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200 baht satays and a lesson
we were having chicken satays in rustic spot near our hotel. chicken satays thai style- no fat, milder peanut sauce, yum. a boy approaches us with a basket of packet sweets. cute boy whom i would have wanted to date had he been 15 years older. a packet of 6 sweets for 5 baht. he doesn't smile as he gestures for us to buy his sweets. he looks almost ( Read more... ) -
path to God
it's not about the many ways, not about the different choices, it's about what's the truth -
time will tell
i've been wanting to blog about life. since being back, i've ( Read more... ) -
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i just had some durians from malacca. V(˜_˜)V i'm so durian struck my eyes have sparkles flying out of them. and my fingers don't smell at all. wash hands with water that runs through the husks? nooo. that is tried and tested not to work. the trick is to use a spoon. or chopsticks. or get someone to feed you ( Read more... ) -
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feels strange to be back in a big church. suddenly every thing sounds very loud and overwhelming. very strange to sing in english. i keep finding myself humming and singing those spanish songs and thinking of stuff to say in spanish! wow i mustn't lose this drive, i must strive to dream in spanish also. anyway it feels like stuff have changed. ( Read more... ) -
silence me
remind me, por favor, wy i ate falling asleep anywere in public. cos wen you do you can no longer control your mus-cle movements. once or twice i found myself drooling, not a very glam sigt. tis time i ended up on te soulders of some stranger. so malu. i avoided eye contact wen i eventually woke up ururrr ( Read more... ) -
strange new space
18 days on the road (think 22 hour bus rides, in the cold), 5 days of being airborne, lots of shopping, and i'm currently sweating in between the thighs with a finished bowl of japanese curry mee and chap chye. and i'm happy (i can actually say *pat my belly* because there is indeed one). even though i'm now back in my room which has miraculously ( Read more... ) -
Old socks
it is 12.20am. i'm beside a tiny heater trying to keep warm it seems like my not very gangly limbs turn cold fast i need to constantly hold them beside the tiny 30X30cm square. i'm writing about my hate for cats, i just got done compiling a 12 min documentary for culture class, i've had too much chocolates in the past few days, just to keep warm, ( Read more... ) -
Faceless
There Supra stood, staring at the field, lost in thoughts. The sky looked threatening- dark ominous clouds looking as though the heavens were about to part. Mosquitoes buzzed around, feeding on fresh blood. She slapped her arms and legs repeatedly- they were all swollen with bites. It was the time of the year- Monsoon. Everyone rejoiced in that. ( Read more... ) -
writing assignments
Write 2 character profiles.Supra looks typical of teenagers her age. Jasmine-oiled hair and sleeked back, a long braid all the way down to her waist. 5 ft 4 tall, 14 and growing, she had just gone through her coming of age ceremony, where everyone from the village took part in blessing her for having reached puberty. There is always a cause for ( Read more... )