Minna no Nihongo

i'm not really sure why nowadays i have this craving for chocolate.

i used to hate chocolate back in secondary school. haha. really.
its not like me to have a craving. it doesn't happen often. in fact, it rarely happens.
the last time i had a craving was when i wanted to eat grilled salmon.

the next time i'm going for grocery shopping, i'm going to buy myself one whole cart of chocolate!!...or more!!! or maybe i'm just thinking too much.

and the office is super freezing now.

ohh and my eyes feel so tired i caught some 5 minutes sleep.

and the office is still freezing!!!
this is bad. my body reaction to super cold air-con temperature is to shut down to sleep mode.
my mind will go to a state of mental freeze. really.

and i think... i'm logging off soon.
i can't seem to connect to the wireless connection and thus have no access to MSN today.

bleargh.

Shirley Whirly In ShirleyLand

oh, it's already Tuesday. 28th of November 2006.

i'm doing some research for the FlashPaper's API. its just way out of my ability. i'm used to like Object-Oriented Programming for games. now i'm doing on interfaces which i suck at. but, i will try my best, rest assured. =)

oh yes, and in last 2 previous entries, i asked, "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
the answer is very straightforward; because there were no cars.
simple right??

yesterday night, we went to the Mall, Bangkapi to meet up with Stradford and Zhencong. Stradford and me went to look for Happyland Soi for his table tennis stuff. its kinda weird if someone named a street, Happyland. the irony was when we got there after asking directions from a street hawker, we got chased away by about 5 agitated dogs. i started to turn and tried to run but Stradford told me not to run. the dog could've imagine bacon running away. *phew*

so anyway, it was a about one kilometre north of The Mall. for the first time in months i had sweat running down my back. and we took a cab back to The Mall. walked around abit before settling down at KFC. and we had our dinner there.

last Saturday, remember i went to Seacon Square?
well, we stopped over at a CD shop. and there was this over-friendly guy tending the shop. i was like minding my own business. then he asked me whether i had a girlfriend. i replied a curt, "No". then after a while, he asked me again, whether i have a Thai girlfriend. well, i don't want to sound rude so i replied, "No." while smiling. bad move.

so the guy asked me again, whether i wanted to get to know a Thai girl. i was like, "Uhh, nah, its okay. really. i'm fine."
then after a short while, he called 2 girls over. and he called me again to the counter.
the guy asked me again, "Want to know Thai girls? here... this one is pretty."
the girl was already like laughing.
i was like, "Uhh... nonononono.... i'm fine really."
the thing is, i don't really mind knowing them.
but obviously, the two of them are just average-looking and were probably high school or Uni students.
and again, i don't want to be caught with my pants down and end up somewhere in the red-light district and land myself into a whole lot of trouble. so i refused politely, saying i need to go off to Tesco and buy some stuff.

morally correct. and again, some despo guys would say to me that i'm crazy to refuse to accept such good offer.

indeed, some things are too good to be true. that's how it goes.

oh and yesterday, me and Umar were standing at the entrance of The Mall, waiting for Stradford. we just couldn't comprehend the fact that Bangkok has a ratio of 3:1 of women to men. for every man i see, i could expect to see 3 women. maji de kawaii daro!!

in my office itself, there's like 6 men and 10 women. not exactly a ratio, but you get the idea. Bangkok is a nice place to live in, if you don't mind the traffic's air pollution and traffic jams to town.

i'm so sleepy today. knocked off a few times today.

and it seems weird reading a Japanese book, listening to French music while talking in English.

Because We Are The Best Of The Best Of The Best, Sir!!

i had a bad dream last night. it was just surreal. it was fused with Mario, the game. its not that funny and that's for sure. and i had overslept till 8.50am.

i think i drooled while sleeping this morning. my pillow was like abit wet. frankly, it was a nice change from sleeping on the floor during the weekends!! but well, i was abit late for work though and that was that.

i'm beginning to forget things quite periodically now. i don't know if its the food diet i'm having now. but it seems to have quite affected my mood lately. i don't have mood swings but the surroundings will affect me. i haven't been eating fish i think. fish is good for the brain especially those containing Omega-3 fatty acids. i shall play more Sudoku!!!

seriously, i have no mood to talk today.

maybe its because i miss someone?
heheh. think so. must be la!!

alright then, have a nice afternoon.

Two's A Company, Five's A Party

last Friday, Stradford and Zhencong came over to stay in my apartment. finally, we have some Singaporean company. we met them at The Mall's KFC. we had KFC for dinner.

Shirley was abandoned. poor thing. so we kinda 'adopted' her for the weekend. we had bought some stuff and munchies and a pack of poker cards. guess how much the poker cards cost at 7-Eleven? 8(eight) Singapore dollars!!!! EIGHT FREAKING DOLLARS!!!!! oh wells, Stradford had paid for the cards.

imagine 4 guys and a girl living in 1, 100 or so square metres of space. we moved the living room table to the side, i still had my TV table. Zhencong had the sofa and the rest had the floor all to themselves. we had such a good time. didn't sleep the whole night till about 5am. we played a 4-player N64 Mario Kart racing game on 1 laptop and i was the winner of 7 of the 16 races. and we also played poker with peanut currency which i sucked at. and we played Blackjack. again with peanut currency and i got in total 63 of 65 peanuts which made me a winner again!!! i think it was just beginner's luck or whatever. well, the rest was kinda down when i won most of the time. so.....we played Heart Attack. hehz. Heart Attack is this game of Jacks, Queens and Kings cards. a person has to get like 4 of the same kind to freak out, 'Heart Attack!!!'. then we compiled our hands on top of the winner's hand and the winner would smack the hands through. if you got hit, then you would have to reshuffle and redistribute the cards.

at 5am local time, we've had enough fun. so we slept on the floor while Umar got the sofa. me, Zhencong and Stradford got the floor all to ourselves.

Shirley slept in the bedroom alone. doh~

we often joked with her, "eh, its a record that you are sleeping with 4 guys in the same apartment."

she will just laugh. hahahaa.

Saturday morning, we went to Seacon Square. i was making a debut wearing my colourful Doraemon t-shirt. and i saw like 5 or 6 people too wearing Doraemon t-shirts. but the thing is, all of them wearing are girls.

we took a look at the upper levels of Seacon Square. there was a huge tutoring centre, a huge mini children's playland. or whatever it's called. a taekwondo learning centre, a music school and an arcade. the 4th floor has a enormous, spacious cinema. its like, WOW!!!!

take a guess what this shop sells?
kawaii deshou?





the shop to the left sells almost all the lovely plushies that would otherwise be super-difficult to get a hold of in Singapore.


here is all the 5 of us. took a while before we started the fun.
on a bright note, i was glad that we had company over the weekend. from the top left, me, Shirley and Umar. the bottom two are from left, Zhencong and Stradford.

i can see Zhencong closing his eyes when the photo was taken!!! hahahahahahahaa.

today, we slept earlier; at about 2am. we played billiard at the billiard room and we ate late lunch at the restaurant below. and that was it. tomorrow starts a new week. how dreadful but i'm always looking forward to a new week. =)

have a pleasant evening everyone!! =)

Boys Rule, Girls Drool...

and all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me.
for all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me.

today as we got to know is one of the company's employee's birthday. so we went to have lunch at the previously-i-did-not visit place to eat. it was like, further away from the office about 2.5 clicks. and could you imagine what i ate. i ate crispy duck's mouth. wahahahahah!!

there were some other dishes, it was like MK. steamboat and all. and during lunch. and i'm still hungry. though there were mostly vegetable.

we took 'phee miao's boyfriend's car. the three of us excluding Michelle. the rest took a taxi. lunch was on 'phee miao. because its her birthday. ahaha. 10 days away from my birthday but 10 years older. its amazing most people i know their birthday is in November. November babies!!!!!

we came back the same way we went. they dropped us in front of our office. and we're back! =D
though not that full. but its fine. at least we got to eat "Thai style".






the dish on the left is called, 'soon thum'. frankly, i don't know how to spell it. but honestly, its spicy, sweet and sour at the same time. it has sliced onion, cucumber, chilli, cashew nuts and carrot. not bad.



another one. don't have to explain. the picture below is self-explanatory. for layman people. its a fish coated with some peanut sauce. i'm not sure what fish though. but its nice in a class of its own. cheh!
oh well. looks enticing. no?













and i think. that's all the pics i can post. you know me, i know you. and i'm just plain lazy to post up more. hehz. right, so in an awkward way to end an entry. have a nice afternoon! =D


oh! and here's a sidenote, look at the cat lazing below Shirley's chair when we were eating.














oh oh oh!! and another thing. "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
the answer i shall post up tomorrow. the true answer. =D

わたし に むすめ の ３人 が ほしい。

its been a rough night. so bear with me on this one.

yesterday evening, we ordered Chester's Grill for the umpteenth time and i totally lost count of the deliveries made to us. i had my standard option, Spicy Grilled Chicken with Rice, 2 Chicken Burgers and 2 Hotdogs. well, it was for the upcoming 2.30am next-morning match between Werder Bremen and Chelsea in the Group Stages of the Champions League. and i thought it would be great. but ended up ugly. i slept when the match started!!! that's like 3.30am Singapore time.

and guess what time i woke up for work? 8.50am. nice~
and what time do i start work? 9.00am. nice~

***--- waltzed off to lunch ---***

but we made it to work safe and sound. we saw Michelle and Shirley coming from the BPS main building; told us that we need to sign some bills. so we headed out to see Chana. i signed the 3 bills and we headed back to our office. we had a mini presentation for what we have done so far to Dr. Aung. (initially i thought it was Ong!! paiseh.)

just now after coming back from lunch and 7-eleven, the parked truck was getting ready to move off when a dog squealed loudly. the truck's tires went over the dog. actually just its tail. but its like what the heck!? it was so loud lah! all the surrounding people were looking. by then, the truck driver got out and drove off. and we thought the dog was dead!!

i know i'm a bad storyteller. just for today okay pumpkin?

but it was still alive. it was like not moving its limbs but was shivering in shock. i mean, who wouldn't be? if a seven-ton truck ran over your leg while you're chomping down on your lunch, would you even dare to stand up and say, "i'm okay mates!, no worries!". i doubt so.

fine. so we walked off, occasionally looking back to see if the dog's okay. well, it seemed okay. after a while it moved off from the spot. i think it broke the bones at last bit of its tail because it seemed to be like bent. dang, even though i'm not a dog fan, surely i felt sorry for it.

and i'm still waiting for my baby daughter. i want a baby daughter.
its just random. hahaha.
but i want a daughter. daughters.

if i had 3 daughters, i will send one to a martial arts school to become a master martial artiste. the second one to become an academician. and the last one to military school become an officer in the army. and 1 more optional to become a professional gamer. i think it will create a co-prosperity sphere. and thus eliminates comparison between results. which will lead to unhealthy competition and rivalry. just a thought i think instead of all being academicians and like all common folk; will compare amongst the siblings.

i don't like comparing. i don't like to be compared. that's why i fail my Social Studies comparison questions. heh.

honestly, 1 son is enough. just for the sake of carrying on the generation. an alpha male would suffice. and i'm like light years away from these sort of things. oh well, there's no harm in long-term planning. everyone's got to have some goals they want to achieve right?

i think. i would wanna live in Monaco. its a relatively peaceful state south of France adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea.

My Title Is Totally Random

a lovely and wet morning in Thailand.

i saw 3 vans from UBC TV making some footage down at the street below this morning. all were wearing red which i can't figure out why. maybe its because they were filming the slum nearby. but why red? because.......red....is.....fierce.

in view of the recent GST hike to 7% back in Singapore. frankly speaking, i don't give a good cent about it. if PM LHL wants to make PAP a family business; fine. that's his problem. but to make the people of Singapore pay extra tax to upkeep his dynasty, that's morally wrong but then again, politically sound. what do i mean by political sound? look at it this way, economy is rising. so what it means generally is, some smart alec in Parliament says, 'Hey look, why not make the people pay more tax to support our children's studies abroad and to give out more scholarships to "Foreign Talent"?'.

honestly, i don't care if they bring these so-called, 'foreign talent'. but what impact does it have on local taxpayers? one would think, 'I pay 7% of tax everyday for my bread just so the Government can bring some 'unknown' sports player from somewhere just to win a bloody gold medal in the Doha Asian Games?!'. this just doesn't justify that expense. its just absurd and ludicrous. or ridiculous or however you call it!!

i mean, c'mon!! give us Singaporeans a damn bloody break!! that's like another 20 cents for just a plain prata. and another 15 cents for a 'kopi'. i'm not making a fuss out of nothing, this is simply just too absurd. a 40% increase from 5% to 7%. my god. if my memory serves me well, in the early 90s, when GST was first introduced, there were plans for the GST to hike till 10%. i'm saying were because at that time there was yet an economy boom and way before the 'dot com' boom. i was in primary 3 back then. as you might've guessed, i'm not an ordinary kid on the block eh? heheh. (sidetracking....but who cares?)

of course, i wouldn't really mind that extra 2%, because as far as i'm concerned, by the time i finish my graduate studies in my late 20s, most probably i would live somewhere else. for your information, i'm not being ignorant, i love my country and to see it grow up from nothing is just amazing. but its the entity making it grow will be the cause for its downfall.

---*** stomped off for lunch ***---

right....so i just got back from lunch and guess what? i think i'm attracted to the girl at the stall we went to eat just now. okay, my fault. i shouldn't have gawked at her so much. and to think she shouldn't have flaunted her hair like that. call it staring or whatever you'd like. she served my fried egg and that's all there was to it. okay, fine, i'm attracted to girls who like to flaunt their hair. =D

ey! its not my fault Thai girls are pretty! oh whatever. quit whining.

heh.

right now.

oh dammit, i can't stop thinking about her.

stop it! okay bye!!...

C-Ch-Che-Cher-Cherr-Cherry!!!

good morning Thailand!

for those of you who didn't know. today, is the 21st of November 2006, with a bright and lovely morning but hey, life isn't always a bed of roses. i almost certainly didn't want to wake up today for sure. not that i'm not a morning person, the room looked so stark and dark that made it unknown whether the Sun was shining or not.

Thai children are almost and most of the time are very adorable indeed. they're not like Singaporean tykes as i know of. Thai children, from what i see are well-behaved, hardworking and are full of courtesy. not that i'm saying they are perfect. almost. once or twice i saw children assisting diligently which i presume is their parent's business. the ones i saw are helping out in the alternative F&B business; 'side-street hawkers' are a little bit too rough a word in a country where this have become a family livelihood. so let's get back to my point!!

i will spend the next 2 months here. 8 more weeks to go. and this week, my visa is due for renewal. so are the rest of the Thailand OSIP-ians. found the place in Google Earth, i'm like a sailor or air navigator, plotting landmarks and marking them with names.

oh, Stradford and Zhencong have already reached Bangkok last evening. i received a call from Stradford saying that he already reached his apartment. so, like and that was it. he was in the far south of Bangkok which could take about an hour or so to reach from where i am staying. and to think their living is just a single room. like, wow, consider myself lucky to have a full-sized apartment, a room and a kitchenette.

okay, somebody just farted in the room and it smells like........rotten egg!!! don't know who's the culprit. damn smelly. phuuuuwwweeeeeesssshhhhh!!...

oh well, then have a nice afternoon and day. =)

and i think i wanna adopt a Thai girl as my daughter! they're so adorable! no really. i think.

S-E-A-C-O-N!!

give me a S-E-A-C-O-N! what does it say? SEACON!!!!

saturday out to a shopping mall south of Kanary House which is about 5 times bigger than Plaza Singapura. and guess what? on the way there, i read something that said, "Seacon Square Cheerleading Competition" which i vaguely dismiss.

and yes. we were heading to the mall named, 'Seacon Square'.

and coincidentally, that day was the cheerleading competition in Seacon Square. wrong day to go sightseeing. why?

there were hordes of people swarming the place!! literally i mean.

it was like equivalent to a stadium when the crowd cheers!! there were like elevated seats and all. with people all over the side railings across all floors and they even have live telecasts on the TV sets in the shops!! how cool!!

and personally i think. the cheerleaders performing rocks and still rocked! the best i've seen. well, although most of the time we spent was walking around and eating at KFC. but nevertheless, i couldn't have explained it better, it was breathtaking. hehz. get what i mean?















so anyway, we walked around just 2 floors of the place and we were already tired. took a bunch of pictures of the place. it was nice!!!! really.

before we went back, shopped a while at Tesco Lotus. and we saw another KFC. there were like 3 KFC outlets itself in the building!! imagine that. but we went for Dairy Queen's Oreo ice cream. we took more pictures of Seacon. when we outside, we stumbled upon some side stalls on the overhead bridge and one of the stalls sells my-guess are unsharpened swords. from the full-range length of a katana to the mini-sized wazakashi. or is it wakazashi. or whatever lah. haha.

we caught a cab back to our apartment. and that was that. fun day it was.

and i believe its going to rain today. woooohhooooo!!! finally!!!!! it hasn't been raining much here except when the 4 of us just arrived in Thailand.


and just to update on myself, i got a new haircut. actually just a trim. okay fine, a haircut.
what more, oh and i can play Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. =D

ima, hora, chotto mite kudasai kono shashin wa.

it looks a bit odd in the picture. but you get the idea.

in any case, i think, i need to slim down abit....sukoshi sukoshi.
and.....have a very good afternoon. looks like a nice day to go for a stroll.

Best Years Of My Life...

5.....4......3......2.......1........

Happy 19th Birthday, Muhammad Ruzaini Bin Abdul Razak!!!!!

first and foremost, I, the sole author and owner of this blog, would like to thank the people who have wished me and going to wish me within the next couple of hours before 14th of November expires. you have my sincere-est of the sincere-est of gratefulness and appreciation.

from personal messages on the handphone and MSN to birthday e-cards.

well, what the heck, i'll just list down all the people who wished me. *taking my time.....*
they are in no particular order, so....here goes;

my parents & 2 younger sisters - Abdul Razak Bin Chichik & Rohayah Binte Abdul Rahman, Nur Diyana & Nur Rasyiqah

my cousins & relatives - Hizam and Syaheeda & family and Cik E!!!!!!! =D

my OSIP-mates - Umar, Michelle and Shirley,
my fellow same birthday-mates - Elvira, Mr. Joshua Liew,
my 2 lovely sakuras - Ms. Cherry and Yoko by e-card greeting; Cherry's funny, Yoko's cute,
and last but not least, my miscellaneous'; (no i'm just joking!!), my humble friends;
Lemuel, Miguel, Anujot, Raymond, Hadi, Wee Chong, Nurul Huda, Nurul Huda(2), Marlina, Sharon Yeo, Felicia and Rashidah.

PS: if your name is not on the list but insist that you wished me, by all means complain. and i'm sorry. =)
and as you can imagine, what's a birthday without a bash? me and my OSIP-mates decided to give me a treat somewhere. at The Mall, Bangkapi. at first it was Swensen's but they have no main course food menu so we decided to head to 'The Pizza Company' in all its glorious funky in-restaurant music. we were seated next to the window overlooking a live band playing on the ground floor. it was some sort of an open type of bar. since we got the free coupon for a large pizza, we decided, 'Hey, why not, order 20 pieces of chicken, a jug of pepsi and 1 medium pizza?'. and i was stuffed to the limits. i got rid of my fork and knife and ate with my 2 good 'ol hands halfway. to make it not-so-obvious i've been stuffing myself, i held my breath for as long as i got to the nearest restroom to wash my hands.

i was dragging myself into the taxi and back into the apartment. and since i promised or rather i said i would buy Michelle a chocolate cake, i took the liberty of buying a slice of the Tiramisu cake down at the apartment's Orchard Restaurant for her. and since i'm not the type of person who likes to back on my words. maybe not today, but i will get it done somehow.

once i got back to my apartment. Yoko was so sweet waiting for me in MSN!!!! awwww...~ so sweet..~
actually i overshot the time to meet her by like 1 hour. i lost hope when we were still at The Mall by 10pm. because in Japan, it would've been like 12am. wow, i was....utterless but grateful nonetheless. thanks Yoko!!! love you!! hahahahaaa. =P

no. really.

hahaha.

i spent the next 2 hours webcaming with her.

so in all, it was the best overseas birthday i have ever had and this being my first. i am...really grateful.

どおも　ありがとう　ございました　みんな！！

Happy 19th Birthday to myself, last year of my teenage life.

を　たんじょうび　おめでと。
o tanjoubi omedeto.

and if you have a very keen eye, this entry is rigged to 19:19. =)

Return Of The Kung(Shrimp) Heroes

okay, first order of entry. i know its been a while since the last update and i am fully aware of it. thanks for your concern.

last week: Umar's dad and 2nd brother came to Bangkok, Thailand for a short holiday. they arrived on Thursday and stayed through to Sunday.

we went to The Mall, Bangkapi again at night after work. on Saturday, we went to Chatuchak weekend market; see my link somewhere within the past few entries. pronounced as 'ja-tu-jak'. however fortunate or unfortunate, it was so hot that you could ermmm.... bake a cookie without an oven? yes, it was that hot. in any case, we took 2 different taxis. me, Shirley and Michelle in 1 taxi and Umar and his family in the other.

here's the good part; upon reaching. i realised we ended up alighting at the far west of the meeting point. and damn, the meeting point was quite a distance. with all the people in the bargaining-heaven. i would've known it would be impossible to reach the meeting place in 10 minutes. so i sent an SMS to Umar that we would do our own shopping. i bought some souvenirs and also.....a Doraemon t-shirt!!!!!! =D
well, its supposedly a 'jammy'(pyjamas).

finally under pressure from the super sweltering and blistering heat, i was like sweating like crazy. 1 rule of thumb when going outdoor shopping; never under any circumstances follow 2 girls shopping. of course, no pun intended. =]
at around 2pm, i 'surrendered'. i cannot take the heat. really. to add to the injury table, i was wearing jeans and shoes.

i was groaning like over a hundred times before the girls agreed to get back to the apartment. not that i was complaining, i was violating the dress code of outdoor flea market shopping. not forgetting i was carrying the bags. that weekend market is just too big to finish within 1 or 2 days.

later on at night, we were due to go grocery shopping at Tesco Lotus. bought some foodstuff and groceries. there and that, it should probably keep me with food at least until the end of the month. very interestingly, when Shirley and me reached Tesco, there was this group of people doing aerobics to beats of some music. the thing is, they weren't even following the music beats. Umar's dad sponsored to purchase a rice cooker for us. so like, we can cook rice now!! well, at least we tried and burned the bottom of the pot. not like we are unskilled, we were chatting on MSN when we smelled something burning in the kitchenette. hahahahahahahaha!!! =P

while we were getting ready to separate into 2 cabs again, one stationwagon cab allowed us to squeeze 5 of us into the cab. and mind you, me and Umar could take up a 3 seats altogether. and including Shirley and Umar's brother, it brings a whole new meaning of 'jam-packed canned sardines'.

today, we will stay at the Kanary House's Executive Lounge. well, it looks like another long, long week ahead. eh?

cheerios.

Over The Sea Part II

halfway through the week. and week 6 at that for my OSIP.

i woke up this morning feeling abit happy. i talked to a few people yesterday. so felt fine. suddenly felt a need for speed. wait till i get my driver's license. when i reach back home in Singapore. first thing i'll do is find a driving instructor.

well, anyway i've been playing around with this Japanese social site called, Mixi. its a nice little website; with over 5 million subscribers. i registered through a friend and registration is only by invitation. well, almost 99% of the site is in Japanese and even i have trouble getting around the site. it has quite an impressive Japanese-speaking community and is full-featured site including music charts by genre, community news, blogs etc. just to name a few. anyone who wants to give it a shot, do leave me a message. overall on 10, i would give a 7. reason being there's no substantial English support for users like me. but then again, its targeted for Japanese users.
current news also report of a Japanese MySpace coming soon. so watch out for it.

oh and another thing, that little red G2 Ipod Nano. yes red! damn it looks good. but it wouldn't match my white PSP. and as of current, my PSP has become more of an MP3 player rather than a gaming gadget. i could've gotten a Creative Zen Microphoto instead but at that point in time, the PSP looks so sleek in white.

in other news, life here have been so quiet. been watching World Pool 9-ball championships in Manila on ESPN at night. its either TV or MSN. maybe i'll go swimming later. maybe. i'm just sick of sitting in front of the computer that i'll just fall asleep just looking at the screen. not common of me to do that. recently, i've been wanting to play sports or at the very least be active in some sport. maybe swimming. i'll still need to train my running and pull-ups.

have a nice afternoon.
この　を　てんき　は　いいですね。　じゃまた。

Sometimes The Grass Is Not Always Greener On The Other Side

sunday was dramatic, monday was 'dang, was it monday?'.

sunday; went to the Loy Krathong festival at Rama VIII Bridge. well, initially we didn't know how to describe to the taxi driver, so the bell-man or rather the security guard caught us a cab and went on to tell the direction of where we are going. a long taxi ride to the west of Bangkok approximately 1+ hour. didn't take long to realise that i had my PSP and started to listen to music.

so anyway, the taxi fare was about 155 Baht which brought us to the foot of the Bridge. we saw like piles of people selling the floating 'cakes' as i would like to visualise them. sold at different prices according to the decorations that were adorned. cheapest i saw was about more or less 29 Baht. seemingly, we ended up at the 'not-so-happening' part of the bridge. there were people but there were even more people across the river and they had like a 'Tampines Expressway-long bazaar selling assorted goods ranging from second-hand shoes to local food to clothing. and as the night kept on aging, it seemed like more and more people thronged the already-cramped place. compared to Geylang, this has got to be much better, except they were selling pork-balls for munchies. and we walked around, squeezing through every inch possible. at around 9pm, we got a cab back to our apartments and had dinner down at the restaurant and out of hope that other places were closed. and for once it seemed that skipping breakfast and lunch was a bad idea; it wouldn't gotten any more worse.

i was so starved that i ordered a Hawaiian Cheese Burger, which had a thick almost 2cm thick of cow beef, and a plate of Spaghetti Carbonara which i requested to put chicken instead. a hearty meal i suppose but well, suffering the effects of skipping meals; extreme hunger. not that i'm being a critic, but living healthily does affect daily moods. i'm a skeptic, not a critic...credentially.

so, have you done anything to hurt someone's feelings lately?
well well, now's the right time to say that forgiving but almost cliche word, 'sorry'. it does work most of the time. guaranteed 98% fool-proof. well, as most commonly used words tend to make a person quite agitated, maybe i'll emphasise on the word 'apologise'. doesn't take much guts or wrong-doing to even mention the word.

my my. yesterday's problem was the past. 'today is yesterday's tomorrow. tomorrow is today's future.' so let's start each day with a smile and make the world a better place. okay pumpkin? =)
its not a fortunate matter now that i have full control of my temper. no worries now.

play nice and everyone would be grateful.
which reminds me, 'when the cat is away, the mice will play.'

on a bright note somehow, TP got some new matriculation cards for students enrolled before 2006. and somehow or rather i don't even see the point. and to make matters worse, those collected after 14th December would be charged $15. like damn them!!!! how about OSIP students? i'll have to bring up this matter somehow. bright note my ass.

i know this is seemingly old news, but Google Inc.'s acquisition of online video-sharing site, YouTube Video, seemed very disturbing. 65(sixty-five) employees and 1(one) website worth roughly about USD$1.65 billion.
to make clear of how much that is worth, i could buy a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, stock it up with about a base full of USD$35(thirty-five) million per piece of 60(sixty) F-35 jet fighters and a crew of 300 to staff the aircraft carrier for at least 1 year.

i would've used that money to build 10 spanking-new spacescrapers in Dubai. talk about spending power. sheesh.

guess i'll have a more formal update when i have the time and mood. MSN's been pretty quite with what the 'O' levels and school term.

and last but not least, i'll want to wish my sister a Happy 17th Birthday!!!! =)
mine's coming on the 14th. i wonder how am i going to spend the day. it'll be in office i guess.

talk about extreme birthday celebrations. does mine count?
oh, there goes 1 year of my youth.
have a nice afternoon. =)

Cherries Don't Blossom in November

in an age where nowadays its not surprising you can pilot a space shuttle with an MP3 player, i guess we are due past the atomic age. its a world ruled by silicon. in layman terms, silicon wrapped in cheap plastic which is stamped, 'Made In China'. welcome to the post-atomic digital age. =)

i have a plan. and i plan to go swimming at the pool downstairs later in the morning. i have been itching to go since after i finished playing badminton last evening. was playing badminton with one of the company staff and her boyfriend. then we only had 3 players including me, so Umar had to join in. Shirley and Michelle just sat down at the bench.

the people in Thailand lead quite a simplistic life here. unlike Singapore. of course, i could not base or disclose my judgement on just the way of living or the status quo between the two countries. Over here, its still a 'second-world' developing country. Singapore is a 'second-world' developed country. which reminds me, i haven't seen much cats around here. most of the animals roaming about are dogs. i've so far seen only 2 cats throughout my 5 weeks here!!

everytime after lunch, the 4 of us would go to the 7-eleven around the corner to buy some 'munchies' to bring back to the office. usually, i would buy a pack of butter bread, some bottled water, some chocolate and maybe sweets. all these cost more or less 60+ baht. which is most definitely less than $4 SGD.

i've run out of local cash but still have some Singapore dollars. well, not to worry though, i'll be changing them to local currency soon. its just weird. its not like i'm not adapting to the environment, life here is just slow. adaptibility is not a problem to me. oh swells. life is good.

last night for dinner, i had tom yum maggi (that's all the flavour they have) and i fried some seaweed chicken which was nice!!!! yummies!... =P

i guess, i must be losing my cooking touches. used to like and do well in cooking. but now sucked. but nevertheless!!! the chicken i fried was 'oishii'. though i still have some eggs in the fridge. some chocolate and a bag of chips in the cupboard. all in all, but no water! oh swells.

on a bright note, this coming Sunday, the Thais will celebrate 'Loy Krathong'. there will be some celebration at Rama VIII bridge. the 4 of us are going to see the sights and sounds of west suburb of Bangkok. whoooopeeeeee~~~~~
taxi's fare not that expensive if the 4 of us share the cost. my guess is about 150 Baht. and considering that on Sundays, the traffic here is less hectic than other days; public holidays included! i wonder why.

that's that i suppose. on a closing note, i would like to wish babies born on November a 'Happy Birthday!!!!'. my November calendar is packed with birthday alarms; mine included. my birthday? 1411. go figure. =)

that said, good night everyone.