In case you should forget Lese Majeste
A word of warning to those who know little of Thai customes and laws and thinking of visitning Thailand. Don't panic this sort of thing isn't a normall occurance , but does show the level of respect shown to the Royal Family.
Lese majeste charges get Swiss man 10 yrs
Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Alessio Monti
Alessio Monti
world renowned guitarist
in concert
AUA auditorium
Friday, 6 April 2007 - 7:30 PM
Please visit the following web sites for more information about Alessio Monti.
http://www.concertartist.info/bio/MON001.html
http://www.sonicgarden.com/sonic-web/artist.cfm?artistid=1129
Pass this message along to friends who love music.
This promises to be a very special concert.
world renowned guitarist
in concert
AUA auditorium
Friday, 6 April 2007 - 7:30 PM
Please visit the following web sites for more information about Alessio Monti.
http://www.concertartist.info/bio/MON001.html
http://www.sonicgarden.com/sonic-web/artist.cfm?artistid=1129
Pass this message along to friends who love music.
This promises to be a very special concert.
Royal gossip straight from the horses mouth
If anyone is a fan of the British Royal family you can now get an inside view of the goings on. Princess Eugenie, the Queens granddaughter has a blog, see everyone is doing it! It even has links to other Royal Blogs, although i am sure most of those including The Queen's are done on their behalf, Eugine's is maintained by her own Royal hand.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=50275896
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=50275896
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Smaller packets urged for fattening foods | the Daily Mail
Smaller packets urged for fattening foods the Daily Mail
Now if you want to see crazy click thelink above.
Not sure about the rest of the world but certainly in the UK for many years in fact zillions since i was a child , the size of confectionery bars, packets of crisps ( potato chips) has been decreasing at an alarming rate, and the prices at a similar rate have increased. Now due to obesity on a huge scale in England the food standard agency is asking companies to reduce the size of the packets. I always knew that one day they would be charging for fresh air but i thought that it would be in the form of yet another government tax. Do you think these agencies are getting a kick back from the food manufactures to help make more profits. Maybe they should put them back to normal size there was little obesity when i was a kid, you could only eat 1 bar a day since you were full. Mind you we had proper cooked meals on the table not fast food everyday.
Now if you want to see crazy click thelink above.
Not sure about the rest of the world but certainly in the UK for many years in fact zillions since i was a child , the size of confectionery bars, packets of crisps ( potato chips) has been decreasing at an alarming rate, and the prices at a similar rate have increased. Now due to obesity on a huge scale in England the food standard agency is asking companies to reduce the size of the packets. I always knew that one day they would be charging for fresh air but i thought that it would be in the form of yet another government tax. Do you think these agencies are getting a kick back from the food manufactures to help make more profits. Maybe they should put them back to normal size there was little obesity when i was a kid, you could only eat 1 bar a day since you were full. Mind you we had proper cooked meals on the table not fast food everyday.
It's hotting up
Well it's hotting up, and not just on the weather front. The temperatures are starting to climb, even in Mae Rim. Also the house move is getting closer and i am no further forward with anything. Not a box packed or indeed a finger lifted to do so, suppose i am dragging my little feet because i really do not want to go.
Yesterday brought it home even more so why i like to live out here. After a very pleasant lunch with my mate Harry and Mr Jay Jay and i drove back via the second ring road joining by the Mandarin Oriental and driving round to the Mae Rim turn off. The scenery is spectacular with the mountains in the distance and Paddie fields all around and the traffic is far less congested than coming around the super highway and up. By the way who ever named it super highway, i can find nothing super or for that matter highway about it.
Anyway got back and sat and enjoyed my garden for a little while and a night in front of the TV with Mr Jay, i haven't been out much this week since i want to enjoy the last i can of my little house in the back end of beyond.
Yesterday brought it home even more so why i like to live out here. After a very pleasant lunch with my mate Harry and Mr Jay Jay and i drove back via the second ring road joining by the Mandarin Oriental and driving round to the Mae Rim turn off. The scenery is spectacular with the mountains in the distance and Paddie fields all around and the traffic is far less congested than coming around the super highway and up. By the way who ever named it super highway, i can find nothing super or for that matter highway about it.
Anyway got back and sat and enjoyed my garden for a little while and a night in front of the TV with Mr Jay, i haven't been out much this week since i want to enjoy the last i can of my little house in the back end of beyond.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Bangkok Post : General news
Let us hope this is the start of many things to come. Maybe now some of the unconverted will again think why in September 2006 there was a coup! They were never leaving of their own accord nor through "democratic channels"
Bangkok Post : General news
Bangkok Post : General news
Monday, March 26, 2007
The old bag reads post bag again.
Sat with my morning coffee(s) and half a pack of cigarettes ( great diet) as usual i trolled the Bangkok post on line and found this little beauty about Don ( however you would like to spell it ) Airport
It was with some bemusement that I read that the name of the old Don Muang airport, which has been unofficially used for 93 years, has been re-spelled Mueang (Bangkok Post, March 24).
The decision by airport director Pinit Saraithong was made after conferring with the Royal Institute and the Chulalongkorn University arts faculty. Their considered opinion was that Mueang was correct.
Regrettably there is a problem _ "uea" is an illegal vowel combination in English. To Westerners, the pronunciation of this configuration will cause consternation.
That is the reason why Muang has been used, and adopted nationally in Thailand, in place-names. Such a significant name change should have been tested with native English speakers, people proficient in English grammar and structure, then the error would have been found quickly.
In addition, the name change will be extremely costly to implement _ the traditional Muang spelling has been used for years by cartographers, governments, satellite navigation systems, commercial and online flight resources, plus numerous tourist guides. The name exists in hundreds of thousands of official references.
The dilemma now is who changes _ the airport or the rest of the world. In either case, the cost will be high.
There is a famous saying in English: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." It is regrettable that, despite his best efforts and intentions, Mr Pinit did not heed this advice.
So with my usual speed and wit (ha ha) i penned the following in response.
With regard to Peter Pendleton postbag 26th March and the use of the illegal vowel combination "uea in" Don Mueang the new name for the old Don Muang Airport. It may be an illegal vowel use in English but if that is the translation then so it should be. Personally i would pronounce it "Moouang"
I do agree that it appears a waste of time and for some going to be costly changing it after all these years but would pose the question what should now be done with "ng" in translation, as i have tried for 3 years for the correct pronunciation without much success, generally when i am trying to talk about the snakes in my garden (ngoo), and think that combination should be illegal in any language and is certainly very difficult for foreigners, but we are in Thailand after all, and i think it is great they go to the expense and trouble to translate these things for us, imagine how difficult life would be without it.
Gareth Chiang Mai
I then read further to find some rather sad news. Not sure how missed this news but i did. (too much Singha beer probably)
A lady wrote about the closing of the Suan Lum Night Bazaar's in Bangkok.
I appreciate that Thailand is wanting to move forward as a country but does it have to happen at the expense of tradition and beauty and big air conditioned malls. The Thai's seem to have the same theories on Malls as they do when your shopping, if they see you have bought and item say a mango wood vase from one shop they think you want another, and another , and another, try selling us something different!
I like the lady in Bangkok will miss it not to mention the stall holders that will not be able to afford the rents in an expensive Mall, come on Thailand support your small local businesses, you will miss them when they are gone and there will be a lot of unemployed people and you don't have a social security system to support them.
It was with some bemusement that I read that the name of the old Don Muang airport, which has been unofficially used for 93 years, has been re-spelled Mueang (Bangkok Post, March 24).
The decision by airport director Pinit Saraithong was made after conferring with the Royal Institute and the Chulalongkorn University arts faculty. Their considered opinion was that Mueang was correct.
Regrettably there is a problem _ "uea" is an illegal vowel combination in English. To Westerners, the pronunciation of this configuration will cause consternation.
That is the reason why Muang has been used, and adopted nationally in Thailand, in place-names. Such a significant name change should have been tested with native English speakers, people proficient in English grammar and structure, then the error would have been found quickly.
In addition, the name change will be extremely costly to implement _ the traditional Muang spelling has been used for years by cartographers, governments, satellite navigation systems, commercial and online flight resources, plus numerous tourist guides. The name exists in hundreds of thousands of official references.
The dilemma now is who changes _ the airport or the rest of the world. In either case, the cost will be high.
There is a famous saying in English: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." It is regrettable that, despite his best efforts and intentions, Mr Pinit did not heed this advice.
So with my usual speed and wit (ha ha) i penned the following in response.
With regard to Peter Pendleton postbag 26th March and the use of the illegal vowel combination "uea in" Don Mueang the new name for the old Don Muang Airport. It may be an illegal vowel use in English but if that is the translation then so it should be. Personally i would pronounce it "Moouang"
I do agree that it appears a waste of time and for some going to be costly changing it after all these years but would pose the question what should now be done with "ng" in translation, as i have tried for 3 years for the correct pronunciation without much success, generally when i am trying to talk about the snakes in my garden (ngoo), and think that combination should be illegal in any language and is certainly very difficult for foreigners, but we are in Thailand after all, and i think it is great they go to the expense and trouble to translate these things for us, imagine how difficult life would be without it.
Gareth Chiang Mai
I then read further to find some rather sad news. Not sure how missed this news but i did. (too much Singha beer probably)
A lady wrote about the closing of the Suan Lum Night Bazaar's in Bangkok.
I appreciate that Thailand is wanting to move forward as a country but does it have to happen at the expense of tradition and beauty and big air conditioned malls. The Thai's seem to have the same theories on Malls as they do when your shopping, if they see you have bought and item say a mango wood vase from one shop they think you want another, and another , and another, try selling us something different!
I like the lady in Bangkok will miss it not to mention the stall holders that will not be able to afford the rents in an expensive Mall, come on Thailand support your small local businesses, you will miss them when they are gone and there will be a lot of unemployed people and you don't have a social security system to support them.
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Welcome home Bernard
Last night saw the welcome home party to celebrate the return of the Lovely Bernard after his travels in the USA.
Mr Cooley, Sopha and Wan did a great job of arranging the event held at the Narawee restaurant, opposite to the Nakornping conod's. A tasty buffet and drinks were provided and there was a fair old turn out.
Check out the picture gallery
http://picasaweb.google.com/GARETHANGEL/BernardsParty
Mr Cooley, Sopha and Wan did a great job of arranging the event held at the Narawee restaurant, opposite to the Nakornping conod's. A tasty buffet and drinks were provided and there was a fair old turn out.
Check out the picture gallery
http://picasaweb.google.com/GARETHANGEL/BernardsParty
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