Thursday, January 9, 2014

It tastes good, but is it really healthy?



A fairly new soft drink is gaining popularity in Thailand: 
MAN SOME
Advertised ingredients are
Collagen 2000 mg / ml. 
Vitamin C 25 mg 
Zinc 11 ml

Advertisement claims it as a Man Care product, "especially formulated to revitalize the skin of a man."

Collagen is a glue like protein found mostly in fibrous tissues such as tendons, ligaments and skin, and is also abundant in corneas, cartilage, bones, blood vessels, the gut, and intervertebral discs

The amounts of beneficial ingredients are listed in milligram.  
Sugar content of the drink is listed in grams.  44grams per bottle
That's around ten teaspoons of sugar per bottle according to my calculations
Old Joke Number 38:  The Texan

Troop Movement Not so coincidental after all

Just a few days ago I noted this headline:
Don’t Panic if you See Tanks and Troops in Bangkok Next Week

I somewhat considerd it to be a smokescreen
Thailand to deploy 15,000 forces to Bangkok


And so it begins:
Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry today urged Kuwaitis in Thailand to leave the Asian country for their own safety

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on the UAE citizens not to travel at present time to the Kingdom of Thailand

Expect Cooling temperatures


Thu  9Fri 10Sat 11Sun 12Mon 13Tue 14
AccuWeather 29/1429/1430/1530/1529/1428/10
MeoWeather 29/1628/1729/1629/1427/1124/11
TMD 31/1529/1427/1328/1228/1228/12
Wunderground 28/1429/1630/1730/1629/1325/11
forecastmap 27/1429/1429/1429/1428/1423/10
BBC 28/1428/1528/1628/1626/12

Wind direction mostly from NE

Meanwhile in the USA

Live Time Travel 2008

Before Sakon Nakhon Live became a blog



OK so I do like to brag
Here is the evidence

Fiction becomes Reality

Sakon Nakhon Timetravel

The year is 2013. What looked like three foot wide pipes where being replaced on I.T.U.  It was almost two years later before the roadway was officially opened.

During this period construction was underway on my home

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Sakon Nakhon FC preseason Game

Sakon Nakhon hosts Khon Kaen January 12 in a preseason game at the stadium on ITU.  Game time is 15:30

No Injuries

This is so timely, just this evening I almost stepped into a large hole in the sidewalk past the intersection near Apples.  Not as big as the one pictured below, but still big enough to cause some serious physical damage.