Historical event on Thanksgiving day at Luigi's Cuisine

I just thought about posting our Luigi's Newsletter here just for laughs!

On Thanksgiving Day,
Our Ironic Chef "Hotshot Bobby" wants to eat some turkey (actually chicken la) so we all gathered for a hearty dinner.
Due to our tight work schedule, Bobby went to buy them at the neighborhood aiming to hit Luigi's at 18.00



Rut, in his most handsome look in years, sang the karaoke waiting for our Ironic chef.
PS. If any guys/girls interest in him...let me know...i'll give u his contact

Other pictures are of our historical 8-people winning eleven tournament.



Results
(Preliminary Round)

Japan 3 - 1 Denmark
Bobihara 2
Jontaro 1

Japan 1 - 2 Columbia
Rutiyoshi 1

Japan 1 - 1 France
Bobihara

(Knockout roud)
Japan 0 - 1 S.Korea


Heard some ESPN analyst giving their opinion on our players as follows:

1. Kaichunizawa (DC)
A threat to opposition MF as constantly going for all loose-balls in the field but hardly remembers his tactical position.

2. Bique (DMC)
Lingering in the midfield area trying to close all the gaps left by team-mates who are all out to attack.

3. Peetozuke (MC)
Aiming to hack all opponents with the ball close to him and constantly heads all goal scoring opportunities over the bar.

4. Rutiyoshi (LMC)
Constantly yelling at Changitori to play in position, yet somehow he scored his first international goal for the team.

5. Jontaro (RMC)
Lost his Panda head due to a new winning version but somehow he scored a miraculous goal for the team.

6. Changitori (AMC)
Ever-present everywhere in the field trying to injure every position. Is phenomenom in getting all the corners for the team.

7. Bobihara (FC)
Always looking to run to the side of the court to make right-wing baseline crosses. However, more successful in scoring 3 goals from mostly set-pieces.

8. Danimaru (SC)
Constantly pressuring the opposition defense with lightning runs. Though scoreless but had a hand in almost every other goal in the tournament.


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I'm an IGDA Member

I just wanted to point out that the GDXCON was successful arranged during the last weekend. I'm still getting the pictures developed, and once I've finished it, I'll update my blog again with all the details. On a side-note, I've also am now an IGDA member, and if you noticed on the bottom right side of my blog, well that is my member profile :P

Guess How Rich Thailand is

It isn't a surprise at all that Thailand is a country in debt based on this Country Wealth Statistic at World Bank article.

What Next?

No guess to what happens after this :)

Thinking in Songs

After going through some of my old music collection, I've found a few great compositions that I really like. One of them was called Tulpjes in de Lente (Little Tulips in Spring) composed by Vincent Voois, a Dutchman in which really inspired me to start composing. In one of his MOD tracks(A MOD track is an amiga sound format that uses real wave tables to synthesize notes, which does create sounds that are way better than early MIDI) he embedded the following quote:

I can track and compose exactly what is inside my head... i only can't
perform it live :)

My hi-tech midi- keyjazz jammer exists out of an old rotten AT-101 US
keyboard

Vincent Voois - Composer (General Noise Engineering)

That was what started me in getting into music composition as a hobby. Though having a dire lack of ability to play musical instruments, I've learnt that at times it takes just hard work, dedication, and some inspiration to compose music. After toying around for a while, and composing an odd collection of tracks, I have to say after all this time I've watched, it was a great experience. Though I don't think myself to be really accomplished as a composer, I'm glad to know that many of my friends actually still listen to a few of the tracks I've composed from long time ago, and that really gives me a lot of inspiration though I have to admit many of my songs are really created by a rotten AT-101 US keyboard :P

Shocking but Not Surprising News

One of my favorite games was Katamari Damacy which is a quirky game designed by Keita Takahashi. The idea of the game Katamari Damacy is to roll a ball around until it gets bigger and bigger - and that is actually the game. Though the game idea sounds mudane, it is one of the sleeper hits of recent times. During in one of his interviews, he mentioned that he wasn't playing much video games. After that interview, it would not be a surprise that one day he would stop designing games and it was confirmed with the following article: Katamari creator dreams of playgrounds.

Game Composers

I was just reading through some music review, when I stumbled upon an article giving the background of some of video game greatest composers. I finally found that the person making Mario Bros theme was Koji Kondo.

Da da da da da da!

Work Policy?

Read the following, LOL:


ระเบียบการพนักงาน

ระเบียบการพนักงาน ซึ่งทุกคนต้องปฏิบัติโดยไม่มีข้อแม้

1.การแต่งกาย:
บริษัทขอแนะนำพนักงานทุกท่านว่าท่านควรแต่งกายให้เหมาะสมกับฐานเงินเดือนของท่าน

เพราะถ้าทางบริษัทเห็นว่าท่านใส่รองเท้า PRADA ราคา
30,000บาทและถือกระเป๋า GUCCI ราคา 40,000 บาท
มาทำงานแล้วล่ะก้อ บริษัทขอสันนิษฐานว่าฐานเงินเดือนของท่านเหมาะสมดีอยู่แล้ว
ไม่เห็นควรต้องขึ้นเงินเดือนแต่อย่างใด

2.การลาป่วย:
บริษัทไม่ยอมรับใบรับรองแพทย์ หรือคำวินิจฉัยใดๆที่ระบุว่าท่านป่วย
เพราะถ้าท่านสามารถไปพบแพทย์ได้ >ท่านก็น่าจะมาทำงานได้

3.การผ่าตัด:
ห้ามพนักงานทำการผ่าตัดใด ๆ ทั้งสิ้นตราบเท่าที่ท่านยังเป็นพนักงานของที่นี่
ท่านจำเป็นต้องมีอวัยวะครบถ้วนท่านไม่สามารถตัดสินใจยักย้าย ถ่ายเท
หรือตัดอวัยวะใดๆทิ้ง >เพราะบริษัทว่าจ้างท่านครบทุกส่วนและไม่บุบสลาย
การยักย้ายถ่ายเทอวัยวะใดๆถือว่าเป็นการละเมิดต่อสัญญาจ้างงาน

4.การลากิจ:
พนักงานมีสิทธิ์ลากิจได้ 104 วัน ต่อปีได้แก่วันเสาร์และวันอาทิตย์

5.การลาพักร้อน:
บริษัทยินดีอนุญาตให้พนักงานลาพักร้อนได้ในช่วงเดียวกันของทุกปี
โดยบริษัทขอประกาศให้วันที่ 31 ธันวาคม และวันที่ 1 มกราคม
เป็นวันหยุดพักผ่อนประจำปี

6.การลาเพื่อไปร่วมพิธีศพ:
การลางานเพื่อไปร่วมพิธีศพไม่ถือว่าสมเหตุสมผล
เนื่องจากท่านไม่สามารถทำให้เพื่อน ญาติหรือเพื่อนร่วมงานฟื้นขึ้นมาได้
แต่หากพนักงานจำเป็นต้องไปร่วมพิธีศพ พิธีควรจะจัดในช่วงเย็นหลังเวลาเลิกงาน
บริษัทยินดีให้ท่านออกไปก่อนเวลาเลิกงาน 1 ชั่วโมง

7.การลาอันเนื่องมาจากเสียชีวิต:
ถือเป็นการลาอย่างสมเหตุสมผล อย=E

Funky Funky

I was just looking through some old records and reviews when I've stumbled on the

http://www.discogs.com/release/151651

If you noticed it was a band called Cameo which was somewhat of a trendsetter during the 1970s-1980s, not something that you will listen these days, but somehow I got stuck on their song "Word Up" and I would highly recommend this piece. Anyway, one review I found that I really liked was by a reviewer on the same site which goes as follows:

jazzliscious - 24-Apr-04 12:09 PM
There is a verse in this song that says it all. I can't and won't quote it word-for-word but it basically tells DJs to quit fronting about how cool they are and get back to the music. This is the overlying problem that in my somewhat expert opinion (I've tracked this techno genre since 1992 and know what it means to program for hours on tedious old analog synths and sequencers and drum machines, etc.) has all but rendered techno dead. This ultra-minimal "music"(?) being made these days is NOT cool, it only sounds good when your brain is tweeked out on whatever drugs you're on and is simply the by-product of laziness and ineptitude of those who are too mentally challenged to learn the craft of electronic music production! I don't like old music better because I'm stuck in my limited perception and memories of "the good old days". I like it better because it IS better. More time was put into its making and more brainpower into its conception. Word Up epitomizes this in a few short phrases of words. DJs, quit acting so cool and get back to what really matters - the MUSIC. And yes, much more time was put into this track than the average "techno track" of today. And back then everybody thought its producers were lazy for using these newfangled drum machines and s-synth-e-s-sizers or whatever the hell they're called. Now, producers sample a loop, loop a sample and VOILA! You just made a track! Now go out and score some girls 'cause you're so fuckin' COOL!

Buffet Questions

A week ago, I was awarded an Educational/Research support grant from the Computer & Communication Education Foundation. I don't really know what to write much about but I do want to comment that the reception buffet was alittle too well stocked, and there was an embarassing amount of left over that day. By the time the party was over, most of the food was still there. I wonder if it was possible to ask if we could pack back some of the food from those buffet especially when the guest can't finish all of it? What do you think?

Another Day on the Train

One of my favorite mode of transport is the train. As noted the train is rather punctual compared to other forms of transportation, and that makes me like the train alot, especially the MRT subway which crosses close around my home. During the last weekend, I was traveling to the World Robotic Olympiad (WRO2005), where I was one of the field MCs early in the morning, by the subway. I was expecting it to be just another day on the Subway, when suddenly as we stopped by the RamaIX station, there was an alarm, and the security annouced that all the passengers had to evacuate the train. As this hardly been a procedure that the passengers are used to, most passengers who left were confused and I've noticed that some of them were muttering about train malfunction or maybe another possible mishap (as noted the subway used to had a head on collision between the train and a bogey).

When the train was vacated, I've noticed that there was a single lady in the late 30s wearing rather casual clothes like what you see in the market place was standing meeking just inside the small box that was the access to the train driver's seat. After a short while, I could see the security guard leading her out of the train and hustled her up to the MRT station HQ. It seems that the lady was trying to get into the train driver's cabin, and the driver was afraid it was a hijacking scenario decided to call the security to sort it out.

This hijacking incident could be shrugged off as a minor offense, it does lead to some serious questions what if the hijacking attempt was indeed sinister? On the positive note, we could see at least the security guards managed to clear the matter rather quickly.

Though the incident made me late for over about half an hour, somehow I like to talk about how I was lucky to have survived a train hijack and lived to tell it, in what was supposedly supposed to just be another day on the train ;)

Living Near the Airport?

With all the Thai Government talking about making a mega city just next to our new airport, I just can't help figure the foolishness of that. Anyway, I just thought this flash just fits in with the theme:

http://www.frontsteps.com/movies/neuro/