ACKNOWLEDGMENT

FINALLY!!!! I submitted my work!!!!!!!! Whoo hoo~~~. Yippee~~~~.
But the work wouldn't have been completed without these people.
Please allow me to take this opportunity to thank them all. THANK YOU!!!!

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Many people have made it possible for me to complete this dissertation. First of all, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my academic advisors, Professor Koichiro Hioki and Professor Naoki Wakabayashi for their invaluable guidance and unfailing support throughout the academic years of my graduate course. I am especially indebted to Associate Professor Yoshiaki Takao (Tokyo Metropolitan University) and Assistant Professor Yingyan Wang for their kind assistance, immeasurable guidance, and support in innumerable ways.

I am also grateful for all of the comments, suggestions, and critiques from the professors of Kyoto University, namely Associate Professor Takashi Hikino, Associate Professor Yasuo Sugiyama, Professor Akira Takeishi, as well as other researchers who participated in the 5th Asia Academy of Management, the 2008 National Conference of the Academic Association for Organizational Science, and all the other conferences where I have presented bits and parts of this dissertation. Their contribution has helped greatly in paving the direction of this dissertation.

My gratefulness is extended to more than 700 participants of the case study and questionnaire survey, the questionnaire pilot testers, as well as those who helped me to find the way and connections into conducting the empirical research used in this dissertation. Although the limited space provided and my promise to keep all information confidential do not permit me to thank them individually, their kind help deeply touches my heart. I am also grateful for the help of Associate Professor Sununta Siengthai (Asian Institute of Technology) and Ajarn Decha Dechawatanapaisal (Chulalongkorn University) on the questionnaire design and construction guidance. A special thanks is extended to my friends Nattajak Pitakpuvadon for sponsoring the printing of the questionnaire forms, Parichart Sitijitawat for driving me to one of the survey sites, P’Tid and Ping for helping me with the labor work of packing and repacking the questionnaires, and Chalermrat Chantaradecha (doctoral student at Srinakarinwirot University) for being my SEM encyclopedia. Thanks also to Gerhard Mels (Scientific Software International, Inc.) for his prompt assistance when I encountered problems with the LISREL software.

This dissertation could never have been completed without my super proofreaders, Chi-Wei Chang and Mary Rose Saratan Guzman. I am deeply touched by their enduring friendship and dedication. I am also grateful to Ryuichi Nakamoto, my kohai at Kyoto University, for always helping with either translating or checking my Japanese writing. However, all mistakes in this dissertation are of my own and mine alone.

Even though circumstances do not permit me to complete this dissertation with Japanese enterprises, I would like to thank Shigeyuki Kitani and other staff at Kyocera Corp. for their warm welcome and assistance throughout my time spent at the Kyocera Research Center.

I would also like to gratefully acknowledge the Japan Foundation, AsiaSEED Institute, the AYF Program, as well as the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho, MEXT) for their financial support throughout my graduate study and the preparation course prior to this.

Completing a graduate degree is not an easy task. I would like to thank all of my friends from Chitralada School, Thammasat University, the AYF Program, the Thai Student Association in Japan, as well as those in Thailand and other parts of the world where our paths have crossed. Their friendship and encouragement were what got me through the rough times during my graduate study.

I am thankful also for all my senpai and kohai at Kyoto University (I am glad to be a part of the Kyodai family!), my labmates especially Sovannroeun Samreth, and my Thai and foreign friends in Kyoto. I wish I could thank you all individually. My time at Kyoto University would not have been this enjoyable without the kindness of Assistant Professor Mami Katagawa, Associate Professor Tetsuya Kirihata, Associate Professor Hiroyuki Matsui, the staff of the Graduate School of Management, and the members of Katagawa-Gumi! The list would not be complete if I did not mention all of my senseis and friends from Toryokai Kyudo Club. Although it has only been one year since I started practicing Kyudo, I am forever thankful for everyone’s friendship and support. You have made my stay in Japan very memorable!

Finally, I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to my beloved family. I am eternally grateful to my father and mother, Tavisak and Sumon Pruksapong, for their unconditional love and enduring support. I am indebted to my older sister and her husband, Matana Pruksapong and Jes Kettratad, for their encouragement and shared experience in the Ph.D. program. Also, I am grateful to my little sister, Suthapa Pruksapong, my aunties, and the memory of my grandparents for their never-ending love and encouragement. Thank you for believing in me. Without them, I could never have come this far.

Coming another step closer!!

My gosh!! What a day today!!! I'm sooooooooooooo exhausted!!!!

Last minute correction made me have to run back and forth between my house and Kinkos (where I got the booklets made). One trip takes roughly 15 minutes on a scooter ride.

I first went there around 1 p.m. And they made me do the copies by myself!!! Erg!! Then I had a bit of troubles with the cover design. -"-




When I thought everything was done... I came home... checked emails... and there we go, the emails I had been waiting since the morning. Final corrections!!! How fun! So I had to quickly redo some parts, ran back to Kinkos and made sure everything was in the right order. I recommend those who need to get your dissertation bookbinding, go to the shop after the usual office hours. Obviously, when there were lots of customers during the day, you don't get that good of a service. I could feel the difference when I went back in the evening (around 7 p.m.).



Finally, I went back there again for the 3rd time to pick up the finished work at 2 a.m.!! =P The shop open 24-7... that's why.

So here's another progress. Now I only have to wait for the office to open in the morning to hand them in... then I can enjoy my Chistmas and the New Year! ;-)





*** MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!! ***

Coming Close!!!!

It's coming close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still remember the first day I found out about my dissertation deadline. That was October 1. Since then, the clock that I set on my homepage keeps counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds I have left until the deadline is here. When it came down to one-digit days left, I was still worrying if I would still be able to make it.


But hey.... I still have nearly 2 days now... and "Look, what I have!!!" Everything is printed out!!!!!!! Whoo~~ hoo~~~~.... SOOOOO HAPPYYYYY!!!


Thanks N'KeeKee for letting me use the printer at your lab. (The printer at my lab didn't properly work today -"-) Sorry to have to drag you back to school at midnight na!!! And thank you for a warm cocoa drink duay~~. Naruk tee sood leay!!!


I decided to wait until the morning of Christmas Eve to go get this dissertation made into booklets. It probably wouldn't hurt to wait for one last comment from one of the professors before I drop this dissertation at Kinkos. They said it will take less than a day for them to make a few copies of booklets.



OMG!!! I look awful!!!!!!!! My panda eyes are so obvious!!!!!
I hope I don't oversleep tomorrow morning, or else everything will be screwed!! =P

flowers

Thanks N'Donut for delivering the flowers na! I put them in a little flower basket at my lab already. Mind me for not having any flower decoration skill. This is all I can do!! =P Flowers indeed refresh my work station!!


so meesy -"-

จะทำได้มั้ย???

ตอนนี้อยู่ในช่วงโค้งสุดท้ายของการเรียน...... อีกเก้าวันจะถึงกำหนดส่งเล่ม.... ยังมีอะไรต้องทำอีกหลายอย่าง..... เริ่มสงสัยตัวเองว่าชั้นจะทำเสร็จมั้ยเนี่ยะ?????????????

A Real Superstar

I didn't intend for this post to be right exactly on his birthday, but just watching his concert clip makes me feel so overwhelmed. Who am I talking about? Well, let's take a look!




The person I'm talking about is Bird Thongchai McIntyre, a very famous singer and performer in Thailand.

Bird Thongchai or whom the Thais know as "P'Bird" is a very stunning performer. I don't think there is a single Thai who doesn't know who P'Bird is. And I bet everyone knows and can sing at least one of his songs.

Can you imagine someone at the age of 50 doing something like this? TWENTY TWO years after he released his first album, he still has a lot of fans and they are from all ages -- little kids until grandpa, grandma, all occupations, all social status, and all over the country. (I actually knows a Japanese who is crazy of Bird and really paid for everything just to get herself over to Thailand and see his performance and come back to work!)

For any concert he performs, all the tickets are usually sold out very fast. The tickets for this particular concert in the clip were from 500 Baht (~1,500 yen) up to 5,000 Baht (~15,000 Yen). My gosh!! 5,000 Baht!! That ain't cheap at all. But he still managed to fill up the hall with his fans who were willing to scream, shout, sing and dance the whole 3 hours through. It's just amazing! If I were in Thailand, I think I would have gone to his concert too. :) Not a big fan, but it's undeniable that he is a really good performer and his concert is something worth seeing.

His motto is "Bird loves everyone เบิร์ดรักทุกๆคน" and I think he proves it well. Many singers have dreamed of becoming the guest singers at his concert. The dancers also dream of dancing on stage for his concert. It's just overwhelming to see how he can do all this. If you are to call someone a 'superstar', I think he really deserves it.

Autumn in Mino

Even though Kyoto is very famous for the beautiful autumn leaves, I did not have a chance to wander around anywhere this year. So all the photos are from last year when I had a chance to enjoy the autumn leaves, but not blogging about them. =P

Mino Park, Osaka

on our way.... guess who's who?? ;-)
Entering the park
a sign for autumn
along the way



สวีตได้อีก...

Finally reached the waterfall... (Poy was still in Osaka -"-).

Place: Mino, Osaka
With: P'Nha & P'Ble, P'Ton, Poy and Nott

HM King Bhumibol's 81st Birthday Celebration in Osaka

This year event was held at the Imperial Hotel, Osaka.

The event started with the Royal Thai Consul General to Osaka's speech. Followed by a ceremonial session when we lit up the candles, prayed for the King's great health and happiness, and sang the Royal Thai Anthem.

a candlelit

Then, there were the Thai classical dance by cute little kids and a contemporary ballet performance by N'Mod.





Later the night, we had a chance to enjoyed brilliant Thai dishes and mingled with the Thais at the party. LONG LIVE THE KING!!!

Kyoto-Osaka friends
w/ N'Mote, Chadin, P'Tid, P'Nha and Aey~
w/ Mod, P'Ton and P'Nha
Osaka Girls
Nott-Bui+-P'Ple-June
w/ N'Bui+
w/Aey~, P'Ice and P'Nha
with N'Q, Chadin and Mote
Aey~ -- I like this photo of you na!!


The Thai students with the Royal Consul General to Osaka and his wife

Happy Father's Day

รักพ่อที่ซู๊ดดดดดดเลยยยยยย ^^

@ P'Yai's Wedding, Vancouver, April 2005
@ Hiroshima, March 2006
อาชีพของนายพลหลังเกษียณ
พักเหนื่อย
ยามว่างจากขุดดินก็มาสอนกอล์ฟ
เป็นพลขับรถพาครอบครัวไปล่องเหนือด้วยกันเมื่อปีใหม่ปีที่แล้ว
ชิลลล กินกาแฟ
อาชีพเสริม... กวน(บาทา)เมีย (รูปนี้เอาใจแม่... 555)

ป.ล. วันพ่อปีนี้อยากให้ทุกคนสำนึกในหน้าที่ของตัวเอง จะได้ช่วยกันพาชาติกลับไปร่มเย็นเป็นสุขเหมือนเดิมมมม จำพระราชดำรัสอันนึงได้ แต่จำไม่ได้ว่าได้ยินครั้งแรกเมื่อไหร่ ในหลวงทรงมีพระราชกระแสรับสั่งอยากให้คนเราทุกคนปฏิบัติหน้าที่ตัวเองให้ดี ไม่จำเป็นต้องทำอะไรได้หลายอย่าง ไม่จำเป็นต้องไปทำในสิ่งที่เราไม่ถนัด แค่ให้รู้ในสิ่งที่เราทำ และทำมันให้ดีที่สุด ทุกๆแรงช่วยๆกัน เล็กๆน้อยๆรวมกันก็จะช่วยกันทำให้สังคมเราดีได้ เท่านั้นเอง...

How to Write a Ph.D. Dissertation

How to Write a Ph.D. Dissertation
E. Robert Schulman and C. Virginia Cox
Charlottesville, Virginia

Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate that writing a Ph.D. dissertation can have
many benefits. Not only do you obtain extensive typesetting experience,
but afterwards you can have your frequent-flyer literature addressed to
"Dr. Your Name."



Chapter I: Introduction
Ph.D. dissertations (e.g., Schulman 1995a; Cox 1995) are commonly believed to be comprehensive compendiums of the original research done by a graduate student in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.² In reality, the Ph.D. thesis is usually a number of disparate chapters whose most important feature is not the thoroughness of the experimental description but rather the width of the margins. In this paper, the second article in a series on scientific writing that began with Schulman (1996a), we will discuss the phenomenon of the Ph.D. thesis.


Chapter II: Preparing to Write
There comes a time in the life of every graduate student when she or he realizes that another two years of graduate school cannot be endured. Even though a year spent writing your thesis will be filled with frustration and angst, it will end up being worth it in order to escape school forever.

Remember the following phrase: "No one will ever read your thesis.'' You'll hear this phrase a number of times as you finish up, and it's vitally important that you believe it to be true. The phrase is important because without it you would be tempted to work on your thesis until everything is perfect, and you would never finish.
Say "It's good enough for the thesis" to yourself several times a day. Tell yourself that you'll correct all the mistakes when you turn the various chapters into independent scientific papers, even though this won't happen (see Schulman 1996a and references therein).

Chapter III: Your Thesis Committee
Your thesis committee should consist of between four and nine researchers in and outside of your field. Each committee member has a specific duty.
Your thesis advisor has the most important job: to reassure you that you don't have to do many of the things you're positive you should do. She or he will likely say, ``It's good enough for the thesis'' fairly often.
You also need one committee member who will insist on more mathematical rigor, one who will demand that the thesis be made more concise by getting rid of all that irrelevant math, and two or three to say that you should do all the things your thesis advisor told you didn't need to be done.
There should also be at least one committee member who will never read the thesis, and who will therefore ask only general questions at your thesis defense. The other graduate students who attend your defense will often bet on which professors read your thesis. Be prepared to determine the winner (note that it is not considered sporting to participate in this game yourself).
Try to set a defense date early so as to give your committee ample time to schedule conferences, vacations, and/or elective surgery for that day.

Chapter IV: Producing the Thesis
Legend has it that doctoral students in ancient times used to produce their dissertations using a device called a "typewriter." While there is some archeological evidence for typewriter use in the past, many researchers doubt the plausibility of such claims (e.g. Schulman 1995a).
These days, dissertations are produced using word processing programs such as Word or Word Perfect, or computer typesetting systems such as TeX or LaTeX. The former will give you practice in drawing by hand all the symbols that aren't supported, while with the latter you have the opportunity to craft new typesetting definitions to satisfy your university's dissertation policies. For example,

\long\def\printfrontnonchapter{\vfil\eject \rightpage\null\vskip 1in \centerline{{\bf \Uppercase{\frontnonchapterheader}}}\vskip 22pt plus 73pt \relax\bigskip\setwidespacing \frontnonchaptertext\par} (Jerius 1992).

Be sure not to choose the wrong method of producing your thesis.

Chapter V: Writing the Thesis
The Ph.D. thesis usually begins with a pithy quote, after which there will sometimes be a dedication to one's parents, life partner, and/or pet tapir.
Following this is probably the most important part of the dissertation: the acknowledgments section. This is the only section that everyone who picks up your thesis will read. They will happen upon your dissertation in the library and flip through the first few pages, looking for a juicy acknowledgments section. This is your chance to make obscure references to secret loves, damn various faculty members with faint praise, or be very mysterious by having no acknowledgments section at all so that everyone wonders what you're hiding.
After the awknowledments should be the various tables of contents, denoting the page numbers on which the reader may find every section, subsection, subsubsection, figure, table, appendix, footnote, and semicolon in the thesis.
Next comes the first thesis chapter, the introduction, which is judged on the basis of how far back in the past you start. Although the introduction is supposed to enable someone with no knowledge of your field to read and understand your thesis, this is an impossible goal. Instead, simply reference sources such as Rontgen (1896), Galileo (1610), Aristotle (-350), or other similarly ancient researchers. The idea to get across is that your work, being based on the work of great scientists of the past, must be truly worthwhile. Even though these works have little to do with your research, your committee isn't going to look up the references.
After the introduction come chapters that describe what you did, where you did it, when you did it, why you did it, and how much more work has to be done before you can obtain definitive results. This last point is usually discussed in the concluding chapter.

Chapter VI: The Thesis Defense
Remember those dreams you used to have about going to class and finding out that there was a big test that day for which you hadn't studied? The thesis defense is worse, because you find out that although you studied very hard, you didn't study the right things.
Your committee members aren't going to waste their time asking you about your research, because you know more about that than anyone else in the world. Instead, they will ask questions that are really about their research or--if they are in a particularly punchy mood--about fundamental mathematics.
The fun part is that at most universities the first part of your defense is open to the public, so that your parents will probably want to come and videotape the event.

Chapter VII: Rewriting
Your thesis defense was tough, but you survived. Your committee members have signed a piece of paper saying that they are satisfied with your dissertation as long as your thesis advisor is happy with the revisions you make. Don't fall into the trap of trying to make everything perfect! Remember the phrase from Chapter II, "No one will ever read your thesis."
Once your advisor is happy with the revisions, take one unbound, unperforated, paginated copy of your dissertation, two copies of your abstract, one extra copy of your title page, the signed evaluation forms from your committee members in a sealed, notarized envelope, the receipt proving your payment of the Thesis Publication Fee, your diploma application, and proof of your doctoral candidacy enrollment to the Bureaucratic Office of Records, Education, and Dissertations (your requirements may vary; void where prohibited).
The folks at BORED will take a ruler to every page in your thesis, making sure that all the margins are correct and insisting that you go back and redo them if even one page is wrong.

Chapter VIII: Distributing Your Thesis
You've passed the format check, and it's time to make a hundred copies of your thesis and distribute them to departmental libraries all over the world so that everyone in your field can read it. Your advisor should pay for the photocopying and postage (see Schulman & Cox 1997 for a detailed justification).
Try not to think of all the errors lurking in your thesis as you address the envelopes to Professor Famous or Doctor Influential. You want to publicize your dissertation as much as possible so that prospective employers will at least have heard your name.
Some journals will publish brief summaries of your dissertation (e.g. Schulman 1995b; Schulman 1996b), but be warned that these journals may want you to format your summary quite specifically. The requirements for the mini-Annals of Improbable Research are particularly restrictive; it can be difficult to summarize five years of work in five lines of text.

Chapter IX: Conclusion
Congratulations, Doctor! You've escaped from graduate school and can now have your frequent-flyer literature addressed to Dr. Your Name, complain when forms only list Mr/Ms/Mrs, and smirk when surgeons whine about all the people with academic doctorates who are making the title meaningless for medical doctors. Go out and make the world a better place.



Bibliography

* Aristotle, -350, On The Heavens, Athens, Greece.
* Cox, C. V. 1995, Ph.D. thesis, University of Michigan.
* Galilei, G. 1610, Sidereus Nuncius, Venice, Italy.
* Jerius, D. H. 1992, Ph.D. thesis, University of Michigan.
* Kaplan, J. M. 1996, Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University.
* Rontgen, W. C. 1896, Nature, 53, 274.
* Schulman, E. R. 1995a, Ph.D. thesis, University of Michigan.
* Schulman, E. 1995b, mini-Annals of Improbable Research, 1995-08, 4.
* Schulman, E. R. 1996a, Annals of Improbable Research, Vol. 2, No. 5, 8.
* Schulman, E. 1996b, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 108, 460.
* Schulman. E. R. & Cox, C. V. 1997, Annals of Improbable Research, Vol. 3, No. 5, 8.

Notes
1. There is no note 1.
2. One does not actually need to include any philosophy in the thesis unless one is getting a Doctorate of Philosophy in philosophy, and even in that case the philosophical component can be minimized (e.g., Kaplan 1996).

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Source: http://members.verizon.net/~vze3fs8i/air/airphd.html

(And I really wondered if there's such a publication. THERE ACTUALLY IS (and even on sell at Amazon.com!!!) The motto of Improbable Research is "Research that makes people LAUGH and then THINK". I think they have succeed cuz I was really laughing (and thinking...) reading this. =P)

Crying Stars

As opposed to the smiling stars last night, today we have a crying one.



(I missed seeing the smiling one last night cuz by the time I was heading home, I had no idea where the moon was!)

Life as a Postdoc

Amidst the political mess, here is something to bright up your day. (Well, it may have a reverse effect for the postdocs!! =P)





credit: www.phdcomics.com

P.S. After 3.5 years of owning this blog, there are more than 30,000 access to my home now!! Thank you everyone for keeping up with my life. Stay in touch!!!! :)

50 shootings with Toryokai

Today we had a special event for members and friends of Toryokai （桃陵会), the kyudo club that I'm a member of. It was a "50 shootings" event that we all had to shoot 50 arrows throughout the whole day. MY GOSH!!! It was EXHAUSTING!!!! We started out at a little after 9 a.m. and finished at 5 p.m. By probably 3 p.m., I was totally losing energy and definitely couldn't keep a firm grip of the bow, henceforth let the bowstring spring back and hit my own hand few times. Ouch! But it was really fun. We got to shoot the balloons and weird picture target instead of the regular target too. I ended up scoring about 14% (i.e. only 7 out of 50 of my arrows hit the target! -- FYI, the highest score was 40!! Amazing!) I'm still sorting through the photos and VDOs. Hopefully, I can post more of them soon.



In the meantime, this is the only photo of me I found in my camera. My sensei was probably the person taking it cuz I saw him playing around with my camera for a little while

อดครับอด....

"สุดท้ายยยยยยย.... เรื่องเราจบลงทุกอย่างงงงงงงงงงงงงงงง..... ไม่ขัดไม่ขวางงงง.... ในเมื่อเธอไม่ให้ไปปปป....."

อดกลับบ้านครับท่านผู้ชม.... โครงการกลับบ้าน 5 วันของเราโดนยกเลิกไปซะแล้ว เนื่องจากพิษการเมืองที่ยังดูไม่มีเส้นทางคลี่คลายไปไหน.... เสียใจอ่าาาาา.... แต่ก็นะ.... ไม่สามารถทำอะไรได้ นอกจากวิงวอนให้ทุกๆฝ่ายคิดถึงผลประโยชน์ของส่วนรวมจริงๆจังๆซักที...

คนมีอำนาจ มีเงินทองมากๆ มักจะหลงระเริงกับความจริงที่หลอกหลวง
จะเข้าใจกันมั้ยว่าสุดท้าย "ตายไปก็ไปแต่ตัว เอาอะไรไปด้วยไม่ได้"

ป.ล. พี่ใหญ่... พลิกวิกฤตเป็นโอกาส.... กินติ่มซำเผื่อด้วยนะ

เสร็จไปอีกหนึ่ง....

และแล้วโรงงานก็ผลิตเปเปอร์ออกมาได้อีก 1 อันเมื่อสิ้นวันนี้... นาฬิกาตีเที่ยงคืนพอดีเป๊งๆๆๆ
รวมสิริเวลา 1 เดือนพอดิบพอดีตั้งแต่จรดปากกาเริ่มเขียน แต่ทิ้งร้างการผลิตเปเปอร์มา 1 เดือนกับอีก 18 วัน (ก่อนไปโอกินาว่า) ควรจะดีใจ... แต่... ทำไมไม่ค่อยดีใจเท่าไหร่... พรุ่งนี้โรงงานไม่ได้หยุด.. ต้องผลิตเปเปอร์ต่อไป... คราวนี้ผลมีอยู่แล้ว เขียนอย่างเดียวดูดิ๊มันจะใช้เวลาขนาดไหน...

สาธุ.. ขอให้โปรแกรมกลับบ้านต้นเดือนธันวาฯ ไม่โดนล่ม... โรงงานจะตั้งใจผลิตเปเปอร์ให้ได้ก่อนกลับบ้านนนนน

ป.ล. สุขสันต์วันเกิดคุณแม่ที่ร้ากกกกนะคะ (27 พ.ย.)
ป.ล. ขอให้สนามบินเปิด... หรือถ้าไม่เปิดก็ขอให้มีไฟลท์ไปลงอู่ตะเภาได้ พี่ใหญ่จะได้ถึงบ้านซักที (น่าจะมาติดอยู่ญี่ปุ่นแทนที่จะไปติดที่ฮ่องกงเน๊อะ..)

Kyudo Examination, Fall 2008

And this is what I have been doing for nearly a year. Finally I passed the examination for Shodan (初段）:) Whoo hoo~~

(ป.ล. เหตุผลที่ไม่ได้ไปงานวิชาการ... หุหุ)
(ป.ล. 2 ขอบคุณกล้องสมนาคุณจากน้องเบสต์สุดหล่อ... วิ๊ววว)

Kids Are Quick

A forward mail from one of my friends. Gave me a good laugh! :)

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Kids Are Quick
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TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
(I Love this kid)
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. '
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher
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First accident at Kyudo

I couldn't believe I hurt myself at the practice yesterday. My Kyudo examination is coming up in two weeks and I was rehearsing the whole flow of the exam. Just when I was releasing my second arrow, I suddenly felt a hard scratch on my upper right cheek. My hair flew the same direction as the arrow. I thought it was the feather on the arrow that passed by my face, but no.. it was the bowstring!! I didn't think I had that bad of a head turn (monomi), but probably I pressed my right hand too close to my face (or maybe a combined effect). The full power at the release just made enormous effect on the scratched cheek. The heat flew right through the face area that was scratched, and of course, that part turned red and swollen a little bit. (T__T)

My senpai said that they do that a lot, either scratching their faces or ears!! Man... ear scratching with that power, you can easily went deaf! I hope this was the one and only time I hurt myself like that. BE MINDFUL!!!!

แม่ต้อย

สมกับที่ต่างชาติชื่นชม ยกนิ้ว และยอมรับกับความสร้างสรรค์และล้ำหน้าในการผลิตงานสื่อโฆษณาของเมืองไทยจริงๆ แค่ 3 นาที... ทำเอาเราน้ำตาเล็ดเลย (ขอบคุณพี่ใหญ่ที่ส่งลิงค์มาให้ดูนะ)

"ชีวิตที่มีค่า.. คือชีวิตที่ตัวเราเป็นคนมีคุณค่า.. และทำให้ชีวิตคนอื่นมีค่า"

ลูกกรุงทันสมัย.. โดนใจจาก "สวีทนุช"

รักยุคไฮเทค


แรกเริ่มเดิมทีเดียวอยากเอาเพลงชุดใหม่ของสวีทนุชที่ร้องเพลง "อกหัก" ของ Bodyslam มาให้ฟัง.. แต่ว่าหาไฟล์ไม่ได้.. ก็เลยย้อนกลับไปเอาเพลงแรกในชุดแรกของสวีทนุชชื่อ "รักยุคไฮเทค" มาให้ฟังกัน

"สวีทนุช"คือใคร??
เราได้ยินชื่อ "สวีทนุช" ครั้งแรกตอนไปอ่านบล๊อกพี่ Little Jazz เมื่อหลายเดือนก่อนแล้วชวนให้สะดุดหูและโดนใจ... เพราะน้ำเสียงและดนตรีแบบลูกกรุง (ชัดๆ) แต่เนื้อหาร่วมสมัยชนิดวัยรุ่นฟังแล้วต้องบอกว่าแนวมากกกก

"สวีทนุช" เป็นชื่อใช้ในการออกอัลบั้มของคุณวรนุช กนกากร ซึ่งเหมือนว่าลูกสาวจะเป็นคนช่วยตั้งให้ คุณวรนุชนี่เกิดปีพ.ศ. 2485 เคยเป็นนักร้องเพลงไทยเดิมให้กับรายงานเพลินเพลงกับนฤพนธ์ทางช่อง 4 (บางขุนพรหม) แล้วก็แต่งงานไปซะก่อนเลยไม่ได้เข้าวงการเพลงอย่างเต็มตัว ปัจจุบันเป็นนักร้องของวงธนาคารออมสิน เพิ่งจะได้มีอัลบั้มชุดแรกเป็นของตัวเองก็เมื่อต้นปี 2551 ที่ผ่านมานี่เอง โดยมีคุณลูกเขย บรรณ สุวรรณโณชิน เป็นโปรดิวเซอร์ให้ อัลบั้มแรกให้ชื่อว่า "ต้นฉบับเสียงหวาน" (คุณลูกเป็นคนคิดชื่ออัลบั้มให้อีกเช่นกัน) แล้วก็ยิงซิงเกิ้ลเปิดตัวก็คือเพลง "รักยุคไฮเทค" นี่แหล่ะ ออกมาจนฮือฮาไปในหมู่คนฟังอินดี้ทีเดียว

อัลบั้มแรก... ต้นฉบับเสียงหวาน

ตอนนี้สวีทนุชมีงานเพลงชุดที่สองแล้ว ชื่อ "สนุกนึก" เป็นการ cover เอาเพลงยอดฮิตมากทำใหม่ แนะนำให้ไปหาฟัง.. แล้วจะรู้ว่าลูกกรุงก็แนวได้เหมือนกัน ^^

อัลบั้มที่สอง... สนุกนึก

ป.ล. หาเจอแต่ไฟล์ตัวอย่างของเพลง "อกหัก" ที่บ้านสนามหลวงมิวสิคนะ

ที่มาข้อมูล: wikipedia,