Cheesy Town

Day two in Netherlands, I woke up since 5 am. as the sun was already up and I was up with the sun! Getting myself ready for the short trip to Alkmaar for the big day! It's my friend, Yvonne's wedding day!!! and you all know I was a maid of honour for this..
Leaving hostel around 7.30 pm (I guess I took too much time preparing!), walked to Centraal train station and caught the Intercity train to Alkmaar for 6,30 euros (one way) and the train departed for Alkmaar at 8.19 am., the ceremony will not happen until 4 pm. Why do I have to go there so early? No.. not because I was maid of honour..no.. It's something else! It's the CHEESE!!!


Every Friday during summer time in Alkmaar, there will be the famous cheese market! It's all happening in one square (I don't remember the name) and the fun part starts at 10.00 am. every Friday. Many tourists come to see this market... hmm.. for myself, it's not really fun!!! But it's interesting. You can buy the cheese from them too... but as I will have another 2 weeks to go, carrying some cheese around would not be a good idea!


I met a Thai woman who lives here with her husband, she is a friend of Yvonne and she was so kind to wake up so early to come to Alkmaar to be my guide! (she lives 30 minutes away by train), P Pannee waited for me at Alkmaar station and showed me around the town, it was her first time to see Cheese market too... so we both enjoyed it that morning. We had famous Dutch fries for brunch.. as we were so hungry, we ordered medium size and ended up throwing half of it away! It was really good... hot fries in cool weather as it was a little cold that day in Alkmaar, no sunshine, a little cloudy and windy! brrrr... for me!


P Pannee walked me to Yvonne's house where I was supposed to help her in anything she needed. I was helping a little bit... and then when it's time, we all moved to the old City Hall where the wedding ceremony took place. I wasn't doing my maid of honour duty very well as I was doing a photographer's job at the same time but I am glad, Yvonne and Mario loved all my photos from the wedding! Yay!


After wedding, it's time for dinner!!! It was sooooo good!! I think it's the best meal I had in Europe during this trip! It's French... 4 courses... ahh... people at my table are really cool! International! One from Singapore, one from Brazil, one from Indonesia, me from Thailand and another 2 Dutch guys! Good food and non-stop conversation... I really had good time. Thank you so much Yvonne!

With food and wine...and more wine... more chatting... It's time to go back. I was lucky, I didn't have to take the train back to Amsterdam. There was a couple drove me back to my hostel as they live in Amsterdam too and not too far from my hostel!!! That night I came back to my hostel at 1 am. What a long happy day!!! (and I only spent 6,30 euro for the whole day!!!)

Chinese in Amsterdam...

I know it's been more than 2 months when I was in Amsterdam but I haven't had a chance to tell you about my trip... well, you saw some photos but not heard stories from me right?
Now it's time for me to sit back and start telling you what I really did there and what I experienced when I did backpacking alone around Amsterdam and Italy.. for 2 weeks!
Today I will start with Amsterdam...

*Schiphol Airport*

6th July 2006... my direct flight from Bangkok arrived on time at Schiphol Airport...with a little problem during my flight, I had a little fight with a crazy Chinese tour-guide woman about the seats as I was supposed to have all 4 seats for myself before she came in and told me to move away my feet as I was laying down sleeping!!! It's not her seat!!! She let her client had 4 seats while she came and took 2 out of 4 from me!!! Bitch!!! She was trying to sit on my feet as I didn't move my feet for her!!!
Anyways...after that flight, the immigration process was quick and no problem for me at all... I took the train to Amsterdam Centraal Station (4.10 euro, it's 3,60 but as I didn't have coin for Ticket vending machine, I gotta buy from staff booth and they charge 0,50 euro for service! *Damn!* ... and then I took the Tram to my hostel. (I got the 15 strips for 6,70 euro and I didn't know how to validate it first time I used it, so I didn't spend any strip on my first trip to Hostel! Sorry! The staff at Hostel told me later how to do it.)

*Entrance to my hostel*

I arrived my hostel too early, as I was supposed to check in after 2 pm. and I was there around 10.00 am., so I gotta deposit my big bag in a locker that cost me 1 euros for 4 hours. Off...I'm free from huge and heavy bag, me and my small bag ready to explore Amsterdam.

When I was there, the weather was so nice..around 20C, I walked, walked and walked...first I planned to walk around hostel area, not to go too far as I was afraid I can't find the way back before 2 pm! but I ended up walking all around Amsterdam town..well... I lost! but in that case I found many interesting things and places. I walked through tourists spots and non-tourist spots... and I also found the way back to my hostel around 1 pm! Good job! From now on, you can ask me about the street in Amsterdam... I know many of them! yes many! I've been there...done (walked) that! Yah!
I had a cold sandwich for lunch... it was ok.. but I had no choice, I was hungry and there was a sandwich shop in front of me. I walked back to my hostel and sat down writing postcards to friends and myself. After checking in and putting all my stuffs in my dorm room, I shared the room with other 15 girls, but I think the room was not full... I saw some blank beds.

*Upper view from my bench*

Again... Exploring Amsterdam on second round... this time I bought a map for 2,50 euros. I hope I will not get lost again! and I didn't!! Whoopi!! Walk, walk, walk... and walk... Oh... I did take the Tram to Vondel Park as I was too tired...my feet and my legs were tired. Spending some times in the park reading my Lonely Planet book about Amsterdam, planning for next days then I took the Tram back to Centraal Station..
It's time for dinner! I didn't prepare to have western food and I didn't want to have Thai food in Amsterdam! Thank God! I found a Chinese restaurant!!! Walked inside, smelled familiar food... Making quick decision! This is it! My first dinner in Amsterdam, I will have Chinese!


Really good taste... yummy grilled pork + steamed rice and iced tea... for 11,50 euros at Nam Kee restaurant... Really stuffed and happy! (They gave me too much change, so I went back to the restaurant and returned the extra euro to them)
With full energy again, I was ready to explore Red Light District! I walked pass it during daytime (when I got lost trying to find the way back to my hostel), there was nothing to see and I didn't realize it's Red Light Distract! But with my map, I found out that my hostel is not too far from this famous area and I could walk pass it and reach my hostel easily!
I was fun! I don't know I should feel fun seeing women wearing sexy outfit in the small glass room, waiting for customers. But many of them were friendly... they even smiled to me, even they know I'm not their customer (obviously)!
I didn't spend much time there... as I was so tired from walking around Amsterdam and the next day I had to get up early to catch the train to Alkmaar for my friend's wedding. I decided to go back to sleep.... but the problem is.... I couldn't sleep!!! There was light in Amsterdam until 11 pm!!! I am not used to that!! I can't sleep when it's not dark... Poor Jane... falling asleep around 11.30 pm. and had to wake up at 5 am as the sun was up again!! Argh!! At least I was not late for the train, actually... I was too early!!

Global Warming

Jeremy and I went to see a movie, An Inconvenient Truth last Thursday...it's about global warming.. we're facing weather crisis...all over the world. It's a little scary for me, seeing some pictures from this documentary, starring Al Gore as himself...
I myself noticed that the weather has been changed in the past few years, here in Thailand.. it's hotter than usual and sometimes it's raining too much... I think this documentary tells the truth but I think they made it a little more..to scare people, so we can act and help to solve this global problem.
People.. we made this happen, do you think it's time for us to do something for our planet?
Yes! Wear less clothes.. the world is getting hot!!!

Birthday Calculator

25 April 1978

Your date of conception was on or about 2 August 1977 which was a Tuesday.

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Taurus.
Your Life path number is 9.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 1 & 5.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 7 & 11.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 4, 8 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443623.5.
The golden number for 1978 is 3.
The epact number for 1978 is 21.
The year 1978 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/7/1978 and ending 1/27/1979.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Horse.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Beaver; your plant is Wild Clover.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Epipy, the third month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 18 Nisan 5738.

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 26 March 1978.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 30 April 1978.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 8 February 1978.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 14 May 1978.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 21 May 1978.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Monday, 2 October 1978.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Saturday, 22 April 1978.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 7 February 1978.

As of 9/7/2006 4:00:42 AM EDT
You are 28 years old.
You are 341 months old.
You are 1,480 weeks old.
You are 10,362 days old.
You are 248,692 hours old.
You are 14,921,520 minutes old.
You are 895,291,242 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:
Jacob Underwood (1980) Jason Lee (1970) Renee Zellweger (1969)
Hank Azaria (1964) Talia Shire (1946) Stu Cook (1945)
Bj”rn Ulvaeus (1945) Al Pacino (1940) Meadowlark Lemon (1932)
Paul Mazursky (1930) Ella Fitzgerald (1918) Edward R. Murrow (1908)

Top songs of 1978
Night Fever by Bee Gees
Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb
Le Freak by Chic
Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees
Kiss You All Over by Exile
Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey
Baby Come Back by Player
MacArthur Park by Donna Summer
Thicker Than Water by Andy Gibb
Three Times a Lady by Commodores

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.05557729941292 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

There are 230 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 29 candles.

Those 29 candles produce 29 BTUs,
or 7,308 calories of heat (that's only 7.3080 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.31 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1978 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1978 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1978 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1978 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1978 the population of Australia was approximately 14,430,830.
In 1978 there were approximately 224,181 births in Australia.
In 1978 in Australia there were approximately 102,958 marriages and 40,608 divorces.
In 1978 in Australia there were approximately 108,425 deaths.


Your birthstone is Diamond

The Mystical properties of Diamond

Diamonds are said to increase personal clarity to help one see things clearly as well as be straight-forward and honest. Supposedly, the higher quality the diamond, the better it is supports these qualities.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Opal, Quartz, White Sapphire


Your birth tree is

Walnut Tree, the Passion

Unrelenting, strange and full of contrasts, often egoistic, aggressive, noble, broad horizon, unexpected reactions, spontaneous, unlimited ambition, no flexibility, difficult and uncommon partner, not always liked but often admired, ingenious strategist, very jealous and passionate, no compromises.

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waning gibbous.
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You can calculate your birthday too! just go to this cool website!

Enjoy!!!

Orgasm

New game!

Copy all these name & movies to your own blog and take the name of a movie and replace one of the words with Orgasm for yourself. Put it at the bottom line. Don't forget to put your name on it.
Here we go!

Jaime: Beyond Orgasm
Derek - The Neverending Orgasm
Jimbo - A Orgasm to Remember
Eric- Willy Wonka and the chocolate orgasm
kaylie- Feild of Orgasm
Chady - White Men Can't Orgasm! (hehehe we play this game alot at b-dubs) ... i also like The Orgasm of Emily Rose ^^
Nikki O~~orgasms of the caribbean!
Brandon--How to Lose a Guy in Ten Orgasms
Sara - The sweetest Orgasm
Beth- My big fat greek orgasm
Chrissy-Big Momma's Oragasm
Ryan- Scary Orgasm 4
Meghan~ House of 1,000 Orgasms
Katie~ Confessions of an Orgasm Queen
MaLs~ Legally [Orgasm]ic! <~~That work? Cause I so Am!!
Maria ~ The Perfect Orgasm
Kirsten~ Lord of the orgasm
Liz--Orgasm Monster
Eric - You've Got Orgasm
Ross - The Lion, The Witch, and The Orgasm
Chris H.- I give..... Titanic orgasm's ;)
Lisa- 101 orgasms
Riley- Puff the magic Orgasm !
Molly - Orgasms on a plane
Chad- Orgasm Woman (Catwoman)
Aaron - Orgasm Down Below (Fire)
Tarren- Orgasm Rabbit (crusader)
Zack- Orgasm Hill (Silent)
Cesley- The Orgasm Club
Jeri Anne-Coach Orgasm(Carter)
Erin- The 40 year old orgasm!
Cherrish-Jay and Silent Orgasm Strike Back
Ross - O Orgasm, Where Art Thou?
Jason - Dr. StrangeOrgasm
Joe - Indiana Jones and the Orgasm of Doom (Temple)
Matt - V for Orgasm
Kelsey - Nine Orgasms
Scooter - I Sill Know What You Did Last OrgaSM
Brad - Orgasm Fest!
Ciara- Dave Barrys Complete Guide To Orgasms
Geno- Orgasm Powers
Jane- 50 First Orgasms

Beezee Hug Hug Club

Ahh... here comes another month of Hug Hug Club! Last month was a real busy month for me... I didn't post much... (I promised that I will post more than July but seemed like I couldn't make it!!) I should post more this month...
Well...here is the result! Let's see... who is not too busy to visit my blog!!

Golden Bee: Adrianzz (38 buzz)
Silver Bee: Jeremyzz (36 buzz)
Bronze Bee: mayzz (29 buzz)

*Last month, these bees also got highest scores, nobody can beat these 3 chuppers huh? Hey!! I dare you!! Come here and beat them... I know you can chup faster!!! Come!!! Now!!!*

Here are slower bees:
Selba (19 buzz)
Simple American (12 buzz)
mistipurple (10 buzz)
neko (9 buzz)
py (6 buzz)
L B (4 buzz)
Mike (3 buzz)
J (1 buzz)
JY (1 buzz)
Lennard (1 buzz)

Jane

Thank you ilias for this picture... Kisses ;-)
*it's good to know a good illustrator...hehehe*

Knock out

I have no time to blog
Jane knocked out...

Wish I could sleep...
No work this weekend

I will be back
When I get enough rest...

My dear friends...
I miss you so much

I promise...
I will come back... soon

Busy Bee...

*many busy bees in our equipment room*

*Saitosan (my new boss) and Shimaosan (soon will be my ex-boss)*

*Saitosan and Jane*

On Thursday last week, I got a phonecall from my boss at 5 am. telling about a big case that happened about 10 years ago in Colorado, USA... not fully understood about it but knowing that I have to be in office ASAP!

Few minutes before 6 am., I arrived office... and started to get more information of what is going on. The suspect of JonBenet case was arrested in Bangkok last night. This is what we have to cover!!! and since that...I'd been busy..very busy...yes...very very busy!!

And the story as you have heard, watched on TV or newspaper or whatever media... I'm not going to say anymore details.

Oh! this case is a little special as it's my new boss's debut!! My new boss, Saito san, just arrived on Wednesday afternoon and John Mark Karr was arrest that night!!! Perfect timing to start working with a big and chaotic coverage... hehehe

Saito san....welcome to Thailand!!!

Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and other temples

(our driver, Mr. Chamnan)

(Angkor Wat in overcast sky)

(Tomb Raider Temple)

(Siam smile VS. Bayon smile)

As I told you in the previous post that I don't have any good pictures from this trip...because of overcast weather. I do have more photos but I don't think they're good enough to show you...
So I think you may have to go see it by yourself... It's worth a visit!

A long ride home...

As I had long weekend from last Saturday to Monday, 3 days! Let's go somewhere! Cambodia, Angkor Wat sounds good! Let's Go!

Waking up at 4.30 am to catch the 7.00 am flight by Air Asia to Phnom Penh, the flight was 1 hour and 10 minutes. Having visa on arrival for 20 US$ and one ID photo, you can enter Cambodia within 20 mins!

Once we got off the airport and ran away from eager taxi drivers, we got one taxi for 5 US$ to go in town to Capitol Tour where we can ride the bus from Phnom to Siem reap. It costs 4 US$ for A/C bus and takes about 6 hours. We left Phnom Penh at 10.30 with other Cambodian passengers. The bus was full, the road was ok, paved but dusty.

With a few stops all the way, we arrived Siem reap safe and sound at 16.00. At the bus station, it's a small chaos going on. Many taxi and moto drivers are trying to get their customers, I had to push them away from the bus's door to get out. I was lucky, I called hotel to send someone to pick me up and I saw the sign written my name Jane in red waved hopelessly among the crazy crowd. The hotel hired a cyclo (A motorbike with seat attached in the back) for us and our driver is Mr. Chamnan, sounds like Thai name but he can't speak Thai. He can speak English so we don't have problem to communicate with him as we also hired him for tomorrow temples tour.

Not far from bus station, we arrived at Sydney Angkor hotel, located on the east side of the river. Our room has 1 double bed, private bathroom (they do have a bath tub), fridge, A/C and towels and 2 bottles of drinking water, all for 15 US$ per night and that's a really good deal! With the A/C on and the long journey on the bus, it's time for a quick nap before dinner. On the way to old market or Psar Chaa where there are restaurants and pubs for tourists to hang out, there are many kids trying to sell souvenirs or books to every tourist who walks by. One tip! Ignore them! Say No, sometimes doesn't help! and don't even try to be nice telling them you don't want it as once you talk to them, many more will approch to you and follow you all the way. We did make mistake as we were too nice people, we told them friendly that we don't need to buy anything, Thank you. Big mistake!!! We couldn't get rid of them all night!!! And they also said bad words (in Khmer) to us and cursed us after following us for awhile and got nothing from their aggressive attempt.

"Hello You"
"Where you from?"
"Please buy this book"
"We need money to go to school"
"Give me one dollar"
"You not buy today, tomorrow you buy, ok?"
"blah blah blah"

Tell yourself, ignore them, no one is talking to you, you hear nothing and no kid around you! Oh! and be careful with your wallet, check your pocket all the time as if they can't sell, they try to pickpocket!!!
".................." say nothing and walk away
You're safe! and your wallet too!

We're craving for real Cambodian food, so we had our dinner at a restaurant near the river, I had orange and coconut rice cooked in Khmer style with shrimp and chicken. It tasted ok with the smell of orange and coconut in the rice, strange but ok. Jeremy had Khmer curry with vegetables and steamed rice, he enjoyed his food, so I think it's good too! We also share vegetarian springrolls and 2 bottles of Angkor beer and this meal costed us 10 US$.

After dinner, we walked around the market looking for nothing but Jeremy got his Angkor T shirt for 2 US$, I got one scoop of lemon icecream. Everyone was happy and we decided to go back to the hotel and rest as we will start our day very early to catch the sunrise at Angkor Wat, better sleep early!

At 4.30 am, the alarm on mobile phone was ringing... What is that annoying sound?? Oh! alarm! Oh! Gotta get up! At 4.50 am. walking down to hotel lobby, the security guy was sleeping and they locked the door!! How can we get out of this hotel???? Ahhh... security guy woke up, opened the door and called the driver for us. After hopping on our cyclo that we hired for all day 12 US$ (I think I can get cheaper cyclo but we liked our driver so it's ok) and we were heading to Angkor Wat! Hoorayyy! The admission fee is 20 US$ for one day pass, covering most of the temples except the other 2 far far away temples that I don't remember the name when the staff told me.

That day we're not lucky, it was raining... not too hard but showering with overcast sky all morning. That's why I don't have any nice photos from this trip...blame it on the weather!! We spent about 9 hours walking, climbing up and down the temples, it's so tired but great to see one of the world's seven wonders. It's really wonderful... it's really worth visiting and I totally agree that Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom is one of 100 things you must see before you die.

Exhausted and hungry, I couldn't decide what to do between taking a nap or having lunch. I felt like taking a shower and taking a nap before going out for lunch but when I walked into the cool room with A/C on... I changed my mind and jumped on the bed... food can come later! Woke up again around 17.00, took a shower and got ready for dinner (forgot about lunch, it's too late for that!). We picked the restaurant that we walked pass yesterday and saw that they have interesting Khmer dishes. I ordered spicy stir fried beef with peanut with steam rice, Jeremy had sour soup with fish and vegetables with steam rice and we ordered Khmer style green papaya salad, the taste is a little bit strange, different from Thai style and I like the Thai style more but the one we had was good too. We paid 11 US$ for this meal and 2 coconut shakes, not bad isn't it?

It's time for shopping!! I bought a nice bag for my mom and another one for my sister as they both have birthday in this month, so this is like their birthday present. I bought an Angkor Wat t-shirt for myself, it's green...really green and I planned to wear it the next day as I didn't have any clean shirt left (it was too hot and I sweated a lot and used all my clean shirts). I spent 26 US$ for all souvenirs and that's the most expensive things I bought in Cambodia!!

On the last day, we know it'd be our long long day. We bought a bus ticket back to Bangkok and it costs 12 US$ each. The bus leaves from Siem reap to Bangkok at 7.30 am everyday, we got on the bus around 7.15 am and after they picked up all passengers from other guesthouses and hotels, it's time to leave! We've got a warning about the bumpy road to border and old and bad quality bus. Yes! the warning is true! No A/C and very very old bus (I saw one bus had to be fixed on the way with passangers on the bus waiting!!!) with too many passangers on the bus and the bumpy and dusty road. They told us that the whole journey will be about 10 hours... this is NOT true!

We left Siem reap around 8.30 am and reached the border at 14.00 pm, 5 hours and 30 minutes on a hard seat, bumping almost all the time (the only time that it's not bumping was when the bus stopped for lunch or toilet), but I can say that the road is not that bad. I expected it would be worse, so I was quite surprised that it's not much bumpy as I thought!

Then we're at the border in Poipet, and it's my area! I've been there many times for the visa extension, so we didn't spend too much time on the visa procedure. You know what? The feeling when I walked back to Thailand this time... I felt so good and so glad to be home!! Cambodia is not that bad but I don't know why I really felt good to be back to Thailand... I'm home! finally!

Oh..well.... I'm not actually home yet as it took me another 4 and a half hours on the better bus to Bangkok. This bus is totally different from the bus we took in Cambodia. It's big and it has A/C... but the only problem is... the A/C they have is too cold!!! Really really cold!!! and with the hard raining outside made the bus colder!!! brrrr... I saw many passengers brought their jacket out and put them on. They're well prepared for this but we weren't!! We had to sit in this freezing bus for a couple hours before we found the way to stop the A/C (The driver won't turn it off even many passengers asking him to). The two Japanese guys sitting behind us showed us how to use the bus curtain to clog the A/C holes.... Whoo Hoo... we're safe!! Not freezing anymore!!

About 21.00 the bus arrived Khaosarn road... we're so hungry and we just took the first taxi that passed by!! Going Home!!

I love traveling... why? One of the reasons is the feeling when you get back home after the journey and you feel how much you missed your home.

It's always good to be home...

Weekend Away...

2 weeks ago I went to Kanchanaburi with Jeremy... you can read about the trip from his blog... hahahaha I'm lazy!!!
I have some photos of me having good time there...
We did hang out with tigers, elephants... It's cool!!
Tomorrow we're going to Ankor Wat, Cambodia... more photos to come! Yeah!

Happy Birthday Sister!!!

Today is my sister's birthday!!! She is 36 years old today!!!! This is her year, the year of Dog!!! She is 8 years different from me... I used to be really close to her when I was in high school as I stayed with her in the apartment for nurses inside the hospital that she worked for, where I had to walk pass the morgue every morning and every evening as it's the shortest way to the main gate. Sometimes I came back late because of activities at school and there was nobody working down there (it's in the basement), I could hear every step of mine clearly with echos when I walked all alone down the hallway in front of the morgue. Creepy!!

It's a really good experience though...

Anyway... It's my sister's birthday. I wish her a really good life ahead... and be happy with everything as she wishes for... and I love you! Jae jae..

August is a good month... many days to remember. As today... it's the day my father died too... I wish him rest in peace... 24 years already. I just want papa to know that you are still in my heart and I know you're watching me from above and protect me all the time.

Papa... I love you.. we all love you... always.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do...

I had spent 3 nights on Rome... I can say it's enough but if I have a chance to go back there, there will be many more I can still see and do.
My Italy trip was ended in Rome... Someone told me he hates Rome and even told me not to go there. Thank God! I didn't believe him! I had such a great time in Rome. I met new friends, I saw many magnificent things and I had really good memories in Rome.
It's not my favourite city in Italy but I'm glad I made a visit there.
*I will tell you tomorrow about my walking route that amazed 2 guys from Holland!! They couldn't believe how I can walk that far in one day!!!

Back to the gym...

After more than 2 months of absence at the gym... I went back and tortured my body once again. It's been a good torture though, it made me feel so good... and again I repeat, I'm not a masochist.

Today.... I can feel sore and ache and I feel good! (repeat: I'm not a masochist) but I'm not going to the gym today, I will just let my muscles take rest one day and I will torture them again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

What you have learned from my post today? Oh yes! I love torturing myself...but I'm NOT a masochist!!!

Florence, Italy

I have to finish all my Italy photos!!! I have so many photos from my last trip to Kanchanaburi waiting and this weekend, I'm going to Ankor Wat, Cambodia.. it means there will be more pictures to come and yes the stories that I should tell you too!!! I better wrap up my Italy trip within this week...
Don't get bored of my photos ok??

Cattolica, Italy Part II (Final)

BIG mussels for my first dinner in Cattolica!!! The first real good dinner in Italy for me!!! (This is just first dish, I had fried seafood for main dish!)

Cattolica's traditional bread... it's good! I loved it!!!

Jane on the beach!!!

One of the ways to relax at cattolica beach is to sit or sun bath on these beach chairs.

Sun almost set in cattolica...I liked the colour of the sun light!