatballs and the Danish ‘red hotdog’, apparently the Vikings’s favourite snack. In the spirit of Scandinavian egalitarianism there is a fair usage policy, so in other words you shouldn’t abuse their good will by sitting there all day and not buying anything (and yes, that means you will be frowned upon if you nurse a single cup of coffee throughout the lunchtime rush).

Scandinavian Kitchen, 61 Great Titchfield St, W1W 7PP (7580 7161/www.scandikitchen.co.uk).


ICA Café
Since its Peyton & Byrne makeover, this café and bar has become a super-stylish destination in which to dine on simple, tasty food and sip on a cocktail or two. The daily membership fee has been scrapped so it’s free to get in. Take your laptop and update your blog on aesthetic discourse.

ICA Café, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH (7930 3647/www.ica.org.uk).


Hummus Bros
A temple to chickpeas, Hummus brothers serves, erm, houmous, with a wide variety of toppings and wedges of warm pitta bread. There is open wi-fi access but this is essentially a busy fast-food restaurant so avoid lingering at peak times. There’s another branch on Southampton Row.

Hummus Bros, 88 Wardour St, W1F OTJ (7734 1311/www.hbros.co.uk).


Camera Café

(By the way, these aren't my boobs:p)

The idiosyncratic Camera Café brings a touch of Parisian eccentricity to London. The front of the café is a shop with cabinets jam packed with second-hand cameras: anything from beautiful old Leicas to restored Hasselblads. In the back is a small but cosy café. French music is played and the walls are covered with photographs hung at jaunty angles. All the juices come freshly squeezed and the Thai food is excellent.

Camera Café, 44 Museum St, WC1 (7831 1566/www.cameracafe.co.uk).

Horrified to find that I ate Thai Pig Skin Snack :P

Nice golden brown hue, crispy & aromatic...
fried pig skins taste better than potato chips!

I had a shock when I saw the packaging...

yucky, how'd I have known that pig skins are sold as snacks?

The cholesterol level's scary

 

Ukrainian Prime Minister is a hottie! :)

I've heard (Yulia) Tymoshenko's name many times on BBC (my fav radio station), but I thought "Tymoshenko"s a guy.
It's only today that I found out that Tymoshenko's such a hottie!:)
When I first came across her pic, I almost thought it's a pic of Audrey Hepburn

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Can you see the resemblance?

(This is Audrey Hepburn)

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(This is Yulia Tymoshenko)

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Guess wot - she's 49 yr old!
But she looks more like 32 than 49. Amazing!

Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, [ˈjulijɑ ʋɔlɔˈdɪmɪriʋnɑ tɪmɔˈʃɛnkɔ] Julia Volodymyrivna Tymošenko, née Hryhyan; born November 27, 1960) is a Ukrainian politician. She has been the Prime Minister of Ukraine from January 24 to September 8, 2005, and again since December 18, 2007.

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Omg...she looks good in any hairdo!:)
She looks like a Middle-Eastern beauty when she sported black shoulder length-do

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She looks cute even in a futuresque Lady Gaga-like outfit! :)

The sporty look suits her too. When she posed on scooter, she looked even better than Danica Patrick! - except that I wish she'd have a different hairdo here

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Tymoshenko's plaited hairstyle became iconic at the time of the Orange Revolution. When asked whether she visits a professional hairdresser, she responded that she does her hairstyle herself. According to image consultant Oleh Pokalchuk, Lesya Ukrainka's hairstyle inspired the over-the-head braid.

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Audrey Hepburn had a prettier face, but Tymoshenko scores bettter as a sex kitten - well, her boobs are bigger ;p hehe

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Samantha's Online Shopping Mall :)

Samantha recently launched her online shopping mall :)

Check it out;)

www.dyuemall.com/luv2shop

It's the ultimate one-stop shop :)

You can find anything, from 'innocent' goods like household items, health products, books, DVDs, to really naughty stuff like specialty condoms & 'male masturbators' ;p...

clothes, accessories...

cute dresses for special occasions :)

- like Hen's Nights ;) hehe

snacks, sweets... :)

gourmet ice creams :)

etc etc

So, what are you waiting for? ;)

Log on to www.dyuemall.com/luv2shop

Samantha in "Sex Museum", Amsterdam ;)

Hooters Girls :) (@ Aloha Tower Drive, Honolulu)

To be honest, the food at Hooters aren't exceptional.

But no matter how unimpressive the cooking may be, it's still worth a visit

- just to see the sexy Hooters Girls ;)

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;P *salivating*

They look so sexy that even the mediocre "KFC-quality chicken wings" taste so heavenly!

...and of course, I love the colourful wall decorations at the restaurant

This pic was taken at the Hooters outlet @ Aloha Tower Drive, Honolulu

Some pics of the food:)

My favourite is the "Mahi fish fillet" - which is only available at the Hooters outlet in Honolulu

What I like most about Hooters - no matter which restaurant you go to, the girls are very nice and friendly :-) With me in this pic is Brianna

Over the years, the issue of Hooter Girls have attracted a great deal of controversy - criticisms from extreme feminists

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Well, so what if Hooters Girls are for decoration?;)

I enjoy looking, & I'm not even a guy or a bi! ;P

There are also many guys out there who are for decoration, lol - like David Beckham, Andy Roddick, the Calvin Klein models

(Image source: http://euroross.blogspot.com/200...ive.html)

Well, so what if Hooters girls or 'guys' are for decoration? ;p

It just makes life more interesting!:)


Website: http://www.hooters.com/

Gaga News: Lady Gaga won two Grammy Awards :)

... and she got Elton John to wear a pair of gold-dust covered glasses + an unusually big "star of David" ear-ring - while they're performing a duet at the awards.

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I apologize for the blur images ;P
there aren't any pics of Elton John wearing that ear-ring so I had to copy it from the YouTube vid

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Pic:
Lady Gaga poses backstage with her awards for Best Dance Recording and Best Electronic Dance Album at the Grammy Awards on Sunday :)

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Lady Gaga's performance with Elton John at the Grammy Awrds double up as quite a good magic show :) - disappearing acts, fires, etc

Lady Gaga Fashion & a wacky song titled "Telephone";)

Lady Gaga summed up:
Interesting clothes ;), more interesting personality, LOUSY song titled "Bad Romance", MUST-LISTEN-SONG of the year titled "Telephone" Ft Beyonce.
It's awesome! :)
simple & playful lyrics, but I just love the beats!
It reminds me a lot about Aussie group Madison Avenue's song titled "Don't Call Me Baby"

Boy, don't we all love to see what she wears next? ;)
This is a reindeer outfit that she wore fore Christmas

This was what she wore for the Grammy's Awards :)

She's a very nice person:) - not at all a primadonna. I once read an article about Lady Gaga buying pizzas for her fans during an autograph session so that they won't go hungry

Source: http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/awards/23033/wacky-wondrous-fashion-wins-on-grammys-red-carpet/

Quaint Japanese goods at Yaoko Marketplace, Narita Town

Flights between North America and Asia often involve a layover in Narita, Japan. Since the international airport at Narita (New Tokyo International Airport) is far from Tokyo and in a country that seems impossibly expensive, here are some ideas on what to do during your hours, days and perhaps night in Narita.

I spent most of my time exploring quiant Japanese goods at Yaoko Marketplace :)
I was given a free day-use room at Nikko Hotel.
The hotel provides free shuttle service to Narita town - where Yaoko is located

Yaoko Marketplace a great place for a bit of shopping & a bite to eat. There is a wide variety of prepared food and an area at the front called a cafe. The cafe has a microwave and free green tea.

Colourful cakes

My favourite: fresh scallop salad
Japanese scallops are quite unlike New Zealand scallops;p
Japanese scallops don't have a huge orange colour penis-like thingy

Plenty of fresh fruits

Light snacks

wide variety of rice crackers :)

Yes, we all know that it's meant for a 'home made cake'

Colourful mochis:-)

Info source: Mike Newman's Narita Layoyer Page

Mike Newman's Narita Layoyer Page is geared toward folks who intend to stay in the vicinity of the airport, including nearby Narita City - while waiting for the next flight.

What on earth is a NUNUFISH Bra?

The bra name's hilarious :) LOL

But it's good stuff - strapless.

It's like... the new "Wonderbra" - feels & looks real

Nunufish bra is invented in Japan

Aww... the Japanese models in the bra catalogue look hawt too! :)

Does size matter? What do women look for in bed?

Why am I writing this?
Reasons:
(1) The discourse of sexuality has long been dominated by men,
(2) Male-centric sexuality discourses (in the world of pornography) have always purported that "bigger is better"
(3) I understand that it is not easy being a guy, especially if you can't help thinking that girls prefer 'big' guys... and you're not that big.
But in reality, does size matter much to real girls?
Nope.
I know that for a fact, and I would like to end the misery that many guys are facing
- the self-depreciating feeling that you're not as 'big' as that guy in the porn vid...

So, what do girls look for?
Well, NONE of my girlfriends go for size
neither do they need someone who's super athletic in bed
& many (surprisingly) many of my girlfriends are still virgins (late 20s, 30s)
why?
It's not because they're against pre-marital sex
but because they're looking for that 'special connection'
...that warm fuzzy feeling :)
They have to be "in love" before they're in the mood for physical intimacy

What then do girls look for in a guy (& in bed)?
Well, they "generally" go for "substance" - personality/virtues
ie, would you still love her in the next 20, 30, 40 years of your life?
So, if you're a guy & you're ever worried about your size...stop worrying
because she's not looking for "big"

When girls are attracted to you (personality, etc - the whole package), they don't care if you're big or small or long or short or curved or straight.
Just like how you wouldn't care whether a girl's boobs are big or small or pointed or round, if you truly like her.

Okayyy.... :P
so what if you have a beautiful penis & you know it & you DON'T suffer from penis size-related inferiority?
Well, don't brag about it!
You wouldn't want a relationship that's built upon the ...errm size of your member
You want 'substance'
You want a future partner who'll still love you just as much even when you get older... & start facing age-related issues that you don't wish to think about right now... like ED...impotence...
(Sorry for being a party pooper :P)

Sex position known as "The Lusty Leapfrog" ;)

According to Cosmopolitan magazine, it's one of the BEST sex positions :) :) :)

(Source:http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/tips-moves/5-pleasure-positions-2)

"Hovering in a sexy squat above your man — rather than sitting or straddling him squarely — gives you the perfect chance to clench him tight.

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"This is one of the easiest positions in which to flex your PC muscles around the glans of his penis, which can initiate an intense orgasmic response," says Paget.

This erotic arrangement also allows for better command of pacing and depth of thrusts (it's easy to vary between deep and shallow), which helps put you in control of your climax, says Kenneth Ray Stubbs, Ph.D., author of The Kama Sutra of Sexual Positions: The Tantric Art of Love.

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"Squatting will help you feel the entire length of his shaft as you encircle it, and the muscle tension created by holding yourself above him will really add to the intensity of your pleasure."


How to Do It

Straddle your man (lying on his back) and slowly lower yourself onto his pelvis, sliding his penis inside you as you go.
 
But rather than sitting down in a straddle position, raise yourself up off him in a squatting position. Put your hands on his thighs, stomach, rib cage or upper chest for support.

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Start by sliding yourself up and down his member by lifting your lower body up and down — a totally different motion than going forward and back like regular woman-on-top.
Vary your pace, starting with some fast, teasingly shallow thrusts that touch only the tip of his penis, then move down into deep, slower thrusts that envelop him completely.

The fabulous friction you'll create will give you the double bonus of amazing sensations all along the edge of your vaginal opening when you pump shallow and on your G-spot when you pump deep.

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And if you try leaning backward and resting your hands on his thighs and knees, the sensation will even spread to your clitoris — and the natural arching of your back will open up your body for him to fondle.

Umeke Market & Deli, Honolulu

Umeke Market Deli is my favourite place for yummy organic food :)
The food's so good that I went there at least 5 times!

My favourites: Tofu lasagna, spinach casserole, turkey meatloaf & "Naked" natural fruit juice ;p

(Yes, it's 100% natural! Preservative free. Unlike "Simply Squeezed" - the organic impostor)

For those of you who wonder what Umeke means, it is the Hawaiian word for "calabash". It literally can be translated to mean "wooden bowl". In ancient times, Hawaiians used the umekes for medicinal purposes as well as for cooking. Nowadays, umekes are often given as gifts or awards in both cultural and business gatherings. Umekes are also used for keeping favorite items (e.g. small keepsakes and treasures).

The deli section at Umeke, filled with dozens of salads and side dishes

Preservative-free pomegranate & blueberry juice

Trying out the yummy Free-range Chicken Curry Salad

(Cotton shirt by Arcadia, Sunglasses by Elle)

Clockwise, from top left: (1) Free-range Chicken Curry Salad, Squash & Butternut Casserole, Turkey Meatloaf

Clockwise, from top left: (1) Turkey Meatloaf, (2) Spinach Ricotta Casserole, and (3) Grilled Veggie Lasagna

Parking space for "bicycles" :)

Umeke Market is located along the Kalanianaole Highway (nearby Kahala Mall).
Address: 4400 Kalanianaole Highway, Honolulu

Plenty of parking spaces for cars too!

Website: http://www.umekemarket.com/

Umeke Market and Deli is a family owned and operated business by husband and wife team, Daryl and Michelle Yamaguchi and sister, Debbie Yamaguchi. The Yamaguchi family has had long-standing roots in the Hawaii food industry, as far back and the mid 40's. Their grandparents operated the "E.S. Yamaguchi Family Market" in the old Farmer's market building in Kakaako.

Daryl and Debbie Yamaguchi opened the Kaimuki Health Market in 1997 and have grown and renamed the business and added Michelle's expertise in the kitchen as a mainstay of their deli. Michelle has created many tasty and delicious menu items, including her own recipe for her tantalizing "veggie burger", the ever so popular Turkey Focaccia Sandwich, Chicken Adobo and Veggie Foccacia Sandwich.

Articles about Umeke Market & Deli:

http://www.midweek.com/content/columns/maincourse_article/fresh_natural_plate_lunches_on_bishop_street/

http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/8193/108/