MALAYSIAN CRAFT REVIEW

I'm back From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (269 days old)

I wasn't able to log on my blog for a year.The site has been blocked in China.Today I accidentally find that I have access to it.  Exciting!Miss you, my friends~~… more

Ko Pang An - Halfmoon, Blackmoon, Shivamoon From sqirg in Nick In Asia (785 days old)

On Wednesday we spent the day relaxing on the beach, and ate at a restaurant around the corner that shows 'Family Guy' all day, everyday. There is a few restaurants like this, some show 'Friends' and… more

Cambodia - Phnom Peng and Siem Reap, then onto Ko Pang An! From sqirg in Nick In Asia (787 days old)

On Wednesday, we got the 9am bus to Phnom Peng, which arrived at 4pm. As soon as we got off the bus at the bus station, we were hoarded by tuk-tuk drivers trying to get us into their tuk-tuk. This… more

To Go From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (791 days old)

Tomorrow I will be on the train to Shanghai,starting a brand-new life.I haven't got well-prepared,not only materially,but mentally.I don't know what is waiting for me and what my decision will lead to… more

Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) From sqirg in Nick In Asia (802 days old)

When we arrived in Da Nang, we went to the train station, to find that we had some spare time before our train left for Ho Chi Minh. We went to look round Da Nang, to find a bookshop, but only found … more

Hoi An, and the tailors of destiny! From sqirg in Nick In Asia (803 days old)

On the sleeper bus, I found it hard to sleep much, as it was so confined. I watched the sunrise come up to the left of me, over the horizon, and admired the foggy mountains to the right of me. We … more

A song---She From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (804 days old)

she hangs out every day near by the beach havin’ a heineken fallin’ asleep she looks so sexy when she’s walking the sand nobody ever put a ring on her hand swim to the oceanshore fish in the s… more

Vietnam - Hanoi From sqirg in Nick In Asia (808 days old)

We got the first bus from Vang Vien at 1:30pm, arriving in the capital of Laos (Vientienne), to get the 7pm bus to Hanoi. The journey was the hardest so far, taking nearly 30 hrs. Part of this was… more

Laos - Tubing in Vang Vien! From sqirg in Nick In Asia (808 days old)

We left Chiang Mai on the Wednesday at 12pm, getting the minibus to the Laos border on the river, arriving at 6pm. All this long travelling lately has made my 55min drive from Chertsey to Southampt… more

Familiar Stranger From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (809 days old)

We may look at the world around us,but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever it is we've become accustomed to suddenly disappears.Take,for instance,the girl I used to see--or look at--on my w… more

Chiang Mai - Trekking, Elephants, Bungees and Bamboo Rafting From sqirg in Nick In Asia (813 days old)

On Wednesday, we arrived at 6:30am at 'Nice Place Guesthouse', where we were told we would be given a free cup of tea or coffee (whatever our choice). We were instantly sat down (with the rest of the… more

Be Optimistic From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (818 days old)

Life will be very dull if it is alternated between work and sleep."Get up at six,work till eleven in the morning,have lunch,go on working till five in the afternoon,have supper,watch TV,then go to sle… more

Annoyance From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (819 days old)

Wow!Today I underwent great hardship in solving a tissue of intricate math problems.I'm completely beaten by those profound theories.I don't think I'm in weak apprehension of maths,but...:**: I have … more

The Vegetable Mart From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (820 days old)

There is a open-air vegetable mart not far from the building I live in.It supplies vegetables of all kinds.The vegetables are stored in warehouses.Most of the sellers are farmers.They come to the mart… more

Trivialism From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (821 days old)

Playing computer games is my favorite pastime.As a consequence,my eyes become nearsighted.So I used to wear a pair of spectacles on my nose.I'm inclined to believe that it is rather difficult to retai… more

Wrong Chinese Characters From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (821 days old)

This is a picture taken in Beijing,the capital of China.I was extremely surprised when I first time saw the wrong characters painted on the wall in XiCheng District,Beijing.Look carefully and you will… more

Alarm! From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (823 days old)

We are subject to extreme weather today.It is rather hot and the radiant sun is terrible.It is incredible to think of the multitude of people working outside.They are exposed to sunlight.Such high tem… more

Ambition From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (824 days old)

Ambition leads to success.The biggest catastrophe for someone is losing his ambition.Ambition is not the monopoly of the great,it can be holded by everyone.A politician may have the ambition to make t… more

Playing Pingpong From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (825 days old)

This afternoon WangXin and Gu GuoLiang came to see me.I was very surprised that WangXin bought me a pingpong racket.It was really a great present,which I liked very much.We chatted for a while and the… more

Bangkok, Kanchanaburi and the Death Railway! From sqirg in Nick In Asia (825 days old)

On Friday I woke up at 11am in Bangkok, in the Marco Polo hostel, on Khao San road. For the first time since KL, our room had a hot shower, which has never felt so good. Bangkok is well known for ha… more

MBTI test From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (828 days old)

Today I did the MBTI test.(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator).It is the best known and most trusted personality test available today.The test is on: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp My resu… more

Ko Pang An, and the Full Moon Party! From sqirg in Nick In Asia (829 days old)

On Sunday, I got up at 9:30am and had some cornflakes, straight out of the box for breakfast. We got the 1pm ferry to Ko Pang An, and then a taxi to Ban Khai. We went to the Blue Lotus Resort, w… more

GoBang From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (830 days old)

Gobang is also known as GoMoku, or 5-in-a-row. This is a traditional oriental game played with black and white stones on a 14x14 GO board. This game was invented in ancient times of China, developed… more

Ko Samui From sqirg in Nick In Asia (833 days old)

On Thursday, we woke up at 6:30am, to get the minibus to the port. This was one of the most uncomfortable journeys of my entire life, as it was hot (the air-con was broken) and cramped incredibly cra… more

Ko Phi Phi From sqirg in Nick In Asia (833 days old)

On Tuesday, we booked our trip to Ko Phi Phi with Peter Tan, the hostel owner. I spent the rest of the day just relaxing in Phuket, as I was feeling a bit tired and run-down from the travelling lifes… more

A day with old firends :) From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (837 days old)

Yesterday some of my classmates in high school came to see me.They are Zhang ZhiYong,Zhu Huan,Dong ZhenLei,Gu GuoLiang,Xie XueLei,Zhu LianYun,Pan Ye and Zhang YingXiu.(The above list is in no particul… more

More Phuket From sqirg in Nick In Asia (839 days old)

I slept alot on Sunday, then went to the NY Deli place just round the corner (they do these Baguettes that are even better then Subways) with Alex. Then went to Carrefour and 711 to look for some sup… more

Contentment From charlesgao in Life In a Drip (840 days old)

Contentment is sometimes the achievement of what you want,while sometimes the awareness of what you already have. These days I'm occupying myself in a task(so busy as not having time to write a post>… more

Phuket From sqirg in Nick In Asia (840 days old)

On Saturday, I went to look around the local market with Alex. You can't walk past a single stall without being hounded - "Hello sir! Sunglasses for you? Just take a look!". As we were looking round… more

SERINLIGE SUSADIKCA From naraxa in i woke up this morning . . . (841 days old)

Bugun her zamanki gibi sabah uyandim ve  buzdolabinin kapisini actim . sicaklardan kavrulan bunyemi ferahlatmak icin cappylerimi depoladıgım rafa dogru uzandim ama nafile cabalar oldugu… more