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31. Suvarnabhumi also holds the record for ‘longest airport project in history!’ First planning of the new Bangkok airport dates back to 1960. 32. The original name for the new airport, before it was changed to Suvarnbhumi, was ‘Nong Ngoo Hao’. The name was changed as the original 1. Didn’t have a very good meaning (superstition) and 2. No foreigner would ever be able…

DOS Do hire a private detective for a few days; it could be money well spent. Do get suspicious if you find names to the likes of ‘Ning’; ‘Nong’ and ‘Nat’ on his mobile, they could more than just friends. Do cook for him and eat together; he would much appreciate and enjoy having a …

Well, I am ready to buy a motorcycle now but there are a couple more things I need to sort out. One is what day and what time is the best to buy it. For this one, I asked my aunt to do it for me. She asked me about my birthday and what time I…

The other day, I told you about the poem called “Rules for a Thai Gentleman” written by Sunthorn Phu. He was born in the late 18th century and wrote poetry during the reigns of the first four kings of the present Chakri dynasty. He went in and out of favour a few times but these days he is regarded as one of the leading poets Thailand…

Most people only have one mother but I don’t, I have three mothers. This doesn’t mean that my father has lots of wives because they are all in my mum’s family. One is the mother of my mother and another one is my mother’s younger sister. All three mothers are really important to me. I love them very …

One of my jobs is taking pictures for a web site called www.paknam.com . It is all about tourist attractions in Samut Prakan Province. The other day, I went out to take some pictures at a temple called “Wat Dan Samrong” in Samrong. While I was walking around, I …

I told you the other week about the Thai belief that it is unlucky to get a haircut on Wednesdays (see Which days are unlucky? ). Did you know, that you should also pay close attention to which day you wash your hair?! Wash your hair on Sunday - you will live long Wash your hair on Monday - you will be lucky and have a lot of money Wash your hair on Tuesday…

Everyone must have something which they dream about. For me, it is a motorcycle. I have been dreaming about it since I was about 13 years old. The only problem is that my parents don’t have much money. I sometimes thought about buying a stolen one like one of my friends. Now I am happy I didn’t do anything stupid, because my dream is gonna …

Time has gone quickly since last summer. I still remember my summer holidays last year like it was yesterday. But really it’s one year ago already. Now, I have to open a map of Thailand and plan my photo trip for this summer. We have a web site called www.thailandguidebook.com and I am one of the chief photographers. I am very excited and happy. It’s time…

It is time again to reveal the Top 10 Thai Photos over at our sister blog thaiphotoblogs.com . I will first give you the run down month by month and then finish with the Top 10 for 2008. The links will take you to the pictures for that month with the most popular at the top. January: The big news for this month…

The other day I went to Ayutthaya with two visitors to Sriwittayapaknam School. One came from England and the other one came from Singapore. They came to visit my old school because they were interested in Thai schools and wanted to know how we taught our students. They visited most of our classes helping the students with conversational English. …

Did you know that in Thailand that each day of the week is assigned a different colour for clothes that you wear? When I first came to Thailand, I didn’t really know about this. But after a few years I was starting to get curious as to why people were giving me a different coloured shirt for my birthdays. They were also telling me which day …