tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135108162024-03-14T04:47:08.637+07:00A Glimpse of the WorldWelcome to the journal of the never-ending trip of life.Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-17401381673597628472012-12-31T23:42:00.002+07:002012-12-31T23:45:35.278+07:00Journey to Egypt: Promise fulfilled
Dear Mai and Milano,
I am not sure if you remember me at all.
By chance, we met in Egypt in March 2009, twice! I remember meeting both of you for the first time and then again in a caravan heading to Abu Simbel where you saw me sleeping in one of the vans that were passing by.
As far as I recall, from the remnants of the tickets and photos that I have, I got your Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-72132158081886452172011-09-18T21:47:00.005+07:002011-09-18T22:36:30.835+07:00What makes me smile...What is making me smile right now are simply chilling and peaceful atmosphere in my partly-lit bedroom, Pink Martini's lighthearted songs and a little cozy working station corner that effortlessly make up a perfect combination of my own personal world. Oh, and there's also one more thing that makes me unable to stop smiling; the fact that I am going to start blogging again.Just a few days ago, IModcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-23417745682282968582010-05-09T20:52:00.004+07:002010-05-09T21:13:51.298+07:00Reorganized!OK, let me sum it up this way; I have just got a BIG wake up call and realized that I am desperately in need of getting control (again) over every aspect of my life. Some, even most, things are uncontrollable but at least I do hope to be able to have my well-thought plans laid out properly instead of keeping out blindfolded and pray.My digital absence from this blog was a part of what my life Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-13273797281893371012010-01-31T01:15:00.005+07:002010-01-31T02:05:07.367+07:00Belated RepentanceOur relationship reached the point of no return when we decided to go to the cinema on a Sunday's late afternoon.We were in a hurry, hoping to get there in time, but a car appeared from the other side of the road, taking a u-turn, and my car came to stop before crashing into it. I missed it only by an inch.I got angry and made gestures to the driver and he in turn, with his passengers, did the Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-13540955156098727632009-11-24T20:51:00.003+07:002009-11-24T21:22:35.350+07:00Love sucks when there is no trust.I have had a pretty rough love life since the beginning of this year and I thought that all of this would come to an end when I accidentally met Pol, a cute slim tanned Thai guy of pretty much the same age.As almost every couple, we had a great "promotion" period in our first phase of romance but here came the moment of disillusion when the perfect guy seem to be not so perfect at all. The only Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-14550421438544986132009-08-02T22:34:00.004+07:002009-08-02T23:09:20.781+07:00PresentOkay, I promised you the one last chapter about my Egyptian Odyssey four months ago! Obviously I'm that sort of guys who keep their word seriously, heheh. Sorry for that! Well, before putting an end to the unforgettable experience in the Promised Land, I'd love to share a tiny bit of time to mention about my 26th birthday.Now I have officially reached the first milestone of what I call "Life asModcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-44425745276957615172009-04-21T23:00:00.005+07:002009-05-04T23:10:55.382+07:00Chronicles of Mod: My Truths about Egypt (5)9. How many deaths caused by car accidents are there each year?The way they turn ordinary trips by car into cranky heart-stopping rollercoaster rides and, even more unbelievably, the fact that pedestrians DARE to cross these streets of madness (successfully!) stimulate my curiosity gland to pour out questions like "Why, during my whole stay, have I never seen any accidental injuries or deaths?!?!Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-37631122429886059962009-04-18T00:01:00.005+07:002009-04-21T23:00:30.601+07:00Chronicles of Mod: My Truths about Egypt (4)4. Most Egyptian men are not my type.No offense! Egyptian men in general have big bone structure, tanned skin, prominent facial traits and very masculine look. They have literally everthing I could ask for (really!) but, well, I just didn't feel any magnetic pull (except some few muscular teenage dudes, heheh).5. Egyptian men in dark/black suit are sooo attractive.Now you know what I am actually Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-77729780528748049252009-04-07T23:06:00.010+07:002009-04-10T23:08:54.392+07:00Chronicles of Mod: My Truths about Egypt (3)Giza Train Station, CairoMarch 15, 2009 (Sunday)Early eveningI'm leaving Cairo this evening for Luxor on an overpriced (and overrated) sleeping train (but I've got a seat ticket!).Two full days spent in this hectic Egyptian capital are never enough to get to know even a tiny bit of it, let alone to describe all of its unbelievable but sadly true characteristics. I'll just comment some of my Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-5024403566013686832009-04-05T22:34:00.006+07:002009-05-04T23:06:39.642+07:00Chronicles of Mod: My Truths about Egypt (2)Upon sunrise, my flight touched the ground. Amongst the whispering relief of worried passengers, I took my few belongings and got out of the plane, only to find out that it was surprisingly...COLD! The only light jacket I brought with me was in the luggage so I had to make do with what I currently wore; a thin blue T-shirt suitable for humind summer in Bangkok.The cold weather was just, as I Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-90199892061004060342009-04-05T22:06:00.008+07:002009-05-04T23:04:53.603+07:00Chronicles of Mod: My Truths about Egypt (1)The beginning of my solo trip to Egypt began some time back last year. After giving it excessive amounts of pondering, reconsideration and hesitation, I finally got the courage to compromise myself to the trip by getting a roundtrip air ticket without having anything planned before hand. Luckily I was then spared almost 5 months to arrange all the necessary, even though by the time I left for theModcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-13158791147583536652009-03-01T23:32:00.002+07:002009-03-01T23:54:08.391+07:00Oficinista's Life CycleToday I've undeniably completed the full circle of an oficinista's life.I woke up at nine, which was late than usual on my standard, and, without even bothering to clean myself, went straight to the sofa and began to watch a chinese epic series in DVD for six hours in a row and fell asleep for four hours and woke up again just to continue my digital fantasy adventure online in Ragnarok for two Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-45516517932769460822009-01-01T12:19:00.002+07:002009-01-01T13:06:54.789+07:00Feliz Año Nuevo 2009.Bueno, bueno, aquí estamos otra vez, al principio del nuevo división temporal que todos denominamos "año". La verdad es que para mí no es differente que cualquier otro día, pero por lo menos, nos sirve como un mojón en nuestra vida para que podamos ver lo lejos que hemos caminado y cuánto más nos falta por alcanzar nuestras metas.El 2008 me ha dejado una multitud de experiencia inolvidable, que Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-36851063680991807192008-12-11T22:41:00.008+07:002008-12-11T23:59:37.495+07:00An Incident on MSNUnbelievable, it's been almost three months since I last updated this poor little blog of mine. Well, actually I spent all the time thinking about tons of subjects to write (and whine) about but never (as always!?) really got my ass up to start putting them down in letters. And so I ended up jotting down my ideas in separate pieces of memo which I left here and there and, surely, they would Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-37913356772834696212008-09-21T20:13:00.000+07:002008-09-21T20:14:32.167+07:00Buy me that Bottega Veneta, and I’ll love you the rest of my life.Lately my fashion consciousness has been effectively suppressed for my wallet’s sake but now I can feel it struggling inside me day and night and preparing to wreak another havoc on my ledger.Speaking of my wallet, no matter how much I really adore the one I currently own (it was a birthday present from my Patto), I can’t avoid the fact that it will soon complete its life cycle and head straight Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-60861338313010741422008-07-31T22:31:00.003+07:002008-07-31T22:39:07.626+07:00La nostalgia-La nostalgia, dice Roland, es una enfermedad. Se agarra a las paredes del corazón y apelmaza la sangre y las ideas. Se puede combatir de muchas maneras, pero la más eficaz es regresando a casa.-El último libro de Sergi PàmiesModcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-71441297338106593992008-07-31T21:02:00.003+07:002008-08-01T20:48:52.575+07:0025Now that I have fully lived a quarter of a century, does this mean anything to me? On one hand, it's just one more year that has gone by, with uncountable chapters of different genres of my life. But on the other, and symbollically, is it time yet for me to start thinking about what will be coming and what I wish to happen in the next quarter?I have -inevitably- grown up. We all grow up every Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-56850180148035031092008-04-20T22:29:00.007+07:002008-11-13T17:04:08.440+07:00¿Dónde están mis musas?Sólo faltan dos meses antes de que cumpla un año de estancia en Bangkok. Diez meses no son nada comparados con los años que pasé aquí antes de partir para España, pero aun así no sé por qué todavía no descubro el sosiego que he anticipado desde el momento que pisé esta tierra.Parece que mi vida en este metropolitano tailandés empieza ya a coger el ritmo caótico del Oriente. Tanto trabajo, tantas Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-47299725835524042762008-02-28T21:02:00.002+07:002008-11-13T17:04:08.615+07:00Beagle Sushi, yummy?I'm a beagle deliciously named Sushi. I first came to this house on January 27th, blurred, disoriented and starving.I happened to hear (not eavesdrop, mind you!) that "They" just wanted to take a look at my cuttie face and hadn't decided to "adopt" me yet. But after 15 minutes or so, I successfully cast my charming spell upon them, just by waging, biting and strolling around and being cute!ThatModcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-75503784893887075552008-02-09T22:20:00.002+07:002008-02-20T18:45:12.514+07:00The SignsSometimes the endless choices that stand before you, that lessen your instict by imposing on you the fear to make any decision that may affect the course of your future, can be overwhelming and consequently lead you to choose the worst path; doing nothing, standing still and being afraid to go for it.When such moment comes, when our insticts are blurred by the intimidation of uncertainty that Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-24034915009527731072007-12-29T22:45:00.000+07:002007-12-30T00:28:21.544+07:00It's (Not) Hard to Say GoodbyeFinally another end of year has come. One more goodbye, just to meet another new year that is to come. It seems like any other transitional phase of the past years, except that I can feel "the change" in me as well. I don't have to wait until my next birthday to feel more mature, grown-up and insightful. It's this eventful year that has taught me to look beyond the surface of seperation Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-80810286966286362152007-12-02T01:58:00.000+07:002008-11-13T17:04:08.897+07:00Chronicles of Mod : Kho Khao - Nature UntouchedPhuket itself, as one of the world's most well-known destinations, stamped me with no impression I had previously expected before this trip. However, I found a consolation prize at Kho Khao, an undisturbed islet that lies just beside the province of Phang-Nga.If you are looking for somewhere to recharge your battery while leaving all the burdens behind, including your brain, this is the perfect Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-75164638709687932782007-10-22T20:02:00.000+07:002008-11-13T17:04:09.455+07:00Sand in my ShoesTwo weeks away it feels like the whole world should've changedBut I'm home nowAnd things still look the sameI think I'll leave it till tomorrow to unpackTry to forget for one more nightThat I'm back in my flat on the roadWhere the cars never stop going through the nightTo a life where I can't watch sunsetI don't have timeI don't have time I've still got sand in my shoesAnd I can't shake the Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-91904096930271044272007-10-22T19:23:00.000+07:002007-10-22T19:51:10.978+07:00Dumbledore is GAY!That was one of the best news ever in this entire year!The fact was confirmed by JK Rowling herself in a promotional tour for her latest book of the megahit sagas Harry Potter. Though it was just a fictional character, I felt great to know that she had planned to assign the attribute to such an important character. Some gay activists said that it should have been more explicit, but come on, it Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13510816.post-34651751340835908972007-10-01T00:55:00.000+07:002007-10-01T01:37:57.267+07:00Out of the ClosetRecently I hardly have had any inspirations to jot down interesting events that happened to me. Perhaps here in Bangkok my personal Muse can't perform her task very well since the surrounding is not very encouraging. However, now alone in the middle of the night, with the cool german popjazz music as a backtrack, my inspiration has somehow find its way back home again. And that leaves me to Modcitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12844302940198245749noreply@blogger.com2