brain farts (and other inane crap)

On the Move Again

2006-10-22T23:50:00.000+07:00

Please don't kill me, but after checking out Baba's brand-spanking new blog at Wordpress, I'm moving...AGAIN.I'm sorry, but Wordpress's features are just too cool to ignore! Hopefully I'll see you there:http://bkksoul.wordpress.com

Hua Hin 2006

2006-10-20T09:36:00.000+07:00

Last August, during Arwen's visit to Thailand, we woke up at the crack ass of dawn to drive down to Hua Hin for the weekend.So please excuse the bleary eyes and drowsy smiles.But then we started talking about the demented things we used to do in high school (all of which require a separate entry of its own), and pretty soon the sleepy faces were gone. :)When we finally arrived in Hua Hin, we

Mi Piace Tanto l'Italia!

2006-10-12T04:51:00.000+07:00

So, last night as I was stuffing my poor fried brain with last minute info on Amelogenin and Streptococcus mutans, my mom called from Italy and said, in Thai, "I was in Verona yesterday and took a picture of Romeo and Juliet's balcony like I promised I would. But I'm in Venice now. I took a gondola ride like in that Casanova movie you forced me to watch at the cinema, and they got a guy to play

Audio Pimpage

2006-09-29T03:27:00.000+07:00

Official Finals Tally: 2 down, 6 more to go. :(So the Anatomy lab exam today (well, technically yesterday) wasn't as bad as I originally thought it'd be. First off, the much hated salpingopharyngeus didn't even appear on the exam -- AT ALL -- meaning that the A I had my eye on at the beginning of the term is still mine. Quelle surprise! So much fingernail-biting over nothing. This makes me

My cousin, Wonderwoman

2006-09-25T14:06:00.000+07:00

Exclamation marks are in order: Meet my cousin, P'Ju, aka Wonderwoman.She just won the Young Investigators Award from the University of Texas Research Council for her research on chlorinated polyethylene elastomer (CPE) in the use of extraoral facial prostheses.And she did all that while being 39-weeks pregnant!!!I told you the lady's a freaking Wonderwoman, not to mention one of my biggest role

Grey's vs. Gray's

2006-09-25T03:31:00.000+07:00

"I don't want to read Gray's Anatomy, dammit. I want to WATCH Grey's Anatomy!!!!"--Lynn, as her brother sat watching the entire 2nd season of Grey's Anatomy, much to her personal torment.I wish my brain were a thumb drive. I wish I could download my entire Gray's Anatomy book, float into the exam room, pencil in those bubbles with my eyes closed, and float right on out. I wish the muscles of the

Wrong Name

2006-09-21T20:02:00.000+07:00

If you don't mind the emoticons and dizzying font, my brother's friend has an interesting story to tell:Her grandmother's house was raided and destroyed because her house had the wrong name.

And that's All She Wrote...

2006-09-21T03:19:00.000+07:00

I'm off to bed now, folks. Now that the major media networks are up and running again (with their lovely celebrity montages, but back nonetheless), there's little point in me carrying on with the live blogging. Thanks for stopping by, though -- all 2,354 of you. I mean, really, that figure has left me reeling; that's how many visitors I get in a month. Still, if there's one thing I've

Coup D'Etat Part Deux

2006-09-20T10:11:00.000+07:00

I just dropped my dad off at the airport, and contrary to rumors, cars, planes, and trains are still very much on the move. Well, sort of. There was literally nada traffic along Viphavadee-Rangsit, which, under normal circumstances, is almost unheard of at this time of hour. In general, the scenes on the streets are calm and, with the exception of the eerie absence of traffic, everything seems

Blast to the Past

2006-09-19T23:25:00.000+07:00

[LATEST UPDATES HAVE BEEN ADDED HERE]***The tanks have taken to the streets.Jesus Christ, we've gone back in time twenty years.(Maybe this is inappropriate, but I wonder if this means finals are cancelled...)EDIT @ 12:16 AM: CNN, BBC, CNBC, and Bloomberg news have all been suspended due to a "sun outage." I smell bullshit; lots of it. Interesting how the "sun outage" should happen just in time

AWOL

2006-09-14T22:55:00.000+07:00

Wow, I've been MIA for, um, nearly six months. But I promise to update soon! In the meantime, here's a paltry teaser of things to come:I recently discovered that Bhutan's Prince Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck's younger brother studies at the international college at my uni. I've seen him a few times in the common room and he even sat down at the same table as me once. Naturally, I was too

The Old Man

2006-04-04T06:21:00.000+07:00

There's an old manI passeverydayon the way to uni.EverydayI pass him,everydayI see him,and only todayhave I cometo realizethat I see himmore oftenthan I dosome ofmy friends.Everydayhe pushesa cartfilled to the brimwith people'sold scraps;people'sforgotten momentos,memories,trash,and sells themfor cash.Everydayhe pushesthis cartwith knobby hands,stopping everyfew yardsto catchhis breath,to takea

Calling All Asian-Americans

2006-02-10T20:41:00.000+07:00

"We come all the way from the far country China and we born you here in America just so you can get B plus?"Regardless of motherland -- whether it be China, Vietnam, Japan, India or Korea -- you have GOT to check this out. I laughed so hard I cried...even after the tenth viewing. When I showed it to my dad, he said, after wiping away his tears and clutching his abdomen as he was laughing so

"History, like God, is watching what we do..."

2006-02-09T21:49:00.000+07:00

In honor of U2's big win at the Grammys, here are some excerpts from Bono's speech at the National Prayer Breakfast."There is a continent -- Africa -- being consumed by flames.I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did -- or did not do -- to put the fire out in Africa.History,

Things that Go Bump in the Night

2006-02-08T08:01:00.000+07:00

Anyone who's ever spent all off five minutes in Asia will tell you that this is a continent steeped in superstition and tales of the supernatural. Baby-stealing ghosts, aliens, fireball-spouting snakes -- you name it, we believe it. Unlike in the West, when someone tells a ghost story here, it's not so much, "What? Hah. Yeah right, like that'd really happen," it's more a sense of, "Yes, that

Boo Hoo (Cry Me a River)

2006-01-31T18:11:00.000+07:00

Whether it's at home or the cinema, I always like to unwind after an exam by watching a movie...I guess you can call it something of a tradition. Which is why, after my exam on Sunday (the first day of the Chinese new year -- totally sucks, I know), I came home, plopped myself onto the couch, and proceeded to gorge on my favorite Korean films.I've watched The Classic three times, My Sassy Girl

All the World's a Stage...and Boy Did High School Drama Suck

2006-01-28T20:51:00.000+07:00

Or so Shakespeare says.On Thursday, my brother performed in his school's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (and yes, that is a link to SparkNotes.com, a site to which I am forever indebted to, as it helped save my ass on more than one occasion back in high school). I was impressed. Very, very impressed. Everyone got their comic roles down pat (Prang, who played Olivia, was a hoot!), and

To Whom it May Concern (Part Deux)

2006-01-21T12:29:00.000+07:00

To the French Guy Sitting Across From Me at Starbucks:Hi. I don't know you, and you don't know me, which is why I think it was very cool of you to motion me and my brother over to your table and offer us a seat last Sunday, seeing as how all the other tables in the establishment were taken and pretty much filled, and all we could do was sort of stand around with our trays, looking like lost 4-

WTF

2006-01-18T13:14:00.000+07:00

Huh. So.Midterm results are out.I got straight A's.My honest-to-god initial reaction: "WTF??? How dumb! They totally screwed up my scores!!!"Even my brother thought I was kidding.He was all, "No, really, Lynn. What'd you really get?"Not that I can blame him.I am still reeling from the shock since this hasn't happened since...Um, fifth grade? Fourth?Kindergarten????I really ought to go to

The Time of Your Life

2006-01-18T12:05:00.000+07:00

Forever charming and oh so sassy fellow RIS Class of 2000er, Swita, blogged about an interesting topic the other day. Basically, with the new year upon us, everyone's making resolutions left and right -- "I resolve to get that promotion. I resolve to finally make a move and ask so-and-so out. I resolve to donate more to the needy. I resolve to lose ten pounds. I resolve to go on that safari to

All Over the Place

2006-01-12T00:03:00.000+07:00

My mind has been all over the place today, so this will probably be one of my most random and disjointed posts ever.Maybe it was because of post-midterm madness, but two weeks ago I went and wreaked havoc on my hair -- I hacked seven inches off and permed it. Crazy, I know. It's gonna be a while before I look like this again, because I now look like this. You can't really see the waves (sorry

Phuket, Fergie, and Bono's Humps

2005-12-29T01:36:00.000+07:00

"Happy in Phuket!"As promised, here are the pics from our little sojourn to Phuket. But before I get to that, let me tell you about the flight over. We sat in front of a young Japanese-American couple with three kids -- the oldest being around nineish and the youngest being a couple months old. The middle child, a sixish-year-old son, was at that age where he tried to spell and read EVERYTHING

Happy Birthday, Jesus!

2005-12-25T17:02:00.000+07:00

"And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, 'Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the

Sigh

2005-12-20T20:25:00.000+07:00

So. I'm back.And guess what?I SO WANT TO MOVE TO PHUKET.Oh, and I totally didn't study. But that's pretty much a given. I mean, I don't know about you, but how the hell can you muster up any kind of excitement for the medulla oblongata when everywhere you look there is nothing but DAZZLING OCEAN and STUNNING SUN around to tempt you????Sigh.I have to go and cram my ass off now. And whimper.

Sea, Sand, Fun, and the Medulla Oblongata

2005-12-17T01:43:00.000+07:00

Well, in three hours I'm off to >>here<<. I'll be back on the 20th, just in time for midterms, which start on the 21st.I know, I know, I know.I so totally have my priorities in order.But it's not like I WANT to go to Phuket the weekend before midterms. I can't help it if my relatives arranged a family reunion for this particular weekend. I tried to shimmy my way out of it -- believe me, I

A Different Kind of Drill

2005-11-17T22:07:00.000+07:00

When I was a kid living in California, we used to have earthquake drills at school. When I moved to Thailand and started studying at RIS, it was fire drills.Today, my brother told me they had a different kind of drill at school--A terrorism drill.When I first heard that, it just floored me. I don't want to wax political about the terrorism situation in the south of Thailand -- there are enough

Fangirl

2005-11-15T22:17:00.000+07:00

!!!!!!!!!!!To hell with studying. To hell with NaNoWriMo. To hell with exams.At least for one night.It's not every day an ex-boy bander swings by Bangkok. Pray tell, how can I NOT go to Darren Hayes' upcoming showcase this Sunday?I know Savage Garden split up ages ago, but Truly Madly Deeply was the love anthem of 1997. They played that song at every single high school dance. EVERY SINGLE

Conversations With My Brother

2005-11-13T00:34:00.000+07:00

[After overhearing some guy let out a huge belch while having kuay thiew at a roadside vendor]JASON: Man, I can never burp.LYNN: What are you talking about? Everyone can burp. Even babies can burp.J: Nuh-uh. I can't.L: Yes you can, dimwit. I used to burp you when you were a baby. Sometimes you'd hurl all over my shoulder, too.J (shaking head): Not anymore, I can't.L: Well, next time you

Crouching Daughter, Flying Tea

2005-10-28T23:42:00.000+07:00

While having dim sum lunch with my mom at The Oriental the other day, I said something that made her laugh so hard, she sent chrysanthemum tea flying out of her nose and onto the front of my shirt.Sadly, this simply made us laugh even more. It was tea waterworks galore.In the end, I don't know who was left feeling more embarrassed -- me, with my lovely new tea-print pattern smeared across the

Chivalry, Oh Chivalry, Wherefore Art Thou, Chivalry?

2005-10-20T01:34:00.000+07:00

The dental school I attend is a part of the international college at my uni, so we have our fair share of students who hail from all over, be it the US, Finland, South Africa, England, Bangladesh, or Australia. Last week, as I was walking toward the front door of the IC (international college), this Italian guy walking behind me did something for me no stranger has ever done before.He quickened

Totally Useless Information About Me

2005-10-09T03:04:00.000+07:00

I have no idea why, but I have been inundated with surveys this past week, both through e-mail and the blogosphere. I'll start off first with the email I received from Kit, Dao, and Jack. The surveys they sent were pretty similar, but a few questions were different...so I mixed and matched.5 snacks I like to munch on:1. Khao niew ma-muang (mangoes with sweet sticky rice and coconut milk) =

Bearnapped...

2005-10-07T22:24:00.001+07:00

This and this is what the world has come to, folks. Evil colleagues of one of my dear high school BFFs, Swita, have bearnapped her pink Bates bear and are holding him hostage as we speak. To add insult to the injury, said bear had a vair awesome Burberry arm-scarf, too!

Out With the Old, In With the New...

2005-10-05T17:31:00.000+07:00

Oh, I (finally) got around to dumping my old crap camera in exchange for this one. Telling from the good reviews, I'm not the only one in love with it. It's easy to overlook it as another easy-to-use, point-and-shoot camera, but the variety of options, functions, and liberal control over shutter speed and aperture make this camera a lot of fun to use.If you're interested, you can check out pics

Nude Farangs +Thai Transvestites = a Typical Weekend in Pattaya

2005-10-05T17:12:00.000+07:00

So, like the title suggests, our weekend in Pattaya (way back in, uh, August) was pretty uneventful...I mean, considering the fact that nude farangs and transvestites are as much a part of Pattaya as tuk tuks and Soi Patpong are a part of Bangkok.OK, I know it seems like I always rat on Pattaya (which is why I have NO IDEA why I always seem to end up in that town), but I will admit that much fun

Misadventures in Karaokeland

2005-09-05T23:43:00.000+07:00

Since my dad was busy for the night, I fulfilled my daughterly duties by accompanying my mom to a party on Friday at Acoustic Place, located along Soi Langsuan.I'm never really good at these social function shindigs. I guess schmoozing just isn't my thing. Of course, the fact that everyone there was at least thirty years my senior probably had a thing or two to do with the whole hum dee dum

Katrina

2005-09-05T22:17:00.000+07:00

I don't want to wax political about Hurricane Katrina, so instead here's a link to a spot-on open letter the Times-Picayune wrote to the President, as well as the criticism from various politicians on the governmental response.***"We have been abandoned by our own country," said Aaron Broussard, the president of Jefferson Parish in New Orleans.He broke down in tears Sunday as he recounted how a

To Whom it May Concern (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Hits BKK)

2005-07-16T23:34:00.000+07:00

To the Boy Standing Behind Me As We Waited in Line For Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at Central Chidlom's B2S:Hi, remember me? I was the person standing in front of you and your mom at the line at Central Chidlom, aka the person you referred to oh so eloquently as "that old person."THAT OLD PERSON!Now, I do realize that at the age of 10, anyone above the mighty age of 20 might come

Happy 16th, Niffles

2005-07-13T23:57:00.000+07:00

In honor of my brother's birthday today, I thought I'd do a little joint blog with him to commemorate his sweet sixteenth (why do they even call it that? There was nothing sweet about my sixteenth year. Bittersweet, maybe, but definitely not SWEET)...LYNN: You look kind of confused here.JASON: Hey, I was pondering the meaning of life.L: AND????J: I'll get back to you later on that one.L: Um.

Thanks, Mom

2005-07-12T23:01:00.000+07:00

A lot of people tend to think I'm a generally unathletic person. And maybe, considering the fact that I haven't regularly played a sport (not counting high school PE) for, oh, I don't know, about A DECADE now (treadmill running and gym foraying, not withstanding, of course) I guess I can't really blame them.Still, whenever anyone learns about the long list of sports I used to play way back in the

"We've been bombed by a better class of bastard than you."

2005-07-11T23:57:00.000+07:00

My prayers and thoughts are with you, London. Kudos to you for being so incredibly strong and resiliant* during times like these. I pray we nab those bastards and give them what they fully deserve.*Link to Live Journal community hosting quotes by Londoners. Do check it out, as this is further proof as to why Londoners rock.

Miss Universe 2005

2005-06-02T22:57:00.000+07:00

If there was one thing I got out of the Miss Universe pageant, it was the energy. I'm telling you, the energy that was coming out of Impact Arena Tuesday morning was amazing. I mean, sure, I've been to my fair share of concerts, but this was unlike anything else I've ever experienced. Unlike other gigs I've been to in the past, it wasn't manic teenybopper hormones that was driving the crowd, but

Bangkok = Beauty Queen Central

2005-05-30T20:10:00.000+07:00

CoolnessMy mom got tickets to the final show of the Miss Universe 2005 pageant at Impact Arena tomorrow from her friend and Miss Universe judge, Chutinant Bhirombhakdi. It's going to be at 8 AM BKK time so that you folks in the US can watch it live at 9 PM ET Monday night. I also got a chance to attend the fashion show at Central World Plaza last week, and let me tell you, seeing all those super

The (Hot!) Phantom of the Opera

2005-04-27T20:09:00.000+07:00

This entry's a little late, especially since I saw The (Hot!) Phantom of the Opera way back in February (um, three times). But I thought I'd dedicate this here post to him the film since I just purchased a *cough*bootleg*cough* copy from my favorite CD vendor along Silom Road before the Songkran holiday. And before you run off to alert the authorities, I'll have you know that I do intend to buy

I Dare You Not to Laugh

2005-04-20T15:32:00.000+07:00

Oh lordy. Check this out, and while you do, I DARE YOU NOT TO LAUGH.By the way, you might not want to click on the above link if you're at work or in a public place. I'm not responsible for any embarrassment you might bring upon yourself in the event you burst out laughing like a loon and can't stop because of said link. Just a friendly warning. ;PAnyway, in other news, check out the newest

There and Back Again

2005-04-19T00:19:00.000+07:00

Uh, so I decided to move back to Blogger again. Please don't all pummel me at once. I do realize that I've got to seriously stop this moving back and forth thing. If only I'd known that Blogger was going to add all these cool perks while I was away, I never would have moved (back) to Xanga in the first place. Now not only does Blogger have cool pop-up comments and back-posting, but you can also

Unleashing the Muse

2005-04-05T12:45:00.000+07:00

Ask anyone who knows me, and they will tell you that I'm an avid reader. Fiction -- whether it be literary, commercial, historical, multicultural, romance, or children's -- has always piqued my interest. And like my profile to the left says, I'll even read cereal boxes to kill time. Writing has also been a secret love of mine, but I've never really given much thought to bringing it to the next

Anyone Alive Out There?

2005-04-03T03:00:00.000+07:00

*Peering down at previous entry*Wow, so it's been quite a while since my last update, huh? I think this is a record, in fact. I apologize for the lack of updates as of late, but I've been really busy. This is going to be a little on the short side, but I promise I'll be back soon with big updates... I've got such fabulous news! (Damn, Mr. Smiley here sure does look awfully horny... Viagra much?

Racist Tsunami Song

2005-01-25T18:28:00.000+07:00

I heard about this and was just absolutely disgusted."On January 21st, 2005, an offensive song/skit containing openly derogatory and racist overtones reached millions of listeners in New York City when it was broadcast on Hot 97's "Miss Jones in the Morning" radio show. While the radio show has a history of recording and playing such spoofs on a regular basis, the infamous "Tsunami Song" mocks

So, Where From?

2005-01-25T15:02:00.000+07:00

I found this site through Mike's a couple of weeks ago, and it really got me thinking. When I was a kid living in the States, I always thought I was Thai to the bone. After all, I went to Thai temple on Sundays, ate Thai food for dinner everyday, had a plethora of mysterious, still-to-be-met relatives living in Thailand, and spent many an hour trying to decipher my parents' "secret tongue" – Thai

"It's Horrible Beyond Belief."

2005-01-10T18:04:00.000+07:00

Fellow Bangkokian blogger, Paul, went down south during the New Year to help out with the tsunami relief effort. Please take the time to read his report here. What he saw and experienced is just beyond belief. It takes a special kind of person to do what you did, Paul. My hat's off to you.

Antenna Fever and Scandalous Monkeys

2005-01-08T14:10:00.000+07:00

On January 2nd, a group of friends and I decided to rent a van and driver and head on out to Lopburi. That morning I met up with everyone else at Miracle Grand Hotel at 6:45 a.m. OK, 7 a.m., really. Whatever. 15 minutes is hardly late, right? Well, alright, so maybe I was a little late, but blame it on the traffic light I was stuck at for 10 minutes. Or you could blame it on my cousins

The (Reluctant) Graduate

2005-01-03T14:10:00.000+07:00

There's a saying in Thai that goes a little something like this: "There are two days in a woman's life when she will look her prettiest. The first day being her wedding day, of course, and the second day being her graduation day." In reference to the graduation day comment, I'm not very sure if it's possible to look your prettiest when you're sweating like a pig in the midday

Tsunami Tragedy

2004-12-29T02:12:00.000+07:00

The Asian Tsunami disaster is just absolutely devastating. In the past two days alone, I have come to learn that a family of distant relatives of mine have gone missing at Phi Phi Island. Two of my brother's friends have since been confirmed dead, as have 5 relatives of a friend of mine. Thankfully, my dad's French business partner is safe, though he's still stuck in Phuket.We're praying for the

Lynn's Favorite 80's Rock Star's Visit to T-Land

2004-12-27T20:44:00.000+07:00

So I'm a bit behind on my entries, but I've been really busy this past week. I just had my graduation on Sunday (the 26th), but will be blogging about my favorite 80's Rock Star's visit to BKK first. I'll get to the graduation entry in a few days. Hope y'all had a rockin' Christmas! But anyways, without further ado, I will begin my entry on...Lynn's Favorite 80's Rock Star's Visit to

Fun and Fondue

2004-12-18T00:59:00.000+07:00

The other week Gug, Siri and I took Aparna to Spring Restaurant,located along Sukhumvit 39 for one last dinner before she left for Bangalore.Gug, me, Aparna & SiriThe restaurant's food was definitely very worthy of all the hype we'd heard.If you can, get your butt on down thereand have a bite of their lovely ethnic fusion dishes.Your taste buds will thank you!After dinner, we headed next doorto

Loi Kratong 2004

2004-12-01T00:41:00.000+07:00

So last Friday was Loi Kratong, and just like last year, a group of friends and I decided to celebrate. For those of you unfamiliar with Thai festivals, Loi Kratong is an ancient Thai water festival that's celebrated on the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month, which usually tends to fall sometime in November. On this day, Thais all over the country convene at bodies of water and release