Well, I know it's already Jan. 2nd, but I think it's still not too late to wish a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous Year of 2013 to everybody! Please see http://www.thailandfriends.com/group.php?discussionid=184&do=discuss for some pics of our New Year's Eve! For the evil ones among you (and I know them all!), please see http://www.thailandfriends.com/showthread.php/53693-Better-late-than-never-Happy-New-Year-to-everyone!?p=1069454#post1069454 for my excuses for being late.
The last weekend of 2012, we spent at Kamphaeng Phet, a place worth visiting although it is quite far from Bkk (some 350+ kms). For more details and pictures, please see the Traveller's group:
http://www.thailandfriends.com/group.php?discussionid=188&do=discuss for Kamphaeng Phet and general information
http://www.thailandfriends.com/group.php?discussionid=189&do=discuss for the Historical Park
http://www.thailandfriends.com/group.php?discussionid=191&do=discuss for the Waterfalls
Looks like someone started off the new year with a big smile on his face. I wonder how she will ever find the energy to keep up with him:
Playboy boss HUGH HEFNER has wed his girlfriend CRYSTAL HARRIS.
The 86 year old publishing tycoon and 26-year-old Harris exchanged vows at the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills, California on Monday (31Dec12).
The excited bride kept fans updated about her big day with posts on Twitter.com; in one she wrote, "Today is the day I become Mrs. Hugh Hefner. Feelin
I go to Bangkok for sightseeing from January 9 to 16th.
I hope that I want to take a lesson of Thai for staying three days.
I am looking for the person who I lead in Japanese at a university, and can teach me Thai.
I can speak some Thai.
Is there any person who can teach Thai for 300 baht for one hour?
Since three days or so, TF pages are awfully slow in loading, sometimes even resulting in timeouts. As I do not experience this with other pages, there might be something wrong with the server. Any similar experiences?
Since the flood last year, our garden looked like an uncultivated patch of land because only the two trees and four higher bushes survived. Finally, we could manage to get it shaped again a bit. Now we just hope that the plants grow quickly to cover the ugly wall...
Nobody like me.....student no come to my class....some closed the door before i go their room....when i ask some teacher for help my project....they alway quite my request...I feel lonely....next 10 month i will finish job soon ...I never done it again!
Here, some impressions of Asiatique. For the discussion, please see http://www.thailandfriends.com/showthread.php/53019-whAT-do-u-think-about-quot-Asia-tique-quot
Looking for something to do that not many tourists have done? Please see http://www.thailandfriends.com/group...183&do=discuss for more info on Amphawa, located about 1.5 - 2hrs drive from BKK.
Picture courtesy of my sweet wife
Having visited Jesada Technik Museum last Saturday, I found that it might be interesting for one or the other of you. So please see http://www.thailandfriends.com/group.php?discussionid=182&do=discuss for more info and pictures. Here just one or the other curiosity of the place....
(Hello olympos it appears that you have not posted on our forums in awhile. We miss you. Why not swing by the forums for a chat?)
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Probably more known to us Brits, the astronomer and tv personality, Sir Patrick Moore died today.
British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died, aged 89, his friends and colleagues have said.
He "passed away peacefully at 12:25 this afternoon" at his home in Selsey, West Sussex, they said in a statement.
Sir Patrick presented the BBC programme The Sky At Night for over 50 years, making him the longest-running host of the same television show ever.
He wrote dozens of books on
