If you are in Thailand and want to sell or purchase almost anything then I have to introduce a great site and service. Baht & Sold.   I have already sold several items here and highly recommend it.  And did I mention it’s FREE – Check it out.

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Just got notification from a friend Jim from “CambodiaOut” of 3 fantastic Pride Celebrations:

Phuket Pride   April 23 – 28  

Cambodia Pride   May 12 – 20   

Shanghai Pride   June 16 – 23

In the areas?     Check them OUT:  They need your support.

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Here is the  ******* SLIDESHOW *******   check it out.

The “Venue” is a real landmark for Jomtien Complex – This was last night (Sunday) and time for the start of a new different show for the coming week. 

First, we were treated to 2 singers – and they were great – headliner Mr.Paul (photo #2) – Classic Italian songs, excellent.  Then the main show – I meet Mr. Ball (last photo) and will be sure to return and get better shots in the future – I am hoping that Khun Ball will get me in the wings to get some shots behind the scenes.

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New place in town – Radchada Garden Café   be sure to check it out.

I’ll stop by over the weekend and get some photos too – Should be a great place to just relax and have a place to mingle earlier in the evening – I have always hated that Chiang Mai only had venues starting at 10 PM – Now I have a place to stop by and still be able to get home before 10:30   ha ha

Good luck Khun Mai ,  and also Hi to Note and Peter.

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Thailand Mardi Gras 2011   Be sure to check this out and attend if you can in December – Thanks Jim from Cambodiaout.com

Just a post to mention the great job of presenting Chiang Mai Gay nostalgia that K. Note, Peter and the boys at Radchada Café are doing on their website.  Going back prior to 2006, they are compiling a terrific review of the happenings and venues.

Ohhhh, how they are missed. Damn right quiet around here now. 

I fondly remember many of the bars and places mentioned, I arrived here in late 2005 and started this blog in April 2006 – Check out some of the earlier posts here and keep checking in to Radchada to see ‘Whatever Happened to ……’.     I am going to go through my old photos and sent them to Peter, maybe he can use them in his articles.

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Our Tue Chiang Mai Camera Club meeting went ok with the usual lack of supplies. ha ha   No Projector, No Computer – and a rain storm – BUT still we had a great meeting.  Bert, Jim and Steve (who brought a friend, I’ll talk about him in a minute) and me, of course. 

Got to talk about a lot of different photographic topics and also found out about the latest news on the CMPG’s happenings.  They have or are going to start up workshops for  Photoshop and Lightroom, and have a instructor ready – nice.  I think they are waiting for renovations to the old Tusker’s site and will continue there. Chiang Mai Photographic Group would be the place to go.  They have all the equipment and space and attendance to offer you what you want.  I am very glad to hear that the ‘management’ has stepped up to the latest software and plans to offer workshops in the future – bravo, finally grew up.  Highly recommend you check them out.

Sooooooo ….  I recommended to our group that we change our venue to a social group of expats (informal – not to compete with the CM Expats Club or CMPG ) who still want to discuss their photography and other ideas and continue to meet a Sangdee on every other Tue.  I’ll let you know what was decided when we have our next meeting.

Now back to Steve’s friend – Philip Ward and his project “The Laos Children’s Workshop’”. He told us all about his accomplishments and problems starting and developing the center.  Fascinating – He’s here trying to find equipment and resources that they are in desperate need of.  Computers, Tools, Cameras, Software, and of course money —  etc.  I’m going to help him out with tutorial software collection I have -  Check out their website and maybe you can help too – Please contact Philip  – see if you can help in any way  —-   these kids really need your help.  Help these kids develop a skill that can support them when they leave the orphanage.  Life is unimaginable in Lao when you have no education or a saleable skill but they are also considered outcast tribal boys – bleak !!!    HELP GIVE THEM A FIGHTING CHANCE.

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Haven’t got a hell of a lot to write about but this web site is a must to check out  www.photoshopdisasters.com  They have some great Photoshop bloopers seen in major publications -  This ones a dussy (think I spelled that right or is it   ‘ie’).

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Thanks Brian for letting me know about this new technology.  Check out this website for Lytro Cameras.  Looks great – but how much will it cost ???.  I have mine reserved, love the ability to take a photo in low-light and at fast speed – we will see. Just click on the area you would like to see in focus – anywhere in the photo – Amazing

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Check out this from Falcon Studios – neat:

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Amazing, I was at the shopping center today having lunch and asked the waitress if she knew if the Chiang Mai Water District Office on the Super Highway was open today on Sunday.  She didn’t know but what a coincidence, sitting next to me at the next table was a couple of gals who were just opening their new business in Chiang Mai for water purifiers.

They went out of their way to find out for me – GREAT SERVICE – if this is indicative of the service their company will offer – I want to shop there.  Their just starting out and need your support – you can contact them at

{ www.foreverandaday.com  }  Right now the web page is still under construction so to view their products you can go to the mother company’s web-site .      www.espring.com 

Best of Luck – Susie and Jutamas

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@Richard’s Pub off Silom in Bangkok has closed it’s doors – However Jim is retired and doing the CambodiaOut website now.  Check him out at  www.cambodiaout.com

And thanks for the friends – link, Jim    Appreciate it.

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Thanks Alex for checking out my blog.  After taking a look at your articles, I am sure others who follow my blog would like to take a look at your writings too.   Alex is currently a Fulbright researcher in Korea, and his research project is on gay communities in Seoul.  I really liked the article on Lady Gaga.

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David, in London, got his Google Blog “Beauty Hunter” back up and running.  It was shut down for some unknown reason by the censor gods of Google.  He’s got a post about it so I won’t elaborate here.  Welcome back David and all the luck keeping it up. (pardon the pun)

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