A new unhappy chapter of Bangkok...

Have you ever imagine that Bangkok will be turned into a city underwater? I guess most of us had never thought this situation would happen to our beloved city, but now the flooding situation had tremendously change Bangkok from head to toe. During my 19 years living in this city, this is the first time I have seen many phenomenas that I never expected to see like big moo-baans under water, people wearing plastic boots, people rowing boats, mass crowd of people evacuating to other big cities, and people constructing sandbag and barriers in front of the house. Not only do these things happen at this moment, but what I’m surprise the most is the food aspects. I always thought that Bangkok was a city with plenty of foods. There are seven elevens in every corner of the streets, markets in every neighborhoods, and supermarkets everywhere. Now, those plethoras of foods are not enough to feed the millions mouth of Bangkokians. Looking at this picture, Bangkokians are crazily stocking food in every place possible. Thus, even though many of us including my family are stocking these products but it’s still not enough. So this image makes me feel depress and sorrowful to our country and people who live in Bangkok. It shows that our country is not the same as before and we are facing into crisis in need of food and clean water from this severe flooding situation. Looking at the news, this food crisis would not end soon but now the best thing we all can do is fight together and change ourselves, protecting the environment, so that this crisis would not happen to us again in the future.

Korean fever and Thai society

Within the last five years, it cannot be argued that Korean wave or Korean fever has played an important role in Thai society. Almost every age group of Thai societies are fascinate with Korea. Korean culture have effected every parts of our life because Im sure that many people think Korean are in our blood. We consume Korean food, we do plastic surgery, and we imported their fashion industry, and Koreans have become a new travel destination for many Thai people. Even some Thai movie brings this Korean hit to shoot their movie in Korea and titled its movie name in Korean style “Guan-Muen-Ho” In addition, Thai people uses Korean brand cosmetics like Etude, Skin food, and Face shop. However, I believe that the sector that has play the most role in our society is the Korean singing industry or also known as K-Pop. From the picture I have posted here, it had become evident that people are very crazy about Korean singers. Anytime Korean bands/singers come to Bangkok, there will be a mass crowd of fan clubs welcoming them in the airport, making a banner in Korean language during the concert, and following them everywhere they go. The reason I posted this picture is not because I want to invade their interest but this Korean wave is an important phenomena in Thai history. Thus, it shows that even though we are crazy about Korean, but we should not forget and also support the Thai music industry as well if you don’t want them to fade away in our society. Think about it...Do we want that to happen or not?

WE love Trendy places!

This is a picture of me and my friends at Audrey Café and Bistro in Thonglor. I could probably guarantee that this restaurant is one of the trendiest and most gossip restaurants for teenagers at this moment. At least half of the BALAC students knew this restaurant or who have a chance to visit this place at least once. What I find interesting about this picture is that it reflects the lifestyle of Thai modern teenagers. In my opinion, I think we do not that have that much activities to do in Bangkok, so one of the things we like to do besides going to Siam to do everything (shopping, watching movies, meeting someone) is to find a nice chic restaurants to chill and eat. Thus, this picture clearly defines the statement. Also, it clearly shows the shift of our beliefs about restaurant because before we think only delicious food is enough but now if the restaurants want to target the Bangkok teenagers group the atmosphere will play an important role. They had to be relaxing and unique to attract customers who had numerous choices of trendy restaurants to choose. There is one thing I want to say: Bangkok has the best food and the best hangout place in the world! :)

All about me ^^

When you look at this picture you may wonder, how these three pictures and portraits related, the answer are are that all of these are pictures/portrait of me! The first picture is the real image of me. After you look at the first image, you can compare them with the second portrait drawn by my friend Noramon A. This portrait signifies probably all distinct features of me such as the thick black eyebrows which nearly touches each other, a very big nose, and a thick mouth especially on the upper part, my straight hair and my two freckles besides my mouth. The third image is my logo which again portrays all my unique features like the eyebrows, lips, mouth etc. All of these images show how other people look at me through the outside appearance as well as how I perceive myself as an individual.

Its time for food (once again)!!!

To increase your appetite once again, this week I will be presenting one of Thailand’s well known cuisine which is our famous northeastern food or as the locals would called Isan food. This picture includes our most popular somtum (spicy papaya salad), larb moo (minced pork salad with crispy rice and chili), tom zaap (spicy soup) and kao niew (sticky rice). The reason I chose this picture is because I think Isan food has become part of everyone’s life in Thailand. For me it is a big part of my life since I consume somtum at least 4 times a week because I find it very delicious and since most of the foods are not fried it’s healthy as well. In addition, with its real spiciness and the unique authentic smell of Thai herbs, it had made itself to become popular among all target groups whether you are rich or poor. This makes Isan food to become available everywhere in every part of Thailand. Not only that it turn out to be very well-liked by Thai locals, Isan food also act a representative of Thailand. I can ensure that if you ask 10 tourists who had visited Thailand, at least half of them would talk about Isan food especially somtum and sticky rice. So if any of you doesn’t have a chance to taste Isan food, let’s enjoy my all time favorite dishes together shall we? J