It took Mimi and me for quite some time till we could sort thing out. We decided to borrow one of our friends’ dress and we had to make an appointment with her to get the dress, such a mess! Mimi, herself had to buy a new dress especially for this wedding and of course she’s going to wear it without being cleaned hahaha.

I’m now at Mimi’s and I saw her new dress hung in her wardrobe. It’s such a lovely blue dress while mine is a white and really girly looking dress. Ok, gotta go get dressed. Have a lovely day

I watched Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony on TV yesterday and I have to say it was stunning indeed. All the shows were breathtaking, well done China! As me being mixed Thai and Chinese, I couldn’t help being proud of what they’ve showed to the world. Personally, the most exceptional part of the ceremony was when the 1984 Olylpics hero, Li Ning carried the Olympic torch and ran on the air up to the rim of the stadium.

So the heavy pressure is now on London, the host of Olympics 2012 as China has just made the world wonder if London can do any better!

PS. sorry for the link of the video instead of the video itself. I’ve just upgraded wordpress and I have no idea how it works

I’ve gathered photos of some well-known Thai male stars who are the hottest heartthrobs! Check them out and ladies beware, they probably make you melt 

1. Pakorn (Dome, 29) - singer and model

2. Atichart (Aum, 27) - actor

3. Ananda (Ananda, 26) - actor and model

4. Chinawut (Chin, 19) - singer

5. Teeradej (Ken, 31) - actor

6. Kawee (Beam, 28) - actor and singer

7. Rattapoom (Film, 24) - actor and singer

8. Nichkun (Kun, 19) - singer and model

9. Mario (Mario, 20) - actor

10. Rapeepat (Nam, 23) - actor

11. Watcharabun (Note, 27) - actor

12. Peter (Ter, 32) - singer and model

13. Nawat (Pong, 30) - actor

14. Trissadee (Por, 30) - actor

15. Stefan (Stefan, 26) - actor

16. Paranyu (Tack, 24) - actor

17. Jessadaporn (Tick, 31) - actor

18. Veerapap (Vee, 28) - actor

19. Tawin (Win, 23) - actor

20. Sukollawat (Via, 23) - actor

The Joe Louis puppet or ‘Thai Traditional Small Puppet Show’ is a priceless art form which is very extraordinary and impressively wonderful. The Thai Traditional Puppetry was created by Sakorn Yangkhiawsod, a talented puppet master who started making the first puppet in his life when he was 20 years old and awarded an honour prize of National Artist in 1996.

The puppet play is such a unique performance which can be found nowhere else but Thailand. The Joe Louis puppets are more than the moving toys but they are alive! The puppets are controlled by three manipulators who surprisingly make lifelike human movements. One of the manipulators controls one trunk and arm, the second person takes care of the other arm and the last one who usually stays in the middle deals with both legs. All the manipulators must be well trained in Khon dance and the harmony is really required among them.

The most common play performed by this Thai traditional small puppet show is a well-known epic called Ramayana. The audiences are guaranteed a breathtaking show while watching the Joe Louis puppets moving. They can do a lot of human gestures and also express their feelings which incredibly convince the audiences that they are truly alive. The puppets are human look alike, the onely difference is that they can’t breathe.

The Joe Louis has been performed in many countries around the world and earned several honour awards. Suan-Lum Night Bazaar is home to the Joe Louis Theater where you can experience the fantastic daily performance of those puppets. The details of the show

I went to the Joe Louis show with my American friend four years ago and we got a big ticket discount as we carried our student ID cards. At the end of the show, the three manipulators who were controlling ‘Hanuman’, the mischievous monkey king puppet, took the puppet off the stage and walked towards the audiences and then to us! I was sitting right next to my friend who got aisle seat and Hunuman paused and looked at us, he suddenly grabbed my bag and ran back to the stage! My friend and I were left gasping with a hundreds of eyes were looking at us. I was sure that it was because of him who caught Hanuman’s attention, that was why Hanuman picked on me as he wanted to entertain my foreign friend.

However, as my friend didn’t seem to be able to help at all, I had to go to Hanuman myself to ask for my bag back, which meant in front of the stage and also before ALL other audiences!! I was extremely shy there and Hanuman still kept making fun of me. Then, Hanuman, who was being controlled, pointed at his cheek and one of the manipulators whispered me to kiss Hanuman!!!! Oh come on, with everyone was watching, I had no choices, did I? I kissed him on the cheek and he handed me my bag. Walking back to my seat was even worse as I had to face those people, most of whom were giggling!

1. My uncle once: had worked in Norway and was sent back as he was caught having no work permit lol
2. Never in my life: have I ever been out of South East Asia
3. When I was five: I hated wearing a skirt
4. High school was: full of memorable experiences
5. I will never forget: my parents’ love and warmth
6. Once I met: Andy Roddick. He was super cute!
7. There’s this girl I know: who is now a very good friend of mine
8. Once, at a bar: I ran into my ex. Luckily he didn’t see me
9. By noon, I’m usually: sleepy
10. Last night: I was online until midnight and then went to bed
11. If only I had: loads of money and time, I’d travel around the world
12. Next time I go to church: sorry, I’m a Buddhist
13. What worries me most: is when my parents will stop working
14. When I turn my head left I see: my bedroom door
15. When I turn my head right I see: a telephone, a television, a white curtain and my lovely bed
16. You know I’m lying when: I talk pretty fast and have no eye contact
17. What I miss most about the Eighties is: I wasn’t even born!
18. If I were a character in Shakespeare I’d be: Juliet probably
19. By this time next year: hopefully I will still enjoy my job
20. A better name for me would be: Alitta is not bad, is it?
21. I have a hard time understanding: people’s selfishness
22. If I ever go back to school, I’ll: do a master
23. You know I like you if: I care about you
24. If I ever won an award, the first person I would thank would be: absolutely my parents
25. Take my advice, never: take the ones you love for granted
26. My ideal breakfast is: bread, sausages, tea or coffee. What an ordinary menu! lol
27. A song I love but do not have is: Mika’s Live in Cartoon Motion album
28. If you visit my hometown, I suggest you: visit beautiful temples and try a wild nightlife after that
29. Why won’t people: think twice before committing things that later they’d regret doing
30. If you spend a night at my house: you will enjoy the silence
31. I’d stop my wedding for: I’ve never thought about getting married
32. The world could do without: exploitation
33. I’d rather lick the belly of a cockroach than: eat a disgusting worm
34. My favourite blonde(s) is/are: I can’t even think of any
35. Paper clips are more useful than: dolls
36. If I do anything well it’s: comfort people
37. And by the way: I have no idea where the rest of the three questions are!

I was a Communication Arts student in a university and although I didn’t major in Advertising but Journalism, I’ve always found advertisings really influential in media, companies and even a person.

In Thailand, all the ads seem to be widely seen everywhere and they sometimes become really annoying for no reason. I have no idea how frequently people in other countries spot the ads in the daily life and how they think about them but I can see them almost everywhere. However, the ads are quite useful sometimes - when you completely have nothing to do but watch the ads. Here are 10 places where the ads are commonly found:

1. Television - My mum always gets frustrated in every TV commercial during the break of TV shows or the soap she is watching. She even counted how many of them were displayed. There are averagely 10 of them in every single break and they are around 4-5 breaks or even more!
2. Bus stop - There’s always a large advertisement signboard at every bus stop in Bangkok.
3. On a bus itself - It’s a massive sticker sheet displaying an ad sticking around a bus and with its large size, the ad usually catches peoples’ eyes.
4. On a skytrain - Just like the ad on a bus, a skytrain has a really huge sticker sheet on it too. Also, there’re some screens displaying a number of commercial ads in every compartment. I love those ads on the screens I must add since it’s better than inevitably looking at others’ shoes when I’ve got nothing to do or don’t know where else to look at.
5. In the cinema - This is ANNOYING for real! All the commercial ads and movie previews which are played on the screen usually take over 20 minutes before the movie starts! For instance, if the ticket says the movie starts at 1:30, you won’t miss any single scene of the movie if you enter the theatre at 1:50.
6. Newspapers - Ads are quite common in a newspaper and I just skip every page containing those ads.
7. Magazines - The same thing goes to all the magazines, bloody ads are cluttered there and it’s very irritating to see those all ads page after page.
8. Websites - Every corner appears the ads!
9. Advertising billboards - Seen everywhere along the roads, it’s good for Bangkok drivers though, at least they have something to look at while being stuck in the traffic.
10. Leaflets - I receive at least one leafelet almost every morning on my way to the office!

I stumbled upon a post on a parenting blog of which owner is an American mother questioing her readers ‘How old were their children when they stopped wanting kisses from mummy?’ and the question kind of surprised me as I never thought American kids were embarrassed being kissed by their mummies. Also, the question led to another question in my mind ‘How close are you to your family?’

I don’t know much about western families but for us Asian people, family is quite a priority in life, at least to me, it is.

I’m the second child in the familly among an intelligent elder sister, a childish younger sister, the youngest brother who is a smart arse and each of us is one year and three months different. My parents were not high educated but we four have been perfectly brought up! We still stay with our parents (it’s very common in Thai culture) except my elder sis who’s now working in the north. That’s why we are so close to one another.

Being a middle child in the family, I’m very close to every family member especially my great daddy When i was a little girl, he always told me that I had been found in the trash so he adopted me while the others were his real children. At that time I was too innocent to realise he was just kidding me, thus I couldn’t help crying everytime he teased me. Years later, I knew it was only a (bad) joke and the reason he teased me that way because he and I are the most alike! The three look like our mummy but I alone look really like our daddy

I’m now in my twenties and I still always get kisses on the cheek from my daddy and we sometimes walk holding hands hehe. I don’t know whether that’s weird or not but I just don’t care (my daddy probably does but he never tells me lol). One of my friend said that luckily we are really alike, otherwise poeple might think we are….(say no more!)

It’s June 27^th and it’s my 23th birthday today! It’s probably I’m getting old so I didn’t look forward to my birthday to come. It was a very wonderful day though

I started my special Friday with my mum and my younger sister in the early morning. We went to make merit by giving food offerings to three monks who usually drop by around my house area for their morning routine. We Thai commonly make merit on special occasions and also on one’s birthday. One of those monks asked if it was my birthday, I said yes and he started praying. It really made my day as I gained good thing on my birthday morning.

Thank you mum for getting up since 4 am to cook and arranging everything. Thank you dad for over 3 calls today and the most wanted wish ever (he wished me to be more beautiful everyday haha). Thanks doctor - my big sister for a call from the north. Thanks my younger sis for a birthday wish via msn at midnight though she was just upstairs.

I received a number of calls and sms from my friends since midnight till the end of the day, so I needed to say sorry to my colleagues and of course my boss for the whole-day cell phone rings.

Thank you so much Chris, my teenage boss, for a very lovely PINK bouquet which made me feel really girlish and a cute birthday card with my name incorrectly spelled on it haha just teasing!

Also, thank you Chris, Jock, Tom, Benz, all my colleagues for my birthday present tucked in a pink (again) box and delicious chocolate cake (with only one candle on it) which quite surprised me hahaha. Actually it was a big surprise to receive the birthday cake as I didn’t expect those four guys to mange this kind of thing by themselves when there was no girl around. A cake deliveryman came in the office saying he came to deliver cake and at that moment he was kind of ruining my surprise as I was sitting right there hahaha. Anyway, I really really appreciated you all and thanks again for the cake with my name correctly written on it

Anyway, I heard a poem when I was a kind saying that our birthday is a so-called death’s day of mum as she risked her life with our birth and yes, that’s so true!

Happy Birthday to Me and thanks mum for giving me birth~

In order to avoid serious traffic jams during rush hours in Bangkok especially in the area I work at, I need to use skytrain which is really packed in the early morning and in the evening after work yet it takes me only 15-20 mins. It’s better than being stuck in the traffic for hours though!

I have always experienced annoying things on the skytrain since I started relying on it many years ago. I reckon the similar things commonly happen in other countries as well.

The first thing that always gets me frustrated is when someone possesses a pole on the skytrain while others are likely to fall over the floor when the train is moving as they have nothing to hold. Don’t know if that person does it in purpose or he/she just doesn’t realise it’s a kind of selfishness.

The second thing I hate is when someone jumps the queue to enter the train! Bangkok skytrain is very busy and it’s like a mess when people are trying to catch the train as a few mins can cause them late at work or any appointments. People are being in queue and when the doors slid open, he/she comes from nowhere and suddenly gets into the train, people at the end of the queue are left outside the train, keep waiting for the next train to come!

Thirdly, when sitting guys are pretending they don’t see the old or pregnant women standing quite close to them. Guys will try to look on the screen, unpleasant views outside or wherever they won’t have an eye contact with the age and the pregnant women. It should be that last thing in the world all the guys do but……!!!

The fourth thing is noisy people! Of course they can talk on the train but they should be krengjai other passengers by not talking that loudly! Most of them are teenagers, they love showing off in public, I can understand that though as I’ve passed that period of time in my life

The last thing is people who seem to be afraid they won’t have a chance to get into the train if they don’t try to run through the crowd that is going out of the train. That’s really annoying as it’s hard enough to struggle my way out to the door when they train is packed, and I usually get mad when someone try to struggle themselves into the train while I’m trying to get out! They won’t die if they have to wait for a few more seconds!

Education and degrees do matter for Thai students while western people don’t really care about how educated people are (this is what I’ve heard). So a graduation ceremony is what Thai university students and their parents always look forward to. Getting a degree means a success in life and as for Thai society, it’s not only a value but it’s what can obviously be seen in every day life.

There are a number of state universities and private ones in Thailand and of course students who graduate from state universities usually gain more advantage in applying for a job as they are the very first choices for several companies.

The graduation ceremony is also held at the different period of time for different universities. The person who gives the degree certificate is also the different ones. For some universities, it’s an honour to get the degree certificate from a royal family member while some university students get it from the president of their university.

It’s the proudest moment for those students and their parents as the degree commonly means their efforts capabilities and IQ.

On the ceremony, apart from attending the hall to get the certificate, when the ceremony is done, it’s time for taking photos and each the graduate will hire their private photographer, some of which are professional while some are the graduates’ friends. They also invite loads of their old friends, cousins and their juniors in the uni to join them in hundreds of photos