Some photos of girl girl and her pals :P

I think its have been some time I posted some photos of girl girl and her friends. Here's a recent series I took during Song Kran. The elder friend is Pi Nok who lives just next door to us. The younger and "chubbier" one is Nawng Pen who lives opposite us. Some shots where we were taking a walk and another series while they were playing in our inflatable pool. hehe..

All shots taken digital with A900 and Zeiss 135mm. I loved this lens on my A900. The colours it produces are astounding.

And you can head over to my facebook to view more of the Song Kran shots here.

Some photos of girl girl and her pals :P

I think its have been some time I posted some photos of girl girl and her friends. Here's a recent series I took during Song Kran. The elder friend is Pi Nok who lives just next door to us. The younger and "chubbier" one is Nawng Pen who lives opposite us. Some shots where we were taking a walk and another series while they were playing in our inflatable pool. hehe..

All shots taken digital with A900 and Zeiss 135mm. I loved this lens on my A900. The colours it produces are astounding.



And you can head over to my facebook to view more of the Song Kran shots here.

C is for Cookie!!!

Sesame Street is one of my favorite show when I was a kid. So its the norm that I would get some Sesame DVDs for my girl girl and she loved them Her favorite seems to be Rosita. (Luckily not bloody Elmo). So after I got my Mac Mini hooked up. I tried to grab some more classic clips from the net and was surprised to find sesamestreet.org has various classic clips and activities.

Anyway I can't grab the video to my blog so thanks to youtube. Here's one of my all time favorite from Cookie Monster (Girl girl likes him too... )

You can view the new version here.

And I found this bloody classic hehe Some of us is here!! None!!! ... :P

Now back to my cookie... Arm mum mum mum mum mum..... Delicious!

C is for Cookie!!!

Sesame Street is one of my favorite show when I was a kid. So its the norm that I would get some Sesame DVDs for my girl girl and she loved them Her favorite seems to be Rosita. (Luckily not bloody Elmo). So after I got my Mac Mini hooked up. I tried to grab some more classic clips from the net and was surprised to find sesamestreet.org has various classic clips and activities.

Anyway I can't grab the video to my blog so thanks to youtube. Here's one of my all time favorite from Cookie Monster (Girl girl likes him too... )


You can view the new version here.

And I found this bloody classic hehe Some of us is here!! None!!! ... :P


Now back to my cookie... Arm mum mum mum mum mum..... Delicious!

Thai Politics

I normally refrain myself from posting about politics in Thailand as its actually quite complicated. The recent Red movement was just another part of the never ending episodes of the class divide in Thailand. The elites, the army, the middle class and the poor.

A lot of my friends were worried that I was in Thailand when the crisis was escalating during the Songkran and this year's songkran as mentioned in the Bangkok Post, shall be one to be remembered. The north where I was staying is still in its festive mood and unaffected by the tensions in Bangkok (although the constant news reports on TV does cast a shadow in the celebration)

So after the crackdown. Its a relief that everything seems to be normal for the moment but I think this recent incident does serves a good wake up call for the ruling party. They still pale in terms of support from the central rural and northern Thailand. The mistrust is there and they really need to do something about it.

Abhisit is a very intellectual guy and I do hope he can do well but he faces a big task ahead. Not from Thaksin and his red supporters but actually from the other political factions and the army actually. This recent crackdown shows he lacks full support from the Army and Police. The slow response from the Army and how he actually relied on troops called in from another province (the unit's actual influence is actually a retired general and a mentor of him) to quash the rioting crowd.

So is there a future in the LOS (Land of Smile)? Interestingly since this is going to be the place I am going to retire, will such political disturbances affect my livelihood. I have to say it really depends on where you stay. In the north where the people there are more nonchalant about all these politics, you will be fine (so long you don't proclaim yourself to be on either factions. It does effect the economy but not to such a grand scale as stated by ST (all those bullshit does not apply to Thailand) as Thailand grows its own food and does not reply on imports. SO if you are able to eat simple and not yearning of luxurious goods. Then its still a good place to retire.

Thai Politics

I normally refrain myself from posting about politics in Thailand as its actually quite complicated. The recent Red movement was just another part of the never ending episodes of the class divide in Thailand. The elites, the army, the middle class and the poor.

A lot of my friends were worried that I was in Thailand when the crisis was escalating during the Songkran and this year's songkran as mentioned in the Bangkok Post, shall be one to be remembered. The north where I was staying is still in its festive mood and unaffected by the tensions in Bangkok (although the constant news reports on TV does cast a shadow in the celebration)

So after the crackdown. Its a relief that everything seems to be normal for the moment but I think this recent incident does serves a good wake up call for the ruling party. They still pale in terms of support from the central rural and northern Thailand. The mistrust is there and they really need to do something about it.

Abhisit is a very intellectual guy and I do hope he can do well but he faces a big task ahead. Not from Thaksin and his red supporters but actually from the other political factions and the army actually. This recent crackdown shows he lacks full support from the Army and Police. The slow response from the Army and how he actually relied on troops called in from another province (the unit's actual influence is actually a retired general and a mentor of him) to quash the rioting crowd.

So is there a future in the LOS (Land of Smile)? Interestingly since this is going to be the place I am going to retire, will such political disturbances affect my livelihood. I have to say it really depends on where you stay. In the north where the people there are more nonchalant about all these politics, you will be fine (so long you don't proclaim yourself to be on either factions. It does effect the economy but not to such a grand scale as stated by ST (all those bullshit does not apply to Thailand) as Thailand grows its own food and does not reply on imports. SO if you are able to eat simple and not yearning of luxurious goods. Then its still a good place to retire.

Back from Thailand

Apologies for missing almost a week and such a turmoil recently in Thailand. Just reached home and washed up. Will write more but here's a shot of the Song Kran Festival in Maesai's street. Still havoc even with all these protests going on in Bangkok. :P

Back from Thailand

Apologies for missing almost a week and such a turmoil recently in Thailand. Just reached home and washed up. Will write more but here's a shot of the Song Kran Festival in Maesai's street. Still havoc even with all these protests going on in Bangkok. :P

Kena (Got myself) Scanned.

I had an MRI appointment for my gallstones as the doctors are still baffled by my condition. The bile level is so abnormal in my blood and I do not have a blocked bile duct (scoped twice and found nothing) so they send me for an MRI to get a "clearer" picture. Think the full name of MRI is Magnetic Resonance Imaging(please correct me if I am wrong). Its an interesting experience as I did CT before and they say its similar but I find it a bit different though.

First of all, the machine is huge and loud. The room is also more like a vault. I was asked to put on robes and administered an IV needle for the contrast agent. I was then strapped onto the bed and the radiologist gave me a cap to wear and a set of headphones to listen to her instructions (not music hor). The doctor needs to scan my whole abdominal area. So the scan took some time. About 45 mins. I think I nearly fell asleep during the process if not of all those whizzing noises the machines make. It really sounds like those flatbed scanners every time it scans my body. Then there is the part when they will inject the contrast agent into your body and you feel something flowing into your arms to the whole body. Very weird feelings. Or they will ask you to hold your breadth for 20 secs.

Anyway, hope nothing seriously wrong with me. Will be seeing the doctor on the 22nd and the schedule ops date is on the 27.

Kena (Got myself) Scanned.

I had an MRI appointment for my gallstones as the doctors are still baffled by my condition. The bile level is so abnormal in my blood and I do not have a blocked bile duct (scoped twice and found nothing) so they send me for an MRI to get a "clearer" picture. Think the full name of MRI is Magnetic Resonance Imaging(please correct me if I am wrong). Its an interesting experience as I did CT before and they say its similar but I find it a bit different though.

First of all, the machine is huge and loud. The room is also more like a vault. I was asked to put on robes and administered an IV needle for the contrast agent. I was then strapped onto the bed and the radiologist gave me a cap to wear and a set of headphones to listen to her instructions (not music hor). The doctor needs to scan my whole abdominal area. So the scan took some time. About 45 mins. I think I nearly fell asleep during the process if not of all those whizzing noises the machines make. It really sounds like those flatbed scanners every time it scans my body. Then there is the part when they will inject the contrast agent into your body and you feel something flowing into your arms to the whole body. Very weird feelings. Or they will ask you to hold your breadth for 20 secs.

Anyway, hope nothing seriously wrong with me. Will be seeing the doctor on the 22nd and the schedule ops date is on the 27.