British man paints Pattaya Temple Walls to celebrate Christmas

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British man paints Pattaya Temple Walls to celebrate Christmas



PATTAYA: -- A 77 year old British Resident of Pattaya has decided to paint the walls of a Pattaya Temple as his Christmas gift to the local community.

Mr. Terry Smith has lived in Pattaya for 4 months and walks past the Sutawat Temple every day and noticed that the walls were in a poor state and needed a coat of paint.

With Christmas approaching, Mr. Smith, who tells us he practices Buddhism, decided to buy some paint and transform the temple walls in time for the festive period.

Social Media users were the first to publish pictures of Mr. Smith and local residents would offer him food and drink as he continued to paint the walls in the heat of the day.

Full story: http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/160360/british-man-paints-pattaya-temple-walls-to-celebrate-christmas/


-- Pattaya One 2014-12-19

[tommytitfull]

the man in photo look nothing like 77 in age.

[Chang_paarp]

the man in photo look nothing like 77 in age.

He has led a good and sheltered life resulting in that baby faced look.

[apetley]

As well as the bag of somtam somebody should buy him a paint roller or he will still be going next Christmas using that brush.

[ATF]

the man in photo look nothing like 77 in age.

He does here.

[BigBadGeordie]

Good for him, doing something to make himself feel valued and something to improve the community.

Make a nice change to see a "good" Pattaya farang story for a change.

[Briggsy]

Trust me, give him time, he will become jaded and cynical.

Well done, Terry.

Someone will come along in a minute and raise the WP issue. What is it with ThaiVisa WP gestapo?

Oh Terry, you missed a bit there!

[mrtoad]

Good for him

[LennyW]

The monks will be sitting inside the temple counting their millions and going .......SUCKER!!!!!!!

[NE1]

To be honest, he should have had somebody rubbing down in front of him ( oooooer Missus )

as painting over the top of dirt is not good.

[attento]

The monks will be sitting inside the temple counting their millions and going .......SUCKER!!!!!!!

He is not doing this for the monks. He does it for his own well-being. He sees a job that needs doing, and makes his contribution to the community. .

A selfless act which is a valuable contribution does not make him a sucker, surely.

[nev]

good on him, but the cynic in me says all done while the Thai men sit by drinking Lao Khao and calling him Ba.

[cooked]

If he did this in the UK... health and safety would be there, inappropriate clothing. And I would give it one night to be covered in graffiti.

[TomYumpoochai]

And despite the above post mentioning the WP i would question if he had thought out his action before doing it? He is doing a job that a thai could be paid to do so it only takes 1 jealous idiot to grass him up.

Id be more than happy to do volunteer work here to get round the boredom of not working but i know the law.

[seabass69]

The monks will be sitting inside the temple counting their millions and going .......SUCKER!!!!!!!

He is not doing this for the monks. He does it for his own well-being. He sees a job that needs doing, and makes his contribution to the community. .

A selfless act which is a valuable contribution does not make him a sucker, surely.

A selfless act for his own well-being??

[kamahele]

I can't believe (oh wait this this is Thai Visa, maybe I can believe) that this "do good" story has brought out so many insults to this man and his motives, the monks in the temple and the local Thai. Some people just look for any excuse to be negative. I for one think this is a lovely story about a a foreigner who I assume is committing and act of kindness for the local community. One which may be repaid by Thai people to other foreigners when they are in need.

[bangkokheat]

i think many of us start off with good intentions here until you get a few kicks in the head

[everett kendall]

A Christmas present from a Buddhist, he should have said New Year. Oh sorry, the PM has a patent on New Year gifts.

Food and drink from local residents and arrest by the immigration police for not having a work permit ?

Ahh, yes a work permit, gota have that to breath.

Why in heavens name doesn't the new government change this.

As volunteer work for a community or emergency situation, you don't need a work Permit.

You would only need the approval of the person in charge of the event or situation.

Simple to state that it can not be used for a commercial purpose.

Heck I would even go register to get a V.W.P Volunteer Work Permit if that is what they wanted.

How many volunteers were turned a way in Phuket after the tsunami, because they didn't have a work permit.

[canarysun]

His painting skills are excellent but at 77 years old " The backstreet boys " look with the cap does not look cool ........ x

F.J

[Bakeman]

Good deed sir.

[attento]

The monks will be sitting inside the temple counting their millions and going .......SUCKER!!!!!!!

He is not doing this for the monks. He does it for his own well-being. He sees a job that needs doing, and makes his contribution to the community. .

A selfless act which is a valuable contribution does not make him a sucker, surely.

A selfless act for his own well-being??

I appreciate the point you are making, Maybe I should have worded it more carefully. but I dont see these two as mutually exclusive. The fact that he is doing something for the community (selfless) makes him happy (well-being), as I see it. Selfless, surely means "less for self", it doesn't mean "nothing for self".

I don't assume that his sole intention was to create personal happiness.

But, then again, what do I know ?

[DoctorG]

Did he ask permission? Maybe they didn't want their wall painted,

[Maestro]

Removed a nonsensical post.

[KittenKong]

A nice gesture but if no one used a high-pressure water spray to clean the walls first the new paint will be off in no time.

I've always thought that this is the sort of job that high school students should be made to do one or two days a month, to learn some civic pride. Also collecting litter on beaches etc.

[klikster]

His painting skills are excellent but at 77 years old " The backstreet boys " look with the cap does not look cool ........ x

F.J

Looks like his visor is turned to block the sun.

As an old Aussie friend would say -- "Good on ya. mate!"

[Willy Eckerslike]

His painting skills are excellent but at 77 years old " The backstreet boys " look with the cap does not look cool ........ x

F.J

Look again....he is using it like that as a sun shade to keep cool not look cool..................

[ttthailand]

Some local Thais will laugh and some will look at him with respect. But any time you do something without expecting something in return you have built good karma. For sure he will be known by all who go to that temple. More things like this and perhaps things like picking up trash along the roads could help set an example. It would be nice if farang were once again respected in Thailand.

[soalbundy]

He's just done a Thai out of a job. The monks have more money than we do,if they had wanted it painted they could have paid for it

[kieran2698]

What a relief! I thought that he had painted Santa and his Elves.

Jolly good show Old Bean!

That's what brought me here as well! I though he was in trouble!

[wpcoe]

Is a work permit required for such "volunteer work"?