tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22029664135068342492024-03-14T01:17:13.227+07:00Hazel Ceej"Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever." ~ Walt DisneyHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.comBlogger425125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-6914200670316122032018-03-18T22:27:00.002+07:002018-03-19T14:48:21.802+07:00Wonder of a family tale
The Durrells: a trailer scene
I have a dream...
if you see the wonder
of a fam'ly tale...
I believe in ---
The Durrells!
I am dreaming.
Oh well I did say 'I have a dream...'?
I am only up to watching the trailer right now since I do not even know where in the name of all Thai TV stations or something like Thai PBS or Netflix Thailand can I find this series.
And I saw Kitty Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-26410287857668737292014-12-26T09:38:00.000+07:002014-12-29T16:38:07.398+07:00Christmas week 2014A happy Christmas it was. I almost starved; was invigilating and had to wait til 9 PM to eat for only the second time that day. Being single and living alone I mostly rely on cafes or restaurants for nourishment. But there's a job, food is available and I am thankful.
I'm celebrating the highlights of my Christmas week -
Government Complex
Three-in-one: i.e. visa, work permit, and 90-dayHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-89401423817127724392014-12-22T17:01:00.001+07:002014-12-24T11:00:50.780+07:00XXI ForeverXXI Forever... I tried distracting myself with sights along the way.
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It worked. By the time I got near the door, I decided to eXit. A chance to buck unnecessary shopping is an eXtra good thing. Happy holidays!
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Linking with:Water World * Mrs Nesbiitt & the ABC Team * Our World * Ruby Tuesday Too * Sally's Blues * Mellow YellowsHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-35011068050490893732014-12-08T09:44:00.003+07:002014-12-10T08:51:05.483+07:00Villa de OroV is for Villa de Oro, a beachfront accommodation in Boracay. Come on in!
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and how's this for a view while dining on seafood?
The shirt is right - life's a beach. I mean I cherish the nice moments in life.
Water World
Mrs Nesbitt & the ABC Team
Our World
Sally's Blues
Mellow Yellows
Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-59612742530703323732014-12-05T10:49:00.000+07:002014-12-05T23:11:38.597+07:00Those charming moments
Skywatch: city is far behind and I'm loving it!
Reflections: serenade
I buy books just because....
My not-so-old hat from the antiques section of a weekend market
A little yummy error
Maybe I had more of those charming moments this week than the other weeks. I'm thankful.
Swiss sheep farm. Anything that takes me out of sight of urbanization, rising concrete (Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-87024349072760890382014-11-28T11:24:00.002+07:002014-11-28T23:42:46.982+07:00Mapping
"Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." ~ Melody Beattie
Happy Thanksgiving, my bloggity friends!
Skywatch: mapping Forensic Accounting
Reflections: at the Sweet Secret Cafe
Can you tell if a mushroom is edible or poisonous?
Flowery hangout
I can tolerate my own cooking ;)
November is waving goodbye. That Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-52815633954637994832014-11-21T11:00:00.002+07:002014-11-24T16:01:59.005+07:00Stops along the way
Sally's Blues: fishing boats by the talipapa
Reflections: Big Ben in the Venice of the East (Huahin)
Skywatch: by the river
I was stuck with colleagues in a river jungle. Nice place, lots of cheery chatter, we were well fed, but work was work. It felt good when the remote controls, powerpoints and microphones were put away and we were on our way home. That's when the fun began - Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-58574096668319126432014-11-10T13:33:00.002+07:002014-11-13T14:06:27.747+07:00Packing up pronto
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This was a weekend work trip with colleagues to the province. I love the sumptuous meals in the hall above the floating cottages by the river and the houses among the trees where we slept at night. But the best part was going home. I'm not a fan of packing up but if it's to go home, then I happily pack pronto!
Linking with - Share the Joy * Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-23616444360328084022014-11-07T10:39:00.000+07:002014-11-13T08:48:26.529+07:00Sweet November
Reflections: celebratory tea
Skywatch: a bougainvillea roof
And then it's time to acknowledge the good of the week. Here are my high fives:
1. Progressive, transition lenses. After two years of neglecting, avoiding and hesitating, I finally set foot in an optical clinic and came to terms with a 'perk' of aging. My traditional books, here I come! Back.
2. BBC modern adaptation of Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-8477420847514725502014-11-03T22:41:00.000+07:002014-11-03T22:41:02.309+07:00The Red Temple
Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir
Popularly known as Lal Mandir or Red Temple, and originally built in 1656, it is the 'oldest and best-known Jain temple in Delhi, India.'
Too hot that day, I only stayed a few minutes to take a couple of photos and ran back to the car. But then I did not need too long to be impressed by such structure. I loved the moment I took in the sight.
Sharing withHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-10284241487218614972014-10-31T16:21:00.001+07:002014-11-03T17:33:44.090+07:00Walking by
Skywatch: west side of Taj Mahal
Sally's Blues / Reflections: by the blue lotus pond
Fave Five: Living to Tell the Story / Shine the Divine
October has been very eventful. Stress and joys, adventures and challenges, you name it. It's wonderful to have the chance to express gratefulness for making it through this final week of a beautiful month.
i. Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-60731027043415064702014-10-21T01:17:00.000+07:002014-10-21T11:04:49.472+07:00No wifi
Opened in 1648, "the Taj displays its different moods through its varied shades... as any beauty can ever have." ~ tajmahal.gov.in
Wall of the Taj up close.
This is my world recently. A two-hour drive from Bangkok, it's all charming and nestled in a river jungle. No wifi. Did you just hear something shut down with a bang? But since I didn't have to cook and maids were around to Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-74241423430367960552014-10-07T10:30:00.001+07:002014-10-07T22:45:45.522+07:00Mumtaz Mahal
Credits: Wikipedia.
(The rest of the photos are mine)
It must be a many-splendored thing to be a Mughal emperor's favorite wife.... You get to rest in peace in a marble mausoleum.
Some quick facts about Mumtaz: she had a 'deep and loving marriage' to Shah Jahan, was given an imperial seat, Muhr Uzah, mothered fourteen children and died at the birth of the fourteenth.
Mumtaz Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-49445296378375534792014-08-29T12:08:00.000+07:002014-09-01T23:25:26.720+07:00I will be entertaining...
Skywatch: on an expressway to Pratunam, that area in Bangkok where everything is cheap.
Reflections: history wings and things
I Heart Macro: floral tribute
Friday's Fave Five: Anticipation mode. My entrails are somersaulting. Come, September, come!
1 Teacher's day. It's that time of year when I'm so in love with my profession.
2 New apartment, new furniture. In Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-78491925337337390062014-08-26T00:29:00.001+07:002014-08-29T12:36:31.175+07:00There's something in history... Museums, ruins, historical sites, mostly anything old - they are what make me go on trips for. I love those ohs and ahs I get as I behold them. Like on this one inside a World War II train in a war museum. This is what I call my Jonah moment. I was inside the train.
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But there's something in history that is depressing. At least in these finds I call train Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-63882693685745118152014-07-29T02:07:00.000+07:002014-07-29T02:07:23.759+07:00Old ladiesWrinkly and rusty, how she must have been paraded around by World War II officers during the day!
This is a display inside Jeath War Museum. Further down the tour, here's Old Miss Thin and Saggy. She must be given credit for hanging in there all these years.
Thanks to our hosts:
Ruby Tuesday Too * Our World Tuesday * Rubbish Tuesday
Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-29729480527133486472014-07-22T01:47:00.001+07:002014-07-23T02:08:15.716+07:00Dulcinea's legs"Tut tut it looks like rain..."
And Dulcinea's legs stood at attention while Pooh Bear floated up the Honey Tree.
I imagine many delightful things when I sniff rain or better while it's raining.
That building behind this lawn of chairs, which I baptized Dulcinea's legs,
is one of many others that can be seen as you speed on the Bangna Trat
superhighway. Which was about to Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-70845424602790081922014-06-25T00:06:00.000+07:002014-06-25T21:01:15.693+07:00Xanthocarpous
There are seven xanthocarpous (yellow) fruits in the collage. Which ones do you like most? How many do you have in your part of the world?
Mrs Nesbitt and the ABC Team
Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-84687010232495306582014-06-19T19:04:00.001+07:002014-06-21T09:31:03.237+07:00Spiraling
"Year after year beheld the silent toil
"That spread his lustrous coil;
"Still, as the spiral grew,
"He left the past year's dwelling for the new,
"Stole with soft step its shining archway through,
"Built up its idle door,
"Stretched in his last found home, and knew the old no more."
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Chambered Nautilus
Hello my bloggity friendsHazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-50761107875952131662014-06-17T04:20:00.002+07:002014-06-18T04:54:37.232+07:00King's parkton
For some reason whenever I dig into my archives and see this photo, I always associate it with a scene from The Hobbit or the filming location, Hobbiton in New Zealand. This is a spot on King Rama IX Park, and on the opposite side is one of the ponds.
Thanks to our host: Water World * Our World Tuesday
Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-15945228152480506182014-06-09T23:23:00.001+07:002014-06-12T21:41:33.871+07:00Viva VietnamInside the Temple of Literature in Hanoi, built in 1070, pavilions have a
screaming, fighting red ceiling. Or at least that's what came to my
mind as I looked up with my ear to the guide emphasizing Vietnam's
independence from Imperial China.
So I was in Vietnam last week. With friends who took charge of everything (as I had been busy at work and had no time to search), i.e. hotel and Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-78836559469244900802014-05-22T13:17:00.001+07:002014-05-24T23:27:35.051+07:00The party must go on
“Dare to love yourself
as if you were a rainbow
with gold at both ends.”
~ Aberjhani, The River of Winged Dreams
May I tell you something? I have been frequenting tea rooms lately. The other thing is, I found a sky beauty from my 5th floor porch! It makes me momentarily forget that we are under Martial Law right now. Life goes on and I am grateful for the wonderful Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-17700088354024645212014-05-14T03:53:00.000+07:002014-05-19T11:18:40.778+07:00Ineffable
"The ineffable joy of forgiving and being forgiven forms an ecstasy that might well arouse the envy of the gods." ~ Elbert Hubbard
It's been somewhat a long week for me here in the Big Chili. But I'm glad that toward Thursday things got a bit hyped up and suddenly it's Friday; time to conclude the week by recalling what's great in it:
Coffee table books, a vintage flower vase and a Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-27040759395225665562014-04-28T11:08:00.002+07:002014-05-16T17:32:12.794+07:00Temperature risingBangkokians are in desperate need of hydration. Saturday we got whipped by a searing 36 °C. Sunday 38 °C and forecast from the Thai Meteorological Department shows temperatures will keep on rising the entire week.
Thanks to an invention called AC and a powerful thing called imagination. I stay put in the office while my mind wanders to holidays past. This is where people take ferries to Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2202966413506834249.post-92092204927533557552014-04-08T11:43:00.000+07:002014-04-17T22:47:15.936+07:00Exam season
Reflected on the table is an idea of where this place is (in case I forget)
Skywatch: clouds above canal lane trying to postpone the sunset
Pines on the glass window
It's time for uni people to breathe easily. While students plow their heads through Strategic Management, Cost Accounting and Business Law, those exempted from taking the finals (read: Hazelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.com18