Just found out that in the new edition of GTR-Evolution, I'm actually one in the roster of drivers in the game :P
In the GP Club class, I'm in one of the teams. The details are as follows:
Car Model: Gillet Vertigo Streiff
Class: GT Club
Number: 101
Team: Sebastian Schillag & Pisal Setthawong
Sponsor: Ecurie Gillet
Now I just have to find a place that retails that game. Got to get to the licensed PC gameshop at Mahboonkrong. Hopefully they would have a copy of the game :P
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Safe Internet on Public Terminals
Using public computers is a risky endeavor, and there are certainly numerous ways that you can easily get hacked. That is especially risky if you are logging to accounts that deal with money (e.g. credit card transaction and etc), in which you can easily get into alot of trouble.
Due to that, I would like to write just a few short tips that might help keep you save if you are planning to use the Internet on Public Terminals. I'll try to keep the guidelines short and easy :P
1) Don't use public terminals when on the go!
If it isn't necessary don't use public terminals if possible. If you don't expose yourself, you won't get into trouble. However this isn't quite possible is it?
2) Access only low priority accounts
If you really need to access your accounts on public terminals, it is also a good idea to access low priority accounts. In other words, access emails that are not critical to you. Don't access your bank online from public terminals! That is certainly a really dangerous thing to do.
3) Logout and Delete all Cookies and Caches from Your Browser after Finishing Usage
This is one method that has been highly touted as a way to keep yourself especially safe when you are logging into a public termainal. Though this method can prevent most kinds of unauthorized access to your site, certain programs embedded in public computers by hackers such as keyboard loggers can easily figure your account and password easily. Due to this, there is another precaution that could help.
4) Copy and Paste Passwords Letter by Letter
Here is one under-utilized technique that can easily prevent keyboard loggers from finding your account and password. Try opening up a random website and copy letters from the webpage to fill up your account and password when you want to log into any of your account. This can prevent simple keyboard loggers from knowning your password as all it can see is a series of copy and pastes without the letters saved.
These techniques discussed here is just a simple rudimentary way to protecting yourself when using Internet on public terminals. It still can't prevent from advanced forms of hacking from the most dedicated hackers, but at least it is a quick guideline to keep yourself safe. On a short note, this doesn't cover the proces of selecting good passwords or segregating your accounts to limit damage when a hack has occured :P
Due to that, I would like to write just a few short tips that might help keep you save if you are planning to use the Internet on Public Terminals. I'll try to keep the guidelines short and easy :P
1) Don't use public terminals when on the go!
If it isn't necessary don't use public terminals if possible. If you don't expose yourself, you won't get into trouble. However this isn't quite possible is it?
2) Access only low priority accounts
If you really need to access your accounts on public terminals, it is also a good idea to access low priority accounts. In other words, access emails that are not critical to you. Don't access your bank online from public terminals! That is certainly a really dangerous thing to do.
3) Logout and Delete all Cookies and Caches from Your Browser after Finishing Usage
This is one method that has been highly touted as a way to keep yourself especially safe when you are logging into a public termainal. Though this method can prevent most kinds of unauthorized access to your site, certain programs embedded in public computers by hackers such as keyboard loggers can easily figure your account and password easily. Due to this, there is another precaution that could help.
4) Copy and Paste Passwords Letter by Letter
Here is one under-utilized technique that can easily prevent keyboard loggers from finding your account and password. Try opening up a random website and copy letters from the webpage to fill up your account and password when you want to log into any of your account. This can prevent simple keyboard loggers from knowning your password as all it can see is a series of copy and pastes without the letters saved.
These techniques discussed here is just a simple rudimentary way to protecting yourself when using Internet on public terminals. It still can't prevent from advanced forms of hacking from the most dedicated hackers, but at least it is a quick guideline to keep yourself safe. On a short note, this doesn't cover the proces of selecting good passwords or segregating your accounts to limit damage when a hack has occured :P
Friday, December 05, 2008
Unexpected Hero
Getting to my work place is quite a long transit. First of all I have to get from my home to the bus stop which is a 5 minute walk. The next step is to take a 20 Km trip accross the city on an express bus. This part of the journey is deceptionally fast, as going on the expressway literally on the opposite way of where must the traffic are, the trip takes usually only half an hour which is a short time compared to all the inner city traffic jam. After debarking from the bus, I have to cross the bridge, and walk another short transit to a shuttle bus (the red pickups) before I could reach my work place. This process usually takes me about an hour to complete a single trip.
In most of the cases, the trip here are usually uneventful. However a few days back, things weren't as simple as it turned out. As I got off the express bus, there were a few people that usually use the same route as I do. On this day, things were mostly the same, except that during my walk from the busstop to the shuttle bus - which was about 500 meters, I met this man that was dressed in short jeans, and a red shirt that didn't cover the waist. As seeing a somewhat odd fellow, my usual reaction is to take a long route around the person. As I was walking past him, he was muttering all sort of non-sense - in which I ignored, knowing that it is best to avoid these types of people. However as I walked past him, I heard a scream, and a young lady (probably a student in one of the schools close by) ran past me, and grabbed my hand, and told me that she was harassed. As I turned back, I could see that I was in between the crazy person I mentioned earlier and she was behind my back. As I looked at him and sized up, I could see he was mutting all sort of nonsense before turning sideways and shouting at a telephone booth. A few seconds later he walked back and shooted at a trashcan. As seeing he wasn't quite interest in us anymore, we decided to walk off.
As we briskly walked on, the young lady gave a call and quickly hopped on the cab while I continued my transit.
Afer all that has happened and as it sunk into me, I couldn't help by wonder how things could have been very very different. As in this case, I was lucky, as I was only confronted by a crazy person which in most cases were quite harmless. If the person was a stalker or a sick individual, I deduced that I might have been in serious trouble (e.g. been stabbed or stalked for helping another person out). The worst part about it is that in this case, I wasn't given the ability to choose whether to help or not. No matter the case, at the end of the day, I'm just glad everything turned out not too bad... At least I'm still around to tell this tale...
In most of the cases, the trip here are usually uneventful. However a few days back, things weren't as simple as it turned out. As I got off the express bus, there were a few people that usually use the same route as I do. On this day, things were mostly the same, except that during my walk from the busstop to the shuttle bus - which was about 500 meters, I met this man that was dressed in short jeans, and a red shirt that didn't cover the waist. As seeing a somewhat odd fellow, my usual reaction is to take a long route around the person. As I was walking past him, he was muttering all sort of non-sense - in which I ignored, knowing that it is best to avoid these types of people. However as I walked past him, I heard a scream, and a young lady (probably a student in one of the schools close by) ran past me, and grabbed my hand, and told me that she was harassed. As I turned back, I could see that I was in between the crazy person I mentioned earlier and she was behind my back. As I looked at him and sized up, I could see he was mutting all sort of nonsense before turning sideways and shouting at a telephone booth. A few seconds later he walked back and shooted at a trashcan. As seeing he wasn't quite interest in us anymore, we decided to walk off.
As we briskly walked on, the young lady gave a call and quickly hopped on the cab while I continued my transit.
Afer all that has happened and as it sunk into me, I couldn't help by wonder how things could have been very very different. As in this case, I was lucky, as I was only confronted by a crazy person which in most cases were quite harmless. If the person was a stalker or a sick individual, I deduced that I might have been in serious trouble (e.g. been stabbed or stalked for helping another person out). The worst part about it is that in this case, I wasn't given the ability to choose whether to help or not. No matter the case, at the end of the day, I'm just glad everything turned out not too bad... At least I'm still around to tell this tale...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Blazing Red DS
The Nintendo DS Lite is probably one of the least sturdy portable game machines in the market. I broke my DS a few months ago after too many violet gaming sessions. The hinges between the top and bottom part of the DS just broke into two.
After trying to play the DS for a while by supporting the hinges with one of my hand, I decided I should get it repaired. I just got it back today, and now my DS is blazing RED! Hopefully it is faster by 3 times :P
After trying to play the DS for a while by supporting the hinges with one of my hand, I decided I should get it repaired. I just got it back today, and now my DS is blazing RED! Hopefully it is faster by 3 times :P
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Classical Music Etiquette for Dummies
As being in many classical music concerts, I somewhat get irritated when seeing a few members in the audience who haven't followed proper etiquette during the concert. Thinking about it, I thought it might be a good time to write a few things I've learnt over the years in simple words :P
1) Turn off your mobile phones (easy, but why can't people do it?)
2) Don't talk during the performance.
3) Don't applaud until the whole house does (so that you don't have to know the difference between movement and pieces)
4) Wear warm clothes (As most concert halls are cold this is recommended)
5) Don't make too much noise (e.g. eating)
Hmm.. well I hope I didn't forget to mention, enjoy the performance :P
1) Turn off your mobile phones (easy, but why can't people do it?)
2) Don't talk during the performance.
3) Don't applaud until the whole house does (so that you don't have to know the difference between movement and pieces)
4) Wear warm clothes (As most concert halls are cold this is recommended)
5) Don't make too much noise (e.g. eating)
Hmm.. well I hope I didn't forget to mention, enjoy the performance :P
Monday, November 17, 2008
Too Dedicated
I have a slight problem that I think that I need to fix. I have this nasty habit of working extremely hard in binges. When the going gets tough, and things need to get done, I find it very gratifying to roll up the sleeves of my shirt and press through the project until it is done with little regard of things around me. The problem is after being so dedicated to work, it is easy to get burnt out. After finishing work under such circumstances, somehow I like to revert to sleeping binges - in other words sleeping too much, before trying to get myself entertained - in some times, gaming binges that aren't that good for the health. It isn't easy to find an equilibrium where things don't get too crazy on one aspect of life, but at least I know I have to try and start sometime.
Maybe I'll start by sleeping early today :P
Maybe I'll start by sleeping early today :P
Monday, November 10, 2008
Gambling for Fun
A few days ago, I went to Vik's home for a party. Vikram and his extended family has just finished building their 8 story building that houses their family and relatives, and he wanted to invite a few close friends over to celebrate the occasion. Our group that went there were people who played sports together - namely we are on the same basketball league on Wednesday evenings.
During the party, we happen to meet up with Sumitr, Vik's elder brother who was a classmate of mines. What ended up was that we had a gambling game for laughs, each game was 10 baht which was a puny sum. After nearly 3 hours of playing, I ended up gaining nothing and losing nothing.
The point that I want to raise is that gambling isn't bad if you know how to control yourself. It is also pretty fun! For those who think they don't have the luck in these games, try to take classes on statistics. I will really help you out well here making you more aware of decisions you have to make. To be exact, I got much better in statistics when computing all the odds of popular games in the casino :P
During the party, we happen to meet up with Sumitr, Vik's elder brother who was a classmate of mines. What ended up was that we had a gambling game for laughs, each game was 10 baht which was a puny sum. After nearly 3 hours of playing, I ended up gaining nothing and losing nothing.
The point that I want to raise is that gambling isn't bad if you know how to control yourself. It is also pretty fun! For those who think they don't have the luck in these games, try to take classes on statistics. I will really help you out well here making you more aware of decisions you have to make. To be exact, I got much better in statistics when computing all the odds of popular games in the casino :P
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Wired for Speech
I've just borrowed a very interesting book a few days back called "Wired for Speech - How Voice Activates and Advances the Human-Computer Relationships" by Clifford Nass and Scott Brave. This book basically explores how people react to voices both real and virtual people in different social circumstances. Though the book touches mainly on human/computer interaction, it does raises alot of ingrained social prejudice that is prevalent amoung lots of humans.
One of the issues that it raised was that people are generally quite evident on racial characteristics. If you have a face like a eastern asian, and have a western voice, it makes people view you in confused manner - as the conflict between the expected accent based on the facial features and the accent to be completely different. This can invoke either a suspicious, curious, or a bewildered response based on typical human behavior. Talking about it, I've noticed I belong to this category. Kind of interesting, I have to agree.
One of the issues that it raised was that people are generally quite evident on racial characteristics. If you have a face like a eastern asian, and have a western voice, it makes people view you in confused manner - as the conflict between the expected accent based on the facial features and the accent to be completely different. This can invoke either a suspicious, curious, or a bewildered response based on typical human behavior. Talking about it, I've noticed I belong to this category. Kind of interesting, I have to agree.
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Mobile Phones?
I've just bought a new mobile phone a few weeks back. The reason for that was that my old phone, a 5 year old NGage was broken after all the years of abuse. The new phone I got was a lowend stupid mobile phone. After using the mobile phone for a while, I ended up using only the voice mail services and I can't figure a reason why I should spend more money on a gadget that I hardly use any specific features. Mobile Phones are awful platform for games. That is where a Sony PSP or a Nintendo DS come in. It is also awful for music and MP3 as there are many different MP3 players that can do the job way better. Internet browsing is kind of overated, as why would I want to browse the internet in such small resolution, and have trouble with the input (unless I really buy hi-end mobile phones).
It might sound very unfashionable, but I essentially downgraded my mobile phone. On an interesting scan, even market vendors have better mobile phones than I do :P
I'm not much into fashion, so I guess it isn't a big deal.
Anyway before I end it, I would like to say that the biggest reason for buying a cheap phone is that I'm kind of a heavy handed person. One of the huge worry is repair cost. In my case, I don't have to worry a single bit :P
It might sound very unfashionable, but I essentially downgraded my mobile phone. On an interesting scan, even market vendors have better mobile phones than I do :P
I'm not much into fashion, so I guess it isn't a big deal.
Anyway before I end it, I would like to say that the biggest reason for buying a cheap phone is that I'm kind of a heavy handed person. One of the huge worry is repair cost. In my case, I don't have to worry a single bit :P
Games I'm playing at the Moment
Games that I'm playing at the moment are Starcraft and Company of Hero. Just got back to retro gaming with starcraft as a hobby in our company. The other game I play alot is Company of Hero, which I personally think is one of the interesting and new RTS in the market :) If you happen to stumble here and want to play a few games, poke here, and we can have a quick friendly match :P
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Inspiration
I wonder if there is can inspiration to eat. I'm seriously lacking it at this moment. I guess too much work is causing a drop in inspiration level. Must do something...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Daily Spending - March 25-26, 2008
March 25, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 270 baht
- Fish Platter for Two (250 baht)
- Water (20 Baht)
Dinner - 82 baht
- Stew Pork on Rice (30 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
- Ginger Ale (14 baht)
- Wafer (12 x 2 = 24 baht)
Traveling Fee - 7 baht
- Bus Fee (7 baht)
Total Spending: 359 baht
March 26, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 42 baht
- Assortment of food on rice (32 baht)
- Coke and Ice (10 Baht)
Dinner - 64 baht
- CheeseBurger (35 baht)
- Water (9 baht)
- Pocky (20 baht)
Other Expenses - 50 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Traveling Fee - 44 baht
- Taxi (25 baht)
- Bus (12 + 7 = 19 baht)
Total Spending: 200 baht
On Wednesday, I was at my workplace auditing my advisee's senior project. It turns out that they have done their project pretty well, and the committee members have recommended that I did a rather good job with them. After the event, I had a short discussion in the cafeteria with a few collegues. The group that we had lunch were the group that are working on their PhD studies. One of them is working on the final defense, another is working on their proposal, and for myself, I've just started out. Hmm... in a few years when I'll be back there should be a glut of overqualified people here :P
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 270 baht
- Fish Platter for Two (250 baht)
- Water (20 Baht)
Dinner - 82 baht
- Stew Pork on Rice (30 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
- Ginger Ale (14 baht)
- Wafer (12 x 2 = 24 baht)
Traveling Fee - 7 baht
- Bus Fee (7 baht)
Total Spending: 359 baht
March 26, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 42 baht
- Assortment of food on rice (32 baht)
- Coke and Ice (10 Baht)
Dinner - 64 baht
- CheeseBurger (35 baht)
- Water (9 baht)
- Pocky (20 baht)
Other Expenses - 50 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Traveling Fee - 44 baht
- Taxi (25 baht)
- Bus (12 + 7 = 19 baht)
Total Spending: 200 baht
On Wednesday, I was at my workplace auditing my advisee's senior project. It turns out that they have done their project pretty well, and the committee members have recommended that I did a rather good job with them. After the event, I had a short discussion in the cafeteria with a few collegues. The group that we had lunch were the group that are working on their PhD studies. One of them is working on the final defense, another is working on their proposal, and for myself, I've just started out. Hmm... in a few years when I'll be back there should be a glut of overqualified people here :P
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Daily Spending - March 23-24, 2008
March 24, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 50 baht
- Mango and Rice (40 baht)
- Grape Juice (10 Baht)
Dinner - 142 baht
- Ate at Home
Other Expenses - 36 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Traveling Fee - 60 baht
- Tollway Fees (60 baht)
Total Spending: 288 baht
March 23, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 39 baht
- Pork Leg and Rice (30 baht)
- Coke and Ice (9 Baht)
Dinner - 142 baht
- Stuffed Pork Steak (87 baht)
- Curry Sausages (35 baht)
- Coke (20 baht)
Other Expenses - 36 baht
- Apple Juice (40 baht)
- Corn Flakes (32 x 3 = 96 baht)
Traveling Fee - 57 baht
- Taxi (50 baht)
- Bus (7 baht)
Total Spending: 253 baht
On Monday, my students went to receive a trophy from their winning entry at the National Software Contest. Otherwise, things are hectic, and I'll talk about it soon.
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 50 baht
- Mango and Rice (40 baht)
- Grape Juice (10 Baht)
Dinner - 142 baht
- Ate at Home
Other Expenses - 36 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Traveling Fee - 60 baht
- Tollway Fees (60 baht)
Total Spending: 288 baht
March 23, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 39 baht
- Pork Leg and Rice (30 baht)
- Coke and Ice (9 Baht)
Dinner - 142 baht
- Stuffed Pork Steak (87 baht)
- Curry Sausages (35 baht)
- Coke (20 baht)
Other Expenses - 36 baht
- Apple Juice (40 baht)
- Corn Flakes (32 x 3 = 96 baht)
Traveling Fee - 57 baht
- Taxi (50 baht)
- Bus (7 baht)
Total Spending: 253 baht
On Monday, my students went to receive a trophy from their winning entry at the National Software Contest. Otherwise, things are hectic, and I'll talk about it soon.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Daily Spending - March 22, 2008
March 22, 2008
Breakfast - 14 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
Lunch - 240 baht
- Chokchai Burger Set and etc (240 baht)
Dinner - 120 baht
- Club Sandwich (100 baht)
- Water (20 baht)
Snacks - 36 baht
- Chocolate (22 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Traveling Fee - 98.5 baht
- Van (25 baht)
- Taxi (20+25 baht)
- Bus (20 + 8.5 baht)
Total Spending: 508.5 baht
Today I went to Mark's house around the Rangsit area because I asked him to compose a few new tracks for the latest game I'm working on. In addition to that, I've brought Keang along because Mark was also interested in releasing a vocal album sometime in the future and in interested in finding vocals. Keang is in this group of indie artist called Lazy Monkey, in which they have a number of lyric composers and potentially could be a good match.
Things gone well, but it seems that all of us really had hectic schedules, and that was the bad point in the rather interesting day. Having to worry about other things unrelated with the day's proceeding is really a chore.
Breakfast - 14 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
Lunch - 240 baht
- Chokchai Burger Set and etc (240 baht)
Dinner - 120 baht
- Club Sandwich (100 baht)
- Water (20 baht)
Snacks - 36 baht
- Chocolate (22 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Traveling Fee - 98.5 baht
- Van (25 baht)
- Taxi (20+25 baht)
- Bus (20 + 8.5 baht)
Total Spending: 508.5 baht
Today I went to Mark's house around the Rangsit area because I asked him to compose a few new tracks for the latest game I'm working on. In addition to that, I've brought Keang along because Mark was also interested in releasing a vocal album sometime in the future and in interested in finding vocals. Keang is in this group of indie artist called Lazy Monkey, in which they have a number of lyric composers and potentially could be a good match.
Things gone well, but it seems that all of us really had hectic schedules, and that was the bad point in the rather interesting day. Having to worry about other things unrelated with the day's proceeding is really a chore.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Daily Spending - March 20-21, 2008
March 21, 2008
Breakfast - 35 baht
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
- Rad Na (25 baht)
Lunch - 76 baht
- Assortment of stuff
Dinner - 209 baht
- Pizza (170 baht)
- Drinks (13 x 3 = 39 baht)
Snacks - 31 baht
- Mars (22 baht)
- Water (9 baht)
Traveling Fee - 52 baht
- Bus (20 + 20 baht)
- Transit Bus (6 + 6 baht)
Other Expense (120 baht)
- Medical Checkup (120 baht)
Total Spending: 522 baht
March 20, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 40 baht
- Larp and Mama (30 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 100 baht
- Spagetthi, Sausage Set (85 baht)
- Water (15 baht)
Traveling Fee - 62 baht
- Bus (20 + 20 + 10 baht)
- Transit Bus (6 + 6 baht)
Other Expense (500 baht)
- Registration Fees (500 baht)
Total Spending: 702 baht
I'm just got accept into the PhD program a day back. It was kind of a surreal experience since all of the deans and associate deans were at the interview session which was more like a research propopsal session. Things got out well.
Breakfast - 35 baht
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
- Rad Na (25 baht)
Lunch - 76 baht
- Assortment of stuff
Dinner - 209 baht
- Pizza (170 baht)
- Drinks (13 x 3 = 39 baht)
Snacks - 31 baht
- Mars (22 baht)
- Water (9 baht)
Traveling Fee - 52 baht
- Bus (20 + 20 baht)
- Transit Bus (6 + 6 baht)
Other Expense (120 baht)
- Medical Checkup (120 baht)
Total Spending: 522 baht
March 20, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 40 baht
- Larp and Mama (30 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 100 baht
- Spagetthi, Sausage Set (85 baht)
- Water (15 baht)
Traveling Fee - 62 baht
- Bus (20 + 20 + 10 baht)
- Transit Bus (6 + 6 baht)
Other Expense (500 baht)
- Registration Fees (500 baht)
Total Spending: 702 baht
I'm just got accept into the PhD program a day back. It was kind of a surreal experience since all of the deans and associate deans were at the interview session which was more like a research propopsal session. Things got out well.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Daily Spending - March 18, 2008
March 18, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 300 Baht
- Ate Indian Food
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 14 baht
- Rootbear (14 baht)
Traveling Fee - 18 baht
- Bus (7 + 11 baht)
Total Spending: 332 baht
Ate an Indian food buffet today. Pretty interesting. I know that I like roti with any type of curry. That is basically all I ate :P
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 300 Baht
- Ate Indian Food
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 14 baht
- Rootbear (14 baht)
Traveling Fee - 18 baht
- Bus (7 + 11 baht)
Total Spending: 332 baht
Ate an Indian food buffet today. Pretty interesting. I know that I like roti with any type of curry. That is basically all I ate :P
Monday, March 17, 2008
Daily Spending March 17, 2008
March 17, 2008
Breakfast - 35 baht
- Grilled Meat (20 baht)
- Rice (5 baht)
- Ovaltine (15 baht)
Lunch - 0 Baht
- Was Treated
Dinner - 44 baht
- PadThai (30 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Snacks - 14 baht
- Rootbear (14 baht)
Traveling Fee - 330 baht
- Taxi (70 baht + 260 baht)
Total Spending: 423 baht
Had alot of traveling to do today. All I can say is that if you know the best route to a place, you'll save alot of time and money.
Breakfast - 35 baht
- Grilled Meat (20 baht)
- Rice (5 baht)
- Ovaltine (15 baht)
Lunch - 0 Baht
- Was Treated
Dinner - 44 baht
- PadThai (30 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Snacks - 14 baht
- Rootbear (14 baht)
Traveling Fee - 330 baht
- Taxi (70 baht + 260 baht)
Total Spending: 423 baht
Had alot of traveling to do today. All I can say is that if you know the best route to a place, you'll save alot of time and money.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Daily Spending - March 15-16, 2008
March 16, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 40 Baht
- Pork Leg and Rice (30 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 120 baht
- Assortment of Dimsum and Drinks (120 baht)
Other Expense (64 baht)
- Gift (64 baht)
Traveling Fee - 50 baht
- Taxi Fee (30 + 20 baht)
Total Spending: 274 baht
March 15, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 50 Baht
- Noodles and Drinks
Dinner - 200 baht
- Buffet Dinner (200 baht)
Snacks - 66 baht
- Coke (30 baht)
- Pocky (20 baht)
- Crackers (16 baht)
Transportation Fee - 11 baht
- Bus (11 baht)
Total Spending: 327 baht
In Sunday's football match, I was moved from my usual GK position into an outfield player. I played left back all the game. During the first half, I had trouble in my clearance at times as I didn't play in field for years. Anyway, in the second half I did much better, and managed to cover the back area quite well, moving into the sweeper position at times. Our team won 5-0 at the end, and that was a pleasant surprise.
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 40 Baht
- Pork Leg and Rice (30 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 120 baht
- Assortment of Dimsum and Drinks (120 baht)
Other Expense (64 baht)
- Gift (64 baht)
Traveling Fee - 50 baht
- Taxi Fee (30 + 20 baht)
Total Spending: 274 baht
March 15, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 50 Baht
- Noodles and Drinks
Dinner - 200 baht
- Buffet Dinner (200 baht)
Snacks - 66 baht
- Coke (30 baht)
- Pocky (20 baht)
- Crackers (16 baht)
Transportation Fee - 11 baht
- Bus (11 baht)
Total Spending: 327 baht
In Sunday's football match, I was moved from my usual GK position into an outfield player. I played left back all the game. During the first half, I had trouble in my clearance at times as I didn't play in field for years. Anyway, in the second half I did much better, and managed to cover the back area quite well, moving into the sweeper position at times. Our team won 5-0 at the end, and that was a pleasant surprise.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Random Thoughts
It saddens me that many people will give up immediately after facing any obstacles.
Where did the will to fight suddenly gone?
Where did the will to fight suddenly gone?
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Daily Spending - March 14, 2008
March 14, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 Baht
- Ate at Home
Dinner - 234 baht
- Subway Footlong Sandwich (219 baht)
- Water (15 baht)
Total Spending: 234 baht
Went to the Furniture and HomePro fair at Impact Arena today. Pretty big furniture fair, and had a few great offers that I've got back home to ponder about.
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 Baht
- Ate at Home
Dinner - 234 baht
- Subway Footlong Sandwich (219 baht)
- Water (15 baht)
Total Spending: 234 baht
Went to the Furniture and HomePro fair at Impact Arena today. Pretty big furniture fair, and had a few great offers that I've got back home to ponder about.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
I Close My Eyes - Peanut Whalum
Beautiful tune from a legend that many people would have probably never heard of:
Daily Spending - March 12, 2008
March 12, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 35 baht
- Chicken Rice (25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 14 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
Transportation Fee - 218 baht
- Bus (18 baht)
- Sky Train Refill (200 baht)
Other Expenses - 11 baht
- Tape (11 baht)
Total Spending: 278 baht
Busy with work today. Lots of document work to finish. Hmm... not much to say as I'm dreadfully tired :P
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 35 baht
- Chicken Rice (25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 14 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
Transportation Fee - 218 baht
- Bus (18 baht)
- Sky Train Refill (200 baht)
Other Expenses - 11 baht
- Tape (11 baht)
Total Spending: 278 baht
Busy with work today. Lots of document work to finish. Hmm... not much to say as I'm dreadfully tired :P
Monday, March 10, 2008
Daily Spending - March 10, 2008
March 10, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 70 baht
- Lots of Somtam and etc.
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 36 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Total Spending: 106 baht
I'm having trouble sleeping lately. I suspect the cause is due to irregular sleeping hours due to me trying to finish a few projects. I am deciding whether it is better to rush the project to finish it asap(I'm a few weeks before schedule), or should I take my time, and do it based on the timeline.
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 70 baht
- Lots of Somtam and etc.
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 36 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Total Spending: 106 baht
I'm having trouble sleeping lately. I suspect the cause is due to irregular sleeping hours due to me trying to finish a few projects. I am deciding whether it is better to rush the project to finish it asap(I'm a few weeks before schedule), or should I take my time, and do it based on the timeline.
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Daily Spending - March 9, 2008
March 9, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Was treated to Steak
Dinner - 200 baht
- Chinese Food (200 baht)
Snacks - 50 baht
- Coke x 2 (28 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Other Spending - 770 baht
- CD (770 baht)
Total Spending: 1020 baht
Today I've bought two CDs. The first one was The Best and More II - Masato Honda and the second was Hugh Peanuts Whalum. First of all, Masato Honda is my favorite EWI/Saxophone player, so I pretty much buy every of his record - which is quite rare here in Bangkok. The second CD is some pretty old school jazz legend. I took a listen and I just love the soft mellow sound of old school ballads. Add that with Kirk Whalum's saxophone, I think it is pretty worth the cost.
Gah, I could have lived off a whole week if I didn't buy that record :P
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Was treated to Steak
Dinner - 200 baht
- Chinese Food (200 baht)
Snacks - 50 baht
- Coke x 2 (28 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Other Spending - 770 baht
- CD (770 baht)
Total Spending: 1020 baht
Today I've bought two CDs. The first one was The Best and More II - Masato Honda and the second was Hugh Peanuts Whalum. First of all, Masato Honda is my favorite EWI/Saxophone player, so I pretty much buy every of his record - which is quite rare here in Bangkok. The second CD is some pretty old school jazz legend. I took a listen and I just love the soft mellow sound of old school ballads. Add that with Kirk Whalum's saxophone, I think it is pretty worth the cost.
Gah, I could have lived off a whole week if I didn't buy that record :P
Daily Spending - March 8, 2008
March 8, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 34 baht
- Pork Leg and Rice (25 baht)
- Pepsi (9 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate with parent
Snacks - 71 baht
- Orange Juice (35 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Total Spending: 105 baht
Today was a pretty typical day. In the evening, I went out with my parents to eat at a shop call Manhattan Fish Market at Central World Plaza. I found out soon that I've eaten the franchise that was in Singapore already. Good point is that my parents like it, and I have to tell you that my mother is pretty difficult to please regarding food issues :P
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 34 baht
- Pork Leg and Rice (25 baht)
- Pepsi (9 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate with parent
Snacks - 71 baht
- Orange Juice (35 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Total Spending: 105 baht
Today was a pretty typical day. In the evening, I went out with my parents to eat at a shop call Manhattan Fish Market at Central World Plaza. I found out soon that I've eaten the franchise that was in Singapore already. Good point is that my parents like it, and I have to tell you that my mother is pretty difficult to please regarding food issues :P
Friday, March 07, 2008
Daily Spending - March 7, 2008
March 7, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 60 baht
- Red Pork and Rice (30 baht)
- Pork Dumpling (20 baht)
- Pepsi (10 baht)
Dinner - 200 baht
- Pizza and etc (200 baht)
Snacks - 59 baht
- Icecream (22 baht)
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Orange Juice (11 baht)
- Biscuits (12 baht)
Total Spending: 319 baht
Got a spliting headache today. Other than that, had a business meeting this evening at my home and things went along well. Paid for dinner. The price was calculated and agreed on, and we just need to follow up on the details.
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 60 baht
- Red Pork and Rice (30 baht)
- Pork Dumpling (20 baht)
- Pepsi (10 baht)
Dinner - 200 baht
- Pizza and etc (200 baht)
Snacks - 59 baht
- Icecream (22 baht)
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Orange Juice (11 baht)
- Biscuits (12 baht)
Total Spending: 319 baht
Got a spliting headache today. Other than that, had a business meeting this evening at my home and things went along well. Paid for dinner. The price was calculated and agreed on, and we just need to follow up on the details.
Daily Spending - March 6, 2008
March 6, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 45 baht
- Noodles (25 baht)
- Pork Crepe (10 baht)
- Coke (10 portal)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 39 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Water (9 baht)
- Orange Juice (11 baht)
- Biscuits (5 baht)
Total Spending: 84 baht
Been working at home today. Nothing much to say, but things are turning out well. I should have been a few weeks before schedule.
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 45 baht
- Noodles (25 baht)
- Pork Crepe (10 baht)
- Coke (10 portal)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 39 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Water (9 baht)
- Orange Juice (11 baht)
- Biscuits (5 baht)
Total Spending: 84 baht
Been working at home today. Nothing much to say, but things are turning out well. I should have been a few weeks before schedule.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Daily Spending - March 5, 2008
March 5, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 35 baht
- Chicken and Rice(25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 31 baht
- Assortment of Food on Rice (30 baht)
- Water (1 baht)
Transportation Fee - 34 baht
- Taxi (20 baht)
- Bus (14 baht)
Snacks - 33 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Water (9 baht)
- Juice (10 baht)
Total Spending: 133 baht
Nothing much today. Taxi is pretty cheap if you get many people to divide the cost. Otherwise, I'm trying to drink more water than soft drinks. It isn't easy for me considering I need sugar to get in the right state of mind, but I'm trying to.
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 35 baht
- Chicken and Rice(25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 31 baht
- Assortment of Food on Rice (30 baht)
- Water (1 baht)
Transportation Fee - 34 baht
- Taxi (20 baht)
- Bus (14 baht)
Snacks - 33 baht
- Coke (14 baht)
- Water (9 baht)
- Juice (10 baht)
Total Spending: 133 baht
Nothing much today. Taxi is pretty cheap if you get many people to divide the cost. Otherwise, I'm trying to drink more water than soft drinks. It isn't easy for me considering I need sugar to get in the right state of mind, but I'm trying to.
Daily Spending - March 4, 2008
March 4, 2008
Breakfast - 41 baht
- Chicken and Rice (30 baht)
- Ice tea (11 baht)
Lunch - 70 baht
- Pork Leg and Rice (25 baht)
- Pork Leg on Noodles (25 baht)
- Ice tea (10 baht)
- Water (10 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Transportation Fee - 118 baht
- Taxi (100 baht)
- Bus (18 baht)
Snacks - 56 baht
- Coke x 2 (28 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Mars Chocolate (22 baht)
Total Spending: 285 baht
This was a busy day. I had to go to a number of different banks to get my money in my different accounts shuffled around. My collegue telephoned to tell me today that our new contract would be signed next week, and we would be getting the first few parts of the contract very soon :)
Breakfast - 41 baht
- Chicken and Rice (30 baht)
- Ice tea (11 baht)
Lunch - 70 baht
- Pork Leg and Rice (25 baht)
- Pork Leg on Noodles (25 baht)
- Ice tea (10 baht)
- Water (10 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Transportation Fee - 118 baht
- Taxi (100 baht)
- Bus (18 baht)
Snacks - 56 baht
- Coke x 2 (28 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Mars Chocolate (22 baht)
Total Spending: 285 baht
This was a busy day. I had to go to a number of different banks to get my money in my different accounts shuffled around. My collegue telephoned to tell me today that our new contract would be signed next week, and we would be getting the first few parts of the contract very soon :)
Monday, March 03, 2008
Daily Spending - March 3, 2008
March 3, 2008
Breakfast - 41 baht
- Chicken and Rice (30 baht)
- Ice tea (11 baht)
Lunch - 44 baht
- Roast Pork (30 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Transportation Fee - 119 baht
- Taxi (101 baht)
- Bus (18 baht)
Total Spending: 204 baht
Breakfast - 41 baht
- Chicken and Rice (30 baht)
- Ice tea (11 baht)
Lunch - 44 baht
- Roast Pork (30 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Transportation Fee - 119 baht
- Taxi (101 baht)
- Bus (18 baht)
Total Spending: 204 baht
Friday, February 29, 2008
Daily Spending - February 28-29, 2008
February 28, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 68 baht
- Pad Thai (30 baht)
- Pocky (10 baht)
- Ginger Ale (14 baht)
- Root Beer (14 baht)
Snacks - 35 baht
- Orange Juice - (35 baht)
Transportation Fee - 200 baht
- Train Refill (200 baht)
Total Spending: 303 baht
February 29, 2008
Breakfast - 41 baht
- Chicken on Rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea (11 baht)
Lunch - 30 baht
- Roast Pork on Rice (30 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 11 baht
- Grape Juice (11 baht)
Transportation Fee - 118 baht
- Taxi (100 baht)
- Bus (18 baht)
Total Spending: 191 baht
Hmm... I have an interview to take tommorrow, but on a curious note, they posted it was delayed. Hmm... Now when would that be?
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 68 baht
- Pad Thai (30 baht)
- Pocky (10 baht)
- Ginger Ale (14 baht)
- Root Beer (14 baht)
Snacks - 35 baht
- Orange Juice - (35 baht)
Transportation Fee - 200 baht
- Train Refill (200 baht)
Total Spending: 303 baht
February 29, 2008
Breakfast - 41 baht
- Chicken on Rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea (11 baht)
Lunch - 30 baht
- Roast Pork on Rice (30 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 11 baht
- Grape Juice (11 baht)
Transportation Fee - 118 baht
- Taxi (100 baht)
- Bus (18 baht)
Total Spending: 191 baht
Hmm... I have an interview to take tommorrow, but on a curious note, they posted it was delayed. Hmm... Now when would that be?
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Daily Spending - February 27, 2008
February 27, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Snacks - 48 baht
- Noodles in Gravy Sauce(25 baht)
- Pepsi (17 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)
Total Spending: 48 baht
Was working at home all day long. Was a rather boring day. On a short note, BattleField Earth wasn't that bad...
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Snacks - 48 baht
- Noodles in Gravy Sauce(25 baht)
- Pepsi (17 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)
Total Spending: 48 baht
Was working at home all day long. Was a rather boring day. On a short note, BattleField Earth wasn't that bad...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Daily Spending - February 26, 2008
February 26, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 154 baht
- Ginger Pork with Rice (59 baht)
- Mos Cheese Burger (69 baht)
- Water (16 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Traveling Expense - 0 baht
Snacks - 83 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
- Chocolate (10 baht)
- Icecream (45 baht)
Total Spending: 237 baht
I've noticed that my Train tickets have to be refilled soon. Now that should hit my expenses on the next cycle. Anyway, its nearly a month, and should be a good idea to look back and figure where to change a few things.
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 154 baht
- Ginger Pork with Rice (59 baht)
- Mos Cheese Burger (69 baht)
- Water (16 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Traveling Expense - 0 baht
Snacks - 83 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
- Chocolate (10 baht)
- Icecream (45 baht)
Total Spending: 237 baht
I've noticed that my Train tickets have to be refilled soon. Now that should hit my expenses on the next cycle. Anyway, its nearly a month, and should be a good idea to look back and figure where to change a few things.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Daily Spending - February 24-25, 2008
February 24, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 42 baht
- Pork Larb on Mama (30 Baht)
- Coke (12 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Traveling Expense - 52 baht
- Bus (40 baht)
- Transit Bus (12 baht)
Snacks - 24 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (10 baht)
Total Spending: 98 baht
February 25, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 75 baht
- Grill Chicken and Curry (65 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snack - 45 baht
- Icecream (45 baht)
Total Spending: 120 baht
Looking back at my expenses, seems that I've been spending too much on Softdrinks and snacks. I think it is a good idea to stop eating that!
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 42 baht
- Pork Larb on Mama (30 Baht)
- Coke (12 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Traveling Expense - 52 baht
- Bus (40 baht)
- Transit Bus (12 baht)
Snacks - 24 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (10 baht)
Total Spending: 98 baht
February 25, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 75 baht
- Grill Chicken and Curry (65 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snack - 45 baht
- Icecream (45 baht)
Total Spending: 120 baht
Looking back at my expenses, seems that I've been spending too much on Softdrinks and snacks. I think it is a good idea to stop eating that!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Daily Spending - February 20-23, 2008
February 20, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 41 baht
- Chicken and Egg on rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea and Ice (11 baht)
Traveling Expense - 25 baht
- Bus (25 baht)
Total Spending: 65 baht
February 21, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 60 baht
- Pork Steak (20 baht)
- Chocolate (15 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Snack - 74 baht
- Grilled Pork (50 baht)
- Sticky Rice (10 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Total Spending: 134 baht
February 22, 2008
Breakfast - 74 baht
- Chicken and Rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
- Ham Cheese Sandwich (20 baht)
- Ice Tea Peach (14 baht)
Lunch - 50 baht
- Ice Tea (20 baht)
- Meat Stew on Rice (30 baht)
Dinner - 440 baht
- Buffet at Akiyoshi (440 baht)
Traveling Expense - 25 baht
- Bus (25 baht)
Other Expense - 590 baht
- Mobile Phone Bills (300 baht)
- Groceries (290 baht)
Total Spending: 1174 baht
February 23, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Total Spending: 0 baht
The easiest way to save money is to stay home. On the 23rd, I practically spent nothing! Now that is great :P
On related note, I've met up with Rut who just came up from Hat Yai to take his ATC license exam. Talking about examination, I'm between my examination for my PhD program. Things are turning out well. I'm ready for the next academic challenge :P
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 41 baht
- Chicken and Egg on rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea and Ice (11 baht)
Traveling Expense - 25 baht
- Bus (25 baht)
Total Spending: 65 baht
February 21, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 60 baht
- Pork Steak (20 baht)
- Chocolate (15 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Snack - 74 baht
- Grilled Pork (50 baht)
- Sticky Rice (10 baht)
- Coke (14 baht)
Total Spending: 134 baht
February 22, 2008
Breakfast - 74 baht
- Chicken and Rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
- Ham Cheese Sandwich (20 baht)
- Ice Tea Peach (14 baht)
Lunch - 50 baht
- Ice Tea (20 baht)
- Meat Stew on Rice (30 baht)
Dinner - 440 baht
- Buffet at Akiyoshi (440 baht)
Traveling Expense - 25 baht
- Bus (25 baht)
Other Expense - 590 baht
- Mobile Phone Bills (300 baht)
- Groceries (290 baht)
Total Spending: 1174 baht
February 23, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Total Spending: 0 baht
The easiest way to save money is to stay home. On the 23rd, I practically spent nothing! Now that is great :P
On related note, I've met up with Rut who just came up from Hat Yai to take his ATC license exam. Talking about examination, I'm between my examination for my PhD program. Things are turning out well. I'm ready for the next academic challenge :P
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Daily Spending - February 18-19, 2008
I couldn't log into Blogger for a few days. I have a reason to suspect the TRUE proxy service has ignited a false positive alarm for spamming. Oh well, as usual, here are the spendings:
February 18, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 85 baht
- SomTam and etc. (85 baht)
Dinner - 750 baht
- Went for Karaoke Party
Traveling Expense - 57 baht
- Bus (7 baht)
- Taxi(50 baht)
Total Spending: 892 baht
February 19, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Was treated for lunch
Dinner - 25 baht
- Noodles in Gravy Sauce (Lad Na)
Traveling Expense - 23 baht
- Bus (23 baht)
Snacks - 48 baht
- Water (9 baht)
- Pepsi (17 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Total Spending: 96 baht
On monday, I had a double jackpot. During lunch, an old friend popped over to my working place, so we had a SomTam party. In the evening, I met up with Rut who just came back from HatYai to take his ATC license exam. Due to that reason, we decided to treat ourselves a real expensive meal. I have to admit it was pretty steep, but anyway, it is once in like a year? LOL
Oh well, the next day, I was back to my usual self though :P
February 18, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 85 baht
- SomTam and etc. (85 baht)
Dinner - 750 baht
- Went for Karaoke Party
Traveling Expense - 57 baht
- Bus (7 baht)
- Taxi(50 baht)
Total Spending: 892 baht
February 19, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Was treated for lunch
Dinner - 25 baht
- Noodles in Gravy Sauce (Lad Na)
Traveling Expense - 23 baht
- Bus (23 baht)
Snacks - 48 baht
- Water (9 baht)
- Pepsi (17 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Total Spending: 96 baht
On monday, I had a double jackpot. During lunch, an old friend popped over to my working place, so we had a SomTam party. In the evening, I met up with Rut who just came back from HatYai to take his ATC license exam. Due to that reason, we decided to treat ourselves a real expensive meal. I have to admit it was pretty steep, but anyway, it is once in like a year? LOL
Oh well, the next day, I was back to my usual self though :P
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Daily Spending February 15-17, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 15, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 41 baht
- Grilled Chicken and Boiled Egg (30 baht)
- IceTea and Ice(11 baht)
Dinner - 440 baht
- Went for Karaoke Party
Snacks - 34 baht
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Bread (14 baht)
- Sprite (14 baht)
Traveling Expense - 7 baht
- Bus (7 baht)
Total Spending: 522 baht
February 16, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Snack - 35 baht
- Salapao (15 baht)
- IceTea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)
Dinner - 820 baht
- Hosted Fondue Party
Total Spending: 855 baht
February 17, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 36 baht
- Fried Chicken on Rice (25 baht)
- Coke and Ice (11 baht)
Snack - 36 baht
- Sprite (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Total Spending: 72 baht
On Friday, I had a small party with a few of my co-workers. On Saturday, I've hosted a party at my home, and I had to buy alot of groceries for my own Fondue party. Most of it fell on cheese expenses :P On Sunday, I've decided to spend little to balance things out. Not much to report other than the fact that its been a pretty expensive weekend.
February 15, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 41 baht
- Grilled Chicken and Boiled Egg (30 baht)
- IceTea and Ice(11 baht)
Dinner - 440 baht
- Went for Karaoke Party
Snacks - 34 baht
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Bread (14 baht)
- Sprite (14 baht)
Traveling Expense - 7 baht
- Bus (7 baht)
Total Spending: 522 baht
February 16, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Snack - 35 baht
- Salapao (15 baht)
- IceTea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)
Dinner - 820 baht
- Hosted Fondue Party
Total Spending: 855 baht
February 17, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 36 baht
- Fried Chicken on Rice (25 baht)
- Coke and Ice (11 baht)
Snack - 36 baht
- Sprite (14 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at Home
Total Spending: 72 baht
On Friday, I had a small party with a few of my co-workers. On Saturday, I've hosted a party at my home, and I had to buy alot of groceries for my own Fondue party. Most of it fell on cheese expenses :P On Sunday, I've decided to spend little to balance things out. Not much to report other than the fact that its been a pretty expensive weekend.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Daily Spending February 14, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 14, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 57 baht
- Fried Chicken on Rice (25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 18 baht
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Water (7 baht)
- Jelly (5 baht)
Total Spending: 75 baht
Today is Valentine. If you do some deduction, you will know the reason why the amount of spending today is rather low :P
February 14, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 57 baht
- Fried Chicken on Rice (25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Chocolate (22 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snacks - 18 baht
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Water (7 baht)
- Jelly (5 baht)
Total Spending: 75 baht
Today is Valentine. If you do some deduction, you will know the reason why the amount of spending today is rather low :P
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Daily Spending February 13, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 13, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 75 baht
- Curry on Grilled Chicken (65 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 31 baht
- Assorted of food on rice (30 baht)
- Water (1 baht)
Travel Expense - 14 baht
- Bus (14 baht)
Snacks - 61 baht
- Chocolate (7 baht)
- Orange Juice (15 baht)
- Bread (14 baht)
- MSport (10 baht)
- Egg Roti (15 baht)
Total Spending: 181 baht
Nothing much to report except that the snack spendings has increased. This is due to the long day of work and sports!
February 13, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 75 baht
- Curry on Grilled Chicken (65 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 31 baht
- Assorted of food on rice (30 baht)
- Water (1 baht)
Travel Expense - 14 baht
- Bus (14 baht)
Snacks - 61 baht
- Chocolate (7 baht)
- Orange Juice (15 baht)
- Bread (14 baht)
- MSport (10 baht)
- Egg Roti (15 baht)
Total Spending: 181 baht
Nothing much to report except that the snack spendings has increased. This is due to the long day of work and sports!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Daily Spending February 12, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 12, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 65 baht
- Assortment of food on rice (30 baht)
- Lime on Soda (15 baht)
- Grilled Banana (20 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Travel Expense - 107 baht
- Taxi (100 baht)
- Bus (7 baht)
Snacks - 14 baht
- Sprite(14 baht)
Total Spending: 186 baht
Regarding today's spending, since I woke up late, I had to go to work on Taxi. If you look at the figure, that was the majority of my spending today! p.s. The moral of the story is that if you want to save, go on public transportation :P
February 12, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 65 baht
- Assortment of food on rice (30 baht)
- Lime on Soda (15 baht)
- Grilled Banana (20 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Travel Expense - 107 baht
- Taxi (100 baht)
- Bus (7 baht)
Snacks - 14 baht
- Sprite(14 baht)
Total Spending: 186 baht
Regarding today's spending, since I woke up late, I had to go to work on Taxi. If you look at the figure, that was the majority of my spending today! p.s. The moral of the story is that if you want to save, go on public transportation :P
Monday, February 11, 2008
Daily Spending February 11, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 11, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 46 baht
- Roast Pork and Fried Eggs (35 baht)
- Water (11 baht)
Dinner - 40 baht
- Fried Chicken and Eggs on rice
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
Travel Expense - 21 baht
- Bus (21 baht)
Snacks - 35 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Salapao (15 baht)
Additional Expense - 858 baht
- Football (2 x 429)
Total Spending: 1000 baht
Today's spending is inflated because I had to buy a few footballs for the weekend football matches. We lost 3 balls the last week. If we are going to lose more footballs, then I'm going to be sure to charge those people who punt the ball for it in addition to the weekly fees we usually charge.
February 11, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 46 baht
- Roast Pork and Fried Eggs (35 baht)
- Water (11 baht)
Dinner - 40 baht
- Fried Chicken and Eggs on rice
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
Travel Expense - 21 baht
- Bus (21 baht)
Snacks - 35 baht
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Chocolate (6 baht)
- Salapao (15 baht)
Additional Expense - 858 baht
- Football (2 x 429)
Total Spending: 1000 baht
Today's spending is inflated because I had to buy a few footballs for the weekend football matches. We lost 3 balls the last week. If we are going to lose more footballs, then I'm going to be sure to charge those people who punt the ball for it in addition to the weekly fees we usually charge.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Daily Spending February 9-10, 2008
February 9, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 170 baht
- Steak and Ribs (140 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Traditional Thai Snack (20 baht)
Dinner - 80 baht
- Fried Rice
- Fried Eggs
- Fish Maw in Gravy Sauce
Travel Expense - 52 baht
- Van (25 baht)
- Bus (27 baht)
Additional Expense - 40 baht
- Coke (34 baht)
- Ice (6 baht)
Total Spending: 342 baht
February 10, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 35 baht
- Fried Chicken and Rice (25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 220 baht
- Daidomon Buffet and etc.
Snack - 20 baht
- Coke
Travel Expense - 75 baht
- Taxi (75 baht)
Total Spending: 330 baht
Here is one thing I can tell. The more you stay home, the more you save. If only I can stay home more often :P
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 170 baht
- Steak and Ribs (140 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Traditional Thai Snack (20 baht)
Dinner - 80 baht
- Fried Rice
- Fried Eggs
- Fish Maw in Gravy Sauce
Travel Expense - 52 baht
- Van (25 baht)
- Bus (27 baht)
Additional Expense - 40 baht
- Coke (34 baht)
- Ice (6 baht)
Total Spending: 342 baht
February 10, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 35 baht
- Fried Chicken and Rice (25 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Dinner - 220 baht
- Daidomon Buffet and etc.
Snack - 20 baht
- Coke
Travel Expense - 75 baht
- Taxi (75 baht)
Total Spending: 330 baht
Here is one thing I can tell. The more you stay home, the more you save. If only I can stay home more often :P
Friday, February 08, 2008
Daily Spending February 8, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 8, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 65 baht
- Chicken and Rice (40 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Fried Chicken and Sticky Rice (25 baht)
Dinner - 79 baht
- Grilled Chicken Burger Set
Travel Expense - 16 baht
- Bus (16 baht)
Additional Expense - 180 baht
- Bluetooth Dongle
Total Spending: 340 baht
One note that I learnt today is when a good bargain comes along, take it. The bluetooth dongle that I bought today could have been bought for like 100 baht, if I bought it in a IT sale a few weeks ago. Now I've have to spend like 80 baht more because I didn't buy it then!
February 8, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 65 baht
- Chicken and Rice (40 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Fried Chicken and Sticky Rice (25 baht)
Dinner - 79 baht
- Grilled Chicken Burger Set
Travel Expense - 16 baht
- Bus (16 baht)
Additional Expense - 180 baht
- Bluetooth Dongle
Total Spending: 340 baht
One note that I learnt today is when a good bargain comes along, take it. The bluetooth dongle that I bought today could have been bought for like 100 baht, if I bought it in a IT sale a few weeks ago. Now I've have to spend like 80 baht more because I didn't buy it then!
Daily Spendings - February 7, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 7, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 60 baht
- Pork Dumpling (20 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Rice with Red Pork (30 baht)
Snack - 10 baht
- Fried Banana (10 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Travel Expense - 207 baht
- BTS top-up (200 baht)
- Bus (7 baht)
Groceries - 178 baht
Total Spending: 455 baht
The spending today is somewhat inflated because of groceries and the top up account for the BTS train. I wonder how the next day would be different from here.
February 7, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 60 baht
- Pork Dumpling (20 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
- Rice with Red Pork (30 baht)
Snack - 10 baht
- Fried Banana (10 baht)
Dinner - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Travel Expense - 207 baht
- BTS top-up (200 baht)
- Bus (7 baht)
Groceries - 178 baht
Total Spending: 455 baht
The spending today is somewhat inflated because of groceries and the top up account for the BTS train. I wonder how the next day would be different from here.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Daily Spendings - February 6, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 6, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snack - 52 baht
- Water (9 baht)
- Bread (14 baht)
- Chocolate (19 baht)
- MSport (10 baht)
Dinner - 60 baht
- Noodles in Gravy Sauce (50 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Travel Expense - 55 baht
- Bus (25 baht)
- Taxi (30 baht)
Total Spending: 167 baht
One odd fact today is that my snack expense is certainly getting quite close to how much I spend for dinner. Talking about it, most of my expenses for snack ends up with either icecream or chocolate. If I happen to buy more fruits, I could save a more. Just as a reference, a watermelon is approximately 5 baht a kilo atm!
February 6, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Snack - 52 baht
- Water (9 baht)
- Bread (14 baht)
- Chocolate (19 baht)
- MSport (10 baht)
Dinner - 60 baht
- Noodles in Gravy Sauce (50 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Travel Expense - 55 baht
- Bus (25 baht)
- Taxi (30 baht)
Total Spending: 167 baht
One odd fact today is that my snack expense is certainly getting quite close to how much I spend for dinner. Talking about it, most of my expenses for snack ends up with either icecream or chocolate. If I happen to buy more fruits, I could save a more. Just as a reference, a watermelon is approximately 5 baht a kilo atm!
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Daily Spendings - February 5, 2008
Daily Budget - February 5, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 5, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 75 baht
- Katsu Curry (65 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
Snack - 10 baht
- Icecream (10 baht)
Dinner - 65 baht
- Pork Steak (55 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Travel Expense - 25 baht
- Bus (25 baht)
Etc 42 baht
- Groceries (42 baht)
Total Spending: 217 baht
Nothing much to discuss today as everything is routine. Could have spent a shade less on lunch and dinner. Thinking about it, I am starting to wonder if it was feasible to actually pack my lunch to work? Hmm... The possibility is low as I don't think I have enough time to make it :P
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 5, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 75 baht
- Katsu Curry (65 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
Snack - 10 baht
- Icecream (10 baht)
Dinner - 65 baht
- Pork Steak (55 baht)
- Coke (10 baht)
Travel Expense - 25 baht
- Bus (25 baht)
Etc 42 baht
- Groceries (42 baht)
Total Spending: 217 baht
Nothing much to discuss today as everything is routine. Could have spent a shade less on lunch and dinner. Thinking about it, I am starting to wonder if it was feasible to actually pack my lunch to work? Hmm... The possibility is low as I don't think I have enough time to make it :P
Monday, February 04, 2008
Daily Spendings - Feb 4, 2008
Daily Budget - February 4, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 4, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 40 baht
- Kao Man Kai (30 baht)
- Water (10 baht)
Snack - 7 baht
- Waffle (7 baht)
Dinner - 40 baht
- Meat Curry, Chinese Sausage, and Stir-fried Vegetables on Rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
Travel Expense - 35 baht
- Bus (30 baht)
- Transit Bus (5 baht)
Etc 300 baht
- Mobile Phone Bill (300 baht)
Total Spending: 412 baht
Other than the telphone bill, today's spending is on the light side. The problem is that I can't cut my phone bills because most of the phone was work related! The only way to cut spending is to change promotions. Hmm... I'm starting to wonder if I should get one of those Hutch Phones with a buffet promotion? I think I should consider the options soon.
Here is the daily budget for today:
February 4, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 40 baht
- Kao Man Kai (30 baht)
- Water (10 baht)
Snack - 7 baht
- Waffle (7 baht)
Dinner - 40 baht
- Meat Curry, Chinese Sausage, and Stir-fried Vegetables on Rice (30 baht)
- Ice Tea (10 baht)
Travel Expense - 35 baht
- Bus (30 baht)
- Transit Bus (5 baht)
Etc 300 baht
- Mobile Phone Bill (300 baht)
Total Spending: 412 baht
Other than the telphone bill, today's spending is on the light side. The problem is that I can't cut my phone bills because most of the phone was work related! The only way to cut spending is to change promotions. Hmm... I'm starting to wonder if I should get one of those Hutch Phones with a buffet promotion? I think I should consider the options soon.
Spendings - Jan 31 - Feb 3, 2008
Daily Spending - January 31, 2008
Photographs - 600 baht
- Postcard size (100 x 6 baht) given to student as part of their NSC Booth
Travel Expense - 50 baht
- Transit Bus (20 baht)
- Parking Fee (30 baht)
Lunch - 70 baht
- Khao Man Kai and Drinks (2 x 35 baht)
Dinner - 700 baht
- Pizza at Big Mama (700 baht) Treated students to Dinner to congratulating them for reaching the final round of the NSC contest
Total Spending: 1320 baht
Daily Spending - February 1, 2008
Lunch - 243 baht
- Subway Sandwich Set (168 baht)
- Milkshake (50 baht)
- Cherry Pie (25 baht)
Snacks - 147 baht
- Water (8 baht)
- Ice Tea (2 x 14 baht)
- Icecream (59 baht)
- Gin Tonic (3 x 14 baht)
- Snack (10 baht)
Dinner - 178 baht
Total Spending: - 568 baht
Daily Spending - February 2, 2008
Lunch - 108 baht
- Subway Sandwich Set (108 baht)
Snacks - 26 baht
- Water (8 baht)
- Ice Tea (2 x 14 baht)
Dinner (600 baht)
- Due to miscalculation the dividend, my dinner cost was inflated.
Total Spending: - 734 baht
Daily Spending - February 3, 2008
Lunch - 460 baht
- Lunch Set at Tokyo Grill (460 baht)
Snacks - 117 baht
- Green Tea (3 x 15 baht)
- Ice Tea Peach 6 - Pack (72 baht)
Dinner - 3317 baht
- Dinner Buffet at Agehan (6 x 553 baht) Treated students for winning the first prize at the NSC competition
Total Spending: - 3894 baht
From January 31 to February 3, my advisees Sisada and Wantanee happen to reach the final round of the NSC (National Software Competition). Due to that reason, I've decided to accompany them to the NSC competition to provide support and make sure things are in order. As the NSC final round took place during February 1-3, 2008, my budget was completely wiped out in the crazy weekend. Nothing to complain about it considering that the students won the first prize :)
Photographs - 600 baht
- Postcard size (100 x 6 baht) given to student as part of their NSC Booth
Travel Expense - 50 baht
- Transit Bus (20 baht)
- Parking Fee (30 baht)
Lunch - 70 baht
- Khao Man Kai and Drinks (2 x 35 baht)
Dinner - 700 baht
- Pizza at Big Mama (700 baht) Treated students to Dinner to congratulating them for reaching the final round of the NSC contest
Total Spending: 1320 baht
Daily Spending - February 1, 2008
Lunch - 243 baht
- Subway Sandwich Set (168 baht)
- Milkshake (50 baht)
- Cherry Pie (25 baht)
Snacks - 147 baht
- Water (8 baht)
- Ice Tea (2 x 14 baht)
- Icecream (59 baht)
- Gin Tonic (3 x 14 baht)
- Snack (10 baht)
Dinner - 178 baht
Total Spending: - 568 baht
Daily Spending - February 2, 2008
Lunch - 108 baht
- Subway Sandwich Set (108 baht)
Snacks - 26 baht
- Water (8 baht)
- Ice Tea (2 x 14 baht)
Dinner (600 baht)
- Due to miscalculation the dividend, my dinner cost was inflated.
Total Spending: - 734 baht
Daily Spending - February 3, 2008
Lunch - 460 baht
- Lunch Set at Tokyo Grill (460 baht)
Snacks - 117 baht
- Green Tea (3 x 15 baht)
- Ice Tea Peach 6 - Pack (72 baht)
Dinner - 3317 baht
- Dinner Buffet at Agehan (6 x 553 baht) Treated students for winning the first prize at the NSC competition
Total Spending: - 3894 baht
From January 31 to February 3, my advisees Sisada and Wantanee happen to reach the final round of the NSC (National Software Competition). Due to that reason, I've decided to accompany them to the NSC competition to provide support and make sure things are in order. As the NSC final round took place during February 1-3, 2008, my budget was completely wiped out in the crazy weekend. Nothing to complain about it considering that the students won the first prize :)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Daily Budget - January 30, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
January 30, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 35 baht
- LardNa and Coke
Snack - 51 baht
- Coke (15 baht)
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Mars (22 baht)
Dinner - 179 baht
- Honey-Glazed Pork Chop/Southwest Chicken (119 baht)
- Water (10 baht)
- Icecream (59 baht)
Travel Expense - 167 baht
- Bus (34 baht)
- Transit Bus (12 baht)
- Van (36 baht)
- Taxi (85 baht)
Clothing Expense - 270 baht
- Trousers (270 baht)
Total Spending: 702 baht
Today was a bad day. Other than having to travel all over Bangkok due to numerous errands to run, it seems that bad luck follows my every single turn. To cap things off, the zipper of my trousers broke off, requiring me to get a replacement.
Oh well, all I can say tommorrow should be a better day :)
January 30, 2008
Breakfast - 0 baht
- Ate at home
Lunch - 35 baht
- LardNa and Coke
Snack - 51 baht
- Coke (15 baht)
- Ice Tea (14 baht)
- Mars (22 baht)
Dinner - 179 baht
- Honey-Glazed Pork Chop/Southwest Chicken (119 baht)
- Water (10 baht)
- Icecream (59 baht)
Travel Expense - 167 baht
- Bus (34 baht)
- Transit Bus (12 baht)
- Van (36 baht)
- Taxi (85 baht)
Clothing Expense - 270 baht
- Trousers (270 baht)
Total Spending: 702 baht
Today was a bad day. Other than having to travel all over Bangkok due to numerous errands to run, it seems that bad luck follows my every single turn. To cap things off, the zipper of my trousers broke off, requiring me to get a replacement.
Oh well, all I can say tommorrow should be a better day :)
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Daily Budget - January 29, 2008
Here is the daily budget for today:
January 29, 2008
Breakfast - 37 baht
- Bread (14 baht)
- Salapao (15 baht)
- Chocolate (8 baht)
Lunch - 75 Baht
- Katsu Curry Rice
Dinner - 0 Baht
- Dinner (At home so free!!!)
Total Spending: 112 baht
Nothing too significant, but based on the figures, I haven't been spending too much which is good.
January 29, 2008
Breakfast - 37 baht
- Bread (14 baht)
- Salapao (15 baht)
- Chocolate (8 baht)
Lunch - 75 Baht
- Katsu Curry Rice
Dinner - 0 Baht
- Dinner (At home so free!!!)
Total Spending: 112 baht
Nothing too significant, but based on the figures, I haven't been spending too much which is good.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Daily Budget
How much money do I spend each day? I had this nagging feeling that I've been spending too much, so I've decided to post my spending for the unforseen future and evaluate my spending patterns.
January 28, 2008
Breakfast - 36 baht
- Bread (14 baht)
- Water (14 baht)
- Chocolate (8 baht)
Lunch - 70 Baht
Dinner - 100 Baht
- Icecream (100 baht)
- Dinner (Free!!!)
Total Spending : 206 Baht
Seems like I've overspent on desert today. Due to that reason, I've decided that I'm m not going to eat ice-cream for the next forthnight :P
January 28, 2008
Breakfast - 36 baht
- Bread (14 baht)
- Water (14 baht)
- Chocolate (8 baht)
Lunch - 70 Baht
Dinner - 100 Baht
- Icecream (100 baht)
- Dinner (Free!!!)
Total Spending : 206 Baht
Seems like I've overspent on desert today. Due to that reason, I've decided that I'm m not going to eat ice-cream for the next forthnight :P
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
DeathNote Character Quiz
Oh well, just a quiz I did for fun. Amusing...!
What Death Note Character Are You?
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What Death Note Character Are You?
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Sunday, January 13, 2008
500 posts and a New Resolution
I've just noticed I've reached 500 rambling and random posts.
For this post, I've decided to post to remind myself that I've got to slim down. I'm getting heavier, and my usual exercise schedule isn't doing that well. Maybe I should either get more active (In which I think I'm already pretty active), or either eat less. Hmm... I guess I've got to go with the second choice at this moment :(
As they say, eating is a joy. Too bad I've got to keep a lid on that.
For this post, I've decided to post to remind myself that I've got to slim down. I'm getting heavier, and my usual exercise schedule isn't doing that well. Maybe I should either get more active (In which I think I'm already pretty active), or either eat less. Hmm... I guess I've got to go with the second choice at this moment :(
As they say, eating is a joy. Too bad I've got to keep a lid on that.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Entrance Exam Blues
How is it like to take an exam? I've forgotten the feeling already. Now that is a big problem considering I have to take another entrance exam for my Ph.D studies. Hmm... I hope I haven't grown rusty from all the years of giving exams, not taking one :P
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
New Year's Resolutions
I remember distinctively that I usually come up with a number of New Year's Resolution before every change of the year. I found out that usually after a few days or weeks, I forget what I have promised myself to do. So to make a change, I've decided I should remind myself by posting my resolutions in my incredibly dull blog just to remind myself.
Here are my resolutions in no order of precedence:
1) Follow my resolutions from the first to the last steps.
2) Read and finish up the cooking textbook I've bought ages ago.
3) Get enrolled for my third degree.
4) Sleep in more regular hours (avoid early morning sleeping sessions).
5) Get myself in a more positive frame of mind.
6) Read more books (even though I read ferociously already).
7) Be more aware of people around me.
From the looks of it, it sounds as a pretty vague resolution. Could either be very easy to accomplish or not depending on my own perspective. In a year's time, I'll figure out how much I did accomplish.
Here are my resolutions in no order of precedence:
1) Follow my resolutions from the first to the last steps.
2) Read and finish up the cooking textbook I've bought ages ago.
3) Get enrolled for my third degree.
4) Sleep in more regular hours (avoid early morning sleeping sessions).
5) Get myself in a more positive frame of mind.
6) Read more books (even though I read ferociously already).
7) Be more aware of people around me.
From the looks of it, it sounds as a pretty vague resolution. Could either be very easy to accomplish or not depending on my own perspective. In a year's time, I'll figure out how much I did accomplish.
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