I went to Bay Area for business trip last February, and found a very good collection of flavored tea in the office there. Eary gray, cinnamon, you name it. Of them all, this orange and spice is my favorite. The last weekend, or the last day of the business trip, I went to San Francisco to walk around. Thinking of visiting M, I think I stopped to get this box of tea, and called, but only got voice mail. I always like that cup of tea when I visit him. See I can't even remember the details that just happened less than one year ago. I took the box back to Taiwan, and forgot about it. Few months ago when I was in tossing mood, and went through all storage places to see what to get rid of. I found this box, and started to enjoy it once in a while. This tea, for some reason, makes me feel special. Funny thing is that I rarely finished the cup. One sip or two is enough for me. Now I am down to the last bag. Happy time...
2008/01/20
The Last Bag
I went to Bay Area for business trip last February, and found a very good collection of flavored tea in the office there. Eary gray, cinnamon, you name it. Of them all, this orange and spice is my favorite. The last weekend, or the last day of the business trip, I went to San Francisco to walk around. Thinking of visiting M, I think I stopped to get this box of tea, and called, but only got voice mail. I always like that cup of tea when I visit him. See I can't even remember the details that just happened less than one year ago. I took the box back to Taiwan, and forgot about it. Few months ago when I was in tossing mood, and went through all storage places to see what to get rid of. I found this box, and started to enjoy it once in a while. This tea, for some reason, makes me feel special. Funny thing is that I rarely finished the cup. One sip or two is enough for me. Now I am down to the last bag. Happy time...
2008/01/17
A Bit Panic
The flight to Bangkok was delayed for 3 hours. It was bad. The reason is that I had bought insurance at the airport, which included inconvenience insurance. So if the flight is delayed for more than 4 hours, I can get 3000NT, which is around 90NTD. At the beginning of the fourth hour, I was thinking, it might not be a bad idea to sit for one more hour to get that 3000NTD, since I am waiting in this comfortable business cabin anyway. But then the pilot announced takeoff. Bummer.
Flight to Bangkok was uneventful. It was after 2am when it landed. Too late to get any public transportation to go to Bangkok. I jumped on the taxi, and told him the location, and it took off. Destination: Suk11, in soi 11 of Sukhumvit. The taxt got to the soi ok, but could not find the guest house. It was a weird situation. Not really knowing where I was, looking at the busy (yes, busy at 3am) soi, I was not sure what to do. Taxi started to drive around again, and was pretty sure he got to soi ok, and asked me to leave the taxi and find my own destination. I was NOT going to carry my luggage at 3am trying to find my location. So I started a long talk complaining about why he is a driver but cannot find the location, things like that. I did not expect him to understand, but just wanted to confuse him. He gave in.
Call the guest house, you might ask me to. That's what I did, but it rang and rang and no one answered the phone. The taxi driver even stopped to ask people on the street twice, but no one ever seemed to know the guest house. This is getting even weirder. He then tried another approach by entering the soi from Sukhumvit. Easier this way, as it is the same approach as the simple map I have from the guest house's website. We found it immediately. The reason why we did not see it was because the light for the guest house's sign was off already.
One guy still worked at the reception, but I later wondered why he did not answer my call. I was too tired to remember to ask him, but then thought this might be why it is cheap. You get what you pay for.
The next morning, I went out to walk around, and knew I was really silly. Suk11 really has great location. Very close to Nana station, only 3 minutes away on foot. I got a room with private bathroom, 2 beds for only 600B. It is hard to beat that price. With the price and location, ok room, I'll stay there if I go to Bangkok again.
Flight to Bangkok was uneventful. It was after 2am when it landed. Too late to get any public transportation to go to Bangkok. I jumped on the taxi, and told him the location, and it took off. Destination: Suk11, in soi 11 of Sukhumvit. The taxt got to the soi ok, but could not find the guest house. It was a weird situation. Not really knowing where I was, looking at the busy (yes, busy at 3am) soi, I was not sure what to do. Taxi started to drive around again, and was pretty sure he got to soi ok, and asked me to leave the taxi and find my own destination. I was NOT going to carry my luggage at 3am trying to find my location. So I started a long talk complaining about why he is a driver but cannot find the location, things like that. I did not expect him to understand, but just wanted to confuse him. He gave in.
Call the guest house, you might ask me to. That's what I did, but it rang and rang and no one answered the phone. The taxi driver even stopped to ask people on the street twice, but no one ever seemed to know the guest house. This is getting even weirder. He then tried another approach by entering the soi from Sukhumvit. Easier this way, as it is the same approach as the simple map I have from the guest house's website. We found it immediately. The reason why we did not see it was because the light for the guest house's sign was off already.
One guy still worked at the reception, but I later wondered why he did not answer my call. I was too tired to remember to ask him, but then thought this might be why it is cheap. You get what you pay for.
The next morning, I went out to walk around, and knew I was really silly. Suk11 really has great location. Very close to Nana station, only 3 minutes away on foot. I got a room with private bathroom, 2 beds for only 600B. It is hard to beat that price. With the price and location, ok room, I'll stay there if I go to Bangkok again.
2008/01/15
My Street
Last Monday I took half a day off to run to a bank to close an account. I should have closed it when I left the previous company, because the location is out of the way, and I have to go to that particular bank in person to close the account.It was ok at first, but when it was time to stamp my seal, I brought 2 seals, and neither is the one I used to open the account. I asked to change the seal, but only have ID card with me, no insurance card or driver's license as the second proof of identity, which is the norm in Taiwan to account related activities at the bank. There was no way around it, so I took the bus and walked down the street to go home. I was not a happy camper. Believe me, I complained and said bad things at the bank.
It was sunny, and I thought the street was so beautiful. I took a picture and felt a lot better. I came home and found the seal in another storage place, and took the bus back to the bank and finished what I had wanted to do. That took the whole morning.
Dream Lantern
I have been looking for a lantern like this one for quite a while. But most of the lanterns I found are very large, like the ones from IKEA are simply huge. I always want something that can hold only a tea light and I swore I had seen something like that. Whenever I see a candle store, I always stop to look, but never found anything. I started to wonder if anyone actually made it. Is it just pure my imgination that such a thing exists.I was not dreaming! I found this lantern in Jatujak park. When I saw it, I knew it is the one. It may not be perfect when you look closely. The door is not aligned well, the edges are not quite smooth, but I was willing to get it at any cost. Now it is sitting on my desk. I love it. Money well spent.
2008/01/10
Business Cabin
On the way to Bangkok, as the economy cabin was completely full, I got to go 'upstairs' to the business cabin. Champagne was served after we were all seated, but then flight attendants gave each passenger this box. Heard of this thing from Marc so many times, so I was excited to get one. Nothing special in there really. A pair of socks, chap stick, comb, toothbrush, eye mask, and earplugs. The best thing among all is the chap stick. One tiny drop and my lips got instant moisture. It works even better than the Blistex I bought from US. Later I tossed most of the things inside, and put my cash, cards and passport in it. It looks nice and neat, and is easier to manage. I love it.There is so much leg room in the business cabin. I could also lie flat on the chair. It is quite amazing. Of course the flight was delayed for 3 hours, but at least I got to wait in the comfortable business cabin. At that point I wish it could have delayed for one more hour. I have insurance to cover flight delay, but the delay has to be more than 4 hours. One more hour to get 3000NTD extra for the travel is not a bad thing, but ah well.
2008/01/07
I Am Legend
I was bored in Bangkok, so when Ed asked me if I wanted to do anything, I recommended going to the movie. In fact, I was thinking of going to IMAX at Siam Paragon, but then I was running late, I did not want to hurry cause I was on vacation, so we ended going to MBK. Lek was still with Ed. We bought tickets and had an hour to kill before the show time. We were bored in that hour. That is how bored we were.
Anyway, I am legend. OK movie. Pretty much a one man show for Will Smith, as he is the only survivor in New York. What I do not like is when the lady shows up in New York with her son to meet Will, and accidentally saves him. She tells Will that there is a shelter in the north, and the virus cannot survive there. When Will asks her how she knows about it. She says she just knows without much explanation and tells Will to listen to the God. At the end of the movie, she actually finds the shelter. This kind of story makes me uncomfortable. Maybe it should be classified as religious.
Anyway, I am legend. OK movie. Pretty much a one man show for Will Smith, as he is the only survivor in New York. What I do not like is when the lady shows up in New York with her son to meet Will, and accidentally saves him. She tells Will that there is a shelter in the north, and the virus cannot survive there. When Will asks her how she knows about it. She says she just knows without much explanation and tells Will to listen to the God. At the end of the movie, she actually finds the shelter. This kind of story makes me uncomfortable. Maybe it should be classified as religious.
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