Hoodies and Wags go check cabon footprints of the mufin tops

Collins English Dictionary has added words like 'hoodies', 'wags', 'cabon footprints', muffin top, size zero, into its 9th edition, launched just on Monday the 4 June!

hoodie = a young person who wears a hooded sweatshirt, regarded by some as a potential hooligan. Get the picture?

wags = the pampered wives and girlfriends spending their partners' cash, take their place after a sterling performance accompanying the England football team at the 2006 World Cup. In other words, wives and girlfriends of footballers. Who?

pro-ana = those who believe anorexia is a lifestyle choice. Also, size zero

muffin top = the flabby bulge over the top of a tight pair of jeans. some muffins?

brainfood = foods containing nutrients thought to assist brain function.

carbon footprint, carbon offsetting and season creep - the changing length of seasons thought to be caused by climate change. Your cabon footprint?

Apart from these, words like 'Plasma screen', 'Tamiflu' - the anti-viral drug for influenza, 'wiki', 'me-media' - personal online services such as YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. =D

Phew.. so many... I'm wondering if 'Ubuntu', 'Blogger', 'Cookie', 'Emoticon'...and the like are in there too.

However, Thai people not to worry! Our ราชบัญฑิตยสถาน or The Royal Institute is also updated the Royal Institute dictionary with words used between 1999 - 2007 (พ.ศ. 2542 - 2550) and they call it the dictionary of the current Thai language, literally translated from พจนานุกรมภาษาไทยปัจจุบัน. They have been collected 'new words' for about 2 years and currently there are about 1,000 words from the modern time. You will be amused when you hear what words are being included. They are...

Chill-Chill ชิวชิว = to take it casually, as in 'sit chill-chill at a club' or take it easy
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Ung อึ้ง = shocked and speechless

Kip-Kea กิ๊บเก๋ = chic

Gig กิ๊ก = a person you have an affair with, or as my experienced friend put it, it's someone who is more than a friend but less than a girlfriend/boyfriend.

Go Inter โกอินเตอร์ = to become famous internationally...(I guess this word got its root from Tata young Oh..boys love her..ha ha. There you will find her photo in the link.)

Cha-pai-toi ช้าไปต๋อย = too slow that someone has already taken your chance

Dek sil เด็กชิ่ว = a person who has re-enterd a university

Kan neaw กันเหนียว = to do something or have a contingency plan so that you are certain you will get the right result.

Kai-Kok ไขก๊อก ... This I don't know what it means, but it's from politics I guess.

So.. your gig has go-intered with the help of Dek-sil and what made you Ung was that he said Cha-pai-toi, but your girlfriend just chill chill. ha ha How's that?

In the meantime...

According to Iyanla Vanzant in "In the meantime", you should...
1. Love yourself no matter what! Never let what is happening or the fear of what could happen rob you of your ability to love yourself.
2. Feel what you feel and acknowledge that you are feeling it. Before you reach out to avoid the pain, reach in and feel it.
3. Express what you feel verbally or in writing. If you try to hold it in, it will choke you!
4. Get clear about what you want. What do you want to do? How do you want to feel?
5. You need to spend some time with yourself and gather up the little pieces that you have given away.

...now please allow me..to express myself to you...
I feel like to want to cry. I feel like I want to fly away far and far away, to peace and loving kindness and just stay there. I feel like I'm locked in. I cannot speak my mind. I have feet but I cannot walk. I have hands but they are tied. I just want to cry. I am hurt. I am frustrated. I am beaten. My heart is broken. I want to breathe fresh air. I want to breathe in freedom.
I am uncomfortable. I now live under a roof of different rules. There are plenty of space here but I'm confined to stay in my room. I don't have anything to discuss with anyone. I am just here... I'm heart-broken, though I might not accept it before. I didn't truly accept it. I was open to take in a new extended family. I was dreaming of a heartwarming wedding full of love and happiness. A day in life when you share your love with your loved ones.

It is not going to happen to me.. How can you call it love when you want everything to be your way? Some parents want things to be their way, exactly the way they want it, every little detail. Sometimes they just forget..that the child has grown up. Their child is growing old too and his/her life is shorter as a day goes by. He/she has to make decision for his/her own life now.

I tried my best to take in new culture, accept new rules. But this is just too much already. Sometimes when you love someone, you just have to let them be and support them to the best you can. Every being is responsible for their own life. Not you. Not me. They, themselves.

I pray for a peaceful mind from now until eternity...
Please guide me...

Wanna be Happy? *_*

I read an article on Freakonomics blog this morning. It's about *Happiness*
Everyone is interested in happiness these days. It's true. We can see marketing strategy from big corporations use happiness as a key message. Not to mention "peaceful happiness" you are told you can get from going to exotic resorts, practicing yoga, doing new age meditation. Everyone is craving for happiness.

This is what you get when you search for happiness on the web.

DTAC Happy

But what they proposed is "the secret of happiness" is............ low expectations!

I think it's interesting and it's true. You don't get disappointed so easily when you have low expectations. I think it's good to have low expectations on other people and things that you cannot control. Sometimes we just have to do our best. And best is best. We don't need to worry about anything anymore and that is happiness I guess.

Let's just do our best each moment, then*

New Books!!!

Today I went to Kinokuniya in Orchard with my Indonesia friend and my mum. I had Cesar Salad and Crepe Suzette! Oouu~ Yummy





I also got lots of books!! Shift: Inside Nissan (about cars again, I know) and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. I bought "The power of subconcious mind" for my friend as a gift. So he bought me "The confessions of a shopaholic" Well, Subconcious mind for Shopaholic. He said I needed some light reading some, and the Shopaholic was recommended. OK. I will read it. It was good going to the Kino with him. We talked and talked and talked! We also found out that "Why do men have nipples?" and "Why do men sleep after sex?" were not that good or funny after all. They are those time-passing books, I think. He also said for the courtesy of my boyfriend, he would not let me by them. ha ha There were so many interesting books I wanted to read, as always. I'm happy to get these new books, plus the 'light' one!