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Name: Pink
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
Gender: Female
Interests: traveling, writing, cool music, good movies, playing some thai instruments, sports games (esp soccer and tennis), stupid tv shows, mathematics, poetry, politics, posh fashion ads from magazines, watches, tennis shoes, disney land, watching people, beautiful beaches, languages, cultures, ...
Expertise: sleeping very deeply, eating more than anyone ever expected, Having weird dreams every night, Swimming, Playing some Thai instruments, Writing about my own thought, Getting lost and finding my way out without using a map, burning any food I try to cook, Storing informations about most Thai beaches, and...Driving on the wrong side of the road,...
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5/2/2005
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| today i went to LACMA (los angeles county museum of art). it has some pretty nice collections of art work by famous artists like Picasso, Pissaro, and Monet; and some electrifying contempolary pieces by A.Warhol, D.Hockney, and R.Lichtenstein. but i feel like the lighting and spacing of the place is quite off. so i didn't enjoy my time as much as i did at MOMA and the art inst of chicago.
it's Memorial Day and therefore lots of ppl took their kids to the museum. Hearing kids screaming and crying as i tried to absorb the energy and emotion of the art was not an ideal situation. Anyway, i overheard this interesting conversation between a mother and a 7-yr-old daughter while i was taking a good hard look at one of Monet's paintings.
7-yr-old kid: Mom, this is so boring. i wanna go home.
Mom: This is not boring. Look at these paintings by famous people.
7-yr-old kid: I don't care. I am famous too.
Mom: what makes you think so?
7-yr-old kid: my name is on myspace and i have lots and lots of friends on myspace. paris hilton is my friend too.
Mom: i see.
my name is on myspace, facebook, twitter, and xanga. so i guess i'm famous.
No...actually, i felt like ..what kind of mom was that? who in their right mind would allow a 7-yr-old child to be on a social network and who in their right mind would let her child appreciate someone like paris hilton?
apparently, anything is possible in the City of Angel.
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| helllooooooooo...
wow...it's been soooooo long since the last time i visited my xanga. totally forgot about it. (sorry, xanga)
I seriously don't know where to start. My writing inability is proportional to an amount of time I spend being an engineering student. The same case applies to my reading inability.
I'm not gonna talk about the glorious city of Los Angeles, its beauuuutiful weather, beaches, art, diversity and super delish food. And I'm giving myself a break by not talking about two awesome researches that I've been doing.
Instead, i'm writing about how hard i tried to adjust myself to a new culture. It's not LA culture that amazes me. It's the Thai culture that I had to adjust myself to. (there are so many thai ppl here) Don't get me wrong. I was born and raised in Thailand. But after being in the U.S.A. without seeing that many thai people for five years, i became somewhat more like americans and less like thais in some aspects. For example, i got a weird look when i pointed my foot to something; i'm not that used to ppl making gossips about others; and it was weird when someone asked me about which brand of clothes i wore and how much it costed ( i felt like it was none of their business but they really really wanted to get the answers). yes, there were several times that i tried not to feel offended.
There were also times that i might offend some ppl without realizing. Particularly, i got in big trouble when i express my opinions about me hating something (e.g. "i hate that movie", "i hate durians", "i hate when ppl change lanes without putting his blinkers on"). It's still beyond my comprehension why some ppl find those sentences harsh and unacceptable. I did not even say something like "i hate you, motherfucker." (or those sorts of languages which i speak to myself occasionally). This shit is just ridiculous. I mean...c'mon guys, if you can't handle the word "hate", how will you be able to deal with cruel reality of this fucking world? In addition, ppl saying that my life is full of hatred is a bit oversimplifying (to say the least). I do say that I love something quite often. But sadly, positive number * negative number = negative number.
For a while i thought about trying to stop expressing my opinions. But then.... fakeness is one of the most disgusting things for me. Also, I am sick of ppl making fun of my opinions. (is it a crime to think differently?) So at this point I really really don't give a damn about who will hate what i do or say. It's not my problem. it's THEIR problems for being jerks. Enough is enough. hate me or love me, i don't fucking care.
Anyway, most people here are very nice. In fact, i've been hanging out with one of the most awesome and sincere group of ppl anyone can ever encounter. :) Basically, other than some nasty flies bothering my life occasionally, my life in the past 6-7 months has been a blast (with some -OH functional groups in between).
P.S. i'm quite surprised that i enjoy Duffy's music very much.
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| "When you're a chemical engineering grad student, science is your food."
-my professor at ucla
If that was true, i'd rather be anorexic.
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| posting some pics from the trip to U.K. on facebook. wish i could post all the pics, but there are too many and the internet here is extremely slowww.
what should i say about the trip? i totally love it...
London (minus its always-rainy weather) is beyond cool. its people are hip and fun and quite good-looking. i do enjoy the modern architecture. it's also the best place
in the world to go shopping, if you have plenty of money and don't know
what else to do with it. oh, one of the restaurants there has the most delicious roasted duck ever!
Edinburgh is quite artsy. it has lots of ancient palaces and beautiful views of the green mountains and whole lot of whiskey and good salmon. (well, whiskey isn't the reason why i like edinburgh. salmon probably is)
Cambrigde is definitely one of the most beautiful towns i've ever visited. it has the most beautiful grass lawn, canals, and bridges.
Manchester is great. my dream (since i was 10 yrs old) to watch the manchester united's football match in Old Trafford finally came true. it was one of the greatest moments in my life and it will stay with me forever. just think about it makes me want to scream with joy. (the non-united fans can never understand!)
we also visited lovely Bath, modern Cardiff, spectacular Stone Henge, bourton-on-the-water, stratford-upon-avon, and peaceful lakes of windermere. the countryside of scotland and england is beauuutiful and it also made me feel like i was walking in the Lord of the Rings movies or something.
Anyways, back to real life. it's weird not starting school in august. i think i'm starting to miss my friends and the friendly environment of the U of A. but everyone has to move on. that's a brutal truth of life.
i've been working on a business plan and proposal for my parents' business. it's quite interesting and challenging (and you know, i love to challenge myself). i wouldn't mind getting into business development and such. that's something i should keep in mind in case i can't find a chemical engineering job.
one of the things i just found out is that people have the most potential and determination when they're in their 20s. yeah...i should start thinking about conquering the world. and i'll have like 9 yrs to accomplish the mission.
have to congratulate thailand's athletes on their success of the olympics. two golds and two silver medals are just awesome for such a small country. also, i just watched the stunning closing ceremony of the beijing olympics. it was gooood to see david beckham appeared in the bird's nest to represent London 2012. :D
this post is unexpectedly random. so is my mind.
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