Tuesday,Jul 31 2007, 08:37:43 AMMy Longest Birthday Scandinavian Summer Trip

This is a review of my last 'scientific' as holiday trip to Scandinavian countries, on 8-17th June 2007.

Bangkok, the Transit Point

We had few hours to have dinner in the highest building in Bangkok, which is called...Baiyoke tower From the 76th floor we could see a beautiful view of the city, with sunset background. Then there were some time to go to the Suan Lum Night Bazaar.

Stockholm, The Nobel Award City

My 26th Birthday! It's the longest birthday of my life since I went from the Eastern part of the world across the continents to the Western part so it's more than 24 hours birthday =), about 6 hours more so it's more or less 30 hours birthday of my own, how nice ^^.

It was a very warm morning air in Arlanda Airport Stockholm, Sweden. We went directly to the City Hall, where most of important events of the city held, including the great Nobel award receptions. There was some "willow tree pollen" (is it the tree???) raining along the sidewalk from the bus park to the hall. It was a beautiful building with some beautiful mozaics on the wall, the river view on the front, and high ceiling with upside down viking boat skeleton (as if in human-forgot the exact phrase =P) architecture.

Had lunch in a Chinese resto then met Mira, my friend who studied in Groningen, Holland. She came there to meet her parents who will join the EAACI in Gothenburg (I planned to join it onsite as well). 

From lunch we bumped into a parade of graduate high school children on trucks and buses. They wore paintings on their bodies, singing and spraying water and perhaps some cokes or champagne (?) everywhere.

We arrived at Apple convention hotel Gothenburg at dinner time. We had fish with some seasonings and delicious dessert (nicely garnished). Later on will be described about the EAACI congress and the rest of the journey, if I still can make it hehehe.

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Tuesday,Jul 10 2007, 10:06:29 AMThe Greatest Treasure

Thank God it was just temporary. I can stand upright again after a week of viral infection (suspiciously Dengue). And now I'm in computer lab of my campus, trying to deal with this Epi info program and luckily the connection is on so...

Then I'm just reminded of this one greatest treasure I have. Shameful to complain, I know.
 

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Saturday,Jul 7 2007, 12:19:44 AMUnbearable

I'm writing while I am still able to. It's not just my starting term of Sports Medicine Specialistic Degree or other tight schedule. It's something going on with these limbs. I have yet to know what it is, I just hope it's not permanent.

I start to understand and think about deeply of what people say "my body isn't just like mine used to be". It's not easy. But it's reality.

And shouldn't I be thankful I can still write this?

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