Showing posts with label TiT Bits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TiT Bits. Show all posts

Sunday, March 2, 2014

The three R's of Thailand

Rotten Rice Revealed


Facebook post dated February 28 by Warong Dechgitvigrom
Translation: Today the Commissioners. Raid Depot rice.Government district Bot Phitsanulok image to see a sack in white.Maintain the 54 /55 Note that with a Leu forces me to check the quality.

Monday, October 28, 2013

Whitening Cream won't make you smarter

Thailand racism row reignited by Unilever ad
for skin-whitening cream

Firm's Thai subsidiary Citra withdraws TV ad for Pearly White cream after critics say it equates lighter skin with intelligence

Monday, February 11, 2013

T.i.T. Bits





Sakon Nakhon on You Tube 
  • Bangkok to Sakon Nakhon on the VIP Coach Tom Isaan



สกลนคร on You Tube
  • January 25, M150 concert
  • Lion Dance



Thailand


Cobra Gold 2013 
February 11-21  in the Kingdom of Thailand.
Exercise includes Burma, Indonesia, Japan, (S)Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States

Juice tax increases planned  The Nation
"The department needs to seek more revenue."

Cops demand money from shop owner...   The Nation

Thailand reacts with outrage to US comedy show  Sundaytimes Sri Lanka

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Asia's Finger Fetish: What's it mean?



  If you've ever held up your camera to take a photo of a person in Thailand,
the majority of Thais immediately pose with their fingers.

I have yet to get a straight answer, why, what's the meaning.

Past uses indicated Victory, later it became a Peace symbol.
During the Bow and arrow days, bowmen proudly showed their enemy that they still had their fingers.

If anything, I find it distracting from a photograph, and generally attempt non-posed photography.  But that's not always practical.

There seems to be a new meaning for displaying the middle finger




Saturday, January 5, 2013

Sakon Nakhon UFO sighting

I'm not buying it


  The story first appeared on Thai television,
  then a clip on You Tube.

  A picture purportedly taken with
  a telephone camera at Sawang Dindaeng.
  Supposedly it happened on a school sport day.
  Only one camera caught the image.

  Makes me suspicious.

  Viewed the image at 400% and I'm convinced:
  It's computer enhanced




I'm not the only one who suspects this is staged



Sunday, December 9, 2012

T.i.T.

Received my notice to renew the homeowners insurance policy four days after it expired.
Panicky I called the agent. Mai Pen Rai - No Problem.  Pay now!



The sixteen unit apartment building across the street is up for sale.  

The perimeter walls were black with algae.
No scrubbing, just paint over the algae.  You can see the algae under the paint. The paint job should survive till the first rain.












Then there's the 100% helmet law apparently in effect Monday thru Friday until 5 pm.
The rest of the time there's about a 25% observance of that law

Saturday, November 10, 2012

T.i.T. Bits


Some folk will tell you it rained in Sakon Nakhon today.

Technically you can call it rain.
I call it Saint Peters dribble

Buddhist especially in NE Thailand commemorate the death of Ajahn Mun this weekend.
He died on November 11, 1949
read more about his life at WIKIPEDIA 

Recently read that they are building a dam over what used to be the river flowing through Tao Ngoi.  It's not really much of a river anymore, resembles a creek.

Somebody mentioned they were asking for volunteers to help with the work.
From the looks of things, volunteering was not on anyone's mind.

If someone would have offered cash, there might 
have been a crowd.



On the way to Tao Ngoi, I noticed many rice fields drying out and farmers salvaging what they can


In my travels to Tao Ngoi I encountered a roadblock which turned out to be a great photo opportunity.







Thais love their mobile soundsystems




Another OTOP type fair is coming to town 
November 23 through December 2
Held at the municipal grounds (across the street to the police station)

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Parade Craze


Saw this high speed parade go past me last week.

Complete with police escorts, stopping traffic to let the convoy pass  

The types of parades in this city always amaze me