We celebrated teacher’s day in Philippines but it’s not as grand as the way Thailand celebrated their Teacher’s Day or ‘Wai Khruu” (Wai means to bow with hands brought together as we do when we pray and “Khruu” means teacher) . The only time I remembered celebrating Teacher’s Day was when I’m in second year…
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Green Clubcard Point per bag
When I received my cash vouchers from Tesco Lotus last Saturday, I learned that Clubcard has provided more ways to collect points to maximize the value of customers’ vouchers for the next mailing which include spending at Food Court, topping up mobile phone online and bringing our own bag to be reused. Here are 3…
Big Cleaning Day in Bangkok
There is surely a rainbow after the rain. Thank God that after the chaos that happened in Bangkok, the people are holding a BIG CLEANING DAY to clean the entire city. I hope Bangkok will soon recover .
Royal Ploughing Ceremony
Yesterday, I helped one of the classes of K-1 because their teacher is not around. I approached the head teacher in the afternoon to inquire my schedule for today. I was told it’s HOLIDAY- my fave day…LOL! Today is Royal Ploughing Ceremony . It is an ancient royal rite held in Cambodia and Thailand to…
Fish Spa Experience in Hatyai City, Thailand
Have you tried fish spa? It is a new, fun and relax kind of foot spa where doctor fish nibbled dead cells from your legs. These will create a smoother, softer, healthier and shinier skin EVERYDAY! The fish used are called Doctor Fish , it’s a freshwater fish used for treating skin diseases in Turkey…
a visit to Songkhla Aquarium
Last Saturday, my family and my brother’s family went out to visit Songkhla Aquarium. The place reminds me of what I used to teach before to my BS Fisheries students- parts of the fish and anything about fish! I’m just a bit disappointed because I don’t have the right camera to get a better photo…
Pixel Bug Weekend: Christmas Party at Hatyai City Church
It’s Christmas party at the church where we fellowship last Sunday. I see lots of new faces. They are our brethren from the church outreaches ministry. I’m so glad to see them. The group from Nam Noi danced one of the Thai traditional dances accompanied by their traditional drum. We don’t have exchanging of gifts…
Thai Govt’ blocks CNN, Yahoo finance, Facebook, Flickr and other American sites
Is it true that the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology here in Thailand is blocking websites hosted in USA? Example of blocked sites : edition.cnn.com, facebook.com, finance.yahoo.com, flickr.com MICT is redirecting the blocked traffic to their website http://mict.go.th, and instead showing a portrait of HM the King of Thailand together with well wishes for…
work permit fee increases
I’ve been informed that per written announcement from Bangkok Work Permit Office, the APPLICATION FEE for work permits will increase, effective 21 December 2009 ( from 100 baht to 600 baht. Really? It’s a big INCREASE for me. This increase also applies to applications for changes/modifications of existing work permits but no increase to APPROVAL…
Pixel Bug Weekend: Lantern Festival at Hatyai City
The lantern festival is held from November-February every year at Hatyai City Municipality Park, Hatyai City, Songkhla, South Thailand. This year is the fourth year celebration. They have 9 Amazing Lantern Zones and we’ve just visited half of them.These are the following zones that we’ve visited last Friday night. World of Kids’ Lantern- this zone…
