With Dr. Sumet Tantivejkul at Kosa Hotel in Khon Kaen where Khun Chartchai Kosavisutthi donates 44 rai of land to the Chaipattana Foundation.

Our Beagle Tang Mae and her brood, three males and three females.

Gold is gold again!

Massive numbers of people converge to buy gold in Yaowarad (Chinatown) which they believe will be the currency of the 21 st Century, instead of sea shells and credit cards.

Planting Trees at WNK

Khun Pichai works hard to plant trees at the Wang Nam Khieo estate. Pao, Lasana, Tiew and Paak come to help with the work.

Pradu Restaurant -Wang Nam Khiao

Our favorites: very hot and spicy barking deer, barking deer in oyster sauce, spicy, hot and sour crispy fried fish, and their house speciality: the pork's leg.

Khun Anchalee and Khun Thanom argue who will be the first to blow the candles of their flaming birthday cake on the occasion of their joint birthday dinner party at Sorrento.

On the opening of Maitree Homthong's art exhibition at Suan Somdej Ya, we were happy to see our dear old friend and National Artist: Pratueng Emcharoen, who is Maitree's father-in-law.

Patrapa and Suriyon's Wedding

Canon Rock Processional At Assumption Cathedral

Nok Suriya plays Canon Rock at Pat & Suriyon's Church Wedding.
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Patrapa and Suriyon get married at the Mandarin Oriental.

Tang Mae goes into labor, goes to the clinic and delivers 4 healthy Beagle puppies with 1 to 2 more on the way.

Sweatshop gangs work on pasting, sorting and packing the macarons.

Patrapa prepares macarons for her engagement ceremony.

Mother Bunprajak Dardarananda , still mentally active (remembers the names of all her students and aquaintances;and still teaches young children) but physically frail, celebrates her 96th birthday at Mater Dei School with hundreds of alumni, students, teachers and sisters.

Wang Nam Khieo Paradiso

Khun Anchalee and Dear visit Wang Nam Khieo estate and send us a number of photos updating Paradiso's progress. Please see http://anbunnag.blogspot.com/ for more detailed photos. Including wildflower field more beautiful than Hokkaido.

Retirement Dinner party for members of the CNS (Council on National Security) at Basilico Soi Sukhumvit 20. Retirement gift packages consisted of a toolbox with screwdrivers for fixing things around the house; light bulb for fixing house lights; gardening tools for working in the garden; golfballs for playing golf; deck of cards for playing solitare; a hobbyist magazine; etc. and etc. and a bottle of wine should they get thirsty after doing all that work. Finally, since they no longer have a job and income, they each got one lottery ticket.

Pavalyn congratulates Khun Apirak on winning his second 4 year term as Bangkok Governor.

Patrapa and Suriyon present their wedding invitation to Mom Chao Karnnika Chitraphongse.