Pe Daeng and Pe Noi.



Pe Louise and Pe Arm.


A graduation party for Pe Daeng on her Ph.D degree. There would be a three generation Doctor in her family: her father, Pe Daeng, and her son (soon-to-be).

A Reunion Day

A reunion lunch is arranged for TISCO and Ex-TISCO at Chanphen Restaurant at Rama IV Road. We mostly were working at TISCO at the same time before some of us moved on to work at other companies. At that time we either had lunch or hanged out on Friday night together.



SHI40 Kor1 - small group meeting
Back row: At, Ann and On
Front row: Lek, Hui, Puey and Aor
It is such a long time since we last get together. If it is not because On and Ann come to Bangkok, maybe this meeting would never happen. How lazy we are - just to arrange the meeting, or maybe everyone is busy with everyday life!!!

Ayudhaya Trip again!

With a clear sky in the morning, we, eight of the gang, get together to have lunch at Ayudhaya Province. Our first stop is at Chok-Am-Nuay restaurant near the market.



Before moving on to Tha-ga-Rong Temple (วัดท่าการ้อง).



End the day at "Cup of Tree" tea house, here we sample each of the desserts available at that time.

Good memory in Myanmar - Day 5

Dhammayangyi
A square shape with porches casting out on all four directions. It was built in late 12th century.



A nice seller draws small paintings to give away to us - a very basic effective marketing technique.



Shwe Zion Pagoda enshrines one of the four replicas of the Lord Buddha tooth receiving as a gift by the King of Ceylon (Sri Lanka).



A beautiful decorative opened wall of the building at Shwe Zi Gon temple.



Still in Bagan.
Old Bagan contains hundreds of pagodas and shrines on the bank of the Ayeyarwaddy river.



Noo Ta is trying to capture the Buddha image.

And that is the end of our Myanmar trip for this time, but for sure it is not my last trip to Myanmar since there are also a lot of places that I still want to visit or revisit like Bagan. But the most important thing is their people, Burmese people. For those that we encounter in this trip, they are all nice, service-minded, polite with the good temper.

Good memory in Myanmar - Day 4

Maha Myat Muni Pagoda in Mandalay.
The original image was made out of alloy but fine foils of gold were glided on and it now weights over a ton. The golden crown of the image is decorated with diamonds, jades, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. It is the most ancient Buddha image in Myanmar. It was cast in the life-span of Lord Buddha in the seated posture of relaxed deportment, namely Bumi Phasa Mudras, symbolic of His Conquest of Mara.



An old Palace at Mandalay.



Our wing at the hotel in Bagan



The deluxe wing of the hotel.



We climb up this pagoda to view the field of pagodas in Bagan.



Sunset in Bagan.

Good memory in Myanmar - Day 3

Visit the Kyaikhtiyo Pogoda before departing to Mandaley.

Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda is a 7.3 meter pagoda on top of a bigh "Golden Rock". The massive golden boulder is right on top of the Kyaikhto mountain. Legend says that the boulder maintains its precarious balace due to a precisely placed Buddha hair inside the Pagoda.

Good memory in Myanmar - Day 2

We start our day around 5 a.m. in the morning to visit the magnificent Shwedagon Pagoda again. It is the most sacred pagoda as it enshrines the relics of the three earlier buddha and the eight haris of the Gautama Buddha.


As the pagoda sits upon holy Singuttara hill, one can walk up using stairs, an escalator or an elevator. Wow!! how modern!!!



Kyaik Pun Pagoda at Bago.



A Burmese lady selling postcard and "Thanaka". She is a nice and good natured girl that finally Noo Ta buys one of her products.



Mer and Noo Ta at Shwemawdaw Pagoda.



Shwethalyaung Buddha - a new image one.

Our last destination for tonight is at Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda.