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Please Proofread

2006-02-24T09:49:00.000+07:00

Facts about English. http://www.britishcouncil.org/english/engfaqs.htm

English has official or special status in at least seventy five countries with a total population of over two billion
English is spoken as a first language by around 375 million and as a second language by around 375 million speakers in the world
Speakers of English as a second language probably outnumber those who speak it as a first language
around 750 million people are believed to speak English as a foreign language
one out of four of the world's population speak English to some level of competence; demand from the other three-quarters is increasing.

Here are some pictures that prove that people should indeed study English...Enjoy!

Orlando Bloom a camera click away

2006-02-01T17:44:00.000+07:00

When we were in London it was apparently the red carpet premier of "Kingdom of Heaven".
Here are some photos we took when tried to get a glipse of Orlando Bloom. Do you see him in this picture? I don't.

My wife and her sis immediately ran off and left me when they found out he was right there. She squeezed her way through the crowds and got to see a small part of his cheek.

Well here in Thailand we got up close to this celebrity but since we don't watch any local channels we don't know who the hell he is.

Award Winning Photo

2006-02-01T16:04:00.000+07:00

Our award winning photo taken by Karl de Leon.
We were trully blessed to get Mimi Abesamis and Karl de Leon as our prenup and wedding photographers. Too bad they coudn't come with us during our honeymoon in Europe. As my wife would say if they were with us we would have the best honeymoon photos as well. Not to mention more photos of us together. :)
Visit their webpage www.fotogra.ph

Women and Shoes

2006-01-30T11:53:00.000+07:00

Try to understand women and their obsession with shoes. They really have to find a pair that can match their bag, belt, blouse, jeans, shirt, and maybe even earings. :-) If they have a snake skin bag they have to have a snake skin pair of shoes. If the snake skin is dyed aqua blue they have to find an aqua blue pair to match it. If the bag is made of denim then the shoes should be blue or something close. It can be stilettos, pointed, closed, open-toed, flats etc. An endless list of combinations of bags, shoes and accessories. I'm a demand planner so I just can't imagine monitoring the inventory of all those kinds of shoes.

I remember when I was a kid I only had 3 pairs of shoes. 1 black leather school shoes, 1 pair of rubber shoes for P.E. and 1 pair of brown leather casual shoes for the weekend. When I got married I sort of got into the shoes and matching wardrobe thing as per advice of my wife [I'm not complaining hon :-)]. Now I have 1 pair of sandals for out of town trips, 3 pairs of black leather shoes for the office to match the right type of pants, 1 pair of rubber shoes for badminton and soon I will have proper badminton shoes, 1 pair of Addidas sneakers that my wife gave me for Christmas for a more casual look, 1 pair of Rockport leather sneakers for a semi-formal look and 1 pair of Camel sneakers to update the Rockport sneakers because they already look old.

We started with 1 shoe rack with 3 levels. 2 levels for my wife 1 level for me. Now I think we need a shoe cabinet. :-) Maybe I should get into the shoe business...

VNC sale...All you can hear are all those shoes being droppedon the floor and being tried on.

Siam Paragon lights

2006-01-30T11:23:00.000+07:00

A nice display of light fixtures in the newest mall here.

Koh Samet, Gulf of Thailand

2006-01-29T23:02:00.000+07:00

Mid-afternoon sun.

Sunrise.

Fireball dance exhibition...That was our waiter by the way.

Poster Shots

2006-01-29T22:55:00.000+07:00

Shots of an aspiring model/vocalist/brother in law taken by an amateur photographer (me).

Munich

2006-01-27T22:49:00.000+07:00

Paris

2006-01-27T22:42:00.000+07:00

Paris Opera House

At the Louve grounds.

It's cold in Paris.

View from below.

Venice

2006-01-27T22:34:00.000+07:00

A canal near the port of Arsenale.

Narrow canals.

Gondolier on the rush.

Florence

2006-01-27T22:29:00.000+07:00

View from a window of the Uffizi Gallery.

By the Arno river.

Rome and The Vatican

2006-01-27T22:17:00.000+07:00

View from the top of the Foro Romano.

Any gladiators?

Hi St. Peter

Ceiling.

Florence Wedding

2006-01-27T17:10:00.000+07:00

Hon something to think about....

For all those couples out there who are looking to the tie the knot, Florence and Tuscany are the most romantic and charming locations for your wedding abroad.Several of you have already read about the usual places to marry, like the town hall of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence and the legal procedures involved. However there is now the special possibility to have a legal wedding in a private location organized for you in Florence or in the Tuscan countryside. Your legal wedding can take place in a private medieval castle, centuries-old villa, historic palace, or beautiful garden. You can choose from several other fantastic settings with the most incredible views of Florence and the picturesque Tuscan rolling hills as your backdrop.

http://www.yourwaytoflorence.com/wedding.htm

10 must see places

2006-01-24T11:54:00.000+07:00

My 10 must see places before I die...

Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia (Done Dec 2005)
Florence, Italy (Done April 2005)
Venice, Italy (Done April 2005)
The Vatican, Rome Italy (Done April 2205)
Paris, France (Done April 2005)
San Francisco, USA (Done November 2002)- Although I have been there and walked on the Golden Gate bridge itself, I would like to return and walk through the entire bridge with my wife.
The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
New York City, USA
The Petra Great Temple, Jordan
The Pyramids of Egypt

The Mystery of Angkor

2006-01-24T11:16:00.000+07:00

For hundreds of years, the lost city of Angkor was itself a legend. Cambodian peasants living on the edge of the thick jungle around the Tonle Sap lake reported findings which puzzled the French colonialists who arrived in Indo-China in the 1860s. The peasants said they had found "temples built by gods or by giants." Their stories were casually dismissed as folktales by the pragmatic Europeans. Yet some did believe that there really was a lost city of a Cambodian empire which had once been powerful and wealthy, but had crumbled many years before. (http://www.angkorwat.org/)