Arrived at the airport and greeted by these two damsels
Thai ladies are soooo cute... much much better than sinkie female shits.
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A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand
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Thai ladies are soooo cute... much much better than sinkie female shits.
ROAD ACCIDENTS DOWN 21 PER CENT FROM LAST YEAR
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Fewer-deaths-and-accidents-reported-30257962.html
SOME 121 people have been killed and 1,281 injured on Thai roads after three of the 'Seven Dangerous Days' linked to the current Songkran break.
Second Lieutenant Cherdsak Champathet, adviser to the Justice Minister, held a press conference at the Road Safety Directing Centre yesterday to reveal the latest casualties, which came from 1,215 accidents.
Two provinces have been free of reported accidents - Samut Prakan and Amnat Charoen - while 24 provinces have reported no deaths.
Surat Thani reported the highest number of accidents - 49 - and the highest number of injuries - 59.
Nakhon Ratchasima and Roi Et have recorded the highest number of deaths so far - seven.
Drunk driving and speeding were the major causes of road accidents.
Cherdsak said statistics showed the number of road accidents over the three days was lower than last year, with 324 fewer accidents, or a 21-per-cent drop.
Motorcycles were involved in most accidents.
The period that accidents occurred most was from 1pm to 9pm.
Deputy government spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the government had increased the number of buses and vans to cater for 24 million Songkran revellers.
He said the government was allowing free use of motorway number seven from Bangkok to Ban Chang for motorists travelling to Chon Buri and Pattaya.
Motorists are also exempt from having to pay toll fees for motorway number nine from Bangkok to Bang Pa-in and Bangkok Bang Phli until Sunday.
Sansern said the government had provided 200 general service centres for motorists on highways nationwide and 95 centres on rural roads. Traffic lights at intersections were fixed and more light bulbs were installed to illuminate roads.
The Land Transport Department provided 250 car services to check cars before long trips, set up 310 checkpoints to see if drivers are fit to drive and 11 centres to check the condition of vehicles.
People can report traffic accidents by calling 1365.
Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said although the number of accidents over the past 10 years at Songkran had dropped to 27,000 accidents with 300 deaths in the capital, the government could not be complacent as no accidents should be reported.
"The reduction helped inspire us to work hard to reduce accidents and deaths but people should also realise that they must celebrate Songkran with responsibility and do not |things that cause road accidents," he said.
"Most accidents occur because of carelessness and drunk driving. The city administration has organised Songkran without alcohol because it leads to quarrels, fights and accidents."
Sukhumbhand presided over the opening of the three-day Bangkok Songkran Festival @Silom 2015 yesterday. The event runs from 3pm to 9pm daily and includes Buddha statue and floral processions.
The governor also anointed an 80-metre water tunnel that is supplying water for Songkran revellers and is financed by the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority.
More than 1,000 traders yesterday started erecting stalls including alcohol-free drink stalls on Silom Road.
City officials strictly checked the road to ensure it was safe, with no alcohol, no provocative dress and no powder. The road is closed to traffic from the Sala Daeng intersection to the Nararom intersection.
Security officials and volunteers set up more than 10 checkpoints on Silom to check for illegal items and weapons.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel were also on standby in case of incidents.
More than 100,000 people are expected to visit Silom Road during Songkran.
Meanwhile, outbound traffic to Nakhon Ratchasim was still congested yesterday as people continued their journey home to celebrate the Thai New Year with their families.
Vehicles moved at an average speed of 30-40km/h. Congested spots included uphill stretches in Tambon Klangdong in Pak Chong district, Tambon Kolongpai in Si Khiew district and on Mitrapab Road along the Nakhon Ratchasima city bypass.
Police opened two more outbound lanes at Tambon Klangdong and on the bypass in Nakhon Ratchasima city.
The traffic congestion on Mitrapab Road was expected to ease last night.
In Hat Yai, Thai revellers and foreign tourists from Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia are celebrating "Midnight Songkran" - the only such event in the country. The Sanehanusorn Road is closed to traffic so revellers can congregate there and throw water.
The festival is carried out under heavy security with police strictly checking people and vehicles coming in and out of Hat Yai.
The atmosphere in Koh Samui in Surat Thani was lacklustre yesterday. Hotel operators said the car bomb on Friday night had had a negative impact on business.
Police are focusing their investigation on personal conflicts, business conflicts and the southern insurgency. They have not ruled out the possibility the attack was politically motivated.
Froggy here to make the cut? 
LIFESTYLE
The wizards of whiskey
The Nation March 13, 2015 1:00 am
Scotch whisky Glenlivet names 15 Thais among its "Guardians Founding Members"
GLENLIVET, the single malt that started it all, last week hosted a sophisticated mingling experience for Bangkok devotees, a posh dinner for its roster of "Guardians Founding Members" - 15 local movers and shakers who lead inspiring lifestyles.
The foremost purveyors of the gentlemanly tradition of drinking single-malt whiskey, Glenlivet's distillers chose the 15 connoisseur-"role models" to promote another tradition, that of mingling.
On hand for the occasion were realtor and car-racing enthusiast Kittipol Pramoj Na Ayudhya; Carson socks heir and music lover Chalermpong Srirojanant; auto-parts trader Charak Trangadisaikul; Energy Ministry official and former national rugby player Veerapat Kiatfuengfoo; Goungkiet Vienravi, who co-founded the media company Inspire; and Anilin Buranasiri of the fashion empire Pacifica Elements.
The setting was Gossip on Thonglor Soi 15, which proved to be a warm and cosy rendezvous with carved wooden nameplates holding the seats for the 15 honoured members. The Guardians were formally presented with privileges |such as free admission to the Glenlivet whiskey school in England and the chance to |host private parties.
Gossip's French chef, Julien Lavigne, prepared an astonishing banquet of smoky tuna, puff pastry with truffle and stilton cheese, roasted duck breast with liquorice jus, and chocolate and caramel.
The meal was complemented with the Glenlivet 15 and 18, as well as the Glenlivet Guardians' Chapter Limited Edition Single Malt, selected by Guardians around the world.
It was another remarkable evening in a history that dates back to 1824, when George Smith bucked the illegal whiskey distilling predominant in Scotland at the time - even firing pistols in self-defence on more than one occasion.
Armed as well with a distiller's licence of his own, Smith began producing premium-quality single-malt whiskey under the name The Glenlivet.
What followed has since been dubbed the golden era of whiskey production, with Speyside, Scotland's whiskey capital, earning global attention.
The Glenlivet continues to produce high-quality whiskey while ensuring that all new products reflect the spirit's originality.
The best-selling single malt Scotch whiskey in the US and the winner of gold medals from various institutions, the spirit can claim among its fans such connoisseurs as Britain's Prince Charles, singer Frank Sinatra, actor Robert Taylor and basketball star Michael Jordan.
LIFESTYLE
The wizards of whiskey
The Nation March 13, 2015 1:00 am
Scotch whisky Glenlivet names 15 Thais among its "Guardians Founding Members"
GLENLIVET, the single malt that started it all, last week hosted a sophisticated mingling experience for Bangkok devotees, a posh dinner for its roster of "Guardians Founding Members" - 15 local movers and shakers who lead inspiring lifestyles.
The foremost purveyors of the gentlemanly tradition of drinking single-malt whiskey, Glenlivet's distillers chose the 15 connoisseur-"role models" to promote another tradition, that of mingling.
On hand for the occasion were realtor and car-racing enthusiast Kittipol Pramoj Na Ayudhya; Carson socks heir and music lover Chalermpong Srirojanant; auto-parts trader Charak Trangadisaikul; Energy Ministry official and former national rugby player Veerapat Kiatfuengfoo; Goungkiet Vienravi, who co-founded the media company Inspire; and Anilin Buranasiri of the fashion empire Pacifica Elements.
The setting was Gossip on Thonglor Soi 15, which proved to be a warm and cosy rendezvous with carved wooden nameplates holding the seats for the 15 honoured members. The Guardians were formally presented with privileges |such as free admission to the Glenlivet whiskey school in England and the chance to |host private parties.
Gossip's French chef, Julien Lavigne, prepared an astonishing banquet of smoky tuna, puff pastry with truffle and stilton cheese, roasted duck breast with liquorice jus, and chocolate and caramel.
The meal was complemented with the Glenlivet 15 and 18, as well as the Glenlivet Guardians' Chapter Limited Edition Single Malt, selected by Guardians around the world.
It was another remarkable evening in a history that dates back to 1824, when George Smith bucked the illegal whiskey distilling predominant in Scotland at the time - even firing pistols in self-defence on more than one occasion.
Armed as well with a distiller's licence of his own, Smith began producing premium-quality single-malt whiskey under the name The Glenlivet.
What followed has since been dubbed the golden era of whiskey production, with Speyside, Scotland's whiskey capital, earning global attention.
The Glenlivet continues to produce high-quality whiskey while ensuring that all new products reflect the spirit's originality.
The best-selling single malt Scotch whiskey in the US and the winner of gold medals from various institutions, the spirit can claim among its fans such connoisseurs as Britain's Prince Charles, singer Frank Sinatra, actor Robert Taylor and basketball star Michael Jordan.
I stopped yesterday with the lunch at Toto Gai Yang, allow me to continue the rest of yesterday.
On the way into the village saw a procession of new monk ceremony
[video=youtube;TqfZfKYr7rY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqfZfKYr7rY[/video]
For Thais this is a very big thing and can cost a lot of money, strangely many participants of this ceremony became drunk from the ceremony.
On the way into the village saw a procession of new monk ceremony
[video=youtube;TqfZfKYr7rY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqfZfKYr7rY[/video]
For Thais this is a very big thing and can cost a lot of money, strangely many participants of this ceremony became drunk from the ceremony.
Upon entering the village I was met with a procession known as Hae Nam Miao ritual, its ritual to bring in the rain, meaning this does not happen every year only if it stops raining for a long time and the people need to call for rain, like a red indian rain dance thing you may say. So i was very lucky to have witnessed this as was told the last one was 3-4 years ago.
It actually involves a cat, at the start of the video you can see 2 men carrying a basket or cage at the top left had corner with a cat inside. Enjoy.
[video=youtube;Mo5cFUivTRU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo5cFUivTRU[/video]
It actually involves a cat, at the start of the video you can see 2 men carrying a basket or cage at the top left had corner with a cat inside. Enjoy.
[video=youtube;Mo5cFUivTRU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo5cFUivTRU[/video]
Dinner was Moo Kata where the family (including the dogs) sits around the Kata (the aluminium hot plate) and indulge in pork and vegetables or anything one likes. Around the kata is like steamboat while the centre in like Korean bbq.
This is very typical setup in a village and its as country as you can get. Language heard here is Isaan.
[video=youtube;mtxjTJuCKAc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtxjTJuCKAc[/video]
You may have seen a bottle of single malt at the end which you think don't do justice to it however did enhanced the party.
This is very typical setup in a village and its as country as you can get. Language heard here is Isaan.
[video=youtube;mtxjTJuCKAc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtxjTJuCKAc[/video]
You may have seen a bottle of single malt at the end which you think don't do justice to it however did enhanced the party.
time to fly off. On sunday departure lounge. 7:10am
Thai airways
outside of plane
in the air
breakfast
arrival at airport. Very empty no queue
check into hotel room. Very cheap around 800 bht
Nice view with nice pool
it's one day before songkran so decide to visit khaosan where the celebrations have started
Was in the middle of a huge water fight so no video or pictures. Bowl of noodles afterwards
Thai airways
outside of plane
in the air
breakfast
arrival at airport. Very empty no queue
check into hotel room. Very cheap around 800 bht
Nice view with nice pool
it's one day before songkran so decide to visit khaosan where the celebrations have started
Was in the middle of a huge water fight so no video or pictures. Bowl of noodles afterwards
Songkran officially starts today even though people have been celebrating since last friday. Decided to visit this new mall called EmQuartier opposite emporium at phrong phong bts.
Afterwards see a few ang moh chicks suntanning outside my balcony
Afterwards see a few ang moh chicks suntanning outside my balcony
JAH! Where is the chicken cutlet with cheese from? I want to try! Doesn't look like Thai food.
it's not it can be bought from lao pasat
songkran celebrations take place everywhere. As you can see these guys don't need to go to some popular hot spot to celebrate in front of a 7-11 is good enough
I'll pass this year's songkrang and enjoy the quietness of home
. Babysitting the doggy alone :p.
A slice of thai political mango today. Fair commentary and insight, imho. ROW (rest of world) will have something to say about this too
STOPPAGE TIME
Is taking Yingluck to court the way to go?
Tulsathit Taptim
[email protected] April 1, 2015 1:00 am
The clampdown on Yingluck Shinawatra is a shame. That is because - take away the coup, the political strife and the fact that whatever the outcome, what follows will definitely be messy - it could have been the right way to go. Corruption can never be uprooted unless the head is chopped off first, so to speak.
This is not to say that Yingluck is guilty or should go to jail. This is saying that every government leader should be subject to the same. If you risked being thrown behind bars just because your subordinates embezzled money or property or took bribes, you wouldn't sit and watch. You would be on guard around the clock. You would punish a minister at the first hint of a scandal. You wouldn't just transfer him or her to another ministry before the opposition could launch a censure motion.
Yingluck is being charged with negligence that allowed corruption to fester in the rice pledging scheme. That means her accusers don't need to prove that she was corrupt. All they need to do is prove that corruption plagued the rice programme and, as prime minister and chairperson of the national rice committee, Yingluck knowingly let it happen. If she is found guilty, she will be imprisoned.
Is that harsh? No, not at all. If a prime minister allows his or her subordinates to cheat, he or she deserves to be punished, too. It's a cover-up of a crime, pure and simple. If you cover up for a criminal, you are an accessory to the crime.
People are saying it's harsh because what's happening to Yingluck is an exception and not the rule. It's a pity that it took a vicious political divide, threats of civil war and a military intervention for us to have a semblance of what should have been a normal way of tackling corruption. In politics, great power should come with great responsibility, and threats of imprisonment should come with the territory.
Thailand's prime ministers have always been overprotective of their Cabinet members or those associated with them. The worst that ever happened to corrupt ministers was to be transferred out of the hot seat. There has never been genuine punishment or public condemnation from the prime ministers. On the one hand, that's understandable: it's bad public relations to admit that you picked a crook (or many crooks) to sit in your Cabinet. On the other hand, you endorse a system in which everybody protects everybody who is on the same side, and the rest is history.
The late Lee Kuan Yew advocated a system in which corrupt ministers were hunted down by graft-busters, and not moved around or shielded by the prime minister. Singapore's politics may have made it easy for that to happen, as its weak opposition was unlikely to significantly capitalise on corruption scandals. In Thailand, admitting that you handpicked a fraudster to serve as a minister can be equivalent to signing your own resignation.
But that should be the case, shouldn't it? First, it makes you choose your team wisely and carefully. Then it makes you act swiftly and justly at the first sniff of graft. Of course, you have the other option of sweeping it under the rug, but you will know you do that at your own peril.
Now, the big question. How can we, in a normal democratic system, put a prime minister on trial for crimes committed by others? This may be an integral part of Yingluck's defence, too. Her lawyers will first try to portray the rice pledging scheme as noble and clean, but if the prosecution can establish that the programme was marred by massive corruption, the lawyers will simply say she didn't know about it.
Repeated warnings against the scheme by economics experts may come into play at the Yingluck trial, but her lawyers can say that the warnings were not necessarily "evidence" that corruption had taken place. In other words, she may have been warned, but didn't know for certain that dirty money was going into the accounts of people in charge of the scheme. And without clear-cut evidence, how could she terminate a social programme that voters mandated her government to carry out? Most importantly perhaps, if nobody has been charged with "murder", how could someone be found guilty of being an accessory to the murder?
The proof and rebuttal regarding the "evidence" and her "knowledge" will be the highlight of the trial. The prosecution will face a major challenge, though, of explaining why no small fry were caught if the evidence of corruption was so damning. Yingluck's accusers can say that because of her negligence, the fraud got out of control and those involved managed to escape, but the prosecution will need strong evidence to back this claim. The accusers will have to prove that although the "murderer" has got away, the murder weapon has been found at the home of the "accessory".
Should Yingluck be put through all this? Yes, but on condition that what's happening becomes the standard for Thailand's fight against corruption. Without that condition, we don't stand a chance.
STOPPAGE TIME
Is taking Yingluck to court the way to go?
Tulsathit Taptim
[email protected] April 1, 2015 1:00 am
The clampdown on Yingluck Shinawatra is a shame. That is because - take away the coup, the political strife and the fact that whatever the outcome, what follows will definitely be messy - it could have been the right way to go. Corruption can never be uprooted unless the head is chopped off first, so to speak.
This is not to say that Yingluck is guilty or should go to jail. This is saying that every government leader should be subject to the same. If you risked being thrown behind bars just because your subordinates embezzled money or property or took bribes, you wouldn't sit and watch. You would be on guard around the clock. You would punish a minister at the first hint of a scandal. You wouldn't just transfer him or her to another ministry before the opposition could launch a censure motion.
Yingluck is being charged with negligence that allowed corruption to fester in the rice pledging scheme. That means her accusers don't need to prove that she was corrupt. All they need to do is prove that corruption plagued the rice programme and, as prime minister and chairperson of the national rice committee, Yingluck knowingly let it happen. If she is found guilty, she will be imprisoned.
Is that harsh? No, not at all. If a prime minister allows his or her subordinates to cheat, he or she deserves to be punished, too. It's a cover-up of a crime, pure and simple. If you cover up for a criminal, you are an accessory to the crime.
People are saying it's harsh because what's happening to Yingluck is an exception and not the rule. It's a pity that it took a vicious political divide, threats of civil war and a military intervention for us to have a semblance of what should have been a normal way of tackling corruption. In politics, great power should come with great responsibility, and threats of imprisonment should come with the territory.
Thailand's prime ministers have always been overprotective of their Cabinet members or those associated with them. The worst that ever happened to corrupt ministers was to be transferred out of the hot seat. There has never been genuine punishment or public condemnation from the prime ministers. On the one hand, that's understandable: it's bad public relations to admit that you picked a crook (or many crooks) to sit in your Cabinet. On the other hand, you endorse a system in which everybody protects everybody who is on the same side, and the rest is history.
The late Lee Kuan Yew advocated a system in which corrupt ministers were hunted down by graft-busters, and not moved around or shielded by the prime minister. Singapore's politics may have made it easy for that to happen, as its weak opposition was unlikely to significantly capitalise on corruption scandals. In Thailand, admitting that you handpicked a fraudster to serve as a minister can be equivalent to signing your own resignation.
But that should be the case, shouldn't it? First, it makes you choose your team wisely and carefully. Then it makes you act swiftly and justly at the first sniff of graft. Of course, you have the other option of sweeping it under the rug, but you will know you do that at your own peril.
Now, the big question. How can we, in a normal democratic system, put a prime minister on trial for crimes committed by others? This may be an integral part of Yingluck's defence, too. Her lawyers will first try to portray the rice pledging scheme as noble and clean, but if the prosecution can establish that the programme was marred by massive corruption, the lawyers will simply say she didn't know about it.
Repeated warnings against the scheme by economics experts may come into play at the Yingluck trial, but her lawyers can say that the warnings were not necessarily "evidence" that corruption had taken place. In other words, she may have been warned, but didn't know for certain that dirty money was going into the accounts of people in charge of the scheme. And without clear-cut evidence, how could she terminate a social programme that voters mandated her government to carry out? Most importantly perhaps, if nobody has been charged with "murder", how could someone be found guilty of being an accessory to the murder?
The proof and rebuttal regarding the "evidence" and her "knowledge" will be the highlight of the trial. The prosecution will face a major challenge, though, of explaining why no small fry were caught if the evidence of corruption was so damning. Yingluck's accusers can say that because of her negligence, the fraud got out of control and those involved managed to escape, but the prosecution will need strong evidence to back this claim. The accusers will have to prove that although the "murderer" has got away, the murder weapon has been found at the home of the "accessory".
Should Yingluck be put through all this? Yes, but on condition that what's happening becomes the standard for Thailand's fight against corruption. Without that condition, we don't stand a chance.
Cheers. Enjoy yourself in the LOS.
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