Earlier this month, I visited the "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition" at Central World, Bangkok.


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Earlier last month, I went window-shopping at Orchard Road in Singapore.

Speaking of Orchard Road, I bet all shopaholics would've instantly recognised as it is such a renown shopping spot in Singapore. If remembered correctly, there are some 22 shopping malls lining on both sides of that very street. Even though being in the most dangerous place ( Read more... )

I felt I wasn't that nice to my LiveJournal account last year as I tended to use it as a place to "write off" all the worries and stresses of being surrounded and threatened by the enormours bulk of water during one of the worst flooding crisis in Thailand.

This year, I would try to be nicer and more pleasant (until) the flooding season visits us ( Read more... )

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During the past month, I spent all the waking time following news on the Great Floods in Thailand. It is... very lucky of me that my District has not been affected by the massive bulk of water surrounding Bangkok for these couple of months yet. However, we still need to monitor tightly on the water level of the River Chao Phraya until the end of ( Read more... )

During the past couple of days, there were hardly any news of flooding water coming near my district.

Mostly, analysts viewed that the floods would tentatively go southwards to the River Chao Phraya's estuary at the Gulf of Thailand. We did have even a few pieces of good news -- like less flooding water coming from the North, the water seemed to ( Read more... )

It seems that my district would face the floods from both the upper part and the left side.

Authority always said that they had everything under control. But, why nothing seems to improve at all? I couldn't help wondering if the only thing they could do was to issue a warning.

What should we do -- waiting for a day when being warned that the floods ( Read more... )

My sister and I got back to Bangkok, primarily to work, a couple of days ago. The last weekends of October passed without any (much) serious flooding situation in my district. However, that was just a start.

I've learnt that the current and only available route to the South would be affected by the floods next week. It is highly likely that my ( Read more... )

Because it's too stressful and too frightening to stay in Bangkok during this weekend - a time which many analyses said the high tide in the River would reach the highest record ever and thus worsened the flooding situation. My sister and I then decided to leave the capital city for our hometown, somewhere 200km away from Bangkok.

It was nice to ( Read more... )

Yesterday, the highest level of water in the River Chao Praya surpassed the highest peak of the year 1995.

Today, the River kept on making a new record.

Tomorrow, there might be a new record of a new height.

The day after tomorrow and latter dates, who knows how much higher the River would make?

My sister and I decided to get our house sealed and ( Read more... )

Today, the River Chao Praya reached its highest level (higher than the record of 1995). Even if we're living inside the dikes or water barrier, nothing could guarantee the safety.

This week would be full of threats, both from the River and the huge bulk of water from Nonthaburi. Analysis said the Inner Part of Bangkok might not be suffered that much ( Read more... )