thailand trip details

SIN departure:
26 feb 09 - 1810 hrs
BKK arrival:
26 feb 09 - 2035 hrs

BKK departure:
13 mar 09 - 2115 hrs
SIN arrival:
14 mar 09 - 0030 hrs

me and my buddy, tat, are going on a 15-day backpacking counter-clockwise trip around thailand.

we'll touchdown in bkk to meet up with my PTB buddies during the first weekend, then proceed to spiral around the central region for a few days, making sure to visit every cam-worthy site of attraction, e.g. ancient ruins and other places of interest, be it in historical or entertainment sense. (i'm counting on you, PTBs, to show me a good time.. hehe..)

we then plan to move out towards the eastern and north-eastern regions, trek through stretches of dense forestation and rough terrain, as well as pay a visit to the khorat plateau - the least-visited lands in the country, before hiking off to chiang mai to top up our supplies and commence the second half of our expedition. (oh, how i wish i never saw 'cannibal holocaust'..)

from the north, we'll take a south-bound train ride and catch some rest before we hit the party-hardy and, also, more recently, restive south, diving into the rich indulgences being offered in phuket, hatyai, and most significantly, at the full moon party on koh pha ngan. (i'm betting on a 'time-of-our-lives experience' here..)

after all the partying and exploring, we should then head back up to bangkok for last-minute shopping and other miscellaneous activities before heading home to singapore. (home sweet home!)

we'll be doing a travelogue here (pics and vids galore!), so mark those dates and keep your RSS feeds and refresh buttons busy!

puppy love

jf says (8:25 PM):
i was looking at old pics and started thinking: you know puppy love?
jf says (8:25 PM):
i think i just understood why they call it puppy love.
jo trl says (8:25 PM):
why
jf says (8:25 PM):
because there’s no doggy involved.

my assumption might be discrepant, because in hindsight, if you allow puppy love to grow, then you should be getting doggy/doggied too, no?

luck = random

png says (8:59 PM):
do u tink luck is random.
jf says (9:00 PM):
yes. i do think luck is random.
jf says (9:00 PM):
or perhaps there's no such thing as luck.
jf says (9:00 PM):
it's only a word people use to describe, or more often, to blame on, random events.
jf says (9:01 PM):
it's like, anyone could be hit by a falling object. that's random.
jf says (9:01 PM):
but we describe it as lucky, or in this case, unlucky.
jf says (9:01 PM):
anyone who buys a lottery ticket has an equal chance of striking it.
jf says (9:01 PM):
random odds. but we term it lucky, or unlucky, depending on outcome.
jf says (9:01 PM):
luck = random.
png says (9:01 PM):
but random>luck. rite?
jf says (9:01 PM):
yeah. random means more than luck. but luck itself is random.
jf says (9:02 PM):
like picking a book from a library. that's random. not about luck.
jf says (9:02 PM):
but if the book has a significant impact on your life, then you can call it luck.
jf says (9:03 PM):
if it's a life-changing story, or an inspiring tale that improved the way you lived your life, then you might say it's lucky you picked that book out of so many.
png says (9:03 PM):
so the more random u are, the more chances the mind thinks it gets lucky?
jf says (9:03 PM):
nah. depends on circumstances.
jf says (9:03 PM):
if the random event is significant in a good way, you'll probably feel lucky. and vice versa.
png says (9:05 PM):
im random here.

patrick hughes - signs

a gun is not for self-protection - or is it?

zy says (11:08 PM):
u go hatyai n krabi be careful
zy says (11:09 PM):
there not as safe
jf says (11:09 PM):
yeah i heard it's complicated there.
zy says (11:09 PM):
yah lor
zy says (11:10 PM):
basically southern areas la, songkla province all that
jf says (11:10 PM):
phuket still alright?
zy says (11:10 PM):
muslims fighting for seperatist state, wanna merge w malaysia
zy says (11:10 PM):
yup phuket fine
jf says (11:10 PM):
lol.
zy says (11:10 PM):
the furthest north is hatyai already la, further up all pretty decent
jf says (11:11 PM):
south la.
jf says (11:11 PM):
not north.
zy says (11:11 PM):
n u see, thailand economy n all the rich n influential biz men mainly chinese
zy says (11:11 PM):
so they were targetting chinese to try to cause a collapse on the economy there
zy says (11:11 PM):
got drive by shootings all that la
jf says (11:12 PM):
terrible.
jf says (11:12 PM):
so i might get shot there.
zy says (11:16 PM):
go buy gun

jf says (11:12 PM):
coooool mannn.
zy says (11:16 PM):
protect urself
zy says (11:16 PM):
i think 6000 baht
jf says (11:16 PM):
lol.
jf says (11:17 PM):
what would a gun do to prevent people from shooting me?
jf says (11:17 PM):
all it does is allow me to shoot them back.
jf says (11:17 PM):
which i don't wanna do.
jf says (11:17 PM):
because it'll provoke even more people to shoot at me.
zy says (11:19 PM):
no
zy says (11:19 PM):
u play safe
zy says (11:19 PM):
when u see malay guy
zy says (11:19 PM):
on motorbike
zy says (11:19 PM):
shoot first!
jf says (11:20 PM):
lollll.. mr zy, i'm gonna paste this conversation on my blog.