This entry is dedicated to best beauty products for me. I have oily face and dry skin. In the past years, I have been trying and using a lot of beauty products. So here's my summary. (I'll keep updating this entry.) Last edited: May 25, 2009

Body Care

Skin Care

Make-up

Haircare

Useful Websites

หลายวันที่ผ่านมา ป่วยมากจนต้องนอนอยู่แต่บนเตียง

ต้องหาอะไรทำฆ่าเวลาแล้วก็ดึงความสนใจของตัวเองจากอาการปวด 36 ชั่วโมงมาราธอน ด้วยการดูหนังจนหมดทุกเรื่องที่มีในเครื่องคอมพ์ ก็ยังไม่หายปวด เลยต้องไปยูทูบ ได้ข่าวว่าตอนนี้ ละครไทยเรื่องเมียหลวง กำลังดัง ก็เลยลองดูสักหน่อย ดูแบบ ฟาสฟอร์เวิร์ด ไป 5 ตอน บอกได้คำเดียวว่า เสื่อม

พูดกันตรง ๆ เนื้อเรื่องอย่างนี้ นักเขียน (ซึ่งดังมากของไทย) เขียนออกมาได้อย่างไร หรือว่า คนเขียนบท แต่งเติมเพิ่มขึ้นมาขนาดนี้เพื่ออะไร เนื้อเรื่องก็เสื่อม บทละครก็เสื่อม การดำเนินเรื่องก็แย่ ไร้สาระ และ เสียเวลามาก ๆ ดูไปห้าตอนไม่ไปถึงไหน แต่ยังไม่แย่มากเท่ากับการที่ตระหนักกับความจริงว่า คนไทยส่วนใหญ่ชอบดูละครแบบนี้

เฮ่อ

สมมติว่า จะมีละครที่สาระ การดำเนินเรื่อง การเขียนบท ก็ไม่พัฒนาไปไหน ช้าไปงั้น เนิบนาบไปเรื่อย แบบไม่มีแก่นสาร

มีใครบอกได้บ้างว่าละครเรื่องไหน ของไทยที่มันดี เป็นน้ำดี ไม่ใช่น้ำเน่า เป็นละครยุคใหม่ที่มีเนื้อหาสาระน่าติดตาม

มีการศึกษา หรือ ไม่มีการศึกษา ก็ไม่ได้เกี่ยวกับความชอบนะ แต่ยังไง ก็ไม่เคยเข้าใจว่า ทำไม ละครไทย (ส่วนใหญ่) มันไม่มีสาระเอาซะเลยจริง ๆ

บางคนอาจจะบอกว่า ชีวิตก็เครียดอยู่แล้ว จะมาหาสาระอะไรจากละคร ไม่เอาสาระก็ได้ ขอแค่ให้มันดี ๆ หน่อย อย่ามีบทเสื่อม ๆ แบบคนใช้ตีกัน หรือว่า มีพวกแบ่งชนชั้นวรรณะ

เฮ่อ ครั้งที่สอง

ตั้งแต่เกิดจนโต ไม่ชอบดูทีวีไทยยังไง ก็ยังไม่ชอบดูอยู่ต่อไป

I like the horizon program, a documentary from the BBC2. This one was aired on Jan 27, 2009 at 9 pm.

Summary of the program: Why are thin people not fat?

There are so many factors that make us fat or slim. Today's program showed an experiment run on 10 participants overlooked by doctors, prof from UCL, Imperial, Wesminster, etc.. Participants who claimed they can't get fat ate food twice the amount of daily calories their bodies require (calculating by their biological/physical status) for 4 week. Target weight gain is 15% original weight. In general they eat thousands calories a day. They can't exercise and can't walk exceed 5000 footsteps a day. Doctors measure a lot of things throughout the experiment (not only before and after).

By the end of the month, 2 has gained about 8-9%, the rest were avg at 5-6%, 2 failed to eat up to min calories. Interestingly all but one gain weight and weight gained is fat. The exceptional one gained weight but not fat (look the same). He is Asian. It turns out that his body has more muscle without exercising and his calorie burning rate has increased.

Summary of theories proposed in the program:

- People get fat because of their brains register at one approx obese size and the body will response whatever it can to reach that size. - Obese people got infected by a fat virus (has been extremely experimented by a prof on chicken and 1000s obese patients). He said about 20% of fat people who are really fat got infected by this virus at one point in life. - Obese people has developed the tendency to get fat, dating back to the days inside wombs (what mama eats) and throughout childhood. - Skinny people has gene and mechanism that resist getting fat, physically and also psychologically.

Two weeks after the experiment, all 10 participants got back to their normal self, (they said) without trying hard to lose weight.

So in summary, skinny people tend to be skinny and fat people tend to be fat. It is difficult to gain weight or lose weight out of your normal size. And getting near fat people won't get you infected by that fat virus. :)

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I would love to see the experiment on aging people though. All subjects are in their early 20s. I do think somehow that I have that kind of gene because there were years that I ate like pig. I just never get fat (when I thought I was fat.). But the gene must get older as I grow old so I can't eat much anymore.

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Eventually my parents went back to Thailand. I drove them to Heathrow and just got back.

It started last year, this plan. I went to Switzerland with Tik and was so impressed by its natural beauty. At that time, the only thing I thought was to give my parents a chance to experience the same thing (which is their dream.). I planned it one year in advance; I planned to take them to Switzerland and they should be staying with me for 1 month. I have never thought it would be this hectic for I didnt know my schedule as a 2nd year PhD student.

Anyway, I have managed to take them to more places than they have ever dreamt of. We went to Switzerland, Spain and Southwest of England. Of all 5 weeks, we have traveled for 24 days. Of all those 24 days, I was a driver, porter, photograhper, guide and etc. Super tired but I'm happy to see them happy.

For the first time in my life that I took care of my parents. For the first time, we have spent time together almost 24 hrs a day. For the first time, I learnt that I possess their characters. For the first time, I learnt about my family.

The love that they have for me is the only true love of my life.

After suffering from bad quality photos management in MSN spaces for a year, I finally decide to join facebook (www.facebook.com). It is one of a kind embeding the concept of social computing. I had so much fun exploring it last night. The first two photo albums I posted on facebook are for our day trip to Exmoor national park, covering two cities: Lynmounth and Lynton. (This is the trip for Ay farewell.) It took 2.5 hours driving. On the way to Exmoor, we did stop for breakfast at Glastonbury. It was such a lovely day and everything is perfectly fine.

Lynmounth is called England's Switzerland; is where rivers and sea meet with the mountains. Lynton has stunning view of valley of rocks. It's such a lovely day for all of us: Ay, Em (photographer), Dalia, Ali, James, Pete, Sab, and our chauffeurs - Hagen and Yun. Thank you everyone for all the good time together.

This trip is also to test my 2 new cameras: Fuji s6500fd and Canon IXY L4. The former is great, the latter is ok with portrait but not for view or moving objects. In general, I am quite happy with them.

Take a look at:

http://bathac.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7687&id=853930141

http://bathac.facebook.com/album.php?aid=7678&id=853930141

ps. The only weakpoint I found in facebook is that there is no slide show function when displaying photos. Flickr is another online photo management that is very popular at the moment.

My friend asked me yesterday, what's my future plan?

Well.........gonna be a Dr. then get back working for sometimes and get out of Thailand, find the place in need, I'll work for the poor indeed.

The the next question to myself, Why outside Thailand? I am not sure about the answer I just feel like it. Thailand is a miniature world, there are many people in need but I might fear of the social depress and sexual captivity of male population in my country. I would not be safe to be a woman in rural area.

I feel lonely sometimes but I am sad no more. I am independent and happy being alone.

In retrospection, I was so unhappy in the past. I was crying out, dying to have someone loving me. But now I know that there are many more people suffering. There is no point for me to mourne about my good life. I have a house, family, bank account, plenty of clothes, many gadgets, nonsense stuff and big responsibility for the world I live in. It is ruined by us. Humans fight and kill the others for nothing. The world has never been in peace, just once in our history.

I am reading Ann Frank's diary, following a visit to her house in Amsterdam and a view of the movie Freedom Writers. We are so little as an individual. We might not make a big change in history. At least, I hope that having this intention, I will at least leave something good for the next generation.

Violence is everywhere. Racism is hidden in a modern society. It likes chain reaction. Because we are human being so we need someone to feel superior of. If there is a God and he cursed us for our sins, I would say that we must have indefinite of those. We pay the price by living this suffering life. No matter who you are, where you are, you will never be happy or rest in peace.

But I am a buddhist, we dont have God anyway.

It's too sad, too sane, this diary. I shall stop it here.

ps. I still cant live in green to help reduce carbon emission. I hate me for this.

Sometimes I'm bored of meeting people, bored of answering the same old question "How are you?"

Well, the answer is the same, so so, just dont want to talk, I am weird.

Sick for the past 2 days, this damn pain wont go away, I will just die with it.

Quote of the day "You shouldn't speak until you know what you are talking about."

I found myself being silent in the group for so many times, I have nothing to say as well as I dont give a shit on the matter.