tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59540582011-08-03T02:17:37.870+09:00DhukkaObservations of an expat and other musingsThe Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.comBlogger231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-19589867025339409032009-03-28T10:46:00.001+09:002009-03-28T10:46:50.594+09:00The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-24933361518294100712005-06-27T17:22:00.011+09:002009-12-13T12:48:18.362+09:00The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1108987501687029422005-02-21T20:59:00.000+09:002005-02-21T21:28:53.106+09:00All shook up . In an age of unparalleled technological progress, many of us, particularly in the developed world, tend to get carried away with our achievements and idea of ourselves as Masters of the Universe. The South East Asian tsunami is a timely reminder of our vulnerability to the devastating forces of nature and of our own mortality. That tens of thousands of people going about their The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1108648506182131712005-02-17T22:54:00.000+09:002005-02-21T21:29:10.966+09:00Movie Review Eyes Wide Shut. Eyes Wide shut is one of those movies I’ve always wanted to see but for a variety not so convincing reasons never quite got around to until recently. Stanley Kubrick is known for the provocative nature of his films and the versatility of his work. He has tackled many different genres from science fiction (2001 a space odyssey) and horror (The Shining) to comedy (Dr The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1106379303621339312005-01-22T16:07:00.000+09:002005-02-21T21:29:26.926+09:00What does 2 million deluded fools look like? The annual pilgrimage to the Hajj is on again. For those who don’t know what it’s all about here’s a quick rundown. Every year the media swoops on this event with the usual fervour that such ‘news of the moment’ stories receive, only to recede into the background until next year. However since 9/11, the War in Iraq and the increasing tensions between The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1105689246243977532005-01-14T15:59:00.000+09:002005-01-15T17:02:34.566+09:00Gyms
As a regular gym goer for many years and a keen observer of human behaviour I've come to recognize certain character traits peculiar to people that frequent such places. Below are just a few of the more obvious examples.
The pretender – this fool is easily recognizable in any field of sport or physical activity. The pretender is decked out with the latest gear and equipment. He believesThe Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1105432411267713052005-01-11T17:27:00.000+09:002005-01-12T16:31:56.613+09:00Acheh and the muderously corrupt Indonesian military.
Latest estimates of the tsunami disaster put the number of dead in excess of 150,000, a half to two-thirds of those in the Indonesian province of Acheh with up to a million more Achenese affected. However if you look at the coverage of the disaster by the mainstream media networks, Acheh has received a disproportionate share of attention. The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1105264380672970012005-01-09T18:51:00.000+09:002005-01-09T19:01:19.063+09:00Thai musings 2 - Mawng arai? มองอะไร - The staring monkey syndrome
Any foreigner who has spent considerable time in Thailand and ventured outside the comfort zone of Bangkok will have encountered the curious stares of Thai people. The more isolated the area the increased frequency of the staring factor. At first it may be amusing and even ego building as the foreigner is imbued with a sense of The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1104916697604538842005-01-05T17:53:00.000+09:002005-01-05T18:30:23.330+09:00Open season for the corrupt and sick fuckers
Unless you’ve been living in a cave without any contact with the outside world you would no doubt be aware of one the worst natural disasters in living memory. The tsunami that swept South East Asia ten days ago killed tens of thousands and has brought misery and suffering to the lives of hundreds of thousands perhaps millions more. No doubt you wouldThe Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1103366900980393302005-01-02T17:47:00.000+09:002005-01-02T16:46:24.266+09:00Movie Review - The Fog of War
The fog of war is a documentary narrated entirley by former U.S secretary of defense Robert McNamara. McNamara held the post of Secretary of Defense for 7 years under John. F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson from 1961 - 1968. McNamara gives his version of some of the most important events of the 20th century, his own involvement and the other major players. The film isThe Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1102913673061206182004-12-18T19:40:00.000+09:002004-12-18T19:45:34.366+09:00Unsexy Japan
This recent article on the state of the Japanese libido confirms what I've long suspected - Japanese don't get laid that often. Although the article deals mainly with the state of sexless marriages (marriages where the couple have sex less than once a month) it also cites a much publicized survey of 41 countries around the world in which Japanese respondents ran dead last with The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1102757912223947242004-12-11T18:35:00.000+09:002005-02-21T21:41:18.110+09:00Book Review - Under the banner of Heaven – John KrakauerJohn Krakauer uses the brutal 1984 murder of a young woman and her baby to delve deep into the violent and bizarre roots of the fastest growing religion in the land of the whackos – Mormonism, or as they like to call themselves The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Personally I’ve never been acquainted with or maintained an The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1102243068023763672004-12-05T18:55:00.000+09:002004-12-11T19:45:42.576+09:00Movie Review - Out of time
Set in the small coastal town of Banyan Key just outside of Miami, Florida - the story follows the trials and tribulations of the local Chief of Police Whitlock – Denzel Washington. Whitlock is a seemingly content, self-made man – running a small department of just 4 police officers, he owns a picturesque makeshift hut on the water where he indulges in his favourite The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1101558832810992602004-11-27T21:07:00.000+09:002005-01-09T18:59:48.396+09:00Glorious Mt. Fuji
Awe-inspiring, majestic, magnificent, just a few of terms commonly attributed to Japan’s most revered peak Mount Fuji. Mt Fuji has fascinated the Japanese for centuries and is a major attraction for international tourists. It has inspired countless works of art, poetry, numerous books and even a few legends.
As I reside only a couple hours from Mount Fuji, I decided to hike upThe Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1097644429776794362004-10-13T13:55:00.000+09:002004-10-13T14:18:27.196+09:00Thai Musings 1 - Intolerant farangs
* 'farang' is the Thai word for any white-skinned foreigner
I was recently witness to one of those cringe-worthy episodes of farang behaviour. The nationality of the offender was not important as I believe this person to be representative of a large swathe of farangs impervious to cultural immersion and blinded by a false sense of self importance. The The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1097046707212932092004-10-06T17:10:00.000+09:002004-10-07T13:58:25.790+09:00Those wacky Japanese
Just when you thought the Japanese couldn't possibly get any more repressed and introverted they've come up with this - the Sound Princess That's right, it appears a considerable portion of Japanese females are embarrased by the sounds emitted from their unusually close to the ground arseholes. But no, after conferring with a few females on the topic it appears women don't The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1082794724222223232004-04-24T17:18:00.000+09:002004-04-24T17:34:53.340+09:00The theory of incompetence
A few years back I picked up an interesting book in Luang Prabang called the Peter Principle. Written some 40 years ago, the Peter Principle is a theory which claims people are only promoted in an organization up to their level of incompetence - once this level is reached their incompetence ensures they will never advance any further in that particular organization.The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1080308863545924012004-03-26T22:47:00.000+09:002004-03-30T17:41:05.170+09:00Second hand religion
Recently I spent a little over 6 weeks in a hermitage attached to a large monastery in the south of Thailand. Set on about 20 hectares of forest it’s home to hundreds of squirrels, frogs, and spiders, several varieties of birds and snakes, some wild chickens, a few mouse deer a couple of anteaters a feral cat and of course a multitude of mosquitoes. Originally the hermitageThe Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1071732557784105402003-12-23T04:29:00.000+09:002003-12-23T20:19:18.813+09:00Spam the Spammers
Anyone with an internet account will be aware of the insidious phenomenon of spam-mail. Every week I open my hotmail account to reveal all kinds of invitations to view naked grandmothers sucking off horses, ways to reduce my debt and pills to enlarge my penis size. It's hard to believe there are so many peverted, bankrupt people with tiny dicks out there but obviously these The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1070691415827206542003-12-17T15:16:00.000+09:002003-12-23T20:28:26.290+09:00Sports sycophancy
Recently I watched The Rugby Union World Cup final in a small expat pub. I'm not a big follower of Rugby Union but with not a lot planned for that Saturday night I thought a few hours of watching large men pulverise each other with some good old-fashoined pub food might be entertaining. Among the expatriate crowd were a couple of Australians, a sizeable contingent of English a The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1068529546139875592003-11-24T14:45:00.000+09:002003-11-25T14:30:42.516+09:00Gluttons for punishment
The 20th century has seen an explosion in waistelines commensurate with the range of food products available to hoggish consumers. This phenomenom is not limited to, but is most obvious in the western world where the sight of an overweight person is a normal everyday occurence. In an age of supposedly unparalleled progress and knowledge we have arguably the unhealthiest The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1066482955886043242003-10-31T01:15:00.000+09:002004-10-07T15:58:16.450+09:00The Starbucks experience
Caffeine is an addictive drug, stimulating the brain in a manner similar to the amphetamines cocaine and heroin. Addicts of all kinds from junkies jabbing themselves with needles to obese couch potatoes gorging themselves on chocolate do so in a desperate attempt to block out their constant feelings of loneliness, inadequacy and depression. Giving yourself a hit of The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954058.post-1066371915868118302003-10-17T15:25:00.000+09:002003-10-18T20:26:59.896+09:00The Online Dating Game
Thanks to the internet personal adds are no longer hidden, almost seemingly out of embarrassment, in the back pages of a newspaper. A quick visit to any of the increasing number of online dating sites will have you wading through hundreds of romantic hopefuls all looking for that 'someone special' in no time.
Of course there are other fish in the dating pond who The Fundamental Analysthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16783431753822952360noreply@blogger.com0