Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Ponder…. Ponder….

Confucius, the man with a thousand phrases for you to ponder and ponder ….and ponder some more. Thai monks say similar things for you to ponder your mind away in the midst of traffic jams. Hair, your head is full of it. Girls see the plumage on the other, like it so much as it is smooth silky and black, being caressed and swaying so gently in the breeze. Hair, seen clogging your toilet is seen as dirt, belonging to the same group as your house dust and whatever that clogs your drain pipe. Hair on the head is beauty but the moment it detaches and falls to the ground, is perceived so contrastingly different. Hair is thus dirty no matter how well maintained, how silky, how smooth to the touch.

Ponder…. Ponder….

I ponder how the monk can explain to me the bayi-signh with all his hair in the turban.

8 comments:

rk said...

me ponder if you are losing your hair coz your beloved sawadikees are driving you to pull all your hair out...

ponder ponder...

Anonymous said...

Hey yo Jewie, i'm from singapore. Do you have the blog of the first few months when u in thailand? I like to go there like you do.. To start a new life.. How to go about it???

Anonymous said...

This is my ten months in Thailand, 9 months in BKK, now in Ayutthaya, it was your blog that i chanced upon during the early months, which helps to facilitate many information that educates me about this country.

Thank You, Thank You,

If possible, let me treat you Mee-Pok or Bak Kut Teh - Singapore style, I know a place that sells these Singaporean food

Jewie said...

where??? Mee Pok singapore style??? where.... where where????? got char kuay teow or not???? i miss singapore food.... where where... ? ? ?

Anonymous said...

Take the expressway leading to Cheang Wattana, exit into Khae Rai, about another 10 km driving distance(passed: the Mall, Richmond Hotel on the right, Carrefour on the left)to reach restuarant destination which is on the left (near Chao Phraya River).

Restuarant Name: Chuan Garden (also opposite Tong Garden - the cashew/peanuts producer)

Anonymous said...

The restuarant that served Singapore food should is Chuan Kitchen.
Address: 54/65-68 Moo 5 Ratthanathibet Road, Bangkasor, Muang, Nonthaburi, Thailand: Tel: 02-9680303

This map should help: http://www.ehotelbooking.com/thailand/Nonthaburi/richmond/index.htm#location

Please keep left after Richmond Hotel leading to Rama III bridge, it is about 4km away, you should notice a huge pumpkin statue on the left.

Anonymous said...

The restuarant that served Singapore food should is Chuan Kitchen.
Address: 54/65-68 Moo 5 Ratthanathibet Road, Bangkasor, Muang, Nonthaburi, Thailand: Tel: 02-9680303

This map should help: http://www.ehotelbooking.com/thailand/Nonthaburi/richmond/index.htm#location

Please keep left after Richmond Hotel leading to Rama III bridge, it is about 4km away, you should notice a huge pumpkin statue on the left.

Jewie said...

Hey guys... thanks for the lead for the Singapore restaurant.... i think i been there before.. they have great laksa and the fried hokkient prawn mee.

By the way, there is another Singapore joint in Tong Lor.. Its a Boon Tong Kee chicken rice thing from Singapore or something. Been there only once too. But.. dont ry the chai tow kuay.. it sucks..