Bangkok Blast!

On the 12th of July
MH 3575 took to the sky
and there we were
at the capital of Thai!

Sights, sounds, and senses
With SALES at all places
Read on and and you'll find
why Bangkok is a cool place to unwind

A shopping haven
A girl's seventh heaven
All for a fraction of the usual price
And everything in which you look nice!

Shirts, shorts and slippers
dainty satin dresses
cute earrings with elegant necklaces
scrunchies for long tresses
all that was left
was a hole in the purses

So the saying "Live to Eat"
which I think we really did
For the food was really great
to which we ate, ate and ate!

Pork knuckles with noodles
McD pork burgers
Bits of pork on skewers
Huge oysters on ice
Mango with glutinuous rice
Everything was yummy and nice
that you wished for more
crossing your fingers, toes and eyes!

To the floating market
a trip was made
To see how on water
the peddlars trade
Down the winding canals did we go
Row, row, row!
And my, was I surprised to discover
that traffic jams well do occur on water!

The Grand Palace, the Great Temple
was all what we had left to uncover
the Buddhism-transpired architecture
Made me wish we could stay longer

Like a breeze the days flew by
with MH3574 in the sky
It had to be 'Bangkok, Goodbye!'

A Hundred and One

Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn
Hundreds of bees in the lilac clover
But there can only be one true lover...
and that is for yourself to discover

of Foodies and Friends

Stuck with portfolios of not two, but three
Was rather stressed out as I could be
Not to mention increasingly moody

To a jap food feast I was given the opportunity
an invitation which I accepted with glee

Food was tasty and yummy
what more the great company
I am thankful to be so lucky!

I'll admit to being greedy...
devouring all that sashimi!
with a dash of shoyu + wasabi
hmmmmm....... wheeeee!!!

There was chawan mushi
and sushi with ebi
and loads of unagi
and soft shell crab temaki
and ice cream - green tea!
Oh dear, i wonder
how long will this list be?!
...teeheehee ;p

*Burp* Oops, I almost forgot
all the edamame

Aahh... as you can see
a good mood definitely
comes along when
audrey's tummy achieves Satiety

A final note from yours truly...
"Sinfully Heavenly"

Q... & A Session

Given I was a question
To which I had to reason
"Provide an explanation
for this blog's conception"
This is thus my answer
with hope that it will clear
up any pending presumption

These blank pages
provide a way
For what my mind
has to say

Be it for memory recollection
or to vent out a day's frustration
What is written may be fact or fiction
for every interpretation
do use your imagination!

A Pensieve
That's what
this blog is

I do hope these posts of poetry
have at least some ability
to satisfy your reading satiety
If you were to take the opportunity
to immerse yourself
in my world of lunacy
I really wish that hopefully
you wouldn't turn out to be
as nutty as yours truly!

Murder Mystery

Buzz...

...Buzz

There?

Here!

Left ear...

Right ear...

Whack!

Smack!

Splat!

'Red'

That bloody mosquito

Is finally dead!

My new portfolio is to be

A member of the Pesticide Ads Committee

Work's getting interesting

Finally!!!!!!

a child's cry

"A tale of mine
I'd like to tell
of how my life turned from bliss to hell

In the midst of Phnom Penh
we lived happily
All nine of us, a blissful family
When
Into the city the Khmer Rouge conquered
and
To the outskirts we were relocated

From our homes we were stripped bare
To out horror the sufferings did not end there
From the moment we were evacuated
my entire family were separated
Where my family members went I did not know
to a children's camp I was forced to go

Working in the rice fields
From daylight to moonlight
the only comfort I had
was a younger sister by my side

Watery porridge twice a day was all I had
To a famished nine-year old I was barely fed
Frogs, spiders, crickets, beetles
What I caught; what I ate
Disgusting as it seemed
those sustained my life to this date

My wee sister, at an age so young and tender
creepies and crawlies; she was unable to capture
She begged and plead a bite from me
but in such adversity; I had to be stingy

It was often that I ate in secrecy
Yes, I knew that was mean of me
but I barely had enough to survive,
How was I to sustain another life?

Day by day she became thinner
Till starvation got the better of her
We were in line receiving dinner
when suddenly she fell
and dropped the precious bowl of rice water

Frantically, she stooped and scooped
but tell me, how do you gather
with bare hands, a bowl of water?

Helpless, she began to wail
but that was to no avail
for no matter how we begged
A second helping we did not get

Ravenous, helpless
I coaxed my sister
summoning all my energy
I carried her to bed,
with hope that tomorrow would be better

That night she did not sleep
but rambled on in incessant chatter
of our siblings, father and mother
of how life used to be better
of how did she often wonder
when she would see them in the future

When dawn broke
I gently shook her
but her little figure
remained still
her expression tranquil

I called out again to her
whispered in her ear
to get her awake i was eager
for the fear, of the soldiers
who would not hesitate
to whip those who lazed in bed

yet motionless she laid
upon our rattan bed
a soldier came up
and told me not to bother
for my sister would be sleeping forever

Young as I was
It was not till years later
that I understood
that to see again I would never
my little sister

the war has long passed
but scars still linger
my eyes still water
whenever my mind would wander
off to the memory of my dear little sister"

[Phal-POW, 6th June 2008]

Give and you may Receive

“The secret cure for loneliness,
The quickest way to happiness;
Is found in this, a simple creed:
Go serve someone in greater need”

(And that is what 'Marley' did)

Tongue Tied

Here's a French tongue twister
For you to ponder

At a glance
It looks pretty easy
Read on
It's not as simple as it seems to be!

"Les amis de mes amis sont aussi mes amis"
"Les ennemis de mes ennemis sont aussi mes amis"

Should sound:
[Leyzamie de meyzamie sontaussi meyzami]
[Leyzennemis de mezennemis sontaussi meyzami]

Read it French style, which is much quicker
You'll wonder that your tongue feels shorter!