Interview truth?

After people read the shocking headline on the Internet or newspaper yesterday, Timesonline finally releases the full transcript of interview with exiled Thai PM to prove the writer didn’t distort the story as he whined on his Twitter. Please visit Timesonline.co.uk to find out yourself what the ousted Thai leader actually said during the interview.

Note: True Internet user may be uable to access. I couldn’t get into the website at home but not workplace.

Concert manners

With my stingy habit and limited budget in my pocket, MY NAME IS KIM is my second opportunity to go the live concert. The first one was Six in the City featured by six divas from AF. Despite attending the concert just only two times, I noticed some unpleasant manners, rendering such a hardly-go-to-concert person like me to say something. Please be advised.

1. Punctuality: Once the gate is open, you don’t have to rush into the venue instantly, just take it easy and walk in beauty into the hall. Don’t linger outside or just wait till other go inside. The concert is not a party, so you won’t be in the limelight when you are the last one who enters the place. Most people know the concert starts late, and they thus come late. What if all have this in mind? It’ll be even later.

2. Banner: It’s now common to see the banner in concert, whether big or small. Kindly don’t raise it too long as it probably blocks the vision of other. It’s okay to keep it raised all the time if you sit at the final row.

3. Children: For those who bring baby or children to concert, please look after your children and make sure they won’t annoy the nearby audiences. You may say they are just a kid but why don’t you think conversely? What would feel if you are annoyed? Put yourself in other’s shoes.

4. Leaving the concert: Certain audiences like to stand up and walk out from the concert although the singer has yet ended the last performance. It’s acceptable if you need to get home before the curfew, yet for those who want to catch a taxi before others. I don’t like! Again, how would you feel if many students walk out the classroom while you are lecturing? The singer surely feels the same.

Will add more if I can recognize.

U.S. and Burma/Myanmar

It was yesterday that Ambassador Scot Marciel (U.S. Deputy Assistant of State for South East Asia and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs) visited Chulalongkorn University to deliver the speech about the U.S. policy toward Burma/Myanmar in a public forum hosted by ISIS and ASP.

I never expected load of famed people and media would flock into the room. With a limited number of seats, most who came late had to stand or sit on the floor. Ambassador Scot Marciel is very high-ranking U.S. officer but, honesty, I have just known him a couple of days prior to the day he came.

Well, the summary of the public forum “Obama and Burma/Myanmar: Discussion of Recent High-Level Meetings” by Ambassador Scot Marciel is supposed to be out within next week on http://www.isisthailand.org/asp.htm.

Rong Kluea Market

What: The immense second-handed center where most items were imported from Cambodia or those who abdicated their unwanted stuff welcomes load of shoppers from all over Thailand, especially Bangkokians. Don’t forget to bring an umbrella and sunproof, for it is blazing hot! If possible, also bring a face make to protect the dust and unpleasant smell.

When: Sat-Sun, 7am-17pm.

Where: Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo

How: There are a number of buses going to the merket every day. Try saerching on Google. It’s easy to find.

Why: The items here are surprisingly cheap. But you need eagle eyes to pick the good-conditioned item from a pile of used stuff.

Nakhon Nueng Khet Market

What: The recently relaunched market, Nakhon Nueng Ket Market, is revived after its speepy atmosphere thanks to the advent of the road. Despite a massive revamp, the market still retains its charm which is scarce in modernized city.

When: On weekends, 9am – 16pm.

Where: Chachoengsao

How: Take the Suwintawong Rd. (Route 304) and you will be directed by the signs for 20 kilometers, more or less.

Why: The market is really in a good shape. The quaint wooden houses and people’s way of life greatly reflect the trace of ancient community.

Facebook new features

Just would like to inform those who haven’t known that Facebook added two new features a couple of weeks ago–status tagging and Facebook Lite. You can tag you friend by preceding @ before the name of your friend and it will automatically generate a hyperlink to your friend’s page. And Facebook Lite (lite.facebook.com) will favor the low-speed internet netizens with minimal design so that thay don’t have to wait long.

Heart Beat

Heart Beat – The latest album from Wang Leehom

Rambling throught my friend’s page on Facebook, I came across the video Heart Beat featured by Wang Leehom. It’s so touched and sentimental. I then kept listening and watching his songs on Youtube and finally like his work. Wow! More songs to be loded in my iPod. I am probably more lively since I haven’t got more new tunes since Izumi-san was no longer on this world.

Wang Leehom is a multi-talented artist. He also gained an international success and won some awards. Anyway, his popularlity seems to be dropped a bit in Thailand thanks to the dancing trends and his increasing age. I listened to the songs in his early albums but I preper his recent voice. Just like ZARD that I prefer her voice when she got old. So, one of my friend asked me why I tend to like aged singers. |o|

Full Chrome

The new service on the cloud or software is often coupled with the a small tag BETA, yet many geeks are bold enough to give it a try. After removing Google Chrome from my hard disk several months ago, I then thought of re-installing Google Chrome but this time on my office PC this morning.

Entering the website, the first thing I notice is Google has already removed the tag beta from the Chrom logo. That means the browser is fully lunched. I have no idea for the in-depth update info, but I can sense it is smoother.

Although it is faster than other browser in the market, Google Chrome is quite greedy for computer resource and it comes with a sluggish bookmark management. And these flaws make it inferior to others browsers.

Hotmail adds autosave

I have just noticed the new feature in Hotmail, autosave. Similar to what Gmail does, Hotmail will automatically save your message as a draft when you are typing a message for a while. This can ensure that you text won’t be lost in case you encounter an error on IE browser that usually occurs.

Digital Gateway

The new electronic heaven, Digital Gateway, is now open in the heart of Bangkok. Standing at the former location of CenterPoint Siam Square, the IT mall hosts load of IT outlets, namely, ASUS, Fujitsu, HTC, iStudio, and the like. Some notable shops from Pantip are also expanding their branches here–World Camera and Munkong Gadget. The place also throws in some restaurants and coffee shop for the geeky shoppers to take a sit. However, up to 40% of the IT mall are under construction phrase. It’s a cool place, though.