Thursday, June 28, 2012

Olivie Cafe

Today I'm gonna introduce you to my favorite restaurant, Olivie Cafe (โอลิวิเย่ คาเฟ่), The restaurant is located at Terminal 21, 5th floor. So you can access the restaurant by either BTS or MRT which is very convenient. There is another branch at Paradise Park but I have never visited there cause it's so far away from my house. Actually the very first branch of this restaurant was at CTW but it was set on fire and the restaurant was burned so it had to close and they has never reopened it, I don't know why. So when I heard that the restaurant opened the new branch at Terminal 21, I'm so glad.

Olivie Cafe serves mediterranean food including French food, Italian food and Spanish food. High quality ingredients are imported to cook and serve premium food. Most of all the dishes consist of olive oil so olive becomes its' symbolic with the blue color of Mediterranean Sea. Most of the dishes are "a la carte" with fast service to serve modern life-style both office workers and students.

                         The shop is decorated with mediterranean style and lively atmosphere.


                         
                                      Here are my favorite dishes I would liket you to try.

                                                    Spicy Pawn & Rocket Salad Pasta


Carbonara Pasta

Pizza - Parma Ham & Mascarpone

Crepe Suzette with Ice Cream


Thank you for the picture and information from http://www.oliviecafe.com/  
and http://www.thetrippacker.com/                                        

7 ways to be happy in your life

Happiness is what we are finding in our life. Everyone needs happiness and doesn't want to be sad. Therefore, try to do the following ways; 1. Always help others; When you do nice things for others, you will feel good. 2. Listen to music; Listen to the music is a great way to be relaxed. 3. Spend your time with your lovers; Alway spend your time with your lovers including your family. This is one of the good ways to make you happier in your life. 4. Plan relaxed time for yourself; If you work all day long, you may schedule a little time each day to be relaxed; reading books, watching television etc. 5. Try something new; You may try something new even You don't like it; try out new restaurants, travel to new places 6. Think positively; Positive thinking is needed in our life. Even though you are facing a problem, always smile and fight with the problem. 7. Buy a little gift for yourself; You may buy flowers, chocolates, and something you love to yourself. Enjoy your life.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

The reflection in my life

​​​​The reflection in my life I would like to talk about the reflection in my life. The reflection of life is to evaluate the activities or something we did so that it can be better than previously. I always do something concerning about the reflection in my life. For example once I got the low score of the school record in my study, I will reconsider myself to think about what my mistake is. I try to find the solution to solve my problems as much as I can. Sometimes I ask for the recommendation from a teacher. Therefore, when I know what the problem is, it would be better to me so that I can amend myself to be better. In addition, I also have the reflection with my family. Sometimes I did something wrong and it brings my parents disappointed with my behaviors. This situation occurred when I was a child. At that time, I seldom went out to spend my time with my friends at their houses and I came back late. My father was very angry about this because of his anxiety. He would hit me when I arrived at home. I was very sad so I try not to make mistake repeatedly in order to avoid from my father’s punishment. I also have the reflection with my friends. There are several kinds of people in the society. Some people are good but some are not. Some of my friends are selfish. When I faced with this problem, I attempt to think about whom I should give the honest intention to or whom I should not. I have to stay away from bad friends because they will lead us to do something wrong as they did or we might do some mistake the same with them. I can look at other people to be the mirror for my reflection. Some people do something mistake, they will be punished. For example once I watched the news regarding about the crime from the television, I will memorize and think that is the bad behaviors which we are not allowed doing that. It can be the direction to live in daily life. Moreover, if we are a teacher, the reflection is needed in teaching. There is an evaluation in their teaching. The evaluation is part of the reflection. The teaching result will be reflected to the teachers whether their teaching is appropriate. They can also fulfill the students’ need or not. The elements of teaching is emphasized such as, lesson plan, teaching material, and teaching methods e.g. Therefore, the teachers can improve their teaching at last and their teaching will be achieved as well. We can notice that the reflection is very important in our daily life. It helps us to improve any performance. It occurs the comparison in our doing, feeling, and considering.

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)


Dear all,

Now, I work as an international officer so I have many interesting information about international relation of thailand to tell you. The most important thing in this time is AEC or The ASEAN Economic Community. so today I will tell you about AEC or The ASEAN Economic Community that thailand will be approaching in 2015.

ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)
The ASEAN Economic Community Blueprint for realising the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015 was adopted and signed by the ASEAN Leaders in November 2007 in Singapore during their annual Summit Meeting.
The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is one of the three pillars to achieve a cohesive ASEAN Community. The other two are political / security and social cultural pillars.
AEC Blueprint is a single comprehensive document which identifies the characteristics and elements of the AEC with clear implementation targets and timelines for the various economic integration measures within ASEAN. The main objectives of AEC are to create a:
  1. single market and production base;
  2. highly competitive economic region;
  3. region of equitable economic development;and
  4. region fully integrated into the global economy.
HIGHLIGHTS OF AEC BLUEPRINT
  1. Single Market and Production Base
The five (5) core elements of ASEAN single market and production base are:
a.       free flow of goods;
b.      free flow of services;
c.       free flow of investment;
d.      freer flow of capital;and
e.       free flow of skilled labour.
On trade in goods, import duties on all products except for those listed under the Sensitive and Highly Sensitive List (unprocessed agriculture products) are to be eliminated by 2010 for ASEAN-6 and 2015 for Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam.
As of September 2007, Malaysia 's tariff lines ( AHTN 2002 ) totalled 12,581. Of these:
·         10,135 tariff lines at 0%;
·         duty on 2,291 tariff lines (currently at 5%) will be eliminated by 1 January 2010;
·         duty on 66 sensitive and highly sensitive tariff lines (tobacco, tropical fruits and rice) will be reduced to 5% in 2010 , except rice at 20%; and
·         89 tariff lines on alcoholic beverages and weapons are excluded from tariff liberalisation under the CEPT Scheme.
For trade in services, liberalisation will be achieved through five (5) more rounds of negotiations, where all restrictions on trade in services on the 128 sub-sectors (based on WTO GATS W/120 classification) are to be removed progressively. The minimum number of new sub-sectors in addition to those offered under earlier packages to be scheduled for each round of services negotiations:
Year
No. of new sub-sectors
2008
10
2010
15
2012
20
2014
20
2015
7
In addition to liberalisation of equity participation, services liberalisation also involves substantial elimination of Market Access limitations and restrictions on National Treatment. The liberalisation of services sector is subject to flexibility. A flexibility of 15 per cent covers all services sector including those under the Priority Integration Sectors, except for financial services, air transport services, and services incidental to 5 sectors under ASEAN Investment Area.
The final quantum of flexibility is subject to review upon completion of the inventory of impediments/limitations to trade in services in August 2008. This inventory is required to guide the subsequent rounds of services liberalisation under AFAS.
MITI is also working with various Ministries/ agencies in compiling a database of barriers to trade in services.
The Framework Agreement on the ASEAN Investment Area is currently under review to make ASEAN more attractive for high-quality FDI . The new Agreement will:
·         incorporate additional provisions and obligations with improved features to be incorporated;
·         be more comprehensive , and facilitate ASEAN in negotiating FTAs with Dialogue Partners;
·         merge elements of AIA and ASEAN IGA and strengthen investor protection provisions;
·         benefit ASEAN investors and companies and foreign-owned ASEAN-based companies; and
·         provide better facilitation measures to be considered to promote intra-ASEAN investment.
The proposed elements of the comprehensive investment agreement would cover articles on the following pillars:
·         liberalisation;
·         promotion and awareness;
·         facilitation and cooperation; and
·         investment protection.
  1. Highly Competitive Economic Region
In creating a competitive region, ASEAN will also work to enhance cooperation in new areas for instance competition policy, consumer protection, intellectual property rights, infrastructure development, taxation and e-commerce.
Region of Equitable Economic Development
The AEC also outlines the strategic work plan for equitable economic development region through:
a.       enhancing and strengthening SME competitiveness; and
b.      narrowing development gap within ASEAN.
The strengthening of ASEAN SMEs will be based on the ASEAN Policy Blueprint for SME Development (APBSD) 2004-2014. The Blueprint outlines the framework for SME development in the ASEAN region. It comprises strategic work programmes, policy measures and indicative outputs.
To narrow the development gap, the Initiative for ASEAN Integration will serve as the platform for identifying and implementing technical assistance and capacity building programmes for both public and private sectors in ASEAN Member Countries, in particular, CLMV and the other sub-regions such as the IMT-GT and the BIMP-EAGA within ASEAN. This is to allow them to be equal partners in the development of regional production and distribution networks.
Region Fully Integrated Into Global Economy
The objective of AEC is also to make ASEAN a more dynamic region to compete in the global supply chain and to remain an attractive base for foreign direct investment . In this respect, ASEAN will work towards maintaining “ ASEAN Centrality ” in its external economic relations, especially in its negotiations for free trade areas (FTAs) and comprehensive economic partnership (CEPs) agreements.

It's quite too long to read but it have benefit for us to know and prepare ourselves to be a part of AEC.

Thank you for an information form:
http://www.miti.gov.my/cms/content.jsp?id=com.tms.cms.article.Article_b5e22087-c0a81573-aba0aba0-ab12873b