Chonburiram

...I have a symphony orchestra and a full chorus that live in my storage area and regularly conduct Beethoven's 'Chorale' downstairs in my shop house in Suphanburi...the neighbors are entertained/enraptured...

Now, that's nothing... I have a Thai boys' choir performing the " Missa Solemnis" every Buddha Day in accent free Latin at our local Wat in Buriram, pah!

And before you get started - they are accompanied by a trombone choir assembled from the smallest midgets you could find in the whole south east asia! Double pah!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROVAS_HKwa4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Costas,

you mentioned Wagner... nearly all famous composers where thinking/speaking German.

Imagine sitting through the whole "Ring" without understanding a single word would drive me crazy.

How good is your German?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFn5u-SEdTc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I have a concert grand and play mostly Chopin and Beethovens piano sonatas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKBMaGVEboY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

...It could be 50 TBH per day or even less for the poorest.

In our soi ( Soi Maha Setee = Street of the Super Rich in the town we live in ) gardeners/ cleaners are picked up at their abodes with Volvos, Tunas etc. by the houseowners or his wifes.

All necessary tools are provided, iced water ( sometimes when a kid/ grandkid is with them, soft drinks ), brekkie, lunch, packed dinner, fruit/vegetables, empty plastic bottles/cans, clothes, school uniforms/shoes, toys, used phones/computers/TV's, whatever isn't used anymore is given to them.

During work, they are made as comfortable as possible, umbrellas, fans, aircon, chairs and mats can be used to free will.

The interaction is characterized by utmost respect.

After work, they are given 500 - 1000 ฿ + fare + money to buy sweets for the kids. KamalaRider, you have no idea how difficult it is to get a decent non live in help...

... Call it a free lesson.

My wife would call this: "an idiot try to teach another idiot..."

The problem with wearing medals/decorations in public worldwide is that you are open to accusations of being an imposter. Just don't provoke it...

I just noticed that the good General is wearing the same lapel badge as one of my awards (it's the rectangular black badge above his shirt)

...I would like to learn more about this badge, if it has an official name etc.

It's the " Gadum Patiwad " ... you got it awarded, so, you should tell us about it...

...Eating 5 mangoes 3 coconuts and a quarter of a watermelon just for breakfast...

What do you do after breakfast? Running a Marathon? Vomit (I would)? These are crazy amounts of food!

Why so much???

In my imagination, you must be about 2 meters tall and 190 kg heavy to still lose weight on a diet like this...

I visit seven nearly daily but i never top up my phone, pay electric, water, phone&internet bills or buy hard boiled eggs (they also have a runny version) there.

All English language media enjoys the privilege of fools... just not relevant to Thailand...

Good to see your still loosing.. how many kg since you started ?

I also would like to know... last time i gave him a "like" he confessed to a 12 kg loss... must be a year ago - so he should be around -20 kg.

CONFIRM?

Next time, prepare a small gift you could hand over fast and easy something like a small Buddha, sweets, flowers etc.

After a refused money offer it spoils the good intention repeating the offer...

Here is the solution:

Go to: Thailand News, search " Thailand Live" the thread with this nice lock in front and the actual date behind, "enjoy" reading the articles without any comments... that's what i do, in times like this... thank you,TV, this is a good idea to give some info without 20+ pages rubbish attached.

The poor sex tourists.

What? No compassion for the girls?

Sex tourist is genter-neutral, most of the girls are tourists from north and north east Thailand.

Rupert Murdoch is 83. Benjamin Franklin signed the Declaration of Independence at 70 years of age. Mandela elected president at 76, Mother Teresa got the Nobel prize at 69, Roget published Thesaurus at 73. Anna Mary Robertson Moses was better known to the world as Grandma Moses, a woman who didn't begin to paint until the age of 76.

Scientists assume, that the first human who will live over 150 years is already born...

Old Stud = justjoined?

Faith is the belief in something without evidence or proof. Hopefully there will be a day when ppl are rational enough to treat religious faith in the same way they treat holocaust deniers.

Care to elaborate?

Do they always have to pose with the body?

Back in my civilized first world home country you would be paid an amount of money, recovering a water corpse; so, maybe yes, they have to "pose" with the deceased to stake out a claim... you know, these people/organisations need money to keep working. It's also a good evidence that there was no foul play involved.

I'd Like To Die In The,

best suit i have, shaved and with a fresh haircut, cut nails and after a properly done bowel movement...

everyone pointed you already on the sugar daddy fact...

I was long enough his "bitter daddy" - since i've changed my approach towards him i learn to appreciate his abilities more and more. Compared to his really successful sister (the pleasure of my live) he is "low maintenance", but also, my personal "learning experience".

edit: Saturday, not Sunday

On Sunday, we went to Kawasaki in Pattaya, while my wife was doing the paperwork 3 other customers where in the process buying the z250, all opted for the white model, us included. For my own taste, too much plastic on the bike but what do i know?

Now i am playing with the idea set a Kawa branch up for the son... did not know they sell these bikes like sliced bread.