Island Chic’s Babble

We do like expensive things, even though we cannot afford them. Here’s the some of the most expensive things in the world. I thought it was quite interesting to know

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I was really contemplating long before I decided on blogging about this. In the end, I decided to write hoping it could help people do things better next time around.
I was in Yantai, a coastal city in Shandong Province in South East China to participate in a travel fair organised by Yantai [...]

For those who don’t already use it often or are not informed of it, xe.com is the largest and the most widely used currency converter tool on the web. It has all the currency rates of the world in its live converter that’s almost real time.
Since I’ve discovered it, it has [...]

Since I’m having a very special visitor soon, I’ve been trying to figure out the best places in Beijing that we must see and how best to fit it into a very short schedule at the most affordable prices. The answer is very simple! http://www.tour-beijing.com not only offers you with the best reviews of the [...]

Do you ever get the feeling that the world around you is suffocating you? Do you feel the walls of your room closing in on you? Do the voices in the background get too loud? Do the images in your head get too vivid? Do you feel like letting go and starting over? [...]

I wonder if there will be any productive outcomes of the debate on Beijing air quality that is currently going on. In spite of Beijing’s return to normalcy with construction resuming, factories restarting operations and all cars allowed once again on the roads after the hosting of the recent Olympics and Paralympics, there [...]

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We have always heard about the Seven Wonders of the World, yet I wonder how many of us can actually name it without Wikipedia or Google? Well, I’m not one of them! I googled it, read about them on Wikipedia and I am simply awe-struck.
We lived in a world so modern, so [...]

HoTsTePPa is the biggest Google fan I know and you can always count on his blog to give the latest updates on Google products, add-ons, updates etc.

Here’s something that he has blogged about awhile back and I only decided to try it today. Boy, it’s definitely worth it! [...]

In my previous post, I have shared with you the cool Gmail skin which has completely transformed the Gmail interface from a simple and ‘clean’ but boring look to a stylish version.
Now here’s how to stylize another favourite Google application, the popular Google Calendar, which not surprisingly looks just as boring (highly efficient [...]

After South Africa’s ruling party calling on South African President Thabo Mbeki to resign from office, months before the completion of his second term, he has greed to make a decision after consulting his advisors.
Mbeki who has been president of South African since 1999 welcomed the news and did not display shock, according [...]