August 29, 2009
For the longest time, I thought the following messages I received from my Thai colleagues on messenger, email or sms sounds weird:
“I didn’t know that, too. 555”
or
“Really? 555”
or whatever else the message, and followed by
“555”
It took me quite a while to realise what it means. “555” simply means “hahaha“. Meaning, that’s the sound you make when you laugh. To explain further, it’s the laughter that goes with haa haa haa. In Thai, the very word for the number five (5) is “ha”. As such the Thais use this in their daily texting and messaging language to denote laughter.
I was reminded of this again today when I heard a jingle in the taxi that went ha ha ha ha ha. Only the guy singing the jingle wasn’t laughing; he was only verbalising the phone numbers with a lot of fives in it.
555
August 29, 2009
Don’t they just look fabulously gorgeous? I simply love the sight of these funky looking and colourful doughnuts that seem to threaten instant cavity. The kind that makes all your teeth enamel fall out immediately because it is super candy-sweet. Interestingly, they come in all sorts of creative flavours too. Dunkin Donuts will fail in comparison to this new kid on the block.
Somehow, I can’t just bring myself to eat such pretty food; so I settled for the good old sugared doughnut and double choc doughnut to tar pao home for my dinner. Good ole doughnuts can be such awesome comfort food. I likey!
August 27, 2009
Snippets on “Wisdom”, courtesy of Vicvanvinkle:
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to others –
they are more screwed up than you think.
I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you.
All you can do is stalk them and hope they panic and give in.
I’ve learned that no matter how much I care,
some people are just assholes.
I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust,
and it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.
I’ve learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes.
After that, you’d better have a big weenie or huge boobs.
I’ve learned that the people you care most about in life are taken
from you too soon and all the less important ones just never go away.
I’ve learned that we are responsible for what we do,
unless we are celebrities, politicians or filthy rich.
Can’t help but grinned to myself silly when I read those.
