My trip to Germany

This is the first story that I am telling you all. It is my first trip to Germany. oh I have just graduated from the university and decided to book a ticket with Fly Emirates to Germany. luckily my friend, she arranged it for me. thanks!

I left Bangkok to Dubai and spent the time at the airport about 8 hours for the next flight in the morning to Frankfurt. I was walking around the airport, smoking, drinking, talking and of course sleeping on the sofa at the airport as well.

I got up and went to the toilet, brushed my teeth, washed my face and i said myself that: i am so ready to explore the world. Suddenly the staff at Fly Emirates was announcing that, all the passengers, check in at counter E5 please. Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

On the plane, an old fat woman sat next to me but i didn't talk to her much, during i was listening to music, i enjoyed drinking white and red wine in the same time.

Anyway. there were many Germans on the plane and i just would like to talk to them in German cause I have learned it at Goethe institute before. Later i fell asleep. Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Frankfurt Flughafen (airport) here I come!!! it was such a nice feeling to be there. the weather was windy and cold but i really liked it. i could smell fresh and clean air.

I walked to the exit and my friend, Anne was waving her hands to me :") ahhh there she is. I hugged her and of course it was such a nice time even though i was a bit exhausted. Later on we took a train and a bus to her home. It took about 1 hour for traveling. After that i arrived to her home well and arranged my stuffs and slept immediately. I was too tired and had no energy left.

Alright, i will continue to write my story again soon. I need to relax a bit.

Travel show

I have watched the travel program in Thai PBS channel yesterday, they showed the train trip in Vietnam. The narrator or the host was a female, half European half Asian but she did well in the show. The host of the show will travel all around the world like a bag pack style and sometime the host will stay with the local people house instead of stay in the hotel that make more interesting for the viewer. And yesterday the show took us to Vietnam and travel from Hojimin city to Saigon by train. I felt a little bit astonished when the camera paned from inside the train cabin via the window and made us to see the scene outside while the train is moving.

In side the train, in my imagination before I thought it will be mess and cluster by the belonging of passengers or many vender's stuffs but it was not. It was tidy and looked more clean than train in Thailand. And the outside scenery was absolutely beautiful, the country side of Vietnam is awesome for the tourist. In the show, the host explained that 75% of Vietnamese people lives in the upcountry and mostly works in the farm or fishing business.

The host went to stay overnight at local people residence and having local food for dinner.

the house of the local is too small for 5 members family and the government just allowed them to own a house after wait for 10 years and by the reason is their parents's house was too small for more family members. That sound no reason for me or for people in free country that can buy anything when they can effort but there is Vietnam although they open their country for the world still the communism control the Vietnamese life. The host of the show had a beautiful time with a warm welcome form the house owner, they having good local food dinner and most made from fish and seafood.

So shame, I can't watch until the show finish because my little daughter was not well and required more attention so I leave before the end. Still, the show make me feel great to know some more information of our neighbor country.

Seminar in Vietnam

I and my collegue went to Mahasarakham Province and Vietnam on Aprit 6-10, 2011 for annual seminar. We have visited Graduate School of Mahasarakham University and the teacher training college named Quang Tri Pedagogical College in Vietnam. The college is founded last 54 years, 2 years older than KMUTNB. The college is going to be promoted to university in 2015. There 170 lecturers, 60% are graduste Master Degree the other are Bachelors with 4000 students. The vice president told us that teacher is such an honour career that the family of the teacher are supposed to be all good guys, besides teacher gets high salary. So study in teacher training collge is very popular in Vietnam.

Have you guys had ever drunk Vietnam coffee called G7? The guide of this trip who is Vietnamese told us that Vietnam Coffee is very famous and they claimed that it is the second popular coffee in the world next to Brazil. If you would like to taste, please tell me and I'll take you some, OK?

I thought I spoke Thai properly.

During 10^th-12^th May 2554, I participated in a training seminar held by my office (NBTC). The training was regarding how to pronounce Thai language correctly and clearly, and mainly focused on people who intended to become TV reporters or radio hosts.

To be honest, I never wanted to be a TV presenter or a Dj; as I don’t think I have the most fascinating voice in the world..hehe J But this was my boss’s idea to give us the opportunity to practice how to speak and pronounce proper Thai words, which are useful in everyday life.

My two friends and I have learned a lot from this training. This pronouncing skill practice made us to realize that most people usually made mistakes on a lot of words we used in everyday life, and it quite surprised me how we overlooked this little thing.

At the training I met some well-known singers and TV presenters, and even they struggled to speak all of the words correctly. So speaking Thai language properly is not that easy as I first thought.

Drive or not drive

If you have two choices which are drive or not drive to some where in the worst traffic jam of Bangkok, what will you choose? To drive may make you feel comfortable, private and reliable to change your destination. However, driving among the deeply terrible traffic like traffic of Bangkok will remind you about some of your bad dreams. The tried from driving is the main disadvantage which finally make the driver sick from stress. Moreover, with sky rocket of oil price will withdraw a lot of money from your pocket because your vehicle is the fuel hunger. Therefore, please carefully consider for another choice before start driving.

Pocket Translator Coming!

Recently I have just read a feature in Bloomberg Businessweek about hi-tech device called ‘Word Lens’ application. It is very interesting because this device can translate from one language to another by pointing iPhone’s camera at words or phrases you look up to. The advent of this app for iPhone stems from difficulties during vacation in Germany of the inventor named Otavic Good. He said that it would not be easy to understand traffic signs or restaurant menus when traveled overseas. Despite dictionaries and electronic translation tools on hand, he pointed out that it was too slow. He has thereby developed the app ‘Word Lens’ and applied a technology in common used for in document scanner whose function processes by means of matching words from source language to its database of translation and displaying output to target language. Furthermore, no internet or Wi-Fi access is required for this app. In last December, Good launched ‘Word Lens’ in Spanish version which fees $10 per language. Also, he hopes that more languages will be available for this app this year, coming up with French. I look forward to seeing this app in Thai version soon.

An american series of interesting choices

Today, I suggest you some series that I like. I sure you like this show too.

This show is “No Ordinary Family”. No Ordination Family is an American Series on American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The show centers on the typical American family, Powell. They live in Pacific Bay, California. Their life change after a plane crashes in the Amazon, Brazil. They survived and gain special power. Jim, the father, a police sketch artist who is super strong, gun invulnerable, can spring over tall buildings, and can lift about 11,000 pounds weight or more. He tries to use his power to help solve crimes. Stephanie, Jim’s wife, a scientist who is super speed. She can run 10 miles in just 5 seconds. She tries to use her power to create more time. Jim and Stephanie have two children, Daphne and JJ. Daphne is 16 years old. She knows a person’s mind. She can see memories when she touches people. Later she can change person’s mind and can remove person’s memories. JJ is 14 years old. He can read books very speed. He is a super smart.

I can’t tell you how is very funny. You must watch by your own.

A little faith

This is a story about a dog who was born on Christmas Eve in 2002. He was born with 3 legs – 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which needed to be amputated. He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him. He was rejected and scorned.

    His first owner also did not think that he could survive. Therefore, he was thinking of putting him to sleep. At this time, his present owner Jude Stringfellow came into his life and wanted to take care of him. She was determined to teach and train this dog to walk by himself. She though, all we need is a little faith. Therefore she named him ‘Faith’

    In the beginning, she put Faith on a surf board to let him feel the movement of the water. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and to reward him for standing up and jumping around. Even the other dogs at home helped to encourage him to walk. Amazingly, after only 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learned to balance on his 2 hind legs and jumped to move forward. After further training in the snow, he can now walk like a human being. If you would like to know more you can click this link http://www.kunnathum.com/2009/03/21/a-little-faith/
    When I read this story, I feel that I am the human who has complete body and smarter than him who just has 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg but I feel that I am doing is not as good as it should. The meaning of “Faith” is the belief or trust which is his name. Sometime, I think Faith is the model of mine when I have lazed and bored everything that around me, my feeling would be stronger after I saw his photo. Even though, he is a handicapped dog but his heart isn’t.

Final Exam

How do you feel when you hear the word “exam”? I am the one who are always excited and nervous. I often think in negative that the exam must be hard. When I was a child, I was not good at math. The teachers were nice but I did not understand why I did not learn it well. I remember my heart beat so fast and I was sweat when the teacher put the exam paper on my desk. This feeling is still on my mind. I have taught in school for many years, I really understand how the kids feel. I always tell them to be calm down and do the best. Before having the exams, I give them some advices. Here they are!
1. Make a schedule: After having the exams one month, they must set up the time to read the books everyday. I think they should read books at least two hours before going to bed.
2. Talk to teachers: They should ask the teachers to explain again if they do not understand some lessons. They can make an appointment with teachers after school too. I try to tell them to be brave to ask. If they are shy, they may fail the exams.
3. Ask some help from friends: If they are afraid of teachers, they can talk with their friends. I think reading books together are not boring and it is good to share what they read together.
4. Take care of themselves: The weather often changes. Some days are really hot, but some days rains. It is necessary for them to be strong before having the exams. The last, they should sleep enough and eat well.
I hope my advices are beneficial for them.

Hobby

Who are two cute girls in this picture? They were born to be part of my family four years ago. Sky is older than Skate, both of them are daughters of my sister. Our family is really happy to have them. The house is not quite anymore. They like to talk and play. They are my beautiful dolls even sometimes they are so naughty.
My sister works in the hospital and their father works at EGAT. He must work in the South for a few weeks every month. That means only my sister has to take care for them. She usually comes back home late so my hobby is quite different from others. My job is to be a second mom for them. When I am back, I will teach Sky to do her homework and also play with them. One favorite thing that they love to do before going to bed is reading tales. I read for them until they fall asleep. I do not like to be around with small kids but they are my nieces. I love them…I love them like I do love my sister.
I believe that a child will be a good person because of the family. I wish one day when they grow up, they will have a good future.

Sunflower

Where can we take a picture with sunflower in school? Welcome to Wimuutayarampittayakorn School, the sunflowers are grown in the orchard in front of the school. If you come to visit right now, you will see them with brilliant yellow petals that surround the flower’s center.
Growing sunflowers in school is the idea of Mr. Praman Chupipat. He was a director of school. I never asked him why he did that, but I love his ideas. They are such a beautiful flowers and I feel so fresh when I walk into school. It looks like they smile and welcome me to school.
It is not only me feel excited and happy. The students and the teachers took some pictures with them and it seems we are on the trip to see sunflower outside school.
I am interested in history and meaning of sunflowers so these are the details that I found out from websites. From www.answers.com said “sunflower has recently been adopted as a symbol of happiness, strength, a love of the sun & sunlight and because it is said to always turn its face to the sun it is considered by some to be a symbol of faith.” From www.proflowers.com, by Samantha Green, said “ Sunflowers originated in the Americas in 1000 B.C., where for centuries they were cultivated as a valuable food resource. The use of sunflowers images as religious symbols has also been documented in some native societies. With the European exploration of the new World, the sunflower was brought to new areas, and the flower’s popularity eventually spread as the rest of the world began to appreciate its beauty and sustenance”
These are wonderful, I would like to thank Mr. Praman for giving me happiness with sunflowers.

Pattaya Floating Market

Last month I went to Ayothaya Floating Market and this month I went to Pattaya Floating Market. By driving a car from Pattaya city, it took fifteen minutes from the hotel. We spend two nights in Pattaya. First day, we took a boat to Koh Larn and the last day we visited Pattaya Floating Market.
It was so crowded on weekend even it rained in the morning. The area is large, my friends and I walked around. There are many kinds of shops where we can buy gifts, food, handicrafts, and clothes. We did not forget to take many pictures to keep them in our memories. I love floating market.
We spend time there almost half day and we left to Bangkok. We did not want to go back, but we need to. Every trip is so wonderful. Where will be next trip for us? North or South? This is Thailand, an amazing country, where I was born…How lucky I am!

Ayothaya Floating Market

One day my sister, Por, came back home with many beautiful handicraft handbags. She drove to Ayothaya Floating market in Ayuttaya province with her friends. She told me about beautiful views, food and handicrafts. She said she will take me one day.
After flooding in Ayuttaya many months ago, I did not think I will visit it. I am not quite sure it is still beautiful like in the past. My friends talked about one day trip outside Bangkok, so the picture of Ayothaya came up. I searched on the internet and it said Ayothaya Floating Market is already opened. I am so lucky!
When I got there, I could not believe that Ayuttaya faced on flooding. Everything looks amazing, I love the views and the life of people. My friends and I took many pictures and we enjoyed walking along the canal. We shopped and ate. I bought shirts and handicraft shoes. I love this place, it is so charming.
I love Thailand where I can walk under sunshine. The delicious food and wonderful cultures makes me proud to be Thai.

Badminton

Cooking is my favorite show on TV., I like to watch how a chef mixes the ingredients together. The dishes looks delicious even I can not smell it. One thing that is interested me when she said “Eat and Exercise come together”. I do agree with her. If I do not exercise after I eat a lot, I will be fat. Every woman does not like to hear the word “fat”, including me too, so it is time to do an exercise. What kind of sports do I like? I like swim, basketball, volleyball, and badminton.
Which one is the best? All of them are really good, but because I need to save time so I can not swim at the pool. I need to play like a team if I play basketball and volleyball. Nobody can play with me. The best sport for me is badminton. YESSSS!!! The school has a badminton course so I started to invite my friends to play with me.
I bought a new pair of shoes, it is suitable for playing indoor sport. I feel comfortable and really enjoy it. My friends and I make a team and play from 4 pm. until 5.30 pm. Some days the students join with us, we have fun.
After I have played for two month, my weight is fine. I am not skinny woman but I feel different. I feel active and sleep well at night. I can not stop playing it, I like to play badminton every day.
Exercise can cure and protect the diseases. We will have a good health if we know how to take care of ourselves. I think everyone should make a schedule to do an exercise. Do it for yourself, it takes only one or two hours a day, but you will be strong until the rest of your life.

Koh Larn island

When people talk about Pattaya, I often think of a night life. The place where people can drink, dance and have fun until in the next morning. I have heard people said it is a dirty beach…Do I agree? Yes and No. I went there a long time ago and I got a chance to visit Pattaya again last weekend with friends. We would like to go to the beach where it is not far from Bangkok. Hard Jom Tien is well known but I would like see something new and excited. Koh Larn Island is the best choice to take one day trip. It is located about seven kilometers off the coast of Pattaya beach. We left the hotel and drove to the pier at ten o’clock. It rained on the way to Koh Larn Island. When we arrived, the sun shined and the sky was so beautiful. We were lucky!!!
It took us over thirty minutes to Hard Tien Beach. The beach is not long but it is clean and beautiful. There are many Thais and foreigners there, my friends and I were really happy. We had seafood for lunch and then we swam. Same Beach is next to Hard Tien Beach, and it is much easier to ride a motorcycle than walk. I walked up to the hill and saw a view point of a wonderful beach. The nature attracts me, I wish I could swam every weekend.
I agree that Pattaya City is quite noisy and dirty because there are too many bars. In the opposite way, I love a quite beach…I love sea….I love a nature. All of them can answer why Pattaya is still in my mind.