Tenth Post

Hai

Feeling hungrie again LOL x__x

I wanted to blog a few days ago, but now I've forgotten about what I wanted to blog about...... ughs

Alright, let's talk about this topic.

I have a Thai friend who uses "lah" often. As Singaporeans would know, lah has three different tones: using the Mandarin tone system in Singapore, it would be lah2, lah3 and lah4. They all have the following levels of assertion and politeness:

Not me lah2 — it's not me, I swear!
Not me lah3 — dude, it's not me.
Not me lah4 — dude, why the fuck would you even think it's me?

So, this Thai friend cannot differentiate between the three versions and uses lah4 for all his lah's, which comes across as being rude. There's no finesse at all nor discernment applied. Do I get offended? Yes. Do I have a right to? Yes. Have I told him before that it's rude when inappropriately used? Yes.

Tsk tsk.


In other news, I have tried to look for translation jobs from Thai to English in order to earn some $$$ and also to practise my translation skills, but I have encountered no luck as of yet. Sigh......

One thing I really hate is the money-mindedness that my mother has ingrained into me. Suppose I wanted to exchange S$5000, and using a $1000 note gives me an exchange rate of 24.45 while a $100 note and below would give me a rate of 24.40, if I had exchanged all $5000 in terms of $1000 notes, I would have "earned" 250 baht more than if I had used the smaller notes. 250 baht is approximately S$10...... should I really mind this amount and exchange all at one go, or wait for higher rates before changing all of them, or change $100 at a time when I run out of money when the rate is not so ideal and wait for a much higher rate before I would exchange everything?
Are you confused? So am I boggled.
Perhaps I should just think that once I get out into the working world, I could easily cover this difference with a small percentage of my pay.


Alright. Perhaps we could talk about more personal matters.
I recently got to know somebody ^_^ things were going quite well. Said person was quite good-looking and I brought said person out on said person's birthday. I had Facebook messaged the restaurant the day before and they agreed to design a Happy Birthday on the lava cake that I was ordering ^_^



Needless to say, said person was so touched :') and as is birthday person's privilege, said person didn't have to pay a single unit of currency :P

That all happened back in September... on a Saturday.

Ain't I such a sweetiepie? I wish I could experience such a thing myself......
I have, though, by my seniors from NUS during a birthday where they treated me to Kiseki :P and also many other friends who have treated me to meals during non-birthday occasions.

Unfortunately, as is the folly of youth, I was lied to and found out some really terrible news. Sigh......
What can I say? Perhaps the younger you are, the more "normal" it is to look for material exhibiting the same youthfulness. Unfortunately, I cannot tolerate it when it deals with child abuse. I knew something was up and recognised said person's "methods" to divert attention by back-asking me why I was asking so much or acting weird. Oh, please, I know all these cover-up tactics. You're not dealing with some dumbass.

That happened a few weeks ago in October. I forgave said person and wanted to hang out again, but despite my repeated requests to resolve the emotional wedge between us, said person resisted them all. Left with an emotional void, I resorted to certain channels to seek some social interaction. I got to chat with a few people, and I am sure that said person would be very sian if said person knew.

Now, it's a new month and I am hoping that it would be a new start for said person. I doubt we can become as close as before, so I won't think about this so much anymore. I hope said person could also be at peace with what things have become.

Samuel

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