Carpe Diem : Seize the Day

Way Back Into Love

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:33:15 GMT

Democracy vs Corruption: music & lyrics version

Ready? Here we go. To the tune of "Way Back Into Love":

(Democracy)

I've been living with the shadow of square face

I've been sleeping with the junta above my bed

I've been messed up for so long

Trapped in the past, I just can't seem to move on

(Corruption)

I've been hiding all my stocks and firms away

Just in case I need them again some day

I've been spending exile time

To clear a little space in the corners of my mind

(Both)

All I want to do is find a way back into love

I can't make it through without a way back into love

Oooooh

(Democracy)

I've been watching but Samak refuses to shine

I've been searching but I just don't see the signs

I know that it's out there

There's got to be something for my soul somewhere

(Corruption)

I've been looking for someone to treat me nice

Not somebody just to get me through the fight

I could use some protection

Not the boring talk of extradition

(Both)

All I want to do is find a way back into love

I can't make it through without a way back into love

And if I open my heart again, I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end

Oooooooh, Ooooooh, Ooooooh.

(Democracy)

There are moments when I don't know what is real

Or if anybody feels the way I feel

I need inspiration

Not just more tanks and machine-guns

(Both)

All I want to do is find a way back into love

I can't make it through without a way back into love

And if I open my heart to you, I'm hoping you'll show me what to do

And if you help me to start again, you know that I'll be there for you in the end

Oooooooh. Oooooooh....

And Earth, Heaven and Hell continue to hold their breath....

Tulsathit Taptim

The Nation>>http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/11/21/opinion/opinion_30056853.php

Baby I'm yours...

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:57:26 GMT

Baby I'm Yours
Baby I'm Yours
And I'll be yours until the stars fall from the sky
Yours until the rivers all run dry...
In other words until I die...

Baby I'm Yours,
Baby I'm Yours
And I'll be yours until the sun no longer shines,
Yours until the poets run out of rhymes
In other words until the end of time..

I'm gonna stay right here by your side,
Do my best to keep you satisfied,
Nothing in the world could drive me away,
Every day you'll hear me say...

Baby I'm yours
Baby I'm Yours
And I'll be yours until two and two is Three
Yours until the mountain crumbles to the sea,
In other words until eternity.. Baby I'm yours...
Till the stars fall from the sky
Baby I'm yours
Till the rivers all run dry
Baby I'm yours...

The Audacity of Hope

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:02:20 GMT

Audacious Barack Obama

United States Senator. Born August 4, 1961 in Hawaii, the son of Barack Obama, Sr., a member of Kenya's Luo tribe, and Ann Dunham. At the age of six, Obama moved with his family to Djakarta, Indonesia, after his mother remarried. Four years later, he returned to Hawaii to live with his grandparents and attend the esteemed Punahou Academy.

Obama graduated from Columbia University with a degree in political science in 1983, and moved to Chicago in 1985 to work as a community organizer in some of city’s toughest neighborhoods. In 1991, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School where he was the first African American editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Obama taught for many years at the University of Chicago Law School and helped organize voter registration drives during Bill Clinton’s election. He spent seven years in the Illinois state Senate, always putting working families at the top of his agenda. In 2004, he made a successful bid for the U.S. Senate, becoming only the third African-American elected to the Senate in more than a century.

In February 2007, Obama made headlines when he announced his candidacy for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. He seis running against the likes of former first lady and current New York senator Hilary Rodham Clinton and is vigorously campaigning and fund-raising as the dates for the 2008 primaries approach.

Obama and his wife, Michelle, live on Chicago ’s South Side with their daughters, Malia and Sasha. In 2004, he published an autobiography, Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance. His second book, The Audacity of Hope, was published in 2006. Biography.com

Hopeful Abhisit

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:55:49 GMT

Abhisit Vejjajiva

Born 1964
In a milieu used to sleazy, corrupt politicians, Abhisit Vejjajiva is somehow too good to be true: a young lawmaker who abhors the old system and works tirelessly for a cleaner tomorrow. For the Thai people, used to some of the classic cigar-chomping, ill-informed loudmouths who stalk the halls of parliament, Abhisit offers a ray of hope.

Aged just 35, Abhisit has already served under two governments, a sign that "politics as usual" may be on the wane. Major ministries may still be the preserve of the old guard, but Abhisit has excelled as a government spokesman and as minister to the prime minister's office, where he oversees investment and education issues. Abhisit puts it down to people power. "In a democracy it is up to the people," he says. " We are seeing a wave of younger politicians being given a prominent role precisely because the parties need to respond to the public call for a changing of the guard."

The poster boy for the new wave, Abhisit enthralls students with his vision of money-free politics and captivates young women with his heartthrob looks. But he also cuts it with a more hard-headed audience. A panelist at the recent World Economic Forum summit in Singapore, Abhisit presented an emotional commentary on the recovery that moved some close to tears and won him a rare round of applause.

While Abhisit may seem young for a minister, he set out on his career path at the age of nine. When in 1973, a popular uprising transformed Thai politics overnight, Abhisit sat up late listening to the news. "Suddenly to me politics was no longer the business of the few. It was everybody's business," he says. "It opened up a new world and I thought I would like to be part of that." As a 16-year-old schoolboy in Britain, Abhisit balanced football ("I like to think I was good!") with more worldly issues. He fondly remembers the visit of a young Democrat MP who posed for a photograph with him - current PM Chuan Leekpai.

After studying for a Master's in economics at Oxford University and a stretch as a lecturer at Bangkok's Thammasat University, Abhisit won another photo op with Chuan when he was elected as a Democrat MP for Bangkok in March 1992. Heady pronouncements by the press that he may one day follow his mentor into the top job are something of an embarrassment to this modest father of two and devoted family man. "First you have to prove yourself," he says. Time and talent are on his side.
By JULIAN GEARING Bangkok : Asiaweek

Politics of Hope

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:30:30 GMT

Nowadays, I endeavour to pursue for political news espeacially

Thai and American.My idealiatic Thai politician is Mr. Abhisit

and American politicians are hopeful senator BarackObama and

Hillary Rodham Clinton who tends to be next American president.

I have nothing to write except political issue so it may be

tedious for someone. I am a diehard of politics so never a day

without political news.If I'm walking down the right path

and I'm willing to keep walking, eventually I'll make progress.

Someday, if I have a good opportunity, I will be in politics arena

being a good politician.Ask not what your country can do for you--

ask what you can do for your country.I won't subvert the country

like someone who was deposed by the coup and now exile wherever.

Such a cynical politico!! I want to tell him that democracy is not

about voting. There are other prerequisites for democracy i.e.

a credible opposition; checks and balances; a free press; and

the rule of law free from intimidation. These are rarely found during

his incumbent. My conscience tells me to vote 'yes' in referendum

for our transparent and more stable politics. I'm not ab baewing!!

Living History

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 08:58:35 GMT

I got a new book--Living History written by Hillary Rodham Clinton

from Asia Books last week. While I was enthusiatically reading this book,

I ran into the very generous quote---

"Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as ever you can."

Living History captures the essence of the most remarkable women of our time

and the challenging process by which she came to define herself and find her own

voice-as a woman and as a formidable figure in American politics.

Nowadays, women play more significant roles shaping the world.

I want women be accepted and treated equally

because women are at all times victimized.

--Appendix--

To my parents and cozy family, thanks for your inspiration, prayers, support and love

that blessed my heart and sustained me always.

To my beloved teachers, thanks for your kindness, altruism, love and everything you

have done for me and my friends.

To all of my friends who always energize and boost my morale,

Orh, I miss you so much. Always take care. Chin up!!

Bum and Jew, I always think of you guys. Thanks for sanctuary.

Oh, thanks for your helps and everything you have done for me. Miss you!!

Keke, I miss you always. See you!!

Tang, thanks for everything especially your money. I owe you. Haha

Noon, I miss you. Take care!!

Lumphun, miss you and take care.

Bung, we nearly meet each other. Someday!!

Ouy, I miss you. Long time no see. Cheer up!!

Khwan, miss you guy. Take care!!

Tom, I miss you. Always take care. Beware of Breathalyzer!!

Tong, thanks for good articles in your blog. It is worth reading. Miss you!!

Huang, I miss you. See you soon.

Nan and Belle, I miss you. Eat out someday.

Tor, I miss you. Take care!!

Dumilk, miss you and take care!!

Last but not least, for all of my friends, I love you guys. TONS of LOVE.

Rainy Season and Loneliness

Fri, 04 May 2007 20:51:58 GMT

The downpours of rain make trees and crops verdant:paradoxically,

it doesn't freshen my wither heart from thinking of my beloved friends.

This situation reminds me of the song of Emotion Town called

"The cause of Loneliness" which told a benefit of separation.

The more we are faraway, The more we are thinking of each other.

Some day, we will gather up again;moveover, the taste of true friendship

will be more succulent. I miss you guys, my friends.

Shaken and Stirred

Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:53:22 GMT

I believe that every man and woman is

entitled to a say in the way his/her society

is regulated. To deny them that right

because they are poor or because they are

ill educated is, to me, an abomination.

Puey Ungphkorn

Former Rector of Thammasat University

The world is in constant trouble

because of the selfishness in each of us,

in each of the different factions.

It is due to this uncontrolled selfishness

that war is fought when nobody

wants to fight a war.

It becomes a disease when people

succumb to its power.

Buddhadhas Bhikku

Buddhist Teaching

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