Been There : Khao Yai

Khao Yai (Big mountains) is

lonely roads

blue-green mountains

diverse flora

cool clean flowing streams

untamed creatures

domesticated beasts (not exactly in Khao Yai)

and I was in heaven.....
of leeches ;)

New Record

As blog no 10 of September, this is the most blog I ever did in a month. The last record was 9 blogs last month. 10 was also the number of blogs I did for the whole of 2006. To celebrate this occasion I presented to you, this:

Location is not an option when rest is crucial.

Stormy Day

Storm brewing
Bangkok crying
Crying for you
Unfortunate 88

Thunder howling
Howling for you
The lost souls
Unfortunate 88

Lightning flashes
The last goodbye
Goodbye love
Unfortunate 88
+ 1

(for the 88 victims of One-Two-GO that went down in Phuket on Sep 17, 2007)

Let It Shine, Let It Shine

This is for all my friends that currently stuck head-down in man-made shit hole.

Shine
(Take That - Beautiful World)

You, you're such a big star to me
You're everything I wanna be
But you're stuck in a hole and I want you to get out
I don't know what there is to see
But I know it's time for you to leave
We're all just pushing along
Trying to figure it out, out, out

All your anticipation pulls you down
When you can have it all, you can have it all

So come on, so come on, get it on
Don't know what you're waiting for
Your time is coming don't be late, hey hey
So come on
See the light on your face
Let it shine
Just let it shine
Let it shine

Stop being so hard on yourself
It's not good for your health
I know that you can change
So clear your head and come around
You only have to open your eyes
You might just get a big surprise
And it may feel good and you might want to smile, smile, smile

Don't you let your demons pull you down
'Cause you can have it all, you can have it all

So come on, so come on, get it on
Don't know what you're waiting for
Your time is coming don't be late, hey hey
So come on
See the light on your face
Let it shine
Just let it shine
Let it shine

Hey let me know you
You're all that matters to me
Hey let me show you
You're all that matters to me

So come on, so come on, get it on
Don't know what you're waiting for
Your time is coming don't be late, hey hey
So come on
See the light on your face
Let it shine
Just let it shine
Let it shine

Hey let me know you
You're all that matters to me
Hey let me show you
You're all that matters to me

Hey let me love you
You're all that matters to me
Hey so come on yeah
Shine all your light over me...
(Gay guy can sing)

Those friends that stuck in real man-made or nature-made hole, select one of these options:
1. What the hell are you doing in that hole in the first place?
2. Climb out
3. Scream for help
4. Call the fire department
5. Just go back to sleep, this is a dream
6. This is not a dream? You are royally fuck (pardon my French)
7. Drink paraquat (Thanks Sharon)

p.s. This list is still on going. Share your option with me.

A Mocking Goose

Take this!

I have never seen a goose tongue before, dead or alive. This goose stuck one out for me. Maybe this is exclusive to geese in Ayuthaya or maybe it was just a piece of bread :)

The Sign

I saw this sign in the immigration office yesterday.

"The visa extension process paid only fee, do not believe anyone."

This sign not just a warning to be careful. The sign warn us on how we are now living in a deplorable world and ...

a world fills with disabled alien :)

Cats Visited

I managed to visit my cats over the weekend and they looked pretty happy to see me. I was happy to see them as well. It was a good 2 visiting hours and they spent it running around the room.

Mok (not) looking after his two sisters

While I was there, I visited other people cats as well.

Other people cats

3 Deaths and 1 Injury

Klang, Malaysia - An accident in Kesas highway left 1 dead and 1 injured on Saturday Sept 8, 2007. The accident happen when a 120GB the hard disk and a D900i the hand phone was left on top of the car by their absent-minded owner. According to a witness on the scene, the owner only realised that she left the hard disk and the hand phone when she saw them flying from her back mirror when she started speeding off on the highway.

120GB was found dead on the scene with its body separated into 4 pieces. The accident was so horrific that a few witnesses were seeing leaving the scene crying (their heart out). D900i was given an outpatient treatment in the local hospital and was released a few hours later with a few scratches.

D900i after the accident

In unrelated news, Belkin the mouse roll it last, peacefully, a few weeks ago when it’s light stop blinking. The post mortem performed on Belkin revealed the death is caused by nerve damage near the end of the USB connector. A quiet funeral for family member was held on Sunday Sept 9, 2009.

In loving memory, Belkin and C100

Belkin death came a few days after the death of C100 the hand phone. C100 died of old age and was surrounded by family member on it's last day. Doctor attending C100 announce that the death was a relief as C100 has been in critical condition caused by battery malfunction.

Missing Meao

I miss my cats. The last time I saw them in their 'prison' was 4 weeks ago for a couple of hours. I hope they not that piss with me for leaving them in the boarding for months. Imagine the cat's revenge.

I am happy to see them this weekend. I hope they are happy to see me too.

Horsing Around

I was horsing around on the way to Chatuchak Park for my weekly aerobic class and I saw....

real horses looking at me.

They were stuck in the wild hours of traffic jam in Bangkok.

Your Regular Tour Guide

Friends came over weekend and I took them out for a quick tour in Bangkok. What can you do in a day in Bangkok?

9.00 am to 12.00pm - The Grand Palace

12.00pm to 12.30pm - San La Muang (The City Pillar Shrine)

12.30pm to 1.00pm Lunch Break

1.00pm to 2.00pm - Wat Pho

2.00pm to 3.00pm - Chao Phraya River and Wat Arun

3.00pm to 6.00pm - Chatuchak Weekend Market

6.00pm to 7.00pm - Mahboonkrong (MBK)

7.00pm to 9.00pm - Thai Massage
This is damn good after the long walk.

9.00pm to 11.00pm - Dinner

Thats made it the 5th times I have been in Grand Palace, 4 times in Wat Pho, 3 times in Wat Arun, and uncountable times in Chatuchak and MBK. A few more times and I can be your regular tour guide.

Flower Power

I love flowers.

Butterfly love flowers too.

I love butterfly.

In Memoriam: Abang

Abang

Abang (elder brother) was my neighbour cat. He was known as the 'village gangster' of my housing area. Abang died early this year because of sickness (maybe STD) and his body was buried under the hibiscus tree on the park in front of my house.

He was known to terrorise the neighbourhood cats including mine since 2004. Other male cats in the neighbourhood did not dare to come near our houses or there will be a bloody fight. All the kittens that born in this area during his reign somehow looked like him. I cannot count the number of time he peed in my house. You can say that he was not my favourite.

I was looking at old pictures and saw a picture of him perching on my window looking at my cats wondering why they did not want to have anything to do with him.

The brave one die young.

About Yin and Yang

I am always a believer of the yin and yang, the good and bad, to ensure balance in the cosmic force. That is why when I went food shopping today in Siam Paragon; I make certain that the balance is met.

The good food

and the bad food

The day is saved. The yin and yang is fulfilled.

Platinum... Pratu Nam...

According to Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia, Platinum Mall is a Fashion Mall. Why the hell did I end up inside the Mall on this side of Pratu Nam on a Saturday afternoon?

The answer is "I had a dream". A dream that somehow, someday, I also can be fashionable. After a couple of hours of fishing with no catch, I dug an imaginary hole and buried my dream 6 feet down, and settle myself with two white t-shirts. They will never be out of fashion.

I am sorry Bill Watterson, I know you are against merchandising your comic but I cannot help myself. The other is all about Kenny and his deaths.

No of dream buried = 1.

The Tales of Two Figurines

One nice sunny day this nice Thai man

went to a gardening shop and saw these cute little garden figurines.

He bought that middle one, wrapped and boxed it for travelling.

The figurines when for a flying trips and when it's reached the destination they were separated into 4 parts.
The moral of the story, how bad your day is keep on smiling.
Good news is the heads are back on the bodies.

Been there : Ayutthaya

If you like ruins and decapitated statues, Ayutthaya is the place to be. After months of planning and cancelling and planning and cancelling and planning, a few friends and I made it to Ayutthaya. Two hours away from Bangkok and you can have this view:

Ruins

and decapitated statues

we found the head

and we end it all with a sunset on the bank of Chao Phraya River.

All in all it was a good day.

Ayutthaya - been there, done that.

Changing Little World

Our little world has been changing without me noticing it. Now and then we should always look around us and take stock on what happening; such as that Thai house that I reported in my "Amazing Bangkok" story on July 21, 2007.

This is the before picture.

This is how its look now when I look at it today.

The pond beside the house is covered now and some of the trees are gone. It did not look as green as it was before. While I was watching, a little lorry came in with more stones to cover the x-pond.

This update is for Hisham - I hope you are in the well ;)

Froggie and Piggie

Look what I found in Chatuchak Weekend Market.


Koon, the first and last froggies on the line is yours.

Being SILLY

Amazing Bangkok

Today is my laundry day and I underestimated the time needed for my cloth to dry in the dryer. For that I have to pay with multiple shows of undies in my apartment for a few hours.



For that, you guys have to view them as well :)

I have been in Bangkok for more than 3 months; still I can find things that amaze me about Bangkok. Like this Thai house (in red box) next to the apartment that I stay.

Between all the modern buildings, this Thai house is still standing complete with small orchard of banana, coconut, mango and a 'klong' (pond) at the back of the house.

I hope this house will still be around if I come back in 10 years time.

Made in Thailand

Thailand is great. The people that I met and worked with so far are nice, friendly and very helpful. (Nan you can stop smiling or I will put your crazy woman picture in here). Some of them blue like the one below that I met in the Grand Palace.

He is blue, but do not worry. He has a lot of friends to help him.

There are a lot of statues in Bangkok. I have a lot of pictures for my blog. The only thing that I don't have now is idea on how to show them. I have to be careful on which statue I can make fun off. Thai people might not like it.

Wait and see.

Bangkok or Bust

I am in Bangkok now. Ask the Giant below:

Coming Back

It has been a few months since I last blogged. I am plain lazy, just like the old man in SH4 told me when I took my sweet time to climb that little hill 2 weeks ago. Did I suffer that day? Yes I did.

I have been busy for the last couple of month working on a hush hush project that could change the way people think in the next few months - I hope. A wise man said to me last month that we should make our objective to save people lives but my boss said money is the objective. I like the 1st one instead - more romantic.

Since I did not have live for the last couple of month, I only have chance to take pictures of my beloved cats. Yes, I have cats. 4 cats. 1 male and 3 female cat.

Here they are in their favourite spot. It’s all started with one cat name Putput, the one on the right. She gave birth to 3 kittens in November 2004. The hidden cat on the left is Mok. Only 2 of them named. I am still thinking of name for the other 2. For now I call them Nownow.

Cats just silly. That is why I like them.