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Great Song Kran Days

During April 13rd - 15th, it is the Thais most waiting festival -- Great Song Kran Festival.
People play water on the streets and it is the most funniest festival for the Thai kids,
I can say that, every kids must ever throw water to the strangers once in their lives.

However, not everyone wants to be wet in these days. If you do not want to be wet,
please tell the people clam and seriously that you are preparing to go for business
and have no time to change dry cloth. Be polite, and you will not to be mad on these day.

Happy new year everyone!

3G is coming to town..

After waiting for many years, finally AIS (Advance Info Services Co., Ltd.) announces today that starting from next month (May 2008) Chiangmai users will be able to experience with wireless broadband via their handphones. Then Bangkok users will be able to access 3G in June.

By the way, being able to access the 3G, the proper equipment is required. You will have to upgrade SIM card, and 3G supported handsets (and PC Card). Moreover, the cost of using 3G is not finalized yet.

AIS calls this service as 3GSM advance. Call 1175 or http://www.gsmadvance.ais.co.th for more information.

Thai Ex-PM Returns Home

Dr. Thaksin Chinnawatta has returned home today (February 28, 2008) morning. There are thousands of people going to welcome Dr. Thaksin's coming home. He will have to go to the Supreme Court next, and will overnight at the Peninsular Hotel instead of staying at his home just for security purpose.

Dot Arai - What your domain name is?

Power Bill Will Drop

Among bad news about higher cost of living in Bangkok, the Power Authority of Thailand announces today that the FT surcharge for power bills between October 2007 until January 2008 will drop 2.31 Satangs per unit. The FT surcharge will be recalculated quarterly. Good news everyone.

Kids and the National Song

Sleepy At Work

It would be nothing strange if an employee feels asleep when he works in a boring afternoon. But can you ever imagine to take a nap on the root of a building condominium. This such thing could only be discovered here in Thailand. Let's see.

Sleepy at work

31 years since October 6, 1976

It was the bloody day. 31 years ago a lot of students and protesters were killed in the Thammasart University by the junta.

History repeats. Thailand has the another junta. May be it is our own karma.

Fighting is never been ending, unless we really get the Democracy.

23rd December Thailand Election

Government by PM Surayuth confirms that Thailand will have an election national wide on December 23rd, 2007. However, still a lot of people are afraid of the postpone.

Open seminar: "Underground Economy" at AIT

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has arranged a free seminar about Underground Economy on Tuesday 16th October 2007. Everyone is invited. Seat is limited please register ahead.

Open seminar: "Underground Economy"

Venue: B 108, AIT Conference Center
Date : 16 October 2007
Time : 09:30 - 12:45

09:00-09:30	Welcome and Introduction by AIT , APNIC and ICANN
09:30-10:30	Underground Economy by Ryan Connolly, Team Cymru
10:30-10:45	Coffee Break
10:45-11:45	"Need for International cooperation to combat Cyber Crime" by Ammar Jaffri, Pakistani Federal Investigative Agency, Pakistan
11:40-12:45	Panel Discussion Moderator:Cecil Goldstein, APNIC Panelist: John Crain, Chief Technical Officer, ICANN Ryan Connelly, Team Cymru Ammar Jaffri, Pakistani Federal Investigative Agency

Speakers

Ryan Connolly, Team Cymru Since his initial forays into networking and software development in the early 1990's, most of Ryan Connolly's professional work has been focused on making computer and network systems more secure. Over the years, Ryan's areas of concentration have included network security analysis, computer and network forensics, and software engineering for both large companies, such as Cisco Systems, and a wide variety of smaller ones. Most recently, Ryan has focused on providing security training, spreading awareness, and assisting with collaborative efforts in the service provider security community. Ryan has worked for Team Cymru since 2005 and obtained a computer science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign in 2001.

Register Here

Real Time Voting Result

The vote is in between counting. A lot of Thais are waiting and see how the result will be for the Draft Constitution 2007 written by Soldier Government. At the moment the result is not finalized yet, but only one region of Thailand people in E-sarn (or North Eastern) do not accept this draft. Visit this page for the Real Time Counting.

Coming Event

There will be the whole country voting if the new constitution should be accepted. The even will be taken place on this coming Sunday the 19th. We will have to wait and see.



BTW, this voting will be not available for the Thais living aboard.

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Announcement : Palawat.com has arranged a seminar in the subject of Thai Economy Forecast in the half end of 2007 by Dr. Kanith Sangsuwan at Meeting Room - Dhummaniti Co., Ltd. [map : http://www.dlo.co.th/map.php] from 1:30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Free for entrance but registration is required as the limited of space.

To register, please visit palawat.com for more detail.

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