Today I came across something new in our local Tesco, what caught my attention: it is called Pepsi Green. I don't know if it is something locally promoted, or worldwide, but my adventurous side got me, so I had one to try it out.



The result of the test:

As you can see above, it is not the battle that green, but the drink itself. The taste? Sort of Pepsi, sweet with no really distinct flavour to name. It is not bad, nor really good in my opinion, say, it is interesting.
If you also have it available, I would like to know your opinion about!

My latest achivement

I know, I know, I am behind posting lately.
It is due I have a new interest, but it is a bit early to talk about it, and part can be contributed to my friends who were nice to spend the New Year and some time after here with us. Oh, and yes, I am lazy a bit too. Sorry.


And now the achievement:
I love books and reading, and since a while my library, even the part I have here, outgrow the capacity of my bookshelf. It was time for a while to get another, and possible bigger one, and finally I found the one I liked.
But as all so often nowadays, it came in a neat long box, with a drawing and endless number of screws. A Lego toy for adults??
Had some other similar furniture experiences already, but neither the living room table, not the TV stand came this numerous pieces and screws, that with my not to pro screwdriver I could not manege in half an hour or less.
Well, this self I could manage only in 2 parts, with a break, as my hands really got tired. But seeing the result, I am happy.
Before you jump to conclusion about prior shelf, I have to say the books you see on the photo ARE NOT my whole library I was telling about! To organize things is a work in progress, and knowing my laziness lately, it might take up to a week to find the " right moment" to do it.

TOP10 Entrecard droppers of December

A bit late to post, but nevertheless big thanks to all the loyal Entrecard visitors!


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Happy New Year!

I like to wish a Happy and Prosperous New Year for everyone!

The reason being a little late with my wishes that my best friend and his girlfriend is visiting me, so, spent New Years Eve, and some other days with a little holiday travel.
But now has again some time for myself, and I will try to catch up a bit with the postings I missed.
Expect to see some new posts soon, as well I hope to come with the last month's top droppers list too.

Merry Christmas!

First of all, I would like to wish Merry Christmas and lots of happiness to all who read my blog!

Thanks for taking the time and stop by to read it.

This Xmas is a little different then the previous few was for me. Due to my work, the last 4 Xmas I was spending far away from my family, working, somewhere in the mid of the Caribbean Sea, in most case just north of the Dominican Republic, what i really love, but not that time of the year ( and without work).

So, lucky me, this isn't the 5th year in the row working far away, but celebration with my small family. Since Thailand is not a Christian majority country (Buddhism is the main religion) Xmas here is more a shoppers holiday than the real thing. The weather help to reinforce this feeling too; no, it isn't a white Xmas here. However, i tried to make it memorable, for my son especially, of course, after all I wasn't with him the last 4 occasion, and before he was too small to really understand much about it.

We bought a smaller Xmas tree, at least the plastic version of it, and some decorating things and lights to hang on. Being a responsible adult ( sometimes) all was bought around 2 weeks ago. Should you plan next year to do like me, don't. There was not a single day my son wouldn't ask when will we decorate the tree. A few times a day. OK, there is a good in the bad, he could practise math, by deducting current date from 24...

Anyway, we got here, and for much of his happiness, we all decorated our little 3 feet imitation tree together; a few times, as once the lights were on the wrong place, once the garlands, or my son hang too many little boxes and bells to one side, and not much on the other. But being a small tree, even this didn't take so long, not for what i remember from my early years, when i was kid.

After we finished, my son went to bicycle with the friends, and we could bring out his presents from the bottom of the cabinets. You have to know, that most time ( also due that many times I work far away) buying presents used to be a whole family activity, when I am at home, get them to the mall, and buy many things to make up for those missed birthdays, Xmases, etc.

But this time it was different a bit, for my son we bought everything when he was in the kindergarten, so, he didn't suspect a thing. He thought, obviously from his experience, that today we are finished with the tree, and tomorrow I will take them to shop toys, the most important aspect of all events.

There was big surprise, when he came home!! He could not imagined that how we got all that presents for him, kept asking my wife how they came, and was so happy for "all this free toys". I think in a way he believes Santa Claus now, not even for a tiny second suspecting that we bought this toys, and presents. And we leave him there, child mind is best when imagination has free reign. Merry Christmas everyone!

Snake attack!!

I don't know, but December looks like a month of the snakes this year. Early in the month I encountered one, which I unfortunately forget to photo with its head still on...

Yes, apologises to all snake lovers, I am sure they are cute animals, and all, but not in my garden, thank you! BTW, that was said to be a poisonous one.

But yesterday, for my surprise my wife woke me up in the morning that there is 2 snakes in the garden. This time I didn't miss to photo them, but they were fast to "run", I think they knew they running for their lives. I found that they probably leave under the roof of my neighbor. They usually stay only for the weekends here, so, probably good place for the snakes to set up their home there. I don't mind if they do, as long as they don't visit me often, or they will run into the machete like their cousin.

The photos not outstanding, as these snakes wasn't there to model for me, remember, they were on the move for their life. The background is courtesy of my neighbor, I believe he could tidy up things a bit, but can I say that loud? Nah...

Laptop to desktop

Recently I encountered a new problem with my laptop, but this time was even less fun than the last with the virus.
It was my LCD.
Most people with laptops fear this the most, at least after the warranty expires. Mine did expire a half year or so ago, so you can imagine my happiness when I had my LCD go black in the middle of an otherwise beautiful sunny day. First confusion, then a bit anger, and finally followed the fear about the cost of the needed action.
Although not mentioned, I am a rather tight budget right now, and the upcoming Xmas not helping to expand it much.
My local repairman could just confirm my fears, that it might be an LCD change. So off I went to Asus ( my laptop's brand) service. They initially gave me a slight hope, but that turned out nothing more. They mentioned that it might cost around 60$ to repair it in good case, and around 300$ if they need to change LCD.
Cut it short, when I called them next day with inquire about the finding, the price went up magically to a sky-high 450$!! No, there was no particular explanation how or why. Same time in the nearby mall they sell new laptops, even Asus, for an entry price level of 500-550$. Did some math and some fuming, came to the conclusion that i don't want to spend this much for the repair. But nor want to throw. After all just made some upgrade and suffered with the system reinstall not so long ago...
Then got the idea, that we need a home computer anyway, so, with an external monitor I just convert it to desktop. That way the cost is bearable for the time being, as I got a perfectly nice 19' LCD monitor from Samsung for a reasonable 120$, my local repairman did the install of it along taking of the useless LCD from the laptop, living me with the keyboard, and the rest, a real compact looking desktop.
I know it is not the best looking maybe, but hey, I just didn't get that extra cash right now to buy a similar laptop. The winner is my wife, as now this will replace our old computer on the desk, which is real slow, with its 7+ years already, though I was very thankful even for that when this broke down.