A Recap…

I meant to update some stuff ever since July but was interrupted halfway through it… That’s why it’s been quite awhile since my last update… Anyway, here’s a month by month recap of what happened during the last 4-5 months (not counting the ones that I already blogged about in the previous entry)… (Some stuff you probably already heard because of the news or because I already mentioned about it)

JUNE
-24th – Had the dao/duen catwalk thing at Major Rangsit and wasn’t all that impressive… Just walked around the whole building and show yourself in a few clothes. Alright, I don’t mind walking around the building in front of a crowd… But having to wear a god-damn-freaking-tight shirt??! You bet that I didn’t enjoy that… Still, at least that was only for one of the shirts… The others were pretty big and not so freaking small. Pretty glad that many of the Dental students showed up even though they had to practice the faculty cheer at uni in the morning. (By the way, on the previous night, the 23rd, we had to practice walking all the way till 1 AM. Really a nightmare…)

-27th – Had the cheer competition where all first years from all the faculties have to compete by doing all these cheers, songs, and dances. Overall, it was pretty boring since we had to wait until it was our faculty’s turn to go up, which was almost near the end… But the funny thing was that our faculty put lipstick, eyeliner, and paint on all over our face and arms that we looked like a bunch of crazy people. We basically got the attention of all the other faculties XD.

-30th – The final dao/duen show. Thank God it’s finally the end. After days of getting home late [stayed until 2:30 AM the night before the big show], it’s finally come to an end. To our delight, Ploy and I didn’t make the cut since if we did, we had to answer questions about love and relationships since that was the theme of this year’s show. We were actually high-fiving each other backstage when we found out while other people were a little disappointed. Still, Ploy got the “Favorite Dao” award given to her by the show committee and P’Peaz, our “nanny”, got the “Best Nanny” award. I guess you should feel proud saying, “Hey, I got the best nanny award!” Anyway, the Thaitanium + AB Normal performances were AWESOME [especially Thaitanium's, which ended at around 1 or 2 AM]. Last but not least, to the Harrovians – sorry I wasn’t able to go to the Leavers’ Ball that day but I really couldn’t get out of this event and besides, how often do you get to go to a Thaitanium + AB Normal concert for FREE?? Don’t worry, I’ll go next year for YOUR ball .

JULY
-8th - Went to the Harrow Speech Day to get a copy of The Lion and the Sixth Form’s Leavers’ Book. Had a great time meeting some people and getting to talk to them before I had to leave to go to the hospital. I was actually surprised that Mr. Wise & Mr. Herbert mentioned my name in there and had some pics of me in there [considering that I was practically non-existant in the last yearbook where the only pic of me was in the class photo]. Was quite disappointed that Mrs. Keys, who I learned English with last year and was in MUN with her this year, spelled my last name wrong, twice – once in the newsletter [which wasn't that bad since it was quite similar to my last name, just missing four letters], and again in the Lion where she called me “Jason Koonigathra”. So what, now I’m Indian??

-13th - My BIRTHDAY! Finally turned 17 so people at uni will stop staring at me blankly when I tell that I’m still 16. Have to thank those who actually remembered – Tanya [who messaged me right at midnight on MSN - I didn't even realize that it was a new day until she told me], Aom, Tan, Donut, and Pat [who called me all the way from Australia - thanks a lot man. You're lucky I had a quick break when you called me or else I wouldn't have been able to pick up the phone]. Also have to thank all my dental friends who sang happy birthday in the middle of class so loud that the chem teacher got confused at first. Lastly, thanks to Pia, Joon, Tae, Tom, Aire, Yaya, Ply, Gift, Net, Act, Wei, Petch, Pear, Praew, and Mont for buying me this really great present. Really appreciate it (this means that I’m gonna have to do a lot of payback ).

-14th - Finally finished the taping of the UChannel interview for the dao/duen contestants. It was really tiring (and annoying to a certain extent) since I had to keep on going back to do different things and add some more stuff for them… But finally finished it… After what, 4 weeks?!

-Had normal classes and got ready for the midterm exams, in which some were pretty good and some were a nightmare.

-ITALY WON THE WORLD CUP!

-Miss Puerto Rico competed, won the Miss Universe title, and fainted right after the show… What a great start. Wanted Japan to get it but oh well…

To “Our Humps”, “Nerd Nation”, “Twelfth Night”, and others…

This is just a little entry I would like to dedicate to my friends at Harrow since I’ve left and will be going to university in a few weeks…

I can’t believe it’s been nearly two years since I moved to Harrow and look, I’m leaving already! Time flies… Anyway, here’s some things I would like to say to you all but didn’t have enough space to write for every single one of you for my yearbook statement [since we were given a very small word limit! Haha, J/K]…

Joe (Cockroach – That’s because he never loses anyone while playing Puzzle Fighter)
3 Things that make Joe: Cooking, Aconatic, and Bowling.
Haha – the King of Puzzle Fighter – Nobody can beatcha! I think I only beated you twice while you beated me a hundred times or so… Had a great time with you and Gaf during the expedition – especially the recordings we made . You’re one of my best friends man… Too bad we never had the same free periods or we would’ve had so much fun [you're so lucky to have so many free periods]. Oh yeah – and you’re an excellent cook – the food you make are so freaking delicious… You should be a chef! It was so fun learning the sciences with you for the first half term of Year 11, spending time during the expedition [including the discussion on your "NN" ], doing ICT coursework, and so many other stuff… Joe’s a man that anyone can rely on – you can ask him to do stuff for you [e.g. take pictures ], cook for you, burn CDs for you, etc – but never touch his Aconatic DVD player!!! [And good luck at RIS!]

Kitti (Maew)
3 Things that make Kitti: “olo”, Manchester United, and “seaweed”.
My fellow Physics, Chemistry, and Maths buddy… We had so much fun in those classes and I don’t know why, but you always got blamed for talking too much even though you didn’t even say a single word! Remember when we broke that test tube in Mrs. Eades’ class? Okay, I broke it… Still, I don’t get why it broke when I decided to put the test tube end at the bunsen burner once when you did it a million times and it didn’t break at all. What else… You always made the classes fun [especially Maths & Mechanics where it's so quiet], always came up with some funny [and some lame ] jokes to get our group to laugh, and so many other things… Oh and you have this amazing talent that no one else seems to have of turning something so innocent into something that can be really perverted! [e.g. Puzzle Fighter or bowling] Oh, and thanks a lot for brining your chocolate on my last day [after two years of bugging] Anyway, a little warning to other people: If you’re gonna let Kitti sign your friendship book, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MANY PAGES FOR THE OTHERS BECAUSE HE’LL HOG EM ALL! Haha, nah, not that many… Only, like, six!

Ta (Biter)
3 Things that make Ta: Music, Pluto, and Biting.
Haha, he just loves to bite everyone for no reason! Remember when you, Bifern, and I kayaked during the expedition and we were the first to reach the island? [Ok, not first, but the first students to get there and the second kayak to arrive after the Watermans...] Haha, that was so fun – especially when we were saying things like there’s ice-cream, KFC chicken, Pizza, and even your DOG waiting for you on the island. I remember we paddled so freaking hard and it took us 20 minutes just to pass a tiny island… Oh, and I don’t know how you can stand doing four to six periods of music a day. I would be so bored… And one more thing man, how do you have the guts to sing Bodyslam’s Kob Faa in front of the whole Secondary School in assembly??? Oh yeah, and one last thing – congrats on getting to be a monitor for term 3. [No need to keep on rubbing it in now...]

Donut (Dodo )
3 Things that make Donut: The Person You Can Trust, “Dunkin Donut”, and Interesting Jokes.
Had so much fun spending time with you at school and whenever we went out with others. Always get confused at the Thai jokes that you make though. [maybe because I don't get Thai jokes that much...] Anyway, you are really good at giving me advice and helping me do things. It’s been less fun [and quieter, J/K!] ever since you left for Mahidol… Oh, and you were so good at Thai that you beated everybody in our year for the IGCSE Thai exam! You are a very nice friend to have and, as I said, very helpful – a friend for life. Anyway, hope you’re having fun at Mahidol and make sure that we meet up some time after the Harrovians are done with their AS exams. And sorry for always annoying you by calling you “Dodo”!

Por (Malang Por)
3 Things that make Por: Hilarious Jokes, Counselor, and ROTC Buddy.
I bet you’re having lots of fun at Mahidol right now. Who will I be with during ROTC now that we’re at different schools wa? Man, I’m gonna be so lonely. Anyway, you’re probably the nicest guy I know since you’re always so nice and motivating. I remember that you even called me at the hospital through the hospital number last year when I was really sick. And you always support Byron whenever we have inter-house competitions. [only when we're not up against Nehru that is] And you’re probably the most mature guy in our group, since you can be very serious at times [and freaking hilarious as well]. Too bad you, Donut, Kevin, and Nop left before we went to the expedition or we would’ve had an even better time. And thanks so much for always giving me advice and supporting me whenever I need it! Hope you survive the whole “fragments and run-ons”!

Tina (Tuna )
3 Things that make Tina: Biology, Survivor, and Debating Skills.
The Queen of Bio! Nobody can beat you in any of the Bio tests in class [Ok, I might have beaten you two or three times but that's out of, like, 10-15 tests/exams??] So you’re still the top of the class [Don't try to argue!]. Had so much fun with you during Bio classes [especially whenever you confuse Mr. Waterman with your questions]. And I always seem to lose whenever we make bets on things… I’ll probably be bankrupt if I’m still at Harrow! The debates we did were so fun, especially the mobile phones one that we did for Science Week [and I beated you! But that makes us even since you beated me during the Cloning debate for Bio class - by a landslide]. By the way, you should try out for MUN Chair next year since it’s much better than being a delegate. Anyway, they should have a job where it’s a mix of being a doctor and a lawyer together because you’re so good at science and you’re really good at debating! And last but not least, I can always tell you the Survivor spoilers that I know . Oh yeah, ARAS won – not TERRY. Man, I should’ve made a bet with you beforehand…

Bifern (Biff Christensen)
3 Things that make Bifern: Badminton, Hayden Christensen, and KFC.
The biggest poser in our group! [Haha, J/K] We had so much fun being Byron House Captains this year… Remember this year’s Sports Day where we had to run around getting the kids to do their race and events? Man, I know I sound crazy saying this, but I actually want to do that again! And admit that I’m better at Puzzle Fighter than you. And I bet you’re not taking Critical Thinking next year after what I heard about the exams. Oh, and after what you told me on my last visit, just give the kid the blue slip! Don’t worry about him hating you for the rest of his life because you have the rights to give it to him. Hmm… Seems like I beat you at everything, e.g. House Camp games [That was awesome ], Puzzle Fighter, Bowling, etc, etc – Joking, you got better IGCSE grades than me. And hope your “lucky” number [79] changes to 97 – you know what I mean.

Pat (Moo Paa)
3 Things that make Pat: “Mr. Wax-man”, Moo Paa, and Long Distance Caller.
Why did you leave Harrow?? You kept on telling us that you’ll stay and then all of a sudden you’re leaving for Australia! So bad man… Anyway, you should’ve stayed and we would’ve had so much fun at school and during the expedition. Well, at least you’re doing well in Aus… Thank God that despite the little conflict our group had this year we were still able to patch things up and meet up and still be friends. You were probably my best friend when you were still at Harrow and still are. Jeesh, but you go to bed so late man since I’m up until 1 or 2 AM and you’re still online! Last but not least, good luck on your exam results and hope you get all A’s! Oh, by the way, can I go practice at your parents’ clinic when I’m done with dentistry?? Haha, J/K! [Unless your parents let me ]

Gaf (Nathan J. Samuel)
3 Things that make Gaf: Hair Wax/Gel, Addictive Laugh, and Lurking around Hi5.
You always surprise me with your new looks, first a Japanese-anime hairstyle, then your mohawk, then a copy of Sharp’s hairstyle, and what’s next?? You have one of the funniest laughs in the whole school that it’s so addictive. Remember the recordings we made during the expedition? Haha, those were hilarious. And the prank calls we made during House Camp – those were the best! Anyway, thank God we had you for Sports Day or we wouldn’t have anyone to do the 1500 m, 400 m, or the relays [even though you got a little sick after]. You, Raghav, Bifern, Aom, and I used to have so much fun during tutor group, kinda bad thought that Gray always picked on you. Remember the Nan expedition when we rafted with Jeeb and Toy and after we went through this little cliff, you and I just plunged forward right into Jeeb and Toy?? Haha, that was so funny… Anyway, you were the tough guy of our tutor group that always had a weird sense of humor… Hope you have fun in uni next year.

Topsy
3 Things that make Topsy: E.M.O.T.B. [is that the correct order of your initials?], Dreadlocks, and A* English Essay Buddy.
I still remember the second day of school when a group of us played Monopoly! till 4 and Trin kept on calling you “Tipsy”, haha… Remember during the expedition when you did the Hotseat game? Haha, it was so funny. Anyway, I think you’re the coolest girl in our Year. Why? First of all, you changed your hairstyle to dreadlocks even though it was against the school rules. And you know all about celebrity news, you knows about R&B and Hip Hop [barely see girls that know anything about them these days], and you’re not afraid to speak up in class [or make weird expressive noises]! Oh, and remember when we “helped” Kitti with his “smoking is bad” essay? Haha, we worked so well as a team and made an A* essay. [Like what you said, you do the bullshit part and I do the factual part ] Anyway, good luck at uni and hope you have lots of fun.

Nun (Ms. Money)
3 Things that make Nun: Art, Design, and Mobile phone ringing in classes.
Too bad that I didn’t have any class with you this year [I should have taken Further Maths!] or we would’ve had fun last year’s English class… Well, at least we had the Twelfth Night play to do together, “Miss Director”. Anyway, you’re probably the most artistic person I ever met since you’re so good at Art and painting [as well as graphic design]. You were the one that came up with the whole “Our Humps” name for our group during the expedition [even though you had many rejections from Ta, Joe, and I ] and caused many raised eyebrows from the other teams. Remember during the expedition when we played the word game in the pool and the word got so twisted from “Naam Poong” into “Nun Poong”?? Yeah… Lastly, we’re both Leavers this year. [Along with Topsy and Joe from our group] Enjoy your time at Central Saint Martin’s next year.

Aom
3 Things that make Aom: Byron Sports Captain, Ice-Cream, and Strength.
Thank God you were our Sports Captain for the basketball, swimming gala, and football or we’ll be dead! You’re the toughest and strongest girl in our tutor. [maybe even in the whole House!] Had a really good time with you during House Camp where we were leaders together and we won! Hooray to the Green Team! And no, we did not intentionally pick all the good people [as one other team leader of the Orange team claimed ]. But yeah… If it weren’t for you calling [or shouting or bugging] us in the common room every morning, Gaf, Bifern, Raghav, and I would be late for tutor group every day! Again, I had so much fun working with you as Sports Captains this year and especially during the House Camp [best House Camp ever - even though you were horribly bitten by mosquitoes, which was odd because only the girls got bit and none of the guys were bitten at all].

Prang (Olivia)
3 Things that make Prang: “Hatsumomo”, Acting, and Screaming [watch the Twelfth Night play and you'll know what I mean].
One thing first, Prang – where do you get all your voice from?? Because you can shout so loud during Twelfth Night that everybody was stunned since you’re so small! Anyway, if it weren’t for you, the Twelfth Night rehearsals wouldn’t be fun at all. You had so much energy and enthusiasm while we did the play. You were an excellent Olivia. Can you believe that we were able to put the whole play together in just a week or two? That was really amazing… And by the way, you acted really well! I really liked the part that you were chasing Kate on the swings, the famous “lesbian scene”, and the part where you break up the fighting scene and start to “seduce” [is there any better word than that??] Chris. Too bad we won’t get to do any more of those Critical Thinking questions together any more… That class was fun, in a way, despite all our complaints… Oh, and I heard that you got “Lady Capulet”’s role for next year’s “Romeo and Juliet” production – haha, I can already imagine you as her [though I think that you should be Juliet more since I bet you'll do an excellent job as Juliet]! Don’t forget to tell me when the big performance is – I’ll be sure to be in the first row.

Chris
3 Things that make Chris: Leeds United Football Team, Black toothbrush, and “super mouth” that can fit a whole fist or coke can in it.
My other MUN buddy. Remember the “big eyed” face that you copied of the Guinness World Records Book in Singapore during the IASAS MUN Conference? Haha, that was hilarious. And it was such a coincidence that you ended up moving right across the lake from me! I remember we were in Mr. Temple’s Physics class trying to figure out where your house was since you didn’t know the Mooban’s name and I didn’t even know that there were two lakes in the mooban! You always did funny [and weird] things that made us laugh during Year 11 English and the science classes [or else they would've been a bore!]. Anyway, it’s been great having you as a friend and hope the team you’re cheering for the World Cup wins! [Haha, lucky you that your AS exams end 3 days before the World Cup begins!]

Jeeb (Jeebie)
3 Things that make Jeeb: Alex Band, Simba, and “Michelin”.
You’re the future Head Girl for sure [well, either you or Siree, I think]. Anyway, I always thought you were so cool since you always get really good grades [and I mean really good] and know everything about music [and you like rock!]… You are the bravest girl I know, especially after the stories I heard about Kid’s party in Year 10 and after seeing it for myself at his other party last year… Oh, and I also had an excellent time doing Twelfth Night with you this year – you were an excellent Maria! [Especially the "Go kiss my ass!" part - Haha, you got the whole crowd laughing!] Lastly, hope you’ll always be cool, funny, and smart like now and hope you get Head Girl!

Toy
3 Things that make Toy: Manga, Awesome Notes [:P], and Cute Cat Keychain.
Toy… You helped me so much in Chem and Physics this year [especially in Chemistry, and in Physics when Jeeb’s too busy chatting with Karam]. Without you, I’ll be absolutely dead in trying to figure out what Mr. Gray’s talking about. Oh, and I have to thank you for helping me revise for the IGCSE History and Sciences last year – your notes were awesome! Helped me understand practically everything. Thank God you didn’t charge me for them. Anyway, you should’ve done Biology as well so we could have loads of fun [and so that you could help me, too! Haha, joking… I get enough of that from Tina already [J/K, Tina]]. Yeah, and I still remember your “request” to give you a discount [no, not free] when I become a dentist!

Trin
3 Things that make Trin: Keller House Captain, Younger Students “Wai-ing” Him in the Hallway, and Guaranteed Head Boy Position.
Definitely next year’s Head Boy – the school should’ve let you be the Head Boy this year. First thing first, I still don’t get how you’re able to get all the younger students to “wai” you in the hallways. I can’t even get my Year 8 Byron House kids to be nice to me! Haha, anyway, you’re one of those few people who are really good at both studying and playing sports… You’re also the most motivated House Captain ever [participating in every House event, running the last 100 meters along with Keller runners on Sports Day just so that you can motivate them, and many other things]. Had a great time organizing the Disco with you and all the others last year – by the way, has Hensman mentioned about what he did with the money? Lastly, if you don’t get to be Head Boy, then the school’s gone crazy because you’re the most qualified guy!

Siree (Ree)
3 Things that make Siree: Pangya, Great Drawing, and Great Cooking Skills!
Feel so bad for you now that you’re the only person doing all three sciences… There used to be you, me, Simran, and Nop at the beginning of the year but Simran changed from Physics to Business and Nop moved to Australia… And now I’m moving, too. So you’re the only “hardcore-science” student! I still remember last year during the Nan Expedition where we had to cook during the rafting session and you kept on adding sugar and chili to the “pad-gra-pao” but it stayed salty no matter what. Anyway, your “pad-gra-pao” was really good. I guess the talent for cooking runs in your family since Dow’s also really good at cooking! As I said to Jeeb earlier, either you or her are the future Head Girl, so hope you get Head Girl! And good luck with all your sciences + Further Maths exams, “Silly Siree So Sexy” .

Nithi
3 Things that make Nithi: “Nerd” [sorry, but we're even since you always call me that], Motivated Churchill Captain, and Economics Expert.
Do not deny it man, you are a nerd! [And so am I and the rest of the Sixth Form as you claim, lol] Anyway, Nithi – you’re one of the coolest guys in our year since not only are you really good at your classes [don’t deny that], you’re also really funny and know how to be fun. Had a great time doing Twelfth Night with you this year. By the way, you should’ve continued with being Antonio for the play since I would’ve had so much fun kicking you in the final scene! It wasn’t so much fun kicking Kane [okay, it was, but it would’ve been more fun if you were Antonio!]. Lastly, thanks for giving me some tips on Economics and good luck with all your exams!

Blue (Princess)
3 Things that make Blue: Silence, Sweet, and Siam Paragon.
Blue – you’re the quietest person I ever know. Still, you’re probably the sweetest person as well [but don't get on her bad side, J/K!]. Anyway, I still remember last year’s Thai class where Oat and I had to write a poem about a member of the class and we wrote about you… Haha, that was so funny, especially when we ended it with “Go shop at Empo” [translation] and everybody knew right away that it was you! Had a great time going out with you and the others during the past year, and no it’s not because we want discounts at Paragon, lol. Lastly, stay sweet like this forever, ok? [P.S. Where's my Paragon card?!?!? Haha, J/K!]

Boung (Brokeback Worm)
3 Things that make Boung: Towlie’s “You Wanna Get High?” Quote, Music Taste [Anything from rock to opera to new age], and Taking Photos.
The Rebel of the Sixth Form. Never met anyone as daring and brave like you. In fact, if it weren’t for you, Mr. Gray’s Chemistry class as well as Critical Thinking wouldn’t be so much fun. Remember when Mr. Gray mentioned about going to Ireland for his sister’s wedding and you asked, “What? Who died?” Hahaha, it got the whole class laughing. By the way, thanks for burning some of the South Park episodes for me since I was still high on it after watching Syne’s Season 1-5 DVDs of South Park during the summer break… Anyway, you should’ve been nominated as a Prefect – at least a monitor! You would’ve been the “fun” Prefect like Tab now, or else all the Prefects will look like robots… Well, see you later and if you’re gonna go play paintball next time, make sure to invite me and I’ll make sure I can go this time.

Simran
3 Things that make Simran: Helpful, Kind, and Badminton Pro.
Simran… My first impression of you was that you were going to be the really obedient student who never disobeys the teacher – I was wrong! OK, you were still obedient and stuff but you were so much fun to talk to in classes [especially during Maths]. Haha, I was even more surprised as I got to know more of you as this year passed. Anyway, you should’ve stayed in Physics class so that it wouldn’t be only Siree and I who did all three sciences. You know what I mean, right? Less people to ask for help! Yeah, but I had lots of fun this year with you, especially when we played Badminton against Tina and Toy during the last P.E. lesson – boy, you’re good! Anyway, good luck and hope you do well in your exams.

Yuka
3 Things that make Yuka: Always laughing, excellent Thai skills, and Cool Camera.
Haha, I still remember when Kitti said some inappropriate things in Japanese to you and you went all red and started hitting him like crazy! It was great to know you this year, even though I didn’t get to know you that well since we didn’t have any of the same classes and barely saw you at lunch. But still, had a great time hanging out with you, especially when we played bowling several times! Oh, and I still remember the first time we took a picture with your camera and we didn’t know if it already took the pic or not and already started walking away when the flash popped up with a loud sound! Anyway, don’t spend too much time “preparing for the art exam”, during activities, if you know what I mean [In case you forgot, remember when I visited and you told me to tell the others that you and some other people had to "prepare for the art exam"... Ok, will stop babbling now ]

Siki (Horseboy)
3 Things that make Siki: His Seal, “Maaa”, and the Goofiest guy in the Sixth Form.
Even though you’re a Year 13 and a Prefect, none of us seem to show any “respect” to you, haha… None of us even say “P” before your name like the way we do with the other Year 13s! No idea why, but you’re the funniest guy in Year 13 – maybe because you’re just like one of us Year 12s?? You’re really funny to chat with on MSN since you go on and on and on to other topics – and get really insistent on some things, too. It was so funny that time when we came out of Critical Thinking class and entered the common room and saw that you decorated the whole board with your drawings of the animals in your “aquarium”. Oh, and thanks for being a great sports captain for the House basketball games. By the way, just realized, you’re the only Year 13 that I’m writing this to – you should be honored! Anyway, if it weren’t for you, the Sixth Form would’ve been boring [same with our tutor group]. Good luck at uni!

Julie (Pumpkin)
3 Things that make Julie: Always Laughing, Byron House Spirit, and Cheerful.
Julie – you shouldn’t have left for Singapore! The Sixth Form was so much quieter and boring without you… Anyway, it was so fun to be with you in Bio before you moved to Business, especially when Raghav takes out the fake gecko and scares you with it. I’m serious though, you’re always laughing and in a good mood that it seems like nothing can make you have a bad day. Our tutor group got quieter after you left, since there’s no one for Mr. Gray to scare, haha. Remember when he threw this paper ball and it landed right in front of you and Kanae? Haha, you screamed so loud! Yeah, it was fun to be with you in our tutor groups, especially when we were with Mr. Francois last year. Keep in touch, ok? I’ll never forget you and your Byron House Spirit.

Music (Kappa)
3 Things that make Music: “Aloha”, Kappa, and C2 + M1 Expert.
You were very sweet and helped me in Mechanics and C2 Maths whenever I didn’t understand anything. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t get the new stuff we did in C2 at all. You should’ve stayed in Chemistry with us! Anyway, if it weren’t for you last year, I wouldn’t have been able to catch up with the Year 10 USA History work. Yeah, you were very nice and sweet and very patient as well. Oh, and congrats on getting to be a monitor – I bet you’ll be the nicest monitor/Prefect of all.

Becky (Kee-Beck)
3 Things that make Becky: Pink, Dark Horse for Maths C1, and Nett [:P].
Becky… You got so good at maths later that you became the best in C1 for our class! Haha, I remember we were sort of competing when we had C1 Mock exams and for the real thing – although I might’ve beated you for the mocks, you beated me in the real thing in the end. Plus, you got the second highest of the whole Year! And you got 100% for one of our Mechanics tests. You and Nett are like “pa-tong-go” – can never separate you guys wherever you go, except for the bathrooms, but that’s it, lol. Anyway, hope you get into Chula and good luck with your exams.

Nett
3 Things that make Nett: Puzzle Fighter, Sports, and Becky [:P].
I remember you said that you didn’t know how to play volleyball at all when we started it and after K and Kong taught you how to serve, you were a freaking serving machine! Same with badminton – how did you get so good wa? And I never beated you in Puzzle Fighter – ok, maybe once or something – but still, you’re one of the best Puzzle Fighter players in our Year… After Joe of course. He’s the God of Puzzle Fighter. As I mentioned with Becky earlier, you guys are inseparable… Anyway, good luck with your exams and good luck at uni.

Raghav (Ra Koab)
3 Things that make Raghav: Dancing, Geography, and MUN.
My MUN buddy – We’ve been to all the conferences together [except for the Year 10 one] and boy did we have fun. I remember the time when we were in Singapore and were walking down Orchard Road with Chris, Raghav S, Won Jae, and Saneh and practically got lost trying to find our way around! And why do you always seem to break things in the bathroom whenever you go on trips/expeditions?? Haha, I guess you have this bad luck thing with bathrooms. By the way, where do you get all the nerves to do all those dances/singing/performances in front of a whole crowd? [e.g. The Malvolio Dance in Twelfth Night, the Famous Duet with Linn during the expedition, Dhoom Dhoom dance, etc] That’s something I would never do.

Shintaro (Shin-Jung)
3 Things that make Shintaro: Super ****ing Strength, Awesome Drum Playing Skills, and “Hello Kitty”.
Shintaro – where did you get all your strength to do all the sports, man? You’re one of the fastest guys in our year, one of the fittest guys in the whole school, the second highest in the beep test [after Chris], and won the javelin record [40 m]! You’re one of the best sport players man… You should’ve joined school teams and stuff. I bet we would’ve done really well with you in the teams. Haha, Suriyothai’s lucky to have you… Anyway, don’t get mad about the hello kitty bit up there, it’s just that I still remember that time in Mr. Beer’s Biology class where you had that little book and Mr. Beer kept on referring to it… Lastly, good luck with your exams!

Some of My Younger House Members – Peb, Prang, Adrian, Aim, Eye, and Third
Haha, you guys are the best “roon-nong”s to have because you guys are just so funny, great at house activities, and supportive.
Peb & Prang – probably the most annoying, but still the funniest, girls in the house to have to lead. Had a great two years with you guys, especially with Peb during last year’s house camp [I haven't forgiven you for stepping on my back yet] and Prang during last year’s community service.
Adrian – funniest guy in the house – had a great time with you during house camp. You have one of the most addictive [and scary] laughs. Anyway, great job during the swimming gala where you did the kayak relay and during sports day!
Aim & Eye – you guys were excellent in house competitions – basketball, soccer, swimming, volleyball, sports day – everything! If it weren’t for you guys, I doubt Byron will be where it is now.
Third – feel so bad for putting you up in so many events for the swimming gala and sports day, but you were awesome. Same with all the other house competitions we did – thanks a lot for being able to handle the craziness of Aom, Bifern, and I combined!

Froggy (Byron)
3 Things that make Froggy: Green, “safe sex”, and “Rony B”.
Froggy – I’m going to miss you, especially Mrs. Froggy and Baby Froggy. Note to the other Houses – there are two Froggies – Froggy is NOT a transvestite as some houses claimed. Mrs. Froggy and Froggy met through P’Bow (Last year’s House Captain) and they decided to become a family, thus leading to the birth of Baby Froggy this year. Anyway, now that that’s cleared, Froggy’s the best house mascot – it’s not ugly like Nehru’s Clifford, it’s not cyanotic like Churchill’s Doraemon, it’s always the same unlike Keller’s mascot (which changed from Pikachu to Tweety to Winnie the Pooh), and it’s not fat like Suriyothai’s old mascot, Cow. And Sonakul doesn’t even have a mascot [Sorry Chris! ]. Haha, I had an awesome time being in Byron for the past two years and being the House Captain along with Bifern this year where we probably annoyed the hell out of our House members as we tried to force them to join the competitions. Besides, we can learn a great lesson from Froggy and Lord Byron – to always wear a condom. [Read Byron's sex history and you'll know why].

The Biology Lab Mice
3 Things that make the Bio Mice: Stinky, Addictive Habits of Excreting, and Love to Reproduce.
These mice are really something. They love to poo, especially whenever Siree holds them and one time one of them even peed on the sink while we were carrying them. Yeah, I know, they’re supposed to pee when they’re scared – but pooing?? Also, because of them, the Biology labs have become the stinkiest in the whole Science department! And last but not least, they love to reproduce. I swear. One day, one of them is pregnant and gives birth to about ten baby mice, and then the next few days, about 2-3 more mice give birth to another ten each. It actually reached a point where we had to get extra cages or they’ll be overcrowded and become stressed due to competition, little space, and – just look at your Science textbook… Anyway, they were fun to play with during little class breaks – man, I’m gonna miss them…

Alright, that’s all there is for my entry to my fellow Harrovians. I’ll post another entry in the next few days since so much stuff happened between the expedition and now… Also, I’ll put up some pics in the next entry from the House Camp, Twelfth Night Performance, Sports Day, Volleyball Competitions, and my Last Week at Harrow… I know, tons of stuff to post for the next entry, but it’s coming along…

By the way, did you guys watched this year’s MTV Asia Awards? It was pretty good. I thought that Teriyaki Boys were awesome, as well as Rivermaya, Jolin Tsai, Se7en, and the Kangta/Vaness duet pwhich really surprised me]. It was so funny because the Asian stars ended up outshining the foreign stars [Hoobastank and Korn]! Some of the disappointments this year were the Inspirational Award. How the **** did Bird get it? It’s not like he did anything that helped people or anything. This type of award should be given to people who actually did something to help and inspire people. Oh, and Marsha shouldn’t have spoken so much Thai when she presented the award. Seems like all the winners were the ones that were there [except for the big international stars, that is]. Anyway, wonder where they’ll have it next year.

One more thing – Terry didn’t win on Survivor! Aras won! I actually wanted Cirie to win though. I should’ve made that bet with Tina so I would finally beat her once. To Tina: How many cokes/ice-cream do I owe you now?

Okay, last bit now, I’m so glad that BJ & Tyler won the latest Amazing Race because they deserved it. Haha, it was so funny that Eric & Jeremy kept on thinking they got the wrong Thai flag when they originally had the correct one. [As you can tell, I'm a reality show addict. But hey, that's what happens when you have nothing to do and stuck at home!]

Currently Playing: 24 by Jem – I can’t stop listening to this song, as well as the rest of her album.

Currently Watching: Grey’s Anatomy – Am seriously addicted to this series now. Where can I get the DVD here in Thailand?

Recently Watched: Mission Impossible 3 – I thought it was pretty good despite the whole TomKat thing going on. The action sequences were really good and JJ Abrams did an excellent job in directing the movie. By the way, is it just me or does anybody else think that Tom Cruise’s fiance in the movie looked sorta similar to Katie Holmes… Lol…

“Summer has come and passed…”

At last, the end of summer has finally arrived. This means time to go back to school. Time to constantly keep my tie up, shirt tucked in, and wear the infamous Harrovian boater. In addition, it’s time to start A-Levels – similar to Harry Potter’s N.E.W.T. levels [and IGCSE's were like his O.W.L.s] – and the hard grueling hours of constant work and revision. Anyway, will get into detail for that bit later… First of all – August. This month has been quite a fun month filled with so many things, e.g. people’s birthdays [Pat, Nun, Boom, Prang, etc], going out for some people’s birthdays, visiting RIS, and having our long-waited IGCSE results to come out. I’ve decided that I’ll update the pics up from Nun’s birthday, Boom’s party, and the RIS visit some time later since I have no time. So, here’s how the month of August went…

———- August 10 – RIS Visit
Went by RIS to see how their Sophomore year is. Several changes around the school, including the horrible canteen now and the cancellation of the long-used Block system. So basically went to Tanya and Lee’s Homeroom then followed Lee to Math class before I was chased away due to the fact that “there weren’t enough seats” and was offered to go to the library instead. Well, the library didn’t appeal much to me and I saw Mandy on my way out so she took me to her math class instead where I was allowed to sit [and do a Math Diagnostic test, too].

After Math was break and I went to wait in front of Ms. Walker’s room where I will be attending Biology lesson. This class was fun and had lots of fun looking through a whale’s eye, disected pig, rat bones, an armadillo, an EXTREMELY huge spider, etc, etc. Heard that Prim was crowned as “Top Cat” for that class since she got the most correct out of 50 [I think she got 32], so that means she can skip a quiz in Term 1. If you got all 50 correct then you won’t have to do any work, quizzes, or even tests and you’ll get a straight A! Now, I would want that!

After Bio was lunch and I got to get a taste of the new canteen. One word: crowded. So crowded it took me 10 minutes just to get a plate of carbonara. And they’re now using a card system where each card’s worth about 100 Baht. Interesting, but it just slowed everything down since the canteen workers weren’t use to using this new system. Also, the food was rather cold. Jirayuth told me a few weeks later that people just order food from outside [e.g. pizza] or just go and eat at the RIST canteen, which is way better, as they said.

Later, I went to Spanish class with Lee and had some fun remembering how it was learning Spanish 7th and 8th grade – even though I probably forgot half the things I learned! After Spanish, I went to English with Jenny where they were learning about Lord of the Flies, which I read in 8th Grade for English Plus. If you’re planning to read it or anything, I’ll just say this: It is very boring. Not something you would like to read during your free time.

Lastly, I went to Lee and Ray Fong’s Biology class, with a different teacher of course. Similar thing as Ms. Walker’s class but with more detail and scientific stuff. Ray Fong and I were paired and had to do this activity with two other girls, one who just moved from Harrow [Nami was her name]. When I told her that I knew Yuka and Kanae, her friends from Harrow, she started getting excited, which sort of surprised RF and the other girl. After Bio, just basically went to the Montri bus and got on the same bus as Erk and came back home. That’s it for the RIS visit – nothing much… Oh, and Julie also came and visited from Korea and had some fun talking to her.

August 11 – Nun’s Birthday at Major Ratchayothin
For this day, I met up with Nun, Por, Kitti, Raghav, and Nun’s sister at Major Ratchayothin to celebrate her birthday. First met up with the guys, who were playing this driving game [Raghav kept crashing his on the side] to buy some presents for Nun. Kitti bought this big Hello Kitty doll and Por and I shipped in and bought Nun a bear-looking thing with angel wings [we weren't even sure what it was!]. Finally, at 1:15 PM, we started to call Nun to find out where she was and realized that she was already at the karaoke room! So off we went to the Karaoke area where it was extremely crowded since there was some sort of Karaoke competition going on for TV… Well, because of that, it took us awhile to get there and we realized that Nun wasn’t there! Then Por remembered that Nun said she would be at the Karaoke in the Major Bowl section. So off we went to Major Bowl and found her there in the private room.

Into the Karaoke room we went and Kitti and Raghav got this big singing mode that they went on singing for ages. We also ordered some food and ate as we sang. At one point, the Karaoke thing turned on Happy Birthday but then we switched it since we thought it was a mistake. However, we realized later that it was MEANT to be turned on so that the Major staff can bring in the cake. Anyway, we ate the cake, sang some more, and it was time to leave. The others decided to stay a little longer for bowling but I had to go. So I said goodbye and that was it for that day.

August 18 & 25 – IGCSE Results
IGCSE results. All of you probably remember me when I had my IGCSE exams and we were just studying, studying, and studying. Here’s an entry that I wrote in July about it…

MAY – Written: June 15, 2005

I.G.C.S.E. – Those five letters were something that always gave us the chills whenever we hear it. “Intensely Gross, Crappy, & Sickening Exams”, as we called it, was the international standardized exams that all students in Key Stage 4 [Years 10 + 11 a.k.a. Grades 9 + 10] have to take after they finish the IGCSE course at the end of Year 11 [Grade 10]. IGCSE exams came and went so fast we didn’t even realize that it was May. Let’s see, for me, 17 exams to do was a hell lot. Some people had the same amount exams as me but I guess the person with the most exams in our Year would probably be Toy, who had 20 exams. How was she able to do it? I don’t know! Anyway, about one month before the whole “IG” period, you can begin to see people stressed, carrying all their books home, staying up late all night, and doing many other things you never see throughout the whole year, well, except for the Mock era where we had to bury our nose in books, too. Yet, people were getting serious – worried – anxious – and of course, sleepy. During that time, we began to adapt and become use to the many nights of sleeplessness and staring at a pile of books and notes as we try to stuff everything into our heads.

Now, when the first exam came [May 4th], which was Thai, everybody freaked out. Well, not that much, but everyone was worried, because, hey, Thai isn’t an easy subject to study for or do for an exam. You have to make sure you get straight to the point, write up in paragraphs that are divided according to opinion and content, spell correctly, and make sure you don’t put irrelevant information or something that’s not related, e.g. Harry Potter and how he saved Buckbeak the Hippogriff into an essay about Greenpeace and their “Save the Earth” campaign. So, you see? It is hard doing Thai. For our first Thai exam, we had to write three different essays: one about the way Thai students act in the social community, one analyzing why they behave so, and one in which we write about Greenpeace. Our second Thai exam [May 6th], which was two days later was a continuous writing essay between 350 to 500 words about any topic we want from the 9 given choices. There were topics on sports, your life, cultural stuff, and many other things. I chose the topic, “Is war the best solution for solving a problem?”. Reason? It was the easiest of all and we can add anything related to it in there – so because of that, I added in all these history-related stuff with world wars, Hitler, Treaty of Versailles, Cuban Missile Crisis – basically, if you didn’t know the topic, you would’ve thought I was writing a history paper and analyzing the wars! Anyway, after the exam, I realized that all the other History students did the same thing, too! At least I’m not the only History freak! I think I wrote about 600 words, which isn’t too much…

After we had our Thai exams, our Study Leave began where we are not required to come to school unless we have an exam on that particular day. Also, we are allowed to leave after our exam, if it’s in the morning session, or come to our exam in the afternoon, if it’s the afternoon session. So, after May 9th, which was when Study Leave started, the real thing was here. The really hard subjects were on the way and we better get rolling for them. For the people who were doing Geography, they were unfortunate and had their exam on May 9th while others didn’t have to come. Thank God I didn’t do Geography or my whole week will be full of exams! On the 10th, we had our Science Paper 6 [Practical] exam in the morning and History Paper 1 exam in the afternoon. Science Paper 6 was quite easy and I think I did OK. Surprisingly, it barely had anything on Chemistry, which was what everybody studied for since we had to remember all the color of each element if we add it with sodium hydroxide or put it in a flame test and all that stuff. For the first question, it was about plants. Plants – something that none of us expected and we had to label the “Stamen” and the “Ovule” of the flower. Luckily, I kind of flipped through it as I reviewed it. As for History, well, just like the Mocks, we had to write a lot and I think I wrote approximately 6 or 7 pages. We had to answer three different questions, which each had three minor questions in them that we had to answer according to the points [5 pts – half a page, 7 pts – three-forths to a page, 8 pts – a page to a page and a half]. Surprisingly, all the topics that we learned were on it – instead of the usual 3 out of 9 topics! As soon as we turned the paper over, we were shocked since it had every topic and we spent so much time reviewing certain topics! Anyway, History was so-so. So much writing that my hand ached like hell.

On the 11th, I had to do English First Language along with History Paper 2, which are the killer subjects since we will have to write so much we could cripple our hand. So, English. For this one, we will be given two different excerpts, one was from “The Hounds of Baskerville”, which was a story about Sherlock Holmes, and another one was by Anita Desai, which was about a girl who lives in Botswana. The first two questions was all about “The Hounds of Baskerville” where for the first question, I had to write an article for a Travel Magazine about the creepy cave in the mountain’s forest that Dr. Watson went to. Ok, this would be fine if they actually gave us more information besides two out of five paragraphs that talk about the area! The second question was about how the author expressed fear and the use of sunlight. The use of freaking sunlight. Now, fear and pathos would be easy since it would be clear and we all prepared for it. But no, there wasn’t a question on pathos. So we had to get all dramatic and imaginative with the way the sunlight and sunset was used to describe Watson’s feelings. One thing my classmates said I realize is now true, “When you’re doing English First Language and English Literature, you have to get all imaginative and think of how something like a saw can symbolize life, as in Robert Frost’s ‘Out-Out-!’ poem.” Well, I didn’t really expect us to be asked about the sun’s rays. Anyway, writing the essays itself wasn’t that easy either since we had to organize the paragraphs by the different topic and opinion, and we can’t get them mixed up or we would get deducted points. Argh, how frustrating! The last question was related to both passages, which was a compare/contrast essay where we have to show what each of the character was searching for and if they found it. I found something funny as I looked at the two passages – For “The Hounds of Baskerville”, it was mentioned in the book I just read, which was “The Curious Incident of the Dog in Nighttime”, and it was the main character’s favorite book. As for the Anita Desai one, the setting was in Botswana, which was the country Chris and Raghav had to represent during the IASAS MUN Conference in Singapore. I don’t know, they just seem like a funny coincidence to me. In all, three essays and about two pages for each essay. Anyway, after English, we had the last History Exam, which was Paper 2 where we have to analyze different sources. Same as English, we have to use all our imagination to see how something like a vampire and bats can be related to the Big Three during the Treaty of Versailles. Funny, eh? Anyway, one of the really big coincidence in this particular exam was that one of the source, which was a picture of the Big Three holding a guillotine, was a source that our teacher used to teach us on how to answer source questions! So, there were about 8 to 9 questions in all and I wrote 8 or 9 pages. And yes, my hand was practically shaking by the end of the day due to the overuse.

The 12th. We had two exams, again, but this time they were both in the afternoon session, one [Business Studies Paper 1] at 1 and the other [Edexcel Mathematics Paper 3] at 4. The reason was because the Edexcel Maths belonged to the Edexcel exam board and they wanted to let all students all over the world take the exam at the same time. I wonder how those in Japan do it since they’re 2 hours ahead of us! Anyway, Business was ok-ok. Easier than the past papers but also hard in a way. At least this was just short answers that only worth 2 to 6 points. After Business, we had a few moments to relax and study for Maths, which would be later and I have to admit it, Maths was easy! Easy as pie and I think I could score quite well on this particular paper. Poor Masa forgot that we had the Maths exam then and he went home after the Business exam. We had to call him up and had came half an hour later. Well, he finished on time and didn’t need the extended thirty-minutes that he missed, so no worries. By the time we were done, it was around 6 and the sun was about to set so we didn’t have much time to talk since we were chased out of the library, where the Boarders were hanging out at.

Friday the 13th. Wasn’t that scary for me since I didn’t have Geography exam, which everybody said was really hard. I just had to go there because I had Edexcel Mathematics Paper 4 at 4 again. This paper was a little bit harder but quite easy. People kept on mentioning that there was a mistake in the exam paper where we had to find the radius [r] but at the answer box, it said “C=_______”. One person actually crossed out the “C” and changed it to a “r”! Anyway, as long as my answer is correct!

16th. There were no exams for me and I was so happy since it was the day for the Survivor: Palau Finale. Yes, I know I should’ve been studying but hey – this is Survivor! Anyway, I spent the rest of the day studying…

17th. Double Trouble – Science Paper 3 [the Theory Paper] and Business Studies Paper 2 [Case Study]. Both hard subjects on one day. Science was hard. I have to admit it. There were practically no questions on Chemistry, which was what we all studied for, and there were tons of questions on Biology – no, not on the body and organs, which we all prepared for, but on plants. Plenty were also on Physics, which were sort of ok. Lovely – just hope it comes out ok. Then we had Business, which was not easy and not hard. Too much writing though and it’s not just common sense like what you think. You really have to go into the theory and possibilities since it isn’t black and white. It isn’t clear and obvious. There are possibilities that something might happen to that particular business, e.g. if we increase the price, we may lose customers, if we decrease the price, we might not be able to pay all the costs, and if we keep the price the same, we might lose customers to competitors. Argh, the complicated world of business! I can never join “The Apprentice”! It ain’t easy like what you think!

18th – English Literature – Open Books. For this day, only those doing English Literature had to come, which was like, only 13 people or so. Thankfully, we were allowed to bring in our books since some parts were needed with text and we should use quotes to back-up our argument. In all, we had four texts – The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan, All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, and Poetry in the Touched by Fire book Section E. I basically avoided Poetry since it was done last year and I really just don’t get poetry. Again, this time we will have to write an essay [two pages] for each question. There will be three questions for each of the text we choose and we will have to choose one question to answer, where at least one of the three questions we answer must be a context question. So I decided to answer the context question with The Bonesetter’s Daughter where we have to read the Epilogue and say why it is such a good way to end the whole story. For this question, I tried to add all the relevant quotes into my essay since I tend to write essays that lack quotes from the text. For All My Sons, I did the question on whether or not Joe Keller, the protagonist, did the right thing in selling faulty machines to the army, which killed soldiers, but not admitting it and framing it on his co-worker in order to save his family reputation and business. This question was quite hard, actually. Lastly, for Twelfth Night, I chose the empathic question where I had to pretend to be Malvolio just after he confessed his love to his boss, Olivia. This was quite easy, actually, since I had to play him for our class play. So… Literature – I hope I did well. At least a B will be great!

19th. Cambridge Mathematics Paper 2. This was another exam board from the one I did previously and is the harder one. Our teacher got us to practice them by doing all the past papers and grading them. If compared to the beginning of the year, I think I improved in my Maths past paper scores but we’ll have to see with this. This particular paper was easier than what we expected [had a little calculator problem when I wasn’t able to find it and had to borrow Joe’s extra calculator] and I think I did quite ok, or if possible, good. Some of the Year 10 students [e.g. Deer, who is really, really good at Math as Kitti said she never got lower than a 90 in the Maths past papers.], who are supposed to be really good also had a chance to take the exam, too. Only exam for this day.

20th. Had our last English Literature [Unseen] exam. This exam is a little tricky since we would have one hour to analyze a prose or poem that we’ve never seen before. All of us prepared so hard for Unseen Prose since it was much easier than Poetry and we were expecting it to be a prose since for the last few years, it had always been a prose. As we walked into the exam room, sat down, and turned our paper over, we all gasped and looked around at the each other immediately. POETRY. Crap, we all thought. Anyway, we only had an hour so we better hurry. The question, which is always the same or in similar style, was about the author’s writing techniques. This time, it said, “Describe the author’s use of language and literary techniques that shows the mother’s care, love, and grip.” So off I went jotting notes all over the paper, highlighting, and seeing how they the use of language adds any effect. In one line, the author mentions about how she carefully turned the child over like cloth being turned in a washing machine – I got a little carried away and started using a little Biology and saying how that quote can symbolize the way the baby was in the mother’s placenta or amniotic sac during the pregnancy period and how it swam and turned around in the womb. Yes, I know it’s really weird. Then we had to use all these words that describe the baby and describe them of how they add effect. In all, I wrote two pages, which is what other people did. Except, amazingly, Tina wrote like seven pages!! She said it was because she analyzed every single line – wow, even I can’t do that!

23rd. I had two different exams – Cambridge Mathematics Paper 4 and ICT Higher Paper. For Maths Paper 4, this is the harder one since we would have to show all our working and we had to write them on pieces of paper along with the answer. I bet students in Thai schools can do really well at this since they have to show every step of their working while we tend to just write down the problem then the answer with the help of the calculator. So this was different from what we usually do but at least we had some practice with past papers, which really helped. Anyway, Paper 4 was quite ok and I think I did quite well on it. In fact, all of my friends said that it was pretty good and they thought they did quite well, too. Yet, this dawned a new problem – if most of us found it easy, this must mean that the mean will be higher and the range will be high. Oh, crap. This must mean that instead of a 95 being an A* and an 83 [or something] being an A, it could become a 98 as an A* and a 92 as an A. Oh no! I hope this doesn’t happen! For the afternoon session, we had ICT, which was all on the theory of computers, internet, hardware, software, operating systems, user interface, and all these really confusing technology stuff. I thought I did quite good and honestly, I know no crap about computers… But say, I’m hoping that I get a B since my coursework has gotten me an A already so it’s likely that it’ll pull my final grade up to an A.

24th – The last day of the exams!! Well, for me and the majority of our Year at least. For this day, we had Science Paper 1 [Multiple Choice]. Some of the questions were easy, some were difficult. But overall, I think I did pretty well. Right after this, we were all so happy that our IG’s were over. Some people, like Nun, who take French have to wait until June to finish their exams but we are done!

I hope the results come out good… The results will be coming out on August 18th [for CIE exams, which is the majority of my exams] and August 25th [for AQA and EDEXCEL exams, which is ICT and Maths].

The day after my last exam, I decided to visit RIS right before they have their finals. Believe me, your finals are nothing compared to this – these were really hard and I am hoping that I pass… If we get lower than a C on a certain subject, we will have to redo that subject again. And if we don’t pass five subjects, we will have to redo Year 11 again. Oh God, just to think about it is painful. Anyway, went to RIS and had lots of fun meeting all of you and catching up on things. Glad your results for your finals were good.

The next day was the 26th and I went out to Siam with some Harrow people and lots of people came [Pat, Nun, Joe, Donut, Leng, Blue, Ta, Jeeb, Gaf, Syne, Tan, Julie, and myself]. Although some of us separated to go watch movies first, but most of us [Pat, Nun, Donut, Blue, Ta, Jeeb, Gaf, Syne, and myself] went to eat pizza and took some studio pics. I look totally hilarious. Anyway, too bad I had to leave early so I wasn’t able to watch Star Wars and eat MK with them afterwards. Pity. Anyway, we should go out again!

On the 31st, my mom got tickets for us to go and watch Miss Universe 2005 at Impact and it was great! Glad Canada, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela made it to the finals, though I kind of wanted Thailand [of course, since I’m Thai] to make it to the semi-finals or final 15, at least. I really wanted Venezuela to get in the top three though… Anyway, glad Canada got it – not USA… USA looked rather bouncy [no, not her breasts] in the swimsuit walk. But jeesh, talk about Latina power!

Anyway, that was what I wrote in June after we had the exams. On those two days, that I went to get the results, saw quite a lot of people, those who are leaving and those who are staying. Just to sum up, here’s my actual IGCSE results and my Mock Exam [Trial results] results. Please note: My mock exams results were really bad.

Subject	Real Exam Results	Mock Exam Results
Business Studies	B	C
Coordinated Science	BB	BB
English Literature	A	D
First Language English	B	D
First Language Thai	C	B
History	A	A
ICT [Computers]	A	B
Mathematics [CIE]	A	C
Mathematics [EDEXCEL]	A*	-

So overall, I did quite good [Except for Thai] and I either scored the same as the Mock exam or better [except for Thai, of course]. Remember that I mentioned earlier that some Year 10s did the Math CIE Exam, too? Well, Deer got her result and she got an A* [The highest grade to achieve, something like an A+] for it! That’s one smart girl! Anyway, I passed into the sixth form and will be starting my A-Levels very soon!

August 20 – Boom’s Birthday Party at Patsiree
After a tough day at ROTC [R.D. a.k.a. Military Training], I went to the dentist and got ready for Boom’s 17th Birthday party that evening. The restaurant was somewhere around his house, which was in Soi Ruamrudee, and right across from his house. In all about 20 people [Por, Kevin, Prang, Aom, Cake, Prang, Nithi, Mek, Mew, Praew, Ping, Kwang, Mim, Tanya, Kid, Poom, George, Boom's friend from his old school, and obviously, Boom] came to the party, all at different times of course. Got there around 6 and saw that several people were there already but I wasn’t late, I think. So we ate, talked, had some fun, wrote some funny messages on the board for Boom. Around 8, we went across the road to Boom’s house and watched some Academy Fantasia before the cake came and we played some pool and some sang karaoke. The thing lasted until 11:30 PM but I left at around 9:30 PM since it’ll be about an hour and a half drive to get to my house. Well, the party was fun and it was great to see all of them before they moved onto England, America, and colleges here in Thailand. G’luck to everyone that’s moving abroad or into university and have lots of fun!

August 30 – Sixth Form Orientation
Sixth Form Orientation was one day before school. We met up in the library, listened to Mrs. Keys [Head of Sixth Form], and did some little advisement activities to get to know our fellow sixth formers. Note: The sixth form is made up of Year 12s and Year 13s, so a lot of us do not know the others in the other year. In addition, we got to meet and get to know the new students that are entering Harrow and the sixth form, too. Later, we did some activities on language learning and learned about the Sixth Form Award program and how we can earn credits from the different activities that we’ll be in, in which we will have to earn approximately 500 credits at the end of Year 13. At lunch time, I had to go and see Mr. Herbert, the Head of Drama, about the upcoming Drama production that will be performed at the end of January, which will be the Shakespeare play, “Twelfth Night” [in which I and some of the Year 12s learned in our English class]. We were basically told the different roles we’ll be performing as and will have to come and practice every Tuesday for an hour [now I already have two credits that I'll get per week!]. Here’s just some of the roles I remember…

Character	Actor	Description
Orsino	Me	A lovesick Duke in love with Olivia
Olivia	Prang	A “mourning” selfish Countess
Viola	Kate	A shipwreck survivor disguised as a man
Sebastian	Chris	Viola’s believed-to-be-dead twin brother
Antonio	Nithi	Sebastian’s saviour who seems to be “in love” with him
Malvolio	Raghav	An annoying steward who embarrasses himself
Sir Toby	Golf Y. 11	A misbehaved “knight”

There are several more characters but I’m not sure who’s playing them. Kitti is also in it but he forgot who he was playing, though he said he would be playing a girl. [Hahaha] Anyway, after lunch, we went to the new Sixth Form Common Room, which used to belong the creche center [Pre-K/Nursery]. There was plenty of space and we had the entire first floor to ourselves. We had two relaxing rooms, one study room, a careers office, and Mrs. Keys’ office there. For the rest of the afternoon, we did a little role-play on bullying and our group, made up of me, Trin, Chris, Plai, Julie, Yuka, Toy, Bow [Y. 13], Charlie [Y. 13] and Nop [Y. 13], was asked to perform again, however, with a more pleasant ending. At the end of the day, Mrs. Keys gave some announcement on the uniform and the “privileges” for Sixth Form students, who can wear business suits if they want. Also, we have learned that from now on, we only have to wear the boater on Mondays [Hoorah!] In addition, because Thursdays are House Days, we will have to wear our House color shirt on those days [So green for Byron]. So, today was a great day and it was fun getting to meet the other new students [there were about 9-10 in all] and school’s starting tomorrow!

As for the A-Level subjects, I decided to take five subjects [like the others] and am doing Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Maths, and Critical Thinking/English. I’ll probably have the toughest schedule since I have all three Sciences, in which people said are really hard. Oh well, we’ll see how it all turns out… I actually wanted to do History or ICT or even Psychology but then it clashed with the Sciences and Maths [didn't really wanted to do Critical Thinking but we had to choose SOMETHING in the last column and I would be really bad at Further Maths and I passed both IGCSE English and Math so I wouldn't need the retake.]. So far, I know that I have some classes with Kitti, Trin, Bifern, Tina, Toy, Raghav, and many other people. Can’t wait to let this year start!

Crap… Talking about school – I better get to bed now since I’ll have to wake up at 6:30! And it’s already 1! Oh, and I changed my mobile number already because I broke my old phone and stuff. If you want the number, ask, but I think I emailed it out to all my friends already. Anyway, here’s an entry so don’t complain! See you guys later…

Currently Playing: Fix You by Coldplay

Harrow Fair & Last Day of Term 1

So, the closer it gets to Christmas, the colder it gets and this means that we all (well, maybe not all) will have a nice long winter vacation. Oh, wait, that also means that my mock exams (practice exams) and real IGCSE exams are coming up… Oh God, don’t want to think about it. Well, from my last entry to today, a lot of events have happened because it was Loy Kratong, Harrow Fair, the Last Day of School, and I went out with some people to World Trade. But before I go on to tell you guys about the events, please just take a quick moment to stop by this SITE and vote for my sister, Lynn, for “BEST THAI BLOG”. It only takes a few seconds. And her site name is “BRAIN FARTS”, ask her for an explanation of the title… Don’t forget to vote now… So, continuing the blog entry, here are pics from each of the events… Hope you enjoy them. (This entry won’t be as long as the previous one, trust me ). NOTE: THERE ARE ABOUT 117 PICTURES SO IT MAY TAKE TIME TO LOAD.

Loy Kratong

Not many pics for this day because I didn’t bring the camera to school… (Only two pictures, actually) But I had to get the pictures from Nun (a.k.a. Pat), who was very nice to give me the pics… Thanks, Nun! Well, Loy Kratong – Besides being forced to dress up in Thai costumes, we had lots of fun that day because there was a “Fear Factor” competition and hey, this was REALLY like Fear Factor… Try eating grasshoppers, worms, scorpions, raw chicken feet, red ant salad, and some other things I don’t remember. Well, the winner? A kid from The Language Center (TLC) – Leila said that the TLC section won for three years already. Hmm… Wonder what they teach there… Well, it was pretty fun watching the students and teachers struggle trying to put the disgusting food down their mouths! Haha, I should have brought my camera that day. Oh well, always next year. Here are the two pictures I got from Nun.

From left to right:
Girls (Front Row): Julie, Masho, Donut, Nun, Bifern, and Blue
Boys (Back Row): Ta, Raghav, Me, and Ben (Not “Big Ben”)

This is the Science Set 1 class… From left to right:
Standing:Ta, Kate, Siree, Champ, Trin, Kid, Mim, Kenishiro, Kwang, Ping, Bifern, Jeeb, Nun, Sai, and Pear.
Sitting: Pat [Pronounced as "PUTT"], George, Toy, and Julie.

Harrow Fair
Harrow Fair – Something like RIS’s Fun Fair but I have to say, Harrow’s is way more crowded and actually has a lot more activities. Well, it seems like it’s mainly focused on selling things here… Not really on the games… But there was also a fashion show that students were in. In addition, there were the normal activities similar to RIS’s, Dunk the Teacher, Tin Can Alley, etc, etc… There was also foods from all over – Thai, Western, Indian, Japanese, etc. It was a very fun day and also very tiring. Oh – I didn’t scan the sticker pictures in. Well, you’ll probably see that another time… So – I got there and met up with some others (the guys just came back from ร.ด. – Millitary Training – I will be in it next year in case you were wondering). Well, not much to say about the day but that it was fun and had lots of activities. I’ll just let the pictures describe the day to you… As they say, a picture can tell a thousand words… And this time, there are way more pictures than the Loy Kratong ones, because I brought my camera with me that day.

Tina and Siree gathering up a crowd for their cotton candy game. Their rule was that you pay 20 Baht and you can spin your own cotton candy for twenty seconds – whatever size it is, you get the whole thing. That’s Mr. Wise with his portion of the cotton candy. When I arrived there, Mim was doing it and she got a REALLY BIG cotton candy.

The Fair just when it started…

One kid trying to make his cotton candy.

Gaf with a lightening speed move as he spins and spins his cotton candy up. He paid 40 Baht so he got an extra 20 seconds – but the bad thing was his cotton candy fell apart while doing it so he wasted time trying to put it back together. Results? Same size as the 20-second ones…

Nun at the Walk Ralley as she tries to solve the riddle. “Rearrange the following letters to make one word.” It’s very easy actually if you think carefully. The answer is right in your face! Can’t get it? Read the riddle carefully – “Rearrange the following letters to make ONE WORD”. Now, can you get it? It’s “ONE WORD” – how simple is that!

Bifern – the Tennis Master – as she tries to hit the tennis balls into the tiny square box on the ground.

Pat bring back the tennis ball.

Gaf and Pat trying to throw the darts right at the center. Actually, while the guys were practising so hard to make sure it hits the center, Bifern, who just grabbed a dart and threw it, threw it right into the center! Wow…

Raghav relaxing after the walk ralley.

The poor dartboard that was our victim…

That’s Ben (Big Ben) in the Fashion Show… Along with somebody…

Boom and Fa.

Sky and Champ.

Champ and Fa.

Junko.

From left to right: Pun, Praew, and Junko.

Don’t really know who these people are – but they’re from a younger year – just thought the picture looked nice…

Paras and Poom.

Aom.

Jane, Poom (Another Poom), and Prang.

Jane and Prang.

The models up for one last bit.

The models again…

From left to right: Jeeb, Nun, and Raghav.

From left to right:
Guys: Raghav, Gaf, and Me.
Girls: Nun, Bifern, Toy, Jeeb, and Tina.

From left to right:
Back Row: Gaf and Me.
Middle Row: Nun and Toy.
Front Row: Bifern and Jeeb.

The Harrow Fair environment.

A way leading to the area behind the TLC building… Notice anything weird in front? (Just joking – it’s Bifern!)

Going to the games area – that’s Gaf’s head sticking into the pic – sorry for the bad pic, Gaf… But that’s for all the spam messages! (Just joking!)

Well, we all decided to play with kites (don’t think deep) and well, a couple of times (many times, actually), the kites ended up getting stuck in the trees… So we had some trouble with them…

Stuck again…

Sky along with some other people trying to raise some money by putting up a game for the visitors.

Here’s a scene from “Dunk the Teacher” – Apparently, it was the Head that was being dunked! Thanks for taking the pic for me, Pat – I wouldn’t be that quick… I felt bad for one teacher, who went on the Dunking thing and after EVERY SINGLE ROUND, he would get dunked. I mean, one right after the other… I could say – he probably got dunked at least 15 times? Unluckily, one of the balls actually hit his face too (and they use a BASKETBALL, not a tennis ball or baseball like RIS) so it must have hurt a lot…

Around 3 PM…

The Head posing for a pic.

Just spotted this painting by this artist – looks really nice…

Bifern with all the stuff she got that day…

Last Day of School
The last day of school was a day everybody was waiting for. This would mean that it was the end of Term 1. This would mean that it was time for our liberation. This would mean that it was time for our reports to be sent home. This would mean that it was time for a full one month Christmas break. This would mean that our mocks and IGCSE exams are getting closer. This would mean – Ok, I think you get the message how important this last day was for us… Well, here’s just a quick overview of that day… We had usual classes for the first 6 periods (the periods before lunch)… But Tina and I got to skip classes because we were doing the reading for Carol Services that evening… (Something like reading bits from the Bible – but it was paraphrased so it wouldn’t be as confusing.) After the classes, we, Year 11 students, had a Year 11 Party just right above the Dining Hall. That meant that we didn’t have to wait in the long torturing lunch line. So we went up and had pizza, KFC, Pringles, Ice-Cream, canteen food, and some other stuff. After feasting, we turned on some music and several people were dancing – some went really wild. We tried to make a disco environment by switching the lights on and off – but pathetically, it failed and didn’t even help to create a disco environment. Well, after the party, we had our last Science class – Biology for me. Luckily, instead of having to learn about how the kidneys work, we played a little game of charades related to Christmas. After that, we had one last assembly with a little performance of the “Twelve Days of Christmas” by the Harrow teachers – really funny. After that, we had the Finals of the Inter-House Football matches. It was fun watching the teams compete. Later, we returned to the Dining Hall to have our Christmas Feast with our House and after that, we went straight up to the Carol Service. After an hour or so of the Carol Service, which ended around 7:20 PM, we finally went home. It was a fun and tiring day. So, here are some captures of the events…

Year 11 students forgetting our manners and diving straight into the Pizza boxes and KFC buckets for our food.

“It’s a chicken!” Says Por.

Pat eating the whole bucket of KFC chickens – just joking! He didn’t eat the whole thing… It was already empty by the time he got it.

Por enjoying his chicken.

From left to right: June, Tina, and Nun.

Gaf slowly disecting his chicken. That’s Sky on his left.

Tina, Nun, and Tan relaxing after eating.

Raghav enjoying his noodles.

Oat and Ant.

Champ and Jeeb getting the crowd stirred up for the dancing.

Jeeb getting into the music (I believe it was “Destiny’s Child – Lose My Breath” that was on then.).

From left to right: Fa, Praew, Ploy, Raghav, and Jeeb. Poor Raghav was forced to dance because it was claimed that he danced really well on a fieldtrip last year…

The guys chilling. From left to right:
Back: Boom and Kevin.
Front:Joe and Por.

From left to right: Praew, Kid, Raghav, Tina, Nun, and Oat.

The girls planning on what to do next.

From the back of the group. That’s only some of them there.

Getting ready for some party. From left to right on the opposite side: Bifern, Siree, Gaf, Boom, George, Pun, Tina, and Junko.

Clockwise order starting from the left side: Nun, Fa (Half of her), Tanggua, Mim, Gun, Toy, Tan, Ms. McClintock (Head of Religious Studies), June, Bifern, Siree, Pat (a bit of him behind George), Boom, George, Pun, Tina (the top bit of her head), Junko, and half of Kid.

Clockwise order starting from the left side: Nun, Fa, Leng (a bit of his head behind Fa), Tanggua, Mim, Omm, Toy, Ae (Her back), Plai, Nuch, Ping, Lookkade, June, Bifern (a very bit of her), Siree, Gaf, and Maek.

Nun working on the radio to get something more upbeat.

Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Toy, Siree, Nuch, Ping, Lookkade, June, Bifern, Por, Gaf, Leng, Maek, Boom (behind Jeeb’s head), Mew (also behind Jeeb’s head), Nithi, George, Pun, Pat, and Gun. In Center: Jeeb and Raghav.

Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Maek, Nithi, Pat’s head, George, Tina, Junko, Gun, Sai, Kid, Oat, Raghav, Joe, Nun, Mim, Omm, Ploy’s head, and Toy. In center: Champ and Jeeb.

Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Sai, Kid, Champ, Oat, Joe, Nun, Pun, Prang, Fa, Raghav’s upper head, Tanggua, Mim’s head, and Omm. In center: Jeeb and Mr. Machin. The poor Head of Business Studies and Sixth Form teacher was pulled into the dancing circle. Haha, funny watching it though…

Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Ms. McClintock, Toy, Siree, Plai, Blue, Ae, Music, Ping’s head, Takuto, and Mr. Machin’s back. In center: Oat.

Calling upon the “master” – Mr. Herbert – the Head of Drama.

Clockwise order starting from left outer-ring: Ae, Music, Ping, Por, Sai, June, Bifern, Gaf, Maek, and half of Kevin. In center: Jeeb and Mr. Herbert duel-dancing.

Clockwise order starting from left outer-ring: Half of Ae, Music, Por, Ping, Nuch, Trin, June, Leng, Maek, and Kevin. In center: Mr. Herbert and Oat duel-dancing after Jeeb failed… In the end? Mr. Herbert won. Reason? Oat wasn’t able to stop laughing, just like Jeeb.

Starting from the left side: Mew, Por, Trin, June, Bifern, Gaf, Maek, Leng, Kevin, Boom, Jeeb, Pat, George, and Fa in the very front.

Clockwise order starting from the left outer-ring: Toy, Ae, Tan, Music, Ping, Lookkade, Por, Mew, and Siree. In center: Nun and Oat behind her.

Cleaning up the garbage after the party.

The teachers of Nehru house doing the First day of Christmas bit in the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song. Spot anybody familiar.

Nun’s reward for completing the AIDS Awareness Quiz – looks pretty neat, eh? Those “flowers” are actually condoms… Nun, who didn’t know said that she’s going to change it with Pat, who got a cup from “Cabbages and Condoms” – Hahaha…

The soccer field where the houses were about to have their final soccer matches.

FROGGY – The Byron House Mascot (The cutest of all, too.) Froggy was stolen during the half-term break and it was gone for about a month and a half until somebody found it in the Sports Hall Changing Room – Uhh, how did it get there in the first place???

Suriyothai’s House Mascot – a fat cow… And hey, it really IS fat! It’s really big and really heavy!

Tina after she shot the penalty ball straight in, thus making Suriyothai the winning house for the KS4 Girls.

Here’s the Common Room of the Boarding House.

Here’s how Gaf’s Boarding Room looks like… Looks very homey…

Another bit of the Boarding Room.

A view of the soccer field area from the Boarding House.

The crowd gathering up for the final penalty shoot between the KS4 Boys teams – Nehru and Keller.

Pat – the goalkeeper for Keller.

Por – the goalkeeper for Nehru. The results for the day were as followed for each game…
KS3 GIRLS – Keller VS Sonakul – Winner: KELLER
KS3 BOYS – Byron VS Nehru – Winner: BYRON
KS4 GIRLS – Suriyothai VS Churchill – Winner: SURIYOTHAI
KS4 BOYS – Nehru VS Keller – Winner: NEHRU

World Trade with the RISians
On Thursday, I decided to go out with some of my fellow RISians at World Trade (Now known as “Central World Plaza“). The original plan was to have Pim, Tanya, Tent, Ice, Jirayuth, Kevin P., and Me to go out. However, Jirayuth said that he had some symptoms of pneumonia while Kevin P. had to get braces for his lower jaw. So it was down to Pim, Tanya, Tent, Ice, and Me. We met up in front of CD Warehouse then we went on to the Ice Skating Rink. At first it was empty because it was a school day and it was around 11 AM. But later, around noon, elementary school students came swarming in with their teachers followed by students from Thai schools. Well, Tent, Tanya, and Ice didn’t have any trouble skating… But Pim and I did – we were struggling. I don’t know why but my legs wouldn’t even move – I had to end up pulling myself along the side and slide my legs through the ice. It looked really sad since all these little kids were skating past me as if they were pros and I was holding on to the rail and moving very, very slowly. Well, after some skating, we left the ice skating area and headed for the restaurant we built a very well reputation with – MK. The last time I went out with them to MK, we were, um, should I say, loud? Noisy, loud, followed by several curses, and well, you probably get the idea. But that MK was at MBK, this time, we’re at World Trade – so it won’t be as bad. Oh wait, but this MK was much quieter than the one at MBK – so that means we must be quiet too. So, after ordering four of each at the beginning of our order, we found ourselves overloaded with all these food around us. The pile of food for the suki was as high as the Empire State! Like last time, we all had a battle for the food we wanted to eat. You see, there were five of us and they usually brought 6 of each food. So we would get one each and for the last piece, we would fight over it. Wait, actually, more like Pim, Tent, and Ice fighting over it. Tanya and I didn’t interfere with them because they were searching for the shrimp (this is an example) all over the suki pot while it was boiling and splashing all the soup everywhere. When one person gets it, the other two will use their chopsticks and pull it out. Sigh, and we call ourselves 15 year-olds… After the battle in MK, we went down to Swenson’s and had a few ice-creams. Later, we made a last-minute change to do Bowling instead of wandering around. Well, Tanya and I didn’t bowl because Tanya wasn’t allowed to and I ran out of money (because I didn’t know that we had to end up spending 250 Baht for our lunch – each – and I didn’t know that we were going to go bowling. So I didn’t bring extra cash.) So, after watching Tent, Pim, and Ice bowling for an hour, we went to Kinokuniya’s and began acting nerdy as we went through the books. Tent had to buy Romeo and Juliet for his English class and the girls were trying to decide which Chicklit they should buy – either the Shopaholics, Can You Keep A Secret (which they all borrowed from the library), Jemima J, I Don’t Know How She Does It, P.S. I Love You, etc, etc, etc, and many more books. I was just walking around the store and by the time we were done browsing the store, it was time to go. It was fun getting to come out with my fellow RISians again. Next time, Jirayuth and Kevin P., make sure you guys can come because it’s been a blast hanging out with these four and I bet it would be even more fun with you two, too! Here are some pics of the day…

Tent skating around.

Ice trying to become a pro at ice skating.

The ice skating arena. I know, it looks oddly yellow but this time, it isn’t my camera’s fault, it was already yellow like that. I guess the light makes it yellow? Because even the rest of us were looking sort of yellow – too yellow, actually.

Some more of the ice skating arena.

Tanya and Ice trying to skate backwards.

Tent. He said that his sweat was turning into ice!

Pim took a hard fall climbing into the skating area through the wall.

A very blurred pic of Ice.

Tanya – Our shooter!

Taking a quick break.

A last bit of the arena before we leave.

Looking eight stories down…

Ice, Tanya, and Pim ordering their dishes.

Lovely veggies for our bodies.

Just the plate, glass, chopsticks, and pot.

Ice, Tanya, and Pim – Full and Happy! (Right?)

Banana Boat… Thank you very much for taking the cherry and cracker, Ice and Pim…

Pim throwing her bowling ball. The poor ball, everytime it goes down, there’s a loud BANG to it.

Ice throwing the ball professionally.

Tent throwing his ball – everytime he’s going to throw it, he bends really low and then throws it.

The bowling alley.

More of the bowling alley.

This looks like in the Thai Horror flick, “Shutter”… No, it’s not a ghost, it was just Ice’s reflection!

The bowling master taking a break.

The three contestants taking a look at their scores.

First place – TENT, Second place – ICE, Third place – PIM.

Tanya as she sits and relaxes while the others play.

Last view of the bowling alley.

Tanya and Ice skimming through Chicklits in Kinokuniya.

Tent taking a look at the kids’ section.

One last pic of them before we leave. We were going to take some more but then the guard came and told us that we can’t take pictures in there…

Getting Christmassy for the Christmas Holidays…

Just on the way out – Exactly everything that Bangkok is here in this pic – Filled with traffic, pollution, noise, and a sense of feeling home.

A last peep of World Trade (or Central World Plaza).

Oh, recently, Chris moved homes and guess what? His new house is now right across the lake from my house! What an odd coincidence is that? Well, hope you don’t mind, Chris, but here’s a pic of your house…

Nice house you’ve got there, dude.

Well, got to go and sleep now – it’s 1:10 AM! See you later…

Currently Listening: Open Your Eyes by Alter Bridge

Currently Watching: House of Flying Daggers starring Ziyi Zhang, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Andy Lau.