Journeyman: 07/01/2007

Fishing in PD

Found the spot! Evening at Port Dickson. Notice the contrast of colours.

My Smart Office Snail being ingenius ( like the owner) in trapping fish food and using vacuum to suck it in.

The Eagles Leadership conference it an avenue to train softskills of lay and pastoral leaders in different functions. It is a 2 year once conference with speakers from the west and the region. I just like to note 2 great speakers that touches me.

CK Thong is working in a country that combines both education and teaching. He presented a well respected economist who recently believed in Christ. The funny thing is that they country sent him to US to learn about market economy. He was inpired by how Godly people there lived and seek more about Christianity. So, he engaged church leaders in the afternoon and studied at night during his time there to find evidences that Christianity is wrong , the whole 3 months he was there. At the end, he found out that it has got to be correct, fundamentally from his study on the accuracy of the projection/ prophecies. " The best economist can project up to 10 years but the bible has been correct at all instances. It has got to be true."

Secondly , Joni Ereckson who is a paralyptic but has relied on God for " when you are weak, God makes u strong". Amazing women who went through all adversity and hardship. Encourages me about how i view pain and suffering. And with our unperfection, it makes sense for us to look to God for our source of strength and a worldview that many other people have an even more difficult life. How thankful we should be when we can do 'normal' things easily and still give up.

Lastly, a key coin phrase i pick up. Love Man, Use things.

Singapore Sling

Last day at the East Coast. The water looked more clean that PD's and more full of ships. Notice my new ah beng/ gay shirt.

Mother posing for daughter. Over-the-horizon shot for ah mah.

Baby got herself a suitor. This chap is rather excited about her.

Vivo City. The biggest shopping centre in Singapore currently.

Waiting for sister near the cinema. Observe my new chinese blue shirt bought in Beijing.

Singaporeans are pretty clever at coming up with names.

2 Apaches helicopters while enjoying the seafood meal. Practising for National day on the 9th.

Politics that distorts history

From the founding prime minister and the third prime minister in Malaysia to rebutt the claim by the current crop of leaders that the social contract that all races agree to sanctioned Malaysia as an Islamic country. Hello.... Thanks for creating another racial tension, Najib. We could do without another of these controversies.

85% of people who renounce their Malaysian citizenships are Chinese.

Makes one wonder on the push and pull factors.

Only 1,720 Malays have migrated
MUAR: Only 1,720 Malays have surrendered their citizenship to migrate to other countries between 1996 and April this year, Home Affairs Minister Datuk Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said.
He said the total number of Malaysians who had left the country since Independence was 106,003, of which 10,411 were Malays, 86,078 Chinese, 8,667 Indians and other races 847.
“I want to clarify the figures given by my deputy (Datuk Tan Chai Ho) who said recently that more than 79,000 Malays have surrendered their citizenship to live abroad,” he said.
Mohd Radzi said that between 1996 and April this year, 28,527 Malaysians had surrendered their citizenship.

Wah , So famous!!!

Paradon Srichapan and his fiancee , former Russian Miss Universe.

A Korean group called the Super Juniors attracted a legion of screaming girl. I tot someone died. But nooo.... a group got to call themselves the super juniours that sounded so cheezy. Advertisement group for some diaper company maybe...

Screaming girls still around late at night till 2 am. Oi... diam le..

Ah, my magical hair stylist called Mustafa who threw the hair up in the air and cuts at the same time. Real skill for real manly customers who are not scared of death.

Asok , from the Simpsons. Now we know where he came from ...

Good to stay at one of the most expensive hotel in Bangkok. Thank you Shell!! for the opportunity to know these people.

Street food and Thai taste

Blood Shot red dragon fruit juice. First time taste. Excellent!!

Just plan ole rice that smells herby - with Chang Beer. Cost - Bbt 1500 for dinner.

Showing her how to .. ehmm ... pretend to work. I have no idea why they make her work in front of the restaurant.

Ah... i lost a leg....

Real street food at Bht 20

So, did i manage to eat another piece of weird food this time? Yep, manage to hunt down some insects. The grasshopper taste nice, crunchy and salty. The worm taste like crab meat with an aftertaste. Grasphopper wins!!

Starbucks with coffee jelly. A miss.

The pork mee in chatuchak market is superb. A teachew owner. It was hot eating this under the hot sun.

Bangkok NIght Scene

Sunset at Bangkok. 22nd Floor at Dusit Thani Hotel is the D'cafe , a French restaurant with amazing view.

On Wednesday, free cocktail reception for long term customers. That is us. I had 2 margarita and 1 champange. Felt real dizzy after that due to the heigh. haha

Suan Lum Night Market. Hard for me to capture that with blinking lights.

Looked something like this. But nothing to buy though except some nice lounge music CDs.

The famous Patphong where super good looking cun she-man came out at night. Dun dare to take closer cause they looked like more than able to catch me in a race.

The "show" where ladies use creativity with their assets. We lasted 10 minutes before they tried to cheat us. Left in a pronto before the tonto comes. And got scolded for taking this pic.

Sukhunvit area ( seemed to be full of clubs for Japanese man). But found a nice club called Mojo. Nice band and the locals are more interested with Gwailo man. So, had a peaceful beer. And managed to watch the Malaysia football team got thrashed by Uzbekisan 5-0.

Smell my armpit!!! The band is local Thai with a mix lead singer and they are really good.

Gay Street - where we got touched and carassed. In fact, i dun think the guys there care so much about business except in taking advantage :). And i tot that gay street is basically a street full of restaurants frequented by gays. No wonder the local Thais have concerned look when I told them that I wanted to go.

Ah .. me alone doing 'evil' stuff..... in the cinema. Caught Harry Potter in the 'ergonomic' chair cinema. Paid RM14 for a TGV look alike chair that shakes and smelled funny. Oh, and we have to stand up when the do a tribute to the king. Suddenly , the whole cinema stands up. Amazing. And, remember that Thai cinema seemed to not start on stated time. :)

The longest constructed airport in the world

Ashari happy to arrive in Suvarnaburmi Airport. The plan for this airport started in the 60s.

A discerning landmark. Reminds of Thai industrial chimmeys and something else.

This is an aircon unit. Bless the techincian who goes around repairing it.

Nice structure, but rather industrial. The ceiling were not even cat-ted.

Back to KLIA

Beautiful lady poses for an uncle. took 5 minutes for a shot. phew.

Wait at terminal, wait at luggage pickup ( brokedown ) , wait at taxi counter ... . Malaysia Airports and MAS needs to get the act together. There are rumours of sabotages but we got to get things right. Shame on the Ministers. They have cheffuers to wait for them. Poor people like us got to wait.

So much differ from the last time I was in Bangkok. Check out this pics. And was less fat also. hehe

http://amoker.blogspot.com/2005/10/naranee-suganya-and-audrey-our-trip-to.html

http://amoker.blogspot.com/2005/10/gonngg.html

http://amoker.blogspot.com/2005/10/cleopatra-waiting-for-demure-thai-girl.html

http://amoker.blogspot.com/2005/10/hemm.html

Amoker's choice of stolen photos. :)

Line of sight.

The Singing Cousins. So called the Blue Team. No idea how the term came about.

Love the lighting on this photo. Natural and purposeful

Ah, My sis and I. We are still single , btw. Ahem ahem.

With Friends. I am somewhere behind there... u can actually see my cheek.

Amazingly, my observation so far that all the wedding that I have attended from my family side... the man continues to shed tears... esp. in giving speaches & when thanking parents. I think it is ok and right for men even to cry at these special days. That shows that we have 'heart'.