My first year in Norway [Part 1 : Preparation & Job Search]

             I've been living in Norway since the 28th of March, 2012. It's already been over a year and there are so many things going on in my life. When I knew I really had to move to Norway to be with my boyfriend [who is now my husband], I had to learn to prepare for a new life that might not be so easy as it is in my homeland. 

           First of all, I came to Norway with a fiancee visa under the family immigration visa type. The rule is that you'd need to get married within 6 months after your arrival. My boyfriend and I didn't plan the exact date of when we wanted to get married yet, but I knew it should be within 4 months before a letter of certificate from Thailand that "I'm single and have not been married to anyone" would not be valid anymore. 

The visa I got was only valid for 7 days. This is why everyone must report themselves to the local police office.

             Just a little tip for any foreigner(s) who is planning to get married in Norway (in norwegian: Ekteskap i Norge), you have to prepare all the documents from your home country which are a letter of certificate that you're single and your birth certificate. At least, this is what I needed to present to the Tax Office in Norway (Skatteetaten) together with other documents that can be acquired in Norway. I don't want to get you bored with the whole procedure here. So let's skip that for now ;-) I also had to prepare my educational degree's certificates I received from my high school and university. So that I could submit to Nokut to get my degrees from Thailand recognized here in Norway. Phew, that's a lot of work, isn't it? But that's not all.

              I remember that within the first week I arrived in Oslo, Norway, I had to report myself to the district police office and get my personal number at the tax office. I also wanted to apply for a tax card but they told me I could do that when I had a job offer. I needed to find a job and bring the contract to the tax office again then. So, I decided to wait a little bit for that. The next thing I did was to open a bank account. I chose DNB bank as recommended by my boyfriend.

              Like other people who have just moved to a new country, I was hoping to find a job as soon as possible. Unfortunately, I knew nothing about how to find a job in Norway and what I can do here. There are a lot of culture differences I needed to learn. I didn't have a lot of friends here, just some Thai people I knew back I was in Thailand. It was a bit difficult at first since everything I found online, job advertisement, local news, public signs, everything in this country is written in Norwegian. 

            To get around here, it's nothing to worry because most norwegian people can speak English very well. They just preferred to speak Norwegian than English if possible. Before I moved to Norway, I had been reading, 'Teach yourself Norwegian'. It actually helped to give your some basic Norwegian to get around. For me, I have no problem with writing part, the most difficult part is to speak the language. 

This is my 'Teach Yourself Norwegian' book. It's 2002 edition but still very useful! Thanks to my friends, Morten, for giving me this book =)

         Most of the jobs here require that you must be able to speak Norwegian or any other scandinavian language (Swedish or Danish). I was so wrong to think that I had a high education in Thailand, it should help me get a job easily. When you move to a new country that English is not the first speaking language, you may as well need to prepare yourself to start over from zero. I didn't feel this pressure during the first half year since I was lucky enough to have some good friends who helped me with the job, but I do now. 

             I got my first job here as port check-in assistant as recommended by my friend, Ople. It was nice since I didn't have to speak Norwegian, or even when I did, the passengers understood what I was saying, or if not, they would be speaking to me in English anyway. I enjoyed the job so much but unfortunately, it was only a summer job that finished in June. Then, from middle of nowhere, I was contacted by one of the cosmetics owners in Norway, who found on Twitter, that he was interested to work with me. The interview went well and I even got to Bergen and talked about the job. I was helping the company doing a research about its brand in Thailand. Too bad, the contract was finished in September and the owner sold the company to his partner. So, I was back to be a job searcher again.

             To be honest, last summer wasn't really that bad. I also had got another job at a hotel. Again, my good friend, Ople, who was working there at a time told me that they needed more staff during the summer. I went for an interview and got the job. I had a lot of working hours during the 3 months of summer. I was very happy. Then, the winter came, there was less guests and my working hours had been decreased accordingly. I began to think if this is how it's going to be, that I can only earn a lot of money during the summer and almost nothing during the winter. 

            I started to cry every time I think about my 'unemployment' situation here. It's been told by other Thai friends who have been living here for years that it's gonna be tough for the first few years but then everything will get better. I do really hope so. My husband always tells me that I'm lucky enough to still have 'a job' because there are still a lot of people that have been searching for a job here and still get 'nothing'. Some even have to try to get some money from NAV and stuff. I honestly feel so thankful to have such good friends and a wonderful husband to support and be there for me. I know I won't give up on finding a good job here, I just need to be able to speak better Norwegian soon. *Fingers crossed*

             The good news is ever since I've moved to Norway, I seem to have received more translation jobs than when I was in Thailand. Weird, isn't it? That's why I decided to create a fan page [please feel free to click 'LIKE' here] for people who may be looking for a freelance English <--> Thai translator. I might not earn as much as a standard salary in Norway but at least it's a job I love =) I also hope that when I become so fluent in Norwegian, I would like to apply to be a certified translator here also. Well, wish me luck! ;-)

               It is now summer in Norway and I have a good feeling something great is gonna happen. I'll travel to Thailand next week but I may have some free time to write about my first year in Norway then. Until next time! Have a good one or as we say in Norwegian, * Ha det bra * [Have it good!]

I recently found some Sakura trees in Oslo ^^

2011: The new chapter began; another big decision made [Part 2]

Hi Everyone!

        My last blog (which can be read here) was posted 5 months ago. I remember that I wrote at the end of my blog that I would write the second part the week after. That didn't happen until now. I'm sorry. I will probably never gonna promise anything like that again xD

          So back to the story, I finished my first blog that all packing was done and I was ready to go. It was my first time in Scandinavia. I actually wanted to travel there many years ago and it finally happened. I flew directly to Copenhagen, Denmark with SAS. The weather was a bit cold for me. It was spring at that time I think. I really enjoyed the fresh air I breathed. I spent first 4 days walking around CPH and catching up with old friends. At first, I only planned to go to visit some friends in Oslo, Norway for a few days. I didn't plan to visit Stockholm, Sweden as I didn't have much time but I made it at the end of my trip and stayed there for 72 hours. Thanks to Niels for getting me a plane ticket from Oslo to Stockholm as my birthday gift.

All packed and ready to go!

This is me at Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark

Me at Vigelandsparken in Oslo, Norway

I met up with some friends in Stockholm, Sweden. I love this photo of us! ♥

          What I didn't know was that this trip would change my life forever. I didn't even plan to meet and fall in love with someone but I did. I've known and talked this person online. We've talked for months. I planned my trip even before I met him but it turned out I'd be meeting him when I came to Oslo. He was a nice gentlemen who took care of me for the whole trip I was in Oslo. I couldn't imagine how difference it would be if i had met him in Bangkok when he was there as a tourist. 

        After I came back to Bangkok, we were still keeping in touch and talking to each other. I know it would be hard to have a long distance relationship. So all we did was having a faith in each other. We have still talked to each other everyday from the first day we started talking. Then, one day he asked, 'why shouldn't we try to live together and see how it goes'. It was definitely something like that. My heart raised so fast with a big smile on my face. Without hesitation, I said, 'Sure, why not', even though I didn't know whether it would work out for us or not. I just thought, 'What the hell, life is about taking risk to get what you want, and if you really want it, you go and get it no matter what. At the end of the day, you will always learn something from your decision'.

       During that time, I had done a lot of thinking, 'What would I be doing there? How am I gonna live without work for a few months?' etc. I mean this is huge for me. I'm gonna be moving to see if the love is real. I couldn't help being worried too but with his fully support, I felt so calm enough to believe that we would make it through. Without any knownledge of Norwegian language and culture, I was still in hope that there would be something for me, if I kept trying. 

         This time, I asked for a visiting 3 months schengen visa. Little did I know, I should've tried to apply for a work permit or other type of permit instead of this one so I could stay longer. I thought that I could extend my visa or apply for other type of visa while I was there. I was wrong. I had to fly back to Thailand after my visa expiration to apply for another type of visa. This is actually what they write on UDI website. I heard that some people could apply for another type of visa and not leave the country but still, it was not so legit. I didn't wanna break any rule before I actually moved there. 

         The reason why I mentioned about the visa is because our relationship had been blossomed beautifully. We'd been so in love and wanted to live together. However, there are so many rules concerning about the visas. I've never known that people have been going through a lot of process and waiting time until they can move to another country. We decided to apply for a fiance visa at the end of January and we finally got a 6-month temporary resident permit granted in March 2012. I have been living in Oslo, Norway for almost 4 months as we're speaking now. This is a story of how I made my decision to move from Thailand to another side of the world in Europe -- or the country we all know where the cold comes from ;)

Thanks again for reading until the end, I wish you another lovely wonderful summer!

ps. I'll try to post some photos from my trips but there are so many. I hope I could find some time to write more also! xD

2011: The new chapter began; another big decision made [Part 1]

Hi everyone!

It's already been half a year since I last updated my blog! I'm so glad to see that I haven't lost my followers, or perhaps you have already forgotten about me which I hope not! ;) hehe I had a busy 2011 with a lot of interesting stuff going on and somehow that led me to hopeful 2012 I'm looking forward to! :) It's such a shame I hadn't had a chance to write about what happened for past few years, I wish I had as my memory is getting worse - I really don't wanna admit it but I'm getting old but I am! >_< Anyway, I'm about to tell you now what happened to me in 2011.

Every New Year, I woke up with some hope wishing it'd be another awesome year of my life. It had been that way literally. I'm so thankful for people who have come into my life, even some of them didn't stay as long as I wish they did. But that's life. I started to admit that and move on with my life. I soon realized that "my life is mine and I shall live my life the way I want it to be". I kept in mind that in 2011 I would go travel to Scandinavia and I fortunately did.

It was a plan since 2008 but I had never made it until April, 2011. I remembered how life could totally change once you made a big decision. What I did back in 2008 was that I quit my job from one of the best companies in the world and become jobless. Actually, to become jobless wasn't in my plan but that's how life chanllenged me. The reason I quit my job at that time was to travel to Europe for 3 months. I was hoping I could find something I was looking for there; possible job or even real love. THAT didn't happen.....when my visa got rejected since I didn't had a job or anything in Thailand or someone in Europe to guarantee I'd come back. Ironic, wasn't it? I still remember that day I went to the Embassy of netherlands and argued with one of the staffs about my travelling plan; he said, "No matter how much money you have, one day it will be gone if you don't have a job." He is damn right! I guess I was too naive to admit that. Today, I realize money is not everything. You can always feel rich if you're happy with what you already have.

Anyway, I spent 5 months in 2008 doing but traveling and partying. It was fun for a while but then, I had to start looking for a job again. I got a job, moved to Koh Samui, Thailand, quit that job, came back to Bangkok, looked for another job, got a new job and quit that new job. I was in that circle for about 5-6 months and I just thought this was not what I wanted. They were not even the jobs I liked. There was a time I wish I couldn't have quit my old job but then come to think of it again, if I hadn't quit that job, I wouldn't become who I am today. Luckily for me, I found this new job at a Thai publishing company. It was October, 2009. I remember I applied for a "content editor" but somehow I got a job as a "reporter." It was an awesome job that I'd had for almost 2 years, before I quit it for a new charter of life.

So back to early 2011, before I decided to quit my awesome job as a journalist, I found this cheap ticket to Scandinavia on SAS. I couldn't remember what brought me to their website but at the time, the promotion ticket was on sales! I shouldn't hesitate to book it, should I? It was my dream destination and of course the answer was a def NO. At that time, I didn't even think if I would get a visa or not, I knew I just had to book the ticket and I booked it right away. It was the last one. How lucky was I?! 26,xxx THB for return ticket from Bangkok to Copenhagen was pretty a sweet deal. I decided to travel during the Thai New Year in April as it seemed to be the only good period for me to take a long holiday. I could take a week off together with public holiday, I'd be able to have a two-awesome week in Europe, yay! Initially, I didn't plan where I wanted to go but I knew I had to go to Copenhagen first, then maybe Oslo if I had time. I've got a lot of Danish and Norwegian friends. It'd be fun to catch up with them...finally in their home land!

However, just a few days before my trip to Scandinavia, I decided to go to Malaysia with my sister. Malaysia has never been in my plan of traveling but then I got this VIP invitation to "Johnny Black Label F1 Circuit party" in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia that changed my mind hahaha I'd like to thank to my good friend, Charles, who is a brand manager for JW malaysia and the one who got me these VIP tickets. At first, I had tried to ask few friends of mine if they wanted to come with me, but no one was available at the time of F1 party. Then, I asked my sister if she wanted to come, and she said yes, except "no" to the party. KL would be like a little paradise for a shopper like my sister. So now I had one more country added to my traveling list ^^

But... things aren't always as easy as it may seem. I had to prepare for my visa before I went to KL. I thought it would not take so long to get a visa to Denmark. Again, I was wrong! Seriously, when it comes to visa submission, I always got so nervous about its result. This time again, when I submitted my application at VFS global, the staff told me it might take one week to one month to get my visa approved. I was like, "what the hell? how am I going to get my visa in time of traveling and I already bought a ticket?!". My plan was to be in KL from 8-11 April, 2011 and then I'd have to fly to Copenhagen, Denmark on the 14th of April, 2011. All I could do was that I could get my passport back from VFS, so I could travel to KL then I had to return it to the VFS and kept on waiting for the visa result. I returned my passport on the 12th of April, hoping they could get my visa approved on the 13th or else my dream trip would have been crashed. Until today, I still couldn't believe how lucky I was! I had this sweet Danish friend who said he might be able to possibly help me with the visa. I was so upset about the procedure time but I wouldn't blame anyone but myself for not thinking of extra time. Anyway, I called him and asked if there's anything he could help. I was so desperate, as I bought the ticket and everything. He wrote an email to one of his friends who also worked at the Danish embassy and followed up with a phone call. Because of him, I got my visa in time of flying at the time. Thank you so much, sweet Johan! And with my super packing skill, it only took me a few hours to pack everything a girl needs to have for her two-week trip!

Now it's getting long....guess I'd have to stop writing about this for now, but you can for sure look forward to part 2 this week! I promise xD

Have a nice day, wherever you are!

xoxo,

A simple healthy breakfast: fried veggies mixed with a scramble egg

I'm not really a morning person. So cooking a breakfast is something I rarely do when I was back in Thailand. It's been 4 days since I arrived here in Oslo. For past 3 days, I've been making Thai rice porridge for breakfast. As boring as it sounds, I actually like it a lot. I'll probably write about how to make it one day here. I woke up so late today. I guess the nice weather would put you into a longer sleep than you normally do. I went groceries shopping yesterday and I finally got a lot of vegetables that I like. This is what I made for my breakfast today. 

I meant to make a scramble egg together with a side salad. Apparently, we don't have a salad sauce in our place so I decided to make fried veggies mixed with a scramble egg and this is how it looked like at the end. I fried the mushroom first following the green cabbage. Then fried an egg before putting prepared-cut tomato pieces. At the end, I added a half piece of a banana and a glass of chocolate milk. It tasted so good, I am officially full. I ate it with salt but I think you could easily eat with a ketchup or cheese as you like it.

Have a nice day, everyone! 

xoxo

Happiness is everywhere

If you know where to look for, 

you would know 

"Happiness is everywhere" 

Quoted by May S. Sittikraisorn

♥

"Happiness is Everywhere"

Thanks for a great design by Heng Swee Lim

Wonderful Wonder

Photo by Moon_y

"Wonderful Wonder"

by May S. Sittikraisorn

It's a funny feeling

When you can't stop

Thinking about 

A certain someone;

It's even funnier

'Cos that someone

Is the only person 

You've been talking to

All day and Everyday.

It's hard to explain 

How this person 

Did this to you;

And why is this person

Always on your mind,

Following you 

Into your sleep.

It's a wonderful wonder

waiting to be seen

Only by heart,

Just one simple wish

May this feeling

Never go away.

♥

Happiness is the key to life

"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy". They told me I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life." - John Lennon

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 Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon 
John Lennon - Greatest Hits
Power To The People: The Hits 
The Beatles A Hard Day?s Night Limited Edition Collectable Taxi Tin
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Inspire me

"Inpire Me"

by May S. Sittikraisorn

So here's a deal,
Don't step on me when I fall,
Give me your hand when I do
Pull me up and let me walk,
Let me learn how to walk by myself
And I'd be glad enough
Just to see you there,
Watching me,
Running through my own race.
But would you please
Just let me know that you will
Always be there next to me,
And embrace me if I win
Because I know,
I may just will.

Because you know

You are my.....

.....My inspiration

♥

 

 

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The Greatest Angry Voicemail Ever

This is actually one of the greatest angry voicemails left to Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. This anonymous angry woman got kicked from the theater for the fact she was using her mobile phone in the theater which is against the theater's rules that do not allow anyone to use the phone in the theater as the theater mentioned on this vdo: 

"We do not tolerate people that talk or text in the theater. In fact, before every film, we have several warnings on screen to prevent such happenings. Occasionally, someone doesn't follow the rules, and we do, in fact, kick their asses out of our theater. This video is an actual voicemail from a woman that was kicked out of one of our Austin theaters. Thanks, anonymous woman, for being awesome."

If we look at both sides, the woman is obviously being pissed for being threw out from the theater when she was hoping to see the movie she just paid. I'm not really sure about the theater rules in the USA but it's good to see that certain theater like Alamo Drafthouse has taken the you-are-not-allowed-to-use-the-mobile-phone-rule seriously in their theaters. No matter how "shitty" the theater is, if you pay to go there, it basically means you accept its condition, no matter what, right?


My favourite line: "no one ever gave a f*ck about what me - I was doin' on my f*ckin' phone" (sound so wrong there, but still really funny! hehe)


Anyway, an applaud for this mysterious woman for an awesome voice mail.

If you would like to know more about Alamo Drafthouse, please visit www.Drafthouse.com or check out below links :)

  

And if you want to check out or practice some ridiculous funny voicemail, check this out:

  

Disclaimer: I didn't own this vdo. It belongs to Alamo Drafthouse who posted this vdo initially on Youtube.

I will be here by Tiësto feat. Sneaky Sound System

I found most of my favourite music through Youtube or sent/suggested by my friends. This is a recent track of Tiesto I have a crush on. I know it's been released a few years ago but great music never really gets old, does it?

This song reminds us of how life must goes on, through the good and hard times. And you, my beloved friends, can be so sure that I will always be there for you.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! ♥

May x

"I will be here"

by Tiësto featuring Sneaky Sound System

I don't know, what went wrong
If I did, would it matter cause
It just wasn't enough
You know when the moment comes
To be strong, to resistance
And that is what
We're lead to believe

When the big road falls apart
And you think that the feeling will linger
You need somewhere to start
I will be here

Guess that things didn't work out
It will soon disappear and will be miles away
Away from here
You don't mind if life's not that pretty
It will soon disappear and will be miles away
Away from here

When the big road falls apart
And you think that the feeling will linger
You need somewhere to start
I will be here

Disclaimer: I do not own this music. This music belongs to Tiësto from his 4th album album Kaleidoscope. Album release on 10/06/09 on Ultra Records. You can buy it here: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=324362034&i...

Dear Bed

Dear Bed,

Please stop being so cute! You already know how much I wanna spend times with you, and you know that sometimes when I'm with you, I forget about times and everything else. It's all cos of you. I can't believe I am late for work again.

Gonna love you less now,

Your loyal sleeper x


Picture from my Singapore trip back in July 2010.

'Cos life is about who stay with you till the end

It's not about who you have met in life, it's about who stay with you till the very end. So go with the flow, learn not to expect anything cos expection always fails & saddens you. Be happy and thankful for people who care and are always there for you, even though they're not your close friends cos life is not about finding the one but someone who knows all your mistakes & weaknesses, yet still thinks you're completely amazing. Love you all ♥

-May S. Sittikraisorn

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In my memory

"In my memory"

by May S. Sittikraisorn

I like you now.
But I don’t know about tomorrow.
Still hurt from my mistakes.
And I don’t know
If it will ever be the same.
Maybe it will
Maybe it won't,
Yet it doesn't change
The fact that you've been
So important to me,
My obvious position
Has brought up to my intention
One tough situation
But no matter what,
You will always be
In my most vividly wonderful
Thought of you
And one of these days,
Baby,
I'm going miss you so.

ps. This is an old poem I composed back in Feb 2011 (with a bit of edition as of today haha)


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Walking through life

"Walking through life"
by May S. Sittikraisorn

Like a world traveler,

Been walking all his life,

With no perfect direction to guide,

Nor the right path to walk on.

And throughout those years,

Embraced with pleasurable joy,

Every stop he deployed,

Like a kid with his new toy.

And he's kept on walking,

Knowing one day he'd stop,

Today is not the day.

When there’re still more things,

He wants to see.

And I wonder,

If he’s ever got lonely,

From walking alone,

With no one beside him,

To share those wonderful thoughts,

On such memorable trips,

They may cherish

Together, now and then.

Maybe someday he realizes,

Happiness is to share.

There’s nothing else to compare,

When you find that someone who cares.

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Dear Shopping

Dear Shopping,

After been spending 4 hours with you today, I realize maybe it's not a good idea to get back together with you. Yes you made me happy, but if i start to see you as often as before, I'd become so spoiled and eventually get fat. So let's just keep it casual ok?

Love always ♥

Your shopaholic ex girlfriend

We are luckier

Life is ridiculous sometimes. It brings joy, happiness and even sadness. My life has been real much exciting and even to the most rocky places. When people are happy, they seem to forget all about the bad things that happened in life. That's a good thing about being a human I guess. Ironically, when we're feeling down about whatever happens in life - love, careers, friends, people around you - all these things, when it failed, it will push you down and really hard to the bottom of the end of the world and it just keeps happening in your head on and on. All you need to do is to find a way to get back up and live life again.

Yes I know, saying is easy, doing is hard.

So what am I trying to say here? This is our life and we're all our own boss. I try to think of life positively as a beautiful thing. It's short yet meaningful. I have spent so much times in time being so depressed and sad, especially when I was young. As I grow up, I've become more mature and learned that I can't just waste my times feeling like that - it's not good for my mental health. I'm not saying I have completely get rid of those feeling - of course not - I'm still a human with all feeling.

I, myself, have also been let down lately too, but I didn't spend time thinking of how bad the situation was for more than a day or two. Somehow, there are always something to wake me up, to remind me how lucky I am to have a life I do.

This photo is credited to Shane Brady

Here's what I think....

When you think life is hard, look around and you will see you are living a much better life than million of people and animals out there.

There are so many times in life that I feel so terrible with those homeless people and street dogs. Those people don't have as much as money as we do, don't have a nice place to sleep like many of us, don't have good food to eat, don't have nice clean clothes to wear and many more.

I think we should feel luckier for having a life we have.

The truth is everyone wants to be loved, wants to be successful, wants to be recognized or even have a lot of money. Sweetheart, I know we all do but the question is do you know where the line of your happiness is.

Family and friends are the most important people in my life and I'm so thankful for having these wonderful people in my life and I know many of you may feel the same way too, right? Then you should feel luckier, because you know what, some people were born not knowing who their parents are; some people spend their whole life trying to find who their real friends are, when you've still got your family and friends who you can run to whenever you need them. You just need to make sure you are not gonna let them down. I have both let my friends down and been let down by my friends too. Then, I've learned real friends are rare to find and I've tried to learn to become less "me" and more "them, cherish everything and every moment we have together. Because you know what, you are who you are today because of these people around you have influenced on you.

Because not everyone has a rich family, we all try to become successful in our career and have as much money as we can. That's what we all have been taught even since we remember. I always tried to be number 1 in every class in school. Thing's changed as you grow up. I've learned I don't need to be number 1 in everything, just do what that makes me happy and don't force myself so much. And when it comes to my career, I'd rather choose to do what I love than what I love less. People have been saying, "Money matters", it does, but only if you know how to manage it well, you don't need to have a lot of money.

Everyday, I see homeless people, I see those who have been fired from work and those who are not able to work for money etc and they make me wonder every time, "how the hell do they manage to live off 'nothing'?" There were times, I thought I was not gonna survive till the end of the month and I did. I guess it's really all about money management. You don't need to buy everything you "want" but everything you need, to survive enough. Then, when you have more than 'enough', you could also be kind to others, and not just human being but other living things as well. Like for me, I sometimes gave food I bought for myself to homeless people or street dogs because they needed more than me (I'd survive, I have more fat than them you know) and when you see those happy smile on their face, you cant just stop smiling as well.



And if you are single, and looking for love, please never think you've got no one to love, cos look around you, there are your friends, family and someone who secretly think that you're completely amazing (hey I'd like to think so!) I hate hearing my friends go, "Oh you'll meet that someone blah blah blah" it's kinda lame but it's true. I don't think everyone is going to die alone, unless you choose to be like that. I don't think you should be sad for not having someone to love now. I mean there are a lot of people whose lovers, husbands, and wives died in a tragic incident. Now that's even more depressed because their love is forever lost and you can always find new love; you see, you're luckier than them. So, head up, and let's hope that there are that someone who secretly think that you're completely amazing that you have not found yet.

I think it's really hard to tell your friends who have been recently heartbroken and get themselves up and move on. I still remember the first time I got my heart broken, man it's been almost a year before I could move on. That's a thing, everyone has an ability to move on. It's not that we're leaving things behind us, but it's the fact that we can go back in time and change it and we should learn from it and try to move on so the next time we fall in love, we may do it better than before. You don't need to be stuck with the past and those don't treat you right, because you know what, everyone deserves to be treated right, right? ;-)

There are times I feel super lonely, and those hugs from my friends and family don't help much lol I'm just saying that being single is not really that bad as we think it is, because it means you're free to do whatever we want with whomever we want, well for now until we find that someone special (of course!) so we should just enjoy our life as much as possible.

I really think everyone can simply be happy, if they're only happy for what they have and who they are. Remember to look around before feeling bad about anything in life. I for one believe that if you are able to READ this, you're luckier than million of people who cant afford to have a computer to access to the internet to read my blog, and probably are not literated like you are.

I just wanna say, you still have more chances to make things better in life, please don't give up on things easily. Life could always get better if you try to work on it. I am here for you if you need me. Good luck to you all.

Peace & LOVE.

This photo is credited to Steve Pepple

Butterfly Effect

Picture by Dr Freezo


"Butterfly Effect"
by May S. Sittikraisorn

She was a cute little girl,

Chasing around one butterfly she found,

How fascinating she thought.

Asked her mama if she could keep

Mama said, Dear little girl

Butterflies are not meant to be caught

Let them fly, fly high to the blue sky

The butterfly overheard and said,

Dear Lil Girl, Life is short,

Don't waste you times trying to catch me,

'Cos I will fly, fly away from you,

The lil girl smiled and said, “But I like you”

Little times with you is all I'm asking for,

Know I might cry the sooner you fly away

So can I have a little more times with you?

Just a little more times...

Life goes on

Picture by Emre Ucar

"Life goes on"

by May S. Sittikraisorn

The answer is right in front of me.

How could I have not seen?

Felt like a fool, once was a master,

Lesson learned, yet forgot as times went by,

A question WHY repeated numerously,

Nowhere to run and hide,

Drown in the sea of running tears,

Again and again,

The sun was shining,

Found no light but a cold wind.

As days went by,

Visits from my own nightmares,

Heard the voice saying

It’s time to stop,

Memories meant to remember,

Sweet or Bitter,

Like it or not,

Yes life goes on, and so should you.

Look around and tell me what you see?

The answer is laying in you,

Laying in you...