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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Courage doesn't always roar.  Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.  ~Mary Anne Radmacher


Saturday, July 19, 2008

Currently Listening
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ready for the World
By Ready for the World
Let me love you down
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Something funny happen the other day. One of my co workers is named after a greek/roman deity so I thought to myself, what kind of names would I give my kids?

How about Poseidon? He is a brother of Zeus and Hades, ruler of the sea, and a pimp ass name at that. This is clearly a dad who cares because with this pimp ass name, my son is going to do real well. What’s your name? Poseidon baby! Now give me that numba!

The other side to this is there are parents that give their kids some crazy names. I guess I can’t go into the minds of these parents and see what the heck they were thinking. Back in early middle school in Thailand, there was a kid whose name is “Unji”. That’s probably not the correct spelling, but it means “shit” in Japanese.

Thailand superstition to this matter comes from the fear of loosing one off spring; therefore, you name him/her so bad that spirit or hell doesn’t want him/her. Interesting superstition, but the torment this kid goes through on a daily basis……. You’re just setting him up to be a serial killer.

In all of seriousness, in the perfect world I would like to have a boy and a girl. Of course I can’t dictate this random gender assignment. I just hope I give X and Y. Chances are quite dim if you look at my previous generation. My dad had all boys.

If it’s 2 boys then I’ll name them mighty Zeus and Poseidon. If there is a slight chance that I have a daughter, I’ll name her Venus. The goddess of beauty and love, thank you very much. Yes, daddy loves you.


Sunday, July 13, 2008

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Daemons Are Forever
By Simon R. Green
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It’s really too bad I don’t get a chance to update this very often. Seem like things are stagnant at the moment. Everything is pretty much just routine now that I’m in the working world.

One big concern is this recession we’re going through. Everyone is being impact by it; I just hope that somehow the economy pendulum will swing up soon.

Just the other day I was finishing up a sci-fi novel, it brought up an interesting point about women. I’m just going to put it out there and see what kind of respond I get from this. 

Philosophy: Proving self worth through men.

Some of us have always wondered about the reasoning behind the choices that women made when they pick their guy. 

The first category would be men who are clearly not a good significant other candidate. I’m referring to players, drugies, husters, and etc. Maybe you think that through your love and beauty or whatever positive quality you have, you can change these men to be better.

Well, coming from a guy’s point of view. This would only works if you somehow spark a light in the guy’s subconscious and he saw that whatever it is he’s doing is not a good thing. He then wants to change for the better. 

Unfortunately, most guys do not work that way. It goes with the saying “everyone change at their own pace and at their own time”. Some people will not realize their flaw till later in life; therefore, women go through this kind of relationship and have it failed as a result.

What makes it worse is that once women failed, they become scarred and jaded. You hit rock bottom because maybe you are not pretty enough, didn’t express you love him enough, didn’t do enough, or whatever the cause maybe. I think it’s flawed to prove your self worth when you’re subconsciously picking “bad” guys. 

Another category is probably worst in my opinion. It is when women try to attain the “unattainable”. This means that you’re going after married men, men with committed relationship, and etc. If you’re in this category, I suggest you go seek help and let me tell you why.

First is the fact you cannot empathize with your fellow human being. Who like to have their significant stolen from them? Another is that you feel so powerful to the point that you can reverse the things that are not supposed to be reversed. 

This is pure narcissistic to the extreme. All you care about is your own pleasure at the expense of other. Of course you can always argue that people who are tempted should stay strong and never stray. Some time it couldn’t be helped. What if someone is having trouble with their marriage and you use that situation to your advantage. I don’t see that is being fair. Unfortunately you think that you control some sort of power to attempt these sort of things.

In the end, everyone is always proving their self worth. Everybody does it. What’s important is that you prove it to yourself. Only you can know how much you’re worth. There is no reason why you should prove your worth from who yu’re with. 

“I’m with a good guy” – Good for you

“I’m with a player, but he drop the game for me” – Good for you but be careful

“I’m with a player and I’m not sure when he will realize that I’m the one” – Try choosing a good guy. Normally they come kinda shy so don’t dismiss them when they try to talk to you.

“I’m with a married guy” – good luck, seek help please


Sunday, June 01, 2008

Vacation in Florida was way too short. I wish I could stay another week or so, hehe. Driving to different part of Florida was pretty fun. I have to say they have the most trees out of all the states I've visited which make the air super clean.

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The first day we went to the swimming pool at Megan's dad compound.

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Our first taste of Florida's sun at the pool.

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A little after, Megan's step brother came and took us out to an Old Town that was preserved by the city of St. Augustine.

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William, Robin, and Megan in Old Town

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Megan and I

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Just walking around, it makes you feel like you're in Spain or Mexico. It totally didn't feel like you're in the US at all.

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William and Robin took us to a Columbian restaurant. Food was awesome.

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After a long dinner, we wash it down with some awesome Italian gelato.

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This is a small shopping strip within the Old Town.

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Yeaaaahhhhhhhhh! Some Jewelry.

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Baby, I'm loaded.

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The next day, we went to Megan's dad restaurant in Jacksonville

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Inside the restaurant

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Megan and her Dad

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Ooooooo, chocolateeeeee

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Megan and her salad

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Me and the chocolate dippppp

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Megan and her parents had surprised me with a bday cake. Almond cheesecake....YUUUUUMMMM

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My bday cake.

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After the restaurant, we head down to Daytona beeeeeeaccchhh. I'm surprise at how clean the beach is considering that it's an hour away from Orlando.


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Leaving our mark on the beach, hehe.

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After the restaurant was closed, we met up with Megan's family in Orlando.

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Megan and me @ Universal

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Megan and her uncle's family

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The next morning, we made our way to Disney Downtown district. Oooo look, it's C&D.


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Water dragon made fully out of Lego


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Lego charmander


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Lego transformer!


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Lego Under da sea


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I call this piece "Contemplation"


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Da Terminatorrrrr


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Me, Megan, and Megan's dad


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The day after, Megan and I check into the Disney resort. There are quite a few to choose from, we picked the Movie Resort.


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We were assigned to building 4 which is the 101 Dalmatian building and this is room.


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Me and one of my 101 brothers


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Every child growing up watching the Disney cartoon dream of one day to see and be at the castle. Here we are. I felt like a kid again.


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Damn Arthur, how the heck you pulled it out?


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Pirate of the Carribean ride....Argrrrrrrrr


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Oh look, it's captain Jack Sparrow


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Me and babie at the top of the Robinson's Tree House


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President Room


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Oh look, it's Viet and his buddies

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Day time parade


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So you probably wonder what's inside that huge castle. On the west wing is the gift shop and the east wing is the restaurant.


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Pretty much the restaurant put you in a story right after Cinderella had married the prince and had invited you to the celebration dinner. What's really cool is that the waiter and waitresses address you as "My Lord and My Lady". There was an instance where I went to the bathroom and the waiter asked "My Lady, would you like to wait for the King to return"


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Megan and her long lost cousin......they have the same nose.....I can see the resemblance


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After a long day, we finally witness the castle at night. This is when they had a huge night parade follow with a huge fire works. Most of this was capture on video which I will upload later.


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After a few days away in Orlando and Daytona, we made our way back to St. Augustine and this is our last day dinner at Meg's Dad restaurant.


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My babie and me at our last evening in Florida



Thursday, May 08, 2008

Long overdue, but I've been super busy since I got back. Here is how my Thailand trip went-

Ken and I got off the plane at midnight on Friday. My dad picked us up from the Airport and the next morning we went and attend my Grandma's funeral.

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A little history about my mom side of the family. My grand parents have 5 children with my mom being the 3rd in line. My first uncle had already passed away and the 2 in white are his son. They're both just a little older than Kenny and I and we were quite close when we were young. We use to be called the crazy 4. Anyhow, the older cousin on the right took on the responsibility of the funeral ceremony in place of my uncle. The 2 girls in black are their gf/wife to be.

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When I arrived at the temple, my grandma had already been placed in her casket. It was truly one of those moment when you're not sure if you should be happy or sad. When Kenny and I stepped into the temple, all the aunts, uncles, and the cousins came greeted us with happiness and smiles. For some, it has been a decade since they last saw us. A few moment later we were mourning for my grandma and the mood was consistently swinging back and forth throughout the day.

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On the right is my mom's younger sister who is not married. To the left is my youngest uncle's wife and daughter. My youngest uncle had also already passed away not too long ago. His daughter is the youngest out of all of us 3rd generations. She's real close with Maria, but a little on the shy side. It took awhile for her to finally talk to me.

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This is our family. Maria had school that particular day. Fortuantely, it was a half day before her spring break so she joined us the last half of the feneral.

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This is my 2nd uncle's family. My 2nd uncle is not doing too well with his health, he was not able to attend the funeral due to his physical condition. My cousin on the left didn't really grew up with Kenny and I since she is younger so we're not too close to her. The cousin on the right on the other hand is quite opposite. She grew up with Kenny and I and I can even remember changing her diaper when she was a baby. LoL.

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So here we are, all the 3rd generations. Bare in mind that I have not seen most of them in almost a decade.

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My niece and my aunt

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My cousins

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My grandma family/friends


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Once we had burried my grandma, as a tradition, we invite her spirit back to the house. This is where I spend most of my childhood. This place had gone through quite a bit of renovation.

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My grandma got up every morning at 3am. She would put food on the table and also light incent for my grandpa. Well, here she is up there with him. Rest in peace.

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After the funeral, we invited everyone to have dinner at my parents. Ken had requested some seafood since we haven't had it in years. That definitely hit the spot.

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Ken jumping on them curry crabs.

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My aunt and cousins eating in the living room

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On and Maria in her room

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Maria with a new tongue tat

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Nice cow

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My mom and my aunt

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Me and my cousin

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2nd take

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Ken and Maria playin' in the background

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My cousins

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Maria and On

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My aunt and cousins

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I guess it was just a coincidence, but my grandma's funeral just happened to also be the Thai new year. This is pretty much the biggest party week in Thailand, everyone is celebrating and people throwing water at each other.

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The whole week that Kenny and I were there, we went back and forth between my mom and my dad's place. So here is my dad's side of the family. I believe that my dad also grew up with 4 other siblings with my dad being the oldest. One of my aunt had passed away and I'm not sure what happen to the other aunt. Starting from the left, my youngest aunt and then my grandma and me. My dad, step mom, 2nd aunt and her husband, Ken, and my 2nd aunt's daughters.

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This is Ann, my youngest aunt's daughter. Just like my mom's side, she grew up with Ken and I when we were younger. Last time when I saw her, she was real little, but now she's just hit the party age. She was talking about what clubs she goes to and Sean Kingston was also there performing at a club that particular night. Time had really flew by.

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Once again, I remember these 2 when they were still walking around in their diapers. Now they're going out with bf and party.......

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Ken and my cousin.

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Ann and me

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We played golf with my dad and my aunt in the morning. We all gather at a restaurant for lunch and my grandma request that I seat next to her. It has been a decade since I last saw her. I guess it's the dynamic of my relationship with my dad's side of the family. A lot of things happened in the past that at time had made me opt to not see them.


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My dad and his wife

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My 2nd aunt and her husband

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Ken and the cousin


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My aunt and Kenny

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I guess what ironic about this picture is that when I was little, my grandma was never nice to me. She had cause me a lot of physical and emotional pain, but I guess that's the way they raised kids back then. I thought for the longest time my grandma hates me because of my mom, but turns out, I'm her favorite. I went and see her on the last day before I came back to the US. She put her head on my shoulder and cried. Maybe the next time I see her, it'll be just like my grandma on my mom's side. This trip was a real emotional roller coaster for me. No matter what my grandma had done in the past, my heart still hurts when her tears were on my shirt.

I know that I'm here on this Earth to never hate. I learn to forgive and maybe some people think that I'm naive for being this way. It's part of growing up. It's not one way or the other, it's the way you balance between the 2.

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My aunt, grandma, and me

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Of course we visited a mall for shopping. As you can see, there's quite a bit of foreigners walking around so Thailand ain't all about what you usually hear about here in the states.

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Kenny and Maria ready for some donuts!!!

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Another shot of the mall

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Hot pot lunch with my mom, step dad, and cousin

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This is how they entertained themselves waiting for the food to be served

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It's steaming!!!!


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Step dad, mom, and me

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The kids just couldn't get along.

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My mom and step dad lives in the condo so on the bottom floor, they have an area where it's like a little park and that's also where the pool and work out room are at.

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PWNNAGE post

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Me and my mom

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Mom and Kenny

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Mom and the siblings

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This is my step brother, Ben. Both of my parents remarried. Maria is from my mom's side and Ben is my half brother from my dad. Unfortunately, I am closer to Maria since she grew up with me. I'm always at a distant when it comes to Ben. I guess for awhile it was kind of weird the relationship that we have. With this trip I was glad to be able to be closer to him and get to know him. After all, he is my brother and I sure don't want us to be strangers.

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We were about to do some funny pose and Ken took a pillow and wacked Ben with it. Just a silly picture, but I'm glad we got closer as brothers.

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Since I'm in Thailand, who can forget about the homies. I didn't get too much chance to hang out since I was spending most of my time with the family. This is one of my homeboy who I've known for almost 12 years. I've visited him when he was here in NYC. Back then we use to rock jersey to school. He got the Dave Robinson and I'm rocking Grant Hill. Now we all working professionals. LoL. Time had really changed us.

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Beside me is another homeboy who I've known for just about as long. I remember the first time we met. He's this punk rock guy with the chain to the wallet and black rock t-shirt. I'm this thug with baggy clothes had just got back from Vietnam. We were all as different as anyone could be, but we were best of friends. On the right is my Taiwanese friend. I knew this guy since middle school so technically, him and I go back the longest. We hang out a whole lot back in HS, but we lost contact. He told me that he would never thought of being in Thailand after HS, but here we are.

We went to a little quiet bar and talked. I heard a bunch of interesting stories of the other homies. Thailand is a very different place now. Everything closes at 1AM so even though I went to the bar, I ended up home at midnight. It's just too bad since crime had got out of hand and that's their solution to make the city safer for folks.


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On the last day with my mom, Maria, and Papa. Papa had suggested that we go to the beach, it's only an hour away from Bangkok. I love the idea, last time I saw the beach in Thailand was a very long time ago.

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What's different about Thai beach is that a small group of villagers ran the place so you paid them for the seats and the table and they provide the food and etc. These are fresh grilled prawns. Man, they're awesome with the hot sauce that it came with.

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Other folks in the area also offer massage service on the beach. My mom and Maria were getting feet massage while I got upper body massage.

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Maria enjoying her feet massage.

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My dad enjoying all the food and beer.

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Of course the food at the beach didn't really make a dent to our hunger. We drove up to beach a few miles for this sea food restaurant by the beach.

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Me and Maria

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Papa and Mom

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These are the view from my mom's condo. If you think Thailand is a farm land, think again. LoL.

Over all, the trip felt way too short. I wish I could be there a little longer. Interesting thing is that in that 1 little week in Thailand so many things had happened. Everyone remembered me as a kid and this time around they were surprised at how mature I've become. I guess they can now be confidence with me as one of the leader in the family. I definitely had came back more mature than I even had realized.

Ken and I have always been the middle between the 2 families. Both side have always pushed and pulled and the force had always had a lot of effect on Kenny and I. Maybe one day we will be able to unify the 2 sides. There's no reason why the kids should hate one another. Only adults can teach hate, kids just don't learn hate out of thin air.



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