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Well what a day yesterday was, that being Saturday. The day started out great with 9 holes of golf with a few mates. Mr.

Wow, this week at school has been a total waste of time being there. We have our biggest night of the entire school year happening this weekend. It is deemed a family night where parents sit, eat and watch their child or children put on a dancing spectacular

On Sunday, we went for an enjoyable bicycle ride in Bangkok. At first glance, this would sound like a crazy idea. But, it is amazing that after only a short boat ride across the Chao Phraya River, we were surrounded by lush green vegetation and almost complete silence. In fact, for most of the 25 kilometre route we cycled through jungle, along canals and down some side roads.

Chuoy Duoy, the Thai word for “help me”, a voice so squeaky and soft we heard while dining by the road side. Me car parked alongside up ahead, the street lights never maintained and broken, the pavement for pedestrians so dark. As she ran weakly her body so petite, she screamed but sounded like she was more of talking “Chouy Duoy, Chouy Duoy…..”. The diners all stood up and moved over to watch the commotion as ran alongside traffic chasing the invisible man we did not see.

When we talk about horse polo, we usually think of the colonials in places like India. I watched my first polo match in Gilgit in Pakistan about 15 years ago. It was a thrilling game played out on a dusty pitch surrounded on all four sides by enthusiastic locals

I must warn you that this post contains the pictures of a young girl who was killed in a car/motorbike accident and was plastered on the front page of one of Thailand’s newspapers. The pictures are saddening and could be extremely upsetting for some . The pictures are graphic; I do not condone them but want to draw attention to the terrible standards of the Thai media. I am currently making a new website that is dedicated to exposing these pictures and newspapers and will also have a petition online to present to the Thai government to put a stop to this.

The central province of Suphan Buri, about 107 kilometers from Bangkok by car, is holding its major cultural event, “Don Chedi Memorial and Red Cross Fair,” from now until February 1. The two-week fair takes place in the Don Chedi Memorial compound in Don Chedi district. This annual event is meant to commemorate the glorious victory of King Naresuan the Great in a traditional royal battle on elephant back. The fair includes a bazaar of One Tambon, One Product, or OTOP, products, an exhibition of public and private organizations, and many cultural performances

Here in Thailand, much like across the world, road rage is becoming more prevalent in society. In Australia there are many road rage incidents reported everyday as people seem to be in such a rush and are very impatient to get anywhere. In Phuket, another German has been killed; he was apparently cut off by teenagers on their motorbike.

For many us here, money no enough have we, lucky not are we. So we watch and only watch.

Well as many would have known, yesterday was Australia Day. Being in Thailand I haven’t really celebrated it. Most times it has been a quiet beer at home and maybe a pie and chips or something else a bit Australian. This year I decided to head on down to N-Joy, an expat bar here in Ubon Ratchathani

I think one of the first phrases I learned when I arrived in Thailand was “gin khao reu yung?” This is a phrase that asks if you have eaten yet but is really more of a greeting than an inquiry. They are not really interested in when you had your last meal.

My friend here in Ubon Ratchathani has been off to Laos for various reasons and he is writing about his adventures over at his blog, Life in Rural Thailand. He had an interesting trip and is putting pictures up. Laos is a beautiful country; even though many are poor the people are amazing

Pai, a little town up north in the middle of farmlands has been growing in popularity with both Farangs and Thais. I’ve been there and back. Most people there are mountain folks who had stayed on inherited or illegal lands for generations.

The Chinese people of Samrong in Samut Prakan Province believe that their God Jao Por Tap will help them get rich. Behind Imperial World, on the old Paknam Railway Road, they have built a large Chinese shrine dedicated to this God. Every year, on the last Sunday of January, they hold a parade through town which is attended by literally thousands of local people.

I am going way back to just before Christmas and we had our Christmas celebration for the kids. The dancing competition is always hotly contested and the following is of the Beat Boy challengers. Break dancing is very popular about Ubon, I remember it being huge in Australia in the 80’s