Tea, anybody??

Ok so I still can't quite make my peace with the English weather but it's not that miserable, not yet anyways. Like today it was completely unexpected. It was hot, it was sunny and it wasn't windy. It's one of them rare days that the sun shone properly and you can just walk around in a tee.

On top of that, lately I've been expanding my range of restaurants moving away from the old and boring Leicester Square and have discovered that there's a lot on offer that's actually nice and affordable-ish! Regent street itself has a couple of really nice restaurants, who knew, I just thought it was just a shopping street. I likes.

Had the chance to go for an afternoon tea the other day, it wasn't at The Ritz but it's one of them same tier places... I was uber impressed with their scones, clotted cream and home made jam - niceeeeee.

Yes, I'm alive, I'm sound...not so sane but yeah.

If at first you don't succeed (no, you don't "try and try again"), redefine success :p

And off I go

So my room's in a mess, per usual, and I'm flying tonight and I'm not packed. Typical. And the fact that I have a gazillion wires to bring even though technology's evolved this far these days, is unacceptable. There's the phone charger, the laptop charger, the external hard disk wires and the camera charger...and 2 of those have adapters to add to the weight. Just great. I propose for a universal and standardised plugs and chargers, I really do.

Anyways, I'm slowly paying more attention to giving my white ride some love. This karshine liquid really works wonders. There are countless scratches on my car, some deeper and bigger than the rest but mostly shallow ones all over the place - and this cream thing gets rid of all the small scratches! Having just spent at least an hour scrubbing the car away from one door to the next, it is now spanking new, ignoring the huge cut I made a while back. Who knew there's such thing. That said, I think it's just Brasso rebranded and repackaged. Looks like it, smells like it, can't be that different. I just checked out their website, they have like everything you could ask for, I'll go shopping again when I come back in December, by then all the bumps and bruises will disappear :D

Sigh the whole "I must read the GMAT book" thought is plaquing my head. I know I'm meant to read but it's just so uninteresting. I should pack, ew. At least I'll be in London for a while, hopefully there're enough to do there...

I love that feeling when I finally find that thing I've spent ages looking for.

A size smaller

Whatever the heck they name diets these days, if they work, the basic principle is no more sophisticated than either:

a.) you eat less calories than you burn
b.) you burn more calories than you eat

Under a.) you eat healthy crap, no junk stuff, no 'empty calories', tone down the sugar and the fat. Under b.) you exercise, get that heart beating faster to burn up that fat bulging up at the arms, the thighs, the belly, and wherever else they go.

Sounds oh-so-simple but it's so difficult. Giving up desserts would make this world a much gloomier place and getting myself to exercise takes immense will power. I've been wanting to play badminton or go swimming but I need to buy new shuttlecocks and get myself a new pair of goggles (I don't even know when I lost my old one, and it was still in good shape too *sigh*). I've been wanting to go and buy them for the past 3-4 days and never did...uncool.

It's been raining everyday too so swimming is out of the picture, not to mention the fact that the clubhouse added something to the pool which we can't swim in for another week. That leaves the badminton...and people at this place likes to go play. I could go play with them but I don't know - I never was the kind that likes to meet new people, especially when they live so close.

Tentative schedule, Sunday evening KOI and Monday lunch Fuzio...see how this goes.

Discipline, bless me with it.

It's a car thing

I don't like washing my car. It takes a lot of time the wash off the dirt and clean it thoroughly and then it takes time to wipe dry. Yes, them car wash at petrol stations is the solution but I'm home and I have nothing to do (ignoring the GMAT book sitting on the floor). I need to vacuum the entire inside and get the leather seats washed. On top of that, having just washed it there are a lot of bumps and bruises on the entire car. Scratches, deep scratches, paint chipped, black spots from liquid tarmac covers the entire lower half on the car - it will need a major touch up before looking sexy again. Sigh.

I just rode a motorbike (ok, a scooter, not mine though) the day before yesterday to catch a view on the 30th something floor of Bangkok at night. That was a nice little stunt riding on bangna-trad road and getting back without hitting into anything. That's living. When I was on the scooter I remembered once again (like back then in Samui in 2006) how difficult it is for them to navigate and I emphathised. That said, the second I got back in the car and they were in my way my god was I annoyed. *deep breath*

I really should get a move on with my GMAt prep. I really should, but no motivation whatsoever. Just the thought of it makes my stomach cringe.

How impractical

I know that those terms and conditions for softwares etc. are written in such a way so that it's impossible to sue them for anything but it's insanely long so much so no one actually reads it! You seriously think I'd read those things, especially in a row, when I'm installing loads of programs at a time? As if. I bet they could write stuff like under this agreement you consent to joining our membership program after one year at an annual fee of $69.99 or something. Blah.

Anyways, that thought came about because I got myself a new laptop. Ok, didn't get myself but got a new one anyhow. Originally my ex-laptop was meant to last another year before I get a new one but the mainboard somehow gave in and took with it the hard disk. HP's center cost estimation was 23,000baht...which is the equivalent of a basic laptop these days or half of a good one so screw it. The new one's sexier too, I like.

I just stuffed myself with soggy springrolls and half a mango and sticky rice...and sitting right next to me is a glass of iced ovaltine. I'm insanely full, should have stopped at 3 springrolls but nope I had to eat all 5. It's so annoying how you can't heat them up in the microwave and keep them crispy. Who wants to wait for the oven to heat up, too hungry.

There're freaking speakers on the new ipod touch?! That's ridiculous, they couldn't have put them on the first generation?!

Going green...literally

Because, as usual, I have so much time on my hands and I'd rather use it doing something useless, here's what green will look like...quite nice I guess...but then Hermes loses all its orange charm! And yes, so the photoshopping's quite rough but so what?? And while I was at it I tried yellow with the rubber strap...turned out quite nicely I thought.

It's an orange world

Again this post is like another one of those product-promoting posts but nevermind that, it's just me liking something and sharing it with the world. Orange always looked very nice but it's not a colour that will look very classic on a watch, especially if it's superbranded. However, being Hermes and all - it's entirely justified. It's their colour and those in the know knows it. The strap too is a beauty, finally something that actually looks like something. The metal strap's a lot nicer though, the rubber one just looks like a kiddy watch. Witness the Hermes Clipper Plongeur Chronograph in orange [and trust me, the black, the red and the blue just don't look as nice and I swear I'm not being biased].

Again photos directly off the internet and I'm not taking any credit for it.

To be fair, the orange rubber strap stills look nice, and one thing's for sure, it won't scratch so easily.

The world would look so much better in orange, don't you think?

Summer, let time fly

It's been two years since I graduated from high school. I miss that place. They were days where things were so much simpler. Where time was more abundant and friends were really unmatched companies. It was nice to go out on Fridays and didn't have to care for the world. It was nice to waste the free periods sitting around or eating noodles. It was nice being able to drive to school and have a cosy place to come home to unlike Coventry. I mean it'll never compare, London will be more worthy an opponent but nevermind that. I only have a year left and it will work out fine.

I watch a lot of movies. I spend money going to the cinema as is and I'm watching things I've watched on HBO, Cinemax or Star Movies all over again. Some way too many times. It's unhealthy. I'm wasting my day away. Sigh.

I'm so happy I didn't have to fly last night. It would have been hectic to rush out barely packed and ready. I like being in Bangkok and it's not like there's anything worth going back to. I have just over 10 days to enjoy all this, eat around...hopefully, and lose some weight...that's just being hopeful.

Good god I'm growing old fast...

One learns

So finally blogger loads. Anyways, after enduring a 3-day trip up in the north-east I have returned with loads of new discoveries...or at least my memory refreshed. So here's what I've figured out over the past weekend:

- You don't wear flip flops to hike the mountains. I have my trainers, who decided to gave in meaning I had no other choice but to use the flip flops. I bought a super glue but that didn't hold either. All in all, bring a decent pair of walking shoes that won't die before your trip ends. Flip flops don't work because they over-expose your feet and aren't designed for gripping or the constant climbing up and down.

- Bring more clothes than necessary. Don't think that ok these pants will last the weekend and I'll have a tee a day. What if it rains?! You're happily walking down (with immense effort) the hill towards to waterfall and this downpour hits out of nowhere. If you don't have spare clothes, your pants for one won't dry in time and prevention's better than cure.

- Bring them first-aid things. Bandages will come in handy shall anything happen. Them insect-bite creams will really help. Soothing balms will help if your ride is constantly a loop around the mountains. Just go prepared.

- Bring food and water. You might be able to find something there but if and when you can't, you'll have your supply of goodies that you can trust, e.g. drinks that haven't expired or brands that you actually recognised.

- Don't hike heavy. Don't bring too many things with you, a sac with bandages, bottle of water, camera and possibly a small towel will do. Oh, sunblock and caps are actually useful, it could get really hot.

That's all I could remember right now. I had more things I wanted to write about but then it's been 3 days and it's all becoming a blur. The views on top of those mountains practically above the clouds (or at least lots and lots of fog) was worth the trouble. That said, home's great. Civilisation is always appreciated.

I fly in 2ish days. Sucks.