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Cinderella at work.  I scrub dirty dishes, put them into the dishwasher, dry them, stack them up properly.  I cut my finger last night, thanks to the silliness of a waitress who stacked the plates so high that it keeled over into the sink and broke into a million pieces.  I was picking out the broken pieces and accidentally cut myself.  When I got to work yesterday, the ‘evil stepmother’ (not my stepmother, and she’s not evil AT ALL), asked me to have dinner first (they usually prepare dinner for us and supper after the work is done), that is after I repeatedly refuse due to the vast amount of dirty dishes and pots and whatnot.  So I was enjoying my food, when she approached me, with all smiles, telling me to cook rice.  Touched by the sweetness of her face, I told her I will.  I resumed eating.  She came back again, and smiled, and said, “Daron, when I ask you to cook rice, I mean NOW!”  In my mind, Gosh lady, you told me to eat and now yo...

Encounter #1:  On speaking with an Aussie Bloke: Daron:  So how much traveling have you done? Aussie Bloke:  Huh? Daron:  Have you traveled out of Australia? Aussie Bloke:  Yeah!  I went to Bali several years ago.  Daron:  Did you like it? Aussie Bloke:  Yeah, it was awesome.  Balinese people are the nicest bunch.  Have you been there before? Daron:  Oh, I have yet to set foot in Indonesia.  Aussie Bloke:  Huh? Daron:  Mmm, Bali’s in Indonesia, and I’ve never been to any parts of Indonesia.  Aussie Bloke:  Isn’t Bali a country? Daron:  Creak.  FYI – Aussies love Bali, for some reason.  They get treated like royalty when they’re over there, plus everything is very cheap.  Just like in Australia, they pick fights with the Asians (locals of Bali) even when on a foreign land.  Encounter #2:  On speaking with a Thai colleague: Thai lady colleague ente...

I've decided I want to visit Kelambu Beach when I return to the Land Below the Wind in December. For more info check out Kelambu Beach here .

I’ve been here since the 15th of February and I’ve been scouring around for a job.  Finally, after much waiting I got one.  Though it’s only a one day thing (due to schedule conflicts), my employer said that she’ll try to work something out for me so I can drop by more than once a week.  Oh, I haven’t mentioned, I’m washing dishes at a Thai restaurant.  I was waiting for my friend at the train station yesterday so she could take me to the restaurant.  As I was waiting, a train pulled up and out came a man.  There were Train Officers at the station and they asked him to move back from the train that was now leaving.  The man ignored their request and pulled up his shirt and rubbed his nipples on the train window, giving the passengers an eyeful.  All four Train Officers then grabbed the man and had to pin him down.  Later the Train Officers were joined by police officers, who charged him for offensive behavior.  At the restaurant ever...

It just makes me wonder how the people here can tolerate strangers mocking them.  Yesterday I went to the beach with a church friend, and he had the Knights jersey on.  We were heading towards the water, passing by a group of fat Aussie teens and they started calling my friend a freakin’ Knights bleep.  I could’ve easily called them fatsos but I didn’t.  It’s just plain stupid.  They don’t like it when they are called names yet they find it unproblematic to taunt on others.  Anyway, this is the beach I was at.  Noby’s Beach.  I laid around shirtless reading a book.  It’s nice when you have a big beach to almost yourself.  It was so windy that soon my stuff were covered in sand. 

racist housemate called my korean housemate a north korean and called us chinese communists.  it’s just pathetic to see how uncultured some people may be.  and the misconception that anyone with blond hair and blue eyes and fair skin is superior than the rest makes me nauseous.  i’m angry but i’m silent.  no point feeding more coal into the flames. 

what the full name for bangkok was are you ready? here it is: krung thep mahanakhon bovorn ratanakosin mahintharayutthaya mahadilok pop noparatratchathani burirom udomratchanivetmahasathan amornpiman avatarnsathit sakkathattiyavisnukarmprasit we'd usually resolve to using its more poetic name, krung thep, meaning the city of angels :)

In retrospect, I’ve had countless weeks waiting for this very moment.  I’m halfway through the semester: 3 more weeks to go before the 2-week mid semester break, followed by another 3 more weeks of classes, then the semester would be over by then.  There is the internship that will be going on after school wraps up but I’m not so worried about that :) Thanks to the massive amount of stress I have been ‘receiving’ I have successfully cropped nasty zits on my forehead and on the base of my jaw.  They are now dark brown with a visible white tip – an acne volcano ready to erupt and spew out thick gooey green puss.  I’ve been returning from Uni late in the evenings.  Not a very wise thing to do but I found that I accomplish more whilst being there.  I don’t trust myself in the bedroom, things can turn pretty wild.  One moment I’m sitting on my desk, the next I’m comfortably snoozing on my bed.  Like this: oh by the way, I am totally sold out t...

All I hear this week was whitenoise, during the endless lectures, late nights at the library, even hanging out with friends.  WHITENOISE.  It’s like how older people can’t hear high frequencies.  Some of the things I’ve been up to: Predicate Logic - “John met every happy linguist” could also be translated into ∀x(M(j, (l(x) àh(x))) Truth Tables - p q r ~q (pà~q) (q v r) (pà~q)& (q v r) T T T F F T F T T F F F T F T ...