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		<title>Change: A Waste Of Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When things get sour and times get bad, change is inevitable. However when we are the one who make the choice we always put "time" in the equation: change is a waste of time, especially the time invested in the thing before change. Is that really the case? ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F03%2Fchange-a-waste-of-time%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F03%2Fchange-a-waste-of-time%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>I was talking with my friends about change. Apparently, change seems to be quite a controversial topic, in some cases. No matter if it&#8217;s a change of place, a change of environment, perhaps a change of career or relationship status, there is always one element something that is taken into consideration: </p>
<p>Time. </p>
<p>Apparently, a change is waste of time. Not the time for the process of changing itself, but the time spent on the activity before the change. </p>
<p>It is as if that if you made a change, whatever that you have done before is just wasted down the drain and the change is &#8220;not worth it&#8221;. </p>
<p>Or is that really the case? </p>
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<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/867628074_5a2ebe688b_o.jpg" title="Change" rel="lightbox[1159]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/867628074_5a2ebe688b_o-398x600.jpg" alt="Change" title="Change" width="398" height="600" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1163" /></a></p>
<p>Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/twcollins/867628074/">TW Collins on Flickr</a></p>
<h3>When do you need change?</h3>
<p>Change comes in two forms: by fate, or by will. Usually the former is uncontrollable, if it happens, it happens, and you can&#8217;t do anything about it. But the latter is a decision that is in our hands, that we can choose if we want it to happen. </p>
<p>And usually it&#8217;s a tough decision indeed.</p>
<p>If we are to choose if we want to change, it is usually out of desperation, tiredness, or boredom. It is ultimately a loss of interest in something that only then, the idea of change comes to mind. </p>
<p>However, apparently, the longer the time we have invested in the subject, the harder it is for us to change. </p>
<p>If you have been dating for the guy for 5 years, and even though you have gone so tired of his feats you are afraid of change, because it would be a waste of what you have done for him. </p>
<p>If you have been working in the company for 8 years, and a change of career will probably bring new prospects and new developments, the fear of change strikes when the sense of insecurity and the idea of adaptation to a new environment makes you feel even more tired of your job now. </p>
<p>If you have started studying the course for a few semesters and you find that it is not something you would like to do for life, but you are afraid to switch your course because of the time and money you have paid to get this far. </p>
<p>But, seriously, what is better for you? Being stuck in a bad state, or taking that step to make things happen for better? </p>
<h3>Making that step to change for better</h3>
<p>Sometimes when we are afraid to make that change, we will just sit back and pray that everything else will change to be what we want it to be. </p>
<p>But as the old saying goes, &#8220;<strong>If you can&#8217;t change the others, you&#8217;ll have to change yourself.</strong>&#8221; </p>
<p>If you want to have a better life, make that step. Time is an irrelevant measure, because if today isn&#8217;t good, tomorrow is not likely to be better. Of course I&#8217;m not encouraging you to throw your resignation letter just because you had a bad day at work, it&#8217;s an analogy, well you know what I mean. :P </p>
<p>Observe for a period of time before the change. And when you&#8217;re sure that things will not get better, go for it. </p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter if things will get better or worse, most importantly you have made that step to change what was not good before. </p>
<p>If it gets better, congratulations, you&#8217;ve made the right choice!</p>
<p>If it gets worse, congratulations too, it&#8217;s time for another change!</p>
<h3>Change, anyone?</h3>
<p>So, are you considering making that change now? ;) Or are you still in doubt, weighting the consequences and the &#8220;price&#8221;?</p>
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		<title>Why Everyone On The Net Wants To Be Famous</title>
		<link>http://caramelz.my/2010/02/why-everyone-on-the-net-wants-to-be-famous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being famous is what many people want to be, especially how easy it has become thanks to the power of social networking. But why is it that people want to get famous? Here's an answer. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F02%2Fwhy-everyone-on-the-net-wants-to-be-famous%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F02%2Fwhy-everyone-on-the-net-wants-to-be-famous%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Well, I admit, that statement is an exaggeration. But really, just Google the word &#8220;<a href="http://www.google.com.my/#hl=en&#038;source=hp&#038;q=how+to+be+famous&#038;btnG=Google+Search&#038;meta=&#038;aq=f&#038;oq=how+to+be+famous&#038;fp=c57fb1097cd7dd3a">how to be famous</a>&#8221; and you have millions of websites and spamsites dedicated to &#8220;help you grow famous&#8221;. </p>
<p>This post is NOT a guide to teach you how to become a famous person, no, I don&#8217;t know how to do that because I&#8217;m NOT famous. But here&#8217;s an exploration of <strong>why being famous can be good</strong>. </p>
<p>You should know by now there are plenty of stories to hear on this blog. Here&#8217;s another one. ;) </p>
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<h3>Art, or fart?</h3>
<p>My last post on <a href="http://caramelz.my/2010/02/challenge-hyperminimalism-writing/">Hyperminimalism Writing </a>had gotten some pretty interesting comments. Many commented that <em>it sounds like a Tweet </em>or <em>how things is nicer to be kept short and simple</em>, but here&#8217;s one that caught my attention: </p>
<blockquote><p>Sounds more like a riddle to me&#8230;or&#8230;well&#8230;<strong>the author is just too plain lazy</strong>. :p </p></blockquote>
<p>No deny to that, really. We can&#8217;t say that he&#8217;s wrong, because to everyone of us with the average eye and mind, it does sound like crap and the author is freaking lazy to come up with crap. </p>
<p>But, lets make an assumption that <a href="http://twitter.com/BillGates">Bill Gates </a>one day say, &#8220;I like Hyperminimalism.&#8221; One single word will result in speculation across the net with thousands of tweets and retweets every minute scrutinizing the sentence from head to tail. </p>
<h3>The Fountain</h3>
<p>Almost one hundred year ago, a man submitted a urinal to an arts exhibition and requested for it to be exhibited. He named the urinal as &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)">The Fountain</a>&#8220;, and his rationale behind the artwork is on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada">Dadaism </a>philosophy, which disregards traditional notions of art and calling his Fountain &#8220;found art&#8221;.</p>
<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Marcel-Duchamp-Urinal.jpg" title="Marcel Duchamp -- The Fountain" rel="lightbox[1149]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Marcel-Duchamp-Urinal-507x600.jpg" alt="Marcel Duchamp -- The Fountain" title="Marcel Duchamp -- The Fountain" width="507" height="600" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1150" /></a></p>
<p>It was rejected. </p>
<p>But that doesn&#8217;t stop from it launching <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp">Marcel Duchamp </a>into fame. His Dada movement peers were angered by the rejection, and instead of making Marcel a fool of the time, he got famous as an avant-garde which made a major contribution in the 20th century arts movment. </p>
<p>The point is, if Duchamp did not have the network of friends and the level of fame he has around his friends at the art scene as a Post-Impressionist artist, he would not have survived the attack as he would be so lack of supporters. With a bit of fame and networking, it&#8217;s different. </p>
<p>You know what <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_(Duchamp)">an editorial </a>said about why Duchamp&#8217;s The Fountain is so important? </p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Whether Mr Mutt made the fountain with his own hands or not has no importance. He CHOSE it. He took an article of life, placed it so that its useful significance disappeared under the new title and point of view – created a new thought for that object.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Well, let&#8217;s not care about how that contributes to the art scene and how is that affecting the art philosophy today. </p>
<p>Our focus here is Duchamp&#8217;s fame: if it wasn&#8217;t because of Duchamp&#8217;s fame before, nobody could have given a shit about what he did, let alone defend Duchamp&#8217;s feats. Enough said. </p>
<h3>So, do you want to be famous now?</h3>
<p>Or do you already want to be famous? ;) </p>
<p>Today if you have a very famous blog or Tweet, you are pretty much guaranteed a good living from all the advertising offers or endorsements or free iPhones and Nexus One being given out for you to test. Not to mention you&#8217;ll probably have a few thousand followers watching your back, tweeting (pun intended) about your good moves and clattering about your bad ones.</p>
<p>Famous Spiderman quote, &#8220;With great power comes great responsibility.&#8221; But oh, power is something so hard to resist. </p>
<p>With the Internet and today&#8217;s development in social networking, being famous is a matter of strategy, time, and of course, luck. But I am not going to teach you how to, because I am not famous neither, and without the fame and authority whatever I said does not weight as much as what <a href="http://mashable.com/">the people at Mashable </a>said. ;)</p>
<p>Do you have anything to say about people trying to be famous? Or what&#8217;s your take on today&#8217;s fight for fame? </p>
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		<title>Challenge: Hyperminimalism Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hyperminimalist writings get your head spinning and thinking with only a small amount of words. Sparking your thoughts with a line.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F02%2Fchallenge-hyperminimalism-writing%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F02%2Fchallenge-hyperminimalism-writing%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>So we have hyperminimalism in the visual arts and architecture (pretty much thanks to the modernists and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suprematism">Kasimir Malevich</a> for starting Suprematism), but have you heard of hyperminimalist writing? </p>
<p>I first came across this idea from <a href="http://www.unpublishedguy.com/WritingandPublishingFiction/tabid/36/PostID/75/Xtreme-Creative-Writing-Styles-Hyperminimalism.aspx">Unpublished Guy&#8217;s blog</a>. His blog is: </p>
<blockquote style="font-size: 1.4em"><p>&#8220;Something happened. A man with glasses was involved.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>So what about that? </p>
<p>The idea is to dip and dap into the ideas that you&#8217;re presenting, then leave everything else for the reader to fill in the blanks. As our Unpublished Guy puts it, &#8220;Minimalism leaves the reader to take an active role in the creation of the story by filling in the blanks left by the author&#8217;s spare prose.&#8221;</p>
<p>So lets see what kind of interesting ideas can we get from here? ;) </p>
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<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/malevich-black-red-square1.jpg" title="Kasimir Malevich -- Black and Red Square" rel="lightbox[1144]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/malevich-black-red-square1-377x600.jpg" alt="Kasimir Malevich -- Black and Red Square" title="Kasimir Malevich -- Black and Red Square" width="377" height="600" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1143" /></a></p>
<p>Of course, you don&#8217;t get the picture until you&#8217;ve seen more of these. Here&#8217;s more example from <a href="http://shelli-proffitt-howells.blogspot.com/2010/02/wanna-play.html">Naissance</a>, a blog by Shelli, </p>
<blockquote style="font-size: 1.4em"><p>&#8220;It shattered like the glass embedded in her hand.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Somehow, the power of hyperminimalist writing seperates you from everything else on the page, and when you read that single line your head spins to imagine the scene and everything else around it too &#8212; the shattering sound, her face as it shattered, the environment, or what is it that actually shattered. Her heart, perhaps? </p>
<p>Another example from <a href="http://crockstarlimited.com/blog/hyperminimalism/">Crockstar Blog</a>, </p>
<blockquote style="font-size: 1.4em"><p>“Sometimes shorter really is better.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Or is it? </p>
<p>You question and it keeps you thinking, don&#8217;t you? So there, it&#8217;s successful. ;) </p>
<p>So to try my hand at this&#8230; here&#8217;s some of my plays:</p>
<blockquote style="font-size: 1.4em"><p>&#8220;Two mice and a cheese. One has to go.&#8221; </p></blockquote>
<p>Maybe that&#8217;s too long. Here&#8217;s another: </p>
<blockquote style="font-size: 1.4em"><p>&#8220;Reaching my hands out to touch, yet it&#8217;s a mirage too far.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>One last one: </p>
<blockquote style="font-size: 1.4em"><p>&#8220;He moans and shoot into the air.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Ahem. :P</p>
<p>Perhaps these can make a good Twitter or Tumblr idea. :P </p>
<p>So come on, try your hand with this and see what you can come out with. I&#8217;m wanna know what&#8217;s in your head!</p>
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		<title>Making Your Weakness Your Partner, And Dance With It</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aimee Mullins, a girl who was born with a condition and had to have both her legs amputated, went on to break world records at the Olympics and became a living miracle. What can we learn from her story? ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F02%2Fmaking-your-weakness-your-partner-and-dance-with-it%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F02%2Fmaking-your-weakness-your-partner-and-dance-with-it%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>We&#8217;ve talked about <a href="http://caramelz.my/2010/01/use-your-strengths-to-the-max-and-leave-the-rest-to-fate/">maximizing your strengths </a>on the previous post, now what do we do with your weaknesses?</p>
<p>We all have our bad times. Or perhaps some of us are already born with the certain <em>disadvantages </em>that put us a notch below the others. But actually, who is it that is there to determine what is <em>normal </em>or <em>success</em>? And how do we weight ourselves, is it from your heart, or is it from how others see you? </p>
<p>After watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTwXeZ4GkzI&#038;feature=sub">this talk </a>by <a href="http://www.aimeemullins.com/about.php">Aimee Mullins </a>on TEDs, I guess she gave us a very simple but powerful answer. </p>
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&#8220;It is not so much about overcoming adversity as it is opening ourselves to it, embracing it. Grappling with it. Maybe even dancing with it. Perhaps as we see adversity as something natural, consistent and useful, we&#8217;re less burdened by the presence of it. &#8220;</p></blockquote>
<p>Dancing with adversity, making it your partner. Now that&#8217;s some new idea that we all can use. </p>
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<h3>Aimee Mullins: A Living Miracle</h3>
<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/aimeemullins.jpg" title="aimeemullins" rel="lightbox[1131]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/aimeemullins-461x600.jpg" alt="" title="aimeemullins" width="461" height="600" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1132" /></a><br />
<em>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.ramssportsperformance.com/testimonials.htm">Rams Sports Performance</a></em></p>
<p>Aimee Mullins was <a href="http://technorati.com/technology/article/double-amputee-aimee-mullins-prosthetic-limbs/">born without fibulae in both legs</a>. In other words, she had to amputate both legs off when she was 1 year old, and theoretically she will have to live on a wheelchair for the rest of her life. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s what the doctors think. </p>
<p>And of course, as of all stories of all great people in this world, she did not buy that idea and made a miracle out of her <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/adversity">adversity</a>. She learned to walk using prosthetic legs by the age of two, and went on to do all what other &#8220;normal&#8221; kids will do &#8212; walk, swim, play, and run. </p>
<p>Oh yes, she can run really well. With her specially designed prosthetic legs she had set World Records on 100 meter, 200 meter and the long jump during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. No, she did not compete with the other &#8220;handicapped&#8221; group, she competed with the &#8220;normal&#8221; bunch who had meat on both sides of the legs, just like you and me. </p>
<p>Oh, instead you&#8217;re wondering why she looks so pretty and hot, she did model for Alexander McQueen back in the late 90s. Yep, she&#8217;s a model. A hot one at that. </p>
<p>And that is determination. And of course, she did what she preached in this video: to embrace your weaknesses and dance with it. </p>
<p>I am a huge fan of <a href="http://www.ted.com/">TEDTalks</a>, and this video is another reason why you should watch them. </p>
<h3>&#8220;The Opportunity Of Adversity&#8221;</h3>
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<h3>Accepting And Embracing Your Weaknesses</h3>
<p>Well, I&#8217;m sure not every one of you are patient enough to sit through the 22 minutes of the video. Let me just summarize the story for you here. </p>
<p>If you have a weakness, or at bad times, accept it to be part of you, embrace it and turn it into an opportunity to do great things. </p>
<p>A lot of us know that we have our own problems. It may be a physical, mental or spiritual problem. And a lot of us chose to just nod our heads at it, and decide to tuck them under the bed or the old dusty chest of the unknown in our hearts and hope we&#8217;ll never see them again. </p>
<p>Wrong. </p>
<p>Running away from your problems will not make them go away. They are still there, and they will be back to haunt you no matter how hard you try to hide them. </p>
<p>And if the problems won&#8217;t go away, why not just accept and embrace it, and make it a part of you to be proud of? </p>
<p>I personally have problems of my own too. I have been living with the <a href="http://caramelz.my/2010/02/why-my-life-sucks-as-for-today/">pain of arthritis </a>for the past 15 years, and still counting. I do admit that sometimes I will feel that I can&#8217;t achieve what many others can due to my own problems, mostly physically, but I know that I can excel in other parts of life if I work hard (and maybe smart) enough. </p>
<p>Aimee Mullins achieved what many has deemed &#8220;impossible&#8221; and became a living motivation for all of us. Now, I am passing on the motivation love to you. :)</p>
<h3>Turning &#8220;Disable&#8221; To &#8220;Poss-able&#8221;</h3>
<p>At the end of the video, Aimee shared her version of the word &#8220;Disable&#8221;, different from that from the dictionary: </p>
<blockquote><p>
<strong>Disable</strong>, (verb)<br />
To crush a spirit, to withdraw hope, to deflate curiousity, to promote an inability to see beauty, to deprive of imagination. To make abject. </p>
<p>Ant. To make poss-able.
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<p>Someone with problems is not <em>disabled </em>until you crush their hope. And you are not <em>disabled </em>until you have lost hope. </p>
<p>The day you accepted yourself as a whole, the day you have gained so much more. Perhaps more than many others in this world will ever find, because everything about you, including your weaknesses and problems, are special to your own. Keep them.</p>
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		<title>Why My Life Sucks As For Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the reason why I haven't been posting and blogging as much as I wish lately. This is why my life sucks. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F02%2Fwhy-my-life-sucks-as-for-today%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F02%2Fwhy-my-life-sucks-as-for-today%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>As we all agree, everyone in this world definitely have their ups and downs. </p>
<p>I guess I&#8217;m at the verge of my all time low record these days. </p>
<p>Please bear with me buddies, and I thank you all for supporting me through all the hard times. :)</p>
<p>As for why my life sucks, well for the curious, here are some pointers. </p>
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<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tied_kitty.jpg" title="tied_kitty" rel="lightbox[1121]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/tied_kitty-450x600.jpg" alt="" title="tied_kitty" width="450" height="600" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1122" /></a><br />
<em>Image by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/freddddy">Freddy Tan</a>. He took this picture at Hanoi, saw the poor lil kitty tied to the lamp post. And he tagged me on this photo on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/conancat">Facebook</a>. Gah. </em></p>
<h3>Listen to me, for God&#8217;s sake!</h3>
<p>Well, lets just say that it has something to do with miscommunication. If one party talks, you&#8217;ll expect the other party to listen, right? But when the other party talks, by the least of courtesy of course you have to listen too. </p>
<p>And someone in the family just talks and never listen. And that sucks. </p>
<p>Well you know, I guess this happens in many families. Not only in families, but in all companies, organizations or groups in the world. Someone has to be the (self-proclaimed or not) leader with a larger than life ego. But as long as the person is willing to put down the ego a little and listen, for once, he/she can potentially be the best leader among all. :)</p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re someone that talks too much and never listen, time to stop a while and listen for once. No matter how bad the thing sounds, no matter how hard it is to accept, if you actually listen, it will definitely be good for you, because whatever people say, they say with their hearts. </p>
<p>Even lies come from the heart. If you can tell that it&#8217;s a lie, it shows their heart, no?</p>
<p>So yeah&#8230; Please listen up, will ya? </p>
<p>Oh, anyway, the person finally listened up and the problem is solved&#8230; for now. At least for now. :/ Lets just hope that it lasts. (From my experience it rarely lasts long :x). </p>
<h3>10 Years Sick And Treating It Today</h3>
<p>Yep, after 10 years of having this medical condition I&#8217;m only starting to see the doctor today. </p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_Idiopathic_Arthritis">Juvenile idiopathic arthritis</a>. I got it when I was young, having frequent joint pains everyday late at night or early in the morning or whenever it rains. Everyone called me the young-old-man, hehe.  But oh well, I thought it was normal and not something big and thought it will go away when I grow up. </p>
<p>Apparently not. It&#8217;s still here and getting worse. When I saw the doctor yesterday she scolded me, &#8220;What the hell have you been doing for the past 10 years??&#8221;</p>
<p>Ignorance, perhaps? </p>
<p>The doctor said that if I have went to see her any later it might develop into something <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatoid_arthritis">much worse </a>than what it is now. While there are no cure for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthritis">arthritis</a>, there are still plenty of things that you can do to prevent it from getting worse. </p>
<p>So kids, if you have any pains or discomfort anywhere for an extended period of time, don&#8217;t think, go see the freaking doctor before it gets any worse. Seriously. No, any pain or discomfort is not normal, and yes even if you&#8217;re born that way doesn&#8217;t mean you have to stay that way for the rest of your life. </p>
<p>Trust the doctors, and trust me. :) </p>
<h3>You want more emo stories?</h3>
<p>Nah, I&#8217;m sure this blog is not meant for emoness. There are plenty of other emo stuffs that I would not like to disclose for now, but one thing for sure, I would love to thank my friends and pals who stood by whenever I needed em. They are really great friends that you can never find, only met and nurtured through time. </p>
<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/2010/01/how-much-do-you-trust-is-it-enough/">I trusted them</a>. And I thank you all for trusting in me. :D</p>
<p>And thank you all for staying with this blog and continue to read even though I have been inactive for the past couple of weeks. I am still trying to settle down and chunk more time for blogging (and read-blogging), and while so, please, yet again, bear with me for my sanity&#8217;s sake.</p>
<p>In the meanwhile, if you have missed any previous posts, why not go on and have a look? Apparently, <a href="http://caramelz.my/2009/11/mens-underwear-guide-boxers-boxer-briefs-trunks/">my obsession with male underwears </a>gained the most attention from the search engines, generating 20-30 hits every day, huhu. I wonder why! </p>
<p>Have a great life, everyone! </p>
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		<title>Use Your Strengths To The Max, And Leave The Rest To Fate</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have our talents, strengths and weaknesses. To be successful, the secret is to be prepared by using our strengths to the max, and when the opportunities come we know we will do our best to succeed. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fuse-your-strengths-to-the-max-and-leave-the-rest-to-fate%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fuse-your-strengths-to-the-max-and-leave-the-rest-to-fate%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Lets face it, we all live in an imperfect world. And in an imperfect world nobody&#8217;s perfect. When nobody&#8217;s perfect, there is no such thing as equality, because we are all too different from one another. </p>
<p>That is, in fact, the beauty of nature. </p>
<p>And lets face it, we all have our strengths and weaknesses. It&#8217;s not just our strengths or talents that determine how successful are you. Opportunities come and go, it&#8217;s also a matter of how well you can utilize your talents when the opportunities come to you. </p>
<p>There is a Chinese saying, &#8220;to be successful you need the right time, the right place, and the right people&#8221;. To put it simply, if you want to be good, you need to do the right thing at the right time, right place and with the right people around you. </p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the catch. You have your strengths and weaknesses. The trick is to capitalize your strengths and talents to the max, find ways to fix your weaknesses, and when you&#8217;ve done your part, you can just leave the rest to fate. </p>
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<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/light_art_buddha2.jpg" title="Buddha Light Art" rel="lightbox[1114]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/light_art_buddha2-600x450.jpg" alt="Buddha Light Art" title="Buddha Light Art" width="600" height="450" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1116" /></a><br />
Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21423665@N08/2106327531/in/set-72157603441365434">felipebrito </a>on Flickr</p>
<h3>Always Be Prepared</h3>
<p>As humans we can only control so much. We may try to meet the right people and source for the right place, but the right time is often out of our control. And who knows what Fate can bring you to, perhaps a better or worse state. You will never know when the opportunity will come to you, because fate weaves and interweaves in such manner that some of us manage to catch them on the spot, while some of us missed the opportunity because &#8220;we&#8217;re not ready yet&#8221;. </p>
<p>There&#8217;s also a Chinese saying, &#8220;you prepare off the stage for 10 years for a 3 minutes performance on stage&#8221;. If you don&#8217;t want to miss any opportunities because &#8220;you&#8217;re not ready&#8221;, then you have to prepare yourself for the war, for the stage. </p>
<p>There is nothing more important to be prepared mentally and physically when the opportunity comes. You may think that the war or the performance only lasts for a few minutes, but it is always the split second that you make your decisions, that you &#8220;do the right thing&#8221; that makes the difference.  </p>
<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/light_art_buddha.jpg" title="Buddha Light Art" rel="lightbox[1114]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/light_art_buddha-600x492.jpg" alt="Buddha Light Art" title="Buddha Light Art" width="600" height="492" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1115" /></a><br />
Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21423665@N08/2107101288/in/set-72157603441365434">felipebrito </a>on Flickr</p>
<h3>Be Really Good At What You&#8217;re Good At</h3>
<p>You know what you are good at, and you know what you&#8217;re not. If you want to be recognized by what you are good at (and not the other way round), you have to be good at it. As in, really good. You read up books, you go for trainings, you research and learn, you do it again and again until you&#8217;re really good at it. </p>
<p>So that when the time comes, when fate presents you with the opportunity, you will not miss it and do a great performance, to fight a great war, so that it can launch you to another level of success.</p>
<p>Of course, if you want it the other way round, you can continue to sulk in what you&#8217;re bad at and be really good at what you&#8217;re bad at. Then you&#8217;re pretty much prepared for failure. :) </p>
<p>Or you can fix your weaknesses and reduce them to affect you as as little as possible. As you know that your weaknesses cannot be removed totally, you can focus on your strengths to make them better, but not let your weaknesses pull you down.</p>
<h3>Capitalize your talents, then the time will come</h3>
<p>Eventually, your time will come. As long as you keep yourself open to opportunities, and as long as you keep yourself prepared, you know that one day you will do a good show, fight a good war. </p>
<p>One thing God is great at, is that He always give us chances to succeed. It is up to us if we want to grip onto the chances and use it to the max to yield great success. </p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter if others are better than you. What matters more is how good you&#8217;ve done your part when you&#8217;re supposed to be doing it. And that makes a difference between a good person, and a great person. </p>
<p>So, do you think that you&#8217;re always prepared for a good war or a good show? :) </p>
<p><em>As I said, fate weaves and interweaves in a manner out of our grasps. My life has been going up and down pretty much lately, so sorry guys if I haven&#8217;t been active on the blogosphere. I will be back on track real soon, I promise! </em></p>
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		<title>My Three Little (Guinea) Pigs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Three Little Guinea Pigs, just as adorable as any other animals around! Totally love them <3 Abyssinian guinea pigs]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fmy-three-little-guinea-pigs%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fmy-three-little-guinea-pigs%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>I have three little pigs.</p>
<p>Well, guinea pigs, at least. </p>
<p>And aww, they pull my heart alright! Though I must admit all those squeeking and squeeling and running about during midnight can be an annoyance, but ooh, look at them!</p>
<p>Totally adorable. <3</p>
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<p>The Grey one is getting a year plus old now. He used to partner with my old guinea pig, but that one died due to teeth complications. Guinea pig teeth can keep growing and growing, and if they are not properly structured they can grow into the jaws and locking up their mouth, making them not able to eat. That&#8217;s what happened to my last pig. Genetic problems, the doctor said. :( </p>
<p>Then Greyhead was lonely for a couple of months now. Like 4 months. And all he does is eat and sleep. That&#8217;s why you see that he&#8217;s so damn fat. </p>
<p>So a few weeks ago I went to buy Sasame (the darker grey one) and Latte (the coffee colored one) here to accompany Greyhead. At first they were pretty afraid&#8230; well for 15 minutes anyway. After a few hours they&#8217;re running about chasing each other and cuddling together. Awww. </p>
<p>Though Greyhead still eats the most between them all, but I am sure in time the other two will be just as fat. As fat as ME! </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re wondering, they are all <a href="http://hubpages.com/hub/All-About-Abyssinian-Guinea-Pigs">Abyssinian guinea pigs</a>. I used to have 2 <a href="http://animal-world.com/encyclo/critters/guin_pig/SilkieGuineaPig.php">Sheltie guinea pigs</a>, but oh well, they left me. :( </p>
<p>Nevermind, I have Three Little (Guinea) Pigs to keep me company in my room all day and night! </p>
<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/160120105277.jpg" title="My Three Guinea Pigs" rel="lightbox[1103]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/160120105277-600x450.jpg" alt="My Three Guinea Pigs" title="My Three Guinea Pigs" width="600" height="450" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1107" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/160120105275.jpg" title="My Three Guinea Pigs" rel="lightbox[1103]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/160120105275-450x600.jpg" alt="My Three Guinea Pigs" title="My Three Guinea Pigs" width="450" height="600" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1106" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/160120105267.jpg" title="My Three Guinea Pigs" rel="lightbox[1103]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/160120105267-600x450.jpg" alt="My Three Guinea Pigs" title="My Three Guinea Pigs" width="600" height="450" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1104" /></a></p>
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<p>Oh my love <3</p>
<p>Do you have any pets yourself? Guinea pigs lovers, anyone? :3 </p>
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		<title>How much do you trust? Is it enough?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever ask yourself, how much do you trust your friends, family or colleagues, and do you trust them enough? Or are you one of those holes that trust too little and control too much? Relationships are built on trust, and you should trust more! ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fhow-much-do-you-trust-is-it-enough%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fhow-much-do-you-trust-is-it-enough%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p><em>First of all, I have to apologize for my lack of updates and I have been slacking off at reading your blogs. Busy with work and life, my bad at that!! Sorry!<br />
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<p>This morning I have heard from the radio station, there was this community message thing done by OneFM from time to time to promote different human values. This time it&#8217;s about trust. </p>
<p>The setting was pretty typical, a girl gives her friend something to do, and asks for the progress. The friend reassures that everything is in control, and the girl starts to worry that the details are not done well enough, things are that she must do everything right or they might lose the job and this and that. </p>
<p>The friend listens to her worries for a while and when she couldn&#8217;t take it, she interrupts, &#8220;You&#8217;ve passed the job to me, then you should <strong>trust me</strong> to do the job well!&#8221; </p>
<p>Exactly. Have you ever ask yourself, how much do you trust your friends, family or colleagues, and do you trust them enough? </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deniselamby/3086161787/"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/mother_baby_underwater.jpg" alt="Mother and Baby Underwater, Trust" title="Mother and Baby Underwater, Trust" width="500" height="375" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1098" /></a></p>
<p><em>Image @<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deniselamby/3086161787/">Denise Lamby </a>on Flickr<br />
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<p>I&#8217;m sure that a lot of us work in a team or together with other people a lot of times. Unless you&#8217;re a lone ranger then you might not have to deal with anyone else, but then there must be some time that you have to cooperate and work with others to get some things done. </p>
<p>It may be that project you want to pitch for the company, that daily admin job of the office, that wedding you&#8217;re going to organize, that Chinese New Year chores you want to start working on with your family, or that holiday trip you&#8217;re planning with your friends. </p>
<p>Humans are social animals. We can only get so much done by ourselves, that&#8217;s why we need the help of others. And when we need the help of others, we have to <strong>trust </strong>them to be able to help us. </p>
<h3>Lack of confidence is annoying</h3>
<p>There&#8217;s nothing more annoying than asking help from someone then not trust them enough to do the job. Well it doesn&#8217;t matter if you are forced to be in a team or if you asked them for help, but as long as you&#8217;re working together, you should trust them.</p>
<p>Because most of the time they know what they&#8217;re doing before even taking on the task. This shows that they&#8217;re confident to do the job, so why are you not confident in them? </p>
<p>If they&#8217;re professionals, you should trust them even more because they know what to do better than you. </p>
<p>If they&#8217;re just as clueless as you, you should trust them to be able to make good enough decisions. </p>
<p>If they&#8217;re not as competent as you, you should trust them to make some progress and guide them along the way, not doubting and dismissing their thoughts and actions. </p>
<h3>Relationships are built on trust</h3>
<p>Of course, being overly confident and trusting too much can sometimes lead to disappointment. But really, if you don&#8217;t give at least a minimum standard of trust and be an ass trying too hard to get things right your way, you will end up hurting the job and the relationship more than being any real help. </p>
<p>Relationships build on trust. It&#8217;s only through trusting someone that we be open to each other and form a great relationship, to be great friends or great family or great colleagues. To gain trust you need to prove yourself to be trustworthy, but you have to do the most basic thing first too. </p>
<p>Learn to trust. :)</p>
<p>Do you trust your friends and family enough? Or are you one of the worry-warts that think too much? ;) </p>
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		<title>Work efficiency isn&#8217;t that important, Working Style is</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you agree that we not only strive to work efficiently, we want to work stylishly as well? And sometimes, even efficiency is compromised, we just plain wanna look stylish!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fwork-efficiency-isnt-that-important-working-style-is%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fwork-efficiency-isnt-that-important-working-style-is%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Well after pondering for a few days I&#8217;ve been thinking what else interesting can I write about after my Thailand trip. It was all shopping, food, night life, and everything is just as any other trip.</p>
<p>And I&#8217;m sure too much of food porn and shopping showoffs will make you think that I&#8217;m an asshole. </p>
<p>So instead of talking about those materialistic achievements and how my waist have grown three inches after my Bangkok trip, I looked back at my <a href="http://twitter.com/conancat">tweets </a>during my time in Bangkok and I&#8217;ve found this: </p>
<blockquote style="font-size: 1.4em"><p>I saw a secondary schoolboy doing maths homework with his iPhone, his girlfriend next to him at the foodcourt of Siam Paragon.</p></blockquote>
<p>A companion of mine commented when he saw this during the trip, &#8220;<strong>It&#8217;s not just about the efficiency of the work, it&#8217;s also about the style of how you work!</strong>&#8221; </p>
<p>So really, how true is that? </p>
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<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/iphone_braun.jpg" title="iPhone Braun Calculator" rel="lightbox[1092]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/iphone_braun.jpg" alt="iPhone Braun Calculator" title="iPhone Braun Calculator" width="500" height="400" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1093" /></a></p>
<p>Yep, he&#8217;s a secondary school boy, 15, or 16 at most, flipping and tinkering around his iPhone while writing his maths answers onto the textbook. While his girlfriend is using her brains most of the time, she takes a peep whenever she gets a chance. </p>
<p>All in a high class shopping mall&#8217;s food court, Siam Paragon, which you can compare to our Kuala Lumpur&#8217;s Pavilion shopping mall. </p>
<p>That really leaves me pondering.</p>
<p>So you have a normal calculator and you have the iPhone at hand. If given the choice, most of us will choose the iPhone because it&#8217;s more efficient.</p>
<p>Or is it? </p>
<p>You can click on the buttons just as good as you click on a normal calculator. But clicking on an iPhone makes you feel better, doesn&#8217;t it? The eye candy, the swoosh and swirls and the scrolls and fades, and ooh not to mention the stares of jealousy and envy when people walk around you. That can make you feel real good. </p>
<p>So you can make phone calls and send sms with just any cheap handphone. Why choose an iPhone or Satio? </p>
<p>So you can cook just any dish just as good with a cheap Ikea non-stick pan. Why get a Buffalo Pan?</p>
<p>So you can always get the help of your brother or sister or your wife or husband to help you relieve the pain at your back with some good massage. Why get an Osim massage chair? </p>
<p>So you can just get a simple laptop at a cheap price at the store. Why get a Lenovo or HP or Dell?</p>
<p>Because really, no matter how much you want to deny it, style does play a role in your purchase decisions, because working with style and doing things with style makes you feel good. </p>
<p>So much for our <a href="http://caramelz.my/2010/01/youre-not-as-rational-when-making-decisions-as-you-think/">rational decision making</a>, hmm?</p>
<p>But then, this is what drives the consumerist society around. The need of luxury for self-realization and a reaffirmation of self values. </p>
<p>Do you agree that we not only strive to work efficiently, we want to work stylishly as well? And sometimes, even efficiency is compromised, we just plain wanna look stylish!</p>
<p>Hmm, excuse me while I go drool at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00BJtvFkQPU">Google&#8217;s new phone Nexus One</a>. Damn it&#8217;s so cool, I wanna get one! </p>
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		<title>Thailand Night Life and Thai Girl Shows &#8212; Enjoy The Red Light!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Grey Ang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thailand night life is indeed one of the most interesting in the region, with public display of sex and sensuality not seen in other countries. Not to mention the world-famous Thai Girl shows too!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="tweetmeme_button" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fthailand-night-life-and-thai-girl-shows-enjoy-the-red-light%2F"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcaramelz.my%2F2010%2F01%2Fthailand-night-life-and-thai-girl-shows-enjoy-the-red-light%2F" height="61" width="51" /></a></div><p>Call me a frog under the well, but during my holiday at Bangkok and Pattaya, Thailand it is my first time seeing such public display of sex and sensuality at night life clubbing scenes it is exhilarating.</p>
<p>Yep, these are the kind of things you won&#8217;t find in a country where the Allah word debate can make people burn churches. </p>
<p>This is wild, hot, sexy, flashy, and for some, really yummy. :3 </p>
<p>Oh the neon lights are blinding me! And the breasts too!</p>
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<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Nightlife-7.jpg" title="Thailand Bangkok Night Life" rel="lightbox[1072]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Nightlife-7-600x450.jpg" alt="Thailand Bangkok Night Life" title="Thailand Bangkok Night Life" width="600" height="450" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1079" /></a></p>
<p>Yep, the night life at Bangkok or Pattaya, Thailand is really much more open than what we have here in Malaysia. The girls are literally waving and dancing with their most revealing clothing at the doors waiting for you to go in and watch them dance on poles. Some doors are purposely kept open so that you can have a look of the &#8220;samples&#8221; of what&#8217;s inside before going in &#8212; a bunch of girls in skimpy bikinis shaking their ass away around the poles and looking sexy. Some with oil too. </p>
<p>And yes, all these things are definitely interesting to watch, especially when you come out from a country that will never allow such large flashy neon lights to tell everyone this is a DOLLHOUSE for you to play at. </p>
<p>Apparently Thailand has very loose policies on night clubs and sex. Well transvestites are recognized as a third sex here unlike many other places that only recognizes two, so I guess you can pretty much be sure that this is a really open country. </p>
<p>A friend of mine commented, Thailand&#8217;s tourism feed on 4 things: historical sites, shopping, night life and shows. </p>
<p>I wonder which one is Malaysia competent at? ;)</p>
<p>Oh, and speaking about shows, I mentioned about the <a href="http://caramelz.my/2010/01/thai-lady-boys-doing-wonder-girls-nobody-dance-cover/">ladyboys cabaret show </a>on the previous post. And of course if I&#8217;m at such a place with bustling nightlife, I&#8217;ll be damned if I don&#8217;t watch the infamous Thai Girl show. </p>
<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Nightlife-3.jpg" title="Thailand Pattaya Night Life" rel="lightbox[1072]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Nightlife-3-600x450.jpg" alt="Thailand Pattaya Night Life" title="Thailand Pattaya Night Life" width="600" height="450" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1075" /></a></p>
<p>If you followed my Twitter I guess you should have noticed that I have been tweeting throughout my holiday at Thailand. And this is what I have twitted regarding the Thai Girl show: </p>
<blockquote style="font-size: 1.6em"><p>I witnessed how a girl can shoot projectiles with her vagina to burst a balloon 25ft away at the Thai girl show yesterday.</p></blockquote>
<p>No kidding. If you&#8217;re sleeping with a Thai girl you better make sure you&#8217;ve paid good enough, because you will never know what she has under her sleeves. Oh I mean under her vagina. </p>
<p>One of the performances involve the girls pulling out shaving blades and needles out of their vaginas. The blades and needles are tied to a really long string, something around 20 feet or so, and they just kept pulling them out, pulling, pulling and pulling. Our jaws dropped. </p>
<p>And after they pulled out the blades they cut a wooden stick with the blade to show that it is real and genuinely sharp blades. 20 feet worth of shaving blades inside her vagina. Like, what the hell! </p>
<p><a href="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Nightlife-4.jpg" title="Thailand Pattaya Night Life" rel="lightbox[1072]"><img src="http://caramelz.my/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Nightlife-4-450x600.jpg" alt="Thailand Pattaya Night Life" title="Thailand Pattaya Night Life" width="450" height="600" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1076" /></a></p>
<p>The Thai Girl show really surprised us in ways we never thought possible. But sad to say, we watched it at a not very popular club at Pattaya, and the girls looked like they are underaged. Maybe paedophiles will enjoy that. But really, if you come to think of it, if the girls are really underaged and they are doing these shows for a living, what are we patrons doing in contributing to their living, watching them smoking with their vaginas or writing with a pen with the vagina &#8220;Welcome to Thailand!&#8221;?</p>
<p><strong>Edit</strong>: William reminded me, yeah they did open bottles with their vagina too. Like the glass or beer bottles with a metal cap. Yeah, those bottles. </p>
<p>Creating more demand for Thai Girl shows. I don&#8217;t know, maybe they really enjoyed the job. But if they are not, we&#8217;ve just paid to make another girl&#8217;s life miserable. </p>

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<p>If you don&#8217;t intend on paying to watch the Thai Girls doing miracles with their vaginas, you can always still just walk around the street and bask in the eye candies instead. Like what we did at Bangkok. My male companions are literally drooling at the girls. Don&#8217;t worry, they just drooled and didn&#8217;t do anything else. Maybe they went back to the hotel to <a href="http://caramelz.my/2009/12/all-about-emoticons-concise-history-and-list-of-emoticons/">OGC </a>but that&#8217;s not a story for this post. ;) </p>
<p>So what&#8217;s the most interesting nightlife scene have you seen in your life? :D</p>
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