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Pollution-Solution, “Wastercizing”

Fair enough

Be extra careful on baht buses

Amazing eyesight

Long Live The King - HM the King of Thailand

Pollution-Solution, “Wastercizing”

Aloha,
I think its time to wake the town and tell the people. I have been cleaning the beach in Jomtien for three years and have found many things that could improve the life of our ocean. I have been doing this in Hawaii for twenty years and have seen the difference and I know there can be a difference in Thailand. We must start somewhere and now is the time, only we can make that difference.
Those of us who give back to this beautiful earth in which we all live will reap the harvest. Throughout our lives, the joy that goes with being part of the “solution” is priceless. It’s a win-win, situation. It’s called “wastercizing”, all we need to do is bend at the waist to pick up the waste and get rid of both.
It is time for all of us to do our part, “carpe diem”. If we don’t who will? Don’t wait for your neighbor, reach out and pick up something. Way too many people are trashing “our” earth and we need to set examples by picking up trash where we see it. Don’t get mad at the people who trash, just pick it up and they will start to understand.
Take a look at yourself, take a look at your surroundings and see what “you” can do to improve this beautiful earth in which you live. It’s not too late, it’s up to you. The plastic, foam, fiberglass from cigarette filters, are just a few of the things that are trashing and killing much of our sea and land life, such as dolphins, fish, turtles, birds and many other creatures. Did you know it takes many years for the fiberglass in cigarette filters to decompose? These are eaten by unknowing wildlife, which in turn we eat or it kills them.
It’s not a bad idea to try and leave every place you’re at just a little better than when you arrived. We need your help and you need ours. Lets all pull together and make a difference during our time on the only place we know, “our earth”. We are always open for new ideas on how to do a better job, with a little help from our friends. We here at “Pollution-Solution” would like to start a litter art contest, with prizes donated by local businesses. Everyone would receive a certificate for participation in the “First Annual Pollution-Solution, Litter-Art Contest”. Our first challenge here at Jomtien Beach would be “Pattaya Beach” and we grow from there. Look out Thailand, “things are picking up”. Join the fun, give of yourself, make your mark. “The life of the people is in the land.”
“Pollution-Solution,” just-do-it.
Thank you very much, mahalo nui loa
Gerry, Fun, Pukie and Game

Fair enough

Editor;
In last week’s Mailbag, Ian of England complained of ‘false advertising’. It is people like Ian who are contributing to Pattaya’s present problems. He comes here for a few weeks at a time only. How can one possibly take in all the culture Pattaya has to offer in just a few weeks? There must be thousands of bars to start with.
Evidently he behaves himself so denying the local police the opportunity of a good laugh at another stupid farang. He also claims to enjoy himself in bars so encouraging the bar-girls to engage in conversation with miserable sods like myself who just want to be left alone (most of the time anyway).
Ian’s shamefully politically incorrect ladyboyphobia is evident in his refusal to engage in stimulating late night banter on Beach Road.
As for not giving local boys the opportunity to lift themselves out of poverty by snatching gold chains, there is a deeper issue here. Doesn’t he understand the concept of role models? What could be more inspiring to Thais than a gold laden, beer bellied, shaven headed, tattooed farang. The message is clear. You too could be like me (and you could make a start by stealing my gold). It’s our responsibility Ian.
And, on a more serious note, clearly Ian is the sort of farang who never has an angry encounter with baht bus drivers because he pays 10 bt for his Thai lady instead of 5 bt which some of us insist upon.
It’s easy to get the impression that Ian comes here just to have a good time whilst avoiding trouble. What a shockingly selfish attitude.
False advertising. Fair enough Ian (and an amusing letter) but it keeps Mailbag interesting.
Nigel Oakes

Be extra careful on baht buses

Dear Pattaya Mail;
I was on a baht bus last Sunday with three Australian farang friends going from Jomtien to a restaurant half way down the hill leading towards Pattaya when three women and two boys rushed on to a rather full baht bus. One of the women sat down and another managed to squeeze into a tight gap in the middle of the bus. One rather fat woman stood in the middle of the baht bus and the two boys stood on the outside. One of the females who was standing asked me where I came from and I thought this a little strange because although conversations can spring up on baht buses when only 2 or 3 people are sitting I haven’t found that in a full baht bus Thai women come on and immediately speak to farangs.
When I got off the baht bus with my three friends I remarked to them that the woman who had squeezed into the middle to sit must have tried to get my wallet [probably during the time of the question] because it was almost out of my pocket. I must have got off just at the right time.
When we got to the restaurant one of my friends was horrified to discover his mobile telephone was missing from his bag. He certainly had it when he got on the bus because had spoken to me seconds before when I was trying to locate him in Jomtien. This happened at 1.30 in the afternoon. Later in the day I was having a drink with a Scottish friend of mine and related this occurrence to him and he informed me that the same thing had happened to him previously and he had his telephone stolen in exactly the same way on a full baht bus.
Can I suggest that we all be extra careful on baht buses and in particular when they are full but also to notice if three women and two boys charge onto a bus in the same way.
Kind Regards,
George Alberts
Jomtien

Amazing eyesight

Dear Sir,
I am a tourist on holiday in Thailand. I would like to place on record my appreciation to Dr. Somchai Trakoolshokesatian, Bangkok Pattaya Hospital, Super Sight Unit’s Ophthalmologist, for restoring my eyesight. For the last 40 years, it has been necessary for me to have spectacles for reading and for far-sightedness, and now at the age of 84 I am overwhelmed by Dr. Somchai’s surgery that I can now read and view TV without spectacles.
The operation is painless. I was awake during the one hour operation on both eyes as I was given a local anesthetic. This was done by simple eye drops. My natural lenses were removed by a technique called Phacoemulsification. Dr. Somchai made a very small cut in the eyes, softened the lens with sound waves and removed the lens through a small tube. The back layer of the lens was left and then artificial lens were implanted and natural lens replaced.
I understand that unlike laser treatment this operation is only performed by Dr. Somchai for the whole of Asia and only undertaken in the USA and Germany. This is great testimony of Thailand’s advances in the field of medicine.
My latest eye test revealed that the sixteen numbers from the largest to the smallest; I was able to distinguish up to number fourteen on the chart, a remarkable achievement.
Since the operation, I have been very happy with the result and a number of my friends and others have shown an interest and are considering it. I can only advise to do it as soon as possible and throw away your spectacles.
Yours sincerely,
Archie Dunlop, B.E.M.
Las Palmas
Gran Canaria

Long Live The King - HM the King of Thailand

Dear Sir;
We take this opportunity to also congratulate and wish you all and the people of Thailand a memorable, prosperous Diamond Jubilee of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great. Long Live The King. We pray for His Majesty a long life and long reign for the people of Thailand and others also.
Mr. Abdul Aziz Ismail
Mrs. Daulat Abdul Aziz
Miss Amina A. Aziz
Mr. Amin Mohammed A. Aziz
Mr. Farhan A. Aziz
Tradecon, Pakistan

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