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7月29日 Cats When I'm in My 30's
I hope to be a married woman by the time I'm 35. If my husband loves fish, he can have a fish tank in the house. If my kids (hopefully the labor process won't be too painful so I can have more than 1 kid!) love dogs, they can have a dog or two - a big guy like a German Sheperd or something. But, by all means, there must be a cat! I hope my husband won't mind having a cat walking around in the house. Cats are adorable. I mean, look at them, how innocent can they get... although some people call that a "stupid look."
Let's say I stay home today and my kids have gone for a swimming lesson. I sit on a comfy couch drinking lemonade after taking a bite of cheesecake. It's a wonderful Saturday morning. Meow... Ohhh.. she is so cute. She is walking towards me and politely asking me for a pat on her soft and furry back.
" How are you, dear?" I greet.
"Meawww"
"Are you hungry? Do you want a bite of my cheesecake?"
"Meawww" So I break of a little piece of cheesecake and feed her.
"Com'on, sit here. Let's watch TV."
"Meawww" So I lift her up and place her gently on my lap. I flip through a few channels and stop at CNN channel.
"Hmm, good. The industry seems to be doing well this couple of months. Maybe we should give a thought on an investment on this sector. What do you think?"
"Meawww"
Then my husband walks out of the bedroom, still looking sloppy. He stayed up late the night before to finish some work. He walks towards me and says good morning.
"Good morning," I reply with a smile.
"Meawww"
Cats just know how to behave in every situation. That's why I love cats. 7月28日 เอ่อ...ชั้นแก่ขนาดนี้เลยเหรอIt was sent to me early this year. But as I read it again, I still find it... interesting... Take a look.
เอ่อ...ชั้นแก่ขนาดนี้เลยเหรอ
1.คุณเป็นรุ่นสุดท้ายที่ได้เล่น มอญซ่อนผ้า กระโดดยาง รีรีข้าวสาร เป่ากบ ฯลฯ โดยไม่ต้องไปหาดูตามงานวัด หรือ งานแสดงศิลปะวัฒนธรรม
2.คุณเกิดมาร้องเพลงขอมอบดอกไม้ในสวนได้ทัน ในยุคที่พี่แจ้ นกแล นิธิทัศน์ ยังดังและเมื่อโตขึ้น คุณก็ยังไม่แก่เกินไปที่จะฟังดีทูบี
3.คุณได้เห็นคาราบาวยุคก่อนประวัติศ่าสตร์ เฟื่องฟู และเสื่อมถอย 4.คุณได้เห็น ก็อต จักรพันธ์ (คนเดียวกับ เจ้าชายลูกทุ่ง) ยังร้องเพลงสตริงวัยรุ่น และคณะวงดนตรีชื่อดังอย่าง แอ๊ด เทวดา
5.คุณเกิดมาทันพอดีในยุคที่รองเท้าและถุงเท้านักเรียนแลกซื้อของเล่น (หลอกเด็ก) และหลังจากหมดยุคคุณมันก็ไม่ทำมาหลอกเด็กอีกเลย 6.คุณโชคดีที่เกิดมาทันในยุคที่เมืองไทย มีดาราเด็กชื่อดังอย่าง น้องตูมตาม เพราะสามารถนำมาเปรียบเทียบกับความน่ารักของน้องพลับตอนนี้ได้ 7.คุณโตมาพร้อมกับโงกุน ดราก้อนบอล มันออกฉายทีวีครั้งแรกปี2529–2538 หนังสือการ์ตูนอัพเดท ทุกสัปดาห์มีพิมพ์ทุกสำนักไม่มีการดองเพราะยังไม่มีลิขสิทธ์ อ่านแล้วไปดูช่อง9อีกยังมันส์ ถามเด็กผู้ชายยุคนั้นไม่มีใครไม่รู้จักพลังคลื่นเต่า กินเวลา10กว่าปีถึงจะจบ (แต่เด็กรุ่นใหม่ใช้เวลาอ่านแค่วันเดียว) 8.สุดยอดแห่งการ์ตูนก็มีในยุคนี้ เช่น เซ็นต์เซย่า เจ็ทแมน จีบัน เกียบัน ชาลีบัน ซึบาสะ นายมดแดง อุลตร้าแมน เซเลอร์มูน รันม่า1/2 ฯลฯ มันก็เข้ามาฉายตอนเราอยู่อนุบาล -ประถม แล้วพอขึ้นชั้นมัธยมมันก็ค่อยๆหายไป 9.คุณเกิดมาทันพอดี กับช่วงเกมกด วีดีโอเกม คอนตร้า มาริโอ พอโตขึ้นก็ยังไม่แก่เกินไปที่จะเล่น play station และ ทามาก๊อดจิ ขึ้นๆลงๆซ้ายขวาเอบี ซีเลค สตารท์ สูตรสามสิบตัวเลย คอนทร้า มาริโอ่ก็เก็บเห็ดอย่างเดี่ยว ส่วนPlay Station ก็วินนิ่งเลย
10.ในช่วงเริ่มเข้าสู่วัยรุ่น คุณก็โตมาพร้อมกับอาร์เอส ยุคที่นักร้องอายุไล่เลี่ยกับคุณ ออกเทปกันให้ควั่ก และคุณยังได้เห็นตำนานร็อคหรั่ง หินเหล็กไฟ เสือ อิทธิ ไฮร็อค ล่มสลายไปต่อหน้าต่อตาหลังการเข้ามาของเต๋า ทัช บอยเก๊าท์ แก๊งใจง่าย หลังจากนั้นก็เป็นยุคทองของอาร์เอส โดยแท้จริง แต่นั่นมันอดีต ยุคนี้เขาห้ามเอาของเกี่ยวกับอาร์เอสเข้าบ้าน 11.หนังไทยก็ทำมาตามวัยของคุณ แล้วมันก็มีเยอะจริงๆ อนึ่งคิดถึงฯ น้ำเต้าหู้กับครูระเบียบ ปีหนึ่งเพื่อนกัน กระโปรงบานขาสั้น โลกทั้งใบ เด็กเสเพล พอคุณโตเข้าหน่อยก็มีหนังอย่าง โอเนกาทีฟ จักรยานสีแดง แล้วที่ทำมาโดนใจคนยุคนี้จริงๆ อย่างหนังระลึกชาติ แฟนฉัน
12.คุณได้ซึมซับอารมณ์ และบรรยากาศของการเข้าฉายครั้งแรกของสุดยอดหนังตื่นตาตื่นใจในยุคนั้นอย่าง terminater2 Jurassic park speed-เร็วกว่านรก (ภาคหลังอย่าได้พูด) 13.รองเท้าแตะในตำนานอย่าง Scholl (สกอลล์) ก็มาฮิตที่สุดในยุคคุณนี่แหละใส่กันทั่วบ้านทั่วเมือง ( ร้อยละ 70 ของเด็กวัยรุ่นในยุคนั้นโดนขโมยแต๊บมาแล้ว)
14.คุณเกิดมาทัน ได้ดูลิเวอร์พูลยุคล่าอาณานิคมยุค’80 และตกเป็นเมืองขึ้นยุค’90 จนถึงปัจจุบัน 15.ตอนมัธยมสิ่งที่ทำให้คุณบ้าบาสเกตบอลเพราะชิคาโก้บูล ร็อตแมน โอนีล พิพเพน จอร์แดน และการ์ตูนแสลมดังค์ไม่ได้บ้าเพราะอยากโชว์สาว
16. มีหมากฝรั่งบุหรี่ด้วย อิอิ กินแล้วโดนดุประจำ 17. เรียนพุทธศาสนาวันอาทิตย์
18. ดูดาวพระศุกร์ .. สายโลหิต เวอร์ชั่น ศรราม สุวนันท์
19. 10ปีที่แล้วเจ้าขุนทองเป็นย ังไง 10ปีให้หลังเจ้าขุนทองก็ยังอยู่ มันไม่แก่ขึ้นเลยว่ะ
20. คุณได้เห็นยุคที่นักฟุตบอลไทยยังเป็น Dream Team จนปัจจุบันกลายเป็นฝันค้าง
21. 3 หนุ่ม 3 มุม --กบ แท่ง มอส
22.packlink, 1145 ใช้ส่งข้อความ เป็นไรที่ วัยรุ่น hit hot มากค่ะ
23.ยุคเฟื่องฟูสุดขีด ของ วง Micro อารมณ์ "ขอมือ ขวา หน่อยคร๊าบ"
24.มุข นายก ชวน ยัง เล่นได้เสมอ "เอ่อ ผมคิดว่า.... ในกรณีนี้ เรายังไม่ควรรีบด่วน......ตัดสินใจ ควรจา... ยืดวาระ ในการ พิณาาาาา........ ออกไป ซัก 10 ชาติก่อน "
25.แผ่นซีดี ยังราคา 250 บาท... ทั้ง Grammy และ RS
26.เจ้าพ่อ เซี่ยงไฮ้.... ฉายแล้วฉายอีก.. ไม่รู้ ทำไม เจ้าพ่อมันออกลูกดกเหลือเกิน... ดนตรีเปิดตัว มาพร้อมกับ ท่า เดิน อันเป็นเอกลักษณ์ พร้อม ชุดสูท สวมหมวก...เท่จริงๆ...
27.หนังจีน... เล่นไพ่ โคตรสารพัด เทคนิค ในการโกง... คนตัดคน ภาค 1 2 3 พระเอกต้องโง่ก่อน แล้วมาเก่งสุดๆ... ได้อาจารย์ที่เก่งกว่าตัวโกง.. แต่ถูกโกง แล้วมาถ่ายทอดฝีมือ โคตรเซียน ให้ลูกศิษย์
28.หนังจีนทุกเรื่อง มีประโยคฮิต "ใครฆ่าท่านพ่อ ..ท่านแม่..อาจารย์" "แก้แค้น 10 ปีไม่สาย" "บุญคุณต้องทดแทนความแค้นต้องชำระ" -ข้าน้อยมีตา หามีแววไม่.. -ข้าน้อย สมควรตาย.. ก่อนตาย เพื่อนพระเอก พระเอก หรือนางเอก จะต้อง... โอ้ว.. (หายใจไม่ออก) ใกล้ตายเต็มทน แต่ยังยืดเยื้อไปได้อีกหลายซีน... -ยุคนั้น... บูมมาก สำหรับ "ดาบมังกรหยก" "ศรรามเล่นเรื่อง "เหินฟ้า" ตะวันชิงพลบ , เบิร์ด ยัง โฆษณา ฟิล์ม โกดัก โหว่ โว โว เย๊...... (ท่อนหลัง เข้าใจว่า เป็น ภาษา อารบิก ฟังไม่รู้เรื่อง)
29.ทำบัตรประชาชน มีออกใบเหลือง อีกสามเดือน มารับ.... รูปที่ได้มาติดบัตร... แมร่ง..ใช่ผม เหรอวะ 30.ไม่มีรายการ "ถึงลูก ถึงคน" เจอแต่ "มาตามนัด" "ฝันที่เป็นจริง" ตาวิเศษเห็นนะ ฯลฯ
31.เขาทราย ดิ..... เก่งที่สุด..ดูต่อยมวยทีไร ชนะทุกที...
32. เราได้ดูมังกรหยกทุกภาคทุกเวอร์ชั่นทั้งจอแก้วและจอเงิน
33. เราได้กินไอติมแท่งตราจรวดแถวบ้าน นอกจากนั้นยังได้กินไอติมถั่วดำ เผือก ตราหมีแฟนด้าด้วย
34. เราได้เรียนรู้พร้อมกับมานี มานะ ปิติ วีระ เพชร ชูใจ จันทร ฯลฯ เจ้าแก่ สีเทา ด้วย
35. เราได้ดูอิคคิวซังตั้งแต่เด็กยันโต ทำไรต้องนั่งมาทิ ใช้หมองก่อนปิ๊ง 36. เราทันอ่านศรีธนนท์ชัยกับความเจ้าเล่ห์แกมโกงของเขา 37. เราได้ดูหนังจักรๆวงศ์ๆทั้งช่อง ๓ จ. ถึงศ. และช่อง 7 ส./อ. ขวานฟ้าหน้าดำ หอยสังข์ แก้วหน้าม้า สุดยอด
38. เราได้ดูขวัญ เรียม บ้านทรายทอง แหวนทองเหลือง มนต์รักอสุร ผยอง ฯลฯ ที่ทำซ้ำไปซ้ำมา
39. เราเล่นgame boysตั้งแต่เวอร์ชั่นแรก จนปัจจุบันอันเล็ก ใครอ่านจนจบแล้วตรงมากกว่า 20 ข้อ แก่จัง "Food Lion Ads"Who else in the world gets addicted to free online Yahoo games? It's there for us to play, right? But perhaps it's like eating Food Lion ice cream as opposed to Haagen-Dazs. Some time ago while I was playing one of the yahoo games, my friend msn'ed me and asked what I was doing.
"I'm playing some yahoo game online," I said.
"Are you really desparate to play games? Man.. yahoo games..."
Erm... what's wrong with playing yahoo games? Some are stupid games I must admit, but there are quite a number of nice games, too. What's more, they are free and no downloading - save time, save money... but not quite save my face when talking to that friend haha... Anyway, I've been playing this Flip Words game the whole day without leaving my room. The concept is similar to Wheel of Fortune, but in order to put each letter into the blank, you will have to form a word (This section's like a sub-game of Wheel of Fortune.) by linking adjecent letters on the board, and only the first letter of that word will be put into the blank, provided that the letter is correct of course. It may seem complicated here.. but you should try it. Just go to the Word Games section on yahoo web page...
Yah, I am advertising Food Lion ice cream... something that cools you down just like Haagen-Dazs does.
7月27日 BurdenHave you ever felt like you're somebody's burden? Whether you really are the burden or it's just your imagination, that feeling is horrible and it makes you a useless person. I was so cheerful until a minute ago when I suddenly felt that pressure on me. It's the similar type of pressure I used to feel often when I was younger, the pressure that is pressing me harder and harder... It's something I never wish to hear...
...but I just heard.
-- ten minutes later --
I haven't been crying for months. More pressure is loading on me and I'm about to explode just anytime soon if it doesn't stop. I have to run, run far away from whatever it is that is pressing me down. I am selfish. I have no heart.
I don't cry for the world's problems. I know what reality is gonna be like, and I don't care if it's gonna be harsh because sooner or later I'll have to face it. I have been slapped in the face. I have seen physical assault firsthand on the people I know - the scene was so near that I almost involved in it. I have friend who almost died of pills. Don't talk to me about world's problems, about I'm gonna be deserted. I'm not afraid of them. Whatever happens happens.
But I hate being pressurised. You don't know how much I have been put under pressure and I have been trying so hard to run away from it since I was ten. Sometimes I just don't want to think about how to behave living in this world. I 've had enough and if I don't feel right with anything, I don't want to live with it. I just don't want any more pressure on me. I don't mean to hurt anyone but I want to keep myself from getting hurt by anyone. I 've really had enough. 7月26日 25 Minutes and the Imperfect DishwashingThank god, now I have internet access. I haven't been able to use the wireless connection at home and I don't write personal stuff, like blog, in library. I brought my laptop with me to class. Now that class is over, I stay on in the room to do some work and write blog. The work has been pushed aside for a little while. I want to write about things that have upset me recently.
1. Fliping my econ notes a few pages back, I found:
What's with the overly Indian accent today!
Damn long sentences with accent!
I don't get you man!
Seriously today the professor got me confused in his words. His tongue rolled frequently (to the extreme) and I was lost in the topic of premises of econ reform. By the way, I don't hate Indian. Any friend of mine can tell you that I'm actually inclined to Indian culture otherwise I wouldn't be joining the national Indian dance competition in 2004 or wearing Indian dress for prom later that year. It's just that TODAY, the prof is overly Indian and I missed my econ stuff because of that.
2. The Internet issue. The signal strength is excellent, yet my roommates and I can't use it because Comcast keeps asking us to download some software and requesting for some account ID or something. Now I know what "Comcastic" really is. So, I haven't been online as often as I always have - no msn, no online music, no gmail which is like the treasure box of my academic life - I transfer all my essays from the laptop's memory to gmail so that I can print them out at the school comlab without having to carry any sort of memory device. You may ask why not I use a thumb drive. Simple. I don't have one. How pathetic a life depending on gmail alone is, right? But hey, it's like the Indian labor force, skilled English speaking yet low-cost workers.
3. The weather is gonna be consistently hot from today. Not sure what Weather Channel would say but that's what I forecast. I'll be sweating horrendously from my 60 min walk a day in the sun, and craving for more food and carbohydrate. I know, you guys have been telling me about the low-carb, low-cal diet thing.. but creations like cheesecakes, brownies, peanut butter, etc. are just there to satisfy us, aren't they? (Yesterday I finished one Starbucks Espresso brownie on my way back.)
4. Because of the Internet breakdown, I had to turn to my tiny music library. While I was sweeping the floor at about 9 this morning, "25 Minutes" by MLTR was played by my random mode Media Player. Then, everything stopped. It's the saddest song ever written.
"...I find her standing in front of the church
The only place in town where I didn’t search She looks so happy in her wedding dress But she’s crying while she’s saying this Boy I missed your kisses all the time but this is Twenty five minutes too late..." The world stopped spinning and I just pictured this scene. The crying bride, the realization of the man - you're twenty-five minutes too late.
Anyway, after sweeping the floor, I continued to be a maid of the day. I put dishes and cups in the dishwasher and poured some detergent in the slot. "Right! I need detergent for dishwashing." I recalled the first time that I used a dishwasher, I was so focusing on getting the functions right, like what's the water temperature I want, or which drying method to use, until I forgot that the whole process also needed detergen. I probably thought that a dishwasher was some kind of god who can clean dishes with just tap water.
But this is twenty-five minutes too late... 7月23日 Beautiful Purple SundayWhile I was walking home a few days ago, I overheard a group of boys' conversation. One of them said "...anyway, while I was having sex with this girl,..." Man, I should have followed them, followed the story. Is that one aspect of the freedom of speech?
I'm writing an essay on the role of epochal innovation in the process of long term econ growth of a nation and assessment of such role in India, China and East Asia. Initially I thought epochal itself was econ growth.. like what else can contribute to growth? IT, financial institutions are all epochal innovations. So I emailed the TA to ask what in the world I could write.. He took 4 days to reply me, enough time for me to incomplete the paper and simply screw up the midterm... So, while I was waiting for his reply, I tried to figure out myself what the heck epochal innovation really meant, and why I chose to tackle this question in the first place.
I want a massage. Why there's no foot massage on the street here like what Bangkok does? Or the type of body massage available at MBK? I want some easy and inexpensive massage, don't need a nice spa place with lots of candles lit up. Fine, I can massage my own feet while thinking about the epochal innovation essay. Also, I will enjoy my cherry banana shake afterward.
Some days ago there was cherry sales at Whole Foods. It's half priced! Who could resist $3.79/lb cherries? Not me. So, I grabbed one smallest bag. In fact, every bag was huge, like no air in the bag; the space was especially dedicated to the discounted cherries. Anyway, I got the cherries and a few other fresh food, and headed to the cashier.
The whole shopping bag cost me about twenty bucks. My discounted cherries was ten bucks. What? This on sales item cost just as much as all other stuff in my shopping bag combined? Whatever, now I got to figure how to finish this 2.38 lb of cherries. But don't worry, I will not throw any of my cherries away. The worst thing that can happen is just that I get bloated and turn purple.
Write my essay, massage my feet and drink my purple shake. It's a beautiful Sunday. 7月18日 BurningIt was so freaking hot today! Oh my god, if only I can melt the fat under my skin by exposing myself in the sun, I would be so freaking skinny by now.
Though I was from a tropical country, and lived in a country 3 degree north from the equator for 4 years, the recent year in America got me used to cold weather. 91F (33C) shouldn't have been a problem since I had experienced 44C before afew times. But anyway, it's so darn hot. Low fat ice cream, I yearn for youuuu...
My brother is coming here tomorrow morning.. yeah.. but he is leaving in the afternoon.. so maybe I won't have a chance to meet. I miss my sister. I have not talked to her for ages and I don't know if our relationship actually have any problem. We used to talk a lot about everything on earth. She knows everything about me - from studies, to hostel life, from enemies to boys. But now, I hardly know anything about her and really miss her. 7月16日 Greek peasantI was called a fat girl this morning. I almost teared.. It's a horrible comment to start a day with, but I guess I shouldn't take too seriously. Not that I'm denying it but, sorry, I love cheesecakes... hahaha... It was so nice to talk to Thip again even though his dad called me fat! Gosh! I'm so hurt! I thought Thip went home by sea...
Last night I dreamed that I was taking an exam for my interior design class. Toey was sitting in front of me in the exam room which was chaotic with noise of students. (I wondered why the exam room was as noisy as a market.) The task was to design a bedroom with the theme "Greek peasant." Hmm, that should be the easiest question to tackle since I didn't have to write long essays, just give a perspective drawing of a greek peasant-inspired bedroom.
So I thought "Hmm, Greek... a great ancient kingdom... So, it should be an elegant design with huge pillars... should I put marble human statue in the room? Wait, can a bedroom accommodate such a big statue? Hmm..." Then, I had to tackle with "peasant" theme. "Peasant... So may be I will use dried fig branches to decorate the room. Paint the room tan or pastel green. Make it as bare as possible." Suddenly, "Wait! How about the immense pillars? And the statue? Peasantry and elegance don't go together!... Oh no.. What should I do! How to come out with a design when I have only ten minutes left!"
Then I woke up. Thank god.
7月15日 ฝันกลางวันThis song is almost ten years old. I remembered singing it hundred times a day and listened to it for almost a thousand times. Some people sometimes relate a particular song to a particular person or a particular event. My girlfriends and I used to sing TK's "Handkerchief" together when we were so taken over by the workload during exam preparation. It was crazy, the singing and the dancing. So every time I hear this song, I think of them and the fun we had. As for this song, when I hear it, I see myself, wearing PE uniform, sitting on the stand with a friend in the school gym. I was whispering the song to myself while some other friends were playing some ball game on the court. I haven't been back to Satit Patumwan, my beloved secondary school, for several years and I am not sure know how the gym looks like now. It may have been renovated many times, but what I remember from about ten years ago is vivid. It's like a flashback of memory. I love music; it tells stories and records them just at the same time.
ฝันกลางวัน 7月13日 Getting sickI'm so sick right now. Guess it's because I've been walking in the rain in the past few days. Being sick is so horrible. I was so cold and I had no jacket or anything that could keep me warm. What a miserable life.
Two midterm papers to do. The econ paper will be the longest paper I have ever written in my life! Gosh.. epochal innovation and econ growth. The other one would be a memoir in which I would have to fcus on the setting and scene. Gonna be interesting... but now I need to go to bed again though I have been sleeping all day. And listening to B Day Vol.1, too.
This piece is so choppy. 7月12日 Surreal relationshipTwo days ago I talked to my secondary school friend. We have known each other for 8 years and there's a lot of history between us. We used to be the closest friends, but also there were moments that we seemed so far apart even though we could see each other just anytime if we wanted to.
Now that we talk again, I feel like I'm going back to my childhood. We were all 13 or 14 years old, easily excited by just anything and everything, from physical changes of our bodies to feelings that had never occurred to us when we were younger, especially a feeling called love. I wondered how many of us truly understood love when we were 13. We had fun matching up our classmates and teasing them of their relationship, whether or not that relationship was real. This friend and I were ones of the victims but we were not together at any point while we were in the same class.
A few years after knowing each other, I left Thailand for further education. We hardly made any effort contacting each other while we were apart. However, it surprised me that everytime I went back home, we would be talking again. The conversations were always interesting and we felt so closed as if we had been in touch all along. There was never awkward moments between us. In fact, I'm still curious what is it that creates this whole story between this friend and me. We live our lives just like other people do. We go different paths, persue different dreams. We try to look for true love but it often fails - whether it's because of us or the other party. Yet, I feel that this friend is always in the back of my mind. We know we have our own ways of life but we are always eager for a reunion, talking on the phone or meeting up in Thailand or in Singapore.
I don't know what this whole thing is about. It may be a great friendship that one can hardly have in one's life. Or maybe it's some special feeling that cannot be identified. Our relationship (or friendship as you may call) may continue as it has been for 8 years, or it may stop somewhere for some reason. If this is considered a rare friendship, I would be one of the luckiest persons alive. But by all means, I will have to come back to reality, enjoying the present I'm living in. There are people around me today that are real, and I can connect to them without doubt.
Life is, indeed, full of the expected and the unexpected, and our minds are the most mysterious creation on earth. Unfaithfulness in songsThere are a lot of new songs in this Thai website. By "new", I mean songs that are released this year. It's like, how often do I listen to Thai songs nowadays. If you ask me of any favorite Thai songs, I would give you a list of songs popular 5 years ago when I still lived in Thailand.
I came across this song by Dan&Beam, ไม่ซื่อ. It reminded me of Unfaithful by Rihanna in which I have been listening for some days. I wondered if the 2 songs are translation of one another. So, I clicked to listen to Dan&Beam. So preppy, but... haha no excuse.
They are similar, but not quite the same. There's one part that goes like "I wish you and him were apart." That's what make the song different from Rihanna's, and it reminds me of Panadda's song that was in so much controversy in Thailand many months ago. I can't remember the title of her song but I remember that it says things like she wishes the the couple breaking up, too.
These songs are all about unfaithfulness in love. The characters are all guilty but they still do it anyway because of "love." But I guess what makes one song popular and the other controversial might be the art of composing them. In Rihanna's, there's no part about wishing for the break-up. It's all about her decisions and her actions - to be unfaithful.
Maybe it's true that people do hope for other people's failure in relationship, but if you don't want your song to be aimed by the minister of Culture, then listen to Rihanna's lyric. Haha, I'm biased. I like her song.
And now I'm listening to Am Fine's มารักทำไมตอนนี้. I'm going back to Thai music. 7月10日 Fresh Viet Spring RollsRidiculous. I just spent over $8 on some tiny pieces of spring rolls when I'm trying so hard to save. Instead of getting a cup of hazelnut cappuccino which may cost up to 5 bucks, I bought a bottle of ordinary Starbucks mocha which cost me only one third of the $5.
I went from store to store searching for healthy (I haven't been eating chicken, which is believed to be the source of hormone that causes excessively big breast, for more than 2 weeks.) yet inexpensive lunch. Most of the salads are priced roughly at $5. That sounded affordable until I thought of the $1.79 per lb. fresh vegetable easily obtained from Wholefoods or Harvest. So I just gave those ready-to-eat salads a pass.
Then I decided maybe I should just walk to the building where I take my class. I could read something before class began at 3.30. There're also a coffee shop and a pizza bar inside the building, so maybe I could get something like salad or wrap for lunch.
Over there, sushi, salad, yoghurt and several other cold foodin the fridge. Prices shouldn't be that much different from those in other stores. What's more, it's so convenient here. Suddenly the Fresh Viet Spring Rolls caught my attention. The colorful veggies - the greens like lettuce, apparagus, celery, french beans and cucumber, the bright red of that bell pepper, the orange of shreded carrots, the deep yellow color from some unidentified stuff, and even the pink from Japanese ginger. Perhaps I was just attracted to the colors rather than the healthy name of it, Fresh Viet Spring Rolls. And how can a vegetarian dish be expensive? Just grab one!
So I picked up one box of the Spring Rolls and a pair of chopsticks and walked over to the cashier. The lady looked at the box and keyed in some numbers into the machine. I was taking out a $5 notel, waiting for her to tell me the price of my Spring Rolls. She didn't say anything, but she just looked at me, waiting for me to hand her the cash. Never mind, so I looked at the screen to see how much it cost. There were a lot of numbers on it with the most noticeable ones being 7.75.
" That's probably the code of the item. Com'mon, a few pieces of vegetable spring rolls will not cost 8 bucks. Give her $20. That's the biggest bill in my wallet. Nothing can go wrong with that."
She took the note and keyed in some numbers again. Half a second later another set of numbers appeared on the screen. 12.25. She handed me some notes and some coins totaled up $12.25.
"What the! Freaking 8 pieces of Fresh Viet Spring Rolls took away 8 bucks from my pocket?" She didn't hear it though.
I took the change. " Thank you. You have a nice day." I smiled and left the counter. 7月9日 It's about making the goalItaly are the world champions! After the game I chatted with a few friends online, and there was one part of the conversations that stopped me to think.
I said "France was in control of the ball most of the time." I don't normally watch soccer but from the match today, I could see that France had a lot of opportunity. But then my friend said it wasn't about controlling the ball, it's about making the goal. Maybe life is just like that. Success is all about that last kick, the kick that will send the ball into the net. Will people remember that France almost win the final match in 2006 because they were in controll of the game and they had that many opportunities to make it a goal?
People only remember that Italy are world champions in the World Cup 2006. Programming and SexJust went to the web board of my 03S41 class. And a friend told us this really cool things about progamming and sex. It talks about the similarities between these 2 things. Soooo funny and it should be true! Gosh! Must take a look!
However, that's not why I took Computing in junior college. I took it so that I could meet friends like you guys! Haha... 7月8日 Germany, Portugal and Birthday GiftsReally full from my Palmmade tuna sandwich, 2 mini donuts, half a bag of sour skittles and a cup of orange juice. I couldn't find a smaller glass, so I was using this really huge cup of a size of a soup bowl. Or is it a soup bowl?
In 3 hours, I'll be watching world cup match Ger-Por, the 2 teams I kinda like. Not exactly. For the Germany, I just like the image of a stout old man drinking beer and a cute little boy munching hotdog on a pink street. Nothing to do with the team; but a lot to do with the name of the country itself. And ten years ago, I loved to watch Oliver Bierhoff on the field. Now, German team perhaps has the highest number of players having their shirt untuck. That almost-bad-boy-look is cute. My Germany.
As for Portugal, I don't know anything about the team except for that Figo is an attractive married man. His shoulder is gorgeous. What's more to a male who has pretty broad shoulder. One thing about Figo that really sets him apart from many soccer players is that he has a genuine smile - or at least it looks genuine. Do you think a soccer player who sets his hair every 10 seconds while giving interview looks cute? Genuine smile is cute.
How cool would it be if the team I support win a cup? So far, I have never seen my team wins any cup before. Or is it time for me to actually look at skills of the players rather than their smiles or someone's beer belly? Maybe. ...Anyway, who cares?
Yesterday there was a big box in front of my apartment. It's like a carton of 72 instant noodles; it's that big. I know it's my birthday present! In the past few years, I have not been getting birthday gifts as it is believed that my friends can't figure where I am and so they don't know where to send the gifts to. I have been all over the place during my birthday. 2 years ago I was in Singapore preparing for my midterm and pre-lim exams. Last year I was in Taiwan, or mabe I was just about to go back to Thailand. And this year, I am in Boston! All for educational purposes. Just like my friend said, my education experience is truly interesting. Anyway, one suggestion for you guys who may wanna throw a birthday party for a lady. Don't put those "number" candles that will announce the age of the birthday girl on the cake. We just want our birthday to be remembered, not our age, especially when it's above 30.
Back to my birthday gift in front of the apartment. The first thing I saw was a set of body lotion with 3 fragrants for 3 purposes. One is to energize me. The other is to give me serenity. And the last is to create the "romance." Ohh lan la... I love fragrant body butter/cream/lotion/moisturizer. Often I walk into The Body Shop, or Bath and Body Works, or just any stores with beauty products, to smell the lotion, get some on my hands, rub it gently, say thank you to the counter girls and leave the store. Body lotion has more elements than perfume has. It's the creamy texture which comes with the flowery fragrant that sooths your soul.
That's a little of an over-description. But, you get the idea.
The other gift in that box is a book titles "Power, Passion and Purpose: 7 steps to energizing your life." I haven't opened it yet, but I'm sure that's a lot inside. But seriously, I never think about reading this type of book because many of these self-improvement books love to babble on and on and I find no solutions to my problems. Like, so what's the concrete way to improve myself? Anyway, I'll definitely give this book a try. After all, it is my birthday gift! :D
Lastly, it is a simple bookmark, but with a picture of a cat on it. Oh, I love cats! And there's a tiny porcelain cat hung with a Japanese thread at one end of the bookmark. The porcelain cat nicely adds dimension to this bookmark. Cats are whiney but cute. This cat is not whiney and it's cute.
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