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Willing to help the children
Editor;
Re: Ban Jing Jai seeks donations for new children’s home (PM Friday, 04
November 2011) - UK greetings. I would like to send some parcels for the
children’s home at the Ban Jing Jai orphanage on Soi 53. I would appreciate
receiving the required information.
Jim Crawford
Ed’s reply: We contacted Stephen Beard at The Haven, one of the main
organizers of this worthy cause, and he sent us the following: Dear Jim,
Your very kind offer of assistance has been passed to me by the Pattaya
Mail. On behalf of the Baan Jing Jai Foundation I thank you for your
interest. If you have donations of items that you think will be useful to
the home or the children you may send them addressed to: 82/1 Soi Nurn
Papwan, Moo 6, Nongpru, Banglamung, Chonburi, Thailand, 20150. You may also
wish to follow the progress of the home and children through our web site:
http://www.baanjingjaifoundation.org on which you will also find
details of the New Home Project which is due to be completed during 2014.
You will be able to follow the current activities on our Facebook pages.
Regards, Stephen Beard on behalf of The Baan Jing Jai Foundation. The Haven
Hotel, www.thehaven-hotel.com
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2nd Road turning
into garbage dump
Editor;
Aloha Pattaya Mail - The fairly new Jomtien Second Road is becoming a
garbage dump. Many of the tour buses stay there at night, pick up the
tourists the next day and that’s great. Problem being, most, not all, throw
all of their trash out of their bus onto the gutter, storm drains, that go
to the ocean, walkways or in the bush next to it, making this new area a
smelly contaminated eye soar.
The Pollution Solution Group has put posters next to the
storm drains, every one in Thai with added English, Russian and German.
One would think, or at least we do, that if they care about Thailand and the
environment, keeping it clean for His Majesty the King, they would put their
trash in a dumpster along the way or leave it at the hotel pick up place.
We are pretty sure many of these buses are not from this area, but trash it
without a second thought. These are the people that the tourists see,
setting bad examples for them to take back to their country. It doesn’t seem
like good networking to us.
We wonder if the bus companies are aware of what their drivers are doing...
KOTO
The Pollution Solution Group
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Sneak a burri when
the boss isn’t looking
Editor;
Re: Sean’s answer (So who gets this 300 per day?) to Wage hike takes sting
out of back-to-school shopping (PM Friday, 17 May 2013) - Sean got me
thinking. There is a large construction site near where I live. I spend some
time watching the workers who seem to enjoy their labour. A large part of
the workforce seems to be female. I notice that a male carries an object
alone but the same thing takes two females. Some women have less labour
intensive tasks such as sprinkling water to keep down the dust. Would these
workers be on the same wage scale? (I think not.) And do these workers have
to pay for accommodation in the hovels erected for them? I thought Sean may
be right on Tuesday as no workers turned up. I thought the immigration had
got some of them. Then my wife told me it was payday and was a holiday.
Farangs keep putting Asians down but they are so like us. If they can sneak
a burri when the boss isn’t looking or slow down near knockoff time they
will. We farangs never did this!
Aussie Bill
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Feeding the strays
Editor;
Re: Alicia’s response (bit in my calf by a stray dog in Pattaya Hill Buddha
Park) to Russian bitten by snake (PM Friday, 28 December 2012) - Feeding the
stray dogs perpetuates the problem. Well fed dogs breed better than hungry
ones. People think they are being kind in feeding those dogs but really they
are being unkind to all the people who would like to walk in that park.
Kes
Wear a helmet
Editor;
Re: Follow the law (PM Mailbag Friday, 17 May 2013) - Hey Jim, always have
your paperwork with you when riding a bike and wear a helmet. It may be wise
to buy yourself a decent, well fitting helmet, as it could save your life.
If you are stopped buy the police, never pay unless you get a ticket. Either
you must pay at the police station or the police would have set up a
“payment table” in the area that you have been stopped. There is no highway
code, all I can say is what I do: I drive as I would in the UK, 40kph is
fast enough to get where I want to go but slow enough to stop quickly if I
have too.
Most of all, expect the unexpected when driving in Thailand. I have learned
over my 20 something years in Thailand, smile and be polite at all times. Do
this and I don’t think you will have any problems. I hope it helps.
Regards,
Siamark
You’re not above
the locals
Editor;
Re: Follow the law (PM Mailbag Friday, 17 May 201) - The main thing to
remember is that if you are visiting a foreign country it’s not your home
turf. Other than human rights abuse you have to roll with the punches. Use
your brain and respect the country’s laws. Most laws are uniform the world
over so pretty much common sense should prevail. Never think you are better
than the locals. There are plenty of people who visit Thailand, especially
from my homeland of Australia, who are disrespectful of the locals. It’s
unwarranted and uncalled for. Thailand welcomes foreigners into their
country because the tourist trade is important to them. Don’t make the
mistake of thinking they are beneath you. They aren’t.
Stu
Who gets 300 baht?
Editor;
Re: Wage hike takes sting out of back-to-school shopping (PM Friday, 17 May
2013) - So who gets this 300 per day? Maybe if you have full time employment
you will get this massive increase. If you are a casual worker down from the
farm you will have to negotiate a wage. You would be very naive to think the
construction workers from across the borders are paid 300 baht. Their
biggest worry is that their employers will call the Immigration 2 days
before payday and they finish up with nothing.
Sean Murphy
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