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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 

Current mood:  thoughtful
Category: Writing and Poetry


The Spider and the Fly
By Mary Howitt

 
Will you walk into my parlour? said the spider to the fly. 
Tis the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy,
The way into my parlour is up a winding stair, 
And I've a many curious things to shew when you are there.
 
Oh no, no, said the little Fly, to ask me is in vain,
For who goes up your winding stair, can ne'er come down again.
 
I'm sure you must be weary, dear, with soaring up so high
Will you rest upon my little bed? said the Spider to the Fly.
There are pretty curtains drawn around; the sheets are fine and thin,
And if you like to rest awhile, I'll snugly tuck you in!
 
Oh no, no, said the little Fly, for I've often heard it said
They never, never wake again, who sleep upon your bed!
 
Said the cunning Spider to the Fly, Dear friend what can I do,
To prove the warm affection I 've always felt for you?
I have within my pantry, good store of all that's nice
I'm sure you're very welcome, will you please to take a slice?
 
Oh no, no, said the little Fly, Kind Sir, that cannot be,
I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!
 
Sweet creature! said the Spider, you're witty and you're wise,
How handsome are your gauzy wings, how brilliant are your eyes!
I've a little looking-glass upon my parlour shelf,
If you'll step in one moment, dear, you shall behold yourself.
 
I thank you, gentle sir, she said, for what you 're pleased to say,
And bidding you good morning now, I'll call another day.
 
The Spider turned him round about, and went into his den,
For well he knew the silly Fly would soon come back again
So he wove a subtle web, in a little corner sly,
And set his table ready, to dine upon the Fly.
 
Then he came out to his door again, and merrily did sing, 
Come hither, hither, pretty Fly, with the pearl and silver wing,
Your robes are green and purple, there's a crest upon your head
Your eyes are like the diamond bright, but mine are dull as lead!
 
Alas, alas! How very soon this silly little Fly,
Hearing his wily, flattering words, came slowly flitting by
With buzzing wings she hung aloft, then near and nearer drew,
Thinking only of her brilliant eyes, and green and purple hue
 
Thinking only of her crested head, poor foolish thing!
At last,
Up jumped the cunning Spider, and fiercely held her fast.
He dragged her up his winding stair, into his dismal den,
Within his little parlour, but she ne'er came out again!
 
And now dear little children, who may this story read,
To idle, silly flattering words, I pray you ne'er give heed.
Unto an evil counsellor, close heart and ear and eye,
And take a lesson from this tale, of the Spider and the Fly. 


Wednesday, January 28, 2009 

Current mood:  amused
Category: Life






Le 10 parole piu' usate dalla Donne ed il loro significato

1) BENE: questa e' la parola che usano le donne per terminare una discussione quando hanno ragione e tu devi stare zitto.
2) 5 MINUTI: se la donna si sta vestendo significa mezz'ora. 5 minuti e' solo 5 minuti se ti ha dato 5 minuti per guardare la partita o giocare alla playstation prima di uscire o di fare qualsiasi altra cosa insieme.
3) NIENTE: La calma prima della tempesta. Vuol dire qualcosa... e dovreste stare all'erta.
Discussioni che cominciano con niente normalmente finiscono in BENE (vedi punto 1).
4) FAI PURE: e' una sfida, non un permesso. Non lo fare.
5) SOSPIRONE: e'come una parola, ma un'affermazione non verbale per cui spesso fraintesa dagli uomini.
Un sospirone significa che lei pensa che sei un'idiota e si chiede perché sta perdendo il suo tempo li' davanti a te a
discutere di NIENTE(torna al punto 3 per il significato di questa parola).
6) OK: Questa e' una delle parole più pericolose che una donna può dire a un uomo.
Significa che ha bisogno di pensare a lungo prima di decidere come e quando fartela pagare.
7) GRAZIE: Una donna ti ringrazia; non fare domande o non svenire; vuole solo ringraziarti (a meno che non dica 'grazie mille' che il più delle volte può essere PURO sarcasmo e non ti sta ringraziando.)
8) COME VUOI: e' il modo della donna per dire vai a quel paese!!!!
9) NON TI PREOCCUPARE FACCIO IO: un'altra affermazione pericolosa; significa che una donna ha chiesto a un uomo di fare
qualcosa svariate volte ma adesso lo sta facendo lei. Questo porterà l'uomo a chiedere: 'Cosa c'e' che non va?'
Per la riposta della donna fai riferimento al punto 3.
10) CHI E'?: questa è solo una semplice domanda.. ricorda però che ogni volta che una donna ti chiede
'chi è' in realtà ti vorrebbe chiedere: 'CHI E' QUELLA PUTTANA E COSA VUOLE DA TE????????????' occhio a come rispondi.






Friday, January 23, 2009 

Current mood:  amused
Category: Blogging
ARIES - The Aggressive
Outgoing.Lovable. Spontaneous. Not one to mess with. Funny. Excellent kisserEXTREMELY adorable. Loves relationships, and family is very importantto an Aries.  Aries are known for being generous and giving. Addictive.Loud. Always has the need to be 'Right'. Aries will argue to provetheir point for hours and hours.  Aries are some of the most wonderfulpeople in the world. 


TAURUS - The Tramp
Aggressive. Loves being in long relationships.  Likes to give a good fight.
Fightfor what they want. Can be annoying at times, but for the love ofattention.  Extremely outgoing. Loves to help people in times of need.Good kisser. Good personality. Stubborn. A caring person. They can beself centered and if they want something they will do anything to getit. They love to sleep and can be lazy.  One of a kind. Not one to messwith. Are the most attractive people on earth!


GEMINI
  - The  Twin
Nice.Love is one of a kind. Great listeners Very Good at confusing people...Lover not a fighter, but will still knock you out. Gemini's will nottake any crap from anyone. Gemini's like to tell people what theyshould do and get offended easily.  They are great at losing things andare forgetful.  Gemini's can be very sarcastic and childish at times,and are very nosey.
Trustworthy.Always happy. VERY Loud. Talkative. Outgoing VERY FORGIVING. Loves tomake out. Has a beautiful smile. Generous. Strong. THE MOSTIRRESISTIBLE.



CANCER - The Beauty
MOSTAMAZING KISSER. Very high appeal. A Cancer's Love is one of a kind.Very romantic. Most caring person you will ever meet in your life. Entirely creative Person, most's are artists and insane respectfullyspeaking.  They perfected sex and do it often.  Extremely random. AnUltimate Freak. Extremely funny and is usually the life of the party. Most cancers will take you under their wing and into their heartswhere you will remain forever.  Cancers make love with a passion beyondcompare
Spontaneous.  Not a Fighter, But will kick your ass good if it comes down to it. Someone you should hold on to!



LEO - The Lion
Greattalker. Attractive and passionate. Laid back. Usually happy, but whenunhappy tend to be grouchy and childish.  A Leo's problem becomeseveryone's problem.  Most Leos are very predictable and tend to bemonotonous. Knows how to have fun. Is really good at almost anything.Great kisser. Very predictable. Outgoing.  Down to earth. Addictive.Attractive. Loud. Loves being in long relationships. Talkative. Not oneto mess with. Rare to find. Good when found.


VIRGO - The One that Waits
Dominantin relationships. Someone loves them right now. Always wants the lastword. Caring. Smart. Loud. Loyal. Easy to talk to. Everything you everwanted. Easy to please. A pushover.  Loves to gamble and take chances. Needs to have the last say in everything.  They think they knoweverything and usually do.  Respectful to others but you will quicklylose their respect if you do something untrustworthy towards them andnever regain respect.  The do not forgive and never forget the one andonly.


LIBRA - The Lame One
Niceto everyone they meet. Their Love is one of a kind. Silly, fun andsweet. Have own unique appeal. Most caring person you will ever meet!However,  not the kind of person you want to mess with... you might endup crying... Libras can cause as much havoc as they can prevent. faithful friends to the end.  Can hold a grudge for years.  Libras aresomeone you want on your side.  Usually great at sports and are extremesports fanatics.  Kinda dumb at times. 


SCORPIO - The Addict
EXTREMELYadorable.  Loves to joke. Very Good sense of humor. Will try almostanything once.  Loves to be pampered.  Energetic. Predictable. GREATkisser. Always get what they want.  Attractive.  Loves being in longrelationships. Talkative. Loves to party but at times to the extreme. Loves the smell and feel of money and is good at making it but just asgood at spending it!  Very protective over loved ones. HARD workers.Can be a good friend but if disrespected by a friend, the friendshipwill end. Romantic. Caring.

SAGITTARIUS - The Promiscuous One
Spontaneous.High appeal. Rare to find. Great when found. Loves being in longrelationships. So much love to give. A loner most of the time.  Losespatience easily and will not take crap.  If in a bad mood stay FARaway.  Gets offended easily and remembers the offense forever.  Lovesdeeply but at times will not show it feels it is a sign of weakness. Has many fears but will not show it.  VERY private person.  Defendsloved ones will all their abilities. Can be childish often. Not one tomess with. Very pretty. Very romantic. Nice to everyone they meet.Their Love is one of a kind. Silly, fun and sweet. Have own uniqueappeal. Most caring person you will ever meet! Amazing in bed..!!! Notthe kind of person you want to mess with- you might end up crying. 


CAPRICORN - The Passionate Lover
Loveto bust. Nice. Sassy. Intelligent. Sexy. Grouchy at times and annoyingto some.  Lazy and love to take it easy.  But when they find a job orsomething they like to do they put their all into it.  Proud,understanding and sweet.
Irresistible. Loves being in long relationships. Great talker. Always
getswhat he or she wants. Cool. Loves to win against other signs especiallyGemini's in sports.  Likes to cook but would rather go out to eat atgood restaurants.
Extremely fun. Loves to joke. Smart.


AQUARIUS - Does It In The Water
Trustworthy. Attractive. Great kisser. One of a kind, loves being in
long-termrelationships. Can be clumsy at times but tries hard.  Will take on anyproject.  Proud of themselves in whatever they do.  Messy, andunorganized.  Procrastinators.  Great lovers, when their not sleeping. Extreme thinkers. Loves their pets usually more then their family. Can be VERY irritating to others when they try to explain or tell astory.  Unpredictable. Will exceed your expectations. Not a Fighter,But will Knock your lights out.


PISCES - The Partner for Life
Caringand kind. Smart. Center of attention. Messy at times and irresponsible! Smart but lazy.  High appeal. Has the last word. Good to find, hard tokeep. Passionate, wonderful lovers.  Fun to be around. Too trusting attimes and gets hurt easily.  Lover of animals.  VERY caring, makewonderful nurses or doctors. They always try to do the right thingsometimes get the short end of the stick.  They sometimes get used byothers and hurt because of their trusting.   Extremely weird but in agood way. Good Sense of Humor!!! Thoughtful. Always gets what he or shewants. Loves to joke. Very popular. Silly, fun and sweet. Good friendto other but need to be choosy on who they allow their friends to be. 


Thanks to Ady for this email :)

Thursday, September 11, 2008 

Current mood:  impressed
Category: News and Politics


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj4Yhi7vFhE

What people from around the world knows about Italy?:
(please extend the list if you know some more :-)

Mafia
Pizza
Maccheroni
Pasta
e ke kazzo
Vaffanculo
Ferrari
Milan
Ferrari
Lamborghini
Valentino Rossi
Spaghetti Bolognese
Napoli
Pope

Thursday, March 27, 2008 

Current mood:  cheerful
Category: Life

The Saint and the Whore

There are girls you marry, and girls you don’t.

Right?

Ask any man, he’ll tell you. There are girls you have meaningless, raunchy sex with, gorgeous girls with a tinge of sleaze about them, strippers and porn stars, or even just the co-ed party girls looking for a good time. These are the girls that populate a young man’s twenties, who breeze in and out of his party-going adolescence, notable only for the outrageous or kinky anecdotes they provide for him to regale his buddies with later in life.

Then, of course, there are the Marriage Material girls. They are quieter, more serious, less sexually experienced and more maternal. They are the women that know how to balance a chequebook, keep track of appointments, do income tax returns and care for children. Motherhood only intensifies the glow from their haloes - once the babies are born, these women become almost asexual, bastions of maternal morality that a man wouldn’t dream of throwing over the arm of the couch and taking from behind. She gave birth to your children, it’s sacrilegious to think of hot sex with her.

This duality has existed for centuries. As long as there have been courtesans and cultured women, prostitutes and proper ladies, there has been a dichotomy in the minds of some men, and many women, a split between the desirable and the decent. It has been referred to as the Madonna and the Whore, the Saint and the Sinner, or the idea that most men want to go to bed with a nymphomaniac and wake up with a virgin. Whatever it’s called, however it presents itself to the men who believe in it, this idea is baseless, patently unreasonable, and ultimately destructive to women and the men who want to love them.

Telling men that they only desire women they don’t marry, and only marry women they don’t desire, cannot possibly lead to a fulfilling romantic life for anybody. It leads men to question their own morality when they find themselves highly sexually aroused by someone. It also leads them to suppress their sexuality when they meet a woman they want to marry. In both cases, something is suffering. If he’s drawn to a woman he himself thinks is immoral, his own sense of self-worth deteriorates. If he subverts his sexual drive because he thinks its wrong to feel such things for his wife, his natural desire to express love and affection through sex deteriorates. It’s a no-win situation.

It isn’t much better for women, either. Telling women that sexy women aren’t moral and that moral women aren’t sexy leaves many women perplexed. Women who would like to enjoy sex freely find themselves holding back out of shame, or out of concern that they’ll be condemned as whores. Women who ignore cultural prejudice and flaunt their sexuality would like to be appreciated for their other qualities as well, and not be declared stupid or vain because they enjoy being a woman and enjoy sex.

But our culture is not yet prepared to embrace a woman who is both moral and sexy, and punishes severely anyone who tries. Vanessa Williams lost her Miss America title several years ago because she had posed nude for Penthouse. The judges decided, I presume, that a woman who would be photographed nude couldn’t possibly engender the character traits of intelligence and morality so crucial to the mandate of Miss America. I can imagine how ashamed she must have felt; not because she posed nude, but because a group of people decided that the simple, harmless act of showing us her nude body effectively negated all her other fine qualities, and was enough to warrant public humiliation and scorn.

Even though Vanessa has gone on to a successful movie and recording career, is a wife and mother, is as beautiful and charming as she ever was, and in no way reflects immorality or indecency, our society still hasn’t advanced enough to allow all women to enjoy their sexuality and be moral at the same time. Perhaps it is because there are so few people willing to advocate such acceptance. Bodyinmind.com actively endorses and celebrates moral sexuality, and stands alone as the only voice of reason in this morass of outdated and harmful sexual mores. To read one of Bodyinmind’s excellent essays on appreciating a woman’s sexuality, please visit bodyinmind.com .)

Men are not the only monsters in this scenario. Other women can be far more vicious when it comes to condemning a woman for being sexy, and for deifying those who aren’t. The fact that some men follow their lead and vilify the very women they find themselves drawn to does not imply that this problem originates with men. It is far more common to see men who gaze lovingly at exotic dancers and dream of marrying them one day - and to see groups of angry women picketing outside the strip club demanding the place be shut down - than it is to see a man insult a sexy woman and another woman defend her. Men who do insult sexy women are probably those whose mothers shielded their young eyes from nudity on tv, or who wouldn’t let their sisters wear short skirts to school. And women who defend the sexiness and beauty of another women are probably those who are wise enough to know that in doing so they are also defending themselves.

This attitude, this line in the sand between morality and sexuality, has to be erased within each of us. Women have to learn that being a sex goddess and a matronly homemaker at the same time is not only possible, it’s a lot of fun. They have to learn not to look down on other sexy women, or teach their children that good girls don’t and that girls that do aren’t good.

Men have to learn that the woman they have hot steamy sex with is the same woman who sings to their children at night -where do you think the children came from? - and the woman who makes them chicken soup when they have a cold is the same woman they can explore their sexual fantasies with. She is one and the same, a whole woman who has many facets, many moods, many aspects of her sexuality.

She can be hot in bed and cool under pressure, a dream slut and an ivory goddess, a friend and a one night stand all rolled into one. She is a saint and a whore. She is the girl you marry.

If you’re smart.

(From the website: www.andtheylivedhappilyeverafter.com)

Monday, March 24, 2008 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Life

Last Wednesday ,19th , I went to the Police station to ask again the famous question and to pay the infamous ticket.

There was one of the many policemen in the office who called me waving his hand.

 

I was tired of the people, meaning, repeating, stuff and situations, I had to speak thai….

First thing first. I’ve told him: "Hey man, I’m a Farang, I can speak a little Thai but I can’t understand anything if you speak too fast or new words, and NOT "Lao" or "Isaan" please, I really don’t know anything about those".

He took the ticket, looked at it, gave it back to me and says: "Come back tomorrow, The driving licence is inside this drawer and the guy with the keys went home already".

I didn’t make it on time as I finished to work too late and they couldn’t give me my driving licence back.

All right, I’ll have to come back again…. When I can find the only guy with the only key of the drawer where they keep all the infractions and driving licences...

Anyway,

I begun to talk with this guy, trying to know the motivation of the ticket and asking about the attitude of the other Policemen, who gave me that ticket.

At first he was listening… then he sat back on the chair while I was talking and at the end, when I draw the picture to him and explain everything, this was his sentence:

"MAI RU PUT ARRAY" (I don’t know what you are talking about).

He stand up and walked away…

 

Ok then, I really felt like telling him what did I understand about this lesson, and I told him:

"Ok, so, this is what I understand: If I stand with my bike on a red light, on the first lane, between other 20 motorbikes, where there are people without helmet, there are bikes with 3, 4 or even 5 people on top, or even if everybody could have a problem… The police will come to me. Right?"

 

His answer: "Krub!"

 

 

I went back Saturday morning to pay,

I didn’t say a word,

I gave the "Toilet Paper" to a policeman who told me with a smile:

"200 bath"…..

 

(the Policeman who stopped me told me 400…. The policeman in the station the first time told me 100…. So now is 200!!!)

 

That’s it! No more wasting time, nerves, air or brain on this!

I gave them the money, they gave me back my driving licence  and I left….

 

 

….and nobody had notest or mentioned to me that my thai driving licence is expired in august 2007.

 

Congratulations, ..."Hawk-eye"!


Monday, March 17, 2008 

Current mood:  pissed off
Category: Life
Saturday I was riding my motorbike on the Rama IV road going back home after my daily work.
When I arrived at the crossroads of the roads Rama IV and Chuea Phloeng I had to turn right going to the Chuea Phloeng road. I’ve stopped with the red light waiting to turn right like everybody.
I don’t go often that way, actually I think it was my second time riding a motorbike on that way and I didn’t remember how exactly the road was.
Anyway, I had to turn right, and I saw that were two roads to turn right… Wich one should I go?
From one of those roads (the one most on the right) were coming out cars as they had the green light, and it was quite clear for me that I had to get into the second road also because 1 or 2 cars in front of me were turning that way as soon as we had the green light on.
Following from a little distance those cars, as soon as I’ve turned into that street, I saw that 300 meters ahead there was the Tollway.
First thing of all, I’ve stopped my bike on the left side.
The weird law in Thailand says that motorbikes can’t go on the bridges and can’t go on the Tollway and Highway, that’s why I’ve stopped.
Besides, that was the wrong way to go home anyway!

Without bothering anybody, I’ve pushed my bike backwords on the other way and,very slowly, I went back to the traffic light, exatcly on the opposite side as where I was before, waiting the green light again.
So now I have to turn left, on the good road, the Chuea Phloeng Road.

Between the road where I had to turn in and the road of the Tollway, there was the Police box.

A policeman came out from there, he passed the crossroad and came to me, calling me out between other 20 other motorbikes waiting the green light…
(as everybody knows, on the red traffic light there is always a huge group of motorbikes, and all of them could be in trouble as some of them were without helmet, others were in 3 or 4 people on 1 motorbike, others were coming from the 3rd lane… anyway, there were real problems there!)

Ok then, little mess asking the people to move out and letting me to go this police guy.

I gave him my documents, he took them, and then he told me that motorbikes cannot go on the Tollway...

I say (in my little thai): "I know, I took the wrong way and from that side I didn’t see that there was the tollway. That’s why I’ve stopped and came slowly to here so I can take the right road to get back home, was a mistake. Anyway, I’didn’t even reach the Tollway box, as soon as I saw it, I’ve stopped"

The policeman: "Come with me, park the bike there!"



Ok…..
Fck….

Ok… what the hell is wrong now?....

I go inside the police kiosk with him where there were other 3 policemen.

I really felt like a new toy in a boring day for them.

They kept telling me about motorbike cannot go in the Tollway like I was a criminal and with serious manner.

Anyway I could try to explain how did the mistake go, there was no way to make them listen to me.

One of them asked me the "Joke question": "Where are you from?"

(I call this "Joke question" because most of the times that some people ask you this question is because is a routine question and I knew he doesn’t gives a shit about my country and where I am from. Only one thing was sure for him: I am a Farang and I am not Thai)

I answer: "Italy"

Raising the voice, the jerk tells me: THIS IS NOT ITALY, THIS IS THAILAND!

Now… can anyone, I mean anyone, from any country tells me what the fuck is the meaning of this Pearl of wisdom??? "This is not Italy, This is Thailand???"

At that point I just look at him and I told him that is not about Italy or Thailand, I just want to know what did I do wrong!!!

I saw my mistake in time, before entering the tollway!
I didn’t bother anybody and slowly got back on the right road!
My papers are perfect, the bike is mine and I have Thai driving licence!

He shows me my violation…. Just a paper wtitten ONLY in thai and the number 400 bath to pay.

He keeps my driving licence and give me the TOILET PAPER called "ticket" to go in the Bangrak Police Station to pay.

I go to the Police Station, pissed off like a hungry bulldog.

I go inside, no bullshit this time, I want to know what was wrong!
What is the law in Thailand about this?
I mean, if I know my mistakes I can remember it for the next time and I would be pissed with myself if I do wrong again for the same mistake twice…. If I only know what was it!!!

I go to the first policeman I see in the Station:" Do you speak English"
Policeman:"No!"

Another one: "Do you speak English?"
Policeman:"No!"

I show the ticket by asking the third one:" Do you speak english?"

The third guy point with a finger to a office where people pays the tickets…no words, maybe he have a difunction on his tongue, poor guy, he could even speak in thai? Lucky him that he work in the police….

I go to that office, I see the only guy available and I ask again:"Do you speak English?"

"No!", he take the ticket out of my hand, he look at it on the front and on the back with a curious look and then…. Another Pearl of wisdom: "Ooohh, 100 bath!"

WTF!!!!!!!

I had to explain to him that was a 4 and not a 1…. And his "smart" collegue on the street did not write it well on the ticket, he wrote me 400, not 100.

Whatever, I just want to know why, ok I pay for my mistakes, I understand, this is not my coutry and I have only to adapt to the rules and shut my mouth, right?…. But if you don’t tell me the rules, man, how am I supposed to learn from my mistakes?

There was a thai lady helping a farang woman in the station. She had nothing to do with me or with the police, she was just a friend of that farang woman.
The police interrupt them to ask if she can talk to me as she can speak english.

This very gentle lady took my ticket and says:" You have violated the law in thailand and now have to pay 400 bath. But now is too late, you must come back tomorrow after 8 am."
She suggested that I should go to the Turist Police….

O_o

Ok, I "violated" the Law…. What that mean??
In wich way I could ever violated the law? Why nobody is telling me something that I don’t already know?

I thank the lady for the help and I apologize to her farang friend for letting the police interrupt their problems... with the police.

It was 6:30 – 7 pm, I went back in the other office just outside and I begun to yell:
"Does anybody with a uniform can speak any english in this place"?
I was really loud, everybody stopped what they were doing and start looking at me, policemen and citizens.
I sat on a chair and swinging the ticket I yell again:
"I just need to know why they wrote me this ticket, anybody can tell me?"
I look around and all the policemen were looking up in the sky or pretending they didn’t ear.

The nearest to me was wearing sunglasses….in the office…at 7pm... Was he scared to get too much light to his eyes or he is related to Dracula?
But from his mouth came out another Pearl of wisdom: "Tomorrow 8 o’clock!"

….and nobody else gave a flying shit about my problem.

Congratulations to the Police of Bangrak for their NOTcooperation, for the NOT help, for the NOT knowledge, NOT collaboration, NOT professionality and, of course, thanks for compare countries in a mean way.

If I could ever give an answer to that asshole who told me that I was doing something wrong pretending that this was Italy and not Thailand, this would be it:

I fucking hate who distiguish races and country, your blood is red as mine.

I fucking hate being called "Farang" as there is no meaning for it.
http://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Farang
Like if I’d call "CINCIUNCIAN" or "CHINA" all the asians coming to Europe (No matter what country they are from). What do you think, is it fear?

I use to have much more rules to follow on the street in Italy as the police is way more organized than the police in Thailand and they don’t joke with the foreiners.
They just apply the law.
Here in Thailand I could even run away from the Police, without a problem, leaving them wondering if I ever come back on that street, piece of cake.
If I was in Italy I’d have been blocked after 3 minutes, confiscated the bike and ripped off the driving licence for ever, pay a fee and get to court facing a judge, with all the proof and pictures needed.

Oh, another thing about the claimed differences….

My only mistake was this one:
When I’ve got inside that Police kiosk I shouldn’t ask "why", but I should have paid those 400 bath to HIM right away, and surely he would let me go with a smile, my driving licence in my pocket and 100 bath in each of their pockets. Congratulations Policemen of Bangrak, you told me that this is Thailand and not Italy, Now I finally understand your point.
I will remember it for the next time, then I will get the chance to call you: "LAO"!!!
Besides, if you ever try to give money to a policeman in Italy, better you get a good lawier as he will surely sue you for "Attempted corruption of a Police officer in the act of his functions".

PS: I know, I know… (thai people already told me this)
I have to understand the country,
I have to understand the police here is like this
I have to understand that not everybody here get a proper instruction
I have to understand that at the 15 and the 30 of the month the Police have the order to get money to the station.
I have only to smile and tell them only "yes" (giving them 100 bath),
I had a helmet with a transparent shade so they saw I was a farang,
My bike is bigger than all the others, so I must be a farang with money,
…And finally…
I understand that doesn’t matter if this is Thailand or Italy or any other country, but the mother of the Liars, Dickheads, Stupids, Morons and Jerks, is ALWAYS pregnant!

Thanx!

^_^


PPS: In the picture here below I was riding on the roads "under" that brigde, of course...





Saturday, February 23, 2008 

Current mood:  nostalgic
Category: Life


Noi che.........
Noi che la penitenza era 'dire,fare,baciare,lettera,testamento'
Noi che ci sentivamo ricchi se avevamo il GameBoy
Noi che giravamo con i pattini
Noi che dopo la prima partita c'era la rivincita, poi la bella,e poi la
bella della bella...
Noi che giocavamo a 'Indovina Chi?' e conoscevamo tutti i personaggi a
memoria
Noi che giocavamo a Forza 4
Noi che giocavamo a nomi, cose, animali, città.. (e la città con la D era
sempre Domodossola)
Noi che ci mancavano sempre quattro figurine per finire l'album Panini
Noi che avevamo il 'nascondiglio segreto' con il 'passaggio segreto'
Noi che ci divertivamo anche facendo 'Strega comanda colori'
Noi che giocavamo a 'Merda' con le carte
Noi che le cassette se le mangiava il mangianastri, e ci toccava riavvolgere
il nastro con la bic.
Noi che avevamo i cartoni animati belli!!
Noi che litigavamo su chi fosse più forte tra Goldrake, Mazinga, e Daitan3
Noi che le barzellette cominciavano con Pierino, il fantasmaformaggino o un
Francese, un Tedesco e un
Italiano
Noi che ci emozionavamo per un bacio su una guancia
Noi che si andava in cabina a telefonare
Noi che esisteva ancora la Polaroid
Noi che non era Natale se alla tv non vedevamo la pubblicità della Coca Cola
Noi che se guardavamo tutto il film delle 20:30 eravamo andati a dormire 
tardissimo
Noi che suonavamo ai campanelli e poi scappavamo
Noi che ci sbucciavamo il ginocchio, ci mettevamo il mercuro cromo, e più
era rosso più eri figo.
Noi che nelle foto delle gite facevamo le corna e eravamo sempre sorridenti
Noi che a scuola ci andavamo da soli, e tornavamo da soli
Noi che se a scuola la maestra ti metteva una nota sul diario, a casa era il
terrore
Noi che le ricerche le facevamo in biblioteca, mica su Google
Noi che potevamo star fuori in bici il pomeriggio
Noi che sapevamo che erano le 4 perché iniziava BIM BUM BAM
Noi che sapevamo che ormai era pronta la cena perché c'era Happy Days
Noi che il primo novembre era 'Tutti i santi', mica Halloween
Noi che andavamo a scuola con lo zaino Invicta e la Smemoranda
Noi che le merendine erano la girella e la crostatina al cioccolato
Noi che non potevamo bere la Cocacola troppo tardi xchè non ci faceva
dormire
Noi che giocavamo col Super Tele
Noi che il Tango costava ancora 5 mila lire e..'stai sicuro che questo non
vola...
Noi che abbiamo avuto tutti il bomber blu/verde con l'interno arancione e i
miniciccioli nel taschino
Noi che le femmine ci obbligavano a giocare a Campana
Noi che facevamo Palla Avvelenata
Noi che giocavamo a Ruba Bandiera
Noi che facevamo a gara a chi masticava più big.babol contemporaneamente
Noi che i termometri li rompevamo, e le palline di mercurio giravano per 
tutta casa
Noi che se passavamo la palla al portiere coi piedi e lui la prendeva con le
mani non era fallo.. MA PERCHE' ORA LO E'?!?!
Noi che i messaggini li scrivevamo su dei pezzetti di carta
Noi che al nostro compleanno invitavamo TUTTI i nostri compagni di classe
Noi che facevamo il gioco della bottiglia tutti seduti per terra
Noi che giocavamo a calcio con le pigne
Noi che le pigne ce le tiravamo pure
Noi che le All Star le compravi al mercato a 10milalire
Noi che avere un genitore divorziato era impossibile
Noi che tiravamo le manine appiccicose delle patatine sui capelli delle
femmine
Noi che alle gite non potevamo uscire dalle camere la notte
NOI CHE ADESSO SIAMO NEL 2008 E CERTE COSE LE RICORDIAMO
SORRIDENDO, NOI CHE CERTE COSE LE ABBIAMO VISSUTE E GLI ALTRI NON SANNO COSA
SI SONO PERSI!!!.....MANDALA AGLI AMICI PER
RICORDAR LORO LA NOSTRA MITICA INFANZIA!!!

Sunday, February 17, 2008 

Current mood:  accomplished
Category: Life
Last thursday (14th), that famous manager of the Nokia care Center in MBK called me again around 19h.
She begun to talk like this: "Hallo? Sorry siiiirr.. I ask my technician again and the phone have water inside, cannot repair.... bla bla bla..... kah!"

Everybody knows that when the disk is broken you can only ear the same things again and again.... the disk in her head was broken!
I mean, after they repeat it to me soo many times, that was the best she could do to start a telephone talk from a Care Center???

The story was the same, no need to repeat it all, they wanted 10.000 to fix the phone or nothing.

Useless to talk with that girl, the sounds coming out from her mouth were just irritating (mmmhhmm... mm... ok.. solly siiir, phone have waterr....mmmhhh)  

So I told her: "I gave enough money  to nokia already and I wasted already too much time in this bullshit. Don't do anything, I'll come tomorrow to pick it up, BROKEN!"

Friday 15th, in the morning I went to the MBK Nokia Care Center, I showed the receipt, they gave me the number and I waited my turn.

The office has a nice and professional look, nice blue chairs, white tables, cool computers, professional uniforms and jackets (I'll never understand the meaning of wearing jackets in a shopping center in Thailand. Why they don't just low the air conditions?), and a nice big flat screen TV with the worst heartbreking thai movie showing.... Infact I always have fun to look at the face of the people watching those movies, people just get stuck there staring, ipnotized, not moving, open mouth and sometimes u can almost see a leak of saliva on the edge of their lips coming out...

Anyway,
My number never came out, after 5 minutes a girl told me to follow her, she was "The Manager"... Uuuuuuuuuu.....
What do you think she could ever tell me???

"Solly siiirr... have water inside, cannot repaaaiir..." "if u want I can ask my technician to open the phone now to show you".

My answer:" Who can assure me that the broken piece you are going to showing me is the one coming from my phone? Look, just give me back my phone and this is the lest time that I loose time and money with you!"

I took my phone back without even looking at her, I signed her toilet paper and I went out that crazy place.
On the way out i was swinging the phone in the air and I really had the feeling to throw that fucking phone on the glass window of the shop.... Damn! I was pissed like hell!!!

I went up on the 3rd floor in MBK, where there are only telephones, mobiles, plastics, covers... you name it.
Inside many shops there are people who repair mobiles, very easy people and always friendly.
You see them, always with the head down working on some cell phone and on their desks there are mountains of motherboards, covers, LCD displays, kwypads...
So, I've stopped in one of them to buy a battery for a friend and I saw the man working on a phone... and I asked if he could take a look at my phone.
I've also explained the story of the Nokia (not) Care and, with a nice smile, the lady of the little shop sayd:"Mai Penray.... dai dai, come back 1 hourr "

After 1 hour I came back to the shop..... and the problem was fixed!
He didn't have to change the mothermoard, just a small little contact and a cleaning section.
Infact some water was gone inside, but it just made the camera a little dirty! And I've never had problems with the camera!!!

Total of the job 2.000 Bath and she also give me a Crystal cover to protect my phone.

Well between 2.000 of the little shop and the 10.000 of the "professional Nokia Care", I go for the people who I trust the most!
And she put a small sticker inside the phone saying that in case of other problems that was her warranty to fix it again!

What about the Wi-fi that never worked since the first day?
Yesterday morning between 5.30am and 9am I was in Vienna airport waiting for my connecting flight to get to Venice, quite bored but not tired I was listening to some MP3 with my "saved" Phone E51 and I decided to test the Wi-fi.
Well then, I had the pleasure to visit my e-mail account in Yahoo, check Myspace and read the comments, check Facebook and write some messages, checked youtube and WATCH VIDEOS without any stop for buffer!!!

Very happy and proud now I can finally enjoy my Phone and I know that I can count on rliable people is I ever have another problem!



I want to tell you one thing, the story of the water inside the phone is a famous joke of the Nokia Care in Thailand. Another couple of friends had similar stories and when the Nokia technicians are not able to fix the problem, they prefer change the entire motherboard of the phone.
In this way they are sure to fix the problem, is much faster to fix the problem and they get more money to the company.
Then as excuse, they come up with the "Water inside" processor shit, that is going to push you to the limit of patience.
At the end, most of the costumers get it fixed so, by numbers, the Nokia has always more incoming money than "free"jobs in warranty.

 The two shops where I bought  Nokia phones without any problem are the Cherry shop in MBK and the Jay Mart and I strongly suggest to don't go to the Nokia Shop and Nokia Care in MBK.

Take care!




Wednesday, February 13, 2008 

Current mood:  betrayed
Category: Life
For many years I've been thinking that Nokia was a leader about mobile phones and services...
I had 3 Nokia telephones so far and I'd never had a problem in any country I went.
Very happy and proud, before xmas I bought a spettacular Nokia E51, it has everything u can need in a cell phone and I really enjoy it, for a little time... Of course as soon as you buy a phone, you don't actually test ALL the features it can offer, so after around 2 weeks I've noticed that the software was getting slow and some features were not working or getting the software slow.
I had my New Year holiday and no time to get to the shop to ask about the problems.
In January the shop (Nokia original shop) told me that I had to go to the Nokia Care Center to get it fixed.
I went to the Nokia Care and I explained the problems.
They kept the phone for 1 or 2 hours and then they gave it back to me saying: "it's ok, we upgrade software. Now ok. Check everything, ka!".

Happy about this, I go home with my phone.
Right after that I noticed that the Wi-fi was not working again (it never worked on that phone), and after 2 weeks the keypad got stuck. Every button was useless, can turn off or take out the battery, on restart the phone was useless.

I went back to the Nokia Care Center...(last sunday 10 feb)
The same lady took care of me, I explain, the problems still the same and now is worst! I can't press any button!
She wanted to send it to the technician and take 10 days, but I have the flight to catch this Friday 15!
Ok, she said, I'll try to do it before friday.
She called me yesterday:
"Your phone cannot repair in warranty from Nokia because have water inside".
O_o

I thought she was joking... Come on!!! I gave you the phone after 2 weeks with these problems. You told me you fixed it! now I have the same problems and I have to pay because NOW u find water inside????

Answer: "ok ok, I speak with managerr, I call you back."


Today the manager of the Nokia Care Center called me:
"Your phone cannot repair in warranty from Nokia because have water inside"...

Was it something new to hear?

I had to explain ALL the story, and she knew only 3 words!!!  "WATER CANNOT REPAIR"!!! and keep repeating it!!!

WTF!!!

To fix the phone I have to pay 10.000 bath! The phone itself costs 11.500...

With all the good manners you can ever imagine, I explain slowly and clearly the situation, but the "Manager" sound bored and keep saying:
"yes, yes,yes...... yeeeesss....understaaaaannd...." (want to kick their ass when they give me these answers...).
And she finish:""Your phone cannot repair in warranty from Nokia because have water inside".

WHAT?????

Sometime gets you the feeling that talking to a WALL is much more productive!

Today is wednesday, she told me the same thing the other girl told me yesterday:
"I let the technician take a look again what can do, call you tomorrow".

OK... tomorrow is thursday.... friday I fly away....

How this is going to end????

They will give me back my phone in time?
Are they going to fix the phone in warranty?
Am I going to pay another 10.000 bath to fix the phone when with 11.500 I can have a brand new one?
... and if I buy a new phone... DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE A NOKIA AGAIN WITH THE SERVICE NOKIA CAN PROVIDE HERE IN THAILAND????

uhm.....with 25.000 I could get an i-Phone - 11.500 plus 10.000 = 22.500 O_o)


All the answers in the next episode!!!

See ya soon!