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day 4 - songkran? 2008-04-16 21:36:31 after thinking about it a little, I decided to stay indoors one more day. you never know, there might be some diehard wannabes who just don't know when to stop with the water wars.as it were, no big deal. I am starting to really get into "universe at war". as soon as I woke up, it was UAW, and that was the way it was - for the WHOLE DAY.I took a break for food of course. and then there was the 2 loads of laundry. some correspondence from david letterman, the sarge, and DQ. last but not least, somebody came over to buy my old lcd 17 inch monitor. that craigslist is really something else. ..it works.tomorrow or rather tonight (since it is about 5am right now), I will be sure to make it over to the looooobby. yes, it will be good to check out the scene once again after being away for Read more:songkran
new spot in the parking lot. 2008-04-19 22:04:09 I got up early yesterday to hang out with harrison ford at the mbk mall. had my usual khao moon gai with a bowl of soup at the food court. then, went to this thai coffee shop next to starbucks to eat my dessert. after the meal and coffee, we spent like 3 hours roaming around the mbk mall, and the siam paragon mall. at around 8pm, we separated and went our separate ways. I went home and took a power nap.come 10pm thereabouts, I got up and went to the parking lot. stood around looking at people for a while. since nothing seem to be going on, I walked around a little. noticed the guru standing up against the wall, and joined him in his usual location. standing against the wall really took a load off my feet, and I felt myself full of energy. somehow, got into these political debates
a whole day of "universe at war". 2008-04-21 08:16:45 am I a gamer? in my eyes I am. but I haven't yet migrated to online status. will I ever? ..probably not. playing computer games on my pc is very different from playing with another opponent over the internet. if I were to go the route of an online gamer, my guess is - the lobby would be ancient history for me. and of course, as we all know - that could never be.yesterday, I pretty much spent ALL day playing - universe at war. I finished EZ mode for all the different alien races in the - small campaign scenario. now, I am playing in medium mode in - small campaign scenario. there are 5 different campaign scenarios. and there are 3 different modes - EZ, medium, difficult. AND there are 3 alien races. each of the 5 campaigns consists of at least 50 battles.you can imagine how lon
shooting the breeze in the loooobby. 2008-04-22 00:39:16 got so caught up with playing universe at war, I almost didn't make it to the lobby tonight. as it were, I got there at around midnight.it was an above average scene. and mostly because of the lounge lizards that were present for roll call. let's see now. over in the back were timberwolf, dutch callahan, bronson. up front were singapore jimmy, captain kirk, the guru, and the dude. topics that we discussed include the genocide that occurred in indonesia back in the 60's. and this one lounge lizard's way to deal with supporting his thai family. ever consider opening up a small ranch/farm in thailand? imagine having some cows, some land for growing rice, and a fish pond for raising fish to pay the bills? wish I knew this option a long time ago as I remember another lounge lizard who Read more:shooting
another day of rain.. 2008-04-23 22:25:41 it rained again today. thunder and lighting even. as you can imagine, I didn't want to venture out when it was wet. so, I stayed home all day. viewed all 5 episodes of heroes - season 2 that I borrowed from david letterman. played some more universe at war. had some corn flakes with milk for breaksfast. some chicken rice porridge for lunch. and stir fried chinese brocolli over rice for dinner.since I didn't want to spend too much time today twiddling my thumbs or stare at the ceiling, I decided to do some update research on the status of solar power. still working on it. but let me give you this one interesting link to ponder over... day went quick as it is about 5am right now. later today, it remains to be seen what I will do. content that I am with just lounging at home. my rations are a
it rained today in the big mango. 2008-04-23 03:51:37 woke up around 3pm. didn't feel up to going out. so, I just laid there in bed for like 2 hours just staring at the ceiling. while laying there doing nothing, I thought about that tv series - heroes. and remembered david letterman's offer of lending me 5 episodes of season 2. this single thought was what got me to get up. after a quick phone call to david letterman to confirm the offer was still good, I got up and showered. the time was around 5pm. we agreed to meet at 10pm so that I could pick up the cds. 10pm was still about 5 hours away. so, guess what I did?played universe at war for a few hours. had a bowl of cereal, a banana, and a cup of coffee for my "late" breakfast.at 9pm, I took off to meet up with david. got there early. checked out his place. NICE. we traded not
strange weather for this time of year. 2008-04-24 14:37:16 get this. today, we had yet another day of rain. strange weather
patterns. normally, in april the weather gets hot. and you have sunny skies all the time. instead, we have been getting rain everyday. usually, this sort of weather occurs in june, july, august or september. so, what is up, you ask? I don't know. maybe it is happening because of global warming???as you might have guessed, I didn't go out tonight. I hate getting wet. and it definitely puts a damper on the night scene.so, there I was at home once again for another night twiddling my thumbs, watching tv, and surfing the web.I wonder what all the other lounge lizards are doing?guess I'll get some early sleep tonight. perhaps wake up early and go to the gym.hello kitty called me up a few times tonight. I wonder what s
my 2 cents on free trade. 2008-04-24 07:19:08 the mind is a muscle. if you don't exercise it, it gets weaker. towards the goal of exercising my mind, I decided to tackle the debate on free trade - is it good or bad?in an attempt to understand the issues involved, I must have read like 30+ articles on the subject that I found via a google search.I understand the idea behind free trade. that trade in itself has been proven to reduce poverty around the world. (?) that free trade maximizes efficiency of markets.many interesting reads... check out the following info on free trade.://rwor.org/a/v21/1030-039/1033/china.htmthe lasting impression that I got from all the readings is - nobody really knows if free trade is good or bad. so many examples of behavior contradictory to the policy can be found which go against what should have happen
it's saturday night, folks... 2008-04-26 17:06:28 AND it is not raining. didn't do anything in the daytime except play universe at war, surf the net, and watch tv. come 8pm, I got up, showered, had myself a small meal consisting of padkapow gai over rice, and phat seeyou moo. and then, it was off to the loooobby.the lobby was slow to begin with. there were only 2 lounge lizards lounging in the soft seats as I entered the lobby. the barber and zorba the greek. later on, mike jagger, and hawaiian bob joined us. and much later, I got a surprise visit from chevy chase, and julio igelsius who just got into town from brazil. julio told me the flight from brazil to bangkok took him 36 hours.after resting for a bit, we all decided to go out into the parking to check out the scene there. saw craig constantine, and general patton. first t Read more:folks
sino-american relations. 2008-04-29 01:21:49 I've been keeping strange hours these past 2 days. didn't go out at all. just stayed home. it seems I would sleep 4 hours and then get up for 4 hours. not sure what is up with me. but I don't feel physically sick. so, I am not too concerned. perhaps it is a minor phase in my life. looking in the mirror, my face is unshaven, and my hair is a mess. the thought goes through my mind - is this how howard hughes was like when he became a hermit?anyway, besides the sleeping on and off, I followed my regular routine of playing computer games, watching tv, and surfing the net.my only intellectual endeavor was to research the topic - sino-american relations - on the internet. I was curious as to how america got to the point where they developed a trade debt with mainland china of over a trillion dol
augusto - where are you? 2008-04-29 19:38:11 I finally got my butt out of bed, and went over to david letterman's place last night. picked up the other 5 episodes of heroes - season 2 that I didn't see. yes sir, I will definitely be watching some heroes later on today.after leaving david letterman's place, I went over to the lobby, and hung out there for a few hours. the first lounge lizard that came by to chat a bit was the dude. he tells me he is going to china soon for a visit. the next lounge lizard that comes by was chevy chase. it is his last day. going back to the states tomorrow. an hour passes before I see timberwolf, the barber, and dutch callahan. we get into this discussion about that crazy guy in austria who had 6 kids with his captive daughter. timberwolf mentions that hitler was also born in austria which was
iron man 2008-04-30 19:38:12 I saw that ironman movie yesterday. and man, I have to tell you, it was cool. I love movies based on marvel comics. this has got to be one of the best renditions so far. if you like special effects, you have got to catch this movie.the movie was the highlight of my day. before seening the movie, I had dinner with harrison ford over at this new japanese restaurant located in the central world mall. another hour of window shopping, and then, I went to see the movie.after the movie, I just went home and did my normal routine.no lobby.
back at the looobby. 2008-05-03 21:57:40 went to the lobby last night. I seem to be averaging a trip over there once every 3 days now. still somewhat slow. but had fun shooting the breeze with everybody. mostly ex-pat crowd.roll call... timberwolf, dutch callahan, the barber, general patton, craig constantine, eddie murphy, the tattoo man, candle, sweetheart, lady puu.mike jagger just came back from pattaya. but was too tired to hang out with me last night. the weather was nice.other than go to the lobby, I did 2 loads of laundry, and stocked up my frig for another 4 days. the china trip is coming up soon. so, I have to get serious about getting my visa for china soon. like within a week. oh. that reminds me. I have to also do a 90 day notice for thailand before may 11. maybe I'll do both visa chores on the same day.
in hibernation. 2008-05-08 01:44:13 my middle name must be "bear" because I didn't want to do anything for the past 3 days. last night, I DID manage to go out to the lobby late. but that was it for the last 3 days.the lobby was pretty empty when I got there. a few lounge lizards trickled in and out over the course of a few hours. first there was the barber, the bookkeeper, then, timberwolf, and general patton.the surprise of the night was - the handsome man, and patrick o'brien are back in town again. the last time either of them were here was about 3 months ago. I got word that da brain is coming back next month.harrison ford is still in pattaya. yai ming is here from singapore. he comes here so often I don't look at him as being a visitor anymore.while the lobby was slow, the parking lot was in full swing. (guys, t Read more:hibernation
inflation??? 2008-05-08 21:30:41 since I had some chores to do today, I didn't go to the lobby last night. nor did I go to sleep yet. yeah. I normally go to sleep around 5 or 6am every morning. but since I had to go do some visa stuff at the chinese embassy and the thai immigration, I stayed up. I thought to myself - today was the best day to get things done...as it turns out, it was the wrong day. you see, when I got to the thai immigration office, it was closed for some holiday. a wasted morning, and I still haven't gone to sleep yet. ugh!while riding the bus back to my place, I said to myself, I have to do something to make up for this wasted morning. so, I decided to go shop for some groceries. get this, prices for almost everything has sky rocketed. I couldn't believe my eyes. stuff that would have cost me
reflecting on life. 2008-05-12 00:26:22 I woke up today with high hopes of getting 2 things done. 1) do my 90 day notice at thai immigration, and 2) get my visa for china. I got the 90 day notice. but I couldn't get the visa for china. so, I have to go back tomorrow and try.so, what happened that caused me to not do these 2 things today, you ask?just one of those days, I guess. both places were jammed packed with people. the china
I believe in global warming. 2008-05-11 14:06:42 well, didn't go to the lobby tonight. opting to rest so that I have energy to wake up early to complete the tasks that I couldn't do last friday. get visa for china, and report 90 days at thai immigration.it's about 2am right now, monday morning. read email from the sarge, and vito. errol flynn was nice enough to treat me to a beer for my birthday. what a guy.just now, I went out on my balcony Read more:believe
is it just me??? 2008-05-13 01:54:26 it seems like there are a lot more natural disasters happening around the world. more so than what is usually the norm. first we had a string of tornados in the states, then, the cyclone in burma, and now the earthquake in china. what gives???am I only one noticing this series of events??? something to think about...anyway, so, this morning, I made another trip to the chinese embassy. got the
the city of vallejo, california going bankrupt!?!! 2008-05-15 01:11:50 it may seems odd to my readers why I even bother to comment about a place so far away from bangkok, thailand. as it were, in another life, this city was in my neighborhood. so, yes, it concerns me somewhat.nobody wants to see places where they have lived going to pot.so, what have I got to say about the place and their bankruptcy proceedings?..I just reviewed all their financial statements (everyt
it's raining everyday now. 2008-05-14 23:38:00 the way the rain comes and goes nowadays here in bangkok, you would think it was august already. sort of nice in a way because my electricity bills are much less because it is not as hot as is normally the case at this time of the year.last night, I didn't make it to the lobby as I had hoped. what was suppose to be a 2 hour nap turned out to be a 6 hour thing. then, there was the rain outside. yea
success at last! 2008-05-14 04:33:25 yesterday, I had a little chat with the watcher. we were both sort of thinking that we won't be able to go to china later this month. but as of this morning, those thoughts have all disappeared. yes, I think we can safely say - mission accomplished.we pulled out all the stops to ensure that we wouldn't be denied the visas. the watcher received a fax from the hotel in china late last night. an
the lobby was fun tonight. 2008-05-16 16:45:12 well, after 8 days away from the lobby
, I was finally able to make it back for a visit tonight. and would you believe it? I found out that there are a number of lounge lizards back in town.roll call - kaito, the big kahuna, the silver surfer, norman rockwell, DocD, long time jessie, rawhide, general patton, the guru, jacques cousteau, the handsome man, patrick o'brien, the bookkeeper, myoung-ho,
things are falling into place. 2008-05-16 02:24:33 it's funny how things
seem to fall in place at times. I was planning on taking my backup notebook on this the trip to china. I never thought about the possibility that the wifi on it would not work once I got to china until last night.while updating and improving the security on my router by updating the router firmware, turning on wpa-psk security, hidden ssid, and implementing the mac address Read more:falling
back on solar.. 2008-05-17 23:47:53 I haven't talked about solar technology in a while. so, I went back and did some research to see what is the latest up and coming stuff.after reading some 60 articles out there, I came across something that I thought would be interesting for everybody to read...infiniacorp is coming out with a new product (finally) that will produce 3kW by the end of this year. infiniacorp is the same outfit that
my thoughts on life and death. 2008-05-17 10:57:15 last night while hanging out with some of the lounge lizards, one of the lounge lizards told me non-chalantly that he had an angioplasty operation done on him recently. when he told me this, I looked into his eyes, and saw just how seriously it affected him.this was heavy duty stuff to him.when I asked him how he felt about the operation, he sort of tried to hide the fact that he was scared. but I Read more:thoughts
, death
at this very moment... 2008-05-17 09:41:44 it is raining cats and dogs outside my window here in bangkok, thailand. the time is about 9:33pm at night. from my seat near my bed, I am writing this post while listening to the petter patter of the rain.so, what is going on through my mind, you ask?nothing much. just sort of sitting back and relaxing through it all. physically, I feel ok. no back ache. I feel somewhat hungry.the next thin
cars running on hydrogen. 2008-05-19 18:38:31 have you heard about the latest technology coming down the pipeline on cars running
on hydrogen
?well, it seems some group of people have come up with a new technology that resolves the problem of storing hydrogen for use in a car that runs on hydrogen.people have debated and even written books on the subject saying that hydrogen cannot be the wave of the future replacing oil because of the storage
Got my visa for China!!!! 2008-05-20 23:57:10 the big event of the day was - I GOT MY VISA!!! YEA!!!!I got to the chinese embassy here in bangkok at around 9am. they open at 9am. the number of people waiting in line was very small. only about 30 people. no crowds, no waiting for an hour or so. after I got the visa, I looked at it for a moment and thought to myself - china, here I come. hehehe. the watcher called me later on, and told Read more:China
taco night. 2008-05-22 20:03:50 the big event yesterday was going over to the watcher's place and chowing down on tacos. hawaiian bob, mike jagger, yours truly, and the watcher attending.afterwards, the watcher took care of some "business". so, the rest of us went over to the lobby to hang out. as soon as we got to the lobby, this huge cloud burst came down upon us. talk about perfect timing. another minute, and we would ha
home, Home on the range... 2008-05-21 14:30:08 where the deer and the lounge lizards play.. today was another one of those days where I just stayed home. cooked a big pot of rice porridge like my college friend, lo fau, used to do when we prepared to play mahjong.all I did for the whole day was sip on that "joke" as I watched tv and played computer games.the life.no worries. no headaches. no stress.it's about 2am in the morning right now.
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