Saturday, September 30, 2006

Breaking News.

After flying abroad for 17 hours and has been sitting there for 122 days without anything to do for some of them; they are going back on October the 7th.
Our correspondent reported from New York on Wednesday of September the 27th at 10 PM that four of them had been informed the new schedule to send them back earlier than the previous plan but the exact date was not confirmed yet.
However, it turned out that a day later the apartment where they are staying has already been cancelled and the last valid date is October the 6th. They got a confirmation email on Friday of September the 29th that their last working day will be October the 6th.

"It is all about business. Bringing us here and sending us back are all about business. It has nothing to do with our competence nor their need for resources since the bottom line is based on business."

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Sunday, September 24, 2006

It Happens.
Something went wrong with one of my eye. I woke up on Saturday morning and found an eye was swollen up and sting. I suspected that it might have been because of pollen. I am not allergic to any kind of medicine, foods, cloths, pets, people, etc. but now I am wondering could it have been this season, the beginning of Autumn, that the wind blows dried pollen to everywhere and I am a victim.

It's bad enough when something unpleasant happens to you and even worst when you are in another country.

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Thursday, September 21, 2006

Sam Sam Dee | Thai + English | Sam Sam Rin
Dinner at the courtyard
Da purposed to do a "pork-wrapped" dish as an appetiser for the dinner we were having with Sam Sam. Sam was going to cook dinner for us and we were doing some appetiser and dessert. Actually by the time we had decided to bring appetiser and dessert for the diner we did not know what to do yet. That night we brought this issue into our conversation to find out what...we are going to do. Before I fell a sleep we came up with "Piggy-faced-bread" and "banana-nun". Piggy-faced-bread is not an official term Thais call this appetiser and actually I neither know should it be categorised under appetiser or dessert. Because we don't have appetiser in our meal time, just go streight ahead to the main course. Not that because we are so straving but it just has not been included in one of our tradition. Banana-nun is also not an official term and I might be sued by the ministry of edecution soon. "Piggy-faced-bread" was perfect except the oil is easily absorbed into the bread. We solved this problem using kitchen-paper. Next, "Banana-nun" was salty because I dropped too much salt. It was not my false at all, look at everything in this country and you will see that they are so big; even the salt-bottle-hole. So, we had spent a half hour to resolve the taste. We were so late, sorry Sam Sam you guys might be straving, it was the salt-bottle-hole false.
Same made a splendid xxx-shepherd and another brilliant brussel-sprout (Sams, if you are reading this post please tell me again what do they call) dishes. I was stuffed and surely the others did. That night was over about...(I don't remember!). Anyway, it was another good evening and I'd like to thank Sam Sam and hope we'll have something like this again!

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

It used to be a commonplace for coup!
coup noun (plural coups) (also coup d'e'tat) a sudden, illegal and often violent, change of government: He seized power in a military coup in 1981.
limbo noun a situation in which you are not certain what to do next, cannot take action, etc., especially because you are waiting for sb else to make a decision.

Was I surprised hearing this news? No, I was not. A little bit exciting, curious, and wanted to know who was the leader. Again, it was not surprise after reading from manay sources who was leading the military coup. Is he a good guy, I don't know. Would this regime bring us to a better life, I don't know. All I know was that series of scandals were abhorrent to civilians. One thing came up to my maind was this guy would work since he was the richest man in the country. Not that enough, he was a genius guy holding a great honour in military school plus a PHD from United States. If I were him, I would not thinking about doing anything to increase my money. However, the question was, would you know when you were rich? The more you earn the more you spend. It is a matter of fact. That was why even though he was so rich lots of money related scandals were revealed through the public. Was it true, I don't know. As JJ said, "we are in the world that we do not lead ourselves". What would be the fashion of this winter? Who is the most celebrity now?, etc. All are led by someone who not belongs to our class, may be they are in a different planet. Are they God, I don't know.

Thank you BBC for the picture: bbc news

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Friday, September 01, 2006

Six Flags Great Adventure

"Why are we doing this?", Sam asked me.
"It's really been good knowing you, Sam". I replied before our "cage" had been released from the top of the "Stuntman's Freefall".
We woke up a bit early this morning to get ourselves ready for the trip. We had breakfast at 7.30 a.m. from a restaurant near the apartment, the "Diner". We decided to take a taxi to the PABT (Port Authority Bus Terminal). The place that I had got a bad impression and planed to write it later on. Four of us paid $50.50 each for a ticket including round trip bus from the PABT. It took only 1 hour instead of 2 hours (If I had known it before, Nathan would have come).
It's unbelievable that people which basically should try hard to survive but the only thing that this kind of place gives to us is getting closer to.the death. Anyway, I liked it and you know, I'll tell you my secret that you could try when you are riding. First of all, breath in and out for 10 times before get in the ride. Second, focus your eyes on the railway or the seat in front of you. That's it, you'll enjoy your ride and still have a bit of scary moment. In the end, we survived after taking 8 roller-coasters and some of "Child's play" rides.

If you want to go by bus
Rides List

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