Have you attended or participated in trade shows before? Personally, going to trade shows was one of my work activities when I was still an employee of a telecommunications company. Our suppliers would always invite us to be present in their product launching which are usually during big organized trade events. They have attractive display […]
Tag: Thailand
At the ruins
One should not leave Thailand without visiting its ancient capital, Ayutthaya. I’ve been to this historical site more than I can remember and stepping foot on its soil always gives me that feeling of curiosity and admiration. Wat Phra Si Sanphet Just recently, we toured a guest around this place and as I looked closely […]
Catching butterflies
Butterflies are fleeting creatures, not just because of their short life span but, sigh, they’re so difficult to catch…even just taking a shot of them with a camera. They would flutter away just with a slight movement near them. I was marveling at the old ruins in Wat Yai Chai Mongkol in Ayutthaya, the ancient […]
I’ll be off next week to the Land of Smiles again for about a month. Thank God for this blessing! I can’t wait to play again with my pamangkins, eat my favorite spicy dishes like Tom Yum and Nam Tok Moo, do the wai, say “Sawasdee Kha” and practice my limited Thai vocabulary, get caught […]
Exotic food, anyone?
Have you eaten exotic food like fried silkworms, crickets, cultured frogs or those that look like cockroaches? I saw these kinds of food always being displayed in Thailand. Last december while we were at the night market in Chiang Mai, my bro gave me one of those tiny worms (of course they’re fried, not squirming […]
Jazzing up our home
Recently my Dad bought lots of different sizes of those thin black plastic pots. “What for?” I asked. He said he wanted to make something nice for our garden…something that would look like this: The flower carpet garden at the Royal Flora exposition we went to last December in Chiang Mai. I just smiled when […]
Taking the long way home
I was walking slowly along the sidewalk which was already dark except for some yellow light radiating from the lamp posts and the occasional glare from the cars and motorcycles passing me by. The last Mass for Sunday at the Ruamrudee church in Bangkok had just ended and people were scurrying to their cars, while […]