Friday, October 9, 2009

Just finished two articles this week. God, I'm tired. There's so much to do still. My list of things to-do keeps getting longer and longer. I also need to buy a new notebook/planner for work since I ran out of pages today. Maybe I'll just use the notebook Nick got me last year for Valentine's.

Didn't eat lunch today because I didn't feel like going with my colleagues to Thammasat area. I'm trying to go on a diet too (but that's not really new, is it?)

I also witnessed a car burning on a bridge over the Chaophraya river this morning. I can't remember the bridge's name. It was crazy! The entire front half of the car was engulfed in flames and it took the firemen a few tries to stop it. It's also quite amazing that motorcycles, cars and pedestrians were still passing by the car and the area wasn't sealed off since there could've been an explosion if the fire reached the gas tank. Where's the rain when we needed you?

I'm still thinking about the Singapore deal and haven't really decided yet as I'm still trying to sweeten the package. I guess I'll send them my response on Monday.

I have a sudden urge to go to the fortune teller again. But I don't know why since they never tell me anything useful.

I also bought the book Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer finally after more than two years of looking at it in Kinokuniya. I found it from a second-hand book store on Rambutree Road opposite Khaosan.

I'm also really into Indian prints these days. So I'm really looking forward to attend another workshop in Bangladesh end-October so that I can buy some cute skirts and dresses there.

Now I have to write my trip report since I went to Indonesia last week. I love getting a new stamp in my passport.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Fixing

"Now the other thing is my wife, Regina. She has been horribly hurt by my behavior, and when something happens like that, if you hurt a person and it's your responsibility, you try to fix it." - David Letterman

Letterman apologized to his wife, Regina, after he announced last Thursday that he had sex with somebody on his show. The producer was threatening to go public with this information if Letterman didn't cough up $2 million.

What I wanted to draw attention to was not about whether he apologized or whether or not he admitted to having an affair. I think I just wanted to make a point that if you hurt a person, it is your responsibility to try to fix it.

Anyway, my view on life is this - what's broken, remains broken. But I think trying and not trying at all to fix it does make a huge difference.

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