Coup

“Coup is happening now in Thailand!” I couldn't believe this!. It was just happening now at 11:00 (NY time) on Sept 19,2006.
According to BBC breaking news, It says "Thailand Prime minister announced emergency state in Thailand". Then a lot of my friends in Thailand going online via MSN and informed us more that the situation was not clear. They also didn’t really know what's happening. All TV broadcast were shut and showing Royal family pictures instead.

BBC is really good. They were fast and keep updating all the time. So I continued on checking the situations on their Website...So far the takeover has been so peaceful that they published picture with discription: "Locals took turns to pose for photographs in front of the tanks, which were decorated with flowers." : O

Potluck



Last Sunday (Sept 17, 2006), Rin had come up with the idea of Khom-pung-na-moo (piggy face bread) and also klowy-bod-she (Banana nun) as an appetizer and dessert for that night dinner.

Samantha did the main course called Shepherd pie which was really nice with layers of potato, tomato and minced lamp. Khom-pung-na-moo was also good. We just burned a few of them. Rin was experimenting also on the new way to make dipping. That was amazing. Now I am staring to enjoy drinking wine with meal. I think when we go back to Thailand, we will have it more.

Statue of Liberty

Please don't tell me this place is one of the most visited places in America, Statue of Liberty.

Visiting lower Manhatton on Sunday Sep 10,06, we started walking from Federal hall and New York Stock Exchange, visited Battery park then walked along the path with quite a nice view of the sea and Liberty Statue. We also took Staten Island ferry. It was just OK..a little bit disappointed actually.

The Tram..

We didn’t have any special plans for the passed long weekend (labor day). The apartment we are staying is located near Queenboro bridge. So we decided to take the tram across the East river (as it was just re-opened after 4 months maintenance). The view up there was nice. But once we got into Roosevelt Island, we didn't find anything interesting..not at all. It is just a small island you can walk all around the island.

Manhattan

I have been here for 3 months already and still felt like a stranger living in a familiar place. I was asked many times for a question like how do find it? You like it here? And my answer is “it’s ok”. NYC is a busy city and I found that American always on the runs. They walk, eat and speak quite fast. I sometimes saw people having their food while walking.

Even it is hard to find a space in New York, I saw a lot of people walking around with if not a big dog, a very small dog. Sometimes, the small dogs just got lucky, they don’t even have to walk, dog owners manage to put them in a cute bag and carry around.
The streets in New York City are well organized.. messy things are all placed underground, it is easy for me to walk around without getting lost. On sidewalk, I often find street vendors like Hotdog (with Pretzel), nuts, fruits vendors, and newsstands.

After my complaint of staying in New York with Jib, She replied me that “Well, how come you get bored so easy? There is a lot to see and to do in NY. It's very dynamic. Parks, outdoor concert and other stuffs. Try to find something and it will be fun. Summer always has some activities going on”, right! There are a lot of places that interest me (very little). I have been to Central park, American Museum of National History, China town, Soho and Union square. It was quite nice. China town is considered quite a big area comparing to China town in other cities. The green open market (Union Square) was also interesting place. Fruit, vegetable and dairy products selling there were fresh..good quality and not expensive at all.