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Got a short course of digital photograpy this easter holiday since icouldn't go back home.
went out to take pictures on southbank and on the way to work spotted the crew filming movie and next
right in front of me was Jude Law standing and looking at me while i made a surprising face.

I decided to stay on and saw the shooting the movie in this fish market. 
This is what i like about london..always some surprises even in the ordinary place.

  

I couldn't believe that i forgot my project on the tube on the way back home. and i couldn't recall which line i left it on.

So i went to report the lost & found office ..told them it was either Northen Line or Jubilee Line.   So far,  they haven't found
it.  I am totally wrecked. and i didn't even have a mood to redo it..and some of it was so difficult to redo, especially sketching at
Wallace Collection for 4 days due to photograph prohibited.  

Now, i have no idea what i 'm gonna hand it in when the term starts :( ..really wanna cry

it's only been 2 days of 2007....and it didn't seem to be a bright to me.

But it's gonna be brighter

One day to go before i fly off to london.  I just decide to blog this to thank you some special people in my life who have helped me make this move happened in the end.

1.  My Taro Card Reader

Sounds a bit stupid...but i have to say it's him to made me this decision.  It's not that i follow what he said.  But he is 'confirmation' of my move.  

2.  Aero (my gal friend :)  

Words can't be used to describe how fast this friendship has developed.  Knowing you is like life being connected with some part that had been left unfound. and now it's 'back to where it belongs' .  I love you so much..and we surely see each other again soon.

3.  My cousin.

You are the only person i have trusted with all my heart.  my love to you is really unconditional.

4.  Chris.

my sister hahhaha.   thanx for being there when i was down. 

4.  Raymond

Thank you for the book 'The alchemist' .  Without this book , i don't think i would never have made it happen.  Your comment is motivating.




5.  Madonna...thank you for the superb song 'Jump'.    it's so inspirational.  And it's so true in your lyric saying..
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I haven’t got much time to waste, it’s time to make my way
I’m not afraid of what I’ll face, but I’m afraid to stay ...

.....and yes i'm ready to JUMP

and last but not least....

My british friend

without you cheating on me, i would not have opened my eyes and thought about this direction.  I would have just fallen deeper and deeper in this comfort zone of my useless life in bangkok.  

This is what you get at the end of the day.

1)  All the work that you've done are not highly appreciated.   It's nothing to do with your performance ..it's just people here has a big latency and high degree of resistance.    Well, it probably will be one day they realise.....maybe in 5 years time.

2) All expats here are purely hypocrites.  They are trying to show false management skill on the surface.  They are open with all advices, and trying to push people to take initiatives.  But in fact THEY ARE NOT.  They still want to be CONTROL Freaks. They actually dislike and get annoyed if we are trying to step in front.   They want us to think they are the best and do what they want us to do.  What a load of bollocks!!!!

Maybe what people said is true about Expat in AP.  They are F.I.L.T.H   (Fail In London , Try Hong kong) .  That is why they need some psychological.

got to the office and found one email which was quite hilarious but absurd.

Basically, we have one of the top management guys named 'Anchalee'.   Apparently, there is a new person with the same name currently.  So, they are getting worried that people might have been sending email to the wrong person. (cos in Lotus Note, you only type a few characters and it retrieves the close-matched name).

So..here is the way this Big Anchalee dealing with this situation....... (here is her email).


"The temporary staff in Accounting Dept will have another name. IT will send you her new name soon.

Thanks"


(oh yes, she even bold 'have another name' in the email).

I mean..you just can't change people name just because they have the same name as you. did she even think about how caucasians dealing with the names  John...James..Will..Ken..Dorothy..Angela..??? Mental !

So what's gonna happen now??

a)  No more Anchalee of course.
b)  Any Anchalee can't be hired in this office. (this violates discrimination law and equal opportunities)
c)  how about people here are given new name as Non-Anchalee 1, Non-Anchalee2....Non-Anchalee_n-1(where n= total number of people in the office)

A good friend got us in the special place to sight Firework.  It is the navy office by the river.  It was 'By Invitation Only' place.  So we started the journey by taking boat taxi and stopping at one stop after grand palace and it is on the other side of BKK, which is Thonburi side.  

On the way by the boat , caught the impressive temple of dawn with dusking sky as backgroup

We carried on the journey by taking a taxi which is about 10 minutes (plus a slight jam and navigating the place).  Then we were walking pass Temple of Dawn entrance which was fully lit up with dark sky.





then we reached the gate of the navy office.  Told the soldier in front that we were the guess of one of the general. After a few walkie talkie, they finally got us in.  The site was superb for watching firework with a little glimpse of Grand Palace at the far end





What we didnt' expect was the firework got fired from the metal boat right infront of us. so the view was magnificent but noisy.








Another picture of Temple of Dawn taken inside of the navy office (right next to the temple) ..this is taken with w800i





here the pain came...after firework , the traffic was tremendously bad. We spent an hour walking to Big Circular where we finally got us the taxi.

On the way , saw one community got flags up ..quite nice




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LONG LIVE THE KING