I act like I'm 25...
I got this survey from a myspace bulletin... not so bad.... just a few years younger than my real age.

[x] I know how to make a pot of coffee
[ ] I do my own laundry
[ ] I can cook for myself
[ ] I do my chores after being told once
[x] I always do my homework/work
[x] I actually enjoy intellectual conversations
[ ] I think politics are exciting
[ ] My parents and grand-parents have better things to say than my peers
total:3

[x] I show up for school/work every day unless I'm sick
[ ] I always carry a pen in my pocket/purse
[ ] ticket as in, for speeding or something??
[x] I've never gotten a ticket
[x] I watch talk shows and point out the incredibility of it all
[x] I know what incredibility means without looking it up
[x] I drink black coffee
total:5

[x] I know how to run the dish washer..and/or do the dishes
[x] I can count in more than one language
[ ] When I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
[ ] I mow the lawn
[ ] I wash my car
[x] I can make adults laugh..without being stupid
[ ] I remember to water my plants
[x] I study when I have to
[x] I pay attention at school/work
[x] I remember to feed my pets
[x] I'm generally organized
[x] I know the meaning of cruel punishment from experience
total:8

[x] I can spell experience without looking at the line above
[x] I clean up my own messes
[ ] The first thing I do when I wake up is get coffee
[ ] I can go to the store with out getting somethingI don't need
[x] I understand jokes the first time they are said
[ ] I listen to my parents/elders
[x] I can type fast, because I type every day
total:4

[x] My choice in clothing is acceptable in an office or something like that
[ ] I can watch politics and laugh
[ ] I have realized that the weather forecast changes every hour
[ ] I can look at someone hot and not think of sex
[x] I have realized that no one will take you seriously unless you're over 25 with a job
[x] I can read a book and actually finish it
[x] People have said that I act older than I am
[x] I can be sent on an errand and not get side tracked
total:5

Count up your 'x's, count up your marks, and thenpost "I act like I'm __."

blah blah by LaraGirl @ 12:54 PM
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12.8.06

Paris in Bangkok?
hahaha!



Well, that's the name of the big ferris wheel at Suan Lum Night Bazaar.

My friends and I just finished dinner around 9pm at Vanilla Industry in Siam Paragon and decided to stop by and kill some time since it was too early to be at Met Bar.

60 meters above the ground with the Bangkok traffic along Witthayu Road


I forgot to bring my camera. And Ann's camera ran out of battery. Grrrr....

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9.8.06

2 years in Bangkok
Two questions are on top of my head now:

What have I become? And where is 'home'?

When I 'visited' the Philippines last May, I somehow felt that I was an alien in my own country. My family and friends were all busy with their lives, their work and current close friends. And unfortunately, I didn't seem to fit there anymore. Not that I blame them, this is just me trying to figure out how things really are... I totally understand that they're busy and that life goes on without me. And I also understand that the longer I stay here, the harder it is for me to actually reconnect with them despite the magic of technology. The usual warmth is just not there.

The thing is, when I'm in the Philippines, I feel that I fit so much better in Thailand. But when I'm here, I still can't help feel out of place since I still don't speak or understand the language completely.

It's like my home is neither here nor there. So where is it???

After living outside my homeland for two years, I have a feeling that I can't really go 'home' again - simply because it's not what it used to be anymore.

Oddly, I am not really bothered; maybe I am but just a little bit.

Of course I will forever love my family and friends in the Philippines. But I've come to realize that my relationships now consists of people like me - 'internationalists' - according to my American friend. We hold various passports, display different skin tones, and speak numerous languages in even more numerous accents. But our acceptance of our differences are what draws us closer together --- and the biggest similarity is that we're all outsiders.

I am now a lot like the people who are different from me, and quite different from the people who are like me.

More than two years ago, I never imagined I will be in this position.
Now I can't imagine going back to the way the things were.

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6.8.06

Ton's Wedding
In the office, when we talk about drinking - Ton's name is definitely on top of the list. He taught me along with Gig and Palm to drink whisky... and eventually love it.

And so what else is there to expect for this wedding party?!

It was just a cocktail affair at the Hotel InterContinental Grand Ballroom since the guests didn't really care much about the food. We were there to drink! Plus more drinking at the "party after-party" function room.

[of course we have a lot of pictures]

This is me, not yet drunk...



My hi-so and lonely friends Ann and Wave


With real hi-so.. Gig and Keiy with Gig's BF at the back


Ben [brokenhearted and drunk because of my Swedish friend Thomas] and Mamu Janey, my Filipina officemate who also got married last December.


My current toy boy (or boy toy... whatever you want to call it)


The past...




Goofing around with the groom


The bride (drank Absolut from the bottle) and the groom (drank Black Label from the bottle as well) dancing on top of a coffee table


Ann was being a good girl distributing cold water to all the drunk people


And so there...

This is me with Ben in the background really drunk

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