i just thought of blogging about this rather interesting topic while i'm into my 3rd hour of internet cafe-ing...

the entrepeneurial spirit in thais

i realised from nearly a week in thailand that these thai people really are have this business spirit going on. a simple pick up can be converted into a bus service, after adding a bit of a sunroof. if you have got shoulders, you can carry goods onto your shoulders to sell. if you have hands, you can actually cut some fruits and peddle it onto the streets.

i think i am very amazed by them.

there are still beggars and the odd con-artist. still, looking at how hard most of them work to earn their living, i guess i can't complain too much about them being lazy and all.

the only thing that makes me a little annoyed is just this cabbie who actually billed me 80 baht for driving me less than 400m to my Khon Kaen hostel. kaoz. that was nearly 4 bucks in singapore dollars... but.... as one of my gracious seniors from JC said "aiyah, its only a few dollars to us, but to them, it can mean the world... maybe you have saved someone from starvation without knowing leh?" well, can't beat that statement somehow right?

well, the internet cafe is pretty much flooded with lots of youngsters after school all playing some internet game. looks like its a pretty common language we have around these parts.

looking forward to meeting up with jason and continuing on the journey. the boredom is killing me!!!

i tried reading straits times interactive only to realise that they freakin' charge for it! so wounded up with channel news asia interactive, thanks to sharon's great suggestion.

so what's new from home?

teh tarik men who needs certification??? oh my god. so what's next? ISO for the teh tarik man? what about the fried kway tiao man? and the chicken lice stall? and soon, we'd see ISO boards all over the hawker centre stalls that are already plastered with all that "City Beat", "Makansutra" and blah blah sign boards... unbelievable stuff. like the magic formula of teh tarik can be captured just by a certificate... bleah.

and if that IR is going to charge freaking higher rents than orchard road... how on earth is there going to be any business there? have they even hired the local consultants like mr brown and miyagi or the likes to give them the insights on how KS and cheepo singaporeans can be??? hello... sounds like another sentosa, going to go down. (sounds quite like my last prediction over how crazy horse won't last till year end... and that one about how life science as a degree is probably the same bull**** as engineering... just look at how many engineers end up engineers... and how attractive the field is...)

ok, enough of nonsensical ranting. going to try see the world outside the internet cafe.