Cool yourselves off with splashes of water.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Happy Songkran 2009
Wishing everyone a Happy Songkran '09!
Cool yourselves off with splashes of water.
Cool yourselves off with splashes of water.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Its Songkran and Thailand is in Turmoil
The Songkran festive holidays have just begun in Thailand. Songkran is the New Year of the Thais, a time of celebration and joy. The happiest time of the year where you can see more smiles on the faces of people than in any other part of the world.
But the political unrest in Thailand has heavily tarnished the image of Thailand in the eyes of the international community. Thailand is the ultimate loser. Thais are staring at one of the most heated political showdowns in modern history. Nobody knows what is going to happen next.
A State of Emergency has been declared in Bangkok and 5 other provinces including some districts in Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva went on TV live today to explain the reasons behind the declaration of the state of emergency, to rush and solve the problems before the situation escalates.
The Red Shirts earlier stormed into the Interior Ministry and attacked a car believed to be transporting the PM out of the building.
Yesterday afternoon the Red-shirt protesters, supporters of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra forced the closure of ASEAN Summit in Pattaya after several hundreds of them managed to storm past police and military barricades into the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Hotel, the media centre of the Asean summit. Abhisit had to cancel the event and postpone it indefinitely, and declared Pattaya to be under State of Emergency.
The PM along with other foreign VIP delegates were quite shaken up as they were about to have lunch when the protesters arrived.
Abhisit last night called the red shirts public enemies for declaring a victory over the cancellation of the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya.
But the political unrest in Thailand has heavily tarnished the image of Thailand in the eyes of the international community. Thailand is the ultimate loser. Thais are staring at one of the most heated political showdowns in modern history. Nobody knows what is going to happen next.
A State of Emergency has been declared in Bangkok and 5 other provinces including some districts in Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva went on TV live today to explain the reasons behind the declaration of the state of emergency, to rush and solve the problems before the situation escalates.
The Red Shirts earlier stormed into the Interior Ministry and attacked a car believed to be transporting the PM out of the building.
Yesterday afternoon the Red-shirt protesters, supporters of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra forced the closure of ASEAN Summit in Pattaya after several hundreds of them managed to storm past police and military barricades into the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Hotel, the media centre of the Asean summit. Abhisit had to cancel the event and postpone it indefinitely, and declared Pattaya to be under State of Emergency.
The PM along with other foreign VIP delegates were quite shaken up as they were about to have lunch when the protesters arrived.
Abhisit last night called the red shirts public enemies for declaring a victory over the cancellation of the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
New 2-Baht coin in Thailand
The Royal Thai Mint recently released a new series two-baht coin. The new 2-Baht coin is of the same color as the 25 or 50 Satang coin. It is composed of Aluminium Bronze weighs just 4 grams.
The old silver-colored 2 Baht coin easily gets mixed up with the 1 Baht coin, since they're both of the same color and size and look very similar, but double/half the value depending on the one you're holding.
I've also noticed many old 2 Baht coins pen-marked with the number 2 to avoid confusion.
Why did they have to make identical coins in the first place!?
The HTML color code for the new coin ranges between #736B3E and #BAB282 depending on the amount of light falling on it. The RGB code goes like RGB(160,152,103). Why am I into HTML codes here? I'm no graphic designer.
Check out Wiki for more info
The old silver-colored 2 Baht coin easily gets mixed up with the 1 Baht coin, since they're both of the same color and size and look very similar, but double/half the value depending on the one you're holding.
I've also noticed many old 2 Baht coins pen-marked with the number 2 to avoid confusion.
Why did they have to make identical coins in the first place!?
The HTML color code for the new coin ranges between #736B3E and #BAB282 depending on the amount of light falling on it. The RGB code goes like RGB(160,152,103). Why am I into HTML codes here? I'm no graphic designer.
Check out Wiki for more info
Friday, April 10, 2009
Red Shirt protesters cause chaos in Bangkok
The Red Shirt protesters, who support former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra held a protest at Victory Monument yesterday to pressure the government to resign. Several taxis drivers used their cars to block the nearby roads, which lead to Bangkok's busiest intersection.
Bangkok traffic was paralyzed as people left their offices for the day, and rain started pouring. Cars couldn't move for hours, buses were redirected, patients couldn't get to nearby hospitals, almost the entire city was affected. Most people had to turn to Bangkok sky-train and subway trains which got overcrowded, being the only way to get around.
Later last night, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's announced that today would be a national holiday.
The picturesque photo above shows Victory Monument as the storm was approaching.
Bangkok traffic was paralyzed as people left their offices for the day, and rain started pouring. Cars couldn't move for hours, buses were redirected, patients couldn't get to nearby hospitals, almost the entire city was affected. Most people had to turn to Bangkok sky-train and subway trains which got overcrowded, being the only way to get around.
Later last night, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's announced that today would be a national holiday.
The picturesque photo above shows Victory Monument as the storm was approaching.
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