After checking the website everyday for the updates on them I’m glad to have found this after two long tiring days in Chanthaburi.

The photos of the babies as well as the mother are up on the SCAD website

The mother has been named Chaiya (we kept calling her the phoo-ying because she was always with babies), and her babies are Rama, Shiva and Kali.

I miss them so much. When we walk pass the parking lot where they used to live in, I feel sad not having the phoo-ying come out to greet us like she always did.

But it’s better this way. At least now they’re being taken care of by a team of people who really care, when before it was just two of us against the whole condo building, and we couldn’t even feed them everyday. Now all they need is a loving home. It would be nice for them to be able to stay together but if not then it’s fine too.

I’m gonna pay them a visit some time this week and donate some food to the center.

Remember these babies?

We finally found a temporary home for them at the Soi Cats and Dogs center.

I approached them knowing that adoption isn’t their priority as I was desperate to find home for these kittens.

As I tweeted, or blogged, before, the last batch of babies by this stray mother cat were met with untimely death, thanks to the “kindness” of the condo management, who thought these kittens were making too much mess in the garden around their pool.

I later asked someone from the condo, and they said the kittens were actually left at a nearby temple, though you can’t really be sure, considering the temple is right next to Klong Saen Sap.

But anyway, we wanted to get the mom sterilized but then she got pregnant again, and this time with these cute little babies, and we couldn’t let them get killed again.

So I asked SCAD what they could do. Turned out the kittens were eligible for their Rehoming program. Usually the center would go to a neighborhood, neuter the dogs and cats, and bring in ones that they think would be adoptable (healthy, clean, nice). They don’t encourage people to drop the animals at the center, but we were lucky as they said these kittens would find home quickly.

Now the kittens are up for adoption, as well as the mother, to our surprise. They usually release sterilized animals back into the neighborhood but the mother however charmed the staff and got herself a spot on the adoption list also.

So, if you’re planning to get yourself a cat, consider SCAD instead of a pet store. It’s free to adopt and they always make sure the animals are friendly and healthy before putting them up for adoption.

Photos of the babies and the mother cat will be posted on their website soon, and I will update this post with the links to them.

I was doing some Stumbling when I came across this website:

www.futureme.org

Basically you just write an email to your future self. And if you sign up for an account, you can write more emails to more people and keep track of them.

Personally I just wanna forget it and be surprised when it arrives.

I just wrote one, complaining (like it’s any news) and basically giving a brief look into my current life, like a snapshot of what it is like right now. And I just set it to send to me the morning of my 25th birthday.

I wanna know how much things will have changed. Or not at all.

I still can’t believe good sumaritans still exist.

I mean there are people who “try” to help you, like friendly locals suggesting to farangs where the best place to get cheap gems is. Or you know the guy who volunteers to get rid of the condo’s stench of cat feces by drowning two-month old kittens. Or maybe a guy who stops in the middle of a stranded road to help a girl with her car problems by suggesting she takes a ride with him to the nearest gas station for her “safety”, like we see in the news many times.

If I was driving alone that day, the following incident would have turned out differently. I would have turned him down and blocked the traffic while waiting for help.

We were driving on Ramkhamhaeng yesterday afternoon when suddenly one of the famous Bangkok Holes appeared out of nowhere on the road, causing our car to take a little dip, completely punctured our right front tire. We found ourselves on a bridge already when we had to stop on the side of the road.

With emergency lights turned on, I called my mom, asking whether I should call Honda or my insurance company for this when suddenly a black Jeep stopped right in front of us, with his emergency lights turned on too.

“Do you need help changing the tire?” he asked.

My mom, who was still on the phone, warned me. “What does he look like? Is he trustworthy?”

Since it was in the afternoon and traffic was heavy, if he was gonna kill us then we would still at least have a handful of witnesses. So I said yes to him.

He went back to his Jeep, opened the rear trunk and dragged out a jack and a tool box, then approached our car.

While we were getting out the spare tire I asked the boyfriend, “Should we pay him?”

It’s logical. Sumaritans these days either want money or something else and I’d rather give them my money than my iPhone, credit cards, or my life.

Not even five minutes passed he was done, and already dragging his gear back to his trunk. I signalled the boyfriend to go give him the monetary thank you.

The guy turned around, shook his head frantically, said “It’s OK. It’s OK.” and got onto his car.

I shouted back “khob khun mak na ka” just before he closed his door.

Then he just drove away.

“What just happened?” He didn’t say one word after that first sentence. Didn’t ask any question. Didn’t chit chat. Didn’t complain. Didn’t ask for anything.

And mind you, all this happened just when it started to rain.

People actually do this? I for one wouldn’t, not only that I don’t have the skills or the tools like he does, I also don’t want to risk getting myself into a situation that might be hard to get out. Even if I were a guy, what if the person having the accident IS the trouble? What if they were doing something illegal and we got involved? And like the boyfriend said, how did he know we didn’t just stop on the side of the bridge because we were selfish idiots, wanting to look at the view for no reason or talking on the phone? Hey it’s Bangkok.

I managed to take a photo of his car just before he drove away. Wish I could take a photo with him though, but I wasn’t sure of his motive at the time.

Has this situation made me trust my fellow Bangkokians more? Hell no. But at least I now know Bangkok drivers aren’t all selfish idiots.

Lame blog post title I know.

But guess what? At least my writing isn’t too lame for CNN’s new online guide to Asia.

Yeah, OK. It’s not CNN CNN but it still has the same logo, and to be honest, it’s nice to have this brand on your resume.

After three years of ranting and bitching and pissing off Bangkok’s sub-cultures of sexpats and most recently IT people, my blog somehow has given me more opportunity than shutting them out. Because that’s how my lovely CNNGo editor found me.

But now that I’ve met her in real life (yes we’d been working together already for months before finally meeting her. This is some real 21st century working environment we’re having) I now know why she got picked to be the woman behind Bangkok’s edition of this quirky, snappy, witty CNN website. And most importantly, why she picked ME.

She’s just like me. Only whiter and Canadianer. She swooned over my 3rd hand designer find (which she kind of funded), she gobbles down a Burrito like there’s no man watching, and best of all, despite indirectly coming into contact with my bitchiness daily on my blog and Twitter, she still considers me a valuable laborer. I love you, too, Karla!

The website rocks by the way. It offers the best in dining, drinking, eating, playing, shopping, sleeping, sightseeing in six different Asian cities–Bangkok, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo. And we’re not talking about Jatujak and Wat Prakaew here. Instead of Bed Supperclub, it recommends Lollipop. Instead of Blue Elephant it recommends street food.

But one concern I have after digging through other cities on the site; Bangkok seriously lacks local writers.

When I say local I mean Thai. I’m not boasting here OK but according to Karla, I am the only writer with a Thai National ID. Other writers on board are established foreign journalists in Bangkok, I mean people who actually wrote/write for real magazines and newspapers like Bangkok Post, NYT and such. And I’ve met some of them and to be honest they know more Thai slangs and hole-in-the-wall places than I do so I’m not doubting their cred. I just feel bad being the only one with a 11-character lastname on CNNGo byline.

Out of I don’t know how many Thai friends I have growing up with, I only know TWO who like to write. And no they don’t do it for a living. Most of my friends are now either working for agencies, PR companies or hotels–you know fancy work places where you’re wearing jackets and heels to work. Just today I met a middle school friend on the skywalk. She was wearing a dress, with pearls, stilettos and face all made up. I was in an old t-shirt, old-jeans, a pair of sneakers and hair I haven’t combed in two days.

But then again I kind of understand. I’ve been writing for more than two years and my salary has only just recently matched a friend’s paycheck when she was still just a hotel management trainee.

One solution left for starving, designer-bag craving writer like me–multi-tasking.

I haven’t had much time for CNNGo lately thanks to the new mag I’m staff writer at and I’m feeling like I’m jumping ship but seriously, who’s that stupid to give up CNN(Go)?

Karla, give me more jobs please. I saw this 1998 Chanel the other day…

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PS. How could Carrie Bradshaw afford all those Manolos?