Happy 5 years to us! i really shouldn't be writing anything outside homework right now but how can i not commemorate this special occasion. even not thinking of the entertainment we have, to do/be with something for 5 years is quite an achievement in itself! not having sharp enough memory/language skill to effectively decribe my impression of the good time here, the only thing i can do is send Thai news again. this time is about a bus (probably the most b&s related thing i've ever write!) the tv news today have a report on this bus that could be called a mobile Stars in Your Eyes. the bus driver and the bus conductor like singing very much. they decided to equip their bus with full karaoke devices - tv, vcd player, sound system, microphone (wireless, if i see correctly), bus (pun by foreigner!) loads of karaoke songs in many kinds of music. the bus conductor will announce from times to times if any passenger would like to sing and which song, then arrange singing queqe so that everyone will get to sing before the bus reaches their destination. then the news show clips of passengers singing. then the bus conductor singing. too bad the driver don't get to sing too. he must sacrifice for the safety of the world. i'm celebrating the 5 years too. because there's no one else here, i have to celebrate on my own. first by quiting my painful job, at last! after being here for five years too. coincidence? probably, but it's good point all the same. there've been various outings to celebrate my independence. this is by all means the most grown up decision i've ever made in my life. i now finally feel as grown up as people my age feel, i think. then, Pet Shop Boys came to town early on. they played loads of new and old favourites and i was so happy to get to hear them live. weird that people from different area of the arena had totally different opinions of the show. ranging from walking out after 5 songs to overly overjoy (me!). the length of stay in the beer garden outside might contribute to that but not really much. i'm so looking forward to next week because i won't have to go to work any more. thus, all the time in the world to do my beloved homework. this feels like the beginning of a new era. not just because of being jobless but also because the tiny thing that have been annoying my vision for years have finally been removed today. rather painful but very good mentally. next goal is to make myself wear glasses and see the world clearly as it actually is. actually, i don't really want to see the world clearer i only want to see the stair clearer and hopefully less intimidating. must go back to homework before i start another diary. good times to you all, oon xx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+