My life didn’t get effect much when the world had the economic crisis’s... Tequila crisis, Tom yum kung crisis or even the recent one Hamburger crisis... all of those crisis’s effected the whole world and everybody even the man who dig a yam in Africa still feel the effect. But what affect my life so much like the constipation that gripping the nation was one bar of soap!
These sounds like the Hollywood comedy that will make you laugh till the popcorn choked up your throat. Just read and learn the lesson from it.
As we know, hot water is the best way to remove the dirt and relax your muscle but you don’t know that sometime it can make your hand muscles feel too relax and can’t even grip a bar of soap. So that how it started with me. The soap was perfectly landing to the toilet bowl. Ordinary people will just pick it up and put it in the trashcan. But well if it simple likes that it was not me. I am always so thoughtful and like to experiment. So I didn’t pick it up and just looked and thought it would be a good way to let the soap dissolved then it can clean the toilet. My hand clean---My toilet clean---Win win!
But Wiseman says “No lucky for a stupid man” and that’s why not only the toilet is not clean when I flushed but the bar of soap got stuck in there also!!!
“Don’t panic” that was what I told and soothed myself when I realized what stupid thing I have done. Soap bar will be dissolved sometime and I can execrate it with some chemical and maybe hot water. HA! I am so smart but well..the truth is sometime the theory, it’s just a theory. Nothing changed with my toilet and it was 2-3days already that I have been tired So I can’t use my own toilet, and I have to wandered around the town to use toilet here and there like a little bee that jumping from those flower to this flower looking for nectar. Sound cute alright? But to tell you the truth it’s not that fun!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Food's War
I have read that Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are known for some foods, Nasi Lamak, Lasak and Hainanese Chicken, as their national foods. This caused me a delima because as the matter of fact all of these dishes originated from Chinese and Indian foods. Those two countries should get credit for that! Don’t even think that China and India would join this fight. We all know that culinary was boiled by different cooking methods, baked by different ingredients, and stir-fired or seasoned by people taste. Once you learn how to cook one food you would not cook the same way for 100 years, your cooking style would evolve, wouldn't it? But so to speak, those 2 foods that they are fighting over didn’t taste so good. I rather ask for Chili-fishsauce to add on, or even Tabassco.
Well, it seems like the food issue could turn to be a political issue. Ooops better not talk about political because Thailand just get through that issue!
Bon Appetit and have a wonderful PJ DAY!
Well, it seems like the food issue could turn to be a political issue. Ooops better not talk about political because Thailand just get through that issue!
Bon Appetit and have a wonderful PJ DAY!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Miguel Angel Huesca Mariscal
Miguel Angel Huesca Mariscal
The passion of art and culture brought us to know each other. Our friendship simply started from a nice chat and turn to be a coffee and a drink. During daytime we checked every bookstore in our sight to find history and art book. He always suggested that I read this book and that book. He had a wide and wild interested in Thai culture more than anyone would know. He got every good book about Thailand and eager to get more. Knowing him made me want to study more about my country.
Swapping newspapers during lunch instead of breakfast is one thing I always remember about him. We never made appointment in the early morning because the night before we always go out to drink till almost early in the morning. Then noon or 1pm always the time for us to meet for coffee and breakfast (that is what we called). We would go through the newspaper that we put between us. And he would read newspaper in every section except business section and keep comic section for the last. It was like having desert after the main course.
And after reading the newspaper, we would follow it with the discussion and the various topics would be all over the lunch table from political to world event. Talking with him required me to read a lot and know a lot about everything. Because when he ask you something when you answer him you or discuss with him is required to have a full data and analysis. Otherwise you can’t debate with him. He always was talkative and opening himself to the whole world as an open non-fiction book. But sometime he turned to be unbelievable quiet guy and just sitting there looking out with non-focusing, he can turn to be a book that been locked in the shelf also.
I praised him for being very smart and intellectual guy. Besides the interest in Art and Culture that we shared. I think we both have the same character, Prideful and full of shit. And you may wonder why and here is the best example.
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech that you will ever regret”
Laurence J.Peter said that and I think both of Miguel and I realized that was so true. To cut the story short , we had and argument and yelled at each other on the trip to Ayutthaya in 2008. And it supposed to be alright only if one of u just say the word “I am sorry” right away at that time. I would not go on detail but I can tell you that I am not proud of what happen. It jeopardized my friendship between me and him for awhile. Until one day that I send email by mistake to him and one day that he called me when he drunk. We knew from our conversation that even doesn’t have any word “I am sorry” slipped out from out mouth but we feel sorry of what we had done. We just move on over it and looking to meet sometime when he comes here for study Thai language in Sept 2009.
Knowing he was supposed to be here already in September made me tried to send email to him in 14 Oct 2009 to welcome him back to Bangkok and hope to meet him for coffee again sometime. But that all was my idea without knowing that at that time he was suffering from cancer and he passes away on 24 Oct 2009.
And without knowing this he was gone I decided to send email to him once again on November after I dreamed of him one night. That was the night that I should have known that he came to say good bye to me.
And this is the part of the email that I sent to him ....
“Something about Spain reminded me that last night I had a dream about you.
Which was not that good dream at all. I dreamed that you were in Thailand and you had pain in your tummy and you didn’t want to go to see doctor.
You were stubborn like usual until you got so sick and had to go to hospital.
Well I hope you were not be like that in real life and I don't know why I had a dream like that.
Anyways how is your life? hope thing is going well with you.
I don't even sure that where are you now.
Take care,
PJ “
There was no chance for us for officially apologize about what happen between us. I know what he would say if we pick up that topic while he is smoking. (Don’t know why but we always have a serious talk about life when he was smoking.) Imagine that he would smoke and just say “Don’t worry about that, man, your apologize accepted” and would come with a little bit smile on his face then he would squeeze his cigarette and turn to me and he would just say with slightly spanish accent “Me too” knowing that I would forgive him also for sure and our friendship is still remain and never broke then we both burst out the laughing and with smile. After that we would just go to get some beer and cheers for our friendship again.
Good bye Miguel...My friend. You will be in my heart and I will not forget you. May you requiescat in pace my friend Miguel Angel Huesca Mariscal ... until we meet again.
Pijit
The passion of art and culture brought us to know each other. Our friendship simply started from a nice chat and turn to be a coffee and a drink. During daytime we checked every bookstore in our sight to find history and art book. He always suggested that I read this book and that book. He had a wide and wild interested in Thai culture more than anyone would know. He got every good book about Thailand and eager to get more. Knowing him made me want to study more about my country.
Swapping newspapers during lunch instead of breakfast is one thing I always remember about him. We never made appointment in the early morning because the night before we always go out to drink till almost early in the morning. Then noon or 1pm always the time for us to meet for coffee and breakfast (that is what we called). We would go through the newspaper that we put between us. And he would read newspaper in every section except business section and keep comic section for the last. It was like having desert after the main course.
And after reading the newspaper, we would follow it with the discussion and the various topics would be all over the lunch table from political to world event. Talking with him required me to read a lot and know a lot about everything. Because when he ask you something when you answer him you or discuss with him is required to have a full data and analysis. Otherwise you can’t debate with him. He always was talkative and opening himself to the whole world as an open non-fiction book. But sometime he turned to be unbelievable quiet guy and just sitting there looking out with non-focusing, he can turn to be a book that been locked in the shelf also.
I praised him for being very smart and intellectual guy. Besides the interest in Art and Culture that we shared. I think we both have the same character, Prideful and full of shit. And you may wonder why and here is the best example.
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech that you will ever regret”
Laurence J.Peter said that and I think both of Miguel and I realized that was so true. To cut the story short , we had and argument and yelled at each other on the trip to Ayutthaya in 2008. And it supposed to be alright only if one of u just say the word “I am sorry” right away at that time. I would not go on detail but I can tell you that I am not proud of what happen. It jeopardized my friendship between me and him for awhile. Until one day that I send email by mistake to him and one day that he called me when he drunk. We knew from our conversation that even doesn’t have any word “I am sorry” slipped out from out mouth but we feel sorry of what we had done. We just move on over it and looking to meet sometime when he comes here for study Thai language in Sept 2009.
Knowing he was supposed to be here already in September made me tried to send email to him in 14 Oct 2009 to welcome him back to Bangkok and hope to meet him for coffee again sometime. But that all was my idea without knowing that at that time he was suffering from cancer and he passes away on 24 Oct 2009.
And without knowing this he was gone I decided to send email to him once again on November after I dreamed of him one night. That was the night that I should have known that he came to say good bye to me.
And this is the part of the email that I sent to him ....
“Something about Spain reminded me that last night I had a dream about you.
Which was not that good dream at all. I dreamed that you were in Thailand and you had pain in your tummy and you didn’t want to go to see doctor.
You were stubborn like usual until you got so sick and had to go to hospital.
Well I hope you were not be like that in real life and I don't know why I had a dream like that.
Anyways how is your life? hope thing is going well with you.
I don't even sure that where are you now.
Take care,
PJ “
There was no chance for us for officially apologize about what happen between us. I know what he would say if we pick up that topic while he is smoking. (Don’t know why but we always have a serious talk about life when he was smoking.) Imagine that he would smoke and just say “Don’t worry about that, man, your apologize accepted” and would come with a little bit smile on his face then he would squeeze his cigarette and turn to me and he would just say with slightly spanish accent “Me too” knowing that I would forgive him also for sure and our friendship is still remain and never broke then we both burst out the laughing and with smile. After that we would just go to get some beer and cheers for our friendship again.
Good bye Miguel...My friend. You will be in my heart and I will not forget you. May you requiescat in pace my friend Miguel Angel Huesca Mariscal ... until we meet again.
Pijit
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Pineapple
After a long day, I came back home from Ayutthaya trip with the sweat that soaked me wet from head to toes. A cold shower is the only way to refresh me. Turn the shower on and then let my thought flowing with the running water through my head and body. I was relaxing with the smell of the orange flower fragrance in the shampoo but the pineapple smell of the soap was wakening me up.
Pineapple always reminds me of hot humid summer, the juicy sweet smell would hang in the kitchen. We have pineapple for whole summer then it’s not a special fruit for us at all. And now thank you for an agriculture technology that makes pineapple can be grown in every part of Thailand in every season. This makes pineapple more common and less special.
You can check on Pineapple rating by asking anybody you know in Thailand what is the most favorite fruit? I bet you with high-tea at Peninsula Hotel that nobody would mention about Pineapple at all. The poor simple Pineapple. They eat it almost every day and just forget it as fast as they eat it.
I once worked with one girl. She was normal looking, nice and easy to work with but nothing in particular for other. She worked in personal department, other department believes that you can hire anyone to do a job in personal department because it brainless and a very common job. Her job dealt with air tickets with me that why we became friend but one day she was fired. Nobody out of her department would notice that she gone at all. She is just someone who comes and goes...common and nothing special like Pineapple.
Pineapple always reminds me of hot humid summer, the juicy sweet smell would hang in the kitchen. We have pineapple for whole summer then it’s not a special fruit for us at all. And now thank you for an agriculture technology that makes pineapple can be grown in every part of Thailand in every season. This makes pineapple more common and less special.
You can check on Pineapple rating by asking anybody you know in Thailand what is the most favorite fruit? I bet you with high-tea at Peninsula Hotel that nobody would mention about Pineapple at all. The poor simple Pineapple. They eat it almost every day and just forget it as fast as they eat it.
I once worked with one girl. She was normal looking, nice and easy to work with but nothing in particular for other. She worked in personal department, other department believes that you can hire anyone to do a job in personal department because it brainless and a very common job. Her job dealt with air tickets with me that why we became friend but one day she was fired. Nobody out of her department would notice that she gone at all. She is just someone who comes and goes...common and nothing special like Pineapple.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Room for improvement
When was the last time you started something new?
I got hit by that question, and I have to confess that I can’t answer it right away. I had another kind of similar question, especially during New Year ... What is your plan for this year?
For me, unfortunately, that type of question would lead to the same answer as well.
And this is my answer few days ago: No plan..Nothing new..Same old Same old.
Sound like a looser alright? Well... I have to thank you for people who asked me that question because it made me want to see myself doing something new, something fresh and something that will be good for me.
Sometime we know for sure, that there are things that we need to stop, quit or improve. Those things become one part of your life like the Cholesterol in your blood vain. Hard to see but you know it is inside there somewhere. And you would know exactly when someone technically tell you.
I like the word that my friend said that he need “room for improvement” and I told him I am sure everybody does have room for improvement but it depends on if they would realize of the existing of that room and the question for them is ... Would they open the room for improvement or not?
Before I would let myself got stunned by those type of question again then I decided that this year I will organize my life in many ways and start something new for example...Changing shop and restaurant every time I have dinner with a friend...Write down every penny that I earn or spend...Make a list of the movie I see and the book I read...Make a trip to somewhere I never been. And as you can see that I started to write a blog again :)
Now if I got the question about this year plan or start something new again I am sure I can talk about my plan and thing that I am going to do for hour :)
And what about you ... Are you ready to start something new?
I got hit by that question, and I have to confess that I can’t answer it right away. I had another kind of similar question, especially during New Year ... What is your plan for this year?
For me, unfortunately, that type of question would lead to the same answer as well.
And this is my answer few days ago: No plan..Nothing new..Same old Same old.
Sound like a looser alright? Well... I have to thank you for people who asked me that question because it made me want to see myself doing something new, something fresh and something that will be good for me.
Sometime we know for sure, that there are things that we need to stop, quit or improve. Those things become one part of your life like the Cholesterol in your blood vain. Hard to see but you know it is inside there somewhere. And you would know exactly when someone technically tell you.
I like the word that my friend said that he need “room for improvement” and I told him I am sure everybody does have room for improvement but it depends on if they would realize of the existing of that room and the question for them is ... Would they open the room for improvement or not?
Before I would let myself got stunned by those type of question again then I decided that this year I will organize my life in many ways and start something new for example...Changing shop and restaurant every time I have dinner with a friend...Write down every penny that I earn or spend...Make a list of the movie I see and the book I read...Make a trip to somewhere I never been. And as you can see that I started to write a blog again :)
Now if I got the question about this year plan or start something new again I am sure I can talk about my plan and thing that I am going to do for hour :)
And what about you ... Are you ready to start something new?
Saturday, January 2, 2010
The afternoon tea at Au Bon Pain
I am sitting here at the Au Bon Pain and observing people through the glass wall.
Relaxing and trying to be at ease as much as I can while I am writing this.
One cute young couple were sitting and enjoying coffee form the white steamy mugs. The cloud of the coffee mixed with their perfect white teeth laughing made this whole shop seem to getting brighter even in the very bright sunny day like this. From the way they look at each other, the way they talk ... and the way the laugh. It was not difficult at all to tell that ... they are in love :)
But that still can’t compare with this old couple. I can’t stop smiling when I saw the old gentleman, who went to get the hot water for lady and pour her tea and she tear a small sugar bag in his tea without asking how much he want. ...It was just a glimmer of care that was showing but I can see that is real.
They feel comfortable with each other like the couple who live together for long time should be. Time bonds them together. They must of gone through a lot of things in life together, and of course must had some hard time. No doubt but at least now they are here showing love and care to each other.
This is what many people would like to see and would like to be, and with no exception... Me too :)
I still keep smiling about what I just saw ... even those couple was gone somewhere already. But the love is still in the air :)
Thank you JJ (My Editor)
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