Bluebell

Just found a photo of what I'm after - stovetop type.

Anyone seen one around??

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Appreciate an update if you find any around. Been searching for months - looked in all the places mentioned in this thread but no luck. Should have brought my old one with me!

Seems like the frequency of supply disruption is increasing. Here in Maenam power was out Friday evening until early hours of Sunday morning, and when back on kept dropping down to single phase - wreaks havoc with your electrical equipment!

Can put up with the occasional short lived power out but it's now getting ridiculous. When's the supposed new underwater cable from the Mainland meant to be coming online?

Generator time I think (although if everyone is doing this then there's not much hope for the environment!)

Willing to help but am in Samui.

Any arrangements in place to collect donations outside Phuket?

If you are into Punk music, or even if you aren't but fancy something different, then The Flowers of Samui, play a mixture of their own songs and unusual covers from bands such as the following: The Jam, Black Eyed Peas, Bowie, Clash, Pistols, Iggy, Adam and the Ants, Smiths, Depeche Mode etc. We've always had a great night out watching them live. catch them if you can.

Agree with BB, The Flowers of Samui are a great live band, more alternative with a smattering of punk!

I want their babies!!!

got my 3gs repaired at the Bliss Tel shop inside Tesco. 1,400 baht and the phone is as good as a used phone with shattered glass could be i suppose. top marks to apple for this one, the glass was completely spider webbed top to bottom with pieces of glass missing but the phone still worked, could swipe, send sms, call etc. even had small shards falling out each time i'd use it.

i asked him about repairing my 2g and he said 4k baht because apparently you can't just replace the glass or something, i didn't care too much about that old phone so i just let the kids play with it anyway.

Thanks for posting the info Joe, will check them out. Unfortunately I think the touch screen may also be damaged as one area non-responsive, but worth a try.

Thanks again.

Been looking for a while - but still not found anywhere

Mine's got the spider web screen after being dropped!

So if anyone finds a repair shop / repair man, appreciate it being posted.

Thanks

there is a new "health foods" type shop open in the bophut side of mae nam, directly on the ring road. don't know the name though and have never been inside but based on the name alone they are apparently trying to appeal to the organic foods types. not far from the family mart at the entrance to W, but opposite side of the street.

try schmidt in lamai

http://www.choco-schmidt.com/

Thanks Joe and Mook, will check both out.

Schmidt have a great product list for baking goods on their website although all quantities seem to be bulk unfortunately.

I would have normally said to try Calibri foods at Soi Calibri in Chewang, but I had heard that they lost most of their stock in the recent floods.

I do not know the current situation there.

Thanks Tropicalevo - will give them a try, hopefully they've reopened.

Looking for whole grains in Samui, e.g., wheat germ, oat bran, bulgar wheat, rye, etc. Anyone know a place that stocks them for retail?

Thanks.

Doesn't IPad use a micro Sim not your standard phone Sim? Not sure these would be carried by 7/11, Family Mart etc.

Also is there still limited to zero 3G coverage in Samui, or is it widespread now, appreciate any update on this.

Thanks for the info Jimmy. I will see if they bloom over the next couple of months and if not move them to a sunnier spot (that's if we ever see the sun again!)

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Does anyone know what this flower is called? I'm practicing with adding pictures I hope it works..

It's called "Hymenocallis" I don't have a common name for it, there is also a variagated form of it as well... but I find variegated on gets eaten by slugs or something, more than the green version.

It blooms about twice a year for me, quite an interesting flower. Needs more sun than shade.

It can be divided quite easily...

More pictures would be good, this worked well... I never seem to find the time to do as many as I would like... resizing always tedious!

The common name is spider lilies. Planted some 6 months ago but they haven't bloomed yet ..... perhaps because they were young plants or maybe cos they are too much in the shade?

Finally thought the weather was slowly improving but now raining quite heavily again in Maenam and the wind is picking up once more......will it never end!

The only places locally are the Thai Embassy in Kuala Lumpur and the Consulate in Kota Bharu. Best to contact them directly for their current requirements. KL will only issue if your WP has more than 9 months validity, not sure about Kota Bharu.

Don't know about outbound immigration but inbound today early afternoon took 90 mins.

3BB in Samui same problems as described in other locations.

If access via VPN then all sites fine.

Great advice from samuijimmy and itishothere - thanks a lot! Also to Joe84330 for the tip about Night Jasmine. Now just need to check out all these plants to see wat they look like.... think I need to get the book Jimmy mentioned (thanks for the info on where to buy.

By the way this gardening topic is a great resource.

Thanks Samui Jimmy for the excellent advice. I will certainly walk around and see what plants are growing well in the surounding area.

The soil is indeed sandy but supposedly better quality soil was mixed in when the ground was prepared. As I did not do the original planting I do not know how this was done but will follow your advice about the root zone and watering when planting in future.

I have tried to rinse off the plants when it has been particularly windy and there's no rain.

I'm really looking at having a few areas of a variety of plants of different heights and foliage that go well together and give a more tropical feel to the garden. It's not huge and has a lawn area which is doing quite well.

The plants you suggest will be a good starting point - thanks again for the great advice.

Would appreciate advice from experienced gardeners out there on plants available locally that can survive/thrive in a frequently windy seaside environment. Apart from Bougainvillea and frangipani everything else I've tried so far (admittedly not a lot) has turned brown in the salty wind and eventually died off. Thought Raphis palms were pretty hardy but within a few weeks of planting and despite a lot of TLC, same thing happened.

i'm on a mission to find some seed trays locally. anyone? i've tried each of the large nurseries and even the hydroponics place near big c with no luck. closest i got was the larger individual transplant pots that really aren't appropriate for starting seed.

Looked for some a while back with no luck. Ended up improvising with small (cat) litter trays from a pet shop with holes drilled in the bottom - worked well. Some of those roadside 'shops' that sell a whole host of plastic stuff sometimes have shallow plastic square bowls/trays that would do a similar job.

Tried the custard tarts on your recomendation ,sorry nothing like the real thing and rather pricy for what they are ,go to big c at the moment they are doing a custard filled bun in chou pastry 4 baht each ,much nicer and cheaper.

ps i like kfc chicken

Depends what you mean by the real thing. The KFC tarts are more like the Cantonese egg tarts you get in Hong Kong and the Macau pastel de nata which are quite different in both the pastry and custard to the English egg custard tart. For those who love the former, the KFC version are a pretty reasonable substitute.

Thanks for the suggestion Matt. Will have a look.

Getting back to the topic, Scotch Brite do a similar product - 'Easy Erasing Pad' although not seen it here. If anyone sees either product locally appreciate if could post location as very useful.

Try Creature Confort Samui - they will come to your house and feed your cat. Great reliable service and very reasonable prices. I always use them when I go away.

Great to meet fellow TV'ers (and put a face to names). Thanks to Smokie, Rooo and all for organising a good party!

Emerald Bar was a good choice of venue and great musical entertainment by Jimmy Jimmy.

Shame there were some no shows.........think everyone wanted to meet the (in)famous BigC!

Im asking one last time to save me a lot of PM's can you let me know you are aware of the change of venue. I'd really appreciate it . Thanks.

Change noted thanks