Piggy-Faced-Bread Recipes.

Ingredients for 4 people
1. 0.6 - 0.8 lb of ground pork
2. An egg
3. One tablespoon of Chinese white soya sauce
4. Four Parsley roots
5. Two tablespoon of water
6. 1/8 teaspoon of salt
7. 1/8 teaspoon of pepper
8. Five cloves of garlic
9. Ten slices of white-bread
10. One red chilli
11. Vegetable oil

Method for piggy-faced-bread
1. Beat the egg and mix with ground pork. Blend it with the prepared Chinese white soya sauce, chopped parsley roots, salt and pepper, garlic until they are mixed altogether.
2. Divide a bread into 4 quaters.
3. Put a tablespoon of mixed ingredient prepared in step 1 on top of each cutted bread.
4. Pour the oil into the frying pan use the lowest temperature.
5. Fry the bread until their colour are yellow and pork is cooked and get them out of the pan.
6. Cover the plate with napkins and put the bread on top because they will be oily

Method for salad
1. Blend a cup of vinegar mixed with 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 tsp of salt.
2. Slice three small of cucumbers, 2 red onions, and 1 red chilli and put them in the salad made in step 1.

How to eat?
Well, I am sure I don't need to tell you about this :P

Serendipity.

The restaurant was on 60th street between 1st and 2nd avenue and it was crowed all the time, indeed. Whenever we walked pass it there were people waiting outside the restaurant so we decided to be one of them. Inside the restaurant they decorated it in teenage style in my opinion; yes, I am not considered to be in that age any more.
Six of us, Chalie, Nathan, Sam, Samantha, Dee, and me went there at one night; Samantha successfully reserved a table after telling them we were staying nearby - it was funny that they refused her at first and changed their mind when she gave that reason. Local people had more privilege, I thought. I wanted to order a beverage but when I saw Sam's milkshake which was enough for all of us so I had changed my mind. In the end, we couldn't finish what we ordered; not because of there were many but each was too big for one person. "Because they are smart". Said Chalie. "They serve you a big one and they can charge you more". He went. I agreed with him but at some point I was thinking of the different between "smart" and "ethic".

Thai Airways: Love you as much as the sky.

One night in Bentley hotel was over and we were going to JFK airport for our direct flight New York - Bangkok TG 791 at 12.00 PM. It is a Thai Airways but it seemed to me like some of air hostesses were likely to have serviced those who had foreign looked (being able to speak English, blond hair, etc). It was bad, indeed, being treated like that. It was not clear actually, the way they serviced us but according to many sources we have read so far about Thai Airway, they don't want to service Thai people, comfirm us that it is true.
So, if you are a Thai Airway's hostess, please keep in mind and take this into account seriously. Everyone on your plane who fly at the same class they have paid equally. Remember that in your brain which is not nicer or more beautiful than the others that your act tells everything. Whatever you are thinking, we, the passenger, know. Think about it, even when she dropped my fork, she didn't even offer an apology.

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."

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.

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!

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

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

Smithsonian Museums

animate verb, adjective: to make sth more lively or full of energy: A careful arrangement of taxidermy animals animated the museum.

Wouldn't it be great having that kind of museum in our country? The place that all ages could enjoy and participate in the discussion. Questioning someone who is reading the fact about giraffes instead of telling them. Isn't that the best way to guide people in their learning? Not many people want to know the scientific name of giraffe (I am not saying that it's not useful but...let me finish first). Of course valuable information must be added to educate people but could you add them in a "concise" and "attractive" way, please?

Link to Smithsonian Museums

Old Town Alexandria

On our second day in Washington D.C we went to a nice place called "Old Town". Honesty, I don't remember the history of this place but my impression is that it is a quiet city with two stories buildings. According to Pruek, the government of U.S. does not allow any buildings in X miles higher than a specific number of meter/feet/story/whatever.
We also bought a small wooden Uncle Sam doll from an antique store which seemed to have all kinds of souvenir with prices that most of the tourist cities have. I also bought a book titled "Gods in Alabama" by Joshilyn Jackson from a bookshop there but haven't had time to read yet. Basically, if you enjoy walking around a peaceful city this one is O.K. As Pruek dropped us on 9th street and would be back when we call him we had spent 2 hours wandering the city. We had a home-made ice-cream from a restaurant nearby which is quite good according to Dee. Next station "Krispy Kreme".

4th Of July 2006



There would be lots of fireworks in New York as part of the celebration for the "Independence Day" of the United States. We had been walking for almost 10 blocks to find a place that would give us a nice view to take some photos. We walked back and forth between 2 blocks and finally ended up at an apartment property area that especially opened for this celebration. Two English ladies wondered why we wanted to leave this place to find another one but we insisted to go because I didn't want to hand my camera above the sea port to get a picture. It's too risky. A boy ages around 6 years old seemed not to pay any attentions to the fireworks even his mother persuaded him to stay. There were Thais, the British, Mexicans, Japanese, Germans, and I thought I had seen one or two Americans there.

Do you remember this scene?



Though I am not a big fan of Mel Gibson movie but I do remember this scene. It's the "Conspiracy Theory", I think. That place is called the Roosevelt island and it just beyonds the Queens Borough bridge. And you may not know that Native Americans called "MINNAHANOCK" which can be translated into every possible phrase involving "Island", for example "Long Island", "It is nice to be on the Island". Sitting there by 4 - 6pm is a very good and relaxing time, indeed.

China Town


[Social 101]
Human is a social mammal. Having a company always better than shut yourself away in solitude. As two or more people have met each other, a community is established. A community expose itself in the forms of buildings, rules, cultures, etc. to tell the world who lives here and how they are like.

P.S. That's why I got C in this subject!

The City's Air Cleaner


Central Park is the most visited park in the United States and it's just 15 minutes walk from our apartment. This is one thing I think we should have in every big city around the world. There are people who do not realise what good will bring to human being by the nature. So, they live their lives as what they want, invented technologies that help human life easier without dealing of disposing of technologies waste. Hopefully, we don't have to move out to another planet soon.
[save the planet! save the planet! save the planet!....]