Huge Load Off...

Phew...

It's 1855 in Bangkok. I'm supposed to be eating dinner at the usual places but I'm still in the office. I've just finished a set of work that has been ongoing for the last week.

Johanna (my boss) handed me an assignment last week, tasking me to proofread an initially 40 paged report for the National Occupational Safety and Health Profile of Cambodia. Neat stuff! Just that I had to read through the thing like 4 times! Nevertheless, it's been completed and I can await my money! I know it's not much but it's still money~

Anyways, tomorrow is Labour Day, so it's a public holiday for me, which also translates to another day of electricity wasting. I'll prolly use the day to finish downloading the episode of ガキの使いやあらへんで(gaki no tsukai ya arahende). For those who don't know, you should go take a youtube tour of the videos uploaded by the kind people there. Basically the people of gaki have a regular tv show in Japan that's all about random humour. You might think MTV's Jackass, but I assure you it's times funnier and not that MTV-dumb. This episode that I'm downloading is about the best selections from single comedian punishment games. It may be old, but it certainly will be nice to recall and laugh at.

I'm bugged with DTAC (mobile service provider in Thailand). As of currently, I am using their prepaid card service, which has great coverage. However something really gets on my nerves and that is the fact that the cards expire after a short while! I remember topping up 100baht (~4USD) on the 21st and it just expired!

So it's off to 7-11 tomorrow to get my phone resurrected I guess. If not Heather won't get to call me haha!

1909 now! I better pack up and go.

*Khob Kun Kap to the Thai people who've been viewing my blog! Whoever you are!*

Making Friends

The Thai are generally nice people. I witnessed it first hand today.

Woke up at 7am today, which has become a routine thing thanks to my bio-clock. I tried to go back to sleep but decided that I had to shit at 10am, so I got out of bed and did so. After peeing, I couldn't go back to sleep so I started surfing the net and to my surprise, American store Best Buy was selling away their Alpha 700 at US$836! That's about the price of the A300 there! Too bad by the time I fly over to get it, they'd prolly cleared the stock away. I wonder what made them sell it at such a low price though...

Now on to the afternoon when I got hungry. I decided to make a left turn to the usual shop that sells pork soup noodles and kao man kai, which is what the locals call Hainanese Chicken Rice. When I reached the place, the guys were watching a match of Muay Thai. They were so engrossed that neither of them even realized I was watching as well! So I had a plate of Chicken Rice.

After paying for the lunch, I was deciding where to go to. I've already travelled to a lot of places, all of which were on foot since I believed that it was the best way to soak in the culture. While standing at the door of the shop, the dude came over and asked what I believed was ''where're you going?''

I just gave a shrug and he gestured to invite me to watch the matches together. Why not? So I took the glass of water and sat closer to the TV. It's funny watching that guy get agitated over the matches; once he got so into it, he kicked the table away as he shouted with each blow.

After a while, the guy went to open the fridge and poured pepsi into my empty cup! We clashed cups and downed pepsi! There was also a local snack that he offered me - it looked like mini pumpkins, lime green in colour and dipped in a sauce made from soy sauce and chilli. The snack tasted interesting, somewhat sour and leaves an occasional seed.

After a while, their buddy comes and they head to the back of the shop to smoke what I presume was weed. The guy offered me a stick but since I don't smoke, reject la. He then offered me chewing gum instead.

As I walk out of the shop saying bye, one of the dudes looked up and gave me a weed-strung look and waved his hands to say bye.

This is the kind of friendship that transcends language barriers. Well, the only thing we do is knod our heads and smile!

The Art of Digging

I bet many of my friends know that I am a master of the nasal goo and no doubt, one can easily tell from my masterpieces.

You see, the skill of the nasal goo doesn't really go into the excavating of the nasal dirt, but rather in the flicking of the finger. To perform a bull's eye aim, you have to inflict enough strength into the carefully adjusted aim of the finger. After the action, it always amuses me to sit back and look at where it lands. Amongst my favorites are a man's face, a mitsubishi lancer, and an old lady's hair(accidental).

Once in a long while, I also take the effort, or pinky in this case, to dig out some ear wax. Interestingly, these ear wax hardens at a super fast rate! However I've tried to lessen the times of such mining. Why? Apparently the inner skin of our ears are times more sensitive than that in our noses. You'll learn this once your pinky grows a sharp nail. Something to note, ear wax smells bad but mixing it with blood is worse!

Please note that there are 2 kinds of ear waxes:

1. Dry type, which exists predominantly in Asians and Native Americans

2. Wet type, everyone else.

While it is easy to remove the wet type with a cotton swab, using the cotton swab for the dry type will push more inwards than out. Use a scoop for better effect!

Tagged by: Syafiq

1.At what age do you wish to marry?

25?

2.How many children do you want?

2

3.What I want the most now?

Sony A700, Macbook Pro, money!

4.What do you want to be when you grow up?

Comedian or any entertainment work

5.If you can have 1 more dream to come true, what would it be?

Become a Japanese Comedian

6.What are you afraid to lose now?

Money and hair

7.Do you believe in being in love forever?

Ya

8.If you meet someone you love, would you confess to him/her?

In the end also have to what...

9.What would you do when you're feeling down and depressed?

I will shut up and shut myself out.

10.What are the requirements that you wish from other half?

nice ass? Dunno la, when it comes, nothing matters.

11.Which type of person do you hate most?

people with the maturity age lower than that of their actual age.

12.Do you cherish every single of your friendship?

Yes

13.Do you believe in god?

Yes, and buddha and Allah and zeus and rah.

14.What do you think is the most important thing in your life?

Humour

15.Do you find it a necessary for you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?

No.

16.What do you want your friend to be like?

Cock

17.What kind of friend do you hope to be in your friends' eyes?

Approachable and able to lift spirits

18.If you have a change, which part of your character would you like to change?

More hair (I know what you're thinking... Bulu wants more Bulu...)

19.If you're feeling low one day, who will you go to?

Dota? Games

20.Do I make you horny?

Hell Yes?

Instructions:Remove 1 question from above, and add in your personal question to make it a total of 20 questions..Then tag 8 people in your links list them out at the end of the post.Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged.Whoever does the tag will have blessings from all.

Samantha

Black (Sujith)

Shanice

Huijin

Wen Tong

Wu Zhen

Bernice

Anyone who has a blog and liked to do this (gimme a link too!)

I don't get it...

They seem to be going overboard with the national pride, whatever is going on.

Let's see:

1. You kill a hundred people, but tell your people it's only a dozen.

2. Obviously people are going to get unhappy, so they protest. You see this as humiliating you?

3. With the most recent event, you even went as far as to hit an innocent lady who happened to be a pro-tibetan. What? Who is not your friend is your enemy?

4. You flood the events with your people and deceive yourself it was a 'fiery success'?

Sure... I beLIEve... 

*Oh I'd like to give a shout out to the international fellows who've managed to somehow navigate into my blog. Be it intentional or so, feel free to browse around!

Olympic Torch proceeds without disruption in Bangkok

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Originally uploaded by mysilentkaopei

April 19 2008
Bruce Lim

For the past weeks, the olympic torch has been a focus of the media around the world. Acts of violence from and against the pro-tibetan protesters have been shown on news sources such as CNN and BBC. Reasons behind such protests were circled around the human rights history of China, host of the Beijing Olympic Games.

However it was a different scene in Bangkok, the first country thus far that has managed to proceed with the torch relay undisrupted. Reports showed that the security forces and the demonstrators have come to an agreement that they had to remain behind the police barricades or face arrest. According to CNN, a western lady was refused when she wanted to display a picture of the exiled-tibetan's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

The torch relay managed to proceed smoothly, and even had time to to slow down it's pace and stop for supporters to pose for pictures with the torch bearers. People were even allowed to touch the olympic torch without ending up pinned to the ground by security forces.

Many of the local Thai believe that the day's relay is what an Olympic Torch Relay should be like - happy and peaceful, where everyone has a place, even the demonstrators.

The Olympic Torch has arrived in Malaysia and will begin it's route on Monday, April 21, ending at the famous Petronas Towers.

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Do note that this was not published anywhere, it is solely for the blog. Thus my tardiness in quotes.

Orh Lam Pa Torch Going in Circles

I seriously don't understand what the TIBET Pakistan is thinking. Picked up news on CNN saying that the torch relay will commence inside a stadium for Pakistan's leg of it. As a safety precaution, the route along Islamabad has been cancelled and moved inside the stadium to prevent protests. Also, only invited guests and members of the media are allowed inside. So if the people of Pakistan wants to view the relay, they can only do so on TV. What for? You'll be seeing 65 torch bearers circling around a running track! What creativity can the organisers exhibit to make the relay interesting?

*Situation 1*
Announcer: Ok, the Torch is in the hands of Bearer number 1. The silence is deafening. tension so thick you can cut it with a knife.
Gun Fire
Announcer: And he's off! What a massive display of speed as he makes a left turn! Bearer 2 gets ready as Bearer 1 takes another left turn!
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*Situation 2*
Announcer: This is an intense moment for bearer 1, who's getting ready to start of the relay... Lowering his body, bearer 1 extends his right leg as he gets into position...
Gun Fire
Announcer: What a show of power! Bearer 1 has managed to toss the torch 100m directly onto the hands of bearer 2, who is about to... WOW! Bearer 2 just beat bearer 1's distance by a whopping 30m!
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*Situation 3*
Announcer: Ok bearer 1 is passing the torch to bearer 2, and so the list goes on... Ok 65 bearers have touched the torch, that's all. It's a wrap guys!
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*Situation 4*
Announcer: All 65 Bearers are playing the game of monkey with the torch! This is Madness!
Bearer 1: Madness? THIS IS PRATA!!!!!!!

Don't drink it!!!

I'm referring to Singha drinking water... It's supposedly clean but i reckon it tastes like swimming pool water...

And to think that I'm smart enough, i actually went to 7-11 to buy Singha Soda water following the bad taste...

NABEI LIKE ACID ON MY TONGUE LA!!!

My verdict? KANASAI!!!! Not KANSAI!!! it's KANASAI!!!!

{KANA SAI - Kah-Nah Sai:
Hokkien slang refering to something that is 'like shit', which is what the word refers to literally.}

KAO PEI AH!!!!

Oh man... this is absolutely Kao Pei!!!
Indian Ads rock ah!!! And yes, SHE'S HOT



Oh btw ''mujhe chotti wali pasand hai'', as spoken by the guy to his mom, means ''i prefer the younger one''. This explains why the father of the girls spit back his tea!

Orh Lam Pa torch relay

Just went to do a quick check, and I realised that the olympic torch relay would reach Bangkok on the 19th of April. It so happens to be a Saturday so I think i'm going to go check out the protests that take place! mayb take photos and ask questions.

Problem is, there's nothing said about where in Bangkok will the relay go through!
Argh! Another photo opportunity missed!

Come on!!! Hurry up!!! 33days to Alpha!!!

*EDIT CUZ THIANG INSISTS ON IT*

{Orh Lam Pa - Or Lump-ah:
Has two meanings, both equally vulgar and sounding the same and both in Hokkien.
1. To Dig one's scrotom.
2. Black Scrotom.

Lam Pa on it's own refers to the scrotom, a man's private sack.
The term orh lam pa has been adapted by me to refer to the brand Olympus at times, although i bring no malice.}

Update

This is for Li Yue, who's too lazy to wait for my camera to be purchased...
This is the bandung drink i've been talking about. The locals call it Noum Yen, which literally means milk ice. Notice that the colour is a lot whiter than our normal Bandung drinks, but do not be deceived, it tastes rosier than the ones in singapore!

Bandung is a drink that comprises of mixing rose syrup and condensed milk to produce a pink coloured drink.

I am officially addicted to Bandung/Noum Yen!

Public Awareness

Monday was a public holiday in Thailand, much to my displeasure... Staying in my apartment would mean that i'd be using more electricity and of course wasting more money!

So i decided to hike around Bangkok city and checked out websites at a free wireless spot somewhere... Also my search for that bandung drink failed as none of the thai knows what i'm refering to... better check with pla what it's called in thai!

The GTR is gone... but they've replaced it with this beauty... nonetheless... it'll never outshine the GTR!!!

Recently, i've been listening to this band... pretty cool since they're a mix of cambodian and surf rock elements... the lady vocalist comes from a Khmer music dynasty... much like what you'd call the Jacksons of Khmer music! Listen until yo tao ah!

{Yo Tao - Yo Tah-oo:
Hokkien dialect for shaking of the head. much like the action one does after popping a few ecstasies}

It's Raining!!!

It's raining!!! (Gives the Leonidas 'this is sparta' face)
For the last 2 weeks Bangkok has not seen rain in any form. Now it's pouring like it's never rained in years!
Then i begin to wonder... maybe this was piss from the heavens!

4Face Buddha: Eh Rulai, let's have a challenge.
Rulai Fuo Zu: wassup?
4Face Buddha: Let's see who in the heavens can hold their piss for the longest!

*everyone drinks a cup while the 4Face Buddha split the cup into 4 portions and drank them 4 times faster than the others*

Monkey God: Haha bodoh... drink fast doesn't mean hold longer ah!

*After a whole month, which is a year up there. The monkey god gave way and pissed, followed by the others.*

4Face Buddha: Haha bodoh... We got 4 faces, we oso got 4 bladders ah!

PS: in no way have i intended to disrespect the religion for i was once a buddhist as well!

Toul Sleng Genocide Museum

I don't have captions for all of them. You can click on the photos to get the titles or descriptions if any. I'm not in the disturb-a-serious-matter kind of mood for this post though.

My first article

Yep!
My first article has been published in the asia media forum.
here's the link. http://www.theasiamediaforum.org/node/834
enjoy!
Wasn't my best attempt though, i wouldn't say it's my favourite of topics.
so tired....