Pork anyone ?
Nasi Goreng with pok ?
Murtabak with pok ?
Mee Goreng with pok ?
Pok intestine soup ?
Nasi Babi ?
Curry with Pok ?
This one i dunno real a not la, but dun try to "POK" around next time you go to those prata shops! *hahaha*
January 2007 Archives
Hmmmmm, so wats the next field to be in if you wanna earn big bucks ?
There were the lawyers, doctors and pilots etc.
Traditionally that is.
The next big thing ? It must be to work for charity/religious organizations.
Like what one of my ex-gf's dad ever said (i overheard him saying it)
"When I retire from my job, I am going to become a pastor! Cause every week, my members need to pay tithe and more often than not, they will donate money to my "whatever" projects!
I will take the money , go open a office in CBD and buy BMWs and Benz!"
And if you been reading the newspaper or seen the news on tv, you should had read about Mr Durai or the other saga involving Mr Lim.
Now tell me, the money we donated for such "divine" and "sacred" purpose, are they really going where they SHOULD be going ? Or are they being used for to improve the social status of some idiots ?
I believe in religions and charities, but not when they become too commercialise.... once that happens, things ALWAYS gets hay-wired.... always....
So this is what happens when you try to shoot with a super wide angle lens! hahaha!
Never knew that "kupping" corners with CG125s can be so much fun!
Yup, you got that right! a CG125!!! Who in the whole hell world would "kup" with that ah pek looking bike that no one (k maybe a small handful) would buy ? Well I did "kup" with it!
But it was thru' the Defensive Riding Course (DRC) that I got the chance to do it.
How many would have the chance to have the full SSDC circult to themselves ? No need to signal, give way, watever shit, do wat you want, how fast you want, basically there's no law, rules or regulations, you are set free in the wild wild west~!~!
It was definitely a fun and worthwhile experience!
You learn new things , new skills, and these skills would be necessary should you ever fall into those critical situations. =)
Basically the DRC is 3 part.
Theory.
Stimulator.
Practical.
And the practical itself is sub divided into 3 subjects too.
1. Chase the Instructor - basically whats involve is you gotta chase the instructor, both start on level grounds, with the same bike. He will take corners after corners and you are suppose to chase him! What we learn here is how to enter corners smoothly and safely, not so much on the fast "Rossi" factor though.
2. Counter Steering - The instructor will teach you how to "purposely" skid your bike! And once the bike skid, how should you react so that you would come to a safe stop. Most fun part for me! Time to learn power-sliding! hahaha =p
3. Tight Turnings - The instructor wants you to take slow, controlled turns in the width of a single lane. Now that's hell lot of toughness! I came. I tried but I never conquer.... got conquered instead... But that gave me new insight! New stuffs to learn! Its better to be skillful and safe than to be not skillful and safe right ? =p
I really recommend ALL BIKERS to go for this course! Worth the money! Its a good experience. This course cost peanuts, just $50!!! But it sure teaches a lot more for the price you pay!
GO GO GO !! =)
(ok now I can go into ALL camps and not fear that I get pull over and refused entry into camps for not possessing the DRC!)
Two dead as New Year blasts rock Thai capital
Posted: 01 January 2007 0240 hrs
BANGKOK : Two people were killed and 36 injured, including nine foreigners, in a wave of mysterious bombings that forced Thailand to cancel its New Year celebrations, officials said on Monday.
Festivities were called off in Bangkok and the northern city of Chiang Mai after six explosions ripped across the capital within about an hour from 5:20 pm (1020 GMT), killing two and wounding more than 20.
Another two blasts exploded shortly before midnight near Central World Plaza where Bangkok's main celebrations were to have been staged, injuring 11 more people including nine Westerners.
The attacks capped a year of political turmoil in Bangkok and were the first violence since a September coup toppled the government of prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Thousands of people had gathered at a plaza outside a shopping mall in central Bangkok to watch musicians and actors count down to 2007 before the bombings forced festivities to be cancelled.
The first blast hit downtown Sukhumvit Road, one of Bangkok's main arteries, at 5:20 PM (1020 GMT), and five more followed within about an hour.
The worst attack was at the Victory Monument in central Bangkok at 5:30 pm (1030 GMT), where at least 13 people were injured when a device exploded at a bus stop.
Other blasts hit two police traffic posts in the north of the city and a Chinese temple in downtown Bangkok, while another device went off behind a department store in an eastern suburb.
Then minutes before midnight, another bomb exploded in a telephone booth and along a canal near the plaza where New Year would have been celebrated.
- Taken from Channel News Asia
The Blasts.
1. Near the Victory Monument.
2. In Klong Toei area near Na Ranong Intersection.
3. Near Big C supermarket Sapan Kwai Branch.
4. Seacon Square Shopping mall.
5. Police box at the entrance of Sukhumvit Road.
6. Police box near the Khae Rai intersection in north Bangkok.
7. Tesco Lotus Supermarket , Prachachuen branch.
- Taken from The New Paper
These bombings happened in Bangkok on the eve of New Year.
Just barely 12 days after my return from the Land Of Smiles and a lot of things changed.
I never ever expected this... This could after all happen to me if I were to stay 12 days more...
During my stay in BKK, I stayed at this hotel called Washington Suite. Its located at Sukhumvit Road, near the Saphan Kwai BTS station.
Merely 5-7 minutes walk away.
And the Big C Saphan Kwai Branch was a place we inevitably had to bypass if we were to walk to the BTS station from our hotel.
Whats more ? Victory Monument is like 3-4 stops away from Saphan Kwai, and I been bypassing there most of the time I was there since my friend and I are quite used to taking the trains there. Only when the destination is out of the way , will we opt for other forms of transport. I still thought of taking pics there... Hopefully nothing is destroyed and all well preserved..
Of the seven locations blasted, 3 of them were places I was so so familiar with....
I was lucky I suppose.
To choose to go there before xmas (since I celebrated xmas there last year, dun wanna repeat it again), and not on xmas or new year's eve (cause i got duty on the eve).
It could had been me there, the one to die, to be injured, or to be shaken by this act of terrorism.
My heart goes out to the beautiful people there, to those who lost their lives and their family members / love ones, as well as to those that got injured...
Bangkok is a wonderful place, and along with its beautiful people, ever so friendly and helpful, I really cant see why such thing happen to them...
If there's a God, please bless them.
Let there be peace and more love spread around the Land of smiles.
It could had been me... it could...
PS : Patt glad to see you post your comments on my blog. =)
Was so worrried for you when i sms you and you never reply. phew!
