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a blow by blow account of my sunday. 2008-03-16 15:35:13 my maid woke me up with a knock on the door at around 9am. with my hair in a mess, I opened the door to allow her in to clean up my small place. she left at around 11am. where then, I went back to sleep. at precisely 1:30pm, da brain calls me up. we decide to meet up for a late lunch at sizzler. at 3pm, we engage at sizzler and eat until we are so full that we become sleepy. hoping to wake up from the buffet, we wobble over to coffee world across the street, and waste an hour sipping on caffe mochas. around 4:30pm, we part. I take the underground at silom MTR and go to fortune town out in rachada. spend like 2 hours window shopping. looking for a cable to connect my pc to the tv. located the acer service center at fortune town. when my feet start to hurt, I decide to get some gro
the lesson learned.. 2008-03-19 03:36:51 have you heard about he paul mccartney/heather mills divorce? ..I guess everybody has. so, what does this lounge lizard think about the settlement?50 million for 4 years of marriage???personally, I think it is too much.bottomline, the lesson
learned is - DON'T GET MARRIED!!unless you plan on having children (and even then), DON'T GET MARRIED!!!for you lounge lizards out there who are seriously considering marriage, read what they have to say about marriage on the following website before taking the plunge.. info may save your life.on a less serious note...I did another day off from the lobby last night, and stayed home. yes, I agree. this lounge lizard is fast becoming a coach potatoe. so what? who cares? ..as long as you are happy, right?oh. almost forgot, the one thing that I did
a day of surprises.. 2008-03-17 14:50:50 the day started around 10am when dennis the menace sent me a text message inviting me to eat at shabusushi restaurant over at central world. wow. this would be the first time that I have seen the bay area boys since they arrived here a week ago.errol flynn, dennis the menace, x-man, and I met at shabusushi at around 1:30pm. and we had a great time eating. during the meal, db cooper spied us eating. he was with the lone ranger. we finished the feast at around 3pm. from the buffet, we all went to get foot massages at 99 massage over in the pratunam district of bangkok. 139 baht for a hour foot massage. you can't beat the price around this area.afterwards, we parted, and I started walking home. guess who surprised me as I was walking home? hawaiian bill. we chatted a little. I wen
it's quiet on the western front. 2008-03-21 15:35:56 received a text message from mike jagger this morning. he's alive. nothing much in particular happening. the weather is still pretty cool for this time of the year. so, am enjoying it as much as possible.like yesterday, da brain invited me out for lunch and dinner. but I decided to just rest at home.late at night, I went to the lobby to hang out some. guess whom I saw hanging out? the guy who had a stroke a few weeks ago - brian piccolo. he's alive and back hanging out in the looooobby. looks like he lost like 10 lbs while in the hospital for 8 days. 3 of those days he was in ICU.while hanging out in the parking lot, I saw keanu reeves, and kilroy the stud. they are back in town. also, saw the silver surfer. he says he is leaving next friday. we have plans to do a thai bbq buf
something is up... 2008-03-19 22:09:05 in the lobby, the main topic of the night was the current developments in the usa. many of us are worried what the near future holds for us. and we pretty much showed this worry in our discussions. personally, I am making contingency plans for various scenarios that I might encounter with all the changes happening all over the world. right now, I think everything is still ok. but you really just can't expect that to continue with the way things are going.keeping my fingers crossed...earlier in the day yesterday, I went to fortune town with my non-working lcd monitor. instead of pantip plaza, I decided to go to the acer service center at fortune town.after dropping off my monitor for warrantee work, I spent some time window shopping in the IT section of the mall. then, went to the lo Read more:something
some pizza and some old memories... 2008-03-22 20:29:09 yesterday started out slowly. ..stayed home, played computer games, surfed the net and watch tv until about 7pm. then, I got out of bed and went to meet up with da brain for dinner at limoncello over on sukhumvit soi 11. we went there once before for italian food about a year ago if I recall. it's amazing what happens in a year. this place went from a 50 seat restaurant to maybe triple that now. the pizza was great. reminds me of north beach pizza in san francisco except the pizza crust is thin here.after dinner, we went to the loooobby to hang out. da brain only stayed for maybe 30 minutes and then he went home with a friend.I stayed on, and had a great time shooting the breeze with a number of lounge lizards. first, the silver surfer, and kilroy the stud. followed by errol flynn and denn Read more:memories
, old memories
just another day... 2008-03-25 23:54:09 the day started out with my meeting up with da brain for coffee at coffee world. from there we went for an early dinner at the sizzler. afterwards, we took a walk around pat pong for sentimental reasons. haven't seen the place for around 2 years. same boring scene. none of the gogo girls or the ladyboys got my little brother to nudge even a little. guess I'm getting old.anyway, it was good exercise. da brain and I parted after the walk. da brain is going to play golf the next day. so, he went to get some early beauty sleep.I boarded the skytrain, and went straight to the big T. hung out there for about an hour. had a cup of coffee. spoke to somchai a little. the scene was pretty mellow there too. keannu reaves came by. and we talked a little.after the big T, I went to the looo
went to thai immigration today. 2008-03-24 16:23:04 I found something out about the thai retirement visa today.for those of you who are not familiar with the visa, you need to be at least 50 years of age to qualify. and you must show either 800,000 baht in a bank account here, OR proof that you are receiving at least 65,000 baht a month from some source.once you can satisfy the age and income requirements, you can get a retirement visa.the only other requirement that one must adhere to once they get the retirement visa is - you need to report to thai immigration every 90 consecutive days you are in thailand.so what happens if you leave the country temporarily, you ask?the 90 consecutive days reporting starts up again on the day you return into thailand.example, I came back from a trip to the philippines recently. the exact arrival date was
reading up on china. 2008-03-27 21:04:07 didn't do much yesterday. pretty much spent most of the day doing research on my upcoming trip to china.the only time I got out was to meet up with da brain for lunch at pantip plaza. after lunch, we walked around looking at the latest offerings at pantip. from pantip, we went to the bug and bee restaurant to shoot the breeze a little.around 5pm, we parted, and I went to fortune town to check up on the repair status of my lcd monitor. had dinner at mcdonalds. than, took a bus to get home.da brain and I had thoughts of maybe going over and hang out at the big T later in the night. but I felt tired at the witching hour, and decided to check in early.received email from the sarge and one from my buddy in hong kong, the fist. fist tells me that, in his humble opinion, the best place to l
moo ka-tat. 2008-03-26 15:53:02 have you heard of a "moo ka-tat"? I call it the thai bbq all-you-can-eat buffet on my blog. great fun if you really want to literally eat until you cannot eat anymore.last night, I got together with some lounge lizards and we ate and ate and ate. FUN! some of the things on the menu include baked fish, pork chops, dim sum, shrimps, fish balls, vegies, fruits, etc.the occasion - one of the guys is leaving soon.anyway, we started eating at around 6pm, and finished at around 8pm. FUN! they say that if you want - you can stay and eat until closing time. usually from 5pm to midnight.lounge lizards at the table with me on this outing include da brain, the silver surfer, the watcher, and the 3 hawaiian guys - hawaiian bob, hawaiian bill, and hawaiian ben.there are moo ka-tat restaurants all over
status report. 2008-03-29 21:33:49 yesterday errol flynn and dennis the menace went home. but in their place the mighty thor came into town. I heard in the grapevine that kilroy the stud, and keannu reeves are leaving today. the silver surfer is leaving tomorrow. mike jagger is back in town from hanging out in pattaya for a week. harrison ford should be arriving into bangkok from pattaya.another slow day for this lounge lizard.the highlight of the day was when da brain and I went to the shabushi restaurant over at the central world mall for dinner. after dinner, we did some window shopping for furniture. had a cup of coffee at starbucks. then, took the skytrain to the loooobby. at the lobby, we met some new guy from singapore. he says he sees me all the time there. but for the life of me, I don't ever recall seein Read more:report
re-evaluating the big T. 2008-03-29 20:39:16 nothing much to report. woke up late. around 3pm. called da brain to see how he was doing. decided to meet up at the big T at around 9pm. for about 5 hours, I played computer games, watched tv, and surfed the net.at 8:45pm, I was at the big T. da brain was early. we ate chicken wings and chicken fried rice. the big T was sort of slow. more people than usual at this time of the day. somchai tells me that the midnight closing hour is going to be permanent. ugh!we left the big T at around 10pm. went to the beer garden hoping to hang out there. but was surprised at the crowd. no seats. so, we went to the starbucks next door. drank a coffee. and then, went to the parking lot to see how the scene was there. hmmmm?.... it appears that the scene has relaxed a little.hung out at t
harrison ford calls me up. 2008-04-02 04:33:19 it was going to be another lazy day at home doing nothing. da brain called me up around 3pm thereabouts. invited me to dinner somewhere. but I was still somewhat sleepy, and declined the offer to meet. I went back to sleep with only the desire to curl up in bed hugging a pillow.around 4:30pm, harrison ford surprises me with a call. dinner at the food courts over at the emporium mall. feeling better, I decide to meet up with harrison. it took me like an hour to clean myself up. but I make it to the mall at the appointed time - 7pm. haven't been to this mall in a long time. at least a year. many changes. I get this feeling I am surrounded by yuppies. the food courts which used to cater to your average thai have all been remodeled. the chefs at all the food stalls look like culi Read more:calls
a day indoors. 2008-03-31 23:51:22 yesterday, I didn't do anything. just stayed home and vegetated. didn't feel like doing anything. had thought about going to pantip, and doing some window shopping. but the afternoon came and went so fast, the place was closed by the time I was ready to go. same thing happened when I thought about going to the lobby. zoom, zoom, zoom. and then, it was 2am.here it is, it is already noon the next day. wonder what I should do today?zoom, zoom, zoom.
food at fish head's. 2008-03-30 20:08:17 I've been waking up at odd times of the day lately. I usually go to sleep at around 4am or 5am. but I wake up at around 7am or 8am. stay up for an hour. and then go back to sleep until about 3pm. am not sure if it is normal. but it is my routine now - for close to 4 months.maybe I should get a new girlfriend?yesterday started out at around 3pm. da brain called me asking if I would like to go to the fish head restaurant. and of course, I replied, "sure, why not?". the meeting time was set for 6pm. played computer games for about an hour. then, cleaned up, and left my apartment to take the skytrain over to the meeting place. got to fish head's at around 6:15pm, and sat ourselves down for a meal. we had a steamed fish, some crab cakes, a dish of morning glory, a seafood plate, a
lunch at ramen tei. 2008-04-06 20:51:11 sunday started out with my maid coming in at around 9am to clean up my place. I pay her about 200 baht to come over every sunday to clean up my small apartment. and like clockwork, she is here at 9am cleaning away. during the approximately 2 hours that she spends cleaning, I keep myself busy playing computer games, and surfing the web.after pond left, I went back to sleep for perhaps 2 hours. da brain called to invite me to eat a late lunch at ramen tei. in my opinion, this is the best ramen in bangkok. there are 4 branches in town. we met at 1:30pm. da brain brought along his friend - beautiful.-97249-ramenteirestaurant-Thailand,Asia.htmlafter lunch, da brain had to meet up with somebody. so, we parted. I went over to pantip plaza to shop around a little. bought this 3.5 inch hard drive e
cowboy bob. 2008-04-05 03:07:42 the temperature outside is what is the norm for this time of year - HOT. the last couple of days I haven't had the desire to do much. and after thinking about it, I think it is because of the heat. ugh!da brain called me up early in the day, and we met over at the bug and bee for an hour or so. he showed me this new internet browser named maxthon. by some chinese company. the first thing I noticed while looking at it is - it has a built-in screen capture utility. will I use it, you ask? well, someday maybe. but not now. my experience with new things is - they usually have bugs. I rather not deal with them if I can help it. so, waiting a while and letting other people be the beta testers to iron out the bugs is more my style.after shooting the breeze with da brain, he suggested I call up th
another slow night. 2008-04-08 07:36:33 the only people visiting from out of town at the moment seem to be dirk bonapare, randolph scott, brian piccolo, da brain, duece bigalow, and crusher gomez. that's it. I guess april is not a good month for visitors.of course, all the lounge lizards who live here are still here including myself, hawaiian bob, hawaiian bill, mike jagger, the watcher, timberwolf, dutch callahan, zorba the greek, bronson, general patton, and myoung-ho.in a few days, all the visitors will be leaving town for other pastures.yes, last night was a slow night.oh. almost forgot, jacques cousteau just arrived. how could I forget that???as for today, woke up at 4pm. took my merry time getting out of bed. da brain called me up. he was in pattaya today. just got back about an hour ago. asked if I would like to
shucks! 2008-04-07 05:16:25 ..talk about slipping.crusher gomez invited me over for lunch at the great american ribs restaurant over on sukhumvit soi 36, and I missed out. yeah. I was suppose to met him at 4pm in the afternoon. and my poor body just couldn't get up in time to do so. this. crusher was going to treat me. and I missed out. on the great american ribs place to boot. now this was definitely a missed opportunity. I hope crusher will take a raincheck. RIBS!actually, I was suppose to meet up with da brain earlier in the day to workout at the gym. and I missed out on that too.so, what happened, you ask?I don't know. after some careful thought, I think staying up over 18 hours yesterday was the culprit. putting my body into overtime drained me too much for me to wake up early today.yeah. that was it. ..th
songkran is 2 days away. 2008-04-09 09:51:33 was going to go out and shop around for provisions. but as it turned out, I ended up staying home all day. what the hell, I thought. I still have 2 days to go before songkran
. so, there is still time.since many lounge lizards were going home soon, I thought about planning a going away dinner for everybody. but when I sent the text messages out, nobody replied except for harrison ford. so, it will be harrison and I doing the sizzler tomorrow.oh. another lounge lizard, hawaiian bob, did do the courtesy to reply, and said he was reserving tomorrow for his honey. makes sense.in about 20 minutes, 10pm to be precise, duece bigalow plane should be taking off back to new york.the lobby will probably be very quiet tonight.as for me, I am going back to playing my supreme commander and then,
keeping myself busy. 2008-04-10 17:46:16 the lobby has really hit a low this past few days. the number of lounge lizards hanging out in the soft seats could be counted in one hand. last night, I hung out at the lobby with the guru, and harrison ford. that was it.I did my rendition of bashing president bush in a debate with the guru. other than that, we pretty much just twiddled our thumbs. the talent was pitiful.brian piccolo, zorba the greek, dutch callahan, and timberwolf made cameo appearances.earlier in the night, I met up with harrison ford and the watcher for dinner at the sizzler. the watcher lended me some of his dvds to view over the songkran holiday. april 12-15.da brain left. he should be back in the states by now. the same with duece bigalow.received emails from the sarge.if I wasn't at the lobby, I kept myse Read more:myself
songkran is tomorrow! 2008-04-11 14:47:57 today was a day of preparations. since tomorrow
is the start of the thai holiday, this was the last day to stock up on provisions, and prepare myself for hibernation mode. some of you are probably wondering why I am not immersing myself into this holiday that is noted for a week of water fights. where adults and kids alike go around making everything and everybody wet. to put it bluntly - ..why in the fuck don't you enjoy it, bro?..the answer, ..the reasonlong ago, I DID enjoy the festivaties. but after seriously getting sick a few times after being drenched in water, I decided this holiday was not for me. how serious did I get sick, you ask? how does getting laid up in bed for at least a week sound to you? I have my suspicions that the water some people spray you with is tainted. Read more:songkran
day 2 - songkran 2008-04-13 19:07:47 have you ever met children who would watch the same movie, cartoon, etc. over and over again? I knew this one kid who watched star wars like over 50 times. and when he told me of the feat, he was beaming with pride. it used to always amazed me how some people could get so addicted to something - until today.you see, it is about 7am in the morning right now. I just finished watching another 12 episodes of heroes. I started watching them at 10pm last night. and just finished up no more than an hour ago. I saw all 24 episodes of the 1st season of heroes in less than 2 days.I truly know now how people can get caught up with those tv shows.get this. AND NOW.. I want to see what they already have for the 2nd season. I like the heroes tv series.anyway, so, what else happened to me yeste Read more:songkran
day 1 - songkran. 2008-04-13 01:26:10 the first day of songkran
went pretty quickly for me. to start with, I woke up at around 3pm in the afternoon. watched some tv. and then, did my routine search of the net for like 2 hours. after the net, I thought to myself. maybe it is time to treat myself to the new computer game - universe at war. the installation part of the game took me an hour since I had to download this huge 28 mb patch off the internet. but once that was completed, I had fun learning how to play the game. I played the game for like 2 hours before taking a break to my dinner of morning glory over rice. followed by some doughnuts. and a cup of coffee.I had 5 doughnuts and they were suppose to last me a few days. but as it turns out they didn't even last an hour.after dinner, I decided to start watching th
day 3 - songkran. 2008-04-15 17:33:13 I just read in the local bangkokpost newspaper. quote, "official songkran
celebrations will start to wind down." 13-15. that's it. hopefully no more water wars out in the streets. does that mean I can now venture out back to the lobby tonight? it's wednesday, you know - april 16. my frig is stocked up with enough food for another few days. but the yearning to go out is starting to get to me. hibernation is for the bears.well, we'll see... later today, I think I'll do a short walk around the neighborhood and see what the verdict is. I'm not too concerned with the little kids running around with water. ..it's the BIG kids that cause all the trouble with their 50 gallon barrels of water sitting in the back of their pickup trucks that scare me.yea! yea! YEA!!!!!so, what did I do last night, yo
rambling thoughts - the pineapple. 2008-04-16 21:55:34 it's about 10am in the morning. am I awake? no, not really. but for some reason I woke up even though I only had like 5 hours of sleep. is it old age? who knows...over to the left of me is this pineapple
that da brain gave me before he left. it's been like a week now. and I still haven't eaten it yet because it hasn't ripen yet.pineapples take a long time to get ripe, it seems.so, do you know when a pineapple is considered ripe? ..one of the lounge lizards in told me the secret. the guy with no name told me. he didn't want me to give him a nickname on my blog. so, I will call him mr. no name.mr. no name told me that a pineapple is ready to eat when you are able to pluck out one of it's leaves on the top of the pineapple easily. can't wait. the pineapple is slowly turning from Read more:thoughts
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