Home Is Where The Heart Is

Thursday, November 30, 2006

A mere whisker is all that separates the living from being a bloody stain on the sidewalk.

Walking back to the office with colleagues, food in one hand and drink in the other, somebody points out a bulging haversack lying smack in the middle of the road, looking incongrously out of place.

Lorry speeds past, barely missing the bag.

Pick-up track hits the bag at high speed, skidding out of control and heading IN OUR DIRECTION. Driver jams on brakes, my knees go numb and speed of reflexes = 0.

The pick-up screeches to a halt barely 2 feet away, the offending bag still stuck under the front left wheel.

If that pickup hadn't stopped, I wouldn't have had the presence of mind to move my pinkie, never mind dive out of the way.

The world once again takes a turn for the surreal.

The sun feels good on my face.

Even the water tastes sweeter.

People need dramatic examples to shake them out of apathy.

- Bruce Wayne

Runnin' away, you can't pretend...
3:39 PM

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Friday, November 17, 2006

Yikes. According to Statcounter's new Google Earth service, not only do I have hits from places like California, New York, Sweden, France and the U.K., but, get this: off the coast of Nigeria in the South Atlantic.

That's right, some mofo accessed this page from a floating boat somewhere in the South Atlantic. Or maybe it was a plane, but that's still scary.

Talk about a globalised world.

On another unrelated note, Burger King in Thailand is great because not only they have a plethora of burgers for you to choose from (in Singapore it'd be, can I have the whopper/rendang double/mushroom swiss? in Thailand you even have veggie burgers, and I swear from appearances they are indistinguishable), but you also get to choose mini hash browns instead of fries or onion rings.

Ok back to work.

Later.

Runnin' away, you can't pretend...
11:11 AM

Monday, November 06, 2006

Tens, if not hundreds of banana leaf boats floating away on the serene waters, each bearing the sputtering flame of a single wax candle set amidst flowers, coins, incense, etc...

It's times like these that make you truly stop and smell the roses, so to speak.

The bearer closes his/her eyes and makes a wish, before setting the little boat adrift on the currents, to be carried whither and thither. It's somehow so much more meaningful than tossing coins in a fountain and hoping to win the lottery.

The candle signifies the strength of the wish being made, and the longer the bearer keeps looking at it, the better.

The festival has special meaning for those engaged in courtship, as the releasing of a Krathong signifies a couple's wish to be true lovers. It's rather enchanting to see many couples sit together and smile at each other as they release their own little wish onto the lake...

Happy Loi Krathong, baby :)

Runnin' away, you can't pretend...
3:03 PM

2 Comments:

At 2:26 AM, D said...: since you keep bugging me to comment (though i'd love to, but i'd never tell you), here i am, commenting!

thanks baby. for everything. you're wonderful :)

NOW you have to comment on every blog post i post. you're so dead! hahaha
At 1:57 AM, D said...: everytime i listen to the songs on your blog, i cry.