Koh Kred : the traditional island in Nonthaburi

An amazing day in the Mon people's village

Did you guys know there is a beautiful island which full of cultures in Nonthaburi? And have you ever been there? Most of students in this country have ever been there so many times for visual education because it has many interesting traditional things that can tell people how amazing of  this place affect to Thai people's life in present.

Koh Kred :  http://www.kohkred-sao.go.th/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=69 

Koh Kred is the little island in the Chaophraya river, 20 km north of Bangkok in Nonthaburi province. This island is roughly square in shape, each size measuring about 2 km, and the path runs around the entire island. 

Wat Poramaiyikawat
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Wat Poramaiyikawat is the important temple in this island. In the temple, there is the museum that shows the beautiful ancient Mon's pottery and the historical things. The first floor of the museum contains several kinds of the pottery, the models of the kiln and the pottery makers who created many beautiful arts in the past. Moreover, the tourist can see about the evolution of pottery and the sample of them in many regions in Thailand in this floor.

Wat Poramaiyikawat
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The second floor shows the tourists the room which was gathered all of ancient Mon's treatises and exhibited the first publishing Mon's Tripitaka.

The identity of this temple is the beautiful Mon's pagoda which was copied the form from Mu Tao pagoda from Hongsawadee. Mon people respects it very much because it contains the Buddha's relic and the reason why the pagoda slope in one side is because it is close to the river, so its pedestal was scoured by the flow.

                                            

Wat saotongthong is the old temple which was called "Wat Saun Mhak" at Koh Kred. It has the beautiful highest pagoda in Pakkred and there is so beautiful ceiling within the temple. The tourists will interested in Thai architectures and the story about Buddha. Moreover, there are many big trees in this place. If the tourists are looking for the place that make them fresh and relax, Wat saotongthong can be the great choice. 

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The next place that everyone can't miss is Baan Kwan-A-man or the pottery maker's village. The tourists will see how to make the pottery in several way by the real pottery makers. 

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The last one is Kanomwhan canal. It is the place that the tourists can see how to make Thai famous sweets such as thongyib, thongyhod and foithong and enjoy eating there.










  How to get there

Most western tourists get to the island by boat. A number of river tour operators have day trips to Ko Kred. Some overnight trips move on to Ayuthaya. You can also take theChaophraya River Express Boat service to Nonthaburi pier, where you can get a connecting boat to Ko Kred for about 100 Baht. You can also rent a long-tailed boat to take you there from any of the public piers in the city.

You can also get to the island by road to Pakkred town (see map). Ferries cross the channel from Wat Sanam Nua to Wat Poramai every few minutes and costs just 2 Baht (US $ 0.05). We have seen many Bangkok taxis in the area, so it may be possible to find a driver to take you to the ferry pier. The trouble may be finding one to take you home! (http://bangkokforvisitors.com/nonthaburi/koh-kred.php)

Musical Artists Through the Ages

Hello guys! I believe that you guys should have heard people saying that older music is better than nowadays. Then I think about it and my answer is I’m agree with that in some case, but why its become like this? There must be some point that very difference and make people can think like this and these are my point of view about the difference between them.

Let’s start with today’s artists, in my point of view the first thing that shows for today’s band is image. They have to look smart, beautiful, handsome, and have a nice shape especially in the single artist. Not only for the single artist for this case, but it also included the band too.They always have some in their bands that have a good looking, or all of them in some band. 

The second thing is their skills then the concert will show the truth, because in their album record they can edit whatever they want so the concert will show their real skills. For examples the single artists they always lip sync especially in the fast tempo song. And some band they use outsider to record their album songs so they can’t play a concert with good quality like their album songs. The other factor is age, they usually in an age about 20 or lower. And the last thing that I think today’s band have is they always fast obsolete; only the capability can survived in this time.

For the former artists in my opinion their images are also necessary too but not in the same way as nowadays artists. They have a good look too not in the way they dress or their appearance but in the ways they act to their fans or the public. And the other thing is they also be themselves, they don’t have to fake to their fans or copy other person to become famous but they just be themselves. 

The next thing that I think all former artists have more than today’s artist is skills. In the past time there is no technology to help you improve your song or their skill like nowadays. In the past time the musicians have to practice by the tape; no internet, no lesson cd, no tabs for the song, so they should have great skills. And their songs there are no computer to help  you to or record like nowadays, so they need a lot of practice before they record the album because if they missed one note they need to record its all again. These entire things make them very skillful.

And in the last you can see that songs of the former artists such as the Beatles, Bee gees, Elvis Presley and etc. Even if they died or breakup their band, their songs are still memorable for everyone. It is the charm of the former artist that make people think they are the best.

Healthy FaQ Today 3

Healthy FaQ Today 3

                What a good day to say HI ! ! This maybe the last issue of HFT and I hope you enjoy my later issue. The first issue, I talked about nutrition and the next I talked about exercising so, this issue I will mix it up together and make it easy to understand. Just want to remind that this blog is create for the class and the students & teacher from the class is in Thailand, so I will use the stuffs that possible to find in Thailand.

               

Before we get into the nutrition & workout programs, I will tell you some fact that why someone fail from their way of workout or diet. If you workout for the whole day but eat like you want to fulfill the black hole in your stomach, it is impossible to lose your weight. Let me compare your body with the sand bag with many holes. The holes represent the way you use your energy and the sand represents the energy. The more you use your energy (more workouts), the bigger the hole is. If you have a big hole but you always fill the sandbag with bigger amount of sand, will the sandbag get smaller?

                On the other hand, if you fill the sandbag with a small amount of sand but has very big hole. Will the sandbag get in shape? Don’t push some way too far.

               

First, the breakfast is most important as I said in my previous issue, but I will talk to you not only the breakfast. Somebody doesn’t have much time to prepare their meal, so sometimes they don’t have rice on their breakfast. I suggest bread instead of rice, but take the whole-wheat bread instead of normal bread.

                We can find source of protein in many products, but I suggest you TUNA ! ! Tuna has much protein in one can. Only one can of tuna can separate to 3 meals. When you walk into department store or convenience store, you can see many kinds of tuna. I will tell you which one is the best for diet. You can normally see 3 kinds of tuna can.

1.       Tuna chunks in oil

2.       Tuna chunks in brine

3.       Tuna chunks in mineral water

For me, the best one is Tuna chunks in mineral water. I think you might know that why tuna chunks in oil is not good. For the tuna chunks in brine, brine is full of sodium which is can make you fat if you have it too much.

For the exercising, if you want to lose weight, I prefer cardio. Cardio is the way of workout that similar to aerobic. You can be jogging, swimming, bicycling, etc. BUT make sure that you do it more than 30 minutes, because your body will use your fat as energy after 30 minutes of workout. I suggest 45 minutes per day.

I think all this might be useful for your life, Thank you for always follow our blog.