Pardon me while I randomly ramble away...

Ok..I'm taking a break from my IB essay, which is due on Tuesday (I think....I better check after this). Really, I wanna be dota-ing with the guys at Candidette's place tonight but if I dont get this done, I'm doomed..because there's also an exam on Monday! And many many more upcoming assignments after that. Ahh!! But I'll survive.

Here's something I've always wondered, if anyone knows anything about this, please enlighten me. When you moisturise your skin right? Does the cream that gets absorbed into you go join the layer of fat underneath your skin? I've asked friends and they all look at me weird but if you think about it... A lot of companies advertise their moisturising products to be 'fast absorbing'. Does that mean your skin doesn't feel sticky because the product goes under your skin fast and becomes a layer of fat? And if so, it should be able to get metabolised? I remember wondering this during my IB years at school, when I used to moisturise my mid-section a lot (don't ask why) and over time, the area kinda expanded. May be I was eating too much of my ex's superb tiramisu, but I seriously thought that the moisturiser helped contribute.

Today, I also learned something new... always make sure you wash your hands very very thoroughly after cooking with hot chillies before you go pee. Because it stings pretty bad. May be for girls it's not as bad cause you don't need to use your hand to hold anything while you're peeing?? (I assume). So next time, I'll remember to wash my hands better!!

I don't know if it's just me or do other people get this too..when I see something I know I shouldn't touch, I really wanna touch to see what it's like or how it feels. I'm not saying I go around grabbing boobs or touching other people's belongings. I mean when I see a hot pan or a sharp edge, I'm tempted to have a feel. Normally, I'm able to contain myself. But two days ago I went downstairs for a swim and to use the sauna. In the sauna was no one but the sauna unit and I. So I thought it was a good opportunity for me to try out something I've always wanted to; to touch those rocks they put on a sauna heater because they don't look hot. So I went ahead and had a feel and Damn!! it was HOT!!! But at least now I know.. and as much as it hurted, I felt much satisfaction inside of me.

Anyways, thanks for reading. Better get back to the essay...

Listen to what this girl is gonna do when she sees a monster

This is adorable. I want a daughter like this hehe. Love her facial expressions.

Face Transformer

Nabil sent me this pretty cool website to play around with the other day. Have you ever wondered what you'd look like if you were of the opposite sex or of a different race?.. or if you were a caveman or an apeman? Well, thanks to University of St. Andrews' School of Psychology's Perception Lab, you don't have to wonder no more. Here are some of the different versions of me.

As a Caucasian

5 year old Jet

As a female

Grandpa Jet

Ghetto Jet

Manga Jet

Jet the Apeman

Might have worked better without my glasses on. But I couldn't be bothered taking new pix. A fun website tho. Have a go with your own pictures and see how they turn out. Have fun!!

And it happened again.. Why me....

Yea so just now I was walking out of the train station minding my own business, listening to my iRiver when this aussie guy came in front of me...

Aussie guy: Excuse me!! Excuse me!!

So I took my headphones off..

How come you Asian guys are so *omitted due to obscenity*?

Me: Err I don't know. (oh crap, what kinda shit have I run into here)

Aussie guy: Is it because of the way you guys eat? What do you guys eat?

Me: MMmm I don't think so.

Aussie guy: So where do you live?

Me: Just down there. I pointed towards the direction I thought best opposed my apartment. Haha.

And then the shit hits the fan..

Aussie guy: Well, I'm actually looking for a partner.... to wrestle with.

Me: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aussie guy: See I'm a wrestler and you Asian guys these days seem much bigger than how it used to be when I was at uni.

Me: Ok! Bye!!

See, I would have liked to tell myself it was some sort of a prank or a dare his friend got him into. But it looked like he was on his own and he had this determination in his eyes of how much he wanted to wrestle.

Shit man, why do these things always happen to me. I would not be complaining if it was a girl (although, would still have been a bit weird). But when these things happen to me, it's always some mental bum chum.

Anyways now that I'm on the topic, I got more to elaborate. But so far, what I'm about to tell you only happens in male public toilets in Bangkok, as far as I'm concerned. You girls, and I believe also a large number of guys probably don't think much goes on in Bangkok's male toilets. But you're wrong, there's a lot more to it than just discharging wastes.

Ok, no matter which toilets I go to in Bangkok, can be in an upmarket mall or just a public W.C. off the street, there is a certain type of guys who spend an awfully long time in these vicinities. Not because they've been drinking too much water but they're there for their viewing pleasures. And I notice that they all follow very similar steps.

First they roam around the washing basins, which are usually situated near the bathroom entrance. When a person walks in, they check you out and then decide whether to follow you or not. If you're the chosen victim, they would walk after you and park at the urinal right next to yours and pretend to be peeing. As a normal man would agree, the standard rule is to look straight at the wall in front of you and keep your eyes there or you can just look down at your own hose, that's ok. But as conspicuous as it is, these creeps stare into your urinal, look up at your face, down to the urinal, up at your face etc... until you're done. And let me tell you, when someone's paying attention to you when you're peeing, urinating becomes a difficult task. That's not the end. They will then follow you back to the washing basin and watch you wash your hands and look at your face through the mirror (I don't understand this part and why they do it). After that, they stay by the sinks to look for a new victim.

Believe me this really goes on in the toilets in Bangkok. I know because the first time I started noticing the sort of activities, I stayed back to watch what they get up to. A lot of guys probably don't notice this, but if you take time to look out..you'll see. And like me, you'll start using the cubicles instead. So dad, Kaiping..you guys better watch out.

Alright. Enough gay material for the day..Back to work.

Baby panda scares Mama panda with a sneeze

This is so cute and really funny.

Korn, finally unplugged!

I've just come across Korn's latest release, Korn UNplugged. I'm half way through listening to the album for the first time and really loving what they've finally done to the songs I grew up with.

From what I've heard so far, an interesting range of acoustic instruments, which otherwise would not be used in Korn's normal arrangements, creates a good contrast against the band's usually low, thumping, bassy kinda sound. In fact, I'm loving the way Korn maintains their signature super low bass guitar on this album, and at the same time have the melodic piano playing on top. This is particularly evident in 'Got the life'. An interesting use of some string instruments have also been introduced on this album, namely the violins and if I'm not mistaken, also the cello.

I'd also like to point out that John Davis's voice doesn't seem to feel the need to be inhibited by the fact that the accompanying music has been made much softer than the band's original versions of the songs. As far as the voices go, Korn is joined by Evanescence's Amy Lee in 'Freak on a Leash', who helps out with some beautiful harmonic lines. And despite having heard some of her desafinado live singing, I think she does a great job on this track. The contrast between John's and Amy's voices, together with the accompanying piano make the track my favourite off the album so far.

Another plus from this album is the band's cover of Radiohead's 'Creep'. Again, one of the songs I used to listen to all the time when I was growing up (I know I'm making myself sound like I had a rough time as a kid). John softens his voice up a lot for this track and it's nice to hear him sing in a different way. A nice change to his usually powerful, sharp-edged voice.

Now that I'm on the last track of the album, 'Throw me away', I shall say that this line-up satisfies my years of waiting for Korn to come out with an unplugged release. On this last track, I'm hearing some Japanese drums, which is an interesting approach to a track, of which the original version has a lot of synthesized beats and sounds. So all in all, Yes!!! Korn has an official unplugged album!


Track listing:

1. Blind
2. Hollow Life
3. Freak On A Leash feat. Amy Lee from Evanescence
4. Falling Away From Me
5. Creep
6. Love Song
7. Got The Life
8. Twisted Transistor
9. Coming Undone
10. Make Me Bad / In Between Days feat. The Cure
11. Throw Me Away

And for those who are actually interested in hearing some samples: http://www.korn.com/

'300'

Two of the movies I'm eagerly waiting to come out; '300' and 'Grindhouse'. Started seeing the posters for 300 around Bangkok and knew I had to see it. Can't wait.

Grind House

This is definitely Tarantino/Rodriguez kinda thing. It looks real oldschool. Should be pretty cool.