Hazel Ceej

Monday was not bad. Technology did 95% of my job and I was paid for warming a high-back swivel chair in a lab full of computer geeks. When I started noticing how 'alien' their language is to me, I explored their dictionary. These are 13 of what made me go like, oh, I see then is that so?... and in between, what? -- 1. glambassador a diplomat selected for his or her celebrity and appearance, not for any particular knowledge of foreign policy or international affairs. For example, "Linda Gray of TV's Dallas was just made goodwill glambassador for the U.N. Population Fund." 2. gutenburg a person who insists on printing out everything available onscreen. "Keith is such a gutenberg. He printed out a 150-page manual just to read a few sections of it." 3. leetspeak a.k.a. leet, lite, elite, eleet, 1337, 3l337, l33t, 3l33t Leetspeak, or "leet" for short, is a type of online jargon in which a computer user replaces regular letters with other keyboard

Except one of these faves, all four are talents of the male species. They shine! 1. Decaffeinating I had coffee overdose during my recent island holiday. I have to abstain from the drink to function well at work. The attempt must have been fairly successful. No more twitching eyelids. 2. Helpful guard By the time a film I viewed was over, the mall that houses the cinema was long past its operating hours. Devoid of shoppers the building suddenly looked gigantic and eerie. Emptiness disoriented me and I could not find an open exit. Alas, the only familiar spot was the basement parking. I tarried there stubbornly deciding that I'd rather do a vigil than call the Ex for help. About a minute into feeling like an idiot, a guard appeared and in halting Thai I explained my plight to him. He radioed for a taxi and I got home safely. 3. Cheerful driver Wednesday afternoon: "ta-ta, it looks like rain" and I was a few yards away from my apartment. I jumped on one of these mopeds plyi

Half an hour before boarding the bus that would take me and friends to Trat, I skimmed online reviews of the resort we were to stay in and beaches on Elephant Island that we wanted to go to. 1. Yet there's still that hint of surprise at finding reality: rocks instead of black sand at least abound on Pearl Beach, and Lonely Beach is not lonely at all. But discovering Koh Chang's hidden charm is good consolation. One of us baptized this place Hansel and Gretel's cottage. 2. I was right to have taken some work with me. Facebook-depriving elusive Wifi saved friends from being harrassed with islandish shoutouts at 20-minute intervals . 3. Work was a question to research the moment I was back to the mainland: if integrative complexity was high, would the number of assassinations go down? 4. Legs connected to the brains entertaining morbidity in the midst of holiday were clad in a long, flowery skirt. Mixing business and pleasure, for crying out loud. 5. Let's go music and mov

August 12th, the Thai Queen's birthday is a national holiday here. That was Thursday and what luck, work bosses decided to give us Friday, the 13th free too. I and a couple of friends headed off to Thailand's second largest island, Koh Chang (Elephant Island), referred to by some as the Oriental Eden of the East . It's difficult trimming these faves to five but I'll try... I. Nothing beats waiting for dinner chatting on hammocks! Behind us blazing rays of the setting sun blanketed the sea; the sound of waves gentle and the breeze therapeutic. Nature was addressing the ACs cooling our city offices - this is how you treat weary Bangkokians, gentlemen . *The restaurant: Saffron on the Sea *Main course: deep fried white snapper with mango and carrot strips, sweet basil, chinese celery, and cashew nuts *Drinks: tequila sunrise drank at sunset and tempered by ginger and lemon grass tea II. Okay , I took work to the island. But I calculated that in a place so beautiful induc

This is the second half of lines to make you smile (according to the subject heading) I posted previously from my inbox. Feel free to react :) 1. The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson. 2. Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. 3. Ever stop to think, and forget to start again? 4. Being 'over the hill' is much better than being under it! 5. Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew up. 6. Procrastinate Now! 7. A hangover is the wrath of grapes. 8. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance. 9. Stupidity is not a handicap. Park elsewhere! 10.They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken. 11. He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless DEAD. 12. A picture is worth a thousand words, but it uses up three thousand times the memory.. 13. I smile because I don't know what the hell is going on. Megan and Janet host Thursday Thirteen. Click here for more lists or to join.

CJ's aversion to being photographed is getting worse. Now I have to master the art of stealing shots. This is a rare click that managed to capture most of his face. I'm happy I got his long hair before the lola decided this style should go. Sometimes I think the aversion is a kind of condition but well... for this week's MM theme: lights, camera, pose... Voila! that's his pose. There are proper, decent poses of kids on Chris's MM participants list. Check them out at The Mommy Journey .

These lines to make you smile (according to the subject heading) arrived via email. I'm putting up half of them this week. So then I can enjoy the rest of my temporary brain death for another week. Feel free to react :) 1. My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't. 2. I don't suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it. 3. Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them. 4. I used to have a handle on life, but it broke. 5. Don't take life too seriously; No one gets out alive. 6. You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me 7. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. 8. Earth is the insane asylum for the universe. 9. I'm not a complete idiot -- Some parts are just missing. 10. Out of my mind.. Back in five minutes. 11. Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. 12. God must love stupid people; He made so many. 13. The gene pool could use a little chlorine. For more Thursday Thirt