Sybreon Ones Nought

This was our last full day in ChiangMai and one that was not on the official tour. However, our guide was so nice and came to bring us around on his own anyway. We wanted to go to a local morning market to buy some Thai rice and other sundries such as dried longan. Since we did not have the tour company minivan, we went about on local ...

We started our day by visiting the tribal people - Karens. These are those famous long-necked women that depress their collar bones for beauty. The thing that interested me more during our visit was their use of local engineering and technology. I observed that their roofs were made with regular dried leaves and they used water power for their machines. Such things interest me because I'm a hardcore ...

This day was our only day in ChiangRai. So, we began with a trip up to Doi Tung Palace, which is where the King's mother used to live. According to our guide, the entire mountain used to be poppy fields. However, the Queen decided to fix the problem by turning the whole place into her private villa and gardens, employing all the poppy planters as her gardeners instead. ...

Spending money always makes me happy. So, I have recently started shopping around for a new car. While there are many el-cheapo local cars to buy, I have decided to go for something a little better. So, I have been going around and visiting the showrooms of various car manufacturers. While shopping around for a car, I have noticed several things. The Proton showroom that I went to has ...

I had recently been contacted by a final year undergraduate at my previous university, where I finished by Bachelor's degree. He was interested in continuing the work that I did there as an undergraduate and he would appreciate any heads-up that I could give him. He also had little knowledge in the specific area and asked me for recommendations on reading material. Seeing that it was someone from my ...

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A very timely episode on ISA in Malaysia, by Al-Jazeera, which was only shown a few days ago.

I'm just not in a very good mood today. So, I don't think that I'll be getting any more work done. So, I thought that I'd just rant about random things. Help get rid of some steam. I hate phone spammers. For some reason, I always get phone calls that try to sell me stuff. I guess that the previous tenant who lived in my room must have given ...