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Exoticizing Thailand

Monday, January 28, 2008,6:50 PM

This entry is what you call "othering" to the nth level. Please excuse the exoticizing and essentializing authorial voice. I'm too lazy to write a detailed travelogue, that's why...

1. Thais use straw when drinking. Whenever you buy a bottled water, softdrink or beer at 7-Eleven store, a straw is always provided.

2. Most Thais don’t speak good English.

3. No Thais get hungry atleast in Bangkok, I think. Streetfood are everywhere and very cheap. A single meal usually starts at 20 baht.

4. Monks are everywhere, usually barefoot and carrying a monk bag. They get free meals!

5. If you need to a take pee, look for toilet, not CR, comfort room or rest room.

6. The King is idolized and venerated. Photos of King Bhumibol are posted it any space imaginable - in the streets, restaurants, buses, even toilets.

7. It is more expensive to ride a tuktuk than a colored taxi.

8. Ronald McDonald is not an imperialist Buddhist.

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MagMyPic

Wednesday, January 23, 2008,12:21 AM

So whatchathink? I don't wanna be famous, really. Haha.

MagMyPic allows you to combine your very own photo with custom magazine covers such as National Geographic, People, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, and more.

Create Fake Magazine Covers with your own picture at MagMyPic.com

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Oda sa Ilog Mekong

Wednesday, January 16, 2008,4:50 PM

Nakatanghod ka sa balintataw

habang may mga batang Lao – matamis ang mga ngiti
na nagtatampisaw sa kulay-tsokolateng tubig na
umaanod sa lumot mula sa Silangan.

Nagsisimula ng dumaong ang ilang mga bangka mula sa
maghapong papunta’t parito sa kabilang ibayo,
inaayos na ng isang mangingisda ang kanyang lambat,
at abala na ang mga mongha at magsasaka sa pagdidilig ng mga tanim
na gulay sa gilid ng ilog na ibebenta sa palengke ng bukas ng umaga.

Nakatanghod ka sa balintataw
hinihintay ang ispektakulo
ng paglubog ng araw.

Pudpod na ang iyong tsinelas.

Paalam, bukas.

*Enero 11, 2008
Ilog Mekong,
Luang Prabang, Laos

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Kuwentong Peyups

Monday, January 14, 2008,8:56 PM

Please forward to UP alumni who might be interested.

As part of UP's 100th year celebration, we are putting together '100 Kwentong Peyups,' a series of columns which will appear in PDI and Philippine Star throughout the year. We invite all past students of any of the University of the Philippines ' units to submit their stories. Submissions should:

1. Be a maximum of 1,000 words
2. Be a personal experience and written in the 1st person
3. Emotionally engaging - funny, sad, scary, etc.
4. Make the connection between the story and a life lesson that serves you well today
5. If possible, please include an old photo/scanned memento

Please include your name, College or Unit and Course, and year you entered UP as well as your email address. If you remember your Student Number, even better.

Send your submissions to 100kwentongpeyups@campaignsandgrey.net. You will be notified via email if your story has been selected for publication or for use in other Centennial celebrations.

Submissions will be accepted starting January 1, 2008.

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I’m Back!

Sunday, January 13, 2008,8:47 PM

Sawasdee kap! Sua s’dei! Sabaidee!

I just arrive today from an exhausting yet rewarding two-week backpacking trip to Thailand (Bangkok, Ayutthaya), Cambodia (Angkor Wat, Siem Reap) and Laos (Vientiane, Luang Prabang). I’ll post my photographs and kilometric stories in the next few days, I need to rest and to recollect my thoughts first. Today I’m more concerned in getting a decent sleep, something which I haven’t had for the past two days due to long train, jumbo and bus ride from Laos to Thailand. I so missed my bed and the smell of my room...

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