The Diary of Karaoke Queen!

Long absense

2010-06-27T16:38:00.003+07:00

Haven't logged on to my deserted blog for a longgg time... almost forgot my ID & password.

There were too many things happening in my life while i was away, hope i can be more active in this blog in the future....Will try to come back and update more, even nobody is checking this anymore :))

Going back to focus on World Cup 2010 now, which team will win this time around ?!?!

"Unfortunate, random incident"

2008-04-29T11:35:00.002+07:00

(CNN) -- A 30-year-old dolphin at Sea World has died after colliding with another dolphin while performing aerial tricks, the Orlando, Florida, amusement park said Monday.

The incident occurred about 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Discovery Cove area of the park, according to a statement by Sea World spokeswoman Becca Bides.

The animals were in the center of the lagoon and not near guests, she said.

The dolphin who died was named Sharky. The other dolphin, Tyler, is being watched by veterinarians but appears to be fine, Bides said.

"This is an unfortunate, random incident," Bides said in a written statement.

"While it is not unusual to have two animals performing aerial behaviors at the same time, we are reviewing the situation to ensure even such a random incident does not occur again."

So now... does that make me still want to go see Dolphin shows?... I'm not so sure.

Don't you feel like this sometimes?

2008-03-07T22:49:00.003+07:00

.................

Smile smile smile :)

2008-03-05T16:21:00.004+07:00

For those who used to come visit my blog, you would notice (and if my music playlist works) that my background music has changed again.
And even you just get lost to this page, don't browse away yet - enjoy the music first :) ... unless you're in the mood for hardcore rock or that sort

Just want to share these beautiful voices that make me smile and feel so relaxed at the moment, i hope they would do the same magic to you too :))

In my list:

Kelly Sweet - I just fell in love with her voice the first time i heard 'We are One' ~ sooo beautiful.....plenty of amazing songs in her album, good for Sunday afternoon
Missy Higgins - 'Where i stood' , 'Warm Whisper', 'Sugarcane' (Album: On A Clear Night) ... aussie talent, still trying to find the previous album of hers
Wallis Bird - first heard over the series from UK.. awesome show and now introducing me to my new favorite artist.... in my playlist, there are 'The Circle' and 'Counting to Sleep' ~ 'Spoons' is the album you should have :)
Sara Bareilles - 'Love Song' and 'Bottle it up' among many others.. on Billboard Chart now so i guess most of you have heard already and knew how talented she is
Feist - 'One two three four' , 'I feel it all' ... i can't stop smiling and dancing along with the songs! I know her album is released for like a year already, but never too late to start listening right... and she got the coolest Music Videos!!!
Colbie Caillat - Simply the whole album (esp. Battle, Bubbly, Feelings Show, The Little Thing..) I can sing almost every song now :D
Kate Havnevik - Been listening to her work for a while, cuz of Grey's Anatomy actually ~ loving 'So-Lo' and 'Kaleidoscope'
Yael Naim - sweet, cute song 'New Soul' - brighten up my day whenever i hear it.

Well... just enjoy (^^/)

NLDS 2008 – Be the Captain of Your Own Ship!

2008-03-05T14:50:00.005+07:00

As I mentioned in the last post about my participation in NLDS 2008 – now I finally have a mood to write up about it (after almost a month gone by)

It was held at Assumption University, Suvarnabhumi Campus, on 8-10 February. Well, the campus was luxurious – like I always remember – so it's good to be back.. so many memories there :)

So what I learned & discovered this time – as an Alumna, no particular role in the conference!

Happy Moments: @ dances in public again :P , amused by new LC rollcalls, meeting old & happy faces, converse with people that have the same interests and passion again! Feel energized just being there ~ though not everything went smoothly and its damn tiring the next day at work -_-''

Not so happy moments: when nothing is ready or nearly ready as you would expect, only 2 rest rooms available at the floor (how did we survive it last time??), no coffee... walking to 7-11 is not my favorite choice, but considering as morning exercise sounds good to me J ~ and seeing those kids - under 20… hmmmm

Frustration: I think it’s typical for recent alumni to feel like this; you question about your involvement in AIESEC - how much help you should offer to them, or wait til they come around and ask. Are you allowed to criticize their work and what’s the limit that you can be getting into… do they really want you to be there?
And the feeling that you know you shouldn’t, but you can’t help to, to compare this year to yours and how they work to your time ~ letting go is hard eh.

Self-discovery: It was good to sit in this session again – this time, the speaker (she was really cool, btw) took us back to our childhood… all the way back to present time. And I like the way it was delivered, well, first starting off in big circle ~ relaxing body & mind… thinking back through our past… ~ then splitting in group of 4, where one would share one’s stories and others would attentively listen – no question, no interruption – until everyone finished then discussion would rise. Many questions really helped me reflecting: of my ability, my potential, my passion and maybe my goals (^^).
But there was this one question – it was simply just to imagine myself when I was a kid, where was I in the house and who I was with. Being me, overanalyzing things sometimes, that image sort of explain a lot of why I am who I am now (in some aspects), kinda interesting to see it as explanation for my complex.
Anyway, at the end of the session, I was left with more questions: where does my real passion lie, where am I heading to… am I on the right path?

So I pretty much learned a lot more than I expected, and had quite some fun too… I could only wish they would keep inviting me to their conferences :)

(wanna share some pics from my reunion - not so related to this post, but well.. :P)

A series of reunions....

2008-02-12T11:42:00.000+07:00

Im pretty happy this month, simply because of the idea of all these coming reunions :)

First, i was invited just to chair the legislation in NLDS'08 ... it was on the first night but eventually i ended up staying til the end while tryin to help around a bit. Nice to see the old faces again especially the other alumni and MC team, got to talk more to 2 interns that were on faci team and they are awesome! Remind me so much of our conference last year; to see the same group of people last year stil here now.. it makes me realize that we have achieved it last year.. to inspire and empower them to be at this point today :)
I sure had lots of thoughts about this but i'll keep them for the next post ^^

And with many attempts to arrange, for once, a big reunion of my highschool friends - my gang, my best friends - 9 of us together again in years (one even flew all the way from Australia for this, but one's stuck in Paris though :p)!
Really excited to see all of them again, we've been friends since.. (1999) wow.. that was really long time ago! Been through a lot... some fights, some cries, some drunken nights and a lot of good laughs. Even though we haven't talked or seen each other much lately, but i know that we can just reconnect n catch up like there's no gap between us every single time we meet... thats when you know they are you best friends (^.-)
Hmm... cant stop smiling just thinking about it, i expect nothing but crazy & magnificent time with them.... will revisit the places that we used to hang out back in highschool - well, i dont feel like i've grown much from that time though... the child in me still exists and she misses her old times soooo soo much.. the time where nothing in the world seemed to bother her & smallest, most stupid things now seemed like sucha big deal in life then.

Another big(?) reunion wil be with my MC 05/06 team ~ although not a full team cuz some are not in the country now... but im happy that we keep our reunion a tradition :)
Last year was pretty crazy... well, just a little for my standard ... but im getting old and easily tired now, so i don't expect such a wild night afterall.
It's also funny now looking back to that year; we used to spend so much energy on some stupid arguments with MC, LCs and Alumni... when it was so unnecessary to, but we were young and in the middle of everything ... well, its kinda proved that we've grown up from that time to be able to look back, laugh about it and think that was just stupid. I did learn and grow from those mistakes though :)
Anyway, pretty excited to see the same old faces again ~ so much memories, though i have many mini-gatherings with my girls all the time but i still much look forward to this one!

At last, something interesting in my boring life ;)

"Firefly"

2008-02-04T21:29:00.000+07:00

I am waking from a dream.
I am choking on a scream.
You are trying to show me something.
But, the dark is wide and long.
The gates are closed, the CROWDS are gone.
But, you're still shimmering and leading me on.

Firefly, that's what you are.
Burning for me in my darkest hour.
Light breaks where no sun shines.
So, shine for me tonight.
Firefly.

I wait, two magnolias sweet and fresh.
Lines of poetry on my breath.
If you were here, would have you have stole away?
My inspiration is an evening star.
So, come to me wherever you are.
I will wait for you, tonight, alone in the dark.

Firefly, that's what you are.
Burning for me in my darkest hour.
Light breaks where no sun shines.
So, come as you are, my evening star.
And, shine for me, tonight.
Firefly.

Won't you come to me?
oh, won't you come to me?
So, come to me

===========================

Just a song that keeps spinning in my head the whole day. Heard it over the radio the other day, totally drawn to it.. knowing only the name of the song 'Firefly'.
Kept googling until i found the artist, 2 versions - Tori Amos' and Greta Gaines'.

Surprisingly, i couldn't find any place to download and only one person stream it online! Well, i could pay for it but unfortunately i dont have a credit card & i believe they don't import this single here either cuz ... not many people know it.

I dont know why it's stuck in my head so much - cuz the meaning of the song? the melody & the voice? or the fact that i can't have it in my player?? Probably all of the above..... so i'll just continue singing this song until i find my own Firefly.

24 January, 2008

2008-01-24T11:20:00.000+07:00

Just wanna let anyone who still bothers to check my blog know that i'm still alive up to this date ... perfectly fine and being my normal self - too lazy to update my blog ;)

Its a bit scary to think of what to update since my last post... a lot has happened... and i still haven't even updated about IC & Turkey as promised (not even pics on my facebook, duh)!
I guess that part would never happen now, not so exciting anymore :P

Major thing that happened would be... i finally stopped being lazy for a while and started looking for job, and found it real fast! Now officially work at Toshiba Electronics Service (Thailand) as marketing assistant. Almost 3 months now, still under probation though... yet i found myself late 3 times already, and chatting & reading e-books everytime my boss is not around, im an ideal employee (heck, i even post this while at work)!!

I wouldn't say i love my work here, but its alright... To sum up, we sell electronic parts to customer in Thailand.. i handle 3 accounts; mainly coordianate the delivery of their orders + alot of paper work. I pretty much enjoy it when im not too free, my colleagues are cool & fun - we all love KTV :) After lunch, i would play table-tennis with others - small table with some unique rules ;) - and now, basketball after work! And the fact that its close to my home + damn cheap food, i love it! Only bad thing, gotta get up early cuz we work on Singapore time (1 hr ahead), so start work at 8 a.m. ahhh.

Besides working, the only interesting thing in my life would be.. Lasik Surgery! Now i got my sight back.. no more glasses & contact lens... a truly life-changing experience, a whole new world! A bit scary during the operation, little pain... but worth it :))

well.... other than that, my life is a bore.... attending small parties & gatherings sometimes, playing PS2, watching TV & news on our political matter... trying to ignore things associated with politics & our f%&*ed up government...moving my room .. redecorating room... seeing my house been renovated....seeing my dog fatter (like owner?) ... hoping to go to movie after not goin for almost 3 months? Hmmmmm, the usual.

So now you know im alive -- come back again and check how alive i would be next month ;)

(Did i mention i survive a 10-day vegetarian fest...no meat/eggs/garlic/soy sauce & no sin commited for 10 whole days!!)

Im still alive!!

2007-08-03T01:44:00.000+07:00

Yes yes yes...finally an update from me, which means i'm still alive :)

Ah...my first blog entry after...very long time ago (but im very active on facebook by the way)! I was trying to sit down and start writing but i gave up half way cuz there were too many things to write from my first week in Turkey. Now its been almost a month and a half since i left home and there are toooo tooo many things happening during that time, i wish i could start writing earlier!!

So, what happened?

Part 1 - I went to start my work as Congress Committee for IC 2007 in Turkey on Aug 1; pre-conference preparation time.... ohh.... getting to know each other, to know my work..many sessions and hang outs. That was 17 days til the pre-meeting started, felt just like yesterday; first time i stepped out of the airport, stepped into the campus - to CC office... chill-out area...all the people in CC office and cantine...damn i miss that place!

Part 2 - When the conference started...10 days + 3 days of pre-meeting: meeting the delegates & global coordinators & external guests...working harder and harder everyday, complaining & bitching about everything to everyone! That was intense, and i still couldn't believe how slow & how fast it went by!

Part 3 - Post Tour!!! Didnt intend to leave the site that early (day after its over), but my visa already expired - and being me, doing things in last minute - i decided to tag along with the malaysian delegates + Remy to Athens, Greece!!! Then came back to Istanbul for 2 days before heading off to Ephesus & Pamukale Tour :)) Ahh...and how i missed my homemade food at that point (and running short on money) so i decided to move my flight up to Sep 10 ~ i could go home and celebrate my birthday with my familly :)))

Love all the places i visited, too many photos and stories..my post about it would take forever!

Details of each part will be updated later.... i got all the time in the world now (at least i feel like that :p) so hopefully it will be soon as well as photos on my facebook.

(5.20 P.m. @Burger King, Sirkeci - Istanbul, Turkey)

Out of complete boredom

2007-07-22T13:39:00.000+07:00

Back home for nearly a week, spending most of time doing nothing; eating, sleeping, finishing some more books, watching TV, playing millions of online game and chatting.
It's sooo sooo boring doing nothing at home!! But can't really leave my house cuz im just back and everyday my sis has to go look after another business and my parent is away so need to look after the house/apartment building the whole day.... not working while all my friends are at work... :'(

Got back to realize that my sis forgot to transfer the money for my air ticket (cuz need to pay when stil in HK) so the airline already automatically canceled my reservation therefore no seat avaiable anymore. So tried, tried and tried...cannot get the seat at the same price again .. either get a Qatar Airways' one (cheaper) but need to go on July 27 or pay a higher price of Turkish Airline (about 100 USD more). Which i chose the latter, cuz think i would need a bit of time to prepare and if i arrive 5 days earlier, i would have spent the same amout of expense.
Paid back my sis my airfare to HK... now have 700 Baht left in my account, a good motivation to start looking for job?
Then now the visa to Greece...why am i not Malaysian or HK.. they dont need visa to more countries!! SO envy them :( Thought i wouldn't get the visa in time, cuz i completely forgot about the travel insurance...and how i have it, in one day (pay extra again) ... so can go apply for visa tmr! Hope i'll get it by this week, fingers crossed!

So, out of complete boredom this week, just check my fav site when i get bored http://www.bored.com/ and found an interesting page:

CrazyThoughts.com - a funny list of questions that cross our minds sometimes... some have crossed my mind definitely!

- If humans evolved from monkey's/apes, why are they still here?
- In libraries, do they put the bible in the fiction or non-fiction section?
- Why are both of Spongebob's parents round like sea sponges while he is square like a kitchen sponge?
- Why do we say we're head over heels when we're happy? Isn't that the way we normally are?
- Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?
- Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don't lay eggs.
- Why did Mary own a little lamb?
- Etc.

Some more things to read to kill time:
The Most Interesting and Unusal Facts on the Net
Urband Legends Reference (Do you know that Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine?)
A Huge List of Things to Do When You're Bored (might start doing some of that)

yeh..so..back to reading or whatever to keep me busy!

"First time" in Hong Kong!

2007-07-13T14:15:00.000+07:00

Writing from HK, where time is 1 hour ahead of Bangkok. It's now 3.21 p.m. at MC Flat, somewhere in Kennedy Town :)

This is probably my 5th or 6th visit to Hong Kong, a city so charming that i keep coming back although i'm not into shopping at all, and so i thought i knew so much about Hong Kong when i actually knew so little of it!

So...how is it being my 'First Time'?? About a month ago, got a message from Beatrice asking if i was interested to chair their SNCF (summer conference - mainly for leadership team to consolidate thier plan and learn knowledge/skills to implement the plan)...took some time to think over the offer and of course i said YES! That was my first time being asked to Chair any conference, very excited and nervous too at first since its gonna be my first experience...and in another country!!

'The Star Conference' (with a sub-theme of 'DO SOMETHING') was such an awesome experience for me, had so much fun durin the preparation and in the conference itself (and the site was AWESOME!! - UST!!!), so many inspiring conversations ... thanks everyone for contributing in any way to this conference and making another impact in my life :) Dont wanna repeat things i said in closing plenary again... but thank you so much for everything, everyone of you! (pictures: please find on my facebook and the STAR conference group!)

Random thoughts and moments:

- I never expect MC Hong Kong to be like this...haha...you gotta experience it!
- There are so many random people in the world; never use the word 'random' as often before.... one delegate told me that she's never heard the word random as many times as in this conference alone (and it was like 2 1/2 days?)!
- I'm not a really confident person, not really good at speaking in public ... (getting better bit by bit) ... and they used to have a Chair like Anisha and Ryan last year, so much expectation/pressure as i'm so different from them..not as wild or funny, even think myself as a very boring person (kinda am). A bit terrified to start off, but i learned that i just have to be myself ~ being random has its own good ~ go ahead and do it, no time to fear.... save my energy and acting my best to be so active in front of plenary :p

- I'm quite good at IT things, fast learner i would say, picked up how to do flash and managed to do 1-minute-flash presentation in 2 days
- Internet speed here is incredible comparing to Thailand... heaven for bit torrent ~~ Wooohh
- Need to improve on time management and be more strict to myself and others! be more structured too.... thanks for all the constructive feedback :)
- Bangkok's full name in Thai... how people tried and failed miserably to recite it :p Thanks for all the attempts, really appreciate that!
- Discover other parts of HK... and how we are so similar and so different :)
- How my accent seems to be influenced very easily wherever i go..... Malaysian & HK are the strongest influence lah~!
- The true meaning and usage of 'Dim ah' !
- Recalling the moment i first joined AIESEC, why i've stayed for this long.... why it is so hard for us, alumni, to leave the organization! Must think of my H4TF stage already :p

....so on and so on

In 3 days, i'm leaving this country and going back to my hometown... 2 weeks before going to Turkey to have another exciting experience...happy to know that i will see some familiar faces again (quite many!)... sad to not know where and when i'll see some of them again. But AIESEC world is smaller than we think actually, and we always have msn and facebook!! Thanks to the world of Technology!! :D

Throwing away my memories??

2007-06-20T20:46:00.000+07:00

After partially moving back for a while, i now officially move out of MC house and am back home!! So much memories in that house...all those precious times... will definitely miss it (startin to miss it already) and the fun of having housemates..and all the parties!! Althou i wont miss much of the times i have to clean up that house and all the mess people left around :p

It's quite relaxing and boring at the same time to be back home... thats how boring life is without AIESEC! Need to go out more and find some random jobs to do for now, i think.

Anyway, so back home...with all the stuffs i carried from MC house...i found out i just had too many documents/random stuffs on my desk (and on the sides and under it), i was quite convinced that a rat could be trapped and found dead in that pile of stuffs on my desk; so time to clean up!!

Took me two days to finally finish cleaning up and organize my desk (like 2-3 hours/day) cuz i tend to take 10 minutes break every 5 mins of work.

Most of the things there were books, notebooks from my school years, tons of AIESEC documents, postcards/letters/souvernirs, random brochures, movies tickets that i collect, random notes and my partly used organizers.

As i went through all the stuffs, all the past memories just flooded me;

- Lectures i took back in highschool and university...i actually studies and took notes! My handwriting never improves :) Couldn't even remember half of what i studies :p

- Small notes i took randomly everywhere; just another proof of my randomness

- AIESEC documents back in 2002; LC planning, strategies discussions, country meetings notes, project evaluation...exchange related stuffs... conference materials... many many things that reminded me of my AIESEC experiences

- Travel guidebooks, booklets, maps of all countries/cities i visited during AIESEC years.

- Sugarcubes of almost all conferences; good times with good friends :)

>>> No wonder why my desk was in sucha mess!!!

Couldn't help but smile with all the memories that they reminded me of, but since i didn't have much space left on my desk/in the house i need to throw away most of them! It was quite hard to throw some out (thats why they were there til now) but with scary scene of my desk and how dirty it looked and i know i would never go back read most of them anyway, so decision was made - to throw most of them out > sell them /reuse some and keep some that precious to me :) SO it's now more organized and much cleaner!! But it felt like i was throwing some of my memories away (especially the notes).... and i could never bring it back again..... or not?

My notes on Criminal Law / APLDS in Korea 2003!

NLDS 2004 in Malaysia (i was OC) / APXLDS 2005 in Bangladesh (nothing left from APLDS 2004 in Taiwan)

IC 2005 in India / IC 2006 in Poland / IPM 2007 in Egypt!

Finally an organized (and somewhat clean) desk!

~Lyric of the day~

2007-06-20T19:28:00.000+07:00

Just a song from Nelly Furtado that keeps playing in my head for a couple of days already ... it's just so true... and i love her voice :)

All Good Things (Come To An End)

Honestly what will become of me

don't like reality

It's way too clear to me

But really life is daily

We are what we don't see

Missed everything daydreaming

Flames to dust

Lovers to friends

Why do all good things come to an end

Flames to dust

Lovers to friends

Why do all good things come to an end

come to an end come to an

Why do all good things come to end?

come to an end come to an

Why do all good things come to an end?

Traveling I only stop at exits

Wondering if I'll stay

Young and restless

Living this way I stress less

I want to pull away when the dream dies

The pain sets in and I don't cry

I only feel gravity and I wonder why

[Chorus]

Well the dogs were whistling a new tune

Barking at the new moon

Hoping it would come soon so that they could

Dogs were whistling a new tune

Barking at the new moon

Hoping it would come soon so that they could

Die die die die die

[Chorus]

Well the dogs were barking at a new moon

Whistling a new tune

Hoping it would come soon

And the sun was wondering if it should stay away for a day til the feeling went away

And the sky was falling on the clouds were dropping and

the rain forgot how to bring salvation

the dogs were barking at the new moon

Whistling a new tune

Hoping it would come soon so that they could die.

Tagged by Sharon

2007-06-16T21:45:00.000+07:00

Since i got so much free time, as Sharon expected, and there should be some new posts in my deserted blog...so i'm taking this chance to do what i'm supposed to do (and trying not to copy Sharon's but we're thinking too much alike :p)!

Three things that scare me:

Cockroaches: as Sharon described "the most disgusting and terrifying living things on Earth.. even worse when they fly" - cannot agree more!
Ghost: Or just my imagination of ghost... but i love watching ghost movies & listening to ghost stories ah ... then got scared to go to toilet/wash my face and look at the mirror at night
Desert: Again, just imagination of me stuck in an endless desert without water. So during IPM, when we're on our way from Cairo to Conference site i was trying hard not to think much and focusing on chatting the whole time! But the sky & stars at night were absolute beautiful.

Three people who make me laugh:

My high school friends: can't just name one, they are all awesome! They just always crack me up, i can laugh so hard just to look at them interacting with each other.
My AP sisters: Feel very comfortable around them...just fun to be around :)
My Mom: Although we don't really talk that much now cuz we don't really live in the same house, but she's just so funny and always tries to make us laugh - when she's not complaining about us!

Three things i love:

New gadgets/ IT stuffs: I may be not that up-to-date all the time but i love going to IT shops and see whats new...though i might know just half of the stuffs they're showing there. I can not buy a new cloth for the whole year but would buy an mp3 player or any IT accessories when i have enough money! And i also love to be online...am a net addict!!
Music: I just love love love... what else can i say about it?
Cats & Dogs: Can't choose just one... equally love them... love looking at them, playing with them but not feeding them - im just bad at taking care of living creatures
I know they ask for 3 things, but i also really love Japanese Cartoon(comics & anime) and TV Series!! Just want to mention ;)

Three things i hate:

Cockroaches: Who doesn't?
Crying kids: I get annoyed very easily...and yah, crying kids annoy me bit too much especially on the plane!
Our education system & corruption: It never gets any better and we seem to get used to it til we dont see how to change it or bother to make a change. And it comes to the point that some dont want to care about it anymore... sigh

Three things i don't understand:

Life: It's a great mystery, isn't it? I was told that people we were born to pay back their karma from previous life and to find the meaning of life. So i guess i'm doing both now...finding the meaning of my life.
Sciences: there must be a reason why i chose to stop studing sciences back in high school!
Love: just copy from Sharon ;)

Three things on my desk:

My lappie: Acer Travelmate 3012!
My new portable media player: Meizu Miniplayer (M6)
My mobile phone: Nokia...
(among so many other random stuffs on my desk!)

Three things i am doing now:

Listening to songs i just downloaded
Chatting on msn
Eating plum candy: things to keep me alive and awake!

Three things i want to do before i die:

Travel around the world!! So either work really hard to earn enough or marry a really rich guy to achieve this goal!
Take my parents to a really nice/luxurious holiday with my money or buy them a new mercedes benz la...just want to make one of their wishes come true
Diving in Maldives

Three things i can do:

Easily sleep for 14-15 hours and be completely useless for the whole day: used to spend half of my summer break that way!
Cook and eat instant noodles everyday
Talk randomly with people who as random as i am
(and I can do more randome stuffs than listed here ;))

Three things you should listen to:

Your parent: although they seem to complain most of the time, and then you become annoyed by them, but they do that cuz of love and concern - they also have more experiences, so better listen at their advice sometimes!
The 1st & 2nd albums of the Corrs: all albums are great but their first two are the greatest!! With the voice of Andrea Corr...ahh...i need to listen to them one more time now!
The waves: go to the beach...lie on the clear sand...listen to the waves hitting.... with mohito...and praying it wont rain :p

Three things you should never listen to:

Rumours: well, rumours are rumours..dont take it seriously, if its true then we call it a fact not rumour - and dont spread more rumours.
Bad comments: If its constructive one, then its okay...just not the ones that would only bring you down.
Heavy Metal Music: Oiii...it will kill your ears! ;p

Three things I'd like to learn:

Mandarin
Aikido - only started in Uni... want to continue and complete my course >''<
More Violin & Flute - started and stopped

Three favourite foods:

Tom Yam Kung (Prawn)!! Can't can't live without it
Spicy glass noodles salad: its soo Thai :D
Sushi

Three Beverages I drink regularly:

Cold water
Pepsi
Iced green tea

Three TV shows i watched as a kid:

Japanese Anime
Chinese Series... mostly from Hong Kong
Variety shows maybe..can't really recall

Three books i read as a kid:

Japanese comic books: too many of them
Folklores: most books i only know the Thai names lor -__-''
Encyclopedia kind: Hmmm..its like the series of somethings, can't really remember its name la...so long time ago!

Three people i would love to tag:

(Yay...finally come to an end!!)

Rina: I know you still visit my blog :p and you really need to update your blog anyway!!
Nadya: Since you urged me to update mine...and seem you update your blog quite often lately ;)
Lynn: Hope you still read my blog and not too busy with your training naja :D Miss you!

Back to blogging

2007-06-16T20:10:00.000+07:00

It's sad that my last post was back in April, on April 26 to be precise. Soooooo many things have happened since then, and forgetful as i am...here are some stuffs i can recall happening between my last post and this present time (not in order, and this is gonne a very long post);

- Sent CC application for IC 2007 in Turkey: and yah..as some of you may know already, i got it!! :D Communication teamster at your service in this IC ;) -- so i hope i'll see many familiar face in Turkey!

- MCP election: we have GOF (LCP KU 06/07) as my successor, i'm sure he'd have as much fun as i did in my term and will bring AIESEC in Thailand to another level!

- MC 07/08 is now finally complete! On Thursday (June 14), we just select the last MC member so now the new team is complete and everyone is in the country already :) SOooo happy for them...from 3 people last year to a 6-member team!

- So, the transition with the new team has been going on for a while now, and will completely finish soon -- MC planning tomorrow!!

- Recruitment planning with LCs / some LCs already started their recruitment now... and really happy to see how hard they've been working for it... good result!

- Reflecting on my MCP term: a year just flied... what can i say, there's so much happening in one year...so many things i learned from people around me (esp my team), friendship in the AP network - how i love my AP sisters, Poland & Egypt - Amazing! and all the experiences i couldnt say just enough!! :)

- Last MCM, last SG Board Meeting, Farewell dinner for Rob and last team meeting at Bug & Bee - i wish that night would never end... stupid flight to Malaysia had to be that early! Coffee at that place would never be the same again.... can't wait for our Sathupradit Reunion in Turkey!

- So as on June 1, 2007 - i'm now officially MCP Eject.

- AP MC TC (last weekend of May) - The first ever AP MC transition camp in Penang, Malaysia!! Its great to see the new generation of AP to be so active and can see the great future ahead of them. Its also good for Gof (my successor) to be there since that was his first international meeting - IC would totally excite him ;) It would be a totally different feeling for me if i wasn't selected on CC team...cuz i knew i would meet most of them again...but if i wasn't, i don't know how that would make me feel. Guess i would find out at the end of IC.

- Raised TN, Matched TN...our exchange number is getting better and better :)

- Oh yeh..almost forget about our visitors - Hallie came & stayed at MC house for 5 days, Rina's friends around the same time (that was in early May) as well as Nadya at end of May. Wish i wasn't too busy to hang out and travel with them!

- Hmm...seem like i dont have much life outside AIESEC, haha..let me think of some: went watching the Champion League game; our team lost and i swore not to watch their live match again!

- Moving back home around 2nd week of June - now spending more time with my family and my cute dogs :D

- Back to social smoking routine; quit for 3 months after IPM ..and Rina just had to drag me back to this world :p

- Met up with my highschool friends/my gang - first time i organised this gathering and surprisingly most of them could show up on Monday! I was late for 30 mins, and ... i was the first one to arrive!! All my friends now got my bad habit already, good fun - went to have lunch at Sizzler's, catching up for few hours and went to sing KTV :)) Miss them sooooo sooo much...cant help smiling whenever i think of them...too bad some of them couldn't come, either working or studying abroad...come back soon la!!

- Went to Com' Mart (IT Fair): reluctant to go at first, determined not to buy anything, end up buying 120-GB External HDD, 2-GB Flash Drive and 8-GB Mp3/Photo/Video Player!! Spent over 10,000 Bht in 3 hours...>''< ...good that i avoided the laptop areas

Well, thats quite a long post already so think i should end it here. And where i'm heading next?? Figuring out my H4TF stage now, most likely AIESEC internship... but for now, i would enjoy my upcoming conference experience in HK and Turkey and traveling!

** Our goodbye party (plus Rina's leaving party) and welcome party (for new team) will be held at MC house on Friday, June 22 - So come and join us!!!

my new media player - with 2.4'' screen :D

It's a HAPPY day!

2007-04-26T13:11:00.000+07:00

Yesterday was one very happy day!! Me...so happy :)

Football: our team won 3-2 ...wonderful goal in the last minute... another leg left, but so happy with the result so far!! (see..they always win whenever i'm not watching!)

MC election: had a very productive chat with LCPs ... Thanks to Rob, for initiating the idea!! ... can see the future team next year now, and it's almost a full team already!! Yay! (Election day: Sunday, May 6 @ MC office, 10 a.m.)
** technology just make things so much easier ;)

Application: Sent! Finally, really last minute as always - hope for a good result soon. (Fingers crossed)

Extremely Good news: really really reallly good news .... Im so damn proud of you!!

Recovery from sickness: ah...didn't know where it came from, but im feeling much better now, so yay!

Well, now need to go back concentrate on the session tomorrow. Next week is going be so much fun, so many visitors in the house!!

Reading Week

2007-04-14T15:09:00.000+07:00

This week is a long holiday in Thailand, starting from April 13 til April 17, due to the celebration of the Thai New Year (April 13) and Songkran festival. So, i got 5 days to rest, relax & enjoy the festival at home! Was thinking about going out, joining people celebrating/playing water on the street but it started to rain and i did play a lot already the last two years - in Bangkok and Chiang Mai - so i decided to turn this holiday into a reading week (yeh, along with matching & some designing promotional materials)!

So here's a list of books I'm so determined to finish by the end of holiday;
1. Mitsukubi-To (finished)
2. Akuma No Temariuta (half way)
3. Yoru Aruku
by Seishi Yokomizo (Kindaichi series - love the series, but too many characters in each book - always end up forget who's the killer and the tricks of early books -__-'')
4. Mikeneko Homuzu No Yurei Kurabu
5. Kohaku-Iro No Daiari
6. Shisha No Gakuensai
by Jiro Akagawa
7. Hanochi by Hideo Yokoyama
8. Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (half way)
9. Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

Clearly, i'm more into suspense/thriller japansese kind of books but trying other styles too :) Rent half of the books so need to finish them up soon, if not distracted too much by TV, PS2 and FA Cup tonight!

Edit: In the end, during that week i managed to finish 5 books (No. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7). Now on the way to finish book no. 5 and 8 ~ so soon you'll have my book, P'Weaw :)

Way to kill time

2007-04-13T19:47:00.000+07:00

Just discovered this site Twittervision - another random way to kill your time by watching people telling what they are doing at the moment. It's fun to see random messages popping up all over this global community!

After Party

2007-04-11T19:36:00.000+07:00

For those who wondered - what happened in our 'Tequila Housecooling Party' last week?

- More people than expected; like 30 sth and as usual, i dont know most of them :p but it's cool to have members, trainees and their circle of friends coming. Some old friends coming to visit too, so it's quite a special night :)

- Alcohol comsumption: at least 60 cans/bottles of beer, 3 bottles of tequila (as witnessed), 3 1/2 bottles of Vodka (who brought the green apple flavored?? I haven't tried it!!) , everything that stored in our fridge (i believe we had a bottle of whisky and cognac) and who know what more they have brought!. Plus only 2 broken shot glasses - how impressive :)

- Normal scenes; people throwing up (in the toilet, thank you!), having fun, chatting, flirting, smoking IN the house (we have 2 balconies...for God's sake!), getting wasted and acting funny ~ all in all, we were all happy and we can call it a fun & successful party!

- Minors: yehh..the drinking age here is 18 - we made sure that some of them drank more juice than alcohol ;)

- Me: 11 tequila shots, successfully resisted myself from smoking (proud!), did something (not serious) that i regret the next morning, woke up with no hangover and cleaned up the house, thought i remembered everything until people told me what i actually did (so my brain chose to remember only a few things? or i half black out during the party..hmm)

- Pictures can be found below:

At the Balcony

Inside (3rd Flr. - where the new A/C is)

Our fun-loving interns (and we have more!)

@ Dance?? I seriously didn't remember this part of the night!

Then the morning after!!

Sway

2007-04-08T21:26:00.000+07:00

Today suddenly wanna listen to this song again, don't know why - but it's always been my favorite song anyway :)

Sway by Bic Runga

Don't stray, don't ever go away

I should be much too smart for this

You know it gets the better of me

Sometimes, when you and I collide

I fall into an ocean of you, pull me out in time

Don't let me drown, let me down

I say it's all because of you

And here I go, losing my control

I'm practicing your name so I can say it to your face

It doesn't seem right, to look you in the eye

Let all the things you mean to me

Come tumbling out my mouth

Indeed it's time to tell you why

I say it's infinitely true

Say you'll stay, don't come and go

Like you do

Sway my way, yeah I need to know

All about you

And there's no cure, and no way to be sure

Why everything's turned inside out

Instilling so much doubt

It makes me so tired - I feel so uninspired

My head is battling with my heart

My logic has been torn apart

And now it all turns sour

Come sweeten every afternoon

Say you'll stay, don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way, yeah I need to know
All about you

It's all because of you

Now it all turns sour, come sweeten every afternoon

It's time to tell you why, I say it's infinitely true

Say you'll stay, don't come and go

Like you do

Sway my way, yeah I need to know

All about you

It's all because of you

Tequila House Cooling Party!

2007-04-02T23:37:00.000+07:00

The reason to look forward to this coming Thursday (April 5) the most is the party in our house! This 'Tequila House Cooling' theme is based on 2 simple reasons:
1. House Cooling instead of House Warming just to celebrate the newly installed A/C in our house! - might double our electricity bills but it saves us (esp our interns) from dying from heat!
2. We just really want to get wasted & we LOVE Tequila!! By we, i mean especially Rina and I ;)

So very simple, Guests just need to bring a bottle of Tequila to enter the party! We, the host, will be providing water/lime/salt all night =D We have about 9 beds to choose from if they need to pass out in our party - and many spaces on the floor.

And why Tequila is so good? Cuz it goes so well when you take a shot with lime & salt, plus you don't feel anything much when you drink - only when you stop drinking then you'll feel its effect - so you keep on drinking til you lost all your drink/consciousness! How nice :)

Hmm...can't wait for Thursday to come!

Visual DNA

2007-03-27T14:32:00.000+07:00

Just copied from Amy (surprise surprise :p)

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PAUSE

2007-03-27T00:32:00.000+07:00

Just saw a really cool campaign from FOX - PAUSE - it's about providing you with enough information and let you make your own decision, thanks to Miw for sending me this cool link :)

What's PAUSE all about then??

What's a minute worth to you? Is it enough time to text a friend? Enough time to race to class after sleeping through the alarm (again)? Enough time to read this page? Or is it just long enough to seperate a smart call from a risky move?

IT ONLY TAKE A MINUTE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

That's a one minute pause, 60 seconds to stop, think and consider the impact of your actions. A pause is a delay, a breather, a suspended reaction. A pause is about finding time to get the facts, and using those facts - not Impulses - to help make decisions. When emotions are running high and a minute can feel like an instant or an eternity, a pause is a moment of clarity you create for yourself.

"PAUSE won't tell you what to do. PAUSE will provide you with information about your Mind, Body and Relationships and empower you to make your own best decisions. When you can rely on accurate info and make choices you're comfortable with, you're in the driver's seat. PAUSE is not about judgement. PAUSE is not about staying informed and in control. It's about the confidence you gain when you know about the facts and yourself. PAUSE is also about seeking help when you need it."

So how long did this take you to read? Two or Three minutes tops, right? The next time you make an important decision, take just one minute to pause and see how valuable 60 seconds can be.

Info: http://www.fox.com/pause/

The Fear You Won't Fall

2007-03-25T15:41:00.000+07:00

Just wanna add the lyric of the song that plays on my blog now ^^

The Fear You Won't Fall - Joshua Radin

Digging a hole and the walls are caving in

Behind me air's getting thin but I'm trying

I'm breathing in

Come find me

It hasn't felt like this before

It hasn't felt like home before you

And I know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel

This way

And I miss you more than I should

Than I thought I could

Can't get my mind off of you

I know you're scared that I'll soon be over it

That's part of it all

Part of the beauty of falling in love with you

is the fear you won't fall

It hasn't felt like this before

It hasn't felt like home before you

And I know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel

This way

And I miss you more than I should

than I thought I could

Can't get my mind off of you

And I hate the phone

But I wish you'd call

Thought being alone

Was better than was better than

And I know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel this way

And I miss you more than I should

Than I thought I could

Can't get my mind off of you

And I know it's easy to say but it's harder to feel

This way

And I miss you more than I should

Than I thought I could

Can't get my mind off of you

Blogthings

2007-03-19T22:15:00.000+07:00

Random things - just to create more posts in my blog, hehe. I guess you already know about this though ;)

You Probably Couldn't Be a Vegetarian

The truth is, you really like your meat - a lot more than you like animals.
For you, being vegetarian is hardly even a choice. You'll take steak over tofu any day.
A vegetarian lifestyle is not in the cards for you. You're just not going to go there!

Could You Be a Vegetarian?

You're A Passed Out Drunk

Drinking gives you that warm fuzzy feeling, until you're thrown in the back of a police car...

What Kind of Drunk Are You?

Bangkok Real Name!

2007-03-19T02:06:00.000+07:00

I'm always amused by people's reaction when i tell them the full name of our capital city, Bangkok. For Thais, we call our city 'Krung Thep' or 'Krung Thep Mahanakhon' which translate to 'City of Angels'.

And how does that amaze people?? Well, simply because it doesn't stop just that!! Its full name is recorded as the world's longest place name!! How?? Just see this:

"Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit"

"กรุงเทพมหานคร อมรรัตนโกสินทร์ มหินทรายุธยามหาดิลก ภพนพรัตน์ ราชธานีบุรีรมย์ อุดมราชนิเวศน์ มหาสถาน อมรพิมาน อวตารสถิต สักกะทัตติยะ วิษณุกรรมประสิทธิ์"

And the translation goes like this:

"The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn."

And if you wonder why it's recognized as Bangkok, well...as it's explained here; Bangkok (translating as 'village of wild plums') was the original site for the capital city and was located west of the Chao Phraya river (in modern day Thonburi). In 1782, King Rama I decided to move to a more defensible site and moved across the river to found his new capital, Krung Thep. For whatever reason, foreigners have never since caught up with the name change and the old name of Bangkok has stuck.

Good Old Memories :)

2007-03-18T12:39:00.000+07:00

- Since having seen Sharon's Blog about her photos.. i really got inspired to put up some of my own photos i took in the recent years... just to compete with her, haha, and to dig out some good old memories.
I really like these...so i hope people would like them too :).

- Sun rise at Koh Chang/ Beach at Koh Chang

- Poland (2006)

- Still in Poland, concentration camp

- More Scenes from Poland

- Temple in Lopburi, Thailand / Lemonade in Cambodia

- On the way to Hong Kong / View from Victoria Bay (right?)

- Flowers from the North of Thailand

- From the North/ World Carnival in Bangkok (2005?)

New Year's Resolutions That You Can (Easily) Accomplish!

2007-03-15T18:56:00.000+07:00

Oh well, my last update was November 29, 2006 - poor blog ~ i actually already forgot my username and password, fortunately i still remembered the email i registered for this one...really poor blog.

So, anything major happened since then?? My X'mas trip back to my mom's hometown, SPARK 2007, a very cool bunch of in-coming interns and of course IPM 2007 in Egypt! If i have mood and time, those stories and photos will be up next

And here's something i got from a chinese restaurant in Cairo, Egypt - on a CNY night!

New Year's Resolutions That You Can (Easily) Accomplish!

1. Start smoking (if not already a smoker). Why the hell not? I'm not getting any younger, those cancer sticks can't be that bad and everyone else is doing it.

2. Stop excercising. It's a complete waste of time and there's nothing wrong with my growing belly - people should accept me the way I am.

3. Put on weight. Food is a pleasure and I see no reason to deprive myself of it and i consider it a great way to exercise my mouth.

4. Spend more time gossiping on the phone. Other people's secrets and stories are a great way to spend my free time and there's much to learn from other people's mistakes.

5. Eat more junk food. Fruits and vegetables are tasteless and are not good for me (mentally).

6. Start having a more pessimistic outlook on life. It's less disappointing to hit the grond when i'm expecting the worst (or not expecting at all).

7. Don't make any plans to travel outside of Cairo. I will enjoy the polluted weather, the wonderful scenery of crowded streets and the soothing sounds of the daily traffic jams.

8. Make no progress in my career. Why work any harder or achieve anything fulfilling? It's not worth the stress or extra working hours.

9. Start getting into meaningless relationships (if not already in one). I could use some more headache and it will give others something to gossip about.

10. Don't waste time thinking about world peace. It's not gonna happen anyway and all I care about is ME ME ME.

(from: Carte Blanche)

Stop this obsession ><

2006-11-29T15:21:00.000+07:00

If you hear my ringtone lately, you'd always hear this one song 'i know i know i know' and probably you can sing along with it very easily. I heard it when i watched Veronica Mars and began my obsession over this song.

Then i began to get obsessed with another series 'Grey's Anatomy' ~ this series is so full of great unheard music (at least for me, most of them are not the mainstream's la) ~ and i heard this song again and other songs of this same band. I guess i don't need to tell everyone how obsessed i could be .. i could just watch the same show over and over again, as well as listen to the same songs/albums over a million times. Then i began to dig for their songs online (uh..jz cuz i dont think their CDs will be out here tho) and videos on youtube. How i wish i could work this hard for exams before!

So now, i'm totally obsessed with them...'Tegan & Sara'!! They're sisters from Canada, i think they are twins.. havn't digged down their bio yet... but thats what i read from youtube :) You might hear their songs on Veronica Mars, One Tree Hill, Grey's Anatomy..and some more. You can always find their videos on youtube as well, mainly from their concerts, which rock! They are so funny and very entertaining on stage :) And now my mp3 player is filled up with all their songs, and i tend to skip others song jz to listen to their songs over and over again, and spend most of my free time digging up more of their songs...pls stop me from this obsession!! or jz buy me their albums and their DVD so i can jz get over with it!

and what do I, and what do I, what do I need
to do to see myself in a better mood
and what do you, and what do you, what do you need
to do to get yourself in a better mood
well there's not a lot for you to give if you're giving in
and there's not a lot for you to feel if you're not feeling it
you bring it up and bring it in and we'll get you fixed up in no time
and what I wanted most, what I wanted most, what I wanted most
was to get myself all figured out
and what I figured out, what I figured out, what I figured out
was I needed more time to figure you out
there's not a lot for you to give if you're giving in
and there's not a lot for you to feel if you're not feeling it
you bring it up and bring it in and we'll get you fixed up in no time
cause this love is all I have to give
this love is all I have to give
this love is all i have to give
this love is all i have to give
there's not a lot for you to give if you're giving in
there's not a lot for you to feel if you're not feeling it
there's not a lot fo you to give if you're giving in
there's not a lot for you to feel if you're not feeling it
you bring it up and bring it in and we'll get you fixed up in no time
this love is all i have to give
this love

On The Radio

2006-11-28T22:38:00.000+07:00

Heard this song over Grey's Anatomy.. very cute song...really like it, especially this part

"..This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath.."

Just stop the homepage music first if it keeps playing, it's on the right.

♫ Lyric ♫
This is how it works
It feels a little worse
Than when we drove our hearse
Right through that screaming crowd
While laughing up a storm
Until we were just bone
Until it got so warm
That none of us could sleep
And all the styrofoam
Began to melt away
We tried to find some words
To aid in the decay
But none of them were home
Inside their catacomb
A million ancient bees
Began to sting our knees
While we were on our knees
Praying that disease
Would leave the ones we love
And never come again

On the radio
We heard November Rain
That solo's really long
But it's a pretty song
We listened to it twice
'Cause the DJ was asleep

This is how it works
You're young until you're not
You love until you don't
You try until you can't
You laugh until you cry
You cry until you laugh
And everyone must breathe
Until their dying breath

No, this is how it works
You peer inside yourself
You take the things you like
And try to love the things you took
And then you take that love you made
And stick it into some
Someone else's heart
Pumping someone else's blood
And walking arm in arm
You hope it don't get harmed
But even if it does
You'll just do it all again

And on the radio
You hear November Rain
That solo's awful long
But it's a good refrain
You listen to it twice
'Cause the DJ is asleep
On the radio
(oh oh oh)
On the radio
On the radio - uh oh
On the radio - uh oh
On the radio - uh oh
On the radio ... (more)

Finally an update :)

2006-11-28T21:56:00.000+07:00

Well, long time no post...hope no one expects me to update, since not many read anyway :p

Life is good, a little busy but it's just great :) I never keep a journal (as you can guess) so i can't remember exactly what have happened during the past month ~ only that the recruitment in most LCs went quite well..setting up a new LC in Siam University is something very exciting and the university is very supportive, and we recently received a new CEEDer, Lucy from Australia, to come and help us with this establishment and also increase the exchange delivery capacity for all LCs - she's very lovely and energetic (can't really remember when was the last time i met anyone this energetic) - i'm sure we would have a great time together and AIESEC in Thailand will only become stronger and stronger as time passes.
What else, a Country visit from our AP Director - Ryan - was quite interesting! We really had good fun together, and a lot of good discussion (as well as effective, i believe). We also went to meet with one of our Advisors, that was quite a fruitful meeting, got some feedback and more idea on Boards creation, now i can only see a bright future of AIESEC in Thailand :) The local leadership is still a question, but we are working on it now and let's just hope it works well! During the CY visit, I think we watched 4 movies together while he's here, two at the theatre and two at home. Well, i promise that next round of CY visit, he'll surely see more of Thailand! (he got a reall good Thai massage here by the way ;p)

It's sad that i didn't carry my camera around that much anymore, there are a lot of good moments that i wanna put in frames. On one Saturday, i went to help my friend to organize some team building building activities, my job was not so much only to facilitate one activity thoughout the day. But it was terribly hot that day, that made the day worse. I had to stay at the 'Reaching for Bananas' base, where we need to hide 8 fake bananas attached with keywords around the playgroud then the delegates will come and try to find it and avoid getting caught by our blocker who dressed in Gorilla suit. It sounded very easy...it should be, except that we held the events in the public park on Saturday afternoon where tons of kids playing around the playground.
It was a bit confusing at first about the rules and the setting, and we were so concerned that those kids would just mess with our stuffs and completely ruin the whole game. But it turned out way better than we thought, well some kids were a bit annoying and messed with stuffs but did no harm. Most of them helped us hiding the bananas cuz they thought it was a game for them to hide (woo, i'm so damn good at tricking people :p) and whatever we asked them to do, they would do - sucha lovely kids - i didn't even need to clean up the site myself, jz said a word and they would run and do it for me, hehe.
Some of kids were afraid of our fake gorilla and cried out loud, poor kids...they are so young and innocent...i miss that time of my life. Some were super cute, really wanna kidnap them back home if their parents were just not there. To be honest, i kinda hate kids, okay.. somehow dislike them... especially those annoying ones, but who wouldn't. I can talk to them and play with them as long as they don't cry, demand or get dirty. That day did change my ideas about them, just for a bit - but not enough to make me wanna have my own kid. (Cuz i afraid i might kill my own kid by ignoring them ... a potential bad mother i am)

That what i remember so far, and a lot that i didn't mention. Well, this week wil be busy with MCP election prep, SN induction Day prep and conference prep. Please contact me if you either wanna apply for MCP, international internship exchange or facilitator for our conference on Jan 19-21!

(hope i will have some photos for the next post)

Heart Like A Wheel

2006-10-24T09:00:00.000+07:00

Just listening thru music in my laptop, and finally decided to listen to the Corrs' latest album again (after listening to it over and over and over again before).
They are basically my all time favorite band, for those who dont know them - google or go to the nearest music store - i'm not gonna bother explain, i have all of their albums (and not the pirate ones!!) and concert VCDs/DVDs ... and i can't believe it was 10 years ago that i first knew about them!

Well, i prefer their 1st and 2nd albums to the new ones they try to hit the US market ~ like much much better but i still love all of them anyway. With their new album "Home", it just brings back the old memory of the first album...probably way older than that, its very very irish and i just couldn't help but loving it! (Tho my fav album would still be "Talk on Corner"

The song that im posting in my page (at this moment) is from their 'Home' album, called 'Heart Like A Wheel'. It's one of my fav from this album, just love to hear Andrea's voice sound so lonely and sad like this. And the piano at the beginning just .... can't explain my feeling.... i just hope you all will like this song too.
Might take a while to download and hear it, but be patient ~ if you like this then you should go out and buy their CDs too!

Some say the heart is just like a wheel
When you bend it you can't mend it
And my love for you is like a sinking ship
My heart is on that ship out in mid-ocean

They say that death is a tragedy
It comes once and then it's over
But my one only wish is for that deep dark abyss
For what's the use of living with no true lover

And it's only love and it's only love
That can break a human being
and turn him inside out
That can break a human being
and turn him inside out

When harm is done no love can be won
I know it happens frequently
What I can't understand please
God hold my hand
Is why it should have happened to me

And it's only love and it's only love
That can break a human being
and turn him inside out
That can break a human being
and turn him inside out

Some say the heart is just like a wheel
When you bend it you can't mend it
And my love for you is like a sinking ship
My heart is on that ship out on mid-ocean
And it's only love and it's only love
And it's only love it is only love
And it's only love it is only love
And it's only love it is only love

Quotes from "Grey's Anatomy"

2006-10-23T18:03:00.000+07:00

"Grey's Anatomy" - my latest favorite series this year. It's not just a story of doctors in a hospital like ER, it's more interesting - more fun - more sharp, witty, snarky lines in every episode and the acting is great!! Sometimes, there's nothin special or incredibly intelligent about those lines they say, but its all in the delivery that cracks me up so bad ;)

So far i only watched the first season (all in one day, well there're only 9 episodes in season 1) ~ more are on the way (on bitcomet). But just wanna post some memorable quotes from this series.

Dr. Meredith Grey: A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.

Dr. Meredith Grey: Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're wired that way. Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real. What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer? Because it feels so good when I stop.

Dr. Meredith Grey: I've heard that it's possible to grow up - I've just never met anyone who's actually done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don't go our way, we whisper secrets with our best friends in the dark, we look for comfort where we can find it, and we hope - against all logic, against all experience. Like children, we never give up hope...

Dr. Meredith Grey: After all this time, all your warnings about me sleeping with my boss and you're doing the same exact thing.
Dr. Cristina Yang: Oh, it's not the same thing.
Dr. Meredith Grey: It's the exact same!
Dr. Cristina Yang: No, it's not. You and McDreamy are in a relationship.
Dr. Meredith Grey: And you and Burke are in?
Dr. Cristina Yang: Switzerland. It's very neutral there and they make very nice watches.

Dr. Meredith Grey: Communication. It's the first thing we really learn in life. Funny thing is, once we grow up, learn our words and really start talking the harder it becomes to know what to say. Or how to ask for what we really need.

Dr. Meredith Grey: We're adults. When did that happen? And how do we make it stop?

Alex: Morning, Dr. Model.
Izzie: Dr. Evil Spawn.
Alex: [he sees a tattoo on her lower stomach] Ooooh, nice tat. Do they airbrush that out for the catalogs?
Izzie: I don't know. What do they do for the 666 on your skull?

Dr. Shepherd (to Danny): She asked me to tell you...She wanted you to know, that if love were enough...that if love were enough, that she'd still be here with you.

George: We have to do something. Meredith has become like an exhibit like...hey... like a zoo animal...like that rare panda that everyone stares at.
Izzie: Please don't say that to her face. I think that panda died alone

Okay, there are too many good lines to choose from ~ i just Love Love Love this show!! By the way, those quotes i got from televisionwithoutpity and imdb.

Sooo...you should know by now that one of my hobbies is to download series and watch it. Other series on my list are Veronica Mars (recommended!!), Criminal Mind, The Ghost Whisperer (cant believe i cried so much watching it), Grey's Anatomy (season 2 and season 3), Heroes and 24 (umm..i got season 3-4 left somewhere in my house).
Meh...and so many others i wanna download -- can somebody just send me Cold Case, SuperNatural, Prison Break and Bones???
If i have more money i'd buy them instead of downloading - really wanna collect all seasons of Friends, Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls, CSI, and 24!! ...now it's really time to get back to reality...huhhh.

Trans Fats ~ What you may never know before!

2006-10-20T23:23:00.000+07:00

Well well, i know i haven't updated my blog for quite long time ~ just feel lazy to do so, and there're so many things happened that i don't know where to start, so just to make it short -- these past few weeks were great; lots of good meetings, some exciting news of potential partners, designing of recruitment materials is great - been working hard on that, our National Conference is coming up and we'll be busy working hard on that next week!!

Recently,i was browsing through some articles and i found some about this trans fats thing. It's kinda scary that so many food and snacks that i eat all contain this, and for some food that you eat because you dont wanna get fat and it's said low-fat....well, it's low saturated fat but probably high trans fat instead.
And why you dont wanna have too high trans fat in your body? Trans fats cause significant and serious lowering of HDL (good) cholesterol and a significant and serious increase in LDL (bad) cholesterol; make the arteries more rigid; cause major clogging of arteries; cause insulin resistance; cause or contribute to type 2 diabetes; and cause or contribute to other serious health problems.

About Trans Fat
There are four kinds of fats: monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat, and trans fat. Monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat are the "good" fats. It is generally accepted that consumption of saturated fat should be kept low, especially for adults. Trans fat (which means trans fatty acids) is the worst kind of fat, far worse than saturated fat.

"On a per-calorie basis, trans fats appear to increase the risk of coronary heart disease more than any other macronutrient, conferring a substantially increased risk at low levels of consumption (1 to 3 percent of total energy iintake). In a meta-analysis of four prospective cohort studies involving nearly 140,000 subjects, including updated analyses from the two largest studies, a 2 percent increase in energy intake from trans fatty acids was associated with a 23 percent increase in the incidence of coronary heart disease...."

New England Journal of Medicine, April 2006

What not to eat
1. Don't eat any product which has the words "partially hydrogenated" or "shortening" in the ingredients list.

2. If the label says zero trans fats, don't believe it. If the words "partially hydrogenated" or "shortening" are in the ingredients list, it DOES contain trans fat.

3. Be careful when consuming products with labels from outside the United States. Sometimes they contain partially hydrogenated oil but it's not on the label.

4. In restaurants, bakeries, and other eateries, ask whether they use partially hydrogenated oil for frying or baking or in salad dressings. If they say they use vegetable oil, ask whether it is partially hydrogenated. Don't be shy about asking. Assume that all unlabeled baked and fried goods contain partially hydrogenated oil, unless you know otherwise.

5. Keep saturated fat intake low too. This is very important.

6. Remember that polyunsaturated fat and monounsaturated fats are good fats.

One more thing. Cholesterol that affects our arteries comes from two sources: (i) animal products and (ii) bad fats. If a product is "cholesterol fee," that doesn't mean that it won't raise your bad cholesterol. If the product itself contains no cholesterol but it does contain trans fat or saturated fat, it will raise your bad cholesterol.

You can read full details here.

Back in May 2003, Ban Trans Fats filed a lawsuit against Kraft Foods cuz their Oreo (that i love so much) contained too much trans fats and it wasn't shown in the Nutrition Facts label. They weren't asking for money but only for an injunction ordering Kraft "after the expiration of a reasonable grace period to cease and desist from marketing and selling Oreo Cookies to children in the State of California, until such cookies contain no partially hydrogenated oil or other trans fat."

Just one day after the media coverage about the lawsuit began, Kraft announced that it would reduce or eliminate the trans fat in the Oreo.
Well, that doesn't mean Oreo in Thailand is already trans fats-free, i'd doubt that. And it's not the only product in the market ~ so we need to be more careful in choosing what to eat. So far, Denmark is the ONLY country that has a law to ban every product that contains trans fats.

Improving my blogging skills!!

2006-09-26T23:13:00.000+07:00

I must say i'm actually proud of myself to be able to pick up all these skills by myself over the past few days. By reading 'How to' section, tips & tricks from someone's blogs, applying some codes from Macromedia Dreamweaver i am now able to:
1) edit my template (took me some time to figure out how to edit my links),
2) post music in my blog (it plays automatically, but you have to wait for a while to finish downloading the song first ~ like 5 MB),
3) edit my own background!

The background is the hardest part, well basically i need to create my own template. First, i tried to search for some free cool template for blogger, but i couldn't find any i like.. or it's not free. Then i found this one i like from Pink Design but its not made for blogger so i have to learn now to edit its code to the template in blogger.

Got me almost crazy to figure out how to make all the content background to this colour ~ i learn a lot of new html codes right now by editing this page through guessing which code means what, and i'm glad i did learn this way cuz i got to understand by my heart and it's not so hard once you get used to it. I hope i won't get bored of this background too soon, just thinking of all troubles to only make this one.

I now feel more inspired to keep updating my blog :P Too tired for today, so i'll post some more later ... been writing about the coup but haven't finished yet, not so in trend anymore i guess >_< **Leave some comments if you like my new background (not like many ppl know i have a blog and actually update it though :p)

Either he had a crush on me, or never saw an asian girl before in his life ~ this very cute boy was following me around and trying to play with me when i was at The Palace of Culture (??), back in Poland. Hmmm... give me 10 more mins, i might actually get him to fall madly in love with me, hehe.

My New House!!

2006-09-26T22:14:00.000+07:00

I finally moved in to my new house last night, and it looks a lot like home now, thanks to my dearest sister :)

I first moved in last week, and on my first night ~ the coup begun. So my sister came to pick me up the next day. There was nothing much in the house when i first came, then my sister arranged everything for me, bought me loads of stuffs even came to help me organize everything til late at night with one of our maids. Have i told you how much i love her even though we fight most of the time? She's like my second mom, and i feel pretty sad for her that she has to take care of me most of the time, haha...and i'm always too lazy to help her with anything ;) I could never be a bigger sister, and i'm happy about it!

So far i really like this place, though we (Im staying with Rina if you don't know it yet) have to walk for 5-10 mins to the main road, well its not that far but i'm too lazy. We have Tesco Express nearby, VCD rental shops, lots of restos, Department Store in our area and a direct bus to Sky Train Station..so you can say its quite convenient. Also we have P'Weaw living near us so it makes this neighbourhood even better ~ we rent this house from her by the way :)

Today we just get our wireless connection to work in this place, and its fast! So for now, we only need to decorate a lil bit more ~ some more AIESEC posters to put in our office space.. some photos .. ummm...im lack of imagination already -_-''

Also, we'll give this lovely house a new and better name than just MC office/house and throw a house warming party soon ;) I'll post some pictures later!

ps. IF anyone would like to donate 1) Tables 2) Printer 3) PC/Laptop for our new office, feel free to contact me anytime you like..the sooner the better :D

I just recovered my password!!

2006-09-18T14:30:00.000+07:00

Well, as you can see...this is my first post in this blog ;)

Wanted to write for a while but was too lazy to, then when i knew exactly what i wanted to post (which i completely forget it by now) i just couldn't log in to my blog! Tried to retrieve it, but then dunnno whats wrong with it cuz it kept saying that my email never existed in its database >.<

So i had my blog, but i couldn't post or change any setting, quite suck for some time. Plus people kept asking me why they couldn't see anything in my blog...umm.. put a bit of pressure for me, hehe.

Now, everything is solved, so hopefully i'll have time or mood to come and update here more often than i expect :)

And i'm moving to a new place today!! Hehe, got a bit excited now...but there's no wireless there (yet) so i guess gonna be a little hard for me to get used to it, then wont have much time to update things here soon.

Remember this place? :)